Mario and Luigi were awake, but peach was still unconscious.
"...so anyway, Waluigi carried Peach, and I got you guys, and we high-tailed it out here." Wario finished the story.
Mario said nothing for a moment.
They could hear the rain spattering on the cave.
"Well...thanks." said Mario.
"Yeah." Said Luigi. "Without you guys, we would've been killed"
"Don't mention it." said wario.
"Ever." said Waluigi. "We don't want the word gettin' out."
Luigi looked over at peach.
She was still out.
"It seems like we've been knocked around a lot lately. I hope we don't have head trauma or something when this is over."
Mario had been listening to the sound of heavy breathing, further into the cave.
"Hey. You guys hear that?"
"Hear wha-Oh. That's freaky. It's like a stalker Darth Vader or something." said Wario. "Go see what it is." he told his brother.
"Why do I have to go?"
"Cuz I said so!" he slapped him on the back of the head.
"Alright! Alright! Mama Mia, you sound like my mother!"
Waluigi inched a little bit closer to the dark interior of the cave.
The breathing noise had stopped when Mario spoke up.
"Who's there? Huh? Ya think yer funny? Ya think yer like those stupid kids that call ya and breath into the phone? That's really cute."
Waluigi disapeared into the darkness.
"ROOOAAAR!"
The tall, lanky italian zoomed to the mouth of the cave, where the others could see him.
"What the-!?"
Following him came an enourmous koopa that was instantly recognizable.
"Bowser!" cried every conscious person in the cave.
Bowser grabbed Waluigi.
"Don't you EVER step on my tail again, you little punk!"
Mario stood up. "Leave him alone. If you came to pick a fight, pick it with the Mario brothers, not him."
"Pick a fight, nothing!" cried Bowser. "You stupid plumbers followed me out here, because apparently, my life isn't difficult enough as it is!"
Luigi stepped between them. "Hang on!"
He spoke to Bowser, "Why are you out here, if you didn't come after us?"
"Stupid ghosts that usually stay around that stupid forest, near that stupid mansion, all decided that they were gonna come after my stupid castle!"
Wario and Waluigi exchanged worried glances.
"Y-you mean they came into the Koopa Kingdom, too?"
"Yeah. Why do you care?"
"Because I don't think we're gonna be safe here for too terribly much longer."
Bowser wasn't listening. His attention had turned to the motionless form of Peach.
"What'd you imbeciles do to her!"
Wario Rubbed the back of his head.
"Well, she had a little fall..."
"Didn't you idiots think to check for broken bones!? Her leg needs to be set!"
Mario was curious as to how bowser knew so much about first aid, and broken bones and such, but his head hurt so much that he decided to let it go.
When bowser was done, he ran to the inner area of the cave and called for his children.
"Kids! C'mon! Allaya! Get yer tails in gear!"
Bowser junior was the first one visible.
"Did you find something to eat? WOW! You found some Mario brothers! You're the best Dad in the world!" he leapt at Luigi's leg, but Bowser snatched him away.
"No sir! We do not eat mario Brothers!They're practically in-laws, and you know how those taste!"
"Sorry."
Again, Mario just let that one go.
"So..." Said Luigi, "You brought your kids...that's nice."
"Yeah." said Bowser.
Awkward silence.
"They've grown up a lot." he said.
"I guess they have, since you saw 'em last."
More silence.
"I mean, what was that, like, the Dinosaur Land incident?"
"Yeah. I think so."
An even longer silence.
"So, you're not gonna, like..."
"Kill you? No."
"Oh. Okay. That's good."
The rest of the night continued like this. It was morning, before Peach showed signs of waking up.
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