Chapter 18: Angry Aftermath

                                    

                                          
The next morning, Kamek woke up with a splitting headache and Luigi beside him.
"Ow, what happened?" Kamek asks Luigi as he gets up to move closer to him.
"Oh good, you're awake, Junior was worried sick about you." Luigi started, "but Mario and a few others attack to get Peach back and it looks like they took you too. From what I managed to get from Bowser chasing me, Mario thought that a spell was on Peach, which is why they took you too."
"That sounds about right...goodness my head is killing me..."
"That's because you were unconscious for most of the afternoon and last night. I think Junior is still in bed when I came to check on you this morning...." Luigi explained.
"And Bowser? If I remember correctly, Bowser was lying in the throne room."
"Not anymore; he went on a rampage chasing after Mario- after me. This necklace came off of him." Luigi told him as he pushed a bowl of soup beside him, "You should also have something to eat before you do anything else."
"I don't have time for that," Kamek said, getting up and heading towards the door.
"Kamek, you shouldn't move right away! It's not good for your health..." Luigi said as he watched Kamek ignore him as he left him in the tower alone. Oh boy, Luigi thought as he knew this would be a long day. Luigi felt that it was best to stay with Junior, as Junior was also in a sad mood before he left him this morning. When he got back, Junior was still in bed. Yes, it was indeed going to be a long day.
The next three days were difficult. Most of the Koopas were sore from the fighting, and most did not want to be near the throne room right now. Kamek had ordered that they fix the third room before they did anything else that needed to be fixed. However, Bowser had been yelling at everyone to stop working on it and get the battleship ready. At the same time, Kamek kept telling them to fix the room before listening to Bowser. It caused a lot of confusion, Koopas, and many more fights between everyone, especially between Bowser and Kamek. Luigi mostly stayed out of this as he only checked in on Kamek and Junior; he was afraid that Bowser still didn't have the necklace back.
It was only on the second day did he spot Bowser and Kamek yelling at each other that he saw the necklace back on him, this time in the shade of a light green and not red. That's when Luigi started to check on him, but it was hard to get close to him as Bowser was breaking everything that he could find. He caused more trouble and worked for the Koopas, who had to rebuild the castle. Bowser keeps yelling at them to stop fixing the castle and get ready to go to the Mushroom Kingdom. Luigi had gotten close enough to call out to him, but Bowser ignored him, curing under his breath about how he was going to kill Mario. 
He started worrying about the three as Kamek looked weaker by the second every time he checked on him, refusing to sit and rest as he left his food untouched. Bowser won't stop yelling and breaking things, and Luigi starts to get scared of him again, but he still wants to help him. But the real fear was when Junior stayed in bed the whole time.
"Come on Junior! You've been in bed all day! It's not healthy for you to be in bed like this! Especially if you've been in bed for the last two days too!" Luigi said as he pulled on his bedsheets. Junior just pulls them over his head again, making Luigi fall over.
"I don't wanna... what's the point when mama isn't here?" Junior said as Luigi got up.
"Junior, this isn't the first time that Peach has gotten saved by Mario. I've seen you jump right back up afterward."
"But Mama hasn't been here this long!" Junior told him, throwing the cover off himself as he sat up in bed, staring at Luigi. "Mama was happy here! And the stupid plumber took her away again!"