Mario's Pipehouse was just a few miles away from The Mushroom Kingdom. It is a very small hut, which was Mario's home, and his office, now that he was in the espionage department of The Mushroom Kingdom. Mario was anxious to get started on his first mission. He had been in that department for over a month now and was ready to put his plumbing days behind him. His older brother Luigi was already a very famous spy in The Mushroom Kingdom; Luigi had helped the East to conquer over the West in World War III.
    Mario was currently looking through his files in his combination of red and blue. He tossed his red cap over on the hook on his door and stroked his hair back. He looked at the first file sent from MI6, which stood for Military Intelligence 6, and the six indicated the espionage department. There was yellow moon on the folder indicating that Mario was the only one who could read the documents inside. Mario heard the wind beginning to pick up outside and the booming noises of the windows indicated a storm coming. Storms usually didn't arrive on Fridays in The Mushroom Kingdom. Mario had heard it was a jinx of bad luck. Some stupid old myth he thought, just like that Star Road bullshit.
    Mario opened the folder and saw a few papers of writing with Admiral Fungi's signature on them. Admiral Fungi was the leader of MI6; he directed the orders around there and got his orders from The Chancellor. He was the mayor of the city. He was a Mushroom like almost everyone that planet. Mario read the papers to himself that he received about a few minutes ago in the mailbox.
    Mario,
    I know that you are anxious to start on your first mission… (He always seemed able to read Mario's thoughts) …so I thought I would team you up with your brother Luigi to stop a former MI6 agent who went crazy a few weeks ago in Bandit's Way and who we now believe to be working for the West. His name is Croco, I thought that you to could try and stop him. It is believed that he killed a Mushroom couple in Rose Town.
    He needs to be put away as soon as possible. It is believed that the West has a new organization known as DOSA (Death Of Spies Alliance). An organization devoted to killing all spies belonging to the East, and we believe he is working for them. Of course it is just a rumor, but we can't risk the lives of our agents and even if this organization is a phony, we have a good reason anyway because of Croco's murderous rampage. Meet Luigi at the Casino Evergreen at 12:00 Midnight. (Great, Mario thought, I could play a few games of baccarat before then.)
    Mario checked his watch and saw it was only 9:39. He continued reading the note.
    He will tell you more about this "DOSA" and about how we will try and eliminate Croco. You will then meet me back at MI6 HQ to discuss more.
    Admiral Fungi
    Mario finished reading the note and what was to be a very boring night now looked to be very promising. An evening at the Casino Evergreen (which he could of done anyway, he now thought), a meeting with Luigi and Admiral Fungi, and best of all, his first mission ever. Ever since he was a kid, Mario had wanted to be as big as Luigi was. He wanted to help the East defeat the West with a brilliant move, or help stop a crime org. from robbing a high security bank. Then he thought about Croco and this DOSA organization.
    DOSA sounded like another overrated West spy system, but Mario never took chances. He never liked Croco anyway. A greedy, cocky son of a bitch he was. Then the nut went insane and shot that couple in Rose Town. Mario had always thought that Croco had murdered them. That's why Mario was a good gambler; he almost always made the right choice.
    Mario decided to head out to the Casino Evergreen now. He looked around his small Pipehouse and saw one small green bed, a couple of tables and a few boxes. He knew inside one of those boxes there was a Kart. It was what the people of this world used to get around. Mario went over and opened one of the top boxes and saw a small, shiny, red car. He used it to race in the big events at The Mushroom Kingdom and to get around. He went outside to the cold, damp night. He looked up and saw a storm brewing from the northeast. A fork of lightning crashed down into the sea. Mario hoped to make it to The Mushroom Kingdom before the storm arrived.
    He got into his Kart and headed off past the shrubs and small hills surrounding his house. He glided along threw Mushroom Way. The engine purred like a cat due to the fact that Mario kept it in good condition. Mario pondered to himself, how did The West get so powerful when there was once peace in the world?
    It was a very depressing thought, how there was once great joy in this world, which was now corrupt by war. It all started when a small group of rebels disagreed with the Chancellor about a decision to dig in the Moleville Coal Mines. The "Puffs" thought it was too dangerous to dig and started their own colony. The Puffs were fluffy, cloud looking creatures, but only with arms and legs. Mr. And Mrs. Nimbus headed the rebellion of 2121. They did not want to start war, just oppose the main country. (This was when The Mushroom Kingdom was by far the most powerful colony in the world.) The Nimbus' found a cloud to live on one day and named it Nimbus Land and they became King and Queen Nimbus.
    About four years after the rebellion, an ambitious young Senator named Wart was elected into The Mushroom Kingdom. Power had gone to his head and he wanted more than just a Senator job. He defected over to Nimbus Land along with many of his supporters (and there were many) and managed to convince King and Queen Nimbus that The Mushroom Kingdom were getting very evil and the Nimbus' declared War on The Mushroom King and all the other colonies which started World War I. This came as a shock to all the people of The Mushroom Kingdom and all it's fellow colonies… Rose Town, Moleville, Seaside Town, Tadpole Pond, Mount Zagreb, Marrymore, Star Hill, The Jungle, The Plane of Candon and The Forest Maze. Of course the East and The Mushroom Kingdom were just too powerful and easily defeated the West sending them retreating back onto the west side of the island.
 
A few months after World War I it was agreed on by The Chancellor and King Nimbus that the East and the West were now two separate countries and there was no longer one major power in the world. Wart became a General in the West and started his own army and trained them well. General Wart wanted to invade the East now that the West had such a great army. The Nimbus' wanted nothing to do with it and Wart accepted and did not invade the East.
    Here is what The Mushroom Kingdom assumed happened. Wart waited over seven months continuing the training of his soldiers. He was very patient in not invading the East even though The Chancellor knew he wanted to so badly, The Chancellor just wondered why he was waiting so long. One day an explosion occurred at the Nimbus' bedroom. Luckily, the Nimbus' were not there and they thought that this was an act of war by the East. The Chancellor knew that Wart had sent someone to kill them. Either to kill them, so he could take over, or to make them think that the East had tried to kill them and invade the East.
    The Nimbus' gave Wart permission to invade the East. Wart was very smart, and decided to take out small places like Seaside Town first. When he took over Seaside Town, the Mushroom Kingdom counterattacked with their own army. It was a very powerful army indeed. It wiped out Ice Land in a second and Wart moved in for the now famous Battle Of The Dark World.
    Everyone feared The Dark World. It was a large piece of land near Seaside Town and The Jungle. The myth is that it is cursed. But the West and the East were so desperate to win the war they were willing to battle over those grounds.
    The Mushroom Kingdom army was still too strong and won The Battle Of The Dark World. With that victory The Mushroom Kingdom capitalized in World War II and won. The East now had won the war and had more land than the West did.
    Peace happened over a long thirty-nine years and King and Queen Nimbus gave birth to a son named Mallow, The Chancellor married Princess Delphia (now deceased), and had gave birth to a beautiful daughter named Peach, a human named Luigi Mario entered The Mushroom Kingdom MI6 and became famous when he stopped an illegal smuggling operation by Jonathan Johnny Jones. Also, the Kongs, the Sharks, the Snifits (and Booster, who was a human criminal), the Snowmen, the Bob-ombs and the Gators all went to the West. (They all used to be self-employed).
    During that thirty-ninth year of peace, the East wanted Seaside Town back (even though it was on the west side of the island). The Mushroom Kingdom sent a few ambassadors to Seaside Town secretly to convince the Mushrooms living there that Wart was trying to brainwash them all to destroy the entire world. Seaside Town was a fairly peaceful town and agreed to help out the East. Ever since The Mushroom Kingdom have been sending nuclear missiles there for safe storage.
    One year after the thirty-nine years of peace, Wart had now become very wise and invaded The Planes Of Charcoal (a large plane, near Rose Way), the East sent out their army to attack Wart's soldiers. King and Queen Nimbus heard of Wart's attack and ordered him to return to Nimbus Land or be discharged from his own army. Wart had no choice but to return. He then secretly captured Princess Toadstool and held her ransom. This led to World War III. There was nothing King and Queen Nimbus could do, because they didn't know where he was. The Chancellor of The Mushroom Kingdom called upon Luigi to help out. Luigi made the risky choice to lie to the West. Saying that Rose Town was planning to invade them. The people of Rose Town and everyone in the East were wondering what the hell he was doing. Luigi just said to send in several troops into The Forest Maze. The Mushroom Kingdom figured he had never been wrong before, so decided to go along. As predicted Wart (from wherever he was) ordered his army to invade Rose Town. The army came to Rose Town with all their weapons and saw that there were several troops there. Many other troops came out of The Forest Maze and surrounded the entire army. The soldiers surrendered and Luigi ordered the Second In Command man of the army to contact Wart and tell him to hand over the Princess or have his entire army killed. The Second In Command said he didn't know where Wart was.
    That very moment Wart contacted the current leader of the army and asked him what was happening. Luigi grabbed the walkie-talkie and told Wart to hand over the Princess. Wart accepted and came out of hiding. The Princess was very relieved to be back. She heavily thanked Luigi for his help and gave him a big kiss. (Mario thoroughly remembered this and that's when he wanted to become a spy. He had always been madly in love with Peach). It was now six years since then and war was still occurring in this world. Right now it was more of a calmer war with less killing but still remained very intense.
    By the time Mario had finished his thoughts he was already past Mushroom Way and heading into The Mushroom Kingdom. The night opened up and showed the great city within. It was magnificent sight, with all the bright lights of the downtown area. Mario could spot the Casino Evergreen in the distance. He thought he was born to gamble, he always seemed to win. Mario noticed the usual Friday night crowd. There were Mushroom men, who had just come off a long day at work and needed a night on the town, and also quite a few women, who had just finished housecleaning and taking care of their kids. Mario hated kids, spoiled brats who had nothing better to do but whine and complain.
    Mario was certain he would never have kids; he would never get married as a matter of fact. He was already thirty-two and never planned to get romantically involved with anyone. Except perhaps Peach.
    He put that out of his mind and drove off to the Casino Evergreen. As he drove by everyone he noticed that he was probably the only non-Mushroom currently in town. They didn't stare or oddly look at him because they knew he was Luigi's brother. Mario arrived at the casino and saw it was packed. Mario parked his car and walked into the casino. The beautiful smell of sweat, tension, greed and celebration filled his nostrils. He walked over to the bar and ordered a Cocktail.
    "Still the lucky gambler, Mario?" a familiar voice asked.
    Mario looked over to the next stool and saw Toad sitting there, the small Mushroom who also worked at MI6 HQ. "Good evening Toad," greeted Mario, "I thought Luigi was coming."
    "Oh he still is," replied Toad, "I just knew you were coming, and thought you would like to discuss more about Croco."
    "Of course," said Mario, "a sensible person like you must agree with me that this DOSA sounds like a load of bull."
    "Not at all," answered Toad, "I think it's another way for Wart to try and eliminate our government, I honestly think that our lives are in danger, and that we should get right of DOSA as soon as possible."
    "Perhaps you have a point," said Mario unenthusiastically, "I don't want to die on my first job," he added with a smile.
    Toad and Mario had an interesting conversation about other planets and life forms aboard them.
    "Best I be heading off," closed Toad, "Fungi wants me to help him with a man he supposes is cheating. Toad rolled his eyes back. "See yeah later Mario!"
    "Later," replied Mario as he saw Toad leave. He headed through the crowd over to the Baccarat tables. There was a very fat Mushroom who seemed to have been beating almost everyone.
    "Do we have any challengers?" asked the dealer.
    "Banco," answered Mario, meaning he accepted. Mario noticed he probably shouldn't have accepted the challenge. The stake was at 3000 coins. Mario was confident he would beat this man though. The man dealt him two cards facedown.
    Out of nowhere an alarm went off like a teakettle. It blanketed the entire town as it just blared. Mario knew what it was; it was an emergency call, something bad was happening. A fire? No, it was something more serious than that. Mario remembered from his brief of The Mushroom Kingdom government that this call usually meant that the city was in danger.
    Mario saw Luigi barge into through the casino doors through the frantic crowd and yelled, "all Mushrooms and humans currently working for The Mushroom Kingdom government please head to the main headquarters immediately please!"
    Mario saw everyone frantically running around as the high-pitched bell continued to ring. He got up off of his chair and headed through the crowd.