Chapter 8-3: The True Villains

The True Villains, is the third part of Chapter 8: A Royal Frame-Up of the first episode of I.A.N. - The Super Mario Helper.
== Short Summary ==
Ina, realizing something strange was going on in the city, rallies his friends and do an investigation of their own. Their sleuthing gets them the answers they need: Pauline and Mable, who was actually Captain "Maple" Syrup dressed as her Deputy Mayor, had framed Peach and Daisy 
== Introduction Text ==
It was unbelievable. Princess Peach and Princess Daisy had been arrested for something they did not do. Now they are imprisoned in the New Shroom City Jail. Worse of all, all of the kingdom keys that Ian had collected have been confiscated by Mayor Pauline's Deputy Mayor, Maple. Was this really the end of Ian's Adventure in the Mushroom World? Are Peach and Daisy doomed to be in prison? What will become of them? One thing was for certain: Something wasn't right. What will Ian do?
== Plot ==
As he was sitting at the edge of the pier at the harbor, Ian was stumped. He was sent on a mission by Princess Peach and Princess Daisy, but something was wrong. Why would Peach and Daisy be the ones responsible for poisoning the Mario Bros.' food? He thought back to what Daisy said before she was taken to prison along with Peach: 
Something's not right about this whole sitch! That Mayor and her aid know something we don't! You gotta look into this, dude! Find out what they know! Defend us, Ian! DEFEND US!!!!!!!
Hearing those last two words echoing in his mind, Ian knew something wasn't right about Peach and Daisy getting arrested, so maybe he ought to got have a little talk with Pauline and her deputy mayor. Toadette suggests talking to Toadsworth first to see what is going on. To which, Ian accepts the idea. 
But when they round their friends and go off to find Toadsworth, all he said to them was: 
"Back you off, you whippersnappers! I've buisness to attend to." 
Toadette knew something wasn't right with Toadsworth, so they all decide to follow him to find out what's going on. 
They follow him to a part of New Shroom City that is considered... The Bad Part of Town. There, they see Toadsworth meeting up with The Cheiftain Yoshi, Cranky Kong, King and Queen Nimbus and the Sprixies. They wondered what they were all doing here in this part of the city. Soon enough, they saw Mayor Payline and Deputy Mayor 'Mable'. They heard Toadsworth speaking them, but in a rather strange accent. 
"So, ladies... How did we do?"
Pauline gave a slow applaud. 
"Wonderful... Simply marvelous... For Dulpighosts, You played your parts well."
As it turns out, The Cheiftain Yoshi, Cranky Kong, King and Queen Nimbus and the Sprixies were all but Duplighosts, hired to play the parts of those characters. And as for the fake Toadsworth, he was none other than Doopliss, the leader of all Duplighosts. 
"Thanks, Mayor. Now about our fees for our services..."
"Mable? If you would..."
Mable paid Doopliss and the Duplighosts with sacks of gold coins. 
Doopliss: "Pleasure doing business with you."
Pauline: "And?"
Doopliss: "You have our votes. No worries."
And with that, they went their separate ways.
This was strange. Pauline and Mable making deals with Duplighosts? Surely, something was going on here in New Shroom City and Doopliss had all the answers for their questions. So, Ian and his friends pursued after the Duplighosts, but only managed to catch Doopliss. They interrogated him roughly and learn that Pauline had planned to have Peach and Daisy get arrested. She's planning to become President of the Mushroom World once Peach and Daisy are banished to Bowser's Kingdom. 
Now knowing that Pauline was somehow involved in framing Peach and Daisy, they force Doopliss to show them where Pauline is residing and where the real Toadsworth is. With no other choice, he leads them an apartment building where "business men" and "business women" are standing guard outside. 
They attempt to approach the building, but the people prevent them from entering saying: 'Private Personnel Only'.
They needed to get in there, but there aren't any other entrances are left unguarded. 
"If only we could get really small..." Ian said. "We could sneak inside through the walls."
Toadette... then has... an idea. 
Mini-Mushrooms! One bite and you'll be as small as a mite! 
Gathering enough Mini-Mushrooms, they eat them and shrink down to the size of mice. Then they were able to enter through one of the building's cracks in the wall. After climbing up through several floors, they arrive at a mouse hole which leads to the inside of an apartment.
Ian detected the scent of cigarette smoke, Birdoros, the brand of which Deputy Mayor Mable was smoking. He knew this was the apartment where Pauline and Mable were hiding out in. But for what reasons? 
Keeping themselves hidden in the mouse hole, Ian and his friends kept watch as they saw Pauline and Mable entering their hideout. Form the mouse hole, they could see Pauline and Mable talking to each other. They carefully sneak out of the mouse hole and walk around the room while not getting noticed by the two women. 
At some point, they overhear Pauline saying: 
"Ok, 'Maple'... We're safe in here. You can take off that hair belt of yours now."
Hairbelt? What did she meant by hairbelt? Ian and his allies watched as Mable undid her hairbelt. And as it turns out, the hair belt was actually the belt worn by Captain Syrup. It even has the Skull Symbol belt buckle. It was all too clear now... Deputy Mayor "Mable" was actually Captain "Maple" Syrup! Pauline made Maple her Deputy Mayor! They were working together! But... why? For what reasons? 
Maple: "I tell you, Paulie. Being a pirate is fun and all, but being a Deputy Mayor? It's a cinch." Maple said. "I can even be called Mable cause it's easy to flip one letter around."
Pauline: "You'll only have to wear it when we go out. But you still have to be 'Mable' for a bit longer until the day those two princesses are brought to court."
Maple: "Hey, what were their names again? Pitch and Ditzy? Not good at remembering names."
Pauline: "It's Peach and Daisy, but it won't matter. Because once those poor little princesses are banished to the Koopa Kingdom, you and I will be living the high life as President and Treasurer of the Mushroom World!"
Pauline and Maple laughed evilly, their evil plan set in motion. Keeping themselves hidden, Ian and his friends now know what Pauline was running for president: They're planning on getting Peach and Daisy banished to the Koopa Kingdom by framing them for something they didn't do: Poisoning the Mario Bros.' food. Now the only question was: If Pauline and Maple hired Duplighosts to fool all of the Mushroom World, then... where was the real Toadsworth? And the real Cranky for that matter? 
Pauline: "Hey, Mapes... Whaddya say we smoke some cigs and check in on our... 'guests'?"
Maple: "Sounds good to me."
Guests? What did they mean by... guests? There was only one way to find out. Ian and his friends quietly followed Pauline and Maple until they found a door. Pauline, taking a key out of her pocket, unlocks the door and enters inside with Maple. Luckily, there was another mouse hole near the door. So they went through the mouse hole and hid within the walls. As Ian poked his head out the mouse hole, what do you think he saw? 
He saw Toadsworth tied to a chair and gagged! And next to him was a barrel with yellow letters: "C.K." And since Candy Kong was now in prison, Donkey Kong knew it was Cranky Kong!
"Those big bad babes must've sealed him in that Barrel!" Donkey Kong stated. 
"Shhh!" Ian said. "Be quiet, those big bad babes you mentioned are heading inside! We gotta stay outta sight and hear what's goin' on."
Ian and his friend kept quiet as they saw Pauline and Maple enter the room. Pauline leaned against the door while Maple leaned against the door frame. Ian and his friends saw Pauline and Maple take out cigarette packets from their jackets and tapping the butts of their cigarettes on the back of their hands. 
"Would you two mind..." Pauline asked in a sexy tone. 
"...if we have a light?" Maple said seductively. 
As Pauline and Maple lit their cigarettes, took a drag and blew out some smoke, they strutted sexily over to Toadsworth, who is struggling against his binds.
"Oh come now, Toadsworth... Why all this struggling?" Pauline explained. "We're only doing this for your own good. Don't you see? Maple and I are planning a wonderful future for the Mushroom World. A World where Bowser won't ever bother trying to conquer the Mushroom Kingdom anymore, because it will be a Democratic/Replublic Country. No more wars... And no more worries!"
From inside the Cranky Barrel, Cranky Kong overhears Pauline tlaking about her plan tries to get himself out of his barrel.
"Don't listen to them, Toadsworth! Those two are planning to banish the princesses! I even overheard them saying they're going to put all of us Kongs and Kremlings into a-"
But then Maple just sits on Cranky's barrel in a rather seducive way, as a means to keep him still. 
"Keep quiet, you old monkey." Maple said, patting the barrel down while gritting the cigarette in her teeth. "You're helpless to stop us."
"Ignore what that crazy old monkey is saying, Toadsworth." Pauline said, petting Toadsworth on his mushroom head. "What we have planned for the Mushroom World, will be for the greater good. A wonderous future where everyone's dream will have come true."
Taking another drag of her cigarette, Pauline blew a smoke cloud up in the air as she then uses it to depict the following events:
Pauline: "Behold, what was once Princess Peach's Castle is now a Political Red House, where I now sit as President of the Mushroom World. Your noble hero, Mario, who was once stricken with a terrible illness, is now fully recovered. Even better, he is now promoted to head of security. Or rather, My Security. Because he'll protecting me when I become President of the Mushroom World, where all manner of royal monarchies have since dissolved. In this new world, there are no wars and no tensions with Koopa Attacks.
Why, you might ask? Well, because a certain princess will have been banished to the Koopa Kingdom's Neo Bowser City Jail. Luckily, she will be bailed out by Bowser, the king of all Koopa-related minions, who promises to take care of her and reform her into the mother figure of 1 or 8 children. And part of my new World Peace Order, Bowser will no longer inflict any more attacks on the Mushroom World."
Pauline: "Now... You may be wondering... What of Luigi and my associate, former pirate captain, Maple Syrup?"
Pauline turns to Maple. 
Pauline: "Maple? Care to share your plans for your future?"
Maple also takes a drag of her cigarette and blows a smoke cloud up in the air as she then uses it to depict her future:
Maple: "Yeah, Paulie promised me that once she becomes prez of the Mushy World, I'm gonna be the Treasurer of the Mushroom World. Yeah, there'll be some taxes here and there, but I'm gonna be livin' the high life in my own city, Maple City. Gonna have night clubs, casinos, all that biz. Though I do have to admit: Mario's brother is kinda cute. And since I adore a fella dressed in green, I'll make him my man servant. He can help sweep up all those goin coins that are floating around. I'll even make that Ditzy Princess be my housemaid. And I'll turn that Saharsala Desert she calls home into a Spa Resort for my summer."
Pauline: "Kinda harsh there, isn't it, Maple?"
Maple: "Says you, Paulie. You're gonna give those Kongs, Kremlings and Yoshis a new home: The Zoo you're building at New Donk City."
Pauline: "At least I'll be keeping the Crystal Coconut safe in my museum of Super Natural History."
Maple: "Whatever. Could have just given it to me, but we'll discuss it later."
Pauline: "Now, you may be wondering... 'Pauline, what about Ian? He was sent on this mission to retrieve the kingdom keys and break the spell of the giant lock block,' Well, worry no more.... Once everything has been settled, I'll ensure to let Ian finish his quest and unlock the giant lock block. Once his task his done, he will be rewarded for all of his troubles. Then, we'll be able to send him back home to his own world... Ensuring him that he won't ever have to come back... again."
Maple: "And best of all... No one, not even Ian himself, will never know that..."
Pauline and Maple: "We framed Peach and Daisy!"
Toadsworth struggles as Pauline and Maple laugh. 
But in the mouse hole, Ian and all his allies heard everything. Even Toadette was angry and was about to have a word with the two villainesses, only for Ian to pull her back. Maple took notice of someone coming out of the mouse hole, but saw no one there.
Pauline: "Come on, Maple. Let's leave these two with their thoughts."
As Pauline and Maple leave the room, they look back at their prisoners.
Pauline: "I can't wait for the day when Peach and Daisy are banished..."
Maple: "Yeah... It will be... A most gratifying day."
Pauline and Maple then leave the room, closing the door on them. Then Pauline locks the door with her key. 
Pauline: "Maple... for the first time in all these years... We're going to have the Mario Bros. all to ourselves."
Maple: "And no one... can stop us."
Pauline then puts her key into her pocket and pats her pocket, ensuring that the key is safe and snug inside. Then she and Maple walk into the living room, looking back with diabolical glares and sinister grins on their faces.
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