As I waited for Wario to arrive I boiled tome tea. Maybe it would make me feel a little better. Wario didn't take long to come over to my house. He was wearing his usual clothes as I invited him in. He seemed happy to see me, and it's not often that you see him happy.

''Brother!'' He said and hugged me as soon as he came through the door. ''It's been such a long time!''

''H-Hi, Wario...'' I said, quietly wishing that he'd stop calling me ''brother''. ''Why did you want to meet me?''

''Do I have to have a reason?'' He laughed. ''Can't I just hang out with you without getting any suspicions?''

''I guess...'' I said and scratched my neck. This wasn't like him, he was too happy. What did he want from me? ''So... how's everything going for you? How's Pauline?'' I asked, trying to start a conversation.

''Oh, I don't know.'' Wario replied. That statement caused me to raise an eyebrow in suspicion. ''Pauline left her work at the casino, she wanted to become a mayor of a new city or something, don't know where it was located though.''

''Well, she's a strong girl, I'm sure she'll be alright.'' I assured him. ''And... Mona?''

''She's still with me, although she's been a little... grumpy lately.''

That raised a little more suspicion. ''How's work?'' I asked him with a suspectful look.

''Great! A little complain from a customer here and there but other than that it's just fine.'' He tried to smile innocently, but I could see right through it. ''Wario...'' I said in disbelief.

His smile dissapeared and turned into an angry frown. ''Okay, it's going horrible!'' He said. ''Ever since your girlfriend saved the mushroom kingdom my buisness has gone to hell. No one is depressed and wants to spend their money on false hope anymore!''

I calmly went into the kitchen and poured some tea into a mug. ''And your buisness is soon going to close?'' I hummed, almost mocking him a little.

He stared at me more angry than before. ''Yeah... so... can I borrow some cash?''

I leaned against the wall and started sipping the tea from my mug while smiling and looking out in the empty space in front of me. I pretended to think for a long moment, only dragging out the suspention until Wario really wanted an answer from me. ''hey, don't do that. You just look like an asshole.'' He said.

''Oh, what? I can't enjoy my tea in your precence, dear ''brother''?'' I said sarcastically while giving out a small chuckle.

''Come on, answer me!'' Wario said.

''Mmmmm...'' I started, and after a small pause I gave him an answer that he so desperately wanted from me. ''No.'' I sipped at my tea again.

Wario let out a frustrated sight. ''Brother, come on! You can surely lend me something! You're the most well known detective in the land, you surely make alot of money!''

''Fame does not equal money, Wario.'' I chuckled, still not giving him a single stare. ''I get a salary that can cover my bills and food, just like everyone else in the office. Even if I'm famous it doesn't mean that my boss will just randomly give me more money.''

''Uh... I thought you were your own boss?'' Wario said confused.

''Wario, you've got alot to learn. It's true that I have more freedom to do whatever I please at my work but that doesn't mean that I am the boss of everything.'' I said, drinking the last drops of tea from my mug.

''Please, I just need a few hundred coins and then I'll be set!'' Wario pleaded and embraced my left leg while looking up on me. ''I promise that I'll pay you back once I start getting money again!''

''No, Wario. I know you, you never pay back.'' I strictly said and didn't even look at him. He looked so pathetic now, can't he do anything useful with his life instead of borrowing money and feed on other peoples misery?

Wario released my leg, looking rather grumpy he started heading for the door again. ''Fine, I don't need your money. They're earned by doing good things anyway!''

And with that he closed the door with a big ''bang'' and he was gone. I sighed and shook my head. Has he no shame? Coming to me just to beg me for money, pathetic. I'm glad that I'm not his brother, or else I would turn out just like him. Fat, greedy and disgusting. It's good that Pauline left him.

My phone went off again, I answered and heard Shawn's heavy breathing again. ''Waluigi... we've found something!'' He said.

Not a second later I cancelled the call and proceeded to go to the office right away. Everybody was suprised to see me there but I didn't care at that point. I hurried to my office where Shawn was waiting for me. He told me that a video was filmed last night by the town square. Yes, there were cameras there because of what had happened to the statue. It just suprised me how fast they got them up and running. And of course, Shawn had waited for me to look at the tape instead of watching it before me. He shouldn't do that, it may be important information that needs to be seen as soon as possible.

Shawn showed me the videos on the laptop standing on my desk. The whole screen had a green tint so we could see better in the darkness of the night. And yes, there the Goomba walked that was about to be attacked. He seemed fine at first but then, like a dark lightning, a creature appeared and landed in front of the Goomba. It looked like it had large wings, similar to a bat's, and its limbs were long and skinny. It lashed out its hands on the victim and caused some damage to the Goomba's body. After it had done its job, five figures appeared from an alleyway and went up to the Goomba and the creature. The Goomba started getting out of there, and while two of the cultists ran after him, the three cultists that were left started bowing to the creature. The creature didn't seem to care though, he shoved one of the cultists backwards and started walking towards a street light.

''Here it goes! Just a few more steps forward and we'll see the creature!'' Shawn said exitedly.

I leaned closer to the screen, now was the moment that this case would become much easier. It felt like an eternity until the creature stepped into the light, now we could see it completely. It had its back turned against us but still, this was a big step forward for us. The creature was mostly purple, the wings had a darker shade of purple than the skin. It was dressed in a white shirt, white gloves and black pants. It didn't wear any shoes, which revealed big feet with long sharp claws on the ends of its toes. Then, it turned around and started howling. I paused the video and zoomed in on its face. But something was wrong... this wasn't true... this couldn't be true!

The creature was... me!

My face, on the creature! It was me! Shawn looked at me with his jaw dropped.

''Shawn... this...'' I didn't know what to say, I was stunned. ''I-I don't know how this... can be me! I... don't remember anything of this! I would never hurt a citizen!''

Shawn started breathing heavily while still not taking his gaze off of me. I tried to calm him down but as soon as I tried to get close he took out his gun and pointed it at me. ''Waluigi...'' He whimpered.

''Shawn, you know me.'' I said in a calming tone. ''I would never do this! That... creature is probably just-''

''I trusted you...'' Shawn whimpered even more. ''Huh?'' I questioned his words. ''You were on their side all along! Do you have any idea of how much pain you've caused so many families?!'' He yelled.

''Shawn, do I look like that creature?'' I asked him.

''The cultists have probably given you some sort of... powers! No wonder you were feeling weird!'' Shawn's yelling had now caught attention from the whole office and the hammer bros started to look at us. When they saw that Shawn had his gun out they carefully went closer and asked what was going on.

''He's a traitor!'' Shawn yelled. ''He's been the criminal that's been attacking citizens during the nights!''

''No! It's not true! I would never do such a thing!'' I said, trying to defend myself. But it was hard since the video showed my face completely exposed for everyone to see. The hammer bros took out their hammers and guns. ''Alright, detective.'' They said with serious faces. ''You better put your hands up before anyone here gets hurt.''

I sighed sadly and slowly put my hands up, no one would believe me anyway. The video was proof enough to show that I was guilty.

They handcuffed me and I felt the same feeling I did all those years ago when I was a real criminal. It was a somewhat nostalgic feeling, but not something that made me feel good about myself.

What's happening with my life?

I think I'm a bit of a sadistic writer. I always like to write about painful and sad stuff and I don't know why! Please don't hate me for it, I try to write good stuff but it's always easier to write sad stuff! D:

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