You, but not, You! ...

“This is not as much fun, but is a lot less dangerous and shouldn’t do as much damage to the interior of the temple,” Lara said to the students, “Are we live?”

“Right, here are, say cheese Doctor,” Bryce said.

Lara turned and looked back at the robotic centipede and smiled while flashing her eyes over to the computer monitor next to her tech genius.

“Of course the X shape of the legs allow the robot to walk around no mater if it gets rolled over. And the tethers allow us to pull it back if need be,” Lara said, “Who wants to carry our little explorer to the entrance we found?”

A few of the ladies in class seemed a bit shy to the robotic insect, but one of the guys was pushed forward by his friends.

“Right, lets get him to the starting line. Bryce, let us know if anything important happens,” Lara said.

Lara grabbed the head of the robot while the student grabbed the back and another paid worker grabbed the spool of cables from the robot to the Bryce’s computer. The robot was deposited in front of the opened doorway and the three went back to the shade of the tarp with the computers.

“Thanks for getting that, mate,” Bryce said to the worker who had grabbed the spool.

“No Problem, if it was just the Universidad, I wouldn’t have bothered,” the man said putting a hand to his head to wipe sweat away, “But Doctor Croft, she pays extra to make it worth my time out here.”

Bryce stopped and waited for the man to leave before turning to Lara.

“You are paying them extra?” Bryce asked.

“The Explorer?” Lara prompted.

Bryce started the sequence on the computer and everyone watched as the machine started into the hallway of the temple.

“I am not getting paid extra to be here,” Bryce said.

A round of giggles came from the students behind them. Everyone watched as the robot went down the hallway.

“Any signs of toxins?” Lara asked.

“Not yet, bringing up the pollen counter,” Bryce said.

“Pollen?” One of the students asked.

“Well, I am more concerned about mold,” Lara said, “but Mold Spores register as pollen in the computer system. Don’t laugh, the Curse of Tut’s Tomb was mold spores that had been inactive until they were breathed in by the first worker, and Carters team suffered because of it.”

“Don’t they have medicine for that now Doctor?” Another student asked.

“Well if you can avoid going to the doctor with a three pound mask before you walk in there, which is less of a hassle?” Bryce asked, “Getting fairly low hits on the sensor, we will have to take a look at the trap when SARI gets back.”

The camera feed came to a corner and then another and another.

“Good thing that bends like a snake,” Lara noted.

“No straight shot into the center of the temple,” someone from the university noted.

“Hold up,” Lara said, “Pan back to that wall… Cracks…”

“I know there was volcanic activity here many years ago Doctor,” One of the students chirped up.

“Pay attention to these things, it might not be safe to walk in there,” Lara said, “Keep going, and make a note to LIDAR, RADAR and ultra sound the place before anyone walks on it anymore.”

The robotic insect kept going until it reached another sealed door, but this one was partly cracked too.

“Looks like the arch above it is cracked,” Bryce said panning the camera up, but there is a gap over here to the side.”

“Lets see if we can see what is inside…” Lara said.

The camera feed moved again but suddenly stopped when it was facing the inside of the chamber.

“Too Narow…” Bryce said.

“Mira,” a student said pointing.

“Well, I guess we need to consider the well theory more seriously,” Lara said looking at the green polished well sticking out of the ground that resembled the end of a cartoon pipe.

*

Wendy removed the veil over the portrait frame and saw a blank canvas… For a second, nothing happened…

“Oh shi…” Wendy yelped as she was instantly sucked into the picture.

“Fuck,” Kammy spat out calmly.

With a blinding flash of light a form was kicked out of the picture frame. Kammy was knocked off her broom as the figure crashed into her.

*

Peach took the key and placed it in a hidden pocket on her gown.

“There, that should keep anyone from messing with that until we figure out what to do with them,” Peach said.

“If it is just the Toadettes here, we might be able to use them to fight back the Koopas if they show up,” Daisy said.

“But they will not do a lot of good unless we know how to use them without endangering ourselves,” Peach said, “Let’s finish checking the castle before we start trying to figure out what the hows. After that we can start looking at showing the Toadettes. If it did that, we don’t want accidents.”

“Good points,” Daisy said.

Peach and Daisy left the room and continued to check each room of the castle.

*

“Get off of me you old hag!” the figure blurted at Kammy.

Kammy stood up and reached for her broom. She got on and floated up above the figure and watched as the unfamiliar figure stood up and straightened herself out. At first Kammy thought it was Princess Peach, but it wasn’t, she was slightly shorter, human, with blonde hair, and dressed in a shiny green dress and heeled shoes. Her green eyes flashed hatred at Kammy.

“What the fuck was that?” the human snapped waving at the now broken portrait frame, “Take of the veil and then whamo?”

“Who are you?” Kammy stammered.

“What do you mean?” the human young woman screamed, “It’s me, Wendy! You blind old hag!”

“Wendy? No, Wendy is a Koopa, not a human!” Kammy stammered.

“Human? What are you talking about?” the blonde woman asked as she turned around and looked in a mirror, “What the FUCKKKKKKKK?!?!?!?!?!”

*

“Anything?” Daisy asked.

“Not in here,” Peach said, “What about that wardrobe?”

“A power up that looks like an Archery bow from those summer games Mario introduced us to,” Daisy said.

“At least we know how to use those,” Peach breathed a sigh of relief, “I think these are gulf clubs.”

“Such a strange sport, but it is fun,” Daisy noted.

“But they have misshaped heads,” Peach noted as she kept looking at the spinning power up, “No mater, they are not of use right now…”

Peach and Daisy both closed the wardrobes they stood in front of before turning to the last wardrobe. They nodded to each other and walked over. Peach took a deep breath and opened the doors of the Wardrobe… it was her old clothes from her childhood.

“Cute, are these yours?” Daisy asked.

“Yes… I haven’t fit in these for years,” Peach said, “They bring back memories…”

Peach sighed.

“Do you need a minute?” Daisy asked.

“No, it’s fine,” Peach said.

Daisy put her hand on Peach’s shoulder.

“Come on,” Daisy said, “Let’s check on the Toadettes, I am sure they made dinner by now.”

Peach closed the wardrobe and turned.

“I hope Mario and Luigi get back soon,” Peach said.

*

“Do we have to be sober for this, or can we do shots?” Luigi asked

“No **** consumption,” The Detective said.

“This is worse than those shrinking Shrums,” Mario muttered.

“Shrinking Shrums?” the Detective asked.

“Don’t ask,” Mario said.

“I think we are going to need **** tests…” the Detective said.

“Crap,” Mario put his head down on the table.

*

“Holy fuck!” Wendy preened and posed in front of the floor to ceiling mirror, “I am hot! Check out my ass!”

“Would you stop that?” Kammy said, “Focus!”

“I am focusing, this feels amazing! I love this latex, it feel amazing… and the sound…” Wendy muttered as she ran her hands up and down her butt, belly, and bosom, “I can see why Mario and Luigi find Peach and Daisy so hot!”

Wendy licked her lips.

“Stop that!” Kammy slapped Wendy’s shoulder, “What do you remember?”

“I know you called me in here, told me to remove the veil from the picture from with that weird tag with my name on it and then threatened me to do so. Don’t think I forgot about that witch!” Wendy said, “Then I remember pulling off the veil and then crashing into you.”

“You don’t remember being sucked into frame?” Kammy asked.

“No…” Wendy said, “I am such a sexy lipstick lez. I wonder if Peach is into pussy…”

*

“Princess,” the senior Toadette came over to Peach, “Did you find anyone else?”

“No, sadly,” Peach sighed, “How many are here?”

“All that we know of, only five Toadettes are missing, but they may have been out of town…” the Senior Toadette said, “Can we speak in private?”

Daisy looked at the shorter lady.

“Let us speak in the butler’s pantry,” Peach said.

“Yes, your majesties,” the Toadette gestured for both ladies to lead the way.

The three entered the empty room. This was a private space that served as an office for the butler of the royal staff. The Toadette closed the door behind her.

“Your Majesty, I fear something happened to some of the Toadettes,” the senior Toadette said, “They are acting strange and their eyes and hands linger on others a little too long… and some of them whisper about how they enjoyed the feelings of touching those ‘Lily Power Ups’ that they found.”

Peach and Daisy looked at each other before looking back at the elder Toadette. She looked around before putting a hand to mouth as if to whisper a secret.

“I even saw two of them kissing when they thought they were out of sight!” The elder Toadette said.

“You know,” Daisy said, “Those two that found the weapon were acting pretty strange too…”

“I thought I miss heard, but didn’t one say something about inserting the weapon into her?” Peach asked.

The Toadette fainted.