"Is he still at the fortress?", Rosa asked. "I would assume so, if he's preparing his troops and all that stuff," Wario answered. They set on land and charged. Several defense units attacked the group, but they made it out and into the gates. A veteran became blind with rage and tried to shoot at the group three times, nearly sending them into more fire; before he could fire a fourth, Wario threw Saffron at him and she knocked him out. They evaded his counterparts on the left post. They made it inside. Mario decided that they divide into two groups; "Wario, you, Skye, Toadette, Burgundy, Ikomo, Yoshi, and Deshi find Hitshi; the rest of our priorities will be on rescuing Peach and Jani." "And defeating Kamek," Toadumi added. They split when they the hallway to the cells. Wario's gang saw Hitshi and his most trusted generals planning his final preparations his invasion of the Mushroom Kingdom. He became infuriated and ordered the others to burst in. Mario, Saffron, Fern, Toadumi, Rosa, and Ferri had to deal with more guards who were about to take Jani away. They clenched their fists and struck fighting poses. Then, Mario saw the sky glimmer once more and jumped toward one of them, so did those in the other room. Hitshi realized that something was going on; things like that on a regular basis could only come from one place...