I was thrown through the air and I landed right in front of the giant beast. The titanic Emperor Bulblax walked lazily over to me, drooling at the sight of us. We could become its meal for the day, but we had other ideas. It prepared to stick its tongue out, but I launched the bomb-rock I was carrying at the Bulblax, which stunned the monster. I was called back by the Captain, who moved the group towards the Bulblax's face.

One by one the Captain launched our red brethren onto its face. Its face twisted in agony as the Red Pikmin started to attack it, its face being swatted hundreds of times. This was it... this was our final battle. Everyone could sense it – I, my brethren, and the Captain. We were all tense because the Captain could make one false throw and we'd be all dead.

The beast started to recover. The Captain called the Pikmin back, but as soon as he did, the Bulblax jumped high into the air. The Captain saw it jump, and we quickly retreated to the edge of the sandy arena. The Bulblax came back down with a deafening crash, and then it saw how far away our group was. Uninterested, the beast turned around. This was our chance to attack.

The Captain threw a few bomb-rock-carrying Yellow Pikmin near the Bulblax, which captured its attention. It again slowly walked towards them and tried to lick them up, but they threw their bomb-rocks at the beast, and once more was it stunned. We rushed in again to attack. It was in more of a daze than last time, since it ate more bomb-rocks this time. It was struggling now. Still a ways from death, but it was definitely struggling.

However, we overestimated the power of the bomb-rocks: the Bulblax suddenly hopped and shook off all the Pikmin that were on it. This caught the Captain by surprise, who tried to reassemble our group before the Bulblax could counterattack. In the middle of the confusion, though, the Bulblax licked up several Pikmin, and I winced when I heard their cries. We hastily returned to the edge of the arena again. Our group was getting smaller...

I noticed a resolute look come across the Captain's face. He seemed determined to defeat the Bulblax and avenge the Pikmin's deaths. We looked at the Bulblax, which was just mindlessly roaming around the arena. The Captain took a deep breath, whistled the remaining bomb-rock carriers and threw them near the Bulblax. The beast turned around and saw the Pikmin, but as soon as it did, the bomb-rocks were thrown at it. The combined explosion of the thirteen bomb-rocks stunned it.

This was our chance to finish it off. We once more advanced towards the helpless creature. All of the Red Pikmin were thrown on it, and before I knew it, I was thrown at its face, too. I latched onto its ugly snout and I furiously whacked my stem. We had to defeat it. We had to! We had to do this! We had to do it to save our Captain! And we had to avenge the Pikmin that died!

Suddenly, the Bulblax lurched up suddenly, and we were all shaken off. It tried to eat us one last time, but it seemed to start choking. It convulsed violently as it spat out some sort of container. Out of the corner of my eye, the Captain was overjoyed, but I was more fascinated what was happening to the Bulblax. Despite releasing the object, it kept choking, and it released saliva everywhere. Then the sand underneath it seemed to give way, and the Bulblax was sucked into the ground, never to be seen again. Five 5-pellets emerged from the sand. I turned to face the Captain, who was literally jumping for joy. We did it... we killed the Bulblax. I cheered inside my mind, and I'm sure the rest of the Pikmin were too.

The Captain ordered us to carry the pellets and the container, which was very heavy. I heard tiny things jingling in there as we carried it. No wonder the Captain was so happy – it was his safe! We eventually returned to the landing site, and the Captain bred 15 more Reds and 10 more Yellows. Sorry, Blues... Then the safe was appraised by the Captain's ship. After it absorbed the safe, it seemed to sparkle, and he again jumped for joy. His ship was complete!

Nightfall quickly came, but before it did, the Captain ventured off by himself for a bit and returned with a peculiar round object, which was dirty and bent. Then he walked over to his ship. He looked back at us and moved his hand up and down. Was it some sort of farewell gesture? We turned our heads in confusion, and the Captain lowered his. I got one last look at him before he went into his ship. Its engines activated and it blasted off into the sky, and it quickly disappeared. Our leader was gone.

But our courage was not.

Now that we had repopulated, we had a chance to survive. We had a chance to turn everything around and come back. I felt inspiration rising up in me. I saw a Red Bulborb nearby, and I rushed over to it. The other Pikmin joined me and we took it down by ourselves. I felt a sense of accomplishment and happiness.

But if we are going to make a comeback, how would we do it? And what's going to happen to us now? Ugh... too many questions, too many unknowns. We would figure stuff out later and do things one at a time. We carried back the Red Bulborb to the Blue Onion, plucked them, and then we lifted off. The hum of the Onion soothed me as I fell asleep. Today was a very long day...

DISCLAIMER: Pikmin and related elements are owned by Nintendo.

Author's Note: Well, I hope I described the ending to Pikmin 1 okay. I've always wondered what happens to the Pikmin in between the first two games, since so much changes... that made me want to write about it. So here we are! Ugh... When I post this, I'll have... 2 stories. Yay. I really should write more, but lazy. :P So what do you think so far? Please review! Don't be afraid to criticize. (I'm always self-criticizing my writing because I think they have too many big words... but I'll let you guys decide that.) Oh, and thanks for reading!

-PikFan23