Chapter Two

"Ugh, what am I going to do now?" Abi said. She was trudging through the slush right outside the post motor pool. The Pikmin looked up at her and squeaked. It sat in Abi's zipped up jacket, warm and dry. "I can't go back to my room and get anything. The sergeant would be looking for me." Too tired to keep walking, she stopped and plopped down on a nearby bench. She wrapped her arms around the Pikmin and sighed. "I think I am royally screwed..."

The Pikmin patted Abi's head comfortingly with its leaf. They sat there quietly for a minute before Abi jerked her head up. "Wait, you're a Pikmin! How did you get here?"

With a squeak the Pikmin wiggled around, trying to get loose. Abi unzipped her jacket and the Pikmin jumped to the ground. It started walking away, then turned and looked at her.

"Do you want me to follow you?" Abi asked. The Pikmin vigorously nodded. "Okay then." She stood and followed the red Pikmin through the motor pool.

They walked between towering LMTVs and Humvees. Once Abi slipped on the cold ice and fell to her knees, but the Pikmin stopped and stood by her until she picked herself up. They walked until they came to an open area midst the tactical vehicles. In the middle of the snow sat a round black bulb about the size of a small car. A white flower adorned the top of the bulb.

With an excited squeak, the Pikmin ran up to the bulb and ran around it. It gently touched the side of the bulb. When it did, the flower on top rotated and spit out what looked like four seeds. The seeds floated to the ground and planted themselves. Within seconds they had grown and their leaves waved in air. Each one was a different color: blue, yellow, purple and white.

"You have to be kidding me..." Abi said. She stared at the red Pikmin, who stood amidst the wavering plants. Its pleading eyes watched as Abi shook her head. "I can't..." Her voice wavered. "I don't even know how you got here! And I've sacrificed my whole livelihood to help you. How can I help you if I don't even know how to?"

The red Pikmin look at Abi then down at the wet ground. It glanced at the surrounding plants of its brethren, sniffing.

Guilt tore through Abi's heart. "Well, maybe I can do something to help." At her words the Pikmin lifted its head. It danced around for a moment before running over to Abi. Grabbing the bottom of her jacket it pulled the surprised girl towards the planted Pikmin.

The closest one to her a white one just to her left. Abi bent over and wrapped her hands around the colorless stem. With a soft tug, the Pikmin was unearthed, revealing a white creature. This one did not have a nose like the red one, but instead large red eyes dominated its face. It glanced around until its eyes landed on the red Pikmin. The white one skittered over to its red kin and the two happily joined hands and jumped up and down.

After smiling at the two rejoined Pikmin, Abi went around pulling up the remaining Pikmin. Soon she was surrounded by five different colored Pikmin creatures, all of them happily reacquainting themselves with each other. As she watched them, a thought came to her mind.

"Hey!" She said. All the Pikmin stopped moving and turned towards her. "I can't call you all Pikmin, so how about I give you all names?" This seemed to please them as they danced excitedly. "Okay..." Abi pointed to the blue Pikmin. "I know you can survive water, so I'm going to call you Aqua." Moving on she turned to a chubby purple one. "Of course, you will be Chubby. You two will be Cyanide and Spark." The white and yellow Pikmin looked at each other and nodded.

"And for you..." She said, turning to the last, unnamed Pikmin. It tilted its head in a questioning way. "The perfect name for you would be Steve." Now that the final Pikmin was named, all five rushed towards Abi and hugged her legs. "Now that is taken care of, how about we find out what to do with you all."


Ah, chapter two is complete! I am happy you chose to read my story. This story was thought up while I watched a Let's Play of Pikmin 2 by none other than Chuggaaconroy. On top of that I listened to the fan dubbed version of Ai no Uta, the official song of Pikmin 2, so many times.

I know this chapter is much shorter than the previous one, but do not worry! I plan on having an update every few days to a week, depending on my work schedule. Please leave questions and comments in the reviews section. If you like the story so far, add it to your favorites. Again, thank you!