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Chapter 3: yellow pikmin and the wymsical radar
I woke up from a dream where I was fighting a dragon, one proportional to the trees here. I got up and groggily ate the noodles Olimar had already served for me. "Good morning Alex." He said with his usual cheerfulness. He obviously liked having me around. "Good morning Olimar." I said with my normal morning grogginess. I already saw a pattern in the mornings, but I didn't care much. My nightmare had spooked me, and it must have been pretty obvious, because Olimar asked "are you ok Alex?" "Yea, just…I hope we don't have to fight anything taller than the trees here." I said with a shudder. "So do I, believe me." He replied. He tossed me a spare spacesuit. "This will keep you from getting hurt as easily. The life support doesn't work anymore, so I can't use it, but you should be able to breathe just fine." he said with a smile. I rubbed my side, which still stung from the dwarf red bulborb. "Thanks" I said as I put it on. When the rocket landed, we got out. "Ok," I said, "there was a wall by the bulborb, we should go there." All of the reds were called out, and we set off. Soon, we got to the wall and Olimar set the pikmin to break it down. I started thinking about what part to get, Of course, I couldn't actually remember most of them, but I remembered there was a radar somewhere nearby. I also remembered something else: we had no yellow pikmin, and we needed them. I looked up and realized it was noon. Uh oh, that wasn't good. Then I heard the cheer of the pikmin as they finished the wall. "Good work Olimar!" I told him. He seemed not to hear me as he went to go defeat the dwarf bulborbs and their bigger…cousin, I guess. I heard the cry of one as the pikmin was thrown onto it and it died instantly. Then I heard 2 cries from the second one. I was puzzled at first, until I heard the roar of the bulborb. "Olimar! Get out of there!." I yelled as I realized the dwarf had waken up the bigger bulborb. Didn't take more than a few seconds before Olimar had run out, but the pikmin didn't follow, they stayed with me, and the bulborb was charging. I knew I wouldn't be able to outrun it, so I would have to fight. "Olimar, distract it!" I yelled "…Olimar?" I looked around, and saw him already running from a different bulborb. Even through the dangerous situation, I couldn't resist a face palm, that was NOT the hero I remembered. Anyways, I turned to face my fearsome enemy, who suddenly stopped. I rubbed my eyes, I must have been hallucinating. And he was charging at me when I looked again. I rolled, and the pikmin followed as the bulborb chomped down. I threw the pikmin onto its back, and rolled again as it chomped at me. I whistled at the pikmin and tried again. This went on a few times before I finally defeated it. Olimar had somehow managed to defeat the other bulborb as well. The sun was still near the top of the sky, so I wasn't worried. Olimar rejoined me, and went to collect the dead enemies. "Olimar, leave the enemies." "Why?" he asked after he called the pikmin back. "You'll see" I said as I went towards the buried yellow onion. I came within 5 inches, (relative to my size) and it popped into color. I stepped back to where Olimar was as it released a seed. Olimar plucked it as soon as it sprouted, and the yellow pikmin was there. It looked just like the red, except for its yellow coloration, lack of a nose, and big ears. I already knew what it did, but Olimar didn't. "I'll put the reds away, you grow the yellows." I told him as I dashed off." I heard an explosion as soon as I had put the reds away. I heard 2 more, and ran over. The sun was lower now, and I knew it would be sundown soon. I ran over to where Olimar was, and realized he had figured out the bomb rocks, and was now getting the yellows to bring the radar back. "Wow, the wymsical radar." He said, "With this, we can find out where the ship parts are in any area." I already knew it, but my elation must have been obvious. The pikmin carried it back, and it was absorbed into the ship. The sun was setting, and the pikmin got into their onions. I knew the yellows would be ok, but I was still worried. We got into the ship and it took off. I realized I was exhausted, but my hunger won me over. After dinner, Olimar decided he wasn't quite done talking. "So, what's it like on the planet at night?" he asked me. I knew this would eventually be a problem, so I decided to try to tell the truth. "Night is dark, the only light you have is the moon." I started "at night, many of the beasts that you find sleeping are awake, and their vicious. It's super hard to survive, I only managed it through years of experience, and I still almost die every night." I shuddered. The worst part is, I truly felt what I was saying was real. I shook my head. "That's enough Alex." Olimar told me. "Ok, good night Olimar." I said as I laid down in my usual spot. This time my dreams were filed with my family, but they were on an adventure with me and Olimar…and we were having a great time.
End of day 3
This took a really long time, sorry about that. So far the story has been similar to the game, but in the next chapter it will take a different turn, just be ready. Remember to read and review, I love feedback and it encourages me. Also, any input you feel necessary is welcomed. I'm working on the next chapter now, and it will hopefully be done sooner rather than later. Bye for now!