Hello children! I'm back! I have some exciting news! Soon, kingalex1234, Keifren1ooo, and I, Pikmin Biscuit, are starting a collab! I hope you all like it! This chapter may seem like I'm rushing the story, but I wanted to get some more things in. Without further ado, Pootis Man! Not really, I'm just kidding.

Zack woke up not to the ship landing, but the silence. Usually the Onion was buzzing with chatter and activity. But today there was no one else. Zack looked outside. If he squinted, he could just barely make out Olimar. He was running from a Bulborb while at the same time trying to kill it. "Mother f***ing…" Zack cursed under his breath. He popped out of the Onion to find Jack, Tyler, and Sam waiting for him.

"Thank goodness you are alright sir; I was beginning to get worried!" Zack swore he could detect traces of a British accent in Sam's voice.

"You slept in, so Olimar thought he would go and try to find some ship parts." Jack explained.

"Yeah, I saw his ass getting wiped." muttered Zack.

"What's an ass?" Tyler questioned.

"Forget abou-" but Zack was cut off as he was lifted into the air. Judging by the familiar scream and the continuous buzzing noise, he guessed he and Jack were being carried by a Swooping Snitchbug. He waited for it to launch him into the ground, but it didn't. Instead, it carried him up to a small hollow in a tree and went inside.

"What the f**k?" Zack muttered. Inside the hollow was a giant computer, as well as a thick bulging bag. The Snitchbug set Zack and Jack down before reaching into the bag and producing two black bands. They were wide and had what looked like a thin grey credit card on one side. The Snitchbug promptly strapped one on Zack's wrist. He tried to do it to Jack, but he had taken up a loose twig and was hiding in the corner.

The Snitchbug made a sighing noise and turned to Zack. He tapped the card on Zack's wrist. The card blazed to life, showing a clock not unlike Olimar's. Then, Zack heard the Snitchbug speak.

"Is your friend always like this?" Zack was taken aback. How did he understand the Snitchbug? As if on cue, the Snitchbug said, "The small device you are wearing allows you to understand other beings. You just need to press your hand to their forehead." The Snitchbug held out a hand. "Allow me to introduce myself. I am William J. Henry, member of the Anti-Pikavore division. It's a pleasure to be your acquaintance."

Zack shook the William's hand. "It's nice to meet you William."

The Snitchbug grinned. "You can just call me Will, Zack."

Zack blinked in surprise. "You know my name?"

Will motioned to his computer. "We're smarter than you think Zack. And yes," he said, looking at Zack's dumbfounded expression. "I have known you were coming for a long time."

"How…" Zack began, but he was cut off by Will.

"Oh please, it's child's play to send out a droid through a Temporal Flower." He looked at Zack, who was still confused. "I guess it's time for an explanation."

"You see, Temporal Flowers act as bridges between the rips in the fabric of space and time. After going into a Temporal Flower, your essence is transported along Temporal Lines until they reach a Temporal Gate, which is where several Temporal Lines meet. You're lucky all you did was travel forward in time. Anyway, often times a Temporal Gate will change your body to suit the environment. For instance, all the oxygen on this planet is poisonous."

Zack nodded. "So what does this do?" he asked, pointing to the device on his wrist.

"That can tell you the time of day, Pikmin information, and all the beings you are able to communicate with. I also programmed it to be able to e-mail Olimar's suit computer, my computer, and it lets you talk with your friend."

"Speaking of Jack, he's right behind you."

Will turned around and gave a small yelp of surprise. "You were having a conversation with him, so I imagined he was safe." Jack said. He let Will strap on the device, and then Will introduced himself and began to talk about Temporal Flowers. The conversation began to shift, and soon they were talking about the inner workings of Will's computer. Zack left the hollow and sat on the edge of an outside branch. He then noticed a Whiskerpillar. He smiled at it, and he put his hand to its forehead. Zack watched in amazement as thin metal threads curled into the Whiskerpillar, and then suddenly disappeared as quickly as it came. Zack decided to experiment.

"Hello!" he said to the Whiskerpillar. He did not get the reaction he expected.

"AHH! MY WORST FEARS HAVE BEEN REALIZED!" screamed the Whiskerpillar. It then proceeded to scoot away in fright.

"Well, now I know it works." muttered Zack.

Back on the ranch.

Later that afternoon, Will took Zack and Jack back down to the camp. There they found Olimar.

"Thank goodness I found you two! I was beginning to get worried!"

Zack looked at Jack and he nodded. Zack motioned for Olimar to follow him. He stopped in front of the S.S. Dolphin and pointed to it.

"You want to go inside?" Olimar asked. Zack nodded, and Olimar beamed him and Jack up with him.

Zack motioned for Olimar to take off his helmet. Once he did, he and Jack pressed his hand to Olimar's forehead. Three seconds later, Olimar fainted. He did so because Zack had said the word "hello."

On another ranch.

Olimar woke up to see a hole. As wrong as that may sound, he was indeed looking out of the Forest Navel. He sat up and watched as two Pikmin; a Red and a Yellow; were building a bridge to a brown rock using blue pellets. "Strange little creatures." he mused.

The Yellow Pikmin glared at him. "Who are you calling strange?" it replied angrily. Olimar felt his jaw drop.

"Relax Jack; he's been through a lot." This was the Red now.

"We've been through a lot too Zack." said Jack.

The Red one, presumably Zack, spoke up. "Why are you so agitated? You're usually not like this."

"Well, it bothers me that I almost got fried to a crisp by that pig!" Jack yelled.

"Fiery Blowhog." corrected Zack.

"Excuse me," Olimar interrupted. "But I appear to understand your conversation, but that should be impossible. Right?"

"Actually, this device on my wrist allows me to communicate with you. My name is Zack, and I'm the first Pikmin you plucked."

"So you're the one that wrote in my journal all of the attributes of your kind!"

"Yes." replied Zack. "You could say I'm special."

"Hey special, a giant bug is stealing our pellets!" Jack yelled from a distance.

Zack gasped. "I forgot about the Breadbug! Olimar you need to go help Jack bring back the pellet! No questions!" Olimar complied.

Zack hopped across the "bridge" and touched the Onion. It sprung to life and released a blue seed. So Zack plucked it.

"Hi!" the Pikmin said cheerfully. It stuck out a hand. "My name is 493-A. What's yours?"

"Zack…" said Zack skeptically.

"Interesting name. I assume you don't come from where I come from, because that's not a normal name for me. Do you mind telling me what I'm supposed to do? "

"I'll explain later. But first, we have a tradition. You must name the first Pikmin you pluck." Zack replied.

"Okay." She fed the Onion a pellet and plucked the first sprout, naming it Adam.

When Jack and Olimar came back, the Blue Pikmin took the pellet and fed it and the Breadbug to the Onion. Olimar was overjoyed at the spacefloat, and they carried it back.

Before Zack could go into the Blue Onion (he was going to school 493-A) Olimar stopped him. "How did we get here?" he asked.

Zack grinned. "After seeing that the Dolphin's flight was enhanced, I flew the ship here." In response to Olimar's dumbfounded expression, he added, "I told you I'm special."

Another chapter! Not much to say, but I will say that you will get to pick 493-A's new name. She will be elaborated on later, but anyway, please review and send names for the Blue! Also, the fact that Zack and Jack's names rhyme was unintentional, just to clear that up. (looks accusingly at IDEA)