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Chapter 6: rocky road

I woke up before the others this time, and I got dressed before they got up. I heard Aqua get up from the bed below me, and I heard the pitter-pater of her footsteps running up the stairs. When she came back, she had a bucket of water. She obviously knew I was awake, because without looking at me, she climbed to where Daisy was sleeping and splashed her. Daisy gave a yelp of surprise that woke up the others…or maybe it was the lights suddenly coming on. I had to blink several times to get used to the light, and then I had to help Aqua, who had lost her balance and fallen. After everyone had gotten dressed, we went upstairs for breakfast. Toxic was really messy, and it didn't help that she couldn't sit still half the time, but May helped her clean up afterwards. After breakfast, the hospital called saying someone wanted me again, and I went over there with the 5 former pikmin. The nurse led me to a room that the others wouldn't go into again, but it had a boy in it. The boy had green hair, with black tips. He was wearing a tee-shirt and pants that were black. I also noticed he wasn't moving at all. "He seems to become completely still when he's asleep, and he's pretty calm when he's awake as well. His skin is hard and rough, and he refuses to drink or eat, though he doesn't freak out about either." The nurse said. I walked up to the bed and gently shook the boy, who was named rocky, arm. He woke up and I saw his chest start to move. This boy, like aqua, didn't have brown eyes. Instead, his eyes were black. "Oh, hey Alex" Rocky said "hi Rocky" I said back. I brought over a cup to him "you should drink" I said "but I'll drown if I do" he said, surprisingly calm. "Have you looked at yourself?" I asked him. He shook his head, and I showed him his reflection "whoa, I'm human?" he asked "yep" I replied. He drank the whole glass without question after he realized he was human, and he ate with the same attitude. After I helped him get used to his body, we went outside and the others ended up tripping over each other trying to great him, quite literally, actually. We went back to the house, and they went off. Flame went to help mom cook, Daisy went to watch TV, Aqua went swimming, Muscles went to lift weights, and Toxic took Rocky outside. I heard a splash, and I saw Bryan in the water with Aqua. May had gone outside to play with Toxic and Rocky, and Zack had come besides Daisy after a while. After I helped my dad move another bunk bed into the room, he went off to be with Muscles. I was surprised the family was so accepting of the former pikmin, especially the youngest ones. After I was done making rocky sleep wear, I heard something shatter. I ran upstairs and saw that my younger sister, Sarah, had shown the others my Nerf guns, but they weren't aiming, so they were hitting everything. I got them to stop, and I told the former pikmin to get dressed for dinner. Dinner was really messy for Rocky, and the fact that the others still didn't know how to use manners, except for Aqua, didn't help at all. After they got cleaned up, Daisy accidentally hit Flame "what was that for?" he asked in surprise "I didn't mean to hit you!" Daisy said "and you call me reckless?" he shot back "I'm not the one who almost crashed the onion!" she retorted "I told you the thing malfunctioned!" Flame said angrily "so did mine, but I kept it stable!" Daisy shot back. I could see Flame turning red, and Daisy was practically sparking in anger "you know that's not my fault!" Flame said "of course it's not, nothing ever is!" Daisy said sarcastically "what's that supposed to mean?" it means your careless!" "I'm careless?" "Yes! You always are!" "And who's the one who got half her pikmin killed?" "You could have killed us all!" they were getting louder, and I was afraid their bodies wouldn't be able to handle the adrenaline that was obviously kicking in. the others were watching interested "AT LEAST I CARE ABOUT THE PIKMIN!" Flame yelled "I DO TOO!" Daisy yelled back "YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT HALF OF THEM!" Flame shot back "I'M NOT THE ONE WHO WANTED TO LEAVE THEM!" she screamed "YOU WANA GO SUNSHINE?" he yelled "MAKE MY DAY!" she retorted. Flame launched at her, knocking them both down. The others watched with increasing interest as the two rolled back and forth around the kitchen. They were locked together, and I had no idea what to do. There was no telling what the two could do, but how could I separate them? After a bit, my dad came in and intervened "hey!" he yelled. The two fighters stopped in surprise, allowing Aqua to pull flame back, and Rocky to hold Daisy "what is with you two?" my dad asked, saying out loud what I was thinking. None of the former pikmin should have had problems with each other, they actually should have immediately stopped fighting because of lack of balance, so why didn't they? I had a strange feeling there was something going on in the former pikmin that none of us knew about, maybe it was a side effect of my machine, it could be that they weren't used to their body's yet, but maybe something else was effecting them, something I didn't know was there. There was no way I could figure it out, so I had to try to eliminate other possibilities instead. There was still one more day before school, so they had another day to get oriented, but there was also one more person missing, and that would be hard to deal with. But for now, I wanted to sleep, and we all went to bed. I had no idea what laid ahead, but I knew it would be challenging.

Another chapter done! I finally got my internet fixed, so I'll be updating more frequently again, yay! As always, remember: I love criticism of all kinds, reviews encourage me, and I'm open to input. bye for now!