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Chapter 6: reunited again (Alph)

One of the greatest feelings ever? Waking up full of energy and ready for the long day ahead. Bad feeling? Remembering one of your crew mates got lost and you spent the previous day sleeping instead of finding them. Even worse? The only other person who's with you is stuck in bed sick. Alex didn't even come out for breakfast, even though he loved the sun berry juice. I gave him his potion, which was bigger since Brittney wasn't here, and then I jumped out alone. Well, frozen waste land described it pretty well. I got out 75 pikmin, but no more would come out. Looking at my Koppad, I saw there was explored area on the other side of the unfinished bridge…Brittney! Oh, she would be SUPER angry when I told her why I wasn't out. Well, maybe Alex could calm her down, he calmed me down when I started panicking. Well, it took most of the day, but the bridge was built by half the day. What I found strange was I couldn't see Brittney anywhere. I crossed the bridge, and she walked out of the cave. "Brittney!" I cried "Alph! You got up today!" she ran up and hugged me, so much for bracing myself for anger. "So you're Alph" a girl said, walking up. She seemed Alex's age "oh, this is Lilly" Brittney said, introducing the three girls one by one. "Where's Alex?" Brittney asked. Before I could answer, Lilly spoke "wait, you know where Alex is?" she asked. At this time, I noticed the girls didn't have space suits on "hang on, are you guys his family?" I asked them. Lilly was about to speak, but Andrea spoke first "yep, can we see him?" the look Lilly gave her told me she was lying "were not his family, but were-"she stopped as she noticed my pikmin. "OH MY GOD!" she ran up to one of the rock pikmin and hugged it. I figured she knew she couldn't hurt the little guy, that's why she choose him instead of a red. "Even as rocks, their ADORABLE!" Andrea giggled, while Diana hid behind Brittney now. "I knew I heard a familiar voice" I turned around and saw Alex, Lilly apparently did too. "ALEX!" the excitement was really apparent in her voice as she practically knocked Alex over with enthusiasm. "I missed you so much!" Alex smiled "enough to tell me why you were so excited?" she looked up at Alex "oh, right" she went back to Britney, and Diana took a step forward, with Andrea stepping back. Both were besides her. "Alex, meet Andrea and Diana, my Daughters" the shock was visible in Alex's face. "But you can't be more than 20! And they look like their 4!" he exclaimed "my boyfriend convinced me I was older than I really was, then he fled, so, here they are" she replied awkwardly. It was apparent they knew each other from a while back. Andrea kept looking at Alex, while Diana would switch from the pikmin and…me? Yes, she was defiantly looking at me, but why? Maybe Alex could clear this up. Wait a minute… "Brittney, you know there's not enough food for them to stay on the ship." Alex beat me to it. There was no space either, the captain was somewhere nearby, I knew it. "We don't need fruit juice, we can survive on vegetables. And as for space, we won't take up too much, and we can sleep on the floor." Well, it was better than nothing. Then I noticed Andrea had snuck away. "Where's Andrea?" I asked Lilly. She looked around, but didn't answer, because we heard a loud crash. We ran over and found the cave opened, and Andrea ready to go in. come on slow pokes!" she said, running off. Brittney seemed worried, and I couldn't tell the others emotions. We followed her trail of ruble up to a cave. "Are you sure it's safe in here?" I heard Lilly's voice. She obviously didn't like the dark. "Its fine mom, relax" Andrea replied, before disappearing into the darkness. Alex took some of the yellows Britney had brought and opened a light, showing it was NOT safe at all. "Whoa!" me, Lilly, and Britney had the same reaction, as a giant moth-like creature flew off. Diana just hid behind Lilly, and Alex and Andrea seemed ready to fight. At this point, I was having my doubt about Andrea as well. We collected the fruit that was nearby, but then Alex reminded me it was almost sundown. We hurried back to the ship as the sun started setting. Lilly brought a bushel of something green, and the pikmin went back to the onions, and we were beamed into the ship. I took off quickly, not risking anything. Britney divided the juice up among me, her, and Alex, and boy was it sour today. Me and Britney could take it, but Alex was a different story. "SOUR!" he ran into a room, though I don't know which one. I sighed, "at least he's not complaining about the taste" I said, watching the girls chew on some of their green vegetables. I yawned, ready to go to sleep. Brittney went to bed with a "good night", and Alex came out and went to his room. "Good night girls" I said as I went to my bed. I was still tiered from my all-nighter, so I fell asleep quickly, though I was fearful what might happen if the girls decided to suddenly land.

Another chapter done! I was going to say something about the optional part in the tundra, but I couldn't remember what it was, so I left it out. I can't stress enough how Diana and Andrea are NOT my characters, I don't want anyone thinking otherwise. I never really thought about how quickly you could play through pikmin 3, there could be 30 chapters, there could be 100, there might be 15, I have no idea. Only the explorers are going to be main views (Brittney, Alph, Charlie, Alex), except for Andrea towards the end (not going to say why so I don't spoil it). Remember: I love criticism of all kinds, reviews encourage me, and I'm somewhat open to input. Thanks for reading!