Olimar had just gotten back from checking the path ahead. only to find Louie asleep and Diana missing.
"Louie... wake up..." Olimar did his best to be patient with his younger co-captain.
"zzz... hah? oh Olimar. your finally back, we've been waiting for you."
Olimar rolled his eyes at his cohort.
"and who's we?" Olimar asked.
"Diana of course... oh."
"Exactly, now lets get going."
Olimar was just about to head out and go deeper into the Adventures end when he heard footsteps behind him.
"There he is! I told you we'd find him!"
Brittany and Charlie rounded the corner behind them.
"Hate to burst your bubble Brittany, but Louie's signal comes in as blue as well" Charlie sounded disappointed.
"Have either of you seen Alph? we lost his signal a while back." Brittany asked hopefully.
"I'm sorry you guys but I haven't seen him, and I suppose that because she's not with you, you haven't seen Diana either."
The look on Brittany's face couldn't be easily described, to Olimars best guess, it was a mix of fear and anger at the same time. after getting a closer observation, Brittany and Charlie had brought ten red pikmin, ten blue pikmin, and ten yellow pikmin. not only covering the bases, but bringing them to a grand total of 100. which was good because now they could handle anything that came their way. but also very very bad because neither Alph nor Diana had any pikmin to help them through the Adventures end.
"Great, now were on a rescue mission... alright, lets go find them... Louie! WAKE UP!"
"gyaa! I'm awake I'm awake!"
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Alph had been running for who knows how long, and now, he was officially lost.
"Diana!" Nothing...
"Captain?! Brittany!?" nothing.
yep, he was lost, no denying it. He didn't have any of the Pikmin or his friends to keep him company. He needed to catch his breath. Making sure there weren't any enemies in the nearby area, he sat down in the corner and waited. He had abandoned his crew for Diana. How could he do that. once he got back he would apoligise, but right now he had to find Diana.
"Diana... Why did you go?"
"Alph?" Alph could hear her voice echoing through his head.
"Diana I'm sorry..."
"Alph, where are you?"
"Wait a minute. Diana!"
So it wasn't just echoing in his head, she was here! Alph ran through the Labyrinth in search of the source of her voice.
"Diana! Say something, where are you!"
"I'm up here..."
Alph looked up, somehow Diana had gotten stuck on a vine hanging from the ceiling.
"this is embarrassing..." She tried to look away from Alph.
"I'll get you down Diana. don't worry.
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"So why did you two come down here anyways." Charlie asked
"We sensed something powerful, and we couldn't just ignore it. Diana insisted on coming. though I don't know why."
Charlie had spent years trying to learn how to tell when somebody is lying to him or not. In his eyes, Olimar was telling the truth.
"Now that there are four of us, we should be able to get through the balance blocks we saw earlier."
"balance blocks, why didn't you say so earlier! that might be our ticket up!" Olimar exclaimed
"why are we going up? I thought this was a cave."
"It is, but its a weird cave, we have to get to the top of the mountain, it's weird like that."
The group entered a circular room with several high ledges. reaching all of the way to the top of the room, and in the center of the ceiling there was a huge hole illuminating the room. In the center of the the cave a large golden creature with a tail and sharp teeth. After they entered the room the creature stirred and looked at them. It's scales matched the Plasm wraith almost perfectly. With a mighty roar the creature stood up, almost reaching the halfway point of the room.
"Ladies and gentlemen... I think we're in for it now."
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Alph had finally gotten Diana down from the vine and were on their merry way.
"So whats the deal with this cave? why are their geysers instead of holes."
"I'm not a hundred percent sure myself, but I do know that the Airs getting thinner." Diana responded quietly.
"Thinner? what do you mean thinner?"
Alph turned around to see Diana With her suit zipped down slightly and her face was red.
"It means that it's getting harder and harder to breath." She was practically gasping for Air.
"Diana! what can I do to help!" Alph pulled her over to the wall.
"I just need to rest for a second. why aren't you tired?"
"my helmet is pressurized, so the differing altitudes don't affect me."
Diana stood up, a little less flush then before.
"Lets go up, we can find the others then."
After jumping into the geyser they landed in a large circular area that webbed out, the geyser was directly to their left. and surprisingly, the area was very brightly lit. A hole in the ceiling revealed the blue sky.
"Oh i'm so glad you made it!, but I was hoping you wouldn't have brought the little blue boy with you."
"What the? whos there?" Diana and Alph looked around frantically.
"I'm over here!"
The duo looked over to the Geyser, A girl just barely taller than Alph walked towards them, she wore a shimmering gold dress that swirled as she moved, just like the onion. However what really caught her attention was her face, She looked exactly like Diana, her nose, ears, and face looked exactly the same. the only difference was that the strangers hair was a very bright blonde. and her eyes glowed Orange, and a purple flower placed above her left eye. She came to a stop directly in front of Diana, the only difference was the scar on Diana's face, They looked like they were both looking into a messed up mirror.
"I don't know who you are, or why you look just like me, but We need to find the rest of our crew." Diana spoke first.
"Oh i wouldn't worry about them, my friend is taking good care of them."
the ground in front of them displayed all of the missing crew members fighting an amber beast, and they were clearly outmatched.
"Who are you?" Diana squeaked
"You don't remember me sis? I'm so hurt." she pretended to wipe a tear from her eye. "i'm your sister, Andrea."
"I thought I killed you when your big red friend first came to our home. Even without your memory, you still chose the wrong side of the fight sis."
Andrea launched a stone past Diana, it collided with Alphs helmet with a loud Chink. sending Alph into a tumble, ending by the geyser.
"Alph!" Diana ran towards him.
"I'm fine Diana all systems working perfectly." Alph consoled her.
"No Alph, you got hurt because of me, I can't let it happen again."
"No way! I came all this way to help you, I'm not leaving now."
what happened next came all to quickly, Diana planted her lips on the front of Alphs helmet, just as soon as she had, she pushed ALph into the geyser Launching him skyward.
"Goodbye Alph..." A single tear rolled down her face.
"Oh how touching Diana! you had to give up your little Boyfriend, too bad you won't see him again!" Andrea stood laughing behind her.
Diana stood up and turned to face her twin. "You are no sister of mine, I don't know what happened when Olimar first came here, but I'm not going to let you live with yourself."
Andrea grinned. "good! this will be just like old times! I'll destroy you as many times as it takes!"
and so the twins began to finish what had began so long ago.
I know I left the story of what happened between Diana and Andrea incredibly vague. I plan on making a second story after this one is done about DIana and Andrea in particular.