DAY 3, 12:00- THE BIG UGLY THING- Part II
Olimar: OK, Louie, let's go to our left, this time looking out for another enemy like that.
Louie: Don't worry, Captain, I already checked!
Olimar: Sure? OK, let's go.
Olimar, closely followed by Louie, the reds and the purples, walked between the walls. Olimar stopped and looked at his left. There was another crack in the ground, probably leading in a cave with many sublevels in it. Olimar decided to go there. The Pod made yet another of its boring, useless speeches.
Pod- Look! A cave! Caves mean more treasure. What are you two doing there, you look like sitting ducks! Get in the cave, dammit! God, do I have to push you guys again? Fine.
The Pod pushed them and they quickly fell and hit the ground.
THE SECOND CAVE- HOLE OF BEASTS
"OW! How dare the ground hits me like that! I am very popular!"
"OK..."
"Hey, Maria, it's you who fell and hit the ground."
"Yeah, George is right. Nd you ain't popular, either. You're less than a day old."
"Hey, guys? I am scared... What if... There is a monster in here?"
"Don't worry, Anthony, it's full of monsters in here!"
Olimar looked around. The place was dark and many dead ends. Olimar told Louie to follow him, and the two (and the army) found a group of Female Sheargrubs. Olimar knew that these can't hurt Pikmin, so he decided to let them bury back in the ground and go on with their puny lives. They walked until they stopped at a clearing. A large group of Sheargrubs, containing both males and females, suddenly came out of the ground. Olimar knew that males could eat Pikmin quickly.
Olimar: Louie, see the black ones? Throw a purple, and it should kill multiple of those Male Sheargrubs in on hit.
Olimar demonstrated and threw a purple. It landed on a male, and those around died, too. One was still alive, so it opened its mouth and caught the purple inside it.
Olimar: THROW A PURPLE! THROW A PURPLE!
Louie quickly grabbed a purple and threw it on the Male Sheargrub. It died. The purple that was trapped inside the mouth came back out, as it was not dead yet.
Olimar: Luck... Hey, what's that?
He walked near an item. It was, without any doubt, treasure. Louie swarmed Pikmin at it and started bringing it back to the Pod.
Louie: Hey, Captain, what shall we do with the bodies?
Olimar: I don't know. Try bringing it back to the Pod.
Louie walked to it and tried to lift it.
Olimar: Ah, you're hopeless. I meant try making the Pikmin bring it back to the Pod.
Louie: Aaah.
Louie threw a Pikmin at the carcass of a Male Sheargrub and the red started bringing it back.
Louie: What? That thing is half the size of me and it is lifting and carrying something that I could not even move? Screw him. Her. It. Whatever!
"OMG WHY DO I HAVE TO CARRY THIS THING BACK IT IS SMELLY"
"Dude, turn off caps lock."
Pod- This artifact is worth... 100 Pokos. I shall call it the Stone of Glory. Is that OK, R and S?
Olimar: OK, it seems like there are no more treasures in this sublevel. Let's go-"
Pod- Why is this small dead creature here? It's only worth about 1 Poko. And it smells, too. How am I going to sleep with this thing in my ship?
Olimar: You don't sleep, you tu-
Pod- And think about you, too! If the whole ship smells like that, how are you going to sleep?
Louie: We'll just rip up a piece of the Captain's pillow and stick it up our noses. Right, Olimar?
Olimar: No.
Louie: Well, I'll rip up a piece of my pillow.
Pod- Well, you can't just go to sleep knowing that there are dead bugs' bodies littering the place, can you?
Olimar ignored the Pod and just ordered the Pikmin to grab all the bodies and bring them back to the Pod. The Pod started to talk to itself. It was angry.
Pod- Ignoring me, he is. Yes. He is just racist, Pod. He is just racist... My precious! GOLLUM! GOLLUM! No. Master is good. NO! HE TRICKED US! HE IS JUST A ing !
Olimar: Snap out of it!
Olimar jumped down the crack and Louie followed him, along with the army and the Pod.
SUBLEVEL 2
Olimar: Ow. We need to land on softer stuff, not always the hard ground. My butt is getting red... Hey, look. A pair of Violet Candypop Buds. Louie, let's throw five Pikmin in each.
Olimar threw five reds in a flower and five purple seeds came out. Louie threw a purple Pikmin in the flower. Olimar stopped him before he threw another one.
Louie: What is it, Captain?
Olimar: Louie! If you throw a purple in a Violet Candypop Bud, what do you get?
Louie: A purple.
Olimar: Then why would you kill a purple to get another purple when you could kill a red to get a purple?
Louie: Do I have to go through the inner-space continuum hypothesis?
Olimar threw four reds in the Violet Candypop Bud and four more purple seeds were released.
"Laura!"
"Zach!"
"Zachary!"
"Josh!"
"Ed!"
"Ricky!"
"Marco!"
"Cecilia!"
"Carla!"
"Vanessa II!"
The new purples joined the older ones at the back.
Olimar: OK, there seems to be two eggs here. Those contain nectar. Let's go, and don't trip.
Louie: Don't trip? Weird...
The reds opened an egg, which contained two blobs of nectar. All of the purples drank from it and became flowers. The purples' flowers were violet-colored, unlike the reds' flowers, which were white. The reds drank from the other blob and all the leaves became flowers. After a while, Louie and Olimar found the crack leading to yet another sublevel.
SUBLEVEL 3
Louie: Whoa! Bright!
Olimar looked around and saw different Fire Geysers scattered around the place. He dismissed all Pikmin and got the reds ones. He told Louie to stay there while he was going to take out the geysers.
Louie: I never get to do anything. Oh no, Louie is too... what's the word... inexperienced. Fine, be that way.
Olimar soon got back and told Louie to follow him. He got up and walked with the purples. Olimar guided him to the two treasures that he found and Louie swarmed the purples around one. The other item was inside a giant black cinderblock. Louie tripped because of the darkness inside it.
Louie: Ow.
Olimar: Told you not to trip...
Louie: You a psycho, Captain?
Olimar slapped Louie. Then, the reds started bringing back the treasure, which was rectangular.
Pod- I name this treasure... the Cosmic Archive. It is worth 230 Pokos. And this other one, worth... 150, is called the Choo-choo Cheese.
Olimar laughed at the name.
Olimar: Choo-choo Cheese? Please! No. It is not cheese, and the drawing is not a train, so you can't just say 'Choo-choo'. I'd call it the Strife Monolith. Choo-choo cheese... Hah!
Pod- You know, stop laughing at me. I can command your suit. I can make it self-destruct. I can make gas come out of it. Heck, I can even make you fart.
Olimar looked at the Pod.
Olimar: No. Well, let's go down another sublevel!
SUBLEVEL 4
The first thing the leaders saw was another Violet Candypop Bud near the Pod. This time, Olimar made sure that no purples were thrown in. Then, he plucked the five new Pikmin out of the floor.
"Jessica!"
"Polly!"
"Ryan!"
"Eugene!"
"Sunny!"
Olimar: Great! 24 purples! And it would have been 25 if you wouldn't have thrown a purple for a purple...
Louie: He he.
"Hey, guys, I am getting hungry."
"Shut up, Jesse. You're always hungry."
"It's not my fault! And why do you have to be so mean, Ashley?"
"Cuz I hate everyone."
"Guys, just relax. Let's try and be cool about this, OK?"
"Chris, you think you are cool because you said that?"
"OOH! Who's good?"
"Damn. Play easy on me, Dennis!"
"What are Mary and Dennis doing, Derek?"
"Shut up or I'll cut your head in two pieces, feeding one to an Emperor Bulblax and the other side crushing under my feet! MUAHAHAHAAHA!"
"Dang, you mean."
"Well, Jenny, Mary and Dennis are playing a game with their GameBoys. They are using a Wireless Adaptor."
"I wish I had one..."
Olimar dismissed the Pikmin and grabbed a purple, the other purples behind him. He walked until he met a Red Bulborb. He threw the purple on the beast and it stunned it. Then, he swarmed the rest of the purples and the Red Bulborb died. An item came out of its mouth after it died. Olimar swarmed all the purples, and they started carrying it back after lifting it. Olimar walked to the Pod to find Louie and his Pikmin carrying a treasure back to the Pod, too.
Pod- I call this artifact the Dream Architect. It is worth 280 Pokos. And this other one... Black and White Anti-Racism Tool. Worth... Only 140 Pokos.
Olimar: ... How about Luck Wafer?
Pod- Fine, R, be like that. I knew you had something against us machines...
Olimar: Well, Louie, I must say that I am impressed. But... How did you get that scar on your cheek?
Louie: I tripped.
LAST FLOOR!
Pod- This is the last floor, and my sensors indicate that there is a very important item here. Find it or I'll push you.
Olimar whistled all the Pikmin to his side and dismissed them. He grabbed the purples, while Louie grabbed the rest of the reds. Olimar walked forward in the center of a giant arena. He looked up and guess what he saw. Wrong. He saw... THE BIG UGLY THING.
Louie: Aah! Captain! You woke it up! Come back here!
Olimar rushed to where Louie was, while the Big Ugly Thing opened its eyes. It looked straight at Olimar.
Olimar: I've never seen that before. It looks like a giant Bulborb, just that it is... bigger and uglier. I know! It must be... An Empress Bulblax!
The Empress Bulblax's face was close to the leaders and the Pikmin. The creature did not move. Olimar thought that it was waiting for them to attack her. He quickly told his plan to Louie.
Olimar: OK, on my 'three', I throw as many purples as possible and you do the same with the reds. OK? If anything happens, it should be ME who whistles back the Pikmin. Clear?
Louie: Why don't we just go grab a burger...
Olimar: One, two... THREE!
Both leaders threw about 10 Pikmin each at the thing. The Empress wailed about three times, and at the fourth wail, Olimar whistled back the Pikmin to his side. The Empress started rolling and when she hit a wall, she rolled to the other side. Olimar understood that if any Pikmin were thrown away by the Empress, she would squash them under her enormous weight. He quickly explained everything to Louie.
Louie: OK, but later I want a burger.
Olimar: THREE!
Louie and Olimar threw as many Pikmin as they could without stopping. Then, at the fourth wail, Olimar was about to whistle back the Pikmin, but something hit him and made him call back only the purples. 17 reds were flung and the Empress rolled over them. Olimar stood up and saw Louie on the ground.
Olimar: LOUIE! YOU JUST KILLED 17 PIKMIN!
Louie: It's not my fault. I tripped and landed on something soft.
Olimar: YOU LANDED ON ME! One... Two... THREE!
Both of them threw about 20 Pikmin on the Empress, who wailed. Olimar got all Pikmin back and the Empress rolled without any success. She stopped again and faced the two.
Olimar: Louie, it does not seem like it hurts her too much. We shall use a red spray.
Louie: But Captain! There is only one more left!
Olimar: If we want to win this fight, we'll have to use it. Here it comes!
Olimar grabbed the last orange ball out of his Pocket and threw it behind him. The whole army was then HYPER!
"WAIAUM! WAIAUM!"
"Here we go!"
"Mamma mia!"
"That spray almost killed my GameBoy!"
"ARGHHH!"
Olimar and Louie threw a billion (OK, maybe I am exaggerating) Pikmin on the Empress, who finally screamed in rage and defeat, and her fat belly got smaller. Now only the head remained, and next to it was a strange device.
Pod- Yes, treasure. That must be worth a lot. Grab it.
Olimar threw all Pikmin at the carcass and the treasure. Both items were quickly sucked in by the light of the Pod.
Pod- Ahem... This artifact is worth... 200 Pokos! It is called... the Prototype Detector! Now, each of your suits will have a small gauge that will enable you to know if there are any treasures in the area and if you are close to one. The head is worth... Bah, who cares. Just get out of the friggin cave!
Louie and Olimar walked up to a geyser. Louie found a burger on the floor next to it.
Louie: NOW everyone is happy!
And while the geyser was bringing them back to the surface, Olimar hit Louie in the head, causing the twelfth scar on his left cheek.
OUT OF THE CAVE- 12:00- DAY 3
Well, pretty short chapter, heh? Day 3 is not over yet, it is still 12:00. Thanks for all the reviews! KEEP SENDING MORE! I hope I will have time to send chapter 5 tomorrow... C Ya!