Disclaimer: pikmin belongs to Nintendo, and so do its characters.
Chapter 2: a strange surprise
I woke up on the bed of leaves and watched as the onion landed. It took me a few moments to remember where I was, and that I had a spacesuit on. Most of what told me is the fact that I went to rub my eyes and hit the helmet instead.
"Ow…" I said sleepily, rubbing my hands. I didn't dare take off the helmet, in case something had altered my ability to breathe oxygen. Instead, I looked at the onion. I was so distracted, that I hadn't noticed the pikmin getting out.
"Hiya Alex!" Flame said behind me
I jumped up and turned around "god, you scared me!" I said "I thought I'd have to call you out"
A couple pikmin giggled "well, normally yes, but we knew you'd be disoriented, so I decided to go to you instead" Flame said "from how you were acting, it looks like I did the right thing"
"Yea" I said. I looked around and noticed that several Pellet Poesies had grown overnight. I felt kind of bad destroying them, now that I was looking at them through a helmet instead of through a screen.
"I can get the pikmin number up" Flame said "all you would have to do is pluck the pikmin, and leave the rest to me"
Well…it wasn't me killing them now, was it? "Ok, you do that" I said "once the wall is taken down, I'll take control again"
"Ok!" Flame said, then he turned to his group "get our numbers up, now!" he commanded. The pikmin scrambled in different directions, each attacking something.
As seeds grew into sprouts, I plucked them, and the pikmin would go off to collect something. I noticed that some pikmin would start attacking the wall instead though. After about an hour, the group was fairly large, and the wall was destroyed.
"We're done!" Flame said.
"Oh, good" I said. I was usually more alert, which meant something was wrong.
"You should take off your helmet" Flame said "it looks like you're having trouble breathing"
I shook my head "I can't risk it" I said, not realizing Flame probably didn't understand what I meant. "Let's go, I want to find someone"
He shrugged and started walking off. I lead the pikmin down the path, and listened to their conversations. I noticed some of the voices were higher than others, and I realized that the pikmin had genders, just like humans. One conversation in particular caught my attention.
"there's no way they were any better off" a girl said "we were next to each other for a reason after all!"
"But what if a captain found them?" Flame asked "maybe they're in the same condition we are now"
"Yea, and maybe a bulborb can be friendly" the girl said "you know how unlikely it is that they even survived?"
"Amber, you aren't listening" he insisted.
"I don't have to listen!" Amber replied "you aren't the leader anymore, Alex is!"
I couldn't help thinking they were just like children…who knows, maybe they were. The clock struck noon, and an alarm rang in my helmet. I sighed, knowing I'd have to find shelter soon. I looked at the scenery, and couldn't help noticing everything seemed…empty. I could hear the sounds of nature everywhere, but there wasn't a creature in sight.
There was a loud roar behind us. "Flame, what was that?" I asked, trying to keep the fear out of my voice.
"Probably a Bulbear" he replied calmly.
"Should we run?" I asked.
"Considering we only have 20 pikmin, that's probably best" he replied. And that's exactly what I did.
I took off through the forest, the pikmin close behind. My heart was racing, and all I could think about was getting as far away as possible from whatever had made that roar. I had played pikmin multiple times, and usually it was VERY hard defeating any bulborb with 20 pikmin, and I could barely defeat a Bulbear with 100! Not paying attention, I ran straight into a wall, and hit my head against my helmet.
"Ow" I said, wishing I could rub my head right now. I got up and looked at the pikmin, then noticed they were all staring at the wall I had hit.
I stepped forward a bit, then turned and looked at the wall…the sight was stunning! The wall was actually an obelisk, and it had 7 sides with symbols everywhere. On each side, a line ran from the tip straight down the middle to the floor. The side I was on had red symbols, and a red pikmin on each side of the line, seeming to lean on the line as if it was a wall. The other symbols were too complex for me to make out.
The floor was stone, and on the floor was a circle, kind of like the circle an onion would land on. There was a line leading to the obelisk, then another leading towards the path I had just came from. The thing was, that path was now blocked by a wall that I was sure wasn't there before. It had symbols similar to the obelisk, so I didn't question it.
I walked around the obelisk, and found that it was almost exactly the same with the others…except each side was a different pikmin color, and the two pikmin were the type that were colored the same as that side of the obelisk, and so were the markings on the ground…except they lead to walls instead of paths.
The red onion landed just as the sun started to set, and the pikmin ran in without saying anything. The onion then took off. The onion had landed above the red circle, which was now slightly brighter for some reason.
I found a comfortable spot, then I laid down. I started wondering what all this could mean. Was this some form of test? Why was I here? I drifted to sleep thinking about this.
Yay! Another chapter done! I'm thinking about making a pikmin crossover, but I'm not entirely sure I should…what do you guys think? I put a poll up on my profile, in case you want to put your input in. Remember: I love criticism, reviews encourage me, and I'm open to input. Bye for now!