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Chapter 4: yellows added

I woke up, and the onion landed soon after. I took out 50 pikmin, then I headed down the yellow path, which had opened up again. Moments later, my gamepad rang with the Drake calling me.

I picked it up and pressed A "yes?" I asked.

"sorry to interrupt whatever you were doing" the Drake said "I have detected a strong power surge heading this way"

"wait, power surge?" I asked "like, electricity?"

"correct" the Drake said "I believe it is a storm, and it will be here in a number of days"

I hesitated "you don't know how many days, do you?" I asked.

"it is too far away to predict" the Drake replied "however, I do know it will be devastating"

I hesitated again "how strong are the winds?" I asked quietly.

"about…35 miles per second" it said "or 75 miles per hour" the Drake said.

"so…a hurricane?" I asked, mostly to myself "that would kill all of us"

"you have over a week, but not much more" the Drake replied "I wish you the best!" the transmission ended.

I sighed, trying to calm myself down "ok, let's go" I said, then we headed off.

After a bit, we got to the arena again, and I saw that the wall of fire was gone, and Olimar was with Louie and about 50 yellow pikmin.

"I don't get it, there aren't 100 pikmin out" Olimar said.

"I think I found them" Louie said, pointing at me.

They both turned to me, and so did the yellow pikmin they had. "hi there" I said a bit awkwardly.

"hello" Olimar said.

"Hi!" the yellows cheered excitedly.

"FLAME!" one yellow, who was a bit brighter than the others, yelled excitedly. The yellow tackled Flame, and they rolled off a bit.

I looked at Olimar, who seemed not to notice "so, you're Alex, huh?" he asked.

"yea, that's me" I replied. "and I see you got the yellows"

"yea" he said "strangest thing happened. When I woke up, both fire walls were gone. I actually almost got carried away by the group of five pikmin that were by the onion."

"ok" I replied, then I looked at Flame and the yellow. It looked like the yellow had pinned Flame down, and she was talking to him really fast.

Olimar wondered off, and I went over to them. "…and then we saw the wall of fire!" the yellow was saying "so we tried to get through it, but we aren't fire proof, so we went to gather food, but there wasn't any, so-"

"oh, Alex, hi" Flame said, cutting her off.

The yellow looked at me "oh…hi" she said, quickly getting off of Flame. I swear, it looked like she was blushing.

"this is Daisy" Flame said "Daisy, this is Alex. He can communicate with pikmin"

Daisy stared at me in wonder "that's so cool!" she said. I swear, I could see sparks running along her body.

"I'm guessing you two know each other?" I asked.

"yea" Flame said "we've known each other since we were plucked. Actually, Daisy-"

"I'm his best friend!" Daisy interrupted "we go EVERYWHERE together!"

I thought I saw confusion on Flame's face, but I ignored it "I think we should head back" I said. and after getting Olimar and Louie's attention, that's what we did.

I noticed Flame and Daisy talking. Flame was usually calm, but I could hear a note of excitement in Daisy's voice, especially if Flame had complemented her on something.

After a bit, we got back to the obelisk. Both me and Olimar stared at it in interest, Louie just started looking for berries or creatures. I knew Olimar had never seen it, and that's why he had such an interest in it…my interest was for another reason.

The yellow side was brighter now, and the tip now had the same markings as the red side, with the 20 from yesterday being a 50 now…on both sides. Besides that, every side had changed a bit. The two pikmin were still there, seeming to mirror each other as they leaned against the line, but now there was a new marking. Now, next to each pikmin, was a man in a space suit.

"this is incredible!" Olimar said "the markings, the color, the glow that seems to come from it…its breath taking!"

"Tell me something I don't know" I said.

Olimar looked at me "it's emitting an energy signal" he said. I stayed silent, not knowing how to respond. "I'm guessing this is where you slept" Olimar said.

"yea" I replied. Then I noticed the walls were back, and the yellow onion had landed.

"well, at least it's sheltered" Olimar said sleepily "I'm going to get Louie and go to sleep, good night" he walked off. The numbers on the obelisk were 1 each now, and I noticed the pikmin had gone inside…all of them except Flame and Daisy.

"…and then they were airborne!" Daisy said "and you wouldn't believe how it felt! Being thrown up into the branches, higher and higher, and then finally BAM! Sunlight! It's brighter on top of the tree! And then this other time…" she just went on and on…it was amazing Flame put up with this.

"Are you guys ok?" I asked.

They both looked at me "yea, we're fine Alex" Flame said. Daisy just giggled, not saying anything.

"Ok, you guys should go into your onions" I said "it's almost sunset"

"Got it!" they said together. They both went to their own onion, then they took off.

I kept thinking about how strange all of this was. I was stuck in a world next to an obelisk that seemed to be constantly changing. To make matters even weirder, I had met one pikmin who seemed obsessed with another, and the two captains I had found were currently finding a place to sleep outside of their ship.

I yawned and laid down in my normal spot, and I soon drifted to sleep.

Yay! Another chapter done! This is getting hard to write, especially when I don't know if I'm doing well or not. I also still want to know what you guys think about me writing a crossover fan fiction…oh, and did you notice some foreshadowing? Remember: I love criticism, reviews encourage me, and I'm open to input. Bye for now!