"Keith, wake up! Something really bad is happening!" I heard Poy's voice next to me, but I was still tired, and kept my eyes closed.
"Stop with your pranks Poy," I muttered. Poy usually did something like this, waking me up rudely by saying that there was a crisis, only for me to find that nothing was happening at all. "Just please let me get a little bit more rest.
"I'm serious! Don't you hear those explosions?" Poy argued. Actually, I did hear them. It was a distant boom... Boom...
They were faint, but it sounded like the booms were getting closer. I could also feel the ground under my head shake a little with each boom.
I was still tired though. My mind was foggy, and refused to work as it usually did, so I simply dismissed the booms. If I had to guess, those booms are probably just Ping on a sugar rush.
"Keith...!" Poy growled. I could hear that he was getting annoyed with me, but once again, I dismissed it being of how drowsy I felt.
Bad mistake. A few seconds had passed, and I had just began to feel comfy again when...
Slap!
"OWWW!" I jumped up, clutching the left side of my head. I looked around, and saw that Poy was looking at me with a smug look on his face. I realized that he had probably hit me with his stem to wake me up. "W-What was that for?"
"Keith, for once I'm not kidding when I say that something bad's happening. Look!" Poy pointed to the entrance of the tent. I looked at the entrance, where Ping was also looking outside with a worried expression. I walked to the entrance and looked outside the flap.
A quarter of a mile away, I saw a group of oddly-dressed people. They all seemed to look like woman, and they dressed in clothing that seemed Egyptian-looking to me. However, the thing that they held in their hands is what stood out. They sort of looked like...
Bombs? What are they doing with bombs? I assumed that the bombs were the blue-colored spheres being held in their hands. Are those bombs the source of the booms I heard earlier?
The answer to my question was soon revealed, as I saw one of the bandits (that's what I decided to call them) throw a bomb... in the direction of the tent. It landed quite far away from the tent, and when it exploded, it didn't harm the tent at all, but nonetheless, the very fact that these bandits were being so hostile made me nervous.
"We have to go," I said. The two Pikmin simply nodded their heads, and we walked out of the tent. The moment they stepped outside, the leader of the group, who was feminine, called out to us,
"You three! Stop right there!"
I frantically looked around as I saw the group of bandits getting closer to us. "Over there!" I yelled, pointing to a bridge not too far away. Poy, Ping, and I ran over to the bridge. It was a simple, wooden bridge about 20 meters long. Below the bridge was a large chasm, and at the bottom of the chasm, a river was flowing.
"I said stop!" the leader of the bandits yelled. It crossed my mind that the group might not be hostile at all, but I wasn't going to wait and find out. The group of bandits was now only a hundred feet away.
"Let's go!" I said to Poy and Ping, running across the bridge.
"STOP!" I heard the leader say one last time. I looked behind me to see that the group of bandits were standing at the entrance of the bridge... and they threw a bomb. I watched as the bomb sailed over my head and landed...
Right in front of me. The three of us were still on the bridge, and I saw that the fuse on the bomb was already three-quarters of the way down. There wasn't enough time to stop the fuse, and if we turned around, the bandits would just be waiting for us.
We were flanked. I felt hopeless, realizing our situation. Ping, on the other hand, thought differently.
"I'll get it!" Ping yelled as she flew over to the bomb and made ready to pick it up.
"No, wai-!" I warned. Too late. I saw Ping put her hands around the bomb, just as the fuse reached its end. I remembered an enormous boom as the explosion from the bomb rocked the bridge. I saw Ping, unconscious, get blasted somewhere far away to the left side of the bridge. As for me and Poy, the bridge had collapsed from the bomb, and Poy and I fell through the bridge...
And I could feel myself falling and falling... I could feel the group of bandits from above watching us fall from above... And I could hear the rushing water of the river underneath us…
"Wake up Alex." a gentle voice said. I couldn't think straight, and my eyelids felt really heavy. "Come on Alex, wake up!" the voice repeated.
"Five more minutes." I mumbled. Then I opened my eyes with a surprised yelp as something hit me.
"Good, you're awake." Aqua said.
"Did you just hit me?" I asked, sitting up.
"Well, I had to get you up somehow." she said, annoyance in her voice again.
"Are you sure you're ok Aqua?" I asked.
She shook her head. "I don't know, something doesn't feel right." she said, calm again.
I looked around and realized we were in a cave. "How did we get here?" I asked.
"Well, you tripped over a root, and then I dragged you over here." Aqua said. "When you fell, we were in the cave."
"Ok." I said. "But…this doesn't look like the Pikmin world." I said. The cave was way lower than it should be. I checked my watch and it said I was smaller, so I knew Aqua and I weren't giant.
"I don't think we're there either." Aqua said.
Suddenly I started feeling thirsty. "Let's find some water." I said.
"Good idea." Aqua said, helping me up.
We walked out of the cave and found a nearby river. "Well, that was surprisingly easy." I said.
"Who cares, its water." Aqua said, immediately dunking her head in it.
I cupped my hands to drink from it as well. Once I was done, I looked around. "I faintly remember this from somewhere." I said.
Aqua shrugged. "Maybe it's from a game you played." she said.
I was about to reply, then I heard a splash. I turned around and saw a white Pikmin struggling in the water. "What the heck?" I said.
"Whatever the reason, I'm going after him." Aqua said.
Before I could stop her, she dove in. "Aqua!" I called. I knew the current was way too strong. I watched, unable to help, as the two were swept downstream.
My spirits plummeted as I realized she could be gone forever. I had no idea what this world is, and even less of an idea where that stream went. What if there was a water fall at the end? Tears formed in my eyes as I thought of the worst scenarios. The White Pikmin, who I recognized as Poy, could drag her with him for all I knew. Without being used to the Pikmin body, Aqua could easily end up hurt.
I wiped my eyes as I heard a cry for help. I looked up and saw a boy falling from a bridge, thinking quickly, I jumped up, catching him in mid air, then I rolled, letting go of him when he touched the ground. I got up and turned, looking for a sign of hostility. He didn't move. I slowly walked up to the boy and flipped him over. First thing I noticed was he was passed out, as I could see by his closed eyes. My second thought was that I recognized the boy.
"Keith!" I exclaimed to no one in particular. How the heck did he get here? Doesn't matter, he was running from something, and I didn't think I wanted to find out what it was.
I picked him up and carried him back through the cave. I emerged in the Pikmin world again, and set him down in the grass. There was just enough time to make a shelter before dark. Worse came to worse, I could grow big, but I preferred building a shelter, so that's just what I did.
After it was done, I ate some berries I knew were safe, and then I made make-shift beds for me and Keith to sleep on.
"See you in the morning." I mumbled to the unconscious Keith, and then I went to sleep, hoping Keith would cheer me up in the morning.
Zack woke up to see a clear blue sky. As he sat up, he heard the sound of rushing water. He was on a ledge of a valley with a bridge over the mouth. A valley he'd recognize anytime.
"Gerudo Valley." Zack breathed. The Legend of Zelda series was one of his favorites amongst those he had played, and Gerudo Valley was one of the most memorable stages for Zack. Sadly, the epic music that had been here was missing, which sort of ruined the mood.
Zack sighed. He had just witnessed his best friend explode, and he felt horrible inside. He put his face in his hands and winced. He looked at his arm. It was charred and swollen all over, and bleeding in several places as well. Great, thought Zack, two injuries and I haven't even been here a day.
Zack looked up as he heard loud explosions coming from his left. If he squinted, he could make out three figures running across a bridge under the hot sun. He also saw some other figures, much taller, that were running after them. He immediately recognized the tall ones as Gerudo bandits. One of them threw a bomb towards the three, and it exploded, damaging the bridge in the process. He barely had time to react before he got hit full in the face with a black object.
"Ow, what the heck?" Zack said angrily. He examined the black object, and what he discovered horrified him.
It was a Pink Pikmin. It's body was burnt and bleeding, and it's wing were crippled. It's breath came in short, ragged gasps. Zack knew he needed to take the Pikmin to safety, but the Pokémon world wasn't safe. Frantically, he looked around and spotted a small hollow down in the river.
Having faith in his swimming capabilities, Zack dove off the ledge with the Pikmin. Keeping his body straight, he neatly cut through the water and come back up, after which he swam to the hollow. He dove into it, but when he looked up, he saw a gun pointed straight at his head.
Yeah, a cliffhanger! I know how much everyone loves those. Just to make it clear, this is in the SSB category because it has a bunch of game worlds coming together. If you guess what Nintendo world Zack is in, I will personally go read your stories and give them positive reviews. (except Keifren1ooo and kingalex1234) Please review, and I hope you enjoy the comical disclaimers I will start doing.
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