Doof: *Yawn* Great! I still have a serious case of the yawns from last chapter.
Peter: *translated* Maybe you should stop looking over last chapter's script then.
Doof: Quiet you!
Peter: *translated* Well why don't you make me? *holds up fist*
Doof: Bring it on fuzzball! *Another fight ensues*
Lichylichy: Gaah! *Perry grabs Peter. Lichylichy and Ferb struggle with Doof.*
Limbo
"How hard it it to get us out of Limbo? One at a time? This is taking too long." A shadow outlined with grey energy snarls.
*Calm yourself Tabuu.* A deep voice replies. The energy moves to a rather large shadow and the energy turns a deep blue.
*Yeah. This takes... Kekkekkekkekkekkek. Time! Kekkekkekkekkek.* This creature wasn't seen, but the sparks turned black and flew over in its general direction.
*It is my turn. Soon. I can feel it.* The sparks turn Perry green-blue and surround the third Titan.
"How can I remain calm? This is my second attempt to get out of this damned place!" Tabuu snarled.
Silence! An even deeper voice rang through the room. The sparks floated in the middle, changing colors. We wait. Simple as that.
(Olimar's POV)
I stretch and look around at the great expanse of land. This is the place where I originally discovered red pikmin.
"Huh? Where is everything?" Smiles voice came from the headset, causing me to jump.
"Wahh! Smiles! It sounded like you were in this space suit with me." His laugh was unnerving.
"I'd rather be in my own space suit, thank you very much."
"What did you mean there isn't anything here?" Ruby asked.
"Well, there are usually lots of pellets all through here." Smiles said. Out of the corner of my eye, I thought I saw the ground shimmer. That was ridiculous... wasn't it?
"What's the matter Oli?" Ruby asked.
"Well, the ground. I thought that- Wait! Did you just call me Oli! Oh the humanity of it all!" I yell dramatically, putting a hand on the helmet where my forehead was. Man, Smiles was sure rubbing off on me.
"Hey you two! Focus! Olimar! Grab sixty blues, twenty reds, fifteen purples and five yellows. There should be some bomb rocks in the cardboard box that you pushed."
"Roger!" The two yelled, and set out.
"Let's see... today's an even numbered day... Hooray! Today all you have to do it kill a harmless Mamuta!" His voice sounded very happy. Ruby made a face.
"Rock creature? I just hope it doesn't lay an egg while we're fighting."
"You shouldn't have to worry about that. By what I coud gather, a mamuta's egg actually grows, meaning if the mamuta does lay the egg, it will be as fragile as a glass-filled water balloon." With those words of wisdom, we set off.
(Spy's POV)
"Are you in position?" Smiles voice came over the radio.
"Sorry. The sudden entrance caught me off guard. I'm back."
"Ahahahaha. Very very good. Remember, you only got one shot at this." I look at the self-destruct button that was half-installed. Doofenshmirtz, your own stupidity will be your undoing. I pull out a wrench and get to work.
(Olimar's POV)
"There are no bomb-rocks here, Smiles." I say into the radio.
"Huh? Sorry I was... distracted."
"No. Bomb. Rocks." I repeat slowly.
"Th-that isn't good. Well, let's look around. Maybe there is more Volatile Dweevils or something." I head up the box with Ruby and the 100 pikmin between the two of us. What I saw was an empty arena.
"Smiles. Is the Mamuta going to fall from the ceiling?" Ruby asked nervously. There is the sound of a camera focusing.
"I-It should be right there! Wh-where is it?" We walk slowly into the arena. Yup. There was nothing here. Nothing. Nothing underground, nothing on the ceiling, and nothing disguised as something else. However, a wall on the stump that once had a few pellets, started shaking and turned staticky and then disappeared.
"Gaah! W-What's happening?" I ask. A patch of floor near my feet disappears, leaving only the endless abyss underneath. I had a feeling that if you went down, then you weren't coming back. No restart button, no redoes, game over. Taking extra consideration to direct the pikmin around the hole, we head forward. D-Does everything seem to be slower? I feel like someone has hit a giant slow-mo button.
"Olimar?" Smiles voice came slower than usual. "It appears that whatever is agitating the game is overloading it. Figure out -krrssssht-"
"No signal." A robotic voice said.
"Looks like we're on our own." Ruby said, grabbing a purple pikmin. That was when I heard the cackling. I turn to see it. It was actually amazing that I didn't see it before. The bruise-colored onion sat there, mushroom pikmin continuousally sliding out. As I had learned on Day 2, you can't have more than 100 pikmin on the field. Now I know why. It puts pressure on the game disc. However, the mushroom pikmin just stood there, smiling with their eyes. More than 100. Possibly more than 1000. And now the game was hurting. But the Puffion's spores are poisonous, so they should have died by now. But they haven't. They just keep coming. The words that Smiles said before landing rang through my head.
Flashback...
"Oh yeah. Easily the best place to get pikmin. I'd estimate nearly 500 or so if you match the pellets. Maybe even more." Smiles had said.
"500. That is alot." I remember saying.
"Yup. But it is the place past the stone wall that you want to aim for. Their are unkillable creatures known as Pearly Clam-Clamps. Big clams with a huge pearl on their tongues. If you get the pearl, then that is fifty pikmin added to your battalion. Of course, one of your ship parts are in the mouth of one, so there is no such thing as skipping them."
Real time...
The creatures were empty. No ship parts, no pearls. For at least a few days. A few days with an estimated 500 pikmin growth per day. That, doubled with the fact that the Puffion was releasing all of them. That wasn't good. Apparently, the game didn't like it, and parts of the level were disappearing. As if to make the point, a hole opened near the edge of my pikmin squad, causing five of my reds to fall in, as well as three blues, and a yellow. I grabbed the nearest mushroom pikmin and chucked it in the bottomless hole. Nine primary colored ghosts floated out, followed by a colorless one.
"What do we do?" Ruby asked.
"Th-zzzzzz- stool-zzzzzzz pik-zzzzzzz don't- Krzzzzzzzt." Smiles voice crackled. The signal was getting weaker, as more mushroom pikmin slid down the Puffstool's legs. The sun-o-meter (patent pending!) rang, indicating the coming of noon. Impossible! We weren't here long enough for it to be noon! Everything started moving as if it were underwater. The entire world started going black. I swayed for a second, before falling forward. I have failed.
(Addy's POV)
"Gah! Ph-Phineas? What's happening?" I whimpered. The two young inventors scrambled to and fro, looking at the components of the machine, as well as that evil scientist and that other kid.
"Not sure." Phineas replied as he passed.
"The game can't handle more than a hundred pikmin on the field." Continued Ferb as he passed.
"So it's getting rid of things that it doesn't need." Said Doof as he passed.
"I.e. the entire level." Said the boy as he passed.
"Dammit. Akuma." The girl with the blue skin snarled. I turn. I guess that those two were. A shiver runs up my spine. Did... did it just get... cold? Yes. It was like someone just turned S'Winter on. Then I saw something.
"Ph-Phineas? I-Isabella. You guys should see this." The two stop what they were doing and stand by me. I point near the top of the grand oak tree. They both gasp. There, on the top of the tree was a foot long icicle.
Alright. I owe everyone an explanation. I'm grounded. Simple as that. My brother, who has decided to go by the name DJFist, has been kind enough to type half of this chapter. Thank you for reading the story. DJFist is out! Peace! (I added that! :P)
