Exploration Day 7
Alph's POV

Thanks to the technology we found, we were able to expand the Drake's scanning range even further. Oh our radar we tracked down another signal, in a different place.

"Is it another signal?" Charlie inquired, "We thought the last signal was coming from Olimar."

"We have to follow it. It's our only to his location." I mentioned, "And that of our cosmic-drive key!"

Brittany sighed, "I feel like we're on a wild-goose chase. Or worse, what if this Olimar isn't what he seems?"

"Never fear Brittany!"

Here we go again…

"I shall protect-!"

"All right everybody let's get going!"

Off we headed for this area.

We landed into an autumn-like enviorment with several giant leaves falling from the enormous trees.

"Captain! The signal we followed here is definitely coming from somewhere nearby!"

"You know, I have a good feeling about this! A captain can always sniff out when another captain is nearby."

Brittany and I became a little weirded out…

"That's sort of… gross." Brittany commented, "Well, whatever helps us find our cosmic-drive key. If nothing else, we can find more fruit here!"

We called out our squad of Pikmin and went down a leaf-covered pathway. When we reached a peak of the route Brittany suddenly cried out, "Omigosh!"

We all turned around, "What's the matter Brittany?" I asked.

"Is something wrong?" Charlie asked right after me.

"Look over there!" She pointed into the distance. We noticed a Pikmin Onion that was trapped in a web!

"Let's get over there and cut it free!"

Charlie jumped in front of the group, "This is a job for Captain Charlie! Let's go!" He ran ahead. Leaving both me and Brittany shaking our heads and sighing, before following.

We crossed a shallow part of the river where it was, the web had a pretty good hold on the poor onion.

"So how are we going to do this?" I questioned.

"We need to cut this web somehow." When he reached out to touch it, this big bug suddenly hissed at us! We all jumped back in surprise, then it crawled around the onion and curled back up.

Brittany was the first to react, she grabbed the rock Pikmin, "Let the onion go you stupid bug!" With on rock Pikmin chucked she managed to nail the bug right on its body, the bug made a disgusting hiss sound and fell to the ground lifeless. It's a good thing bugs are so fragile.

Unexpectedly the webs fell down with the bug, saving us the trouble of cutting the Onion free.

Like the others did before, three yellow legs jutted out of the airborne onion, supporting it. Then a single pink sprout popped from the flowery coating.

"A new Pikmin?" I wondered, then I approached and plucked it.

To our ample and absolute surprise, this Pikmin didn't land on its feet it hovered in the air! This Pikmin had wings! It was a pink, flying Pikmin! To make it even more insect-like it had beady bug eyes. Complete with magenta strips across its body.

It cheered a high-pitched cheer and danced in the air.

"Oh how adorable!" Brittany squealed, "Look at its little wings! I've never seen a flying Pikmin before!"

"None of us has Brittany." I mentioned, "A flying Pikmin sure will be useful."

With the help of two other Pikmin, the winged Pikmin hauled the bug corpse to the pink onion. Spurting out more pink seeds.

Just as we finished plucking all of the sprouts, Charlie's Koppad strangely started to ring… Sure enough he looked at it, and it was telling him that he was receiving a call!

"What in the-? Someone's contacting us!" He announced to us.

We all gathered around, "Who could it be?" I asked, as all of us attentively watched the screen.

When we finally got an image, we saw a man in a blue spacesuit. He was exhausted, evidenced by him trying to catch his breath.

"Please…. S.S. Dolphin…." He pleaded through a broken transmission, "My name… I…. Captain Olimar….. I'm on…. Big tree…. Something's….. savage… monster!... Please…. I…. Help!..." He suddenly had a look of terror on his face from something we couldn't see, "It's back…! Oh no!... NOOOO-!"

His communication device was knocked out of his grip, then the call broke off… We stood there silently, absorbing what had just happened.

I broke the silence, "Wait a minute! Was that Captain Olimar!?

Charlie shrugged, "I don't know Alph. That transmission was so broken up I could barely understand what he was saying."

"He sounds like he's in trouble!" Brittany stated, "We need to hurry and find him!"

"I've tracked the signal upstream." Charlie directed.

"We need to rescue him fast." I warned, "If something happens to him, we could lose our cosmic-drive key for good."

Charlie continued looking at his map, then he took a deep breath and shook his head.

"What is it Captain?" Brittany asked.

"I tracked the location of the signal. It's a long walk away. It'll be dark before we'll reach where he's at, the best thing to do is to set out first thing tomorrow morning, hopefully make a quick rescue, then hurry back."

Me and Brittany looked at each other and sighed.

Brittany agreed disappointingly, "O-okay… but we have to find him as soon as possible!"

"Don't worry." Charlie reassured, "I promise we'll find him before anything bad happens."

For the rest of the day we used the winged Pikmin's flight ability to quickly and easily get fruit back to the Drake. When the sun went down we did like we usually did, boarded the Drake and took off.

Brittany's POV

Later that night I was recollecting all what I had observed from the winged Pikmin. I could easily say I was more fascinated by them than any other species of Pikmin we've encountered, even more so than the rock Pikmin. They were the smallest and weakest kind of Pikmin, but on the bright side they can fly!

"Those winged Pikmin are so cute!"

Alph nodded, "They're pink, that's for sure."

The Captain chuckled, "Ha! You bear a striking resemblance to them Brittany!"

Wow… epic fail… If there's anything the Captain is bad at, it's flattering a girl.

"Huh? What is that supposed to mean?" I questioned.

Immediately the Captain shrunk, "uh…"

"If you were trying to make a compliment, you didn't exactly do it right."

Alph interjected, "I think what he's trying to say that you're beautiful and resilient Britz. Like flowers in the desert."

Hearing Alph say that… I felt a blush trying to make its way on my face, "Thanks Alph…" I bashfully replied.

Did he just call me Britz?

That sweet smile he gave me made my cheeks burn even hotter.

I tried to act natural and turned back to my computer pretending to analyze the fruit we found today further. In a faint reflection on the screen I could see the Captain smirking… he looked at Alph and gave him a pat on the shoulder. Alph looked confused… Almost instinctively my eyes squeezed shut and my fists clenched. I swear I was going to kill the Captain… If I didn't die from embarrassment first…

Author's Note: I'm back! :D Not only that, the final I was so worried about didn't turn out so bad after all! SO SUPER YAY! :DDDDD

Anyway I hope you enjoyed!

Stay flying! :DDDD