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Chapter 5: the pikmin's solutions
I woke up from a terrible nightmare. I was trapped in a crater with the only exit blocked by a stone wall. Wouldn't be a problem, except for I didn't see any bomb rocks. I woke up terrified, and wondered how we'd get all the parts Olimar needed. "Good morning Alex." Olimar said. "Morning" I said, a bit sleepily than usual. "Up most of the night?" Olimar asked. I just nodded as I rubbed the sleep out of my eyes. "Don't worry Alex, We'll figure something out. After all, there has to be some way to get around those metal walls." He said. I was surprised he knew what I was thinking, but I was grateful for the encouragement. "Thanks Olimar." I said as I started eating. After we were done, we landed and got out. Thankfully everything seemed normal, until I went out the gate. There were no creatures there, but that's not what concerned me. Right where the can with the bomb rocks had been, there was a candypop flower. The fact that that was there confused me enough, but it wasn't a normal red, blue, or yellow, it was colored way differently. It was black, with glowing orange lines through its petals. In fact, it looked like a bomb rock. "Wow, that looks like a candypop bud." Olimar said. I guess he had found one nearby yesterday. "Olimar, it doesn't seem normal, I wouldn't test it." I said, clearly scared. "Can't hurt, can it?" he replied. That took me by surprise. "Yes, it can Olimar. Besides, where will the pikmin stay?" Olimar seemed at a loss for words, but he threw a bunch of pikmin in anyways. "OLIMAR!" I said, shocked that he ignored me. He didn't have any time to react though, because the flower started glowing. "Olimar…we should run" we both ran behind the crater before the flower exploded. We went back, and saw 5 pikmin there. "Whoa" we said in unison. The pikmin looked just like the bomb rocks before they get activated. "But Olimar, where will they stay?" he shrugged and called them. I looked at the new pikmin, and noticed their stalk. The leaf was charcoal black, and the stalk...the stalk was too small to grab. "Olimar, maybe you should look for the nova blaster, that's the next part." I said. He nodded and left me with 3 pikmin, one of each…type, I guess you'd say now. The bomb pikmin didn't seem to respond to any of my commands, only the whistle to call them back, and the whistle to dismiss them. (I still get them confused sometimes) they were practically useless! I couldn't believe it. I sighed, and Olimar came back with several pikmin carrying enemies behind him. One of the new pikmin were following the yellow pikmin that was carrying the monster back. I thought that wired, but ignored it. "It's too high for me to reach, I can't even get a pikmin up there." Olimar told me. Wow, he couldn't get a pikmin up there. There's no way around, so I had to figure something out. This was all so confusing, it was just like the game for 3 days, and now? It's like a whole new world. "Let's see what we can do." I said. We went around to the edge and I looked at it. I could see the nova blaster, but I couldn't reach it. I grabbed a yellow pikmin and threw it but it didn't quite reach. "Huh" I said, mystified. I knew it wasn't necessary, but there were no other accessible parts currently. I knew there was another way, but that wasn't currently accessible either. Then I remembered something. "Hey Olimar." "Yes Alex?" he said. "Let's get back to this, ok?" I asked him. "ok." He replied. "Ok" I said, "let's try-" I stopped when I felt a tug from a yellow pikmin. The first one I threw didn't have a follower yet, but this one did, and both were looking up at me while the others were with Olimar. The Yellow pointed to the ledge, and I realized it wanted to be thrown up there. That was when I truly realized it was real life, and the pikmin were intelligent life forms that had feelings…and could figure out when there was a problem. I thought it was hopeless, but I didn't want to risk discouraging the pikmin, so I went over to the ledge with the two pikmin following. I grabbed the yellow, ready to throw it, and, a millisecond before I threw it, it grabbed the stalk of its follower. As the yellow reached the peak of its flight, it threw the new pikmin up. I was amazed at the coordination it had, but I had no idea how to get it down. Then it surprised me again. The pikmin that was on the ledge ran over to the edge and reached down, as if waiting to help its friend up. I threw the yellow again and instead of hitting the wall and falling, it grabbed the other pikmin's hands and climbed up. I was amazed, but they weren't done. The two tag-teamers called out to the others, and I had the remaining yellows with followers. The first yellows follower had climbed back up, but I figured it didn't matter. I repeated what I did with the first yellow, but its follower didn't go to the ledge right away. Instead, the first one went to the ledge, and the second climbed down and hooked on to the first, much like a ladder. I was amazed. After doing this with all five, getting the yellows up as well, there was a chain long enough for the pikmin to climb up. And that's what they did. The sun was going to set soon, so we headed back, keeping watch on the pikmin carrying the nova blaster. The only problem was, they didn't take the long route, and stopped near the stone wall. I was confused by this, until one of the yellows tugged on my suit again. I looked down, wondering why they didn't do that to Olimar, and it pointed to the wall. I knew what it wanted, but I didn't know why. Again, I figured it couldn't hurt, so I threw it at the wall, and it grabbed its follower. The yellow stopped itself in midflight, and landed a bit away from the wall. I was confused, until I saw it throw its follower. I took off as I realized what had happened. Olimar called out to me, but I didn't listen. Just as I turned the corner I heard the explosion. The cry of amazement from Olimar told me no pikmin were hurt, but I knew we were down one. This was confirmed when I looked at the counter, and saw only 99 pikmin out. I got in the ship early that night, and I didn't see where the bomb pikmin went when the Onions took off.
Chapter 5 finally done. I had a really hard time stretching that out, and I'm sure it will be even harder with the next chapter. I know what part to do next, but to keep it long I'll need time to think about it. Remember to review please, I love feedback of all kinds, and I'm open to ideas, especially for the next chapter. Thanks to all of you who are still reading this, bye for now!