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Chapter 12: heat at last
I don't think I mentioned this before, but it is VERY cold in that ship at night, and it turns out I couldn't plug in my electric blanket! I woke up and ate like normally. "There's another part over there, so I think we should go back." Olimar said. "No!" I said a bit too enthusiastically. "Alex, I'm sure any enemy you'll see you can take." He reassured me. "It's not that, I'm sick of this cold!" I said. "Oh, well do you know where the Positron Generator is?" he asked. "Try the impact site." I told him, knowing it would be there. We landed, and quickly got out the pikmin wed need. I got to the crater quickly and found no enemy, even though it was day 12 and the goolix was supposed to be there. I didn't really notice as Olimar threw 3 yellows with bombs, destroying the wall. I got the pikmin to take down the root wall, and I had the reds go back, most of them carrying the red pellet. The single pearly clamp-clamp was easy to beat, and the part was spat out. The pikmin jumped down just as it closed its mouth, and it stayed that way. The pikmin took the generator back to the ship, and its capabilities were enhanced. Olimar exchanged the pikmin for reds. "I'm going to do some training." He said. I nodded as he took a few pikmin. I decided to work on battle strategies. Then I heard the rumbling. Olimar hadn't gone very far before a large pearl rolled right at me. I barley dodged it, as did the pikmin behind me. I looked at the attacker to see a large pearly clamp-clamp. There were differences though. Besides its larger size, it had eyes and legs, and its mouth was closed. I had to defeat this guy, I wouldn't be able to take off with him there. He shot another pearl at me. I quickly dodged and ran up to it. I got a couple hits in before it flung me off. I shook my head and saw that I hadn't done anything, it didn't seem affected at all! I tried a different approach. I threw a rock at it, and then charged while it was distracted. I attacked its legs this time, but it slammed down and I barely got away in time. I rolled back as it spat a pearl at me, and I quickly dodged. I tried another approach, and threw another rock at it. This time I took another rock and pegged it at the beasts' eye. It opened its mouth and caught the rock, then it spat out another pearl. I dodged again, getting tired of fighting, and charged at it. It didn't see me coming, and I managed to get to its eyes. Unfortunately, I slipped off, and it flung me back. Now I was getting dizzy, and angry. I charged again, but it was ready this time. It opened its mouth, and I ran right into it. I jumped out just as the mouth was closing. It got my foot, and pain shot through my leg. I managed to get free, and then hit my head on the wall hard. The helmet took most of the impact, but my head hit the helmet. I sat up dazed, and my vision recovered just in time for me to see a pearl rolling at me. I turned my head away and closed my eyes, too dazed to move. I braced myself for the inevitable (the impact of the large pearl would have killed me), but it never came. I looked up to see all 100 pikmin holding the giant pearl. I was amazed, the pearl would have crushed them normally! All at once, the reds pushed the giant pearl back towards the clamp-clamp. The pearl hit the legs, putting the beast into a daze. Flame ran up, his brighter color identifying him. He jumped up, and used the beasts tongue as a trampoline. The large creature closed its mouth, trying to catch Flame, and Flame slammed into it, shattering the body. Oh my god, Flame just saved me! Me and Olimar both looked at the pikmin in shock as all of them jumped up and down with joy. The pikmin quickly collected the pieces, and took them to the onion. After rebuilding the monster, the onion absorbed it and the pikmin population skyrocketed, there was no way the reds would go extinct now! "You saved me Flame" I said with a smile. "What would I do, let you die and loose the greatest leader ever?" he said "I wouldn't think of it" I thought I saw a smile on his small mouth. After a bit of training, the sun was starting to set so the pikmin got in the onion, and me and Olimar climbed into the ship. We took off promptly, and I thought about the reds saving me. I knew the other 2 weren't strong enough to stop something like that, which meant this was a special effort in their part. After eating, I got into bed and thought about the other pikmin and their abilities. I fell asleep thinking about the three lead pikmin being human and how Id react.
I had to make several changes to this chapter to make it longer, including a last minute change to the battle. Originally I was going to have no boss battle, but I figured a new boss wouldn't hurt, not to mention the excitement I got from reading what I wrote. I'm debating whether to post the prologue for the sequel, if you think I should, or shouldn't, feel free to express your opinion. Remember my three reminders: I'm open to input, I love criticism of any kind, and reviews really encourage me. Until next time, bye!