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Chapter 14: beetles and boulders
I woke up to a loud crash and a lurch. An alarm was going off somewhere, but I had no idea where. I looked outside and saw the red onion swerving out of control, with the others trying to follow it. CRASH! The onion rammed into us, sending us spiraling down. I panicked, thinking this would delay us further, and there wouldn't be any rest days, but another lurch showed that Olimar had gotten the rocket under control. We landed in the awakening woods, and the pikmin landed soon after. We hastily ate, and then got outside. "WHAT WAS THAT FORE FLAME?" "YOU COULD HAVE GOTEN US ALL KILLED!" the blues and yellows were yelling at the reds, and I swear Daisy was turning into one of the reds with the color she was turning. The other pikmin seemed furious at the reds, except Aqua whose nervousness kept her scared instead of angry, a couple blues were trying to calm her down. The predawn light filtered through the leaves. "YOUR TOO RECKLESS FLAME! YOU ALWAYS ARE!" "AT LEAST I CAN SURVIVE ALONE!" "YOU WANT TO SEE SURVIVING?" "BRING IT ON!" Daisy launched herself at Flame, and the Two rolled. I had never seen Daisy that angry before, I had never seen ANY of the pikmin that angry, even the reds. I heard Olimar's whistle, but the fighters obviously didn't. They barreled into Olimar, who then knocked me over. I watched them, too dazed to do anything, as Olimar kept whistling in an attempt to control the fighters. I remembered my dad using the same tactic once on my siblings. My Dad… the Home sickness struck again, and I burst out crying. This was too much like home now: my brother and sister fighting while mom was dazed from being hit and dad was trying to get their attention and me sitting off to the side trying to calm down enough to speak in complete sentences. This was a normal day at my house. Olimar's whistle stopped, as did the yelling, and I realized my crying had snapped them out of it, then I realized how quickly the time had gone by. "Ok, next ship part!" I said quickly, not wanting to have to collect 2 parts in one day, I'd have to ask Flame about the episode latter. We headed over to an enemy I always had trouble with: the armored cannon beetle. I was NOT looking forward to this, but it had to be done. The beetle was surprisingly easy actually, and the pikmin went to grab the part. Unfortunately, I wasn't watching. Daisy ended up next to Flame, and they started arguing again. At some point, their arguing got so bad, the part ended up getting launched over the wall…and came crashing back right after, followed by a humongous canon beetle. It sucked in air, and before I could grab a pikmin, launched a boulder. We dove to the side and I got a pikmin ready. It breathed in again, and I launched a pikmin. It hit just in time…and was spat out. It sucked in, and I threw 2 pikmin this time. It opened its shell, and I threw pikmin at its back. The pikmin were shaken off when it got to a quarter. This time, it launched itself at us. I dove and it followed, then opened up, launching a boulder. I barley recovered before it launched again, this time hitting a wall. Its wings opened, and I threw more pikmin. It shook them off at half way, and then stood there watching. The ship part was a little bit away from it, and I knew I could distract it long enough to get the pikmin to the part, and the part to the ship. The beetle had other ideas. It sucked in, but it was stronger…and he was facing the part. I realized too late what it was doing as it swallowed the part. That made me mad. This time when it sucked in, I ran at it and jumped…and got sucked in. you read that right, I was SUCKED INTO THE CANON BEETLE! I hit it hard inside, as I felt the vibrations from outside. I realized I wouldn't get out like this, so I wiggled around. I got to its mouth, and was spat out instead of a boulder. My eyes closed as I passed out, but I accidentally activated the video recording feature I installed in the suit (don't ask how), so I saw the whole thing latter. When I passed out, Olimar took control. The beetle had opened its wings, and he threw pikmin at its back. The beetle shook the pikmin off again, then stared at Olimar. "What do you want?" Olimar said. I realized I had done this with the snageret and 'robust clamp' and he was trying the same tactic. "I want you to pay!" the beast roared. Revenge? That's when I realized something. The pikmin never told me the beetle couldn't be reasoned with, only the bigger one. We killed it, but we didn't need to, and its parent wanted revenge. A few moments later, I woke up from a crash next to me, and I saw the dead cannon beetle. The pikmin took the Radiation Canopy to the ship, and I climbed in and watched the video. I realized the flaw in our approach. We think the enemies want to kill us, in reality they could probably be reasoned with, just like Bulby was. Little said, it was another restless night for me.
Oh…My…God! 2 CHAPTERS IN 1 DAY! No…2 chapters in one NIGHT! I contemplated leaving this until tomorrow, but I figured I'd get it over with. There were a few last minuet changes to make it longer, but it should be good. This might be a bad chapter because of how shortly it was written, but I think I did pretty well. I'm having trouble finding ideas for chapters with little to no action, but I might go into character development. Anyways, I'll probably end up starting the next chapter today, so more chapters soon! Remember: I love criticism of all kind, reviews encourage me, and I'm open to input!