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Chapter 19: the spider I fear
I woke up coughing. Man, this cold would not leave me alone, and I couldn't tell whether it was getting better or worse! Anyways, I ate after Olimar had gone somewhere, though I didn't know where he could go. As soon as I was done the rocket lurched. I realized Olimar was taking us back to the forest navel. I sighed, knowing the only parts were in the beady long legs, and the mushroom thing whose name I could never remember, I hated them both, but one I could deal with better, and I had defeated it without losing any pikmin. But when looking at the onions, I noticed the red and blue onions were wobbly still, and I figured it wasn't from malfunctioning. I sighed, realizing the option that was given to me wasn't the preferable one. The beady long legs, for those who don't have the burning hatred of it, is a mimic of the harmless Daddy long legs, this means yellows were the only ones truly effective against it. Of course, I could have gone after the mushroom thing (still can't figure out its name), but from what I remembered, it was surrounded by fire, and I didn't want to have to divide what little attention I had right now. Daisy came out immediately, but seemed a bit surprised that she was the only one "need help?" she asked. I realized how little I had used yellows lately, in fact, Daisy had only come out when I needed advice. "Yes, but this time it's your natural ability's I need" she nodded, the excitement of battle obvious. We made our way to the Beady long legs arena, and took down the wall. I stopped in my tracks. Sitting there unguarded was the Guard Satellite. Wow, what luck! I also noticed another golden dress near the wall, which meant Lilly had been here recently, but I didn't focus on that, I ran over to the part, but the pikmin didn't follow. I was trying to figure out why, when I noticed the look on Daisy's face…it was the look of someone trying to figure out where a noise was coming from. Now, I never really feared spiders, my logic was if you leave them alone, they leave you alone. The only spider I was a bit scared of was a tarantula. I know what you're probably thinking, that's what attacked me, WRONG! So why do I go into this? I just got a whole new fear of the beady long legs. It dropped down, scarring me half to death! The thing was HUGE, and as its abdomen dropped, it swallowed the satellite! Now I had to kill it, regardless of reasoning. I threw a pikmin at it, but the pikmin just bounced off. I tried climbing its leg to hit it, but I almost got crushed when I slipped off. I couldn't figure out a target to attack. I needed a plan, and my head was too foggy to think straight. "GET OUT OF MY NEST!" the thing roared "NOT UNTILL YOU GIVE BACK THE PART!" I yelled back "THEN DIE!" it roared, as it almost stomped on my head. Well, there goes reasoning. I barely managed to get back to the others before it crushed me. "Great job Alex, now it's Angry" Daisy hissed at me. That was unusual, I wondered what had made her so moody. Anyways, the spider just stomped around a bit, not really having anything to do. Between the pounding of its feet, and the taunting roars it was letting out, my headache doubled, and I could barely think. I couldn't hit it with pikmin, I couldn't climb its legs, and it wasn't open to reason…or was it? "Hey!" I shouted at it "WANA TRY AGAIN?" it roared at me "I just want the part you ate, that's all!" I shouted at it. The only reason I was shouting was because it was too high up for talking. That was really bad, because it was making my throat worse. "YOU WANT IT COME GET IT!" it roared at me. Nope, it wasn't open to reason. O was about to yell something back, but I was interrupted by a fit of coughing. Well, back to plan A. I decided to take a different approach though. I threw a pikmin at its leg…and it latched on! The pikmin climbed up the leg and hit the abdomen, damaging the beast. That would show it not to taunt me! I threw more, being careful not to miss. They latched on with ease, and would crawl up to the abdomen and start whacking away. When the pikmin got thrown off, I called them to protect them, and then I started throwing again. This guy was easy…until he got to the last quarter of health. He roared loudly, shaking off the pikmin. I called them, but he had jumped into the air…and wouldn't come down. I went back in alone…and he dropped down again, flinging me back. I shook my head as he slammed a foot down right next to me, and then picked it up, launching me into the air. I landed on the abdomen, and hung on for my life. I knew I wouldn't survive a fall from this high. Not knowing what to do, I hit it…then my anger took over. I kept hitting the beast who had taunted me, not stopping until it was dead. It did finally die, and I slid down just in time for it to disintegrate. "Wow, you look angrier than a red!" Daisy said. I certainly felt that way. The pikmin took the satellite, which had dropped when the spider decayed into nothing, back to the ship. There was only one more part left here…and we'd get it tomorrow. The pikmin went into the onion as me and Olimar climbed into the ship. I still don't know why Lilly had been at the spider's arena, but I would have to find out latter. Right now, all I could think about was sleep.
Wow, another 2 in one day! Before writing this, I never would have guessed how creative I could be with writing, but the ideas just keep coming! I still don't know the name of that one enemy that 'enslaves' pikmin by turning them into mushmin, but I'm hoping someone will be able to help with that. Remember: I love criticism of all kinds, Reviews encourage me, and I'm always open to input. Thanks for reading, more on the way!