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Chapter 21: my only fear
For some wired reason I dreamed about a blood-thirsty goolix, though Olimar was what it was trying to kill. I remembered the goolix Olimar had fought in the impact site seemed a bit power hungry, but I dismissed it for now. The blue onion was the only one wobbly now, though it and the red onion were still a bit pale. After eating, we landed in the Distant Spring, the only place that still had parts. There was a part I remembered in the middle of the water, but I knew Aqua was still too sick to get it. I looked at the water, and saw it was shallower. Ok, Daisy could probably go through it no problem. I got the yellows out, and then got ready to go towards the part. My head pounded, so I didn't want to go after the Bulbear. The yellows ears were twitching for some reason. "What's up Daisy?" I asked "I just hear a bulborb, that's all" she said. I figured it was Bulbys caretaker, and I had a feeling I'd see him soon. We went over to where the part should be…and it wasn't there. At first I was confused, but as I went through the options, it was replaced by fear. I turned around to where the Smokeyprog's egg was supposed to be, and found egg shells instead. There was no enemy I truly feared in pikmin, hated or respected maybe, but feared? Only one: the Smokeyprog. Looking at the map, I saw the part was nearby, inside a deeper pool of water, the same pool where the prog jumped out of. The pikmin ran back, as did Olimar, and the prog just stared at me. I REALLY didn't want to fight it, maybe I could try reason? "Uh…hi there" I said. I still felt awkward reasoning with these large beasts. The prog stayed quiet, watching "uh…you, uh, have something we need…" I said awkwardly "let me guess, my life?" it growled. It wasn't attacking, which meant it was still open "no, in fact, I think you're more likely to take ours, we just want the ship part" it tilted its head in confusion, "the big shiny thing that dropped out of the sky" "and you believe me to trust you?" it growled "have I attacked you?" I asked rhetorically "I promise, all we want is the part, and then you'll never see us again" how do I know you'll keep your word? You've killed many other beasts" it growled. I think it was too young to do anything but growl. "We haven't killed anything around here, have we?" I asked rhetorically again. I tried to remember what part it was. If I remembered correctly, it had the Interstellar Radio, which was required. Darn, I had to get it, by his choice or not "look, we really just want the part, that's all" I tried to convince it "what about them?" it growled, nodding towards the pikmin. I motioned for them to step back, and they did. "See? They won't hurt you if I don't want them to" It didn't answer "…or we could attack you" bad move. I saw the anger flash in its eyes as it spat acid at me, and I barely dodged it. The pikmin came running as I whistled, and I threw one onto the prog. It did almost nothing, and the prog shook it off. "That all you got?" it growled. Unfortunately, that was. We dodged another ball of acid, and I tried more pikmin. More did a bit more damage, but there was still a lot of health left. Ugh, how would I defeat this thing? As the pikmin were shaken off, I tried the old fashioned way, and charged. You've seen what that gets me, but I stupidly do it anyways. I hit it, but it launched me, and I hit the wall. My already bad headache became dizzying, and I sat there dazed as the prog approached me. I knew what would happen, and I turned away, ready for death. I suppose I deserved it this time, I've tested my luck a bit too often. But as I braced myself for death, it never came. I looked over, just in time to see the pikmin swarm it, and Olimar was way in the back! The pikmin weren't doing too much, but Daisy decided to try to get on top of it. The prog snatched her in its mouth, and I thought she was gone…until she swung around and hit its eye. The prog roared in pain, but she just hit the other eye, making it blind. Then Daisy jumped up, bounced off of the Prog's head, and slammed down, killing it. Oh my god! I looked at the dead body of my most feared enemy, then I looked at Daisy. "You saved me!" I said, amazed at her ability. "Of course I did, I couldn't bear to be without the greatest person ever!" I smiled. I guess I wasn't the only one who had become attached. The Interstellar Radio was sitting next to it, so I had the pikmin pick up both. I was exhausted, and I figured the cold had little to do with it. The yellows went back into the ship, and me and Olimar climbed into the ship. My thoughts wondered as I laid falling asleep, and my last thought was about how Olimar had never seen lily.
Well, another chapter done! I'm really excited about the end, and its coming soon. Lilly won't be in this story again, sorry if anyone wanted her to be. Many of the remaining chapters are going to have very little action, but they will still be interesting, don't worry. Remember: I love criticism of all kind, reviews encourage me, and I'm open to input. Thanks for reading, bye for now!