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Chapter 25: deadly decision
My rude awakening was the jolt of the ship as it landed. I ate, and got out to find a single grey onion…and a thick forest surrounding us. "Why are we here Olimar?" I asked sleepily "oh, some storm jolted the rocket a little. I was awake and noticed, but it wasn't very strong so you slept through it. I could see it carrying the parts to this jungle, and it cleared out this landing area. The onions didn't follow me for some reason, but this onion was there instead" he said, pointing to the grey onion "sorry about not waking you" "its fine" I said as I nodded, my headache was back double time, and it was really annoying. There was a single grey seed near the onion, which I plucked quickly. "Hi there little guy" I said. It just looked at my antenna. That was weird, none of the pikmin had ever done that with me. Looking at this little grey, I noticed he was like the blues…without the gills. This guy had no remarkable features, and he seemed to not understand a word I said. We knocked down a grey pellet posy, and the pikmin brought it back. I expected 2 pikmin, but instead I got 4! "They double!" I said. Olimar just stared, amazed. We got 100 of them in no time, after finding a 50 pellet that maxed the amount outside. We looked to the forest, where there were 2 paths. I gave Olimar 50 pikmin "why don't you go down that path, and I'll go down this one, ok?"I asked. He nodded, and we went down separate paths. I looked around the large jungle, it seemed much more menacing then anything I had faced before. I eventually got to a merging area, and a few minutes later, Olimar stumbled out of the bushes. "What happened to you?" I asked "you didn't have to fight anything?" he asked right back. I shook my head "well I did, and there were A LOT of them!" he said, clearly exhausted. After a break, we continued, but the greys were hard to cooperate with. I threw them, but they went 2 inches before they fell and ran back. I'd swarm them, but they went 4 inches before they stopped. I'd try to call them, but they would ignore me unless it was really loud. They were practically useless! What kind of a nightmare had I entered? I sighed, wishing the others could be here to comfort me, instead I was stuck with these worthless greys. A couple of them looked at me, then quickly looked away. They had looked right at my face that time…was there something I missed? More of them looked at me this time, there WAS something I missed! Half of them glanced at me this time. How hadn't I seen it? They're telepathic! That's why they don't respond, they don't hear! It was amazing, but it slipped to the back of my mind as I saw an arena. Olimar stopped in front of the bridge. "Only one of us can go Alex, the pikmin will have to use the stick." I saw the stick he was talking about a little bit off. I nodded, and the pikmin immediately ran over to it as I crossed the bridge. According to the map, the part was right in the center, but there was literally nothing there. I got ready for a snageret, but the thing that attacked me was too fast for me to react. It slammed into me, knocking me into the wall. My vision was blurry as I sat up dazed. The pikmin had ran for cover I assumed, leaving me to try to survive on my own. The creature, which I saw was a snake, picked me up with its tail. It hissed at me, then flung me towards another wall. The impact was too much, and my helmet shattered. I sat with stars in my eyes, and then the creature picked me up again. How was I supposed to fight this thing? I wasn't. The realization hit me as hard as the wall that I was slammed into did. I couldn't move anymore, I was too weak. The snake grabbed me again, but he didn't fling me. This time, he ripped through my suit with his fangs, I was surprised my clothes stayed intact. He nicked me with a fang before throwing me against another wall. I was finished, I knew I was. The snake slithered forward and picked me up in its teeth. I was too weak to fight, and I succumbed to Deaths cold embrace…or so I thought. As my eyes finished closing, the world around me lurched, and I awoke to being thrown into a wall. I blinked, not knowing what had happened. "I see you're finally awake." Olimar said with a smile. I looked out the window and saw the three onions flying with us. "H-how long was I out?" I asked "you sound like you were in a coma!" Olimar chuckled "you slept through the day, thankfully I got a part. Now go back to bed, tomorrow is going to be busy, and I need you." I went back to bed. Wow, so I had dreamed of dying….that was a first. Not only that, but it felt real, like I was really there…then again, most dreams feel that way. But there was something different about this one, something I couldn't place…oh well, I'd ask the others about it tomorrow. "Oh, one more thing, one of the yellows looked kind of sick, good luck with it!" well then…anyways, I still felt tiered, so I went back to sleep.
Well, only 4 more chapters until the AMAZING finely! In most shows, stories, etc., the hero is safe no matter what, and you know that. This time, I wanted to give a bit of a jolt, show that anything was possible. I knew that couldn't have happened, and I decided on a different course: Dream pikmin. You heard right, pikmin that are linked to dreams. You'll learn more about them in the next chapter, so stay tuned! I'm already tiered of writing the reminders, but I'm going to anyways: I love criticism, reviews encourage me, and I'm open to input. The input is iffy right now, and there's really only 2 more chapters I don't have Ideas for yet, but stay tuned!