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Chapter 12: fire fighting
I've had some pretty scary night mares, but this one was really bad. I dreamed I was alone in the pikmin world, and up against some of the scariest monsters that live there. I had to constantly move in order to survive, but there was no escape. If I was lucky enough to kill one, 2 more of the same creature would take its place! And that became a really big problem when I went after the Bulbear. I woke up terrified, and couldn't go back to sleep. It was the first real day of school, and I was finally over my cold. I got dressed while the others were still asleep, then I waited for them to get up. After breakfast, which they still ate sloppily, we got our bags ready and left for school. It was pretty uneventful until lunch. The former pikmin begged me to bring the robotic pikmin to school, so I did. The other kids marveled at the pikmin replicas. Flame was complaining about the assorted smells from the cafeteria, and Ariel wouldn't stop complaining about her legs. Of course, they weren't the biggest problem. We went inside one of the halls to cool off. "Man, I love the cool air!" Aqua said, practically dancing through the halls. All the pikmin were very good at dancing "it's a bit too cool for me" Rocky said "I like it, it's the same as the breeze I get while flying" Ariel said. Flame suddenly looked excited "anyone else smells smoke?" he asked. I sniffed the air, and smelled a faint trace of smoke. Before we could do anything, the fire alarm went off. Daisy went crazy, and the others weren't much more relaxed. I knew Daisy would have sensitive hearing, but the others should have been fine. I went to pull them outside, to find the exit blocked by fire. The others had calmed down enough to realize the situation "I thought you said we wouldn't have to deal with this!" Ariel said "it must have been the science lab" I said. We tried to go out another way, but we found ourselves trapped in the building. "Were gona die in here!" Toxic said, full out panicking "I can go get help!" Flame said "Flame, your human, you'll burn just like the rest of us!" I said, before going into a fit of coughing "Alex?" Rocky said. The smoke was getting to me, though they were able to tolerate it, still having a small part of plant in them. The alarm had shut off at this time, and now Daisy was just as scared as we were "how are we going to get help?" she asked "I don't know" I replied, struggling to breath. At this point, I could see the others struggling to breathe themselves "we can't just wait here!" Muscles said "you have a better plan?" Toxic shot at him "anything is better than just sitting here" Rocky said "not like there's anywhere to go!" Ariel retorted to him "ok, I'm going in!" Flame said, running through the fire "Flame!" I yelled, but he was already gone. Not more than a minute later, the smoke finally got to me, and I passed out. I had no idea what was happening, but I could feel myself drift into unconsciousness. I had never been this close to death, even through every experience on the pikmin planet, but I was sure I wouldn't wake up…I was wrong. I woke up coughing in the same bed I had been in after the transfer from the pikmin world. I tried to sit up, only to fall back down "easy there Alex" a girl said. I tried to focus on her, but I couldn't recognize her "who-" I was cut off by a fit of coughing "you haven't recovered yet, try to keep your talking at a minimum" she said "w-who are you?" I asked, struggling to talk. The girl rolled her eyes. I tried to focus again. She was wearing a pink hat and a white dress, she had brown hair and bright blue eyes. I still couldn't place her…until she took off the hat. It was Aqua. "Aqua?" I asked sleepily "so you do have your memory" she said. I nodded weakly "why aren't you dressed in your usual clothes?" I asked "all of our clothes burned in the fire, Flame is the only one whose clothes are still intact, and they were singed in several places. May says Flame came out of the fire coughing, was barely able to say we were in here, then collapsed. The only reason he's not burned to half a crisp is because of his clothing. The hospital gave me this, and they said the hat was part of the set. Hats are nice, and the dress feels a bit weird, but it's comfortable. Ariel says the dress they gave her is too long, and Daisy and Toxic complain theirs is too short, but I think this is pretty good. I haven't seen the other boys, but I assume they got what they're comfortable with." She smiled as she finished. I looked at my clothes and realized I was in new clothing as well "the Fire fighters were really nice, they reassured us that we didn't take any real damage, and told us you would be fine, though you took the most damage. Apparently we were able to tolerate the smoke, but you suffocated without oxygen." She said. Flame came in after "oh, he's awake" he said "yea, want to talk to him alone?" she asked. He nodded and Aqua left as Flame came in. it turns out that Flame was offered an internship at the fire station, but he wanted to finish school first. We got home without anything else going wrong, and I practically crawled into bed. I was recovering, but it would take a while for me to fully recover. I slowly fell into a restless sleep.
Another chapter done! This one kind of came out of nowhere, and I actually changed the course of the story several times. I was originally going to make this character development, but I decided to change it. Remember: I love criticism, reviews encourage me, and I'm really open to input. Bye for now!