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Chapter 14: the color red
School was closed, so all the former pikmin were with friends, except Flame, who was still recovering, like me.
"The fire wasn't an accident" I said, after looking through a bunch of evidence "no one was in the lab"
"I'd say I don't believe you, but I've heard it before" he replied
"What do you mean?" I asked. I knew this would be one of his stories again, and I LOVED hearing about the pikmin past.
"Well, you remember that pikmin were originally colorless?" he asked. I nodded "well, grey pikmin were very good at adapting, so they could deal with the hazards…or so they thought. You know what, I think you have a machine that can tell this better"
Actually, I did. It was a virtual reality mind linker (I didn't have a name for it). It could recreate someone's thoughts into a picture another person could live. The only problem was pikmin tend to have linked memories to their onion, if the link still existed, then it could go haywire. But I decided to try it anyways. I put it on and connected it to Flame.
"Ready?" I asked. He nodded, and I activated it…and was thrown into a whole new world.
I was back on the pikmin planet, but I couldn't move. Two pikmin walked along a path, both of them were grey.
"Come on grey! When can we start Onion training?" one of them asked. This one seemed to be very young, and I knew that could be very bad with pikmin.
"Relax, we'll start after we collect the materials" the other, who I assumed was grey, replied. I noticed grey didn't name the second pikmin, though I didn't know why.
Grey got distracted, and the second pikmin started wondering off…and into a ring of fire geysers.
"Look out!" Grey said, but it was too late. The second pikmin was in a wall of fire.
My view shifted, and I saw the pikmin looking at the fire wall "no…this can't be happening…" he said, seeming defeated
"I'll get help, you stay here" Grey called, before running off. Of course, I couldn't see him, but I heard his footsteps.
The second pikmin walked off, probably not liking the heat. He walked a pretty large distance, before something came up.
"Well, it appears we've caught something" a creature said. I had no idea what it was, but it must have created the fire.
"You made the fire?" the pikmin said. Looking closer, I saw the creatures practically were fire, so it was pretty obvious they made it.
"Who else would have? Though I admit, I didn't expect something like you getting near it" it said.
I looked at the pikmin and could tell it was getting angry "what's that supposed to mean?" it said, restricted anger in its voice.
"Well, you're kind tends to be weak, so I figured you wouldn't get anywhere near here" it said, a smug grin outlined on its face.
The pikmins anger was growing, I knew it "weak? Have you seen what we can do?" it asked, the anger apparent
"Yes, and it's nothing compared to what we could do" the creature said, obviously taunting the pikmin. Before the pikmin could react, two more came up. The pikmin saw it was out matched, and ran.
Unfortunately, there was nowhere for the little guy to go, and he ended up at the fire wall again.
"Nowhere to run now" the first creature said, obviously enjoying this. The pikmin knew it was outmatched, but it had to fight.
"I can take you!" it said, faking bravery
"Hah! You'll burn to a crisp, and even if you wouldn't, a weakling like you doesn't stand a chance!" the same creature said.
The pikmin was in a fury, and it was apparent. His body started turning red, and, since I was facing him, I could see the anger in his eyes "take that back" he said, no longer trying to hold his anger back.
"Wow, red body color too. What's next? Your body bursting into Flames?" the creature said.
The pikmins body was full red now, and there was fire in his eyes "no, you're going to die" he said, before launching at the first creature. The single pikmin was able to not only defeat the creature, but he immediately went after the others!
I looked towards the wall and saw it had gone out…and there was a group of 10 grey pikmin there. The pikmin had defeated all three of the fire monsters, and turned to the other ten, now on fire himself.
"A-are you ok?" Grey asked. That pikmin must have been a site to the others
"Never better" the first pikmin said
"Well…I don't think you're a grey pikmin anymore" one of the pikmin said. The flames were out now, and the now red pikmin was looking at the others confused
"What do you mean?" he asked
"Your red now" Grey said. The red pikmin looked at himself. He had gone through a complete transformation, and now resembled a red pikmin completely
"I'm red…" he said, shocked
"Yes, and I think that should be your name" Grey said. He walked up to red and turned to the other pikmin "lets welcome our newest member, Red, the red pikmin!" the others started cheering, and Grey went to lift Reds hand, only to pull it back "wow, you're really hot!" he said.
After a while, they walked off, and the vision slowly faded.
I blinked in surprise "wow…so that's the real reason you're angry all the time" I said
Flame nodded "red pikmin HATE other creatures now, except for the captains, and of course, other pikmin. Were always angry because we always have that memory." He said.
I yawned, the memory took all day to go through. I changed into sleep wear, and I got into bed. I wondered about the other pikmin, and how they got their colors and attitudes, but my thoughts didn't last long before I fell asleep.
Here's the red pikmin history! I'm going to do one of these for each pikmin periodically throughout the story, but not one after another. I'm still struggling with ideas, so I'd love to hear from the readers, and I always give credit. Remember: I love criticism, reviews encourage me, and I'm open to input. bye for now!