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Chapter 18: fighting an unknown enemy
The nightmares I had were terrible. Distorted colors, multiple voices, hordes of enemies. I could tell they were all different situations though, and that's what scared me. No, that wasn't the scariest part, the thing that spooked me the most was one, really clear scene. My machine was behind me, the pikmin in front, and in front of them, was a robot. The machine had a blinking light, and a flashing button that said "activate". I knew exactly what that button would do, but I didn't want to press it. Of course, I didn't actually know what it would do, the dream me did.
It was Sunday when I woke up, so I decided to do a little research on the hidden properties of my machine, as well as work out some of the kinks. The return home feature locks on to any changes made since the last reboot, which was when I first activated the machine. It takes a week to get ready because it has to scan every network possible to find even the smallest change it made and figure out what it was before. If it locks on to objects, no signs are shown, if it locks onto a person or animal, that creature would know immediately. Now, animals wouldn't have the brain capacity to figure out what was going on, but a human would know something was wrong, and a doctor could tell them what happened if they look on their computer, since it uses computer networks to find objects. If the person in question knew how to track the signal, they could shut off the machine before it completed the process. You would probably think it shut down before, but that was sleep mode, it has to be shut off manually. A shutdown would force someone to reboot it, and sleep mode wouldn't cause the process to stop. That meant if I started it, I'd have to hide and protect it, no way I was risking that right now.
Once the process is complete, the machine ensures that it can't be reversed, so it marks the area as a danger zone, causing complete disconnection, permanently. This means that if I used the return home feature, I'd never be able to go back to the pikmin world unless I built a different machine, which could take months, most likely years.
While going through the programing, I found out that whatever came through was someone, or something, that I had met before. It was night, so I went to bed.
The next day the building had finally been repaired, so me and the former pikmin went to school. Not a whole lot went on during the classes, but lunch was a different story.
"You must be Alex, am I right?" a boy asked.
I looked up and saw a boy with a red hat who was wearing a green tee-shirt and pants. "Yes, who are you?" I asked
"I'm…max" he said. The way he hesitated made me uneasy, but I decided to give him the benefit of the doubt
"Why were you looking for me?" I asked. Being straight forward always got me farther in life than waiting for someone else to say what they wanted
"I heard rumors about you building an amazing robot with…Daisy, if I remember correctly" he said. Ok, now several alarms were going off in my head. This guy was trouble, but I didn't know how.
"Well, I don't like to brag, but it's pretty impressive" I said, making sure not to say too much
"Any chance I could see it?" he asked. I thought for a second, then took out the robotic onion.
"That little thing is it?" he asked, a bit of taunting in his voice.
The onion burst to life, dropping onto the table on its three legs. Then 10 of each pikmin came out. "THAT'S it" I said. His face said he was amazed, but his eyes showed restricted action.
"Are those robotic pikmin?" he asked.
I nodded "they sure are" I paused a second, and decided to lie, just in case "I programed them to act like actual pikmin as well" I hated lying, but I didn't want him to figure out Daisy was a former pikmin. If he thought I was a former pikmin, then I could easily prove him wrong, if he thought Daisy was a former pikmin, then I'd want a plan to take out whoever was after us.
He was about to say something, when the bell rang "I've got to go, see you later" I said, running off with the robot and the bag.
The rest of the day was uneventful, and thank goodness it was too. I couldn't stop thinking about that Max boy. He seemed harmless, but there was something off. Maybe it was how friendly he seemed, maybe it was how he knew a lot about me. It could be the fact that he wore all green, except for his hat.
When we got home, I remembered about the pikmin games I had. Should I show them? How would they react? Many different thoughts went through my head, but one stuck in particular: did they know about videogames? Well, I had several consoles…maybe I could show them?
I decided I wouldn't show them how I first learned about them just yet, but I could show them a different video game, and that's just what I did.
The pikmin gathered around my Wii U as I showed them one of the games I was making (I figured I might as well make a videogame if I could program it). They really enjoyed it, and I couldn't drag them away for anything. My mom solved the problem by turning it off after a few hours, then dealing with them complaining about how 'unfair' she was being. I yawned, tired from school. I climbed into bed and thought about Max, about the pikmin, about everything. But I couldn't figure out anything right now, and I fell asleep.
Another chapter done! There's nothing extra I can think of right now, so, yea. Remember: I love criticism, reviews encourage me, and I'm open to input. Bye for now!