Disclaimer: I own neither pikmin nor its characters
Chapter 21: filled with poison
I stayed home with Daisy the next day while she recovered, and later heard Aqua had gone against a sudden current to save someone in the beach. Not much else happened that day though.
My night mares were getting worse and worse, it even seemed like it was the same one, just longer. Every day, the same pieces of random scenes would appear. Distorted color, distorted sound, it was never clear what was happening. But, every day, more pieces show up, sometimes connecting two scenes, sometimes making one longer. The scenes were still scattered, and I couldn't tell what it was, but one scene always stood out, and that one scene was terrifying, and it was always different.
I woke up several times, and after the fourth time, decided just to stay up.
I checked on the machine, and was happy to know it had started the preparations perfectly, and was now starting to locate the targets. I just wished it could go by faster so that I'd have a definite backup if I couldn't figure this out.
I got dressed, then got the others up. After we ate breakfast, we went to school.
Nothing happened in my first three classes, but lunch was a different story. We were asked to go into the science room for lunch, and when we asked about anything dangerous, the teacher who asked said there weren't any chemicals in there this time.
"What are we looking for again?" Daisy asked, looking through some of the drawers
"He said he wanted the metal, right?" Aqua asked, looking at some of the tubes
"Is this it?" Toxic asked, looking at a capped beaker. It had some liquid in it, and was in a freezer, we could see it through a window
"Not sure, but I wouldn't-" I was cut off as Ariel, who was wrestling with Daisy (don't ask why), knocked into me, causing me to knock over a caped beaker, which shattered.
"THAT'S why I told you not to wrestle!" Muscles said, helping Ariel up. Rocky was helping Daisy
"Anyone else smell something strange?" Flame asked
"I don't smell anything" Rocky said
I went to speak, but started coughing instead. "What's Methane?" Aqua asked, picking up a label
"That's deadly to humans!" Toxic said, going to open the door. It wouldn't budge "it's locked from outside!" she said.
My vision was darkening, and I was gasping for air. With what little I could see, the others were getting to the same state "what do we do?" Aqua said weakly
"I got it" Toxic said, running over to a vent "Muscles, help me out over here!"
Muscles went and help her turn the handle a Rocky rammed into the door, trying to open it. "Not yet Rocky!" Daisy said, before she started coughing. I finally blacked out as I saw the vent open.
My eyes faintly opened as I woke up. "Looks like he's awake" the nurse said.
"Alex?" I heard Toxic ask. I also heard footsteps as she came closer "just breath slowly, it's what worked with me"
I did as she said, and had soon recovered enough to speak "t-toxic?" I asked
I could faintly see her smile "good, you're awake. Al the others are still recovering, which is wired, considering your situation" she said, glancing at the nurse.
"Don't worry, your friends are in stable condition. It was amazing what they did for you though" the nurse said
"What did they do?" I asked, slowly regaining my strength
"You should have seen them Alex! the lever for the vents got stuck, so Muscles had to take over, then we found the vents were blocked, so Ariel went up to it to unblock it. Just as the room cleared, Rocky knocked down the door, which is what alerted the rest of the school. The others passed out shortly after you did, and I barely made it to see a bunch of people rushing in." Toxic said "teamwork definitely works, especially with humans"
Well, I was certainly impressed with them, though I was still upset at Daisy and Ariel for wrestling in the first place. Then I remembered the Methane wasn't even supposed to be there. Heck, the school didn't even keep Methane in stock "how did the Methane get there?" I asked
"The teacher doesn't know, but if what you said about the other events is true, then someone is definitely trying to get rid of us" Toxic replied.
If my mind weren't so fogy, I would probably have realized the same thing. "Let him rest, he needs recovery time" the nurse said, shooing Toxic out.
I dozed off for a bit, and when I woke up, I heard Aqua outside "come on! I want to make sure he's ok!" I heard her say
"He's sleeping right now, he's still recovering from yesterday" I heard her say.
Yesterday? I looked at the clock and saw it was morning "come on, I can't just check on him?" I heard her beg
"Fine" the nurse said, knocking "come in" I called weakly.
The moment the door was open, Aqua ran in and hugged me "thank goodness you're ok!" she said
"Careful, he's still weak" the nurse said "she insisted on seeing you, sorry"
"It's fine" I said smiling. After a bit of talking, the nurse was able to convince Aqua to leave, but said I had to stay until Sunday. My first thought was the machine, so I asked the nurse to call home.
"You're stuck for the week?" May asked over the phone
"Yea, would you mind telling me when the machine goes into its last phase, or if something goes wrong?" I asked her
"Of course I will, bye" she said, then immediately hung up. She was like that a lot.
I had told her about the machine since she was my twin, and I might have needed a backup. The rest of the week was boring, I mostly rested. Then I got to go home Sunday night, when I immediately crawled into bed.
Another chapter done! Because I'm out of ideas, I'm going to end the story shortly, but I'm going to try to write another one, though it won't be a sequel. Remember: I love criticism, reviews encourage me, and I love input. Bye for now!