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The Koppaites had it coming, they weren't good at planning or controlling their appetites. Now they faced the consequences of their foolish actions.
The trio sat in a circle, too hungry to complain, to blame or to pilot. Was it the crash that doomed them? Or Alph crashing in the tundra? It didn't matter, they all awaited their fates.
They couldn't go back anywhere, every time Alph tried to touch the control panel he was shot down by hunger pains, they were hopeless, he was hopeless. They couldn't even bare to look at each other, it was too shameful.
Then the engine gave out because no one attended to it, no body could say anything, just see the look of horror on each other's faces. The Drake was falling back to PNF-404, the sirens were blaring, something was on fire, before the team knew it, they were in freefall.
Drake was so happy when he found out that his very own grandson would become a hero, but in this moment Alph he would never be a hero, he'd never save Koppai, the planet and it's areas were in sight.
“I'm so proud of you Alphie...”
Falling... the garden of hope grew closer.
“Please take good care of my spaceship”.
Falling... the trees became clearer.
“If anything happens to you...”
Falling... some leaves brushed the sides.
“I will always love you”.
The ground became closer, it was only seconds before they all...
Alph finally managed to say something, a wish made from anguish. “If only I could turn back time...”
Windows smashed, chairs bent, walls shattered. all infront of the pikmin.
“ON THREE!” “YAAAH!” The leaders got pulled out of the ground and stumbled back, many familiar eyes were looking at them, they knew something was off.
Charlie touched his helmet, he felt his face, wait, his face?
Brittany rubbed her back, she felt two wings, wait, wings?
Alph touched his cheek, he felt some gills, wait, gills? he ran his hands up his head, something was sprouting off his hair.
His fingers trembled as he pulled down a stem, not any stem, a pikmin stem.
A single red pikmin approached them, it was the first one Alph saw.
“Trust us?”
Charlie looked at his teammates, then back at the pikmin.
“Trust you”.