Chapter Three

Blue tossed one Pikmin after another on the Fiery Bulborb. Usually the creature held it's name with skin releasing fire into the air around it. But today, it had fallen alseep in a small pond that put hose flames out.
Seizing the opportunity, Blue and his aquatic Pikmin attacked, first charing the rear, then attacked by throwing Pikmin on its back.
"Keep at it!" Blue yelled, encouraging the warriors on, "Watch out for its mouth!"
The monster chomped down at times after shaking the Pikmin off, but missed each time instead taking in a mouthful of muddy water.
With one final charge, the Fiery Bulborb felt the last hit and, giving a loud roar, fell into the water: dead.
Blue barely had enough troops to carry the meal home and ended up with only two followers who stood behind him awaiting their orders.
"Guess it's about time we head back." He said to the two soldiers.
Before he did though, Blue wanted to revisit the hole that he and Redd had taken shelter in.
"There's something in there..." He said, getting a weird feeling when he thought about it.
When the three of them made it to the hole under the root, Blue hopped in but was disappointed that there was nothing there, no hidden objects of passages, just a simple hole in the ground.
"Don't know why I thought something was here..." Blue started but was interrupted by a yell from his Pikmin. The leader gasped and pulled himself out of the hole where a creature he had never seen before was attacking. It was a long bodied creature similar to a Burrowing Snagret with three mechanical fingers in place of a head and beak. The body was silver and plated with the base somewhere in the ground and the rest attacking the Pikmin. Blue's Pikmin began to attack the base but it was obvious there was little effect on the monster. The fingers began to bend and twist then aimed at the Pikmin under it.
"Guys! Get back here!" Blue called then whistled. The troops stopped their attack and ran back toward Blue but the arm was faster than they were and in one quick swipe, it picked up one of the Pikmin into the three fingers, then a hole opened in the palm of the fingers.
"NO!" Blue yelled but it was too late, the fingers lifted toward the sky and dropped the Pikmin inside. The second Pikmin made it to Blue and the two ran off away from the mechanical monster, who at this point, retracted into the ground, as if it was never there.
"What the hell was that thing?" Blue asked to his remaining Pikmin. It just looked back with wide eyes and was flapping its gills.

"There was something out there." Blue said when he returned, yellow had arrived a bit before him and both she and Redd looked at him.
"What do you mean?" Yellow asked.
"I mean, there was a creature I have never seen before." Blue said then began to tell the story of the mechanical Snagret.
"It just snatched up a Pikmin like that?" Yellow questioned, "Are there more of them?"
"I don't know Yellow, but I think it is more important than ever to return to the City and not only group with the Purples for more space but also talk with the Greys about this creature."
"Sounds like a plan." Yellow said, "Should we get going? It's a long trip to get tot he City."
"True, we'd better get going." Blue said, then noticed Redd turn first, "Redd, you've been unusually quite."
Redd turned back around then said, "Been a lazy day..." and that was it.

Redd was lifted into the red Onion by the light beam under it and in the process of being lifted, began to shrink so he would fit better inside the craft. Inside the Red Onion the room's temperature was very high, more suited for the Red Pikmin who resided inside there. The other two Onions were suited for the type of Pikmin that lived there such as water in Blue's and electricity in Yellow's
The Onions also had a certain structure that were similar to each other. In the center of the Onion was the entrance room, were the Pikmin were held in clear boxes filled with special liquid that feed the army and kept them safe. Then there were four rooms that were connected to the enterance and included a bedroom, the control room, the kitchen, and a study room.
Redd felt comfortable in the Red Onion, it was his ship, it was his home. Redd sighed and entered the bedroom and laid down on the red and orange sheets on the small bed.
"There it is." Redd said and sat up to pick the photo from the ceiling. It was half of a picture with a single red Pikmin smiling with someone's hand on the Pikmin's shoulder. In the background of the picture was the original red Onion which was a simple, misshapen pod that sat on the ground. Redd heard that it had been destroyed long ago by a group of Bulborbs. That was the reason they put the legs on the newer Onions, to avoid another tragedy like that.
With a heavy sigh, Redd reached back up and stuck the photo back to the ceiling.
"I seek an answer grandpa." Redd said to the picture, "Who does that hand belong to?"