Back with Olimar's team, the 3 space travellers appeared, right after the remains of Chaos vanished. They groggily sat up holding their heads.
"Looks like they're finally waking up."
Charlie slowly came back to reality.
"What happened?"
Brittany frowned.
"My head hurts."
Alph put a finger to his chin in thought.
"The last thing I remember is that water creature attacked us, then our suit's fail safe systems kicked in and everything went dark. Captain Olimar! It's nice to see you again!"
"Likewise. I never thought we'd be crossing paths again."
The 2 shook hands. Rarity asked the trio a question.
"If you don't mind me asking, what were you three up to anyways?"
Charlie pumped his chest out hard in determination.
"I'll answer that question. There I was. Me and my crew were back on this planet searching for more food to make sure Kopai was still thriving. Suddenly I discovered a shiny white rock. As I was about to inform the rest of my crew, a water creature ambushed me. I tried to fight back, but it was too much for me. In my final breath, I told Brittany--"
Brittany rolled her eyes, and stopped Charlie from continuing his speech.
"Charlie, stop. What really happened was after he found that shiny rock, he ran away from that water creature."
Charlie just frowned.
"Luckily, I was able to analyse its properties. I guess sending that distress signal was a good idea after all."
Twilight walked up to the trio.
"You said something about a shiny white rock. May I see it?"
"Of course."
Alph grabbed the "shiny white rock" out of his backpack.
"Is this what you mean?"
Kirby flailed his arms up and down, with a happy smile on his face.
"Poyo!"
Tiff looked in Kirby's direction.
"What is it, Kirby?"
"We have one just like that. Except ours is purple."
"We were planning on seeing if it was of any value, but it's more trouble than it's worth."
Alph sweatdropped.
Twilight then entered thinking mode.
"I don't know why, but something about these glowing rocks are very important. It helped me out before and if that water creature wanted it, then it must be very important."
Charlie shrugged.
"Well if you want it, we'd be happy to give it up if it's that important."
Brittany jumped up in shock.
"Are you nuts, Charlie? That thing could be worth a lot of Kopos!"
Alph chuckled.
"Brittany, they saved our lives. It's the least we can do. We came here to find food, nothing else."
"Alph's right, Brittany. We wouldn't let greed consume us very easily."
Suddenly, Alph held his finger in the air, with a light bulb appearing over his head with a *ding* sound effect.
"I got an idea! What if we analyse this back at the Drake. Maybe we can find more if it can pick up the signal."
"That's a great idea!"
Olimar exclaimed in joy.
They all made their way back to the base, where the S.S Drake lied. The Pikmin carried the emerald into the Drake.
"I hope this works."
"Scanning objects. *ding* Alert! High energy signal spotted!"
Alph pulled out his Koppad from his backpack.
"According to this, more of these are scattered. And a few of them are on the move. 2 of them seem to be in an area called the Mushroom Kingdom, and one seems to be in a tropical area called Yoshi's Island. Both are in the same region, so that makes the search a lot easier for you."
Charlie allowed the others to come on board with them.
"How about we bring you over there. There's plenty of room in our ship for you guys."
Rarity shook her head.
"I appreciate the offer, but we've already done so much for you already."
"Please, I insist. After which, we can get back to our mission at hand."
They all made their way inside the S.S Drake.
"Speaking of which, I still don't know what happened to Louie."
Olimar began scratching his forehead. Brittany groaned.
"Oh, him? We found him trying to take our food supply again. He's in our ship safe and sound. I don't know how he can eat so much and still not be full."
Alph rolled his eyes.
"Speak for yourself, Brittany."
Brittany started to become defensive.
"He eats way more than I do. I don't think there's anyone else who can eat twice as much as he does."
"Poyo?"
"Hold on! Stop this chapter right now!"
Everyone just stood there dumbfounded.
"Pinkie, we're not supposed to find you yet. What are you doing?"
"Don't you realize that Brittany practically spoiled an important plot point? One of the writers hasn't beaten Pikmin 3 yet!"
Out of nowhere, a cane drags Pinkie away.
Twilight shook her head.
"I get the feeling that if we find those glowing rocks, we'll find our friends."
Tiff started to think.
"Where should we go first?"
"I like the idea of going to an island. I say we go there first."
Twilight rolled her eyes.
"We're not going there to relax, you know that, right?"
"Of course. I was just thinking with all that happened, we could all use a break."
"Then it's settled. We're off to Yoshi's Island."
After setting off in the Drake and landing on Yoshi's Island, Alph felt it was time to part ways.
"Well, here we are. I guess this is goodbye."
Rarity gasped.
"You mean you're not coming with us?"
Charlie frowned.
"We have an important mission at hand, and we have to focus on what's important."
Brittany was confused.
"But we're in an entirely new area. There's bound to be tons of fruit for us to bring back to Kopai."
"That's a good idea!"
Charlie rubbed the back of his helmet.
"I suppose Brittany does bring up a good point. While we're going our separate ways, we'll still be here. I'm sure we'll meet again someday."
Olimar was still in search for treasures. He agreed to stay here too.
"I suppose there could be new and mysterious treasures here. It wouldn't hurt to stick around."
"I've modified Captain Olimar's Kopad to act as a tracking device so you can find your friends. It should come in handy."
Twilight thanked Alph.
"Thank you, Alph. I'm sure it'll come in handy."
"Good luck finding your friends, everyone!"
The trio left to find fruit for their planet. The others nodded to each other, and went off to find their friends.
*TO BE CONTINUED*