The War to End All Wars

The Prelude to War Part 3

From a distance, the glow of the elemental wall looked like a star had landed on the surface of the planet. It could be seen from every sector, from every base, by every pikmin. This meant that everyone, informed on the exact situation or not, knew that something was going on in the Pikmin Warrior’s base. Up close, this massive barrier was even more awe inspiring. It had gained radiance over the course of the 10 days it had been created and maintained. The power of the barrier had only increased. To see this, and to understand this you would be astonished to look down and notice that 100 little figures quietly trudged toward this massive beacon of light.
“We are almost there everyone. Make sure you put your hoods up when we enter each layer of the barrier. Malefio guaranteed these would work, and I trust him.”
The assortment of 97 pikmin lead the line, knowing this territory better than the 3 commanders who approached the base. Finally the strange assortment of fellows arrive at the magnetic barrier, the first barrier in the 5 layer force field.
“Alright everyone. Put your hood on and lets get going!”
All 100 of the individuals in this strange band simultaneously put their hood on, and began walking into the first barrier.
“Do you think that he will attack us when we get in there?”
Clapton was very worried about his friend, but seeing this barrier made him even more worried about his own life.
“Don’t worry. He has been my ally for a long time. Once he sees it’s us, he wouldn’t dare harm any of us.”
Vo Spader was very worried about his dear friend, and out of everyone, hoped the most that this could resolve peacefully.
The band passes through the first barrier without incident. The next barrier emits a cold air that would normally freeze a pikmin where he stood. Luckily, the robes did exactly as they were supposed to, and protected the individual from all harm. After passing through the second layer of the force field, the electric field slams bolts of lightning down on the earth in front of them.
“Just move through the fields as fast as you can, don’t stay in any field longer than you have to.”
Approaching the lightning field was scary, but stepping through it revealed a sight much scarier. The next visible field was far away, a bright blue fire column wrapped the fortress in an all consuming fire.
“Wow… how is he managing to keep this kind of barrier up?”
Clapton stood for a moment, mesmerized in the glow and beauty of the flames.
“His pikmin had some sort of bracelet that would drain their life force, but increase their powers… I think they were called Power Bracelets. He used them a few times in some battles that we fought together.”
“Those poor pikmin… there is no way they are walking out of this fight alive at this rate!”
The Vegan pikmin must have been turning Pik Gates soft, for he truly was concerned about the well being of the pikmin maintaining the barrier.
Strutting through the large gap, the group couldn’t help but notice that all the vegetation had died in the area.
“poison… Everyone make sure to keep the material above your mouths, otherwise you will start to asphyxiate.”
The fire was very threatening, but again it was no match for Malefio’s wonderful piece of cloths. The band steps through the last barrier, to see an even more terrifying sight. The damaged Fortress had been messily patched up. Scrap iron looked like bandaids on the behemoth. It clearly couldn’t take much punishment if it was hit though, it looked to be as fragile as a vase. The Flame Cannon that had been designed to stay on the wall and be used as a defensive means had been jury rigged to the bottom of the fortress. Surrounding the Flying Fortress was a pile of unstable rock bombs. Enough bombs to destroy a whole area for a few years. On the Fortress, many pikmin could be seen hastily running around in preparation for the upcoming battle. The pikmin were so consumed with their work, that they didn’t seem to notice their strangely dressed guests. Finally one of the orange pikmin took notice of the motley crew, and called out to them.
“Hey! How did you get in here?”
one of the red pikmin in the party broke off from the rest of the group and approached the plump orange pikmin. As he drew near to the pikmin, his pace escalated. When he finally got within a few inches of the orange pikmin, his arms flew out wide in an arch for a hug.
“Daddy! Why did you send me away? I don’t want you to die!”
As the tiny red pikmin broke down crying, all of the bustling pikmin stopped, and looked down at the group of visitors. They realised that they were the family members that they had sent away two weeks ago to Pik Gates estate. A heart wrenching scene then takes place, of family members reuniting in tears and hugs as the 97 pikmin charge toward each of their friends and relatives. This moment was broken up by Fire Lord Pikpik.
“What are you doing here? I told you guys not to try to come! I have to do this, if you have come to stop me, I will have to take action!”
“No, we haven’t come to stop you at all. We have come to say our goodbyes. I understand you feel bad about the events in the world, and nothing I can say will change your mind, but we just needed to see you one last time before you go.”
Clapton was sad in saying his goodbye, but he knew he couldn’t live with himself if he didn’t see his friend off correctly.
“When I received the letter, and the convoy of pikmin, they all said they had no idea you were planning on sealing off the borders entirely. They insisted that they had to see their families one last time, because they were not aware of the sacrifice they were about to make. I also wanted to personally inform you that they will be granted sanctuary, and will never know the horrors of war again. Each one of the Pikmin you sent me has a private room in the Villa. They will be happy for as long as they live.”
Pik Gates was always a man of business. He may have talked professionally, but he was leaking a bit of emotion in the tears forming in his eyes at the sight of all the happy pikmin seeing their families. He was a softy at heart.
“I didn’t come here for simple greetings my old ally… I came here to pledge my soldiers to your cause. I vowed to be your ally, and I intend to see that through to the end.”
Vo Spader’s eyes gleamed with fury and ambition. He was prepared for the battle ahead of him, even knowing that it might cost him his life.
“I am shocked… I never thought anyone could have made it through this barrier. Even more so, I am shocked to hear none of you intend to stop me. I am glad though, for if it came to it, the orders were to shrink the elemental barrier around the fortress and kill anyone who entered… I did not want that to be your fate. Vo Spader, thank you for being a true ally… I will discuss the battle with you privately while the others say their goodbyes. Take note, however. My hospitality runs out in exactly 2 hours. If anyone is still within this barrier, they will either be killed or will be participating in this battle. All of you need to know… I am doing this to save all pikmin. Benders and Machines have no place in the world of pikmin, and as such, both must be destroyed…”
Vo Spader quickly darts off toward the war room with Fire Lord Pikpik, while the other two commanders looked on in shock. Neither one knew that Vo Spader had planned to join the fight. They just thought he wanted to say his goodbyes as well. They walk into the war room to spend what little time they have left with Pikpik together with him. Even though they would not be fighting, they wanted to be in his company as long as possible.
The pikmin that had ventured with Pik Gates, Clapton, and Vo Spader said their last goodbyes. There were many tears, as families separated for the last time, but the pikmin who had been sent away understood. Their families decided to do this to protect them, because they loved them.
“Here is the robe you sent me in with. I will be staying with Pikpik. If anything happens to me, you should know that I appreciate you two for helping me. Thank you for everything.”
Vo Spader and Fire Lord Pikpik stood, facing their friends for what would probably be the last time. Clapton and Pik Gates shook their hands and said goodbye to their friends. They were solemn, but they knew that words could not stop the rage that burned in each of their eyes.
99 robes could be seen walking out of the dangerous elemental barrier that they had created. The 99 robes slowly turned to shadows as they gained distance. Clapton took one last look behind him as they exited the last barrier. He raised his hand in a waving motion, hoping his friends were still watching.
“Goodbye...”


Losses so far….

Nothing

When Waves Crash Part 5

Vo Spader’s camp was just outside the Pikmin Warriors old base. They had seen the massive airship take flight, and had awaited the signal fire from the cannon to start their advance for Zol and his army. They had not been walking long, when the cavalry scouts came back with news.
“Sir, it appears that a small force of Zol’s is actually on it’s way to this very spot! they must have intended to stop the launch of the ship itself, but had miscalculated it’s departure time. What are your orders?”
“Get the water spirits into the surrounding water and set up for an ambush. Have the cavalry lead multiple charges in a hammerhead formation (This is when 4 groups of cavalry rotate charges at an enemy until their momentum die down, like driving a nail into wood.) Set up a charge from the rear with dweevils as the mounts and raiders armed with their water guns as the riders. After the first few charges, unleash the rear charge.”
The plan was well thought out, and Zol wouldn’t be expecting a standing force before the pikmin warriors base itself. With the full force of the Aquateers attacking the outnumbered Origin Wave, it was not looking good for zol.

Zol’s forces pressed on to the Pikmin Warrior’s base. They saw the fortress fly off, but feared that the mad general might have remained behind. If that was the case, Zol had to make sure he brought down the commander personally.
His Scornets flew a bit ahead of his main force, acting as a recon team. They had orders to split into two separate groups in the event of encountering enemies. 100 of them would remain, fighting and inflicting as many casualties as they could before falling. The remaining 30 would fall back and inform the main force of the encroaching threat.
It was the scornets that noticed the cavaliers first. They saw them, and began to splinter into the pre assigned groups. The 100 air units divebombed straight at the mounted units. This skirmish did not take long. The first 10 cavaliers were quickly slain, being unaware of the flying scornets. The next wave of scornets didn’t have as much success. The cavaliers raised their blades, skewering most of the remaining scornets. This resulted in 80 dead scornets, with another 10 cavaliers falling. The surviving 20 scornets were shot down by the newly formed ice archers.
“That wasn’t so bad. Good thing their wings are so noisy, that could have ended a lot worse.“

Zol’s scouts returned, with the information about the layout of the army. They saw the cavaliers, and the dweevil riding raiders. The information about this battleplan helps Zol plan for the assault with his ground arachnodes and 100 skitterleafs.
The cavalry units charge the ground arachnodes. Most make it through, but 20 fall into pitfalls. The 60 who make it through slay 40 of the arachnodes, resulting in only 35 remaining. The 100 skitter leafs swarm the cavalry, resulting in the 60 remaining cavalry getting torn to shreds while killing 20 skitter leafs before falling.
Behind this battle, the charge of the raiders on dweevils began, and an all out slaughter begins to take place. The dweevils begin to fall, and the raiders are also getting overwhelmed by the skitter leafs and ground arachnodes. The 20 hidden water spirits leap out of the water and begin to defend their allies. The battle slowly turns in favor of the Aquaneers. All of the ground arachnodes fall, with the skitterleafs falling closely behind them.
“Oh no… My troops!”
Zol sees the massacre, looks further down and notices the bombs being stored in the rear. He gets a sick, twisted thought in his mind. He knows how he can turn this fight to his advantage.
Zol quickly burrows underground. He races to where the bombs are placed, and emerges from under them.

“NO!”
Vo Spader sees the giant armored hermit crawmad emerge from the ground and knows what his intentions are. He goes into a mist-like state to protect himself from the catastrophic explosion that is about to take place.

The explosion was massive, and atomised every soldier on the battlefield. 10 rock bombs was enough to shake the ground and cause the ground to rip open. The open ground had live flowing lava running through it, creating a horrible landscape. Only the two commanders remained. A showdown was about to take place.

“How could you sacrifice your own troops like that? You are a monster!”
The floating water spirit commander began to form a massive ice spear from out of the remaining water in the air. The armored crawmad would be a challenging foe to best, but he must do it to avenge his fallen comrades.
“How could you defend such a tyrannical ruler? How dare you stand against me as I attempt to save this world!”
The massive armored beast begins clicking his claws aggressively, ready to strike at a moments notice.

“It is clear that the only evil on this planet is you and your kind! Even your own people are not safe from you!”
Vo Spader launches his Ice Spear directly at the left eye of this massive armored crawmad. Zol dodges it with ease and dives into the ground to prepare for a surprise attack. Zol launches out of the ground, and snaps his claws right where the neck of the ancient water spirit would have been, but the skilled combatant had turned himself into vapor. Vo Spader embeds himself in the hermit crawmad’s shell, and rapidly expands his own body.
“Argh!”
The shell painfully splits in two, revealing a soft flesh-like spot directly on the back of Zol. Vo Spader quickly turns his hand into a blade of ice and attempts to stab the exposed spot. Zol, now enraged, rolls over to avoid the attack and burrows deep into the ground to prepare for another attack. Zol opens up a lava plume, and it fires directly at Vo Spader. Vo Spader quickly turns into solid ice, to avoid from being evaporated entirely. He survives the blast, but has lost a great deal of the vapor he is made up of. The Water spirit creates a bow of ice and endless amounts of ice arrows and fires off a barrage of arrows at the exposed spot. The arrows miss, as the crawmad dives into the earth once more.
“I tire of these games, beast.”
Vo Spader was prepared for the crawmad to jump from under him. As Zol launches himself from the earth, in an attempt to split him in two with his claw, Vo Spader creates another sharp blade on his hand and slices the crawmads left arm clean off.
“MY ARM!”
The massive beast crashes to the ground, reeling in pain. His left claw had been completely severed, and the wound was leaking a gristly green ooze. Pressing his advantage, Vo Spader launches a spear directly at the heart of the wiggling beast. Zol sees the spear headed toward him from the corner of his eye… the last sight his right eye would ever see. Zol spins his body, making the spear miss his heart. Sadly he was not quick enough to dodge it completely, and the spear impales his right eye.
The Massive Crawmad had been skewered and cut up. Vo Spader was ready to deliver the final blow. The water spirit had let his defenses down, rearing up his arm to throw another ice spear. That is when Zol slammed the ground with his right claw. It caused a massive earthquake, splitting the ground between Vo Spaders feet. A huge column of lava erupts from the broken ground, completely consuming Vo Spader.
“If I go down, you go with me…”
Zol lays, skewered and bleeding on the ground. His left arm, gone. His right eye, destroyed beyond repair. His shell, split in two. He was bleeding out. He knew he wouldn’t Last much longer.
“I am sorry Bolt… I couldn’t kill Pikpik. I hope I at least did enough to save you.”
The giant mess of a crawmad closes his left eye and begins to drift off…

TO BE CONTINUED…

Losses so far…

Bolt

Everything but 50 Mehamins and 20 dwarf roborbs

Fire Lord Pikpik

To be determined

Zol

Every soldier committed to the fight
To Be Determined

Vo Spader

Every Soldier committed to the fight
To Be Determined

NOTE: Any soldier or item purchased from Malefio’s visit will not have been destroyed in this fight. The item or troop will remain intact, and will be eligible for use in the future.

(So because of the massive losses that both Vo Spader and Zol endured, I think that they should receive some new soldiers equivalent to the starting bonus that the two new armies received. 50 basic, 5 special and then 38 days worth of soldiers to fill their ranks back up to fighting capacity)

The Blast Heard Around the World Part 6

“Urghhhh… is everyone ok?”
Fire Lord Pikpik couldn’t believe he had been weak enough to lose consciousness. Taking a mental account of his surroundings, and seeing the flaming structures behind the crashed ship he knew his weakness had only been for a moment.
“Fire Lord Pikpik! Are you ok?”
A team of engineers stood before the Fire Lord, worried that he had been injured during the impact.
“I am fine. What is our status?”
The pikmin looked bleak. The stress of the events were taking their toll on these poor little guys, and Fire Lord Pikpik could see it.
“The engine is stable for now, but it will not be long before it goes critical and blows. When it does, it will detonate the remaining 20 rock bombs that are in the hull. We don’t have long… maybe thirty minutes. We could evacuate…”
“No. We can’t leave until all of the robots have been wiped from this planet. We must take Bolt and his survivors down, there is no other option.”
The sad pikmin knew that their fates had been sealed the moment they had stepped on the ship, but they hoped that the amount of blood spilled already would have changed the stubborn generals mind.
“What are your orders, sir?”
“How many of our men survived the crash?”
“15 orange, 10 light blue, 20 gray, 20 black, 10 cloud and only 2 magnetic pikmin remain. the rest were lost in the landing, or before in the hail of gunfire.”
Fire Lord Pikpik was upset by this number. So many of his men had been lost in the attack. But the mission wasn’t accomplished. Bolt still stood, as did the remainder of his robots. The general knew that he must press on, or all of this was for nothing.
“Ready the men. We will move out in 5 minutes. Arrange them so the orange and light blue pikmin are in the front, with the rest of the troops supporting them.”

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Outside the window of his headquarters, Bolt could see the massive mangled flying fortress lying on the ground. Bolt was hopeful that the crash had done his job for him, and that somewhere in the wreckage general pikpik’s body would be smoldering. He knew better though, an adversary like Pikpik would not go down so easy. His remaining troops were ordered to hold the final door for as long as they could, and if they could get through, to break out and run as fast as they could toward Pikpik’s base. He feared the worst for his dear ally Zol, who decided to stand with him and attempt to stop Pikpik from wiping them both from existence.
“My fellow robots, today will most likely be our last day in existence. But when we perish here on the battlefield and ascend into the data stream, will we be remembered as the heroes or the villains? The answer is simple my friends, history belongs to the victor. This means that we MUST kill Pikpik. We MUST prevent the destruction of the rest of this world by his kind. We MUST protect the future of pikminkind. Because of this, we WILL hold our ground and we WILL destroy Pikpik at any cost!”
The remaining robot warriors began to chant a strange chant, as they held their guns in the air in a salute. Their determination rivaled that only of Fire Lord Pikpik himself. They would hold their ground… or die trying.

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“Move out now!”
The Pikpik Warriors began moving toward the double doors that led to the inner chamber of the Mechanical Demon’s Headquarters. From the short distance between them and the door, Pikpik could see Bolt staring down at him from his war room.
“I am coming for you.”
As the Fire Lord points at Bolt, he sees the robot do a strange thing. The robot stands calmly, and motions Pikpik to come in. Bolt has issued a direct challenge. Fire Lord Pikpik could not afford to turn down this challenge in front of his troops, their morale was already fragile as it was. General Pikpik looks down at the ground, and nods slowly to confirm that he would accept the challenge.
The massive steel doors swing open, allowing the general to walk in. The robots behind the door are in a defensive position, ready to attack if fired upon. The tired old general walks slowly up the steps and into the building. His anxious troops wait right before the door, in an offensive stance. They are ready to pounce at a moments notice.
“Welcome to my home, Fire Lord Pikpik. I see you have brought the force of your nation with you. I have analyzed your decisions, and I think I understand why you have done what you have. You feel that the world of pikmin would be better without the war that we have brought to this planet. You feel we are the cause of the corruption and evil that plagues this land. You blame me for this destruction, but you also blame yourself. You should know, that until two weeks ago, I believed the only evil that needed to be removed from this world was you. Now I understand, though. I have seen the fire, the destruction, the blood, and the chaos we have brought with us. I know it is our fault, just as much as it is yours. Our troops may not realize it, but everyone who is here must fall in order to bring about the prosperity of the rest of the pikmin world.“

The general stood still with his mouth wide open, completely in shock. The general began to understand as he stood there.This robot that he had declared destroyed at all cost, was no simple robot. He could think for himself. He could feel. He could regret. He could hope. He could even believe. This robot was a true A.I. , and Pikpik wasn’t sure if that made him more dangerous than before or if it pikminized him.
“Your words ring true, Bolt. We both must fall today, whether it be by our blades, or by the massive explosion that the fortress will have in the next 10 minutes. Either way, we will both fall here today.”
The giant metal groink prepared himself for combat. His body revealed two gatling guns from each side of his chassis. His main gun had been outfitted with rocket-propelled grenades. He was truly an instrument of destruction.
“Than would you do me the honor of dueling me before we perish? At least then each of us can truly see which one of us could have reigned over this chaotic world.”
Fire Lord Pikpik readied himself. He took out a long, thin titanium gunsword. With a flick of his wrist, the edge of the sword bursts into life, encased in a solid blue flame. The gun section had been loaded with armor piercing rounds.
“I would love to. I’ve been waiting for this moment since the day you declared war on my people. Prepare to atone for the sins of your past.”
The war room erupted in a blast of gunfire. As each commander aimed and fired at each other, they manouvered for cover. The experienced commanders were able to easily avoid the bullets being pelted at them, and each commander found themselves a nice steel column to take cover behind.
As this duel began to take place, the lobby of the Headquarters erupted in an all out melee. Each side had fired a shot at one another when they heard their commanders began to fight, and losses were piling up on both ends. The bender pikmin attempted to use the elements to destroy their opponents before the robots could gun them down. As the orange pikmin hurled fireballs toward the robots, the light blue pikmin would erect ice barriers to protect them. The veteran armies were equally matched in skill and speed, it may be up to the commanders to decide who truly ends the victor.
In the war room, Pikpik had the brilliant idea to hurl fire at the large pillar in front of the hiding Bolt. The sheer heat of his fire was enough to rip the column in two, revealing the giant metal groink behind it. Bolt quickly retaliates by unleashing a rocket barrage, supported by gatling gun fire. The rockets slammed into the ground in front of pikpik, sending him flying back from the force of the impact. As the Fire Lord flew through the air, a single bullet slammed into his left arm.
“urgh!”
The pain shot up Pikpik’s arm, and he instantly knew the bullet had splintered his bone. Pikpik began returning fire with his gun, aiming for Bolt’s rocket launcher. As he fires at Bolt, he gets closer and closer while dodging the bullets being fired at him in order to the goliath of a machine. Once he is within arms reach, he reaches out his left arm and melts the rocket launchers door shut. Bolt detaches his rocket launcher, knowing that using it would result in an internal failure. From where the launcher once was, a giant buzzsaw comes forth.
The Gatling guns run dry of ammo, and a duel of blades begins to take place. Fire Lord Pikpik’s speed is great, but the sheer power of the massive buzzsaw is overwhelming. Pikpik’s sword collides with the saw multiple times, deflecting blows. Finally the saw is able to cut through the gunsword, resulting in it being severed in two. Then the massive Machine reels back and slams his body directly into the general. The force of impact shatters Pikpik’s knees, resulting in him falling to the floor in pain. The large metal Groink stands over the tiny orange pikmin.
“Have you had enough? Shall I put you out of your misery?”
The general brings himself to a stand, using the bottom half of the shattered sword as a cane.
“Never…”
Bolt looked on in shock, but knew that the little orange pikmin wouldn’t put up much of a fight anymore. He began to charge forward, ready to deliver the killing blow. Just as Bolt reaches the little body of the orange pikmin, Pikpik raises the shattered sword and runs it through the center of the robot. The buzzsaw’s momentum was still enough to slice through the rest of the generals legs, but the brave general had been able to strike through Bolts core.
“My core… you have bested me, Pikpik. I am afraid it will not be enough to save you, however. You organic beings are so frail. My battery is beginning to shut down now… you… fought… admirably...thank… you… for … this… peace…”
Bolt’s lense closes for the final time, as he stares at the face of the tiny pikmin who was able to bring him down. Pikpik had been torn up to much in the fight, as both his legs had been entirely severed off of his body and his left arm bleed profusely. Pikpik looked down, at the lobby. He could see the remainder of the fight playing out. His remaining five pikmin were teaming up against the last two robots who stood. The robots were firing at the last orange pikmin in an attempt to bring him down, as two light blue pikmin summoned ice barriers to deflect the bullets. One roborb charges forth, shattering the ice barrier and killing a black and gray pikmin caught in his wake. The orange pikmin was able to bring him down before the attention turned to the final robot.
“So much destruction… so much loss. I just hope that the others can finally achieve peace… Vo Spader, I do hope you survived your encounter with Zol. Clapton, thank you for seeing me before I left. Captain chaos, I hope you do not blame yourself for this… Pik Gates thank you for taking in the survivors of my family… Malefio, If only you knew what you had caused the day you sold me that cake… Thank you all for being so kind to me…. I hope you all learn from this....goodbye world…”
As the blood soaked pikmin began shutting his eyes, a bright light started to overwhelm his senses. Through the window, he could see his massive Fortress beginning to explode. The world began moving slowly, as the explosion enveloped the base. The explosion ran through the robot and the two remaining pikmin. The explosion covered the entirety of the base. The explosion was so massive, the ground could be felt shaking all across the planet. The ground was singed, the air was full of cynders, all life in a two mile radius had been evaporated. The Bomb signaled to the rest of the world, that the war was over… one way or another.

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Zol awoke from a loud bang. He was still dying, but had not quite passed from this world when he saw the bomb go off. He knew his friend was gone. He knew he had failed. As the dying Crawmad awoke, he saw the shrapnel from the bomb begin to rain down. Then he saw it, the remains of his friend Bolt flying through the air toward him, like some kind of cosmic gift. The Crawmad knew what he must do.
Using his remaining arm, he pulled himself to where the lava plume was. He stuck what remained of his left arm in the fire, cauterizing the wound. Then, he took his left claw and snapped off the remainder of his right eye stalk. He again, cauterized his wound with the lava plume before turning to the remains of the large metal gatling groink. Taking one of the gatling guns, he melts it to where his right arm used to be. He then takes Bolt’s lense and attaches it to where his right eye once was. After this, he takes the remainder of the chassis and attaches it to his back, with the required electronics to run the lense and the gatling gun encased in the main body. With Bolt’s remains, he was able to save his own life. Zol was no longer an Armored Hermit Crawmad. He was now a Heavy Metal Cyborg Crawmad.


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Years had passed since the fall of Bolt, General Pikpik and Vo Spader. Vo Spader’s army had carried on, with one of the Ice Archers, named Glacier, taking over in his stead. The losses of the War to End All Wars was high for every member involved, but with 3 years of rebuilding both Zol and Vo Spader’s troops were back in fighting condition.
Zol did not blame Glacier for Vo Spader’s attack, Zol did not even blame Vo Spader. He knew that the battle was the fault of both General Pikpik and Bolt. He just wished it had ended differently. Zol Had taken to his new arm, using it quite effectively in combat. His lense also helped him see and analyze the situation much quicker than he used to be able to. He may have lost most of his body in the fight, but it had only strengthened him.
Captain Chaos never got over how he couldn’t stop the fighting between the two commanders. He blamed himself for not being able to breach the elemental barrier. One day, he inexplicably charges his army into a suicide mission against the Man At Pegs that he had once warned us about. His mission ended with him surviving, at the cost of almost his entire army… from this he learned his self worth, and realised that the war war not his fault. He also learned of a new enemy, one that could pose a real threat to the peace that Pikpik and Bolt had fought so hard to achieve.
Clapton understood the sacrifices, and with the help of Pik Gates he built a standing monument where Bolt’s base had once been. This monument would remind all pikmin that war can end in awful ways, even when both members have good intentions. Clapton swore that he would attempt to be the protector of peace during the dark times. He and his forces would protect the innocent pikmin of the world.
The non-elemental pikmin that general Pikpik had sent to stay with Pik Gates lived a happy life. Each of them had their own room in the grand Ocean Villa Palace. They had taken to life in Pik Gate’s estate very well. Most of the brown pikmin became miners. The red pikmin joined the vegans, wanting to protest and bring about a world full of peace. The blue pikmin became blue collar pikmin and helped construct buildings and infrastructure. The rest of the pikmin sat quietly, wasting away their days carefree on the beach.
Glacier had lead the remainder of Vo Spader’s troops to prosperity. They trained in the ways of the water, and mastered the uses of the ice bows and spears. Glacier promised to use his forces to protect those who couldn’t protect themselves. The 20 skeleton pikmin that had once belonged to the Pikmin Warriors found themselves wandering to their old allies, wanting to continue the fight against injustice. Along with Clapton, the two armies held off many invasions from outside forces.
Malifeo came and went from the planet. He learned of the ultimate fate of the battle, and from the battle he decided that he would never again sell his magic birthday cake. The cake brought about the destruction of not only Bolt, but Pikpik as well. Malifeo was saddened by this, but he vowed to continue to return to the planet and offer unique wares to fight evil… as long as the wares were not so powerful they would swing the balance of the world in one direction.
The world prospered with peace for three years. There was peace, and happiness. Many parties were thrown, and many events were held. The pikmin who survived the ordeal of the War to End All Wars began to foster a sense of friendship. All of this could not last though… After Chaos slayed the Man At Pegs, the world was once again launched into chaos.

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At the sight of the great battle between Zol and Vo Spader, something strange was taking place. Over the course of three years, as rain or snow fell, a single spot continued to build up moisture. At first it was just a few droplets, but now the moisture was the size of a pikmin… and It began to move on it’s own. Three years after the events of the War to End All Wars, Vo Spader was rising once again…


FIN

Final Losses

Bolt
Everything

Fire Lord Pikpik
Everything

Zol
-1 left arm
-1 right eye
-1 crawmad shell
+1 Lens for his right eye
+1 gatling gun on his left arm
+1 hardened robot shell
Lost everyone who was sent to fight
(keep in mind that this army should be allowed to rebuild, with the same bonuses as a new army would have with a 38 day boost)

Vo Spader

Lost most of his standing army
(keep in mind that this army should be allowed to rebuild, with the same bonuses as a new army would have with a 38 day boost)
+20 skeletal pikmin
-Vo Spader (For 3 years time.)

So, we agreed with the time pass thing? It's just a plot thing, right? None of our projects are automatically completed, right?

Right. No actual change, but your army should be rebuilt so you don't have absolutely nothing left.

The time pass is just for the plot's sake, it will have no impact on research projects.

*bows dramatically*

hell ya. That Crawmad has more to offer!