This Idea popped into my head one day not too long ago, and it's been bugging me for a while now. I've finally gotten around to writing it. ^^0
Disclaimer: I do not own the Secret Saturdays. Only Zaphrina, but I prefer to call her Zephy.
Hint: */...\* Fiskerton talking. I'm not even gonna try to write out watever the hell he sayes. -_-0
"Zak! Zak, wake up!"
I groaned and rolled over in my warm bed on the airship. The frantic pounding on my door didn't subside, however.
My mom's voice sliced through my sleepy haze with the next thing she said:
"It's Argost! We need to hurry!" She yelled through the door.
I shot upright and found myself face-planting into the floor.
"C-Coming, Mom!" I called, thrashing around to free myself of the sheets and blankets that had gotten tangled around my body.
I threw my pajamas off and pulled on my usual orange shirt with black sleeves and tan pants. Pulling on my sneakers as I ran from the room.
Fiskerton and I met on the way to the main room and he lifted me up onto his shoulders. He carried me into the room faster with his long legs and skid to a stop to prevent running into my dad. He looked up at us.
"Good, you boys are here."
He said, and looked back to the screen.
"What's Argost doing this time?" I asked, trying to stifle a yawn.
"We don't know, but he's been spotted in Trenton, New Jersey." Mom said with a frown.
"Trenton?" I repeated. "What's he doing there?"
"We don't know, Zak." Dad remarked, imitating Mom's expression.
My parents, Doc and Drew Saturday, were both scientists trying to figure out the location of Ker, a legendary cryptid.
I've been helping them for about a month now. Fisk looked down at me.
*/Are you alright?\* He asked.
I nodded, rubbing my forehead. Mom and Dad took their places on the airship's cockpit seats.
Mom typed something into the control panel, and I grabbed the bar in front of me so I wouldn't fall over when the Airship changed directions.
I sat down in my own seat and yawned. Soon, I was asleep again.
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"Zak! Wake up! We're here!"
Once again, I was jolted out of my peaceful darkness by the sound of one of my parents' voices.
Dad was hovering over my face when I opened my eyes.
"Wassa meed, Dad?" I slurred, sitting up.
"We're here, Zak!" He said again, and disappeared from my vision.
I groaned, but sat up none the less, rubbing the grit from my eyes.
Suddenly I was lifted out of the chair and planted down on someones shoulder.
"Fisk!" I cried, clinging to my adopted brother's fir. Fiskerton snickered, and held my legs as he ran out the door.
Fiskerton, actually, was a cryptid himself. He was sort of a cross between a cat and a gorilla.
On the way out he looked up at me worriedly.
*/Are you sure you're alright? You look pretty out of it. . .\* He trailed off and I frowned.
"I told you, Fisk, I'm fine." I said in slight annoyance.
He huffed, and I could tell he didn't believe me. I didn't know why, but I was feeling weird ever since Mom told me where Argost was.
And if there was one thing my parents have taught me, it was to trust my instincts.
Fisk ran down the ramp onto the ground and looked around. We were in the middle of what looked like a bridge, and if my geography was right, we were above the Delaware river.
We could both see Argost and Moonya at the other end. Argost was laughing.
"Greetings, Saturdays," He called to us, looking positively smug.
Mom and Dad both got into fighting stances.
Fisk set me down and I followed their example.
"Oh, no no, Saturdays. I do not wish to fight." He drawled, with a disgusting smirk on his white face.
I frowned. Mom scowled.
"What do you want then?" Dad growled.
Argost laughed.
"Nothing to do with you, dear Doc Saturday." He said. His gaze traveled from Dad, to Mom, then finally landed on me.
I gulped.
"Young Zak Saturday." Argost called to me.
"What?" I called back, putting a little growl into my voice like Dad taught me to. Argost's smirk widened some, and it made me sick.
"I have a proposition for you."
Dad gave a little growl. Mom had a slightly worried face.
"What kind of proposition?" My voice still had the slight growl. It was supposed to be intimidating. . .
"Allow me to collect a small sample of your blood."
There was silence for about two whole minutes.
Dad suddenly bent forward, a snarl ripping out of his throat.
"No." Mom growled firmly, moving in front of me a little. Motherly instincts kicking in full-force.
Even Fisk had moved in front of me protecively. He glared at Argost and Moonya with cold red eyes.
I frowned. My blood? What did he want with my blood? What could he do with it, feed a vampire?
I voiced the second question.
Dad had a fierce expression. "There are many things he could do with your blood, Zak." He said tightly.
"Like what?"
"Haven't you read science fiction books?" He asked flatly.
I thought about that for a few seconds.
Then, I almost fell backwards. "He wants to clone me?!?!" I exclaimed in shock.
Mom and Dad both sweat dropped.
I noticed Argost's face falter slightly. But I didn't think about this too much.
"Don't be ridiculous, Zak." Dad said exasperatedly. (Is that even a word?) "He wants to try and analyze your powers using your molecular structure."
*/DNA.\* Fisk clarified to my confused face.
I blinked. "Oh."
Argost sighed. "Aw, well. I really hoped I wouldn't have to do this by force." His face fell into a fake disdained expression.
He pulled out a small knife.
As soon as my parents saw it, they both cried out and lunged, their weapons activating.
They attacked Argost, and Moonya slipped around them. I held up my claw threateningly, but what I didn't expect to feel was a sharp pain in the side of my neck.
Everything faded to nothing.
But before I fell into oblivion, a heard a soft girl's voice say to me.
"Wait for me, Zak. I'm on my way."
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Ohhhhh, My aching everything.
I opened my eyes with difficulty. They felt like lead.
Something sharply tugged at my hair, and I cried out.
"ow, OW OW!" I hissed, looking down to see Argost hanging off the side of the bridge with a fist-full of my hair.
How the hell this came to be, I'll never know, but the only thing I could think about was the searing pain in my scalp.
"Hey, let me go!" I yelled, trying to get my head out of the creepy man's grip.
Argost suddenly smirked and gave a sharp tug, causing me to cry out as a handful of my hair was ripped out of my head.
Dad grabbed my shoulder to keep me from falling into the river as well.
"Zak!" Mom yelled, running over to us.
She threw her arms around me, and I think I heard my back crack.
She pulled back and looked me over. "Are you alright? Any cuts? Bruises? Broken bones?"
I laughed. "No, Mom. Besides an aching head, I'm fine."
Mom still looked concerned, and she shared a look with Dad.
I blinked.
"Is something wrong?" I asked.
Mom and Dad both looked very uneasy.
"We don't know," They both said.
That didn't help me at all.
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Argost stood in a large laboratory, laughing.
"Tell me, Moonya, do you know what this means?" He held up a test tube with a few strands of black and white hair inside it.
"I do not understand, master." Moonya said with a small frown. "Did we not need the Saturday boy's blood for this to be successful?"
Argost smirked. "The blood would have made this easier, but we can still complete this task. It will simply,"
He placed the test tube on a small holder on the table. He bent down to look at it.
"The process will simply take, slightly, longer. . . "
Argost poured a green liquid into the tube, and replaced the top. He straitened up and smirked.
"Now, get the camera ready. It is time for my show."
~Time skip: About two and a half months~
Zak POV
I peaked around the corner. The dark hallway seemed to stretch on forever. But more importantly, it was empty.
I looked back around and waved to Fisk and Kamodo.
The two followed me into the hall, Fisk grumbling under his breath.
*/Why do we keep doing this? you know your father will kill you if he catches us.\*
I laughed. "That just makes it more fun." I said slyly with a smirk.
He groaned, and we both followed Kamodo into the main room.
I flopped down on the chair and picked up the remote. Kamodo dropped a bowl of popcorn into my lap, and I stared at it.
Fisk and I shared a look.
"Did you know he could work the microwave?" I asked as the kamodo dragon started to eat the popcorn.
Fisk shrugged.
I rolled my eyes and flipped on the TV, turning down the volume so I could hear it, but the noise wouldn't wake my parents.
The intro to Weird World came up, and I cheered. (Quietly, mind you)
Argost came onto the screen, looking very smug about something.
"Oh, hello there." He said into the camera. "So nice of you to join me tonight on this episode of Weird World."
He waved a hand to the many things in his cave laboratory. "I have shown you many things on this show over the years, but I think this will pleasantly surprise you the most."
Argost looked to a spot behind the camera.
"Please, help me to introduce my new assistant. Be careful not to scare her, she's a little shy."
Then, a girl about my age walked into the shot. She turned to the camera and waved, an indifferent expression on her face.
But that wasn't the only the reason I was staring.
She had short choppy black hair, white bangs, and an orange shirt with black jeans.
"Welcome, Zaphrina Saturday." He said, putting an arm around the girl.
She waved boredly at the camera.
I dropped the remote. That girl. . . the one on Argost's show. . .
She looked like my exact replica.
Fisk and Kamodo stared.
I didn't know what to do. The girl- Zaphrina- she was looking at the camera as Argost talked.
Staring.
Right.
At.
Me.
I did the only thing I could think of in this situation.
I screamed.
"MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!"
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