The
Christmas Tales of Zui
by "Rai" Pager
Revised
by: Black Rosettes(Zui, (Chibi)Muffy, Rai, and Mewer
and other characters I made are (c) me and Fox is (c) Nate, but their
players along with Dr. Frank Sloth and other familiar characters from
Neopets are (c) Neopets.)
Prologue
Sloth's
New Scheme
The black moon, Kreludor, hovered over the planet of Neopia. To Neopians on the planet, Kreludor was just known as their normal moon that provides brightness in the darkness of night. But if they only knew of the horrible secret that was crawling along on it.
"Work faster, you slackers!" A large, green Mutant Grundo cracked his whip in the air. The smaller, shackled Orange Grundos shuddered at the sound of the crack and worked suddenly quickened; pickaxes were clinking against the rock walls in a quicker tempo and mine carts, either empty or loaded with Kreludor Crystals and other minerals, being pushed in and out the mine cave. The towering S750 Kreludan Defender Robot kept watch as the Orange Grundos unloaded their mine carts onto a conveyor belt.
Another Mutant Grundo kept watch as they unloaded the mineral crystals onto the conveyor belt, "Dr. Sloth will not tolerate loafers." Its glaring red eyes made the smaller Grundos very nervous as they dropped off their collections of minerals.
The conveyor belt wheeled the minerals from the mine cave to the large building ahead that had the large sign Kreludan Mining Corp. The minerals were wheeled inside to where it was scooped up by large mechanical claw and dropped on top of a large hill of minerals. More enslaved Grundos dug through the piles of sharp, pointy crystals and rocks searching for the pure, solid Klaxon; Klaxon crystals, orange and shaped like a digon, were used as an energy source inside batteries after being liquefied. Klaxon found on Neopia was diamonds shaped and were used in batteries to power toys, flashlights, and other things that needed batteries for fuel. The digon-shaped Klaxon on Kreludan was much too powerful to use in normal batteries. Only something much bigger could handle the energy source of Kreludan Klaxon.
Under the watchful eyes of more Mutant Grundo guards, Orange Grundos sleepily searched through the hills of crystals. They had been going through piles of minerals searching for the intact crystal. Klaxon crystals that had been chipped or cracked or were blackened were thrown away; chipped and cracked crystals that had only have half of their energy and blackened crystals meant that the energy had expired, andthat's all the tired Orange Grundos have been finding.
When they did find a perfect Klaxon crystal, it was placed on another conveyor belt and wheeled into a hovering furnace to be liquefied. The Klaxon crystals slowly changed into a greenish-blue lump of jello ooze as the red hot flames licked at them. They slowly turned from colloids to thick, sticky syrup as they simmered for hours in the intensely hot oven. Another Orange Grundo wearing chains tugged on a cord when the light above him turned green and the Klaxon syrup poured out of the funnel underneath the furnace and into a large, partially filled container below. The Orange Grundo released the cord when the light turned red and stood there panting because the shackles around his neck and ankles were weighing him down.
A very tall Blumaroo dressed in commander uniformstood in the doorway watching the Orange Grundo pulling and releasing the cord and the liquid Klaxon filling the basin. He turned completely around when a deep voice from behind spoke to him, "How's our Plan A coming along, Commander?"
The Blumaroo turned to the cloaked figure with three strands of hair on his head standing behind a long, circle-like desk, "It's going along very well, doctor. We should be done within a few hours if we can continue finding pure Klaxon crystal."
The cloaked being didn't move but kept staring out into space through the wide squared glass window, "Excellent. Continue on with your duties, commander, and then return to me when the vat is completely full."
The Blumaroo commander bowed to the figure and disappeared down the dark hallway. The cloaked figure sat back in his chair still staring out the window at the large planet of Neopia in front of him. The lights above him revealed the look of this being. He wore a long black lab coat around him to cover his light, puke green skin. His eyes were red just like a Grundos but they seemed to glow and were filled with so much hate and anger as he stared at the planet, growling to himself, "You all may seem merry right now, but just weight until my satellite ray gun is complete,"he chuckled. "ThenI shall be the merry one from now on and forever."