Torotyrannus15 here. This story takes place directly during and after "Love's Labours Lost in Space", and happens from the Vergonian animals' POV. If you havn't seen the episode, leave.
Also, if you get confused, here's a list of animal names I made up:
Tan-colored, furry Yak-like creature = Vlaak
Orange-ish, trunk-nosed monkey animal = Wulpett
Saber-toothed octopus = no explaination needed
Black, 3-eyed flying bird = Triclops-toucan
Fluffy, turquoise flightless bird = Loopeir bird
Large, purple camel-like animal = Colmox
Furry, tenticled, trunked animal = Wooly cirrelphont
Duck tortoise = Duck tortoise
6-legged crocodile-like lizard = Svorotarl
Winged caterpiller creature = Winged larvoid
Flat-headed yellow creature = Hammerhead newt
Lavender-colored Beluga whale creature = Lavender pond beluga
Large blue fish creature = Amphibious giant catfish
Multi-legged koala = Koalapillar
Rose-colored stalk-eyed animal = Lorbel
Small, pink tadpole creature = Sand tadpole
3-eyed green snail = Green weed snail
Vermilion and light turquoise jellyfish creatures = Koolojelli (separate genders)
Large, fawn-colored, weird-lipped striped beast = Lelogathor
Red, blue-spotted fanged larva = Kwilopillar
Now enjoy. If you have no idea which creatures i'm talking about, watch the episode, and then pause it at the scene before Nibbler eats the Svorotarl. R&R
Vlaak's POV
I ran. I ran on and on, but I could never run fast enough. Everywhere I looked, I saw dozens of wild animals stampeding in terror. We were all doomed. The world was falling apart, literally! There was no hope of escape for any of us. Extinction had seized its grip on all of our species. It was awful to look at, doomed creatures charging in all directions with some hope of escape, but there was none. Things were going so well not long ago, except for those monstrous Nibblonian creatures who devoured any critter they saw. But then the Humans came. They used their fancy-dancy machines to drill into our homeworld and pilfer all the dark matter the ravenous Nibblonians pooped out, but soon left the planet. We all thaught that the bad stuff was over, but we were wrong. Less than a year later, cracks began forming on the surface, but no-one took notice.
We should have. Very soon, some of the heavier animals started falling into the ground, and the others knew that something was up. Soon, all of the Nibblonians left our planet, and most of us were overjoyed, but trouble was brewing. Some wondered, "Why did the Nibblonians leave?" and we soon found out; our planet was about to collapse. The ground shook, trees and montains fell into the earth, and total chaos erupted. I ran faster.
Chunks of ground fell deep into the caverns all around me, and I looked away as many poor creatures fell to their deaths. A huge sinkhole collapsed into the planet right in front of me, and I was mere seconds from falling in. I ran around the whole farther, and enormous tremors shook the ground underfoot, causing me to trip and fall. When I looked up, I saw a ship! An electric-mucus clored rocked that hadn't taken off yet. I was saved! Quickly, I ran towards the ship, and called out so the pilot could hear me, and hopefully let me on board. I had almost reached the gangplank, when the ship suddenly jolted upwards and zoomed off without me. I roared out at the vessel, but it ignored my cry for help and zoomed away. That was it. I'm going to die, and so is everything else on this world. I bent my head in sadness, but then, I heard something. It was a Wulpett's warning call. I looked in the sound's direction, and saw a huge, rounded boulder that hadn't fallen into a sinkhole yet. There were several animals clinging to it. A female Wulpett, a male Saber-toothed octopus, a male Loopeir bird, and a female Triclops-toucan. They were hastily calling out to me, motioning for me to join them aboard the boulder. Suddenly, huge sinkholes erupted from behind me, and without thinking, I ran and threw myself onto the rock, just as the entire planet collapsed into itself, and we were taken with it. We all clinged to the stone with all our might as we fell into the planet's core. Suddenly, the inside of the planet violently exploded in a blinding glare of light, and we were suddenly rocketed away with tremendous speed and force, but we clung on to the rock and tightly shut our eyes against the rush. Soon, our speed decreased, and we opened our eyes. What we got was a shock. Our homeworld was gone; anihilated, just like that. Everything was destroyed. Everything was dead. But not us. This rock was our saving grace. Only because of it we survived. The rock was the holy ark that had spared us from demise. As we stared at the remains of a once plentiful world, we saw other large chunks of planet that were floating around in the vacuum of space, and we could only hope that other vergonians had been smart enough to do what we did, and had made it out alive. We each then turned to eachother with sullen eyes. We all knew the truth; the lush, Eden-like planet of Vergon 6 was gone forever.
And we were the survivors.
(Like my intro? Pretty heartfelt, no? I just wanted to set the mood. You don't have to read this)
the Vlaak, the Wulpett, the Saber-toothed octopus, the Triclops-toucan, and the Loopeir bird all stared at the remains of their homeworld. The Vlaak then looked to the side and saw the green ship flying away from them, deserting them. "Bastards." The Vlaak thaught in anger. As the ship disappeared in the distance, the Vlaak caught sight of another, much larger ship closer by, about to leave. The Vlaak alerted the others, and they all loudly called out to the larger ship for help, but their calls were unanswered.
The Nimbus-
"Captain, there are some Vergonian animals that survived the explosion calling out from a rock in space. Shall we let them on board?" Lieutenant Kif Kroker said from the bridge of the Nimbus to his superior officer, the famed Zapp Brannigan.
"Negatory, Kif. According to Brannigan's law, we are not permitted to interact with members of undeveloped worlds. Anyway, those beasts are going kill and eat eachother any minute now. It's in their eyes." Commander Brannigan answered his lieutenent. Kif just sighed his usual sigh.
Back on the boulder-
The animals continued to loudly call out for help, but the large ship ignored them and flew away into space. The Vlaak was angered again. The others seemed to give up hope. The Vlaak looked at their saddened faces, and then spoke up.
"How could they leave us like that?!" The Vlaak angrily said to the other animals. "They come to our planet, our planet is destroyed, we manage to survive, and they leave us for dead! How dare they!" The others looked at him, still sullen-faced.
"Well, maybe they just don't like animals, and didn't want anything to do with us. Maybe they just didn't care." The Wulpett said with a sad tone. She sat down, and tears could be seen in her eyes. The Loopeir bird stepped foreward.
"Yeah, maybe they just don't care what happens to 5 animals who happen to each be the last of their kind." He sat down as well, his head bent over. The Triclops-toucan perched beside the Loopeir bird, and her eyes said the same thing.
"I guess we're just more useless junk in the universe to them, and have no purpose or importance in their eyes." It was the Saber-toothed octopus who said this as he climbed up to where the others were from the bottom of the rock. He crawled over and patted the tearful Wulpett on the shoulder. The Vlaak hated to see them giving in like this. It wasn't fair. The humans had caused their planet to be destroyed, not them. The Vlaak knew that he had to make things right, and to encourage these survivors to live a new life.
"Wait." He softly spoke. "You shouldn't say things like that. We may be seen as useless by them, but what does that matter?" This seemed to perk up the others a little.
The Vlaak continued. "What others think of us doesn't matter in the least. We are masters of our own fate, and that won't ever change." Smiles began to form on the other animals faces, and the Wulpett stopped sobbing and stood back up. The Vlaak was overjoyed at this. He kept going. "I say that we carry on the legacy of Vergon 6, so that future generations will know what the beutiful world was like. So who's with me?" The animals cheered, and there sadness was immediatly replaced by joy. The Vlaak was very proud of his work. But then, the Triclops-toucan realized something.
"Hold on." She said. "What're we going to do for food? I can't see a speck of greenery on this rock." The other animals realized this, to. They had no food, or water.
"Yeah. And what about me? I'm a carnivore." Said the Saber-toothed octo. "And I don't want to have to eat you guys." The animals didn't know what they would eat, but the Vlaak had an idea.
"Let's try digging into this rock." He said. "There could be edible minerals inside." The other animals mulled over the Vlaak's ludicrus idea, but then decided to try it out.
"Alright, me and Saber-toothed octopus will dig because we're the strongest, and the rest of you sift through what we dig up and say if you find anything edible." The others quickly agreed, and the Saber-toothed octopus and the Vlaak began to dig into the rock using their claws and teeth. Soon, Saber-toothed octo found something.
"Guys! Come look at this." He announced.
"What did you find?" The Wulpett asked.
The Saber-tooth held up a small, black object in his tenticle. "It's Dark Matter!"
"Dark Matter? Isn't that what used to make up our planet?" The Triclops-toucan asked.
"As a matter of fact, it is! But can we eat it?" The Vlaak wondered aloud. The Saber-toothed octopus just shrugged and tossed the orb of Dark Matter into his mouth. He chewed it for a few moments, then swallowed, and joyfully licked his chops.
"This stuff is more than eatable, it's delicious!" He yelped with joy. The others each ate one peice of Dark Matter. It was delicious! They were about to have seconds, but the Vlaak spoke up.
"Wait! There is only a limited supply of Dark Matter in this boulder. If we eat too much at once, we will run out of it and starve to death!" He explained. The others quickly realized that he was right, and stopped themselves before they ate any more. "We'll have to ration this precious Dark Matter, so let's agree that each of us will only eat 2 orbs at the very most each day." The others agreed to this new law.
"Guys! Guys! Look at this!" Exclaimed the Triclops-toucan from the other sid of the rock. The other animals went over to see what the big deal was. They got quite a surprise. The side of the boulder that faced away from the Dark Matter hole was completely covered in moss, mushrooms and lichen, and also had a small, leafy hedge on the side and a puddle of fresh water to drink. It was unbelivable that they hadn't noticed this before. Triclops-toucan was perched atop the bush, eating a few leaves.
"Isn't this great! Now we have even more food, and water!" She happily said. The others were happy too, and they bent down for a little drink. Wulpett then had an idea.
"Y'know guys," She began. "If we're going to start over, and make our own way in the universe, we'll need a leader. Someone to make all the decisions, protect us, and give us a chance at life." The animals all agreed, and looked up at Vlaak.
"Wait, me? You want me to be your leader?" He said in surprise. The others grinned.
"I nominate Vlaak to be leader." Loopeir bird said.
"I second that motion." Saber-toothed octopus said.
"So do I." Wulpett added.
"Me too!" Triclops-toucan exclaimed. Vlaak was absolutely astonished.
"Gosh, you're serious?" He asked. The others all nodded. A wide grin grew on Vlaak's face. "Wow, I don't know what to say!" He joyously said.
"How about this?" Wulpett said, and then whispered something into Vlaak's ear.
"Alright." Vlaak said. He began a speech. "I, perhaps the last of all Vlaaks, promise to lead, protect, and strengthen the last remaining animals of the once great planet, Vergon 6, into the future. I swear never to abandon you, and upon my death, I will ask for my firstborn son to become your leader, and so on, until the universe ends." The other animals smiled throughout the whole pledge, but then Wulpett said,
"Wait, Vlaak. Your firstborn son? How are you going to-" But she was cut off by Vlaak.
"Yes, I know you are confused about that, but I will explain." A look of grave seriousness appeared on his face. "You see, my friends, we are few. And chances are that no others of our individual species survived. Therefore, if we want the legacy of Vergon 6 to live on, we must do something, something very non-preferable." All the other animals suddenly gasped in realization.
"Yes, my friends." Vlaak continued. "In order for our kind to survive into the future, we will have to amalgamate."
Whatcha think? R&R