"Where the heck are we?" The boyish, somewhat whiny voice echoed throughout the plain white room. Dib swiveled his head. "And why are we all in white?" He turned to the small crowd of irkens and various humans on the other side of the room.
"THIS IS YOUR FAULT!" Zim roared. They immediately began bickering.
"No. This is MY fault, Zimmikens." The voice was floating down from the ceiling, and about twenty heads looked up to try and place it. A girl, about fourteen, was floating there with a wide grin on her face. Her black hair was fanned out above her shoulders, with red streaks dripping down onto her shoulders like rain. She wore a long burgundy robe, and had on black pants and boots underneath-her shirt wasn't visible. With her bone-white skin, she looked almost like a vampire, but the huge pencil that she twirled like a cane almost changed the image to that of a demented ringmaster.
"Who are you?" Dib asked as she snapped her fingers. A large clear platform appeared, and as soon as her boot hit it the gravity in the room seemed to shut off for everyone but the girl. Every human, Irken, and the Vortian in the corner suddenly floated up about three inches into the air. Zim instantly started clawing down, but Dib just crossed his legs.
"Oh crap… this is one of those 'we have to take dares' things, isn't it?" The girl nodded at him, her blood-red eyes sparkling in anticipation. The platform lowered so she was even with her 'prisoners'.
"Look around, my little dear. What of this do you have to fear? I'll take some suggestions, a fun choice or two, and soon we'll see what you have to do!" Dib rolled his eyes as he glanced around, taking a good look at his surroundings. They were in a fairly plain room, by that meaning there were no windows or doors. Of course. Why would he expect any different? The walls were gently pulsing an orangish-red, reminding him of a campfire by the occasional shots of color that rocketed through them. The floor they were standing on was plain white tile, albeit very large ones, about five feet across each. Aliens were all around, with names obviously typed floating above them inside a small white rectangle. Dib only recognized three-Tak, of course, who had her arms crossed and was absently petting Mimi in cat disguise. The Irken leaders that he called 'Red' and 'Purple' by their eye colors and uniforms were talking to each other in hushed voices. (Huh… apparently their names were actually Red and Purple. Weird…) Some of the other aliens had names like 'Larr Narr', and the two tiny irkens, one named 'Bob'… and the really chubby one was about Zim's height, and named 'Skooge'.
"How long will we be here? I've got a game contest at the mall tomorrow." Gaz called to the girl.
"It really depends on what the reviews say. But relax, little Gazlene, you'll get your time to play." Gaz's fists clenched as she sprung up towards the teen.
"No one calls me that!" With a quick wave of her pencil, the girl was halted in midair.
"No one will be hurting me I'm afraid." She swiveled her head. "I can stop even Gaz with ease- is my point clearly made?" Almost everyone nodded, except for Gaz who just squinted at the girl with utter loathing. The ringmaster dropped the girl back into her floating position. "Now, if you touch the tiles a dare has been given to you, and there's no way to back out so it's what you'll have to do. My name is Shadow, the head of this little show, so now let's start the game- just go with the flow!" She pulled out a scroll from her pocket, before a little irken appeared next to her. "This is Kyra, my assistant for today. Be nice to both of us, and you might even enjoy your stay!"
"I don't talk in rhyme, luckily." The Irken said, her voice fairly high, suggesting she was younger then Zim and Tak. One of her antennae was about half an inch shorter than the other, and every time she finished a sentence it twitched. She had on a dark green jumpsuit with a patch bearing the numbers '51' over her breast pocket. Black boots and gloves finished her ensemble as she blinked wide purple eyes. "Now, here are the rules." Shadow handed the girl the scroll, which she quickly unrolled.
"Rule one: no contestant may leave for any period of time, unless for a dare- specific reason.. Rule two: any pairing goes. Crack or not. Considering pairing almost anyone with anyone here is crack, this should go without saying. Rule three: if a dare consists of things that anyone under thirteen should not be seeing, the dare shall take place in the next room, and contestants will be brought back as soon as the dare is finished. Violence of any sort shall take place in the main room, unless romance is intended with the violence. Rule four: have fun with this!" She squinted. "Oh, wait, there's a little disclaimer… 'Any persons wanting to come into the room to help with their own dare are free to do so, as long as they give Shadow a description of themselves and their personality.'" She rolled up the scroll, her short antennae bouncing. "So, let's get this party started!"
"Do we all have to be here?" Tak asked, drumming her fingers against Mimi's head. Shadow came back with a response almost instantly, accompanied with a wide toothy grin that showed off short fangs.
"Yes, of course, my Irken friend. Otherwise we could hit a dead end. The dares could come for any of you-so watch your backs, for even I have no clue what will happen to who…"
A/N I know what you're all thinking. 'OH SWEET IRK, ANOTHER ONE?' But I really wanted to do this. If I get about three reviews with dares, or about four or five days pass, whichever happens last, I'll keep doing this. I know this'll be fun… plus I get to speak in rhyme, woo. Kyra's my OC, but probably none of you know her. She won't be too important, she'll just say the dares, and anything I can't put it in rhyme. It's faintly in Dib's perspective because I wasn't sure how to do this, but it will be hopefully neutral for the next chapters. This is just for when I feel too excited to sit down and write good plot and character building for Crushing the Code... or for when I'm really bored. So… please leave a dare for the characters, and have fun!