Hoshigaru
Author's note: Okay, as you all know, or not because I didn't tell you; my computer has concocted the writer's virus. For those who don't know what that is—You probably do—it's when something horrible happens to a writer's computer so they can't update and prolong chapter release. I'm joking, but have you ever read a story, and then the next update it said something about their computer crashing, or loosing internet or whatever; well, I always thought "How in the world does all of these people's computer just 'crash'. You can't tell me ever good story I read, that every writer's computer is going to go down at some point." Yeah, well it just happened to me; I really did get a virus, and for some reason I can't access my back up files, so this chapter is completely rewritten and that makes me a little angry. IZ is my first fanfic I've written, so I kind of feel dedicated to finish it, even if it sucks really badly.
Okay, in story note: My IZ fanfic won't be some action packed, evil plot, Zim-learns-to-love-the-earth-and-try-to-save-it-from-being-conquered fic; maybe a little something in the sequel—did I tell you guys that this will have a sequel? Yeah, but I am just writing this as if it was a cartoon, just many little chapters of the shenanigans Zim and friends get into, oh, and gushy human romance feeling's—Though I could just be lying to you.
Warning: Um, hippies, robbery, animal cruelty, graffiti, OCs, and PETA—don't worry; many innocent animals were harmed in the making of this fic.
Disclaimer: I own invader Zim, but for some reason Jhonen and the police he brought to my house says I'm not allowed to say that… It's the man trying to bring me down… man!
Chapter two: Guinea Pig Zim.
Note: Zim, Skoodge, and a new Oc heavy; not who you think.
Chapter two summary: Zim have been busying himself to find a serum for his height, but each solution he find's is either unknown results or painful side effects. But when Zim turns on the TV one day, he discovers a whole new way to go about his testing; however, he's going to need a little help in carrying it out, who knew that his enemies would soon become his allies.
Footsteps padded heavily on the ground, the night was dark and hid the six figures that dressed in black, each had their own yellow flash light as they breathe heavily from the run and crouched in an alleyway. The all looked up as a silhouette appeared in the end of the buildings, their attention was brought to the empty spray can that rattled in the character's hand.
"Gir!" Zim called from in his lab below.
Skoodge walked from the kitchen a few seconds later and sat on their large green couch. He looked to see Gir sitting on the floor, directly in front of the TV. Skoodge stretched to see, though he didn't need to, seeing as the TV was as big as the wall. Skoodge saw that a commercial was playing, when it was done, a show began to come on but Gir quickly turned from it.
"What'cha watching?" Skoodge asked, seeing as Gir turned from the show.
More commercials occupied that channel, Gir turned the channel again once the show was to come back on; Skoodge saw this happen a few more time before he got a little curious.
"Um, Gir, are you purposely watching the commercials?" Skoodge asked, but Gir still didn't answer.
"Gir!" Zim called. Skoodge looked to see Gir was still in his spot.
"Gir?!" Zim called, more confused this time.
"Gir…" Skoodge said, trying to get his attention.
"Gir!!" Zim shouted, sounding angrier.
"Gir, Zim's calling—" "Gir!" Zim shouted, stomping into the room.
The TV flashed as a blue screen with the white words Noos blinking. Gir pressed the remote to turn, but every channel had the same thing.
"Breaking News from channel 75 Noos." Gir awed and stood, walking over to Zim, Zim slapped him out of the way.
A man appeared on screen and had a bright smile, his hair neatly combed to the side. "Good morning, I'm Steve Colon on channel 75 Noos, there was a break in at mister Peat's Pet shop." A little box showed by the anchorman as the square held a little shop. "Let's go to Dianna Parks as she tells us exactly what has happen here. Dianna." The TV flicked to a woman with neat dirty blonde hair and a blue primped suit.
The woman held a microphone as she turned from the scene to look at the camera. "Thank you Steve. I am Dianna Parks, and this morning Peat's Pet shop has been vandalized, also, all of his animals have been freed—some might have even been stolen." Dianna says.
The camera screens past her to the building where the front window has a huge hole in it. Animals are stampeding out of the broken window as an old man, who was once sweeping the glass, held his broom up as he shouted at the animals.
"Poor Peat." The anchorwoman said as she laughed with her coworker.
The camera goes back to Dianna as a man is standing next to her. He have a glazed look in his eyes as they stare off into nothing, he looks high as his eyelids droop and his mouth is agape.
"We have a civilian that claims he witnessed the attack; sir, can you tell us what you saw?" Dianna asked, directing her mic to the man.
"You see, Die-ann, it wasn't an attack that occurred here, man, it was a liberation from evil, man; those poor animals were locked in cages, man, cages!" His eyes bucked.
Dianna brought the mic back to herself, "So, what you're saying his that these derelicts weren't trying to destroy privet property, but, in fact, save the animals." Dianna said, bringing the mic back to the man.
The man snatched the mic from Dianna who flinched back, "That's what I'm saying, man, these were angels, man, angels!!" His face grew closer to the camera as he grabbed the camera and shook it.
Zim turned the TV off as he stared on with a blank expression, Skoodge turned to stare at Zim as he wondered why he was so quiet. A devilish smirk then slithered onto Zim's face as he thought on his next plan.
"Can I go?" Skoodge said quickly, all to knowing of the look Zim had on his face.
Zim landed his ship on top of a small building once the voot reached the city. Zim hopped out, now in his disguise, and Skoodge joined him; Skoodge's disguise was much more advance than Zim's, Skoodge's eyes were a light green and his hair a fiery red, and he also had pale peach skin as freckles covered his face. Zim sneered up at Skoodge as he saw his disguise, it was even worse that the façade warp on and off by a push of a button. Zim choose to ignore his burning jealousy as he had more pressing matter to attend to; plus is disguise was a lot more gooder than Skoodge.
Zim's pak opened and his spider legs came out to burn an oversize hole into the roof, he jumped through and Skoodge timidly followed. Once below in the dark room, Zim began to roll around as he duck and dodged nothing. Skoodge just stood where he fell as he stared off in shock. Zim jumped up and slapped Skoodge to the ground as he flipped and rolled him behind a counter.
"You trying to get caught? Duck with Zim." Zim whisper viciously as he crawled off of Skoodge.
"Zim, look." Skoodge said pointing in the direction he was staring at earlier.
Zim peaked over the counter to see a bay window with a hole broken in it, "Yeah, so?" Zim said as Skoodge popped his head up.
"Zim, this is that Peat's guys place." Skoodge said, but Zim ignored him and rushed over to one of the many cages.
"What, what, what?! Where have they all gone?!" Zim shouted angrily pushing the cages over as their door swung open.
"Zim! Those gangs already pillaged through this place, didn't you remember seeing the animals rush out of the window—and why are we doing this in broad daylight!!" Skoodge emphases to the bright sun shining through the window.
Zim rubbed his chin in thought as he looked around, "Hm, seems the dirtlicks already got here." Zim said as he looked up to the wall, paint was dripping from it as it said 'Animals are born to be free!' and a frowny face dotting the exclamation mark.
Skoodge walked over to Zim to stare up at the sign, they both jumped when a door opened to show an old man coming out whistling as he held a cup of coffee. The man froze as he dropped his coffee.
"You again!" The man shouted and pulled out his broom, he then began to twirl it above his head, "I'd teach you kids to take my babies from me!"
Zim used his spider legs to jump back up out of the whole as Skoodge followed, the man chased to the spot as he swung the broom. Skoodge was nearly left as he jumped into the voot while the shield began to shut. High in the sky, Zim let the voot cruse as he thought of his next destination.
"Arg! All the animals in this whole city have been freed—now how am I supposed to get one." Zim pouted as he flopped back in his seat, crossing his arms and jutting his chin out in thought.
"There's gotta be more pet stores out there Zim." Skoodge said, already looking on his wrist watch for more places. Twenty yellow dots showed on his watch as he nudged Zim for his attention.
"Not all of these are pet shops, but they do have a mass amount of animals." Skoodge said referring to some of the zoos and other places.
"Hm, what's the closet's one?" Zim asked, interested.
"Well…" Skoodge typed some things into his arm.
"Tell Zim!" Zim shouted, tired of waiting as he took his ship off of auto.
"Just ten miles south from here." Skoodge answered quickly, the ship sharply turned, it didn't even disturb the passengers inside, and sped off in the direction.
Seconds they made it their and the voot lowered into an alleyway. Zim and Skoodge hopped out of the ship as the surveyed the building, it was plain and gray, but was fairly small, when they walked to the front they saw it slightly resembled Peat's shop, but it was fairly bigger and now said 'Pet Sharp'.
Zim and Skoodge rushed in and stopped as a few people turned to look at him. Zim looked up to see a bell, the cause of the alertness. Zim laughed nervously as he smiled whistled and walked further in the store, the people's gaze stopped and Zim sneered, he couldn't have all these people watching him.
"What now Zim, there's humans everywhere?" Skoodge whispered.
Zim didn't answer as they walked past the racks of pet items; Zim stopped as he saw the section were many of the animals were. He rushed over there and looked in the many cages to see hamsters, guinea pigs, snakes, turtles, dogs, cats, and many more. Zim turned from the turtles and bumped into someone, the person dropped a spiral notebook and a pencil.
"Watch where you're going, inferior female." Zim said, standing up to dust himself off.
The girl grabbed her things and looked up at him, she had long blond hair that reached her hips and was pin strait, her eyes where a dark brown and her skin was a past cream. She blinked up at Zim as she surveyed his skin tone, but then stood up—she was a five inches taller than Zim.
The girl didn't answer as she rushed off; Zim noted her tie-dye shirt and ripped blue jeans—he also stared at her odd different colored scrunchies that held her bangs. Zim shrugged it off as he walked over to see Skoodge looking into a cage. Zim looked to see puppies as they crawled over each other. Looking over to Skoodge, Zim then turned his attention back to the puppies and scooped one up.
"Ah, ah, ah—young man—don't touch those puppies." Zim looked up to see a heavy set woman in a red vest rush over to him and take the puppy from him; she was one of those al-dolts, so she towered him by a few feet.
Zim scowled up at the woman as he poked her hard in the thigh, "Listen her, jiggly woman; Zim's here for that doggie." Zim demanded, referring to the woman's weight.
"Oh, so you want to buy this dog?" The woman asked, ignoring the assault and his insult.
"We don't have any human monies Zim." Skoodge said.
"Well then." The woman said with her nose turned up, she then went to place the dog back in the cage, and made sure to lock the top.
"What are you, some dog master—slave owner of pups? Zim shouldn't need to buy animals! You didn't have to buy them to lock them in that cage did you—you just rolled down the street and snatched one up—If it weren't for filth like you; Zim would be able to find more animals out there!" Zim fumed, he was getting tired of having to pay for stuff. Skoodge began to drag Zim away as he notice he was attracting a crowed.
Skoodge stopped as they were now back outside, Zim fumed as he kicked the dirt on the concrete. Skoodge looked behind Zim, catching his attention, Zim turned to see the same girl he bumped into earlier.
"Wow, that was some righteous words you dished back there little green dude." The girls said, "So you notice the animal oppressors idiots call pet sellers. Hi, I'm Luna." The girl said as she put her hand out to shake his.
Zim cringed down at it, he saw the many bangles she wore on her wrist. Zim thought for a while and shook the hand, quickly taking it back after one shake—that was all she was getting.
"I heard what you said about there being more animals in the wild, you are so right—that's where they belong—but us humans just take them out of their home, lock them in a cage, and then sell them to people so they can just lock them in another cage. I'm so glad that other people out there understand…" the girl continued to rant as Zim stared at her oddly.
When he said that more animals should be out there, he only meant so he can take them himself, free of charge. Zim and Skoodge watched as the girl ranted about animal rights and what not.
"—There's even scientist out there, using these poor animals to create cures for all kinds of meaningless crap." Zim perked up.
"Cures?" Zim asked.
"Yeah, like to change the color of your hair, or so some people can give birth to twins, you know, unnatural stuff." The girl explained.
"Can they even create something to make people, like me, Zim… say… taller?" Zim asked. Skoodge caught on as he began to seem as interested as Zim.
"Yeah, they try everything on those poor animals—that's why we need to do something about it." The girl said with fire in her eyes.
Not if Zim could help it, "So~ tell Zim; what is this plan you have to… uh… stop this 'blasphemy' from continuing?" Zim asked, leaning in; the girl smiled devilishly.
"Man, I'm hungry—when's Luna coming back?" A boy with brown hair and blue eyes asked as he lounged on a blue sofa.
"Quit whining, dean, soon as she gets back, we can eat." A girl with green hair and amber eyes said heatedly as she leaned against the wall with her arms crossed.
"I didn't ask you, Terra." Dean said, lifting from his lazy position as he glared at her.
"But I answered, dick-wad." Terra said, lifting from her leaning position to stand in a threatening one.
"Would you two shut up; we can't even eat if Luna was to walk in right now, Rienie's bringing the food." Another boy with blue hair and purple eyes said.
Terra was about to retort when the door opened to show Luna walking in with Zim and Skoodge behind her. The group gathered to her as they stared at Zim and Skoodge strongly.
"Who are you?" Terra asked, she was about the same height as Luna, actually, all of them were—so Zim hated them all instantly.
"I am Zim." Zim said, glaring at her. They both held the glare for a second, until Terra broke it with a nod of her head.
"I like this kid." Terra said, going back to her wall.
"Well I don't, who is he supposed to be?" Dean asked, pouting at Zim.
"He's a new member; Zim want to help us save the animals, his friend, Skoodge, does too." Luna answered, introducing them.
"What's up with his skin?" A girl with pink hair and gray eyes asked, walking over to them.
"I eat a lot of vegetables; I've been on a no meat diet since I was a little placenta." Zim said proudly—he's done his research… sort of.
The group 'oh'ed as a new light for Zim shined in their eyes. "Hi guys I'm back!" The group turned to see a girl with wine colored hair and pink eyes come through the door with bags in her hands.
"Look at you little cuties; I've see you've made new friends." A woman said as she came in, she was holding some of the bags too, "Who would have known your little club would grow so big?" The woman laughed as she left the living room to go out back.
"Hey Rienie, did your mom get the tofu?" Dean asked, rifling through the bag.
"Sure did." Rienie said, taking out some packages.
"About this plan." Zim said, turning back to Luna as she too went for a packet of tofu.
"Oh yeah, tonight, we're going to break into that store we've just left from." Luna said, opening the square packages to show a white block. "Want some?" She asked, offering it to both.
Zim and Skoodge cringed, "Uh, Zim's already ate—we have a closet full of them—no need for more, don't want to take too much from… uh… the world when you see already people sucking the Earth dry." Zim lied, brushing it off.
After the group ate; they all geared up in their typical black suits, black jogging pants and a black sweater. They had a few more hours until sun down, so they used up that time for introductions and plan arranging. The blue hair boy name was Sean, the pink hair girl was Julie and it was another black hair green eyed boy name Tory.
Once night fell, the kids left the house and went back to the pet store. Zim and Skoodge followed Luna as she cut a hole in the glass door and unlocked it. Zim didn't know where the other kids went, but he allowed Luna to lead them inside. They rushed to the sections with the animals and Luna and Skoodge went to work opening the cages and setting the animals free. Zim didn't reach for the puppy he wanted an Skoodge questioned him.
"What's wrong Zim, I thought you wanted that one?" Skoodge whispered so Luna couldn't hear.
"Skoodge, Skoodge, Skoodge. Why start my own test when I can go to one of the human labs and see how far they gotten on their growth serum." Zim said, shaking his head at Skoodge lack of planning.
"Oh, then why are we helping these people?" Skoodge asked.
"Because, we need to gain their trust so we can use them to get the serum." Zim said, watching as Luna let out the last animal, which was a snake.
"So they're going to help us?" Skoodge asked.
"No! No irken is going to get help from some disgusting earth human; we're going to use them." Zim corrected.
The two stopped talking as Luna came over with her small brown book bag; she handed Zim her yellow flash light and looked in her bag to pull out a spray can. Zim and Skoodge watched as she sprayed on one of the walls 'Animals should have you in a cage.' another frowny face to dot.
"Wanna try? I know you got some powerful words in ya Zim." Luna said, tossing him the spray can.
Zim took the can and walked over to another wall and wrote 'Stupid Jiggly woman, who's paying now.' Zim turned to Luna who nodded in approval.
"That's right Zim; after selling these animals like slaves, they'll now have to pay what they stole." Luna said, complementing him, Zim shrugged, not exactly what he meant, but sure.
Luna than began to tip over the racks as she completely started to destroy the building. The animal's was piled up at the door as only the birds were able to fit through the tiny hole she first made, some of them couldn't even fly down to find it. The alarm set off and Luna looked up.
"We're out of time; Sean can only keep the feds at bay for so long." She then grabbed Zim and Skoodge wrists as she rushed out the door, which was forced to stay open as the many animals ran passed it.
"Woo-hoo! That was great!" Luna cried as she turned in to an ally a few blocks away.
"This just in, the animal vigilantes are back and terrorizing the city pet shops." Dianna said as Gir turned on the TV. "We have one of the workers here who can tell us the extant of the destruction." Dianna then passed the mic to a heavy set woman in a red vest.
"I just don't have any clues on who could have done this, I mean, who would set all those poor little animals out there to defend for themselves in the cruel world." The woman softly cried as she stood next to the cages that were once occupied by animals.
"I just don't know, they say we should pay, but what do we have to pay for; saving the animals from a life on the streets, sending them to a family that will take care of them and feed them when their hungry; what are we paying I tell you!" The woman sobbed as she ran off.
The camera zoomed in on the words 'Stupid Jiggly woman, who's paying now?' They camera then quickly looked out the window as zoo animals came rampaging down the street. Gir stared blankly and turned, Tapetabbies came one; Gir began to smile and bounce as Minimoose squeaked
One week passed and Zim and Skoodge had help the group knock down ten pet shops. Zim was leaving his little messages as Luna cheered and became more inspired. Zim was highly proud of himself for gaining the groups trust so quickly, they were looking up to him like a god—he was even able to plan some of Luna's stick ups; who gladly allowed him to take over.
Even though Zim never once help freed the animal, the whole group cheered Zim when it was completed; the whole group was in another alley now as they high five each other for the job well done. "Good work back there Zim; with you, we can probably hit all of the stores before sun rise!" Dean cheered. This was the beginning of their second week.
"Hold up now team, with Zim, why don't we hit the big place." Luna said, her face was now serious.
"What's the big place?" Skoodge asked.
"Crocky Kook's animal testing."
Zim and Skoodge walked across the top of the building of the testing site. This was Zim's chance, the group planned to set the animals free as Zim and Skoodge went to go 'destroy' the serums and drugs they've made. Skoodge broke a sky window as they jumped through it, no one was in there as it was pitch black, slightly illuminated by the moon light.
Zim pulled out the yellow flash light and scan the room, he grinned as he saw the tables with liquid in Erlenmeyer and Florence flasks. Zim walked over to see them labeled; one said cure for Herpes, another said cure for cancer, another one was for AIDs and HIV, also one said gravy. Zim kept looking until he found one that had a creamy yellowish tint to it and said 'growth'. When Zim picked it up, the door burst opened to show Luna.
"Zim! We need to hurry, in thirty minutes, the employees are going to start coming back, and who knows if someone want to come early." Luna said as she pulled out her spray can.
"Here Zim, leave one of your motivations." Luna said and went to the table and began to break the bottles, she made sure to mix them and splash them over the place so they would be contaminated.
Zim walked over to the wall and wrote 'Idiot humans, next time keep your business out of other beings.' Zim turned back to Luna to hand her the can as she ripped up the papers that had the ingredients on them. Zim didn't mind though, his computer would be able to tell what it was made out of.
"Oh wow Zim; that is so true, we humans are always trying to stick are noses in other living creatures businesses, we have no right to think that we're more superior than any other living being." Luna gushed.
"That's right." Zim couldn't agree any harder—stupid inferior humans.
"Let's go." Luna said as they rushed out of the building.
"I'm so glad we could have you Zim, you too Skoodge." Luna said and the group agreed.
"Yes, yes, it was your pleaser." Zim said waving them off.
"We're really going to miss you, we hope you have fun on your save the orphaned kittens in Australia." Terra said sadly.
"Yeah, it sound so exciting, I wish I could go—but I'm sure it'll be great to have you there Zim." Luna said waving.
"Yes, the panda's will need me there—me and Skoodge." Zim said, backing out of the house and turning to walk down the street.
"Remember, you'll always be a part of our PETA group!" Luna called, Zim didn't turned but waved as him and Skoodge turned the corner.
"Ugh! Took them forever to let me leave, slobbering all over the floor." Zim shuddered as he remembered that Terra girl trying to hug him.
"Good riddance to that freak show, huh Zim?" Skoodge said, the voot was landing just around the corner and the two hopped in.
They flew home and landed in Zim's base as Skoodge followed him down to the lab.
"Computer! Bring down a sampler petri dish." Zim called and a tray raised from the ground next to him.
Zim placed a tiny drop on the dish as it closed and went back underground. Zim lifted the flask to his mouth and drank it, Skoodge went to stop him but Zim already chugged it down. Skoodge slapped his forehead as Zim chucked the glass behind him.
"Zim, you don't even know what's in that stuff—what if it's poisonous to us." Skoodge said as the computer began to calculate the ingredients.
"Relax, human wouldn't try to poison themselves… maybe." Zim waited as the beeping over the computer filled the room.
Zim stretch and jumped up and down as he tried to get the effects to work, "Come on." Zim mumbled.
"Maybe it takes time Zim." Skoodge said—at least he wasn't dead yet.
"Complete." The computer said before Zim could smartly retort.
"Two percent water, twenty percent clay, thirty Soy nuts, and forty-eight percent cow milk." The computer said as it showed on his screen. "Mix them together and you have one big lie." The computer added smartly.
Zim growled and kicked the massive keyboard, only to writher in pain from the strong metal. Standing, Zim glared at the computer screen as he quickly searched is mind for another plan. That's it, no more lazy way, human's were horrible at coming up with curse for things—their people was still growing old—Zim would need to take this into his own hands.
Zim rushed off back to the voot and Skoodge went to follow, "No time—stay here." Zim said as he quickly closed the screen and lifted into the air, nearly clipping the roof as he zoomed out.
Zim Speed across the sky as he quickly typed on his wrist for the closest house with pets; landing on a house not so far, Zim hopped out and used his spider legs to climb down the roof and to the side windows. It was morning time, but the sun hasn't completely broke through yet, so the shadows was still able to conceal him.
Zim used his lazar to cut out a hole and climbed through, once in, he notice it was a little boys room with little base ball equipment and stuff—how disgusting. Zim walked over to a corner to see a mat sitting there, empty. He looked over to the small bed to see the cat he was looking for scrunched up on the boy's stomach. Zim quickly grabbed the cat and stuffed it in his pak. Rushing out the window, Zim climbed back in the voot and sped home.
In the lab, Skoodge watched as Zim took a scoffed, and quite traumatized, cat out of his pak. The cat was placed in a glass container as Zim pulled up his folder of experiments; these was what he worked on since the whole spear incident, but they were deadly, or unknown. Not all of them were finished, but some were and just needed testing.
Zim pressed a button and a gray block lifted from the ground, he made sure not to touch it as he had the computer—whose tools were always sterilized—lifted and put it in another compacted machine that completely crushed the block into a liquid, which was then supplied into a syringe. Zim took the needle and walked over to the cat.
The cat scrunched back as far as it could from Zim as its back squished into the glass behind it. Zim opened the glass and quickly grabbed the cat; the cat thrashed, scratch, and bit but the pain was nothing to Zim, if anything it was a strange thrill to see the creature fight so hard. Zim grinned as he plunged the needle into its back and it stopped its struggling.
Zim released the cat as it shook violently; the cat's body bubbled as it began to morph. Skoodge watched in awe to see the cat get bigger, he was ready to cheer, but was sadly mistaken as the cat only grew old, not really tall. Zim growled and snatched the elder cat off the table, he walked over to a small hole in the wall and threw the cat in, shutting the glass as he pressed the button to eject the cat out of the lab and out of the house where it flung into the sky.
"Arg!" Zim shout but calmed down, that was only one out of his many test; at least he was on the right path, the cat grew in age—and an irken didn't really get old—so maybe in a million years Zim's would be a little taller, but even to irken's, they needed to be young to be at their prime.
Zim set off to retrieve more animals; he went from stealing dogs out of their back yard to birds from their living room. Each one he brought home grew in some way or another, yet none grew in height. Zim tried serums from dust to tablets, even going as far as to plant a chip in their brain, but none gave satisfactory results.
It was five fifty; nearly ten minutes before the sun light the sky. Zim was pushing his voot curser to the max as he raced to collect animals; the last house, Zim was lucky enough to find a family with a dog, two cat, three bird, four fishes, and a rodent. It was beyond him why they had so many, he was getting sick of the few he would bring back to his lab.
Zim crept around the house as he stopped at the room that housed the animals; he was a little wary on how he was going to get all these animals back without waking the humans, or the animals. Some were to big just to grab and run, but he needed to her before the sunrise; though, he also didn't want eleven animals in his voot trying to scratch his eyes out.
"Doggie!" Gir shouted, hopping on Zim's head. Zim shouted and twisted to get Gir off, "Kitties! Birdies! Fishies! And a guinea pig." Gir called, hopping off to land on the dog.
The dog woke up and began to bark, waking the cats who began to whine and meow, frightening the birds who then began to squawk and rattle their cages, which scared the guinea pig who ran in circles and occasionally knocking into the bars, which soon tipped the fish tank next to it; causing a big splash and shatter.
The lights turned on and there was a tired, yet startled, husband, wife, and child; who gawked as Zim and Gir—both out of their disguise. The wife screamed and fainted as the husband quaked in his slippers and the child began to sob. Now there was barking, meowing, squawking, squeaking, shouting, and crying filling the room. Zim's head was ready to explode as they affected his sensitive hearing.
Zim reached for the closes thing and chucked it in his pak as he rushed and scooped up Gir and jumped out the window to have his spider legs come out and pull him on top of the roof where he hopped in the voot and sped home, making sure to go fast enough to were the morning joggers couldn't see.
Landing in the lab, Zim than chucked Gir out and climbed out himself. Skoodge turned to see and angry Zim as Gir slid across the polished floor. Zim growled and stomped over to Skoodge.
"What good are you, you were supposed to be watching Gir." Zim fumed.
"Uh… no I wasn't…" Skoodge said confused.
Zim stopped and looked round in thought; he then stomped over to Gir and looked down at him with his hands on his hip. Gir was laying upside down as he repositioned himself.
"Gir, look what you've done; you've could have ruin the mission! You did ruin the mission—just think of the possibilities if I took all of those animals." Zim scolded as Gir looked down sadly.
Gir had his hands behind his back as he looked up at Zim with sorrow filled eyes. Zim tried to look down at him angrily, but felt his eye twitch from the cuteness.
"That will not work with me; now go, leave Zim's sight this instant." Zim closed his eyes so he wouldn't have to see his face. Dragging his hands on the ground, Gir was hunched over as he moped over to the elevator and went up.
"Did you get anything Zim?" Skoodge asked as he walked over to him.
Skoodge remembered the one animal he grabbed and reached in his pak; it was a little hard to find—it couldn't have been the dog; that thing was bigger than Zim… hey, it's says enough. Zim smiled as he grabbed the squirming animal and pulled it from his pak; both him and Skoodge gawked as they saw it was a plumped goldfish, the fish gasped for its last breath and died.
Zim growled angrily and threw the fish, slapping Skoodge in the face; he stomped over to the computer and slumped in one of his crescent moon chairs. He was so tired, this whole week was horrible. Skoodge walked over to Zim and looked down sadly.
"Get these animals are difficult; you can try again later." Skoodge tried to encourage. But Zim sullenly stared off as he ignored him
"You can play with piggy." Gir said.
"Gir, I told you to go away." Zim said boredly.
"Come on—he's cute." Gir insisted.
"No, Gir, for the last time; Zim does not wish to play with your filthy pink pig—even if it squeaks." Zim said, tired of him keep asking.
"It looks kind of brown to me." Gir said.
Zim opened his eyes and looked down to see Gir holding a squeaking guinea pig. Zim quickly sat up and snatched the animal—it had the same ginger brown color as the one in that family—Gir must of grabbed the thing before they left.
"Good job, Gir!" Zim cheered; he knew his robot was at the top of the line. The guinea pig was one of the known animals used for humans to test—or so Luna said—and not he had one.
Zim walked over to the testing container and place the guinea pig down. He then pulled out one of his experiments that was like a lotion; putting on extra gloves, Zim then squeezed the lotion out and rubbed it all around the guinea pig. The guinea pig tremor as Zim stood back and watched; the guinea pigs hair grew longer.
Zim didn't have time for a new animal and he had many more experiments, so he cut the things hair. He then got out a gun that shot a lazar at the guinea pig; it's head grew bigger.
"Welp… that's it." Zim said as he turned to leave.
"Zim, look." Skoodge said and Zim turned around.
The guinea pig's head began to shake and then it popped back to normal. Zim stared oddly as he looked the guinea pig over, "Computer! Is this experiment treatable?" Zim asked.
"No." It answered.
"Does it ware off?" Zim asked, a little uncertain this time.
The computer sighed, "No."
"That's it!" Zim said and rushed to pick the guinea pig up.
That's why the human's always preferred guinea pigs; because they have some strange immune to the experiments! Ha, the human's are so stupid to allow him to get his hands on one. Zim quickly began to make his other experiments; all failing, but that's okay, Zim can just try again, and again, and again.
So far, Zim was able to create a growth for nails, the tongue, the whiskers, and its organs, he also learned to make a very delicious cherry soda. Zim was getting a little tired and less enthusiastic; he had to be missing one thing that would make the guinea pig taller. Zim tried one last experiment; this was his last one, if this didn't work out, then it was back to the books.
The last one was a dust particles; it was supposed to be inhaled. Zim had a mask over his mouth as he kept the tightly sealed box far from his body; placing the container in the glass casing with the guinea pig, Zim stepped back as it closed. The box then broke open and purple glitter filled the container; Zim waited a few minutes for the guinea pig to inhale it all. The guinea pig began to shake and morph as it's body stretched and it became as big as a Doberman pinscher; Zim's mouth fell as he studied its size, its body was well proportion for something that big.
"Computer! Is this experiment treatable?" Zim started; he had to make sure of all the possibilities.
"No." It answered.
"Does it ware off?" Zim asked, a little uncertain this time.
"No, Zim." The computer was really getting sick of these obvious questions; well, all questions were obvious to him.
"Yes!" Zim cheered and watched as the guinea pig shrunk back into it's tiny size.
Zim rushed over to the computer and typed for it to make another copy of the last sample. Zim lifted it and ogled it in all its glory as he lowered the box to his face; Zim was about to open the case until Skoodge came and clamped his hands over the box so it would stay shut.
"Zim! You don't know what that's going to do to you." Skoodge said, looking concern.
"It'll make me taller; now move—none for you." Zim said, snatching the box from his grip, but he paused—he wasn't thinking rationally here—this was an Earth animal, even Irken animal would have different effects than an irken.
"Compute, take my sample DNA and mix it with the serum." Zim said, loosely holding the box.
The computer complied as it showed the analyzation on its screen. The result showed and a 3D video showed of the dust going into an irken's lungs, which then began to pump wildly like a heart and then shriveled. Zim and Skoodge's eyes widen as the saw the lungs squeeze, they jumped as the lungs expanded and exploded.
Zim's mouth was agape as they gawked at the screen. "I… heh… I guess now you only have to find a way to convert it to Irken DNA."
Author's note: All done =D, I notice this one was a lot shorter than the first, but hey, I can't make them all ten billion pages long—plus the first chapter was like an introduction—it was supposed to be long. Any ways, how did you guys like my hippie/anti-hippie; did you like how I tried to say how bad having pets and animal testing was; then witched it around for having a cure to long life—ha, I mock the people who makes things like that a big deal. I'm actually kind of hippie-ish myself; I eat meat and I'm not with PETA, but I do find animal testing is wrong, but I do condone in having pets—I kind of made this chapter fifty/fifty, it was inspired by and created to support and mock my English teacher who is a huge PETA/vegetarian/animal lover. Do paint on fur coats =D!
The whole fic wasn't really supposed to be on the huge PETA group and things, it was actually supposed to be more on Zim resulting to animals for testing; I guess you can place your opinion on it—it's always nice to rant in a review—I don't mind if you're for or against, I won't judge; actually I'll love your opinion to show that you actually read and understood my chapter.
Off of that note, I might actually bring Dib and Gaz in the next one; I'm not sure—they'll be in the fic—I just don't know if it'll be in the next or later, also I don't know if you'll see the main oc yet or not either. The story is still branching out though; trust me, this testing phase is only the fetus of the actually story, it goes much deeper than that.