Zim, Binx, Zooch, and Splinkie...
The four aliens quietly snuck out the door Zim was held prisoner in, and tiptoed down the curving hallway. They all four wore invisible suits, so the security cameras couldnt see them. Zim stepped on Zooch's foot. "Ow! watch it!" she hissed angrily. "Sorry, I cant see you guys," Zim whispered back. "Dont worry, we're almost there," whispered Splinkie to them from the front.
The dark, purple hallway curved off and revealed a huge door with an advanced keypad with glowing Irken symbols and a hand scanner. Binx took off his invisible glove, which revealed his small light blue hand. Instantly, it began to shapeshift and change till it looked like a three fingered Irken hand. Binx placed the hand onto the scanner.
...Hand print accepted, answered the computer.
Next, Zooch pulled out a piece of paper and began to read the code out loud for Splinkie to punch in. "that one that has that weird dash thing on top and has those two-" "That's s," answered Splinkie in an irritated tone. Zooch stared at the flying hand that belonged to Splinkie for a minute before continuing.
"Ooookkk... Next one has this weird curve with two thick dashes on top and one going-" That's e, just gimme the piece of paper," Splinkie snarled as he reached out for the paper that was suspended in mid air by itself.
Of course, Binx and Zooch weren't Irkens, only Zim and Splinkie were. Zooch was a Zinkion, and Binx was a Jarvon.
"No! I want to read the weird symbols," said Zooch as she slapped Splinkie's hand away from her. Splinkie yelped and pulled his hand back. "Shhh!" shushed Binx as he placed his invisible gloved finger to his lips. Splinkie turned to Binx's direction, then growled softly to where Zooch was possibly standing. "Grr...ok fine," he muttered angrily.
Zim just sighed and rolled his eyes from inside the invisible mask he was wearing.
...
Finally, the huge metal door opened and they all filed inside. Once the door closed, the dark room lit up and a long pathway with flashing green and red lights led up to a strange looking machine. Zim gasped and smiled happily.
"The machine!" he said excitedly.
The four took off the invisible suits and began walking up the pathway to the strangely designed machine. The machine was imensely exaggerated and nearly scraped the endless ceiling inside the dark room. The machine glowed a green glow, and began to hum from the presence of the aliens. It looked more like what a human would think as a ginormous disfigured toaster then a suit extractor.
"Ok, here we go," said Splinkie as he cracked his knuckles and wiggled his fingers over the computer with a bunch of colorful buttons and switches. Zim looked over at Splinkie nervously. "Are you sure you know how to work this thing?" he asked, pointing to the machine with his green index finger.
Splinkie shrugged. "I dunno, but it cant be that hard, right? I mean. I've been a slave worker most of my life, and I had to work with things like this," he explained.
"Really?" asked Zim.
"No," answered Splinkie truthfully.
Zim made a nervous gulp and shivered where he floated. Binx and Zooch exchanged glances. "Do you want us to help?" asked Zooch. Splinkie shook his head. "Nah, I'm good. Besides, this is Irken technology. I'm an Irken and I should at least know how to work something that my own race had created," he said.
Zooch narrowed her sharp piercing purple eyes and growled angrily. Binx silently crossed his little arms and stuck his light pink and green striped tongue out at Splinkie with hate.
Splinkie ignored their looks and began pressing a couple buttons. Miraculously, the glass door opened to the machine. Splinkie grinned, pleased to have guessed the right buttons, and turned his head over to Zim.
"Ok, Zim. Let's get that stupid Tallest suit off you," he said smirking as he lightly patted the top of the controls. Zim stood there, staring at Splinkie. He had only known Splinkie for five minutes, and already he was having to trust him with his life. One false move, and Zim could be trapped in the machine, possibly killed while still inside the Tallest suit.
Zim exchanged one last look over to the other alien who he also had just met five minutes ago. They stared back at him and waved at him. He made a grimace and waved a small wave back to them before walking up the steps to the machine and entering inside the glass capsule. Splinkie looked down at the controls and placed his right index fringer in his mouth as he tried to decide which button to press next.
"Hmmm...which one? which one?" he pondered. Then he looked over at Binx. "Binx, pick a number!" he called. Binx turned to Splinkie and thought for a moment. He scratched the side of his head near his dark blue tinted goggles and began touching the tips of his strange sharp, cat-like ears before choosing the number. His eyes lit up and a smile came to his face. He held up six fingers.
Splinkie smiled. "Thanks," he said. "Ok...one...two...three...four...five..." he counted as he pointed to each button on the top within the first row.
"Six!" he said outloud and bressed a blue one.
Instantly, the machine woke up and began to hum louder. The machine grew a bunch of robotic arms and began to reach for him. "Aah! ahh! ow! why does it hurt?! oh Irk! ow!" he screamed. The three little aliens watched the tallest Zim in horror and looked away while putting their hands up in front of their faces.
Suddenly, Zim disappeared and went through the inside of the machine. Loud clangs and bangs echoed inside the dark room. The lights begame brighter and brighter. Splinkie took a step back and held his arms up as a sign of innocence. Binx grabbed Zooch and hugged her closely. The huge toaster-like machine began to shake and hum louder. Binx, Zooch and Splinkie squeezed their eyes shut and braced themselves.
Suddenly, the machine stopped.
Ching!
Zim popped up at the top of the machine like a piece of Irken toast. The three aliens looked up at Zim and sighed with relief. Zim groaned, all burnt as smoke rose from his charred head. He collapsed to the ground in front of them. Binx let go of Zooch and ran to help Zim up.
Zim coughed as he got up and held his head. His antennae were jagged and twisted. At the end was a little flame, which he took out by pinching it with his two thin fingers and looked down at himself. His long sleeved coverall was charred and black. He brushed off the burt pieces, which crashed to the floor. Binx helped Zim out before helping him walk back over to Zooch and Splinkie.
"Well...at least we got the Tallest suit off ya...heh..." said Splinkie nervously. Zim gave him a look.
Before he could open his mouth to speak, the door suddenly opened from behind them. The four rebels gasped. Standing right there, was Commander Zarf, Skoodge, and twenty Irken soldiers with their laser guns aimed right at their faces.
Splinkie, Zooch, and Binx instantly hid behind Zim and shook with fear. Zarf looked down at the three aliens hiding behind Zim and narrowed his eyes at them and pointed to them.
"Allright...hand over the Tallest...and you might live to see your feet...most likely not," said Zarf.
I have to say, I'm starting to really like Binx. I'll try to upload a pic of him on my deviantart account when I can. I have started a deviantart and I have already uploaded some ZAGR pics. go check them out :) I'm under the same name: Bat13SJx