The Spawn
By Unknowner
Chapter Eight
Author's note: Yay! I'm healthy again ^_^! Anyhoo, I don't own anyone but Gidj, Juan, and of course Zed. Thanks to all who reviewed- Chaya, Silverkitten, Mecha Tails, you all rock! I hope to have some people do art for this series so keep checking these A/N's.
"Amazing! For an alien life-form, he's INCREDIBY human!" Professor Membrane stared at the slide of Zim's DNA through a microscope. He had to be the strangest person he'd ever seen, especially the way he kept twitching and putting so much dramatic emphasis on some words… but if he had battle armor that could help him against the Slaughter-drone, so be it. Unfortunately, he seemed intent on giving him a physical first.
"The only difference I can spot between our species on a genetic level is that he seems to have evolved from an aquatic species of mammals." Dib laughed sharply.
"Dad, water burns him! How the heck would his race be aquatic if they were scorched to death as soon as they were born?" Secretly, Dib was enjoying this. His dad now knew he wasn't insane… or just one of those UFO freaks that would believe anything.
"Observe!" Membrane walked over to Zim, who was sitting on a wire-mesh examination chair. "Zim, this might hurt EXCRUCIATINGLY for a few seconds." Zim's eyes widened.
"WhaAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" Zim was suddenly doused by hundreds of gallons of water from a high-pressure nozzle above him. After about thirty seconds, the professor turned off the valve. Dib stood in abject horror.
"ZIM! Dad, what the heck did you do that for?!? If Gaz was here-"
"Look!" Membrane gestured grandly to the shocked alien, who lay back in the chair- soaked and unconscious- then tossed a cold bucket of water over his head.
"WHA!" Zim awoke with a start. "What the heck did you do that for?"
"To awaken you, and prove my theory! The chemical in your skin that reacts with water accumulates over time, so when you were finally exposed to it after a lifetime of biological drought, WHAM! It burned you like a cheap hamburger! After that blast of water, most of the BURNING, ITCHING chemical was expended and washed out!"
"… but why would my skin make a chemical that.."
"That water is ICY COLD! Does it still feel warm to you?" Membrane was on a roll, and he wasn't going to let logic stop him.
"…Yeeaaaah…"
"EXACTLY! The chemical was a compensation for your lack of body fat, keeping your people toasty warm even in the ICY, FRIGID depths of your alien ocean!"
"Uh… okay…" Dib backed away and climbed the basement steps to the house. This was going to last a while, and he had to eat sometime. Gaz was in the kitchen waiting for them.
"Any progress?"
"Nope. You know how Dad gets when he finds out some new scientific fact… you know, his obsession with perpetual motion, the time he made a time-travel device…" Dib trailed off. Something was bugging both of them… and he knew what it was. "Gaz… I know you like that guy… but he can't be trusted."
"What?"
"I'm serious, Gaz. All the time we knew him, he was trying to conquer the world. He's more dangerous than you know…"
"Dib, his own leaders tried to kill him! I don't think he's going to turn on us!"
"…Even so… be careful. I'm not going to let this guy hurt you." Dib grabbed a soda and slunk back down the stairs, leaving a fuming Gaz.
"He'll show you, Dib. Wait and see."
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Juan walked out of the back room in a radiation suit, holding a pair of brainfreezy cups with a long pair of tongs.
"Hrr ymm guuu" His voice muffled by the suit, his purpose was still clear. Gidj smiled.
"Bottoms up, Gir!"
She drank…
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Cliffhangers suck, don't they? R+R!
By Unknowner
Chapter Eight
Author's note: Yay! I'm healthy again ^_^! Anyhoo, I don't own anyone but Gidj, Juan, and of course Zed. Thanks to all who reviewed- Chaya, Silverkitten, Mecha Tails, you all rock! I hope to have some people do art for this series so keep checking these A/N's.
"Amazing! For an alien life-form, he's INCREDIBY human!" Professor Membrane stared at the slide of Zim's DNA through a microscope. He had to be the strangest person he'd ever seen, especially the way he kept twitching and putting so much dramatic emphasis on some words… but if he had battle armor that could help him against the Slaughter-drone, so be it. Unfortunately, he seemed intent on giving him a physical first.
"The only difference I can spot between our species on a genetic level is that he seems to have evolved from an aquatic species of mammals." Dib laughed sharply.
"Dad, water burns him! How the heck would his race be aquatic if they were scorched to death as soon as they were born?" Secretly, Dib was enjoying this. His dad now knew he wasn't insane… or just one of those UFO freaks that would believe anything.
"Observe!" Membrane walked over to Zim, who was sitting on a wire-mesh examination chair. "Zim, this might hurt EXCRUCIATINGLY for a few seconds." Zim's eyes widened.
"WhaAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" Zim was suddenly doused by hundreds of gallons of water from a high-pressure nozzle above him. After about thirty seconds, the professor turned off the valve. Dib stood in abject horror.
"ZIM! Dad, what the heck did you do that for?!? If Gaz was here-"
"Look!" Membrane gestured grandly to the shocked alien, who lay back in the chair- soaked and unconscious- then tossed a cold bucket of water over his head.
"WHA!" Zim awoke with a start. "What the heck did you do that for?"
"To awaken you, and prove my theory! The chemical in your skin that reacts with water accumulates over time, so when you were finally exposed to it after a lifetime of biological drought, WHAM! It burned you like a cheap hamburger! After that blast of water, most of the BURNING, ITCHING chemical was expended and washed out!"
"… but why would my skin make a chemical that.."
"That water is ICY COLD! Does it still feel warm to you?" Membrane was on a roll, and he wasn't going to let logic stop him.
"…Yeeaaaah…"
"EXACTLY! The chemical was a compensation for your lack of body fat, keeping your people toasty warm even in the ICY, FRIGID depths of your alien ocean!"
"Uh… okay…" Dib backed away and climbed the basement steps to the house. This was going to last a while, and he had to eat sometime. Gaz was in the kitchen waiting for them.
"Any progress?"
"Nope. You know how Dad gets when he finds out some new scientific fact… you know, his obsession with perpetual motion, the time he made a time-travel device…" Dib trailed off. Something was bugging both of them… and he knew what it was. "Gaz… I know you like that guy… but he can't be trusted."
"What?"
"I'm serious, Gaz. All the time we knew him, he was trying to conquer the world. He's more dangerous than you know…"
"Dib, his own leaders tried to kill him! I don't think he's going to turn on us!"
"…Even so… be careful. I'm not going to let this guy hurt you." Dib grabbed a soda and slunk back down the stairs, leaving a fuming Gaz.
"He'll show you, Dib. Wait and see."
**************************************************************************** **********
Juan walked out of the back room in a radiation suit, holding a pair of brainfreezy cups with a long pair of tongs.
"Hrr ymm guuu" His voice muffled by the suit, his purpose was still clear. Gidj smiled.
"Bottoms up, Gir!"
She drank…
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Cliffhangers suck, don't they? R+R!
