Entry: It's all just about ready. I have the SRM prepped and tested (though it feels strange beyond description to be human), and Cor the med tech is getting into character by watching a few hours of VR from Zim's PAK. I decided to be nice and not infect him with the code; he's done me some favors, and besides, I couldn't risk messing this up.
Memory download: Fun
We knock Tak out before going in; it'll be much more dramatic if she wakes up and sees everything prepared.
Cor pushes the cart over to the table and inspects Tak.
"You haven't done much to her."
"Physical torture doesn't work well on that one," I say as I pull off my shirt. I don't want the shift to destroy these clothes. Cor starts prepping Tak. I detach my PAK; since humans don't need them, it won't be a problem for Cor to see me without it. I take a deep breath and shove the needle into my arm. This is gonna hurt.
It takes nearly three minutes for the change to complete. I look myself over. Pale, hairy skin, some things between my legs I'd rather not think about the purpose of, two extra fingers, practically no claws . . . but at least the motor control systems in my brain are well-tuned to this body. I pull on the black pants I managed to get made, as well as the dusty-blue shirt with the face on it, and throw the long black coat over that. I'm grinning, just like he would be in this situation. I call a mirror over with the tablet. Even the hair is perfect. I laugh, and the difference in my voice surprises me. This is just too good!
"She's about ready," Cor calls.
"I'm done," I tell him. "You go ahead and change."
"You even smell like an alien," Cor remarks as I come over to the table.
"Thanks," I say. "I just hope I smell like the right one."
Cor injects his own SRM, and within thirty seconds, I'm looking across the table at a taller, magenta-eyed Irken, pulling on a military uniform with the distinctive capelet of a Master Invader.
"Looks like it's time to wake her up," I say.
"Such pretty skin . . . give it to us." - Showbread
So here we go . . . chapter 10 is done, and I'm posting it sometime this weekend so I'll HAVE to finish chapter 11 soon, after which the story takes a drastically different direction.