The Shock

"I... I'm Zim.."

I stared in shock at my gloved hands. This had to be a dream or I was just hallucinating. I reached up and poked an eye. I closed it quickly when I felt a slight burning sensation. Nope, not a dream. I was actually Zim..

"Shocking ain't it?" I heard Oscar ask beside me. I slowly turned to him and actually had to lean back just to look at his face. I never knew Zim was so short. I turned to Doc Lid, a blank expression on my face. I knew that if I turned back to my 'other' form, I'd be crying but since Irken's can't cry, I settled for literally dropping to the floor and running over to the fat wrinkled man and hugged his leg.

"This is perhaps the greatest gift anyone has ever given me." Whoo boy, was I in a daydream. I felt his hand rest on my head and I about fell over from the weight. This dude seriously needs to get on some Fat-Kins diet or something. I let go of him and looked down at myself. I so wished Zim didn't wear a pink 'uniform'. I hated pink. Maybe I could ask my grandma to make me another uniform, but in my human form. But, for now.. I was gonna have some fun with this new gift I have. I thought a minute, and suddenly I was slightly taller than Oscar and I was about chin height to Lid.

"Oh, I love that show." I heard Oscar say beside me. I looked down and saw a white shirt with a red oval in the center and blue jeans with red and white shoes. I looked at my hands. They were blocky when I fisted them. I slowly raised my head, and lifted my hand into my new hair that was partially in my face. Oh.. my.. I was Danny Fenton! I smiled and wondered if I could do what Danny could, like for say.. go ghost? I closed my eyes and concentrated on becoming ghostly. I gasped when I heard the familiar ring appear and I opened them when they traveled up my body and over my head.

I looked at my hands. They were gloved. I raised my arms and looked over myself. I was in spandex. Ewh.. but I saw a mirror on the other side of the room. I started to walk when I suddenly couldn't feel the ground. I looked down and saw I had a ghost tail. I grinned and flew to the mirror. I was now Danny Phantom. Man this was so cool. I could totally scare people or just make them do crazy stuff by overshadowing them. I looked down at Doc Lid and Oscar before waving bye and shooting out of his lab intangible. I turned invisible when I neared the school which was closer than I had expected. School wasn't even close to being over. 3rd period had just started.

I grinned and made my way inside the school invisible. This was so cool, I was actually walking in the school undetected. I saw Brian walking around outside the bathrooms. I should scare the living poop out of him, but thought better of it. There was only one person I wanted to talk to right now and that was my best friend Liz. I flew out of the school and headed toward the other district high school where my resident best friend went to school. She would practically pass out or something when she saw me. I flew in the school and searched around for her. Everyone was in the gym I guess for an assembly, and I flew around over their heads looking for her. When I found her, I landed beside her.

What to do, what to do.. I thought a minute before I turned intangible and flew inside her and made her walk out of the gym and out the double doors to a secret spot under a tree. I flew out of her and grinned when she held her head and looked around.

"Okay, who's there and what's your name?" She never did freak out from something abnormal, that was her thing. I grinned again and landed, turning visible and tapping her on the shoulder. When she turned around, she literally stopped breathing and her eyes widened. I put on my best Danny impression and floated a bit off the ground. I mimiked Danny's smile and waved at her. I think I remember that I had the character's voice too.

"Hey Lizzie." I said, smiling wide when I heard Danny's voice. I always loved his voice. Liz walked closer to me and reached out to touch me. I humored her and let to touch Danny's emblem. Then she hugged me, and I swore she broke a rib or something. I winced and turned intangible. She was grinning so widely, it made me feel guilty that I was tricking her. But she would soon thank me. "Liz, do you know who I am?" I asked her, placing my hand on my chest, extending my other hand outward. I sighed and laughed silently when she nodded.

"Yeah, you're Danny Phantom. How come you're here? Last time I checked, you were a cartoon." I giggled which probably wasn't a good thing since it didn't sound right with Danny's voice. Liz raised an eyebrow but still held her smile.

"Guess again, little Lizzie." I landed on the ground and sat cross-legged next to her. I grinned when she scowled.

"How do you know who I am?" This is where I do my big finale.

"Why, Liz, don't you recognize your bestest friend?" I asked innocently, pout-smiling and outstretching my arms. I watched Liz as she thought and then reality suddenly dawned on her. I didn't know if she figured it out or if she'd gone insane. Probably both. Her eyes widened and she sat next to me. I grinned sheepishly at her.

"D-..Dawn? Is that you?" No, it's the Muffin Man. I thought a minute and became my human self again. I grinned when her eyes widened and she latched herself onto me. "How in the world did you do that?"

"I was experimented on and got the gift to transform into anything I desire." I felt Liz let go of me and I smiled at her and became Zim again. I had a feeling I was gonna be Zim for a while. She gasped and picked me up, looking me over. I felt her hand on my antennae and she grabbed my little gloved hand. I was so gonna have fun with this gift. "This is so cool, ain't it?" I said in Zim's voice. Liz smiled and held me closer to her and started walking into the school. I didn't care if anybody found out. But I probably should have, but I was too stupid.

Liz walked halfway into the gym and signaled for her friends to come out in the hallway. She held me out of everyone's gaze and I dangled from her hand by my thin little arm. It was so much fun to be so feather-y light. I smiled evilly and turned into a mouse, my tail ending up in her hand. When some of her friends entered the hallway, she held me up and said, "This is my best friend." Few of them laughed. Liz looked at me and glared. "Change back, you moron." I laughed and everyone gasped.

"That mouse just laughed!" One kid yelled. This is the most fun I've ever had. Liz shook me and I guessed I should turn back to Zim just to humor her. I became Zim again, smiling when everyone gasped loudly. I looked back at Liz to see her smiling. I done good. I should have a cookie now. Liz set me on the ground and I looked down and picked lint off of my uniform. Then I realized all eyes were on me, and I looked up and waved at everyone. I looked back at Liz and saw her sit cross-legged about 2 inches behind me. To my full height as Zim, I came up to about her neck when she sat. She picked me up and sat me in her lap.

"Is... is that Zim?" I heard one kid ask. I turned and raised an antennae in question. Oh yeah, this is gonna be good. "How'd you get Zim, Liz? I thought he was a cartoon." I smirked and put on my best Zim impression.

"Fools! I am Zim! Of course I'm real!" Few of them fainted and the rest of them got down on their hands and knees and crawled toward me and Liz. Then they all sat cross-legged in front of me. I fake glared at everyone. I got uncomfortable in Liz's lap and tried to move, when someone grabbed my hand and shook it. I looked up and saw a kid I didn't know. I shook my hand free and scratched my head. "Don't touch Zim!" I screamed and got up from Liz's lap. I felt her grab my hand and pull me back. I guess she wanted to keep me with her. Eh.. I didn't care. I fake glared at her and she grinned. I felt so tiny as Zim. I wondered if I could turn into Crypto.

I got loose of Liz's grip and thought about another thing I could turn into. Maybe some toast.. nah. I thought and felt my body morph and I opened my eyes and saw everyone that was sitting about the same height as me. I looked at my hands and saw blue 4 fingers. I turned my hand over and saw a design in dark blue. I felt something in my left hand and looked at it to see a huge spark flying gun. Oh.. my.. God.. I was Crypto! I reached my hand up and felt my teeth. Yup, definately Crypto. So that meant I had his voice. Sweet. I put my gun away and looked at everyone. All their mouths were agap except Liz's.

"So, that's Crypto, huh?" She asked me and I nodded. It felt so cool to be Crypto. I looked down at my body and saw white spandex with foreign symbols and boot type things. I'm so gonna keep this for a while. I gasped. That meant I had telepathy. Sickly sweet! I was about to wave at everyone when I remembered that waving to another Furon was a sign of disrespect. I knew there weren't any Furons around, but I had always wanted to do the Furon greeting. I brought up my hand and held it out before bringing it back to my body and bringing it straight up to my shoulder.

"Cryptosporidium 137 here." I about squealed. I loved his voice so much, it was so awesome. I grinned, showing my razor sharp teeth that I loved. Everyone gasped and mostly backed up into the wall while some of them got up to walk to me. I should totally scare them to death, literally, but thought against it. I closed my eyes and actually thought about going on a killing spree, but since I was Crypto, it sounded like such a good idea. But since I am techniquely human, it wouldn't be right..

"Hey.. aren't you that alien from that game?" I felt a finger poke my head. I opened my eyes and looked up to see another hum- er.. person. I snarled and took a step back, changing back to Zim. I felt more comfortable as Zim, since I didn't have any instinct to shoot people with my ion detonator. I raised an antennae when Liz picked me up and set me on her shoulder. I grabbed her hair as she walked out of the school and started down the road until she was out of sight.

"This is so cool, Dawn! So you can change into anything, huh?" I heard Liz ask me.

"Yeah.. pretty much." I loved sounding like Zim. I could totally do some damage to people's eardrums.

"Can you turn into Sam off of Danny Phantom?" I nodded when she turned to face me. She squealed and set me down, clearly intending for me to change. I sighed and crossed my arms, feeling my body morph and I was as tall as Liz now. I looked down and saw Sam's combat boots. Sweet. Man, Tucker was right. These things weigh a ton. I looked back up at Liz and said,

"Well?" I held out my arms. Liz smiled widely.

"Can you turn into.." I cut her off.

"No hott guys because that'd be awkward." I saw her crestfallen mood and she suddenly brightened.

"Turn back into Zim for a minute." I shrugged and did. I loved being Zim. It was so fun. Liz then thought a minute before she threw a rock at me. It made a 'thonk!' noise and landed beside me.

"Hey, what the hell was that for!" I screamed, mimicking Zim without even trying. Liz giggled and then grabbed a boulder-sized rock and raised it above her head. I felt my eyes widen. I thought a minute on what Zim could do in combat. Oh wait.. yeah he had a Pak. I wondered how he used-- Suddenly a mechanical leg came out and glowed before shooting a laser at the rock, making it explode. Liz giggled again and clapped her hands, clearly enjoying this. I, however, was not enjoying the fact that rocks were bouncing off my head.

"Oh, turn back into Crypto for a minute!" I stared wide-eyed at her.

"No way. Last time I was Crypto, I had the instinct to vaporize everyone that I saw. I'm not going to do that. The only alien I'm going to change into is Zim because he's not as.. eh.. Well.. he doesn't want to do that." I finished lamely. Liz didn't buy it. I guess she didn't understand that when I change into a character, I get their mood too and their desires. It's actually kinda creepy too. But, I guess if I could control Crypto's rage to murder, then it'd be okay as long as I don't stay in that form for too long. It was actually pretty weird too that I could change so quickly without practicing.

"Oh, come on! Please Dawn? Or should I say Zim?" I finally remembered that she was waiting for me to change. I crossed my arms with a determined look on my face, my antennae pressing down.

"No, Liz. I don't want to feel so much rage at one time right now. Maybe later." But Liz still pestered me about it. She got her big puppy eyes and she pouted in her squeaky voice that always makes me say yes, but I guess as Zim and after being agrivated, Zim's attitude wasn't letting me break down. "Liz, let's go somewhere else. I'll change into Crypto later." Liz finally gave up. She sighed and walked over to me to pick me up. She set me on her shoulder again and I grabbed her hair to stay on.

"Where do you want to go?" I shrugged and looked around. Zim had so much better eyesight than my human form did. It was awesome to be able to see and hear everything. What was weird was that everytime I heard a huge noise or something like a ice cream truck, my antennae would twitch. It was funny. We arrived in front of her house and she ran up to her room and shut the door, locking it. "Okay, change into Crypto now, please? I just want to hear his voice. You told me before he had a sexy voice." I stared at her again.

"But, Zim has a sexy voice too." I tried reasoning with her, but she kept insisting that I change into Crypto. I was getting annoyed, and I was scared that if I'm annoyed while I change into the Furon, I'd want to kill her. Right now, I just want to hit her as Zim. Liz giggled when I said that, but after that, she waited. I sighed and crossed my arms. I was probably going to pay for this..

"Ooh!" Liz squealed. Well at least I made her happy. "Smile! I wanna see his teeth!" I groaned and opened my mouth, showing all his razor's that he calls teeth. I closed his eyes and put away my gun again. I always seem to be holding it when I go to Crypto. Weird. "Say something!" I jumped, opening my eyes. I wasn't expecting her to yell at me. I snarled and clenched my fists. Not here, not now. I counted to 10.. then 20... then 30.. I hoped Liz wouldn't say anything. I was calm again. I opened my eyes and saw her a few inches from me. I jumped back.

"Okay, okay! Hi, Liz! Happy?" I felt my anger rising again. Liz didn't seem to know that I was about to take out my gun and electrocute her right then and there, but I held my urge. Oh, how I held it. I'm sure next time though, I wouldn't be so in control. Boy, was I right..

"Oh, he does have a sexy voice! I wonder who did his voice." I shrugged and sat on the floor. Then I thought better of it and changed back to Zim. I grinned when my anger disappeared for killing everything but just the hatred of humans. I felt calm again. I lowered my antennae and took a deep breath. "Hey, are you okay?" I opened my eyes and saw Liz looking at me with concerned eyes.

"Yeah, I'm fine. I just don't like turning into Crypto because he has such a strong urge to kill humans. You were lucky I had control over his desire or you'd be dead right now, and I couldn't do anything about it." Liz looked shocked and hurt.

"You'd kill your best friend?" I shook my head.

"No, when I change into a character, I get their desires and emotions and their view about things. Crypto always has the urge to vaporize and blow everything that's in his path. Either for fun or for vengence." Liz's mouth was an 'o' shape, I guess she finally understood. I'm glad, because I probably won't be able to do that again...

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Whoo! Another chapter! I'm excited, I got to be Crypto! XD Plus, I wanted to kill everything! Yeah.. awesome ain't it? Okay, here's the disclaimer.

Disclaimer: I don't own Zim, Crypto or any of the characters I use in this story!