It was the beginning of summer and Toby was all set for summer vacation. A giant mysterious cube appeared in the sky seemingly out of nowhere. As everyone wondered where this strange cube came from the face of a young woman appeared in it who inform...
A large round man with gray skin and fish lips floated down from the ceiling in a round rocket chair, his stubby legs hung down from the chair.
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"Grizgee, I did what you ask," Dark Seegnal said as he pulled his hands out of his handcuffs. As he walked past me he took the gun from me.
"I can see that," Grizgee said. "Consider your record cleared."
"And the other part of our deal?" Dark Seegnal asked anxiously.
"Eh, yes," Grizgee said. "I almost forgot about that. Do you have the hair?"
"Right here." Dark Seegnal reached into his jacket and produced the silver locket he has placed the hair I've given him."
"Dark Seegnal, you creep," Judy snarled. "You've been working for the Cosmic Order all along!"
Dark Seegnal turned and glared at her. "Of course I have," he replied. "Who do you think told the Cosmic Order all about you?"
"So, this was all just a trick," I declared.
"I'm sorry to say it was," Dark Seegnal replied. "See, I was the Cosmic Order's backup plan in case Zara failed in her mission, which she did." He shook his head. "Never have faith in a robot."
"But why did you needed some of my hair?" I wanted to know.
"It was part of the deal we made," Dark Seegnal replied simply. "See, if I play my part correctly, not only would I be clear of my past criminal acts, but they would also create me a perfect Zeronia clone. I mean, I could have waited until I got you here, but I wasn't sure what gender you would be by then. Besides, it means much more to me that you gave the hair to me.'
"Dammit, what is this obsession with me?" I demanded.
"Pride," Dark Seegnal said matter-of-factly. "Pure simple pride. When we first met I wanted you as my queen, but you rejected me."
"For obvious reasons," I pointed out.
"Of course," Dark Seegnal said. "But that doesn't mean I can't create a perfect clone of your female side that I would teach to be totally devoted to me."
"And after you create your little sex doll what happens to us?" Debra wanted to know.
"That's a good question," Grizgee replied as he rubbed his chin with his stubby fingers and his rocket chair lowered him closer to the floor. "I suppose the Cosmic Order would have to deal with you the same as we deal with all criminals."
"Criminals?" Brian cried in horror. "We're not criminals."
Grizgee's fish lips stretch into a shark-like grin. "On the contrary, you did come here to rob the Cosmic Order. A very serious offense." He gestured to a metal box. "You came here to steal this."
"Is that the Quantum Device?" Judy asked.
"Yes, the Quantum Device," Grizgee cried with joy. "With the never-ending power of a compressed star, it can open a wormhole anywhere no matter the size."
"And you're going to use it to suck up the earth," I declared.
"That I am," Grizgee replied. "But being the generous soul I am, I'm going to give you a demonstration of its power when I use it to send the five of you far across the universe to an isolated planet full of ferocious monsters. You would probably be eaten within a week."
Dark Seegnal took a step toward Grizgee. "But before you send them I think Zeronia should bear witness to the new Zeronia," he said.
"Very well," Grizgee said, sounding bored. "I suppose we have a little time to kill. Place the hair into the cloning machine."
Dark Seegnal walked over to something that looked like a huge pod. He took the hair out of the locket and put it inside.
I wondered what Dark Seegnal's reaction would be when he find out that the hair wasn't really my hair. It was the hair I took from the Shmooka on a stick. What would really come out of that pod? And when Dark Seegnal find out that the hair was fake would he began to rip my own hair out?
"It's ready," Dark Seegnal informed Grizgee.
Grizgee flew his rocket chair over to a control panel on the wall, then began pressing buttons. The pod began lighting up as a humming could be heard from inside. "This would only take a moment," he said.
Dark Seegnal turned to me and grinned. "Soon, Zeronia, it would all be over."
"My name is Toby," I protested.
Dark Seegnal rolled his eyes. "Whatever your name is, soon there will be a clone of you that would be every inch a female. Of course, she would have the intelligence of a newborn, but I will teach her."
We all watched as the pod began to change color. First, it turned bright green, then hot white, then to burning red, then back to bright green, then finally to a dull white followed by a bleep.
"It's done," Dark Seegnal said gleefully.
I could hear movement from within the pod. It couldn't have been my clone since the hair Dark Seegnal has placed in it wasn't mine. But something was definitely inside the pod.
Dark Seegnal began walking toward the pod. Then froze in his tracks when a hiss came from inside the pod. A hiss that didn't sound human.
Then the pod opened and to everyone's horror a hideous disgusting slime-covered monster came out.
