626 Days pt.4

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  Today would be my first ever mission to attend and I was as
excited as I could be. This was going to be my chance to show
everybody that I was the top experiment around here and
nothing was going to stop me! As I emerged onto the deck, I
saw a total of at least eight or more experiments-one of them
being 6-2-1-standing around gossiping toward one another. My
ears immediately drooped downward as the thought ofspeaking
to 6-2-1 made my stomach hurt. Aw, blitznak. Why of all
experiments does he have to be here? Suddenly, my ears began
to ring as a loud noise rose from behind me.

  "Aaawww!!"

  I began to roll on the floor in pain, ignoring the curious gazes
and laughter from the other experiments. When I looked up I saw
all of the experiments looking down at me with their heads held
back and their lungs bursting with laughter. When I recovered
from my embarrassing ordeal, I spotted a blue lemur-like
experiment standing straight in front of me with a wide grin on
his face. His ears were drowsy with dark tips, he bounced on his
black striped tail with his four arms behind his back and head. He
also had a megaphone-like antenna curled up on his head.  

  Who is this trog? I let out a low growl toward the bouncing
experiment who let out a raspberry in return.

  "Haha!" he laughed before bouncing off.

  He didn't get far though; before he could get away, I tackled
him to the ground and pretty soon a fight begun. I grabbed a
handful of his fur and began pulling at his ear. He kicked me in
the stomach with full force and tried to put in a head-lock, but I
was too fast for him and bit one of his arms. He let out an ear
splitting screech that last for a second and I thought that would
be the end of it-suddenly, I felt my legs twitched uncontrollably
and then my arms went numb; afterwards, my body fell over and
I remained motionless. I squirmed and shook the best I could but
I my body wouldn't respond, then I heard laughter from behind me
and it sounded as if it was moving closer.

  I strained my neck to see who it was and saw another
experiment hovering above me with that same wide grin on his
face. He wore the same suit that me and that other blue
experiment wore except  the upper part was a gray vest with a
few rips and his pants were completely black. His fur was white
and his skin was yellow. His tail was wrapped around his waist-
like a belt and his antennas held from both sides of his eyes.

   "Hehehe..." the experiment snickered revealing large flat teeth.
"Emma talo baka best?" The experiment's dark blue eyes gleamed
with amusement as he continued to look down at me. "Meeo naga
impressed."

  He doesn't think I'm that impressing? Who does this monkey-
looking experiment think he's talking to! "6-2-6 je best-ika bestest!"

  I allowed foam to seep through my mouth as continued to glare
at my fellow 'colleague'. He just smiled at me and was about to
make another remark until Jumba walked in looking cheerful and
evil at the same time.

  "2-2-1! 6-1-3!"Jumba said sternly looking at his two creations.
"Enough of your obnoxious rough-housing with Experiment 6-2-6.
You both have important assignments to attend to. Also, don't be
forgetting," Jumba pointed directly at Experiment 2-2-1. "You are
still on parole for your little accident from last time. Now go!"

  Although I was grateful of my master's help, I couldn't help but
feel embarrassed because he had to help fight my battles. After
the little mishap, Jumba enformed me that this is where I'll be at
whenever I'm given a new missions; he said that all I need to do
is ask 6-2-1 and he'll breif me on the details (Why 6-2-1: He's
Jumba's assistant, his right-hand experiment and our overseer,
and is his most trusted advisory-great...) Although, I'm qualified
to go on missions now, Jumba still wants to put me through basic
training before I go out on my own. I was upset, but I knew it
wasn't wise to upset Jumba-Ever! After our little speech he
wished me good luck and I we went our seperate ways. Right
now, I hoped things would go my way on this mission.


  The planet my partner and I went to was Sector-29: A desert-
like planet with mountan terrains and landscapes like that of a
desert. Me and Experiment 001 were sent on this planet to
gather data on a military top-secret weapon: This newly
developed weapon consists of genetically altering ones' body
structure and rebuilding it into a sort of super soldier-Very
interesting! Jumba said that we were to sneak into the
base and steal the data without getting caught, but that
sounded kinda tricky considering the fact that:

1) This top secret weapon was located somewhere under-
ground.

2) There would be an armada of trained soldiers, as well as
a high-level security system- waiting to shoot our patookies
off.

3) We were two sitting hatchlings who would probably end
up sinking!

  As if reading my mind, 001 looked at me with huge eyes
full of confidence. "Worried?" All I could do was nod in
agreement. "Don't worry, if there is one thing I've ever
learned from experiences, it's this: The less men you have,
the better chances you have." Then he just smirked.

  Now I was completely confused, but the look 001 had
made me believe that he knew what to do; and for once, I
didn't feel like complaining. When we found some good
hiding spots behind a couple of large boulders, 001 told me
to use my eyes and ears to pin-point the precise location
of the base. Although I was a little skeptical of his plan 001
did sound like he knew what he was doing. I did as he told
me and closed my eyes and held my ears up as high as I
could. At first I couldn't detect anything unusual, but then
I got the faint brief sound of wind creeping out of
something...a crack.

  "Eekakaa!" I shouted.

  "You found it?"

   "Ih!"

   "Well, lead the way then!"

  Pride surged through me as 001 and I came one step
closer toward the entrance of the underground base and
another step closer to accomplishing this mission. As we
got closer to the location we spotted a huge crack in the
center of a stone wall.

   "Blitznak!" I said bitterly.

  Disappointment began to surge within me as it would
appear our mission was all for none, but oddly enough,
001 looked cool and untouched by this. Suddenly,
footsteps-at least two or four soldiers-were heading in
this direction.

   "Double blitznak!" I said more angrily.

  Rage and adrenalin poured through me as I went into
attack position: second pair of arms were out, as well
as unsheathed claws. Spikes and antennas out along
with my bristling fur. I was about to strike when all of a
sudden 001 stopped  and pulled me back.  

   "Allow me to handle this," he calmly said.

  Before I could say anything else, 001's antennas
began to turn green until finally it both me and him. By
the time my eyes cleared up, I was completely
bewildered by the fact that 001 and I were the size of
pebbles. I was actually freaking out until 001 came and
calmed me down.

   "I was designed to change the size of anything and
anyone-in this case, us." he said casually as if knowing
what I was about to say.



  After hitching a ride onto one of  the unknown
soldiers' legs, we discovered that the crack in the stone
wall was actually an entrance way to the base itself.
As soon as we were inside one of the soldiers made his
way to the control room for a daily routine check-up
(but little did he know was that he was giving two
vistors a special tour of the whole facility). Once the
walking droid was out of here, 001 and I had to view
our surroundings  to make sure that no cameras were
watching us and then finally...Zap! Within seconds,
we're back to our original size. It took me awhile, but
with 001's guidance, I was finally able to hack into
control room's database and copy all the stored data
hidden within the main computer.

  "Very good, 626," 001 complemented.

  A weird tingle began to spark within me as I began
to slowly smile at his complement-I just couldn't help
myself.

  "Now all we have to do is destroy the main control,
that way, the whole system will crash-causing the
entire research division to restart their whole
findings!"

  "001 destroy system, meega stand watch."
I offered.

  001 simply nodded and we went to complete our
seperate task. As I waited outside for any signs of
soldiers, I would stick my head inside the room from
time to time to check on 001. I couldn't help but
wonder how nice 001 has been to me; I barely
knew him and yet, I'm starting to like him.
Unfortunately, my thinking was cut off due to a
shout from the left side of the hallway.

  "Freeze! Don't move!" shouted one of the soldiers.

  At that moment I really thought we were both
done for, but lucky for me, 001 was there. After he
finished totaling the main computer (while I was
holding off the dumb droids), we both decided to
take the ventilation to escape...before the control
room exploded! Once we were out,  we both could
see smoke slithering its way from out of the cavern
and into the sinking sky; and let just say that...it
was just wonderful!

  "OOOoo..." That was all I could say.

  "Ih," 001 agreed.

   Looking at all this destruction was truly amazing,
but then realization came back.

   "Well, 626, I guess today would be considered
a good day for you, correct?"

   "Gaba?"

   "We secured the data, showed you the basics,
located the base-I say that's a mission
accomplished"

  "B-but..."

  Before I could say anything else, 001 paused me
and continued to speak. "I know-I know; we were
suppose to 'sneak' in and steal the data, but look
on the bright side: we got what we came for and
destroyed the base; that sounds good enough
for me, got it?"

  "Y-yeah." I finally said.

  "Oh, and 626," 001 turned his attention toward
me again. "Always remember this: Whenever you
get the chance, try to think outside the box!" After
that, he turned tail and walked off-leaving me here
thinking as to what he said.

  Wow...I thought. Just...Wow.