User blog:Vergel Nikolai/Gardens of the Galaxy Episode 9: Secrets Under Area 22

It has been a long time since I've written this piece. I might wanna get back into it.

Be sure to check the first episode here.

Episode
''Our episode starts in a clear open grass area, where a Surfer Zombie and Ducky Tube Zombie are having a pool party. The Ducky Tube Zombie is floating silent and bored in the pool while the Surfer Zombie is enjoying the generated waves. He sets ashore and drinks some brain juice.*


 * Surfer Zombie: Whoo! Man, isn't this pool party radical?!


 * Ducky Tube Zombie: (sarcastic) Woohoo. This party is sooo cool. But seriously, it's boring. No one's coming.


 * Surfer Zombie: (drinking his brain juice) Nah, don't worry man. I'm sure that someone is ought to come. Just look at the skies, maybe something will come.


 * Ducky Tube Zombie: Yeah, yeah. Like every fairy tale ever.

The Surfer Zombie finishes his brain juice, kicks a soda can on the ground, and carries his surfboard.


 * Surfer Zombie: Dude. I'll be off the road now. Wana ride home?


 * Ducky Tube Zombie: I'm good. I'm good. I'll stay here and... "wait"...

''The Surfer Zombie immediately ran down the hill. The Ducky Tube Zombie is now alone in the pool. Singing a faint tune of a children's song while squeaking his inflatable ducky.''


 * Ducky Tube Zombie: Zombie Ducky, joy of joys. When it squeezes, you make noise.

Upon sighing then placing his chin squeezing the ducky's head, a large glow in the sky is approaching the pool.


 * Ducky Tube Zombie: What in the...? Hey, Surfer? Dude, you still there? Come and take a look at this.

''As the meteor accelerates in the atmosphere and closer to the pool, the Ducky Tube Zombie tries to paddle to the edge of the pool and get out of it. He struggles to get off the very tight ducky he's wearing. Until it's too late. The purple meteor has impact to the ground. The zombie is crushed underneath the huge space rock and tries to get out until he just gave up.''


 * Ducky Tube Zombie: A meteor crushes my lower abdomen. Well, it could have been worse.

In an instance, a swarm of UFOs are surrounding the space rock and are shining lights on it.

''Meanwhile, back at Professor Brainstorm's lab, Dr. Zomboss is rolled on some white cloth like a burrito, trying to recover from the great freeze from the moon recently. Brain Freeze tries to touch his forhead, but Dr. Zomboss forbid him for the coldness might get even worse. Professor Brainstorm, on the other hand, capture some readings of a piece of the Meteor Z to have crash landed on a hill not too far away from Zomburbia. Impfinity busts in the door with the paperbag full of snacks.''


 * Impfinity: I brought snacks.


 * Brain Freeze: Yay!

''Bran Freeze grabs a bag of chips and feed Dr. Zomboss some chips. Dr. Zomboss is chewing his food intensely.''


 * Dr. Zomboss: So, (eats chip) Professor. (gulps) Any activities of the meteor?


 * Professor Brainstorm: Just got some intel about it. It's on top of a hill not too far from Zomburbia. Not just that, a bunch of aliens seem to have surrounded it. One of their ships even crashed on it. This could be our source of extraterrestrial research.

Dr. Zomboss immediately stands up, snatches Brain Freeze's bag of chips, and gets an idea.


 * Dr. Zomboss: Professor, have our researchers build a facility around that wreckage. We are gonna study some alien knowledge. (intensely chewing chips

Several days later, news and conspiracy theories about the so called Area 22 has been circling around Suburbia and Zomburbia.

In a local dojo, a toadstool is watching the news about the strange zombie research facility.


 * Sunflower Reporter: News about a sudden alien meteor crash landing in the hills not too far from Zomburbia has sparked rumors about the zombies making some enigmatic alien researches.

A Wing-nut is being interviewed in TV.


 * Wing-nut: It's happening. It's happening! The end of times! Aliens! Uniting with zombies to eradicate us all!

Dr. Zomboss is then showed getting surrounded by a bunch of reporters from both plant and zombie side while standing behind him is a huge structure covered with a white sheet.


 * Dr. Zomboss: Zombies from outer space? What an absurd conspiracy theory! Now move along. Nothing to see here.

''Dr. Zomboss pushes away the crowd and covers the camera before the news cuts off. The toadstool is drinking sake. Then all of a sudden, an upright mushroom enters the dojo carrying a bag.''


 * Nightcap: Master. I have return from my mission.


 * Toadstool: Excellent. How about you sit down for a moment and have some instant noodles?


 * Nightcap: Can my friend have some too?


 * Out from the door, a huge chomper burst inside and bust a huge hole in the wall. Chompzilla unleashed a loud roar.*


 * Toadstool: Sure. Sure. Please take a seat, Ms. Chompzilla.

''After the instant noodles are cooked, they started taking some lunch. Several minutes and Chompzilla has already eaten 27 bowls of them.''


 * Toadstool: So, Kinoko. What was this mission you were in?


 * Nightcap: Originally, me and Chompzilla were receiving a distress signal from L.E.A.F.. But upon reporting on the place we are suppose to meet up, we didn't meet up. Then we heard some ninja mastermind in the next side of the town and we go after him instead.

Chompzilla roars, asking for more noodles.


 * Toadstool: I'll get you some. (heads to the kitchen)


 * Nightcap: Hey master, you wouldn't mind if I go to that "Area 22" thing everyone's yabbering about in the streets? I am suspicious about the zombies.


 * Toadstool: You were always suspicious. Now go on if you want to.


 * Nightcap: Arigato, Toadstool-sensei. Chompzilla, your coming with me.

''Nightcap runs outside with quick pace. Chompzilla let's out a small roar asking Toadstool to pack her lunch along.''

''Scene cuts to the actual Area 22. Inside the facility is full if zombie scientists and workers who are observing the wreckage and salvaging some alien tech. In one lab, the zombie from the pool party, now without his ducky, is encased in a huge science jar with various appendages connected to his body. He tries to entertain the scientist zombies who are working on him.''


 * Genetic Experiment: So, me and my buddy are in some sort of pool party. It got real boring until this meteor crushed me underneath it and you guys came. The next thing I know is that you encased me in this hue sci-fi looking jar. And there is also some purple liquid here. Are you trying to pickle me? How did I even speak under this liquid? Does any of you have a back scrather? I have a spot here I can't reach.

''In another room, a zombie is cleaning up some ooze flowing out from one of the leaks of the spaceship. As soon as it starts dripping some of the goo on a scientist, several tentacles started growing from him. The camera cuts to a shot outside the room, showing the shadow of the zombies getting attacked by the tentacles.''

''Scene cuts to Dr. Zomboss' office in Area 22, where he is speaking to... nothing. There is a microscope in front of him.''


 * Dr. Zomboss: Since Huge-Gigantacus can't fulfil our deal, and instead flee like a giant space baby, I want to make a deal to your kind. By sharing your tech to our planet. (peeps in a microscope) How's that?

Within the microscope, a tiny imp on a small UFO is speaking to Dr. Zomboss.


 * Neutron Imp: You promised us you will give us cheese. And some of those Uranium you got.


 * Dr. Zomboss: Yes. Yes. A deal is a deal. Now I want you to sign this contract. I placed it in the table for you to properly agree with the terms.


 * Neutron Imp: I can't read. Nor write.


 * Dr. Zomboss: Just use that tiny laser beam of yours to make some mark that will allow me to identify that you agreed with he terms.

A science zombie burst in the door.


 * Gadget Scientist: Dr. Zomboss, good news. The meteor-powered other-worldly portal is now fully functional.


 * Dr. Zomboss: Idiot! How many times must I tell you to always state the bad news so that my mood of sudden enjoyment would not be ruined by an utter panic. Now, tell me the bad news.


 * Gadget Scientist: The mushroom and chomper monster heroes found our base.


 * Dr. Zomboss: This is a huge emergency. I'm not letting them ruin my plans!


 * Dr. Zomboss presses the button that alerts the zombie heroes about the incoming attack.*

''In a room in the base, the wall behind a bunch of working zombies exploded. Nightcap and Chompzilla started attacking them, with Chompzilla going Pac-Man on the science zombies.''


 * Nightcap: This is a raid! Tell us what you're hiding.

''The scientists and soldier zombies all armed themselves when the plants started attacking. Nightcap throws more mushroom bombs on the crowd while doing some hand combat against the others. Upon clearing that specific room from zombies, Nightcap and Chompzilla were about to move on, but Chompzilla stops to take a snack on the Genetic Experiment.''


 * Nightcap: Don't eat him yet. We must ask him a few questions. He might know.


 * Genetic Experiment: Know about what?


 * Nightcap: This place. What is hidden here? Why is Zomboss not telling anyone?


 * Genetic Experiment: Hey sir, I'm just one of their genetic experiment. See what I did there?

Nightcap signals Chompzilla and she starts leashing her touch on the zombie as she slowly gets him into his mouth.'


 * Genetic Experiment: Come on! I really don't know! But I do know is that the meteor that crushed me not too long ago was located in the midst of this facility, along with some space stuff. So maybe the thing is in the center of the base. It is somehow mined by these workers.


 * Nightcap: OK, Chompy. Let him go now.

Nightcap and Chompzilla proceeds to go deeper in the lair, leaving the Genetic Experiential behind.


 * Genetic Experiment: Hey, wait a minute. What about me? Don't leave me here. Oh, I just realize that I don't have legs. Shouldn't have told them to cut off my lower abdomen to remove the ducky.

''The duo continues to engage in fights against the zombies guarding the facility. Then Brain Freeze and Impfinity shows up.''


 * Impfinity: Stop right there, in the name of Zomboss.


 * Nightcap: As if the raid couldn't get any worse.

''Brain Freeze starts smashing his icy fists on the ground, creating several icy fissures that exploded to the plants, but they avoided it quickly. Chompzilla lunges her mouth at Brain Freeze, but he bares to hold each jaw back with his icy paws. Impfinity tries to surround Nightcap with a wall I clones. Turns out Nightcap throws a smoke bomb on the ground that blinded the imps. As the smoke cleared, an explosive Poison Mushroom stands in the middle of the circle. It then explode, toppling down the pile of clones. Nightcap then charges at Brain Freeze with a flying kick, knocking him away to a wall and freening Chompzilla fromtge grip. The two quickly continue to run through the path as the heroes are temporarily down. Upon reaching the middle of the facility, they saw the meteor and a portal machine, and Professor Brainstorm is doing some work there.''


 * Professor Brainstorm: Drats! They caught me.


 * Nightcap: Surrender now, Brainstorm. But first, explain what is all of this.


 * Professor Brainstorm: Well. While your little plant friends are off travelling into space trying to stop some monstrous world-eater, Dr. Zomboss had me and my team of scientists develop a portal that could open up to another world. We will invite aliens to attack this planet and he will then rule the world!


 * Brain Freeze and Impfinity stands behind the plants, trapping them inside the room.*


 * Brain Freeze: Time to freeze you.


 * Impfinity: Once you go in, you'll never get out.


 * Professor Brainstorm: And we are not letting you tell anyone about this place.

''Professor Brainstorm pulls the lever that activates the machine. Brain Freeze and Inpfinity slowly walks to them and pushes them to the portal.''


 * Professor Brainstorm: Ooh! I don't know where this would put you. But I'm sure you will never come back.


 * Nightcap: Yeah. So will you.

''Nightcap leaps backwards and lands behind the two zombie heroes and gives a kick on Brain Freeze, throwing him to the portal. Chompzilla then swishes her vines all around to throw away Impfinity's clones. Nightcap runs to attack Professor Brainstorm who is operating the portal. The movement of the two fighting dudes moved the lever, changing the portal's channel. Upon swishing her unes, Chompzilla threw the real Impfinity inside the portal, while the other clones caught her off guard and started to push her in before disappearing.

''Nightcap sees Chompzilla getting swallowed by the portal. Professor Brainstorm sees the portal malfunctioning. Professor did everything from moving the lever until it breaks. The portal now starts sucking in things. It sucks in Nightcap to yet another location. Professor Brainstorm has nothing else to do but push the self destruct button, which destroys the portal and the rest of the establishment. Dr. Zomboss is then seen exiting his office with the Neutron Imp inside the jar tothe room where Professor Brainstorm is kneeling in front if the portal's wreckage, with burns on his face and a small fire lit on his hair, with an open mouth.''


 * Dr. Zomboss: And here, my alien visitor, is the portal that will invite your kind into our-- Oh my ghouls, what happened here?!


 * Neutron Imp: It looks... destroyed... Are you sure that is gonna work?

(End of episode......)

Trivia

 * The following Galactic Gardens cards are featured in this episode: Ducky Tube Zombie (PvZH), [[Surfer Zombie (PvZH), Area 22, Genetic Experiment, Alien Ooze, and Neutron Imp.
 * The Ducky Tube Zombie is singing the text in his description while alone in the pool.
 * Dr. Zomboss quotes the description of Area 22 (which is also quoted there to Dr. Zomboss)
 * Kinoko is my Nightcap canon name. It means "mushroom" in Japanese.

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