#32 – Quit
Disclaimer: Nothing that anyone recognizes belongs to me. I'll claim the plots though, they're mine.
Rated: G
Summery: 50 one-shots. One character: Zim
"I quit"
Red and Purple stared at the communications monitor, mouths slackened, as the entire bridge's attention covertly (and is some cases not-so-covertly) turned to their flabbergasted Tallests. It took a few moments before Red eventually regained his ability to speak. "You... you what?"
"I quit."
Again, silence hung thick aboard the Massive's control bridge.
"I've discovered what the Earthenoids like to call a 'more lucrative opportunity with much better potential for... growth'" Zim purred at his soon to be ex-leaders. The camera was at such a close angle that it was easy to read the amusement in his magenta eyes.
Shocked purple eyes met smoldering red ones as the emperors of the mighty Irken empire struggled to process what they were hearing. On one claw it sounded as though they might be rid of the tiny menace once and for all, but on the other, they'd always envisioned this day differently. They were supposed to humiliate the little defect in front of everyone and possibly even make him cry. This almost sounded as if Zim was winning.
"You see," Zim continued, paying his leaders expressions little mind, "it really makes no sense to continue to toil for your empire when I've gotten such a strong start on one of my own."
"You defective little traitor!! I'll have you deactivated for treason against the empire!" snarled Red.
Purple's vocal cords were still not working as his mouth opened and closed several times with no sound. Where had this Zim come from? What happened to blindly loyal, stupid, easy to fool Zim?
"Ah yes, but I'd only be a traitor if my actions were in direct violation of the current Tallest's orders or laws." Eyes shining in victory, Zim took several steps backward. It didn't take long before the bridge crew behind the Tallests began gasping. The elongated torso and legs were a dead give way. Zim had grown. "So tell me Red, when was the last great measuring?"
At that point Red seemed to be almost frothing at the mouth from anger. "As if your little growth spurt could possibly make a difference. I'll have you remember that Purple and I are 186.896333 units tall!"
If Zim was at all effected by his leader's anger it didn't show. " Yes, yes, truly amazing. I have access to the data bases just the same as everyone else." He paused and seemed to buff his claws for a moment. "But I'll tell you, my tallest, that I happen to be 6.5 feet tall. Of course there isn't a conversion available is there? So the question is this. Do you want to take the risk that I could make your empire mine? If so, feel free to come and retrieve me for deactivation." Zim smirked before continuing. "Or, you could simply forget about me and let my co-ruler and I cultivate our empire without disruption."