Now It Ends
Chapter 1: The First Step
PLEASE READ The Truth BEFORE YOU READ THIS.
Invader Zim and all associated characters belong to Jhonen Vasquez.
Zim POV
Two hours had gone by since my conversation with my former leaders, and already just knowing the truth was beginning to drive me mad, even though I didn't have to deal with Gir because he was in the upper level of my base watching the humans' cartoons.
I felt like there was absolutely nothing I could do about all this. I was losing my mind. After two more hours I realized that I had to start somewhere. Maybe I could recruit some of the few friends I had and invite them on a suicide mission against our own race.
Just after I noticed I was receiving a transmission from the tallest. "ZIM! If you want to live a few extra days I suggest that you bring us all of the data you recovered. Understand." Said Tallest Red "Really, it means that much to you?" I said
"Well then I might just keep it." I said happily. "Damn you Zim. I swear that we will find you. And when we do, You won't get a second chance." Red was really getting angry now. "I need some time to think about this. Please. . . my tallest. As my final request, let me have two days." I said with the pain of knowing how they, whom I was the most loyal to. "You have two days to have that data sent Zim. Or we'll blow up that whole solar system your hiding in. Goodbye!"
And with that he cut the transmission. It was only then did I realize that everything that had any meaning in my life was gone. For the next few hours, it was depression, to madness, to anger and hatred. Was I losing my mind?
Then I told myself: "No. I am a mighty Irken Invader. How can I possibly lose my amazing mind? But. . . I am no longer an Invader. In fact, I don't even think I was since I sabotaged Operation Impending Doom 1. But it doesn't matter anymore.
And so I spent the next few hours watching 387 recordings and I learned something very interesting. All of the new PAKs' created by the control brains would come equip with an ES2 (Emotion Suppressor 2) chip. These were designed to make soldiers ruthless and have no remorse, and no attraction towards others, to prevent natural breeding from resurfacing.
I also learned that the estimates at the time showed that after about 1 generation, the ES2 chips would lower our rational thinking ability, but it didn't matter because we would outnumber our enemy in the millions.
Also I learned they were easily removable, and so I didn't want this terrible device in my PAK. So I removed my PAK, set it on the metal workbench, and scanned it for the ES2 chip. I quickly spotted it and removed it. After reattaching it I didn't notice anything right away but I soon realized that I could think things without immediately dismissing the thought. Such as an attraction to another Irken. I mainly thought that as a test to see if it was working. And I did take it a little seriosly
Plus I noticed that I spent more time thinking up plans. I spent time thinking of the experts I needed for this mission of exposing this conspiracy. Even with that I still was deeply saddened knowing that my tallest knew of this but could but didn't do anything about it.
It took some time but I knew who I had to track down first, Tak. And so I had Gir watch my base and I took my Voot runner and followed a trail from a DNA sample I retrieved from her busted ship. It didn't take long to find her.
She was floating in Saturn's Rings in her pod that she used to escape her doomed ship. I approached her slowly and upon reaching the pod I saw she was unconscious. As I was towing her pod back to Earth I came up with another way to improve my plan.
For every recruit, I would have to make sure that they were unconscious and remove their ES2 chip and then show them the data box. With Tak, I got lucky. But I was worried about her. When I returned to my base I quickly carried her from the pod and to the deep levels of my base and checked her vital signs
She was just fine. I was so relieved. For some reason I cared about her in a way I couldn't explain. Was I attracted to her? When I tested my modified PAK I wasn't certain if it was her I was thinking of. But now I am pretty sure it was. Her beautiful purple eyes, her perfectly curled antennae.
Did I love her? For the sake of my mission I pushed the thought aside and I quickly began working on her PAK. Once I was finished I reattached her PAK and laid her down in a comfortable bed. She looked so exhausted.
I stayed by her side and gave her a few different medicines to fight of any infection or illness. She wasn't starving yet I saw no food in her pod. It had been about 2 months since she was here on Earth. She must have had enough food rations to last her that long.
I brought a chair over to her bedside and sat down. I stared down at her peaceful face. I was slightly worried about how she would react upon awakening. We didn't have a pleasant time the last time we met.
I reached over to her with my three fingered hand and picked up her hand and held it close. Just then she slowly started to open her eyes. When her eyes were fully open she looked at me trying to see who exactly I was. When she found out who I was her expression changed to a terrifying face nearly startled me.
She took my arm by the hand I was holding her hand with and twisted it so hard I screamed. As I screamed I heard it cracking. Then she lifted up my hurt arm and threw me to the ground by it. Then she sprang up and walked towards me and lifted up her boot above my neck and brought it down as hard as she could.
I caught her boot in time to save myself, but my arm hurt so badly. Plus she was much stronger than me. I thought I was dead, but then, just as all my hope was lost she lifted her boot and helped me up.
"Why? Why did you save me? I wanted to die. My life was fucked up so badly by you and then in desperate attempt to fix my horrible life I tracked you down and tried to take your fake mission. But even that was a complete failure. I have absolutely nothing to live for. At the rate Operation Impending Doom 2 is at, by the time I even get a chance to become an Invader they won't need me. So really you tell me. What purpose could you possibly have for me so important that you track me down and save my life? Is there really something I have to live for? Huh!"
And with that she began to sob. I felt terrible and walked towards her and tried to comfort her. But she threw me away and said: "Go to hell Zim." And finally I said something in response "Tak. There is something that you have to live for." "And what the fuck is that? Huh!" She said still sobbing
"It's too complicated to explain so I'll show you." I said "Fine." And with that I escorted her to the large monitor in my base for a better way to view the documents and recordings within the data box. She remained silent as I went through the documents and the recordings.
At one point she told me that this all had to be fake. I assured her it was actually all true. She called me a fool for believing such lies. But she stopped talking in midsentence when she saw the recordings by tallest Miyuki and tallest Spork used as signatures.
She gasped and put her hands over her mouth. " H-how can they have done this?" she was absolutely horrified. "Now you know why I need your help." I said "Zim I hate you but everyone needs to know this. I will do everything I can but we will need more allies." Said Tak "Already done. I have some people in mind such as Skoodge, Tenn, Zee, And Grapa.
"Oh by the way Zim, what exactly did you give me to wake me up because I feel very strange." She was thinking more, I could tell. "Nothing unusual but I have to tell you that I modified you PAK. I will need everyone at their best for this mission. There is a chip that is inserted into a newborn smeet's PAK called the ES2 chip. It suppresses unnecessary emotions to make soldiers ruthless, but after so many years of using it, our level of thinking has decreased. So I did you a favor and removed it.
I explained "Well I guess I should be thank full." She responded "Good because we have a lot of work to do, and only two days before the massive will arrive on Earth searching for my head and this data box, so we will need another place to hide." I said
"Maybe one of the Invaders your recruiting can help us." said Tak "I can only hope."
A.N.
Wow, that took a long time. Jeez I have been so busy lately, haven't gotten a chance to work on this. Well thanks to all who read The Truth