Disclaimer: I don't own any of Invader Zim, that belongs to Jhonen V. But Reni, Gavno and Dak are mine.

Ok peoples, I have returned to the IZ section of To make things clear, this takes place before Zim goes to Earth… along time before… even before Zim almost destroys Irk. A time before Gir… sniff… how sad. Meaning that the Tallest Red and Purple are new at the job… sort of. Earth does appear in the story but not until later. Reni, Gavno and Dak are fan characters of mine, though Dak only really has a semi minor role. But enough talk… start reading!!!


The Beginning of Events

Walking through the ruins of a city, Reni looked around in hopes of finding someone that was alive. She walked over the corpuses of countless aliens, including irkens, in search of life. But there was no one there, no one but her.

"Hello!!!" she cried out. "If any of you are alive, please respond!!!" but there was no answer.

"What happened, Reni?" said a small voice from beside her. Reni looked down and saw a small juvenile irken next to her.

"Gavno!! What are you doing outside the ship? I told you to stay there," she scolded him.

Gavno looked up at her, his odd yellow eyes seeming to glow. "I got scared sitting there alone, Reni," he held onto her leg, looking around at the remains. "This is scary,"

"It's ok, kid," she said patting his head. Reni bent down and looked at him. "Now, go back to the ship. I will join you shortly." Gavno nodded, then turned and started back to the ship.

Reni looked after him for a bit, then looked away and at the recked city. "What could have done this? On my way past I picked up a reading, though it was fuzzy, it was the same kind of reading that would come from," she paused. "No, it couldn't be…"

"AAAAHHHH!!!! RENI!!!!" sounded Gavno's voice from near the ship. Reni turned and saw a huge creature rise from the ground. "RENI!!! HELP!!!" she didn't hesitate running taword it, pulling out a ray gun, she shot the monster. Reni dived on top of Gavno and they both rolled into a ditch.

"Gavno," she started quietly yet sternly. "I thought I told you to go back to the ship."

"I was," he said in the same low tone. "I was going there, but then this thing popped up," there was a roar and Gavno went closer to Reni. "It's still alive?"

"Of course it is. That shot won't kill this creature," she sat up slowly and looked over the crest of the ditch. The creature was looking and listening for them. She went back into the ditch and looked at Gavno. "Ok, when I say go, I will distract it and you run to the ship."

Gavno paused and then nodded. Reni looked carefully over the crest at the monster. "Ok… GO!!!"

Reni jumped out of the ditch and ran shooting at the monster. Gavno ran the other way taword the ship. He jumped in and waited for Reni.

Reni moved around monster, it was fat and slow and she was thin and quick. When it was recuperating from being dizzy, Reni ran to her ship. Gavno had already turned it on, so when Reni jumped inside, they took off into the air quickly.

The two of them looked down at the creature below. It was currently looking for where it's food had gone.

Leaning back, the two sighed. Reni looked at Gavno. "What are you sighing about, little man?"

Gavno looked at her. "I was almost eaten by a monster. I'm sighing in relief."

"Yes, relief I saved your life," Reni added. Gavno looked out the window, he had ignored had she had said.

"So, Reni, what are we doing now?" he asked as he looked at the glowing stars.

"We're going to Irk," she replied.

Gavno looked at her. "To Irk?" he was confused. "Why are we going back home?"

"I need to talk to Tallest Red. I need to tell him what has happened on planet Zolenine." Reni exclaimed.

"Since you are talking to Tallest Red, doesn't that mean you are going to talke to Tallest Purple?" asked Gavno.

Reni winced at the mention of Purple. "Yes, Gavno, it means I have to talk to him too," she shuddered again then looked forward into space.

Gavno yawned. "I'm tired, I'm going to take a nap."

Reni glanced at him. "Good idea, my young irken, it's going to be a while before we even see signs for Irk."

Gavno turned. "Night, Reni," and with that, he walked out of the cock pit.


So, that is the first chapter of this new story. Dak doesn't come in until the next chapter, but it's still cool. So please R&R for me and I will have the next chapter up as soon as possible.