Note: I think this one is A LOT better than the first. I tend to be that
way.
Chapter One: The Nightmare Continues
It was a drab, dreary day on Irk; turmoil had begun, as the public had been informed of an upcoming danger. Along with a new shipment of SIR units had come samples of vegetation from another planet, which a stray seed had rooted in the soil. Now it was overtaking everything else. All of the crops edible to the Irkens had been destroyed, and most factories depended on fuel derived from by-products of these plants. Once artificial products had been consumed, they depended solely on imported goods, causing their formerly healthy economy to drop drastically. People panicked, and as prices and taxes on everything raised, they bought more and more.
They had literally bitten off more than they could chew, and as foods wasted and people grew poorer, taxes could not be paid, and hardly any food imported was consumed. Government funds ran low, and the Irken Empire's power was beginning to diminish. Tallest Miyuki and anyone with close ties to him were the only people that were in a good state of living, along with the other high officials.
Second Tallest Red and Purple were treated above many people, but only Miyuki gained the privilege to tour the galaxy in hopes of finding assistance. While doing this, he received gifts, and no shortage of as many snacks as he wished. They resented him highly, and were about to discuss their current position in Miyuki's room, which he had lent to them while he was away on business. But for the moment, they were outside of the hotel building, busy complaining.
It was at that moment that a certain Invader Mel, presumed to be dead, snuck inside Miyuki's room in hopes of glimpsing him and telling of her exploits in getting there. What she didn't know was that she was about to uncover something far more sinister. Dashing in the room, she sighed in frustration. Miyuki wasn't there, and apparently hadn't been for some time. The walls were covered up with posters of Second Tallest Red and Purple, and only two people were obsessed with those two so far as to have posters of them plastering the walls - Red and Purple themselves. When she heard them approaching loudly, she rushed into the broom closet and locked the door. Why they'd ever installed locks in that broom closet she hadn't the foggiest, but whatever the reason was, she took advantage of it.
The sound of the door leading to the hotel room being slammed open confirmed to her that they had entered.
"So, you're saying, that if we get rid of Miyuki, we'll get all the cushy treatment?" Purple asked. He usually was a bit slower to catch onto things.
"Yes. All we have to do is to exchange his evening soda with some water. There's a sample substance in the laboratory we can sneak out. When ingested, it'll kill him for sure!" Mel gasped.
"Hey! What was that?"
"It came from the closet." She jumped out of the closet and got in between the two.
"No! You'll never kill Tallest Miyuki!"
"Who are you?"
"Invader Mel. Miyuki's wife."
"Miyuki's wife? I thought she died," Purple mused.
"Well, I'm alive, and I'm going to the authorities with this!" Her voice hissed as it changed to a higher register.
"Then I guess we're going to have to do something about you." Red reached for a laser at his side, but as he drew it out and fired, Mel had gotten to another part of the room. "Get your gun out!" he instructed his accomplice. They fired continually, back to back, as they attempted to harm her.
"You're forgetting that Miyuki taught me everything I know. I could outdo you any day of the year!" She jumped to the window's edge, the wind whipping at her antennae and causing her to sway to and fro. Mel leapt out, and the Second Tallest Red and Purple watched her plummet.
"She's insane! I need some food."
"Me too. And soon we won't be rationed to only ten bags of chips a day." They turned away from the window, and didn't see Mel fall into her Voot Cruiser. She took off, zooming past people in the streets, and veered off to the right as she accelerated upward until she left Irk's gravitational pull. Swerving around and back towards her home planet, she visited the residency of an old friend - Zal.
She landed in the street in front of her house, and went to her door. Zal opened it, and her eyes brightened upon seeing Mel. "I'm so glad to see you! I thought you were dead!"
"No, Zal, I'm not. And though I know you're only a small girl, I need you to come with me on an important mission."
"I can handle it."
"Okay. I trust you. Let's go."
"Wait, can't I pack?"
"No time to pack. Miyuki's in danger."
"You mean Tallest Miyuki?"
"Yes. That I do. Now, get in." Zal hopped into the Voot, and they shot off into the sky.
"AKA!" Mel screeched, as she saw her SIR unit Aka poking its head out from under the various apparatus in the contraption. "Aka, set coordinates for planet Earth."
Chapter One: The Nightmare Continues
It was a drab, dreary day on Irk; turmoil had begun, as the public had been informed of an upcoming danger. Along with a new shipment of SIR units had come samples of vegetation from another planet, which a stray seed had rooted in the soil. Now it was overtaking everything else. All of the crops edible to the Irkens had been destroyed, and most factories depended on fuel derived from by-products of these plants. Once artificial products had been consumed, they depended solely on imported goods, causing their formerly healthy economy to drop drastically. People panicked, and as prices and taxes on everything raised, they bought more and more.
They had literally bitten off more than they could chew, and as foods wasted and people grew poorer, taxes could not be paid, and hardly any food imported was consumed. Government funds ran low, and the Irken Empire's power was beginning to diminish. Tallest Miyuki and anyone with close ties to him were the only people that were in a good state of living, along with the other high officials.
Second Tallest Red and Purple were treated above many people, but only Miyuki gained the privilege to tour the galaxy in hopes of finding assistance. While doing this, he received gifts, and no shortage of as many snacks as he wished. They resented him highly, and were about to discuss their current position in Miyuki's room, which he had lent to them while he was away on business. But for the moment, they were outside of the hotel building, busy complaining.
It was at that moment that a certain Invader Mel, presumed to be dead, snuck inside Miyuki's room in hopes of glimpsing him and telling of her exploits in getting there. What she didn't know was that she was about to uncover something far more sinister. Dashing in the room, she sighed in frustration. Miyuki wasn't there, and apparently hadn't been for some time. The walls were covered up with posters of Second Tallest Red and Purple, and only two people were obsessed with those two so far as to have posters of them plastering the walls - Red and Purple themselves. When she heard them approaching loudly, she rushed into the broom closet and locked the door. Why they'd ever installed locks in that broom closet she hadn't the foggiest, but whatever the reason was, she took advantage of it.
The sound of the door leading to the hotel room being slammed open confirmed to her that they had entered.
"So, you're saying, that if we get rid of Miyuki, we'll get all the cushy treatment?" Purple asked. He usually was a bit slower to catch onto things.
"Yes. All we have to do is to exchange his evening soda with some water. There's a sample substance in the laboratory we can sneak out. When ingested, it'll kill him for sure!" Mel gasped.
"Hey! What was that?"
"It came from the closet." She jumped out of the closet and got in between the two.
"No! You'll never kill Tallest Miyuki!"
"Who are you?"
"Invader Mel. Miyuki's wife."
"Miyuki's wife? I thought she died," Purple mused.
"Well, I'm alive, and I'm going to the authorities with this!" Her voice hissed as it changed to a higher register.
"Then I guess we're going to have to do something about you." Red reached for a laser at his side, but as he drew it out and fired, Mel had gotten to another part of the room. "Get your gun out!" he instructed his accomplice. They fired continually, back to back, as they attempted to harm her.
"You're forgetting that Miyuki taught me everything I know. I could outdo you any day of the year!" She jumped to the window's edge, the wind whipping at her antennae and causing her to sway to and fro. Mel leapt out, and the Second Tallest Red and Purple watched her plummet.
"She's insane! I need some food."
"Me too. And soon we won't be rationed to only ten bags of chips a day." They turned away from the window, and didn't see Mel fall into her Voot Cruiser. She took off, zooming past people in the streets, and veered off to the right as she accelerated upward until she left Irk's gravitational pull. Swerving around and back towards her home planet, she visited the residency of an old friend - Zal.
She landed in the street in front of her house, and went to her door. Zal opened it, and her eyes brightened upon seeing Mel. "I'm so glad to see you! I thought you were dead!"
"No, Zal, I'm not. And though I know you're only a small girl, I need you to come with me on an important mission."
"I can handle it."
"Okay. I trust you. Let's go."
"Wait, can't I pack?"
"No time to pack. Miyuki's in danger."
"You mean Tallest Miyuki?"
"Yes. That I do. Now, get in." Zal hopped into the Voot, and they shot off into the sky.
"AKA!" Mel screeched, as she saw her SIR unit Aka poking its head out from under the various apparatus in the contraption. "Aka, set coordinates for planet Earth."