Yello. It is I, ckret2! Got a fic. It was originally a different fic called
The Truth, buuuut, I deleted it. It was stupid. *spazzes* IT WAS JES TOO
DANG STUPID!!!
Just so you know, Mur isn't a Mary Sue. Neither Dib nor Zim shall get a crush on her. Or anything else as completely vomatrocious. ^-^ I like that word. So, anyway, no Mary Sues.
And it may look like I haven't done my research, 'cause it says later in the fic that Zim didn't kill Spork or Miyuki, but I did do my research. (I do more research for Invader Zim than I do for school!) All will be explained in good time. Yeeeess, good, sweet, precious time . . .
The first chapter is a flashback.
Disclaimer: No own Zim, no own Dib, no own Gaz, no own . . . all the others, DO own Mur, and Kayna, and Kayna Jr., and all the made up one-time appearance chars. Good? Good. Okay. Zim, Dib, Gaz (who is barely in this fic) and all the others, and the ORIGINAL IZ plotline, are all property of Jhonen Vazquez.
And, now . . . the fic!
Well, almost. Just so you know, this fic starts with a flashback of about 100 Irken years ago. Loooong before the whole Devastus thing. This was back when Zim was about 200 years old, (O.o that's old!) and so he'd be about a teenager in Earthen terms. The Tallest aren't Tallest yet, and they're about 700 (:-@ Yikes!). So, they're a few hundred years older than Zim. In Irken terms, they're still pretty young, though! Don't you dare ask me how old Tak is, I have NO clue and she isn't even in this fic! Or any of the other current Invaders, like Skoodge, but I assume he's about the same age as Zim.
Zim'll be kinda OOC for this chapter and half of the next. Bare with me here, it'll all be explained.
And, as my FINAL note, this'll make a lot more sense if you've read the script to The Trial, which is an unaired episode. You can find the script here: www.thescarymonkeyshow.com
So, NOW the fic, and the flashback to start the fic!
~*~
The Truth
Chapter 1: Flashback
Zim walked by a newspaper stand and saw, splashed across the headline of every paper, "Tallest Spork Was Sporked To Death!" He snorted. "Tallest Spork's been what?" He bought a copy, assuming that the paper was some sort of tabloid. As it turned out, it wasn't. Zim recognized the logo of The Daily Reporter, a well-respected paper. Zim began reading with renewed interest.
Yesterday around 9pm, a group of assassins attacked Tallest Spork with giant rubber sporks and beat him over the head until he died. There is no current information on Spork's killers, but there were some witnesses.
"The group was very very short," says Necca, 5'7", while Akkika, 3'3" says, "The group was tall. The assassins probably thought that their gang leader would become the new Tallest."
It has been established that there were seven in the group of assassins, and that at least one was a girl. Two had purple eyes, and one had green eyes. If anyone finds a group hanging out together with at least one girl, two Irkens with purple eyes, and one with green, please call massivepolice @massive.net.
All Irkens over seven feet tall should go to the Massive to be measured for the new Tallest. The new Tallest shall be announced tonight in a special edition of the Daily Reporter.
In other news . . .
Zim folded his paper and stuck it in his Nanopak. He didn't need to learn about the "other news." He was surprised the article on Spork's death wasn't any more than four paragraphs! Couldn't the reporter have gotten a few more witnesses? Or given the time of Tallest Spork's funeral ceremony?
"Lazy writer," Zim muttered.
"You say somethin'?" a voice behind Zim asked. He turned around.
"Oh, hi Necca. You were a witness to Spork's death, weren't you?" Zim asked.
"Yup," Necca said. "I don't know WHAT that Akkika was thinking, I swear, those Irkens were shorter than YOU are, Zim!" And at his glare, she quickly added, "No offense. Actually, that was kinda a compliment, wasn't it?"
"Yeah, I guess," Zim said, shrugging. "It's really sad about Spork. Musta been pretty hard to see him die. So, are you still going to the bItter hOpe concert tonight?"
"Yeah!" Necca said. "You'll be there, right?"
"Just got my ticket in the mail," Zim said. "Too bad Spork had to die before he could go to the concert with us."
Necca nodded. "Yeah. Hey, how do you get so many high-power friends like that? I mean, they're so much TALLER than you! Uh, no offense. But, you were friends with Tallest Miyuki until Quifosenkis got her, and then you were friends with Tallest Spork. It's just creepy. How do you do it?"
Zim shrugged. "I dunno. I'm just a little Invader. And I'm not exactly the best Invader, either. Guess I'm just lucky."
Necca half-grinned. "Guess so. Well, see you at Conventia for the concert?"
"Right," Zim said. "10pm?"
"Yup! See you then!"
Necca walked away, and Zim kept going down the busy street. He wasn't really going anywhere. Just walking around.
From the top of a building, seven Irkens were watching Zim. One was female, two had purple eyes, and one had green. They were all very tall.
"The little brat," muttered one of the purple-eyed Irkens. "Who does he think he is, talking to all these really tall Irkens?"
"Man, he's annoying," the girl said. "When one of us becomes Tallest, we'll have to do something about his uppity attitude. What do you think, Sresu?"
The whole group turned to look at their leader, who had red eyes. "I think we should just take care of him now," Sresu said mildly. "Why wait until we're crowned? We'll get him in an alley the same way we did that Akkika kid this morning."
The group chuckled, until the green-eyed one yelled, "Holy Pla! Lookit him! He's talking to three Irkens as tall as US!"
All eyes looked down at Zim.
Zim had stopped to talk to three Irkens he thought looked pretty tall. One had purple eyes and one had red, and they looked like twins. The third was a female, who was following the red-eyed Irken.
"Hey, did you here about Spork?" Zim said.
The "twins" looked down at Zim, obviously wondering what such a short thing was doing talking to them. "Yeah. Pretty sad," the red-eyed one said hesitantly.
Zim nodded. "Yeah. You know, you guys look pretty tall. You might be the new Tallest!"
They looked at each other, and the purple-eyed one said proudly, "Hey, we could be! Oh, I'm Purple. This is Red and Kayna."
Zim smiled. "Nice to meet you. I'm Zim."
"So, you really think we have a chance?" Kayna, the female, asked.
"I sure do!" Zim said. "The only two people I've seen in my life that looked to be taller than you are Miyuki and Spork, and they were Tallest, so of course they were taller than you. But not by much!"
Red said, "Yeah, well, to someone your height, everyone must look tall."
Zim shrugged. "To someone your height, everyone must look short. But you can still tell which Irkens are shorter than others, right?"
The threesome looked at each other. "Maybe we should go to the measuring on the Massive," Purple said. "Y'know, since the bItter hOpe concert was cancelled."
Zim's eyes bugged out. "It's been WHAT??"
"It's been cancelled for the funeral ceremony for Spork," Kayna said. "You didn't hear?"
"No," Zim said. "Well, that's annoying. Hey, do we have to use our bItter hOpe tickets to go to the ceremony?" he joked. Red snorted.
"Well, see you. Wish us luck!" Kayna said, and they left.
"Sickening," Sresu said. "It's just sickening how he prances around like that, thinking he can mix with the tall guys. Well, well show him, won't we?" The gang members grinned.
~*~
Short chappy. Ah well, this is more like a prologue that a chapter. And, Zim is OOC on purpose, I repeat, ON PURPOSE!! There will be quite a bit of OOCness on Zim's part throughout this fic, but when possible, I will keep him in character. Okay? Good. And it will all be explained so that the OOCness will be understood. Like in "Monsters Within" Gaz is OOC but SilentKnight has explained all that so that it makes perfect sense. Like the way she explained why Zim hates the Tallest now. If you have NO clue as to what I'm talking about, go read "Monsters Within". It's good. Really, really, REALLY good. So go read! The pigs command yooooooooou . . .
~ckret2, remember never to capitalize the C unless my name's at the start of a sentence.
Just so you know, Mur isn't a Mary Sue. Neither Dib nor Zim shall get a crush on her. Or anything else as completely vomatrocious. ^-^ I like that word. So, anyway, no Mary Sues.
And it may look like I haven't done my research, 'cause it says later in the fic that Zim didn't kill Spork or Miyuki, but I did do my research. (I do more research for Invader Zim than I do for school!) All will be explained in good time. Yeeeess, good, sweet, precious time . . .
The first chapter is a flashback.
Disclaimer: No own Zim, no own Dib, no own Gaz, no own . . . all the others, DO own Mur, and Kayna, and Kayna Jr., and all the made up one-time appearance chars. Good? Good. Okay. Zim, Dib, Gaz (who is barely in this fic) and all the others, and the ORIGINAL IZ plotline, are all property of Jhonen Vazquez.
And, now . . . the fic!
Well, almost. Just so you know, this fic starts with a flashback of about 100 Irken years ago. Loooong before the whole Devastus thing. This was back when Zim was about 200 years old, (O.o that's old!) and so he'd be about a teenager in Earthen terms. The Tallest aren't Tallest yet, and they're about 700 (:-@ Yikes!). So, they're a few hundred years older than Zim. In Irken terms, they're still pretty young, though! Don't you dare ask me how old Tak is, I have NO clue and she isn't even in this fic! Or any of the other current Invaders, like Skoodge, but I assume he's about the same age as Zim.
Zim'll be kinda OOC for this chapter and half of the next. Bare with me here, it'll all be explained.
And, as my FINAL note, this'll make a lot more sense if you've read the script to The Trial, which is an unaired episode. You can find the script here: www.thescarymonkeyshow.com
So, NOW the fic, and the flashback to start the fic!
~*~
The Truth
Chapter 1: Flashback
Zim walked by a newspaper stand and saw, splashed across the headline of every paper, "Tallest Spork Was Sporked To Death!" He snorted. "Tallest Spork's been what?" He bought a copy, assuming that the paper was some sort of tabloid. As it turned out, it wasn't. Zim recognized the logo of The Daily Reporter, a well-respected paper. Zim began reading with renewed interest.
Yesterday around 9pm, a group of assassins attacked Tallest Spork with giant rubber sporks and beat him over the head until he died. There is no current information on Spork's killers, but there were some witnesses.
"The group was very very short," says Necca, 5'7", while Akkika, 3'3" says, "The group was tall. The assassins probably thought that their gang leader would become the new Tallest."
It has been established that there were seven in the group of assassins, and that at least one was a girl. Two had purple eyes, and one had green eyes. If anyone finds a group hanging out together with at least one girl, two Irkens with purple eyes, and one with green, please call massivepolice @massive.net.
All Irkens over seven feet tall should go to the Massive to be measured for the new Tallest. The new Tallest shall be announced tonight in a special edition of the Daily Reporter.
In other news . . .
Zim folded his paper and stuck it in his Nanopak. He didn't need to learn about the "other news." He was surprised the article on Spork's death wasn't any more than four paragraphs! Couldn't the reporter have gotten a few more witnesses? Or given the time of Tallest Spork's funeral ceremony?
"Lazy writer," Zim muttered.
"You say somethin'?" a voice behind Zim asked. He turned around.
"Oh, hi Necca. You were a witness to Spork's death, weren't you?" Zim asked.
"Yup," Necca said. "I don't know WHAT that Akkika was thinking, I swear, those Irkens were shorter than YOU are, Zim!" And at his glare, she quickly added, "No offense. Actually, that was kinda a compliment, wasn't it?"
"Yeah, I guess," Zim said, shrugging. "It's really sad about Spork. Musta been pretty hard to see him die. So, are you still going to the bItter hOpe concert tonight?"
"Yeah!" Necca said. "You'll be there, right?"
"Just got my ticket in the mail," Zim said. "Too bad Spork had to die before he could go to the concert with us."
Necca nodded. "Yeah. Hey, how do you get so many high-power friends like that? I mean, they're so much TALLER than you! Uh, no offense. But, you were friends with Tallest Miyuki until Quifosenkis got her, and then you were friends with Tallest Spork. It's just creepy. How do you do it?"
Zim shrugged. "I dunno. I'm just a little Invader. And I'm not exactly the best Invader, either. Guess I'm just lucky."
Necca half-grinned. "Guess so. Well, see you at Conventia for the concert?"
"Right," Zim said. "10pm?"
"Yup! See you then!"
Necca walked away, and Zim kept going down the busy street. He wasn't really going anywhere. Just walking around.
From the top of a building, seven Irkens were watching Zim. One was female, two had purple eyes, and one had green. They were all very tall.
"The little brat," muttered one of the purple-eyed Irkens. "Who does he think he is, talking to all these really tall Irkens?"
"Man, he's annoying," the girl said. "When one of us becomes Tallest, we'll have to do something about his uppity attitude. What do you think, Sresu?"
The whole group turned to look at their leader, who had red eyes. "I think we should just take care of him now," Sresu said mildly. "Why wait until we're crowned? We'll get him in an alley the same way we did that Akkika kid this morning."
The group chuckled, until the green-eyed one yelled, "Holy Pla! Lookit him! He's talking to three Irkens as tall as US!"
All eyes looked down at Zim.
Zim had stopped to talk to three Irkens he thought looked pretty tall. One had purple eyes and one had red, and they looked like twins. The third was a female, who was following the red-eyed Irken.
"Hey, did you here about Spork?" Zim said.
The "twins" looked down at Zim, obviously wondering what such a short thing was doing talking to them. "Yeah. Pretty sad," the red-eyed one said hesitantly.
Zim nodded. "Yeah. You know, you guys look pretty tall. You might be the new Tallest!"
They looked at each other, and the purple-eyed one said proudly, "Hey, we could be! Oh, I'm Purple. This is Red and Kayna."
Zim smiled. "Nice to meet you. I'm Zim."
"So, you really think we have a chance?" Kayna, the female, asked.
"I sure do!" Zim said. "The only two people I've seen in my life that looked to be taller than you are Miyuki and Spork, and they were Tallest, so of course they were taller than you. But not by much!"
Red said, "Yeah, well, to someone your height, everyone must look tall."
Zim shrugged. "To someone your height, everyone must look short. But you can still tell which Irkens are shorter than others, right?"
The threesome looked at each other. "Maybe we should go to the measuring on the Massive," Purple said. "Y'know, since the bItter hOpe concert was cancelled."
Zim's eyes bugged out. "It's been WHAT??"
"It's been cancelled for the funeral ceremony for Spork," Kayna said. "You didn't hear?"
"No," Zim said. "Well, that's annoying. Hey, do we have to use our bItter hOpe tickets to go to the ceremony?" he joked. Red snorted.
"Well, see you. Wish us luck!" Kayna said, and they left.
"Sickening," Sresu said. "It's just sickening how he prances around like that, thinking he can mix with the tall guys. Well, well show him, won't we?" The gang members grinned.
~*~
Short chappy. Ah well, this is more like a prologue that a chapter. And, Zim is OOC on purpose, I repeat, ON PURPOSE!! There will be quite a bit of OOCness on Zim's part throughout this fic, but when possible, I will keep him in character. Okay? Good. And it will all be explained so that the OOCness will be understood. Like in "Monsters Within" Gaz is OOC but SilentKnight has explained all that so that it makes perfect sense. Like the way she explained why Zim hates the Tallest now. If you have NO clue as to what I'm talking about, go read "Monsters Within". It's good. Really, really, REALLY good. So go read! The pigs command yooooooooou . . .
~ckret2, remember never to capitalize the C unless my name's at the start of a sentence.