Taking Down The Armada
Prologue
I do not own Invader Zim or the Irken species. They belong to the almighty Jhonen Vasquez. I'm just using them in this fanfic. Warning there will be some ZADR later. Hope everyone likes it.
Red and Purple slowly entered the elegant white stone conference hall of King Nav finding him seated in his high throne like chair waiting for them impatiently tapping his fingers. Quickening their pace, they came to a halt before him. Both bowed low waiting quietly for him to say they could rise. "You may rise, Tallest. I bring you here to discuss the possibility of peace. We have been at war for far too long. I want you to hear this before I bring it to the counsel." He said quietly his deep maroon orbs focusing solely on them making them feel uncomfortable.
Red rose first staring wide eyed at the King. He looked truly regal in his black and deep maroon robes, with that prideful smirk that was reminiscent of Zim. "Your grace, if I may be so bold as to say that if we pursue peace we will look weak in the eyes of our enemies." Red replied calmly glancing at Purple. "We would be the laughing stock of the universe if we did that." Purple added glancing between the two feeling the tension growing.
King Nav looked thoughtful for a split second before his expression hardened, his fist rose then slammed onto the arm of his chair a low threatening growl slipped through his lips. "Did it ever occur to you two idiots that we are losing more soldiers than the smeeteries can create? That if we do not stop invading soon there will not be enough forces left to protect our home planet? Does it even bother you in the slightest that your comrades from basic training are dying? We have to stop or we will lose everything." King Nav snapped angrily his clawed fingers digging into the stone chair leaving angry claw marks in his wake.
Red and Purple stared at him wide eyed completely shocked by his angry outburst and this new information. "Your grace, if we stop in the middle of this war we could lose everything anyways. It would be foolish to back down now." Red argued his point before the sound of claws on metal caught their attention.
King Nav lowered his head shaking it back and forth like he knew what or who was coming. The side door was forced open, a curvatious black eyed beauty stormed up to the King. Her maroon and black gown swirled as she turned placing a delicate hand on his shoulder causing him to slightly jump from the sudden contact.
"How dare you speak to your King in such a manner! You should heed his warning." She hissed out angrily her free hand tightening into a fist. "Ceres my dear, why are you here without your cloak?" King Nav asked calmly watching the Tallest carefully as they openly stared at her. A well-muscled black eyed Irken dashed into the room followed by a willowy blue eyed one and a short green eyed one.
"Gar, take your sister to her room. How did she get away from you in the first place?" Nav asked curiously looking up seeing the smirk appear on his daughter's face. "She gave us the slip and came down here to listen to this meeting, but we'll get her out of here before she manages to destroy anything else." Gar answered calmly walking over to the tiny female gently taking hold of her shoulders but she wasn't budging as she continued to glare daggers at Red.
"Whelp muscles, looks like you could use a hand or two." The blue eyed one said walking over carefully taking hold of her arm helping Gar steer her toward the door. The shorter one took her hand gently pulling it. "Ceres, you should be more careful where you go without your cloak it's dangerous." He said quietly exiting the room with the other two forcing her along.
King Nav turned back to them with a proud smirk gracing his lips. "That was my daughter, Princess Ceres. Far more dangerous than even me and twice as cunning, if anything happens to me you will be dealing with her. Gar is my son, her younger brother and guardian that never leaves her side. Now leave me, I have much to do before the council meeting. Be warned, she will be there." Nav explained his speech growing bitter at the end.
"We'll consider what you've said, Your grace." Red replied bowing with Purple quickly they exited the room. Once the door slid shut Red turned to Purple. "Purp, did you see that?" Red asked quietly to his Co-leader floating closer to him. "What? How furious the king was?" He asked glancing around making sure no one was nearby. "No, the princess. She is completely delicious and she's first in line for the crown. We get our hands on her and we can have all the power to ourselves. We'll talk about this more on the armada." He replied quietly as they floated into the teleporters.
Ceres paced her room growling under her breath, the other three sat back watching her warily. A soft knock came to her door surprising all four of them. "Enter." She called in her well-practiced manner even though she was having trouble holding it. Slowly the door opened, King Nav walked in with a bemused smirk.
"Gar, Drifter, Shif, can you leave for a minute? I'd like to speak with Ceres." He requested smoothly watching them rise and slip out the door it automatically shutting behind them. Ceres stood proud and as tall as a five foot Irken could, her hands clasped behind her back.
"I have to say Ceres, that was quite an entrance. I don't think they'll be forgetting you anytime soon. I have a feeling they're up to something, if anything happens to your mother or I don't trust anything they say. We have a dark council meeting soon." Nav explained calmly walking up to her extending his arms out with a smile. She returned the smile stepping into them wrapping her arms around his neck.
He pulled away smile growing just a little. "I know you were furious, but did you see the looks on their faces. I thought they were going to die from lack of breathing." He said chuckling, soon she joined in. "Was their reaction really that bad?" Ceres asked looking up at him with a lopsided smirk.
"Almost as bad as Arc when he unofficially met you and realized the mistake he had made. Now go collect your three trouble makers. I need you all present for this meeting and don't get into any trouble on the way." Nav exclaimed with a grin watching Ceres quickly leave her room. His grin fell knowing soon this precious daughter would be in grave danger and he might not be here to protect her.
Red hovered around the room like he was pacing, Purple sat back watching his counterpart. "Calm down, there's no use pacing around waiting for him to call. He'll call when the job is done." Purple exclaimed grabbing a donut from the table munching on it happily.
"I know that Purp, but if he gets caught we're done for. King Nav will have more than just our heads. He'd probably let the Princess be our executioner." Red replied smirking at the thought.
An unknown transmission automatically opened revealing a pale ghostly looking Irken, his dull pink eyes seemed to be staring through them. 'It is done, my Tallest. The Queen will die in a few hours. I will be going back to my lab now, before the poison takes effect and I am discovered.' He said in a weak sickly voice that made him sound like he was already on his death bed. "Good now go. We'll send you what you've requested." Red replied with a smirk finally relaxing flopping down next to Purple. The screen went black and disappeared.
Back at the Palace king Nav, Ceres, Gar, Drifter and Shif rode the elevator up to the main floor. "That went far better than expected." Ceres said with a smile draping an arm over Shif's shoulders. "Yes, it did. I'm glad all of you will be here to protect her. I only wish that your youngest brother could be here." Nav replied with a heavy sigh the sadness clouded his deep maroon eyes. "We'll find him one day, father. I know he's still alive somewhere." Ceres said quietly gently brushing her free hand against his cheek. Little did they know that on the other side of the universe, six months travel by voot runner the little prince sat bored out of his mind. Let's visit him in a month's time to see how bored he is...