A/N: My first multi-chapter story. Please read, review, and enjoy!

Chapter 1: The Beginning

Time stood still in that moment. Lavender eyes took in the carnage, the utter chaos contained in a small bubble

Familiar faces were lost to the void, the inky blackness encompassing the tiny bubble. Something fragile was broken. The lavender eyes grew slightly duller. Another face flew by. Something that should have been remembered. Darkness closed in, just like that one time.

xx Planet Devastis, 3 years earlier xx

A long line of possible Irken Elites stretched in front of each trial pod. Numerous guards stood at the ready, in case another defective decided to shut down power across half the planet again.

"Irken Kiv!" A voice boomed, "step into the pod."

Kiv moved into the trial pod, shifting impatiently for the voice to speak again.

"This trial will now commence," A toned down version of the outside voice announced," Remain standing."

Numerous wires attached to Kiv's Pak from multiple holes in the wall, before jerking back, pulling her against the wall. Her vision went black.

"An Irken Elite should be able to create advancements from objects around them, " The voice from before said, " The first trial commences.

Kiv's vision was restored. She was in a forest, only wearing her Pak and nothing else. Her ocular implants showed the time left in the Trial, as well as the objectives that she needed to complete.

"Make a fire…" She mused, before using a Pak leg to cut off a few branches from some nearby trees.

Crouching down, she activated the laser function on her Pak leg, and aimed it down at the wood she had collected. A small fire was formed, fulfilling one objective in the trial.

Two hours passed, Kiv had fulfilled most of her Trial's objectives with only 'create a death ray' and 'establish communications with the Irken Armada' left to do. Placing a piece of wood in the replacer that she had made, she activated it, creating a working antennae made out of thin tree hair laced with metal. Attaching it to her Pak, she signaled the Armada which fulfilled the second to last objective.

Taking a chunk of coal, Kiv added it to the replacer, creating a coal fired generator that could power the deathray frame she had made. Testing the ray on a tree, it worked as intended. As the last objective was completed, Kiv's vision went black again.

Kiv regained her sight, and was faced with a barrel of a gun pointed at her head.

"An Irken Elite should be able to escape any dangerous situation. Begin trial number two."

As the voice finished, Kiv slapped the gun aside, before extending a Pak leg and grabbing the being that was holding the gun. Her vision went black once more, as the objective listed in her ocular implant was completed.

"An Irken Elite should be able to do what is best for the Empire without hesitation. Trial number three will now begin."

Kiv regained her sight, only to realize that she was holding a gun, and pointing it at a shivering Irken that had a short stature and red eyes.

"Please. Spare me," The other Irken pleaded.

"This Irken has been deemed defective. The Empire wishes you to kill it, " The voice from before announced.

Kiv looked into the other Irken's eyes, noticing the fear and helplessness contained in them. Her hand spasmed violently, dropping the gun. Kiv's vision went black again.

The rest of the trials passed in a blur. As the last one ended, Kiv regained her vision to see the trial pod's wall.

"Exit the chamber," The voice from before said.

A door opened on the side of the pod. Kiv dropped off the wall as the wires detached from her Pak, before stumbling out of the pod. She was greeted by two guards, who escorted her to an enclosed room.

"Remain here until called," One guard said, before shutting the door.

Kiv sighed, before leaning against the wall. "What went wrong?" She muttered, closing her eyes, "Am I…"

Her thoughts were shattered by a deep voice calling, "Irken Kiv, exit your room and come to the judgement hall."

She did as the voice asked, striding out of the room and to the door at the end of the hallway. She entered the room, and was faced with 3 Control Brains staring down at her.

"Irken Kiv.," The middle brain spoke, "Your score on the trial was ninety-five. This would have been a passing grade for any Irken.. except for you."

"I..I don't," Kiv stammered.

"You hesitated on the third trial. Why? Are you more sympathetic towards defectives then the Empire?" The left brain fired off.

"Are you..defective?" The right brain asked, more quieter than it's brethren.

Kiv just stood in front of the brains, eyes wide and confused.

"No matter,"The center brain spoke, "You have been given another chance to gain Elite status, and erase all questions about you being a defective.

"Your mission is to kill Zim." The right brain spoke again, "We have decided that he poses too much of a threat to the will be provided with a ship, a crew, and the rank of Captain. But be warned, should you fail this mission…"

"Don't come back," The left brain finished ominously.

xxx Devastis' Orbit xxx

Kiv sat wearily in the transport that would take her up to an orbiting space dock.

"They can't do this to me!" Exclaimed a voice somewhere in the ship, "Saved in space.. just to be made some sort of glorified janitor on a ship!"

Kiv stood up, curious about the voice's owner. Rounding a corner, she felt something brush up against her leg. Looking down, she tripped over the creature that had suddenly curled up on the middle of the floor and bumped her head against the bulkhead.

"Mimi. What have I told you about wearing your filthy Earth animal disguise?" The voice chastised.

Kiv looked up to see a purple-eyed, female Irken glaring down at a heavily modified SIR unit. The unit in question looked somewhat abashed.

"That idiotic unit of Zim's must've downloaded some of his personality onto you." The purple-eyed Irken said, still ignoring Kiv who slowly got to her feet.

"You. You're failed Invader Tak," Kiv said, still slightly unsteady from her fall.

"Failed?" Tak asked, incredulously, "My plans were going perfectly, until I was betrayed by my own kind. Who are you anyway?"

"Captain Kiv."

"… you're the one I'm going to work under? Let me guess… you were only smeeted two days ago." Tak said.

"It's actually complicated. You see…"

Kiv was interrupted by the a loud boom as the transport connected with the spacedock.

"Look like it's our stop," Tak said, stepping off the transport with Mimi close behind.

Kiv followed Tak, her uncertainty growing as she exited the transport. A guard greeted her as she came out onto the spacedock. "Captain Kiv?" He asked.

"That's me." Kiv confirmed.

The guard nodded. "I am guardsman Tiwe. Your ship is this way."

Kiv followed the guardsman to a Ripper docked at station 16.

"Welcome aboard Captain." Tiwe said, saluting.

Kiv saluted uncertainly, before boarding.

A/N: That's it for chapter one! See you all in the next one!