ZERO

Zero POV

Invader Zim and all associated characters belong to Jhonen Vasquez.

For awhile everything was perfect, but now . . . Tallest Red has taken over. Tallest Purple died fighting against his evil. For years I've lived in secret. When I was younger I asked my mother why we had to hide and she said that if we didn't they would kill us, just like they killed everyone else, again.

About a year ago I enlisted in the Irken military. And today I became an Irken elite. My plan from the start was to get to a position high enough to use classified machinery. My mother told me that Red had a portable machine that would allow him to travel in time for his own personal amusement. He was never smart enough to use it to alter the past.

I planned to act like a trusted and loyal soldier while all I really needed was that time machine. It was our race's last hope. Me and my mother lived in secret on Earth, a place Zim decided to spare before he was killed. But his killer (tallest Red) knew about Earth and it was next on the list.

"Mom! I've done it! I'm now an elite!" I said upon entering our countryside home. She gasped and ran up to hug me. "Your father would be so proud. And if you fix all this then we could all have a normal life like we should have had. Good luck Zero." She responded soflty.

The next day I said my goodbyes and left. It seems elites were now a very prestigious role because I noticed how much people on the massive respected me, or it may be because my skills are far greater than the average elite.

As soon as I was out of sight I started running, running towards Red's quarters. I stopped in front of the door looking around at the rooms next to it. Eventually I spotted a door that said "DATABASES" and I decided to first go there.

I ran to one of the terminals and started scanning through the data. Finally I found what I was looking for, all data and blueprints regarding Red's time machine. Without haste I deleted everything. I sat back in the chair and sighed relief.

I knew that Red would eventually find out that his time machine was stolen and maybe even find out I did it and have another one built. But now I knew now that I was safe. I ran back out throwing the door open then bumping into someone I knew from the academy.

"Zero? You know this area is restricted. Even for an elite." I reacted the only way I knew how in a situation like this. I pulled out that old knife my mother had given me. It was rusty but damn was it sharp. It also had a number on the grip. 387. Thinking about always gave me the creeps.

I stabbed the knife into his throat. I was hoping it would be a clean kill but the knife ended up stuck in his throat. I had to yank it out, pulling out his throat along with my knife. Then I ran into Red's quarters. after about ten minutes of searching I found it.

While I was searching I thought about the person I just killed. I never enjoyed killing but I never had a choice. These days everyone is blind and willing to blindly serve tallest Red. I prayed for every soul I took. I remember the first time I killed an Irken. At the time my mother was teaching me one of the humans religions. When I killed that guard she told me that it wasn't his fault he had to die and to pray that he may rest in peace. I always loved the idea of God. But I always feared I would be punished for my sins, but then I remebered my cause. Surely God would never judge me for killing a few to save billions. Or was I just kidding myself.

As I typed in the coordinates I saw tallest Red walk out of a room. "Zero, what are you doing!" he shouted. "I am the last hope for the Irkens, my job is to correct our past and free us all from your evil." I responded. "No!" he screamed as I pushed the button sending me back. "Liber" I said just as I was thrown into some sort of vortex. Out of all the words in the that human language, liber was my favorite. it was Latin for free. One of the human languages Mother taught me.

The trip was very bizarre. It felt like traveling through to a different dimension. Red is so arrogant. How could he have not seen this coming, I thought. After what seemed like ages, then the multi colored vortex finally ended.

I was now standing in a crater. "Not much time" I said looking at the portable time machine. I looked at my map and started heading towards where Zim was assassinated. Finally I reached a large crowd. I had to remember all the stories mother told me about how this had happened.

I had to think about where she saw the ship getting ready to attack Zim during his speech. I ran to where I thought it was and sure enough, it was there. I ran over and saw the pilot getting ready to enter. I swiftly slit his throat. I hid the body well but I was worried someone would see the blood. But I didn't care. I jumped into the pilot's seat and started getting ready to fly. I'm glad I was trained in flight. Soon after Red and Purple boarded our tiny ship. "Take us over there." Red ordered pointing to where he wanted me to go.

I flew the over the front of the stage where Red opened the side of the ship up and began speaking to Zim. "Well well well, if it isn't the noble Zim. your actions have cost us great deal of grief and now I think it's time we end this little game." He said preparing to fire an assault rifle. "Red stop! I've had to put up with all the horrible things you've done for years but no more!"

Said tallest Purple. "Well I've had enough of you to. I always enjoyed having you around." Said tallest Red. Right after he said that he shot Purple and he fell onto the ground dead. At least that's what we thought."Now where was I?" He said aiming at Zim. Just then I sprang up from my seat.

I ran up behind Red and pulled out my knife."Liber." I said thrusting my knife towards his neck. He turned around confused and grabbed my knife. I struggled trying to get it to his neck. Finally my knife slashed his neck. But it didn't kill him. He just fell from the ship. I jumped down after him only to be shoved away by a group that emerged from the crowd.

They carried him off and to one of the passenger ships and flew off. Zim rushed down from the stage and greeted me. "Thank you. If it wasn't for you I'd be dead right now. But I must ask one thing. Who are you?" he asked

"I am Zero. And I am your son." A shocked look came upon his face and he stood there silent. I looked behind me and saw someone I recognized as my mother. "Mother! I've done it!" I said to her. "Uh, who exactly are you?" she asked.

And then I remembered it was the past. I apologized and then we all boarded the massive where I explained my life and the future. I spent that whole night explaining all this to them. And to prove it I showed them mother's old knife.

For a moment my father looked confused, but after a moment he raised his knife and I saw that it was identical to mine, (only in better condition.) Both of them seemed proud of me. I even showed them the time machine. Father wanted to do so many things with it but even he knew that we had much bigger problems.

My name may be Zero but today I proved my value was much greater . . .

For people who don't know, my best buddy Jacob came up with the name Zero. Again, I have to thank him cuz that name is just plain awesome! Honestly I never would have come up with a name for an OC that good!