Ali pointed to Tak with her new robotic arm and asked to no one in particular, "What is IT doing here?"
"Cten wants her to come..." Zim replied
"Yeah," Cten said, "say hello to the newest member of our family, Tak!"
"Hello," Tak greeted.
"Hello new sister!" Zena squealed, hugging Tak.
"Down, Zena." Zim pulled Zena off of Tak.
"Mom," Ali asked, "can I have a word with you, OVER THERE?!"
"Uh, sure." Cten walked with Ali to a corner of the yard away from the others.
"Why are you taking her in?" Ali asked.
"Because," Cten answered, "she deserves a second chance."
"This isn't her second chance," Ali argued, "this is like, her fourth one!"
"Whatever, four times the charm."
Ali facepalmed, "The saying is three times the charm, and I don't think that we should trust her!"
"Well I do, and until you're an adult, you don't get a say in anything." And with that, Cten walked back over to the group.
Mae and Tae were sitting on Tak's shoulders, "Hi," they said in unison.
"Is everything okay?" Zim asked.
"It's perfect," Cten said, cheerfully, then whispered to Zim, "and now that Char is gone, I think it would be a good idea to move on..." she motioned towards Tak.
"Um...no Cten, I don't think so..." Zim said, completely not interested.
"Come on," Cten begged, "why not?"
"Cten, don't start with me..." Zim warned.
"Ugh, fine," she surrendered, "I still don't see why not."
A Voot Cruiser landed about half an hour later and out of it walked an Irken. He had blue eyes, a red and black striped shirt with a large red collar, black pants, and brown hair.
Cten ran over and hugged the Irken, "Farggo! Long time no see!"
"Oh yes um...hello Princess..." Farggo said, sort of uncomfortable with the hugging.
"How many times to I have to tell you, silly," Cten said in a rather unusually cheery and giggly voice, "you can call me Cten!"
"I WANNA BE FIRST LIKE CHICKEN!" Gir screeched, running into the ship.
"Wait for me, Gir!" Kiki yelled, running after Gir to make sure he didn't break anything.
Soon everyone was inside and they took off.
"Nice ship, Farggo," Jude complimented, inspecting some of the controls, "did you create this yourself?"
"In my spare time, yes..." Farggo said, trying not to let his ego show too much.
"Wow, Farggo," Cten said, amazed, "you've improved!"
"Thank you..." Farggo paused, then said the one word that seemed strange to his tongue, "...Cten."
Cten giggled, "No prob!"
Zim sighed with contentment, "It will be nice to meet the Tallest once again!"
"Yeah," Cten agreed, "I haven't seen Daddy and Uncle Red in forever."
Ali, meanwhile, was just pouting in a corner about her and Cten's previous conversation. Kiki quickly noticed this and walked over.
"What's wrong, Ali?"
"It's Tak!" Ali replied, "Mom can't get through her little princess skull that Tak's planning something." They looked over to see Tak playing with Mae, Tae, and Kat.
"I agree..." Kiki said suspiciously.
"Finally," Ali shrieked, "someone who'll listen! Now all we have to do is convince Mom that Tak's evil...but how?"
"Did you ever think that she might have actually changed?" Trek asked.
"That's what Cten though last time," Ali pointed out, "and look what happened."
"I hope this time we're wrong and she's changed for good..." Kiki said as Ali glared at Tak.
"So, what's been up since I left on my mission?" Cten asked Farggo.
"Same old things, your father and uncle trying to destroy everything, forcing me to be their slave and all that good stuff," Farggo replied with a hint of sarcasm.
"Oh," Cten said, "well...maybe I can get you a few days of vacation." Cten smiled, "I just gotta do my puppy face. Remember how that always worked on Daddy?"
"Oh yes," Farggo agreed, "I remember."
Cten sighed contently and stared out the window at the stars, "Those were the good days."
"Indeed," Farggo agreed, smiling.
Cten looked back at Farggo, "I'm exhausted from that fight with Tak, is there anywhere I can rest?"
"Well, there's my room in the back if you'd like to stay there," Farggo suggested, "I haven't added any other rooms yet."
"Okay," Cten smiled, "I'll be there if you need me," and then she walked away.
Farggo just nodded.
Cten heard Zim following her and turned around, "What, Zim?"
"You got that look again..."
"What look?"
"That look you had when you liked the Dib-Human." Zim smirked.
"Don't be ridiculous," Cten argued, "it's Farggo, we're just friends!" Of course, Cten couldn't tell if she really meant it, was just saying it, or if she was just trying to convince herself, then she realized it was the third one when she caught herself blushing.
"LIES! EVERYWHERE!" Zim shrieked in his old insane way.
"Zim, I'm serious," Cten warned, "go away, I'm tired."
Zim turned around, but stopped for one final threat, "I'll be watching you and your...um...love...ness...YESS!" and then he stomped off.
"Whatever," Cten muttered before finally laying down on the bed and closing her eyes...
