A/N: OK, here's the ZATR part I promised you. Here ya go! Half of the inspiration for this chap was from a pic from deviantART. I don't really know the name or where it is, I just felt like it needed to be said. Chap III: The Tangled Antennae Event
Tak needed to get Irken technology from Zim, for he was the only one to supply it. But, Tak had to 'sweet talk' him into giving her the technology. How her gut burned at the thought of giving in to Zim's ego. She gritted her teeth and smacked her head with her hand. Tak then thought of using her mind control on Zim; but, after their previous meet, that seemed break down.
Tak walked down the sidewalk, MiMi right next to her, up to Zim's house. They walked through Zim's yard and up to his front door. Tak took a deep breath and swallowed her pride. After this, she would never see Zim let it go. Tak knocked on the door.
Inside Zim's underground lab, Zim heard the alarm that someone was at the door. Zim quickly stopped what he was and grabbed his human disguise. Up the elevator he went, and to the front door. He opened the door and stared at Tak. Zim narrowed his eyes. "What do you want, Tak?" he demanded.
Tak closed her eyes. "May I come in?" she asked with a calm voice. Oddly enough, Zim decided to step aside and let her and MiMi in. Tak and MiMi walked over to the couch and sat on it. That was when Gir, in his dog disguise, came in. Once he saw MiMi, he smiled. "HI MIMI!" he shouted in his high pitched voice. MiMi narrowed her red eyes.
Tak nudged at MiMi, "MiMi, why don't you take the Unit and go outside." MiMi nodded, and walked over to Gir. She dragged the S.I.R Unit out the door. Gir screamed out, "ARE WE GOING FOR A WALK?"
Zim turned his attention from the units and to Tak. "What is this about?" Tak gave a fake smile, and began sweet talking. "Zim," Tak said. "I never really noticed that you have such a wonderful base, and brilliant plans." Zim felt flattered. "Why, yes I do." "Yeah, and it's certainly better than my base." If we're going for completely disgusting! Tak said to herself. Zim was getting happy. "Yes, yes!"
"You truly are the…superior…Irken Invader." Tak tried not to choke while she said that. Zim stood victorious in his mind. "YES! VICTORY FOR ZIM! At last, you finally see me as the invader I am!" he gloated.
"Yes, Zim, I do." Tak lied.
"Well, now maybe I won't tell the Tallest that you came back to this FILTHY planet!" Zim explained. Tak wasn't surprised that their conversation the other day didn't get into his head of hot air. But, it really annoyed her. Tak jumped off the couch and her disguise disappeared. "OK, I'm done with this sweet talking method!" she shouted. Spider legs emerged from Tak's PAK. The leg's pointed ends lunged at Zim and held him up against the wall.
Tak brought her head closer to Zim's. "You will give me all the Irken weaponry and technology in this base, NOW!"
Zim struggled to get loose. "And why should I do that?" he asked.
"You idiot! An invasion is coming and I need those weapons!" Tak shouted in Zim's face.
Outside, behind the house, MiMi dropped Gir off. In a blue flash, she turned into her robot form. Gir took of his dog outfit. Gir looked down and their laid a flower. Gir smiled and picked it off the ground. He held out his hand and presented the flower to MiMi. MiMi stared at the flower in confusion. "This is for you, MiMi! I missed you!"
MiMi grabbed the flower with her clawed hand. She held it gently as she stared at it. Gir then explained, "I love YOU!"
MiMi closed her eyes. S.I.R Units don't feel love. MiMi said. She dropped the flower. We only know servitude to our masters. Gir titled his head in confusion. "Do you want to go to the park!?" MiMi shook her head. It's clearly that you're defective. She said, ready to strike with her clawed hand.
Zim kept struggling to be free of Tak's grip. Tak watched as Zim struggled. She was getting annoyed with him. "Take off that ridiculous disguise!" Tak pulled off Zim's hair and eye lenses, throwing them to the floor. "You're not fooling anyone!" Now, Zim shouted, "That disguise fooled you when you first fell in love with me!" Tak remembered that she had a poem for Zim when she first met him in Skool. "You moron! That was a trick!"
While the two Irkens argued, they didn't notice, or feel, that their antennae were getting closer together. Their antennae then swirled around each other. It was then that Zim and Tak looked at their antennae. "Get your antennae out of mine!" Zim shouted. Tak became wide-eyed. She laid there in gape. Zim untangled their antennae and was released by Tak's legs.
Tak was still in horrible gape. "No, no! It can't happen to me! Not with YOU!" she shuttered. She turned into her human disguise and rushed out of Zim's house. She shouted out, "I can't be with you during the Tangled Antennae Event!" Zim scratched his chin. What is this Tangled Antennae Event she speaks of? He asked himself.
Tak called out to MiMi. MiMi heard her master calling her. She turned into her cat disguised and left Gir. Gir waved happily as she left. "BYE BYE, MIMI!" he shouted. MiMi narrowed her eyes at Gir. But felt something shock in her circuits.
Zim went down into his lab. He sat in front of the large computer. "Computer!" he said. The computer turned on. "Search up the Irken Files for something called the Tangled Antennae Event." Zim stated. The computer searched and searched. The computer finally found something after minutes. It brought up a file that was written in Irken language. Zim read it loudly.
"The Tangled Antennae Event is a rare occasion on Irk. It is a ritual where two Irkens' antennae will be tangled. This is a show of affection to the two Irkens." Zim was shocked, and horrified. But he kept reading. "After weeks of the Event, the female Irken will show affection towards the male Irken. For the male Irken, very little will happen to it." But there was one sentence that disturbed Zim the most. "The Event marks forever love for the two Irkens."
Zim then screamed, "!"
A/N: Long no, huh? Not much romance, but there will be future romance. Just wait and see!
