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Remember that I said there was some problem with laptop all of sudden because of a hard drive? Well, I have to switch to new hard drive and everything have been wiped out (Good thing I took hitatus before that happened), it kinda set me back for a while until I finally get back in the flow…Only to delay again for another month…Long story short, I man up and confess to a girl who I like for years, only to be rejected because of no 'communication'…That was two months ago but I'm finally over it…But enough of these details, we get new chapters!
Some questions won't be answered to avoid the spoilers and if I miss some questions, sorry!
Coldblue: 2) I'm not sure, I think I got lucky there. there are other popular stories that are way better than my stories. 3) I can't say anything about that but knowing that, I am working on them and it take some time, depending on these chapters and which story I am working on right now. 5) Who know?
Most characters might be OOC and there might be some grammar errors but I'm trying my best.
This chapter is kinda short because it's filler and reveal a bit about the early years of Zim. Get ready to see a lot of time jump/skip.
Enjoy the seventh-slash-filler chapter of UB.
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Chapter 7: The First Origin
(Past)
It was a sunny day and few people were walking by, no one can see or hear the crack of electric before the Brigade members and a time-traveler appear out of nowhere. "Where are we?" Danny asked, looking around.
"About seven years ago." Otto glanced at his watch, "And it look like we are still in Ulti-Town."
"Hey…" Buttercup looked away from building construction of what would become R.A.M building to the time-traveler with a raised eyebrow, "What will happen if we accidently do something that alter the future since we're in the past now?" As soon as she finished her sentence, a stranger just walks through her as if she was a ghost and almost everyone yelps out from the sight.
"You have nothing to worry about because I just activated the ghost mode, which make us a 'ghost'." The time-traveler explained, "In other word, we are invisible and not there, therefore our action can't alter the timeline…" He rubbed his neck nervously, "Even if we have to witness something horrific…" There was some time when he traveled to the WWI with the squad to ensure that everything must follow the history, he wish there was something he can do but it was against the time laws.
"So why are we here seven years ago?" Jenny asked right before a young girl with purple hair run past them and she turn to face them with a grin.
"Come on, Zim!" The girl giggled out, "Let's check this park out!"
"Ugh, don't you have enough see-see for the day?" A familiar voice groaned behind them and the group turns their heads around to see a short Irken with bad wig and eye contacts. "Zim is getting tired of walking around all day long!"
"That's Zim?" Bubbles blinked at the said alien as he walked past them with a grumble, "He looks so small…"
"Are you saying that you don't want to hang out with me more?" The girl asked the alien with puppy eyes.
"W-W-What?!" Zim stuttered, "N-N-No, no, no, Zim like to hang out with you but my feet is achy and in pain!"
"Yup, that's Zim." Buttercup deadpanned with a scowl, "Only this asshole can speak so bad…"
"I know." The giggling girl rolled her eyes at him, "And you need to work more on your English, Zim."
"ZIM SPEAK PERFECT EN…" Zim was about to bellow out before his head slump down, "Ah, forget it…Zita will help Zim with it?"
"Of course!" The girl grabbed his hand before she drags him toward the playground, "Zita will help Zim with English."
"Wait, Zita?" Blossom stared at the girl as everyone watch on, "That's Zita? I wonder what happened to her?"
"We'll find out in time." Dexter replied, glancing at the alien and little girl playing.
(Present)
Zim read a thick brown book boringly in his large cell until he hears one of his guard's voice. "You get visitor!" The guard hollered at him.
"No thank, I don't want any visitors…" Zim grumbled, focusing on his book.
"Hey, Zim." The said alien glanced up with a raised nonexistence eyebrow as soon as he hears a familiar voice, revealing Trixie. "How are you?"
"…What the hell are you doing here?" The Irken sat up on his bed annoyingly.
"Visiting you, duh!" Trixie sat down on the chair, set up by a guard, as she rolled her eyes, "What else would I be here in prison for?" She fixated her eyes on him again, "Now, how are you?"
"Fine, I was enjoying solitary until you show up." Zim rested his head on his hand with a grumble, "How long you're gonna be here for?"
"They said I can stay here for about four to five hours." The popular girl shrugged her shoulders as the Irken grumbled again, "…I really don't expect you to be a big-shot thief and a world-class at this one. I mean, all things they said about you on news, how you manage to steal so many technologies, you forming a criminal team and how you played them all to get what you want…"
"Yeah, yeah, I did it all." The Irken scoffed, "It's not my fault that they make it too easy for me to steal stuffs. I mean, the companies' securities are laughable and so inferior, anyone with my skill can break in and get away with it." He notice her odd look, "What?"
"O-Oh, it's just the way you speak." Trixie shook her head, "You haven't say in third-person or spaz out the whole time…"
"Oh, that?" Zim corked his nonexistence eyebrow at her, "It was an act to pull the wool's over everyone's eyes. So that way, no one can connect me to my alter ego…"
"Sin Nombre, right?" The popular girl speak up, "They said it was one of your many alias…" She paused for a moment before she give him another funny look, "Which is kinda weird because you have so many names and you call yourself a nameless one." The alien shrugged uncaringly and it was quiet for a while until she speaks again. "Oh, do you know that you're the talk of school right now? Everyone was talking about you and how shocking it was..."
"Ugh, if I know it was going be like that when I get arrested, I should have run for it." The Irken groaned to himself, listening to the blabbermouth for hours.
(Past)
They find themselves in small living room after second jump and the first thing that catches their eyes were Zim and Zita as they sit in front of TV monitor. They were watching a new cover on the first appearance of aliens and other beings as they stand behind the mayor. "Dexter, isn't this the day that everything was made to public about the existence…" Jenny glanced at boy genius.
"Yes, I remember this day clearly." Dexter nodded, "There was a lot of panic and dental on this day." He frowned, "Not to mention the sharp rising of hate crimes after this day."
"Whoa, can you believe it?" Zita said to Zim with a wide grin as she kept her eyes on the news, "There is life in outer space and many have been living among us the whole time!" She pointed at a blue demon, "And look! A real demon and yet it's friendly, not like what most of religions claim them to be! Oh! Oh! And this monster over there, it's a real werewolf!"
"You're not scared of them?" Zim asked her with a blink.
"Nah!" The purple-haired girl snorted, "If I was scared of someone different, I would be scared of Pig-boy. Remember him?" The Irken nodded his head slightly at that and he look at her face as she kept watch the news.
"Who the fuck is Pig-boy?" Buttercup muttered to herself with a weird expression.
"Um, Zita…" The Irken spoke after a while as he squirm in his seat nervously, "Zim want to tell you something…" He rubbed his neck, "The truth, because Zita is Zim's best friend and I feel bad to keep a secret from you for a long time."
"What is it?" Zita asked curiously, turning away from the television to her best friend. The disguised alien stare at her then his eyes shift down to the floor before he look back to her again, his fingers fidget together nervously. The girl place her hand on top of his hands, "Zim, it's okay. Whatever it is, you can tell me anytime when you're ready."
"…Zim is alien." Zim suddenly revealed to her.
"Oh, Zim." The girl sighed, "If that's about this racist kid from other town, you can't…"
"No, no, Zim have no idea who you are talking about." The Irken waved his hands at her, "Zim is telling you the truth because he trust you. I am really an alien from outer space…" He slowly removes his wig and eye contacts as Zita release a loud gasp with widened eyes, "Zim is an Irken. I come here from other planet because I…"
"MY BEST FRIEND IS AN ALIEN FROM OTHER PLANET!" Zita suddenly screamed out loud before she pull him in a hug, "THAT IS SO AWESOME! YOU GOTTA TELL ME EVERYTHING ABOUT OUTER SPACE AND…"
"C-C-C-Can't breath!" Zim choked out and yet he has a gentle smile on his face. "R-R-Release Zim!"
"I don't get it." Danny glanced at his teammates, "It seems like nothing big have happen here, beside Zim here telling her his big secret." His eyes shifted back to Irken and little girl, "…A poor-kept secret. How the hell does he get away with green skin?!"
"He said something about skin disease excuse." Dexter replied, stroking his chin lightly before he turn to Otto. "Otto?"
"One moment, please." Otto fidgeted with his watch, "Gonna jump us a bit farther, two years." They disappear through the time-stream.
(Present)
Zim sit on his bed, eating his lunch meal as he read a random book boringly and his boredom were killed when he hear a light knock on the glass. He looks up to see a familiar face, "If it isn't Dash, the greatest peabrain."
"Hi to you too, green bastard." Dash rolled his eyes at him with crossed arms and a small scowl.
"So what do you want?" Zim munched the corns.
"Just checking up on you." The blonde jock shrugged his shoulders as he takes his seat before he check the cell out with a raised eyebrow, "How come are you eating in here instead with the inmates?"
"Because I kept break dumbasses' arms during my first week." The Irken grunted, "So the warden decides to confine me to here for my and inmates' protection…Plus, they don't want me to break out of the prison." He took a small bite out of bread, "That isn't my first prison."
"Oh." Dash blinked at him, "…So…I heard that Trixie visited you the other day. I don't expect her to be your friend since you two barely hang out together, beside classes."
"She's annoying." Zim grumbled, "All she did was just gossip and be nosily about everything like Blossom." He stopped eating to give him a glare, "You better not be nosy and blab on and on and on…"
"Speaking of which, did Blossom and others visited you?" The jock asked curiously.
"Some tried to but I rejected their visitations or just plead the fifth if they stop by." The Irken grunted annoyingly, "Which remind me, how the hell do you get here without me knowing? Don't they usually let me know about it?!" His response was just a shrug before the alien mutter under his breath, "Stupid inferior warden and useless guards, can't do their job right." They spend the next few hours talking about random things, mostly attempt to cut it short on Zim's part.
(Past)
"Where are we?" Danny glanced around his new surrounding as soon as the team wrapped to other time, "Is that school?"
"Middle school to be exact." Dexter adjusted his glasses as young students walked down the hallway before they hear the familiar voice behind them.
"No, no, no, you damn idiot!" They turned around to see Zim as he ram his head into the locker annoying before he spin around to jab his index finger at a skinny blonde boy, "How the hell are you in this class when you do not understand how to work a fucking faction?!"
"Well, I didn't ask you to be my tutor!" The young boy walk away from him with a scoff, "Stupid green nerd."
"INFERIOR STUPID PEA-HEAD!" The Irken shook his fist at the boy's back.
"Dash giving you hard time?" Zita strolled up to him with a giggle.
"Wait, Dash?" The half-ghost dropped his jaw, "That was Dash? He looks so small and skinny, not muscley!"
"…Muscley?" Buttercup deadpanned at him, "I'm sure that's not a word…" She glanced at her orange-haired sister, "Right?" She receives a confirmation from her.
"He is so stupid than one month old smeet!" Zim turned to his best friend with a grumble, "Zim wish not to be his tutor! I have better thing to do!"
"Like what?" The smirking purple-haired girl gives him a look.
"Um…" The alien looked at her, "Like make a perfect first date for you, my love-pig?" His comment almost causes everyone to choke on their spit.
"D-D-Did he just call her that?!" Bubbles gasped.
"D-D-D-Did he said date?" Blossom blushed.
"Z-Z-Z-Zim in love?!" Buttercup muttered, "Now I have seen everything!"
"Zim!" Zita smacked his chest with a massive blush, "It's girlfriend, not love-pig!"
"Isn't that what Zim just said?" Zim blinked puzzlingly.
"N-No, you said…" The purple-haired girl sighed out with a light headshake, "Never mind…" She crossed her arms on textbook, bring it closer to her chest with a smile. "Zim, you don't have to try and make our first date perfect because…" She pecked his cheek lightly, "I have you, my cute bug."
"I know." The Irken grinned happily, "But Zim want it to be perfect for my perfect girl. My love-pig deserve better." He took her hand, "Walk you to class?"
"Please do." Zita wrapped her arms around his arm with a beaming smile as they walk toward her class.
"That's a side of Zim I never seen…" Jenny muttered in shock, "He never grin like that since we met…"
"Or so cheesy…" Dexter muttered and the team was completely in shock at the display.
"Um, I'm gonna send us a bit farther." Otto said awkwardly as he adjusted his watch and they enter the timestream.
(Present)
Two days later, the guard guide Trixie to Zim's cell and they walk past two guards whom were dragging Dib out as he scream his head off with kicking legs, yelling that he know Zim and that he was right about him. "Shut the hell up!" One of the guards yelled at the screaming boy, "You don't have permission and Zim do not know you. Only friends and family can visit him!"
"I went to same school with him!" Dib screamed out.
'Isn't this the racist pervert that keeps hiding under the table?' Trixie thought to herself, reaching Zim's cell and she stare at the sight with a rapid blink. Zim was doing a pull-up on a bar, his back faces her, and he was shirtless. She sees a largest burn-like scar blot his back, all way from neck to waist and it even reach to his right arm. After a couple minutes of staring, the Asian girl knocks on glass lightly to get his attention and the Irken merely glance over his shoulder before he drop down with a grumble.
"You again?" Zim snatch his shirt up as the bar retreat into the ceiling with a click.
"Yup." Trixie gave him a small smile before her head tilt slightly with a curious glint in her eyes, "Your back, how did it happened?"
"…" The alien frowned to himself as his eyes glossed over before he scoff, "None of your business."
"Sorry." She muttered, it look like it's an sore subject to him and she have to change the topic quick. "Um…I heard that Dash visited you another day and he told me a bit about you two. I don't know you and Dash were friend in middle school."
"Me, friend with peabrain?" Zim sat down with a snort as he rest his chin on his hand, "I was his tutor. I don't have a friend back then and now."
"Oh, really?" Trixie corked her eyebrow at him, "Then what are the team and me to you?"
"The team is my enemies." The Irken grumbled, "And you're a big pain in ass for an inferior human."
"Riiiight." Trixie shook her head lightly, "Make me wonder how Zita like you in first place."
"…How do you know her name?" Zim slowly turned to her with narrowed eyes, his body tensed up but she didn't notice it.
"Dash told me, he said you used to see a girl named Zita during middle school." Trixie answered, "Then you don't say anything about her after that and he don't tell me why…" She looked at him, "Did she break up with you or something?"
"…No, she died." The exiled Irken whispered darkly, his eyes fixed on the white wall as he think back to this day and he don't hear Trixie's quiet apology but the sound of screams.
(Past)
The team find themselves in a park and they immediately spot Zita and Zim as they unfolding a blanket under an oak tree. "Do you think this spot is perfect for meteor shower?" Zita asked the alien.
"Yes, Zim make sure it is." Zim smirked at her, "You exciting for the shower?"
"Of course." The purple-haired girl grinned as they sat on the blanket, "I can't wait to see it again." She rest her head on his shoulder, "…Can you believe it? We're freshman in high school now…"
"But we went to different school." The Irken grumbled, "I should be in same school with you…"
"I know but it's an all-girl school." Zita smiled sheepishly as her alien boyfriend kept grumble for a while, "Oh, speaking of school, how was your test today?"
"Too easy." Zim snorted, "I got two hundred percent and an inferior stupid boy, Dexter, go crazy and scream many times."
"…Wait, he was dating Zita during high school?" Jenny glanced at the boy genius in shock as the couple chat about their day at school, "He never told us that."
"To be fair, Zim is very private person when it comes to his life and he won't tell us anything at all." Dexter replied, "It took us a while until we found where he lived, remember?"
"Yeeeah, stupid group project." The feminine robot deadpanned with twitching eyebrow, "We almost got F because of him."
"I better get the basket from the ship." Zim stood up.
"Ok." Zita gave him a kiss on lips, "I love you."
"Love you too." The Irken chuckled as he turn around, taking few steps and then there was a fiery explosive behind him. The blast push him down to the ground and he hiss out as he feel something burn on his back but one thing that he think about is…"ZITA!" Zim scrambled up on his feet with widened eyes as he search for his girlfriend among the fires until he find her under the burning tree, unmoving. "ZITA!" He race toward her but a missile strike few meters to his right, flinging him at the ground again with another explosive and his eyes dart to Zita again before a pair of legs appear in front of him, one foot was stepping on Zita's torso. Zim's eyes sharply glance up to the culprit with rage.
The attacker stand at five foot tall, appear to be male and he wear a red standard armor that cover his entire body but his head, revealing himself to be an Irken with blue eyes. He has a large missile launcher, which was resting on his right shoulder.
"Exiled Zim, the empire has found you to be defective and broke our sacred laws… The short lanky assassin spoke, "By the order of our Tallest Red, you have been sentenced to terminate by I, Lifehunter Rxy..." He aimed his weapon at Zim, "What are your final words?"
"Take your foot off my Zita!" Zim snarled.
"Your Zita?" Rxy looked down at Zita, "This primate? You care for this thing?" He suddenly stomp his foot down on her as he stared at angry Irken, "Disgusting! It's good thing I come to terminate you before this backwater planet damage your P.A.K. too much and make you spill the Empire's secrets to our enemies!"
"I SAID TO GET YOUR DAMN FOOT OFF MY ZITA!" The roaring Irken suddenly tackled Rxy off her to the assassin's surprise and they tumble down a small hill, punching each other in process. "I NEVER WANT ANYTHING TO DO WITH IRKEN EMPIRE SINCE THEY EXLIED ME!" Zim hammered his fists down on the lifehunter before Rxy kick him away and he lunge again, once again tackle Rxy down.
"FOOL!" Rxy backhanded Zim hard as he grabbed his weapon, firing two missiles at him and the exiled Irken narrowly avoid the explosives. Rxy quickly deliver a roundkick to Zim's face as soon as the exiled Irken get closer and the lifehunter reach out for Zim's P.A.K. but Zim evade his grab.
'I have to get him away from us!' Zim thought worriedly, he doesn't know Zita's status after the explosive because he doesn't get a chance to check on her when this assassin shows up. A risky idea come to him and he charge toward Rxy, tackling him at stomach level as they land on the ground again.
"I'm going to terminate you then kill your degusting thing!" Rxy snarled, "Tallest Red will praise me for my…"
"FUCK YOU!" Zim's hands manage to find their way to Rxy's P.A.K. and he sneakily pulls a wire out.
"What is Fu…" Rxy blinked perplexing before his P.A.K. suddenly fly him out with a screeching.
"ZITA!" Zim race back to his girlfriend with few stumbles and he quickly appear to her side before his eyes widened at the sight. Zita was covered in third-degree burn and her breathing was low and very slow with a soft moan. "HOLD ON, I'M TAKING YOU TO MEDIC PLACE!" He carefully scoops her up as quick as he can, "STAY WITH ZIM!" He carried her off.
"O-O-Otto…" Dexter looked at the said person and he give him a mutely nod before they slip in time again.
The sound of flatline beeping was the first thing they hear as the team wrap into a new surrounding and it was a hospital room before they see Zim, sitting next to a covered body as he hold her burned hand to his face sadly. "Poor guy, he hasn't leave her side for a whole week." A nurse outside muttered to her fellow nurse, "Then she just passed away last night."
"I know." The second nurse whispered back, "We should leave him for now."
"…Zim is sorry…" Zim whispered to his lover's body softly, "P-Please come back to me, I really need you right now…Zita…" His hands tightened up around her hand, "…It's all my fault you're gone…No…" A glint appear in his narrowed eyes, "No, it's not my fault…It's Rxy…It was his fault…I will find him and do something about that…" He gently place her hand down under the blanket, "I will avenge you…He will pay for his sin…" Zim kissed her forehead, "I love you always and forever…" He quietly leave the room as the glint become more madness in his eyes.
"I-I-I don't know…" Bubbles stuttered, "That he lost someone important like that…"
"We all don't know that." Buttercup muttered to her sister, trying to make her feel less guilty and Otto decide to wrap them again.
(Present)
A knock once again can be hear in Zim's cell and the exiled Irken look up from his book with a growl. "Dammit, I said not to…" He paused with a confusing blink, staring at a ruffian bearded man in coat and suit. "…Who are you?"
"Thomas Wilson, a detective." The man grunted.
"Oh, a detective, huh?" Zim's eyes gazed at a file folder under Thomas' arm, "I guess you're not here for a social visit."
"I have been investigating a homicide case for a long time." Thomas held the folder up with a smack, "It's a cold case but there were some DNA evidences that point to you."
"So you say I did it?" The alien scoffed uncaringly, "Pal, many cops have come here and accuse me of many things that I didn't do because they're so stupid to 'investigate'."
"Take a look at this…" The detective press a picture up against the glass and Zim give it a glance before the alien's expression become stern as soon as he saw it. "By the way of your look, I reckon you know what it is."
"…Yes, I do." Zim replied calmly, "I would like to make a confession."
"Mind telling me everything?" Thomas took his seat as he slouch forward with his fingertips touching each other, "Starting with who this person is, what did you do and why."
"His name was Rxy and he killed my love of life." The Irken spoke eerily calmly, "It wasn't easy to hunt him down and I manage to incapacitate him then I took him to this shack out in woods, miles away from the town. I want him to suffer the way I suffered…" A dark smirk forms on his lips "So I did it by..."
(Past)
After another wrap, the team find themselves in a low-dim shack and the first thing they see was Rxy tied to a chair, his P.A.K seems to be damaged as sparks pop out at random. Zim was behind him with his back facing them as the exiled Irken appear to be setting something up by the sound of clinks before Zim walk around his hostage with a tray, placing it down next to a large vial. "It's going be a long week for us, Rxy." Zim whispered with a raspy tone, "So let's get knowing each other better."
"Heh…" Rxy coughed out with a teasing smirk before he say something in his naive tongue.
"Ah, yes…" The exiled Irken lift a scalpel up to his face as he examine it, "That is not first time people call me a fucker…" He wiggled the tool slightly as he point it at Rxy with a wave, "Oh, sorry, you don't know this word…" He repeated Rxy's word, "That's what our word means on this planet, fucker. I like it, easier to say…I really like this planet because there are so many thing to like and love…" Zim suddenly slice Rxy's face, leaving a long cut between his eyes but it don't faze the smirking hunter as couple of Brigade members yelped out in shock. "Like my Zita, whom you murdered."
"Ha, have you forgotten about Irkens after spending years on this backwater planet?" Rxy laughed cruelly as green blood drip slowly, "We can't feel any pain because we're invincible! There is nothing that can hurt or kill us until you remove the P.A.K!"
"Ah, you might sing a different tune after experiencing that…" Zim grabbed a vial, pouring a drop on Rxy's uncovered hand and the hunter suddenly scream out in agony as a liquid burn him as if it was an acid. The hunter start to cussing him out as the exiled Irken put the vial back on table, "That…" He gestured at the vial, "Is grease, produced from Earthlings' meats. It act like an acid to us, due to the chemical within it."
"W-W-We'll adapt to take it!" Rxy shouted.
"Oh, I'm afraid not…" The exiled Irken replied as he slowly pour the vial over the tray, "Whatever grease is made of, our biology can't take it and I have spend my time studying them to see if there was any way to 'grease-proof' my body but there isn't…" He tossed the remaining grease at Rxy's face, causing the hunter to scream out in agony as he flicked the empty vial over his shoulder. "In other word, grease is Irken's weakness...And I intend to use it on you." He said chillingly, picking grease-dipped scalpel with his glove. "You'll know my pain…" He slowly dig the blade into Rxy's shoulder as the hunter cried out, "And soon or later, you will beg for death!"
"H-H-Ha, I will never beg to a defective one like you!" Rxy laughed out, only to scream out as Zim drag the blade down across his arm slowly.
"I know, but as a former head scientist, I intend to see how much pain can a Irken take before they start to plead for their own life or will they stay by their so-called empire." Zim said evilly before he grab a hammer, smashing it on Rxy's hand as the hostage scream out again.
"H-H-Head scientist?" Rxy panted out, "Y-You?"
"Ah, yes." The exiled Irken hummed, "Before I was exiled, before I was an invader, I was an scientist and I have personally watch over countless projects…" He rubbed his chin with a thoughtful hum, "There was some that I have to shut down, due to some problems…I'm really surprised you don't know that…Then I guess you don't know that as an scientist, it is expected that one have to know a lot about Irken biology." He snatch a pliers from the desk before he use it to dig into Rxy's left eye as painful as he can while the hostage scream out from the burning grease, "You can say that I know what make us tick and…WHICH…" The pliers slowly cramp down on the eye, "PARTS…" The eye slowly squished, "HURT…!" The eyeball explodes out before he slowly pulls a eye muscle out, "MOSTLY!"
"OH MY GOD!" Buttercup's eyes widened at the torture as her blonde sister covered her eyes with a wail, few members shared her shock.
"Now which finger shall I cut off first?" Zim singsong darkly as he lift cutter up before he go over each fingers, "Eeny…Meeny…Miny…Moe…"
"Otto…" Dexter hissed to his friend, his widened eyes glued to the horrific sight.
"R-R-Recharging!" Otto stuttered shakily, "I-I-It'll take thirty minutes!"
"Whoops, I slipped there!" Zim laughed darkly after he stabbed Rxy's torso with the cutter, "Meant to cut your finger off! Hehehe, so clumsy of Zim!" The team were forced to watch or listen to the torture for next thirty minutes, a couple certain members just turn away from the scene with closed eyes and clasped ears.
(Present)
Thomas have left after he receive a full confession from Zim and the said alien sit on his bed with his back leaning against the wall. His eyes slowly glance at cameras as he tilt his head down to hide a smirk and if anyone look close, they will see two or three screws rolling around in his hand. Seven small spider-bots crawl out under the box on his back and a drill slowly expand out from one of the bots, quietly drilling a hole into a wall before each bots crawl through the hole and they split up in different direction. 'Now let's see where they keep my stuff.' Zim thought with a low chuckle.
(Past)
A time slip place them back in the same shack and a scene in front of them nearly make them vomit. Rxy have been mutilated and disfigured to the point where he was just a skinned skull with spine, barely alive thank to P.A.K., and his blood was everywhere, it was as if it come straight out of horror movie. "Now you know my pain." Zim slouched over in his chair with composure appearance, "Even if it was just a tiny fraction to my true pain."
"K-K-I-L…" Rxy moan weakly.
"Kill you?" The exiled alien tilted his head back with a sigh, "…Not yet…But soon…" He stand up then the team watch on as Zim grab few gas cans before he douse everything with gas, "You know, I thought I will have hard time to take a life, a life of my kind but it's really easy than I thought then I realize something" He spit on Rxy, "I finally realize I'm no longer an Irken…No, I was never one of you from the beginning…" He pours the remaining gas all over the victim before he whisper softly, "Just to let you know…You won't be alone soon because the Irken Empire will follow you…" He calmly walks out as he lit a lighter before he toss it behind him, "To hell." The shack went up in flame, following by a bloodcurdling scream of Rxy then there was nothing but deadly silence, accompanied by roaring fire as it spread. Zim never look back as he tore his bloody shirt off to reveal his scar to the world and the team can see madness in his eyes. "Zita, I know what to do now…" Zim whispered softly.
'So that is where it all start?' Dexter thought with a frown.
"I will avenge you, my love…" Zim turned around to stare into the fire darkly, "I will personally cure the universe of its cancer and then I'll crush Red's skull under my foot…Irken Empire will be no more…No more..." He turns back as he walk down the trail, forming plans in his head.
(Present)
A spider-bot peek into a storage room with its cam wire and it stretch out, searching for something until it discover a familiar suit with weapons before the cam duck back in the vent immediately, following by the scurrying sound.
A spider-bot climb up a wire then cut it with its' leg and the sparks spray out as the power went out, everything become chaotic within the prison.
A minute before the power went out, Zim stand in front of the glass wall with his arms crossed behind his back as he glance at the guards and they just ignore him. Something catch Irken's attention from the corner of his eyes and he can feel his spider-bots climb up into his P.A.K. before a chortle escape his lip, receiving a slamming baton on wall from the guard. "Something funny, scum?" One of the guards scowled at the alien over his shoulder.
"Well, you'll find out sooner." Zim chortled right before the lights went out and the guards look around confusingly. At same time, the box slip off his back as four spider-like blades sprouts out from his freed P.A.K. and they cut a square line though the glass before the Irken kick it out with his right feet, lunging out.
"SHIT!" The guard cried out before the escaped alien deliver a splitting kick to both guards' faces, knocking them out in process, and several guards race toward him to stop him but everything were a blur. Zim thrust his elbow into the first guard's stomach, taking wind out of him, before he shove him into the others and they nearly tumble over as they manage to keep their balance but it was short-lived as the alien weave through them, making a quick work with well-placed punch, chop, and kick.
"Always have plan for everything." The smirking Irken chortled as he stepped over a groaning guard and he charge through the door. Most inmates either cheer for him or demanding him to get them out of here as Zim run past them, heading to get his tools before he get the hell out of here.
The team has return back to their time and they were quiet with various expressions on their faces after witnessing everything that leads Zim up to his vow. "…Thank, Otto…" Dexter muttered quietly and the time-traveler bobs his head slightly.
"You guys should take some rest…" Otto cleared his throat, "It's really draining the first time you travel through the time and the kickback won't be bad…As long as you don't eat anything for next two or three hours."
"Yeah, we should." The boy genius replied as he glanced at his teammates, "After all, it's something we need to sit down…"
"You mean after seeing this torture…" Buttercup frowned and few members winced at her sentence.
"Yes…" Dexter sighed as his teammates slowly take off before he bid the time-traveler a quick bye, "Thank again. I'll call you later…"
"No problem…" Otto sighed exhaustedly.
Jenny enter her room and she turn the television on as she throw himself on her bed with a tired sigh before something on television cause to her sit straight up with widened eyes. It was a breaking new.
"Just about an hour ago, a felon have break out of the prison and is on run." The reporter spoke as the blaring sirens can be heard behind him, "The force has launched a manhunt to apprehend a felon, Zim. Zim is a thief and mastermind of…"
"No…" Jenny whispered before she immediately take off, flying across the city.
Zim walk in the alleyway as he pocketed a small drill-machine in his pocket and he touches his left wrist with a smirk as soon as he gets closer to the moving bystanders. A shadow cast over him and the Irken walk out in the light, walking among the people and yet, no one have notice him because…All they saw was just a normal human walking pass them with a light chuckle. No one will see him again for months and some dreading to think what he will do next because he will not stop until he get his revenge.
And that end the seventh chapter of UB! Love it? Hate it?
We finally find out what happened to Zita and why Zim is obsessed with destroying Irken Empire! But why did Tallest Red decide to order his death after exile him? Is there something going on? While the team were in past, few people visited Zim in prison before he break out of prison and disappear just like that! Wow, he really have plan for everything and that won't be pretty good for the Ultimate Brigade because it's Zim.
Where did Zim go? Will the Ultimate Brigade catch him again? What will happen next? Let's find out in the next issue…Eh, I mean, next chapter!
Reminder: From now on, if there are any update spams, I have to stop writing to delete them so don't ask me about update and it kinda have a weird effect on me to procrastinate a little for some reason.
Anyway, I think that's all I can say for now. Thank you for your time to read it.
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