(A/N): I've been told by a reviewer!! Proved incorrect!! Chaos of the asylum has pointed out that my previous Author Note is WRONG!! Dib does go to the toilet once in the episode NanoZim!! Thank you, Chaos; I have learnt much from you…
'ELEVATOR!! HURRY UP!!' I shouted as I stood at the elevator shaft waiting for it to open the door. It slowly began sliding open but I impatiently wrenched it the rest of the way. 'Take me to the Communication Room! NOW!!' I commanded the elevator. It obediently started sliding down into the depths of the base.
Why would the Tallest be calling me now? I was the greatest Invader ever, but even they do not just call someone for a chat. They'd never called me; I'd always called them. There must be something INCREDIBLY serious going on. Should I break the ice with a joke..?
I tapped my foot loudly as I stood in the elevator. I was only travelling a couple thousand kilometres to the centre of the Earth! It shouldn't be taking this long! It wasn't like I was asking to be sent to planet Bloorch…
Finally the doors slid open and I was once again back in the Com. Room.
'I'm accepting the transmission.' Computer warned.
'No!! I'm not ready yet!' I cried.
'They've been waiting ages… Yeah it's started.' Suddenly the two Tallests' faces were looming in close on the monitor. I was still running across the room when they appeared.
'Zim..?' Red asked. He and Purple snuck a look at eachother.
'I'm coming my – WARGH!' I started then tripped over a stray robot arm and into a shelf full of… stuff. I tried to grab hold of it to stabalise myslef, but the shelf came crashing to the floor with me. The Tallest snickered and Purple covered his mouth when they heard me clattering around. It was unusual for the mighty Zim to fall over, but laughing seemed a little extreme...
'Okay, well, you seem to be busy, so we'll make this quick.' Purple giggled in the background and Red shushed him. I was now tangled up in a bunch of faulty robot arms and having much longer legs didn't help.
'Mmph!! AHH!!' I cried as a piece of shrapnel made a cut on my face. I instinctively moved away from the sharp object and whacked my head against the wall with a sickening thud.
'You seem to have been sending us a lot of requests for some pretty weird stuff…' Red continued, seemingly oblivious to the background noises. Purple got out a list. He brandished it with a rustle. Red rolled his eyes.
'Ehem. "Tak-ohhs", a pinic, five SuckMunkeys and a "yellah" submarine…' Purple recited, making finger quotes around Gir's terrible spelling. I had just gotten untangled but a sharp hook refused to let go of my uniform and I was trying to release it without ripping it…
RRIIIP!
A huge chunk of my sleeve had been torn off. I growled loudly and my eye twitched but there was nothing I could do now but apologise profusely. Before I left, though, I gave the metal a hearty kick, which ended up hurting me more than it…
'Zim..?' Red and Purple asked in unison, hearing my growl and the clang of metal. I cleared my throat.
'My Tallest!' I cried running/limping into view of the vid-cam. 'I can –!' A look of pure shock passed over the Tallests' faces. Suddenly I remembered a few key facts that they didn't know about. One: I had seriously morphed and looked nothing like the old Zim. Two: The cut on my face was heavily discharging my blood. And three: I had just been wrestling with a robotic arm and I looked like I'd just fought a hyperactive creepy-crawly in the Amazon. Except I wasn't covered in Amazon sludge… I raised my hand 'I can –!' I tried again but this time the Tallest cut me off.
'Where's Zim..?' Purple asked cautiously. Red had a sort of disturbed/wide-eyed look on his face and nodded vigorously.
'Did you… Dispose of him..? Was you just then..?' Red asked quietly.
'What?!' I asked incredulously. 'My Tallest I am –' I began but the Tallest weren't paying any attention to me anymore.
'It's finally happened!! He's gone! He really is..!' Red stuttered to Purple. Who was gone..? I was standing right here… Purple's eyes were the size of saucers and he was nodding furiously. They looked to someone off screen. 'Doughnuts!! We need to do something to celebrate!!' They were nearly immediately handed a bag of doughnuts, which they started ceremoniously shoving into their mouths.
I had no idea what was going on, or what they were talking about.
'Eh… My-my Tallest? What's going on..? What did you mean before?' I asked haltingly. They turned back to me with huge grins on their faces. Purple looked at Red and he gave a nod.
'Irken… Err… Whoever you are, you are commanded to come back to Irk for a surprise!' Purple said excitedly.
'But in my Voot that would take six months!' I exclaimed but I was still incredibly confused. They had a surprise for me? I knew this call was going to be important!
'Hmm…' Red rubbed his chin and closed one eye in thought. 'I know! We'll come and pick up you!' He exclaimed. The Tallest?! Picking me up?! This was all too good to be true!
'O-okay!!' I cried. 'You know where to find me don't you?!' Red and Purple's mood seemed to change.
'Oh yeah. We know…' Purple replied solemly. I was suddenly even more confused. What was that supposed to mean?
'Anyway. Enough talk of Zim. We'll be there within the day!' Red said and then cut the transmission.
I was in a daze. What had just happened..? Computer coughed nervously. Once. Twice. On the third time I whipped around.
'WHAT?! CAN'T YOU SEE I'M THINKING?!' I yelled at the top of my lungs. My voice echoed around the room. If Computer could have, I'll bet he'd have paled.
'It's just that –'
'NOT NOW!!' I yelled again. I just knew he would say something to spoil my mood. Whatever it was, he could take care of it. 'If there's a problem, you can fix it for now. And while you're at it, finish updating Gir.' I said more quietly and walked from the room.
(A/N): Poor Zim!! Yes even I, the author who is making this happen in the first place, feel sorry for Zim.
That's it for me for the week. I'll be back though!! And review in the meantime!
