The Darkest Hour
Part Seven
Time had passed by as the two of them waited for night to fall. Soon, the Voltarians arrived at their cell.
"Irken Zim. Step forward." Zim obeyed and was suddenly arrested in a bruising grip by two of the officers.
What one said next, caught them completely off guard.
"Due to the lack of prisoners from the escape that occurred, you will be transferred to the northern-side crystal mines in under order of General Xeltare. Resist and you shall be punished."
"What! NO!" Dib shouted as one of the Voltarians on the left of Zim twisted his arm painfully behind him; causing him to wince in agony.
"You can't do that!" Dib shouted; running forward to stop them; but was knocked to the floor.
"Shut up, you little runt!" One of the officers hissed.
Soon, Voltarians forced Zim to walk out of the cell as Dib got up from the floor and ran to the door as it was slammed shut and locked.
"Zim!" Dib cried out; grabbing onto the bars of the door.
Zim turned to look back at his friend who watched with anger and helplessness as they dragged him away. Zim gave him a look as if to say 'Everything will be fine.' He then mouthed "Stay awake". Dib soon nodded as he had a look of determination. A sudden blow to Zim's face sent stars pin-wheeling in and out of his vision.
"You're slowing us down, scum!"
They soon led Zim out of the prison it had already become nightfall; yet the flowing rivers of lava seemed to shimmer bright enough for them to see where they were headed.
They continued onward; heading in an entirely different direction as the mines and mountains. As they did so, Zim could see a gleam of red as rivers of lava snaked its way down the sides of a few of the mountains in the distance.
As they got closer toward them, Zim could see very fine bits of ash drifting down from above. Some of the ash seemed to begin to collect on the ground in sheets of grey. Zim looked on in shock as they stopped near a large black and crimson train resting on the set of black tracks.
He hung his head as he was led toward one of the cars as the ash continued its way to the ground around him. He was then thrust against it and his arms were shackled behind his back. Zim was then led into the car.
Looking up he saw many other prisoners that were also being transported. The door to the car slid shut and the train jolted slightly as it began on its way.(With the car being so small, there was really no need for guards to keep watch.) Zim looked around at the different prisoners accompanying him in the transport.
Many of them being other Irkens, humans, and creatures of other kinds. One in particular was an unusual creature Zim seemed to slightly recognize. It was a young male seeming to be around his early teens with short cream and honey colored fur.
He had a thin muzzle and long thin ears. He had short black hair; the bangs of which seemed to slightly hang in his face. He wore a sapphire blue T-shirt and black pants. His feet were shoeless; which seemed a bit like paws. It was Xane.
"Well, hiya Zim." He whispered; keeping his voice down.
Zim didn't reply to what Xane said.
"Well, it's nice to meet you too." The Alvemian replied sarcastically at the silence from the Irken.
"He's probably upset about what's been going on. I know I am." Stated a new voice; which Zim turned toward.
Sitting nearby was a young male Irken; yet younger than Zim. He was around his early teen years and had deep sapphire blue eyes. He was dressed in bright and deep blue with black pants and gloves along with black and silver boots. His PAK was a grey and blue.
"Well, aren't we all?" Xane asked back.
"How long until we reach the prison?" Zim asked finally.
"How should I know?" Xane questioned; hotly.
Zim jumped; staring back in shock.
"Sorry." Xane said finally; feeling a bit ashamed for his attitude.
"It's okay." Zim replied; a bit quiet.
"We don't really know when we'll actually get there." The blue eyed Irken said. "None of us have been there before."
"Oh." Zim replied. "My name's Saint, by the way." The blue eyed Irken stated.
"I'm Zim." Zim grinned. "Which you probably already know." He added; a bit sheepishly.
There was a moment of silence before someone spoke up.
"Since there what happened the past night, I've got a feeling that we might be in for a long hard time." Xane stated.
"Well, nothing we can do about it, right?" Asked a young human; which knew was a female. She had long blonde hair and wore a blue shirt and dark pants. "We'll just have to deal with it."
"That's not really helping, Jessica." Another young girl with blue hair huffed.
"Well, I wasn't asking you if it was, Sara!" Jessica snapped back.
As the two of them began to argue, Zim soon turned and looked at the metallic wall(since there weren't any windows). He began to think of what he would do now. With his two best friends kept locked up somewhere near the mines; not knowing where and his human friend locked up many miles away from where he and the others were heading, he wondered if he would ever see them again.
"You okay, buddy?" He heard coming from beside him; causing Zim to suddenly snap back to reality.
He turned to see Xane looking back; a bit worried; but more confused.
"My friends are somewhere in the prison but I don't know where and if I'll ever see them again." There was a moment of silence before anyone spoke up.
"Hey," Xane began; getting Zim's attention. "Don't worry, we'll get through this."
The young Irken could see a look of sympathy on Xane's face.
"Thank you." Zim grinned slightly.
"Don't mention it." Xane replied.
"I hope they're okay." Zim frowned.
"I'm sure they'll be fine." Xane said.
Just then, the car suddenly jolted as it soon slowed to a halt. The door to the car slid open with a sharp scraping noise; coated with a thin layer of ash that had fallen along the way down the track. One by one, the guards viciously took hold of a captive and began to lead them toward their new prison cells.
I kinda had to cut the ending of this part short because I'm kinda stuck ^^; And I know that some of the parts in my story were a bit rushed and I do appologise :( I had been stuck for a lot of the story -_-; Anyways, I hope you're enjoying my story :D I'm hoping to get more of the story up soon :) PLEASE R&R! THANKS! :D:D
PS- And just to clarify, the reason why I had them use a train to transport them to the other part of the prison was that since it's in the mountains, there would be nowhere for them to land their ship, since it's really big and bulky :) And also, since it's so high in the mountains, that some of their technology is limited :D Just to let you know
