"..... I want purpose"-Tenn
Rise of the Defectives
Chapter 8: Three stages, the rescue, MiniDoomers and a talk
Tenn, still layed on the cold unfeeling floor; The expression on her face showed that of failure. Something else that she wasn't familiar with as well, it pained her to the core 'What is this' she thought 'Things like this are never mentioned to us in the academy, why do I feel such pain and yet I dont have a bleeding wound' Somthing blew up inside of her, "The Tallest" she couldnt help but growl; For some reason, the thought of hearing Red and Purple's voices burned her up. Something new to change her, what was it?
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Zim loaded in a plasma cell in his Assault rifle, the indicator turned green; Signifying it was loaded. Many other soldiers to launch the offensive, were arming themselves with Irken Assault Rifles to the silenced Automag and energized sniper rifle. The majority of the group were wearing soldier armor, the strike team leader however was wearing a silver Irken Elite suit that shined. "Troops" yelled out the Irken, everyone looked at him "I want all eyes on deck so that none of your asses will blown to bits out there, here" he pointed to a planet map which showed Meekrob "We will launch an offensive strike here" he pointed to a hologram of the Massive "To disable their glassing cannons, and give the Meekrob a fighting chance if they want to live, But!" he pointed to a large crater formation on the planet "They have an Invader which has valuable intel, that we need. So we need a soldier that can infiltrate the prison an rescue her in the confusion" Zim let out what was a huff, the Irken turned to him. "What was that trooper?"
"Practically sounds like a suicide mission" getting up "I volunteer"
"No way" said a taller Irken "We need someone who can just get her the hell outta there, not someone who can just blow the place the hell and ruin everything" Zim gave him a piercing look, the taller looked smug until a soldier behind him thumped him by the shoulder.
"Shut it" said the other "Better an experineced soldier than a smartass like you" the taller glared at the other, before the Elite let out a cough. They turned back to him.
"Zim" he turned to him "Your up to the rescue but one thing" he gave him a small device "stick to the shadows"
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Skoodge looked at the small monitor on his little space of room that the others had given him, truly he felt many things before now but nothing such as this. He seemed to loathe the others for their height, which bothered him, since he never gave a damn about it until now. He felt different, and he didn't know how to describe it. In another part of the base Zee was in a state of nearly to tears. Tak, was assembling MiMi's arm; but accidently broke it. Her hands curled and she screamed in absolute hatred. Skutch, in his living quarter resented everyone. What was it that changed them so?
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The small group of ships had just slowed to see the Massive and the other Armada ships and Meekrob in view. The Orbital bombardment cannon was already out waiting to be fired. "Troops, HUSTLE" yelled the commander as they flew towards the Massive. Zim was already on his Voot Cruiser, descending into hazardous Meekrobian atmosphere. The Voot shook violently in the strong energized winds, it landed hard into the the ground that was made of dirt, metal deposits and sand. Jumping out through the window, and ran to the structure ahead. Meekrobian ships were already above him, to defend the planet; He planted an explosive charge on the doorway. And shielded himself as the door disintergrated, activating the cloaking device the Elite gave him; he blended in with the shadows, and moved through the darkness.
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Small engineering drones were already readying the cannon. What they never expected was loud thumps of metal on metal; A burly large soldier held his spear, and looked defiant. In a split second, the door was blasted open; Troopers rushed in, one already incapacitating the soldier with a well placed shot. The drones yelled out cries of fear and confusion. The Troopers destroyed the system, the alrams across the Massive went off. "Warning, Warning, hull breach detected; We are under attack" Red and Purple who were currently drinking soda's were shaken off their chairs as the ship lurched.
Red yelled out "What happened?"
"SYSTEMS TO THE CANNON ARE OFFLINE SIR, WERE BEING ATTACKED" yelled one of the navigators who was manning the main hub of the ship. Warning signs in Irken flashing bright red.
"WHO COULD HAVE DONE THIS" screamed Purple, an image came on screen. Showing the Commanders face before it erupted into static. Red and Pur were at a loss for words.
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"HOLD GROUND" yelled the Commander as he fired off a round from his Automag, Armada soldiers swarmed in to overtake the group in numbers. Although simulation training could help you, real hard time training gave the team an edge. Along when you've been given a lethal weapon compared against the shock spears of Armada soldiers. Bodies littered the ground, the attackers were relentless. But still they held them off
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"What is this" questioned the Meekrobian commander in his ship "Power levels indicate the Cannon has shut down, one of ours maybe?"
"Negative, we haven't reached them yet" yelled out a pilot.
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He landed on the ground, seeing Tenn trapped in her prison; She seemed to be lashing out at her captors who were strapping her to a table. Zim frowned, it reminded him of what happened before. He took out a small device for hacking, taking a glimpse at it; He looked shocked and then he clenched his teeth in anger "Gir" he growled.
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Flashback
Gir had connected Zim's wrist device to a computer which was downloading songs into it, replacing the hacking system. "Music" Gir said happily as the download was complete.
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Zim cursed at his misfortune and Gir's stupidity, he took a second glance at it and thought 'Maybe it won't be so useless'
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Tenn was being strapped on to a table of sorts, PAK restrained with her arms and legs. She screamed, yelling out many Irken swear words. Trashing, trying to get out; "Oh its no use Irken Vermin" said the Meekrobian torturer "Now lets see what happens" a giant syringe came out of the ceiling by a robotic arm "When an Irken and Meekrobian crossbreed is made" He would have given a maniacal grin if he had a face. Tenn tried to move, it was hopeless; The syringe nearly pierced her before it retreated back into the ceiling "What?" yelled the Meekrobian. Then noise errupted from the speakers, scaring the hell out of everyone of the room except Tenn.
"Never gonna give you up"
"Never gonna let you down"
"Never gonna run around"
"And desert you!"
"WHAT IS THIS" Screamed the torturer "THIS IS MADNESSSSS, MADNESSSS!"
"THIS IS WHAT TRUE TORTURE MUST FEEL LIKE" yelled a Meekrobian helper. Tenn heard the door open as Zim entered.
"YOU, WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?" Zim looked rather annoyed at this outburst
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An explosion erupted from the nothern entrance of the Meekrob base, out of the smoke ran Zim who was holding the table with his PAK legs. Which held the still strapped on and screaming Tenn "Ive got Tenn" he yelled into his communication device
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"Understood" said the Commander through his end, he aimed his pistol again only for his eyes to widen "Oh crap"
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The ground shook beneath Zim, he cursed at his new misfortune. Cyborg Zombie soldiers had landed in what appeared to be drop pods, he ran for the nearest piece of cover. Which was a large formation of rock, he unstrapped Tenn with his PAK legs. "There, can you fight"
Tenn frowned at him "Just get us out of here" she said savagely, Zim gave her his automag and fired off a five round burst from his rifle. Tenn looked at the weapon with confusion, she had fired some degree of weaponry but mosty weapons coming from the PAK and Vehicles. She felt immensely frustrated and was about to yell at Zim; But her view changed again. She looked at how the biggest laughing stock of the Irken Empire was holding off the Armada's newest creations of war, with a two handed weapon, intense focus and being well..... short! She didn't know how Zim, once an Irken who would nearly destroy his entire race for shitz and gigles was not the same Zim in front of her. His deameanor from an unfeeling zealot had turned into a concentrated soldier; She admired him yet, she also resented him? he had more skill than her. And he was banished, It was skill she thought was supposed to be hers. And yet also she felt something different; It lifted her in a way as such she couldn't describe it. She ducked as a beam of energy blasted away part of their cover, she took her chance. Time seem to slow down as her heart rate sped up; There was a cyborg, meters away. Eye's narrowing as she pulled the trigger; The small dense and powerful bolt of plasma escaped the barrel of the gun and hit the cyborg right between the eyes. A clean shot, as it fell to the ground; But still nine remained, They fired as they kept on marching. Falling to the ground with a lifeless gaze, as Zim fired off another round. Frying ones circutry, they were destroyed. The mixture or Irken blood which were soldiers given the Cybernetic bodies along with oils, circuitry. In pools on the ground in their feet, He saw the ship that was a few kilometers away; given his Optical implants he ran towards it. Followed by Tenn, still in rough condition; The windshield closed as they both entered. The engines roared to life and the ship began to ascend. Slowly it flew out of the planet and back to the larger ship.
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Intel had told them that Armada had made secret dev in the cyborg soldiers. But nothing like this, another trooper fell to the ground; trying to get back up, but crushed by a large robotic foot. He gasped his last breath as the machine lowered its arm. Firing off a laser from it's small apendage, they resembled Megadoomers. except these were smaller. The Commander fired off another round from his Mag and yelled out "RETREAT, WE'VE DONE OUR JOB, THE PACKAGE IS SECURE" he tossed an Incendiary bomb toward the attacking 'Minidoomers' and sprinted into the shuttle a it took off with the rest of his squadron. The bomb went off, Plasma flame erupted in the room. Any surviving Armada soldier would have been dead, the Minidoomers still standing but moderately damaged from the intense heat.
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"What happened?" yelled in Skoodge as he entered the comm room, The other Invaders assembled. The screen showing a shocked Purple and an angry Red.
"WHAT HAPPENED?" Red yelled at the superior officer in front of him "INTRUDERS? ON THE MASSIVE? THAT CAN'T BE POSSIBLE"
The officer shook from fear "Registered that a vessel boarded the Massive and destroyed our key componets to our Organic Sweep Cannon"
"But it was your duty as standing superior officer to hold them off and you failed" Red hissed "To the prison cell with you" Cyborg Zombie soldiers grabbed the Superior and dragged him, screaming, out of the room. "Now I expect word on how the destruction of Earth is comming along?"
Tak spoke "We've just created a weather changing device that will alter Earths atmosphere"
"I see" said Red "You still have 1 month to find Zim, after that just decimate the planet" with a wave of his hand the connection ceased. Tak fell to her knee's
"Is it me or that our Tallest are getting more furious by the minute" asked Skoodge
"Why wouldn't they be" shot Tak "They got blindsided and Zim is on the loose, and were failing"
"hmmph"
"What was that Skutch?"
"Some captain you are"
"Shut it, im leader of this group"
"Sure" said Skutch sarcastically "What a great leader you are"
"Don't you dare mock me" Tak growled
"Then what are you saying Skutch" Skoodge shot at him "That you should be leader?"
"Better me than a short Invader like you" Skoodge looked mutinous.
"Please I was the first to conquer a freaking planet and you took longer being a tall bastard"
"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT? SHORT SCUM!"
"I'M SAYING IM BETTER THAN YOU!"
"NOW YOUR JUST ASKING FOR IT!"
"I'M BEGGING FOR IT, WHOSE GONNA GIVE IT TO ME?"
"SHUT THE HELL UP" screamed Zee who had just finnally snapped "ALL OF YOU NEED TO SHUT UP" they all stared at her, shocked from her sudden outburst. She was breathing hard.
"Everyone to their stations" commanded Tak, one by one with mutinous looks. They left the comm room, Tak let out a sigh.
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Tenn looked at her Armada seal on her Uniform, she clipped it off and let it drop to the ground. She sighed and looked on into the void of space, the glimmer of stars and nebula around them. Zim was sitting on the ground, legs crossed; Looking as though he were asleep, but he was awake. With his eyes closed, Tenn looked at him, once the Invader scum and Armada laughing stock; Was now a rebel? something had happened to him. The lethal focus he fought with, the skill, and the non craziness of it; It was as though he was a different Irken altogether but it was him, then the speakers came on.
"All troopers to the debriefing room" and in a few short moments, Irkens began piling in. By what Tenn saw of different height, all in soldier armor to one with a shining silver Irken Elite suit. Zim opened his eyes and got up, stretching his arms.
"As how everything went, mission success" said the one with the Irken Elite armor out loud "But it came at a price, Troopers Nix, Gen, Qin, Kiya and Fizz lost their lives during the assault on the Organic Sweep Cannon" He pulled out five Tags, held by a chain by which Tenn saw. Held the names of the fallen "Zim has managed to rescue Invader Tenn" The troopers in the room gave a sort of praise, yelling and giving thumbs up signs at Zim. "By which she has information on Armada background operations" Tenn pulled out the small disk out of her PAK. She had already been told by the ship captain give the data which she agreed; Anything to help Red and Purple fall "So get some shut eye or a break we'll be back to the Dawn Star in two hours tops" The troopers left one by one and soon they were gone. Leaving Zim and Tenn alone again, after one minute Zim spoke up.
"Never knew you for one to give info up so easily"
"The circumstances change things" she couldn't help but still resent him.
"The Tallest?" he questioned "Is that why, they gave you hell and inner turmoil; Don't let it get to you, it'll destroy you"
"You may understand then" she said, looking back into the black void "Something that causes you....... pain, without a wound, or something that makes you lash out at others. And something" she paused, then went on "That makes you want something you can't help but to think you should have" she clenched her fist "These things, their unbearable" She turned to him "We're soldiers, they never tell us on things like this"
"Because things like these are why they brand 'us' Defective"
Tenn looked to the floor "I don't get it Zim" she said "Its something I just don't understand"
"Then maybe you can seek help" Zim said "The Armada will kill us, and nearly every other race in the galaxy hates us, but" he said "You wan't to live?"
"..... I want purpose" Tenn said in a shamefull voice.
"Join us then"
"I don't know if-"
"I'm not forcing it on you" Zim cut in "Just a suggestion, If you can't handle it, get help" Zim said resuming his posture on feign sleep once more. Taking the hint, Tenn sat back down and dwelled on what he said. These things were too much for her she gazed at the Irken in front of her. An Irken who was a laughing stock, now a completely different Irken altogether; Who fought with a determination and lethal focus, She envied it and yet She also admired it. She sighed as they passed a Nebula, continuing to dwell on these thoughts.
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OH MAI! another chapter out so soon people? well yes, couldn't help but not wait to post this new chap in. Im sorry to those if its short to you, i just felt the need to let it out already, plus to work on other projects.
So plz read and review. constructive criticism is still welcome and mainly thanks to
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till then, its been good
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