Chapter 8

TAK

"How does it look?" I asked Dib as I tried out my newest disguise.

He smiled and said, "It looks great, but not as beautiful as the real you."

I laughed and looked in the mirror I had set up outside of the bio-spheric dome.

I looked at my, pale skin, dark blue hair that was French braided, and bright purple hair. My clothes were the same black tee with a blue jean jacket and jeans to match.

"Who the heck are you?" I turned around to see the Tallest.

I turned my disguise off and back on, "It me, Tak. This is our holographic disguise, which by the way, here are yours." I said holding out the bands.

They picked them up and try them on.

Red asked, "Why do we need to disguise ourselves?"

"Because the media will swarm us if we don't, plus we already had to hide our homes once. I don't intended on moving."

I turn to see Zim, Zia and Nina, all wearing disguises.

disguise. It wasn't much of a change, his hair was still long and black, his eyes still blue, the only thing the disguise did was add fingers, a nose, ears, and made his skin pale. His clothes were a pair of black pants and a bright red hoodie.

Zia's disguise was rather simple. A black headband with holes and ears, so it looked like the headband had the antenna, a pair of light blue contacts, and holo-bands that gave the effect of 5 fingers. She wore a black tee with the jacket that looked like GIR, and pair of blue jeans. She looked quite sweet.

Nina, I could barely recognize her as a cute little bunny. The thing that gave her away was her walking on two legs.

The tallest hovered toward them. Purple asked, "Zim? Zia? Nina?"

They nodded. Zia smiled and said, "No one ever notices us, when we look like this. I don't like it when everybody stares at me."

Red looked at the bracelet and said, "So how do we activate it?"

Zia ran up to both of them and pressed a button on the bands. They flicker for a moment and when it finally settle, I couldn't recognize them.

They had the look of twins, same long black hair, same long sleeved striped shirt, same pale skin, and the same black jeans. The only way to tell them apart was the colors of their eyes and shirts.

They looked at one another and screamed. Purple and Red yelled at the same time, "What happed to you?!"

They ran to the mirror and stared at their appearances. They messed with their hair and touched their skin. Purple almost poked his eye out.

It was kind of funny.

Purple looked at Zim and said, "This so weird."

Zim laughed and said, "Now you know how I felt for the last 20 years. We should get going, the Professor is waiting."


"Welcome Mr. Nekri, Mrs. Membrane, and guest, Professor Membrane is waiting for you." said the clerk at front desk.

As we walked down the down the hall, The Tallest asked questions about all we saw in the 20 minute drive here.

"So who is this Professor?" Red asked still messing around with his false fingers.

Zim replied, "Well, besides being the world's most brilliant scientist, he's Zia and Tagien's grandfather."

Opened the door to the huge lab.

The Professor was busy configuring a device. He looked up and wave to us.

I closed and locked the door behind us.

Zim walked up front and said, "Hello Professor Membrane, are we in good company?"

The Professor responded, "Yes, you are."

Zim looked at us and said, "Ok coast is clear. You can deactivate your devices and/or take off disguises."

Everyone took off the disguises.

Red smiled, "Man, it feel good to look like me again."

Zia ran up to the Professor and said, "Grandpa!"

She jumped in his arms and giggled. "It's good to see you my little Einstein." he said rubbing her head.

Zim and the Tallest walked toward the Professor.

Zim stepped up and said, "It's good to see you again, in person sir."

The Professor laughed and said, "Zim you have been married to my daughter for 10 years now, can't you just call me Dad?"

Zim smiled and said, "Sorry, it just seems to fit better."

"Anyway, Professor Membrane I like to introduce, the leaders of the Irken Empire, The Almighty Tallest."

The Tallest hover forward. Red looked toward him and said, "It's a true pleasure to meet you. So tell me what are you working on?"

The Professor laughed and said, "Well we are currently working on "Project Solaris" which will give us the ability to travel farther in space in short amounts of time. We also will be trying out Genomorphic theory a bit more once we finish the craft."

Red nodded and hover over to the massive ship. Purple followed and said, "It's almost as big as the Massive."

I walked over and said, "We should probably get going if you two want to see the city."

They looked at me and nodded.

Zim looked around and said, "Zia? Nina? Where did they run off to? Hey Tak, do know where Nina and Zia went?"

I responded, "No. Not even a week together and their making trouble."

Then I heard a loud clank. We all ran to where the noise came from. There sat Zia and Nina, playing with small square machine.

The Professor sighed, "Zia, what are you doing playing with my incomplete projects?"

She looked at the Professor and said, "I fixed it."

She held it up the machine and pressed a button. The box unfolded to reveal a small robotic butterfly. It flutter it's wings and flied on Zia finger.

All of us stared in shock.

"Zia had been reading my books and reports." Zim smiled and continued. "She quite a prodigy. Always tinkering and building things for enjoyment."

The Tallest stare contently at Zia.

There's something about those two. What are they hiding? Soon or later I find out.


I came home early and put on my stealth suit.

Dib walked in, and said, "So you think their hiding something?"

I pulled down the mask and said, "Yeah. Red has been acting extremely strange, not eating a lot, or talking. If you knew them, then you would know it not normal."

He walked over and said, "Well good luck."

I pulled up my mask, kissed him, and said, "Luck got nothing to do with it."

I pulled down my mask and became completely invisible. I made my way to the Dragon's Lair.

I got inside and climbed to the ceiling.

Minutes later they came in. Red closed and locked the door.

Red walked up to Purple and said, "She defiantly showing more signs, but according to the legend, we won't know for sure for another 10 years."

Legend? What legend?

Purple sighed and said, "You know it won't be that bad if she turns out to be..."

"Yes it would. We would be the leaders of the empire anymore. If that girl is who we think her to be she must dealt with." Red said.

Purple said, "Red, listen to what your saying. So what if Zia is the Harken? So what if she rules? We still would get our Tallest privileges."

Zia? A Harkon? I could believe what my antenna were hearing.

Red growled and said, "It's not about privileges, it's about power, and if she gets in the way of it, she becomes expendable. Now we will talk no more of this today. Understood?"

Purple sighed and nodded.

"Good now let's get some snacks." Red said hovering into the kitchen with Purple.

I slid out with speed making sure not to make a sound and made a run for Zim's house. He had to know about what was transpired.