The Darknest Hour
Part Nine
Zim was soon awake; hissing in pain as a pair of hands shook him awake. He groaned; daring not to look up. 'What now?' Zim thought, still a bit tired.
"Come on, we haven't got all night."
Zim looked up; wincing as pain throbbed throughout him as he tried to move.
"Wha?" He asked dryly.
What he saw, caught him off guard. He was shocked to find an unusual creature; yet he recognized it. It was a young female seeming to be no older than fifteen years. She had short cream and honey colored fur.
Her muzzle was thin a bit short and long thin ears. She had long black hair; which reached slightly past her shoulders. She wore a bright pink T-shirt and black pants. Her feet were shoeless; which seemed a bit like paws.
"Come on, we're here to get you out of here." Zim began to get up.
"Name's Fae." The Alvemian said; stooping down beside him. "Here; Let me help you." She said; pulling Zim to his feet.
"How did you find me?" Asked the Irken; confused.
"Some kid- Um... Dib I think- told us about you. But there's no time to explain right now. So, c'mon! We gotta free the others."
"Dib..? Dib's with you?" Zim asked; stunned by this.
"Yeah, he and the others are waiting for us in the hidden caves." Fae replied; pulling him along.
She peeked out from behind a corner. Once she saw it was clear, she motioned Zim to follow.
"We have to free the others." Fae whispered; handing Zim a small tool he could use to unlock the cell doors.
Zim nodded and ran to one of the cells and worked at getting it open. After some effort, get it open and moved onto the next. Fae was doing the same with many of the other cells and soon they were all open. They were now free.
"Okay everybody, we're going to get you guys to safety. Just follow our lead."
"You better know what you're doing." The eleven year old girl with magenta purple hair growled; crossing her arms.
By these words, Zim then realized it was Gaz who had spoken.
"Trust me." Fae replied.
The group of prisoners quietly made their way through the large room. They came to one of the connecting tunnels. About half-way through the tunnel, Fae motioned them to stop. As they did so, Fae rushed ahead to scout. She came back; not to happy.
"Crap! There are twenty Voltarian guards up ahead and their coming this way." She told them.
"So now what?" Zim asked.
Fae glanced around trying to think.
"Zim you'll have to take everyone to safety-" The sound of an alarm around them and angry voices ahead soon cut her off.
"Double crap! They must know we're here." Fae frowned.
"What'll we do?" Asked one of the prisoners. "We'll have to fight." Said another.
"If we don't, they'll hunt us to no end." One of the Irken prisoners said; Zim easily recognized as being Saint.
"And if we defeat them, we'll get some weapons to protect ourselves with." Said another prisoner.
"Well said, friend. Let's fight!" Cried another prisoner.
The male and female prisoners of different planets in good condition left the children, elderly, and injured in the safety of the tunnel under the watchful eyes of Zim and a few teen prisoners as many others rushed forward, swiftly and deadly their focused vengeance on the oncoming enemies.
After many moments of fighting, a silence soon filled the caverns; leaving only the alarm that continued to sound. Gathering weapons and tending to the injuries of other prisoners who had fallen in the fight, they soon made their way through the now empty tunnel.
"We have to hurry," Fae stated. "There'll probably be reinforcements coming for us."
With that said, the group of prisoners made their way through the tunnel. After many long moments, they came to a halt.
"What is it?" Zim whispered; confused.
"This is it." Fae replied; soon spying a large boulder resting against the wall.
"Wha?" Zim asked.
"Help me push." Fae said; trying to move the boulder.
Zim; still confused by this, soon nodded and helped her move the rock aside. After some effort, the rock was away from the wall; revealing a dimly lit tunnel.
"Everyone inside, hurry." Fae ordered.
Everyone did as they were told and made their way inside secret passageway. Zim saw Fae take one last look around before she followed behind them and with Zim's help was able to push the boulder back into place; concealing the entrance from anyone outside the passage.
This part is kinda short and a bit rushed ^^; But I still like how it turned out :) Sorry for the wait, I had to think of how it should go ^^; Anyways, I hope to get more up soon :) I'll keep plugging away at it until it's done :D Anways, I hope you're enjoying my story :D And want to know what you all think :D PLEASE R&R! THANKS! :D:D
