Chapter 10: Abducted

When skool ended, Zim was happy to see that Christine was able to pick him up today. There she waited, in the Cadillac, in front of the skool.

"Looks like she's here." He said to Dib. "I'll see you later, Dib."

"Bye Zim." Dib called back.

Zim smiled and ran up to the car. He opened the passenger side and got in.

"Hey sweetie," Christine greeted. "Who was that?"

"Oh, that's just my best friend, Dib Membrane." Zim answered.

"Dib Membrane?" Christine gasped. "He wouldn't happen to be the son of Professor Membrane, now would he?"

"Uh, yeah, he is actually." Zim blushed, suddenly afraid of what she might think of his new friend. "He's not crazy, you know."

"I never said that he was." Christine frowned. "What makes you think that I would say that about him?"

"Well, because…" Zim hesitated. "Because everybody who knows about Dib considers him to be crazy because he believes in paranormal entities, like ghosts, werewolves… aliens."

"Oh, well then," Christine smiled. "He seems like a lovely young man. I would love to meet him sometime."

"Of course." Zim smiled.

The rest of the ride home was just Christine asking how skool went and Zim telling her about what they did. When they finally reached home, Zim knew that the time had come.

"Um, hey Christine," He started as they exited the vehicle.

"Yes, Zim?" Christine answered back.

"Can we sit down for a sec?"

"Oh sure honey, is everything alright?" Christine asked with concern as the two sat down at the end of the dock.

"Well… you know how you told me that you're a wolfblood?" Zim asked.

"Oh dear, don't tell me you've already told someone else." Christine frowned.

"No, no, it's not anything like that!" Zim assured. "It's, about me, actually."

Christine blinked, waiting for her son to go on.

"You see, I know you're not normal. You're a wolfblood." Zim sighed. "Well… I'm not exactly normal either."

"What do you mean, honey?"

"Christine… I'm… I'm a… I'm an… ali…"

But before Zim could get the words out, the ground suddenly began to shake. The Earth shook so violently that the leaves started to fall from the trees, and the pond started to splash about.

"AAAHHH!" Zim screamed in pain as some of the water splashed onto his arm.

"Zim!" Christine gasped when she saw the acid like effect the contaminated pond water had on him. "Quick, get away from the pond!"

Quickly, Zim and Christine stood up and ran off the dock, towards the house.

"WEEHOO! EARTHQUAKE!" Gir cried insanely, Minimoose looking terrified next to him.

"Everybody, get down to the basement!" Christine ordered.

"THAT WON'T BE NECESSARY!" A loud voice suddenly boomed through the air.

"Oh no…" Zim gasped as he looked up.

Christine frowned and looked up as well, gasping at what her psychic senses picked up.

There, hovering above the house, was the Massive.

Suddenly, a tractor beam was shot at them, and they struggled as it started pulling them towards the maroon ship.

"Let us go!" Zim growled as they were suddenly grabbed by Irken guards.

"Zim, what's going on?!" Christine gasped as she stared at the aliens surrounding them.

"Oh, nothing really unusual." A voice suddenly spoke next to them.

They turned their heads and gasped when they saw the Tallest, glaring at them with hate so powerful, it actually frightened them.

"You're just being abducted, is all." Purple smirked.

"Knock them and cuff them!" Red ordered the guards.

The guards nodded before they suddenly pressed cloths covered in chloroform against their prisoners faces.

"No! Zim!" Christine was able to muffle through the cloth, before completely passing out.

"No!" Zim muffled as well, just barely getting half of his next word out before he too, passed out. "M-M-Mo…"

…

Back on Earth, Dib had also felt the ground shaking. He was curious as to why, because they haven't had an earthquake for quite a long time now.

A beam of light up ahead caused him to look up, and he gasped at what he saw. The Massive, which was pulling up Zim, Christine, Gir, and Minimoose.

"Oh no!" Dib gasped before running out of the house. "I'll be back later Gaz!"

"Whatever." Gaz sneered without looking up from her Gameslave.

Dib ran as fast as he could, but by the time he finally ran up the Vannamelon driveway, the ship had took off, taking its prisoners with it.

"No!" He shouted. "No! No! No!"

They had come, the Tallest. And they were taking the Vannamelon family as Zim's punishment. At least, that's what he thought. Why else would they take them.

"What do I do now?" Dib sighed as he sat sadly on the dock, his head in his hands.

Suddenly, he had an idea. Zim's Voot Cruiser! He could use that to catch up with the Massive and help save Zim and Christine!

"Yes!" He shouted, jumping up with joy. "It's the perfect plan!"

It really was the perfect plan. Now, he just had to make it past the house security, if it was still up.

…

Zim groaned as he woke up, slowly sitting up as he rubbed his aching head. What had happened? He couldn't remember anything.

He looked at his hands, and gasped when he saw the chains around them, holding him to the floor. Then, everything flashed through his mind in a blur.

His final decision, the message, about to tell Christine what he is, the earth shaking, the Massive, the tractor beam, the Tallest, the chloroform. And now finally, trapped in a cell with no sight of Christine anywhere.

Zim growled and stood up, walking to the end of his chains to the bars.

"HEY!" He shouted. "What is the meaning of this?! Release me at once!"

"Quiet you traitorous scum." A guard suddenly appeared to Zim's left and zapped him with his stun rod.

Zim cried out in pain, collapsing to the floor in his knees. He hissed and looked back up at the guard.

"Traitor?" He hissed. "What on Earth are you talking about?"

"You should know, you're the one who sent the message." Another voice came down from the hall.

Zim looked down the hall and growled when he saw Red and Purple approaching his cell.

"It's funny, because you weren't even supposed to be on Earth." Red chuckled. "It was all a lie Zim. You never were an invader."

"So, if I was basically banished to Earth, then why didn't you just leave me and my family alone?" Zim spat, not bothered about his mission being fake.

"Because you threatened us." Red glared, the shadow of the room making his eyes glow. "And now, we're going to make you pay."

"Where. Is. Christine?" Zim hissed dangerously.

"Oh, she's just being worked on in the science lab." Purple laughed. "You were right Zim, humans are quite interesting creatures. Did you know that they have an anatomy that's perfect for producing Irken smeets?"

Zim gasped at this.

No! They wouldn't! They couldn't!

"Don't you dare touch her you worthless pieces of robotic junk!" He screamed.

"Oh…" Red smiled deviously as he used a claw to lift Zim's head up to him, so that they were both looking at each other in the eyes. "But it's already begun."