A/N: Hey sorry for the late update! I was hoping to get two in but this weekened didn't work out the exact way I had planned it LOL. So please, enjoy, sorry this chapter is a little...empty I guess. I just really DON'T like this chapter. But maybe you guys will. Also! I realize I use quite a few swear words in my writing. Please review and tell me if I should change this story's rating to rated M. I don't think it needs to be, but some people get testy about this stuff. So i just thought I'd bring it up. Please review anyways. Tell me what you might think about Tabitha and Jax or Zim going kind of...insane =). I need at least 21 reviews to post the next chapter this weekend. Please?
Thanks guys!
~badass brady
"Well lucky for you no infection, whoever wrapped your wound in the first place knew exactly what they were doing." Jax told Tabitha as he re-wrapped the freshly cleaned wound. It was clean and healthy which was unbelievably good; Tabitha would just be weighing the males down if it was infected.
"Thanks Jax." Tabitha said in a very quiet voice. Her face was flushed now; it almost looked like its natural color from how long it had been that way. However Jax wasn't focused on the obvious blush that littered her beautiful face.
He was lost in her big orange eyes. They were so vibrant and full of emotion, to him it was like looking into heaven. "Ahem, we must find Cari now!" Zim snapped angrily.
"Well we can't get out of this room without being spotted and attacked again. Hmmm." Jax said and tapped his chin and he paced around the room and through the three unconscious guards on the ground.
"Did you get anything out of them?" Tabitha asked Zim calmly. Her leg was sore and it was obvious that she was in pain but she was a fighter, she'd never give up.
Zim snapped his angry gaze toward her and it softened a bit. "Not really just a lot of ow's oh Irk why's…" Zim laughed a little bit and looked at the floor while rubbing the back of his neck. The look of depression and regret on his face was almost unbearable.
"Don't worry Zim, we'll find her. She'll be ok, I promise." Tabitha said warmly as she relaxed on the table and leaned backwards into the wall.
"I'VE GOT IT!" Jax shouted like a kid about to open his first present on Christmas morning. Both heads snapped to the side to see Jax staring hungrily at the unconscious guards.
"You got…what?" Zim piped up as he pushed himself off the wall he was currently leaning on. Jax's bloody cheek dripped a little bit as he grinned crazily at his new team mates.
"You two get into these guard suits." He said quickly.
"I am not stripping a man of his clothing!" Tabitha protested with a blush on her face.
"But you want to." Zim teased earning a harsh glare and a promise of death later.
"Go to hell Zim!"
"I'm already there; I'm stuck with you…" He shot back with a smug look.
"Guys, fighting isn't going to solve any of our problems! Hear me out, please…" Jax shouted over the two bickering friends.
"Look the guards know you two better than anyone on this ship right? Well, they don't know me as well so if you guys take the guards clothing and handcuff me, we can go look for Zim's mate and tell anyone who questions us that the scientists needed me for their next experiment!"
"That's…not half bad." Zim said as his smile grew.
"What are you smiling about?" Tabitha growled towards him.
"I'm going to get my mate back again." He said slowly. They looked into each other's eyes for a moment in understanding until Jax coughed awkwardly to get their attention.
"So do we have a plan or what?"
"It's a crazy and outgoing plan; also foolish, insane, horrendous….I like it." Tabitha smiled evilly and jumped lazily off the table. "But I am NOT stripping a male of his clothing, it's not in my DNA, so please on of you guys do it for me. You are both males, nothing you haven't seen before."
"I'll do it." Jax offered with a small smile.
On the other side of the room, Zim was already busy ripping the armor off the red eyed soldier's unconscious body. "You never get between me and my mate." Zim growled at him as he ripped the soldiers badge off his chest and threw it on the ground. "You don't even deserve to live."
"Zim, stop talking to yourself over there and get dressed!" Tabitha snapped as she started pulling off her invader gloves. Both the boys were staring at her making her blush. "Ok if I am going to change into these clothes NO ONE can be looking at me, you little pervs."
"My mind is only set on looking at one female like that thank you very much. You're much too ugly to have me look at you that way anyways." Zim shot back as he stripped out of his invader pants. Now he was just in a black, tight guard shirt and red boxers.
"Zim for the love of Irk man go behind a machine or something!" Tabitha shouted as she hurried behind a large metal pipe to change her attire.
"Tab it's just like shorts, irk you are so weird."
"I never wanted to see that!"
"Not on me you didn't." Zim bugged her again. Some loudly clanked next to his head and he looked over to see a sharp piece of metal pipe embedded in the wall next to his head. "Point taken, no pun intended."
"Shut up!" Tabitha shouted and walked out from behind the pipe with the tight black clothing on. She had a bright silver chest plate on that worked in sections and worked its way down her belly to her large utility belt. It hung loosely on her hip which was covered by tight, black, stretchy pant and large black army boots with a metal tip on the end. She had shoulder plates on and her gloves were just normal invader gloves. She looked…stunning, to Jax that is.
"Hey I look kind of good in black!" She declared and stretched her aching muscles.
"You can say that again." Jax muttered under his breath as his eyes widened. Oh great, he was staring at her again. If she caught him this time he didn't know WHAT he was going to do. Maybe play dumb and point out an imperfection on her, if that was even…possible…
"Hey rookie, you strong enough to haul our clothes around?" Zim asked as he emerged from behind his corner in the same attire as Tabitha, just a little more masculine and tough looking. He actually looked like a serious guard that was on a mission. His antenna were held high as he glared down Jax to prove a point. The point that he meant business and if this kid didn't think he was up for the task then he might as well stay behind. He had no time for imperfection in this plan. He needed Cari back, and he wanted her NOW.
"I think I can do that." Jax said back and grabbed a leather side bag hanging off the wall. "Hey this is kind of heavy…"
"Well empty its contents and let's see what's inside." Tabitha suggested after a moment of awkward silence.
Jax nodded and opened the bag to poor out its contents onto the table he'd recently had Tabitha on. What fell out were two rather important and large looking files. On the top was the symbol in Irken for virus. Normally that was just a PAK with a huge cross through it but now it was a heart that looked…dead. It meant a serious illness. "What the hell..."
"We don't have time to get curious. Put our clothes in the bag and let's go find my mate!" Zim snapped and grabbed the two file folders. He shoved them into the leather bag Jax had picked up and shoved it into Jax's hands.
"Let's go!" Zim snapped and grabbed both Tabitha and his clothes before handing them off to Jax. He hid the files in the clothing and made sure the bag was securely on his hip before grabbing a pair of hand cuffs and handcuffing himself in the front.
He walked up to his team mates and with a smug look, held his hands out in a guilty fashion. "Shall we?" He said with a smirk as Zim grabbed his left arm and Tabitha grabbed his right.
They walked out of there cell area and looked both left and right. "Well now where do we go, we've gone two feet and we don't have a freaking clue as to where we're supposed to go!" Zim complained as he looked down both long, darkish hallways.
"PUT ME DOWN!" A loud scream was heard coming from the left.
"Cari…" Zim whispered as his face went white.
"Zim…Zim stick to the plan…ZIM!" Jax shouted as Zim let go of him and started sprint down the left hallway.
"ZIM!" Tabitha shouted and ran after him.
"Oh of course, just leave the guy with hand cuffs behind…hey wait for me!" Jax called and took off sprinting after them.
The hall way was metal, cold, long and curvy. Cari could've been anywhere. "Zim we don't even know if it's her!" Jax snapped once he caught up to the frantic male.
"I WILL DAMN YOU TO HELL WHILE FEEDING YOUR ROTTING CORPSE TO MY HELL HOUNDS THEN LET MY MINION ARMY STUFF WAFFLES DOWN YOUR SHREDDED THROAT IF YOU DO NOT PUT ME DOWN THIS INSTANT!" The voice shouted angrily.
"Yep it's her…" Both Tabitha and Zim chanted at the same time. Jax stopped in his footsteps upon hearing the threat but shook it off and continued to run after his very quick partners.
"Cari! Baby I'm coming!" Zim shouted and started running faster.
They rounded one last long bend to see a short Irken with a purple outfit on carrying a struggling and spitting Cari on his shoulder. She was flailing like a fish out of water as her threats and screams got more desperate.
Jax looked over at Zim to see his eyes flash a blood red and stay that way. He bared his teeth and his claws extended in an attack position. "Get away from her!" He screeched like a wild animal.
The small Irken spun around, obviously getting startled by the shout. His eyes locked with blood red ones as his jaw and whole body flew backwards in a left upper cut. 'Whoa…' Jax thought as the female landed on the ground harshly.
"Cari!" Tabitha shouted.
Cari stood up and turned to come face to face with what she thought was another guard trying to take her to red's chambers. She also saw the beat up Jax standing next to her. "I refuse to go to that sick man's chambers!" She shouted angrily and started sprinting down the hall.
"Wait, Miss Cari!" Jax shouted and sprinted after her. Meanwhile Zim was beating the shit out of Mel whom was cowering on the ground letting Zim punch the crap out of his body.
"Zim!" Jax shouted and signaled for him to follow, "She went this way."
"Get out of my way rookie!" Zim snapped and sprinted by Jax angrily. "Cari! It's me Zim!" Zim shouted as he gained on her.
"Don't you dare use my mates name to trick me!" Cari screamed back as Jax caught up with the other two.
"I got her!" Tabitha shouted as she skidded to a halt right in front of Cari. Of course this made Cari shriek in horror and flip, literally flip over Tabitha's head. "I uhh…don't got her." Tabitha squeaked as a harsh blow was dealt to her back. "GAHH!" She shouted and landed face first on the floor. She slid a few feet and slammed into a wall roughly with a yowl of pain.
"Tabitha!" Jax shouted in worry. He sprinted over to the girl. She was lying on her side and groaning while blankly staring ahead.
"Don't worry about me, I'm fine. Just get Cari!" She spat as she put her hand on the wall for support. Tabitha's voice was raspy and in obvious pain but she didn't care. "Go, Jax!" She snapped and shoved the male away from her.
Jax took a couple steps back and nodded slowly before taking off at a jog/running pace. His eyes kept wandering back to make sure that Tabitha was going to be ok. The only thing he saw though was her clutching her stomach and falling back down to the ground. Her teeth were clenched as were her eyes.
Half tempted to turn around to help her, Jax ran into an unfamiliar mass. He turned his gaze back around to see the girl they were after right in front of him. "Jax…?" She whispered in confusion.
'What!? How does she know me!?' Jax thought with wide eyes.
"Cari, come back!" Zim shouted a little ways up the hallway.
"Quickly, come with me." Cari demanded and grabbed my handcuff chain. She started pulling me along with her down a dark hallway.
"Wait, wait, wait, WAIT! Miss please stop trying to run! That's Zim!" I shouted desperately. 'Geez this woman is strong…' Jax thought as he struggled in her grip.
"You too!? I don't even know who to trust anymore. Look Jax are you with me or not?" Cari growled and gave him an intimating stare.
"I DON'T EVEN KNOW YOU!" Jax screeched.
"Then it looks like you're against me." She growled.
"Wait hold on here I-," Jax started and put his hands up as Cari round house kicked him into a wall. "Ok that works too…" Jax grunted as his back and his PAK came in contact with the cold metal wall.
He grabbed his side feeling at least one broken rib and stood back up to glare at her. "Dammit women just come with me!" He snapped.
"I don't think so." Cari hissed. Jax growled back and sprung at her. He grabbed her arms and tried putting them behind her back sending her into a panicked state.
"Hold still!"
"NEVER!" Cari shouted and didn't something almost in human to the Irken way. She ejected her PAK off her body to slam into Jax and make him let go of her.
"What! How in the hell?" Jax shouted as he rubbed his aching head. He saw Cari grab her PAK and reattach it before sprinting off down the darker hallway. "Guys uhh a little help over here!" Jax called out to his two other team members.
"Where are you?" The both of them called.
"In some hallway, I don't know! YOU FIND ME!"
"Wussy!" Zim shouted making Jax smirk.
Eventually Tabitha and Zim located Jax. He sighed contently until Zim grabbed him by the collar and shoved him up against the wall. "Where is she!?"
"How the hell should I know!? She slammed me into a wall multiple times and left me here!" He snapped back at Zim with one eye clenched shut along with his teeth.
"Zim put him down, he doesn't know!" Tabitha snapped and grabbed Zim's arm roughly, "Let. Him. Go."
Zim glared at her before dropping Jax to the ground and storming off. "I'm so sorry, he's really close to Cari so he gets a little…uhh, protective." Tabitha said as she helped Jax stand up. "Are you hurt?"
"Well aside from the broken rib, Zim's girlfriend probably gave me, I think I'm ok." Jax said and smiled gently at her.
"She gets like that; once you threaten a female she'll rip you to shreds." Tabitha joked with a small smile as she let go of Jax's arm and took a couple steps back.
"I think if a male threatened another male's, female, it can get pretty ugly. Hey, just a question, does Cari know me like…at all?" Jax asked as he pulled off his shredded gloves and cracked his knuckles.
"No not that I know of, she only really knew Zim and me her whole life. Why do you ask?" Tabitha responded and tilted her head to the side a tad bit.
"Oh no reason, just a question." Jax lied and smiled at her again. He'd have to figure this one out on his own.
Zim's POV.
"I knew I shouldn't have trusted a kid to do an experienced fighters work." I grumbled to myself as I leaned against a wall and cupped his face within the palms of his hands.
Lost in his own thoughts he didn't notice the voices just down the hall. It was Jax and Tabitha making small talk until they got to Zim to make sure he wasn't murdering someone somehow.
Zim still being oblivious to what was happening around him started gently banging his head gently up against the wall.
The other two were just now rounding the corner and spotting Zim banging his face up against the wall. "Zim? What're you doing?" Tabitha asked slowly.
"Trying to kill myself."
"Uh guys," Jax mentioned.
"Not now, Jax there is a serious Zim crisis right now." Tabitha said sarcastically and rolled her eyes at the two men.
"Uhh Guys…." Jax said again as his eyes stared straight ahead.
"I knew I couldn't trust anyone else to find my mate. They just don't care like I do." Zim mumbled to himself as Tabitha glared at him.
"I care too you idiot!" She snapped angrily.
"No you were just looking for the rookie the whole time!" Zim shouted angrily.
"GUYS!" Jax finally shouted.
"WHAT!?" Zim and Tabitha snapped back and glared over at him. (Well all except Tabitha lol)
Jax just merely pointed down the hall making the two of them snap their gazes that way. Down the hall a whole crowd of off duty guards stared at them with coffee and doughnuts in their claws. They stared each other down for quite a while before registering what was happening.
"Well…we're screwed." Tabitha said breaking the silence.
"Escapee's!" One guard shouted.
"Get them!" The rest chanted and came running with Tasers, guns, knives, rope, handcuffs, electrical staffs and so many more unruly tools to hurt people with.
"RUN! RUN BITCHES RUN!" Tabitha shouted and shoved the two men towards an exit hallway.
A/N: Yeah I know a tad bit disappointing right? Well please review anyways. Tell me if I should change the rating. Bla bla bla bla bla bla BLA! Anyways. You know the drill. =). TIRED LOL. hahaha. See ya around.