Chapter Ten
"Zim…Zim, I neeeeeed to use the bathroom", Erin muttered tapping him on the shoulder.
It had been over three hours since she last went. Zim had put the cruiser on auto-pilot so he could fix the transmission relay on the monitor. It was still all static and he couldn't find the problem because according to the cruiser's system, there was nothing wrong with anything on the console!
"Why don't you just go?" He asked nonchalantly, turning to look at her, a non-existent eyebrow
"I CAN'T JUST GO!" She replied angrily, a vein throbbing on her forehead.
"Fine!" Zim exclaimed rolling his eyes, "Dib, turn around for like five minutes".
Dib just looked at him like he freaking out of his mind. "WHAT?!"
"Zim! I am NOT going to the bathroom in the cruiser! There's no TOILET!" Erin pointed out.
"Does this look like the Massive to you?" Zim asked, frowning.
(Camera pants to outside the Voot Cruiser, which, after a few moments, shakes wildly)
"WE ARE FINDING SOMEWHERE FOR ME TO GO TO THE BATHROOM AND WE ARE FINDING IT NOOOOOW!!!"
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…Several minutes later, they landed on a brownish looking planet. Zim didn't even check which planet it was. But apparently it had utilities, which meant....there was a building with a toilet. Zim and Dib stood by the cruiser as Erin promptly ran into the small building and into one of the bathroom stalls.
…Unfortunately, Darth was in the next stall over, and he had eaten too many burritos and BOY did he have to go! And Darth was blind...so he had actually gone into the girl's bathroom on accident.
This was not the first time he had done it. Nor would it be the last. XD
Erin flushed the toilet and left her stall.
"What is that smell?" Erin asked covering her nose and sticking her tongue out in digust.
"Oh, sorry, that would be the burritos I ate", Darth replied as he came out of the next stall only a second later, going over to a nearby "Sanitation Solution" dispenser. It wasn't hard, it smelled VERY strongly of alcohol. Pressing the big button and holding his glove beneath, he washed his gloves free of filth and then wiped the excess sanitation solution off on his outfit.
Erin gaped at him, she hated to point out the elephant in the room, but…
"Uh...you're a guy. And this is a girl's bathroom!" She stated.
"Oh." He blinked his unseeing eyes. "It is? Oh well. It's not like I can see anything. I'm blind", Darth explained, pointing at his big, white eyes.
"Oh. I'm sorry...I had no idea", Erin said. So THAT was the reason behind his eyes. But that didn't explain his balled, almost feminine antennae…
"It's not your fault. And I'm sorry too", Darth muttered quietly, shaking his head.
"Why?" Erin asked, looking confused.
"For this. FELIX!" Darth shouted, snapping his claws.
With a bound and a cheery squeak, Darth's SIR Unit jumped down from the vent above a moment later and stood in front of the bathroom door, blocking Erin's only escape. It had an oddly-rounded body, there were no edges on it at all, and it's eyes were big and oddly deep.
"You're Erin, right?" Darth asked, approaching Erin from behind while she was focused on Felix.
"Yeah. I- ", Erin started to say but she when she turned out…
FWISH!
FWOMP!
She fell unconscious on the bathroom floor. Darth had sprayed a green spray into her face…which was a lucky shot, considering his lack of eye sight.
"Just checking", He replied with a smirk. "Felix, pick her up, but be gentle…she's precious cargo."
"You got it, Uncle Darth." Felix said happily. He lifted Erin's still form up. "WOAH, she's heavy!"
Darth walked over and slapped Felix across his metal face. "Felix! For shame! You don't comment on a woman's weight." He remarked, frowning.
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…"What is taking her so long?" Zim asked.
"Jeez Zim, give her a break", Dib snapped, "She looked like she really needed to go and commenting on how long women take in the bathroom's REALLY not something you do."
GIR was playing in a pile of dirt, making mud angels and laughing as he did so.
Zim had crossed his arms and continued to tap his foot impatiently against the ground.
"That's it! I'm going in there and see what is taking her so long", Zim exclaimed.
"Gee, no way THIS could go wrong." Dib muttered as he followed after Zim.
Going into a girl's bathroom was taboo…the place was UNCHARTED TERRITORY. Therefore, Zim put his hand over the part of his face where a 'nose' would have been and Dib promptly covered his own nose so as to not breathe in any "cooties".
"Man, it smells like something died!" Dib mumbled out, turning green as Zim was.
"And dookie! A LOT of it", Zim added, turning a dakrer shade of green in disgust. "I always thought a girl's bathroom would smell...nicer!"
They pushed open each stall, finding each one empty.
"She couldn't have come out, we'd have seen her", Dib spoke quietly, eyes narrowing with concern behind his glasses..
Zim then looked up towards the ceiling, he squinted, his eyes narrowing in interest. Using the mechanical legs from his PAK, Zim rose up towards the ceiling.
"Someone's been here", Zim muttered, dusting his finger across the top of the vent, "This ISN'T good".
"Of course it isn't! What was your first clue?" Dib asked angrily.
Zim looked over his shoulder at him, "We have to get back to the cruiser and find out what planet this is".
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…Erin awoke a moment later, though WHERE she wasn't sure at first. She had been having odd dreams, reliving moments from her past like she was watching a movie at home on her couch…and getting the sneaking suspicion somebody was watching over her shoulder the whole time.
Well, as she opened her eyes, she found the reason WHY. Darth was standing over her, and he kind of creeped her out…as he was touching her hair, stroking it.
"You're very pretty", Darth said to her, complimenting her with a kind smile.
"Focus!" Tak snapped in his direction.
Erin looked around, she was in some sort of underground base. A much better one then what Zim had too, the technology wasn't all purple or magenta for starters, and there weren't any leaky pipes, pictures of little piggies (GIR'S handiwork) or cracked patches of paint on the walls. Tak was sitting in a computer chair to her left, looking VERY busy.
"I'm just saying!" Darth replied defensively, turning back to Tak and shrugging.
"Did you attach the snack pouch yet?" Tak asked.
"I had Felix do it. I AM blind ya know." Darth pointed out.
"You couldn't figure out how to do it yourself?" Tak inquired.
"I don't have to do EVERYTHING on my own." Darth remarked. "Besides, I've been…busy." He added, looking back down at Erin.
Erin noticed the snack pouch around her waist. It looked remarkably like a belt. It was clear and had small treats and bags of chips stuffed into it. She raised an eyebrow at the two Irkens.
"What's the pouch for? And what is going on?!" Erin asked, promptly glaring in Tak's direction.
Tak laughed. "Oh...you'll find out soon enough!"
"Uh...weren't we gonna use her as bait to lure Zim into a trap, so the Tallest could witness his destruction And then we were going to give her to the Tallest as an offering so they'll make you an Invader?" Darth asked. He then looked at Erin, and pointed downwards at the pouch. "They like snacks, that's what the pouch is for.", he added.
Tak just glared at him in annoyance, then let out a "snort", turning away.
"I heard that!" Darth snapped.
Felix walked over and looked Erin over with interest. "She's got pretty hair." He announced.
"Keep an eye on her for me, since I can't do it myself." Darth remarked, cracking a joke at his own expense. "Oh, but don't let her trick you into setting her free or anything."
"Not that you could escape from here anyhow." Tak remarked. "Darth might not know the planet's surface that well, but he DOES know the base inside and out since he helped me fix up most of the rooms. If you DID run…he'd find you wherever you're hiding…or MIMI would." She added, gesturing to the right as MIMI appeared, her red eyes glaring at Erin.
"Should we put duct tape over her mouth to keep her from complaining?" MIMI suggested, titling her head to the side.
"Hmm…" Tak grinned and patted MIMI's head. "You ARE a good girl, aren't you?"
"Oh dear." Erin gulped.
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… "We're on Planet Dirt", Dib exclaimed looking over the cruiser's monitor.
"Why does that sound... so...familiar?" Zim asked under his breath and rubbing his chin.
"I see a ship!" GIR stated happily, pointing up and out the window.
Zim and Dib looked to see the surface opening up just over one hundred feet from them. An Irken first class dark purple cruiser was lifting off the ground. Tak was piloting it. Darth sat in the seat just beside her and Erin was tied up and was hidden from view just behind their seats. Felix and MIMI sat on either side of her, and duct tape was over her mouth to make sure she could neither speak nor scream.
"Tak!" Zim snarled, his fists clenching tightly.
The dark purple cruiser took off into the sky a moment later.
"Come on Zim, follow. Follow to your HORRIBLE DOOM!" Tak cackled happily.
Zim, Dib and GIR were right behind her only a few seconds later. Zim kept a good lock on Tak's cruiser so he wouldn't lose her. And once he got his bare hands on her, he was gonna make her PAY for kidnapping Erin.
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