"All right, this is it!" Quentin shouted. "I've called you all to the briefing room to tell you about a top secret plan that a few resistance leaders and I have been discussing for the past few weeks."

Zim, Tak, Dib, GIR, Mint, Pepper, and Quentin were all gathered around a table with a diagram of the Massive on it.

"Where's Mik?" Quentin asked, looking around. "Oh, well… doesn't matter."

"So," Pepper began, "what's the plan?"

"Next week, the Massive's weapons will be deactivated for one hour for maintenance. They will be completely unable to defend themselves during this time," Quentin said. "I don't even want to mention how many spies we lost in the discovering of this information."

"How many did you lose?" Zim asked.

"Four," Quentin replied. "Hey, I just said I didn't want to mention it!"

Tak rolled her eyes.

"Anyway, the only defense the Tallest will have during this time will be the other ships in the Armada. The power of our resistance fleet rivals theirs if you take the Massive out of the equation," he paused, then continued. "I suggest an all-or-nothing attack on the Armada."

Everyone stood silent for a moment.

"Yes. This is the chance that we in the resistance have been waiting for," Quentin commented. "In one week, we may be able to cause the downfall of the Irken Empire."

"Hooray!" Dib and GIR squealed in unison.

"Hooray, indeed," Quentin said.

As the group was departing…

"Tak, I need to speak with you," a voice called as Tak was walking down the hall to her room.

"Mik?" Tak asked. "Why weren't you at the meeting?"

Mik shrugged. "I had something to do."

"What?" Tak asked.

Mik cleared her throat. "That's not important. I need you to do something for me."

"What is it?"

"I need you to pilot a small ship for me to meet someone."

Tak raised a non-existent eyebrow. "Why me?"

"It's someone I think you should meet."

Tak sighed. "Yeah, okay. I was going to finally get around to installing MiMi's memory disk today, but…"

"That can wait," Mik said gruffly, then tugged Tak by the arm down the hallway. They stopped at an elevator.

"Lemme see… floor three, landing bay," Mik muttered as she walked in the elevator and pressed a button.

On Mik's ship…

"You still haven't told me who we're meeting," Tak muttered.

"It's a surprise…" Mik said with a grin.

"I'd still like to know," Tak said. "And these coordinates are getting a tad close to the Irken Armada at their current position… They won't notice us, though." There was a beeping sound from a panel, and she ran her hand across some of the controls. "We're being hailed… by the Squish?"

"Mik? Mik, is that you? Did you bring her?" someone said via the radio.

"What the hell is this?" Tak yelled.

"Surprise!" Mik shouted.

Tak turned around in her chair just in time to meet Mik's fist.

Back on the Rapture…

"Ah, Zim, I've been meaning to speak with you…" Quentin said as he passed Zim in the hallway. Quentin turned around and began walking with him.

"About what?" Zim asked. "What information do you seek from the mighty ZIM?"

"Yes, yes, very interesting - have you seen my daughter anywhere?" he asked.

"No," Zim said blankly. "The amazing and ever watchful Zim has not seen her since the meeting…"

Quentin smirked.

"Not that I was… looking for her or anything…"

Quentin chuckled.

"Silence!" Zim screamed.

"Yeah," Quentin said. "Okay."

"Speaking of, sort of, not really… where is the hideous Dib-beast?" Zim asked curiously.

"The human? He's now an official member of the Resisty faction of the United Irken Resistance under Lard Nar," Quentin said.

"Oh," Zim said blankly.

"Well, lemme know if you see my daughter anywhere, 'K?" Quentin asked.

"Okay."

On the Massive…

"Donuts… so amazing…" Purple whispered, clutching a box full of the sugary treats under a table.

"Purple? Purple?" Red screamed.

"Shush, donuts. You don't want him to overhear you," Purple cooed. "I want you all to myself…"

"Purple! I know you stole the donuts!"

On the Squish…

"Well done, Mik. Well done," Captain Zie muttered.

"Thanks. I'll be expecting for you to hold up your end of the deal," Mik replied.

"Oh, I will. But stay here for a moment," she said. "Tak? Tak, wake up."

Tak groaned in response, then eventually rose to her feet. They were on the Squish's bridge.

"Hello, Tak," Zie said.

"Hey…" Tak said. "You're the captain who was talking to Red."

Zie bit her lip and gave Tak an odd look. "Yes," she said.

"Well, why did you have Mik bring me here? How'd you get her to, anyway?" she shouted.

"Mik is my personal agent, specifically sent to let me know what the resistance, and you, are doing."

Tak shot a glare at Mik. She smirked.

"Tak, I have a few things to tell you," Zie said with a soft expression. "Sit down," she suggested, and grabbed a chair that was next to a wall of monitors. Tak sat down on it cautiously, and Zie pulled up another chair to sit on.

"Well?" Tak asked. "Get on with it."

"Tak, my name is Zie. I am your mother," Zie said. Her voice betrayed her emotional attachment.

Mik gave off a shocked expression, and Tak stared blankly, shattered.

She recovered in a few seconds. "You're lying!" she shouted, standing up. Her chair fell over. Zie sat still and looked at her with a pained expression. "You're… you're lying! How do you even know my mother's name? My mother was killed during a raid by the Empire, and she would never have joined th-…"

"I led the raid," Zie said quietly.

Tak looked down at Zie silently, then slowly sank back into her chair.

"Father told me you died."

Zie chuckled. "No. No, he was probably too upset about me turning on him."

Tak flinched. "You betrayed him. Why?"

"I suppose we were in love… as much as Irkens can be in love," Zie muttered. "But he was weak. He couldn't ever accomplish anything without waiting years for an opportunity where he had just a slight advantage."

"But… but why…?"

"Why did I betray him?" Zie asked. "I was a spy. A spy that fell in love, and was betrayed by the pathetic way my Irken brain works. I never meant to, but I did."

"He's going to attack the Massive, you know," Tak muttered, then instantly regretted it.

"Really, now? That's funny, because so am I," Zie said with a smirk.

"You…?" Tak asked. Now she was really confused.

"Yes, I've been plotting a coup d'état for a few months, now," she said.

"You're going to kill the Tallest…?" Mik said, taking a step back.

"Oh, dear, you probably shouldn't have heard that," Zie murmured. "Just keep that under your hat, will you?"

Mik nodded, and walked past them to the bridge's exit.

"Your name will be cleared, by the way! I keep my promises," Zie said.

Mik nodded again, and sealed the door behind her.

Zie sighed and brought her hand up to her wristwatch communicator. "Clear Agent Mik's name… but then catch her. If she runs, shoot her in the back."

Tak stared at her.

"What?" Zie asked. "She was going to squeal for sure."