A/N Alrighty then... either she goes crazy, or she is showing Irken characteristics in this chapter...is there really a difference? On another note, you're about to see why I rated this story M just in case something like this falls under the category.
Silence.
Silence was all I could muster up. The hatch had come down on the exact center of Skeet, splitting him in half, the bottom half squirting blue blood all over the cockpit. The upper half was outside, being propelled across the roof towards the edge by the force of the blood. It stopped just before the edge, but rolled off the edge.
I sat there, shaking, unable to move. There was blood sprayed all over my face to the point where it was dripping to the floor and pooling there with the rest of the blood…and Skeet. I heard a distant thump and a bloodcurdling scream. The scream was followed by sirens and I heard several Security Drones whizzing up the stairs towards the scene of the crime. Giga let go of me and pushed the cloaking button before looking at me with a twinge of sympathy. Soon the emotion reverted to seriousness as the Security Drones swiftly made their way towards the ship. With the engines already on, Giga examined the controls. Fast red numbers shot upwards behind her eyes as she took in the information and pulled the lever to take off.
The Security Drones searched the rooftop, then shot up towards the ship, trying to stop us and bring us in under suspicion charges. Giga saw this and became angry, thinking of a quick plan.
We were almost to the edge of the atmosphere when she let go of the controls and buckled me in. I didn't object to her plan as she pulled a small lever that opened the floor. The gallons of Skeet's blood as well as the bottom half of him plummeted down to the surface of Irk. Skeet's lower half knocked down one of the drones, the blood washed away the others. A strong vacuuming wind whipped through the cockpit, sucking out the last of the drops. The floor closed and almost all traces of him were gone, except the stains on the ship and myself.
We were gaining on the edge of the atmosphere, where they scanned any oncoming ships. With the smell of thick sugars gone, I was able to focus again.
"Get out of my way," I sharply said to Giga. "I'm sick of this nonsense, I'm controlling this." She looked at me, confused. I just unbuckled myself and sat in front of Giga who was stepping on the control dash.
"Master?" Ignoring her, I picked her up and set her at my side.
"Hang on tight." I thrust back and shoved forward several levers, pressed the button marked 'Hyper Speed' and we sped through the red scanner that covered the planet. Giga just sat there staring at the thousands of stars shooting by with awe. "Giga." She snapped her head back to me at the sound of her name. "Take the control column and maneuver around planets when we slow down." She saluted and we switched spots in the cockpit.
I pushed the button to slowly come out of hyper speed and took out the UPS. Hmm, I thought, trying to think back to what the coordinates of the "planet" were. Aha! I typed in the coordinates '7,940 ± 420 parsecs; 34-24-36.' I waited a second for it to calculate as I connected the ship to the UPS and told Giga to hit the 'Hyper Speed' button. The UPS hummed as it vibrated, alerting that it had found information on the planet.
"Eeaarrrthhh…?" I tried to pronounce the planet's name, not knowing if I had said it correctly or not.
"Correct," Giga said.
"Earth. In the solar system Sol," I read out loud. "Current status: no invasion/ life is confirmed to be present. Great, I have something to conquer." I laughed, "I can't wait to see the Tallest's faces when I show them the planet of 'no one dares speak its name'." I mimicked Tallest Red's voice the best I could, while still making fun of his deep tone. "I can see it now! Tallest Purple saying; 'Gasp! It exists? I wasn't expecting that, uhh durrr'." I cracked up, unable to stop laughing my organ out.
Giga occasionally peeked over at me with a curious look on her face. "Master…." I didn't answer her, I just kept laughing until my sides hurt and the extent of my laughing brought tears to my eyes.
"He," I gasped, "he would-" I was laughing too hard to finish the sentence. After a while I sighed, wiping the tears from my eyes. An occasional giggle would slip in as I said, 'Giga, you would laugh too if you pictured it like I did. Oh, and if you were there to hear the Tallest assign me the fake mission, this would be hilarious."
She grinned a little before asking, "What is our designated mission?"
"First," I explained, "we land on the side of the planet that is currently night, where all of its inhabitance will most likely be on low guard. There, we will set up base and learn about the…Earthanoid's habits and find a weak spot. There, we will tear it apart, leaving them completely vulnerable to our overcoming of the filthy planet and add it to the Irken's list of conquered planets." I shuttered at the word 'filthy,' just imagining the amounts of filth possible. My thoughts flashed back to the planet Dirt.
"Confirmed." The ship slowed almost to a stop in front of the planet 'Earth.' I was right, it looked filthy. On the day side, the planet was brown, green, and blue. On the night side, there was a grid of lights covering most of the land. At least the night reminded me of the night sky back on Devastas. Xid and I both used to stare at the city lights on one of Irk's moons where the lights outlined the oceans. Although, this ocean seemed to be darker in color and reflect the sky, there must have been a different chemical balance.
"Giga," I asked. "Where is the best geographical coordinates just outside of the Earthanoid's smallest well known city in the region marked 'North America'?" Red numbers scrolled upwards behind Giga's eyes again.
"Earth coordinates: latitude 42.934789; longitude -78.588022."
"Good." I entered the latitude and longitude into the ship and we swooped down and landed in something Giga called a 'forest.' I looked around; the forest was very thick with little creatures that ran around like 'squirrels' or the occasional 'deer.' Eugh, I thought. What filthy creatures. You could see the little insects that lived in their 'fur,' just hopping around, leaving behind more filth. I cringed at the sight of it.
I turned on the ship's cloaking device and told Giga, "Giga, go and find the best type of shelter to blend in with the surrounding forest. After you have a clear picture in and out, I want you to build it and build the base hidden underneath." I tossed her a small drilling machine with a screen that popped out. She saluted and used small rockets in her feet to shoot into the sky, and then swerved to the west.
I decided to find one of the Earthanoid's learning facilities. I walked down the abandoned streets reciting Irken knowledge out loud.
Suddenly, someone yelled a quiestion in a foreign language. I swerved around to see who it was and saw an Earthanoid about my height coming my way. If I had my PAK, it would have translated into Irken. The Earthanoid's pace quickened to a run towards me. Instinctively, I ran along the road into a much lit city to get away from him. To my horror, the entire city was swarming with the filthy beings.
I turned to see the being still chasing after me, but I had outrun him by several hundred 'feet.' I gritted my teeth and ran back towards him, jumping, and then landing on his head before he could get a good look at me. For the split second I was there on his head, I realized he was wearing a disguise. I landed after launching off of him and looked back at the rest of the Earthanoids. They were all the same, dressed in all different disguises. I stopped running away and walked towards the being that was now thrown on the ground. one oh his green pointed ears had fallen off and his 'hair' had fallen off to reveal thick brown hair underneath. He had dropped his septer, which had broken in half.
This planet was very easy to move on, its gravity being a fraction of that on Irk or Devastas; I could have taken that fall and got up fine. The Earthanoid, however, had several scrapes and bruises. I stopped again when he stood up and yelled something with a fist in the air. With my non-existent knowledge of the language, it sounded to me like a curse of some sort. Ignoring the Earthanoid, I ran towards the base, passing a couple of more Earthanoids in disguises.
About an Earth 'mile' later, I slowed to a walk where I rewound the events in my mind. There were two things I gained from fleeing the being; I will never flee something again, that just leads to more of them, and the destination I would return to in the morning was 'Hi-Skool.'