"ALERT! ALERT!" a voice over the intercom said. "THE TALLEST ARE REQUESTED ON THE BRIDGE IMMEDIATELY!" the two tall Irkens rushed to the bridge and stood in front of the large screen.
"What do you want?" Red said a donut in one hand and a soda in the other.
"Sirs, the Prime Directive has been activated!" the computer said. The navigators looked at each other confused. They had no idea what that meant, and they shouldn't.
"Whose?" Red asked.
"Fry Cook Zim," it responded, and the navigators reacted to that. They at least knew who he was.
"Who can take care of this?
"Invader Skoodge is currently AWOL after the incident on Hobo 13, however Janitor Tak is readily available,"
"Good. Tell her if she is successful in his collection or extermination, she will immediately be promoted to Invader," Red said.
"Yes sirs!"
"My Tallest, we have received a strange transmission regarding Tak's mission," the computer said, interrupting their meal.
"Well, play it!" Red commanded.
"Hey, tall guys!" the recording said. "Just wanted to tell you, I'm not gonna kill Zim. His girlfriend, probably, but not Zim. Sorry, just thought you'd like to know," she giggled in her odd high-pitched laugh.
"Damn, now we're going to have to find someone who's above the influence…"
"Sirs, we're receiving a signal from planet Foodcourtia," one of the navigators said.
"Foodcourtia? Open it! I wonder if they're giving coupons," Purple said as the message appeared on the large screen.
"My Tallest, the issue regarding security at, what was it again…" the Irken on screen said, checking her clipboard. "I finished at 'Shloogorgh's Flavor Monster',"
"Very nice, Tenn," Red said. "How's your brain injury?"
"Healing nicely, my Tallest," she responded, saluting with the wrong hand. Her odd SIR unit corrected her, and Tenn stood there, slightly more green than usual.
"Good… good," Red said, an idea forming in his head while Purple simply stood there, sipping away on his soda. What an idiot. Red motioned a computer screen down and typed in a command. Tenn's PAK beeped in response. "You have your mission; get to it!"
Man, Purple is an idiot. Seriously, he sits there and eats and when the crap hits the fan he screams like a smeet. Red may not have combat experience, but he tries while Purple screams. He flipped through one of Zim's reports on Earth history, hoping for a laugh as Zim went on a tangent or pointed out a thousand human problems. Then something caught his eye; a single word that could solve all his problems.
"Huh… I wonder if that would work…" he mused, thinking how he would modify that for a world of memory scans and complete accountability. Damn, it's hard to plan murder!
A chapter entirely from the perspective of Tallest Red. Yes, it's short. Why did it take me so long? My brother hogs the computer. Anyways, there we go. It explains why Tak suddenly busted onto the scene and virtually disappeared until the party; she decided not to kill Zim, which is what she was sent to do. She gave up being an invader to keep Zim alive.
The end of the chapter shows some serious problems with the current regime. Red's planning a coup and I have yet to explain how Zim got better so soon and what he said to the Tallest. Working on that, expect the next chapter to either be longer to make up for this one and to really move some plot along. Also, some will die within the next few chapters. Wanted to remind you.