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For the first time in years, I finally saw the Tallests and watched them for about five minutes.
Wow… Just… Wow.
I never heard Red's voice in my entire life, never. The first time I heard his voice I was just shocked, I thought his voice would be deeper. Purple and Red almost sound like teenagers, holy crap, but whatever about their age. There's a lot of OOC-ness in my story, er… That's okay, just pretend they all matured and what-not. ;D
The type of writing is Zim and his companions.
This type of writing is the Tallests and their workers or companions.
Ah… Yeah, so… Let me start…
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Title: Farther Away
3 days and 5 hours hade passed by in just a blink.
Zim stood before the now working ship, strapping metallic wrist bands down on his body. Tak and Dib were looking over the ship for any sort of problems, making sure nothing would go wrong on the mission to Malian. Gold was performing tests on the 'FOR', testing it on Gir to make sure the device actually worked and removed force fields. Gaz was by his side, silent as night as her amber eyes stayed narrowed while the others worked.
He felt his own blood rush to his face as the two made deep eye-contact for the first time in 3 days and 5 hours. She didn't smile, she didn't even smirk, but the eye-contact was enough to make him smile. A sigh escaped her lips, turning her head to the side as his smile faded away. With his own sigh he reached over, trembling fingers touching her shoulder, a flash of pure white light flashing through Gaz.
"You know Zim needs to do this alone."
"…I know."
"…Gaz, if Zim doesn't make it back…"
"You will."
"If Zim… If I don't though, remember that you're the only meat-brain that can save Earth. So, don't die."
"I won't and neither will you."
…
"*Sir, we are approaching the mid-way of Malian's force field, what do you want the Voot Cruisers and Battlemech 4s' to do*?"
"Stay before the force field, the ships weren't programmed with the F.O.R.s. If you go through the field without the device then all the ships will be destroyed."
"*Yes, sir. We'll stay and be ready for the banished one's ship, sir.*"
"Good."
"Weren't you supposed to tell Commander Capulet about programming the ships with the devices?"
The Tallest Purple questioned when the transmission ended, slurping on a purple cup through a rainbow bendy straw. Purple noticed Red's shifting gaze, for a split second fear forming in his eyes, Another second later his red eyes gazed into the purple eyes, chuckling as he shrugged a shoulder.
"I forgot to inform the… New Commander is all."
"…What do you mean 'new'? We've had Capulet for years, what is this 'new' you speak of?"
"Do you miss the Massive?"
The question caught the Tallest off guard, looking over at his companion with a raised eyebrow. Of course he missed the Massive, this simple ship was nothing compared to their mighty and glorified ship. Why would Red ask suck a question now though?
"…We have donuts and chips on this ship, so I guess I'm good. I guess I miss the Massive, don't you?"
"Of course."
He quickly responded, tone filled with bitterness, though eyes filled with a faraway look. Purple glanced at Red, whose chin was propped up against his wrist in a calm manner. Silently to himself, he wondered why Red was in a different than usual. Most of the time he would lean to the side and glare, not rest on his writs.
Red was in the same position that Commander Brown had usually been when there was a tough situation going on.
"Do you miss him?"
"Who? Commander Capulet?"
"What? No, stupid, Commander Brown, do you miss him?"
Long moments of silence followed between them, Red just staring at him with cold and unnerving red eyes. Finally, his lips spread open to calmly ask…
"Do you?"
"Duh."
His response was simple and quick, passing his companion a look of pity, like he was talking to a smeet that was something so simple. Slurping at his drink, a goofy grin crossed his features, leaning against the wall behind his back.
"He was our greatest Commander and our closest friend, we could tell him everything. I told him so much, not more than you of course, but still a lot. Brown even knew that Zim was my own smeet, from my flesh and blood!
I just can't believe he betrayed us, I mean… Forget it. I want some donuts, you want some?"
"No, I don't like donuts."
For a split second, his heart had actually stopped in his chest and purple eyes widened in pure horror and shock.
"…What?"
…
"You sure you should be going alone, Zim?"
"Yes, big-headed-Dib, Zim needs to do this alone."
The fake invader responded, buckling his seatbelt in as his pinkish eyes glanced around the ship. He noted that this battle-ship looked as new as it ever had all the wires and buttons sparkling and glistening away in beautified glory. Behind his back stood Tak and Dib, the female Irken staying in complete silence.
"Tak, do me a favor and take Gir off the ship."
"You're going on this mission completely alone? You're not even going to take your S.I.R?"
"Gir needs to stay here, if Zim doesn't make it back at least you'll have some more Irken help."
"You will make it back."
She mumbled, fingers wrapping around a protesting Gir as the little, crying robot was dragged off the ballet-ship. Though Zim only stared forward, he heard the sobs and protests being screamed out of Gir's 'lungs', ignoring the sorrow filling his entire body. He cast a glance over his shoulder, pressing a few buttons on the panel.
"Dibling, do Zim a favor."
"Yeah?"
"If Zim dies…"
Before Dib could even utter a sound a green hand was raised upwards.
"If Zim dies, he… Sorry, I want you to take over my lab."
"You want me to do… What?"
"You heard me, Dib-stink; I want you to have my laboratory and computer. You're the only one who will appreciate Irken technology more than any other human on this filthy planet. That and you'll need my weapons if you have to fight against Irk."
"Zim…"
"No, Dib-stink, listen to Zim, you don't know what Irk is capable of. Irk had taken over ten different planets in a blink of an eye, planets that were much more difficult than your stupid planet. You need to watch out for Irk, because if Zim doesn't come back, then you'll need help."
"…Okay."
"Dibling, also do me one more favor…"
"…Yeah?"
A cold look crossed the green features, eyes filling with dread and sorrow. With a sigh he simply gazed out through the front window, wishing he was in the ship for pure amusement, not for a mission.
Ha… For the first time in his entire life he didn't want to be on a mission.
"Watch over Tak, Gold, Gir and Gaz for me, you're the only one who can do it."
"Of course."
"And Dib-stink…"
"Yeah?"
"Zim's not the one who burned your house."
"I know."
"Another thing, Earthling Dib…"
"Yeah?"
"Zim doesn't hate you; it was fun when I ruined your plans."
"I know, I loved ruining you plans too and I also don't hate you."
"One last thing, filthy Earthling…"
"Yeah?"
"Tell Gaz that Gir has a gift for her."
"Alright."
"Good."
"…You'll make it back, Zim."
"Pray to the Tallest that Zim does."
…
"Zim's ship is about to head off, need anything before we go?"
"No… I'm going to walk around the ship though…"
"…For what?"
"…Chips."
Purple quickly responded, pushing himself out of his chair as he hovered away from Red, leaving his companion to sit there is silence. When his purple robes disappeared that's when the other Tallest turned his head towards the seat where Purple was sitting, noticing something on the panel. There was a bag of donuts laying there, only one donut missing from the bag.
Something must have been on his mind.
When Purple knew that his companion couldn't see, he hurried along the hallway, hovering so quickly that he was almost a blur. He turned every single corner he came upon, ignoring the thoughts that told him to 'stop' and 'think about how crazy you look'. Purple couldn't stop himself even if he wanted too, he was scared out of his mind, didn't know what to do.
'No, I don't like donuts.'
Red's… Someone's words rang into his mind as he quickly turned another corner, hovering down the next hallway in complete madness. This ship was rather large, not as large as the Massive, but large enough that an Irken could get lost in it.
"He doesn't like donuts… He doesn't like donuts!"
He didn't even realize that he was yelling out things to himself, Purple had simply thought that he was thinking these things in his own mind. A few worker drones called out his name and asked him to stop, but he did no such thing. Purple didn't even realize that they were there and that they were real, he had just simply thought that he was making up things in his mind now.
Ever sense he had heard those words all the Tallest wanted to do was get away from Red, didn't want to look at him, and defiantly didn't want to see his face. Hearing those words scared his robes off his body, he didn't know what to say, what to even do! He knew though, deep inside himself, deep within the confines of his mind he knew…
He knew that this wasn't Red.
After many minutes of running- Er, hovering as fast as he could his pace slowed down, glancing around his shoulder to see if anyone was behind him. No one was there, in fact, no one was in this hallway at all, and there should have been at least one guard. Looking over the hallway, it was almost as dark as night, the only light was the broken wires from the ceiling that kept sparking.
"This is creepy… I need to stop talking to myself…"
Purple spoke out loud, arms crossing over his chest as he kept glancing around the hallway in complete fear, but only walking down the hallway farther. He would rather go straight to the Main Brain to have his Pak removed then deal with Red again, not when he didn't even know his best friend anymore, not even sure if that was even Red.
A weak laugh left his lips, thinking how silly it was that he thought his Red wasn't Red. Sure, he had been acting really strange these past few weeks, but that was his Red. It wasn't like Red had really left his side the past few weeks; he had only really left him long enough for once. Red had gone to talk to Commander Capulet alone, probably about placing the 'FOR' devices in all the battle-ships.
If he had though, wouldn't the ships be programmed with the FOR devices then?
Wait… Hadn't Commander Capulet been on another planet at the time…?
"…Purple…"
The Tallest cried out like a terrified girl as he heard his name being said, almost jumping up in the air at the sound of the voice. It was Red's voice, that was for sure, but Red was still at the main room to launch off the ship soon. His purple eyes scanned around the hallway, not seeing the shadow of the figure that had spoken to him, only the sparks flying off the broken wires.
"Answer me, Purple!"
"It's Purple, it's Purple! Who's there?!"
"Purple, oh, thank Spork, it's you! Purple, it's me, Red!"
Purple placed his hand against the wall as he heard the voice through the hallway, twisting his head every single direction to see where his friend was. When his fingers brushed against something he turned his head towards the wall he was leaning against, realizing that it was no wall, but a door. His finer tips brushed over the handle on the door, taking in the cold feeling of metal against his skin.
"…Red?"
…
"*Tallest Gold, report in, Tallest Gold.*"
"Reporting in, Advisor Blue, but I'm not Tallest anymore, remember that."
"*Nor am I an Advisor anymore, yet you call me by my old rank. We don't have time for this, what is the progress on Zim's mission?*"
"Invader Zim is about to depart for Malian in exactly 5 minutes and 3 seconds, his ship has been built with the Field Operation Remover unit. The invader should be going though Malian's force field in 3 days, 8 hours, and 5 seconds, though time will probably not be on our side. What has your progress been?"
"*When you had contacted me the Resisty had found out about what the Tallests were planning on doing, they quickly agreed to save Earth. They are preparing ships for Malian to fight against any of Irk's ships, but our ships were not programmed with the Field Operation Remover devices. We will not be able to go through the force field with the others, you guys will have to do the rest of the mission by yourself.*"
"Quite right, we'll figure out a way. Any other reports?*"
"*Yes, there are more reports. When I had spare time between the project I heard a conversation through transmission between Red and Irk. Red… Ahem… The Tallest has called upon more Irken ships and there will be others waiting for Zim at the force field. From the percentages I have done and the number of ships he has requested, we may… No, we will be out-numbered and have a 20 percent chance of us living and Zim saving Earth.*"
"Better than nothing, right?"
"*Ha… Yes, better than nothing.*"
"How is the project going along?"
"*Splendid, project 'Mech-S.I.R' has been going wonderful, I just finished the project yesterday. The unit runs perfectly, is more advanced than any other S.I.R unit and has many more features than any normal S.I.R would have. There is one problem though…*"
"…Yes?"
"*I have only created one, so there is only one.*"
"…Very well, one is better than none, do you know the coordinates on Zim's ship?"
"*Yes, I will be sending the unit to Zim as soon as enemy ships are in eye-sight.*"
"Good, what is the unit's primary subject and name?"
"*The unit is called 'Advanced Informational Retrieval Unit', simply 'A.I.R' for short, he is a combat unit.*"
"Good. And Blue?"
"*Yes, my Tallest?*"
"…I'm sorry that you have to fight him…"
"*Not your fault, my Tallest, you understand the pain.*"
"…Yes, well… You know what this means, right?"
"*Yes, my Tallest?*"
"Prepare the battle to save Earth."
"*Prepare for battle against our home planet.*"
"Ending transmission."
"*Transmission ending.*"
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"…Commander Brown has been you for weeks and wants to be Tallest?!"
"Yes, and when he becomes Tallest he wants to take over Earth and rule over Irk. The only way you can open this door and let me free is if you get Brown's hand-code, forget about me though, there are bigger problems that me."
"Red, I can't see your face, I don't even know what you look like!"
Red lifted up his head as he heard his companion cry out, a weak smile tugging at the sides of his lips at the thought of how he looked. He could feel that his entire body was in pain and his own blood was dried on his face, he didn't even want to know what he looked like. Silently to himself, he thanked what-ever past Tallest was looking over him at the fact that Purple couldn't see him.
"Forget me, you and the others have more problems. Commander Brown wants to kill everyone, including you, he wants to kill everyone. Even Zim and Tak, Purple, you have to find a way to save them."
"…What about you?"
"Forget me; find a way to save the others and yourself before you reach Malian!"
"…Red, I…"
"Do you not hear me, Purple? Or are you ignoring me?! Commander Brown wants to kill everyone and take over Irk; he wants to take everything away from us! He'll torture Gold and Zim to death, he'll destroy the Earthlings, and he'll even kill Tak and… Forget it, just go! We don't have much time!"
"…I'll find a way to save you."
"Just go, save the others."
The sound of Purple's drumming finger-tips stopped, no longer his fingers drumming on the door. Red heard the sound of him hovering away quickly, Red letting his head fall back down as his eyes looked at the screen at the other side of the room. The screen showed the Earthlings and the other Irkens watch as Zim's ship flared up with light, getting ready to blast off.
"After Zim leaves we'll get into our units and go into ships, understood?"
"Agreed."
The scary Earthling girl answered invader Tak as the group watched Zim's ship lift off the plat-form before finally flying away, the roof open for he could fly out of the house. The S.I.R unit was being held in Gaz's arms, the unit screaming away while the watched the ship till it was gone from their sight. As soon as they couldn't see the ship all of them started getting themselves prepared to meet up with Zim.
All Red could gaze at was Tak, who was attaching metallic wrist-bands onto her own body, dark purple eyes glaring at nothing. Red noted to himself that she was as beautiful as her mother, but had the rage and scorn of her father. Slowly and numbly, Red tried thinking over everything that had happened these past years…
Purple and Red had sent Zim off to planet Earth just to get rid of him, thinking he wasn't worth their time and they didn't need him. Gold had been furious that her smeet had been sent off to Earth, but she hadn't been Tallest for years and years when they had done their plan. Red remembered the look of devastation and sorrow when Gold had proclaimed that the two were no longer mates, her heart clearly broken at the loss of their smeet.
Though they had been mates no longer, Gold had gone along with the Tallests to another meeting for the fact that she was their Advisor. That's when the meeting of Malian had been brought up, Commander Capulet making a comment on how Zim should be killed before he had found out about the meeting. The Commander had been joking, not knowing that Zim was actually Purple and Gold's blood. After Gold had found out that Purple and Red had actually thought over the fact of getting rid of Zim she had quickly left.
Purple didn't even have enough time to tell her that they were joking.
Shortly after Zim had been banished, Purple and Red had found a way to persuade the higher ranks, not as high as them of course, that Zim was the one who had killed the past Tallests. Red could remember the way that Commander Brown told him his plan on the blob experiment, saying that he would let them take all the credit for his work. Purple had found a way to blame himself that the death of the Tallests had been his fault, but Red still clearly remembered that it was Commander Brown's fault.
"I should have known better than trust him."
The Tallest muttered to himself, teeth gritting as he thought over Commander Brown.
After everything that had happened, Purple losing his mate and son, Tak going to earth all on her own, everything… Commander Brown had still betrayed them, if was his entire fault that he had lost Blue.
Blue…
His head raged and hurt at the thought of losing her, even when he was alone he tried his best to lie to himself that he didn't miss her. Thinking over everything that had happened though, over all the pain and lies, a chuckle left his lips.
Then another chuckle.
Then there was another chuckle.
Then another one, until a whole fit of hysterical laughter left him, shoulders trembling as his body moved with his hysterical laughter. Tallest Red laughed away as his body moved with every laugh, not able to control himself in any sort of way. Finally, after long moments of laughter, his laughter started to slowly fade away into another sound.
His shoulders slumped and his body went limp, shoulders trembling as silent sobs and harsh breaths left his body. He felt something that he hadn't felt sense all those years back when he had lost Blue fall down his cheek, this simple little thing landing on the ground far down below him.
It was a single, black tear.
…To Be Continued…
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Wow, that was pretty long… It'll all make sense later, don't worry! You'll also find out more about the 'A.I.R' units later.
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