I'm too nice to you people :p
This suit was one of the finest pieces of machinery the Swollen Eyeball had to offer. They had been engineering it for decades now and it was near perfection. Dib was kinda sad to see it on his sister and not on himself. Zim warned Dib that he should say goodbye to his precious suit now because it wasn't going to make it back the way it left.
Dib handed Gaz a communicator that she placed in her ear. "Just press it when you want to talk to me or Zim. It'll send a call to my phone which I'll be sure to have on me at all times."
"Yeah right," Zim mumbled to himself, sitting in a roller chair to the side of this lab. "Where are you and Zim gonna go? You have to at least get out of the state, Dib," Gaz said, concerned.
"Once you're gone, we'll take the car and head upstate to the Swollen Eyeball HQ there. We'll stay low till we're sure you guys are back safely. Then, we'll take our own course of action," Dib grinned.
"Oh, you are dying to try out those new missiles, aren't you?" Gaz smirked at her brother.
He shrugged. "Will you be able to handle a good couple of hours with Zim? I do want to see him alive when I get back. Not really sure how we're gonna explain that to his big strong friends when they get back if he's missing, eh?" Gaz warned.
Dib looked at Zim, who was looking at him, a bit concerned himself. Dib turned, "We'll be fine. I'm sure we'll keep talking to a minimal which should make the trip a lot easier."
"Yay," Zim sighed sarcastically.
Gaz held the square device Zim gave her as it began beeping. Zim stood and neared her, "The Teleporter is warming up."
"Good luck Gaz," Dib hugged his sister.
"Don't need luck tonight. I've got skill," she smirked.
She nodded to them and then…nothingness engulfed her body.
Her body hit the ground like ton of bricks as life came back to her. She moaned, her head trying to register all her sense again. All she could hear was a blurred alarm going off.
Teleporting was something she could never really get used to. But, she wasn't too fazed by it luckily, and was up within seconds. She looked over at the two characters: an Irken, well-built, tall, with short antennae and a care in his eyes that she rarely saw in any Irken, even Zim. The other, a woman with dark brown hair and piercing silver eyes. She had two antennae that stuck out of her head, making Gaz second guess whether or not she was human.
"That's the man's sister. The one we saw on the screen," Tunica stated.
"How did you know that?" Gaz asked, rubbing her head, waiting for the spinning to stop.
"She's just weird like that. Wait till you shake her hand," Skoodge grumbled, "Where's Zim and your brother?"
"Still on Earth…" she was about to explain but Skoodge nodded, interrupting her, "Good. He didn't look like he would make the trip up here in one piece."
"He has gained a bit of weight since last we saw him," Tunica commented, swinging her fist into the main power supply. She ripped out a few circuits as electricity sparked. "Okay, Gaz. My name is Tunica Spellcaster and this is Skoodge. For the next three hours, seeing as the ship is set to jump into hyperspace and head back to the Irken's galaxy in that amount of time, we have to find Hope, defeat the Tallests and all their strongest guards, and make it back here in order to Teleport back to Earth in time. Ready?"
Gaz raised an eyebrow, "Fuck yeah."
Skoodge grabbed the unconscious guards' weapons, handing one to Tunica and Gaz, "Then let's get going."
Skoodge and Tunica, while running through the brightly lit purple and pink hallways, explained to Gaz how the guards in the Massive ranked. Elite soldiers were well trained and had the weapons to back up their power. However, most elite soldiers turned out to be quite short which could be a disadvantage and an advantage. Engineers had tech on their side, and now that the systems were back online (after Zim was messing with them for a moment back there), they were going to be quite difficult to take down. However, the actual engineer controlling the 'Battle Drones', always turned out to be weak, whiny, nerdy characters. Taking one of them down was never difficult. You just needed to get to them before they activated their machinery.
The closer to the Tallests you were heading, the tougher the security got. Tunica also theorized that they would run into Tak at some stage, knowing that she was going to defend her right and fight in becoming an invader.
They skidded to a stop as two normal invaders came out of the intersections before them. They activated their spider legs, ready to fight. Gaz swung a punch at the larger one, the force of fifty men in that one punch shooting through the tiny invader. He smashed into the wall, his PAK shattering to pieces. Skoodge swung his leg around at the other one, having it easily deflected by one of the spider legs. Skoodge knew this, and was doing this as a distraction. Tunica swooped under him, bringing up her fist, knocking the Irken into the air. He hit the roof above them, his legs shattering as he hit the ground. Skoodge brought up his leg, kicking him backwards, making sure he was out. Gaz looked at the two of them, "Wow, you guys seem like you practised that one."
Tunica and Skoodge grinned at her, "It's one of our best tactics when fighting on the battle field."
"Works every time," Skoodge said. "Come on, we have to keep going. These guys were just the warm up."
Gaz had to admit, these two had stamina. The Massive had every right to be called that. It was huge, and the prison block was on the other side of the ship. Gaz didn't even know if they'd be able to get to one side of the ship and back in the three hour period they had to work with. She found it quite unsettling, though that there wasn't much security back here. Cameras followed their movements; the Tallests obviously knew they were coming, what were they waiting for?
"They're planning to ambush us," Tunica said suddenly. Gaz looked at her. "Okay, so now you can read minds?"
Tunica frowned, "Sorry. Didn't mean to do that."
"What sort of powers do you have, Tunica?" Gaz asked, looking at the strange creature.
"Now that I'm nearer to Earth, my powers are slowly returning to me," Tunica said, "We fairies rely on plant life for our powers and it's been a long time since I last used them, so this is gonna be fun."
"If you're a fairy, where are your wings?" Gaz commented.
"Long story that involves a mad scientist and some blunt instruments," Tunica grimaced. Gaz looked away as they came to a stop. Before them was a bottomless cavern of machinery, filled with wires and tubing. Skoodge looked around, "This is the main circuitry unit. Most of the ship's power comes from here."
"Should we destroy it?" Gaz asked.
"No. That keeps the life support going on this thing. You'll kill all of us on this ship," he said urgently, hoping Gaz wouldn't dare.
"That means we have to be careful, then," Tunica mentioned, looking down into the darkness below them.
"There's no way we'll be able to get across in time (or survive) if we go down there," Gaz mentioned.
"Then we're gonna have to find another way across," Skoodge looked around, trying to find something that'll help them do that.
Gaz brought up her arm, opening the case around that huge hunk of metal over her arm, and began typing away, trying to find something useful, "Come on, Dib. This thing has to have something we can use." She then found it. Perfect. She pointed her arm to the wall on the other side of the cavern and pressed a button. Out shot a grappling hook that shot through the wall. She aim downward and shot the other side of this hook into the floor beneath them. She pulled the remaining rope out her arm device and tested the wire, flicking her finger over it. It seemed to be sturdy enough. She stood and looked at the two warriors, "Okay. Ready?"
Tunica and Skoodge gave one another a surprised looked and went up to the wire, "Glad Zim sent this one up," Skoodge commented, grabbing a hold of the rope. He went to the edge and took a breath, letting his feet slip off it as he hung onto the wire. He swung his body and gripped his legs onto the rope. Once he was sure he wasn't going to slip, and that the rope was holding, he began crawling his way across. Tunica went next, grabbing the rope and swinging across by her arms, not lifting up her legs in anyway. Gaz gave a breath, her fear of heights coming into view, and took a hold of the rope, letting her hold on the ground release. She swung for a moment, fear shaking through her body. She stayed there for a moment, before swinging her body like Skoodge had and grabbed hold of the rope with her legs. She was racked with fear, but continued on, pulling her way across the rope, praying that it would hold.
The Tallest were not pleased with this. They could not stand the thought of Zim winning. And with his friends being this powerful, it was a likely chance that he would be able to do it. They watched as the three figures crawled and swung their way across their ship's main circuitry systems. Red huffed, "Stupid. Why would anyone help a defect like Zim?"
Purple turned to the engineers, "Do something to make them stop it! Make them fall or something!"
"But Sir, if they hit one of the wires connected to our life support…" the concerned engineer tried.
Purple roared at them, "Just do it!"
The engineers typed away at the boards in front of them, unsure of their leader's decision.
Her arms were getting soar and the blood was rushing to her head. Gaz wasn't sure how much longer she could last like this. Skoodge and Tunica just kept going. It wasn't even fazing them. Skoodge stopped, Gaz looking at him upside down, "Don't stop now! My arms are about to give out."
"Shh, something's wrong," he said, his antennae moving.
"Something below us is moving," Tunica said, looking down from her hang.
Metal grinded together as a huge metal tentacle shot out of the ground. The three figures yelled in surprised. It snapped back and forth, attempting to knock the character's off the rope. Tunica jumped out of the way, swinging up as the tentacle came at her. She quickly grabbed hold of the rope as the tentacle made for Skoodge. He released his leg's grip and hung as the tentacle shot past him, cutting his cheek. The tentacle made for Gaz next. Tunica kicked the tentacle out of the way, Gaz losing her grip and hanging on for dear life by one hand.
The tentacle flickered for a moment after being kicked and shot up higher. It then stormed down, snapping the wire. The three of them screamed in terror as they plummeted towards the wires.
Yep, better cliffhanger than the last chapter :) Gotta keep you guys on the edge of your seats...because its fun! And because I'm supposed to be doing my history project right about now ^^'
The next chapter will definately be up tomorrow.
Please, PLEASE review :) Zim commands you to do it! And don't forget about those scene suggestions. My friend will probably beat me with my amr because she's not into this thing, but I'm sure she doesn't mind :) Sorta :)
Nah, she's chilled
Moving on XD
See you tomorrow :)
