Ah the "Love" I receive from the Skoodge part. Hey he gets something nice in a later chapter ;)
It was time to move forward in taking the Membranes to his planet. He knew of the obstacle in his way, but he was willing to chance that. The other obstacle was that the Membranes were becoming stronger in their powers along with Zim. Zim came as a surprise to Psyllic since he wasn't expecting it. As for their dead mother, that was another surprise in itself. Running his hand along his chin in thought he knew if he snagged any of them it had to be swift and he needed to place them somewheres where it would be difficult to escape. Sensing Pressner coming in he turned to him.
"Any thoughts yourself on how to snag the Membranes?" Psyllic questioned.
Pressner raised his eyebrow up almost surprised that he would ask him that question.
"If you take the baby first it would bring hell down on you faster." Elias chimed in as he popped in.
A female soldier came in with Elias as she stood at attention in front of her leader. "He is correct in that. If you take the baby it will surely lead to heightened protectiveness. I would be like that. Do whatever it takes to get my baby back."
Psyllic studied her with a small smile. "Then we take the brother or sister first."
"And we'll handle the mother if she dares comes to stop us. It is obvious she is still in a weakened state so she won't be able to fully protect yet."
Enjoying how her mind was, Psyllic continued staring at her. "Pressner and Elias you are dismissed for now. Nafali, you stay here with me for a bit longer."
Pressner rolled his eyes not even caring what was about to transpire between Psyllic and the female as he strolled out into the hallway. Elias just shrugged leaving his father alone to his carnal pleasures.
Shutting the door with a wave of his hand, Psyllic ran his finger along Nafali's jawline. "Now tell me of anything else on your mind." He purred out. Yes it has been much too long for him since he never entertained the thought of doing this with one of his soldiers.
"What did you do?" Zim demanded as he faced Skoodge. "Have you gone out of your skull?"
Skoodge refused to look meek in front of Zim as he stood facing him. "I haven't, Zim, but I believe she has."
Looking at him incredulously, Zim was tempted in slapping him. "Because she has gotten pregnant by the enemy?" His tone was low with the unmistakable tinge of something a bit deadly.
"Yes." Watching Zim stand up at his full height made Skoodge step back a bit.
Tapping his temple, Zim was very tempted into slapping him a few times. "I may not know much about pregnancy, but I have heard you are never to upset a pregnant female. What you did was upset her. You upset her due to your jealousy, Skoodge. Tell me, do you trust her still?"
"Um..."
"I take that as a no so I will say this to you that I do trust her just as much as I trust you. She made a mistake, true, but she is willing to raise this smeet of hers. True the father isn't ideal, but at least the mother is." Bending down to meet his eyes, Zim's tone of voice became low again. "I never want to hear of this incident again. We have enough to deal with without dealing with this soap opera going on behind the scenes."
"Excuse me? Soap opera?" Skoodge was confused.
Waving his hand almost mindlessly, Zim replied, "Never mind. Just trust me it is just stupid nonsense."
"Alright, Zim I'll behave for now on so we can concentrate on our mission of protecting Irk." Skoodge relented with some resolve.
"Excellent. Now please go back to the bridge." Zim kept his composure up until he left before cursing about taking care of children all of a sudden his own age.
Dib felt like he was drowning in darkness before a swirling vortex was felt all around his cerebral cortex. He felt deafened. He felt like he couldn't breath all of a sudden. Something was clamping down around his neck before wrapping around his head before he met with a cold hard cobbled ground that didn't feel like the inside of the Massive's floors. Where was he? Where was everyone else? He heard footsteps nearby along with his rushed up breathing pattern hating that he was in a bad situation. He should kill whoever was responsible.
Elias stared down at him enjoying the sight of this male in the cell in front of him before his father joined him. There was no telling if the bonds will help prevent him from using his powers, but for one thing it should deter him for a bit longer. Silently they both left to take care of other business while a third watched quietly from the darkened staircase. This one once held so much hatred for this young male in front of him but now something else started taking place. Something he only reserved for any who actually deserved it.
"He has Dib." Tak was furious as she held Jack securely against her. "I saw the other one just take him. That brat kid of his."
Holding Gaz's hand quickly as if someone will snag her away right then, Zim narrowed his eyes. "Was Dib awake at the time or not?"
"He was still asleep, Zim while I went to check on Jack." Feeling Jack fussing in her arms, Tak looked down at him. "It happened so quickly."
"In cell." Jack chirped up suddenly.
Re-positioning her son so she can look into his face more, Tak urged gently, "Cell? Please tell me more, Jack."
"Daddy in cell."
Squeedly spooch dropping, Tak took a deep breath in. "Do you see anything else?"
Jack was silent as his eyes seemed to focus elsewhere. "Tied up." Eyes seemingly changed color. "Darkness surrounds daddy head."
"Sounds like they are trying to stop, Dib from using any of his powers." Gaz said quietly. "Jack, is that what they are trying to do?"
"Yep." He chirped again.
"I have no doubt that you or Jack will be next." Zim stated. "So I'm wondering where your mother is right now to possibly aid in this currently."
"She wasn't very strong. I know she still isn't even though she tries." Gaz mentioned as she touched Jack's tiny shoulder.
"Jack is mostly with me." Tak said as she still looked intently at her son as if one glance away from him will somehow make him disappear from her sight.
"That ass is always attacking, Gaz so she may be the next logical choice." Zim could only deduce.
As Tak and Zim discussed everything, Gaz drifted off into her own thought process before muttering out, "Things were so much simpler when I just had my Game Slave in hand."
Tak truly had no clue to what to say to that at all so she went to refocus on Jack instead.
Zim pulled Gaz aside to ask her what she meant by that comment of hers. "Zim I'm not talking about regret with me being with you, I'm talking about this situation right now that we are all in. That is it. I'll marry you over and over again. I just would like to destroy the Plegerins because I really am dying to send someone to a nightmare world."
Holding her, Zim couldn't deny the sweetness of those words that tumbled out of her mouth.
"Dib, I need you to concentrate on my voice and only communicate with me telepathically." Gaz urged. "If you can hear me then please say something back to me."
"I'm here. How are you and my family?" Dib asked in his response as calmly as possible.
"Still on the Massive but worried about you. Can you tell us anything at all?"
Getting a grip on his surroundings again, Dib was still uncomfortable. "Well I have something over my damn head to cover me from seeing. I have something over my mouth. I'm pretty chained down even at the neck, and it is cold down here. I feel like I'm in a basement with cobblestones under me. It is damp here."
"I'll have to ask Tak if she remembers that, but it is obvious they have you." She tries to not let her frustration break her contact with him. "Have they spoken to you yet?"
"No, but I know they were here." His voice grim.
Gaz is feeling something else. "There is someone joining you now. I can hear another person breathing."
Dib knew she had incredible hearing, but that was just crazy when he suddenly felt alerted to another presence that wasn't like the others. "Smells like a female. Light scent. What are they planning?"
"Hopefully nothing to seduce you with. That'll piss off Tak to no end. Though I wouldn't mind seeing Tak in action again." Gaz almost was amused by that thought.
Nafali studied the handsome young human in the cell before her knowing he was doing something right now. Who was he speaking to? When they take his sister she couldn't be down here with him since they needed to remain separated. Also she found it such a pity he got soiled by an Irken. What a pity. Feeling another pair of eyes on her she turned her gaze over to another pitiful male who gave into two Irken's, but it was hard to be a bitch to Pressner when he does his job so well. Elias on the other hand, she didn't mind.
"I feel like I'm in a fish tank being stared at not by one, but by two people." Dib informed Gaz. "I really hate this."
"I can imagine." She sympathized. "Dib you know you can communicate to me too since this is familial right now. You concentrate on me and I'll respond."
"Do you think this will work with Tak? I know at times she seems closed minded, but I think in this case she will open up to it."
Gaz had to smile a bit there at his hopefulness. "I'll talk to her and I know she'll do it. We'll try to get to you."
"Tell them I love them, Gaz. I also love you." Dib heard the shuffling of footsteps in front of him.
"I will and I love you, Genius." Gaz hated cutting it off just then, but coming back she blinked to focus back on the faces in front of her and began to convey to them what they spoke about.
With Nafali gone to her own task, Pressner came down to examine Dib in front of him as he frowned openly. "They won't kill you that is for certain, but they will use you for your own benefit. You, your sister, along with your son will all be used in one form or another."
Dib recognized the voice and it was odd to hear some true emotions drifting out of him as he spoke. He still hated him for what he had done to Tak.
"It is perfectly fine you hate me for what I've done to your mate. It is just one of the many things I now have to live with. To tell you the truth when it came to Tenn I never took advantage of her. She was incredibly delightful when I took her out. Yes my intention was to use her when I asked her out, but once out she is so charming. Now I have a child on the way with her. Sure she won't allow me to be a father which I can't blame her for, but I do crave it for once." Pressner came closer to the bars lowering his voice. "They want to use our own child since he is a part of me. I refuse it. That is why she gets moved just to prevent it. Tenn will not be happy with that."
Dib wasn't happy that they were willing to use Jack for their own means, and that included the jerk in front of him.
Pressner seemed to read that thought as he said, "Even your own son shouldn't be used like that so I wish you all luck. When I'm contracted I have to stick to the contract, but this has become the hardest job I've ever had to do."
Dib felt himself suddenly alone after that. What was he supposed to think about all of that right now?