Zim starred at the screen in horror, he was almost frozen solid because he was so scared at what Red might say. Aneera wasn't worried at all, she just kind of scoffed at him and payed him no mind.
"Uuuhhhh, nothing! Absolutely nothing!" Purple tried his best to convince Red that it was a matter that he didn't need to worry about. He was putting as much between Red and the screen so that he couldn't see what was going on.
"What in the name of Irk is going on?" Red shouted, peeking over Purple's shoulder just in time to see what he was hiding. Zim looked directly at him and fainted, falling off the couch and onto the floor in the process. Aneera jumped when he hit the floor and looked over at him, he was such a scaredy Irken.
Red and Purple stared at him too, but Red started to laugh while Purple just continued to stare. "HAHAHAHA!! I don't think I've ever seen a more scared Irken than him! HAHAHAHA!!" While Red was busy laughing his antennae off Aneera told Gir to be VERY careful and go hide in the kitchen with the egg.
Once Red had stopped and had a chance to catch his breathe he looked back at Aneera and noticed that something was missing. After peering around the room he thought nothing of it and left, not wanting to waste another moment of his precious time on her. Purple watched him leave and when the door shut behind him he could hear that Red had started up again.
"Well, at least he didn't notice anything." Purple said, sighing a breath of relief. Saying this, however, did catch the attention of one of the Com Techs and he happened to look up. Unfortunately Gir had just walked back into the room with the egg and it was visible to everybody in the communications room.
"Hey look! Aneera's laid and egg with that exile defective, Zim!" All of the other Com Techs looked up and busted out laughing. Some were pointing fingers, some were banging on consoles and others had already fallen out of their seats and were clutching their stomachs. Aneera scowled and held her egg closer to herself.
"You know!? You all need to hush and mind your own buisness before I come over there and throw every one of you out the air lock!" she hollered, glarring at them. They all immidiately stopped laughing and resumed their jobs at the computer consoles. "Uh huh, that's what I thought."
Purple sighed and shook his head, did anyone in the empire have respect for her anymore? "Well, I must be going, good luck with the little one." Purple waved and cut the transmission, leaving Aneera with Gir as they stared at Zim who was still laying on the floor.
Within the next week or so news and gossip had spread around the Massive and everyone was either talking about Aneera, Zim, the egg or how much they hated their jobs. They would be seen out in the halls talking amongst each other but when ever a higher ranking Irken walked by they shut their mouths and returned to their posts.
One day while Purple was on his way to the food court for some freshly baked donuts he happened to pass by Red who was quietly talking to a guard. Purple didn't pay them much attention but when he heard one of them say something about sending an atomic bomb towards Earth he couldn't help but eavesdrop as he walked by.
"But sir, we don't have one big enough to destroy the entire planet and it would take months to make one!" the guard whispered. Red scowled and thought quietly to himself for a moment before nodding his head and saying something that Purple was unable to hear. He then walked off and left the guard to do his job, not even noticing Purple as he walked away.
When Purple was sure he was gone he went over to the guard and tried to get some information. "Ahh, Tik, how are you?" The Irken known as Tik looked up at Purple and saluted.
"My Tallest, what can I do for you?" he asked nervously, he knew this had something to do with his and Red's conversation. Purple looked around and made sure the hall was clear before bending over and whispering to him.
"What exactly did Red say about an atomic bomb?" Tik tensed up a little and gulped, how to answer without getting thrown out the air lock?
"Um, excuse me for saying this my Tallest but that is classified information." If he had said something like that to Red he could have been killed but Purple was nicer than that so he let Tik live, for now.
"You know, Aneera said that she would throw all of the Com Techs out the air lock, I'm sure she could make room for you." Tik swallowed and nodded his head.
"Tallest Red ordered me to tell the weapon specialist to make an atomic bomb that would destroy planet Earth." Once Tik had said this he cringed and waited for his Tallest's reply.
"Thank you, Tik." and with that Purple continued his way down to the food court and out of sight, he would find Red later, right now his beloved dognuts were calling for him.
Purple was now floating down the hall to his private quarters with his hands full of cream filled, frosting covered and sprinkled donuts. He hadn't pigged out like this in quite a while and because he had been very stressed lately he made that his excuse to do so.
Once he reached the door his arms were empty and it looked like he was wearing more of the delicious treats than he had put into his mouth but he could deal with that later, now he had to make a call. He opened the door and stepped inside, making sure to lock it after he closed it behind him.
"Computer, send a transmission to exile Zim, planet Earth." he ordered, now wiping the extra frosting and cream from the corners of his mouth while he sat on his couch in front of the TV. He waited for his call to connect and lounged on his oh so comfortable piece of furniture. About two and a half minutes later a very tired and exhausted looking Zim appeared on the screen.
"Yawn! Hello my Tallest, what can I- YAWN!! Do for you?" he asked, rubbing the sleep from his eyes. Apparently he had been up all night tending to something.
"Are you alright? You look a bit tired." Zim blinked and nodded his head in approval. "Well anyway, there's something I need to tell you, it's extremely important. I overheard Red and Tik talking about making an atomic bomb earlier today and-"
"Wait a minute, did you say Tik? As in the guard Tik? You do realize he's working secretly for Red right?" Purple nodded his head and continued.
"As I was saying he told a weapon specialist to make an atomic bomb to destroy the entire Earth!" Purple shouted, making Zim's eyes snap open.
"WHAT!? Are you trying to tell me that somebody is going to come down here with an atomic bomb and blow the place up?" Zim yawned again and Gir came running in from upstairs.
"Master! Master! You gotta come look! Da egg is goin' all wiggly wobbly!" Gir was flailing his arms around and panicking. Zim made a shooing motion with his hand to make him go away. "But Master!" Zim shooed him again and Gir left in a huff.
"So anyway, I'm not sure if they're gonna launch it from the Massive or if they're gonna plant it on Earth and then activate it. I still haven't talked to Red about it yet, maybe I can con him out of doin' it but I just wanted to let you know." Zim thought this over, something didn't feel right about this but then again, this was Red.
"So what should we do? Should we lie low or try and stop it?" Purple thought for second, neither one was going to do them any good.
"I would advise you to lay low, you know, with the egg and all. I don't want it or any of you to get hurt if it can be avoided. Like I said, I still have yet to talk this over with Red so don't worry too much about it. After all, I am a Tallest and I have the last say so I can probably stop whatever it is that they're doing. By the way, don't say anything to Aneera until I tell you to okay?" Zim nodded and yawned once again while he covered his mouth with one hand.
"Thank you my Tallest, this really- YAWN! This really means a lot. Well I should go back to bed and-" Gir came running back into the room with a mortified look on his face and a tear running down his left cheek. Zim sighed and saluted to his Tallest before cutting the transmission to see what Gir wanted.
"What is is Gir? If it's not important than go back upstairs and let me go to bed!" Gir started waving his hands again to make his Master shut up and listen.
"Master! You gotta come quick! Something happened! I was watching it and then it just sorta fell and- and- OH MASTER I'M SO SORRY! IT'S ALL MY FAULT!!" The small robot wailed and collapsed on the floor at Zim's feet, crying like mad.
"Gir, calm down and tell me what happened!" Zim stood Gir back up and glared at him but Gir just kept on crying to no end. "Sigh, Gir, I can't help you if you don't tell me what happened."
Gir looked up, fearful of what his Master might say but told him anyway. "It... it fell. It fell out of the blankets and off the couch. I'm sorry Master." Zim stared at him for a moment before running to the lift and riding it to the ground floor. The only thing that kept him from totally loosing it was the fact that Irken eggs aren't like bird eggs, they're much thicker and harder to break, but it is possible.
When Zim reached the ground floor his eyes immidiately flew to couch, but there was no egg, just the empty blankets that used to be wrapped around it to keep it warm. He then looked at the floor and sure enough there it sat, moving in a quick motion, almost like it was shivering but not quite as rapid of a movement.
Zim walked over to the small egg and picked it up, cradling it to warm it back up. Gir came up beside him and was shaking because he thought that Zim might yell at him like it was his fault, but not a word escaped his lips. He just stood silently, not even having noticed that his robot was standing right next to him.
After a moment or two Zim set the egg back down in the pile of blankets and wrapped it back up, making sure that it was completely covered so that it would stay warm. Once he was satisfied he looked back down at Gir and just kind of stared at him for a moment, noticing that the poor thing was quivering so bad that it looked as if he were vibrating. He could tell that Gir was worried about the egg, he had every right to be.
"It's okay, Gir. It didn't break." Gir then completely loosened up and sighed a breath of reliefe, now knowing that everything was going to be okay. Zim smiled and bent over to pick him up, making Gir jerk at the sudden touch from his Master that he was not at all used to.
"I'm sorry, Master. I didn't mean to." Gir was now on the verge of crying as he latched onto Zim and refused to let go. Zim looked at him for a second, not really sure as to why he was apologizing.
"Why? You have nothing to be sorry about, it wasn't your fault." he cooed, but not at all helping the android's mood. Gir glared at him as if his Master had just said the most untrue thing he had ever heard.
"Yes it was! You told me to watch it, to make sure nothing happened to it! And I let fall! It could have broked!" He was now crying so much that he had a hard time seeing, but this surely wasn't the first time.
"Gir, it's okay. You did your best and it wasn't your fault that you fell asleep. Now go back upstairs, I'll watch it so you can get some rest." As he said this he set the little robot down and he slowly went back up the stairs and laid down on the landing. Zim picked the egg back up, blankets and all, and took it up to his room so he could keep and eye on it for the rest of the night.
Once he was upstairs and in his room he set it down on his bed next to his pillow and covered it with another blanket, you can't be too careful. The whole time he was changing into his pajamas he couldn't help but glance at it every couple of seconds, just to make sure it was still there. In fact, it hadn't moved at all since Zim set it on the bed and it was still there when he turned out the lights and fell asleep.
Aneera: YAY! I'm getting close to the end and I must warn you, the rest of the chapters are going to be exciting and because of this I'm having to extend my amount of chapters to somewhere around the 48 to 56 range. I know! I know! But hey, more for you guys!
Zim: AAAAHHHHHH! Why didn't you let it break!? WHY!?
Maddy: Because that would be mean!!
Zim: You... How did you get in here!?
Maddy: The same way you did.
Zim: Great, I have to deal with her between e-mails and now she's gonna torture me here too, aren't I lucky?
Aneera-Maddy: Indeed you are!
Zim: Irk have MERCY!!