Resisty

Hidden among the soldiers in the resisty, there was someone else hiding as well.

It was a short young man in his 30's with feathered brown hair kept short, tanned skin and lavender eyes. He was scrawny, but the muscle he did have was very defined and caused a lot of females to look his way. He wore green cargo pants, a long black shirt, dark jeans and black boots. On his back was an old backpack filled with whatever he needed. Around his neck were a few dog tags, a locket and a stylized skull necklace and his hands had old bikers gloves with metal braces on the knuckles..

He regularly comes back to Earth every few decades to keep an eye on the Resisty, due to what happened to his own Dib back in the day.

And now they're at it again.

Just this morning, former Tallest Purple just up and left in the ship they arrived in.

Interesting.

Then there was Red.

When he came in earlier to report the lack of Mary or Stell at Skool, he saw that there was a very obvious clone in that chamber.

Waiting until Red left, he easily (seriously, it was too easy!) snuck in for recon.

Again, easily, getting on Red's computer…

He shook his head at his former commander's stupidity. Maybe it's due to his training under Zim, or simply his repeated exposure to these humans, but he's seen teenagers have better security than this!

With a mental shakes to get back on track, he started to back up the files on his hard drive and waited a minute before disconnecting and leaving.

Then he made his way to Purple's lab to do the same. Simple since he's gone and didn't bother to even lock up. Wow… He really did just get up and leave!

Hm…

Making his way out, his PAK going over the data as he made his way to Mary's apartment to check up on her.

You see… we may be Gaz's or just regular Invaders, but we ALL have a soft spot for these Dibs. It's really rare not to after everything we go through together.

And with Zim explaining the situation on day 1! He was right, and a mad genius...

"Hey Doon!" A voice called from above.

Surrounding Mary's complex are at least a dozen or so Invaders and Gaz's on rotation so she's not suspicious. All disguised, mind you.

A quick look around, seeing no one, he slipped out his PAK legs from inside his bag and parkoured up the side of the building easily.

Landing with a thud on the fire escape the Irk just shook her head. This time it was former Invader Tenn herself. She, alongside Gaz Skooge, was in Operation Impending Doom two WAYYY back in the day.

Due to her Smaller stature, barely making it to Medium height, her disguise was a young Hi Skool kid with wavy ginger hair and green eyes, pale skin and freckles everywhere. She wore a teal sweater and beige capris and sneakers.

Her S.I.R Unit was destroyed long ago when there was some sort of delivery mixup involving malfunction SIR's. She doesn't like talking about it. Or what happened on Meekrob altogether, actually.

"Boy, do I have news for you!" She smirked.

Chuckling, he leaned against the railing to look back over his shoulder to Mary's window directly across the street.

"So… What's the latest?"

"Zim and Gir themselves came here last night and cleared out her place!"

Whipping around to face her in shock, I stared. "That's new."

"Right?! I contacted him this morning and asked him about it." She crossed her arms and sat down on the stairs going up. "Apparently, her computer is cloned by the resisty and Mary asked him to check her stuff to fix it. And guess what happened?"

"What…?" Shaking his head. She did love being dramatic.

"I was watching across the street. But Zim also explained how there was an intruder hacking her computer and stealing information. He was supposedly there to give Mary a lead on the Dib Ranking."

"Wow… seriously? And, really? The Dib Ranking?"

She nodded.

"I mean, I know the Resisty was watching her progress on some research project, but I didn't know it was that!"

She shrugged. "Anyway, Zim ended up just asking her to stay at the base while they figured things out."

That made him blink rapidly. "Wait what? Stay at the base?!"

"Indeed." She grinned.

"Okay… Apparently nothing today is making sense."

"Please elaborate."

He walked over and sat next to her. She scooted over to give him room. "I told you about Red and Purple being at the Resisty, right?"

"Yeah!" A new voice above startled them. "What's up with that?"

"Dammit Skali, don't DO that!" He clutched his Squeedily Spooch, actually startled.

Skali is a Smaller Irk. Skali is a Gaz previously paired with the 327th Dib, Sara.

What happened to her was brutal.

What happened to Sara still haunts her, and almost 1,000 years ago now! Basically, the two wound up lost in the tunnels in an old shelter for the Humans. They ran into an old religious cult who claimed the Dibs were devil children and Irks were demons, not aliens, intending on possessing the devil children, or something. The two were tortured for days trying to exorcise Sara before Zim found them. Sara died mere minutes before Zims arrival from extensive injuries in Skali's arms.

As Gir carried Sara and led her out, Zim continued on. The Cults screams echoed down the tunnels as she saw sunlight for the first time since their captivity.

Skali takes the disguise of an elementary skool girl in the standard Gaz black shirt turned dress, a skull necklace, black leggings and sneakers. She had pale skin, blue eyes and long brown hair in twin braids (like Sara's). In her arms is an old doll from the room they were held in.

Skali never lets it out of her sight.

Skali is obsessed with making sure the Dibs are safe (barring the plots with their paired Invader of course). She asked to live with Tenn when she took her shift here for a few months.

"Anyway, trust me it's a long story. Oh! Before I forget, Tenn, get your computer, this time I have the latest!" He grinned. "I might as well report to Zim while we're at it."

"Ooooh! Details!" Skali giggled, totally playing up the disguise.

Tenn shook her head amused before going inside to retrieve it.

~/~

The Base.

After Mary recovered, feeling nauseous, Gir helped carry her back to the room. Zim and Purple did fuss over her but she reassured them that if she's going to take a nap to shake it off, she might as well be in her comfy bed. Eventually they let her go.

She did, however, notice the start of other clones. One of which looked like some unknown male. She quickly looked away, blushing furiously.

With one arm slung over Gir's shoulders, the other held a bag with her other set of clothes Nova brought in.

"Mary?"

Blue's voice eventually stopped them. Looking back, they saw him mid step, passing the door they just entered to the halway.

"Are you ok?"

"Yeah, apparently cloning and having a PAK copying everything you are takes a lot out of you." She tried to joke, but he just looked even more concerned.

He then just walked over to them, lifted her up in his arms and motioned Gir to continue onward.

Mary tried to protest, but neither listened.

Making it to their quarters, turning into Mary's, he gently set her down on her bed. "Thanks Gir, I can take it from here. Do you mind if we talk in private, please? I'll let her rest after."

Tilting his head and looking between the two, Gir eventually nodded and left.

Mary just looked confused and slowly losing consciousness as her exhaustion took over.

Seeing her losing battle to stay awake, he settled for making this quick.

"Mary."

"Hm?"

"Why the sudden change of heart? Before today, you typically ignore us unless a plot is going on. What changed yesterday that led to this?!"

She stared at him. And just when he thought she was one of those humans who slept with their eyes open. She spoke.

"I asked."

"What?"

She looked down to her lap and fiddled with her hands.

"Before I met you guys and became a dib, I lived with my brother. He died in that initial attack where I fought Stell wearing that blanket."

"Oh… I'm-"

"Don't." She interrupted.

After a moment, she took a deep breath. "Anyway. Our parents were soldiers hidden in the Resisty. I was born on base in another state. My brother, he was considered the odd one. Actually, it was him that sparked my research in the Dib rank at all." She yawned, shook her head and forced herself to continue.

"He was always fascinated with you guys and was genuinely curious about the strange rank. He would often interview all the older Irks for any scrap of intel he can get." She smiled a little. "Those goggles I usually wear? He made them from old Irken tech. I remember we used to play pretend. He would be the Invader and I would be a Dib."

"Funny how that turned out." He snickered. Mary rolled her eyes fondly.

"Anyway. After he died, I guess I just kept at it for his sake, y'know? And then I ran into Gir yesterday…"

"And he brought you to Zim." He guessed.

"He brought me to Zim." She nodded. "And when I was with him, I decided to just bite the bullet and ask!" That last word stretched as she yawned again.

"You asked?"

"I asked. Who knew… All of this is happening because I asked." Raising her arms in disbelief.

"And what was his answer?" He whispered after a moment.

She smiled.

Patting the spot next to her on the bed, he sat next to her and listened. Somewhere near end, she fell asleep. He tucked her in and quietly left.

As the door shut behind him, he saw Zim sitting against the wall a few feet away with Gir in his arms.

Yes, this Doon is the same Gaz Doon from the raid.

Yes, this is Invader Tenn from the show (No, she doesn't have a Dib)

Skali is paired with the 327th Dib named Sara.