Resisty
Clary lay on the table exhausted.
Red had her hooked up to all manner of cables trying to figure her out. It wasn't until mere minutes ago, he just gave up. Screaming in frustration, he unhooked her, healed her wounds enough to live and locked her in the room.
She curled up into a ball, refusing to cry.
With the security camera at her back, it couldn't see her face.
She glared at the datapad on the desk, determined.
Time to strategize.
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3,000 Years Ago
With the Armada expected to arrive later that evening, Dib decided to go to Skool anyway while Zim skipped trying to plan his last plot.
Walking downstairs, he slumped against the wall as that thought hit him.
The last plot.
Their last battle.
Unlike all the others, those were Zim trying to rule the planet in the name of the Almighty Tallests.
For the glory of the Irken Empire!
Proof that Zim was the best, most loyal Invader.
But tonight…
Dib smiled at Gaz and his dad at the table. Foodio making their meal and still trying to figure out what love is. Clembrane making pudding like always.
Gaz gave him a reassuring smile.
Dad remained as unreadable as always, but he seemed distracted. He's been fiddling with that same coding sequence a few minutes now.
Dib reached out to his hand, moving aside, and then gently corrected the code to the right sequence.
From Dibs angle, he can actually see his father's face.
See his smile.
He looks sad…
"Thanks, son."
"You're welcome…"
Foodio looked between the three Humans. Clembrane even stopped stirring his bowl full of pudding.
Something doesn't seem right today.
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Now
Red needed to get out. He felt suffocated in there!
Red signed out a ship and flew off. Circling the city, he needed to think! NOTHING about Mary was different from the other Humans!
Taking a deep breath he set the ship on auto pilot on a random circuit going high enough to circle the clouds.
Okay, lets review.
Mary is a young Smeet of a Human.
Humans have short life spans.
Due to the multiple alien species taking advantage of the planet during the calm, there are multiple hybrids. Common actually.
It's actually RARE to find a Human with more than 10 percent Human DNA these days.
Mary herself has mixed DNA. Making her 50 % Human, 40% Irk and 10% Vortian. Hard to tell when her outward physical appearance looks Human.
But again, ignoring the fact that she has more Human DNA than usual, everything else about her is normal here.
He started taping the console deep in thought until something caught his attention.
Oh yeah… that was the so-called Field everyone talks about.
That was where the last battle was held between Zim and that original Dib creature.
He leaned back, before shrugging and setting a course for it.
Leaving the city made way for a massive Irken barricade with warning signs. Zim apparently didn't want anyone else but him and Gir going there.
He flew over, felt the scans, he was actually shocked the systems recognized him as a Tallest. Well, former...
Due to apparent force of habit, he immediately gained access. Much to the shock of those watching anyway. He flew on.
On one side of the barricade was lush fields. On the inside was a desert. Remnants of tall skyscrapers and random stores almost faded to nothingness. Then there was what looked like a sign that seemed cleaner and kept together.
Skool
O...k…?
There is a red building next to it that looks like the ONLY intact building in the area.
Seeing movement, he sees what looks like an elderly woman dressed in black glaring at him through the window.
Red actually shrunk in fear and flew away.
Shaking his head, he continued looking.
After a few minutes, he found what probably used to count as a park. Well, there is an old Tree-thing that died a while ago. But it looks like some sort of flat grave there.
Parking the ship, he hovered over.
When he bothered to pay attention to gossip, he remembered Zim here just yesterday morning. Seeing smaller footsteps that must belong to Gir, he hovered closer.
Upon the flat rock/grave was a small round device. As he neared, it activated.
A hologram.
A 3D rendered bust of what looks like an older Dib creature.
Did Zim put this here? Or someone else. It was then he noticed it.
Behind Dibs', there were other flat rocks.
Other graves.
There must be hundreds here!
Doing a count…
402 graves.
Mary is the 403 Dib-Ranked Human.
Red hovered higher in shock, taking it all in.
They also had round discs on them.
Red just stared at the graveyard.
After no movement for a while, Dib's hologram shut off.
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Base
Zim made them try various combinations, even had Mary and Clary put on the PAK, and even reworked the device.
Only Zim, Purple and Mary can go through the Temporal Object Displacement Device.
Ok, new plan.
Zim started pacing.
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Then (3,000 years ago)
Zim paced in front of the monitors back at the base. Overwhelmed and getting a headache.
Dib texted him that he was still going to Skool, to give him time. Relieved, he gladly skipped.
What to do, what to do.
Thi fight deserves his utmost focus! This wasn't for the Tallests or the Empire!
This is a fight between him and Dib.
To see, if they really DID give it their all…
Who would actually win this fight?
Did he even want to?
He reached out and gripped the console before the monitors. Hands shaking.
Antennae drooping.
Gir just stood there holding a Piggy. He found it while exploring.
It was next to the Temporal Object Displacement Device.
Unlike the others, there was no dust on it.
He put it in his head. Written on it, is the one and only secret he ever kept from Mastah.
One he'll gladly keep.