I do not own Invader Zim okay? I don't have much to say here but I figured I would work on some of my other stories. And the beginning of this chapter ties pretty much in with my oneshot Victory or Defeat if you would like to read it. But you don't need to read that to get this fic. But enough of this A/N, on with the fic!
Zim sat in his isolation tube with a smirk on his face. He knew from his latest exchange with Dib that despite Dib indeed bringing down The Massive and in an essence, disrupting his people's empire, there was bigger issues that were about to befall him. What, he really didn't know but he didn't care. It seemed like the whole mission was just an overcompensation for his childhood. But it was obvious the Meekrob had given him the powers to do so. So, they are playing this game too. I knew from those sparks coming from his hands that they were involved somehow. Zim had been sitting in the isolation chamber for nearly 20 years and while Dib was not so cruel to leave him with nothing to do, he did just toss Zim old magazines and taunt him when he was bored. Zim felt a beep on the back of his PAK and pressed it, ignoring the signal. "There was no way that was what I thought it was."
Meanwhile Purple looked at his wrist communicator and yelled in rage. "Why doesn't Zim answer when you need him to?"
"Are you sure he's even still alive?" Red moaned sitting up looking at the night sky.
"What do you mean?" Purple asked.
"We haven't heard from him in a long time. Last count was about 20 of Earth's years." Red said as he winced in pain. "We couldn't keep him OFF the comms line before."
"Well, there's nothing saying his PAK's been deactivated from what I can find," Purple stated. Maybe that should have been a warning sign of something. Purple thought as Red fell back asleep.
Lightyears away, Chowfun and Lomein were looking over Tallest Tower and the capitol of Irk, Zennithapex. This was it, the military was in chaos and they had the chance to take the Control brains to have them surrender the Irken Empire to Meekrob. The Tallests were the ones who made decisions for the Empire, but the Control Brains were the ones who judged their decisions and either made up their minds or changed them. It was designed as a sort of check and balance system that was hardly used. But when the Tallest was killed, then they were the ones who ruled while the new Tallests were being searched for. Sometimes there were heirs to the line being groomed already, as Spork, Red and Purple were but Red and Purple were the last of the groomed ones. Miyuki wanted a Tallest to be ready to take over to help ease the transition when a ruler died. However, with the rapid succession from Miyuki, to Spork to Red and Purple, there was no time for the new generation to be cultivated as soon as they were coroneted, Red and Purple started the Operation Impending Doom series to help expand the Empire after dusting off some of Spork and Miyuki's old plans. They had assumed with Zim being transfered, that would be the end of rapid Tallest killings. Chowfun looked over at Lomein who seemed pensive.
"What is the matter Lomein?" Chowfun asked.
"Are you sure just the two of us can take the entire planet of Irk?" Lomein asked.
"What are you thinking?" Chowfun said starting to glow red.
"Maybe we need to keep that human on reserve for our needs." Lomein said. "If him bringing down the Massive was enough to shake the Empire, then using him here will make it ours in a microsecond."
Chowfun pondered this. The Control Brains would have to analyze every Irken in the Empire and that would be billions of Irkens being analyzed for height and qualifications. There were tie breaker rules put in place if more than 1 Irken was taller than the others. This came to based on what industry the Irken was assigned to. The Military was ranked highest, followed by fast food and scientists tied for second. It was actually an anomaly before the present time that there were two Tallest, but they both qualified equally in all aspects so they were accepted. However, if another Tallest were appointed, it wouldn't be so easy as to manipulate the brains. Having Dib in reserve as their weapon would save many Meekrob lives. "You have a point Lomein." Chowfun said. "Let's congratulate our human on his victory."
Dib was laying back with his girlfriend staring at the wall while she slept. This was the best day of his life and everyone now knew he was right. It was HIM who saved humanity, not anyone else. And he was getting attention from girls, something he never thought he would ever happen. It was this moment that the Meekrob appeared in front of him. "AHHHHHHH!" Dib yelled as he jumped back, pulling the blanket over him. "What are you doing here?"
"Relax Dib, we are here to congratulate you on your victory." Lomein said.
"You could of..." Dib stammered... "Picked a better time, you can see I am uhhhhh... in a compromising position."
"You finished coitus with your mate. It's natural for humans to do." Chowfun said.
"Yeah but we don't put it that way." Dib said. "And I don't want to wake her up and have to explain whatever this is."
"No worries, she's been put into a deep sleep while we have this conversation. She will not be aware this even happened. "The first part of our plan has been completed. However you may need to be summoned to our side if the second part fails."
"What do you mean?" Dib said. He was under the impression that 20 years earlier they gave him the powers to save Earth. "You didn't tell me about any catches last time you appeared."
"We were waiting for phase 1 to be completed. As beings of pure energy, we can wait eternally for something to happen. And other race's measurements of time is not the same as Earth's." Lomein explained.
"Your defeat of The Massive was quite the blow to the Irken Empire. No one knows where the Tallest are, but they are presumed dead. Irk is in total disarray without a real leader. The Empire is ready for Meekrob's taking. However if a Tallest is picked, they will probably declare war on us. Your powers have not gone unnoticed. Word travels quickly in space." Chowfun explained adding on to what Lomein said.
"And? Why the fuck should I care about Irk? And I thought you just wanted me to keep Earth safe." Dib asked.
"Silly human, you think we'd give you that power for nothing, out of the goodwill of our hearts?" Chowfun laughed. "When you are a planet of unevolved and highly stupid idiotic violent beings to the rest of the Universe? It would be like if you gave a machine gun to a lion to save Africa. No, we may call on you to do our bidding in Irk if our plan fails."
Dib looked down astonished and felt ashamed of what he heard along with being highly insulted. "Fuck no. Get the hell out of here. I did what I needed to, I keep Earth safe, and Earth safe only. You go play with your power vacuum out on Irk, but my job is done. Take the powers back if you are so mad at me for saying this, but I am done!"
"We'll call on you when and if you are ever needed. Sleep well." Lomein said simply as Dib fell back asleep.
Lord Nar looked over at Earth, pondering his next move. He saw almost no way out of Vort being subjugated by someone. It was either Meekrob or Irk and both were equally as ruthless when it came to the people they had conquered. He turned to find his loyal but somewhat clueless comrade, Shloonktapooxis looking at him. "You know, maybe the Tallest survived. I saw an escape pod head to Earth. It caught on fire, but they may have lived."
"Irkens are not fireproof..." Lord Nar said. He may be right. And if you get the Tallest back, then you will only be fighting Irkens again and they will be the ones to fight Meekrob when you tell them what they told you. It won't be perfect but it will restore the order to before this happened. Lord Nar then looked at the blue orb down below.
"Yeah I followed it to this spot right here. It's very brown and sandy." Shloonktapooxis said pointing to the Mojave desert.
"I have a crazy idea Shloonktapooxis, but hear me out." Lord Nar said.
"I'm listening. You know I will, you are my friend." Shloonktapooxis smiled as he looked at Lord Nar.
"The Resisty cannot take on Meekrob after all we had done to try and stop Irk. That's just not going to happen." Shloonktapooxis nodded. "But Irk can take Meekrob on. If I can get Red and Purple back into power, they will put all of Irk's forces against Meekrob, maybe lessen their hold on our planets, devastate their numbers and when they win, we can topple them and make them go away!" Lord Nar said with a maniac smile.
Shloonktapooxis looked on at him silently then burst out loudly. "That idea is just CRAZY enough to work. I say go for it."
"Really?" Lord Nar said.
"Can't hurt to try." Shloonktapooxis said.
"I'm going to do it. Keep an eye on The Resisty for me." Lord Nar said as he got into an escape pod. "I'm headed to Earth."
"Bye-bye!" Shloonktapooxis waved as best he could for being a floating cone.
Lord Nar looked down as he headed to the desert where the Tallest's escape pod was last seen. He was also going to find that human who had brought down the Massive and tell him what he was told by the Meekrob, he was just a pawn for their plans and they didn't really care what happened to him as long as they could get their ends. No one deserved to be used like he was for someone else's end. And maybe I could talk him into joining the Resisty. Lord Nar thought as his ship came to a stop by a small town in Nevada. He looked up and saw the night sky as he stepped out. "Computer look for a pointy haired human with Meekrob energy." Lord Nar said as the pointer led him to a hotel on the outskirts of the town. Lord Nar walked past the clerk, who appeared to be dazed and confused to begin with and followed the tracking device to Dib's room. He the opened the door and walked inside.
"AH!" Dib said as he saw Lord Nar standing in front of him.
"Relax, I am Lord Nar, Vortian leader of The Resisty and I am here to speak with you." Lord Nar said.
"Do you aliens know anything of knocking?" Dib said pulling the blanket around him. "I already had the Meekrob tell me I am just their tool for conquering Irk and told them to go jump off a cliff."
"They're beings of pure energy, that won't do anything to them." Lord Nar said.
"It's an expression." Dib sighed.
"Well, that was what I wanted to talk to you about." Lord Nar said.
"LATER!" Dib yelled throwing a pillow at him.
Lord Nar dodged it and headed out. "Okay, you will need your rest. And I will knock first when you are more presentable."
"God, what the hell is wrong with everything?" Dib sighed. "I thought defeating the Massive would be the end of my alien problems..."
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