Prison for the Insane
Chapter 8: Weapons
A/N: *sigh* High School... makes me so tired... *flops over*
***
His boots thumped softly against the metal floor. But even that seemed too loud to his ears.
"Made it," he whispered into the microphone.
The only responce was static.
"Suri...? Zim?"
A wave of fright came over him. [Where are they?!]
But then, Dib shook his head. [They're just... they're just out of range...]
Dib needed to focus on the task at hand: Find the location of the Tallest, and in turn, his ... daughter...[?]
***
"Shit! What just happened, Suri?" Zim shouted to the back of the ship.
"Something hit us."
"What something?"
"I don't know. _Something_ big!"
"Oh... we missed, didn't we?" cackled a voice on the intercom.
Zim peered down at his control panel, raising one eyebrow (A/N: Does Zim have eyebrows? O_o;; It's when he does that sort of thing... you know, right?).
Then a second voice came, "We know exactly where you are, Zim, Suri. We're coming for you."
The first voice again, "And we know where your Earth friend is. We'll be taking care of him shortly. And then, we'll deal with our little friends..."
There was a scream in the background. Then, Gir's voice came on the intercom, "Master! Help me, Master! They're not very nice and --"
TWACK!
Zim glared at the control panel and slammed his hand down on the intercom. "Damn you, Tallest!"
"We need to get out of here and into the ship, Zim," Suri commented quietly.
"How can you stay so calm? We're gonna be dead in a few moments and so is your Earth monkey!"
Suri once again jumped from the chair. She threw a collar to Zim and picked up two for herself and Zi. "Pilot as close as you can get to where we let Dib off."
"It won't matter! Dib will be dead!"
Suri smiled sweetly, "Not with the gun I gave him."
***
A screeching siren went off, and the Tallests' voice echoed through the empty hallway, "There is an enemy in our midst -- be sure to zap him with your lazers. The one to kill him gets a reward."
Stampedes rumbled through the hallway towards Dib.
Shaking with fear, he reached for his gun. [Please, let it be a good gun... please let it be a good gun.]
He felt the white heat of a lazer just over his head. He dropped to his knees, whipping out the gun entirely.
Dib, clenching his eyes shut, fired at the source.
An ear-shattering scream reached him. Dib looked up, seeing a drenched Irken soldier kneeling on the ground.
[A water gun?!]
More Irkens began to appear, and Dib couldn't help but smile at the gun. He adjusted a knob on the gun and fired once again. The jet of water became wider, catching more of them at once.
As those Irkens dropped, Dib darted over them.
[Hope I'm going the right way.]
"Dib!" shouted Suri.
He looked over his shoulder. Zim, Suri, and Zi stood at the entrance Dib had made.
[Thank God!] He ran back to Suri, wrapping his arms around her.
"No time for affections, Earth monkey," Zim snapped, "The Tallest are ready to terminate the hostages --"
"Stop referring to MY DAUGHTER as a hostage!" Suri spat back.
Zim scoffed. "Either way, we need to find the Tallest."
"Where are they, Zim?" Dib pumped his gun.
"Follow me."
***
Red tucked his finger under the chin of the tiny Irken, Lia, curled in a ball.
"Your Master didn't tell you about your being an Irken, did she?" he sneered.
She snapped her jaws at him, nearly catching his long finger.
His hand whipped back, catching her face and sending her across the ground. "Don't you try anything with me, you brat! Purple may be a push-over --"
"--I heard that!"
Gir ran up behind Red. His tiny foot (?) swung forward, catching him in the ankle.
"Why you little--!"
Purple snatched up Gir by the anntena. "My hostage! Not yours!"
Red turned to fight. Lia took this opportunity and ran.
"You dumbass! You forgot about your hostage!" Purple screamed, waving his hand.
Red whipped around, bolting after her. He dove.... And met cold metal as Lia managed to roll away.
"Come back here, you brat!!" It was Purple's turn. He threw Gir down, and ran after the retreating child.
Blinking his eyes a few times, Gir got up quickly. He ran in the opposite direction.
After running through two hallways, Gir slammed into another mass.
"Gir!"
Gir looked up at the sound of his name. His eyes brightened and he grinned, "Master! You came for me!"
Zim's arms wrapped around the robot, lifting him off the ground. "You're okay... You're okay..."
"Where's my daughter, Gir?!" Dib demanded. He didn't notice the surprised look on Suri's face.
"....they were chasing her, Big-Head Dib!"
Suri snatched her own gun off her thigh, and ran down the hallway. Dib paused, then started after her. "Come on, Zim!"
And... he heard the echoing laughter. "No way, Earth monkey -- I got what I came for!"
"Master..." Gir's voice trailed off.
Dib stopped in his tracks. "What?!"
"I'm going back to Earth, Dib."
"Zim, you traitor!"
Suri paused at the angry scream. She looked over her shoulder. "...Dib! Now's not the time!"
He shook his head furiously and took off after Suri.
Zi paused. He frowned as Zim ordered, "Time to go."
"No."
Double-take. "What do you mean, no?"
"No." He ran off after Dib.
***
They had cornered her. Terrified eyes stared up at her enemies.
"You're gonna regret having run off, you little brat!"
Suri paused ten feet behind them. She stared, eye twitching. [I'm gonna kill those bastards.]
She yanked off her trenchcoat and let it flutter to the ground. "Red! Purple!"
*_*
A/N: The story should be completed in one more chapter... ^_^
Chapter 8: Weapons
A/N: *sigh* High School... makes me so tired... *flops over*
***
His boots thumped softly against the metal floor. But even that seemed too loud to his ears.
"Made it," he whispered into the microphone.
The only responce was static.
"Suri...? Zim?"
A wave of fright came over him. [Where are they?!]
But then, Dib shook his head. [They're just... they're just out of range...]
Dib needed to focus on the task at hand: Find the location of the Tallest, and in turn, his ... daughter...[?]
***
"Shit! What just happened, Suri?" Zim shouted to the back of the ship.
"Something hit us."
"What something?"
"I don't know. _Something_ big!"
"Oh... we missed, didn't we?" cackled a voice on the intercom.
Zim peered down at his control panel, raising one eyebrow (A/N: Does Zim have eyebrows? O_o;; It's when he does that sort of thing... you know, right?).
Then a second voice came, "We know exactly where you are, Zim, Suri. We're coming for you."
The first voice again, "And we know where your Earth friend is. We'll be taking care of him shortly. And then, we'll deal with our little friends..."
There was a scream in the background. Then, Gir's voice came on the intercom, "Master! Help me, Master! They're not very nice and --"
TWACK!
Zim glared at the control panel and slammed his hand down on the intercom. "Damn you, Tallest!"
"We need to get out of here and into the ship, Zim," Suri commented quietly.
"How can you stay so calm? We're gonna be dead in a few moments and so is your Earth monkey!"
Suri once again jumped from the chair. She threw a collar to Zim and picked up two for herself and Zi. "Pilot as close as you can get to where we let Dib off."
"It won't matter! Dib will be dead!"
Suri smiled sweetly, "Not with the gun I gave him."
***
A screeching siren went off, and the Tallests' voice echoed through the empty hallway, "There is an enemy in our midst -- be sure to zap him with your lazers. The one to kill him gets a reward."
Stampedes rumbled through the hallway towards Dib.
Shaking with fear, he reached for his gun. [Please, let it be a good gun... please let it be a good gun.]
He felt the white heat of a lazer just over his head. He dropped to his knees, whipping out the gun entirely.
Dib, clenching his eyes shut, fired at the source.
An ear-shattering scream reached him. Dib looked up, seeing a drenched Irken soldier kneeling on the ground.
[A water gun?!]
More Irkens began to appear, and Dib couldn't help but smile at the gun. He adjusted a knob on the gun and fired once again. The jet of water became wider, catching more of them at once.
As those Irkens dropped, Dib darted over them.
[Hope I'm going the right way.]
"Dib!" shouted Suri.
He looked over his shoulder. Zim, Suri, and Zi stood at the entrance Dib had made.
[Thank God!] He ran back to Suri, wrapping his arms around her.
"No time for affections, Earth monkey," Zim snapped, "The Tallest are ready to terminate the hostages --"
"Stop referring to MY DAUGHTER as a hostage!" Suri spat back.
Zim scoffed. "Either way, we need to find the Tallest."
"Where are they, Zim?" Dib pumped his gun.
"Follow me."
***
Red tucked his finger under the chin of the tiny Irken, Lia, curled in a ball.
"Your Master didn't tell you about your being an Irken, did she?" he sneered.
She snapped her jaws at him, nearly catching his long finger.
His hand whipped back, catching her face and sending her across the ground. "Don't you try anything with me, you brat! Purple may be a push-over --"
"--I heard that!"
Gir ran up behind Red. His tiny foot (?) swung forward, catching him in the ankle.
"Why you little--!"
Purple snatched up Gir by the anntena. "My hostage! Not yours!"
Red turned to fight. Lia took this opportunity and ran.
"You dumbass! You forgot about your hostage!" Purple screamed, waving his hand.
Red whipped around, bolting after her. He dove.... And met cold metal as Lia managed to roll away.
"Come back here, you brat!!" It was Purple's turn. He threw Gir down, and ran after the retreating child.
Blinking his eyes a few times, Gir got up quickly. He ran in the opposite direction.
After running through two hallways, Gir slammed into another mass.
"Gir!"
Gir looked up at the sound of his name. His eyes brightened and he grinned, "Master! You came for me!"
Zim's arms wrapped around the robot, lifting him off the ground. "You're okay... You're okay..."
"Where's my daughter, Gir?!" Dib demanded. He didn't notice the surprised look on Suri's face.
"....they were chasing her, Big-Head Dib!"
Suri snatched her own gun off her thigh, and ran down the hallway. Dib paused, then started after her. "Come on, Zim!"
And... he heard the echoing laughter. "No way, Earth monkey -- I got what I came for!"
"Master..." Gir's voice trailed off.
Dib stopped in his tracks. "What?!"
"I'm going back to Earth, Dib."
"Zim, you traitor!"
Suri paused at the angry scream. She looked over her shoulder. "...Dib! Now's not the time!"
He shook his head furiously and took off after Suri.
Zi paused. He frowned as Zim ordered, "Time to go."
"No."
Double-take. "What do you mean, no?"
"No." He ran off after Dib.
***
They had cornered her. Terrified eyes stared up at her enemies.
"You're gonna regret having run off, you little brat!"
Suri paused ten feet behind them. She stared, eye twitching. [I'm gonna kill those bastards.]
She yanked off her trenchcoat and let it flutter to the ground. "Red! Purple!"
*_*
A/N: The story should be completed in one more chapter... ^_^
