Chapter 10 : Sorry for the wait, but I have been kind of busy, and my ankle
got sprained and it's all gross and swollen and I should stop whining now.
Sorry, I can't help it!
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The tube was narrow, circular, and surprisingly slick, so Zim and Dib just slid their way down to the escape pod room.
"Wait! We still have to get rid of the altorons or earth will be destroyed!" Dib reminded Zim as they headed for an escape pod.
"Mmm.I don't think we have to destroy them, there may be another way." Zim answered.
"What! How?"
"Like you told me when we were going to the control room, the way they are going to destroy life on earth is to put their oxygen consuming plants on earth, right?"
Yeah, that's what I said but."
"If we succeed in killing all their plants, the plants will be extinct, and the altorons will have no way of converting the earth's atmosphere."
"Okay, but how do we kill all the plants?" Dib questioned.
"I'll contact our scientist friend to see if he has any bright although FILTHY ideas." Zim said, and before Dib could say anymore, Zim went over to a computer console and typed in some symbols, the same symbols that were on the door of the scientist's room.
"Oh, I get it." Dib mumbled.
"I wouldn't expect such a primitive being such as yourself to figure it out."
Dib grumbled some inaudible curses under his breath. Zim chuckled.
"Pazlude reporting, science wing." Said a voice from the computer.
"Sounds like him." Dib said, and Zim nodded.
"Pazlude, we need your help again." Zim said.
"About wha-wait! Is this the irkan and human?"
"Yes, can you help us?" Dib answered.
"Please speak quietly, the guards are searching the room for evidence. They think you killed my co liege and I thought you would be gone by now."
"Listen," Zim yelled as softly as he could, "We need to stop your kind from destroying life on earth. Do you know where all the plants that they are going to use are?"
"I have one here in the lab, the rest should be in the orangehouse, or.on the ships sending them to earth."
"Zim, this is hopeless- there are just too many!" Dib whined from behind.
"Silence Dib-beast! Altoron, unless you want us to just blow up this whole ship, you need to help us destroy those plants!"
"Okay, meet me in the orangehouse, it's a floor beneath where you-" But Pazlude was then cut off by guards who had spotted Zim and Dib and were swarming in their direction.
"We can't get out, unless we use an escape pod!" Zim yelled while running towards one. Dib ran after Zim while ducking gunfire. They made it into the pod and Zim immediately started the launch sequence.
"How did you know how to do that!?" Dib asked.
"Universal escape pod law- so that all species may be able to escape from any given ship."
"Nifty."
The pod made a slight jerk then- woosh! It soared out the side of the ship and into the spaciousness of. space.
"Dib! Look for anything am. orangehousey looking!"
Dib looked out the window while Zim accessed some very limited control mechanisms. Dib scanned the ship until he saw a window in the side of the great altoron ship which held many shades and sizes of orange plants.
"There!"
"Good, hold on." Zim said as he headed straight towards the orangehouse.
"Lets see how these plants react to the vacuum of space." Zim said while smiling maliciously.
"Zim." Dib said nervously, "are you SURE this is the best way to approach the problem. I mean, we won't DIE or anything, will we?"
"Of course not, filthy earth creature, these pods are made for hard impacts."
Before another word could be said, the pod crashed through the window pane and landed amongst orange foliage which was starting to be pulled out through the hole the pod made.
"Now to wait." Zim said calmly while pressing a button which made hooks come out of the pod to anchor it to the ground. Dib could just watch in amazement as he saw the plants being uprooted from the ground, and instantly freezing as they went into space.
"Who ever would have thought that ORANGE could look so cool?" Dib said.
"Get ready for action human, of be left behind." Zim said while pulling Gir out of the metal container that held it and climbing on Gir's back.
"What do I do?" Dib asked nervously.
"Get on, and hold on tight. If I know one thing, which I don't- I know MANY things, it is that Gir doesn't provide a smooth ride."
None more was said. Since Dib was too large to fit on Gir's back he could just hold onto Gir's legs and hope for the best. The pod door opened, and a tremendous amount of pull and wind met the three. The lack of pressure made Dib's head feel like it was going to explode. After a promise of MORE tacos, Gir took off with his jets on full power towards the door. Upon reaching it, Gir opened it and flew inside. Closing it was the problem. All three pulled it inward with all their might, with only minimal results. Then, two extra hands appeared and pulled at the door, and it finally closed. All four bodies flew backwards and sunk to the floor in relief. After a moment to regain their thoughts, Zim and Dib spun around to see who it was who had helped them close the door. It was Pazlude.
"It seems that you are already a step ahead of me." Pazlude remarked.
"But of course, it is not odd at all for a superior irkan inva-" Zim started to boast, but was cut off by Dib who had placed his hand over Zim's mouth.
"Ignore him, and I think what he means to say id thank you." Dib said, releasing Zim who automatically started to wipe his "tainted mouth" with his sleeve.
"Now we must hurry" The altoron known as Pazlude whispered. "Our leader has posted a red alert and locked down all self destruct systems. We have to go to each cloaked ship separately and blow them up manually."
"You know what? I think I just decided that I hate my life." Dib said mournfully. And the odd four all headed for the docking bay, with Gir following behind yelling random things about clowns with no heads. ````````````` Okay, there we go for now. I will try to type more soon. Please review so that I know my troubles are not all for nothing.
The tube was narrow, circular, and surprisingly slick, so Zim and Dib just slid their way down to the escape pod room.
"Wait! We still have to get rid of the altorons or earth will be destroyed!" Dib reminded Zim as they headed for an escape pod.
"Mmm.I don't think we have to destroy them, there may be another way." Zim answered.
"What! How?"
"Like you told me when we were going to the control room, the way they are going to destroy life on earth is to put their oxygen consuming plants on earth, right?"
Yeah, that's what I said but."
"If we succeed in killing all their plants, the plants will be extinct, and the altorons will have no way of converting the earth's atmosphere."
"Okay, but how do we kill all the plants?" Dib questioned.
"I'll contact our scientist friend to see if he has any bright although FILTHY ideas." Zim said, and before Dib could say anymore, Zim went over to a computer console and typed in some symbols, the same symbols that were on the door of the scientist's room.
"Oh, I get it." Dib mumbled.
"I wouldn't expect such a primitive being such as yourself to figure it out."
Dib grumbled some inaudible curses under his breath. Zim chuckled.
"Pazlude reporting, science wing." Said a voice from the computer.
"Sounds like him." Dib said, and Zim nodded.
"Pazlude, we need your help again." Zim said.
"About wha-wait! Is this the irkan and human?"
"Yes, can you help us?" Dib answered.
"Please speak quietly, the guards are searching the room for evidence. They think you killed my co liege and I thought you would be gone by now."
"Listen," Zim yelled as softly as he could, "We need to stop your kind from destroying life on earth. Do you know where all the plants that they are going to use are?"
"I have one here in the lab, the rest should be in the orangehouse, or.on the ships sending them to earth."
"Zim, this is hopeless- there are just too many!" Dib whined from behind.
"Silence Dib-beast! Altoron, unless you want us to just blow up this whole ship, you need to help us destroy those plants!"
"Okay, meet me in the orangehouse, it's a floor beneath where you-" But Pazlude was then cut off by guards who had spotted Zim and Dib and were swarming in their direction.
"We can't get out, unless we use an escape pod!" Zim yelled while running towards one. Dib ran after Zim while ducking gunfire. They made it into the pod and Zim immediately started the launch sequence.
"How did you know how to do that!?" Dib asked.
"Universal escape pod law- so that all species may be able to escape from any given ship."
"Nifty."
The pod made a slight jerk then- woosh! It soared out the side of the ship and into the spaciousness of. space.
"Dib! Look for anything am. orangehousey looking!"
Dib looked out the window while Zim accessed some very limited control mechanisms. Dib scanned the ship until he saw a window in the side of the great altoron ship which held many shades and sizes of orange plants.
"There!"
"Good, hold on." Zim said as he headed straight towards the orangehouse.
"Lets see how these plants react to the vacuum of space." Zim said while smiling maliciously.
"Zim." Dib said nervously, "are you SURE this is the best way to approach the problem. I mean, we won't DIE or anything, will we?"
"Of course not, filthy earth creature, these pods are made for hard impacts."
Before another word could be said, the pod crashed through the window pane and landed amongst orange foliage which was starting to be pulled out through the hole the pod made.
"Now to wait." Zim said calmly while pressing a button which made hooks come out of the pod to anchor it to the ground. Dib could just watch in amazement as he saw the plants being uprooted from the ground, and instantly freezing as they went into space.
"Who ever would have thought that ORANGE could look so cool?" Dib said.
"Get ready for action human, of be left behind." Zim said while pulling Gir out of the metal container that held it and climbing on Gir's back.
"What do I do?" Dib asked nervously.
"Get on, and hold on tight. If I know one thing, which I don't- I know MANY things, it is that Gir doesn't provide a smooth ride."
None more was said. Since Dib was too large to fit on Gir's back he could just hold onto Gir's legs and hope for the best. The pod door opened, and a tremendous amount of pull and wind met the three. The lack of pressure made Dib's head feel like it was going to explode. After a promise of MORE tacos, Gir took off with his jets on full power towards the door. Upon reaching it, Gir opened it and flew inside. Closing it was the problem. All three pulled it inward with all their might, with only minimal results. Then, two extra hands appeared and pulled at the door, and it finally closed. All four bodies flew backwards and sunk to the floor in relief. After a moment to regain their thoughts, Zim and Dib spun around to see who it was who had helped them close the door. It was Pazlude.
"It seems that you are already a step ahead of me." Pazlude remarked.
"But of course, it is not odd at all for a superior irkan inva-" Zim started to boast, but was cut off by Dib who had placed his hand over Zim's mouth.
"Ignore him, and I think what he means to say id thank you." Dib said, releasing Zim who automatically started to wipe his "tainted mouth" with his sleeve.
"Now we must hurry" The altoron known as Pazlude whispered. "Our leader has posted a red alert and locked down all self destruct systems. We have to go to each cloaked ship separately and blow them up manually."
"You know what? I think I just decided that I hate my life." Dib said mournfully. And the odd four all headed for the docking bay, with Gir following behind yelling random things about clowns with no heads. ````````````` Okay, there we go for now. I will try to type more soon. Please review so that I know my troubles are not all for nothing.