Hey! You're still here! YAY! And Tallest Xajk is pronounced 'Zack'.
just to let you know, and yeah, I know Spork and Miyuki were tallests
before Red and Purple, but I wrote this before I knew, and I would've had
to start over and... ugh, NO! Enjoy the second Chapter! ^-^!!!!
Meeki turned away from the door and left down the hall, to the main halls where you could see the Tallest's tower. Meeki looked up to it, getting a weird vibe from it, but just shrugged that off, and continued to walk around the place for a while, thinking. Back in Meeki's room, Red lay alone in Meeki's bed, "Why did he just leave? He didn't feel sick... that irken is NEVER sick! He was just fine!" he growled lowly, clasping the bed sheets in his claws. Then it hit him, 'Sure thing, Zim! How about after training, you come back to my room and we'll talk a bit!' he had heard Meeki talking to that low-class soldier Zim! He sat bolt upright, his eyes flashing with rage. "He wouldn't dare!!" he snarled, dashing out of his lover's room, and hurrying down the halls searching for Meeki.
Zim sat at his computer, staring blankly at the dark screen. "Like his eyes..." he whispered, thinking of Meeki. A lone tear leaked from the corner of his own eyes, and he quickly wiped it away. "Ohh, what do I care?! Zim needs NO ONE!!" he declared, slamming his fists onto the desk in front of him. Just then, his door was kicked open, and there stood a furious Red in the doorway, growling. "Where is he?! Tell me, YOU!" Red exclaimed, grabbing Zim by his neck and raising him up a few inches off the ground. Zim choked, grasping for air, "W-who?" he managed to get out. Red narrowed his fiery scarlet eyes, "Don't play stupid, Zim... where's MEEKI!?" Zim finally had the chance to actually get a good look at who bombarded him like this so quickly. His antennae drooped and he lowered his eyelids halfway and looked to the side sadly, "I thought he was with you..." he whispered. Red blushed, "So... it WAS you who heard us then?" he wondered. Zim nodded the best he could from being held up like he was, and winced as Red's hold on him tightened. "Well listen here... I heard you two talking this morning... something about going to HIS ROOM after training? Let me warn you about a little something; don't EVER let me catch you laying so much as a claw on him, or it will be the last thing you EVER do, Zim!" Zim's antennae quirked, "...You selfish thing..." he muttered, frowning angrily. Red tightened his grip on the other Irken's neck even more, nearly cutting off Zim's breathing completely, "What did you say?!" he tossed Zim onto his bed, Zim slamming his head on the backboard when he landed. Wincing, the smaller Irken sat up, "You heard me... All of those times I've seen you two together, I've never heard, even ONCE, you or Meeki say 'I love you' to the other at all! I think you're just using him for your own sick desires, Red! I know Meeki, and I know he'd never do such a thing! And yes, I realize he might LIKE you, but I doubt he's in love with you..." he said, wincing again. Red's claws tightened into a ball. "...No... no it's not true! And how would you know how Meeki truly is?" he growled, looking to Zim. "Isn't it? You two have never said "I love you" ... at least not from what I've heard" Zim stood up on his bed, and walked over to Red, keeping his guard up just in case the taller Irken decided to attack. Red frowned, closing his eyes, "-You're right, Zim... I've never told Meeki that I loved him. But... I do! It's just... I could never tell him." He said. "Why not?" Zim wondered, sitting at the edge of his bed, and raising a brow (er.. eyelid?) . Red opened his eyes and blinked nervously, "I... I don't know... maybe I'm afraid he won't return the words and mean it." he finally answered. So, Red really did love Meeki! But why was he so afraid Meeki didn't love him back? Maybe there was still a chance... "Well... you don't have to worry about me going after him... I'm sure he... loves you, and I won't tell a soul about what I heard, okay?" Zim gave Red a soft smile. Red sighed, and looked up to him, "Fine. And thank you..." he growled almost silently as he stepped out and slammed Zim's door behind him. A menacing smirk appeared across Zim's lips. "You fool..." Meeki returned to his room back in the Warrior Halls, stepping inside to look for Red. When he didn't see the Irken, he found himself shrugging and just going inside, and not even walking back out to look for him. Meeki plopped down on his bed, staring at the ceiling. 'What's going on...?' he groaned in his mind, frowning. He lifted his claws to look at his palms, "I forgot... how could I? Stupid..." he pressed his palms to his face, sighing, "that's not like you, Meeki... to forget things... I hope Zim wasn't too upset... and hopefully he won't carry this with him" for Meeki, forgetting something was a BIG deal. He hated to forget, lie, or hurt anyone else, unless it had to be done (even as violent as he was on the inside!). "I doubt he'll even so much as glance at me now..." still, Red never crossed his mind, until... "MEEKI!" Red pounded open the entrance to Meeki's room, seemingly furious. Meeki sat upright, gulping. "There you are! WHAT WERE YOU-Uh... did you get some fresh air? Are you feeling better?" he asked, rubbing his knuckles together nervously. Meeki blinked, and lowered his eyelids, smiling, "You thought I went searching for him, didn't you?" he said, looking to the floor. Red gasped slightly, and looked away, blushing, 'how did he know? Damn... I'm so horrible at hiding things from that guy...' he thought to himself. "...You needn't worry about anything... it's you I love Red... no one else. You should know that!" Meeki stood up and walked over to him. Red's eyes widened, and he turned to face the other Irken, "You... love me?" he stammered, his feelings jumping about violently. Meeki wrapped his arms tightly around Red, sighing lightly on the other's antennae, causing Red to shiver slightly. "of course I do... I left because... I was worried our love would be discovered by someone who doesn't need to know... then we'd be torn apart... Red, I don't want that to happen!" Meeki whispered. Red felt Meeki's... could it be? Meeki was crying! He felt Meeki's tears drip softly onto his skin, and returned the embrace to the other Irken. "Meeki... it's all right... we'll never be separated... I promise..." Red whispered.
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"Sir! We have the list of new recruits for Invader training." A service drone approached Tallest Xajk the next morning (from all else that had happened). "Yes, read them aloud." Xajk told the Irken behind him, without turning around from his work. The Irken Service Drone, called 'Iros' bowed his head, and pulled the names up on a small, holographic hovering notepad, and recited the names, "Yes sir, they are; Alexovich, Chin, ...Dooky, El, Flobee, Gooch, Grapa, Groot, Kim, Koot, Krunk, Larb, Lardnar, Meeki, Nen, Pesto, Poot, Sklud, Skoo, Skoodge? *Ahem* Skutch, Slacks, Sneakyonfoota, Spleen, Splooge, Stink, Slant, Sqood, Tenn, Tim, Yuli, Yugli, Zee and Zim." He answered, taking a deep breath, and lowered the hovering notes. Xajk sat up from his seat, "So, not many newbies... you didn't have to read the old ones off with the new recruits, but no matter..." the almighty Tallest stood up and stretched his arms out a bit, yawning. Well, find them! And inform them all that there will be special training they'll all have to go through starting next month... Operation Impending Doom One depends on all of them as successful Invaders to be... a success. Mmmyeah. Go! Now!" he demanded, and an unknown force literally tossed Iros out of the tower. Iros got back to his feet, groaning aloud and began to walk out to the messaging system in one of the many control rooms nearest the Tallest's tower. He sat down at a computer and typed in a message, telling all Irkens on his list about the new, more harsh training, when it would be held, and what needed to be done, then sent it off to all of them. Iros began to stand, before an alert appeared on the screen, "What the...? Unable to send message to Irken Meeki?" He sighed harshly, not wanting to work anymore, BUT, now he had to go and FIND Meeki. "Curse Words..." he muttered, and set out to find the Irken.
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"So, Zim didn't even know it was us then?" Meeki asked Red, who was lying across his (Meeki's) lap. "Nope... He said he didn't even hear anything last night" Red lied, smiling sweetly to the Irken above him. "That's good... no nasty rumors to follow then." Meeki sighed, and leaned back. Red laughed a bit, and looked up to him, "And I doubt anyone heard us at all, so no worries about that either!" he said. Meeki nodded in response. Suddenly, there was a loud bashing sound at the door, and both Meeki and Red nearly had a heart attack. "Soldier Meeki! Meeki! Are you in there?! Message from tallest Xajk for you!" the Irken's voice could be heard easily and clearly from the other side. "It's Iros! Red! Hide, if he sees you in here, EVERYONE will start thinking something's going on..." Meeki warned Red, and the Crimson-eyed Irken hid under Meeki's bed. "One second! Geez! I was sleeping!" He pretended to complain, and opened the door, forgetting that he was only wearing his black uniform pants still. Iros stared at him for a sec, "Where's your uniform, soldier?" he asked. "Over there on the floor" Meeki answered, staring boredly to Iros. "Come on, what do you want?" Iros cleared his throat and began to speak, "I was given orders to send out a message to several soldiers to be brought in for Invader Training, and your computer wasn't able to receive anything... and now that I'm here, I see why..." Iros pointed out the large cracks on the screen of Meeki's computer. "Wait.. Invader Training? What does that have to do with me? I'm no Invader... Xajk knows my abilities aren't fitted for Invader work..." The taller Irken spoke wearily, fear growing deep within him. Iros sighed, "Your name was on the new list of Invaders for this particular job, okay? I didn't make this, the Control Brains did! Now, you are to report to this meeting next week, and then another one soon after that, for the training that will begin next MONTH, make note of this... here" Iros handed Meeki a disk that had all the information he needed stored on it. "Now... Get your uniform back on and make yourself useful" Iros turned and left Meeki standing there. One of Meeki's fangs stuck out the corner of his mouth, "Tch... he must be new. trying to order higher ranked Irkens around..." he said, and closed the door. "What!? No way! That's wonderful! I..." Red began, crawling out from under the bed. "It's terrible." Meeki stated, looking down. He looked over to Red slightly, "if I'm called in for Invader Training... we'll.... Never get to see each other again..." he whispered, tears welling up inside him. Red's face fell, "Well... that's true..." he sighed sadly, "But... why should love get in the way of... the chance to conquer a different world?" he asked, forcing a smile. Meeki whirled around and stared, teary-eyed at him, baring his fangs, "What would conquering another world do for ME, huh?! For us?! It wouldn't do anything, but give Xajk something else to bitch and moan about to us about the planet's problems!" he shouted, falling to his knees and pressing his claws onto the floor. "It would've been so much better... if we were to continue the same... you and me together as soldiers..... as lovers. Red, you won't forget me, will you?" he looked up. Red smiled softly, kneeled down and brushed his lips to Meeki's for a second, "Never, Meeki... I'll never forget you." "Thank you..."
AWW! :cough: How nice, and depressing, if you still have it playing in your head. :E Poor Meeki. Poor Red! And What's Zim gonna do!? I'll tell you what he's gonna do, wait, no I won't, and besides, he already did it, but I won't explain until a later chapter!! :D! Heh, well review!
Meeki turned away from the door and left down the hall, to the main halls where you could see the Tallest's tower. Meeki looked up to it, getting a weird vibe from it, but just shrugged that off, and continued to walk around the place for a while, thinking. Back in Meeki's room, Red lay alone in Meeki's bed, "Why did he just leave? He didn't feel sick... that irken is NEVER sick! He was just fine!" he growled lowly, clasping the bed sheets in his claws. Then it hit him, 'Sure thing, Zim! How about after training, you come back to my room and we'll talk a bit!' he had heard Meeki talking to that low-class soldier Zim! He sat bolt upright, his eyes flashing with rage. "He wouldn't dare!!" he snarled, dashing out of his lover's room, and hurrying down the halls searching for Meeki.
Zim sat at his computer, staring blankly at the dark screen. "Like his eyes..." he whispered, thinking of Meeki. A lone tear leaked from the corner of his own eyes, and he quickly wiped it away. "Ohh, what do I care?! Zim needs NO ONE!!" he declared, slamming his fists onto the desk in front of him. Just then, his door was kicked open, and there stood a furious Red in the doorway, growling. "Where is he?! Tell me, YOU!" Red exclaimed, grabbing Zim by his neck and raising him up a few inches off the ground. Zim choked, grasping for air, "W-who?" he managed to get out. Red narrowed his fiery scarlet eyes, "Don't play stupid, Zim... where's MEEKI!?" Zim finally had the chance to actually get a good look at who bombarded him like this so quickly. His antennae drooped and he lowered his eyelids halfway and looked to the side sadly, "I thought he was with you..." he whispered. Red blushed, "So... it WAS you who heard us then?" he wondered. Zim nodded the best he could from being held up like he was, and winced as Red's hold on him tightened. "Well listen here... I heard you two talking this morning... something about going to HIS ROOM after training? Let me warn you about a little something; don't EVER let me catch you laying so much as a claw on him, or it will be the last thing you EVER do, Zim!" Zim's antennae quirked, "...You selfish thing..." he muttered, frowning angrily. Red tightened his grip on the other Irken's neck even more, nearly cutting off Zim's breathing completely, "What did you say?!" he tossed Zim onto his bed, Zim slamming his head on the backboard when he landed. Wincing, the smaller Irken sat up, "You heard me... All of those times I've seen you two together, I've never heard, even ONCE, you or Meeki say 'I love you' to the other at all! I think you're just using him for your own sick desires, Red! I know Meeki, and I know he'd never do such a thing! And yes, I realize he might LIKE you, but I doubt he's in love with you..." he said, wincing again. Red's claws tightened into a ball. "...No... no it's not true! And how would you know how Meeki truly is?" he growled, looking to Zim. "Isn't it? You two have never said "I love you" ... at least not from what I've heard" Zim stood up on his bed, and walked over to Red, keeping his guard up just in case the taller Irken decided to attack. Red frowned, closing his eyes, "-You're right, Zim... I've never told Meeki that I loved him. But... I do! It's just... I could never tell him." He said. "Why not?" Zim wondered, sitting at the edge of his bed, and raising a brow (er.. eyelid?) . Red opened his eyes and blinked nervously, "I... I don't know... maybe I'm afraid he won't return the words and mean it." he finally answered. So, Red really did love Meeki! But why was he so afraid Meeki didn't love him back? Maybe there was still a chance... "Well... you don't have to worry about me going after him... I'm sure he... loves you, and I won't tell a soul about what I heard, okay?" Zim gave Red a soft smile. Red sighed, and looked up to him, "Fine. And thank you..." he growled almost silently as he stepped out and slammed Zim's door behind him. A menacing smirk appeared across Zim's lips. "You fool..." Meeki returned to his room back in the Warrior Halls, stepping inside to look for Red. When he didn't see the Irken, he found himself shrugging and just going inside, and not even walking back out to look for him. Meeki plopped down on his bed, staring at the ceiling. 'What's going on...?' he groaned in his mind, frowning. He lifted his claws to look at his palms, "I forgot... how could I? Stupid..." he pressed his palms to his face, sighing, "that's not like you, Meeki... to forget things... I hope Zim wasn't too upset... and hopefully he won't carry this with him" for Meeki, forgetting something was a BIG deal. He hated to forget, lie, or hurt anyone else, unless it had to be done (even as violent as he was on the inside!). "I doubt he'll even so much as glance at me now..." still, Red never crossed his mind, until... "MEEKI!" Red pounded open the entrance to Meeki's room, seemingly furious. Meeki sat upright, gulping. "There you are! WHAT WERE YOU-Uh... did you get some fresh air? Are you feeling better?" he asked, rubbing his knuckles together nervously. Meeki blinked, and lowered his eyelids, smiling, "You thought I went searching for him, didn't you?" he said, looking to the floor. Red gasped slightly, and looked away, blushing, 'how did he know? Damn... I'm so horrible at hiding things from that guy...' he thought to himself. "...You needn't worry about anything... it's you I love Red... no one else. You should know that!" Meeki stood up and walked over to him. Red's eyes widened, and he turned to face the other Irken, "You... love me?" he stammered, his feelings jumping about violently. Meeki wrapped his arms tightly around Red, sighing lightly on the other's antennae, causing Red to shiver slightly. "of course I do... I left because... I was worried our love would be discovered by someone who doesn't need to know... then we'd be torn apart... Red, I don't want that to happen!" Meeki whispered. Red felt Meeki's... could it be? Meeki was crying! He felt Meeki's tears drip softly onto his skin, and returned the embrace to the other Irken. "Meeki... it's all right... we'll never be separated... I promise..." Red whispered.
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"Sir! We have the list of new recruits for Invader training." A service drone approached Tallest Xajk the next morning (from all else that had happened). "Yes, read them aloud." Xajk told the Irken behind him, without turning around from his work. The Irken Service Drone, called 'Iros' bowed his head, and pulled the names up on a small, holographic hovering notepad, and recited the names, "Yes sir, they are; Alexovich, Chin, ...Dooky, El, Flobee, Gooch, Grapa, Groot, Kim, Koot, Krunk, Larb, Lardnar, Meeki, Nen, Pesto, Poot, Sklud, Skoo, Skoodge? *Ahem* Skutch, Slacks, Sneakyonfoota, Spleen, Splooge, Stink, Slant, Sqood, Tenn, Tim, Yuli, Yugli, Zee and Zim." He answered, taking a deep breath, and lowered the hovering notes. Xajk sat up from his seat, "So, not many newbies... you didn't have to read the old ones off with the new recruits, but no matter..." the almighty Tallest stood up and stretched his arms out a bit, yawning. Well, find them! And inform them all that there will be special training they'll all have to go through starting next month... Operation Impending Doom One depends on all of them as successful Invaders to be... a success. Mmmyeah. Go! Now!" he demanded, and an unknown force literally tossed Iros out of the tower. Iros got back to his feet, groaning aloud and began to walk out to the messaging system in one of the many control rooms nearest the Tallest's tower. He sat down at a computer and typed in a message, telling all Irkens on his list about the new, more harsh training, when it would be held, and what needed to be done, then sent it off to all of them. Iros began to stand, before an alert appeared on the screen, "What the...? Unable to send message to Irken Meeki?" He sighed harshly, not wanting to work anymore, BUT, now he had to go and FIND Meeki. "Curse Words..." he muttered, and set out to find the Irken.
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"So, Zim didn't even know it was us then?" Meeki asked Red, who was lying across his (Meeki's) lap. "Nope... He said he didn't even hear anything last night" Red lied, smiling sweetly to the Irken above him. "That's good... no nasty rumors to follow then." Meeki sighed, and leaned back. Red laughed a bit, and looked up to him, "And I doubt anyone heard us at all, so no worries about that either!" he said. Meeki nodded in response. Suddenly, there was a loud bashing sound at the door, and both Meeki and Red nearly had a heart attack. "Soldier Meeki! Meeki! Are you in there?! Message from tallest Xajk for you!" the Irken's voice could be heard easily and clearly from the other side. "It's Iros! Red! Hide, if he sees you in here, EVERYONE will start thinking something's going on..." Meeki warned Red, and the Crimson-eyed Irken hid under Meeki's bed. "One second! Geez! I was sleeping!" He pretended to complain, and opened the door, forgetting that he was only wearing his black uniform pants still. Iros stared at him for a sec, "Where's your uniform, soldier?" he asked. "Over there on the floor" Meeki answered, staring boredly to Iros. "Come on, what do you want?" Iros cleared his throat and began to speak, "I was given orders to send out a message to several soldiers to be brought in for Invader Training, and your computer wasn't able to receive anything... and now that I'm here, I see why..." Iros pointed out the large cracks on the screen of Meeki's computer. "Wait.. Invader Training? What does that have to do with me? I'm no Invader... Xajk knows my abilities aren't fitted for Invader work..." The taller Irken spoke wearily, fear growing deep within him. Iros sighed, "Your name was on the new list of Invaders for this particular job, okay? I didn't make this, the Control Brains did! Now, you are to report to this meeting next week, and then another one soon after that, for the training that will begin next MONTH, make note of this... here" Iros handed Meeki a disk that had all the information he needed stored on it. "Now... Get your uniform back on and make yourself useful" Iros turned and left Meeki standing there. One of Meeki's fangs stuck out the corner of his mouth, "Tch... he must be new. trying to order higher ranked Irkens around..." he said, and closed the door. "What!? No way! That's wonderful! I..." Red began, crawling out from under the bed. "It's terrible." Meeki stated, looking down. He looked over to Red slightly, "if I'm called in for Invader Training... we'll.... Never get to see each other again..." he whispered, tears welling up inside him. Red's face fell, "Well... that's true..." he sighed sadly, "But... why should love get in the way of... the chance to conquer a different world?" he asked, forcing a smile. Meeki whirled around and stared, teary-eyed at him, baring his fangs, "What would conquering another world do for ME, huh?! For us?! It wouldn't do anything, but give Xajk something else to bitch and moan about to us about the planet's problems!" he shouted, falling to his knees and pressing his claws onto the floor. "It would've been so much better... if we were to continue the same... you and me together as soldiers..... as lovers. Red, you won't forget me, will you?" he looked up. Red smiled softly, kneeled down and brushed his lips to Meeki's for a second, "Never, Meeki... I'll never forget you." "Thank you..."
AWW! :cough: How nice, and depressing, if you still have it playing in your head. :E Poor Meeki. Poor Red! And What's Zim gonna do!? I'll tell you what he's gonna do, wait, no I won't, and besides, he already did it, but I won't explain until a later chapter!! :D! Heh, well review!