Tak's Return

Chapter 1: The Chrome Ships

By: Opus

Disclamer: Invader Zim belongs to Jhonen Vasques (Thanks DoomDib777, Glad ya like DIB & TAK ROCK)

The escape pod drifted around. Slowly turning, slowly moving, Tak and
the half functioning Mimi sat inside the tiny pod. It was cold
incredibly cold. The energy to her pod ran out only a few days ago.
She didn't know were she was, all she could see was an endless black.

Tak curled her slim legs closer to her body. She had been dropping in
and out of consciousness. Her air supply was coming closer to its end.
It was so cold; she couldn't stand it any more. Her antennas were
frozen and her body heat wasn't doing anything.

Mimi put a cold hand to her master back. Tak slowly looked up to meet
the androids red eyes. They then turned blue and she shrieked "Monkey
Brains!!" Then She automatically shut down and fell to the floor.

Tak turned miserably to look back out the window. She watch the stars
and planets pass. She closed her eyes to try to hold off the cold
tears that started to run down her checks, and freeze in their tracks.

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She must have drifted off again, because she woke to a violent
crash to the hull of the pod Mimi fell to the floor screaming
her artificial lungs out. Another impact hit the pod, this time
throwing Tak to the floor.
Tak clambered up to the window to the icy darkness, to find that she had drifted into an asteroid field!

That in its self nearly gave her heart attack. Then a bright light caught her eye. Tak turned out to look out to her left to see five Irken Voot Runners pelting after a small, sleek chrome ship.

The Runners fired at the chrome one and it dogged and zigzagged out
of the way of each fire. What the Chrome ship lacked in size, it made
up in speed. In the distance three more small chrome ships came into
her view. The reinforcements shot at the imposing Runners. Blowing up
three of the Runners, and another one was smashed between two
asteroids.

Voot Runners were Okay in asteroid fields, but the Chrome ships seamed
to be made for this type of terrain. The finale Runner turned tail and
flew right over poor Tak. Sending her pod rolling. Mimi smashed into
the control panels in a bunch of sparks. Tak lurched screaming into a
jutting leaver hitting her head. She fell to the floor; she put her
three-fingered hand up to her forehead. She brought it down to see her
crimson blood all over her gloved hand.

Right before her purple eyes rolled up into her head in a feint she
saw a bright blue light surround her pod.