*Bee bee bee beeeegin!*
The long road to planning led them back to Dib's house where they had to start from scratch on finding out Tak's location. The previous 'base' had obviously been a decoy. She might have used it to house her operations at one time, but nothing was there anymore.
"Okay, so her jet was heading east... and this article about the weenie corporation says there's a new stand opening..." Dib was seated at his computer console and surfing the net, Zim, reading over his shoulder.
"That's by the ocean! She's crazy!"
"Yeah, I kinda figured that, but it's the best lead we've got! What if she's planning to do something to the oceans?"
"But the oceans don't Do anything! They're full of salt water; humans can't utilize that!" Dib stared oddly at Zim.
"Zim, there's a lot of uses for the ocean... for one it's a source of food and..." Zim displayed a look of utter confusion. "You know what, I'm not even going to try to explain it." Zim blinked.
"So... the ocean. It's going to take us a while to get there..."
"Not if we take Tak's ship!"
"Ha! I can't wait till she finds out we're using her own devices against her!" Zim rubbed his hands together. "Sweet victory..."
"It's in the garage; come on." Zim looked outdoors where it was obviously still day, albeit a rainy day.
"Right now? Won't that seem a bit conspicuous?"
"So?"
"You're right... who cares?"
And with that, Zim and Dib blast off into the sky, heading for their only lead.
Meanwhile, at the Weenie Base, Tak plotted:
"Zim won't even notice his defeat until it has been secured, and that Dib child... he is inconsequential. Once I evaporate the oceans, the humans will bow... all of them." Tak watched from an overhanging catwalk as machines busied themselves with completing her dehydration system.
The entire apparatus was situated at the bottom of a bay in this small town. This would, in deed, make it much harder to get to, were there any complications, and the aide of robotic machines meant Tak didn't have to personally put herself in jeopardy. Right now, she was watching the machines as they entered a hatch, hauling various apparatus' in their wake. This was their entrance to the underwater facility.
Tak hated missing even a moment of Zim's torturous punishment, but her project was so near completion and she couldn't afford any setbacks. Water, such a horrible thing... and covering so much of the earth; this made it an optimum target. Humans and their dependence on such was just an added bonus.
The tricky part of her plan was that viral agent she used to manipulate Zim's cells. Tak was no scientist and had never held a love for the field. This is why she allowed computers to devise a majority of the concoction. Her first design for it had been one that would not only make an Irken human, but would considerably lower the specimen's intelligence. This was scrapped, however, in favor of the one that was used. She didn't think he'd be able to appreciate her design, not with a considerably low IQ.
Tak's plans were perfect; nothing could touch her. Even if Dib and Zim were able to uncover her base of operations, they had no means of travel that could get them here on time to do anything other than witness the rise of Irken rule. She could feel secure in that, unaware of the threat that was very near... in fact, less than a mile from her present location.
Tak's ship had made a rather harsh landing. In order to assure themselves a ride homeward when all this was over, the two had decided the best place to land the cruiser was near a hydroelectric plant. By the time security cameras picked it up, they would be long gone. This left them with the painful task of walking the rest of the way to Tak's base whose location they were unsure. Either they had assumed wrongly, or Tak had decided to make her base a less conspicuous size.
The two boys now walked along a sidewalk, bordering the ocean. This led straight to the heart of town, as well as several thriving businesses. Zim couldn't help but stare out at the blue mass with a growing unease. True, he didn't have a weakness to the fluid anymore, but the sheer size of it all was a bit intimidating.
"... so if we continue this way, we should come across a lot of businesses, and if Tak's plan Does involve the ocean, then she'll want to be close to it." Dib, always thinking of the plan...
"Why would anyone want to be close to that... thing?" Dib remained ignorant of that statement, as well as Zim's fear as he continued pondering what security systems Tak was likely to have.
*STOP!! Don't go any FURTHER!!*
Nyeh... we're getting through this thing now... I should finish writing the ending... OKAY!! So... I dun own. You know that. I think this'll be my last fanfic for a while. I'm going to start writing out my plots... like Meep and the such. I wanna write a backstory for Meep since I've finished on character and species development on him.
Moose on your head. I'm shooming!
*RR?*
The long road to planning led them back to Dib's house where they had to start from scratch on finding out Tak's location. The previous 'base' had obviously been a decoy. She might have used it to house her operations at one time, but nothing was there anymore.
"Okay, so her jet was heading east... and this article about the weenie corporation says there's a new stand opening..." Dib was seated at his computer console and surfing the net, Zim, reading over his shoulder.
"That's by the ocean! She's crazy!"
"Yeah, I kinda figured that, but it's the best lead we've got! What if she's planning to do something to the oceans?"
"But the oceans don't Do anything! They're full of salt water; humans can't utilize that!" Dib stared oddly at Zim.
"Zim, there's a lot of uses for the ocean... for one it's a source of food and..." Zim displayed a look of utter confusion. "You know what, I'm not even going to try to explain it." Zim blinked.
"So... the ocean. It's going to take us a while to get there..."
"Not if we take Tak's ship!"
"Ha! I can't wait till she finds out we're using her own devices against her!" Zim rubbed his hands together. "Sweet victory..."
"It's in the garage; come on." Zim looked outdoors where it was obviously still day, albeit a rainy day.
"Right now? Won't that seem a bit conspicuous?"
"So?"
"You're right... who cares?"
And with that, Zim and Dib blast off into the sky, heading for their only lead.
Meanwhile, at the Weenie Base, Tak plotted:
"Zim won't even notice his defeat until it has been secured, and that Dib child... he is inconsequential. Once I evaporate the oceans, the humans will bow... all of them." Tak watched from an overhanging catwalk as machines busied themselves with completing her dehydration system.
The entire apparatus was situated at the bottom of a bay in this small town. This would, in deed, make it much harder to get to, were there any complications, and the aide of robotic machines meant Tak didn't have to personally put herself in jeopardy. Right now, she was watching the machines as they entered a hatch, hauling various apparatus' in their wake. This was their entrance to the underwater facility.
Tak hated missing even a moment of Zim's torturous punishment, but her project was so near completion and she couldn't afford any setbacks. Water, such a horrible thing... and covering so much of the earth; this made it an optimum target. Humans and their dependence on such was just an added bonus.
The tricky part of her plan was that viral agent she used to manipulate Zim's cells. Tak was no scientist and had never held a love for the field. This is why she allowed computers to devise a majority of the concoction. Her first design for it had been one that would not only make an Irken human, but would considerably lower the specimen's intelligence. This was scrapped, however, in favor of the one that was used. She didn't think he'd be able to appreciate her design, not with a considerably low IQ.
Tak's plans were perfect; nothing could touch her. Even if Dib and Zim were able to uncover her base of operations, they had no means of travel that could get them here on time to do anything other than witness the rise of Irken rule. She could feel secure in that, unaware of the threat that was very near... in fact, less than a mile from her present location.
Tak's ship had made a rather harsh landing. In order to assure themselves a ride homeward when all this was over, the two had decided the best place to land the cruiser was near a hydroelectric plant. By the time security cameras picked it up, they would be long gone. This left them with the painful task of walking the rest of the way to Tak's base whose location they were unsure. Either they had assumed wrongly, or Tak had decided to make her base a less conspicuous size.
The two boys now walked along a sidewalk, bordering the ocean. This led straight to the heart of town, as well as several thriving businesses. Zim couldn't help but stare out at the blue mass with a growing unease. True, he didn't have a weakness to the fluid anymore, but the sheer size of it all was a bit intimidating.
"... so if we continue this way, we should come across a lot of businesses, and if Tak's plan Does involve the ocean, then she'll want to be close to it." Dib, always thinking of the plan...
"Why would anyone want to be close to that... thing?" Dib remained ignorant of that statement, as well as Zim's fear as he continued pondering what security systems Tak was likely to have.
*STOP!! Don't go any FURTHER!!*
Nyeh... we're getting through this thing now... I should finish writing the ending... OKAY!! So... I dun own. You know that. I think this'll be my last fanfic for a while. I'm going to start writing out my plots... like Meep and the such. I wanna write a backstory for Meep since I've finished on character and species development on him.
Moose on your head. I'm shooming!
*RR?*