Battle For Irk

Chapter 4

Roll Call

By Ronin S. Oath

"First, we will begin with a roll call to make sure that all of us made it," Invader Jolene told the crowd of Irkens. "Ok… We'll begin. First I'll call your name, then the name of your SIR Unit. When you hear your name, either rise you hand or say here. Same thing goes for the SIR Units." Invader Jolene clears her throat. "First off, Invader Ronin!"

"I'm here," Ronin replies from behind Jolene.

"Oh… Of course you are, sir. And your SIR Unit, Alpha?"

"Sir!" Alpha called, raising its hand in salute.

Jolene checked something off on the paper in her hands. "Invader Kri?"

"Ma'am!" Invader Kri stands at attention.

"And your SIR Unit, Stitches?"

"Sir!" Stitches replies, saluting.

Jolene checks something else on the paper in her hands. "Invader Tee?"

Silence…

"Invader Tee? Is there an Invader Tee here?"

Silence…

"Tee?"

"Huh?" Invader Tee asks as she takes off her headphones and stops dancing to look around. "Someone say my name?"

Jolene's eye twitches. "Are you here Invader Tee?"

"Umm…" Tee is thinking really hard.

"She's here, already!" Invader Jak screams.

Jolene nods, and moves on to Tee's SIR Unit. "Chip? Um… That's what it says… Is Chip here?"

Chip is glaring at Invader Tee, mumbling under his breath, "Must kill… Kill my master… Must destroy all life… Kill… Master… Must…" Then hearing its names, Chip salutes, before going back to mumbling under its breath.

"O…k…" Jolene places another check on the paper. "Next is-" Jolene glances at the paper, and starts shaking as she sees the name. "No… It can't be… Zim!"

"I am Zim!" Zim screams.

Everyone takes a large step away from him, except for Invader Tee who glomps him and starts squishing him as if he were a stuffed toy!

Zim gasps for air. "Can't… breath…"

Jolene slowly shakes her head, and continues. "And your SIR Unit… GIR?"

GIR salutes, his eyes turning wine-red. "Yes!"

Tee stops hugging Zim, in order to stare at GIR. "What's the 'G' stand for?"

"I don't know…" GIR answers, his eyes going back to a watery blue color.

Invader Jolene checks off something from the list with a shaking hand. "Next is Invader Heather."

Invader Heather raised her hand boredly.

"And you SIR Unit, Kittie?"

Kittie salutes.

Invader Jolene check off something on the paper, then continues. "Tak?"

Tak salutes, still glaring at Zim, and now Tee.

"And your SIR Unit, Mimi?"

Mimi salutes, also glaring at Zim and GIR.

Jolene nods, checking off something on the list. "Invader Jak?"

"I'm here as well," Jak grouched. "Can we get on with this now?"

"We still have the others to check off, Jak," Jolene answered.

"Yea, yea, just get on with it."

"And your SIR Unit, Plague?"

"Sir!" Plague saluted.

Jolene checks something off on the list. "Hmm… That's odd… Next is Frycook, Sizz Lorr who doesn't even have a SIR Unit… Well… Is Sizz Lorr here?"

"I'm here," Sizz Lorr answered.

Invader Jolene slightly smiles, before checking off something from the list again. "What do you know, the next person is me! Well, I'm here… Is my SIR Unit, Sammy, here?"

"Yes, my master!" Sammy answers from behind Jolene.

"Ok then," Jolene says, checking off even more of the list. "Next is Invader Nickie."

Once again there is silence.

"Um… Not this again. Is there an Invader Nickie here?"

Silence…

But then, there is a light snoring sound coming from somewhere in the back…

"What's that sound?" Tee questions.

Invader Ronin walks forward. "Is someone sleeping?!?"

"Hmm…" Jolene jumps down from the platform, and walks into the back, almost tripping over the sleeping Irken. "I believe I found Invader Nickie… Sleeping as usual."

"Sleeping?!?" Invader Ronin question, before hitting his hand against his head. "First Tee, then Zim, and now this! What's next?"

Invader Jolene tried to smile, but failed. "Is Invader Nickie's SIR Unit, Feather, here?"

Feather salutes from underneath Invader Nickie's head.

"Ok," Jolene said as she checked off the list. "The last person is Invader Skooge."

"Invader Skooge, Sir!" Skooge salutes, standing behind Zim and Tee.

Invader Jolene smiles and checks off the last part of the paper. "Well… Everyone is here."

"Finally," sighed Jak. "Now can we go fight the enemies?!?"

To Be Continued…