Author Notes: I don't own Invader Zim, or its Characters. Thanks for the replies you doom monkeys. I enjoy hearing the comments on how you are soo fascinated by Irken Man boobs. You sick children.
Doomo Arigato!
CH 6 – The Rolling Blackout (Betrayal)
"Wake up stupid! WAKE UP!"
Zim felt a swift kick to his face and opened his eyes. His body ached, and his hands were chained to the ceiling of what looked like the Tallest Castle. His eyes drifted to another figure next to him. It was Gaz and this time not in disguise.
"GAZ? What are you doing here? Where's Glitz?" That earned him another kick in the face.
"Idiot I AM Glitz! Stupid guards stole my belt and I transformed to my human figure. Dammit. "
Zim still held a blank expression, "Uh..."
Gaz sighed, "I was pretending to be a male Irken so I could find out what your leaders were planning." She struggled with her chains.
"The Tallests? They haven't done anything! I think..."
He watched her pull a small pin from her wristband and managed to unlock the keyhole. She jumped down and started working on his chains.
"Earth picked up a signal that the blackouts were coming from this area of the solar system. It was my mission to find out who done it and capture them." She finished and Zim fell to the floor in a heap.
"Mission? So you work for someone?"
Gaz took his hand and pulled him up to his feet.
"I work for the Gameslave Company. The blackouts are ruining the games, even though they run on batteries. I think that the Tallests are sucking the energy from every electrical object on Earth."
She motioned for him to follow her and they ran down the dark halls trying to find the Tallests chambers. While they ran Zim kept asking all sorts of questions, which was really...annoying.
"Why didn't you just tell me Gaz?" Zim grabbed her wrist and demanded more answers.
'If I had told you, you wouldn't have believed me now shut up already god!!" she pulled her wrist out of his grasp and opened a door.
The room was pitched black except for two figures who rose out of their seats. One had purple eyes, the other had red.
"Welcome Zim and human female!"
The lights dim as Red clapped his hands, "What a pleasure to have Zim and his friend join us."
Purple nodded and smiled at the two, "Yes a great pleasure, too bad it must end so soon."
The lights turned on and there stood the Mighty Tallests Purple and Red. Zim's attention was to the huge onyx colored machine behind them. It glistened in the light with a threatening glow.
Red noticed Zim's stare, "Ahh I see you're wondering about this device Zim!" Red went over to the machine and patted its side, "We call it the Reduction Ray"
Zim looked at it again, "Reduction Ray...what's it do?"
Purple smiled, "It's what kept all of the other Irkens short." Then he frowned, "Until it ran out of energy."
"Energy? So you guys are responsible for taking the power that lights Earth!" Zim clenched his fists, "You sick bastards! How will the people of Earth live without their energy?"
The Tallests just laughed and Red spoke, "I didn't know you felt such compassion for the filthy meat bags! But none the less..." he motioned to the Reduction Ray, "...its power was drained after Impending Doom II, that's why almost the entire planet has grown 2 feet in the last year! We needed as much energy as we could find to fuel the machine so we could shrink everyone down to the size they belong to!"
It was Purple's turn to speak, "Our last transmission that you sent us Zim, we managed to do a little digging and found out that Earth was quite abundant in energy, so we decided to steal it all and give it to the ray."
The two smiled and laughed triumphantly. Zim growled, his fists still clenched and shaking with anger.
Gaz stepped forward and yelled, "You realize that you've taken the energy necessary for young kids to play their gameslaves and kill vampire piggies!!??"
The Tallests switched blank stares, "Uh....vampire pigs...?"
"YOU'LL PAY FOR THIS!" Gaz pointed at them, "YOU'LL BOTH SUFFER, I WILL THROW YOU ALL INTO A WORLD OF PURE DREAD!"
She lunged at them but was grabbed by the gaurds and held firmly in place.
Zim growled, "Let her go! She's not worth hurting!"
"She's not worth protecting either Zim." The Tallests laughed again.
"Maybe you'd like to know why you were brought here Zim." They smiled as Zim nodded. Purple looked at Red.
"Go ahead and tell him..."
Red stepped forward, "It's your lucky day Zim. You will be the first to try out the Reduction Ray!"
Zim's eyes went wide, "No."
"Yes, soon you will be back to 3 feet in size, and what a wonderful sight it will be."
Zim pulled his gun from his belt and began sprinting toward Red.
"NO I WILL NOT GO BACK TO THAT SIZE!"
He raised the gun and fired; suddenly a figure appeared and used its arm to hit the beam back towards Zim which he easily dodged. The dark form ran at Zim so fast and kicked him back to his place at the bottom of the steps.
Zim looked up at the person standing on the stairs, he was wearing dark red armor and a black hood shielding his eyes.
"Who the Hell are you..." Zim asked
"I forget to mention that the Academy had a top student who became elite, also our personal assassin and body guard." Red snapped his fingers and the Irken removed his black hood. Zim took a deep breath.
"Zeke..." he muttered and watched in disbelief as the strongest of all Irken warriors stood before him. His best friend, now his worst enemy.
"Zeke here had the best scores of everyone, show this lowlife how to really get things done Zeke!" Red pointed at Zim, "Kill the betrayer!"
Zeke jumped, his fist raised high. Zim rolled over and missed the punch by a mere inch. He stood up; Zeke lifted his hand from the floor, a large crack left in the marble.
'Zeke, you don't wanna hurt me. We're best friends don't let the Tallests tell you what to do!" Zim couldn't avoid the next hit as Zeke's fist struck him in the face and sent Zim flying into a wall. He opened his eyes and saw Zeke walking toward him.
"I'm sorry Zim, but as an assassin it is my duty to kill, even if it's you."
End, heh Sry to leave you guys with this cliffhanger. Reviews will be loved.