The next morning, after Zim had left for skool, Red and Purple sat in front of the computer screen in the lab, flicking through the ads and other useless information on the humans' Internet system.

They had taken Zim's words seriously for a change, and were trying to find something to do.

"How about that?" Purple said, pointing out an ad on the screen.

Red looked at Purple strangely. "A movie? What in Irk's name is that?"

"Perhaps we should investigate?"

Red grinned ad scribbled the address on a piece of paper.

Red and Purple ended up seeing a movie about warriors with special powers, who were on a strange quest.

They found it quite enlightening.

As they walked home after the film, the Dib human ambushed them.

"You two are gunna tell me who you are and how you know Zim! Right now!" He demanded.

Red scoffed.

"Are we?"

Purple noticed his partner's eyes beginning to shimmer behind his disguise.

"Red…?"

Red wasn't listening. He switched off his holographic disguise. Dib gasped in horror.

"You… you're one of them!" He screeched, waving a pointed finger at Red.

"Not just one," Red's eyes began to glow dimly, and, before he could stop it, Red switched Purple's disguise off as well.

"AAAAAHHH! Another one!"

"Oh shit. What did you have to go and do that for!"

Red snapped around and glared at Purple. Purple's eyes went wide. Red was going to do something the both of them had sworn not to do.

"RED! DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT!" Purple screamed, horrified.

"Try and stop me." Red growled, turning back to the petrified Dib.

It was then that Zim stumbled upon the scene.

"Dib, who are you…! WHAT THE HECK DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING?" Zim's jaw almost dropped right off he was in that much shock.

Purple hastily re-activated his disguise, but Red did not. Instead, his eyes gave off a brilliant crimson light, which blinded everyone. When the small group could see again, Red was gone.

Purple and Zim didn't see Red for the next couple of days.

When he did return to the base, he was battered, and covered in bruises and blisters. Blisters that Zim recognised as the result of water contact.

Red was considered hospitalised for the next few weeks, while his skin grew back and his bruises faded.

When he was able to move again, the first thing that he encountered was the back of Purple's hand.

Purple raved on about the foolish display of their powers to the human boy and how he could have gotten himself killed. Red just sat still, hanging his head.

Purple knew he was listening.

When Purple was finished raving, something he didn't do a lot, he asked Zim, who had also been listening to every word, if he would get him a drink. Zim did as he was asked without hesitation.

Purple downed his drink in one gulp and exhaled noisily.

Zim was about to burst with curiosity.

"Uh, so… you have special abilities?" He asked cautiously.

Purple sighed. In the midst of his raving Purple had indirectly told Zim about their powers.

"Yes Zim, we do."

"How…?"

"We don't know how. We just got them, and that was that." Red muttered, still clearly ashamed.

"What kind?"

"We can move things with our minds, read other creatures minds, fiddle with them…"

"You can change peoples' minds!"

"I suppose…"

"Wow!"

"We can do a whole bunch of other stuff too… but we restrained ourselves from using our powers, so we aren't really practiced in using those powers of ours."

"I see…"

There was a brief pause, with Red and Purple staring at each other. Zim guessed they were talking silently. He wasn't a stupid as people supposed.

"When we figured out what was going on, we didn't know what we were supposed to do. We learnt how to use our powers of course, but that didn't do us any good really." Purple continued, slumping to the floor.

"Why not?"

"We didn't want anyone to know about our powers, so we didn't use them. You're the first to know, Zim."

Zim suddenly felt privileged.

"Second."

Purple and Zim looked over at Red, whose eyes looked angry.

"Excuse me?"

"Anocian. He knows."

"Oh yeah…" Purple looked thoughtful for a moment before his violet eyes became very round.

"How does he know?"

"Good question…"

"And what did Sleet want from him?"

Zim looked back and forth between his comrades, who seemed to be in a world of their own.

"Whoa! Who is Anocian? Why would the new Tallest want something from him? What does he have?"

Red and Purple looked at each other.

"That's a good question Zim. A very good question."

Suddenly, Zim's computer spoke up.

"Incoming communication from the Massive." It said in a bored voice.

"It's Sleet!" Red hissed.

Zim's eyes were wide and he was close to tears.

"Tallests hardly ever call me!" He whispered, oblivious to the angry glares he was getting.

"Zim…" Red growled.

"Oh yeah." Zim spun around and laughed rather sheepishly. "Sorry. You'd better hide."

Red and Purple nodded and scrambled away, to hiding places where they could hear, but could not be seen.

The screen flicked on just as Zim turned around.

The figure on the screen was a tallest all right… according to his clothes at least.

"Hello Zim."

"Greetings My Tallest. How nice of you to call." Zim said, pricking his antennae up smartly.

Sleet chuckled.

Red… Said Purple's voice in Red's mind. If Zim says anything remotely like he knows we're here, we're going to be so dead!

Red nodded to himself in his hiding place.

I agree. Don't worry Pur. I'll take care of it.

As Zim stood in front of the screen, Red's eyes let off a dim light, which he hid by covering his face in a pillow.

Zim's eyes lost their shine, and his mind was blank. He was being kept there by Red's will alone.

"So Zim," Sleet said in a superior tone. "Has anything happened lately?"

Red growled silently. He knew to what Sleet was referring.

"No My Tallest, nothing to report. This planet tends to be rather dull." Zim answered.

Sleet looked at Zim strangely. "Really? Nothing at all?"

"Nothing sir."

Sleet's eyes narrowed. "I see. Do let me know if anything does."

"But of course."

Sleet nodded and the screen switched off.

Zim collapsed into a heap on the floor.

Red and Purple stood up and walked to the centre of the room, with Purple sweeping a large piece of cloth over the screen, just in case it turned on without warning. Irk knows it had happened to them before.

Purple looked down at the unconscious Zim on the floor.

"You didn't hurt him did you?" Purple asked looking up at Red.

Red sniffed and sat down on the sofa.

"Why? It sounds like you actually care." Red scoffed.

"Well, he does know the most about this planet, so as long as I have to act like a human, yeah, I care!"

"So…" Said a sly voice.

Red and Purple snapped their attention to the door, where Chasidy was slowly pushing the door open and grinning evilly. "This is what you are…"