Chapter 5
A New Allie?
Zim's jaw dropped and his eyes widened to two times there size upon seeing Rogue climb out of the pit with her own pair of spider legs, burning with anger, and a death glare in her eyes. She stood up, stumbling a bit as she re-folded her spider legs. With her black headband gone, her two, long, curly tipped antennas stood straight up out of her hair, which was now messy.
Zim stood his ground, with mouth still hanging open. An eerie sense of "deva ju" came over him at that moment, This situation, as shocking as it was now getting, has happened before…when Tak came to his door that day and revealed herself right then and there. With such an experience already lived through, the invader felt that he should have seen this coming a mile away, but…
"…YOU…you're a…a…" Zim was speechless, nonetheless.
Rogue clenched both of her fists, her body trembling with anger. "…You ROTTEN little...." She worded out, unable to finish her sentence. More and more, rage began to build up inside of her. She then glared at Zim, causing a bone chilling feeling to sweep over the male Irken.
"…THAT'S IT!" Rogue shouted, voice echoing throughout the room. "I'LL MAKE SURE YOU DIE!!!"
Zim didn't have enough time to react to what happened next. In a flash, Rogue bolted towards Zim, driving him into the wall. The attack left a dent in the metal wall.
Winded and half passed out, Zim tried to free himself from the anger crazed Irken, but to his surprise and pain, her grip alone was something he has never felt before. She buried just one hand onto his chest, and pushed deeper into the wall. The air rusted out of Zim's body, and the invader was doing all he could do just to keep conscious.
Zim shut his eyes, taking to block out the overwhelming pain Rogue was giving to him. He grit his teeth down hard, not wanting to scream, the pain was all he could feel. The feeling in his legs has gone out, his hands, which were once trying to push Rogue's arm off, now drooped down on his sides, weak and completely out of strength.
"Any last words?"
Zim's eyes shot open, and his blurred sight was greeted with a glowing gem, ready to fire. Just behind the glow, he saw Rogue's grinning face, the look of a killer, or one whose about to kill. What ever the word was, Zim was suddenly hit with the thought…that this was the end.
He shut his eyes again, and began to tremble at the thought that the last thing he will hear is the blast of the laser and the sound of Rogue's sinter laugh...
But instead, something Zim never thought he'd be happy to hear...
"GIMME A PIGGYBACK RIDE!!!"
Out of nowhere, Gir came running up and jumped on Rogue's back, making her let go of her target. With the grip gone, Zim fell to his knees, clutching his chest and breathing hard. He picked himself off the floor with his spider legs.
Meanwhile, Gir was unknowingly helping Zim by keeping Rogue too busy to see his Master recovering. The little SIR hung off the psycho's back, still screaming, "PIGGYBACK! PIGGYBACK!"
"GET OFF OF ME!! YOU PIECE OF TRASH!" Rogue yelled, trying to throw Gir off. When she finally prided the SIR off her back, she chucked him against the wall, making the little robot's eyes go black. Rogue looked back to where Zim was, but he was now gone. "...That blasted-!" She looked around the darkened room, trying to re-locate her lost prey.
'Now, where is he...?' She thought to herself, her eyes scanning the room.
Unknown to Rogue, Zim was hanging between the cords on the ceiling, safely hidden in the shadows, or, so he thought.
'Another one! Another Irken is after me!' Zim mind raced. 'Could she be WORKING for Tak?! Then could that mean Tak is back on Earth?!'
Suddenly, Zim stared to break out in a sweat, with so many things going through his mind. A bead of sweat dripped off of his forehead and made it's way down to the floor, making a very light, very suddle sound.
Rogue's antennas shot right up. She looked to the ceiling, exactly were Zim was hiding.
"THERE YOU ARE!" She unfolding her spider legs and launched herself straight for Zim. The invader's eyes grew in fright as he quickly dodged to the right.
The chase suddenly resumed on the ceiling. Zim frantically jumped from wire to wire as Rogue followed close behind, both using their spider legs. Rogue's aim seemed to be just as good in the air as it was on the ground. Zim could feel the heat from the blasts zipping by him, just missing his head.
'This is MADNESS!' Zim thought. 'I can't keep this up! I've got to stop her somehow!'
He jumped on a group of wires that were tangled and knotted. He noticed one of the wires were cut, possibly got hit by one of Rogue's lasers. With no time to lose, Zim grabbed the live wire and held his position. Rogue noticed, thinking he was finally ready to give up. A smile smeared crossed her face, as she got closer to Zim, who was still holding his ground among the wires.
The intruder made her move, leaping toward Zim, weapon ready. With focued determination, Zim swerved to the side, just missing Rogue's ruthless but failed attack. Then, clutching the live wire tight, he slammed it directly on her laser, immediately short circuiting it.
Surprised by her target's sudden show of bravery, Rogue was taken back by the jolt of electrical energy that began to surge through her body. Zim hoped that the shock would at least knock her out, but it merely stunned her for a second.
However, Rogue's spider legs began to short out as well. Losing her balance, she fell to the ground with a loud thud. She struggled to stand, but she only got as far as her knees. Sparks flew out of her laser gem. She clutched it, hung her head and grid her teeth, showing she was in some pain. Her injured arm started to go crazy, fingers twitching and trembling. More sparks flew, and then all at once, Rogue's whole body flashed white.
Zim shielded his eyes, the light was blinding. For the moment, he thought Rogue was going to self-destruct. But after the light died down, nothing happened. Zim opened his eyes to see Rogue still kneeing, but she did not look like what she did before. Her human disguise was finally gone, revealing what she truly looked like.
She was definitely Irken, her skin was a darker green then Zim's, and she had a normal Irken uniform on. But a couple things were different. Without her human hair, she had slightly longer antennas. But even more unusual, she appeared to have what looked like robotic arms. They were white with a violet colored gem on each on top of her wrists. That explained the lasers and tight grip.
Still holding on to her injury, she looked up to the ceiling at Zim with her sharp eyes, which were now a deep purple color.
Zim's eyes narrowed at Rogue's true looks. 'She's a cybrog! I never knew the Irken army allowed such implants!' He thought. At seeing this now, it explained her whole act of stalking him through his base. Her speed and stealth alone was something that even impressed Zim. But the question now was "why".
Slowly and still being careful, Zim lowered himself down to the ground, right in front of Rogue. She looked up at him, or rather, glared at him. The male invader folded his metal legs back into his pak. Rogue took a deep breath, writhing a bit with her arm being so messed up.
"You've won…" She said hanging her head in a warrior's defeat. "I've never thought I'd been beaten by the likes of YOU!"
Zim held back a shout from such a comment. "…What do you mean by that?" He asked this with a glare of his own.
The female Irken looked back up at him, not saying anything.
"I SAID…WHAT did you MEAN by that!?" Zim repeated, this time, louder.
Again, Rogue didn't answer. The look on her face was blank and cold, like she had nothing to say to his question, or more like she didn't care at all. At seeing this, Zim moved to another question…
"Okaaay, then what are you doing here? You are Irken, right?"
"……………"
"…DID THE TAK SEND YOU?!?"
A confused look came on Rogue's face. "WHO?!"
Zim lifted a non-existent eyebrow. "You have nothing to do with Tak?" He thought for sure that was the reason for the madness.
Slowly, Rogue lifted herself off the floor and looked at Zim face to face. There was another moment of silence.
"…I see that the Tallest were right." Rogue finally spoke, with an odd smile on her face. Zim's eyes widened at the sound of his leaders' name.
"The Almighty Tallest??" He said, loosing up a bit. "What about them? What do they want?"
"Allow me to explain…" Rogue said, now sounding rather formal then some crazy. "I was send by our Almighty Tallest themselves, to check up on you, Invader Zim, and see how your progress on taking over this planet is doing. And I'm pleased to said that you're passed the checkup." She flashed that smile again.
Zim stood there, not sure what to say at first. 'The Tallest must TRULY want to see how I'm doing, so they send one of their best…uh…' He looked at Rogue again, trying to think of the right word. "…What ARE you, anyhow?? What rank are you in?"
Rogue look at him with her sharp eyes, and answered, "…I'm a new type of invader, a HELPER, you could say. I was also ordered by our leaders to STAY with you till I'm told to head back, to continue my report on your mission." She cleared her throat. "*Anem* My actions before where to test your reaction to sudden trials and danger. Besides that one part when your SIR unit jumped me, I'd said you've passed that as well."
Zim remembered Gir. He turned to see that his robot was back on, and swaying his little head back and forth, like nothing happened.
"So, as I said before, I will be residing with you till the Tallest call me back to the Massive." Rogue said. "Is that understood?"
Zim was still a bit shocked to this sudden new turn. Just a moment ago, he was running for his life, and for what? A test? Well, he felt that it was by time the Tallest showed him SOME kind of appreciation. Anyway he looked at it, it was beginning to make sense...
"Yes! I understand, and I will do my best to pass the rest of this "TEST"." Zim answered, and finished with a salute.
"...Perfect." Rogue said, smiling again. There something about that smile...
The Irken saluting suddenly looked down at Rogue's damaged arm. "... I have something in the lab that could fix that rig-"
"No thanks...I can fix it myself..." Rogue said coldly, not letting Zim finish. She turned and began to make her way towards the elevator, leaving Zim and Gir to catch up.
'...The Tallest were right...that fool IS gullible...' The cybrog thought. "Now, on to plan "B"..."
TBC...............
A New Allie?
Zim's jaw dropped and his eyes widened to two times there size upon seeing Rogue climb out of the pit with her own pair of spider legs, burning with anger, and a death glare in her eyes. She stood up, stumbling a bit as she re-folded her spider legs. With her black headband gone, her two, long, curly tipped antennas stood straight up out of her hair, which was now messy.
Zim stood his ground, with mouth still hanging open. An eerie sense of "deva ju" came over him at that moment, This situation, as shocking as it was now getting, has happened before…when Tak came to his door that day and revealed herself right then and there. With such an experience already lived through, the invader felt that he should have seen this coming a mile away, but…
"…YOU…you're a…a…" Zim was speechless, nonetheless.
Rogue clenched both of her fists, her body trembling with anger. "…You ROTTEN little...." She worded out, unable to finish her sentence. More and more, rage began to build up inside of her. She then glared at Zim, causing a bone chilling feeling to sweep over the male Irken.
"…THAT'S IT!" Rogue shouted, voice echoing throughout the room. "I'LL MAKE SURE YOU DIE!!!"
Zim didn't have enough time to react to what happened next. In a flash, Rogue bolted towards Zim, driving him into the wall. The attack left a dent in the metal wall.
Winded and half passed out, Zim tried to free himself from the anger crazed Irken, but to his surprise and pain, her grip alone was something he has never felt before. She buried just one hand onto his chest, and pushed deeper into the wall. The air rusted out of Zim's body, and the invader was doing all he could do just to keep conscious.
Zim shut his eyes, taking to block out the overwhelming pain Rogue was giving to him. He grit his teeth down hard, not wanting to scream, the pain was all he could feel. The feeling in his legs has gone out, his hands, which were once trying to push Rogue's arm off, now drooped down on his sides, weak and completely out of strength.
"Any last words?"
Zim's eyes shot open, and his blurred sight was greeted with a glowing gem, ready to fire. Just behind the glow, he saw Rogue's grinning face, the look of a killer, or one whose about to kill. What ever the word was, Zim was suddenly hit with the thought…that this was the end.
He shut his eyes again, and began to tremble at the thought that the last thing he will hear is the blast of the laser and the sound of Rogue's sinter laugh...
But instead, something Zim never thought he'd be happy to hear...
"GIMME A PIGGYBACK RIDE!!!"
Out of nowhere, Gir came running up and jumped on Rogue's back, making her let go of her target. With the grip gone, Zim fell to his knees, clutching his chest and breathing hard. He picked himself off the floor with his spider legs.
Meanwhile, Gir was unknowingly helping Zim by keeping Rogue too busy to see his Master recovering. The little SIR hung off the psycho's back, still screaming, "PIGGYBACK! PIGGYBACK!"
"GET OFF OF ME!! YOU PIECE OF TRASH!" Rogue yelled, trying to throw Gir off. When she finally prided the SIR off her back, she chucked him against the wall, making the little robot's eyes go black. Rogue looked back to where Zim was, but he was now gone. "...That blasted-!" She looked around the darkened room, trying to re-locate her lost prey.
'Now, where is he...?' She thought to herself, her eyes scanning the room.
Unknown to Rogue, Zim was hanging between the cords on the ceiling, safely hidden in the shadows, or, so he thought.
'Another one! Another Irken is after me!' Zim mind raced. 'Could she be WORKING for Tak?! Then could that mean Tak is back on Earth?!'
Suddenly, Zim stared to break out in a sweat, with so many things going through his mind. A bead of sweat dripped off of his forehead and made it's way down to the floor, making a very light, very suddle sound.
Rogue's antennas shot right up. She looked to the ceiling, exactly were Zim was hiding.
"THERE YOU ARE!" She unfolding her spider legs and launched herself straight for Zim. The invader's eyes grew in fright as he quickly dodged to the right.
The chase suddenly resumed on the ceiling. Zim frantically jumped from wire to wire as Rogue followed close behind, both using their spider legs. Rogue's aim seemed to be just as good in the air as it was on the ground. Zim could feel the heat from the blasts zipping by him, just missing his head.
'This is MADNESS!' Zim thought. 'I can't keep this up! I've got to stop her somehow!'
He jumped on a group of wires that were tangled and knotted. He noticed one of the wires were cut, possibly got hit by one of Rogue's lasers. With no time to lose, Zim grabbed the live wire and held his position. Rogue noticed, thinking he was finally ready to give up. A smile smeared crossed her face, as she got closer to Zim, who was still holding his ground among the wires.
The intruder made her move, leaping toward Zim, weapon ready. With focued determination, Zim swerved to the side, just missing Rogue's ruthless but failed attack. Then, clutching the live wire tight, he slammed it directly on her laser, immediately short circuiting it.
Surprised by her target's sudden show of bravery, Rogue was taken back by the jolt of electrical energy that began to surge through her body. Zim hoped that the shock would at least knock her out, but it merely stunned her for a second.
However, Rogue's spider legs began to short out as well. Losing her balance, she fell to the ground with a loud thud. She struggled to stand, but she only got as far as her knees. Sparks flew out of her laser gem. She clutched it, hung her head and grid her teeth, showing she was in some pain. Her injured arm started to go crazy, fingers twitching and trembling. More sparks flew, and then all at once, Rogue's whole body flashed white.
Zim shielded his eyes, the light was blinding. For the moment, he thought Rogue was going to self-destruct. But after the light died down, nothing happened. Zim opened his eyes to see Rogue still kneeing, but she did not look like what she did before. Her human disguise was finally gone, revealing what she truly looked like.
She was definitely Irken, her skin was a darker green then Zim's, and she had a normal Irken uniform on. But a couple things were different. Without her human hair, she had slightly longer antennas. But even more unusual, she appeared to have what looked like robotic arms. They were white with a violet colored gem on each on top of her wrists. That explained the lasers and tight grip.
Still holding on to her injury, she looked up to the ceiling at Zim with her sharp eyes, which were now a deep purple color.
Zim's eyes narrowed at Rogue's true looks. 'She's a cybrog! I never knew the Irken army allowed such implants!' He thought. At seeing this now, it explained her whole act of stalking him through his base. Her speed and stealth alone was something that even impressed Zim. But the question now was "why".
Slowly and still being careful, Zim lowered himself down to the ground, right in front of Rogue. She looked up at him, or rather, glared at him. The male invader folded his metal legs back into his pak. Rogue took a deep breath, writhing a bit with her arm being so messed up.
"You've won…" She said hanging her head in a warrior's defeat. "I've never thought I'd been beaten by the likes of YOU!"
Zim held back a shout from such a comment. "…What do you mean by that?" He asked this with a glare of his own.
The female Irken looked back up at him, not saying anything.
"I SAID…WHAT did you MEAN by that!?" Zim repeated, this time, louder.
Again, Rogue didn't answer. The look on her face was blank and cold, like she had nothing to say to his question, or more like she didn't care at all. At seeing this, Zim moved to another question…
"Okaaay, then what are you doing here? You are Irken, right?"
"……………"
"…DID THE TAK SEND YOU?!?"
A confused look came on Rogue's face. "WHO?!"
Zim lifted a non-existent eyebrow. "You have nothing to do with Tak?" He thought for sure that was the reason for the madness.
Slowly, Rogue lifted herself off the floor and looked at Zim face to face. There was another moment of silence.
"…I see that the Tallest were right." Rogue finally spoke, with an odd smile on her face. Zim's eyes widened at the sound of his leaders' name.
"The Almighty Tallest??" He said, loosing up a bit. "What about them? What do they want?"
"Allow me to explain…" Rogue said, now sounding rather formal then some crazy. "I was send by our Almighty Tallest themselves, to check up on you, Invader Zim, and see how your progress on taking over this planet is doing. And I'm pleased to said that you're passed the checkup." She flashed that smile again.
Zim stood there, not sure what to say at first. 'The Tallest must TRULY want to see how I'm doing, so they send one of their best…uh…' He looked at Rogue again, trying to think of the right word. "…What ARE you, anyhow?? What rank are you in?"
Rogue look at him with her sharp eyes, and answered, "…I'm a new type of invader, a HELPER, you could say. I was also ordered by our leaders to STAY with you till I'm told to head back, to continue my report on your mission." She cleared her throat. "*Anem* My actions before where to test your reaction to sudden trials and danger. Besides that one part when your SIR unit jumped me, I'd said you've passed that as well."
Zim remembered Gir. He turned to see that his robot was back on, and swaying his little head back and forth, like nothing happened.
"So, as I said before, I will be residing with you till the Tallest call me back to the Massive." Rogue said. "Is that understood?"
Zim was still a bit shocked to this sudden new turn. Just a moment ago, he was running for his life, and for what? A test? Well, he felt that it was by time the Tallest showed him SOME kind of appreciation. Anyway he looked at it, it was beginning to make sense...
"Yes! I understand, and I will do my best to pass the rest of this "TEST"." Zim answered, and finished with a salute.
"...Perfect." Rogue said, smiling again. There something about that smile...
The Irken saluting suddenly looked down at Rogue's damaged arm. "... I have something in the lab that could fix that rig-"
"No thanks...I can fix it myself..." Rogue said coldly, not letting Zim finish. She turned and began to make her way towards the elevator, leaving Zim and Gir to catch up.
'...The Tallest were right...that fool IS gullible...' The cybrog thought. "Now, on to plan "B"..."
TBC...............