Chapter 10
Lies
With her antenna's twitching, Rogue stood her ground waiting for Zim to come down to the lab by elevator. She could not take what she had read on the computer's screen much longer. The rage that was bubbling up inside began to over shadow her focus.
"…You low life scum…!" She hissed out, like he was already standing there.
The sound of the lab's elevator caused Rogue to tense up even more. By now, she had forgotten just why she came all the way to Earth; her anger had taken a sturdy hold on her. All that she wanted to do right then and there was to see Irken Zim die by her own hands…
The doors finally opened. Zim quietly stepped out; breathing a sigh after a normal human Skool day, then saw Rogue standing in front of him. He didn't think anything of it at first.
"…What?" He worded out. He could see she was anger about something. Her face looked scorned from all angles. She didn't say anything to him at first. After a moment looking back at her, he shrugged and began to make his way pass her.
"…You…" Rogue mumbled. Zim turned back around.
"Eh? What was that?" He asked.
"…You…" She looked back at him; her features grew scary in the eyes of the invader. "…murderer…!"
Before Zim could react to that comment, Rogue nailed a lightning fast jab to his jaw. He fell to the floor, holding his face and bewildered. "ROGUE! What is the meaning of-?"
"SHUT UP!!" She screamed. Her voice echoed through the lab. "You KILLED them! It was you!"
"WHAT?!" Zim scrambled back to his feet just to avoid another power punch. Rogue's metal fist plowed into the floor, bending and warping it. The hit would have killed Zim if he was under it. "WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?!"
Rogue didn't answer. She just mercilessly continued to go after him. Each swing was getting harder and more anger induced by the minute. Finally, one punch connected and Zim went flying across the floor, slamming into the side of a glass tube that was mounted into the wall. The fluid inside busted free and splashed over Zim. He stumbled back up just to see Rogue coming after him again. He ducked low and she landed on the broken glass.
Zim ran a few feet away from the Irken psycho and watched her get back up to her feet. There were a few cuts on her face from the glass, but her rage was the same.
"Hold on a min-" That was all Zim could get out before she started another bout. She ran and lunged toward Zim, knocking him to the floor. She grabbed him by his uniform with one hand and was gearing for another attack with her other, this time the laser.
"WAIT!!" Zim shouted. "What did I do?! …Is this another test?"
Rogue halted for a moment. "…There isn't any TEST…"
"UH?!" Zim cocked an invisible eyebrow.
"…At first, I was just doing my job…" Rogue said. Her tone of voice was low and almost soulless sounding. "…But this…you really are a low life! You are the reason Tallest Miyuki and Tallest Spork are dead!"
Those names caused a cold chill go up Zim's spine. "…Aaaah…why would you say something like that?" His voice couldn't hide it, he was absolutely terrified now.
"Don't TRY to confuse me! I've read your record, and you're anything BUT clean!" Rogue said. "You were the reason for the major power failures on Irk, and all kinds of other downfalls! But the deaths of two Tallest…" Her fist began to shake. "…It's a wonder why they haven't dealt you yet!"
"Wait…my record??" Zim said. "…I have a record?"
"…You are SO stupid…" Rogue snarled. "I hacked into the I.I.M. system and found out anything about you!"
"I.I.M.??"
" 'Irken Information Mainframe', you IDIOT!!" She screamed in his face. "It's only for the eyes of advisers, control brains, and the Tallests, but I had the means to hack into it…"
"You DARE do that behind the Almighty Tallest's back!" Zim shouted. "An act like that has to be a violation of higher rights!"
Rogue was quiet for a moment. "…After I'm done here, it shouldn't matter…I was sent by the Tallests to kill you, Zim…and now I know why…"
"… … …What?" Zim said. His eyes widened.
" To. KILL. You." She repeated.
"…LIER!!" Zim yelled. "I was assigned to this planet by the Tallest to-"
"Invade?" Rogue finished. "…That's a laugh. When I looked up your info, you weren't any where here the "invader" list, Zim. If what you say is true, I'm betting they did that just to be rid of you…"
"…" Zim just stayed silence.
"…Although…I don't know why they didn't just deal with you a long time ago…" Rogue said. "…But I'll have the honor to do it myself."
The gem on her free arm started to glow. "…This is for all your crimes!"
Frozen with fear, Zim watched as the shine on the gem grew brighter and brighter. He swallowed hard; it was the first time encountering Rogue all over again. But this time it didn't look like there was a way out…
The seconds ticked by like minutes to Zim. Everything he just heard, he still didn't want to believe it. The Tallest have sent him to this far off planet, not to prove his worth as an invader, but to get rid of him? That just can't be right! But…the more he tried to tell himself that this could all just be some kind of nightmare, or maybe just a sick joke, the heat from Rogue's powering gem shot him back to cold reality.
Everything he has done suddenly started coming back to him…everything. And all those things…ended in catastrophe or death for someone else. But that wasn't his fault; they just got in the way! It was their fault! …Or was it? He just wanted to prove himself to his leaders. They didn't really hate him, did they? It can't be…
'…Maybe they…' He thought. "…NO!! IT'S A LIE!!" Zim shouted.
"Will you shut up!?" Rogue said. "I just what to finish this and get back!" Her laser was ready to fire. "Say goodbye, ZIM."
But just as the laser was about to be fired, a low buzzing sound broke the air. Zim opened his shut tight eyes and looked at Rogue. It was coming from her other arm, a transmission signal.
"…It must be them." Rogue said. Her gem powered down and she answered it.
"Them?" Zim said, still being held down by Rogue's strength.
Two familiar voices spoke from Rogue's build in transmitter. It was the Tallests.
"Rogue! You there?" Purple's voice boomed first.
"Yes." She answered.
"Are you done with Zim yet? Is he dead?" Purple asked.
That comment hit Zim like a bullet in the head.
Tallest Red's voice then came through. "Let me see that! …Rogue, are you almost done there"
Rogue glared over at Zim who was in a dumbfounded state. She smiled and answered, "Yeah, I should be on my way back within a matter of days, my Almighty Tallest."
"Excellent, that's good news." Red said. "We'll be waiting for your return."
"I can't wait." Rogue said out loud with a smile. "Now…where was I?" She pointed her laser back down at Zim. Again, it began to glow. "I was giving you your long awaited punishment…any last words?"
Zim had nothing to say. He just heard it with his own ears, the Tallest asking if he was dead, and hoping he was. They hated him that much. To them, he wasn't an invader, just a burden. Or more like; he wasn't an invader, but just a constant accident waiting to repeat itself over and over and over again. Within a matter of moments, his spirit was shattered. He had nothing to say…
But again, something delayed his doom. Rogue forgot to shut off her transmitter.
"…Hey, just what are we gonna do when that psycho weapon comes back?" Purple's voice came up.
"I think we've used her enough…" Red said.
Rogue stopped immediately and turned her attention to the open voice line. "…What?"
"…After what we've seen…" Red continued, "…I think we better stop it before anything gets out of hand. Rogue is a powerful fighter."
You mean a weapon, or cybrog." Purple said. "You can't put her in the same category as a living thing, right? She might LOOK like it, but she isn't."
"Yeah…and I'd hate to see what would happen if she rebelled." Red said.
'What?!' Rogue thought. She was keeping her mouth shut so they couldn't hear her. But while she had her full attention in another place, Zim had already got up from the floor and was hiding in the ceiling wiring. The conversion continued…
"With her power, she could easily overthrow us! No power should exist like that…" Red said. "So…any ideas?"
"We could say she did something, liiike…tried to attack us or something." Purple said. "Then we'll have grounds to a trial, and then-"
"The control brains would see right through that!" Red said. "Maybe we could set up an accident?"
"That might not work… Rogue can live through a lot of different things…we've seen that."
"Whatever we do, we better think of something good. It was fun using her power, but I think we better stop while we're ahead. After Rogue is done with this one problem, she will have served her purpose."
Rogue finally shut the transmitter off. "… … … …"
Up in the wires, Zim's heart was pounding a hundred miles an hour. Fear still had a grip on him, but he still couldn't believe what he had heard. What was he going to do now? There was a crazy Irken assassin just below him and he couldn't move without her hearing him. And now…he couldn't call the Tallest for help or for anything else for that matter. …They wouldn't care.
"Why…?"
Zim's antenna's twitched. He peeked down at Rogue who seemed to be just standing that with her eyes staring downward.
"…Why would they do that?" She said in a low tone. "…What does that make me then? What does it make me to them? …A weapon? A robot?"
'What's going on?" Zim thought. Taking a chance, he moved a bit to the side, trying to get a better look of her face, but he couldn't. All he could make out was that she was mumbling something to herself.
"…I can't go back." Rogue said out loud. "…I can't…or they'll just kill me…"
"Eh?" Zim was confused. Just a minute ago, she was ready to blow his head off. He jumped from the ceiling and landed behind Rogue. She turned around to face him, causing Zim to back away really quick. But now, she didn't seem vengeful anymore.
She just looked at Zim with blank eyes. "…I can't…go back. They'll kill me."
Zim made a resentful face. "And do you think I care now? You were just trying to kill me! ME!"
"…And even if I still did so, it wouldn't matter…" She said.
Zim didn't understand that one. "…Are you sure this wasn't all just a test?"
Rogue's face changed quickly. "NO, YOU USELESS ORGAN BAG!!" She placed her hands on her forehead, gritting her teeth and growled. "…You are the MOST stupidest Irken I've ever met, you know that?!"
"Zim is not a useless bag of organ! I am MIGHTY!" He shouted.
"WAKE UP! Didn't you hear what I said!? What the TALLEST said?!" Rogue shouted back. "YOU are not even an INVADER!!"
"… …"
"What in the world made you think you were one of the Invaders anyway?" Rogue asked. "There are things you did that are counted as some of the worst Irken historical disasters! You're UNSTABLE fer crying out loud!"
"SHUT UP!!" Zim yelled. "I was only trying to prove myself! To the Tallest, and to the entire Irken race!!"
"By causing blackouts, ruining events, and killing TWO past Tallest?!" Rogue said. "WHAT is wrong with you?!"
"What's wrong with YOU?!"
"What?!"
"One minute you were ready to kill me, and the next, your not!" Zim said.
"…Why would you ask that? You should be glad I didn't kill you." Rogue said with an odd look.
"When an Invader is willing to destroy something-"
"YOU ARE NOT AN INVADER!!!"
There was a period of silence between them. Looking intently at each other, they both sported an irritated scowl.
"…Fine." Rogue finally said. "If you don't want to believe it, then fine…" She began to walk pass him then stopped. "…Not being smart enough to know the true must be a good thing…"
"What is that suppose to mean?!" Zim said.
Rogue sighed. "…You really are an idiot."
Before Zim could come up with a comeback to that, the elevator doors opened up and Gir came trotting out with a bowl of something in his hands. It was all black and didn't smell good at all. Rogue turned her head toward the SIR and got a sniff of whatever it was. Her complexion when pale and she made a nauseous face.
"I MADE something!" Gir cheered. "I don't know what it is, but I MADE IT!! Want some?" He stuck the bowl in his Master's face, which caused Zim to back away and look ill.
"NOT NOW, GIR!" Zim shouted loudly. Gir just looked back on him, a little confused. Master wouldn't get that loud over unnamed foodstuffs in a bowl that Gir made for him. The robot cocked his head to the side.
"…And you!" Zim pointed to Rogue. "If you're not gonna kill me, then leave! Get out of here!" He walked into the elevator and went up into the house, leaving Rogue alone with his SIR.
Gir gazed up at Rogue who just watched as Zim left the lab. "…Maybe he does know better." She said.
"Are you really leaving?" Gir suddenly asked. Rogue looked at him. He had that sad little face on again. "…Don't go…please? Me give you this, and you won't go!" He raised the bowl. Rogue declined.
"Go? Go where?" Rogue said. "I go back to the Tallest, and they'll kill me, weather I did my job or not." She hung her head and stared at the cold metal floor. Her mind resided as a blank. She didn't know what to do…
Up in the house level, in the kitchen, another Irken sat at the table, staring at the ceiling. Zim's mind was anything but blank though. Again, he was thinking of all the things that he was involved in that ended in disaster for some one else. Most of them would pretty miniature compared to the whole Miyuki and Spork thing. And the blackouts were accidents too, but still, things like that can't go without thinking about it forever. In fact, Zim had never really reflected on any of them.
"…All that I do…something happens." Zim said to himself. "…But I don't mean it!" He slammed his head on the table, along with his fist. "… But I'm not useless…I'm NOT! NOOOT!!"
"Will you just shut up?"
Zim jumped out of the chair and spun away to see Rogue. Gir was behind her as well.
"I could hear you screaming to yourself from down there." She said. "So…you really ARE smart enough to know that you've been lied to by our own leaders?"
Zim stared at her for a second before returning to the table, not reposing to that question. Rogue walked over to the other side and sat on the other chair, then looked at him right in the eye.
"You're just as stubborn as you are dense…" She said.
"…Why are you still here?" Zim asked. "I ordered you to leave. GET OUT!"
"Where would I go?" She said. "I'm guessing you didn't hear it, but the Tallest said they are going to dispose of me once I go back."
"…And why are you telling me this?" Zim asked. "Because you didn't kill me yet? …IS THAT IT?!" He jumped on the table and got in her face. "I'm willing to fight back this time!"
"Sit down, will you?" Rogue said in a fairly calm tone. "That's not it, alright? Weather I finish my job here or not, the Tallest will kill me when I return! I heard the whole thing!" Her fist started to shake. "If you think about it, we are now in the same boat."
"Same boat??" Zim said. He sat back down. "What boat?"
"What I mean is we both know we were not only lied too by the Tallest, but also we've been lead to believe we are more them what we are to them." Rogue answered. "…The cases are different, but the concept is the same, right?"
After thinking of it, Zim slowly nodded his head. "…Yees…YES! You're right!" He hopped down to the ground. "So why are we just lofting around here?!"
"What??" Rogue said with a look. "What are you talking about?"
"If we have the same problem, then by joining forces, we might just get what we want!" Zim said, and Rogue still was in the dark as to what he was blabbing about.
"I WANT A CHEESEDOG!!" Gir unexpectedly screamed out.
"Later, Gir! We are gonna go on a little trip!" Zim said, sounding excited.
"A trip?" Rogue said.
"To meet the Tallest and settle this once and for all!"
TBC………
Lies
With her antenna's twitching, Rogue stood her ground waiting for Zim to come down to the lab by elevator. She could not take what she had read on the computer's screen much longer. The rage that was bubbling up inside began to over shadow her focus.
"…You low life scum…!" She hissed out, like he was already standing there.
The sound of the lab's elevator caused Rogue to tense up even more. By now, she had forgotten just why she came all the way to Earth; her anger had taken a sturdy hold on her. All that she wanted to do right then and there was to see Irken Zim die by her own hands…
The doors finally opened. Zim quietly stepped out; breathing a sigh after a normal human Skool day, then saw Rogue standing in front of him. He didn't think anything of it at first.
"…What?" He worded out. He could see she was anger about something. Her face looked scorned from all angles. She didn't say anything to him at first. After a moment looking back at her, he shrugged and began to make his way pass her.
"…You…" Rogue mumbled. Zim turned back around.
"Eh? What was that?" He asked.
"…You…" She looked back at him; her features grew scary in the eyes of the invader. "…murderer…!"
Before Zim could react to that comment, Rogue nailed a lightning fast jab to his jaw. He fell to the floor, holding his face and bewildered. "ROGUE! What is the meaning of-?"
"SHUT UP!!" She screamed. Her voice echoed through the lab. "You KILLED them! It was you!"
"WHAT?!" Zim scrambled back to his feet just to avoid another power punch. Rogue's metal fist plowed into the floor, bending and warping it. The hit would have killed Zim if he was under it. "WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?!"
Rogue didn't answer. She just mercilessly continued to go after him. Each swing was getting harder and more anger induced by the minute. Finally, one punch connected and Zim went flying across the floor, slamming into the side of a glass tube that was mounted into the wall. The fluid inside busted free and splashed over Zim. He stumbled back up just to see Rogue coming after him again. He ducked low and she landed on the broken glass.
Zim ran a few feet away from the Irken psycho and watched her get back up to her feet. There were a few cuts on her face from the glass, but her rage was the same.
"Hold on a min-" That was all Zim could get out before she started another bout. She ran and lunged toward Zim, knocking him to the floor. She grabbed him by his uniform with one hand and was gearing for another attack with her other, this time the laser.
"WAIT!!" Zim shouted. "What did I do?! …Is this another test?"
Rogue halted for a moment. "…There isn't any TEST…"
"UH?!" Zim cocked an invisible eyebrow.
"…At first, I was just doing my job…" Rogue said. Her tone of voice was low and almost soulless sounding. "…But this…you really are a low life! You are the reason Tallest Miyuki and Tallest Spork are dead!"
Those names caused a cold chill go up Zim's spine. "…Aaaah…why would you say something like that?" His voice couldn't hide it, he was absolutely terrified now.
"Don't TRY to confuse me! I've read your record, and you're anything BUT clean!" Rogue said. "You were the reason for the major power failures on Irk, and all kinds of other downfalls! But the deaths of two Tallest…" Her fist began to shake. "…It's a wonder why they haven't dealt you yet!"
"Wait…my record??" Zim said. "…I have a record?"
"…You are SO stupid…" Rogue snarled. "I hacked into the I.I.M. system and found out anything about you!"
"I.I.M.??"
" 'Irken Information Mainframe', you IDIOT!!" She screamed in his face. "It's only for the eyes of advisers, control brains, and the Tallests, but I had the means to hack into it…"
"You DARE do that behind the Almighty Tallest's back!" Zim shouted. "An act like that has to be a violation of higher rights!"
Rogue was quiet for a moment. "…After I'm done here, it shouldn't matter…I was sent by the Tallests to kill you, Zim…and now I know why…"
"… … …What?" Zim said. His eyes widened.
" To. KILL. You." She repeated.
"…LIER!!" Zim yelled. "I was assigned to this planet by the Tallest to-"
"Invade?" Rogue finished. "…That's a laugh. When I looked up your info, you weren't any where here the "invader" list, Zim. If what you say is true, I'm betting they did that just to be rid of you…"
"…" Zim just stayed silence.
"…Although…I don't know why they didn't just deal with you a long time ago…" Rogue said. "…But I'll have the honor to do it myself."
The gem on her free arm started to glow. "…This is for all your crimes!"
Frozen with fear, Zim watched as the shine on the gem grew brighter and brighter. He swallowed hard; it was the first time encountering Rogue all over again. But this time it didn't look like there was a way out…
The seconds ticked by like minutes to Zim. Everything he just heard, he still didn't want to believe it. The Tallest have sent him to this far off planet, not to prove his worth as an invader, but to get rid of him? That just can't be right! But…the more he tried to tell himself that this could all just be some kind of nightmare, or maybe just a sick joke, the heat from Rogue's powering gem shot him back to cold reality.
Everything he has done suddenly started coming back to him…everything. And all those things…ended in catastrophe or death for someone else. But that wasn't his fault; they just got in the way! It was their fault! …Or was it? He just wanted to prove himself to his leaders. They didn't really hate him, did they? It can't be…
'…Maybe they…' He thought. "…NO!! IT'S A LIE!!" Zim shouted.
"Will you shut up!?" Rogue said. "I just what to finish this and get back!" Her laser was ready to fire. "Say goodbye, ZIM."
But just as the laser was about to be fired, a low buzzing sound broke the air. Zim opened his shut tight eyes and looked at Rogue. It was coming from her other arm, a transmission signal.
"…It must be them." Rogue said. Her gem powered down and she answered it.
"Them?" Zim said, still being held down by Rogue's strength.
Two familiar voices spoke from Rogue's build in transmitter. It was the Tallests.
"Rogue! You there?" Purple's voice boomed first.
"Yes." She answered.
"Are you done with Zim yet? Is he dead?" Purple asked.
That comment hit Zim like a bullet in the head.
Tallest Red's voice then came through. "Let me see that! …Rogue, are you almost done there"
Rogue glared over at Zim who was in a dumbfounded state. She smiled and answered, "Yeah, I should be on my way back within a matter of days, my Almighty Tallest."
"Excellent, that's good news." Red said. "We'll be waiting for your return."
"I can't wait." Rogue said out loud with a smile. "Now…where was I?" She pointed her laser back down at Zim. Again, it began to glow. "I was giving you your long awaited punishment…any last words?"
Zim had nothing to say. He just heard it with his own ears, the Tallest asking if he was dead, and hoping he was. They hated him that much. To them, he wasn't an invader, just a burden. Or more like; he wasn't an invader, but just a constant accident waiting to repeat itself over and over and over again. Within a matter of moments, his spirit was shattered. He had nothing to say…
But again, something delayed his doom. Rogue forgot to shut off her transmitter.
"…Hey, just what are we gonna do when that psycho weapon comes back?" Purple's voice came up.
"I think we've used her enough…" Red said.
Rogue stopped immediately and turned her attention to the open voice line. "…What?"
"…After what we've seen…" Red continued, "…I think we better stop it before anything gets out of hand. Rogue is a powerful fighter."
You mean a weapon, or cybrog." Purple said. "You can't put her in the same category as a living thing, right? She might LOOK like it, but she isn't."
"Yeah…and I'd hate to see what would happen if she rebelled." Red said.
'What?!' Rogue thought. She was keeping her mouth shut so they couldn't hear her. But while she had her full attention in another place, Zim had already got up from the floor and was hiding in the ceiling wiring. The conversion continued…
"With her power, she could easily overthrow us! No power should exist like that…" Red said. "So…any ideas?"
"We could say she did something, liiike…tried to attack us or something." Purple said. "Then we'll have grounds to a trial, and then-"
"The control brains would see right through that!" Red said. "Maybe we could set up an accident?"
"That might not work… Rogue can live through a lot of different things…we've seen that."
"Whatever we do, we better think of something good. It was fun using her power, but I think we better stop while we're ahead. After Rogue is done with this one problem, she will have served her purpose."
Rogue finally shut the transmitter off. "… … … …"
Up in the wires, Zim's heart was pounding a hundred miles an hour. Fear still had a grip on him, but he still couldn't believe what he had heard. What was he going to do now? There was a crazy Irken assassin just below him and he couldn't move without her hearing him. And now…he couldn't call the Tallest for help or for anything else for that matter. …They wouldn't care.
"Why…?"
Zim's antenna's twitched. He peeked down at Rogue who seemed to be just standing that with her eyes staring downward.
"…Why would they do that?" She said in a low tone. "…What does that make me then? What does it make me to them? …A weapon? A robot?"
'What's going on?" Zim thought. Taking a chance, he moved a bit to the side, trying to get a better look of her face, but he couldn't. All he could make out was that she was mumbling something to herself.
"…I can't go back." Rogue said out loud. "…I can't…or they'll just kill me…"
"Eh?" Zim was confused. Just a minute ago, she was ready to blow his head off. He jumped from the ceiling and landed behind Rogue. She turned around to face him, causing Zim to back away really quick. But now, she didn't seem vengeful anymore.
She just looked at Zim with blank eyes. "…I can't…go back. They'll kill me."
Zim made a resentful face. "And do you think I care now? You were just trying to kill me! ME!"
"…And even if I still did so, it wouldn't matter…" She said.
Zim didn't understand that one. "…Are you sure this wasn't all just a test?"
Rogue's face changed quickly. "NO, YOU USELESS ORGAN BAG!!" She placed her hands on her forehead, gritting her teeth and growled. "…You are the MOST stupidest Irken I've ever met, you know that?!"
"Zim is not a useless bag of organ! I am MIGHTY!" He shouted.
"WAKE UP! Didn't you hear what I said!? What the TALLEST said?!" Rogue shouted back. "YOU are not even an INVADER!!"
"… …"
"What in the world made you think you were one of the Invaders anyway?" Rogue asked. "There are things you did that are counted as some of the worst Irken historical disasters! You're UNSTABLE fer crying out loud!"
"SHUT UP!!" Zim yelled. "I was only trying to prove myself! To the Tallest, and to the entire Irken race!!"
"By causing blackouts, ruining events, and killing TWO past Tallest?!" Rogue said. "WHAT is wrong with you?!"
"What's wrong with YOU?!"
"What?!"
"One minute you were ready to kill me, and the next, your not!" Zim said.
"…Why would you ask that? You should be glad I didn't kill you." Rogue said with an odd look.
"When an Invader is willing to destroy something-"
"YOU ARE NOT AN INVADER!!!"
There was a period of silence between them. Looking intently at each other, they both sported an irritated scowl.
"…Fine." Rogue finally said. "If you don't want to believe it, then fine…" She began to walk pass him then stopped. "…Not being smart enough to know the true must be a good thing…"
"What is that suppose to mean?!" Zim said.
Rogue sighed. "…You really are an idiot."
Before Zim could come up with a comeback to that, the elevator doors opened up and Gir came trotting out with a bowl of something in his hands. It was all black and didn't smell good at all. Rogue turned her head toward the SIR and got a sniff of whatever it was. Her complexion when pale and she made a nauseous face.
"I MADE something!" Gir cheered. "I don't know what it is, but I MADE IT!! Want some?" He stuck the bowl in his Master's face, which caused Zim to back away and look ill.
"NOT NOW, GIR!" Zim shouted loudly. Gir just looked back on him, a little confused. Master wouldn't get that loud over unnamed foodstuffs in a bowl that Gir made for him. The robot cocked his head to the side.
"…And you!" Zim pointed to Rogue. "If you're not gonna kill me, then leave! Get out of here!" He walked into the elevator and went up into the house, leaving Rogue alone with his SIR.
Gir gazed up at Rogue who just watched as Zim left the lab. "…Maybe he does know better." She said.
"Are you really leaving?" Gir suddenly asked. Rogue looked at him. He had that sad little face on again. "…Don't go…please? Me give you this, and you won't go!" He raised the bowl. Rogue declined.
"Go? Go where?" Rogue said. "I go back to the Tallest, and they'll kill me, weather I did my job or not." She hung her head and stared at the cold metal floor. Her mind resided as a blank. She didn't know what to do…
Up in the house level, in the kitchen, another Irken sat at the table, staring at the ceiling. Zim's mind was anything but blank though. Again, he was thinking of all the things that he was involved in that ended in disaster for some one else. Most of them would pretty miniature compared to the whole Miyuki and Spork thing. And the blackouts were accidents too, but still, things like that can't go without thinking about it forever. In fact, Zim had never really reflected on any of them.
"…All that I do…something happens." Zim said to himself. "…But I don't mean it!" He slammed his head on the table, along with his fist. "… But I'm not useless…I'm NOT! NOOOT!!"
"Will you just shut up?"
Zim jumped out of the chair and spun away to see Rogue. Gir was behind her as well.
"I could hear you screaming to yourself from down there." She said. "So…you really ARE smart enough to know that you've been lied to by our own leaders?"
Zim stared at her for a second before returning to the table, not reposing to that question. Rogue walked over to the other side and sat on the other chair, then looked at him right in the eye.
"You're just as stubborn as you are dense…" She said.
"…Why are you still here?" Zim asked. "I ordered you to leave. GET OUT!"
"Where would I go?" She said. "I'm guessing you didn't hear it, but the Tallest said they are going to dispose of me once I go back."
"…And why are you telling me this?" Zim asked. "Because you didn't kill me yet? …IS THAT IT?!" He jumped on the table and got in her face. "I'm willing to fight back this time!"
"Sit down, will you?" Rogue said in a fairly calm tone. "That's not it, alright? Weather I finish my job here or not, the Tallest will kill me when I return! I heard the whole thing!" Her fist started to shake. "If you think about it, we are now in the same boat."
"Same boat??" Zim said. He sat back down. "What boat?"
"What I mean is we both know we were not only lied too by the Tallest, but also we've been lead to believe we are more them what we are to them." Rogue answered. "…The cases are different, but the concept is the same, right?"
After thinking of it, Zim slowly nodded his head. "…Yees…YES! You're right!" He hopped down to the ground. "So why are we just lofting around here?!"
"What??" Rogue said with a look. "What are you talking about?"
"If we have the same problem, then by joining forces, we might just get what we want!" Zim said, and Rogue still was in the dark as to what he was blabbing about.
"I WANT A CHEESEDOG!!" Gir unexpectedly screamed out.
"Later, Gir! We are gonna go on a little trip!" Zim said, sounding excited.
"A trip?" Rogue said.
"To meet the Tallest and settle this once and for all!"
TBC………