Chapter 8 This Wasn't Planned
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Purple:sigh
Me: What are you doing?
Purple: Flinging things.
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"Zim, which ship do you think it is?" He looked around at the ships, "Not sure." A large ship caught my eye, "Do you think it's that one over there?" Zim looked at it, "Looks like it. Let's go." We slowly flew over to the ship. Zim smirked, "This is the Vortian prison ship alright." I smiled, "Finally, all we have to do is get Purple and get out of here." Zim looked at me, "You do have a plan, right?" I thought for a minute, "Well, no." Zim rolled his eyes, "Don't tell me you never had a plan. No wonder you dropped out of the academy." I looked at him, "Don't start that again. You know very well I was never invader material in the first place." Zim smirked, "You did fail almost every test." I shook my head, "Are you still proud of that nickname you gave me?" Zim raise an antennae, "You mean 'Little' Ali?" I looked down, "Yeah." Zim looked back at the computer, "Maybe that was harsh, but I thought it was funny." I sighed. "Of course you did but I was hurt from it."
As we continued our conversation we got closer to the Vortian prison ship. We were able to get on it without any trouble. Once we got on, I noticed the whole hall on the ship was lined with cells. "Wow. What now? Where are we going to start?" Zim looked at me, "He's most likely in a cell separate from the others." I sighed, "Right. Lavender lets go. "Zim turned around, "You too Gir." The two SIR units followed down the hall. I looked around and all the cells had a different alien species but I never saw one single Irken, at all. "They have so many prisoners, but none of them are Irken, Purple must be the only one." Zim was annoyed by something, "I have eyes, Ali. I can see that." We turned the corner to a hall with doors to other halls along each side. Zim looked at the doors on the left and then the ones on the right. "Now what?" I sighed, "Zim, this will take hours if we just walk around aimlessly like this." Zim thought for a minute, "You're right. There must be a faster way than this." Lavender tugged at my arm, "Mistress somebody's coming this way." I looked around and noticed there was no place to hide. Zim noticed too, "Oh, great." I couldn't believe it, "We can't let them see us."
The Vortians that were coming just walked right by us. "It's like they didn't even see us." Zim was confused. I noticed something, "Zim, the bracelets Tan gave us. They're glowing." I remembered what Tan said when he gave us the bracelets "Use these when you can't afford to be seen." I smiled, as long as we had the bracelets we wouldn't be seen, the bracelets still allowed us to see each other. Lavender had her own cloaking that she also used on Gir so they couldn't be seen. We selected a hall to start with and ran down it. I accidentally ran into a Vortian and fell over. I also ended up knocking him over. I landed on my bracelet it sparked and I became visible again, "Oh no." The Vortian looked at me and Zim knocked him out before he could do any thing. Lavender deactivated the cloaking on herself and Gir and Zim's bracelet stopped glowing. He helped me up, "You should be more careful, Ali. If I wasn't around would have gotten caught and then what would you do?" I looked at him, "Jeez you sound like you're my father." Zim glared, "Just be more care-" He wasn't able to finish as a giant claw came out of nowhere and pinned him against the wall. Something hit me in the back and I fell over. I got scared when I found I couldn't move. Lavender and Gir had also gotten pinned against the wall. "Hello, Ali." I looked up at who was talking, "Lard Nar." He laughed, "So you do know who I am." I tried to get up, "I heard stories." He lifted me up, "I know you'd be coming and I thought stranding you on that planet back there would take care of you." I smirked, "We would obviously fix the engines and leave. I guess common sense is one thing you lack." Lard Nar got an angry look on his face and threw me against the wall knocking me out and he just laughed at me, "I'll make sure you don't interfere with our plan." Only one thing passed through my mind, "Darn."
I woke up and saw Zim standing over me, "About time you woke up." I sat up dizzy, "Yeah, how long was I out?" A familiar voice behind me answered, "Oh, about an hour." I turned around and couldn't contain my joy, "Purple!" I ran to him and we hugged each other tightly. I started to cry, "I was so scared that you might be hurt." Purple smiled at me, "They can't afford that to happen. They want the empire to surrender to them." I looked up at him and smiled back. Zim leaned against the wall. "We still have a problem, you know." We looked at him and he rolled his eyes, "Now we're all stuck in a cell and there's no way to get out of it." I looked for Gir and Lavender. I found them in the corner of the cell. They had been deactivated. Purple sighed, "Well you tried." Then he whispered to me, "Why is Zim with you?" I answered, "I needed help and he was the only one I knew I could turn to." Purple crossed his arms and leaned against the wall, "Oh. So, what do you suppose we do now?" I thought for a minute, "Not sure. I didn't plan for this to happen." I then remembered the computer Dib gave me; it wasn't any bigger than a small notebook so I was able to keep it in my PAK. I took it out and opened it up. I sighed as it turned on, "I hope this works."
I called up Dib and when he came on the screen, I sighed in relief. Dib smiled, "Hey, Ali. What's up?" I half giggled, "Well, we found Purple. The only problem is we're stuck in the cell too." Dib had been drinking a soda. He put it down, "Okay, so I'll go there to help you out," I smiled, "Yeah." Dib started hitting a few keys on his computer, "I'll use your current transmission to track you down. Don't turn off the computer. I'll be there as soon as possible. I looked at him, "Do you even have a ship?" He smiled, "Of course. I have one in the garage." I sighed, "Okay. Please hurry." Then Dib left the screen and I sat back. "I hope he gets here soon." Then I started to sing,
You've always been a tough girl
But you feel you're about to break.
You're feeling stuck and out of luck
Watching your dreams all slip away.
You've been working mornings in the kitchen
And nights at the store.
As your life flies by you wonder why
And you know that
There's got to be something more.
Hold on
But don't hold too tight
Let go it's going to be alright
Don't run away from what you're heart is saying
Ohh be strong
Face what you're afraid of
Come on
Show them what you're made of
I know it's hard when your hope is gone
But you got to keep holding on.
As I sang I curled up and held my knees against my chest and Purple sat next to me and put his arm around me. A Vortian passing by told me to keep quiet and Zim glared at him as he continued walking by. I sighed, "Please hurry Dib."
Me: This one took a while but I finally wrote it.
Dib: Maybe Dad will let me borrow a few things.
Me: Are you sure Tak's ship will work?
Dib: I've been working on it I know it will fly.
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