Tapan: Yay! A new chapter! And Jhonen, Masochist said she might give ya a cat toy if you behave
Torna: you think that'll make a difference?
Jhkitty: n.n kitty toy/tongue pokes out of his mouth/
Torna: I stand corrected. Why does Jhonen get all the good stuff?
Jhkitty: Jealous? Well, it's quite simple, really. I'm cuter than you are. By a lot.
Torna/growling, pulls out a mallet/ didn't you say once you loved seeing cute things in pain?
Jhkitty/yelps and runs off, Torna chasing behind/
Tapan: uuh..
Disclaime: I don't own Invader Zim, and unless Jhonen leaves his half to me in his will, I never will own it. So shh, the walls have ears
Warning: RAPR, hints of ZADR and a little bit of RADR. Flame if you wish!
At the edge of the little cul-de-sac, our favorite large headed boy and his new companion watch Zim's house. They had been in that same position of the last half hour.
Needless to say, Red was bored of just sitting and watching. She sighed and leaned back a bit, still looking at the eerie green house. "it seems to me that you already know plenty about these irkens. Why not just walk up to the door, drag him out and bring him to some place that'll believe you, like those swollen eyeball guys."
Dib took the binoculars away from his eyes and blink, having trouble thinking of a valid answer for Red. It wasn't as if the alien's defenses were overwhelmingly high, so he could do that. But, then again, the girl didn't know that.
Or so he thought. "His base is protecting him. No one can get near that door."
Red cocked an eyebrow and stood up, brushing off her clothes. "I have a feeling you're the one protecting him." She muttered before walking to the door.
"What?" the boy looked at her confused.
She didn't answer and simply walked out from their hiding spot and up to the door. Still confused, and fearful for someone's life, he followed at her heels as she simply walked up to the small pathway leading to the porch.
One of the gnomes turned to her; it's eyes scanning her body. After going into a simple x-ray mode, it saw the Tallest beneath the female disguise. It then turned back to its proper place, completely ignoring the paranormalist.
Clearing her throat, Red knocked on the door. Within a second, she was staring at a floating moose and the small "advanced" robot.
GIR looked up at the two. "Hi there!"
"Where's Zim?" Red didn't hesitate to ask the question; she wanted to end this as soon as possible. She also wanted to be back on the massive, but you really can't always get what you want.
GIR poked his tongue out of his mouth, the moose squeaked and rolled around in the air before flying off. The little robot then snapped out of whatever trance he was in and smiled widely. "I is gonna go get him." With that, he ran into the house, leaving the door open for the two "guests".
Opening the trashcan, he stuck his head inside. "Mastah! Tallest Red-red and Dibbles is here!"
Red's eyes widened. How did GIR know that?
Dib seemed to catch what the SIR unit said as well, but didn't question the red head.
"The tallest? Here, now?" the elevator in the can seemed to move at an impossible speed as Zim got to the surface, antennae twitching in excitement. He didn't bother donning his disguise; what would be the point? Tallest Red obviously knew he was irken and Dib has seen his true form countless times.
His eyes widened, however, when he saw not the Tallest, but the new girl that threatened him. Seeing this, he did what he does best.
He screamed. "GIR! YOU TRICKED MEEE! HOW DARE YOU FOOL YOUR MASTER!" as if it would make a difference, he dove behind the couch, trying to hide his exposed alien form.
Red rolled her eyes. "yeah, we get it! Now let's go before I have to throw you in a bag and drag you."
He stood up, hands on his hips. "Oh yeah? Well, you'll have ta catch me first." He turned, and ran toward his lab.
But Red beat him to the elevators and grabbed him by the nape of the neck.
Zim struggled against the hold, wondering how the human knew him well enough to anticipate his moves.
Red sighed, eyes glazed over in that pure bored stare you often see on the tallest. "Alright, let's go." She started to the door, until Dib stopped her.
He pushed his back to it, arms spread to each side, preventing the red girl from leaving with the alien. "Red, we can't do this."
"Why not? You've got him right where you want him. Hell, you could kill him if you wished.
Zim continued to struggle, before screaming out that all to familiar line. "GIR! Defensive mode!"
GIR, who had been right next to them the whole time, grabbed mini moose and jumped on it's back before flying out the window, crashing through the pane in the process.
Red blinked. "Anyway, just take him down to your lab and dissect him! What's the big deal, you told me you've been waiting for this moment for years."
"And I have."
"Then what's stopping you?"
Dib hesitated. "I…"
Red watched impatiently.
"I…want to… do it myself." Dib dropped his arms and walked to Red. "This is my battle, it always has been. And it…just doesn't feel right that…"
Red nodded and threw Zim at the human. "I understand."
Zim let out a yelp as he stumbled toward his enemy, surprised to find himself being caught in Dib's arms. Even more surprised to find himself liking it, but we'll get to that later
Red stuffed her hands in her pockets and headed to the door. "Well, I better get going." Wow, that was extremely unproductive!
Scrambling out of the boy's arms, Zim stood up. "Wait! You can't just leave!"
"Watch me." She opened the door.
"COMPUTER! Stop the red one!" he pointed his finger dramatically.
"No!" Zim blinked up at the wired ceiling, confused.
Red rolled her eyes and stepped out, closing the door behind her.
Red slammed the door to the house and leaned up against it, pressing the button to take off his disguise.
"Red? Is that you?"
The crimson tallest growled softly. "No, it's the queen of Meekrob. Of course it's me!"
"well, it seemed somebody had a tough day." Phoebe walked toward the door and crossed her arms, her eyebrow cocked slightly.
Red pointed at the lavender girl. "why are you still in desguise?"
Her eyes widened slightly at being questioned about it. "Wha? Oh, no reason. Just thought I'd try and get more use to it." She pulled at the skirt a little bit, looking down at it before looking back up at her fellow tallest. "so what's going on?"
"well, the large headed human named Dib won't let me get rid of Zim, which is really annoying. Oh! And Zim's robot knows who we are!" Red looked worried for a moement. "what are we suppose to do?"
Phoebe glared. "Oh, I get it! You yell at me for panicking and then go into a fit yourself. That's unfair!" the disguise was turned off, and Purple huffed, turning away from Red.
Red sighed. "Okay fine. Go ahead."
"That little robot knows who we are! HOW WAS HE ABLE TO SEE THROUGH THE DISGUISES! What if someone else can too and they come to do experiments on us. I don't wanna die here, Red! I'm too young, too important! There are so many people I haven't pummeled, so many nachos uneaten! I never got my very own TV show! It's all over, Red! We're doomed! DOOO--" a thumb less claw covered his mouth, succeeding in keeping him quiet.
Red chuckled slightly. You see, Pur, when I panic, I don't rant. I try and figure out a way to stop whatever's gone wrong." He took his hand away from the other's lips and moved away.
Purple glared halfheartedly his antennae flattening against his head. "Point taken."
Grinning at his easy victory, the crimson leader headed into the kitchen in search of some type of snack.
"I miss the massive."
"Yeah, I know you do. But we have to stay here for a while, so we might as well make the best of it."
Red crossed her arms as she almost ran into yet another student rushing to their usual place for lunch. "I really don't want to though. I just wanna go home!"
Phoebe rolled her eyes and looked forward.
"RED!" they both turned to the sound of Zim's voice. The irken glared and smirked at the same time. "I have come to end what we started yesterday!"
Red sighed as the shorted irken walked up to her. "There's nothing to settle. You're just mad that I could have easily killed you." She shrugged. "Besides, your little human mate stopped me, so what's the big deal."
Zim's eyes shot open wide, a blush running across his cheeks as he sneered and let out an angered growl. Then:
SLAP!
Red's face snapped painfully to one side, astonished the alien would hit her. Slowly, she turned her head back, giving him her own death glare before grabbing him by the neck and lifting him slightly, slamming his back into the lockers.
Zim coughed as the hand began to squeeze, his gloved claws digging into the offending hand, causing it to bleed. The blood seeped out as a dark forest green color, then changed to the crimson human blood is known for.
Red squeezed back in response. "If you know what's good for you, you will never, ever lay your filthy little mitts on me again. Do I make myself perfectly clear?" the tone she used was intimidating, something you wouldn't expect from a teenage girl.
It sounded oddly familiar to Zim. The irken looked down at the wound he created, briefly making a mental note of the color before it changed, then nodded the best he could.
Red let go, causing Zim to fall down to his knees. His hand automatically moved to his throat as he started to cough.
Still glaring down at him, Red turned away. "C'mon, Pur. Let's go."
Phoebe hesitated slightly before following her companion. "Do you think that was the best idea? You made a scene."
Red shrugged. "He shouldn't have hit me. Now maybe he learned his lesson." Red simply kept walking, feeling Zim's glare on her back.
Tapan: I feel bad for Zim at the end of this. Anyway, classes start tomorrow for me, soo yeah. expect updates to be a tad slower
Jhkitty/still running from Torna/ heeeelp meeeeeee!
Torna/mallet still in hand/ you can't run forever! You're gonna have to collapse from exhaustion sometime
Jhkitty: get away form me, psycho woman!
Tapan: uh…er…anyway! R&R! I love me the reviews/heads off to save Jhkitty from Torna's wrath/