Ri2- Perhaps they did, perhaps they got someone to do it for them

Techno Doofus- Thanks, glad you are liking it : )

Disclaimer: Like the previous chapter, I don't own anything in this one, except for Kai and a few lines

-Two hours later-

"Last, Invader Skoodge!" Kai called out.

Skoodge went and stood before the Tallests.

"Now that's just sad." Red commented.

Purple bent down and asked, "Could you get any shorter?"

"You will be assigned to Blorch. Home of the slaughtering Rat People" Kai replied off hand.

Skoodge teared at the picture of himself on the screen.

"Thus concludes the great assigning!" Red called out.

"Help yourself to some nachos, and we'll see you on the loading bay." Kai added.

"Yes. Gorge yourselves, you moochers." Purple commented.

The Tallest turned to leave, but froze in their tracks by a voice that sounded horribly familiar...

"Wait! WAIT!"

"That voice!" Red said trying to find the source.

"It can't be…" Purple called out as a familiar figure climbed up on the stage.

"Zim…" Kaihissed under her breath.

Zim marched up in front of them and bowed. "Sorry I'm late my Tallest, I couldn't find my invitation. You're lucky I came at all." He said.

Skoodge slowly backed away as Kai replied, "You weren't invited at all, Zim."

"Weren't you banished to Foodcourtia? Shouldn't you be frying something?" Purple asked.

"Oh, I quit when I heard about this." Zim answered.

"You quit being banished?"

Kai sighed and said with a bit of malice, "The assigning is over Zim."

"But you can't have an Invasion without me! I was apart of Operation Impending Doom One! Don't you remember?"

Ignoring the muttering and cursing of his co-leaders Purple replied "Ah, yes. We remember…"

-Insert flashbacks of ch: 2-

"I put the fires out." Zim said.

Red leaned in as he spoke, "You made them worse."

"Worse or…Better?" Zim replied smugly.

"Besides," Purple continued "No Invader has ever been so very small…You're very small Zim…you're a tiny…thing…"

"But Invader blood marches through my veins! Like giant radioactive rubber pants! The pants command me! Do not ignore my veins!" Zim replied dramatically.

The Tallests looked at him oddly, finally Red replied, "Uh…as show of appreciation for your service in the past…Here's a sandwich."

Zim looked confused as he received the sandwich. Kai quickly jumped in and said out loud "Thanks for coming! Goodnight!"

Zim interrupted though, "Wait, WAIT!"

Purple looked at him, "What? You got your sandwich."

"My Tallest, an opportunity to prove that I can truly be an Invader, is all that I ask. Gimme!"

The Tallests sort of glanced at each other. "Wait a minute, I have a plan." Red muttered under his breath.

"We see now, that you are truly deserving." He started.

Catching on to the idea, Kai causally hovered behind the other two Tallest, away from view,and using her communicator, gave specific directionsto Mah, who by was working on a technical problem from behind the screen. The directions were as follow, "I don't care how you do it, but quicklymake up a planet and place it as far away from the actual operation as possible"

And sure enough, it was there in a matter of seconds and Red found the hastely drawn planet taped to the side of the screen. "It's right there." He replied in answer to Zim's question.

"A secret mission…" Zim said to himself.

"Happy now?" Kai asked

"Yes." Zim replied very much pleased.

"Invaders, report to the equipment hall. Oh, and don't forget…Lasers" Red said.

"AHHH!" Purple called out dropping to the ground again.

Grinning at Purple's expense Red stepped forward and said "It's only a matter of time before all the races of the universe serve the Irken Empire!"

-At the equipment hall-

Kai briefed the Invaders in the hall. "This is a standard information retrieval unit." She said indicating the robot in front of her. "Also known as a SIR. It will assist you in gathering information during your mission."

"It's also a thermos." Red added.

"Who wants this one!" Purple called out, holding up the SIR.

"I do!" A random Invader in the back of the room called out.

Purplethrew the unit at him.

-KLUNK!-

"Thank you." The random Irken said before collapsing to the ground.

"Everyone else, line up and take a robot." Red commanded.

The Invaders lined up and received their SIRs. However, when it was Zim's turn the Tallest all hesitated.

"Finally, a robot slave of my own." Zim replied and then stuck his arms out to receive a bot.

The Tallest looked at each other, and while Red and Purple moved behind Kai to access the dumpster Kai said "Umm…We have a top secret model for you Zim."

"Whooweeeooo" Purple said before causally throwing a unit out from behind his back.

Kai studied the robot as it laid in a heap on the ground. It looked pretty good seeing how it was made of junk and cobbled together in less than two minutes.

""It looks kind of….not good." Zim commented after the robot had not moved for a few minutes.

"Yes, well, That's what your enemies will think. Get it?" Purple asked.

Red and Kai both nodded their heads in agreement. Zim gave the robot another look smiled, and said "Yes, I see. Very good. It even fooled me. I am honored to be trusted with such advanced technology."

The Tallest started snickering, trying very hard not to lose it all together. The unit sprang to life.

"GIR reporting for duty." It said.

"GIR? What does the G stand for?" Zim asked.

GIR's eyes changed from red to cyan. "I Don't..Know…" the robot replied.

"WHEEEHOOO" It called out suddenly, banging its head with its hands.

"Ummm…Is it suppose to be stupid?" Zim asked as the robot continued yelling and banging its hands against its head.

"It's not stupid," Purple replied with a grin, "It's advaaanced."

Even while they boarded the Massive, the Tallest were still laughing about it.

"That shouldkeep Zim away from the operation." Kai commented.

Red nodded and replied,"With any luck he'll wind up in a black hole or something"

-6 months later-

"My Tallests a transmission from…Earth." A technician called out saying the last word slowly.

"What is Earth?" Purple asked.

As if to answer the screen blinked on and there was Zim. Alive and well.

Kai inhaled sharply in surprise at that image, though was unfortunately in the process of drinking something when she did that. Red and Purple just sat there in stunned silence, Red dropping his drink

"Greetings my Tallest! My mission goes well."

Red gathered his wits the fastest and spit out his straw. "Zim…You're...alive?" he asked over the sputtering of his fellow Tallest. He still couldn't believe what he saw.

"Yes, so very much alive and filled with goo…mission goo…don't be surprise if I finish the humans before the Armada even gets here. Well I have much work to do, so Invader Zim signing off…Arghhh my spine!" For Zim's robot had fallen on top of him as he ended the transmission.

The Tallest looked at each other with a bit of worry.

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