"Fight the Future"

Invader Who

"Talking"

'Thinking'

Stressed

Gaz waited for some intimidating Irken to show. She was a bit surprised at what stepped out of the shadows. It was the short and fat Irken with red eyes. She rolled her eyes and decided that all suspense had been killed. She turned and leaned against the barrier and was surprised that it didn't shock her or anything. The alien gazed at her and blinked. Gaz growled and turned her gaze to it.

"What?" Gaz snapped.

The Irken jumped back and raised his antennae slightly from his head. Gaz took this as a sign of confusion and fear. She slightly opened her eyes and decided that this Irken had to be an idiot. She wondered if he couldn't understand her. Kook and the Tallest seemed to understand her.

"Do you have a name?" Gaz questioned.

He remained silent and Gaz figured that itonlyherself would get stuck with an idiot. She wondered if the Tallest had thrown her into the holding cell for idiots. Gaz's eyebrow rose when she heard a nervous voice. Her gaze turned back to the Irken and he cautiously looked at her.

"Skoodge," the Irken replied.

"So you can talk," Gaz mused.

"Yeah, who are you?" Skoodge questioned with a bit more confidence.

"Gaz," she simply said.

"I saw what you did," Skoodge began.

"The Tallest," Gaz mused with a smirk.

"No one's ever attacked the Tallest and taken down the royal guards," Skoodge said with a bit of admiration.

"Really…why's that?" Gaz questioned.

"I don't know…they're the leaders," Skoodge replied as Gaz scoffed.

"They're jerks and idiots," Gaz grumbled.

"It was amazing that you managed to hit them," Skoodge spoke some more.

"They're not special…they seem weak to me," Gaz stated as Skoodge sat down.

"Even so, they do have the armada," Skoodge defended.

"Red and Purple are only powerful because they have others to do their work," Gaz growled. She hated people that relied on others to do their dirty work.

"What are you?" Skoodge questioned.

"Human," Gaz replied deciding not to scare the Irken to death with her normal dark reply.

"You must be from that planet that they sent Zim too," Skoodge pieced to together with a grin.

"You know Zim?" Gaz questioned.

"We're friends," Skoodge answered.

"Friends," Gaz repeated with a look of doubt.

Zim didn't seem like the type to have friends, but this Irken seemed gullible enough to believe it.

"I've known him since we were Smeets," Skoodge said as he smiled at Gaz.

"Why are you in here if you're Irken?" Gaz questioned.

Skoodge's antennae dropped and his expression appeared crestfallen. Gaz just about hurled at the sight. She lived in gloom and despair, but this was just sickening. Gaz figured that she was going soft; normally someone else's emotions didn't bother her.

"I was an Invader sent to conquer Blorch," Skoodge began. Gaz was surprised that he was even an Invader. "I conquered it and the Tallest didn't want me as the face of galactic conquest…so they launched me into Blorch and destroyed the planet."

"And you survived how?" Gaz questioned with a look of disbelief.

"I really don't know," Skoodge sighed.

"That doesn't explain why you're here," Gaz mumbled.

"I'm going to be deactivated," Skoodge answered a bit too happily.

"For not being an ideal?" Gaz questioned.

"I tried to get a promotion by training on Hobo 13, but I failed. So here I am," Skoodge finished.

"Why haven't you escaped?" Gaz questioned.

"I can't fight the Tallest!" Skoodge protested.

Gaz rolled her eyes and figured once the system got you…it never let go. She tapped her foot and suddenly stopped. Her eyes opened as an idea began to form in her mind. Her amber eyes landed on Skoodge and she grinned.

"All Irken ships are in your language, right?" Gaz quickly questioned.

'I only know basic symbols, but he can read the language,' Gaz mused.

"Yeah," Skoodge cautiously replied.

"Can you pilot?" Gaz questioned.

"Only basic ships," Skoodge replied.

"I can pilot, but I can't read Irken," Gaz simply said. "I purpose a bargain."

"What type?" Skoodge questioned.

"We break out of here, steal a ship, and head back to earth," Gaz answered.

"I don't know," Skoodge replied with doubt.

"Do you really want to be deactivated?" Gaz questioned.

"No," Skoodge sighed.

"Then it's a deal?" Gaz questioned.

"Yeah…but only if you promise me something!" Skoodge quickly shouted.

"What is it?" Gaz questioned.

"You can't feed me to any creatures, use me as bait, and I don't want to be launched out of anything!" Skoodge firmly said.

"Fair enough," Gaz responded with a shrug.

"Really?" Skoodge asked as his eyes began to tear.

"Don't get sappy, but yeah," Gaz agreed.

Gaz stood up and Skoodge admired her height as she walked to different parts of her prison. Gaz held her chin in thought as she wondered what to do.

"The barriers are based on a frequency," Skoodge stated as Gaz nodded.

Gaz reached into her pocket and pulled out an empty wasabi bottle, and her GS2. She grimaced as she began to take the gaming system apart.

"Someone will pay for this," Gaz growled as she tore off a piece of metal from the floor.

Gaz grinned as she saw different wires. The two to stand out were the red and purple wires. She rolled her eyes at this, but figured it was the best place to start at. She attached the wire into her gaming system and proceeded to hack into the prison system. She pressed a button and the barriers dropped. Gaz put the GS2 and its parts back into her pocket before she jumped out of the cage. Skoodge jumped down and Gaz looked to the door.

"Where did you learn that?" Skoodge questioned.

"It's a hobby," Gaz replied with a shrug.

"Hobby?" Skoodge questioned with curiosity.

"They place guards at the door, right?" Gaz questioned.

"If we go through there will be caught," Skoodge supplied.

"What about the vents?" Gaz questioned.

"Those should be safe," Skoodge agreed.

"Do you know where the ships are held?" Gaz asked as she looked down at him.

"Yeah, follow me," Skoodge proudly said as he ran around the room.

He found a vent on the side of wall and proceeded to jump for it. Gaz watched him jump and proceeded to grin in amusement. Her grin turned to a scowl when she remembered they didn't have time. Gaz reached above Skoodge and pulled the vent cover off. She picked him up and pushed him into the vent. Gaz jumped up and griped onto the vent. She gritted her teeth as she pulled her weight into the vent. She dropped back down when she noticed that her shirt would get caught on things. Skoodge looked down from the vent and watched her.

Gaz quickly pulled her longer silver shirt off and placed her GS2 in side pocket on the leg. She looked onto her forearm and pressed a few buttons. The suit covered her hands and small claws appeared at the tips of her fingers. Skoodge watched in awe as she jumped up. Her claws bit into the metal and she proceeded to drag herself up. Skoodge reached out and grabbed her by the collar. He helped pulled her up and fell back once she was in the vent.

"Thanks," Gaz mumbled as she pressed another button. The claws vanished.

"Follow me," Skoodge whispered with a bit of confidence.

Gaz nodded and crawled through the vents with the little Irken. He hadn't annoyed her like most would have by now. She shook the thought away and noticed that the vent widened in front of them. Skoodge crawled to the side and he pointed out. Gaz crawled closer and grinned. There were many different ships, but there were also many Irkens.

"Not bad," Gaz praised as he beamed.

Gaz studied her surroundings and wondered how they would get pass all the guards. Her eyes landed on a big red button. A warning was written in Irken. She pointed to it and Skoodge squinted as he read it.

"It's a fire alarm," Skoodge softly said.

"I assume you have those robotic legs," Gaz whispered.

"Yeah," Skoodge replied.

"Use your lasers and hit the button. While they're distracted we'll make a run for that ship," Gaz explained as she pointed to a Spittle Runner.

Gaz backed away as one spider leg extended from the Pak. He took aim and a green glow emitted from the tip of the leg. Gaz grinned as he fired and hit the button. Sparks flared and the alarm went off. Red lights flashed and Irkens scattered everywhere. Gaz kicked the vent cover off and jumped down to the floor. Irken soldiers surrounded her and she cursed. Kook stood at the lead of them. Gaz quickly pushed Skoodge back into the vent. He watched as she tossed him a warning look.

'She's protecting me,' Skoodge thought.

"We've been monitoring you," Kook coldly said.

"It's good to know I have a fan club," Gaz replied.

"You're escape would have been too late anyway…we've arrived on Irk," Kook announced as Gaz glowered at her.

"I will eventually get you," Gaz promised.

"How did you make it this far?" Kook questioned.

Skoodge tensed and prepared to be sacrificed like other times.

"I have a good sense of direction," Gaz replied with a calm face.

"Whatever," Kook mumbled. "Take her to the Main Chamber inside that building thingy."

"Scary," Gaz dryly said as she got dragged away.

"Soon I will have my rank!" Kook laughed.

"And your doom!" Gaz shouted.

"Planet Irk is ahead."

"Finally," Zim growled as he pushed Gir off his head.

"Aww… but I didn't finish the song," Gir sadly sighed.

"Silence!" Zim demanded.

"But the song," Gir sobbed.

"Oh…all right…finish it," Zim snapped in defeat.

"Doom, doom, doom, the end!" Gir finished as he turned his attention back to the planet ahead.

"Pay attention Gir," Zim seriously said.

"Yes, my master!" Gir replied as his eyes turned red.

"I want you to lock onto the transmitter in Gaz's suit," Zim explained.

"The taco girl?" Gir questioned.

Zim sighed and replied, "Yes Gir, the taco girl."

"Yay! Tacos!" Gir shouted as Zim winced.

Zim watched as green beam locked onto his ship. Zim felt it as it scanned him. The beam disappeared and he flew closer to the plant. He hovered in the red clouds as he searched for an area to park his ship. Zim didn't want to park at a dock and chance getting caught.

"The taco girl is in that place!" Gir shouted as he pointed ahead.

Zim's red eyes turned to the tower and his antennae flattened in anger.

"Are you sure?" Zim questioned.

"The taco girl is in there!" Gir repeated as he began to wiggle his legs.

"Then let's park there," Zim reasoned as he landed his ship between two buildings.

Gir watched as Zim crushed a small building. The ship was landed the windshield popped open. Zim got out of the ship and gazed at his parking.

"It's PERFECT!" Zim shouted as Gir stared on.

Zim pressed a button and the ship vanished from sight. All that remained was the small crushed building.

"Now Gir…onto the highly secured chamber of the Tallest!" Zim said.

"Yay! We're gonna die!" Gir cheered as he ran after Zim.

"No Gir, we're gonna rescue…I mean take back Gaz," Zim corrected.

"You miss her," Gir sang as he began to grin.

"Why would I miss that annoying human?" Zim questioned.

"I don't know," Gir reasoned as he put a finger to his mouth in thought.

"Let's go," Zim ordered as he began to march. Gir saluted Zim and then began to laugh.

"We're doomed!" Gir cried out as he followed.

Author's Note:
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