Ending the transmission with Sizz-Lorr, Red turned to Purple.
"It must be Tak. She's the only female with Cranaritis." He said, sounding rather grim, a disturbing change from his normal sarcasm.
"Yeah…she's a Defective, isn't she?"
"She was never officially tried, because she showed a lot of promise during military training. However, there were several reports of her fighting with other trainees. Once she even chewed another female's antennae off. In a way, if Zim ever did anything useful, it was causing the blackout on Devastis that kept Tak from taking the test to become an Irken Elite." Red shook his head grimly.
"We have to do something about her. She's dangerous, and we can't just keep letting her go without a Trial." Purple said, looking very worried.
"I know. We have to prepare one right away." Red said. "Let's head to Judgmentia…"
Later…"Remind me again why we didn't wipe the Dib-stink's memory?" Zim grumbled irritably.
"Because I said so." Tak responded, not feeling like arguing right now. He didn't answer back, but it was a very sullen silence.
Tak was feeling somewhat apprehensive. It had been a few days, and Zim had said nothing about her staying with him. He hadn't asked her to help him in the lab at all! It was very unsettling.
Zim was headed back down to the lab.
"You need any help?" Tak called over, but Zim didn't answer except with a brief shake of his head. She sighed and plopped back against the couch. Odd, it was very hard and lumpy…
"SCAREH LADEH! You is crushin' mah head!" An irritatingly high-pitched voice squealed.
"Oh! Sorry GIR. I didn't see you there." Tak apologized, sitting up and pulling GIR out of the couch crack.
GIR gave her a sloppy hug of gratitude. "I LIKE YOU!"
"Gee, thanks GIR. Could you get off me? Please?"
CRASH!
"Eh?" Tak said, looking up briefly before being hit over the head with something.
What the… She managed to think before fading into unconsciousness.
Later…
"GIR! Where's Tak?" Zim shouted, as he came up from the lab to discover the empty living room. When he heard no response, he tried again. "GIR! Are you here? TAK?"
Nothing.
"Computer! Scan the house for GIR and Tak!"
Do I have to?
"YES!"
Fine…Scanning…Zim waited impatiently for it to be done, and when he heard that neither Tak nor GIR were in the house, he didn't know how he felt.
He certainly wasn't worried about them.
That much he knew.
A/N: Blegh, I don't care much for this chapter. I'll have much more fun in the next one, with Tak's trial. It'll be fun to make up Tak's past and all of her offences.
Heh, no one's guessed what the 'P' stands for.
I'll give you another hint: It's a character from one of Jhonen's comic.