"If you want to kill a person…really tear them apart, all you have to do is betray their trust."
Animal
(Day 5 till Dib's Arrival)
"Talking"
'Thinking'
StressedGaz sat in the room alone. She took comfort in the silence as she silently pondered. What Sara and Skoodge pointed out, deeply confused her. She didn't want to believe that anything was wrong with Zim. Gaz shut her eyes and relaxed into her pillow. She didn't want to dwell on the idea since it was mostly false. The door swung open and she closed her eyes. She didn't want to talk to anybody now. Soft footsteps made her wonder who it was. The steps were as if the person was floating. Gaz kept her eyes shut and completely relaxed.
"Gazzy," Zim's voice called to her.
"Zim?" Gaz questioned in confusion.
She had never heard him use that name with her. Gaz sat up and noticed him on the bed at the far corner. His eyes locked on her own and she found herself frozen. He sat at the corner ready to pounce. Gaz found herself relating him to an animal.
"You drove me crazy," Red spoke as his antennae twitched. Gaz cautiously watched him as he got down on all fours and began to slowly crawl towards her.
"Zim…has anything happened to you?" Gaz questioned.
"Not much that hasn't already happened," Red calmly said.
'So close,' Red thought as he slowly crawled closer to her.
He could feel his skin quiver as he approached. Blood rushed to his head and everything began to heat. This feeling, this excitement he felt was driving him crazy. He felt a need and his eyes darkened. Her flesh was so pale and tender lined with faint scars of battle. She was the perfect pet and he would leash her. It wasn't in Irken ways to take prisoners, but he would make her a pet…an example. Red pulled off the gloves and ran his claws along the sheet. The material softly hissed as he tore through it.
"You love me?" Red darkly questioned.
Gaz stared at him in confusion before saying, "I do Zim…I love and trust you."
"Good," Red growled as he lunged at her.
'If you want to kill a person…really tear them apart, all you have to do is betray their trust,' Red thought as he roughly bit at neck.
Gaz softly yelped in surprise as he ripped off her clothing. His claws nicked her skin and caused her to wince. Gaz grimaced as he roughly pushed her to her back. He crawled on top of her and quickly removed his own clothing.
"Say you love me," Red growled as he trailed his claws down her back.
"I love you," Gaz whispered as she gasped.
"Now scream for me," Red growled as he began to ravage her body.
Sara sat in the small cafeteria watching Skoodge poke at the food. She sighed and went back to her own memories again. Everyone around the base was acting strange and that made her sick and suspicious. She hated not knowing what was changing. Something was happening, and she didn't know what it was. Skoodge stopped his poking and looked up at the girl.
"What's wrong?" Skoodge questioned.
"Memories," Sara admitted.
Skoodge simply nodded knowing that she wouldn't want to talk about. She never spoke much of her past, besides the simple "their dead." Skoodge frowned but went back to poking his food. It wouldn't do him any good to dwell on things that no longer mattered. His antennae pressed against his skull as he snuck another look at her. She was resting her face in her hand gazing into some unknown world. Skoodge sighed again and stopped his food poking. His mouth opened and then closed, he didn't know what to say. Skoodge turned his attention to the corner of the room.
"Look at the corner," Skoodge softly said to Sara.
She tilted her head in confusion, but turned to look in the corner. Despite the cloth that covered her face, she smiled. It was smile and tender, but it was a smile. She watched as Gir sat atop a normal table with a smaller table. A few women surrounded him as he served tea. Sara chuckled as she watched the pig that was seated to the right of him snort.
"That's cute…disturbing, but cute," Sara softly said.
"Who wants cookies?" Gir questioned as a bunch shot out of his head.
"Yeah, but it's the only thing funny around here," Skoodge added.
"It seems as if things are getting darker," Sara softly whispered.
"Darker?" Skoodge questioned.
"With Mark's death and Zim's…PAK," Sara clarified.
"Zim's PAK has always been weird," Skoodge teased with a chuckle.
"He's usually stupid weird, but lately he's been sinisterly weird," Sara tried to explain.
"Made no sense…but I get what you're saying," Skoodge assured.
"I don't think it's Zim in that shell, I think it's something else," Sara softly said as here eyes narrowed.
"If something was wrong with Zim, I think Gaz would know," Skoodge tried to calm her.
"It may be to late," Sara grumbled.
Skoodge frowned, but he had to agree. Sara had a point, especially about Zim. There was something wrong with him. He talked differently, he kept calling Gaz his pet, and he acted different. His attitude was a bit more prideful and crueler. Skoodge looked back over to Gir when he heard the sound of a cup crashing.
Zim floated through the halls very slowly. He didn't like floating very much, since it made him feel out of control. Purple casually floated beside them as they made their way to the core of the Massive. There was a central control brain that linked up with the other brains. All they had to do was download the virus into it and everything would go according to plan.
"You remember what you're supposed to do?" Purple questioned.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah…I go in and act weird so the brain will scan me for defects and then I download the virus," Zim jadedly assured.
"Don't mess this up," Purple growled.
Zim rolled his eyes and they entered the main room. He blinked and remembered his reprogramming. Zim decided that he didn't like being reprogrammed much. He sighed and Purple pushed him deeper into the room. Zim felt his antennae twitch in agitation as they floated closer to the control brain. His red eyes looked at the giant piece of machinery attached to the wall. He floated onto a platform and it raised him up to control brain. Zim gulped and watched as it flared to life. The odd shaped orbs on the front each began to glow. Zim looked over and noticed that Purple was drinking another soda.
"Tallest Red and Purple, explain this visit."
"Well…you see…Tallest Red has been acting weird," Purple began in between sips.
"Proceed with explanation."
"Tallest Red had his Pak knocked off due to a new weapon…his data needs to be checked," Purple quickly finished as he took a long gulp of his soda.
Zim sheepishly looked at the control brain and watched as it eyes flickered again. A long cord snaked out of the ceiling and Zim grimaced. It shot out of the ceiling and attached itself to Zim's Pak. Zim twitched at the feeling and felt the brain access his data. He quickly accessed the file in his Pak and released the virus. The odd shaped orbs flickered and the lights went off. Zim felt the brain release him and he fell to the floor.
"Woooo! That went smoothly," Zim exclaimed with a smile.
"It's dark in here…I don't like it," Purple complained.
Zim blinked as his eyes adjusted to the dark. He could see an outline of Purple still drinking his soda. The lights went back on, but the control brain didn't. A red light began to flash and Zim blinked. Purple raised his arm to his mouth and accessed his communicator.
"What's with the lights?" Purple questioned.
"Tallest Purple, it is time for operation Crimson," the communication officer answered.
"Operation Crimson?" Purple questioned.
"Almighty Tallest Red had preplanned the last attack upon the main base."
Purple grimly scowled before he looked to Zim. Zim's antennae were pressed to his head in anger. Zim quickly detached the hover belt and let it fall to the floor. Another beep sounded on Purple's communicator and he looked to it. It appeared as if the Resisty had come.
"I've got to go beam those humans to that ship…you do whatever," Purple quickly waved off before the platform he stood on floated to the ground and let him off
Zim watched as Purple left and then looked back to the control brain. He forgot he was on a platform floating in the air and walked off. Zim screamed as he smacked into the metal floor.
'Got to get to earth,' Zim thought as he grimaced in pain. 'Once my spine gets unbroken.'
Purple hummed as he floated through the Massive. He quickly ordered all the technicians out of the room. They quickly fled and moved over to the controls. He was glad that he played stupid all those decades. Purple quickly opened link to Mun and smirked.
"Tallest Purple, what do you need?" Mun questioned.
"I need you to get all the humans in the cryolabs ready for transportation," Purple declared as Mun opened a red eye in confusion.
"Okay," Mun drawled. Purple sighed knowing that he wanted an answer.
"Red's little insane reign is coming to an end," Purple added as Mun nodded.
"I'll have all the cryohumans ready in about…three minutes," Mun assured as the link was cut off.
Purple simply grinned and wondered what Red was doing at this moment.
Author's Note:
I'm sure this chapter made people cringe especially with the Red and Gaz thing. To answer questions:
I didn't know the quote in the last chapter was a tech quote
Sara and Skoodge have a basic idea that it's Red
Gaz is in sort of denial, it's sort of like I just realized I really do love him and these new emotions are causing me to act stupid type thing.
I am building tension and it will all be released soon because I am planning major twist
oOoBetryaloOo
