Author's Note: I wrote this chapter once, I'm sure of it. But when I went to post it again I couldn't find it anywhere on my computer. There fore I have to rewrite the whole thing. Gah. It's such a pain. Especially since the first draft was better than this. I suppose I will just have to do my best to duplicate something lost. "waves arms and produces a magical copy machine" Here you go minions.
Disclaimer: Seriously. I'm getting sick and tired of doing this every chapter. I don't own Zim! ARE YOU HAPPY NOW, PUNK?
Zim had been working nonstop for several sun cycles straight. The deadline set down by the Adrean official from the Committee of Boss was fast approaching and it seemed as though his latest project was complete. He stood back and admired his work. It was a thing of technological beauty.
Breathing a sigh of relief, the Irken turned and made his way to his main computer and tapped in the codes for a transmission to planet Irk. He had been meaning to notify the Tallest of his latest doings for a while now but had been much too busy. Now that he had a few spare Klicktels he would put them to good use.
"Transmitting to Planet Irk. Connecting… Connection Established. Tallest On-Vid."
…
The Tallest had been enjoying several rounds of video game matches and sugar filled snacks when their screen flickered off and announced that atransmission was coming through.
"Oh man! We really need to get a separate screen for our games Red."
"Gah. Yeah I know. Who's calling us now?"
Both Tallest were surprised and greatly annoyed to see Zim on their Vid screen. Neither of them moved. Maybe, just maybe, if neither of them moved, he would go away.
"Greetings from Earth my Tallest! I trust all goes well on the Irk front."
No such luck.
"Uh … hi Zim. Did you want something?"
" I was just calling to tell you that the Invasion of Earth is going well. I have discovered the human's need for the cute and fuzzy penguin creatures. They even make entertainment documentation of the disgusting little bird thingys." Zim proudly displayed his Penguin of DOOM while the Tallest stared at him.
"Also, I had a run in with an Adrean Official from the Committee of Boss and she told me that this planet wasn't in the Irken Invasion Zone. She was obviouslyeither lying or mistaken because you yoursefl sent me here.I will take care of her shortly by-"
Zim was violently cut off as his robot assistance dropped from the ceiling and attacked his master with a frying pan and what appeared to be a woman's purse. There followed a large volley of yelling, screaming, and cursing in several different languages before the screen went black and displayed the 'Out of Service' motif.
Red and Pur blinked in unison.
"Did you catch any of that Pur?"
"No I wasn't listening."
"Me neither."
"let's go get some more sugar chips."
"Sounds good."
…
When Zim was finally able to detach G.I.R. from his head he was furious to find that much of his computer's control panels had been destroyed in the process and his transmission to the Tallest was cut short. Oh well, he thought. At least I was able to tell them the important things.
He would fix his computer after he was done dealing with the Adrean menace. What fun this would be.
It was barely an hour later when a frantic Irken messenger ran into the Tallest's game room. "My Tallest! My Tallest! Urgent news!"
"Waddayawant?" Neither of the Tallest liked being interrupted. In fact they abhorred it when they were in the middle of a video game match.
It took a moment for the messenger to catch his breath before he could tell the Tallest what he had interrupted them for. "My Tallest...there was a message sent from the Committee of Boss. One of our Invader's is trying to Invade a planet not with the set boundaries of the Irken Universe."
Pur and Red sat there stunned for a moment and then looked at each other. To the surprise of the flustred little green messenger, they both burst out laughing. They laughed so hard they fell out of thier seats and were rolling on the floor. "That's impossible," one of them managed to snort. "Why would we send an Invader outside the Universe?"
"But my Tallest. It's Zim."
Both Red and Pur's faces turned a pale green and silence raked its claws through the room for a long and agonizing moment. Pur made a dash for the Vid screen and Red followed him. They cycled through the recent messages list and found the one Zim had sent. They hit the playback button. They watched in horror as Zim briefly recounted his encounter with one of the Adrean officials and his intent to get rid of her. The situation was dire.
They turned back to heir messenger. "We have to contact the Committee of Boss and Planet Earth immediatly. This is a matter of Irken security. Life or death. Candy for candy. We cannot screw up. Gah. Zim may yet be the ruin of us."
Author's Note: My first version was longer too but I'm tired so you people are going to have to cut me some slack. I might go back and rewrite this again, but until then… here it is.
