"All of reality is nothing but a dream."
Vey
"Talking"
'Thinking'
Stressed/DreamsThe innocence of a child amazed him to no end. He wished he could still be that innocent, but it was impossible to be something you never were. Taking her smaller hand in his own, he led her down the streets. He had been summoned once more to meet with Leader Zootch again. The female irritated him to no bounds and he felt the need to just ignore her all together. Goop looked up at him and happily continued to skip beside him. Red kept walking and the Irkens carefully watched him and glared at the child. Red sent their glares back and sighed.
A week had passed and the Irkens had begun to display acts of hate toward the humans. It was nothing major, but it was enough for Red to be labeled as a human lover. Goop was unaware of the glares she received and Red was thankful of that. Her ignorance was his bliss.
"Red," Goop happily said when they stopped at a corner.
"Yeah?" Red questioned as he raised an antenna.
Goop giggled at him and shook her head. She released his hand, moved her hands to her head, and made little antennae with her fingers. Goop wiggled her fake antennae and began to laugh. Red sighed and took her hand again. The little girl had an obsession for antennae. Red smiled at her and winced as a few Irkens pushed passed them. Goop gasped in a bit of pain as one smacked her head. She held in the tears, but rubbed her head.
"Human lover."
"Fools," Red hissed as he glared at them.
Goop watched the exchange and her eyes saddened a bit. She didn't understand the words, but she understood that they were directed at her andRed because of her. Goop looked up and watched as Red pulled her along despite the glares they received.
Dib sighed as he dropped his head into his hands. They were at a lost of what to do. The humans and Irkens had segregated themselves. A wall was placed in between the two with little consideration of the Leader's wishes. Zootch's council had also split along with the humans and Irkens. Each had taken a side about what to do. They were running out of options about what could be done. Any Irken that tried to enter the human territory was thrown out with the utmost disrespect. No humans even bothered sending anyone to the Irken side.
"What are we to do?" Tak finally questioned. She was sick of the silence and indecision.
"They won't listen to reason anymore…no one will," Zootch growled as her claws dug at the table.
Dib continued to gaze down at the table not able to think of anything. The door cracked open and Dib raised his gaze. Klavier entered the room with a grin. His mood seemed to never damper. His green eyes glinted and he took a seat at the table.
"It seems like there will never be peace," Klavier sighed as he reclined and closed his eyes.
"What do you know?" Zootch demanded with hints of anger.
"Nothing more than you do," Klavier assured.
"This situation is going to lead to war," Tak growled as her fist hit the table.
Zootch turned her gaze to Tak and slightly glared at the Irken. Tak glared right back not caring; there was no authority on Zeta to control these beings. Her eyes widened at the sudden realization.
"That's it," Tak whispered and Dib raised a questioning eyebrow.
"What?" Zootch snapped.
"We need authority…punishment," Tak suggested in a tone that said she was correct.
"I will not suppress my people!" Zootch declared.
"There need to be laws to control them…to keep the peace," Tak argued back.
"Zeta has kept peace for many centuries, I will not disrupt that balance," Zootch argued.
"If you don't set laws…boundaries, things will get worse," Dib supported.
"Things will not worsen…peace can solve this!" Zootch argued.
"I think we will have to set laws," Klavier suddenly said.
Zootch turned her glare to him and sighed. Her antennae tightened and she shook her head.
"We have lived with our laws for many years…many know our ways," Zootch quietly replied.
"Times change…they need boundaries," Klavier carefully said knowing that Zootch feared Zeta becoming like Irk.
The door creaked opened and their eyes turned to the noise. A small girl stepped through her ice blue eyes searching them. They first saw the green hand she held and than they saw Red. Their eyes widened in shock and Red glared at them all. He led Goop to a seat and released her hand. She jumped into the seat and began to kick her legs and hum softly.
"Who is this?" Zootch questioned as her eyes searched the girl.
"This is Goop," Red introduced.
"Goop?" Dib questioned. "What type of name is that?"
Goop looked up at Dib and raised an eyebrow in question. She herself wondered why his head was so big. Dib raised an eyebrow and felt his left eye twitch. He could tell what she was thinking about.
"Why do you have a human with you?" Klavier questioned.
"And where did you get her?" Tak finished.
Red sighed and turned his gaze to the child. He kneeled next to her and helped her stand to her feet. Goop gave him a confused stare before he offered her a small smile. He turned her around so her back faced the group. His fingers gripped the edge of her shirt and he gently rolled it up so her back was showing.
"What the hell!" Dib shouted as Goop's back came into sight.
Zootch's eyes instantly narrowed and they all stood. Their eyes accusing Red as Goop smiled up at him. Klavier frowned, but remained seated.
"What did you do you monster?" Dib growled, as he got ready to jump the table.
Red turned his glare to Zootch and coldly said, "Look at what your Irkens are doing."
"What do you mean?" Zootch questioned.
"They had pulled her into an alley…painted and carved into her skin," Red explained as he let Goop put her shirt back down and sit.
"Irkens did this?" Tak questioned.
"If I hadn't came, they would have killed her," Red seriously said as Goop began to hum again.
"You didn't do this?" Dib questioned with a suspicious glare.
Red glared at him and firmly said, "I'm not a monster."
Klavier snorted at that and raised his hand to his mouth as he covered it with a cough.
"Did you find her parents?" Zootch softly questioned, shame was upon her features.
"I didn't have time to search since was lost in the Irken district," Red blandly replied.
Zootch nodded and remained silent as she closed her eyes. If the humans ever found out about this child than there would be chaos. She squeezed her eyes shut, there was too much to do. Dib watched Red as he patted the child on the head.
"We should send her back to the Human district," Dib suddenly said.
"We can't…she would give the humans cause to really fight," Klavier voiced.
"We can't hide her," Tak argued.
"I'm keeping her," Red announced.
Dib glared at Red before he began to laugh. Tak's lips tightened and she shook her head. Klavier even frowned at the idea knowing that it was bad. Zootch raised an antenna a bit and the corners of her mouth lifted in a smirk.
"She will stay with read until we decided something further," Zootch announced.
"But his past!" Dib protested.
"We can't trust him with a human…a child no less!" Tak shouted as she motioned to Red.
Zootch held up her hands to silence them and declared, "Until something better comes along this is the best we're going to get."
Zootch pinched her antenna and prayed that some good would come along. She didn't want to ruin the ways on Zeta, but how could she stop an impending war. Zootch looked to Goop and Red and sighed. Maybe the situation wasn't as hopeless as it seemed.
Purple watched as the wall was finished. It separated the humans from the Irkens. He knew that Zootch would not approve of this at all. Purple walked along the rooftop and frowned when he noticed something. He shook it off and left the building. It was time to get back to the house anyways. Purple stepped down the stairs contemplating how this would all turn out. Zeta held no weapons and he knew the humans couldn't build anything of great damage. His antennae flattened to his head. The humans always had a way of destroying things.
He ignored the protesting Irkens figuring that they had a right to protest. It was their planet and the humans had been hostile to them. Purple sighed; of course, the humans had already been invaded by the Irkens and had a reason to be hostile. The reasoning was good on both sides of the wall. Purple made it home and opened the unlocked door to find Goop sitting in the middle of the floor. Her hands were covered with blue pain. Purple shut the door and her ice blues quickly looked up. She grinned and quickly jumped to her feet.
"Stay!" Purple ordered as he held his hands out in front of him.
Goop grinned and ran towards him. Her paint-covered hands covered his clothes and skin. Purple grimaced, but gave into the hug figuring there was nothing left to do. Goop chuckled and clutched his clothing in her hands with a warm smile. Purple grimaced at the mess and offered her a smile no less.
"Red!" Purple shouted. As much as he liked being covered in paint, he didn't want to have this child clutched to him.
Goop chuckled and quickly grabbed Purple's hand. She pulled him over to the kitchen and pointed to a chair. Red was sitting at the table with his head resting in his hand and his eyes closed. Purple raised an antenna at this but shrugged.
"He shouldn't require this much rest," Purple mused. "The PAKs keep us awake."
Purple turned his eyes back to Goop and found she was gone again. Purple looked back to Red and saw him twitch. He blinked and left the kitchen. His antennae twitched when he heard Goop humming a soft tune. He walked over to her and watched as she continued to paint on the paper. His eyes narrowed as she began to paint three letters.
"Vey?" Purple questioned in confusion.
Ice blue eyes looked up at him and she smiled. She turned around and quickly painted a family with only one child. Purple blinked as he tried to connect it.
"You're Vey," Purple softly said.
Goop ignored him and continued to paint. Purple took a seat and watched her. If she could write, then she could speak.
He stood alone in the darkened hallway again. The door was at the end, but the chains upon it quickly rusted and fell to the floor small piles of dust. Red took a step toward the door and paused. Harsh laughter filed the air.
"You wanted to know your past…and now you hesitate," the voice mocked.
Red ignored the shadow in the corner as it took his shape. He reached out for the door handle once more and he hesitated. The shadow laughed at him and walked over to the door. He grasped the handle and chuckled as he twisted the knob.
"Your reality is nothing more than a dream…after what you have done, you can never be free of your past," the shadow assured.
"What past?" Red questioned.
The shadow chuckled again and quickly released the doorknob. The chains appeared on the door once more and it all vanished leaving Red in the dark.
Author's Note:
Woot! I'm finally back to updating! Anyways, I'm trying to find a way to end this all without having to blow up everything, even though I do like explosions...oh well...the next chapter will focus on Zim, Gaz, and finally the Fifth Kind.
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