Hi all, yeah this is firstmy Invader Zim fic. so please don't bite my head off. Ill update as soon as I get reviews. Enjoy! 

P.S. constructive criticism appreciated, but plz no flames.

I don't own any part of invader zim or anything like that.

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The Fall of The Irken Empire

Written by: youllneverknow27

Chapter One

"GIR!" Zim yelled. "Yessssss?" came a voice from up above. GIR was hanging from one of the many cords in Zim's underground laboratory. Both Zim and GIR were down in the lower section of the house preparing for a mission. The whirl of the Voot Cruiser's engines warming up could be heard over the humming of the computers

"Get down here!" screamed Zim. GIR fell from the wire onto the cold steel catwalk. "I need you to watch this video feed in case the tallest need to contact me" explained Zim as he started up the Voot Cruiser.

"There have been erratic messages coming through and now I have detected a beacon giving off a homing signal somewhere North. I will take the Voot Cruiser and go look for it." Zim pointed to the flashing monitor, which had coordinates displayed on it. GIR sat down and absentmindedly began to play with his squeaky mini moose.

"GIR!" shouted an infuriated Zim, "This is important!" The echoes of his shouts resounded off the cold steel walls. Zim knew something was wrong within the Empire and had no time for GIR's games.

"But the Scary Monkey Show is on and I wanna…" at this Zim hit GIR in the head and yelled "Focus!" GIR's eyes then glowed red; he stood to attention and shouted "Yes my master!" Zim then got into the Voot Cruiser and fired the engines. Purple flames filled the launching area as the top of the "house" opened and Zim blasted out leaving GIR running in circles laughing!

The Voot Cruiser sped over the city and then over a vast forest. Zim sat inside the cruiser wondering what could be giving off an Irken signal of this backwater planet. As he sped North the temperature began to drop. It read as 56 degrees. Zim checked the weapons that he had brought him: an earthling gun, an Irken laser, and a pack of blast grenades. Just then the video monitor lit up.

"The tall people are on and they want to talk to you!" screeched GIR. GIR then patched the video feed through to Zim. Zim gazed at the scene on the monitor. The massive seemed to be under attack. There were smoke and explosions everywhere. A mechanized female voice kept repeating "Hull integrity compromised."

Tallest Red then came into view of the camera. He looked to his right and shouted "Save the snacks and use the lasers goddamit!" He then turned to the camera "Zim!" he screamed in a horrified tone "There has been an incident and our last hope for survival seems to have landed on your planet" as he said this the blood in Zim's veins ran cold. Another explosion rocked the massive and the video began to become distorted.

"Tallest Red" shouted Zim. The last thing Zim heard before the video completely cut out was "use code: Omega!" Zim began to fell dizzy. The fate of the Irken Empire was in his hands. He read the flashing digital thermometer to his left it read 28 degrees. Snow began to fall as the cruiser zipped over a barren white world. There was no sign of civilization. Zim then decided to get GIR up there to assist him.

"GIR!" Zim yelled into the monitor. GIR then appeared at the monitor with a half eaten waffle hanging from his mouth. "I need you to bring the house to the coordinates that I have programmed into the cruiser. Can you do that?" "OK!" was GIR's enthusiastic response. "Oh and one more thing bring Dib, I don't care how just do it!"

Even though Zim detested Dib with every fiber of his being, the earth child knew the planet better than he did and of all the humans Zim had come into contact with since being here Dib was the most intelligent. Zim needed him and he knew it. He knew that Dib would somehow be able to assist him and with the Empire on the line he wasn't taking any chances.

Zim once again glanced at the thermometer; he saw that it read -28 degrees. He checked the computer and saw that he was nearly there. Outside He saw ice, snow, and…nothing. Just emptiness. A glazed look came over his purple eyes. The scene was almost hypnotic. The time passed and then BANG,

The Voot Cruiser was hit hard and sent spiraling downward. Zim then regained control. He then looked out his window to see the house in it's transformed mode. The rockets were firing as the house soared through the air. Zim glanced to the window and saw GIR waving back at him. GIR then bent down and held up Dib Membrane. He was bound and gagged.

Zim then spoke into the monitor "GIR! What they hell are you thinking!...I see that you brought Dib. Good work." GIR then pointed behind him to Gaz Membrane, Dib's sister. She was standing in front of Dib playing her Game Slave 2.

"She wanted to come too and when I said no she hurt me so I said OK!" said GIR as Gaz shot him a menacing look. "Are we almost there yet? I wanna play in the snow!" whined GIR.

Gaz then came to the monitor. She was dressed in her usual attire. "Where are we going?" she asked in a forceful tone.

"Silence Pi-ti-ful human! I am calling the shots here and you shall obey!" At that Gaz walked away from the flashing monitor and Zim thought he heard her murmur something about breaking his neck.

"Destination Arrived!" shouted the Voot Cruiser's computer as I veered violently down into the white abyss. GIR shouted and drove house down hard onto the snowy plains following the Voot Cruiser. The cruiser landed relatively softly as GIR slammed the house down on the ice.

Zim then prepared to enter the unforgiving elements outside. His PAK had provided him with a shield. He checked the readings: -48 degrees. He could feel the chill I the air. He emerged from the Voot Cruiser. He could see GIR, Gaz, and Dib emerging from the house. The cold unrelenting wind whipped at his face. The shield was seeming to be ineffective.

He dragged his feet through the deep snow over to GIR. "GIR, need you to go below and to bring up the digger." GIR bounded off into the house. Zim then went over to Gaz and a still tied up Dib and spoke to them "Gaz-human, why are you here? I only have use for your idiot human brother."

At this Gaz shot him a resounding glare and shouted"Your idiotic robot smashed through my wall and grabbed Dib. Im not the kind of person who simply overlooks shit like that!"

Her face was bright red and anger seemed to surge through her, but before Zim had to answer him a rumbling was heard coming from the house.

A massive black Irken steel machine emerged from the house with GIR at the controls. Its sleek design and jagged tools and edges made it a force to be reckoned with in combat as well in construction. It tore through the snow. It was truly the machine that they would need out here.

Zim left Gaz and Dib, who by now was untied and screaming insults at Zim, and went to the machine. He climbed inside and programmed to digger to burrow to the signal. He then climbed back out and ventured back into the harsh elements. The wind was as cold and spiteful as before. He returned to Gaz, who pointed behind him and said "Friend of yours?"

Zim turned around and was met by a small, gloved fist. After that only darkness. When he came to he saw none other than the green, purple eyed, warrior Tak standing over him.

End of Chapter 1

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I know that there isn't a lot of action but I promise chap. 2 will be better. Please review! 