ZADR Orange Chapter 124
Warnings: Extreme OOCness
Rating: M for later chapters
Disclaimer: We do not own Invader Zim, nor any of the characters from it. We do not make any money from the writing of this story.
Zim: Notgonnadie
Dib: Me
Enjoy. =3
Nodding his head when Zim insisted upon speaking with the medic drone himself, Purple glanced back at Zim as he approached to unlock the door before looking back ahead of himself. "Alright then, I'll connect us directly to the medical bay." he said as Zim let them inside and then led him over to the couch, the giant monkey picture sliding up on the wall to reveal a screen. Next to said screen was a keypad for manual settings as well as a port for the use of a PAK. Allowing one of the panels in his own PAK to open up, a long metallic tendril of sorts slinked out to connect to the port. "This should only take a moment." he said as he keyed in the code needed to connect directly with the Massive's medical bay rather than the transmission room that most calls went directly to.
Zim merely sat back as Purple connected.
Meanwhile, on the Massive, shouting could be heard as one drone worked desperately to connect with the Tallest's main quarters. "MY TALLEST!" he shouted into a communicator from the med bay. "We're receiving a transmission from Earth!" he informed Red, who currently had all sectors of the Massive monitoring transmissions in the event Purple eventually called in to inform him of his whereabouts.
"Really? Hmm, answer it. And tell me what's going on!"
Back on Earth, Purple, meanwhile, stood back tapping his foot impatiently, arms crossed in front of his chest. "What is TAKING so long for them to answer?!" he was quickly becoming impatient, having been standing there for a little over a minute now, antennae perking when one of the drones finally picked up.
"My...Tallest?" the drone looked rather surprised to see Purple standing there rather than the one who usually called from Earth.
All the drones in the med bay froze, staring at Purple on the screen.
"My Tallest, why are you on Earth?"
"Just...taking a short vacation here. But listen! I need to speak with the head medic drone. Bring him to me and then leave the room. And do NOT tell anybody else that I called here, especially Red."
"Uhh, yes, my Tallest!" the drone bowed and ran off to get the head medic drone before running to Red's quarters. "My Tallest, I found him!" he was giddy with excitement as Red had offered a large reward to anyone who could locate Purple.
"What?! Where?!"
"He's on Earth, my Tallest!"
"WHAT?! B-But...How?! A-And why?! And-" Red stopped mid-sentence, his eyes growing wide before narrowing. "Zim!" he growled, understanding now why Purple had left the Massive without informing him or anyone else of his destination.
Meanwhile, back on Earth, Purple waited until they were all alone with the head medic drone before addressing him about the reason he'd called. "I have a mission for you." he said, knowing the drone wouldn't be able to turn down an official call to duty.
"You do, my Tallest? What is it?"
"Yes. You are familiar with live births, correct?"
"Umm...Yes, my Tallest, I am. But what does that have to do with anything?"
"We'd like you to assist us in a live birth down here on Earth. Three live births, actually. Since you are the only Irken I know of who has ever dealt with such a thing, your cooperation in this mission would be very much appreciated. After all, I've heard from many others in the past before that you're always on the lookout for interesting cases to take on. And I'll be sure you're more than compensated for your services should you agree to partake in this mission."
"Umm...I'm not sure, my Tallest...Tallest Red actually has the entire Armada out looking for you now. I doubt he'd let me leave suddenly."
"R-Really?" Purple's antennae perked before slicking back as he shook his head, reminding himself to keep his mind focused on the task at hand. "Oh! Never mind that for now! I didn't want you to ask for Red's permission in the first place anyways! I was hoping you'd be willing to just grab what you need and sneak out unnoticed. The medical bay runs slow enough as it is. I highly doubt anyone will even notice you're missing, Red especially. He's already got more important things to worry about. What I'm asking you to do is part of a "secret mission." Nobody else is to know about it. And I'll personally see to it that you aren't punished for this in any way should you by any chance get caught." he said, ready to promise the drone anything at this point to get him to come quietly to Earth.
Saluting to Purple over the transmission, the drone bowed to his Tallest. "Yes, my Tallest! I'll be there as soon as possible. Can you send me the exact coordinates?" he asked, not wanting to take any more chances than he already was just by accepting this mission.
"Yes, alright." Purple nodded his head before going to type in the coordinates on the keypad next to the screen, glancing back at Zim momentarily. "And you're alright with this, Zim? He seems trustworthy enough to you?" he then asked before sending the coordinates to the medic drone, just wanting to make sure Zim was still alright with this himself.
Stepping in front of the screen suddenly and making the drone jump at seeing him, Zim glared at the drone for a moment before sighing. "Fine. I SUPPOSE I could trust him...But he's not getting anywhere near my Dib unless I'm around." he pouted and crossed his arms.
"I don't think you'll have to worry too much about that, Zim. The only time he'll really need to be near him is when he's giving birth."
Zim nodded. "Good." he said before turning to the drone. "Well then, get down here already!" he practically demanded, even more impatient than Purple was.
"Eh...O-Okay..."
Pressing the enter button, Purple proceeded to send the drone the coordinates. "How long do you think it will take you to get down here?" he asked, wanting an estimate of the other's arrival time on Earth.
"Umm...A few days at most, my Tallest. Perhaps even less if all goes well and I don't run into any problems along the way."
Purple turned back to Zim. "Well then, I guess there's no point in waiting around here, Zim. It will take him at least a day to get here, if not more. So I guess we can go ahead and meet the others at that Earth shopping structure Rose was telling me about last night." he said before turning back to the screen. "You're still there? Hurry up and get your things packed! You already know what your mission is!" he then snapped, pointing at the screen, more than a little irritated he was wasting precious time.
"Y-Yes, my Tallest!"
Rolling his eyes, Purple then cut the transmission.
Sighing, Zim, meanwhile, just shook his head. "This will be interesting..." he said before heading for the attic. "Come on. We'll take the voot. It'll be much easier than getting a ride in one of those terrible earth vehicles." he gestured for the other to follow him, shuddering at the thought of his last encounter with one of said vehicles.
Purple followed him up to the attic. "But are you going to be able to find somewhere hidden away to land it when we get there?" he asked as Zim climbed into the driver's seat, Purple having to struggle a bit to squeeze in next to him, not quite used to traveling in such a small ship, at least for him.
"It won't be hard. Humans in general are morons."
"Well...Alright then."
Meanwhile, at the mall, Dib stood among a large selection of baby clothes, unenthusiastically looking through them, glancing at the entrance every few seconds as though expecting Zim to walk in any minute now. He had arrived at the mall with Rose, Lily, and the two girls about 45 minutes ago and had been wandering through the baby clothes section ever since. Jack and Lily's husband were coming later with Blaze to meet them for lunch since there hadn't been enough room in Jack's and Rose's car to fit everybody in. Not to mention, Jack and Lily's husband were hoping to avoid as much shopping as possible. So while Rose and Lily were off looking through clothes for Rose's baby, Dib stood virtually alone among the many aisles of clothing, Stella running about the store with Kira riding in one of the strollers until their mother and aunt were done.
Knowing Dib would be brooding until he arrived, Zim flew as quickly as he could to the mall.
After a few more minutes had passed, Rose finally approached Dib. "Dib? Zim should probably be arriving soon with Purple, so we're going to head on down to the food court to wait for them now, alright? If you want though, we can come back after lunch so you and Zim can continue shopping for whatever you need." she said, knowing the hybrid hadn't shown any interest in shopping alone, despite how she had tried to convince him into joining her and her sister.
Snapping out of his slight daze to look up as her, Dib nodded, having not said a word since Zim had left him at the house.
Landing the voot in some bushes near the back of the mall where not many people went, Zim then climbed out with Purple. "This should be good, Pur. Let's go. The others are probably waiting for us." he said, wanting nothing more than to hurry along back to Dib so the other wouldn't feel as though he'd abandoned him at Jack's and Rose's house.
Purple just nodded his head. "Alright." he climbed out behind him, following Zim to a back entrance of the mall.
Back inside, Dib waited patiently outside the store as Lily and Rose rounded up the two girls, sending the game shop across from him a few glances, wondering whether Gaz was working today or not.
"Hi, love~" Zim sneaked up behind Dib and grabbed him around the chest.
Jumping slightly at so suddenly being grabbed from behind, Dib whirled around quickly, slightly startled, before pressing himself tightly against Zim, clinging to him and hiding his face in the other's chest, his antennae twitching.
Smiling, Zim held him close and swayed a little. "I told you I'd be back for lunch." he said, having kept his promise to hurry on over as soon as he was done calling the medical drone.
Not wanting to pull away, Dib could only nuzzle his face more into Zim's chest.
Rose exited the store with Lily and the girls. "Oh, Zim. Purple. You're here already." she smiled. "We were just about to head to the food court to grab some lunch." she said, gesturing for them to follow her. "So, how did things go?" she then asked, wanting to know whether they had been able to contact the medic drone or not.
"It went pretty well, all things considered. He should be out here in a day or so."
"Well, that's great!" Rose smiled wide.
Still not all too happy about having to deal with an Irken doctor in the room during a time when he'd rather have nobody in the room, Dib couldn't help but shudder against Zim at the current conversation.
"Well, are we all ready for lunch then?"
"I think we are." Zim pat Dib's back carefully.
"Alright, good. My brother-in-law and Jack should be joining us at the food court soon."
Nodding his head, Zim nuzzled Dib affectionately, trying to convince him to unbury himself and walk with them to the food court.
A/N: And there you have it for Chapter 124. =3 Until next time~