Disclaimer: violence, language, angst, and possibly hints of yaoi.
Author's Note: add character death to list above and you're ready for this chapter! Now let us return to the fan fiction!
Chapter 16
slaying inner demons
When they reached the escape pods Purple let out a sigh of relief. He'd finally be rid of the creature that could distract Red from himself. As they stepped into the pod Kim grinned wickedly behind them and closed the door, locking it. Then a voice came from behind the door. "Don't ever touch my daughter again." Everything from there seemed to happen in slow motion. Red turned around slowly a look of utter betrayal and shock on his face. He fell screaming to his knees as a taser connected with his pak.
Purple leapt at the figure only to receive a shock of his own from two of Kim's spider legs. Somehow Kim's voice drifted through the haze of anguish and pain "You tried to kill me. You're no better than half the humans on my home planet. Destroy what's different, fear it, hate it, crush it. We all have some skeletons in our closets. Time to face your fears my tallests." with that she unceremoniously dumped water over them careful not to touch their faces.
"I would've been your servant, your slave, catered to every whim, every need, every want and desire." She kissed Red tenderly before injecting him with water which made him scream and writhe in agony. "I would've been blindly loyal. That's my Irken side for you. But my human side screams at me. It hates blind loyalty. It wants trust, honesty and acceptance but most of all justice."
Red looked at her through the haze of pain and touched her cheek. "Why?" She sneered at him and pushed his hand away. "Because you hurt me." That was all the answer they were getting. Dib watched her with the taser aimed at Purple's head if he moved he'd get his brain fried. "Red.." Purple sobbed quietly. "Red don't leave me. D-don't leave me all alone." He choked on his tears. He ran his clawed hand over his co-ruler's antennae softly before he gave in to wailing in excruciating heartache when he realized Red was already gone.
"Red! Don't-don't go.." Purple was screaming like a banshee now and returned to his quiet sobs on Red's unmoving chest. "Please." The request was so soft and meek it was barely an audible whisper. Kim looked at him cold and uncaring. "Don't worry my tallest Purple. You won't be far behind him into the ether." With that she injected him with the acidic substance as she'd done to Red, directly into the spooch. Purple watched in anguish as the needle slipped into his skin. He bite his lip to keep from screaming and collapsed on his beloved before he began writhing in pain. "Nothing personal. Just slaying my inner demons." Kim kissed Purple's cheek as a single tear rolled down it. "Goodbye my tallest." She whispered the last against his antennae even though she new he was already dead.
"We should get back to the main ship. They should've taken this thing over by now." Dib placed a hand on her shoulder. She looked back at her father, no emotion playing in her eyes. She felt entirely numb. Was this what it was like to be an Irken? This cold uncaring feeling where nothing mattered and joy and pain were a thing of the past? She had to test that theory. She splashed him with water. He looked at her a mixture of confusion and annoyance on his face as he wiped the water off his glasses. "And that was for what reason?" She blushed and smiled, a warm feeling spreading through her again as she realized his face wouldn't melt. "To make me feel better." He raised an eyebrow at her and sighed leading her by the hand back into the main area of the ship.