The Irken Assassin - Ch. 6, Second strain of a web.
Within twenty minutes of teleporting into the base, Zerg had reached the room Zim was currently in. The short irken was busy working out plans to increase his labs defenses, so that filthy dib human wouldn't have so much ease breaking in. He had been far too focused on this project to notice the invader of his privacy in the room. For several moments, Zerg stood in the shadows, absently clicking her claws against a metal desk, before sending a telepathic message into Zim's mind, not patient enough at heart to wait for him to turn around on his own and notice her presence.
"I would recommend looking behind you." a voice whispers into Zim's mind. Zim's antennae perk and he rubs his head. "That Dib pig's driving me insane! I'm hearing voices!" he exclaims. Behind him, Zerg clears her throat, intentionally loud. Zim quickly twists his neck around to look at the source of his disturbance, his crimson eyes immediately locking onto a splash of black and white. He had to strain his neck to look higher so he'd see the face of the irken in his lab. Recalling Tak's attempt to steal his job and his mission, he immediately jumps out of his chair, knocking it clean over with a loud thud. "WHO ARE YOU!?" Zim screams, more so demanding knowledge than asking. Zerg flashes a smirk, letting one of her fangs show momentarily. "I'd have expected my reputation to have expanded to this corner of the universe... Oh well." she muses aloud, then crossing one arm in front of her thin body, bowing from her center in mock respect, though incidentally needing to make this gesture just to reach her targets eye level. She would have preferred to do her job at her fast pace, killing on sight, but the Tallests had their orders set for her. "I have been sent here by the Tallests to aid you, Invader Zim." she purrs, erecting herself to a stand. "I... am the one and only... Zergarikiaka. But really, just call me Zerg." she introduces herself.
Zim's red eyes widen slightly in surprise, and then narrow in anger. "What?! I need no help! Why would the Tallests send any other invader here? It's bad enough dealing with Skoodge." he demands. Zerg crosses her arms, casting her seemingly emotionless stare down at the short irken. "I just told you. You've taken too long on this mission, and I'm here to speed things up." She muses coolly. Her eyes seem to peer down into his existence, as she hisses out "You DO want to take over this planet, don't you? I can assure your victory, or I can claim it before you." she contemplates aloud, then turning as if planning to leave the room. Zim thinks for a minute, then deciding to be smart about this situation. He hadn't had much success with Earth so far, and Skoodge wasn't helping him much outside of cooking and keeping the base clean. "All right! You can help." Zim growled. "But the minute you try to take over my mission for me you're out of here." he snaps. Zerg smirks coolly, turning her head slightly to look down at the irken now behind her. "Wise decision." she purrs. Looking ahead once more, she shoots back an order to her apparent ally. "Lessen your bases defenses. My SIRs will be checking in with you later, and I don't want them blown apart." she comments, before disappearing into a snap of violet light.
Zim quickly leaves the room, heading to the main computer room of his base. He wouldn't listen yet to the idea of lowering his defenses, and instead would increase them. As it was, its too easy to break into his base all ready. With his defenses any lower, undoubtedly any human child or animal could slip in undetected. Once reaching the computer room, he starts typing commands into the computers database, a screen soon lowering before him, much like the one used when he found out about Tak's plans to drain the planet of its mantel and replace the molten rock flow with snacks. "Computer, track down any information you can about this... Zuurg person." he orders, having all ready disregarded her names pronunciation. The computer's voice moans in annoyance at having to do anything. "Fine... Searching." it grumbles, the screen becoming filled with 0's and 1's as it scans threw its database.
Meanwhile back with the membrane family's home, the same flood of violet light cuts through the front room, Zelda appearing again, throwing herself onto the couch. She crosses her arms behind her head, looking up at the ceiling, smirking darkly in thought. "This may be too easy." she thinks to herself. Looking back at the digital clock in the room, she takes a mental note of it only being 4:23 now. She had not taken very long in dealing with Zim, at all. Not even half an hour. She sits up slightly, losing her smirk as the door to the house opens, professor Membrane walking into the house himself. He yawns, walking right past the back side of the couch, not really noticing the scientist lying on his couch. Clearly, he had not rested in too long, and only now had the chance. He passes clear threw the room in a beeline, disappearing into his own room elsewhere in the house. Zelda raises a brow lightly, and then lays back once more, staring up at the ceiling for a few minutes before closing her eyes, only to look asleep, despite her lack of need. In about two hours the house would become active again, as the family would have to wake for school and work again.