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The Tallests' eyes grew wide as they gazed up at the little Irkin looming over them; he looked like something that'd crawl out from a horror movie. Zim's face was dripping with clear liquid that looked like it was literally eating his skin off, it fizzled and hissed as it bubbled away his flesh.
"My Tallest?" Zim asked again leaning in closer.
The Tallests couldn't help themselves, they screamed.
"Ahhhhhhhh Ahhhhhhhhhh AHHHHHHHHH! Get away from us!" Tallest Purple yelled as he thrashed out his legs trying to kick the Invader away.
Zim dodged the first few kicks but eventually one landed, striking him in the chin making his head snap us.
A few stray drops of the strange liquid trickled down Zim's face and onto Purple's ankle making him scream as the strange substance seared into his skin.
Red had pressed himself against the walls of the ship, as far away from Zim, and Purple's kicks, as possible.
"Please my Tallest," Zim begged desperately trying to avoid Purple's savage blows. "Please let Zim in out of the rain!"
Purple paused for a moment, and in that moment Zim saw his chance to push his way past the opening and enter into the pod.
"Zim!" Red demanded having recovered from the trauma. "What is the meaning of this?"
Zim bowed, looking up sheepishly, "My apologies my Tallest, you see Earth water is acidic to our kind and I was merely wishing to refrain from standing out in it for too long."
Red put his hand to his chin, mulling over the possible outcomes of just shoving Zim back out, but eventually deciding against it. They need him to get to his base.
"What is this 'water'? And why does it fall from the sky?" Purple asked while bitterly nursing his injured leg.
Zim hesitated, puffing out his chest proudly, "Well my tallest the Earth compound water or H20 is found all around the planet, it has three primary states, a solid, liquid, or gas, it can be all three. Water in the atmosphere, while present, is disperse enough to be ineffective against us, however water in a condensed state, such as in the liquid or solid state, is concentrated enough to actually be harmful to our skin. You see Irkin skin is considered to be a base, which on earth means it has a low ph value, water, which is more acidic, has a higher ph value, so it is able to neutralize our skin and cause physical damage and…"
"Yeah, yeah, that's great Zim," Red waved off in a bored tone, "how do you know that stuff anyway?"
"Well it's my mission to study the Earthian environment Sir," Zim gave a small salute, "as is the duty of all Irkin invaders."
"Yeah, yeah," Purple said mimicking Red, "but how did you KNOW that?"
Zim antenna drooped slightly as he looked down, "The computer told me."
Red crossed his arms impatiently trying to stare down the little Irkin, however Zim seem oblivious, he was trying desperately to dry himself off.
"Zim the Massive's been attacked. So me and Purple are stuck here until the armada comes. How close is your base?"
Zim's eyes widened a little; he turned at attention, antennae perked upright. "The armada's coming? Here? Already?"
"As soon as they can," Red replied already losing patience with the small Irkin. "Now, where is your base Zim?"
"Is the WHOLE armada coming, or just the battle cruisers? Are they bringing super weapons? Are they going to help me destroy the Earth? Do I have my own fleet?…"
"Zim."
"… the battle tanks? Now are we going to wipe out all the humans, or take them prisoner? Hehe, I hope I'll be the one to destroy the Dib oh how victory shall be mine! I think I'll…"
"Zim!"
"… and how sweet it shall be now that the Tallests are here to witness this mighty Irkin victory. Ha! Another planet conquered in the name of Irk that'll show the other inva-"
"ZIM!!!" both Tallests shouted together.
"Yes my Tallests?" Zim asked almost innocently.
"I will make this as simple as I can," Red said slowly so that Zim could understand, "Take us to your base NOW."
Zim saluted, "Yes my tallest," he looked outside, "just as soon as the rain stops."
"Well," Purple began, "how long does this 'rain' last?"
"Oh it all depends, sometimes it lasts a few minutes, sometimes it lasts a few days…"
"DAYS!?!" the Tallests cried, "We could be stuck in this with you for Days!?!"
"Hehe, yeah… pretty much," Zim stated blatantly.
After about two hours Zim had started an endless monologue depicting how superior he was to the humans and how worthless their whole society was, how the Earth would soon be conquered and the Dib-Stink killed. Red, who had no intention of listening to Zim's speech, had retorted to repeatedly slamming his head against the side of the ship, Purple on the other hand, was caught in-between them and had no such escape, his eyes were drooped and his antennae twitching, his mouth hung open as a string of drool started to seep from it.
After another hour the storm had finally subsided, and Tallests Red and Purple wasted no time in escaping the cramped conditions of the stuffy spaceship, not to mention the speech-happy Invader inside. They both lay sprawled out on the ground, desperate for breathing space.
Zim finally exited the pod, his face mostly healed. "This way my Tallests, this way to the base of Zim."
The tallest cast a brief nervous glance at each other before reluctantly standing up and following the small Irkin into the trees.
After a few minutes, but what seemed like an eternity to the tallest, of walking, Zim finally stopped on the brink of what looked like a metal amusement area for humans, there were human worm babies crawling around on twisted metal and swinging from chains, riding unknown animal statues swinging them back and forth.
"This," Zim started proudly, "is what the humans call a park, it's commonly used for play activities among the human worm babies when their creators tire of dealing with them, here they are set loose to roam free until it is time for them to be recaptured and sent back to their home facilities."
Both Red and Purple raised an eye in question but didn't dare argue for fear of provoking the tiny Irkin into talking any more than he had to.
The Tallests were becoming impatient, Red tried to shove past the trees into the "park" but was halted by a tugging at his feet.
"No my Tallest! I'm sorry but you cannot be seen by the humans you need a disguise!" Zim said after digging his heels into the dirt.
Red paused, looking down at himself he realized that in fact he was quite noticeable. He retreated back a couple of paces to make Zim let go, he did.
"Why do we need disguises? We could just blow this miserable planet up if we wanted too-," Purple was silenced by Red sticking a hand in his face.
"No, he's," Red tried to force out, "right Purple. We do need disguises," he said while activating his pak's cloaking device.
A pair of rings appeared under and above Red, they moved towards each other, scanning until they met in the middle, moving back up they transformed his appearance. No longer was he seen as the Almighty Tallest Red of the Almighty Irkin Empire. Now he just looked like a regular teenage human. His dark crimson-red hair neatly complementing his slightly tanned skin and rustic-ruby eyes. He was still tall, his height hadn't changed. He wore baggy black pants with a chain looping down from the pocket, he also had a red band on his right wrist, his t-shirt was a bright red color with a black Irkin symbol on the chest, and somehow he managed to pull of being both muscular and lean at the same time.
"Red," Purple said trying not to sound too impressed, "You look good."
"Thanks," Red agreed while inspecting himself, it actually wasn't half bad.
"Ok ok my turn now," Purple said excitedly as he also activated his pak's cloaking device, the same rings appeared, scanning Purple up and down. When they were finished Purple was wearing a grey pair of cargo pants similar to Red's but without the chain, a purple band on his left wrist, and a purple t-shirt with grey rims at the sleeves and the same black Irkin symbol as Red. He wore a necklace that had a purple amethyst hanging by a black thread. His skin was pale, and his hair was dark purple, just a few shades darker than Gaz'; his eyes were violet.
"Huh, your not so bad yourself Purple," Red commented his approval.
"Thanks," Purple nodded as he looked down at his new human appearance.
They both looked at Zim expectantly.
"Well?" Purple asked.
Zim looked confused, "What?"
"Where's your disguise?" Red asked eyeing the little Irkin.
"I'm wearing it," Zim replied deliberately.
Purple raised an eyebrow, "Really?"
"Yep," Zim replied proudly, "it doesn't take much from the great Zim in order to fool the sink-beasts."
Red and Purple looked at each other questioningly.
"Well I'm keeping mine," said Purple.
"Me too," agreed Red.
Both were just about to head out when once again they were stopped by the tiny Irkin.
"What is it now Zim?" Red asked once again loosing his patience with the want-to-be invader.
"My Tallest! Humans don't float!"
The Tallests stopped. They hadn't used their legs since they became the Tallests. Once again they looked at each other nervously before silently agreeing that they'd do it. Reaching their minds into their paks they willed the hover jets to turn off, they did. Both of them landed on the ground, Red bracing his feet managing to keep balance and Purple falling face forward.
Zim said nothing as he bit back the urge to laugh at the new awkwardness of his Tallests.
Red tested his legs out as Purple struggled to get back on his feet. It took some practice getting used to, but soon they were able to walk somewhat normally and Zim took the lead heading strait for his base.
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