Chapter 2 Never Give In To Them

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Well I might as well get started. All characters mentioned in this story belong to Jhonen Vasquez.

Tak POV

I was so confused. After everything that happened, here I was, ready to go against everything that I stood for. Well there is good reason for this. We can't just let this data go unnoticed. Even after agreeing to work with Zim, I still refused to be anywhere near him.

That night I stayed in that medical bed I first awoke in. I stayed awake for most of the night. There were millions of thoughts running through my mind. I felt as if I was going insane. Maybe we had that ES2 chip for a reason.

I thought that things were always like this. I had no idea that we weren't always run by the control brains. If I knew this, 50 years ago when I begged that control brain for another chance I would have shot her where she stood. They killed so many of us. And for what, To prevent a riot?

And the tallest could have said no. But as usual, anything to make their lives easier. That's the only reason they killed everyone. To save them the headache of dealing with rebellion. I honestly thought that tallest Miyuki and tallest Spork were better than Red and Purple. But they just hid it better. Every one of the tallest are greedy selfish bastards. That was something I could never object to.

At one point my mind was just overloaded and I passed out. The next morning I got up out of bed and headed to the top levels of Zim's base. It looks like he was preparing to leave because all of the major equipment was gone.

When I reached surface level I was greeted by Gir who smiled and waved. But that was the only time he actually paid any attention to me that day. After seeing Gir I remembered poor Mi-Mi. I don't know if I'll ever be able to repair her. And do I even want to? She completely lost her mind last time she was active.

That I still have no explanation for, but I bet it involves Zim somehow. I continued to search for Zim to remind him that he was wasting precious time. Even though he can think more now he's still an idiot. Eventually I saw him when I looked out the window. He was chatting with Dib.

I couldn't hear much but I think he was informing Dib that he was no longer trying to destroy his planet because it was a mission given to him by his former leaders. He still believed that stupid lie. Maybe he still can't think. He must not have been able to think at all when he had the ES2 chip.

Just then he shook hands with Dib and headed back towards the base. "Tak. We need to head to planet Meekrob and recruit Invader Tenn. I'll meet you in the Voot runner." He said as he entered the base. "Okay I'll be right there." I responded. I headed up to the roof of his base and climbed into his ship. He had definitely made some serious adjustments. It was much more advanced since the last time we met.

Just then I noticed him approaching and he climbed into the other seat. He pressed a few buttons and the roof of his base opened up and he powered up the Voot runner and flew out into the orbit of this planet.

After a long awkward silence I finally spoke up "How exactly are you going to convince the other Invaders to help us? I mean, you aren't very popular. Plus even if you did, do you really think we can pull this off?"

"Simple. I convince them the same way I convinced you. And we don't need an army. Just a few experts'. It's not like we're facing them head on. No we are going to take them down from the inside." He responded. Now I was a little less worried but then I remembered why planet meekrob was sealed off.

"Zim! Do you know how dangerous meekrob is right now? They had to close it off!" "What? Nonsense there is no reason not to go there. Besides we need Invader Tenn." Obviously he didn't hear. "There was a shipping error and a box full of malfunctioning SIR units were sent there. It's extremely dangerous. And I highly doubt Tenn is even alive."

I really didn't like the idea of heading there but I don't think I can convince him. "Well then if Tenn is alive then she's exactly what we need." And that was the last thing he said for the remaining hours of the trip.

We were nearly there at this point. I could see the planet as we got closer and closer. We eventually flew into the orbit and began to crash down. I didn't want to say anything but I could easily tell: Zim lost control of the ship.

As we sped up I was starting to become rather terrified. It felt like at any minute, I would die. Just as we could see the surface I felt all hope was lost. But just before we hit the ground, we just stopped. We were just inches from the ground. What could have possibly caught us?

Whatever it was let go just moments later and the ship hit the ground with a loud crash. I stepped out to see what it was and I was surprised to see, a SIR unit. Was this one not malfunctioning like the rest? I slowly walked towards it to learn if it was friendly or if it was hostile. It just sat there and stared at me.

When I was only a few feet away from it, I heard a small giggle followed by it blasting me with some sort of laser. The ray burned. As I fell back I yelled for help, but when I landed I could see into the Voot runner and Zim was gone.

When I looked back up at the malfunctioning SIR unit, I saw that it wasn't alone. About 6 more appeared behind it. all with their weapons ready. I was doomed. Just then someone fired an explosive right into the crowd of SIR units. I stood up and held my side in pain. When I looked up I could see who it was.

At first I thought it was Zim but after getting a good look at her, I could tell this soldier was female. "So they finally sent someone to help with these SIR units. What's your name soldier?" she said to me. "My name is Tak. And are you by any chance Invader Tenn?" "Yeah, they send you to make sure I'm okay? Who sent you here anyway?"

She thought I was a soldier. "No one. I'm rogue." "Well you were in an Invader's Voot runner so you must have come here on someone's order. Wait did you steal that ship?" she asked "How dare you! I'm not like that!" She was really frustrating me at this point.

"Then tell me who you came here with." She just had to ask "Zim. Were trying to-never mind, I can't discuss it here but we need your help." "Sure, but I need to get of this planet. Can you two help?" I was worried she wouldn't even bother because of Zim's reputation.

"Yes we can help you . . . but there is one problem. I can't find him. Tenn did you see where he went." I almost forgot about him being lost. "Oh no." Tenn said "Why? The SIR units or something?" I responded "No you see the SIR units are not the only reason I need to leave this planet. There's also the meekrons'. They are a lot more dangerous than the SIR units. If you can't find Zim then he was probably captured."

"Well do you know where their keeping him?" why was I worried? "There are a few places we could look. Follow me, but be careful. There are SIR units everywhere. Are you okay? It looks like one of the little bastards got you." Just thinking about the injury made it hurt worse. "I'm fine." I said lying just because we didn't even know how much time we had.

"Well let's get moving!" she responded. And with that we set out on foot. After about 45 minutes of hiking through the rugged terrain we noticed the ground was shaking violently. "What's happening?" I asked "No. It's too soon." She said as she began to run as fast as she could.

Just as I was about to call out to her there was a massive explosion that tore through the whole area. I ran for cover and watched as the sky changed its color from grey to a reddish orange. I couldn't find Tenn anywhere and I was badly injured from the blast. My leg hurt so badly I could barely walk. As I continued heading in a completely random direction I saw a small bunker that went underground.

I walked towards it as fast as I could and rushed inside. When I was a few levels underground I just fell. Instead of hitting the ground I was caught by familiar arms. I looked up and it was Zim! "Tak?" He said to me. "Zim! It's you! What happened?" I asked him "they captured me right after we landed and they told me they would never let their planet fall by our hands. So they told me they were going to destroy it. They let me go and warned me of this. I was so worried about you Tak."

I stood up and hugged him. We were both severely injured. We would soon be dead. We both knew this. We held each other in silence for awhile.

I just couldn't help it at this point. I kissed him. And then we both just fell asleep. To die in each others arms

A.N.

Don't worry. It's far from over. Song lyrics removed! I should have realized it was very unfitting to the story.