Chapter 6

Tyler-X

As Zim and Dib were nursing Raymond he came to. "What…Zim?" Zim nodded "Yeah Raymond, it's me." Raymond stood up with Dib's help "What happened?" Zim pointed to the unconscious Byron on the floor, now tied up, and blind folded. Raymond turned to Zim "Zim…my leg…" Zim looked at his leg to see a large metal slab half in and half out. Zim looked at Raymond "It's OK you can't walk now but we can get help on the flagship." Raymond looked up "Where….where is Tyler?" Dib thought and said "Gaz, Tak, 777, and Skald aren't here…they must be in trouble." Zim looked at Dib "You stay here and help him." As Zim turned to leave Dib grabbed his arm "Zim, I saw Byron holding you by your neck and just tossing you aside. I think this person we are fighting is trying to keep you alive. He is planning this all out for us." Zim nodded "Yes, and I guess the only way to find out who we are fighting is to play out his plan. I'll find Tak and Gaz." Zim then turned and ran off as Dib scooped up Raymond and went to walk towards their entrance.

Tak, Gaz, Skald, and 777 raced to another door that looked rather big. As Tak took out a welding device 777 raised his hand and said "No need." He then took out piece of scrap metal he obliviously made as his weapon and cut open his arm. As he stretched open the wound he pulled out a computer stick. He turned and inserted it into a slot under he control panel. In seconds the door opened into what looked like a train station, with barely any floor. It was a huge tunnel and the trains of Irken metros were all speeding separately on different tracks. As Gaz looked below her one track was coming right under them. "Here we go!" Tak said as she pushed all of them and jumped on it's platform that carried cargo. As Tak looked around her she saw another Irken jump on to the cargo platform behind them. "You can't keep running, my clients will have what they want! 777 will die and you can't do anything about it!" Tak turned to Gaz "Get them somewhere safe." Gaz nodded as they began to climb the stairs to the next platform. Tak turned to see X on top of the platform's stairway. "Well Tak, it seems you used to be a sanitation drone." Tak's eyes widened but she got into a stance. X kept on talking "You see, the Tallest Red had little purpose for you and paid me double to kill you. But Purple has actually tripled that double if I convince you to come back to the Irken empire as an elite. Purple has told me he could use you." Tak lowered her fists "Irken elite?" X nodded "It's all yours. He's even willing, if you grow to the height, for you to become a Tallest." Tak began to day dream, she say herself standing on the bridge of the Massive with Purple looking at a blue and green planet and then launching organic sweep lasers at it. Then she realized it was earth and it reminded him of Dib. "No thanks." X would have start frowning if he ever started smiling. "You know, I've studied you, Dib, and Gaz. But Zim is a mystery, Red paid me at least 5,000 monies not to study him even before I started the hunt. But so far studying you, I thought you would have made a great elite." Tak then ran forward not wanting to her another word, she sent her fist flying and X ducked making it hit the stairs. "But I would have made a better elite." He then jumped into the air as Tak recovered and kicked her on her back. Before he jumped again Tak rolled out of the way and punched his face. As he went back Tak tried do kick him, but he floated back making her fall. "Fail." He said as he kicked her face. She got up and caught his fist and sent him back to the stairs. Tak then picked him up by the throat. X gagged and kicked her down as he touched the ground. She got up and tackled his skiggiglyspooch. He yelled as she kicked his neck and he fell off the metro. Tak looked down to see another metro with X lying on it. She couldn't tell whether he was dead or unconscious but she knew one thing: she wasn't with Gaz.

Gaz had crossed platform to platform trying to get away from X. She didn't look back as she, Skald, and 777 crossed the platforms. Before she crossed another a panel opened up from the ground on one and an Irken guard came out. Gaz yelled as she spun in the air and kicked him in the face sending him over the metro.

Down below X shook his head as he slowly got up, then first thing he was met with was an Irken guard. As he too got up X grabbed his neck and broke it. But X looked up and saw Gaz, Skald, and 777. But also Tak running to meet them. He gritted his teeth and saw a higher metro he could jump to and he jumped. As he did Tak came from the main metro and tackled him again ready for another battle.

Tak punched his face again making him flip and his feet into her face. She managed to recover quicker and tackled him into the stairs. He groaned as purple blood seeped from his mouth and splattered on to the platform. As Tak flew back she wiped her own blood from her mouth. X laughed "Tak, this isn't normal for you to see your own blood is it?" Tak didn't respond for she knew he was fighting with fists and words. She took out a knife and slashed at his face. He grabbed the knife and sank it into the platform's surface. X rolled on the ground making Tak trip. As she was on the ground X saddled her down, his knees on her hands. "You won't win Tak." He said but her legs bent forward, wrapped around his neck and threw him off. As she rolled over she grabbed the knife and pulled it out of the platform. As she was about to stab him, he grabbed the knife and stabbed her in her hip. She looked down and grabbed the knife's handle but X punched her down and she knew she was defeated.

On the platform Gaz was using her combat watch to its maximum. She threw punches, blocked kicks as she took out guard. 777 who had his knife was suprisingly good. Then Gaz turned to her right as X was aiming a gun at 777. Gaz ran fast and tackled him. 777 looked over and yelled "Gaz!" X pushed Gaz off of her. "Oh so the human female wants to play." Gaz got up and got in a melee stance. As X flew into the air Gaz dodged his kick and tripped him. As he spun on the ground Gaz jumped away from him not getting tripped. "You are a bigger challenge," he eyed the watch ",I see it you cheat, no matter. I have faced people with that watch, and it only depends on the user." He ran at her and sent a fist flying which she dodged. She punched his back sending a shocking sensation through his body. As Gaz came in for the kill X managed to move away. He kicked Gaz's stomach and punched her face. Gaz yelled in pain as he kicked her arm, nearly breaking it. Then Gaz side kicked him to the face as he fell over. As he got up she head butted him and he fell back. She rubbed her head but then she saw him get out a pistol and aim at her. Then Tak Jumped in front of him. He growled "look bitch I have no time!" he then ran at her, kicked her in her leg making her cry out. He twister her arm, and pushed her to the floor. Then he raised his pistol again. "It was fun while it lasted, but you are now pissing me off." Before he could fire a fist came flying from the metro above sending X on to the floor. X looked up to see Zim, with red blood on his Irken uniform. "Stay away from my girlfriend…" he grabbed X ",and especially…" he kicked X in the crotch ",THE BABY!" He then sent X to a safety railing. As he reached for his second pistol Zim punched him in the face. As he fell Zim moved him back up like a bowling pin and punched him down, again and again. Then Gaz garbed Zim's arm. He looked back her with a fire in his Irken eyes that was quickly doused by the look in Gaz's. "Come on, he's down." Zim looked at X, now beaten, bruised, and bleeding severely. Zim let him go and walked to Tak. Tak was beaten just as bad, Zim knew one thing about Tak: Endurance, she often broke it's limits. "I'll carry Tak." Before Zim could grab her he heard "Your gonna die bitch!" Zim turned to see X making a final move, either the pain made him, or he was dreamy. He held both pistols at Gaz. Zim ran behind him and punched him as he spun he fired. Some could hear one bullet hitting the wall of the metro tunnel but not the second one. Someone has been shot. He turned to Gaz, Skald, and Tak, they were just fine. "Zim…" Zim turned to 777 who had been standing by him to help Tak, he held a wound which pink blood was flowing out on his chest. "Oh god." Zim said as he picked up 777. He turned to Gaz and Skald. "Get Tak! If we lose 777 we will be losing this game!" Zim picked up 777 as Skald picked up Tak and they ran opposite directions just as security guards came at the next stop. Zim looked back and saw Tyler, or X was gone.

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