Chapter 8

The Unfinished Game

Purple sat in the same chair that was opposite to Red's at the chess table. He looked at Red's pawns, bishops, rooks, king, and queen, and still didn't see how he could have won? He studied each in every piece on the game. "Tallest Purple." Purple spoke loud "Yes?" the intercom replied "We are here at the prison." Purple spoke back "Alright, keep the doors open, I'm coming in."

Deep at the heart of Vort lied prisoner 777. "What happened?" he asked studying his blank white eyes. "He had cut himself open sir. He was already bleeding severely." Purple touched the battery wound where he was shot. "Who were the assassins?" The guard spoke "One called Tyler, goes by X, and the other, was a presumably dead Irken brute named Byron. " Purple got up and began walking till he saw Vort's core door. "What's behind here?" he asked. "Classified, by Tallest Red." Purple looked at him "Red is dead, now I want this door open." The guards were shocked "Sir, this door was built by 777 and Tallest Red himself. I don-" Purple glared at him "I don't spare you for your comments, we can open it." The guards looked at each other and then at Purple's intense glare. "Yes sir." They both ran off to retrieve welding equipment. Purple stared at the door in both wonder and hatred. "Red, whatever you were hiding, I'm going to find out."

Zim woke from his bed as he looked around he saw he was back on Vort. He looked around and no one was there. Zim got up and quietly moved around. "…Over here…" Zim turned around. "…No…over here…." Zim turned around again to see a hallway with more light then the others. "…This way…." Zim Quietly walked down that hallway to see Vort's core door with streams of light coming out from under it. Then it opened he saw hundreds, if not thousands of Irkens, their bodies were not visible, they looked like shadow. There eyes gave off white light. Zim was about to leave when he felt a pull to the room. He grabbed the sides of the doorway to keep him from those other Irkens. But he slipped, and was pulled into them. All of them began to paw at him, each one trying to touch him. The voices:

"…You're here…"

"He's mine…"

"…Stay forever…"

Zim shot out from the crowd put there was still the pull and the shadow Irkens were pulling on him as well. He then turned to the door which shut and the lights went off with nothing to see but the shadow Irken's white eyes.

Zim woke up soaked in sweat, he looked around and saw his cabin aboard the Resisty's flagship. He sighed and laid back on his soaked pillow. "I have to find out what is on the other side of that door."

In the morning the Resisty flagship, landed on Mar's surface. "Why here Zim?" Raymond asked and then the surface opened into a giant hangar. They all watched in awe as the ship descended below the surface and closed after them. "What is this?" Dib asked. "Zim proudly said "I explored Mars's face and found all of this. It was left behind by some ancient civilization. " Think they won't mind us using it." After the flagship was t the bottom of the chamber, it sent out a cloaking ship to earth. Soon they passed the Armada that floated patiently over earth. Soon they fell into an area away from Irken camps outside of the force field. The pod burrowed under the force field and right into a street. The pod opened and Tak came out aiming the sniper. Zim came out with his shotgun, Dib with his desert eagles and Gaz with her melee combat. Raymond stayed on the ship because of his leg, the healing pod couldn't fix it. Zim scanned the deserted street to see litter of paper, blood, car parts, and severed limbs. As He turned his head he motioned to him. One by one they all crossed to a sidewalk. Zim held his shotgun close to him as they walked. It was the middle of a cloudy day. Zim whispered "OK, Reptoids usually don't like sunshine but if they hear any big noise they will come out to kill." Zim heard thunder up ahead and whispered "This is not good, the rain is going to stop us, we need to find shelter." Zim looked around when Dib pointed out to the collage they went to. Zim could also see the abandoned factor which Dib chased Zim to, he still had a scar on his arm from the axe. They ran quickly to it's broken gates and inside the lobby. Zim looked around and saw blood covering the floor and bullet casings scattered about on the floor. "Looks like there was a fight." Tak said. Gaz trailed some blood to a closet, when she opened it, hanging inside was a mutilated body. She couldn't tell if it was human anymore. "Oh god." Dib said as he threw up. "

Come on quite screwing around down there." said Raymond over radio. Then the rain started to pour. Zim looked outside and saw the Reptoids out and about in the rain. "Guys, quiet. The Reptoids like it outside while it's raining. Dib quickly went the school door which he shut and locked it trying to make as little noise as possible. "OK," Tak whispered ",I think the Reptoids outside shouldn't enter here if we make little noise. I do think we should explore our temporary shelter for enemies." Dib nodded "Yeah, I'll go, Tak should go. Gaz maybe. Zim your choice." Before Dib left Zim grabbed him "You might wanna take this," he gave Dib an Irken pistol ",you see those bullets on the floor, not a lot of dead Reptoids though. You're gonna need a better weapon for these things then water bullets." Dib chuckled as he went down a hall way. Tak went to another and Zim went down a third.

Dib walked down the dark hallway with nothing to see except incoming light from the window. He looked out one through the blinds to see the Reptoids prowling around the street. "They like the water." He thought before he was knocked out.

Tak walked down a hallway holding her new sniper. She thought of how she had Zim in her hands after years of plotting and she let him go.

She wondered why she hated him. Come to think of it she remembered no reason at all why she hated him. And even with her allied with Zim on her team she still had an urge to kill him. She shook her head, it was like an instinct. Her mind never let have a moment to think of anything else beside killing him. What was this…this…primitive feeling? Then a loud boom made her stop. She turned around and aimed her sniper hopefully to kill anything wanting to investigate. However no Reptoids. She looked out the window to see a Reptoid's head get blown apart. She saw Irken military walk through the streets with suits on that protected them from the rain. The Reptoid's hissed as they charged but they were all killed with one shot each with a special gun. "She spoke quietly on COMS. "Uh no pressure guys, but I see Irken military." Zim replied "No problem, they are patrolling the streets, right now all they have to worry about is those Reptoids." Tak responded "Yes but they seem to be coming nearer to the school." Zim whispered quietly to Gaz still in the lobby "Hide, they may come in." before Gaz could respond their COMS went dead. "Zim? hello?" Then a noise occurred behind her and she aimed her sniper. She then realized she wasn't close to the lobby but a sniper shot could be heard. She slung her sniper and took out a knife. As she walked forward a Reptoid walked out from a doorway. It hissed silently as it neared. Tak backed away a little before it pounced on her. She struggled as it bit her shoulder, she yelled out and sunk her Irken bowie knife into it's neck. As gave a loud shriek before it died. The Irken military outside looked at the school and began to wonder closer. Tak looked outside and saw them tapping at the door. Gaz in the lobby rubbed her stomach thinking about how the baby would look. She thought of a new life of being a mother would be to her. She never had emotions like this before and she was confused, confused with the new. Then she heard a loud unholy shriek coming from inside the Collage. Gaz picked up her COMS "Hello?" she whispered "Tak, Zim?" Then she heard a voice outside.

"You heard that?"

"Yeah it was a Reptoid, but it sounded like it was dying."

"Who cares, there is more than one patrol here."

"Yeah but I didn't hear the boom of the gun we use."

"You suggesting that someone used a silenced weapon?"

"We can't silence these weapons, someone used something else."

"Like what?"

"Knife, spear, machete maybe."

"So what, Irken soldiers came with more primitive weapons?"

"No, I'm saying I think they are here."

"Tak and Zim?"

"Yes, the reason we didn't hear a gun is because they don't have the one we use. I think they are using silent weapons to keep hidden."

"Where?"

"That building."

"Look, I think your kinda excited so you can bag them. I'll go to the building, knock, and if no one reacts, there are not here."

"You think they're gonna answer?"

"Not if they know it's us."

"OK knock."

Gaz hid behind the trophy cabinet as they knocked. "Hello?" one yelled "We need help!"

Gaz stayed put under the trophy cabinet.

"See, no one has come, it's empty."

"But wait, why don't we go in there and check for them?"

"Fine."

Gaz saw the door knob twist and turn but the door did not open. "Locked." Said another soldier. "Let me." said another. Then an Irken soldier ran through the door taking one off it's hinges. More Irken soldier's came in ,in their suits as they looked around.

"See, empty."

"I guess your right. But someone WAS here and locked the door."

"Stop it will you."

then another group of Irken's came. "Patrol team 6, update over."

"We were passing through, what are you doing here?"

"One of us got the feeling that Zim and Tak were here since the door was locked."

"Well he has a right to be, the doors weren't closed last time we were here."

"What?"

"In fact a Reptoid actually opened them, whatever closed them could be a human. It may be nothing to worry about."

"HEY!" one soldier ran to them holding something.

"What is it?"

"Look!" Gaz peaked and recognized the device, it was a Resisty COMS, it was Dib's.

"Everyone spread out, Resisty is here!"

"And maybe Zim and Tak.

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