Chapter 14
Sudden Realization
Zim was in his room staring at what Skald had given him before he died, the little disc like object, still stained with his blood. Zim gets on flipping it over, and suddenly it snapped into his mind, his eyes widened as he began to get dressed.
Back in the base Raymond was being treated by Tak, she was lightly rubbing the wounds with alcohol. "I can't believe what had happened Tak, here was a body on the floor of the apartment that managed to kill my team! It was amazing, my team was best trained to take down Irken soldiers, but he as like an elite! Like X and Byron combined!." Tak dipped the cloth and the alcohol again rubbing it on the wounds, Raymond managed to repress the grunts from the pain. "He looked like Zim and had something similar to our necklaces." As Tak rubbed she looked at her purple female necklace. "So what? Most Irkens that are invaders where it." Raymond shook his head "No, not really, if you Recall I got my necklace from a dead body in the bloodsports, you have had your necklace for sometime since after you got out of the bloodsports." Tak turned to him "So what? We weren't invaders back then yes but now we are." Raymond sat up "What I mean is I think they are marking us with them." Tak turned to Raymond "For what?" before Raymond could speak the intercom turned on, "Everybody meet in the mess hall."
In the mess hall, Dib, Gaz, Tak, and Raymond were present, Zim however wasn't. "Where's Zim?" Gaz asked concerned. Tak shrugged then Darkbootie and Skald stepped on the platform. "We have intercepted a call from the United Nations and US they have refused to surrender." At this many of the people hoorayed. "but the bad news is the Irken Armada has responded to launch the invasion almost immediately. So far from what files uncovered by Raymond it seems the transactions were hosted by a deliverer and Green." Tak stood up "Impossible! I saw Zim kill Green himself! There is no way he is still alive!" Raymond stood up as well "I was thinking the same thing, I really think it's a codename, for someone, a disguise." Skald nodded "Yes, this was suspected. I myself had even checked to see if this was an error in typing, it wasn't." Tak raised her hand "Zim also stated X sent him a message to him saying 'once the rooks fall earth will be ours, once the pawns will be in their places the queen will have no choice but to assimilate' I believe it was a code as well." Now Dib spoke up, he seemed to be in a dreamy trance, "Has anybody seen Zim?" Everyone looked around, Zim was no where in the mess hall. Of course Gaz already knew he wasn't there but it was past late. Gaz walked out of the mess hall towards Zim's dorm, Tak, Ray, and Dib. As Gaz opened it she was supprised to see his room was tore to pieces: books lay scattered on the ground, his ruined Irken uniform lay tattered, empty clips of Irken pistols lay on the ground. "Where is Zim?" Tak asked. Then a guard with blood coming out of his nose ran towards the group. "Darkbootie! Zim was knocked my partner out and is in the cargo bay about to launch a ship!" Their COMS beeped, it was Raymond, "Don't worry I'm closer to the cargo bay I'll get him."
Zim was in the bay fueling one of the SEN ships. Then Raymond stepped in, he had a baton in one hand which he picked up off the ground where a guard lay unconscious. "Zim?" Zim stood motionlessly over the ships exterior watching the data pad on it tell him it was 37 percent completed. "Zim look at me," Still Zim continues to ignore him as the ship's fuel capacity reached another 3 percent. Raymond sighed as his baton opened and a liquid flowed out of it, as the shiny metal settled it formed a metal staff making the baton longer. "Alright Zim," he said as he walked toward him putting a hand on his shoulder, "you ask for-" then Zim lashed our with his baton, the metal liquid from his made a machete. Zim sliced air which Ray's chest once was as they both went into combat. Ray looked at Zim trying desperately not to get cut. "Zim stop!" but Zim didn't the expression of non-violence did not show. Ray gulped as he spiraled around till he was on his feet, an end of his staff smacked Zim back against the wall. He stood up gritting his teeth, he was sweating all over and he was growling like a wild animal. Raymond was intimidated as Zim jumped 5 feet into the air then slammed his foot into the ground in front of him sending Raymond stumbling backwards. As Raymond fell down Zim lashed his baton machete at Raymond's throat holding it there. Raymond looked into Zim's eyes while he looked back, inside Zim's eyes Raymond saw hatred, anger, violence, destruction, and chaos, the exact same thing he saw in those eyes before he killed Green, before he blew up the tower…before he gave him his scar. Before Zim could make the final blow there was a beeping, he looked over to see the ship was done fueling, Zim stood up and began walking awake, but as Raymond got up Zim sent a fist flying at Raymond's face knocking him out cold.
Gaz and Tak ran to the cargo bay to see Raymond lying unconscious on the ground. While Tak tried to wake Raymond up Gaz looked where a ship had been, knowing Zim had taken it. "Why Zim," she said to herself, "why?"
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