I didn't say this in the first chapter but I own nothing! Zim, Tak, Tenn, Skoodge and the tallest are not mine! Also warning things get pretty violent in this chapter XD I'm also trying to ease up on the seriousness a little. I still want it to be serious but not too tight-assed if you know what I mean. Let me know if I succeeded. Lastly I'm debating on if I should add romance at all into the story. Review and let me know what you think.

Chapter 2

Tenn woke up slowly and noticed the deep silence that was so much different from the noise of the "Trial" the place felt much colder as well as empty. 'Where am I?' she tried her best to recall what happened but couldn't think of when she came here. All she remembered as being forced into sleep then… wait… sleep? Irkens don't sleep no matter what you do the PAK forced the Irken awake and kept it from ever feeling sleepy. She quickly stood up; the place was dark and dank. As her eyes adjusted she saw she was in some kind of cell. Metal bars blocked the only way out. She turned her attention to the room itself just in time to see the other Irkens pick themselves up.

Tak dusted herself off "I didn't expect them to do exactly that." She wasn't really talking to anyone but got everyone's attention.

"What did you expect Tak?" Skoodge demanded "They want us dead because we don't think or act like anyone else. You threatened to kill everyone!"

Tak turned to Skoodge not really getting it "Yeah?"

"That's bad! You don't threaten the people that determine if you live."

"You're really hung up on the whole making threats thing aren't you?" Skoodge was about to say something else when Tak interrupted "Anyways this proves my plan is working even though it wasn't exactly like I wanted."

"Explain Tak-beast! Even the great ZIM doesn't understand with all his brain meats why you wished for this!" Tak let loose an irritated sigh. Zim was such an egotist and above all he was annoying. "If we can sleep now that means certain operations of our PAK has been turned off. They turn off our workers insomnia settings in our PAKs it signifies we don't work for the empire. A defective brand so to speak but that also means they turned off the tracing signal from our PAKs. So if we can escape they shouldn't be able to find us as easily." It sounded good enough, there would be no way to turn it back on without getting to the PAK itself. Tenn wasn't so sure the plan was as good as Tak believed it was.

Running from the empire? It was one of the most powerful forces in the universe and getting stronger. It was effectively like an ant stopping a foot from falling on it.

"Would you rather wait to die, Tenn?" Tak gave a determined glare at Tenn to prove her point that she wasn't joking. It was as if she read her mind. Tak smirked and tapped the small metal cable on the right side of her head just above her eye. "I didn't read you mind exactly, just read your emotions. I enjoy this machine at times like that.." Tak had very few regrets getting that ESP cable installed in her brain.

"Yes, yes this is all very nice but now we escape." Zim spoke up to get them back on track. He walked over to the bars of the cell like he owned the place and extended the spider legs from his PAK aiming them at the bars. He let out the strangest battle cry ever and it was made a little funny because of that shrill voice of his "Yee-ye-ye-ye-ye-ye-ye!" four bright lasers came lancing from the legs attempting to slice the bars. It had the opposite effect the lasers bounced off the bars coming back at the Irkens.

"Hit the deck!" Skoodge screamed out throwing himself to the floor with the others.

"Zim! You moron! We want to escape death not kill ourselves early!" Tak felt like killing this moron. He was as much of a danger to himself as everyone else. How has he lived this long?

"Silence! I'm a genius!"

"In what universe!"

One argument later

"If it was that easy to escape they wouldn't have put us in here would they?" Tak began to concluded her rant to one very bruised and beaten Irken.

Skoodge and Tenn watched with horror and slight amazement when Tak pummeled Zim. They both had to wonder how someone could hit that hard and that fast in no less than half a minute. "and further more-" they all stopped what they were doing when they heard the sound of others coming. They all struggled to look past the bars and down the hallway. 'light bulb.' Tak smirked as she got an idea. Two Irkens about chest height to Zim stopped in front of their cell. One held a tall spear-like weapon and had the look of a hardened warrior in those deep blue eyes. In other words this guy was one of the guards here. The other one wasn't so impressive though he wore the same high-collar guard uniform and all he held was a chain of keys. Tak's eyes twinkled as she concentrated on the two.

The tough looking one laughed noticing "It won't work. yours is an older model and only influences weak minded." He looked over to the key holder "You keep watch while I patrol."

"Indeedy I'll do just that." He answered with a flimsy salute. Tak still kept her smirk. She wasn't influencing them she was scanning them to see their intelligence. The big one was strong minded but not impressively so. The other one was not the brightest she could tell that without a scan. However his mind was on the border line to being weak enough. She waited till the other left then she tried to make conversation.

"So how long have you worked here?" she asked earning confusion from everyone. Didn't she want out?

"Tak," Tenn spoke up "What do you think you're doing?"

Tak shot an annoyed glare "I'm trying to have a conversation. I was not aware I had to ask permission!"

Tenn waved her hands in front of her trying not to offend her "Sorry, sorry, do whatever you want." The guard ignored all of Tak's attempts to get his attention and Tak asked a lot of question's "Is this your first job?" "I've never seen an orange eyed Irken before. Have you seen any others?" "Did you work somewhere else before this?" but they all ended with a cold shoulder. It was getting extremely annoying but she couldn't allow herself to get angry just yet.

"Why won't you talk to me?"

" 'cause I was told not to." He finally answered. Her smile grew across her face.

"Well you just did and did anything bad happen?" she tried to make herself sound as innocent as Irkenly possible.

"I spose not."

"See? No harm done." She grinned. "So i have a question for you, kay?" He didn't any harm in answering a question so he agreed "How long have you worked here?"

"It's my first time. It's why I only get to hold the keys."

"That doesn't sound fun."

"It's not." He looked down at the floor feeling somewhat put down. 'Oh, no- I'm losing him!' she had to think of something to cheer him up quick.

"Don't worry I'm sure you'll get to do bigger and better things eventually. Incidentally," She changed the subject "I have a very important secret that could possibly make you a very invaluable Irken here on Judgementia."

"Yeah?" she got him back and was very interested now. Tenn, Zim, and Skoodge all exchanged looks with each other. Tenn knew Tak better than all of them but not even she could figure out what Tak was planning. Tak looked out the cell gates and tried to look around with much concern on her face "I can't let the other inmates hear this though." She dropped her voice to a whisper. She gestured for him to come closer. He moved till his antennas were sticking through the gate. Her innocent look turned vicious and a cruel smile came "We're getting out." She clutched his antennas in her gloved hands and put the other hand over his mouth to silence the screaming as she pulled. Quickly picking up on what was happening Zim ran over and grabbed the keys off the guard's belt and unlocked the door. Tenn, Zim and Skoodge ran out.

Tak was still in her same spot still pulling and refused to let go until one antenna was pulled off and he fell backwards. Tak ran out and locked the poor guard in the empty cell. They left the Irken to try and stop blood from gushing out of the hole on his head. The group ran down the dark hall way as other inmates started to realize what happened and made pleas to release them as well.

All it did for them was make noise as the defectives tried to find a way out "That was a bit of an over kill tearing his antenna out wasn't it?" Skoodge asked as they ran

"Shut up! I said I'd get revenge and I meant it! I may not get it today or even years from now but I will teach them a lesson!" Unknown to them one inmate listened to Tak's small speech about revenge on the empire and was inspired by it immensely. The group ran till they were met by two diverging paths.

"Which way do we go? Right or left?" Skoodge asked while trying to catch his breath.

"Zim votes LEFT!" He announce as if it was the biggest news ever.

"I got us this far and I say right!" Tak argued.

"You question Zim's leadership skills?"

"Yes! Did you forget you almost killed us!"

"You clearly couldn't comprehend my amazing plan!" Both Tenn and Skoodge watched this argument growing tenser with each moment. They were so much the same and that was the problem! They couldn't stand each other and next to nothing would stop them from arguing and they could get caught any moment!

"Um, excuse me?" Tenn timidly tried to get their attention but they couldn't hear her over the screaming. "Hello... Um… H-Hey!" She struggled to even yell at them and it wasn't even out of them arguing it was the simple fear of her life being in danger. They both shot irritated looks at her upset that their "Discussion" was interrupted. Tenn flinched at their looks "Um… we are still in danger, you know?"

Tak slumped let out a deep, long, annoyed sigh of defeat "Tenn's right, we do need to get out of here… so we're going right!" stiffening up quickly. She was about to head left until she heard voices coming that way she changed direction and sprinted down the left "Change of plans!" the others had yet to notice the same thing Tak did "Tak-beast! Right is the other way!" he yelled down the hallway.

"I hear them!" a voice called out behind them. Zim quickly turned around and screamed the moment he caught glimpse of one guard

"There they are!" They ran as fast as they could to catch up with Tak that was barely in view thanks to the dim lighting of the jail area. It was purposely made that way to discourage captives even more. Skoodge was falling behind them and Tenn was the only one actually catching up. Skoodge activated his spider legs and ran with them gaining much more speed. Zim followed Skoodge's example and activated his as well. The walls started to widen more and more as they ran until the right wall just ended and they all made it to metal platforms. An ominous red low from below could be seen and sudden heat could be filled.

Judgementia like all Irken owned planets was all themed just one thing. This planet was a giant court on the surface. Courts and execution platforms were everywhere on the surface but below was where prisoners were held till they met their end. It was pretty much hollow on the inside and nine levels where made for prisoners of different crimes. The lower you went the closer you got to the core of the planet. It was ultimate torture to be even on the seventh level. The heat could really be felt on the level they were on which put into question: What level are they on? All the questions running through their heads Zim was losing concentration on where he was going "Zim, Stop!" Skoodge screamed and got his attention back.

"Huh? Whoa!" Zim lurch over the railing on his spider legs and started to fall into the seemingly bottomless hole. Two gloved hands grabbed two of Zim's spider legs and stopped his fall. He stared straight into the magma core below. He might have burned to death before he even touched the magma even if he continued to fall. At least the death could have been quick and Semi-painless but he was being pulled back up. He was pulled back on the platform and at first only saw the boots of his savior, the steel toed black boots. He looked up to see a panting exhausted Tak in front of him. She had her hands on her knees breathing deeply.

"Before you say anything, Zim!" She spat his name out as if it tasted bad in her mouth "I didn't save because I like you, and I really don't like you, I only saved you from a burning death because I might need you as a meat shield!" however this save made them lose the chase. The guards held the same spears that the first guard had before their escape. Zim pulled himself up and retracted his legs readying for a fight. "Alright, I would ask nicely to let us go, but seeing as how you don't seem to be the forgiving types… I'll just get right to the ass kicking." Tak smirked pounding a fist into her hand. One lone guard came charging at her. She keenly jumped to the side and grabbed the spear jamming the handle into his stomach as hard as she could forcing him to let go. The blade went right into the spot between his shoulder and his neck.

Two legs came out of the top of Zim's PAK and arched over his shoulders and started firing lasers out of them taking two guards down "Kneel before ZIM!"

Tenn dodged the blades coming at her rapidly. She didn't have the fighting skills that Tak and Zim had but she knew how to get away. She would jump back after every swing but she was running out of room. The railing was slowly getting closer until she was finally pinned to it and the guard stood in front of her weapon drawn. He tried to plunge the blade into her chest but was knocked aside by Skoodge. Tenn took the chance to deliver her own pain. She kicked the guard three good times in the stomach and stomped on his head. She may have not killed him like Tak or Zim but knocking them out worked too.

Tak continued to use the stolen weapon one two guards that were trying to gang up on her but was holding them back but one was sneaking up behind her. Tenn grabbed the spear out of the hand of one unconscious Irkens hand and swung it at the guards head accidently hitting him in the head with the flat side on the blade. He stumbled backwards and ended up falling over the railing.

Tak looked over her shoulder and gave a genuine smile "Nice to know you still care."

"Even though you have extreme anger issues I'm still your friend."

""Good to know, Tenn." Zim and Skoodge finished off two of the last three guards standing. The lone guard started to run back the way he came. Zim and Tak were both about to give chase.

"Come back and face your horrible DOOM!"

"Fight like a man!" Tenn and Skoodge stopped them before Tak and Zim ran off.

Tenn tried to reason with Tak and Skoodge did the same for Zim

"Tak I remember you telling Zim we're trying to escape death not make it come quicker. We've got to go, live to fight another day." Tak's expression displayed the mixed thoughts running from her head. She looked at Tenn knowing she was right and she hated to be treated like someone that needs to be watched. It was Tenn's job though despite how Tak acted Tenn was always able to pull her heart strings. Zim's lecture was less than admirable.

"Zim we all know you're the greatest." Skoodge said dramatically lying through his teeth.

"This is true…" Zim admitted

"He would consider it a great honor to be given the mercy of the mighty Zim."

"…Very well! I shall show the coward my mercy!" Zim walked over to one of the fallen Irkens and opened up the PAK and started to mess around with things inside. They all asked the same question: What are you doing? "Zim is programing the guard-drones PAK to give Zim's PAK its data. With it I should be able to find our current location and the best possible way to escape this wretched place. Here I go!" he grinned as a wire flew out of his PAK and attached itself to the dead Irkens PAK. For a few seconds his eyes went dull and glazed over as the information was being downloaded. Then his eyes got back their life and he sprang to his feet. "I'm a GENIUS!" he declared.

Tak let out an irritated sigh regarding his comment. How many times was he going to say that today before he realizes no one cares? "Sooo, I'm guessing that whatever you just did worked?" Skoodge commented.

Zim spun around with his hands on his hips striking a super hero pose that just screamed with his last comment "With my amazing brain meats I know the best way to get out of sixth level and escape the planet." Tenn's eyes widened and her antennas stood straight up.

"Sixth level!" she exclaimed "No offense but why am here with you people? I never murdered anyone one or attempted to murder or even mutilated anyone!"

"… If you don't mind I think will take offense to that." Tak's square curled antennas flattened against her head in irritation.

Skoodge raised a gloved hand "I never killed anyone either."

"Well aren't you special…"

Zim led them down the catwalk platform with the molten core below them. Skoodge shuddered at the thought of being on the ninth level. Possibly burning suffering in unbearably hot torture. It was already hot how could it be worse. There was a shiny metal pod large enough for them all to fit in at the end. It stood out among the dark, ashy, rocky area around them. Zim informed them that this was an emergency teleporter that would send them straight to the ship hangar on this sector of the planet. Tenn wondered just how dumb Zim was, was in an idiot or was he just too into himself he would fail to notice when something is wrong.

They went through the teleporter and just as Zim said they made it to a ship hangar but there was yet another problem. There was Irkens everywhere. Not all of them a physical threat though just a normal crowd of Irkens. The problem was that they were known defects and criminals. They jumped out and ducked behind a purple Voot runner. They couldn't exactly steal that ship, it was too small for all of them. Because of their size it could probably squeeze Zim and Skoodge because of their size but Tak and Tenn would need something bigger. Zim's antennas stood up at the realization of something as they hid. Zim turned to the ship "It's purple!" he cheered with joy. Tak quickly slapped her gloved hand over his mouth.

"Quiet you idiot!" she whispered urgently. Everyone scanned the area around them for a bigger ship. Sometimes being taller was better but not in an escape plan like this. Tenn hoped no Irkens would notice them hiding behind a ship that was barely big enough. In all honesty someone would notice a couple of tall Irkens but she planned to be out by then. Tak's eyes fell on one ship in particular: A Spittle runner. She always loved the sleek shape of those and the overall design but this one was even better… it was red! A red Spittle runner! And it was big enough to hold the two taller females. "I pick that one." She pointed off in the direction of the ship. It wasn't too far there were just three ships separating it from them. "The idiot and his friend can keep this Voot but I want that Spittle runner."

Tenn rolled her eyes Tak was treating this as if she's buying a new ship. After some sneaking onto their respective ships they flew off finally escaping that horrible place. Skoodge called over onto Tak's ship radio "Now that we've left where we go now?"

Tak hadn't really thought about that "Yeah Tak, we obviously need supplies but fugitives can't exactly go and buy whatever they want without grabbing attention." Tenn added.

Zim even put in his two cents "Zim suggests that we find supplies at an area where Irken activity would be the least noticed but that's where the problem lies. Many Irken owned planets are well watched especially place that offer out Irken equipment." Everyone was a little stunned about the knowledge he just offered. If anything he was at least an idiot with great survival skills. "Why has everyone silenced their noise tubes?" Zim asked. Tak was impressed by Zim's moment of great insight but she was silent because she was trying to think of such a planet… there is one but… no! She promised she'd would never return to such a horrible place. She quitted that job the first chance she got.

However it did fit their needs, it had so much junk on it that the empire wouldn't really want to watch it that carefully. She let out a deep breath "There is one place. It's the junk yard planet Dirt. She shuddered at the name… such horrible memories.

After a few days of flight (they were a long ways from Dirt) they finally made it to Dirt. Tak looked around with a look of worry so unlike how they've seen her since they escaped. She rubbed her arms trying to calm herself and push away flash backs. She just wanted to get what they needed and run away and never look back on her personal hell. When you here the name "Janitorial squad" you just think of maybe a group of janitors but this was not the case. Here you had to sanitize on a level that was like going to war and it sort of was that way. There were creatures here so unsanitary that they fed off the garbage here. The Dirt monsters needed it as a vital part of reproduction sort of like giant germs. They would get a report of them and be sent to "clean up"… it was horrible.

"The Tak-beast is now afraid? I laugh at your pathetic… patheticness! Here I go Bwah-ha-ha-ha!" She didn't even bother for a "Shut up you idiot." Or even a "be quiet." She just told them to start looking for anything that could be of use.

Tenn found some power cells that here still in good shape. Tak told them that sometimes you would find some flawless thing here. The only reason it would be there was usually because it suddenly became outdated or a newer version was made. Skoodge found an old pop-up base that was still in working order. Zim managed to find a whole pile of SIR units. Tak and the others rushed over to see quite a few had missing pieces but could easily be replaced. Tak picked up a SIR that was bigger than the others though not exactly tall maybe around the size of an Irken guard. It was clearly an older model the face seemed much more heavily armored probably M1M1. They were known for their strength and attentiveness almost like a security camera that could tear you to pieces in seconds if ordered. But it was missing half of its right arm. She looked around to see if there was anything that could replace it. In another pile with a dark grey mauler-arm. The color was the same color as the M1M1 which helped give it a little more of a natural look despite it clearly being bigger than the other arm. She went to work attaching it while Zim found only individual pieces "Are you really going to make your own SIR? There are plenty of SIR's still in one piece." Tenn pointed out

"Silence! Zim wishes to make a SIR that will suit the mighty ZIM perfectly!"

"…o-kay?" she muttered slowly. Zim was somewhat jealous that Tak had a SIR that was taller than other SIR's so he tried to make one just as big this of course meant for him sparing a few parts he deemed unworthy of notice so to not make it too heavy. He found a unit with working mouth, ones that could eat could recharge without going into sleep mode and he saw that as valuable. The head was a little older because it had an antenna on its head but it served its purpose… or it should. The head was void of a brain though. He found a brain on the ground but had a small chunk missing he fished for something in his pocket and pulled out some gum he finished chewing, a paper clip and a single monie. He attached the gum over the hole had a paper clip through it and the monie attached to the gum and wrapped by a piece of the paper clip.

Tenn watched with disbelief this place was full of junk as it was but did he really just piece together a brain with pocket trash? To her surprise when he turned on the homemade SIR it actually turned on it jumped off the pile and gave a dutiful salute "Gir, reporting for duty."

Skoodge, who had watched the whole thing, raised a nonexistent eyebrow "Gir? What does the G stand for?"

The SIR slumped forward with a retarded look and the red eyes turned blue "I. Don't. Know…" They all just stared waiting to see if it was some kind of joke but Gir started to punch his head and cheer.

"umm," Tenn was at a loss for words "I think your SIR is a little… stupid." There was no way around it or to sugar coat it. It was dumb, it worked, but it was dumb. She wasn't even sure if he meant to put a boy personality in it or put a personality at all in it. Tak had finished attaching the new arm on her SIR and opened the top of its head to see the brain. She was too busy working on it to really notice any of Zim's work or even the newest member to their group, Gir. It seemed nearly perfect just a few missing wires but nothing that would ruin its performance so she turned it on.

It sprang to life and gave a salute with its normal hand "SIR, reporting for duty." It said with a female voice. Whoever had it last gave it a female personality. Tak realized that Gir had a name but M1M1 didn't. If his stupid robot could have a name even if it was just SIR with a random G instead of an S then hers would have a name too and it would be better than Gir. However she quickly realized she wasn't too good with names. M1M1… um change the ones to I's and that should make a good name… yeah Mimi works.

"For now on your name shall be Mimi." She informed it. She stood up with no more work to distract her from the fact she was standing on a filthy hell she told everyone that they had enough to leave this nasty rock.

Skoodge shrugged "OK I didn't really want a SIR." He admitted. Tenn didn't really want one either. Two was good enough and someone other than them had to help keep the two most dangerous Irkens in the group behaving.

"We still don't know where we're going. It would be safe to not be on an Irken owned planet but not many other planets are too welcoming to Irkens." Tenn pointed out.

Skoodge offered some help "I've heard about a possible planet undiscovered by the Irken empire." They all turned their attention to him. Except for Gir that was having fun rolling around in the dirt. "It's off the map and only few have actually found it but it's the best bet we have."

Gir picked out some trash and fashioned a hat on his head earning laughs from Mimi.

"Pay attention you two! Is that too much to ask, huh?" Zim yelled at the two.

"Sorry Zim…" Mimi apologized looking more confused than actually sorry. They all piled into they're ships following the vague directions Skoodge gave.

Tenn smiled looking out the window of the Spittle runner going off into the unknown reaches of the universe had some kind of appeal to it. "Are we there yet?" Gir asked over the radio making it so everyone could hear.

"I'm glad that robot isn't in here with us." Tak said to no one in particular.

"I think he's kind of funny." Mimi admitted. They travelled with nothing ever really happening for days and Gir every now and then asking "Are we there yet?" forcing someone to answer him.

"No…" Tak groaned having to answer…again. Mimi even though she thought he could be funny wasn't blind to the fact he can also be very annoying.

"How 'bout now?"

"No." Tenn

"Now?"

"…No…" Mimi

"And now?"

"Not yet you irritating robot!" Zim's voice screamed through the radio that could never be turned off from someone that was calling through. That was the biggest downside to the Spittle you couldn't just ignore someone and turn it off.

"So now we are?"

"We'll get there when we get there!" Skoodge extremely annoyed.

"No-"

"Noooo!" everyone screamed

"I'm sooo bored." He whined

"Well find a way to entertain yourself!" Tak wished she could strangle that thing from the distance that separated them from him. A few moments of silence… wonderful, wonderful silence.

"Oh!" well it was nice while it lasted! "I'll sing the doom song! Doom, doom, dodoom, doom, doom, doom, doom, doom-doom-doom, dooooom." He started to sing. Mimi started bang her head against a wall.

"Are we there yet!" she screamed. Unfortunately they were nowhere near close.

Yay! It's the longest chapter I've ever made! Yes I introduced more characters and yes I made Gir and Mimi just a little bigger than their cannon selves but then again Zim, Tak, Tenn and Skoodge are all bigger than they were in the series so it's all even. Their will be a reason I make them so big. Review and tell if you think I should add romance.