Here we are after a long time of waiting and boy this one took some time.
It had been several days now since the incident at school but the school was still being rebuilt. Zim, Tak and the others had to pose as FBI agents again to stop investigations on the matter. Tak had decided to spend some time at the mall to kill some time and some boredom. She spent most of her time at the one store she really liked there, the bookstore. She was completely broke so buying wasn't an option and she didn't feel like running from security and a bunch of rent-a-cops, so she just stayed in there reading. It was Tenn's and Scoodge's job to get more money.
The two stationed themselves outside the mall where Tenn sat behind a wooden stand with small boxes labeled with the Irken military insignia. The stand had a sign above it labeled simply as "Food". Dib noticed them as he was about to make and walked over to her. She gave a glare at him as he made his way and looked up at the sign reading it. "Can't you read?" Tenn said irritably and then pointed at a smaller sign attached to the first and read it out loud "No Dib's aloud, so get going."
He ignored this however "Okay, I give up." He said making Tenn's irritation of the boy that ruined everything turn to curiosity. "What's this about?"
"Monies."
"You mean money?"
"No… What the heck is money?" Tenn countered "Anyways we've gone completely broke so I'm here with Scoodge collecting monies."
Dib looked around "Where is Scoodge?"
"Around."
Dib was, needless to say, worried about an alien that has come close to wiping an entire city off the map on accident several times to just hand out strange food, but so far nothing bad has happened all day and he needed a break. It was further enforced when an apparent angry customer came up and showed her an empty box "These where empty when I got them!" He cried out in outrage.
Tenn just looked at him unfazed "And?" she asked "You get what you paid for."
"I didn't know it would be empty!"
"You didn't ask."
"I want my money back!" Tenn took that moment to tape a small sign on the front of the stand 'No refunds' the man angrily stomped away and Tenn just waved good-bye to him.
Tenn rested her head on her hand and let out a nostalgic sigh "My years on Conventia are finally paying off." Just Then Scoodge came out from a hedge of bushes with more of the phony boxes. Dib moved closer to the bushes as Scoodge walked by, completely ignoring Dib, and saw Gir putting the tiny boxes together with glue and sealing them up and Mimi held a pencil in one hand and a tiny box in the other she would quickly scribble something on the box at a speed where you can't see her hand anymore and every time she was done and highly detailed picture was there along with the insignia.
Mimi let out a short quickly laugh "Ha! Who needs a printer? I'm the only artistic machine you need to know!"
"Okay… There are all kinds of things wrong here." Dib muttered to himself then speed walked into the mall itself.
Inside Tak was leaned up against a wall reading her third book that day "Hey!" The guy behind the counter said to her. Her eyes shifted from the book the pimple infested teen "No loitering! You've been here long enough and all you've done is read."
She looked back down at the words "Screw you. I said I'm browsing. I'm browsing each and every word of these books… Angel betrayed the flock but something just doesn't seem right about it… what are you up too I wonder." She muttered to herself as she got lost in the book again. The bookstore, even though it was in a mall, was surprisingly big. Elsewhere in that same store some other aliens not with Tak's group where looking as well. Jou was in her disguise (of course) that barred an unsettling amount like Tak herself but everyone was used to it by now. Tak didn't like that her and Jou where, in a basic sense, identical sisters but she dealt with it. Jou was dressed in more human looking clothing. She had a long flowing jacket sort of like Dib's but it had a hood and was stripped with dark brown and a light brown. She had a black shirt with the Irken prison insignia which looked closely to the normal symbol but also looked more like a skull. Jou was reading some… shady books. Vixen came over to see what she was looking at.
"Oh, so you found a book you like?" Jou didn't look up but gave a short nod. Being so tall she couldn't exactly read over Jou's shoulder but got at an angle that she could see the words too. What she read next she will never be able to unread. She blushed intensely and let out a surprised and slightly disgusted shriek "Don't tell me you're into that!"
Jou looked up from her book "It's interesting."
Vixen covered her eyes as her face grew an even deeper red "No, it's sick get rid of it!"
"I'm learning many things about the humans from this book." Jou insisted calmly, not exactly arguing but not agreeing either.
Vixen kept her hands over her face mostly to hide her red face but also as if it would block out the memory of what she read "Like what exactly, Master?" She asked. She kept the terminology she'd used for most Irkens even now but really ever used it on Jou. It was more out of respect for the Irken instead of being in actual servitude to Jou. She knew that she shouldn't use the term in public for risk of humans asking questions but habits die hard. Honestly Jou was the only Irken Vixen had respect for.
"Anatomy." Jou answered simply. Vixen felt sick with all of this excitement going on, it's unhealthy for the heart. If Jou's getting excited at all she hid it well and at least Irkens literately lack a heart. Then an even worse comment came "I think I'll buy more."
Vixen took her hands off her face "More?" she repeated
Just one aisle away from the two was Rathe looking at some maps of the country and the local area. She'd learned that they landed in Lunarville in a place called California from Tak. She wasn't alone this time she was with a boy that just made it below chin of Zim if they stood next to each other, he had wild, short, blonde haired and glasses. "Rigging," Rathe called to the boy.
"Yes Ma'am." He grinned mischievously, not needing anymore direction than that since they both could hear the noise from the two. He went over to them on the other side of the shelves Rathe was looking at. The next thing she heard was from Vixen.
"What?! You're really going to give Master the money for the books!?"
Rigging snickered at her reaction "Yes, the books give Jou some insight and you could stand to learn some as well"
"WHAT? That's disgusting!"
"I'm bursting with joy." Jou announced calmly.
But where is Zim you ask? He's hard at work back at the Labs and is about to make a wonderful discovery that could make wiping the Tallest, and resistance met, out of existence with ease. The last Space probe had made its way back to earth and with it final bits of information on Mars. His ruby red eyes scanned the images that appeared on screen closely and with fascination "Yes, yes finally it is all here." He grinned with his zipper like teeth. He stood from his seat "Computer give me a broadcast feed! They must hear of this!"
The computer let out a robotic sigh "Fine"
Back at Tak she spotted Rathe and the others leave with the large disguise prototype SIR she was introduced a day before to. She stopped one adult though from leaving by getting his attention. Her naturally piercing eyes looked right into his eyes "Don't forget to pay for those three books you got." She said as a twinkle came from her eyes. The man's face shifted as if he fell into a trance.
"Of course I'm sorry."
She smirked and shrugged indifferently "Don't beat yourself up, we all make mistakes. Just pay up" she gestured with her hand and he gave a big wad of cash to her. Then he left the store without a word. She then proceeded to pay for some of the books she hadn't gotten to read yet with the man she got from that man.
Else were Kim was pinching the bridge of her nose in irritation for the boy next to her that was dressed in medieval clothing. The boy that was unfortunately her brother "Dan, I know school got cancelled before you could do your whole medieval project, but don't you think you're going too far with this?"
The boy wasn't scrawny looking but didn't have a great build either; he had a decent build with darker blond hair than his sister. He was the older one but most of the time she felt more like the older one "Nay young maiden. For thou must remain in character till the day whilst I reveal thy talent." He said dramatically. A girl walk by "Well hello far maiden."
"Nice tights, Romeo." She smirked not even talking a second look at him.
"Thank you." He said
"I believe that was irony." Kim returned
"No it wasn't!" Dan glared back at her
"Yes it was!" The girl yelled back to him.
"I love you!" Dan called out to the girl.
"Give it a rest you womanizing creep." Kim narrowed her eyes. They spotted Jou and Vixen on the other side looking into a window of a flower store. Rigging followed Rathe into an electronics store. Kim mistook Jou for Tak and went over to her and Dan excitedly followed moving towards the two beautiful girls.
Jou had her eyes focused on a vase of sunflowers and Vixen thought the Violets looked pretty. "Hey Tak!" The two turned to see a girl Jou had met before when she wandered around the town after the initial touchdown. Jou never got a chance to catch her name but the boy didn't look familiar. Vixen of course didn't know either.
"Sister is not here currently. Perhaps I could let her know of your request for her once I get your name." Kim looked thoroughly confused.
"M- I mean Jou," It felt weird in her mouth to refer to Jou so formally even if by this point they could be considered friends. "Tak isn't here but we can let her know when we see her again. Also it would help if we knew your name."
"My way was easier to understand." Jou said looking back at Jou.
"S-sorry Master." Vixen apologized
Kim understood that she person she apparently thought was Tak was really named Jou but what was with the green haired girl being called Master? And did she refer to Tak as sister? She's never heard of her before.
"May fair maidens dost thou wish to be mine?" Dan interrupted standing on one knee. Vixen looked surprised, confused, and disturbed all at once and let speechless with all the strange words.
"Dearest Sir, thou beith a charmer certain." Jou responded in the same manner. It sounded like a foreign language to Vixen and watched dumbfounded. "But alas your charm is wasted, for I cannot part with such a kind friend as she," Jou motioned to Vixen "even for thee of such wit." Jou grabbed on to Vixen's arm and lifted it in the air. This along with the display Dan and Jou were putting on was attracting the attention of everyone within ear shot of them and everyone stopped and watched them. She rolled her sleeves down to show the prison braces still very much attached to Vixens wrists "We are bound together in a close unyielding bond beyond that of which has been socially acceptable."
"Wait what?" Vixen blinked trying o catch that last part.
Tak and the others noticed the large crowd of people Why do I get the feeling that we won't like what's grabbing everyone's attention? Tenn thought to herself. They forced their way through the crowd just as Rathe and Rigging were.
"But dear maiden praytell when we can be together once more! You are a flower among these people." Dan returned. Kim was looking at the crowd nervously and trying to stop an oncoming headache.
Jou did dramatic gestures but stilled failed at making expressions "Hark, alas I cannot tell. I fear that it may never happen. Mayhaps if you were to obtain the flowers of the sun that capture my heart you may find the key to it within." She said in an accent that made her already familiar voice sound like Tak's.
Dan ran into the flower shop to get said flowers "I don't even know what's going on anymore." Kim muttered to herself.
"You and me both sister." Vixen agreed in the same tone.
"I've finally returned!" Dan declared. How did he figure out what she was talking about so quickly? Vixen and Kim wondered. Dan held out a sunflower for her "For you my sweet." Several women in the audience let out ah's at the cheesy thing. Tak, who was watching from the crowd, let out a gagging sound.
"Are you okay?" Tenn asked coming up to her
"I'm just choking on sentiment." Suddenly they heard a high pitched beeping sound. The Irken observers followed the sound to Gir, whose eyes were flashing even in his human disguise. They knew what it meant and Scoodge quickly picked up the little bot and tucked him under his arm as they ran to an empty hall around the corner. When they put him down a holographic projection of Zim showed.
"Finally!" Zim said.
"What's going on?" Rathe said coming from around the corner with Rigging. Rathe took a long look at Zim "Are you-"
"Yes, yes I am." Zim quickly answered calmly "I'm in a bear suit." She wanted to ask why but after living with Jou for nearly six months she stopped trying to question things like this. "Anyways I've have finally gathered the last of needed information on planet Mars and need all of you to come to the labs to prepare a venture to the red dirtball. That, of course, also means that I need the Runaways to come as well. Zim signing off!" He said with a salute before the image disappeared. The Group of Irkens all referred to their new allies collectively as the Runaways just as they had a habit of calling Zim and the others the Defectives collectively.
"Here Rigging, hold my things." Rathe said shoving the various bags into the robots hands and the quickly pushed her way through the crowd and up to Jou "Come on Phantom of the opera, we got work to do." She said the grabbed Jou by the hood and dragged her off.
"Work? There's so much going on I don't know what's what!" Vixen exclaimed before Rathe grabbed her by the arm on Rathe's way out.
Jou waved goodbye while still being dragged "Sorry, it won't work out." She said to Dan "A lesson in life we are sure to get."
Back at the Labs they were waiting for Zim to come in. They were all out of disguise and it could clearly be heard that he was ranting self-praise to himself again from the other side of the door. "Truly I am amazing. How could they not squeal in excitement of my progress?" I don't remember anyone being that excited Vixen thought to herself "This Mars holds the key, I just know it!"
"Just get on with it you egomaniac!" Tak yelled.
Zim came through the door at that moment "If you insist. Zim was going to anyways." He explained through a slideshow on the giant computer screen all the images of Mars. Including monuments and various other structures that hand to be made by intelligent creatures. He also explained that they would go to Mars to make contact with these creatures, dubbed Martians, and make allies with them. Through this whole thing Vixen's eyes were slowly drawn to the top of Jou's head after hearing a small squeak. On top of the strange green Irken's head was a small furry creature staring back at her with beady black eyes.
"Um… Lord Jou." Vixen said under her breath
"Yes Vixen-dearest?" Jou responded.
"Do you realize that there is a mouse on your head?"
"…Yep."
"Oh… well if it doesn't bother you it doesn't bother me." She muttered and fell into awkward silence as Zim continued talking not picking up on the conversation. "…What's its name, may I ask." She said as they both pretended to pay attention.
Another moment of silence "…Minchi." She said finally. She made that up on the spot!
(~!#)
After the mission briefing was over Zim, Scoodge and Gir loaded up in the voot cruiser and Tak, Tenn and Mimi in the Spittle. The Runaways went back to their base and got in Jou's ship. The trip to mars was relatively short and uneventful but Vixen was glad to get off the ship despite it had more leg room and living space than both other ships combined. Honestly she wasn't sure why she came along at all. She didn't know how to ride a bike let alone how to help on a scientific exploration but Jou said to come on so she did.
They all had to put on special Irken space suits (with the exception of Rigging, Mimi, and Gir.) Zim's was primarily purple with the armor padding a lighter shade of the color. Scoodge's was more of a reddish-orange color with red padding; Tak's was blood red with even darker armoring. Tenn's was Pink and Rathe's was muted red. Jou's was black with brown armoring and finally there was Vixen who was wearing a bright green suit. The beauty of the suits was that they had a small invisible force field around the head so there was no need for a helmet.
This was also the first time that the Defectives got to see Jou's monster of a ship. "It's a Harvester!" Tak exclaimed excitedly. It was a heavily modified Harvester but it was one. They were called in during a full out invasion since they had the devastating power to wipe out amazing amounts of resistance quickly. They weren't tanks in any way and were meant to deal large amounts of damage quickly and not to stay in the fight. In this respect it was weak if you managed to keep on from running away. A Lord had the right to any ship of their choosing and any modifications they saw fit. Obviously it was at least modified so a single pilot could drive the whole thing. Like a motorcar enthusiast at an auto show who just saw the single most awesome custom car ever Tak was practically drooling over it "This is the single most awesome ship next to The Massive itself!"
"Go on." Jou said calmly not showing it on her face but enjoying the praise of her ship.
Vixen took a look at the barren red landscape "Just as lifeless as other Irken planets I've been to… at least they had cities." Vixen commented on the lack of visible plant life.
Rigging was out of disguise by this point, of course, he had a rougher look than Gir or Mimi. As previously stated he had Vortian-like horns and yellow eyes but attached to the eyes was a short cable between them, it actually looked like he had glasses. He was bigger than newer or more recent models of SIR and looked a little clunky despite looking leaner than the more rounded newer SIR's. He hand thin looking roughly made arms that clearly weren't meant for heavy lifting like Gir or Mimi could and rough hands that had three sharp mechanical fingers on each hand. He lacked a real mouth and instead had an obvious hatch that looked almost as if he was smiling. No one said old robots were supposed to look pretty.
Mimi and Gir were having fun with the low gravity and were jumping around "Look! I'm flying!" Mimi said happily. Running fast was cool and all but flying was way cooler. Especially when you were usually unable to do it.
Scoodge wandered around the area and took some time to look at the strange pyramids around them and even at some statues that looked like they were carved right out of the ground it stood in "There seems to be nothing but these things." He said mostly to himself but also to everyone that cared to listen.
"Maybe they live in underground in caverns or something." Rathe suggested "Or they say us coming and hid."
"Both make good points." Tenn agreed "But Vixen also made a good point there is next to nothing out here except these stone structures. It's empty here."
Gir landed roughly and rolled until hitting a Mars Rover. Catching his interest while Mimi blissfully enjoyed the gravity Gir examined the strange thing. A small light was off on the camera part and a cable a few cables were loose. It didn't have to take an extremely retarded but lovable robot too long to figure it out "Awww, its broken." and Gir plopped himself in the sand and messed around with it.
( #$!)
It was night time back in there town and Dib sat lay down on his bed just absent mindedly stared at his laptop. He had hacked into a video feed from several rovers on mars. He wondered why he bothered. Maybe just something out of habit? When he wasn't watching his favorite show or spying on the two groups of aliens he was star gazing or doing this. Even in his rather colorful life it was still getting repetitive. He would stop the aliens from destroying the city and (on some cases) the world and his fellow man would call him crazy and make fun of him or give him wedgies and call him a nerd. Other times he found proof that was undeniable that they were aliens, but still everyone ignored it and called him crazy. There was the rare occasion where one of the robots or one of the aliens would drive them away, usually Mimi and Tak or even Zim, but then turn around and torment him themselves. It was as if they world was begging to be destroyed and earths greatest enemies were just having fun tormenting the poor reject. Despite all of this he was somehow willing to go through it again and again.
One screen there was one camera that had turned off for a while but without warning a quick flash a picture came and a short sound of something almost… yelling it seemed "What was that?!" Dib said quickly jumping out of his moment of self-evaluation and made the fuzzy image full screen. As he looked closer the image came back and stayed. A silver and blue robot did a victory dance and sang "It's fixed! Oh yeah, woo!"
"Gir get over here and stop fooling around!" Zim ordered. Thankfully the camera followed Gir and the image of all the aliens were in the view of the camera with Mimi still jumping around and the others searching the area.
"Zim," Vixen said finally "I think whatever was living here can be safely called extinct, I think. Everything is dead and barren."
"What a shame," Scoodge commented "I was looking forward to seeing their technology."
"Another great blunder, courtesy of the Great and Mighty Zim." Tak said sarcastically bowing before Zim that stood on the top of a statues nose. The statues faced upwards towards the sky. Zim was visibly angry and punched at the air.
"Argh! Stupid Martians!" The started to kick his feet angrily and his current footing on the nose "This place is absolutely pointless! They just built this place to mock me! I HATE THEM and I hope they D-" He stopped as his foot hit a skull and laughed at himself "Heh, oh yeah…"
Jou was petting Minchi (who was in a mouse size version of her own suit) and wasn't paying attention to his rant but she did as soon as he threw the skull off the nose and blasted it to pieces. She put Minchi back on her head and solemnly clapped her hands.
"What are they doing on mars?" Dib wondered
"Gir!" Zim called out
"I can see up its nose!" Gir said happily looking into the statues nose
Mimi came up beside him "Maybe if we start digging we can find gold." she said jokingly started to laugh at her own joke and Gir joined in.
"This is serious!" Zim yelled back He took a step further to the side so he could get a better look "We-Eh?" he said as he felt the ground shake. He took a step back looking down at were his foot had been and the ground started to cave in. "Oh no!" Zim screamed
The others ran with Gir staying behind watching in fascination. Zim tried to run away but the ground behind him went down and same for in front of him but the ground directly below him rose as did other places around the former face statue. Then it started to split into fourths right under him and he jumped for it and fell onto a retreating Tak and both tumbled.
When it finally ended there was a huge machine were the statue used to be and a tall overlooking seat. "Oh man!" Dib exclaimed in wonderment. The quake had shaken a wire loose from the rover but Dib could still watch and he couldn't take his eyes away.
"Be quiet!" Gaz yelled to him from her room. He barely even heard Gaz over his excitement! As he watched Zim climbed to the top of the tall seat. Dib picked up the laptop and ran over to Gaz's room next door.
He was knocking on the door furiously and half yelling her name over and over again until, without warning he started to lose the circulation in his hand "If you want to keep this hand where it is you will stop knocking on this door and you will be quiet." She said in a low and slow voice like she would just before she injures someone. She let go of his hand and waited for him to speak.
"Zim and Tak are going to destroy the earth, Gaz." He said urgently
She just scoffed at the statement "Who cares? All nine of them get stopped by you one way or another, their too clumsy to take over the earth." And with that she shut the door. Dib eyes were brought back to the screen as more things continued to happen.
"Make sure you make me a copy of its hardware information!" Scoodge called from below.
A holographic face appeared on the seats control panel once Zim made it to the top. The face was not of any race he had heard of so he guessed it was a Martian "Greetings pilot, how ya doing!" it smiled.
"Who are you? What is all this?" he gestured to the machines that had risen from the ground.
"I am all that is left of my people," It said "an interactive instruction manual for the vessel you are now piloting." This peeked everyone's interest.
"Your people were instruction manuals?" Zim asked tilting his head in curiosity.
"No- wait, what?" the manual stammered in confusion.
"This things a ship?" Tenn asked looking around
"My people worked themselves to extinction working on a navigable planet using similar technology on another nearby planet."
"What was this planet?" Jou asked
"That's not important right now." It answered ominously
Dib wondered what this planet could be but continued listening. Zim stood up in his chair apparently getting an idea "We can us the whole planet to destroy them!"
"Come again?" Rathe asked
"We could use them planet Mars to run them over and squish them out of existence!"
"That's horrible!" Dib exclaimed yet again misunderstanding.
The camera started to get it sound cutting in and out Tak started to say something "We… make sure- to… squish the earth." That's what he heard but what was really said was "We better make sure not to squish the earth." They needed to make tests on the planet ship and all their tech was back home so they decided to bring it closer to home to study. Unfortunately Dib ran out of the room babbling about how he needs to saves the earth. He ran all the way to NASAPLACE at the edge of town and ran past the gate guards.
"Runforyourlivesitstheendofwo rld!" he babbled past the guards, who made no attempt to stop him. He was pretty commonplace. Ever since Zim, Tak and the others come to town Dib had made frequent "visits" to NASAPLACE
(~*)
On mars Zim was still driving the planet towards earth while dragging along the moons of mars. He kind of ran into them a few times while trying to get the planet moving. Everyone was goofing around trying to pass the time. Tak was simply laying on the ground and star gazing; Tenn was helping Skoodge check some reading on the planet. Gir was playing in the sand and making a smaller version of the face statue the command chair came out of and was humming a little tune. Vixen was practicing trying to make a flower grow from the Martian soil with little luck. And Jou was making an impressive sand sculpture: A small scale replica of the town they lived in… she even made the houses of The Runaways and The Defectives. She had been diligently and carefully working on it for hours with an amount of caution most people would give up at. She was about to make the finishing touch, the final piece to the sand model, the piece of resistance. She careful and slowly lowered a small Irken flag into the middle of the town, she had to be very careful lest she accidently tear down the town. Mimi was "flying" overhead and was starting to land closer and closer to the slow moving Jou. Her gloved hand quickly clenched onto Mimi's bigger hand and threw the robot over her shoulder. Mimi yelled as she sailed wildly through the air thanks to Jou. Her arms twirled crazily trying to turn herself around as she flew through the low gravity backwards. Mimi flew through Tak's field of vision of the sky and an antenna quirked in curiosity but overall indifference as her SIR screamed for help. Rigging was tinkering with the equipment Skoodge and Tenn were using.
Mimi finally landed into the arms of Rathe that was pacing impatiently; to be honest Rathe didn't care about Mimi or even noticed Mimi till that point. Her mind was lost on the thought of going back to the empire even if it was to destroy it. She wondered who the current Tallest even was, she heard there was two now but that meant they had to be the same size. It was when Mimi's head collided with Rathe's face did she noticed and Rathe only instinctually caught her, just a reflex. Rathe's gloved claws dug into the bots head and she drop kicked Mimi like a football.
Zim growled impatiently "Argh! It's taking too long!" He yelled getting everyone's attention once again at least someone could pierce the quiet "There must be some boosters on this thing!" He growled looking at the panel "Ah ha!" he found them "Hold on to something!" he ordered everyone. Jou extended her PAK legs and pierced them deep into the dirt and leaned over her sand town wanting to finish quickly. Tak jumped into the air and plucked Mimi out of the sky and ran to her ship with the SIR under her arm Rathe and Rigging took shelter in the Harvester along with Tenn and Skoodge. Gir simply held onto himself and Vixen was still trying to find something to grab. Suddenly the planet sped up and an intense wind kicked up and Jou's town blew away just seconds before the flag finally landed she sat there legs folded frozen in place as she just watched her work get destroyed in seconds and Minchi flew up with the ruins of the sand town and held on to her antennas. She just stared at the ground as the stinging wind hit her "Hours… hours of work, hard work… all destroyed in an instant." She said with a stone face. Vixen, as she held on to one of Jou's PAK legs saw and could almost feel Jou's immense depression as she looked down at what once was.
Gir screamed as the wind carried him away but, like Minchi, he grabbed on to his masters head.
(~ #)
Dib made it into the control room. The head saw Dib run in and he pinched the bridge of his nose trying to ward off an oncoming headache "Oh no, Dib." He muttered
Dib stopped in front of him "I know what you're gonna say but just listen to me for a second." Dib breathed trying to catch his breath.
"Is this about that Tim and Zak you're always talking about?" He asked
"Zim and Tak," he corrected "and yes, they're flying Mar's because a floating head told them how too and they're coming to earth to- WOW this sounds really crazy doesn't it?" he realized as he was explaining the situation. The head just nodded in confirmation and took a sip of coffee. "It doesn't matter! It's real and they want to squish out all life as we know it! The floating head said that there was another planet just like it!"
"Let me get this straight," the man said trying to figure this out "They're flying, ah- what are they flying?"
"Look you can see them on the monitor!" He said pointing at the large screen with Gir, Zim, Vixen and Jou all in view. A man jumped in front of Dibs view of the screen.
"Ever since they cut our funding we aren't even allowed to look at that screen." He tried to convince everyone that it was real despite the fact they wouldn't look at the screen. He tried to tell them of another planet to stop them from "destroying" the earth but in the end no one listened and he was forced to leave but he was stopped by the janitor that claimed to believe him. He told him that the other planet had to be Mercury the butt of Mercury specifically.
The janitor led Dib to the janitor closet and showed him a rebuilt Monkey Rocket. As Dib thanked the man and climbed in he realized something and turned back to the man "Why are you helping me? No one ever helps me!"
"Let's just say my eyes are swollen." The man grinned.
"Agent Darkbooty?" Dib wondered as the rocket took off.
Back on Mars the speedy flight had become smoother so everyone came back out. Zim and Gir where still laughing but Zim quickly stopped as a rocket flew by "Was that… no, it couldn't be." It was impossible.
"What was that?" Tenn asked. Everyone just shrugged it looked like a giant metal screaming dart flying through space.
"Hey master-" Vixen was about to ask Jou but saw her huddled with her knees brought up to her chin sitting far away from everyone with just an aura of depression. "Poor girl."
"Look! It seems we're here." Rigging announced. Zim slowed down the falling red planet. Needless to say everyone on earth was panicking as they saw Mars fall from the sky. It just barely stopped before it crushed a man at a picnic table. The man bent backwards as the Martian ground crushed his soda can.
"Oh no! Oh no! NO, NO, NOOO!" the man screamed in pure fear. Rathe looked around from the other side of Mars that was still in space "Do you hear that?" She asked everyone "I think we might be squishing someone… keep going maybe he'll stop."
"I thought you were the reasonable one." Vixen exclaimed "Are you crazy?"
"Psh… a little bit." She admitted quietly "But maybe he'll get away."
"Sounds reasonable." Zim acknowledged and was about to go down further when a blue planet came and rammed them.
"What the- What is this?!" Zim growled Dib was flying a planet nestled between the two cheeks of two butt shaped rocks. "Oh you horrible interfering DIB!" Zim screamed and rammed him back. Everyone was getting thrown every which way as the two were fighting.
"Zim knock it off!" Tak screamed.
"I'm trying to." Zim returned "But it keeps fighting back." Dib flew behind the earth and just seemed to disappear. Which way was he going to come out from?
"Zim there he goes!" Skoodge screamed as the planet came charging at them but just barely missed them. Zim gritted his teeth and chased after him.
"Fell the wrath of my many moons!" Zim yelled angrily as a giant claws reached up and grabbed a moon. Tak gasped deeply and quickly picked up a rock and, without much thought on the matter, chucked the rock at Zim's head making him miss Dib but still impacting the other planet. "Hey! What was that for?!" Zim screamed at them not knowing who actually threw it. Tak quickly pointed at Mimi who was standing next to her.
"Mimi did it."
Dib flew right above them now with his head just above Zim's "I won't let you squish Earth!"
"Don't interfere with a superior force, Dib!" Zim countered "You should just go back to earth and get 'squished' just like everyone else!"
"You shouldn't mess with Earth because I'll be there to stop you at every turn!"
"Ladies, your both beautiful!" Rathe yelled to them. Dib flew off faster and smacked Zim in the back of the head as he passed.
"Feel my Wrath Dib!" Zim yelled as he chased after him.
Whew! Longest chapter so far. I just couldn't find a good ending. So anyways here you go. I've been gone for a while and you probably want to know why…. I don't have a good excuse but I hope this makes up for it :) I have tons of school work I need to catch up on and this chapter was so distracting for me to finish, I'm glad I got this off my chest.