Chapter 3

Attack on the tower

It was 6:45 AM as Zim, Tak, Gaz, Dib, and Raymond neared the tower Tak and Raymond went prone as they peered through their scopes, through them they could see snipers on the balcony level, around the bottom of the pink tower were some guards. "Well it is past 6:45, where is that distraction?" Tak asked, just as the sides of the tower burst into flames as the rockets his it, the tower was taking fire from the soldiers but it stood firmly without even breaking apart. But it did indeed grab their attention as they moved away from their posts and begun to fire at the National guard. "Well there was the distraction, come on lest move, Tak you got the charges?" Raymond asked. "Tak held them high and proud, "Here." Raymond nodded, "Good and now we move." Soon Raymond, Zim, Gaz, Tak, and Dib were moving slowly to the tower but a 5 miles away the spy watched through his scope as the group sneaking up to the base. "Red, they are attacking tower 6" over his radio. "That is not good. My spy, we are moving ahead of schedule, activate the sequence and send out the signal to the other towers, it appears we may have trouble." The Spy nodded, "Yes Red," Red spoke more, "Now if you see Tak I want her killed immediately you understand me?" the spy nodded, "Yes Red...I have a plan for her."

At the foot of the tower Raymond turned to the others. "Alright this will be a group operation, Dib you go with Tak, Zim you go with Gaz, I will infiltrate the tower through the hallways while you be creative." At the note Raymond turned around and snuck in with his knife in hand. Dib Tak, and Zim and Gaz looked at each other. "Ventilation System?" Zim offered. Tak shook her head, "To tight...how about the underground elevator shaft escape path? It might be a bit hard to take off but who knows...it's a possibility." Zim shook his head, "Me and Gaz will take the vents...you can take the escape path."

It was easy to pull off a vent from a side of the building with Gaz's power, in the vents Zim and Gaz both spoke, "So Gaz...I'm still wondering...what would life be like after this?" Gaz stopped and looked over her shoulder. Zim continued, "I mean what happens in the outcomes, when if we win against Red but the Irkens still attack us? What if we lose and we all become slaves! What if I decide to join Red and as we win or lose he kills me." Gaz interrupted him before he began to speak, "Stop thinking of those things...I know there is a heavy burden on you but you must over come the hardships and beat Red. I've seen you fight Zim, but from what I heard about Red he is a Psycho, he is willing to do more things then you ever will. Zim...you are your own worst enemy." Zim sighed and nodded, "You are right...but in the end if I do win I wonder if humanity will ever accept my as their savior. They may blame me for their sorrows." Gaz turned around again, "Death has been here before you, holocaust has been here before you...even genocide. We are like the Irkens but we cause destruction without knowing. We are like Irkens." Finally Gaz touched the last grate, "This must lead into the facility," as she inhaled green lightning shot from her hands and pushed the grate off.

In the escape hatch tunnel Tak and Dib walked through the tunnel. "So...wanna talk? You know...take off the pressure?" Dib looked back at Tak, "Sure...any topics?"

Tak shrugged, "Don't know..." then Dib looked back at her, "How about what you were doing in your room before the briefing?" Tak stopped and Dib turned around, "What were you doing in your room yesterday?" he asked quietly waiting for her response. "...Yesterday...was the Anniversary for the death of someone I loved..his name was Black. He was my lover on the team I did when Red was pretending to be Zim. He was with me during the bloodsports, he helped me and Ray survive an accident, he apparently was a worker on the other side of the planet. I met him during the Bloodsports. With his help we managed to all be into the Irken Empire's core. But after a raid almost a week after Red's arrival he was killed by an Irken Rebel. Afterward there was no reason to stay so I left to take the Invader test and then Green was killed by Red." Dib looked down thinking then back to Tak. "I'm sorry...do you ever miss him?" Tak turned to Dib and smiled, "I've put it behind me." They continued walking.

"You ever compare me to him?"

Tak stopped as well as Dib, Tak blushed as he looked back, "I truly haven't...Dib I never compared him to you...you are alive...he is gone." Dib looked to Tak and they quickly kissed together.

"This is Zim over. We have breached he facility and we are now entering the control center...Tak, Dib, how far are you into the base?"

They continued to kiss and slowly Dib's hand reached her breast.

"Hello?" Dib stopped and he separated from Tak and activated his COM, "We are about 3 miles out," Raymond then responded, "Well step it up, we are about to Execute the attack."

Inside he facility Zim quietly took out his combat knife and held it in a tactical position as then sneaked down the hallway. As they reached a corner then flattened themselves when they saw some Irken guards moving their way. "Quickly...in here," Zim whispered as he slide open a closet door and they both hurried in. As the guards passed of them one of them noticed

looked to see the door slightly ajar, as he walked closer he went to investigate. "Stay quiet," Gaz mouthed as he came closer. Then he shrugged and walked away, as Gaz sighed she accidentally elbowed a thermos and before she could catch it with her powers it clanged to the floor. The guard snapped back around and power walked to the closet. "Shit," Gaz thought then looked to the thermos, as the guard opened the door the thermos shot at him into the head knocking him out cold. "Geez Gaz...I was going to execute a quiet knock out but hell he won't even remember what hit him when he wakes up." Gaz grinned, "I've had practice before at the collage."

Tak and Dib crouched down as they reached the escape tunnels entrance, from their distance they could see the guards all sitting by the circle like door. "Are there guards here?" Tak nodded, "I say we jump out on three and kill them." Dib nodded and as he counted with his fingers thy jumped out and Dib used his powers to pick up one guy but stopped immediately. "Oh my god," he said as the Irken's head came off by accident. Tak saw this and lightly tapped another guard and his head came off already. "What happened?" Dib asked and Tak looked at the door panel. Tak saw something she knew well, "Its a hacking tool," Dib came over and saw the black coated stick coming out of the outlet, he was about to remove it when Tak grabbed his hand, "Don't touch it, right now it has hacked the door but is still transmitting an all clear signal. The guards don't know someone has infiltrated the base."

"They will soon," Tak and Dib turned to see Byron and X standing behind them, "once they will find your remains on the bottom of this tunnel." Dib then gripped his fist as lightning shot around it, Tak gripped her pistol, Byron , now with a section of flesh covering his teeth held his axe in both hands, and X held his pistols.

As Zim and Gaz walked they stopped as they saw two double doors. "That must be a door to the control station's module," Zim said and Gaz nodded. Zim pressed the button and the doors slide away but what they saw was shocking, it was a mess hall full of guards and other staff. As Zim raised his pistol Gaz opened her hands and lightning covered them.

In the control station many people were moving from computer to computer, at least there were 6 people. Then as a vent fell they jumped in fright and the spy jumped down and began to slice them up, no one survived. As he stuck his sword into his sheath he took out another hacker and stuck it into an outlet, immediately the computers went automatically from the password menu to the options menu, And as the spy clicked activate towers

"SEQUENCE ACTIVATED," the computer said as one tower transmitted to another and then a red ball appeared over the town and exploded in a red flash that covered the whole town.

As Dib and Gaz both had their lightning they both screamed and Dib fell unconscious and Gaz fell into Zim.

"Gaz! Are you OK?!" Zim yelled as the guards slowly got their guns.

Gaz gasped as she looked into Zim, "I lost my powers..."

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