Welcome to Invader X… Sorry about the lack of anything good in the last chapters… Oh, and also… I OWN NOTHING! Okay, point made.

Invader X

Chapter 2

A nasty little surprise

X tapped a claw-like finger impatiently. They had locked onto the Resisty's signal and were zeroing in for the kill. The plan was simple. Find the enemy vessel, sneak aboard and kill whoever could not be captured.

The Hydra was a stealth vessel, and not well suited for combat. The best hope would be that the cloak could be activated before they were seen.

"OhmyTallest!" Gasped Tina. "They've seen us! We're dead if they decide to fire!"

"WHAT?" X snarled. "How is this possible?"

"Sir!" Phantom called. "It seems somehow that the enemy vessel intercepted our call and has been aware of our approach."

"Guh…" Groaned X. They must be a lot smarter than we thought."

Havel glanced up. "We're being hailed. I'm bringing up the call now." He entered a short command code into the computer and a Vortian face appeared on the main screen.

"Well, well if it isn't a shipload of Irken scum." He spat.

"Objection." Shadow called out, black eyes narrowed. "But I'm not Irken" (Author's note: Perhaps I should give a description for Sklalians. They are about 5 feet tall and are extremely thin. They have pale white skin and their eyes depend on what element they use. They also have about a dozen strands of wispy 'hair' which are actually antennae.)

"So what?" Snarled the Vortian. "You have to be scum to work with scum. Now tell me," He hissed leaning in. "Who is the captain on this ship?"

"That would be me." X replied coolly. "I am X the Hunter, and correct me if I am wrong but, I believe that you would be Lard Nar?"

"Yes." Lard Nar replied coldly. "And now that our introductions are out of way, down to business." He paused. "BLOW THEM UP!" He screamed suddenly. "HIT 'EM WITH OUR LASER… thingy…" The Vortian's screams died down to an anticlimax of sorts. "Have a nice day!" He added cheerfully.

"WHOO! Alright!" Called a voice from off-screen.

X wasted no time. "Activate the cloak! Get us out of here!"

"Y-yessir! Rightaway!" Tina replied shakily.

"Ha!" Lard Nar laughed with contempt. "Irken cowards! You act big when you have an advantage but you turn and run when you're overmatched, and," He added glowering, "I'll go further. You run when you're evenly matched!"

"Defeat is inevitable if we stay." X replied in a cool robotic tone. "If we stood a chance of any sort we would stay. However we do not. Therefore, logic dictates that we withdraw, giving you time to discover the bomb my SIR unit placed on your ship."

"What?"

"Nothing, never mind, no bomb."

"Oookayyy…" Lard Nar replied, tugging on one of his horns, the Vortian equivalent of a raised eyebrow.

"Ixane? Search the ship with some others. Find and deactivate any explosives you find."

"Yessir." A female voice replied just off screen.

"This is not over scum." Snarled Lard Nar. "I will hunt you down and crush that PAK of yours so there will be no evidence that you ever existed."

X smirked "How will you kill me if you are dead first?" He retorted. "If your subordinates do not find the bomb within five minutes-"

"Ah! Here it is!" a voice called off-screen. "It-Hey! This thing is made of cardboard!"

"Ah." X said wincing. "Eh… Perhaps I spoke to soon…"

Cloaking field activated. The computer called out.

"However the purpose was a mere distraction." X added swiftly. "We'll find you again Resisty. I will find you and take you all down. One by one you fools will fall before me… and then you will never have to worry about pain again…" And with that parting threat, he cut the transmission. "Flee." He ordered. "We shall doom them later."

"Yayyy! Doom!" Tina said cheerful as usual.

Well… That's a start… liking doom is usually a good sign for an invader-to-be. X thought silently. The Hydra whirled as it vanished from any form of optics, and shot off into space.

"W-what?" Lard Nar cried out in frustration. "The bomb was a trick?"

"Damn that Irken!" Spleenk, the four-armed bridge hand hissed.

"Awww…" the floating Skloonktapooxis whined. "I wanted to shoot 'em."

"WHY DIDN'T YOU SHOOT THEM YOU BRAINLESS SLUG!" Lard Nar screamed, voice cracking."

"Cause I… Um… I dunno…"

Lard Nar pressed his hands against his face.

Why is it that my gunner is a total moron? He fumed.

Resisty Rocks!

Heh, just thought I'd put that out there. How'd Ya like it Huh?...Huh?...Huh?...Huh?... Review or else I'll never stop… Huh?...