Ohmygod! My first review! Yes yes YES! (Cackles insanely) Ehem! Sorry. Don't worry Invader Fuz! Tak will live. Thanks for the review!

By the way I read your profile… Soulstealing? You know I drain memories and souls, but I'm criminally insane and come from a world of dark and negative energies, what's your excuse? I OWN NOTHING!

Oh… And by 'that punk on the ground' did you mean Zim or Tak's assailant?

Chapter 5

Pretty close to Hell

"Wakey wakey, miss alien." A voice cackled, jolting Tak awake. "I wanna know why you're here. If you happen to be one of those freaks who tried to take little Squee, you are gonna hurt."

Tak shuddered. This human meant what he said.

"Uh… I've never abducted anyone before, if that's what you're asking, um…"

"Call me Nny." He said, relaxing slightly. "Just have to know more though. Tell me why you are here."

"Because you cracked me over the head, strapped me to a chair and my disguise went off?" She snapped, irritably. "Hold on… Where's Mimi?"

"The little robot ran off." Nny said lazily. "Don't know. But I meant on this planet. Tell me the entire story, not some silly excuse about crashing."

Tak gulped. Well, what did she have to lose? She took a deep breath and began…

…..

Zim cowered with Skoodge as they awaited Tak. She was probably coming up with some plan to blow them into earth's ozone layer.

Suddenly a sound came from the elevator. A slow grinding wrenching noise… It grew louder, faster, creepier… And from the elevator tumbled… Dib.

"Get out of my house!" Zim screamed. "Hey… how did you even get in? The whole base is in lockdown…"

Dib merely pointed at Gir, who giggled.

"I made him say his head was big before he could come in!"

Skoodge and Zim burst into howls of laughter, as they rolled over the floor, until tears came out.

"My head is not big…" Dib muttered, but was ignored. "Say, why is your base in lockdown?"

Suddenly a sound came from the elevator. A different sound, more metallic. A dim red glow could be seen from the shaft.

"Gir. You left the door open." Zim said matter-of-factly.

"Oh yeaaaah…"

Suddenly a SIR unit dropped down.

"Mimi! Yayyy!" Gir howled, running up to the robot, only to be swatted away. Mimi did not attack, but instead displayed a screen showing last night's drama.

"Tak is soooo dead." Zim said grinning. His grin faded as Mimi lazily flashed her clawed forearm.

"Unless we help her." Skoodge muttered.

"Good idea." Zim replied nervously backing into the elevator shaft as Mimi glowered at him. Skoodge and Gir hopped in with him. Dib tried to run, but his massive head was grabbed by Mimi.

"Let go of my head! Which is NOT big!"

….

"Fine then." Nny said after Tak finished her story. "I'll let you go. I could care less about this planet, as there are very few other humans I hold any regard for."

"Wh- really?" Tak said, surprised.

"Yes. Your race is weird by the way. Your leaders are just taller than everyone else? I mean, come on! You're kidding. That just seems… wrong." Nny grumbled shaking his head.

….

Zim, Gir, Skoodge, Minimoose, Mimi and Dib found the clearing where Tak had been kidnapped. Also, it was where Nny had done what he did best.

Zim shuddered. "You didn't show us that." He said simply, indicating the mauled, disemboweled human.

Dib merely turned green.

"Oh no…" Skoodge groaned. "Gir maybe you should get the bucket."

"BUCKET!" Gir screamed, throwing the bucket on Dib's massive head where it became stuck.

Mimi's eyes flashed with irritation.

"I am picking up Tak's signal." She said coolly.

"Huh? You can talk!" Dib's muffled voice echoed out.

Mimi ignored him. She scanned the area until she came upon her mistress' bio-signature. She led the group forward a short distance then stopped.

"Signature is moving in our direction."

A rustling sound came from the bushes. It slowly… Oh to hell with it, you know what it did. Suddenly there was silence. Then: "I'M GOING TO RIP OUT YOUR SQEEDLY-SPOOCH AND HANG YOU BY IT ZIM!"

Zim's eyes widened in horror as a familiar figure leapt out of the undergrowth and began charging at him, fingers twitching…

TAK.

Zim was about to get hurt.

Ha! I love character abuse! Just not too much… Don't worry, Nny shows up more later on! Please review or I will drain away everything you hold precious! STARTING WITH YOUR MEMORIES!