Why is it I only get one review per chapter…? Ah, well. Anyway, you people may wanna check out my other story, TRUTH AND DARE, 'cause it needs reviews. Please?
Chapter 26
Onboard
Slowly, Tak came to. The room she was in was white. Very white. Then it clicked. She was in a med bay. Why was she not dead? That ship couldn't have been Irken. And most of the universe hated Irkens.
A dull throbbing pain began to form in her skull.
A voice was speaking somewhere. If a human were listening, they would think that it was British.
"Yes I know that they're Irken. However, the broadcast and wanted posters match them perfectly. They are enemies to the Empire."
Another voice spoke in a raspy snarl.
"That one smells familiar… KKKTHCT!" He ended with a strangled clicking sound. "Like the one who killed Almarak…SKKKT!" This time it sounded furious.
"Whatever he smells like, it doesn't matter. Besides, you'd never be able to kill him."
"Sssst… He sleeps… He is vulnerable… HE KILLED MY BROTHER! HE MUST DIE!KTTCHARRAKK!"
Tak reflexively leapt upright and lashed out blindly. The hissing rasp had a curious effect on her, driving her wild with fear. The distinctive shriek could have been one of two things. A breed of deadly snake that inhabited planet Dirt. Or a furious cry of a spiderlike Serpen.
The Serpen was knocked head over heels and rolled upright. Eighty years ago, all Irkens had been taught to attack at the sound that the Serpen race made, and Tak had always been terrifyingly fascinated by the bizarre appearance that they had.
Eight yellow eyes leered at her. Eight legs, skittering upright. Two venomous fangs, and a mottled green and blue carapace. Black veins made a spider web pattern on his back.
His fangs clicked together irritably.
"It seems one of our guests has awakened." He muttered wryly.
A Vortian helped the Serpen upright.
"Easy there Alion. Don't give in to rage. It will cloud your mind." He said calmly. He turned toward Tak, sizing her up.
Tak felt herself backing into the bed she had been lying upon. She might have been a little more brave if her legs weren't so weak.
The throbbing in her skull was NOT helping things.
"Who are you?" She hissed.
"I shall leave the introductions until the rest of you wake up."
Then, so as to save time, the lazy-ass writer skips to the point where they all are awake!
When they were all awake they were seated in a conference room. The Vortian sat in the center of the room.
"For those of you who do not know me, I am Lard Nar, leader of the Resisty." He said by way of introduction.
"As you may guess the Empire has offered sizable bounties on your heads, making you all in the same basket as us."
Gaz looked up from her game. "They're actually gonna give people money for turning us in?"
Lard Nar nodded and brought up a large screen with pictures of the group with prices on them.
Name: X
Species: Irken
Profile: X is a mutated Irken defective. Originally a soldier in the Serpen wars, X was mutated and his PAK was made defective, in spite of becoming extremely powerful.
Crimes: Betraying the Irken Empire
Reward: 300 thousand monies
Name: Tina
Species: Irken
Profile: Tina was a brilliant engineer who became part of X's small squad of 'Hunters'. She was revealed to be a defective.
Crimes: Betraying the Irken Empire
Reward: 150 thousand monies
Name: Havel
Species: Irken
Profile: Havel was a technician who worked with Almighty Tallest Miyuki herself. He became a Hunter and has been declared defective.
Crimes: What do you think?
Reward: 150 thousand monies
Name: Shadow
Species: Sklalian
Profile: Only non-Irken Hunter. Go figure
Crimes: Same as the other three.
Reward: 150 thousand monies
Name: Zim
Species: Irken
Profile: Do we even NEED a profile? You all know Zim!
Crimes: Caused horrible painful overload days one and two, created Cuthulu, caused the deaths of Almighty Tallests Miyuki and Spork, ruined Operation: Impending Doom I, left banishment on Foodcourtia, caused blackout on Devastis, killed hundreds of Irkens, drove three Control Brains insane and caused two minor, and fifteen major wars.
"Wow." Dib whistled. "You caused more damage to the Irkens than you did to earth!"
Zim was confused. "I started seventeen wars? How in the hell of it did I start seventeen wars and not notice?"
His eyes were drawn to the reward.
Reward: One Million monies
Zim's eyes widened. "That's gonna draw a crowd."
"NO? REALLY?" Tak snapped. "GODDAMN YOU ZIM! NOW EVERY BOUNTY HUNTER IN THE GALAXY IS GONNA COME AFTER US!"
Zim shrugged. "You're on this list too. For… Deserting your position on planet Dirt… Dib is there for having a big head… Gaz is there for being scary… So is Nny…"
Nny was curled in a corner, going into a withdrawal. He had not had a single cherry Brainfreezy for a week now. He had pleaded with the air but no Freezy had materialized! WHY WAS LIFE SO CRULE TO HIM? First a blood eating wall, then nightmare versions of himself and now this!
"AAAH!" Nny suddenly screeched. "That's it! I need to kill something! ASAP! If not sooner!"
A long awkward silence followed.
"Pretend I didn't say that."
"Okay… Sure." Night said backing as far away as he could from the cherry-deprived Nny.
Long story short: The Resisty is back! I loved writing Nny's cherry withdrawal. I was chuckling the whole time.
Nny: Last warning to review… *Flashes dagger grinning*