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Yay! More author notes! :D
I know this story seems like it's going to be short and rushed because of the fact that I'm throwing a lot of information into the first few chapters. Pfft- You wish this story was going to be short and rushed. I have A LOT planned for this story- It'll probably be the longest story I have. And the funny part about that sentence is the fact that I never thought I was going to go on after Chapter 1. :P
Thank you for all of the reviews, you guys! I love seeing reviews on every new chapter; it shows me what I am/am not doing right. Seriously, thank you guys so much, I love the fact that at least SOMEONE is looking forward to reading a new chapter. ;P I didn't think that many people would read this story actually, it was just a random idea that I had at like- Five in the morning. XD So THANK YOU for the reviews and I hope that I keep seeing them often!
Or at least one every new chapter, I'm not picky. :P I just want to hear from you guys. :)
Also, going back to the romance thing I talked about last chapter- It's very unlikely that I'll place any real romance into this story. I support WAY too many Invader Zim couples to actually do a certain one, if you were your slash/straight/lovey-dovey goggles you'll see 'da love EVERY WHERE. ;P If any 'actual' romance is added into this story it will not interfere with any plotline at all, it will be so small that it'll be insignificant. No worries at all!
Ew. Another long author's note, I need to stop with these notes. Let me just begin!
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Trust Me
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(Top Floor Of Where The Control Brains Are Located)
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"-Then we shall force your Pak open to fix the issue.-"
That was all Tallest Purple heard before thousands of wires shot out towards him. His mind went completely blank, but physically he did the opposite of his mind. Spider legs came out from within his Pak, quickly jumping out of the way of the wires trying to grab hold of him. Two-fingered hands swiftly grasped the wires, breaking them in half within his hold. His mind was void of any thought, yet he knew what was happening… Felt everything that was happening.
A wire cut across his cheek, he felt the liquid of his own blood trail down his face, and then he snapped the wire. Something slashed against his neck, not deep enough to worry about at that moment, so he snapped that wire, too. A wire grabbed the front of his hover belt and ripped it off, the Tallest falling out of mid-air, only lucky enough that his spider legs were already out. With a hiss of rage the alien grasped as many wires as he could and pulled them as hard as he could- Snapping those wires also.
The Irken didn't even realize how many wires he was snapping in a matter of moments and he didn't care at this point. His purple eyes never glanced at the piles of wires that were around him or the fact that his hover belt was shamelessly laying on the ground beside the wires. No. His sight was only set before himself, a glare sent to the Control Brains with his mouth in a determined, straight line.
"I'm not scared of you!"
"-You should be.-"
The Tallest had jumped off the platform as soon as he heard a siren go off.
Spider legs ran down the pole that was connected to the platform, Tallest Purple trying to ignore the fact that the ground was more than two hundred feet down. Zipper teeth gritted against each other to hold back the cry of pain as wires tried to grab a hold any where they could, ripping through skin and cloth when Purple kept tugging out of the hold. The Tallest knew that as soon as his spider legs had been gripped by some of the wires that this position was going to end badly.
The legs were tore out of his Pak was when the Tallest actually let a roar of pain escape from deep within his throat at the attack he received. Purple twisted his body around so he was facing upwards towards the wires that were heading towards him and his back towards the ground that was only twenty feet away. In mere seconds the Tallest had pulled a laser from his Pak, pointing it directly at the Control Brains. With a pull of the trigger the laser ripped through the wires until it reached up to the Control Brains, going through the platform and hitting one of the smaller brains.
A loud cry ripped through his throat as his body finally collided with the ground, vision blacking out for a few moments. His purple eyes snapped open when something slammed into the ground few away, body automatically flinging upwards to see what it was. It was one of the brains on the ground, wires shooting out from it to attack Tallest Purple. Before wires could reach the Irken a part of the platform fell on top of the brain. The Tallest instantly rolled away on his side as the objects exploded, the Irken already knowing that an explosion was going to happen.
When he lifted up his head all he saw was fire beginning to blaze, his neck twitching like it has done so many times over the course of the last few months. Bravery withered away into fear, his hands now not holding the laser properly, it was like… Like he had been a completely different Irken just moments ago, an Irken that was an expert in combat training. What had just happened?
What was happening?
"I have to get out of here… It wasn't supposed to happen like this…"
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(Inside Zim's Voot Cruiser)
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"Hey, look!"
The Irken tilted his head sideways in annoyance at Dib's cry, about to hiss something nasty at the Earthling until he caught sight of what Dib was pointing towards. In the far distance there was the most prized and largest building on Irk's surface was letting an obnoxious siren blare away. The top of the building was blazing up in flames, the fire lighting up the dark sky of Irk. Zim's antennas were flat against the back of his head, harshly turning his wheel so the Voot Cruiser would fly towards the building.
"What is that building? And what's with that siren? Is Irk under attack?!"
"That building is the building that holds everything of Irk. Our past, our system, our rules, the planets that are within Irk's hold, our future plans, Pak information… That building is where the Control Brains are and that is supposed to be our most guarded building. The siren- The siren indicates that something important is under attacked, it is never used. The Control Brains, our planet, or the Tallests have been attacked."
The Irken's hands tightened around the wheel, knowing his hands were going to hurt later from all this flexing he was constantly doing today.
"Let the Tallests be safe."
"Are we going to check it out?"
"Of course we are, Dib-Stink! That is what an invader does! That is what any Irken would do! My Tallest could be in danger!"
With a nod Zim zoomed around a few buildings in his way, trying to reach the headquarters that held the Control Brains. The human frowned, letting a quiet sigh escape his lips. This wasn't what he thought they were going to do when they Irk, but some excitement might be good for them. He just hoped that no one was hurt… Maybe the siren was just a test and the fire was added in to make the test more exciting! That could happen!
Right?
… Right?
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(Top Floor Of Where The Control Brains Are Located)
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Nothing was going right today!
"Open, open, OPEN!"
Tallest Purple hissed loudly to himself, trying to unlock the coding that belonged to the large, metallic doors of the room. He could only do this task with one hand though because of the fact that wires were still trying to get a hold of him. His attention would first be on the door and then his attention would shift off towards the wires for he could get a good shot at them with his laser. The fire was coming up closely now, the floor heating up under his feet as smoke was creating a thick haze. There was no escape, if the door didn't open up soon Purple was going to die in the room. Whether it would be from the fire burning him like a marshmallow in a fire or the loss of blood from the wires cutting him open he didn't know, he knew that he was just going to die in this room though.
By some miracle the doors finally slid open, freedom coming to the Tallest at last.
Tallest Purple stumbled out of the room while gasping for air, not even hearing the Irkens before him gasping at the sight of their Tallest. He was covered in his own dark purple blood, clothes torn in many places and slash marks crossing all over his body. Before the Tallest could even relax for a moment he felt a wire grip a hold of his wrist, trying to tug him back into the room. He pulled himself out of the hold, sprinting through the smoke to get away from his attacker.
"My Tallest! Wait!"
"No! They're after me! They're after me!"
The gray eyed security guard twisted his head around to look into the room of the Control Brains, but not being able to see anything. There was just too much smoke to actually be able to see if there were any intruders in the room. Someone had some how slipped into the chamber and attacked Tallest Purple and the Control Brains during their meeting. The muscular Irken turned his attention back towards his team that was around him, only barley making out their features through the smoke.
"Nik and Slunter, go and get the Tallest! Make sure no harm comes to him! The rest of the team, move into the room to check on the Control Brains! Someone has snuck into the headquarters and attacked our Tallest! We need to infiltrate the enemy and capture them! Got it? Move out!"
Nik and Slunter headed towards the direction their Tallest went as the others moved into the room to check out the problem. What none of them knew was that the enemy they were searching for were the ones that they were checking up on to see if they were okay. Nik caught the sight of his Tallest turning down the corridor, the guard sprinting after his Tallest to make sure he was okay. Through the haze he tried to reach for his Tallest, only to be smacked across the face by Irken himself, tumbling onto his back from the force of the hit.
"Nik! Damnit, Nik! The Tallest was just attacked and you can barley see in here! You don't just go and grab him! He's in defense mode right now! He could have died in that chamber! Such an idiot, Nik!"
Slunter growled, tugging the smaller Irken off the ground by the collar of his uniform.
And how right Slunter was about the Tallest.
Tallest Purple whipped his head back and forth to scout the area all around him, antennas perked upwards to listen to all of the sounds around him. Their were cries of his name, footsteps running around in hundreds of directions looking for where he was, which only made the Tallest push himself farther up against wall. His antennas twitched when a new sound was heard, it was the sound of something heavy running… Clanking, the sound of sparks flaring... It almost sounded like…
"The Control Brains sent the new Advance Infiltrator Units after me! I have to get out of here!"
The Tallest bolted down the hallway to try and reach the door that was all the way at the end, if he could just reach the door and make it to the- His thoughts halted at the sight of a robot that was about six feet tall, a long staff within its' grasp. The robot was nearly as tall as him! The Irken symbol was plastered onto the unit's forehead in white lettering, the white easily seen on top of the unit's black coloring. At the sight of Tallest Purple the once light blue eyes of the unit flared to a deep scarlet, staff now sparking with electricity flowing through it. Purple was starting to regret ever approving the research for these units a few months ago. Well- At least the new AIR Units looked nice…
To bad the first ones ever created were going to be used on him!
Purple turned his head in hundreds of directions to find a way out other than the door at the end of the hallway. There was no way that he could defeat that thing! It was in duty mode! The unit stepped off one foot, then the other, until it broke out into a full on sprint towards Tallest Purple. Oh, no, no, no! There had to be a way out, this laser gun wasn't going to take out that unit before it got to him!
That's when purple eyes caught sight of a window that was only feet away from him.
Sprinting unit, window, sprinting unit, window, twitch in his neck, sprinting unit…
The window it is.
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(Inside Zim's Voot Cruiser)
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"Do you see anything?"
"Other than the fire? No, nothing. I can't see into the building. We're still to far away and there is way to much smoke."
"Tell Zim whenever you see something out of the ordinary, Dib-Stink. There must be a way to figure out what's happening inside the building. If we just-"
Words quickly died on the tip of his tongue when the sound of shattering glass broke out through the area, louder than any of the sirens going off. Magenta eyes widened when through the falling glass he caught his Tallest within the mist of the broken mess, arms shielding his face. With a rough twist the Voot Cruiser was headed directly towards the Tallest that was rapidly declining towards the ground far below. There was no way the Tallest would survive a fall as deadly as that. If he some how miraculously lived through his broken bones he wouldn't live through his Pak being shattered to pieces.
They needed to make it to him.
"Dib! Open!"
They would make it to him.
The human did as he was told; pressing a couple of buttons for the roof of the Voot Cruiser would up open in order to catch the falling Irken. Rough wind instantly blew into their faces, the Irken paying no mind as his flexing body leaned over the wheel, calculations running through his mind. The Tallest was plummeting to the ground faster than the Voot Cruiser was going; at this rate they weren't going to be able to catch him with the ship. Zim did not come all the way to Irk just to see his Tallest get squashed all over the ground of Irk!
"We're not going to make it time, Zim! He's just too far away and the ship is going as fast as it can! Is there anything else we can do?!"
"Yes. Filthy meatbag- Wheel."
"Zim?!"
"Disgusting human, I said wheel!"
"What are you going to do?!"
"Trust Zim."
The Irken pulled himself up onto the edge of the Voot Cruiser, standing tall and proud, not even showing fear at the intense speed the ship was traveling. The teenager instantly went for the wheel, passing the alien a worried glance as he kept the course directly towards the Tallest descending to the ground. Dib didn't see a single ounce of fear on Zim's face as the Irken stood on the edge, daring to challenge gravity itself.
"I'm coming, my Tallest!"
A split second later Zim was gone for the side of the ship with one fleeting thought-
'I bet Gir is having a better time.'
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(Back on Earth, Inside Zim's Home)
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"No."
Gir kept just staring at her.
"No- No!"
The happy facial features didn't change by a single centimeter.
"Gir- I said no!"
Not even a single blink.
"Grr- Fine!"
"Yay!"
The little unit giggled insanely, placing the fedora on top of Gaz's head. Across the room there was a chicken wearing a sombrero that was pecking at the couch. By the chicken there was a beaver wearing a top hat an every time he sneezed lasers would shoot out from his nostrils. Across from the table where Gaz was at was one of Zim's greatest enemies, Tak. The Irken was stirring a cup of Irken tea with one of Zim's spoons, her dark purple eyes glancing upwards to gaze at Gaz. The gothic teenager instantly tugged an eyebrow upwards, snickering at the stupid sunhat Tak was made to wear.
"So… What exactly is… 'This'?"
"Gir is apparently throwing a 'Hat Party' and invited a bunch of people, all but Dib. Something about Dib not being invited because he's supposed to be left in 'uninvited pain' or something along the lines. I don't know- I just came for the free pizza and to see if my brother was here. So, why are you here? Still aren't over your revenge issues with Zim?"
"Yes, I had come to attack Zim; I guess he's not here also. Gir pulled me inside and told me that I was invited to this… 'Hat Party'. It's not like I have anything else to do but wait here. Do you always invade Zim's house like this?"
"Do you?"
"Touché."
"Besides, Zim's used to it. I'm always in his base."
"Lovers are you?"
"Disgusting. Close friends."
"Close friends?"
"Friends."
"Friends?"
"Acquaintances."
"Acquaintances?"
"Enemies. I just borrow his place."
"Ah- Of course."
The two stayed silent, ignoring Gir's screaming as the beaver with laser eyes began attacking him, trying to pull him arm off.
"So… Have you ever played Game Slave?"
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(Back On Irk, Falling Towards Irk, Tallest Purple)
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"I'm coming, my Tallest!"
After the cry a shock of pain shot through the Tallest's Pak once more.
Purple's antennas perked up at the sound of the familiar voice calling to him, removing his arms from his face to see who was calling him. As soon as his arms were out from his view he let a shrill cry leave his mouth, no longer looking for the person who called him. He was going to die! Die, die, die! This was his dumbest idea ever! Why did he jump out of the window when he had no way of protecting himself?! Irkens couldn't fly! His Pak was no longer equipped with a jet anymore! No hover belt! This was bad, so very bad!
His purple eyes turned upwards towards the direction that the voice had called him from, hoping that this Irken had something to save him with. A rather tall Irken clad in an invader uniform was heading towards him, arms pressed against his sides so he could flow more smoothly to his Tallest. A determined look was across the invader's face, not even showing a single ounce of worry that he was plummeting towards the ground with his Tallest. It was difficult to really see his face though, he was still to far away to actually get a proper look at him.
"Hold on, my Tallest!"
'His voice…'
A memory from years ago came back to Tallest Purple, reminding him of the voice he used to hear so often.
"-Hey! Hey! My Tallest! Muh-my... my Tall... Hey, my Tallest! It's me! Look at me! My Tallest! My Tallest! My Tallest!"
"I was curious to see when you'd shut up on your own. But it's been three hours now, Zim. Three hours! So, what is it?"
The pair of purple eyes finally made eye contact with the magenta eyes of the invader, blinking once, and then twice.
That's when horrible realization finally struck him.
"ZIM?!"
As soon as the name left his lips all the air was knocked out of him, being tackled in mid-air by the defect known as Zim. Arms tightly wrapping around the mid-drift of his Tallest as his spider legs popped out from behind his back, the 'invader' made sure to protect his Tallest from the blow about to happen. Spider legs finally connected with the side of the building, the screeching of metal against metal obnoxiously going through the air, both of their antennas hurting from the sound. Zim left one arm slip from his Tallest's waist to grab the edge of the building, the two no longer falling through the air and now perfectly still.
"Ehh- My Tallest, you can stop screaming now. You are no longer falling."
Had he been screaming the entire time?
Oh. That's why his throat hurt.
Well.
"THAT'S not why I was screaming! Why are you here, Zim?! This isn't Earth, you idiot! What? Take a wrong turn at an asteroid or something? This is Irk! Irk, Zim! You shouldn't be here! How did you just fall out of the sky like that? Huh? What? Got some sort of weird Tallest stalking device on you or something?!"
Zim tried to hold back an exasperated sigh as his Tallest had begun his rant, using his spider legs to try and climb up the wall. With his free hand the Irken waved over at the ship Dib was currently controlling, the human make a complete U-turn through a couple of buildings to fly over to them.
"I could have been saved by any other Irken and it had to be- Ugh! Go through this horrible day just to get saved by you! I mean, it's not like some other Irken-"
"My Tallest-"
"I can't believe I had to deal with this sort of treatment! Everyone is insane and you are just the-"
"My Tallest-"
"You have this weird way of always finding us! I should have never called you months ago, Zim! We were just getting to that stage where you started calling less and-"
"Tallest Purple!"
"WHAT?!"
"What in Irk's name is that?!"
With a snarl the Tallest tilted his head upwards to see what Zim was pointing at, only to have his mouth fall open in shock. The AIR Unit that Purple had escaped from in the headquarters was leaning out from the window he had jumped out of moments ago. The unit slammed the staff against the wall and in mere seconds the staff shortened by almost a foot and changed shape entirely. Even if the unit was over a hundred feet away the two Irkens could tell that it now had a laser gun within its' grasp, pointing it directly at them.
"Do something!"
"Yes, my Tallest!"
Still holding onto his Tallest, Zim retracted his spider legs, letting them plummet back towards the ground.
He couldn't hide the wicked grin that dared to spread across his face as his Tallest started up with his girly screaming again.
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(A Few Miles Away. At The Smeet Academy)
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"And the training program hasn't any problems lately?"
"Of course not, my Tallest. Everything had been according to plan. Every single smeet has passed the training program and the process. We have noticed that some of our Battle Optics data about the rays and the holographic disguises has been tampered with though. Our coding and data has been sent to another facility that we can not locate, it seems-"
"Tallest Red! Commander!"
Both Commander Sic and Tallest Red whipped their heads around towards the voice that had cried out to them, their antennas flattening against their heads. There was an Elite member rushing off towards them, waving his hands frantically in the air. Red left an annoyed sigh escape his lips, he didn't need to wave his hands, it's not like they were deaf or something. The Elite member tugged the red mask off the bottom of his face, showing the two the deep frown crossing his features.
"What is it?"
"It's Tallest Purple."
That's when the sound of a blaring siren was heard all through out the academy.
"What happened?!"
Red yelled out, the Tallest hovering as fast as he could down towards the front doors a few floors down as the other two Irkens kept directly on his heels.
"The situation is still uncertain, my Tallest. It seems some how someone got into the meeting with the Control Brains and Tallest Purple. They were attacked, it was reported that one of the brains has been destroyed in the process of the fight. A fire has broken out through the headquarters and we have security trying to put that out to save the Control Brains. Both Elite members and invaders that weren't sent off to a planet yet are searching for Tallest Purple. There has been no sign of him reported though."
"What?! No sight of him?! What about the new robot-unit-thingy?!"
"One of the AIR Units has been sent out to find Tallest Purple, sir, but only one. We only have that one you requested working properly and its primary function has been placed into its coding. It will protect Tallest Purple and follow his orders in any way possible. It won't stop till it finds and obtains the Tallest."
"Good. At least something went right."
The Tallest bitterly hissed, turning down another hallway to hurry to his destination, Irken curse words escaping his lips every few moments. This wasn't supposed to happen! The Control Brains said they could fix Purple and turn him back to normal! Who would dare to attack a Tallest and the Control Brains during a meeting? Someone more idiotic than Zim, that's who. Also some more deadly. The attacker also destroyed one of the Control Brains, but which one? And why?
Why?
The Irken Empire was known to have many enemies, but none so moronic enough to actually step foot on Irk. How dare they attack Irk itself! The only saving grace was that one of the new AIR Units was sent after Purple; maybe the unit could find him. Apparently everyone else was too stupid to find the Tallest. How could you not find someone as tall as Purple?! Come on now! The first AIR Unit was actually going to be a gift for Tallest Purple and was going to be presented to him on the Massive. Purple always made comments about how the Tallests didn't get to have a robot, yet "Little stupid Irkens get to have those cute robots! It's not fair, Red! I wanna robot!"
Leave it to Purple to get his gifts earlier than he should.
Tallest Red slammed the twin doors of the academy open to look out to see what was happening to Irk, the Commander and Elite member right behind him.
"Oh, Tallest Spork."
This was not good.
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(Zim's Voot Cruiser)
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Dib never had a moment that he both loved and hated more in his entire life.
Adrenaline was pumping through his veins as he sharply turned the wheel, dodging through the thin space between two buildings. Flying this Voot Cruiser was a feeling that he never had before, the wind pushing up against his face bringing up emotions he never felt before. He felt so proud of himself, brave, and wild- And yet he couldn't relish in these feelings. It was hard to look at the positive emotions when your friend and his leader were plummeting to their deaths.
Then again… Zim was also his greatest enemy. Should he save him? Dib could always turn the Voot Cruiser around and head back for Earth, knowing that with Zim dead no one would take over Earth. Would the Irkens come after Dib though since he let both an invader and a Tallest fall to their death? Would they even know that he was there? So many choices, which on should be make? The choice to save his friend or the choice to let his enemy die?
"Hurry up, Dib-Stink! The almighty ZIM commands you!"
Guess the decision was made for him.
With a rough turn of the wheel Dib flew the Voot Cruiser directly under the two falling Irkens, both of them grunting as they landed in the ship. The paranormal investigator would have been gasping and crying out in glee at the fact that Zim's leader was right by his side, but lasers hitting their ship were distracting him. Through the top of his glasses the Earthling found the object that was shooting at the Voot Cruiser, already placing up the roof so the lasers would just bounce off the ship. What was that thing? Was that another Irken robot?! It looks like Gir! A really big, dark, and kinda scary Gir, but Gir none the less.
"What is that?! OhMyGodOhMyGod- ItLooksSoCool! IWantOneIWantOne! IHaveToHaveTheDesign-"
"Is he okay?"
"Sadly, yes. Dib-Stink is overly excited to be on our planet is all, my Tallest."
"OUR planet? Zim you're not apart of- Nevermind. Yeah, whatever. At least one of us in this ship is happy to be on Irk. What is this ship, anyway? It doesn't look like a Voot-"
His words halted right in the middle of his sentence when the ship was thrown a few feet down, the Tallest grunting as the top of his head hit the roof. Stupid little ship, he had to lean over in order to fit! How ridiculous, a Tallest making himself smaller! His bitter rant ended in his mind when his shrill screams started up once more, purple eyes connecting with a pair of glowing scarlet directly above. The AIR Unit smashed his fist against the window, a few cracks forming from the impact of the hit. Dib let a surprised cry leave his lips as Zim pushed himself up against the glass like holding himself against it would help stop the impact from the unit's hits.
"Do something! There has to be something you can do, I can't go out like this! I-"
Zim visibly flinched when he caught the twitch his Tallest shuddered, two fingered hands flexing while purple eyes tightly closed together. He hadn't even realized how much his Tallest was bleeding; there were parts of his purple robes that were soaked with his own blood. His body was tense, dark purple blood staining the right side of his face. Guilt was rising in his chest- Blah, guilt; it was such a useless and disgusting emotion-At the state his Tallest was in. He should have realized how much this situation was taking out on his Tallest! He was no invader; Purple was probably going to pass out right now and-
"Get out of my way- Now!"
"Yes, my Tallest!"
Or he was going to open his eyes real quickly and shout out a command to scare the living daylights out of Dib and Zim. The Earthling sat there baffled until a two finger hand pushed him out of the way of the wheel, Dib grunting loudly as he fell over the back of the seat and landed in the storage area. At least the bags of food broke his fall, well, sort of broke his fall. He had chips poking him in areas that he did not want to be poked in. Both were too stunned to do anything else as Tallest Purple took the wheel within his grasp, a sneer crossing his face at the fact Zim still had his body pressed against the window.
"Move, Zim! It's about to get ugly right where you're at!"
"As ugly as the Gleekashore race, my Tallest?"
"Much uglier."
It was only Dib who noticed the unsure expression on Zim's face, his own face looking shocked when he saw Zim mouth to himself "It was a pleasure for the almighty Zim to serve the Irken Empire". Purple eyes meet the pair of scarlet eyes once more, the unit lifting up his hand to throw the final blow into the glass to obtain his Tallest from within the ship. A wicked grin spread across the bloody face of the Tallest as his fingers quickly ran over the panel to the dash board, tilting his chin up in defiance. The unit's head turned a few inches to the side at the movement, fist staying in mid-air as it tried to comprehend what the Tallest had just pressed. A seatbelt automatically buckled Purple into the driver's seat, hands firmly gripping the wheel, grin never leaving his face a single moment.
The Voot Cruiser flipped upside down without a single warning.
"What the- OW!"
Dib cried out when his body slammed into what was the roof of the Voot Cruiser, almost getting sick when it felt like his stomach went to his throat. Zim gave out his own shocked cry when he flipped upside down, but when he landed on something that grunted in pain a mocking laugh left him. He pointed his index finger at Dib's face condescendingly, but the moment didn't last long when the ship re-flipped over into its original position. When the Earthling landed on top of the Irken it was his turn to laugh, sticking his tongue out at his enemy. When the ship kept constantly flipping over was when the two stopped their petty game and had begun screaming. The Tallest hissed in annoyance, trying to shake the unit off their ship with no luck.
"Will you two shut up?! I'm busy up here!"
Zim would have saluted his Tallest and agreed with his command if he didn't have Dib's elbow shoved into his mouth at the moment, both of them in an incredibly painful position. Purple let the snarl overtake his features when he saw the unit still attached to the ship, claws dug through the metal lining of the Voot Cruiser's lining. With a spin of his wrists the wheel followed the movement, suddenly dragging the unit against the side of one of the many buildings around them. The screeching of metal made his antennas flatten against the back of his head, but he never broke eye contact with the unit.
Suddenly scarlet was out of his vision, no longer making eye contact with the unit.
Before a sigh of relief could even leave his mouth a cry erupted from deep within his chest, vision fading in and out from the complete agony. He couldn't think… He couldn't even breathe… This was unlike anything he had ever felt before, it was like someone was grabbing him by the shoulders and pulling him into two pieces. This was putting to much strain on his body, oh, by Tallest Miyuki- He wasn't going to make it. He couldn't hear any sounds at all, he knew that he was screaming as loud as he could from how raw his throat felt, but he couldn't hear himself.
He couldn't hear a single sound and his eyes refused to open, he was completely useless in this situation.
"My- Yes, my Tallest, but Zim does not- Yes, my Tallest, but- Tallest Purple, just let Zim! …Yes, my Tallest, an invader follows every order his Tallest gives. No matter what."
What in Irk's name was Zim going on about? He hadn't said anything to-
Before he could finish the rest of his thought, Tallest Purple was out cold.
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(Hours Later, Planet Irk)
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"I- No, my Tallest, truthfully the situation is not under control. None of this is under control. Irk was- Is not prepared for something like this."
Tallest Red said nothing as his advisor turned her head to the side, trying to hide the fact that her eyes were becoming blurry from holding back the tears. He didn't even blink as his red eyes kept staring lifelessly at the building that once held the Control Brains. The top of the building was completely burnt down by at least three floors, a security team currently work on seeing if there were any alive Irkens still left in those floors. Also to see if the Control Brains were still responsive. If the Control Brains were gone… All of their history, all of their Pak information, trials and justification laws gone… All of Irk's everything would be gone. Their birthing simulators were no longer active, it was the Control Brains who knew when a smeet was and wasn't ready to be born. The Control Brains were the ones who had all of the Pak information.
They had everything.
No one around Tallest Red even realized that he was slowly breaking. The expression on his face was hard as stone, and just as cold. The outer shell was nothing though compared to the internal conflict that was raging all through out him. His shell was slowly chipping away piece by piece, having no idea just how to fully deal with this situation. Their new advisor was right- Irk wasn't… Isn't prepared for something like this. This was something they had never predicted in hundreds of years.
"It has now been officially reported that the left brain was destroyed in the attack."
Another piece was chipped off.
"This attack… My Tallest Red, there was no way someone from a different planet did this attack, they had no way to set up an attack like this. You set the meeting with the Control Brains only in a short amount of time, even if…"
'Don't say it…'
Crack.
"Even- Even if another planet found out, they… They do not possess a fast enough ship to get here in such a short amount of time. There is no planet around Irk that could come in such a short amount of time. My- My Tallest…"
'Please, you can't break down too. One of us needs to be strong. Please…'
Crunch.
"It was another… A fellow… It… Must have been an Irken was the one who did this."
Snap.
"There is also no sign of Tallest Purple, sir, we can't find him. He's…"
'Don't you dare say it! I beg you…'
"He's gone."
Shatter.
"I… I need your commands; Tallest Red- It is up to you right now, my Tallest."
Crash.
Every ounce of strength the Tallest had felt crashed into the pit of his squeedily spooch, non-blinking eyes just staring at the building before him. There were screams of anguish and sorrow all around him, the obnoxious siren still going off to alert all the Irkens of what has happened, and yet none of that mattered to Tallest Red at the moment. The Irken Empire- His Empire was now nearly in ruins over this entire situation. The AIR Unit could no be located; the Control Brains were no longer functioning, and his best friend was gone. Not like when to Foodcourtia gone, but gone. His best friend was gone. Everything was a complete mess and this would have never happened if he hadn't set up the-
This would have never happened if Purple had just told him what was wrong!
Everything that had shattered suddenly didn't matter anymore- He didn't matter anymore.
"Have our best scientists and engineers come to Irk as soon as possible. I don't care what they're doing right now or what planet they're on, their home planet needs them. Have them split off into teams based on what their skills are in. Have some work on restoring the smeet facilities and to see if they can find a way to re-code the Pak systems- We have to find a way to keep birthing the smeets; if they are left in the tubes to long it will be impossible to activate them. We can't let this happen. Find a small team to find out where that AIR Unit went and contact the creator of the unit. I think the unit will be able to detect where Tallest Purple is and who did this. If the unit already hasn't already done that yet.
Another team will work on the Control Brains to see if we can repair them. We need to see if we can at least save one of the brains, we already lost one completely. If we can't repair them, then they have to find a way to gather as much data as they can from the Control Brains. The Control Brains had all of the coding that we need- They had everything that dealt with Irk. We need the best working on this project, put every single Irken you think will do their best on this team.
Have the last team rebuild everything else that needs fixed. Machines that are no longer working because they are no longer connected to the Control Brains, the headquarters that contained most of our information, and everything else you believe needs repaired. Have security up to the maximum now that this has happened. I want at least one security stationed in every single building in Irk. Find some sort of monitor that can show us what exactly happened with Tallest Purple. There has to be something that can show us what exactly happened today.
Contact every single invader and elite member and have them on a look out for Tallest Purple. Tell Commander Sic to inform those in alliance with the Irken Empire about Tallest Purple and the situation that has gone on. Let the elite members graduate from their process early if Commander Hid only wants invaders to do the searches, have them become invaders. We will need every single invader out to find Tallest Purple. We will invade every single planet in the universe if we have to. Leave no corner un-checked, leave no can un-lid, leave not a single speck of dust- No matter what it takes, we will find Tallest Purple.
The enemy will rue the day that he ever dared to attack Irk."
With that, he turned away from the scene, leaving through smoke like an invader on a mission.
He didn't have time to break down. He had to find who did this mess and kill them with his bare hands for the crimes they had committed. He had to find a way to fix the Control Brains and have them running again. He had to find a way to operate the smeet facilities without the Pak data or anything else to help them. He had to figure out just where exactly Tallest Purple was and save him. He had to turn everything back to normal- He had to make it seem like this entire day never happened.
He had the entire Irken Empire to fix.
Why?
Because he wasn't Red, Purple's best friend who loved joking around and messing with anyone he could.
No.
He was Tallest Red, the ruler of the greatest and most powerful empire ever known to exist.
The Irken Empire.
…To Be Continued…
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