The leaders sniggered idiotically as they looked down upon Zim's beaten persona. Neither had any concerns as to why Zim looked so badly nor did they care since it was normal for him to be hurt the majority of times due to accidents in his lab or failed plots. Zim began to wonder as to why the two leaders continued their silent laughs. Confused Zim decided clear his throat in order to silently interrupt them of their hidden thoughts.

"Greetings my Tallest, how may I be of service today?" Zim saluted nervously at his leaders, self-conscious of his physical appearance before them. The giggling abruptly stopped soon after Zim uttered salutations to his leaders. There was a long pause as an uneasy feeling slowly crept over Zim as he stared at those glaring red and violet eyes. The leaders turned to one another and pondered for a second who would be the first one to speak.

"Oh we just wanted to talk Zim," Red spoke coolly as he tapped his fingers on his sides out of excitement. He just hoped that Purple didn't screw up this year like he did the previous years when it was his co-ruler's turn on their yearly fun. The red Tallest noticed his counterpart was becoming more jittery with time constantly passing by. Then Tallest Red sarcastically voiced, "So how are you doing on your conquest of that pathetic little backwater planet?"

"The mission goes well but I'm afraid that I may have hit a snag on the road for you see my sir unit G-Gir was destroyed by two unknown hitmen claiming to be hired by the Irken Empire." Zim's voice trembled as he looked down towards his feet trying to avoid the gaze of his leaders. He wondered if he would be reprimanded for ruining such advance Irken technology. Red and Purple stood there silently staring at the pseudo-invader then an idea came over the violet eyed Tallest as he continued looking at the Irken before them. Deciding he would be toying with him, the bane of Irk's existence, using the information gathered from the report Zim had just given them. Tallest Purple just hoped his buddy caught on to his little ploy.

"So, how many pieces did he explode into this time Zim?" Red said as he gave him a cold grin making Zim feel even more insecure about his leaders.

Before Zim could utter a whisper Tallest Purple suddenly shouted in a singsong voice , "Hey Zim! Do you want to hear something funny? Your mission is a lie."

Great. Now they won't be able to mess around with the false invader any longer since Purple let his eagerness get the best of him. Red felt irritated inside and he had the urge to smack his long time friend upside the head but decided to wait and see what Purple would put forth in this pointless chatter. 'What is Purple up to?'

Zim laughed awkwardly at the yearly joke his leaders always played with him but now it seemed he was really considering the possibility of this being all a reality lately and with those aliens that recently jumped him didn't help that fact either. Zim went along with the gag to continue amusing his Tallests. 'After all they weren't the ones who sent those as-'

"Stop laughing." Tallest Purple's sudden stern authoritative voice penetrated through his thoughts and his body became rigid as he lowered his antennae out of submissive respect, "enough is enough Zim."

His tone confused the false invader. The sudden shift made the atmosphere seemed heavier than usual and Zim felt a great deal of weight on his shoulders making it harder to breathe each passing minute. He slowly turned his head upwards to meet his Tallest in the eye only to see what he feared the most, that stare. That stare that always followed him around when he was amongst his people, he largely ignored them for they were beneath him but to see it in the eyes of his Tallests, a stare that spoke volumes of hatred and contempt towards the Irken, made his loneliness all the more real. "Get over it Zim and face the facts your so called 'top secret' mission was just a convenient way to get rid of you without you actually finding out about your exile." Purple drawled waving Zim off nonchalantly as he continued to speak, "and-"

"We did send them to have you killed off but it seems we failed once again." The violet Tallest gave a ruthless chuckle as he stated this.

'No it can't be true... B-but why would they send lowly aliens after Zim? Did I do something wrong?' He desperately tried to reasons as to why then he remembered what that feline had stated earlier today of being disowned by his own kind. He truly did not want to believe it but hearing it from them was difficult to accept.

'Oh so this is where he was heading, interesting.' Red mused as he jeered, "you should have been deactivated the day you were hatched Zim. It really could have saved Irk a lot of monies in the very beginning from all those damages that you caused and Operation Impending Doom One would have gone well without a hitch. Our lives would have been paradise without your pathetic existence mucking it up."

"Face it Zim, you never. Were. A. Real. Invader." Red drawled looking down at him like the little cockroach that he was, ready to have his life be squashed out him. Zim froze at the last statement. His fabricated wall of denial began to crumble down as memories of his painful past began to crash against his confidence. No he couldn't just accept that fact, his endless loyalty made him work twice as hard to gain their trust, and yet he couldn't deny it. Their faces told him everything he needed to know but he was too blind to see it or maybe he didn't want to see it...

He gritted his teeth as he said "It's a lie?"

" You really are dense aren't you? Heh heh of course it was a lie." Purple spoke happily at the fact he could release his stress on to the pathetic excuse of an Irken. Irk may have conquered the last planet already but that didn't mean that it was Meekrob, a war with their sworn enemies was inevitable after the capture of Invader Tenn, a planet that was and still is very vital to their conquest. This would mean no enemies could stand up to the Armada and live to tell the tale.

"LIES!" Zim screamed staring at the floor knowing that raising one's voice would be punishable by public deactivation he no longer cared for any of it, the pain he had inside was just too great to handle."Was I not loyal enough? Was Zim nothing more than amusement to you? A toy that can be discarded so easily by smeets because they got bored by it?"

"Nothing more than a puppet to dance for us." Tallest Red stated with cruel amusement in his voice.

He couldn't believe his antennae and it made him sick to his squeedlyspooch. Zim had trusted them with his life, gave them his eternal loyalty and both Tallests threw it back at him like it was worthless filth. Moments of silence ticked away until Zim decided to break the stillness with his insane laughter and this made the leaders of Irk very uncomfortable as they gazed at him observing his every move wondering what he would do next. Then he suddenly stopped abruptly.

Zim shivered with anger if he was capable of giving them the bird he would have done so but being one digit less than humanity well that was just impossible so he did the next best thing. Extending two Pak legs he struck both of the Tallests foreheads on the screen making it fuzz out on their end of the conversation within the Massive. Everyone within it stared dumbfounded at what just happened. Nobody thought that Zim would react this way after countless times the leaders told him the truth. He was always the same bullheaded ignoramus Irken everyone knew and disliked. To see him react like that was frightening and out of the norm.

"Did that scare you?" Red said after his shock had finally left him and stared at Purple as his co-ruler nodded a response to his question. "Me too."

Then suddenly there was a burst of laughter coming from the mouths of both leaders.

Once he realized that his communication over for the final time Zim fell to his knees, numb and unresponsive as his world and very being shattered like glass thrown to the wall. Tears glistened as they slowly streamed down on his face. It was true he blinded himself in order to not see the truth with his own eyes. Now he had to pay the ultimate price of no longer knowing who he is or what purpose he held in the universe. His very existence was nothing more than a sham, a joke to be laughed at by everyone. Memories assaulted his mind of his failures and destruction he had caused during and after his training days. His confidence and denial slowly crumbling away like dust in the wind.

Zim's Pak legs subconsciously began to surround him trying to protect what remained of his little wall of denial but that proved to be useless as he became trapped within his own mind of forgotten memories.

"Well?"

"Sorry be late my liege, we had trouble with a SIR Unit." Z'firi bowed his head at his leader. " This Unit seemed to be very powerful compared to the other SIRs we've encountered. We had trouble destroying it but in doing so we also lost the information retrieved."

"But were you able to awaken him?"

"I deeply apologize but we were unsuccessful on this part of the mission." He muttered regrettably at the failed attempt. " It seems he still sleeps deeply within and won't be able to wake for a while still my liege."

"Pity, we truly need him now more than ever... The seals are weakening as we speak and the universe doesn't have a lot of time before it happens." The leader continued to speak, " we must wait for now before we can make our move once. The the enemy must not know what we're doing for it could be the undoing of all that exists..."

"Become the shadows within society and continue to spy on him for it is our sworn duty to follow our liege's orders of survival- never underestimate the enemy." A'nalli spoke with finality and stared up at her sovereign with determination.

"Do not engage and that is final- you may leave my presence now."

"RIGHT!" The felines spoke in unison and bowed one last time before they departed.

Lights off and darkness surrounding her very being Gaz sat cross-legged on top of her bed with her eyes closed as if meditating.

Then she felt it although it was faint at first she knew something was off immediately but what she was unsure of yet.

Something or someone has set off the balance of the universe...

A/n: Sorry for the super late update but a lot of things happened in my life that caused this lapse and they are not good. Also I may have procrastinated a bit on this chapter eh heh heh...

Another thing not a lot of people review this so I don't know if you guys like it or not which gets me thinking if I should continue this at all... Just kidding I am not going to discontinue this! But reviews would be nice to have so I can improve my writing skills. :3

That aside any predictions you guys might have? Theories, comments, etc...