(A/N: Man, I really can't stay away from this story! It's like...even though I know what'll happen next, I'm excited to find out! Heh, I'm so weird. Also, I hope people weren't thrown off by the changed description, it just seemed amateurish to me. Eh, I'm sure they weren't. Anywho, enjoy the chapter, sorry for the hiatus!)
Tak pulled herself onto her knees.
"Ow!" she cried out. As she was lifting herself, her left arm stung in pain.
Before she could inspect it, she heard a noise.
When she looked around, she noticed that it was nighttime. She was in a large, flat field of some sort, and the Voot Cruiser was still intact beside her. Not that it mattered, since it was out of fuel anyway.
From in front of her, MiMi emerged from a bush.
Now, going back to that noise...
"Disguise yourself, MiMi!" whispered Tak.
She and the SIR unit switched on their holographic disguises as the sound grew louder and closer.
Finally, a middle aged man stepped up with a flashlight. He had a gentle air about him. His auburn hair was cut neatly, he wore a white dress shirt and a concerned expression.
"Hello?" he said. Then his flashlight fell upon Tak and MiMi.
"Hello, good sir," Tak greeted in false innocence."My kitty and I were wandering around town and now we're lost in your yard. We would be eternally grateful if you would kindly show us the way out."
The man eyed Tak curiously. She kept fidgeting so that his attention was focused on her, not the extraterrestrial spacecraft that was a couple of yards away.
"Alright!" the man smiled kindly."Come on, stay close to me."
He turned and began walking away.
Tak was careful to keep a safe distance as she followed him.
"When he goes home, we sneak back in and get the cruiser," she whispered to MiMi.
The trio reached the gate that led off of the property. But just as the man was about to open the gate, he hesitated. Tak's face fell.
"Is there something wrong?" she asked him.
He turned to face her."What's your name?"
Tak was a bit surprised by his question, but she didn't show it and answered."Tak."
He knelt down to her level."Listen, Tak. My name is Ned. Tell me, do you have a home?"
Ned seemed to have genuine concern in his voice.
"Not particularly," answered Tak, glaring at the closed gate. All she wanted was to get out of there.
"Well, you could stay with me! I have dogs and ferrets and, like, six bathrooms. It could be great!" he offered.
That tore it.
Tak activated her hypnosis device at the left of her head. Suddenly, she had a splitting headache, and it showed. She gripped her head and groaned in agony.
You see, the hypnosis device had become quite damaged since it had been in not one, but two crashes, and this was the result. Tak could barely stand up.
Ned gasped."Are you okay?!"
He quickly lifted the girl onto his back and carried her into his mansion. Tak was too weak to even fight back.
And MiMi had no choice but to watch.
When they were out of sight, she slipped through the bars of the gate and scampered off.
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Zim and GIR had spent all day looking for Dib. They made pretty slow progress, especially after GIR ran out of fuel.
"Augh, stupid Earth days, so short!" complained Zim as he ran, watching the moon rise."GIR, we'll have to head home soo- -!"
Zim had crashed into someone. He fell back, onto his tiny bottom.
"What the- -?!"
And, as you might have guessed, Zim had crashed into Dib. (A/N: Yayyy.)
"YOU! Earth creature!"
"Zim?!" exclaimed Dib."What are you doing here?!"
Zim stood up so that he could tower over the boy."Dib, you...! You! Where has Tak gone?!"
"Man, Zim, you have GOT to stop following her around..."
"My master loves her!" GIR chimed in, as he had finally caught up to Zim.
"What?!" Dib stood up, astonished.
Zim smacked GIR in the back of the head."Ignore him. Dib, I should have known you wouldn't know where she is. Always leaving your guard down and letting your foes escape, heh-heh..."
"But...you let her escape too..."
"YOU'RE LYING! Off we go, GIR!" With that, Zim and GIR dashed off.
Dib just stood there, relieved. Had Zim paid a little more attention, he would have noticed that Dib had just exited a Swollen Eyeball meeting. All his recent findings were in his backpack, and the Eyeballs were beginning to get more and more interested in Zim.
It was just a matter of time...
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"Welcome home, son!"
So, Zim and GIR got back to the base, empty-handed.
"This is all Tak's fault!" cried Zim, pulling off his disguise."I should have known better than to trust that non-invader! Now she has my ship! The Tallest will decapitate me for losing it...! Oh, no..."
Zim then experienced a terrible vision...
A procession of angry Irkens shouted death threats as Zim was led to the Control Brains. He was naked (besides his PAK) and the Tallest held him tightly by his arms and dragged him.
"Invader Zim," spoke the Brain in the center."You have lost your only Voot Cruiser and it is nowhere to be found. The armada trusted you with this technology, and you abused it. You shall now be punished."
"No! Wait! I can explain!" Zim struggled in the Tallests' grasp."It was stolen!"
"By who?" asked Tallest Purple.
Zim blushed and cowered."Um...Tak..."
At once, the entire procession, including the Control Brains and the Tallest, burst out laughing.
Zim just stood there, shaking.
Suddenly, everyone stopped laughing.
"Okay, so!" announced Tallest Red."First of all, since you abused it too, your SIR unit will be destroyed!"
"Hi, Master!" GIR waved cheerfully from across the room. At once, he was blasted to bits by the Control Brains.
"And now, your naked body will be decapitated!" declared Tallest Purple.
The Irkens all applauded as Zim was dragged away. He was in too much shock to oppose.
When he was sent to the executioner, he got kicked onto a platform. When he looked up, he saw under the hood they were wearing.
Zim's executioner was none other than Tak. He gasped at the realization.
Tak giggled and brought the blade down.
"NOOOOO!" screamed Zim.
"YEEEEEES!" GIR replied, next to him.
Zim snapped back to reality.
"Guh!" He shook his head vigorously, trying to forget what he just imagined."Well, I may as well prepare for Skool tomorrow..."
"What should I do?!" asked GIR excitedly as Zim headed for the kitchen.
"...you know what, GIR? Don't worry about it."
Zim entered his lab to ready himself for the rough day ahead.
(A/N: SOOoOO! I hope you liked the chapter! It feels great to work on this story again and I can't wait for you guys to read the next part! You know, interesting fact, some scenes in this story were inspired by random pictures that I drew. Like Zim spying on Dib and Tak at the doughnut place [although it was Bloaty's in the picture] or when Zim jumped into Tak's arms because of that freaky chihuahua. Sketching stuff like that beforehand really makes this story special to me.
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