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She stumbled on some plain trying to keep from letting go of Novem after that freak grabbed her to bring her here. Turning her head sharply over to Elias, Tenn hissed at him as Novem was crying out at the disturbance. Where was Pressner? Wasn't he connected to his son?
"I will murder you." Tenn snarled at him.
"You'd have to put your baby down to do that." Elias was in good humor looking at the irate Irken in front of him.
For that she automatically launched her pak legs at him stabbing him in the leg and the stomach. Tenn knew she didn't have powers, but she'll hold as long as possible to protect her smeet.
Elias chuckled at her attempt. "We'll still need you to take care of your son till you are no longer needed." Raising his hand up he readied his attack.
"Not at the expense of killing or harming the mother in the process. You really are a stupid child." Psyllic complained as he appeared near them both.
Tenn kept wondering where Pressner was. Guess he didn't love either of them at all to help out.
Psyllic studied his son and then Tenn. "Your planet and your kind will be no more." He reminded her ruefully.
Tenn hated him to her very core. "So after us who else will you eliminate? I just don't get you. You act so superior, but you aren't."
He admired how she sounded so calm in spite of the hate brewing in her. "Are you more superior than us? You invade other planets."
"But we aren't killing off an entire species." She pointed out. "Yes we may of killed some on the way to us dominating, that I will admit, but not an entire species when we still know the usefulness of them."
"Yes... As slaves."
Tenn gave out a small laugh. "Check your history again and be thorough about it."
"My Tallest! That thing has halted. It doesn't appear to be doing much of anything for now." Skoodge alerted Zim on the surface of Irk.
"That means it'll just toy with us until it destroys us, that's all." Zim informed him almost too casually as they gathered around the conducting rod.
Skoodge made a face as he took in the readings. "This thing is not normal at all. The sheer size of this is enough to wipe out 20 planets alone in a single swipe."
Dib made a face. "Is he admiring it?" He asked Zim.
To Dib, Zim answered, "He better not be." To Skoodge, Zim had no need to berate him. "It is energy conducted. You know it isn't science that created that so of course it isn't normal."
"True, but... I just want us all to survive." Skoodge noticed everyone else's face on the bridge couldn't believe what they were looking at.
"I guess it will be a pity when guts don't come flying out of this thing." Gaz said in such a relaxed way that you would of thought she was sleeping till you looked at her face to see it alight with electric energy.
Dib remained quiet while Miyuki decided to speak up. "It is time, Zim."
"Then let's begin." Zim linked hands with Gaz and Miyuki as Miyuki joined hands with Dib and Dib with Tak as they started to concentrate their powers.
From the Massive, Skoodge heard a collective gasp at seeing something beaming out from Irk towards the serpents direction making the creatures face contort into an angry expression before an actual roar was heard. Skoodge blinked at watching the readings start to climb.
"It looks angry." Came the voice of one of the helmsman below.
Skoodge continued to take in readings of Irk as the creature moved closer getting more of the beam surrounding it but not by much. "Well it doesn't look ticklish." Came his quiet retort.
"There's some destruction happening on the West end quadrant of the planet!" Came a call out.
Tension seeped into Skoodge's very core as he looked upon his beloved planet.
Psyllic enjoyed looking at this Irken in particular for some reason. It wasn't in a sexual way, it was more in the category of wanting to see what makes this one tick differently compared to that Tak female. "You know you can't win. Give yourself up and no harm will come to you or your baby there."
Tenn snorted at that. "Well of course no harm to me now, but until I outlive my usefulness than good bye to me." She mocked him as she continued to hold Novem in a protective way. "Not a chance you are getting either of us."
"As if you have a choice. You have no powers to save yourself except for your little tiny baby, and I'm certain he can't do anything yet." Psyllic chuckled out evilly just enjoying the anger radiating off her. Feeling a presence entering the planet he turned his head to regard Pressner who stood there very calmly with a very unreadable expression on his face. "Good of you to join us. Please let her know that it is time to take what is ours."
Tenn took a step back as she shifted Novem again in her arms. She gotten pretty good at reading Pressner's moods by now, but this one made her want to shirk back and flee right then. The way his head turned to face her it appeared way too mechanical and not graceful like he normally is. She silently pleaded to him to not listen to Psyllic.
"I won't let you do this to Novem. I want him to grow up happy and do what he wants to do and not being told what to do." Tenn focused on Psyllic as she stepped back more. "I know. I feel that when he finds out what you've done to his own mother he will relent. Why? Because he has my blood coursing through his veins. MINES! Not yours." She hissed in declaration.
"I love how feisty you are, but say what you will, your son will be with us whether you like it or not." Psyllic promised. "Pressner it is time you relieve her."
Watching Pressner come steadily forward Tenn kept begging him with her eyes not to do it. "Please Pressner. This is our smeet. Don't you care at all about us?"
Psyllic and Elias were watching as the little female kept cowering under Pressner as he descended upon her. "This'll be good." Elias murmured out in a slight whisper.
Tenn stumbled backwards but at least regained her balance very quickly. "I thought you loved us." She spoke so softly as she decided to prepare her pak legs to launch at him. It was hard to think about injuring him, but this was her smeet she needed to protect.
Watching her stumble again and start to fall back more this time, Pressner took the opportunity to grab her by wrapping his arm around her waist before quickly turning towards Psyllic. "Contract revoked." He stated firmly and conclusively as he took Tenn and their newborn into the Void.
Elias's eyes bulged at seeing him disappear. "What just happened?" Though his actions said he was shocked his voice sounded calm.
Slanting his eyes some, Psyllic growled. "Pressner ruined his reputation." He said like it explained so much more that was going on in the Universe today.
Pressner immediately placed a protective shield around his home to keep his family safe before he even deposited Tenn gently to the ground. "Please forgive my ruse, but it needed to be done."
Tenn felt a bit at ease as she relaxed herself. "You revoked your contract. Why?"
Kissing her mouth, Pressner smiled at her. "You and Novem are far more important to me." Kissing his son he smiled At Novem smiling at him. "I placed a protective barrier around here but I am unsure of how long it will hold it they are that serious in obtaining our son."
"Where are you going off to?" Tenn held onto his hand.
"To help stop something, my beloved." Pressner vanished away to emerge next to Tak and a tired Jack. Giving a pointed look over to Zim who questioned him silently he quickly removed Tak away from what they were doing. "Rest." He spoke gently.
Dib's eyes were still blazing red feeling the strangeness of having his hand latch onto his own. "Tenn?"
"Safe in the void for now. I cancelled my contract. Now less talking and more destroying." Pressner placed the strongest hold with his powers due to far more practice with it than the others.
Above the surface the serpent was reeling back as a part of its tail was beginning to fall apart. Skoodge's brow furrowed as he noted that while the Armada was temporarily protected from the Plegerins from invading their ships, the surface wasn't. He alerted Irk of the danger there.