Disclaimer I do not own Invader Zim in any capacity.
The Irken Armada is known for quite a lot of things. None of them are good. One of the main things that their known for is thier disliking and borderline discrimination towards shorter irkens.
Which if you think about is weirder than most of us here would like to admit. Cause the best quality of anything is the shortest version that you can find.
Not always is that the case but it could be like that and you'd never know. Point being size is subjective to some people. Weird preference if you ask me.
Though The Tallest could care less about any of that. Cause if your not tall you can consider yourself an outcast to other irkens. The shorter ones almost have it worse than defectives.
Key word being almost cause to my knowledge shorter irkens aren't killed or publicly deactivated. At least not to my knowledge cause I wouldn't know the exact numbers if any.
Though one irken managed to avoid most of the hate. One irken who we have seen before in both a feared and and cheerful manner inside the show.
Invader Skoodge the calm and mostly brave irken accomplished things that nobody expected him to do. Given the planet Blorch after The Tallest were displeased with his size he managed to fight through and conquer it.
He had managed to prove to himself and others that he could do great things despite his height. When he went to The Tallest to share what he did he..didn't get the results he had hoped for.
They looked at what he did and laughed hysterically on the inside. It showed after they tricked the gullible invader into a cannon and shot him into the planet hoping he would die.
Skoodge survived yet again and went on to do more missions. Most of which no ordinary person would do but he did and passed them all with the hopes of gaining the respect of The Tallest.
Which if you ask anybody but The Tallest then they would mostly say that nothing was wrong with that. Though some of his peers were utterly disgusted at the fact that he survived.
Not much happened after we last saw him and seeing as we're here he is clearly alive. Who knows his luck might have turned around? It didn't and you'll soon see how.
Join me as we continue on our journey into the world of Invader Zim. Cause I promise you that it'll be an experience unlike any you've seen before.
We begin our story on The Massive where we see Invader Skoodge giving himself a pep talk before he goes and greets The Tallest. Those two can surely switch over to being intimidating when they feel like doing so.
Though they choose to be less intimidating cause they don't see it as necessary. Believe me when they want to they can be intimidating if they feel it's necessary.
Are they in that mood today..I have absolutely no idea I am not a mind reader. Moving on they both decided to demand the invader show up to The Massive.
To an irken as short as Skoodge this could be either great or terrible. He was hoping that the first would be the case. Though knowing his luck that doesn't seem likely.
Also giving the rough relationship that we have seen before I don't see it being good. The Tallest like mentioned before can be as hateful to him as they want and no other irken would care.
Like they literally shot him out of a cannon in hopes that it would kill him. That and he was brought to tears knowing that he was being given the planet Blorch.
Which is a reasonable response to being told that. I can't imagine being excited about being given that place as a mission. Though that didn't matter as he fought through it.
"Don't panic this is fine. "Don't do anything stupid Skoodge. He continues to give himself a pep talk in hopes to avoid doing anything stupid.
"You ready? "The Tallest already have a lot on their mind. "They killed yet another therapist that was sent for them. A random irken says annoyed at what Skoodge was doing.
The Tallest and everybody else on The Massive are still in the process of intense psychological restoration. In basic terms therapy is what I am trying to get at.
While in The Florpus they saw things HORRIBLE THINGS! Most of the staff on The Massive had to be reprogrammed due to them being so far gone.
The Tallest have gotten all the best treatment as usual. When their not executing therapists for being useless they live life as usual. The Tallest made it known that whoever did that to them would.
Hm it says here they would die a million smillon long excruciatingly painful deaths. Interesting to say the least. Your probably wondering how they survived and escaped?
The answer nobody on The Massive knows all they remember was blacking out then waking up on Irk with The Massive parked on the ground.
The rest as they say is history. "Uh yeah I was only motivating myself. "It's not everyday The Tallest request to speak with you face to face. Skoodge responds to The Irken Soldier smiling.
After a brief silence Skoodge looks up at the door to where The Tallest were at. "Ok I am ready. "I can do this. "This won't be as bad as your making it seem so go on and stop trying to stall.
Skoodge says after shaking off any nervousness that he was feeling in the moment. That was until the irken next to him interrupted his pep talk.
"Then get going. "We don't want The Tallest to be kept waiting any longer. After silently agreeing the invader enters the room with the same confidence he's always shown.
The Tallest stared back in disappointment as Skoodge entered the room. Although they had to play up an act so that didn't have to deal with any issues besides being next to him.
"Greetings My Tallest. "It is an honor to once again be in your presence. "I heard that you have an issue that you needed somebody like me to get rid of.
"Which in that case you'll have nothing to worry about. "Though hopefully there isn't any sort of being shot into a planet type task that I need to do.
"Cause the time in the hospital was almost not worth the risk. "Though it needed to be done in order to continue our hopes for universal conquest.
Skoodge stands there and awaits for either Red or Purple to respond. Instead he gets a confused look from Purple before Red reluctantly responds.
"There is no need to worry about that. "Besides you somehow surviving all that's been thrown your way recently is quite..interesting to say the least.
"He's right I can't believe you've survived all the obstacles that were in your way. Purple says in a sarcastic tone. Skoodge on the other didn't seem to notice the sarcasm at all.
"Thank you My Tallest. "Once I heard you needed to speak with me I flew here as quick as I could. "If you don't mind me asking what is it that you needed me for.
"Whatever details you can give would benefit me greatly. "Though if you wish to challenge me than that I would be ok with that as well. Skoodge says being as excited and full of cheer.
The Tallest on the other hand both let out a sigh of disappointment which Skoodge again either didn't notice or didn't care. Red breaks the awkward silence beginning to build inside the room.
"Look we know that your eager to get started. "I am more than excited. "It's not everyday that an irken gets to share the same room as you. "Yes we know it's quite an experience.
Purple said while holding his hand over his face trying not to laugh. "Which given your history we have decided to give you a mission that will truly test your.."skill".
"What he means by that is there is a certain somebody we want silenced. Purple adds back in while continuing to try and act nice towards Skoodge. "I can do that no worries.
"All I need is a name and a location and it will be done. Red proceeds to give a command to the irkens in the room. "Pull up his profile on the main computer.
All of the irkens in the room started typing away on their screens before it shows a face of a man on an even bigger screen. So many screens in the room made it look like a lot more organized that you think.
His face looked a little messed up with a couple of small scars on the side of right eye. He had weird shaped ears that looked like they were inverted human ears.
In terms of clothing he was wearing a brown jacket with torn black cargo like pants. I say that cause even though it clearly isn't I don't feel like spending hours thinking of a space type substitute for cargo pants.
Finishing touches include black boots and a belt with KX on it in case you didn't know who he was. He was a decent enough height but nowhere near The Tallest's height
"This is Kalaq Lertsmon. "He's your mission objective. "He is to be silenced without hesitation. "Your mission is to kill him or bring him here so that we can kill him.
"What exactly did he do? "Cause I don't recall hearing about him at all? Skoodge says curiously asking Red about Kalaq. "Don't worry about what he did.
"All there is to know is that he is to be taken care of as soon as possible. Purple answers the question for his fellow tallest. The screen transitions to some information about Kalaq.
Name:Kalaq Lertsmon
Occupation:Scavenger/Craftsman
Wanted For:Theft..Extortion..Armed Robbery Resulting In Death..Resisting Arrest.
Used to associate with a group of other criminals.
Slight chance for him to be incapable of having a usable brain.
Rumored to be working with The Resisty.
Reward For Arrest:750.000 monies alive or dead.
Skoodge looked at this and thought a lot about this guy. Kalaq had quite the commendable record on him. None of this intimidated Skoodge in the slightest.
Ok it might scare him a little but not as bad as you think it does "He seems like quite the threat. "A threat that I am more than willing to take on for you My Tallest.
Both Tallest Red and Purple start laughing at Skoodge's comment clearly finding humor in what he said. Skoodge understandably was confused at what they were laughing at.
"What exactly are we laughing at My Tallest? "Him..a threat. "He's nothing more than a mindless thug. Red says after he was finished laughing not taking what the invader said seriously.
"Yeah the only reason he's lasted this long is we were playing the same absurd games he's played with us. Purple adds after Red had finished insulting Kalaq.
"Is that the reason you want him silenced? "No in fact that would be because he's spread lies and misinformation about us. "Which isn't funny at all.
"That and we have rumors that say he's in cahoots with The Resisty.. "Yeah and we all know how much of a pain that they have turned into.
"So humor aside your to get rid of him or you can choose to bring him us. "What if he isn't alone?. "Bring them in to..your choice. "Who knows it could bring us one step closer to getting rid of those losers once and for all.
"Where exactly is Kalaq? "We have had scouts track his location to the planet Teros. "There is nowhere left for that slanderous rebel to hide. "I'll have this mission done in no time My Tallest.
"Great then get going. Skoodge proudly salutes The Tallest before leaving the room. Purple looked to make sure that Skoodge was gone before heading back over to his fellow tallest.
"Is he gone? "Yes. "Finally. Red said after a sigh of relief "I know did you hear how confident he was trying to be? "It was depressing. "Yeah it was pretty upsetting.
"Say do you mind if I ask you a question? Purple said with an cheerful look on his face. "What? "You don't actually think he can bring him to us do you?
"Of course not. "Which is exactly the reason I arranged for a more capable soldier we can trust to take care of them both. "Who? Purple responded as one of his antennas perked up with curiosity.
"Seriously? "Uh yes cause I have no idea "That one elite solider. "The one we don't fully hate. "Your going to need to be specific cause that could mean anyone.
"The one who interrogated that one Resisty member we found last week. "Do you have any idea how many people we tortured in the last week? "It's the one with the scar that you make fun of.
"Ok I think I know who your talking about. "Was it..no that guy is dead and the other one is to stupid for us to tolerate. Purple says while trying to think of who the soldier was.
"I got it..it's uh..what was his name again? "Likoa. "Yeah that's it. "I like that guy. "He knows how to get the job done right. "Also think that scar makes him look funny.
"Remember when we told him to break that prisoners fingers one at a time? "Man that wasn't easy to watch. Red looks annoyed after that statement before responding to Purple.
"Yes I also remember you told him to try and break his legs. "Man that took forever to get the results that we wanted. "I was getting more and more frustrated as it went on
"I know it amazed me how strong his legs were. "Look we're getting off topic. Red says getting annoyed at Purple for changing the topic. "The point is we are finally going to get rid of him.
"Then what? "We go back to finding and erasing The Resisty from our life's. "Ok. "Until then let's relax and wait for him to get rid of them. "Yeah we could do that.
"Though we could also send him over to Zim? "That would only would make him wonder what's going on. "Then he won't stop asking until we tell him. Red tries and explains to Purple while keeping his cool.
"Got it. "Couldn't we make things easier and tell Zim about his mission. "NO! Red says in a panicked tone that startled everybody that was in the room. "Geez ok never mind.
"Do you know how stupid that would be of us to do? "Yes but I figured you wouldn't shout that at me at the top of your lungs. "We finally got rid of Zim and you want to try and ruin that.
"Your saying he'd want revenge if we told him. "Possibly. "That and he's the reason Spork and Myuki are dead. Red says at Purple while looking irritated beyond repair.
"Having him on Earth prevents us from potentially having the same fate. "Fine my bad. "Ok good. "Then what do we do while he is out dealing with his "mission".
"We in the meantime are going to try and focus on other things while this is being taken care of. "Ok then let's go and relax. "Sometimes you worry me. "I know.
Both Red and Purple proceed to go and relax and try to get thier mind off of Skoodge and Kalaq and hope that the soldier they hand picked can make them proud.
Time's passed by quickly or at least for Skoodge after he met up with The Tallest. He had eventually made it to the planet Teros after about an hour of flying.
Not much of interest as he flew threw space in the hopes of finally making The Tallest proud of him. Though because of his height that'll never end up being the case.
He did make it to Teros in one piece which was a good start to his mission. Skoodge was real hopeful that he would get through this mission without any major issues.
There weren't any issues for him on Blorch cause of reasons that I feel don't need to be explained. It was quite dangerous but he managed to push through despite the large amount of fear he had beforehand.
Teros on the other hand was a planet that resembles a middle of road type in terms of tech and manpower. It also relies heavily on the mining of distinct black metal.
Basically this metal/rock (yes it's both of them) is used as part of their function as a society. Without they would for lack of better terms be struggling to maintain themselves.
The only issue is that this is a real challenge to mine as one wrong step and the things are basically useless props. Granite they can use and somewhat thrive without it but the metal rock is their crutch as people would say.
Inhabitants of this planet have a strong bond with each other. Long story short their is quite a lack of criminals here due to not many people seeing a point of being one there.
As for the planets relationship with The Tallest. It uh could be better than it is. A confusing relationship is how I would best describe it without making it sound stupid.
The leaders of this planet have on multiple occasions denounced The Tallest's actions and on some even praised them for what they've done.
Which leads to an interesting topic amongst the inhabitants of the planet. They don't know if their friends with them or not but not like The Tallest care about that at all.
Let's say that they have quite the love hate relationship with each other. (mainly hate) Skoodge wasn't focusing on any of the issues that The Tallest had with the leadership on Teros.
No it wasn't that he was focusing on it was Kalaq. The only issue he had was how he was going to find him. He didn't know where to look first cause he could be anywhere.
There was no point in asking around as he wouldn't get any answers from anybody willing to give him tips to where he was. With the up and down relationship Irk and Teros had he was on his own for this one.
"This is Teros. The invader said in awe at what he was seeing. "It's amazing what people outside of The Armada are capable of. Skoodge says in a positive tone at his surroundings.
"Focus Skoodge you have a mission to do. He says trying to get himself back into focusing on his "mission" "Where do I even start searching? "Hopefully I don't have time spend to much time searching for him.
"If only I knew where he was hiding at. "From what I was told he's still on this planet. "Though that still leaves where he is at up to me to find out.
"Think Skoodge this is for The Tallest. Skoodge says after he lands his ship at the entrance at some marketplace. He exits the ship and heads into it in hopes of finding what he's looking for.
There was a crowd of people that were looking at Skoodge when he walked in. Weird thing about it was they were either looking at him and had a look of anger while others applauded him.
It was these mixed reactions that confused him more than anything here. He felt a little creeped out about how they were reacting to him being there.
Which he tried to put aside in hopes of trying to find Kalaq. He hopes that it will work in order for him to focus on his quote on quote mission that he was given.
After about an hour of looking through the place he had found nothing. There were parts that were crowded and other where you could see organized lines all over the place.
"Great what am I going to do? Skoodge thought to himself as he makes his way through the crowds of people. This is the last thing he need in his way of trying to make The Tallest proud of him.
Eventually he sees two nearby merchants at thier stand minding their own business..literally. Skoodge walks up and asks him about Kalaq in hopes that they would give an answer.
"Sorry to bother but do either of by some chance know a Kalaq Lertsmon. "Cause I am looking to speak with him. He asks the merchants hoping that they would answer.
The merchants looked at him nervously before turning away without saying a word. It was like they thought Skoodge was about to torture them or something.
They said nothing and walked away while looking confused at the sight of the invader "So much for that I guess. He had hoped that he at least would get a hint of where to look.
Which wasn't the case for him but he moved on from that. Skoodge though is nothing if not persistent so he kept his head up and continued his search.
Looking in the crowd wasn't an option as one he could get lost. Two he would be searching forever to find him amongst that crowd. No he would have to search elsewhere before trying out the crowd.
If only those merchants were more willing to give any information. Which wasn't the case as they might have ignored Skoodge anyways because he was an irken.
He might not have done anything to these people and it isn't under irken authority but none of that mattered. These people were not going to give him a kind greeting or at least some of them wouldn't.
The invader kept on pushing through this though. It wasn't in his best interests to let the potential aggression get to him in any type of way.
When he went to turn and leave the market he sees an interesting figure standing by a merchants stand. The Figure he saw looked familiar to him almost like he's seen him once before.
Thinking back to the records he was shown, he was able to confirm that it was Kalaq. Not like he is hiding a secret twin somewhere or something.
"Huh that was a lot easier than I expected. Skoodge said to himself as he stared at Kalaq who was relaxing and talking to another figure. It was unknown to Skoodge who the other figure was but that wasn't his priority.
That was about to change as Skoodge headed towards him. He didn't seem to notice Skoodge getting closer to him as the other figure walked away from Kalaq.
"Sorry to bother but are you..Kalaq Lertsmon? Skoodge asks while in a firm demanding tone. "Who needs to know? Kalaq says not wasting anytime responding to the question.
"I do and I'll have you know it's a good thing I found you when I could. "What are you a cop? "If you'd look at me you would know. Kalaq turns and looks to see Skoodge staring at him in an annoyed manner.
"Do you still wish to ignore my question? Skoodge says keeping that firm tone in his voice. Kalaq looks at him still in an annoyed manner before reluctantly giving a response.
"So what your an irken. "It's not like that's rare on this planet. "I am more than that. "Let me guess your here cause you have an order or something.
"You can say that. "A order given to an invader. "The Tallest have low expectations for you don't they? "No in fact they've sent me here to silence you. "You mean arrest me?
"Yes and no. "No offense but you'd have a better chance of being mauled by animals and surviving than to do that. "I'll have you know that I have survived that.
"Knowing that I'd suggest you do us both a favor and surrender for your own good. "You being serious? Kalaq says after an awkward pause that would fill a room..if they were in one.
"Yes and it'd be in your best interest to surrender. "The Tallest have sent me here to get rid of you. "I figured it'd be better to bring you to them in order for them to get information out of you.
"Fine with me then. Kalaq proceeds to put his hands together seemingly surrendering without a fight. This obviously confuses Skoodge who has no idea what's happening.
"Go on then cuff me. "Wait your serious? "Yeah believe it or not I don't want any trouble. "Your giving up without a fight? "What other reason would I be doing this?
"I figured you wouldn't be willing to accept your punishment so willingly. "It's better to surrender peacefully than to cause any unnecessary issues.
"Ok..then I guess our next stop is The Massive. "I guess it is then. Skoodge goes to grab and cuff Kalaq only to be punched in the face and be sent to the ground.
Kalaq starts to run into the crowd leaving Skoodge to stare back in frustration. He couldn't believe that he actually managed to trick him like that and choose to run.
We see him get back up without any hesitation and tries to shake off what happened. He gives chase not wasting any time to go after him to prevent him from escaping.
It wasn't easy to see through a large crowd of people that were shopping and minding thier own business. Skoodge ignored that and looked around for any sign of where he was going and for where he could've went.
"Looking for me? Kalaq says in a confident type tone as Skoodge still struggled to locate him. "All the training in the world and yet your still having issues.
"Quit hiding and show yourself!? "I am up here. Kalaq says while on an upper level platform. "I knew those two were going to send a soldier after me. "I didn't think they'd be as gullible like you.
"You tricked me. "Not my fault you fell for it. Kalaq says as he continues to insult Skoodge runs into another building. He manages to end up luckily seeing an opening in the crowd.
He quickly runs through the opening and heads up to the upper platform with his pak legs. Skoodge then sprints into the same building after Kalaq continuing to chase after him.
The building that the two were in was some kind of art museum. It's been five minutes and Skoodge was still looking around the huge museum for any sign of Kalaq.
He'd eventually get his wish once he walked into a room full of statues. They were statues in this room of known celebrities to the leaders of Teros.
Kalaq is heard shouting in the distance towards Skoodge but is still out of eyesight. Not really something that he was a fan of hearing knowing what his "mission" is asking of him.
"Persistent are you? He says while still insulting the invader. "Your going to regret choosing to run. "Sure I will. Kalaq says as he kept running from Skoodge.
As for the statues they were some top quality stuff. It took quite a long time to make them though. This was due to there being such a high demand to see them.
The Tallest even had statues here though not everyone on Teros was pleased with that choice. Skoodge was walking past these statues and even quickly saluted as he ran by the one of The Tallest.
These statues were even life size which is both cool and disturbing at the same time. Moving on from that we can see that Skoodge had lost sight of Kalaq.
"KALAQ..where are you? "Stop hiding and show yourself. He was hoping to get an answer from Kalaq would insult him as that would at least tell him where to go.
Skoodge didn't get an answer which irritated him cause he thought he had Kalaq earlier. That would've been the case if he didn't trick him into thinking he surrendered.
Room after room that he went into had no traces of Kalaq in it. It was a public building that had some tourists and soldiers in it but none of them would prove useful.
Nothing was going how Skoodge had hoped it would go. The more he looked the more determined he became on finding out where he was hiding.
Which normally an irken like Skoodge would give up and be ashamed if a "mission" like this was failed. Though as we have established Skoodge is nothing if not persistent.
As he went through the building he kept getting nothing in terms of finding where he was hiding which had angered him. Eventually there wasn't anybody else in there besides him and Kalaq.
Not like anybody would have given Skoodge any tips on where he would be in the first place. That would change though and not for the better as most would think.
Part of him hoped that Kalaq would surrender when he finds him again. Skoodge though doubted that he'd give up after the stunt he pulled off earlier.
"Your only making this worse on yourself. It didn't matter what kind of threats he made. They were heard on deaf ears so there was no point in trying that.
There was one last room that he went to look through. He was hoping that Kalaq would be in here cause if he wasn't then he would have lost him.
Which is the last result any irken especially an invader would want. The Tallest don't take very kindly to a lot and failure was one of many things they hate.
"KALAQ! "There..is nowhere left to hide. "Get out here or..I'll open this door cause it's unlocked. There was like before no response from Kalaq in any capacity.
"Fine be like that but there really is nowhere left for you to hide. Skoodge goes ahead and opens the door and heads inside. The light was dim but you were still able to see where you were going.
Skoodge looked around the decent sized room for Kalaq. He was also being real careful on where he was going cause if he was in here than he could be anywhere.
If there was one thing Skoodge didn't want it would be to get attacked from behind by Kalaq. Which would most definitely make him fail his "mission".
His train of thought was brought to a halt as he heard what sounding silent shouting. "Quit hiding and show yourself? There was silence as the shouting abruptly stopped.
"Enough of the games. "If your hiding in here than show yourself. Instead of getting a clear answer he instead gets more of the silent shouting.
When Skoodge turned the corner he sees..Kalaq cuffed and unconscious. "Huh? "Who did this? He said to himself as he saw him lying there motionless as he said this to himself.
It could be that he was trying to break out of the cuffs he was in to no avail. He could've been knocked out by some unknown figure who chose to tie him up and hide him in this room.
He wouldn't have to wait long for his answer as a metal rod hit him in the back of the head. The hit however knocks him down but he was still up.
Skoodge was unable to keep going after a second hit as he falls to the ground again. At least with Kalaq he didn't get knocked out and was able to get back up.
The invader does manage to see a figure heading over to Kalaq as he was slowly fading into unconsciousness. He almost couldn't believe what he had seen.
The Figure in question was an irken who was inaudibly speaking to Kalaq. In the meantime Skoodge was trying to shake off what had happened to him.
Who knows this could've been a mistake and the irken didn't mean to hit him. All he needed to do was get up and get an explanation out the irken that was doing this.
He had made it to one knee before he was hit upside the face twice sending him fully into unconsciousness. Though it was obvious to us who the irken was Skoodge and Kalaq would soon find this out the hard way.
Something tells me that i won't go how Skoodge wanted his day to go. Let us see what exactly happens that way you have more context to the story.
Skoodge had zero idea what had happened after being hit across the face with that rod. The only thing he knew for sure is that whoever did that to him was irken.
Whatever would make an irken attack one of it's own confused him. None of it made any sense to him. Hopefully this was a big misunderstanding that could be easily resolved.
Skoodge wanted to know but he also felt like he wasn't going to get much of an answer or if he did then he wouldn't like it. When he had woke up he took a second to observe his surroundings.
He came to the realization that he was cuffed and in some type of ship. This confused him even more than he already was until a voice is heard in front of him.
Turns out it was an irken ship so that at least puts his mind somewhat at ease. That was until he hears the voice that got his attention. It was less than friendly towards the cuffed invader.
"Look who finally decided to wake up. The voice belonged to the irken who cuffed Skoodge and Kalaq. Or to be honest if you didn't already know it was Likoa.
Should I have kept the suspense..yes I should have. Though I am not a patient person as clearly shown by not letting the proper suspense build.
He stared at Skoodge who went to go and try and get an answer from him. This didn't go as he wanted it to go..like how the rest of his mission went.
"Hey look uh I think this is some sort of misunderstanding. "Cause you seemed to have me binded to this chair. "If you don't mind letting me go that way we can talk about this.
"Misunderstanding you say? "Yes cause I was given orders to get rid of Kalaq. "Don't worry I know. "Then what are you doing this for? "I've been given orders of my own to get rid of Kalaq and a troublesome irken.
"Uh is that troublesome irken me? "Funny you say that. "Cause the irken in question is in fact you. "That can't be. "Is that because The Tallest gave you an order earlier today.
"Yes and how do you know that? "I have my ways of getting information. "What do you mean? "I have the honor of being given this information by The Tallest themselves.
"That still doesn't explain you binding me in this chair. "You want a hint? "A hint. "Yes a hint seeing how your clearly clueless. "Sure you can't tell me what I am doing binded here.
"No. "Guess I'll take the hint. "Great. "Alright Skoodge I want you to tell me. "What is one thing that an irken like you are? "Uh an invader? "That's real clever. "Thanks?
"Playing stupid might be a strength for some but it's not for you. "Look whatever this is I promise it's a misunderstanding. "It's anything but that.
"Ok but can you at least tell me your name? "No. "Besides your not going to be alive much longer to be able to use it. "Is that a threat? "Not much of a threat.
"It's more like a guarantee. "What are you even doing this for? "You don't need to worry about that. "No offense but seeing how another irken tied me up inside thier ship I feel like I am owed an explanation.
Likoa proceeds to drive a small knife into Skoodge's knee. This of course sends the invader into a lot of pain as that tends to hurt a lot.
The knife might've not been that big but was strong enough to go through part of his knee. proceeds to get in Skoodge's face before responding to what he asked of him.
"Your not owed anything Skoodge. "So I'd suggest staying quiet for the rest of our trip. "If not then I'll have no issues going to another part of your body and driving this knife through that.
"Or do I have to go and put a rope over your mouth like I did to him. Skoodge turned to see that did in fact cover Kalaq's mouth shut with some type of rope.
"If I were you I'd pray that I don't get out. Kalaq says through the rope with anger that didn't go unnoticed. "If anybody should pray out of anybody here it's you.
"With all that you've done you should be the one scared. "In fact you should be scared out of your mind of what The Tallest will do to you. "Bite me. Likoa ignored that comment and went right back to Skoodge.
"You Skoodge on the other hand seems to think your being a good little soldier. "Doing everything that The Tallest want you to do without question or fault.
"We all see you do these things in the hopes of earning thier respect. "You run around saying your an invader but are only one because The Tallest pity irkens like you.
"You keep doing everything in your power to make them care about what you do but it fails. "It amazes me you don't realize that. "That can't be..they sent..me here to get rid of Kalaq.
"Only because you've survived Blorch and being launched out of a cannon. "Nevermind all the other things they had you do in the hopes that you'd stop making them look stupid.
"The fact that you go around clueless as to how they feel about you. "Then you stand there looking like an idiot while The Tallest laugh at you for thinking you'd ever get their respect.
"Face it Skoodge..people like you will never get respect from anybody. "Not from me not from The Tallest not from anybody. Skoodge tried to hit Likoa but couldn't cause you know he was binded to the chair.
"Go ahead and try and hit me. "It'll get you nowhere. "Your a liar. "Denial one of the many things irkens like you use to feel good about the sorry excuse of a life you live.
"How about you do me a favor and stay quiet. "We've almost arrived at The Massive. Likoa turns back and leaves looking confident at what he was able to do both Skoodge and Kalaq.
He turns and heads back over to pilot the ship to The Massive. Not before making one last comment towards Skoodge and Kalaq. In his mind this was over but who is he to say that the story ends here.
"Once we're there both of you will be locked away and executed. "So do try and enjoy what little remains of your lives. Likoa says all the while not even looking back at his captives.
"This is far from over. "Whatever you say Kalaq. "Your words mean nothing cause it's not going to change anything. The door to the room they were in closes leaving them alone.
Skoodge couldn't believe what he had heard. There was no way any of what was said to him was how The Tallest really felt about him in any capacity.
None of this could be what they thought of him. Though no matter how much he wanted to deny it he couldn't. Did The Tallest really feel that way about him.
Would they actually lie to him and give him this mission to get rid of him. It felt like his whole way of life was ruined and there was nothing he could do to change it.
There wasn't much he could feel in this current situation except depression. His moping was only interrupted by his pained breathing after the knife hit his leg.
There was another thing interrupting his moping and train of thought. Which of course was Kalaq who was seemingly trying to talk through the rope over his mouth.
"Psst hey. Kalaq whispers over to Skoodge who was still busy trying to process what said and did to him. "Psst hey. Kalaq persists and asks again hoping to get a response.
"What do you want? "I need you to get us out of here. "How do you expect me to do that? "Use that fancy backpack of yours. "There's no point in even doing that.
"Seriously quit the moping act and get us out of here quickly. "It's not a moping act. "You wouldn't understand. "I was basically told everything I've devoted my whole life to isn't appreciated.
"Believe me far worse things are going to end up happening if we don't get out of here. "Good there's part of me that feels like I deserve it. "You know if I could slap sense into you I would.
"Even if I tried there is one issue with me doing that..we're tied up. Kalaq said as loud as he could with the rope around his mouth. "You getting mad isn't doing us any good either.
"Sorry it's that you know The Tallest don't exactly have the best reputation of being people that treat prisoners well. "Didn't you try slandering them?
"Again sorry but I did that in hopes that they'd stop arresting and or torturing innocent people who they think work for us. "You referring to The Resisty?
"No I was referencing a boy band. "Who do you think? "He might let us go if you tell him where thier hiding. "Not happening and besides that's not going to work.
"Yeah your right. An automated speaker is then heard in the distance outside talking to Likoa. "Attention arriving at destination The Massive in five minutes.
"You going to use that fancy backpack. "Cause if you don't then we're going to die. "I don't know. "Look didn't he said The Tallest won't respect you cause of what you are to them.
"Yeah your point being? "If we can get out of here and survive than you'd prove them wrong. "I guess your right. "Fine I'll do it. "Great hurry up before he finds out what we're plotting.
Skoodge proceeds to shoot a laser out of one of the pak legs. It destroyed the cuffs with ease as he stands up. He then tears the knife out of his leg While it hurt it didn't hurt as much as when Likoa stabbed him with it.
"Great untie me quickly. Skoodge goes and repeats the same process and manages to also take the rope out of his mouth and uncuff him that way they can escape.
"What's next? "We make sure we don't get you know executed. "How exactly do we do that? "By getting rid of the coward that's piloting this ship.
"You make that sound easier than it is. "Never said it was going to be easy. "That's how it sounded from my end. "Arguing like this isn't going to get us anywhere.
"So let's get going. "Ok but I still don't know if I can do this. "Is this worth even trying? "What do you mean? "We literally went through the reasons for you to keep going.
"I know but it's I've done so much to try and make them respect and feel proud of my work. "It's like my brain can't fully process what's happening.
"Look I can't say I know exactly how you feel but this is the time for you to prove them wrong. Skoodge hesitates for some time before responding to Kalaq.
"Ok I'll do it but I don't see us going far. "Ok good let's get going. Kalaq says as he kicks the door open and throws Skoodge inside the room ahead in front of him.
"Could you at least give me a heads up if your doing that? "No time trying not to die. Not even five seconds after walking out of that room Kalaq is instantly thrown back into it.
He then slams into the window and cracks it slightly but somehow doesn't break it. "What did you honestly think that I wouldn't notice you two trying to escape?
"No I figured you'd be busy being thier puppet to notice. "That's real clever of you Kalaq. "It's like you think words like that will prevent them from using you to find the rest of The Resisty.
"Nothing they do to me will make me break anyway. "Which is exactly what makes them want you dead. "Fine then do your worse errand boy. "If that's what you want then fine by me.
Right as Likoa was going to head over and do something to Kalaq he was brought to a stop. This was due to Skoodge driving the knife into Likoa's back with as much force as he could.
Likoa knocks the invader back but it doesn't stop the pain from shooting up his whole body. He falls forward right into a punch from Kalaq which stuns him.
"Am I still weak? Skoodge says with a little bit more confidence than he did earlier. "Attention arriving at destination The Massive. The automated speaker says interrupting his train of thought.
"Quick take this. Kalaq then throws the rope that was used to tie them up at Skoodge. "What exactly do you want me to do. "Hurry up and tie his hands.
Skoodge goes to tie him up without any further hesitation. "You..think..this will work? Likoa says struggling to finish his sentence due to the pain caused by the knife.
They eventually end tying up Likoa with the irken unable to get out of these bindings. "What's next? "Let me handle this. "Could you at least tell me what your going to do.
Kalaq doesn't respond but instead opens up the ship and sends Likoa flying out of it. He quickly goes and grabs the door and tries to slam it shut.
Skoodge instinctively goes and tries and pull Kalaq back in but Kalaq get's back in on his own. With the door shut they head to the seats in front and fly off before the ship makes it to any position to be beamed in.
"What did you do? "Don't worry. "Buckle up we're not in the clear yet. "Do you have any idea what you did? "If they didn't want us dead before they most certainly have a reason after that.
"Relax it'll be fine. "No it won't. "Look calm down and I'll get us out of here alive. Skoodge thought he couldn't believe what he was told earlier but this he most definitely couldn't believe.
"Doesn't seem like thier chasing us. You sure? "I don't know mind checking? "No it doesn't look like it. Skoodge says after looking around outside the area of the ship
"Ok then we're clear. "You sure? "I'd hope so cause you'd be a liar if we weren't. "Well seeing that you killed an irken right front of a fleet of other irkens I'd say you'd given them more of a reason to want you dead.
"Look it'll be fine like I said. Kalaq quickly starts typing away on the built in computer in the ship. "What are you even doing? "Calling in a pickup for us to get out of here and hide.
"Who are you calling? "You'll see. Skoodge ignores that comment and heads to the co pilots seat. For awhile he could somewhat rest easy hopefully without any other issues.
Two hours of flying through space left the two tired but Kalaq kept going. Until he randomly stopped the ship abruptly in the middle of nowhere.
"This where we need to be for our pickup? "Correct. "Do you mind telling me who's picking us up. "It's better if they tell you themselves. "What does that even mean?
Right as Skoodge was going to ask another question a ship flys up next to the ship they took from Likoa. It wasn't any random ship though as it was revealed to be The Resisty's ship.
A random alien then speaks over a speaker towards the two. "Kalaq your alive..and in an irken ship with another irken. "It's quite the long story Lenny.
"Do you mind letting us in? "What? "Do you mind telling me what you think your doing? "Giving you a place to stay giving as your pretty much a defective.
"Kalaq I don't know if Lard is going to take kindly to an irken being on board. "Especially after what happened last time "I know and I'll talk to him later about it. "So uh can you let us in?
"I don't know what your doing but I don't want to go with you..no offense. "Fine by me but where else are you going to go? "Your not mad that I don't want to go with you?
"Not at all. "Your kinda your own man seeing that your defective. "Yeah I guess your right. "I do know one place I can go where they won't find me.
"Where is that? "Some place called Earth. "I have history with an irken over there that would let me stay with him. "Besides he might need some extra hands with whatever mission he's on.
"Sounds great then. "Lard can rest easy Lenny he's not going. "Good cause I would not want to be next to Lard if he found out what you were doing.
"Wait what's that..he heard the conversation. "Great here we go again. "KALAQ! "Your out of your mind wanting an irken on board after what happened with Daqon.
The Resisty leader angrily shouts through the speaker. "You can relax yourself he doesn't want to get on board. "Right then get in here quickly in case this is some trap.
"Can do. "Is he always like that? "Yeah The Tallest don't make it any better for him. "Well it's been nice knowing you Skoodge. "Uh thanks..you to.
"Thank you for also kinda saving my life back there. "Your welcome and thank you for kinda sorta motivating me to fight through after what he told me.
"Anytime and say if that Earth thing doesn't work out be sure to give us a call. "I'll think about it. "Better than nothing I guess. Kalaq stands up and puts on some fancy breathing mask.
The back door of The Resisty's Ship opens up and Kalaq floats into the ship without any further interruptions. Skoodge proceeds to wave goodbye before flying off to Earth.
"I hope Zim will be more welcoming than The Resisty's Leader. "I think his name was Lard or something. "He doesn't seem to like me which is understandable I guess.
"Lets hope things on Earth will go better for me. Skoodge says to himself as he starts his trip to Earth to reunite with his friend and fellow Invader Zim.
We transition to what looks like a prison of some sorts. There we see a couple of guards doing their normal patrol routes. "Say did your hear the word going around?
"No should I? "I try my best to avoid that type of stuff. "Well your going to want to hear this. "What? "Qeot's apparently on Prisoner 777's case for something that he did.
"For what that vortian isn't exactly a troublemaker. "Right but rumor is he's been giving info and blueprints for top secret equipment to Zim. "Don't The Tallest hate him?
"Yeah so when he heard these rumors going around he was not pleased. "Cause if The Tallest are mad than we all have to pay. "Hopefully that doesn't end up happening.
"With you on that. "Well we've done our routes for the day. "Great we can relax and let others put up with these guys. The two guards leave to relax off a day of being a guard.
In case your curious yes Likoa manages to survive although he will soon have to explain himself. Thank you for enjoying and again do feel to leave a review like always if you want.
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