Family

Chapter 497 Green Leader

By: Major144

Disclaimer: I don't own anything. This is just a story for fun.

Shnooky and his squad along with several of Zim's robotic guards loaded up the frozen forms of Simon, Marceline, Lucinda, Lance, Django, X, and Henry, onto a hovercraft along with the frozen forms of the Eggspendibles, the hunting team, and the members of the Carton Cartel. The hovercraft headed to the base and the prisoners were taken to the dungeon. Zim was alert about the prisoners and headed down to the dungeon followed by Gir, Minimoose, and Schmoz the genie bodyguard. Zim looked about the same as he had in the past though he sported a few scars around his face and wore a small crown of Astrorubies on his head. Gir and Minimoose also looked the same and wore crowns of Astrorubies as well.

Schmoz was a hulking fat blue humanoid with purple spots, two tiny purple feathered wings, and a tail. He had a brown beard, wore white pants, with a purple sash belt, black shoes, golden armbands, and a red fez hat with a golden tassel. Schmoz also had two golden antenna head pieces on the side of his head.

Schmoz was a powerful genie and like many of his kind he hated serving others and granting wishes. He wanted to be free and looked for opportunities to use one of his masters to free himself or take an advantage of a wish, unfortunately Zim had made two fairly smart wishes so far that couldn't be taken advantage of, but Schmoz still remained hopeful and vigilant of any opportunity that might appear before him.

Zim's eyes lite up with both shock and joy as he saw who his captives were, some of the most powerful and dangerous people from Sanctuary! He couldn't believe his luck. Zim had gotten news about Bubblegum's return and had heard she was running around Ooo with a group to form an alliance with some of the freed territories to fight Gumbaldia and now several members of that group were his captives. True Bubblegum wasn't currently among them, but this meant she was in Zimtopia and there was a very good chance that she and the rest of her little team, would try and rescue their captive teammates. Zim could capture them all! That would be a great victory for him, especially since some high ranked representatives from Gumbaldia were coming to visit to collect some tribute and discuss business.

"Well. Look what we have here! Some of Gumbaldia's most wanted! You've been causing a lot of trouble lately, but now you're my prisoners! Victory for Zim! Oh this is just great! Soon I will be known across this planet as the one who captured the Ice King, the Vampire Queen, the Werewolf Queen, the Fire Knight, the Lightning Knight, the Water Knight, and the Son of Death! Soon all the universe will know and fear the name of Invader Zim the greatest Invader that ever lived or existed!" Declared Zim as he rubbed his hands together with glee before he turned and walked away with the others following him.

Zim headed to his private lab, where he had several dangerous things. On one side of the lab there was a special red energy cage that contained fully grown Time Beasts.

The Time Beasts had the heads and bodies of a dog, with a rotund chest, moderately-sized tail, and paw-like front feet. Their back legs were smaller and thinner than the front, and reveal hairless, maroon-skinned feet below the second leg joint. They had two tan ram horns on their head, accompanying their goat-like eyes. The Time Beasts had a set of jagged teeth, and long tongues that often hung from their mouths. They appeared to have a visible tan spine protruding from their naturally-plated back armor, which was also maroon in color like their hind legs. The creatures had black shoulder braces, with a tan outline on each. Red crystals seem to naturally grow from their body, on their shoulder braces, and every other vertebrae of their spine.

The Time Beasts were dangerous creatures capable of time and space traveling and aging other beings and objects through lasers and touch. If one was to properly harness their powers you could go anywhere and any when you wanted to go.

On one table there was the weapon know as the maid hooked up to a upgraded Megadoomer with arms. The Maid was a large pink in color cone-shaped weapon that was actually easy to use because it had instructions to use it were written on the back of it.

The instructions for The Maid were this.

"The Maid will handle all Class A interdimensional Bung-ups if you follow these simple steps:

Direct the small end of the maid toward your massive mistake.

Focus your intention until all distractions leave your thought sphere.

Then recite the words "A man needs a maid" three times.

P.S. don't mess around around and point the maid at your buddy, you goof.

You already screwed up once."

Zim was proud of himself for stealing the weapon from Malruant and keeping it hidden for his own purposes. He went over to a special round tank with tubes on it to look at a special creature called Tashy 497.

Tashy 497 appeared to be a tiny, blue octopus like creature with big black eyes, purple spots that reach his forehead to his back and 11-16 small tentacles.

At a glance Tashy 497 appeared to be harmless and that was technically true as long as he was healthy and in a stable environment that was good for it. If Tashy 497 was killed or put in a situation where it's health failed the body chemical react of his death, would create devastating explosions that can destroy or consume a planet. Basically Tashy 497 was a dangerous bomb that Zim kept around as both a pet and doomsday weapon.

Zim pushed a button that fed Tashy 497 some marshmallows before going to a large vault-like structure to check on the most dangerous weapon in his collection. He typed in a forty digit password and scanned his eyes at a scanner to open the door and entered it. Inside the vault was the Annihilarrgh. The Annihilarrgh looked like a purple box with a red button inside it. Not exactly a intimidating weapon of universal destruction, but it was very power once it was fully operational and functional. Another great steal from Malruant.

Malruant had tried to get the Annihilarrgh to work and to change it's settings, but had no real luck. Zim had worked on the weapon as well, but also didn't have much luck either. It was a but frustrating to have a weapon like the Annihilarrgh and for it not to work. If Zim could get it to work he could change the settings and with the proper adjustments, he could wipeout a galaxy's current planets and inhabitants and replace them with ones of his own choosing. He could replace a entire galaxy with Irkens! That would be a huge win for the Irken Empire! The Tallest would adore Zim if he was able to accomplish something like that.

Zim scanned the Annihilarrgh and tinkered around with it for a few minutes before he left the vault. He needed to get ready for the arrival of his guests.

In another part of Zimtopia, Scarab was battling with Earth, Wind, and Fire Elementals. Earth shot spikes of rock out of the ground trying to impale Scarab as Wind flung derby and Fire flung fireballs at him. Scarab nimbly jumped and dodged all their attacks before he reached Earth. Earth tried to stomp on Scarab, but he sidestepped the blow, before leaping into the air and delivered a punch to Earth's face creating several cracks along her face and head before she toppled to the ground on her back. Scarab landed on her and proceeded to punch Earth a few more times, before Wind blasted him off and smashed him through a building. Fire flew in and blasted Scarab with a high blast of heat intending to burn him to death. Scarab did let out a scream of pain and the blast of heat went on for a minute or two before stopping.

Fire crept into the remains of the building to look down at the down form of Scarab and was very shocked to see he was still in tact. Scarab had a few scratches and blackened scorched marks on his exoskeleton, but he appeared to be fine. Before Fire could do anything Scarab sprang to his feet and punched her knocking her to the ground. Scarab then proceeded to pick Fire up and hurled at Wind. Wind accidentally inhaled Fire into her body and the mixture of different air temperatures caused Wind to become a tornado sucking anything close by up. Scarab stamped his feet hard into the ground as he fought against the suction of the tornado. Earth staggered to her feet as she battled against the suction as well. She stomped towards Scarab and attempted to crush him with her left arm, but Scarab turned his left arm into a sharpened spike and deflected the blow before striking Earth's legs making her lose her balance and get sucked into the tornado as well.

Scarab watched as the tornado spun around and around with the Elementals screaming inside. After a few minutes the tornado stopped to reveal the three Elementals in a tangled mound together. Scarab dusted himself off.

"That takes care of that. I'll just leave you ladies as you are and go get my crystal back now. Lucky for you you're not my targets, so you're free to go now unless we cross paths again." Said Scarab as he turned to leave.

There was a ringing sound and Scarab pulled out a yellow cube and gave it a little squeeze. Prismo's face appeared on the cube looking at Scarab.

"Hey Scrabby how's it going?" Said Prismo cheerfully.

"You know I hate it when you call me that, especially on a job." Said Scarab with a tiny bit of annoyance.

"Sorry." Said Prismo.

"I haven't located Malruant yet, but I did locate, his accomplice June Way. We got into a fight, but she had some Elemental beings providing her backup and they ambushed me and took my crystal. I just got done dealing with the Elementals, but June Way managed to get away." Said Scarab.

"You lost your crystal, you really should be more careful with that thing." Said Prismo.

"My crystal is protected from being used by most people who could get their hands on it. You should have been more careful with The Maid and not put the instructions on the back of it." Said Scarab.

"Ok, you make a good point. I just thought I had The Maid in a safe place, but Malruant was a bit more craftier then I thought. I apologize for that. You want me to send my herald Rob and his robot Bobert to assist you?" Said Prismo.

"No need to send the kids in. I can handle this. I can sense my crystal isn't too far away. Once I get I'll go back to hunting June Way and Malruant." Said Scarab.

"Also, I recently got a call from Sugarey the Goddess of Candy. She says that her daughter Bubblegum might be in the area and requests that you help her if you can." Said Prismo.

"Never got a request from her, but I'll be on the lookout for Bubblegum and help her if I can." Said Scarab.

"Cool. Well good luck to you." Said Prismo before his face vanished from the cube.

Scarab looked at the cube and then glanced back at the Elementals as they continued to try untangle themselves and got an idea. He quickly used a feature of the cube to locate his crystal and then quickly sprinted off after it. Scarab got down on his hands and legs and crawled like a bug at a incredible speed. He raced out of Zimtopia and was a few hundred yards away, when he located the earth bird June Way had given the crystal to. Scarab leaped high into the air and sliced the bird to bits reclaiming his crystal. He then quickly turned around and raced back into Zimtopia coming back to the Elementals as they finally managed to untangle themselves. Scarab pulled a glowing yellow energy circle out of the crystal and fired a laser at the Elementals as they tried to attack him. The Elementals were engulfed by the laser and then they vanished. In there place were three clear eggs with pixelated versions of the Elementals inside them.

"Alright ladies I'm feeling a bit nice so I have a procession for you. You can either remain trapped in those eggs and go through the long procedure of processing or you can agree to do some community service. I know you're a lot smarter then you appear. The job I offer you is one of protection and assistance. What will it be? Said Scarab.

The pixelated Elementals looked at one another and back at Scarab as they decided on what to do.

On the outskirts of Zimtopia, there came a loud stomping sound as the Prize Ball Guardian approached the empire followed four dozen Safety Bots. The Prize Ball Guardian was very tall, with a dark pink body color, and also carries a boomerang/gun at their waist. It was both a mech and a mobile fortress. The Prize Ball Guardian reached Zimtopia and made it's way to the palace as the Safety Bots waited around the walls of the empire. The big robot reached the palace and a door opened up. A woman covered in red armor, a red helmet, and white striped cape stepped out followed by Sir Slicer, Green Knight, Bandit Queen, and Mochio. The Topiary Bush Dragon flew by overhead and landed on the Prize Ball Guardian's right shoulder. The woman in red was a mysterious person only know as the Red Knight.

Zim came out to greet his guests.

"Greetings Red Knight and guests. Welcome to Zimtopia! I know you're here to collect tribute, but I have something you might be more interested in." Said Zim.

"And what would be that?" Asked Red Knight in a robotic voice.

"I have prisoners your master will be very interested in having. One of them being Simon the leader of Sanctuary." Said Zim.

"Nicely done. We're impressed." Said Bandit Queen.

"Is Bubblegum among your prisoners?" Asked Sir Slicer.

"No, but it's only a matter of time before she is. Now come I'll show you the prisoners." Said Zim as he lead the group into his base.

Elsewhere, Skalgar was wondering the street, when a wanted poster of Bubblegum blown by some wind suddenly hit him in the face. Skalgar peeled the poster from his face and looked at the picture of Bubblegum and the bounty placed on her in both shock and confusion. This had to be some kind of joke for a pretty girl to have such a high and outlandish bounty, while the bounty on Skalgar was very small! Skalgar at first felt angered and confused, but then a new feeling of admiration and interest went through him. He needed to meet this Bubblegum and learn her ways, so he could become a better criminal and increase the bounty on his own head.

In another part of Zimtopia, the League of Super Evil were in a old crumbling building making plans to put themselves back on the map of evil and in the eyes of the public of Ooo. Things had been rough for the Super League of Evil over the years. The group was barely considered a threat and more of a slight nuisance now a days. The League had recruited a few new members in the form of Sal a Ro and another couple of low level villains called Gnat and Packrat. The Gnat was a mutated Gnat with humanoid arms and legs with a face that resembled a goblin and Packrat was a rat with grey fur, with hair sticking up in the air, a yellow shirt, a fanny pack, a long pink tail, red eyeballs, rings on his fingers, and buckteeth. Despite increased numbers and new members the League was still fairly pathetic when it came to committing evil deeds. Also Doktor Frogg had quite the League after getting a job offer from the Black Hat Organization, which offered better pay and a good health and dental plan. So the League no longer had a mad scientist on the team to build them any advance gadgets or any technology.

Despite all the years of loses and setbacks, Voltar kept what was left of his team together and he was determined to prove that the League of Super Evil was a real evil organization by trying to humiliate Zim in front of his special guests. The plan Voltar and his team had come up with was somewhat simple. Said plan was to create a enormous stink bomb which they had dubbed the El Mongo Stink Bomb. The bomb was a enormously inflated rubber glove with balloons and a motor attached to it to allow the bomb to hover and move forward. It was filled with all manner of foul smelling things. The League hadn't figured out how to get the El Mongo Stink Bomb into Zim's lair yet, but they were determined to do so. With their bomb made they set out for Zim's lair.

In Zim's base there was a special section for shorting of junk piles from the junkyard and to go through random chunks of dirt that had been dug up around Ooo. Zim had been right about the treasure in the junkyard and believed there was other treasure to be found. One particular large clump of dirt from Skull Rock was being dug through to reveal the wishing skull Thromnambular. The wishing skull looked around at his new surroundings in confusion and felt a great evil sense of glee go though him.

In the sewers and catacombs of Zimtopia, Malruant was leading June Way, Citrus Twisty, Walter, Messy, Bubblegum, Neddy, Mara, Serenity, O, Lapis, Peridot, and about sixty Carton Cartel members to a entrance into Zim's base. Bubblegum didn't trust Malruant or any of his crew, but she needed their help to rescue Simon and the others. She knew the red bug was out in Zimtopia most likely trying to hunt Malruant down and was told to trust him by the seer. Bubblegum needed to rescue her friends, keep any dangerous particular dangerous objects out of Malruant and Zim's hands, and alert the red bug about Malruant's location. All easier said then done.

"Here we are. Now once we break in our first objective is to release all the prisoners from the dungeon to cause chaos and confusion and then get the items Zim from me. Then I can send you back to the past." Said Malruant before he ripped off a grate for everyone to enter the base.

"Let's do this." Said Bubblegum.

The mission was on.

To be continued.

Glossary

Sym-Bionic Titan: Tashy 497

Powerpuff Girls: Gnat and Packrat

Ed, Edd, n Eddy: El Mongo Stink Bomb