Shades of Purple

Down to Urth

Tenn stared at the oval-shaped green egg in her hand. "So I just have to eat it?"

The doctor nodded. "That's right. Your ovule was fertilized with your husband's sperm and placed inside that casing. Once you swallow it, it will go all the way to your spooch-sac and the shell will dissolve, but the ovule will remain intact and start its development."

"Then what?"

"It will take about seventy-two hours for the egg to arrive at the spooch-sac. Afterward, the pregnancy will be normal as if you had been fertilized the traditional way, so you don't have to worry about it."

Tenn stared down at the egg, pondering as to whether she should go forward with it or not until she heard Tallest Purple whispering in her lekku. 

"Or we could try the usual way if you're not sure." 

Tenn quickly shoved the egg into her mouth and swallowed it hard.

While en route to Earth, they went through the external insemination procedure. Tenn gave a sample of ovules while her husband donated the sperm, which was then used to fertilize her eggs in a sterilized chamber. The one with the best-combined traits was then placed inside the protective shell she just swallowed. This method was faster and guaranteed a successful pregnancy. Afterward, Tenn spent most of her time stuck in the lounge. Tallest Purple wouldn't allow her to partake in combat training nor any activities that required too much effort. He wanted to make sure her 'carelessness' wouldn't affect his smeet. Tenn hated being treated like the cheap glass figurines sold at the gift shop in Conventia. She was an Irken Invader, for goodness sake! She could take care of herself!

Okay, Tenn, calm down. You have to endure this for a few months, then you'd be free again. This was the only reason she was playing along with this. She'd give him a smeet and he'd leave her be.

The Irken Armada arrived at Earth the next day. The original plan was to simply fetch Rouge and then leave, but Tallest Purple had a craving for earthen snacks and decided to go down to have some. He previously called Zim to announce their arrival, from what she heard. Part of Tenn was curious about Earth. After all, a planet that created such delicious snacks must be interesting, right? 

Alas, the problems started when she announced her intention to go down.

"You're not coming!" Tallest Purple told her.

"I've been stuck in the lounge for days! I need fresh air!

"Not from a planet with Zim in it! He's capable of blowing you and my smeet up!"

"I'm not pregnant yet."

"Almost, it's the same!"

"Besides, Rouge will need a pouch to crawl into after whatever he experienced with Zim! I doubt you can give him that!" Tenn snapped.

The argument lasted for a good while until one of the technicians reminded them that Rouge was still down on the planet. Tallest Purple's current main concern was getting the smeet back, so in the end he relented on the condition that she stay close to him at all times and keep a good distance away from Zim. Tenn didn't need to be told twice. She was fully aware of that defective's destructive tendencies; considering that Zim himself didn't even realize he had them, it made him even more dangerous.

They flew down on Tallest Purple's personal shook cruiser and were closely followed by smaller ships just in case they were detected by the hyoomans. Zim claimed they weren't very advanced, but they weren't stupid enough to take anything he said seriously.

"He was right about the onyon thing." Tenn pointed out as she watched the dark emptiness of space slowly change into a reddish sky.

"That was just a lucky guess. It doesn't really count."