Invader Zim - Lost Chronicles of Doom! - Continuous Novel

Chapter Nineteen - The End?

Tak held her breath as she stepped into Zim's house again. The oh-so familiar stench of Irken blood stung her nose like it did before when she found Zim. She saw again how he was unconscious, when they kissed, and when Dib dragged them along a journey that wasn't theirs to take. Tak turned her head around and Zim fell face first into the sidewalk. "Dib, help him!" she yelled. "But--" he tried, but Tak cut him off. "Go!" The human boy staggered as he turned around and caught Zim by the collar.

Moments passed and the Irken finally found a sharp object, slicing the chain in half. Zim was safe, and that's all that mattered. They continued running for their lives.

"Sleep tight," the Galaxianite said smugly, setting her under a spell. "You won't get...away....withis...." Tak said sluggishly, falling on a knee. She fell to the cold ground and she remembered how cold the tiles were compared to how warm the room was. Her eyes lazily drooped closed and she spiraled down into nothingness. "Zi...m..."

Her past was gone. She was an empty shell of what she used to be; a slave for Semetia. A perfect soldier for destroying her leaders in the big red ship: Tak's Tallest.

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Red glared at the hole in the wall of his beautiful ship. Whoever wrecked it must've been going pretty fast. "It'll take tons of Moneyz to rebuild this!" he exclaimed to Purple. They looked at each other silently, then burst out laughing. Purple gnawed on his Irken doughnut vigorously. "Hah, send Table Servant 12 here and he'll pay for it. Just like that other one..." the red-eyed Tallest said, clenching his fists (or rather fingers) in anger. Purple almost choked on his doughnut as he remembered how Zim actually survived Hobo 13 rather than be annihilated.

"Hey what are those?" Purple asked, pointing to two floating objects. "I don't know... send someone out to investigate," Red replied, waving his hand, making a guard come out and retrieve the objects. The figures fell before them as they were thrown onto the ground due to artificial gravity. One of the objects was tan with long, black strands of...something...coming from its head, but the other... It looked like a cross-breed between the other creature and an Irken. "Do you think it's...?" Purple asked. They groaned as they realized it was--it was exactly that. Zim.

"And isn't this that one creature with a big head?" the other asked, holding up a picture of Dib. Purple nodded. They looked at each other. Red sighed and then said, "Send 'em to the experiment lab." Guards came and dragged them away. "My...my Tallest..." Zim mumbled, barely even loud enough so he could hear it himself. "No..."

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"We've done it, Gir," Sam boasted. "The two Irkens have fallen, and so has Dib." "Woo! I loooove youuu!" Gir exclaimed happily. Chains rustled behind them and a weak voice rang out, British accent and all. "You won't get away with this," the real Sam said defiantly. "Oh, yeah?" the Galaxianite challenged. "Beralih kepadah Galaxianite," Semetia said, Sam turning into the creature. "And, in addition, watch out for my new side kick!" She clapped her hands and Tak stepped into the room. The Irken kneeled before her new master, smiling evilly.

"No!" she exclaimed. If Tak fell, she'd hate to see what has become of Zim. "Now, Tak, go join the others," she commanded, pointing to Gir and Silverfox. "But of course, my Superior," she replied, walking over there gracefully. "See? She doesn't even know she calls her leader the tallest now!"

"Where's Zim? What have you done with him?!" Sam asked frantically. "You really want to know?" Semetia retorted snugly. "Yes, yes, I'll give anything!" she pleaded. The Galaxianite laughed. "I already have everything." With a snap of her fingers, she made a screen with Zim on it appear. He was unconscious, in a tube, and there was something strange about him. His hair was gone and antennae stuck out of his green, rectangular head. He lifted his eyes, large bags under them. He looked exhausted and depressed as he looked around. "Zim! ZIIIM!" the girl screeched, struggling out of the chains. They didn't budge and she was stuck.

"This is how I rule," the Galaxianite bragged. Tak and Silverfox were hypnotized, Zim and Dib were captured, and Sam was captured as well. She would rule the universe at this rate, then...Zim will be gone from her world, and she'll do it right in front of Sam. They had no chance.