Against the Odds

By Invader Aqua

Author’s Notes: Greetings to you all. For those of you who don’t already know, my name is Invader Aqua! This is my very first fan-fic, so please, be nice and give me some reviews. Reviews are nice. Warning: possible ZADR in later chapters.

Prologue

It was another day on Earth, and quite possibly the worst day Zim had ever endured. After almost having been exposed at Skool, he decided to spend his evening trying to come up with a way to destroy Dib.

Deep within the bowels of his base, Zim rooted through his artillery for a weapon suitable for the demise of the Earth-boy that had plagued him since his first day on the horrible planet. GIR stood back and watched as he did a jig.

“This is the last time I will have to suffer these indignities, GIR,” Zim said proudly, pulling out a very large laser-gun. “Come tomorrow, the Earth Monkey won’t know what hit him.”

“I LIKE MONKEYS!” GIR cheered, having not been paying full attention to his master during the entire conversation.

Just as Zim was about to scold GIR for not paying attention, his transmission screen suddenly flashed on. The image of Tallest Red was on the transmitting end. His expression was troubled and he spoke frantically.

“Zim, you need to abort your mission immediately! Our planet has fallen under-“

“Abort mission? Zim never quits! My tallest there is no reason to command me to-“

“Zim! Don’t interrupt me! Our planet has fallen under attack by a rivaling empire. My co-lord and I are trying to rally up all of our forces; every Irken in the Universe is necessary to win. This is a powerful foe, Zim, and as much as I hate to admit it, we need you to help as well,” Red explained.

Zim took a moment to process the information that he had just received. The Irken Empire had fallen under attack by a powerful foe; that was certain. But just how powerful…. Well, it was powerful enough to have his Tallest abort his mission; his all important mission. It became obvious to Zim that this was not just an everyday empty threat against the Tallest.

“My Tallest, has this enemy attacked our Empire already or is it just a threat?” Zim asked. GIR, having just comprehended that his master was having a conversation, decided to walk over and listen in.

“They have already attacked, and several planets at the edge of our Empire have already fallen. Believe me, Zim, when I say that I would not be making this call if this were not a very important matter,” Red said, sounding slightly resentful. “We need you to leave your planet tonight, and get here as soon as possible.”

With that the transmission ended.

“What! My Empire, under attack! No one attacks the home planet of the almighty ZIM! GIR, stay here and watch the base!” Zim ordered.

“Wooo!” GIR yelled excitedly and ran upstairs to catch the last five minutes of the Scary Monkey Show.

“COMPUTER! Please assist GIR in keeping the base human free. I should not be gone very long,” Zim said confidently as he hopped into his Voot Cruiser; he had no idea of the perils he was about to endure.

Author’s Notes: Yea, that’s the end of the prologue. If you like it, please review and keep reading. If you don’t like it, review and don’t keep reading. I hope you all like, I’ll update on Sundays; no more than two weeks apart.