Lullaby - Chapter 17

...Zim brought the beaker to where his nose would be and smelled the liquid inside. He pulled it away from himself quickly and covered his mouth. “That’s awful! It smells like the insides of a Cronian Deplooze after it’s been hibernating! Who would drink this??” Dib was about to say, “You” when he caught himself. Instead he said, “I’m sure it’ll get better once we put in the rest of the ingredients. Um, now you have to pour that substance into a blender and add a teaspoon of flour.” Zim eyeballed his pointy-haired fiend suspiciously before asking, “What is this blender thing you speak of?” “It’s uh…an appliance that…er…blenders stuff? Heh, I thought your species was way ahead in technological advances,” Dib replied. “Of course Irkens excel in technology! Your “blender” must be mediocre to what I possess! I have a machine that can crush particles into even tinier particles! Isn’t that neat human? Oh so very neat it is!” Dib stared at Zim blankly. “Yeah, that’s real neat,” he stated dully.

[-At the Massive-]

...Chief Commander of the Irken Police, Sploink, answered the Tallest’s transmission. “Good evening my Tallest. What is it that you request?” Red instantly put on a very serious face. “It’s about Zim. He is beginning to deploy insane tactics to bring the Empire down. He wants to get us out of the way first,” he said. Sploink straightened up. “Sir, how have you received this information? Not to be rude, but how can you be completely sure?” Purple growled in disgust. He said, “You dare question the knowledge of your almighty Tallest!?” “Zim sent us an explosive to try to blow us up. Luckily, it did very little harm to anyone,” Red added, choosing his lying words carefully. “This is absolutely horrendous! We’ll fly down to the Earth immediately and bring Zim back to you,” Sploink said and saluted. The Tallest narrowed their eyes and said, “Perfect…”

...And then the screen faded to black. The Irken logo appeared in its place.


[-Hmm…it’s funny to think that those Tallest bits were once just for laughs...-]