Chapter 6 - The Tallests

As we landed outside the White House (yes, coincedentally) the Tallests were waiting for us. [br]
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"My Tallests," Zim said, saluting them. They stared at him proudly. Their gazed slid over to me.[br]
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"This must be Xena." One of them said. "How nice to meet you." He held out a two pronged hand and I shook it willingly. [br]
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"Xena, this is Tallest Red, or Mika." He said, gesturing at the Tallest in a purple suit. My eyebrows knit with confusing. "Jhonen didn't get everything right." He murmured to me under his breath.[br]
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"What?" Tallest Red asked. [br]
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"Nothing." Zim convered his mistake quickly. I looked up at him- surely he had told the Tallests of Jhonen?[br]
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"Ok, and this is Tallest Purple, or Vicor." He said, pointing to the Tallest in red. The Tallest Purple held out his hand and shook mine. [br]
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"It's so nice to meet you two." I said. It was disconcerting looking up at Irkens. I was so used to looking down at Zim, though he had grown a lot since I had first met him. Actually, now he was just a bit smaller than me.[br]
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"Want a soda?" Tallest Vicor asked. I tilted my head for a moment, confused. Then I nodded cautiously. I popped it open after they handed it to me and took a slow sip. I spewed it everywhere.[br]
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"It tastes like liquified cheetos!" I said indignantly. The Tallests exchanged surprised glances.[br]
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"Try this one." Tallest Mika said, handing me another soda. [br]
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"Thank you." I said gratiously. "I wasn't prepared for cheesy soda, sorry." The Tallests looked at eachother, and burst out laughing.[br]
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"What'd I say?" I asked Zim.[br]
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"Jokes that need to be explained aren't jokes at all." He responded mysteriously, but a smile was tugging on the corners of his lips. I grunted and popped open the new can. I took a cautious sip.[br]
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"How is it?" Tallest Purple asked, "Is it... cheesy?" The Tallests collapsed in another round of giggles. I stared at them in confusion.[br]
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"I thought they were supposed to be war generals, all fierce and stuff." I whispered to Zim, so quietly that the Tallests, who were rolling on the floor laughing couldn't hear.[br]
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"Well, Jhonen got that one aspect right. They're fierce through their invaders and elite soldiers." I stared at the Irkens, instantly reevaluating them.[br]
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"Um, my Tallests, don't we have some matters to discuss?" Zim asked hesitantly. They stopped rolling and gazed at him soberly. [br]
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"You're right, Invader." They said at the same time. We followed them into the White House.[br]
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"How did you know where the Capital of the country was sirs?" I asked them, " I mean, how did you know where the Presidents home was?"[br]
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"Oh, is this the home of the President? We didn't know. It just looked great for parties." Tallest Mika said airily, and I believed him. We entered the Oval Office quietly.[br]
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"Alright, here's hows it gonna go down." Tallest Vicor said, " The humans won't really be their definition of slaves. We'll be using all human currency, and humans will earn around 1,000 dollars year for working for us. (That's about one monie.) If they have 1,000,000 dollars, they can pay for their own freedom. 5 million, their entire families, and one extra person. Those people can choose to stay on Earth, or can be frozen and sent to any planet they want. Now, this planet is just going to be a tourist attraction. I mean, it's beautiful.[br]
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"It will also be used for reasearch to add additions to our PAKs. Any questions? Alright, we go live in, 5... 4... 3... 2... and one!" Zim pulled me away from the cameras as they clicked to life.[br]
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"Hello humans." Tallest Mika said, "I am Tallest Mika. This is Tallest Vicor. We are your new rulers. Any questions?" There was a roar of noise coming from every monitor around the room.[br]
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"This is going to be very simple." Vicor said, "You can stay in your homes, keep your possesions. For now. Any misbehavior, and those rights get removed. You are to turn in your... you call them cars to a disposal unit, and will get a single voot cruiser per family. The adult male of the family, (female if there is no adult male) will have to attend lessons to learn how to drive the voot cruisers. All children up to the age of 19 will attend school for 10 hours of the day, learning not only your human subjects, but irken as well. Then the children will have 2 recreation hours, and have to report back to their home units. Adults will work anywhere assigned, from 6am. to 8pm. Each city shall be assigned a team of our smartest Irkens to direct the population. You can now return to your homes and complete the assigned tasks, and report to the city hall for direction to your new work. Tallests out." They pressed a button and the cameras stopped recording. [br]
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"Invader Zim, I am assigning you to the city you came from." Zim saluted and pulled me out of the door. " And Zim!" They called after him, " We're having a party tonight. Bring Xena." Zim nodded gratiously and we left the oval office.[br]
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"They're having... a party." I said, once we were out of earshot.[br]
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"Yes. They frequently do." He answered solemnly, rolling his eyes.[br]
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"Isn't it... a bit early?" I asked.[br]
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"No." He said truthfully, "It's over. Trust me Xena." I looked at him sadly, but nodded. [br]
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"Well," He said, and we stood there kind of awkwardly. "You must be tired. We'll head back to Stillwater. You can stay at the base, I'll see if I can make you a room." I smiled at him as he took my hand and helped me into the Voot Cruiser, ignoring the other Irken's stares. Maybe this would be ok.[br]

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