#The Tallests' tomfuckery is revealed

[rancoeur-the-unfortunate]

Pills (Chapter 9)

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Dib was getting tired and getting Tak's stupid ship to give him the information he needed was getting him nowhere.

He tried hacking inside the ship but this wasn't one of Zim's drones. This tech was made by Tak. Its circuitry was completely different and it pissed Dib off.

"Come on tell me somethin'!" Dib banged his fists on the board.

"You didn't ask me anything." The ship spoke in Tak's robotic voice.

"Oh um, what can you tell me about Zim's medication?"

"...how do you know about that?"

"Answer my qeustion first."

"Fine. I can tell you why irkens take their 'medicine' if that's what you want to call it, I can tell you what's in the pills, and I can tell you why it's so imperative that Zim takes his medicine."

Dib sat there dumbfounded.

"W-wait wait Zim already told me why he takes them."

"No, he told you what the Tallest told him. Though I'm surprised he told YOU of all things, such a sensitive subject."

"Oh..."

"Now answer my question."

"Oh um, I found his medication in his base. My computer was able to analyze some of the key drugs but I wasn't able to figure out all of them. Zim says he doesn't know."

"That's cause the Tallest would never leak that kind of information to an Irken like Zim."

"So uh... can you tell me all those things?"

"Why should I?"

"Because you hate Zim?"

"Yeah, but I hate you too."

"Oh yeah."

Dib scratched behind his neck trying to think of something to offer the ship.

There was an audible sigh from the machine.

"You're horrible at this."

"Well, what would YOU suggest I do."

"Come up with a better deal."

"He could show you a video of Zim om withdrawl." Gaz appeared behind Dib without a sound.

Causing said older brother to jump three feet in the air.

"GAZ?!"

"Hmm," The machine contimplated.

"Deal." Dib stared at the ship in shock. Zim must have really pissed off Tak for her to hate him like this.

"Um ok... thanks?"

He looked to Gaz.

"Why did you help me?"

"I want a copy of the video."

"Deal."

Dib then turned to the ship with a wide grin on his face and a pen and paper in his hands.

"Alright go on."

"When Tallest Spork died a peice of the Irken slave died with him. Years the Irkens went with a Tallest and slowly they realized that they didn't need one. Some Irkens formed a rebellion against the Control Brains, fighting for the right to breed naturally, fighting for the right of the shorter Irkens, and so on so forth. A new Tallest had to be established and quickly. Do the Control Brains picked two of the Tallest Irkens from the most recent generation, Zim's generation. Two just incase another sudden death occurred. But even with established new leaders, the rebellion continued. So forth cane the idea for the 'medication'."

The ship went silent for a bit.

"It was easy, coming up with a cover reason for the Irkens of Irk to take the pills. There was a faked explosion in one of the factories causing the air of Irk to become unbreathable. A lie but a believable one. 'Take this harmless pill once every two weeks and you'll be able to breathe just fine'. However the sane couldn't be said for the Irkens OFF of Irken. Simple, tell them there was a spill of infected goo on the food rations sent to each Irken. Now that all of them are 'sick' they'll do anything to keep the supply of medicine coming. Even go back to their slave posts and forget fighting the Control Brains. Most don't even know what withdrawl is. They just think it's the illness killing them. Tak found out about this and stopped taking the pills. She only contiued to serve the Tallest because she couldn't look suspicious. After she was done with Zim was going to go after them."

Dib wrote as fast as he could getting just sbout every word down.

"So the medication is just drugged used to brainwash the Irkens? That's dark."

"Gets darker."

The machine asked for one of Zim's pills to which Dib grabbed from his room and gave to the computer to scan.

"-Pain relievers

-Stress Relievers

-Stimulants

-Antidepressants

-Antipsychotics

-gushfoam

-qut gutter

-ventive"

"What's gushfoam, qut gutter, and ventive?"

"Gushfoam is an activator as soon as it goes past the Irken's lips the pills kick in instantly. Qut gutter is a super addictive drug that comes from a foriegn speices and can be poisonous if taken in improper amounts. Ventive is what basically makes the Irkens a slave to the Tallests every wish. None of these ingredients are known to any Irken execpt the Tallest. Though I'm pretty sure the Control Brains probadly have them on some sort of cocktail and they don't even know it."

Dib nodded as he wrote down.

"But why is it so important that Zim takes his?"

"Zim... is by far, the most dangerous and destructive Irken to ever exsist. The Control Brains were never able to figure out why. His body seemed to just reject any kind of drug that could ease him down. Though it soaked up the ventive like a sponge. Zim would litteraly give his life for his Tallest but if he thinks theres a way fir the three of them to survive he'll take it. Zim isn't the Irken he used to be before the drugs. The Control Brains couldn't weaponize him, so they tried to suppress him. His drugs are so strong he doesn't even remember the Irken he used to be. How he used to act or feel. Bye went the old Zim, then came the new one. The new one was FAR more obedient and way less destructive of the Tallest property you thought Impending doom 1 was bad."

"Impending what?"

"Don't worry about it." The ship dismissed.

"Old Zim used to fight his Tallest at every turn and would actively plot against them. New Zim practically bent over for his Tallest. Old Zim put his blood and sweat into making a fool proof plan. New Zim couldn't even think straight long enough for him to register a good plan. Old Zim would spend write down his mistakes and build up from them. New Zim can't or downright refuses to acknowledge his past mistakes. Old Zim was the ultimate destroying machine. While New Zim is just a 'Kamikaze' waiting to happen. Old Zim was a fighter. New Zim is just a slave. I'm pretty sure they had to force feed him those first few pills. The only thing the two have in common is the fact they hate the idea that being small means you are inferior in their society."

Dib sat in silence was Zim really that smart before the drugs.

"Wait, how do you know so much about Zim before anyway?"

"When Tak had her first run in with Zim she decided to dig up as much dirt as possible. She found out that Zim was a brainwashed activist. At first, she wanted to save him. After the plan on Earth was never about revenge. She thought that if she could keep those pills from arriving she might be able to bring the old Zim back. But the Talkest had too many counter measures to compete with. In the end, she gave up and decided it would just be best to put Zim out of his misery but if course you saw how that turned out."

Dib nodded.

"So the Tallest make sure Zim takes the drugs in fear that he'll destroy them?"

"If Zim was the Zim he was before he could destroy whole galaxies. Though I seriously doubt that."

"What makes you say that?"

"That's because the old Zim was more focused on fixing Irk then actually carrying out the invading tasks he was set to do."

"Why didn't the Tallest just destroy him?"

"I think you already know the answer to that question."

Dib nodded.

"Well uh, thanks for the information ship!"

"Whatever. Get ne that video."

"I will."

And with that Dib crawled out of the cock pit and into his house. He sat at the table looking over his notes. He had... mixed feelings about the whole scenario.

Zim wasn't the sociopathic killing machine he thought he was. No, in fact he was a destructive activist trying to make his home a better place before he was shut up entirely.

Dib ran his hand through his hair. He was just like him. It was those pills that kept him here on Earth and not on Irk.

But Dib had those pills now, so Zim should go back to normal after some withdrawal.

But the Tallest would just supply him with some more, wouldn't they?

Well, maybe he could stop the delivery.

Wait he help the enemy?! That was insane.

But that 'old Zim' wasn't the enemy, 'new Zim' was.

So many thoughts ran through Zim's head at breakneck speeds.

He sighed and got up.

"I'll sleep on it."