The Fall of the Tallest

Prologue

-Planet Judgmentia, "The spike of Judgment"-

The young female Irken stood calmly, taking no heed of the screens showing her face or the eager crowd behind her. She was used to it by now- how could she not be, seeing as she had done this countless times before.

Instead she focused her attention on the three Control Brains hovering in front of her, and the Almighty Tallest on either side of the trio. She surprised herself by not casting a hateful glare on Tallest Purple- maybe she was starting to forgive him at last.

No, she couldn't forgive him, because it was his fault she was here to begin with. If it wasn't for how fun this was, she would have stopped letting them catch her long ago. No, no matter how much she wanted to, she could never forgive him for that.

Finally after a while, the middle brain spoke. "Invader Kay, you are charged with crimes of treason against the Empire-"

"Some crimes. I saved a planet marked for Invasion. So?" she muttered, shifting her hands slightly in their bindings.

"-And for resisting arrest numerous times-"

"I was eating a sandwich!" Kay protested.

"-And for escaping the Irken Existence Evaluation nineteen times-"

"Only nineteen? Dang it, I thought it was more than that."

There was a pause. "I'm sorry." The brain apologized. "There was a data flaw. You escaped us Ninty times-"

"THAT is better." Kay grinned. "You had me worried there for a second. I thought I had failed."

"Kay, don't you understand the severity of your situation?" Tallest Purple said in an almost pleading voice. "You are going to fail the exam, and then you'll be-"

"I understand," She snapped. "That it was you that even had me put up for this. It's YOUR fault I'm here, no matter what you may think. Anyway, I understand my situation very well, thank you, and I would rather you left me alone. If you really cared, you wouldn't have done this to me."

Purple sighed sadly and hung his head. "Kay…" he trailed off.

The center Control Brain spoke up again. "Kay, you are a Defective."

"Yeah I know, get on with it already. My nose itches, could this be loosened a bit?" she held up her bound hands.

Tallest Red sighed and waved a guard over to loosen the rope just enough so she could scratch her nose.

"Thank you. Now continue." she said cheerily.

"Your data will not be allowed into the collective- it must be removed and erased completely. Prepare yourself." a chair appeared behind her and she was quickly tied down to it by the guards, her hands still bound and resting on her lap.

"These are necessary precautions that we have taken due to your skills at escaping." The left brain said. "We took every way you have ever escaped and created restraints specifically for you. This time, scum, there is really no escape for you."

Kay struggled against the rope, seeming to panic, before slumping over slightly. "Well, fun's over. I guess it really is time." She took a deep breath and winked at Purple. "See ya, Dad." Then she twisted her left hand and pressed a small button, disappearing instantly.