A/N: 'Sup guys! The start of a glorious saga has begun! Enjoy chapter one of this new hit fanfic: The Fate That Binds Us, part of the Rainy Night series! WOOP WOOP!

It had all began on one, rainy night; two souls, one human, the other alien; unknowingly had bound their lives to each other. As the fates allowed it, they had fallen under the magical spell of love. Denial created a wall between them; betrayal caused the wall to expand. War broke out amongst their races, and in defeat the leader of the aliens took the human girl as a prize. Lies were soon brought to truth, and actions were soon forgiven, so the wall fell between the two lovers; welcoming them into an embrace. The leader did not approve of this, but had made a deal with the girl. She had to become his mate in exchange, her lover would live. Her lover would not have it and soon escaped with the assistance of the girl's brother and his friends. Now they were on the run from the crazed leader; hoping to receive assistance from the allies they planned to make.

Gaz sighed and shifted uncomfortably in the transport ship that her brother, Agent Nessie, and her shared. The ship was only meant for two Irkens; not three tall humans. Therefore, it was a tight squeeze; her frame was pressedagainst her brother's side and the glass window; jeez was she uncomfortable. Her eye twitched; she had been like this for four days; her legs were numb from loss of blood flow; her hair was greasy; and everyone in the small, compact ship needed a shower! Too bad she didn't have any space to lift her hand up to plug her nose from the ghastly scent. She was losing it.

"Dib! When the FUCK are we going to get out of here?! I can't take being in here for one more minute!" she said angrily; losing her temper.

"Ow Gaz! No need to scream in my ear!" Dib whined, saddened by the fact her had no room to rub his ear.

"Oh, I'm sorry…BUT I'M SO SQUISHED THAT I HAVE NO ROOM TO SCREAM ANYWHERE ELSE!" she roared; Dib could have sworn his ears were bleeding now. He sighed and wiggled his arm out of the small window of space, using it to press a few buttons on the keypad of the ship. After doing so, a holographic map lit up in a 3D model; showing him where they were and how far they had left to go. Dib observed the 3D image for a few moments, and made a noise of relief; shutting the map down, he turned to Gaz.

"It's only five more hours away Gaz, we'll be there soon." He stated hopefully. Gaz's eye twitched and after a moment of silence, she bashed her head against her brother's skull; causing him to squeal in pain. The force of the blow resulted in Dib getting shoved into Agent Nessie; who's grip on the steering mechanism, when pushed, moved the ship into a flipping motion. Nessie quickly recovered from the unexpected maneuver, then stared intently at the bickering siblings; Dib backed away while Gaz gave an even deadlier glare. Nessie and Gaz returned to their normal positions.

"You guys okay?" a message from the intercom asked, the voice belonging to Zita.

"Yeah, were fine, just slipped that's all!" Dib answered back. Gaz looked back to Dib who was using his free hand in order to rub his skull furiously. A small, reflexive tear fell. Gaz rolled her eyes; her brother was such a whiner.

"Sorry, I just don't think five hours is such a short time. I feel like exploding at any moment in this stupid tiny ship…" she apologized, and Dib nodded.

"I understand, but you still didn't have to head-butt me!" he complained; Gaz 'hmphed' and turned away.

"I said I was sorry…" she said sarcastically. Dib was going to respond, but decided against it; she was probably agitated for another reason. Zim…Gaz whispered in her mind. She had been worrying about her green love since the minute they departed. She couldn't stand being away from him; not like this; not even knowing what was happening to him; if he was safe. He could end up in danger and she wouldn't even know. The thought of him being hurt only made it worse. Every time she closed her eyes, she saw him; she would try to clean her mind, but her mind was constantly worrying about him. She wasn't sure about what would happen, but she was certain of one thing: once this was over, she would have her Zim back; she would see him again. With that thought, she smiled; suddenly overcome with lassitude, she let her eyelids fall; welcoming dreams about her love; her everything.

*o*

Zim grimaced and scratched his green head; he was getting antsy and agitated. Pressing a button, he allowed the ship to go on auto pilot as he went to stand up and walk around. He walked over to a compartment where his typed something onto the keypad; it lit up and displayed pictures of food, after a moment of contemplation, Zim chose some curly fries. The machine buzzed and rapidly moved, making his food choice with ten seconds; dinging when it was finished. Zim reached his hand out, grabbing the plate of curly fries and proceeded to move back to the front of the ship. He sat, lonely in the pilot seat, eating the fries slowly. It didn't matter how tasty they were, he still couldn't stop thinking about her: Gaz. He had missed her dearly and knew that this was the best way to keep her safe, but why did he have to feel so empty and worried? Maybe it was because he had no sure fire way to protect her at this moment. If something was happening right now, he wouldn't know. It bothered him that he couldn't protect the woman he loved at every moment. He knew she could take care of herself and shouldn't be worried, but if they worked together, no one would be able to harm any of them. So, it bothered him. He loved her dearly and would hate himself if anything were to happen to her…No, he said to himself, I won't let that happen! Zim was determined to quickly get help from the people of Nhar-Gh'Ok, once they were on his side, he would quickly meet again with his love; then he wouldn't have to worry. Zim sighed, replaying their whole love story in his mind, remembering how soft her skin was, how beautiful her eyes were, and the warmth of her love. A smile of content spread across his face as he slowly drifted into sleep; his last glimpse was of the Irken clock; only seventeen more hours till he arrived at Nhar-Gh'Ok.

*o*

"My mighty Irken soldiers…" a crazed Red announced through his teeth, smiling, trying to mask his anger. Red had gathered all of the Irken soldiers, even the ones on Earth, to a crucial announcement. His fury that involved Zim taking his lover away from him had caused an obsessive and insane side of Red to emerge. As Purple stood next to him, he couldn't help but cower in fear of the overwrought and cracked aura that emanated from his once good friend. It scared him. Purple listened to the announcement from a safe three feet away. "You have bear witnessed a great dishonor from one of your Irken brethren. Though some of you may have respected him as the General of the Irken Empire, the traitor needs to be stopped and executed! You all know who I speak of…Zim!" Red seethed, his powerful voice, riling up the crowd. Red wasn't just going to kill Zim, oh no, once they found him, he would make him suffer for his so called betrayal. "He has betrayed us!" he continued, "Taking your powerful Queen, and claiming her to be his!" he rose up his hand showing the bandage of the wound that he was so 'wrongly' given. "Look what he has done! Attacking one of the Tallests is a crime punishable by death! He has deceived all of us! Masquerading as one of us! A true Irken has honor, something that Zim completely lacks! Are we going to let such a low creature live and soil our Queen?!" Many 'no's' and other words of disapproval followed the statement. Red smiled darkly, hmm, these fools are so easily controlled…he thought to himself. He cleared his throat and went on, "This is why I have renounced Zim's title and place his title on a worthier Irken! My soldiers behold your new General: Tak!" The crowd cheered as the female Irken marched proudly to Tallest Red; kneeling before him. This was it, she had been waiting for this moment all her life.

Yes, all her life she had wanted this; to work for this. She wanted Red to notice her incredible abilities, even as a cadet in the Academy she had beaten all the records just to impress him; just to get to this moment. She closed her dark purple eyes; taking in the glory of this moment.

"Rise, great and honorable Tak, you've no need to bow to me." Red said.

"I kneel before you, for your power will be always greater than mine. To not bow would be shameful." She replied. Red was satisfied with her answer; truly she would make the perfect general. He reached down and grabbed her hand, lifting her up to see him. A dark shade of emerald came across her cheeks; her squiddly spooch clenched in her chest. Taking a medal off his uniform, he placed it on her own. She gazed at the medal with awe; it was in the shape of the moon of Taurus; glistening gems decorating the lustrous metal, with a blood red ribbon. Red let go of her hand and continued; her hand reached up to touch the beautiful medal. It was so fascinating and beautiful that Tak didn't hear much of Red's speech; it was only till the end of it that caught her attention.

"We are in need of volunteers to catch that pathetic Zim and his accomplices; who among you feels worthy enough to behold this honorable task?" He questioned the soldiers. Without a second to pass, Tak quickly stepped forward; hand in the air.

"I would be an honor for me to take this mission my Tallest." She announced, bowing slightly. Red was pleased, and smiled, turning back to the crowd.

"Your new general has taken up this great mission, who is great enough to join her?" he asked them. Immediately, Irken soldiers began to come out of their ranks and approach them. Red smiled this was perfect, just perfect! The bloodthirsty barbarians were of great use in a mission like this, not to mention the new general was smart; genius even. Her intelligence had caught his attention long ago, but he hadn't really an Irken general; in fact, he didn't even need one now. The Tallests hadn't had a general in centuries because the Tallests usually could govern their armies themselves. He only needed this position for appearances; Tak was well liked by the soldiers; they would gladly follow her. She was incredibly clever and skilled in battle; she was useful for any task. She was extremely useful and, what's more, he knew she would never go against his word; she would do anything for him. He watched as he saw her bow her head quickly to attempt to hide something, but it was caught by Red. A smile, she was smiling at him. Naïve little female, what you desire is foolish, and laughable, it will never be, Red thought. He looked at the cheering soldiers and the trigger happy volunteers. Gaz, they will find you, take you, and bring you to me. You are mine, and I destroy people who take away my things…

Purple watched in horror as his red friend smiled evilly his razor sharp teeth glistening in bloodlust. He could see it in his eyes: the madness. The blood colored orbs glowed with it. He could feel the madness radiate off his body. It was obvious; this obsession with the human female was driving him mad. His increase in violence and bloodlust only added to Purple's fear. His friend was vanishing and being replaced with a crazed, wild animal. This situation was going too far, the girl was of no use, why start a war over one person? But the consolations he had given so far resulted in screaming and violent antics. They were already down six service drones. Red was entirely unpredictable now, how could Purple impede on this? If he tried to advise against it, he could be renounced the position of Tallest and then he surely would have people bully him again; he didn't want that; he didn't want to be hurt again. So he would allow Red to continue this deadly and crazy task. Hopefully when it ended things could go back to the way they were…

A/N: Hey peoples, enjoy it? I'm pleased with it I guess, it's not fantastic but it sure opens up the story. The Red and Tak thing is evil isn't it? Red, you're such an a-hole. (By the way this isn't RAPR or PARR or whatever they were just friends, okay?)