Until Death Do Us Part
Invader Zim Fan Fiction by: Serenity Angel Tsukino
Chapter One:
You Believe Your Nothing?
Author's Note: I know! Shocker! I haven't written fan fictions in such a long time. So bare with me if I seem rusty at it. As each chapter comes out I am working with my team to create an web comic based on this fan fiction. Now I am still looking for other artists to join in the creation so feel free to contact me if interested. Also note I do not own Invader Zim or any of Jhonen C. V.'s characters, only Elite Special Forces Ayumi. Admiral Jep is owned and created by Jesse Eugene Patterson.
Zim stumbled out of his house, slamming the door behind him shut to keep Gir from following. He stands there, looking around blankly at his front yard of his base. Even though no one is around, he could still hear the echos of his Almightly Tallests laughing about the fact that Zim was nothing but a defective irken, that he was too stupid to realized that sending him to Earth was to get rid of him. They wanted nothing to do with Earth, heck, it wasn't even part of Pending Doom II.
A joke...the almighty Zim...the Elite Invader Zim...nothing but a joke? Zim winced, grabbing hold of his chest, as he felt something stab his chest.
Thunder was heard in the distance, a storm was coming. Normally Zim would hurry back into his house, water is one of the major horrors of his horrid planet, however, Zim could barely move.
Tak was right...and Sizz Lorr...they told me over and over...but I didn't listen...Zim winced again at the pain that seemed to continually grow stronger within his one and only organ.
Zim managed to slowly make himself walk forward, passing his gnome guards, passing his fence. He turned left and tired to force himself to continue. Just to run.
But where? There is nothing to run here...and I am not welcome home...never again am I allowed on Irk...Zim leans his left shoulder on his fence. Never again...to see a member...of my own kind...
His knees finally gave way and he slid down to the ground. Zim turned his back to the fense, completely taking up the sidewalk. Thunder echoed louder above him, Zim looked up to see the dark menacing clouds, threatening to make him hurt. But Zim, had lost his power...his desire to move.
"Damn bloody rain! Dad is going to kill me if I get another cold!" Gaz quickly made her way through the downpour.
She was proud of herself of wearing her rain coat, rain boots, and bringing her umbrella with her, but cursing herself as it did nothing against the fricken hurricane that seemed to be upon her. She quickl made her way through her neighboring streets, heading home. She stops at Circle Drive, she knew she shouldn't go down that street and take the short cut through one of the backyards. Trespassing wasn't what she was worried about, it was the fact she'll be going through Zim's yard. No, there was no fear of Zim. If anything Zim has fear for her, especially when he ruins her zone when him and her big headed annoying brother get into one of their 'battles'. She was already going to get snapped at for being outside in this rain storm, she didn't need Dib on her case about going near Zim's base.
However, the wind was picking up and the rain was managing to get into her boots, her toes getting a bit cold. She turned her body and started to make her run down Circle Drive.
Just don't stop, just keep going going, Zim won't even know I'm there-Her throughts were cut off as she started to see Zim's base in view, with him sitting on the sidewalk, completely exposed to the rain.
She stopped in the middle of the street, a bit of shock was on her face. Zim continued to look up at sky, Gaz could hear the sounds od sizzling, of his skin burning away as the water had finally ate through his paste protection and was not devouring his skin. Where his skin was bright neon green, it was fading to a sick light purple.
"Zim?" Gaz walked forward to him. "You idiot...it's raining, get inside."
Zim's blue contact eyes looked for the sound that was Gaz, once her golden eyes locked on with Zim's, Gaz felt such a shiver dance down her spine. Something was wrong, horribly wrong. This wasn't the Great Invader Zim from Irk, that planned to rule her home planet.
"Little Gaz..." Zim's voice was crackling, Gaz actually winced a bit about how painful it must have been for him to talk.
"Zim, get up, your going to get sick." Gaz snapped at him.
Zim then returned to looking up at the darken sky.
"Worhtless...Zim is nothing...means nothing to his Tallests...Zim deserves this punishment."
"Ugh, fine. Stay out here and burn to death." Gaz goes through the opening in Zim's fence to make her way around the back of the house, to his backyard but she stopped.
She turned around and Zim still hasn't moved, even though she was on his property. The hissing and sizzling sound of Zim's flesh burning seemed to be getting louder. Gaz looked down, her right hand balled up into a fist.
Damn it...oh well I'm gonna get in trouble anyways. Gaz quickly return to Zim's side and she drops her umbrella and removes her rain coat.
She put it over Zim, then grabs her umbrella and leans it against the fence about Zim's head to keep him has dry as possible.
"I'll be back." Haz then runs to the house and kicks the front door in. "GIR!"
Gir, who was still in his doggie suit, waiting at the door for his master, looked sadly at her.
"Where's Master?"
"Outside, he doesn't look good. I need your help to carrying him in."
Gaz then turned around, Gir running at her heels. She brings him to Zim and she grabs Zim's right arm, to place it over her shoulder. Gir stretches his legs so he can be at Gaz's height and does the same with Zim's left arm.
The two quide the weaken Zim into his base. They placed him to lay down on his sofa in the 'living room'. Zim's eyes were closed at this point, mumbling words, which Gaz guessed, was irken. His breathing was labored and then Gaz looked to Gir, showing him an emotion: worry.
"How long was he out there? Why didn't you get him before the rain hit?" Gaz asked Gir.
Gir looked sadly at the ground, his stubby paws holding each other.
"Master...found out about his mission wasn't real...he was upset...and he ordered me to stay inside the base..."
Gaz then glared at Gir. "And for the first time in your robotic life, you listened?"
Gir winced, tears were swelling in his eyes. Gaz sighed and pet his head.
"It's alright...at least you did follow a command. Now, you have to follow another. I need to treat Zim's wounds. What can I use to help him?"
"I KNOW!" Gir exclaimed, as he dashes to a night stand that opens up as an elevator and does down into the lower levels.
Gaz kneels by Zim on the floor. She removes his wig and tosses it to the floor. It landed with a wet squish sound. Gaz gasped to see the top of his head was the worst, there was a dark purple imprint from the water soaked wig. She went to touch it and Zim whimpered in pain.
"Zim...why did you do this to yourself?" Gaz frowned, she then ripped open his skirt and tosses it aside as well.
Again, the water soaked fabric left damaged to his skin. As Gaz checked, everywhere but Zim's hands/lower arms, his feet/lower legs, and his pelvis (which she wasn't even going to go there), there was severe damaged to his skin.
Gir then returned from the underground base with a large irken first aid kit. Gir sat beside Gaz and opened it, handing her a lotion bottle that had clear purple-ish gel inside.
"Rub that on Master's booboos."
Gaz quickly pour a bunch of it in her hands and started to rub it on Zim's naked chest. Zim took in a deep breath, then sighed with relief. She made sure it was spread all over his chest evenly, then Gir got gauge and started dressing the gel covered wounds. They continued this pattern until Gaz got to Zim's face and head. She started applying the gel to the top of his head as his eyes slowly opened.
"...Zim...is week...do not bother-"
"Shut up, your voice is stupid." Gaz snapped harshly at him. "Your not weak, don't even think it. I know you Zim, you have been here for two years now. Your not weak."
Zim narrows his eyes at her.
"Leave me be."
"No, not until your better." Gaz finished spreading the gel and took the gauge from Gir and started wrapping the top of his head and his antennas.
"Zim...does not need-OOWWW!" Gaz stopped him by flicking her finger on his sore forehead.
"Just shup up. For once, let me do something nice for you, alright?" Gaz glared back at him.
Zim just returned the glare then turned away. Gaz then continued quietly to check his wounds, making sure she got every place. She then hands the gauge and gel to Gir.
"You might want to help him check his..." She motioned to his pelvis area.
Zim's antennas twitched and open one eye to look at her. Gaz stood up, then she turns away, covering her mouth quickly to coughs. After her tiny coughing fit she turned back to Zim.
He then started to take in Gaz's appearance. She was completely soaked: her hair, & clothes. Her cheeks was slightly pink. Zim wasn't sure if it was the topic she mentioned or about the tiny coughing fit she just had.
"Little Gaz...you alright?" Zim tired to sit up and reach out to her.
Gaz quickly backs off well out of reach of Zim.
"I'm fine. You rest. I will check in with you, so you better rest, or you'll wish the rain had finished you off." She grabs her raincoat that was on the floor and puts it on.
Gaz looks to Gir, placing her hands on her hips.
"Make sure he gets plenty of rest. Why don't you make him something to eat?"
Gir salutes to Gaz. "Okiedokie!" Then quickly goes into the kitchen.
Gaz looks at Zim, their eyes locked for a moment.
"Just remember Zim, you may seem your nothing to the empire, but on earth, especially to me..." Gaz tilted her head at Zim and smiled"...you are someone to me. Don't ever give up."
Gaz leans over and kisses Zim's forehead, then with that, Gaz walked out of the house.
Zim had stayed out of school the next morning, just thinking of Gaz's statement she made before she left. Zim had sent Gir to see if Gaz went to school, but Gir came back with news that she never showed up. Once Zim was able to move he want into his Healing Chamber, to quicken the healing process. By the next morning he was fully healed.
He got to school early, waiting at the front of the school yard, but Gaz never showed, Dib had, but he didn't even take noticed to Zim. Something else was on his mind. Zim watched Dib walk zombie like into the school.
It isn't like the Dib-monster to just walk pass me without even glaring or threatening. Zim thought to himself as he starts walking away from school. He pulls up his right wrist commuicator and turns on the 3-D screen.
"Gir, I am not attending school today. I am going to see Gaz."
Gir just continue to suck on his Suck Monkey, the sound of him drinking makes Zim wince.
"Have fun seeing the Scary Girlie!" And with that Gir reached over and pressed a button to cut off the commiucation.
Zim headed to the Membraine house. Once in front of the house Zim looked arond carefully, expecting some type of security system to jump out and attack him. But as he took his first step onto the walkway, nothing happened. He mumbled to himself that humans were stupid, then extended his spider legs from his pak and let them host himself in the air. He walked across the front yard to the left side of the house. His spider legs then managed to grab hold of the gutter drain and use it to climb up to the side of the house. Once reaching the second floor he started looking into the windows. His hunch was correct and the first window he peared into was Gaz's room. Gaz was sitting up on her bed, glued to her GS-2.
Zim quietly watched her, just taking in her appearance. She seemed slightly pale, her cheek still pink, her movements weren't as quick as he could hear the Game Over theme play and Gaz glare angrily at the screen. She had an IV in her right arm, with the liquid baggie hooked onto a hook on the wall above her head. Zim then reached forward and opened the window, starling Gaz.
"ZIM! What are you doing here?" Gaz grabs her blanket and pulled it up closer to her chest. "You want me to kill you? This is my room! Dib's room is the first window on the backside of the house!"
"I am not here to see the Dib-stink." Zim snapped as he climbed through the window, using his own arms and legs, retracting his spider legs.
Gaz blinked and tilted her head at him. "Then who are you here for?"
"I thought Little Gaz was a bit smarter than that." Zim sat at the foot of the bed, leaning his back against the wall. "You said you were going to check on me, you never did."
Gaz blushed red, didn't think he would remember. She shut off her video game and put it down on her night stand.
"I was going too...but I have been sick. I have a slight cold."
Zim studied Gaz, he knew she was leaving something out. There was more to her story.
"Humans can still function with a slight cold. But it has been three days you have missed school. Tell Zim the truth."
Gaz looked at him wided eyed. She then sighed and leaned back against her pillow.
"Humans have Imune Systems that help fight off infections, colds, flus, virus, etc. However...mine doesn't work well at all. Just the simple colds can have me be jacked up in bed for a long time. I have to get a transfusion and be on tons of antibiotics. This sickness...I got from my Mom."
"Your Mom?" Zim questioned. "Then it is passed down from Parent to Offspring. Why does Dib-stink not have it?"
Gaz grips tightly to her blanket, making her knuckles white.
"Dib doesn't have it because...he technically not my real brother. He's a clone of my Father." Zim's mouth drops, his eyes widen at her. "My Father got into science originally because he tried to fine a cure for my Mother. Once after they married she wanted to have a child and my father knew pregnancy could kill her. So he had cloned himself and gave her baby Dib. She was happy for a while, but she wanted to have a child that has both her and Father's DNA. So she tricked my Father and she was pregnant. She had me." Gaz looked down, she closed her eyes to keep her eyes from watering.
"But she got an infection after the birth and because her body was weak from birth she couldn't fight off the infection. She died." Gaz took in a deep breath and sighed, she then looked back up at Zim. "So yeah...that's my life story. Peachy isn't it? I bet it changes your out look on me, not as scary anymore."
Zim shook his head no. He moved up close to her so he was sitting beside her. Gaz turned to look at him, he smiled sadly at her.
"I'm...sorry Little Gaz...for making you sick. If Zim wasn't being stupid and sit in the rain, you wouldn't be here. Forgive Zim?"
Gaz smiled and elbowed him in his side.
"Don't get all mushy with me Zim, it's alright. Just don't think stupid, your not weak and don't sit in the rain."
Zim winced and rubbed his side, but he smiles at Gaz.
"You should rest." Zim pats Gaz's head then he makes his way to the window.
"What? Your leaving? Why?" Gaz grabs his right arm, before he jumps out.
Zim stops and looks over his shoulder at her. Gaz looked at him with an emotion he wasn't sure he could described. He sat on the window, his feet/legs dangled outside the window.
"You want Zim to stay?"
Gaz gasped. She didn't need anyone, not before. But having Zim here, actually having company around that didn't pity her situation, made her feel stronger in a way. Gaz just blushed then let him go. She balled her fists and puts them in her lap, looking down away from him.
"If...you want too."
Zim smiled then leaned forward, planted a kiss on her forehead, like she did to him just days ago. Gaz's eyes widen and she turned to look up at him.
"I will return. Get some rest until Zim return." And with that Zim pushed himself out the window.
Gaz gasped again and stuck her head out of the window. Zim had gracefully landed on the ground, using his spider legs. He looked up at her and waved. He then lowered himself down on his own two feet then walked off. Gaz watched Zim as he finally left her sight then she climbed back into her spot in her bed and got comfortable. She laid back, looking up at the ceilling. Her mind racing about Zim. Then she could finally relax, she didn't seem to be alone anymore. And with then she drifted off to sleep.