Wow, I'm screwed up. Thanks to Pure Aura-Chan for introducing me to Breaking the Habit by Linkin Park. (Love that band... and Transformers :])

Memories consume
Like opening the wound
I'm picking me apart again

A dark room. A sharp blade. A lost soul. That's all it takes.

You all assume
I'm safe here in my room
Unless I try to start again

Knives are hard to come by on Irk, but he found one. After the Tallest try to kill you twice, you catch on.

I don't want to be the one
The battles always choose
'Cause inside I realize
That I'm the one confused

Emerald pooled on wrist. Gloves would hide the scars, his own personal escape. He couldn't let anyone know, they would take away this reverie. They would call it unhealthy. If it was bad for him, why did it feel so good?

I don't know what's worth fighting for
Or why I have to scream
I don't know why I instigate
And say what I don't mean

I don't know how I got this way
I know it's not alright
So I'm breaking the habit
I'm breaking the habit tonight

Reassignment? Where? Earth, Earth was good. Zim was too naive to guess his secret.

Clutching my cure
I tightly lock the door
I try to catch my breath again

Locked. Locks meant 'Keep Out'. He was unwanted again. He fingered my knife. The agony was back. He needed to bleed, and now.

I hurt much more
Than anytime before
I had no options left again

The mad cackling faded. Water slowly, painfully, blissfully ate at his flesh. His eyes closed.

When they opened again, amber eyes bore into his red ones. A towel cocooned him.

"Why didn't you run? The water must have hurt."

"It did. The agony was wonderful." slipped past his lips.

" You've got some screwed up shit going on in your head, don't you?" the human girl asked after a moment.

I don't want to be the one
The battles always choose
'Cause inside I realize
That I'm the one confused

"Damn it, Dib, he's staying! Just accept it, for the love of god!"

He wasn't wanted again. Would he ever belong somewhere, or was he destined the wander, alone, for the rest of his life?

I don't know what's worth fighting for
Or why I have to scream
I don't know why I instigate
And say what I don't mean

"Skoodge! No, don't you dare die! If you die, I'll- I'll..." Gaz teetered off. " Please, Skoodge. Your my best friend. I need you like you need that knife. Please,hang on a little longer. Dib, hurry! He's fading! Get your ass up here!"

I don't know how I got this way
I'll never be alright
So I'm breaking the habit
I'm breaking the habit tonight

Skoodge POV

Am I dead? I tried to stop the bleeding when I saw I cut too deep. It was going to be my last time! I want to go home!

'I need you like you need that knife.' Her voice seemed to come from far away. 'Please hang on a little longer.' I'm trying, Gaz! I am, but I need you to help me! Bring me back!

'Goddamn it, Zim, save him! NOW!"

'But he's a...

'I don't care! Save his damn life!'

I'll paint it on the walls
'Cause I'm the one at fault
I'll never fight again
And this is how it ends

I don't know what's worth fighting for
Or why I have to scream
But now I have some clarity
To show you what I mean

I don't know how I got this way
I'll never be alright
So I'm breaking the habit
I'm breaking the habit
I'm breaking the habit tonight

"Welcome back to land of the living."

"Thank you, Gaz. You saved me. In more ways than one."