Tak opened her eyes, she knew there was an explosion, but what exactly happened? Her mind was blank of her past few minutes of consciousness, and now she's floating in space? Oh, look, it's Zim's ship, she thought, well, I got nothing better to do.
Cten walked back into the main room where the rest of them were just sitting there, "She's coming!"
"Who?" Zim asked.
"Mickey Mouse," Cten said sarcastically, "who do you think? Tak's coming!"
"How?!" Zim asked incredulously, "She should be dead..."
"She's back?!" Sam screeched in excitement, "She must wanna play more!!!" Sam waved hyperly out the window, "HIIIIII TAK!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"I could transport out there and kill her..." Zena suggested.
"NOOOO! SHE WANTS TO PLAY MORE, ZENA!!! DON'T KILL TAK!" Sam screamed.
Suddenly Tak lands in front of Zim, stared into his eyes for a second, her eyes filled with fear, sadness, and hate, then she whispered, "Thanks for everything, Zim." then she walked away.
".........Tak!" Cten ran and followed Tak to a separate room.
"Wait!! Don't you wanna play more?" Sam yelled, then ran after them.
Zim just stood there, clueless, "...........what?" Zim then ran after them.
"Okay, seriously," Linux said, "someone needs a brain transplant..."
"WE MADE A TRAIN!!!" Sam yelled, noticing that they had formed a line, Tak, Cten, her, and Zim, "CHOO, CHOO!
"What the hell?" Tak asked herself, "Just go away," Tak ordered, "all of you."
"What did you mean by that, Tak?" Zim asked in confusion, "I didn't do anything for you."
"Go away," Tak said, practically crying, "or I-I'll-I'll kill you!"
"But you're the conductor," Sam complained, "We're ammo, you have to drop us off at a station!"
Tak just pushed Sam gently, not in the mood to hurt anyone else right now, "There," she said, "I dropped you off..." After that, Sam just ran away happily.
"Tak," Cten suggested, "maybe you and Zim should just...talk."
"He'll never listen," Tak pointed out, "he never does, never will."
"Yes he will," Zena argued.
"I will not," Zim corrected.
"You want me to beat you up?" Zena threatened, holding a fist up to Zim's face.
"...no thanks, that's okay....I'll listen," Zim said, sitting down.
"J-Just never mind..." Tak said, turning away to hide her blushing.
"Tak," Zim said, trying so hard to convince her to talk, "I'm listening, just talk..."
"Can...we go somewhere else......alone?" Tak asked.
"Uh...sure...." Zim said, going to a different room, with Tak following close behind.
"See? I'm not stupid!" Zena said, hitting Cten upside the head.
"What the hell!?" Cten screamed at Zena.
"Okay," Zim said, sitting down on a table, "go ahead...say words..."
"Well, I already told you that I love you," Tak replied, sitting on the table next to him, "What more do you want?"
"Well, I don't know," Zim said sarcastically, "maybe why did you blow up my house, try to kill my sister, and had your little assistant stab Zena? I'd like to know why!" Zim said, practically yelling in her face.
"I-I don't know why, okay!?!?!" Tak cried back, about to burst into tears any second now.
"So, that's it?" Zim asked, not impressed.
"Y-Yeah... I-I guess..." Tak stammered.
"Figures..." Zim said, in the same tone and started to walk away, but turned around when he heard crying coming from behind him. "Why are you crying?"
"N-No r-rea-eson," Tak sobbed, then continued to cry.
"Come on..." Zim said, with true caring in his voice as he sat back down, closer to her than before. He tried to put his hand on her shoulder, but she turned away. "Tak...come on...Please? If you start crying, Cten and Zena are gonna kill me..."
Tak sniffed, "S-Sorry. I don't n-need to ruin your life any more..." she tried to stop crying, but obviously wasn't doing a good job of it.
"Well, you're ruining it by not telling me why you're crying," Zim pointed out.
"Why would you care?" Tak asked.
Good question, Zim thought, but then said aloud, "Just because..."
"You hated me one second and now you care about how I feel?" Tak asked, a little shocked, "Wow, that's fast, even for you.
"...yyyeeeaahhh...."
"...You wouldn't care enough to listen anyway..."
Zim sighed, "I'm listening," he said in a bored tone.
"Well," Tak explained, giving up on trying to keep things to herself, "you ruined my chances of being an Invader, I was left to either clean up a planet that is literally impossible for one Irken to clean up in one life-time, and I was left to die in outer space...and I recall that all of them are your fault."
"So what do you want from me," Zim asked sarcastically, "a kiss or something?"
Tak started to blush a lot, "B-But it wouldn't mean anything, because you don't really love me..."
"You're right, but if it'll make you feel better...and Cten won't kick my ass, so I'm willing to take the risk." And with that, Zim got up and kissed Tak as if he really did love her. Ugh, this is sorta gross... Zim thought to himself, though he was only trying to convince himself.
Tak, on the other hand, didn't know how to comprehend it, Is this good or bad? she asked herself, she was blushing to where her face was now a dark blue.
After about a minute, Zim finally pulled away, "Feel better now?" he asked.
Tak just nodded, not knowing if it was a real nod, or if she was just shaking so hard that it looked like she was nodding.
"Alrighty then," Zim said proudly, "my work here is done." Zim walked out of the room with that 'full of himself' walk that he usually had, leaving Tak in there shaking, blushing, cold, and alone.
"Okay, Cten," Zim announced, "she feels better, now can we get on with our lives?"
"Ugh, fine," Cten said, "but where are we going to stay?"
"OUR HOUSE WENT 'SPLODIEZ!!!!!!!!" Sam screeched.
"Yes, Sam," Zim said, "I know..."
"We could ask the Tallest for a new house...building...thing..." Zena suggested, forgetting what they were called.
"Good idea," Cten said, pulling out her communicator. "Hi Daddy, our house kind of...exploded..."
"Yeah, so we heard...Red, do we have another housey thing?! CTEN NEEDS ANOTHER HOUSEY THING!" Purple screeched.
"Calm down, Pur, we don't, we ran out last week," Red replied, "the shipment should come in about month..."
"...Sorry, Cten." Purple apologized.
"It's okay, we can see if we can stay with Don for a month," Cten said, "bye daddy!"
"Bye, honey! WHEEEEE!" was the last thing Cten heard before she hung up.
"There is something seriously wrong with him..." Zena said.
"Yeah, thank God I'm not there." Cten replied, "I doubt Don will let us stay with her."
"Damn right," Don retorted, not looking up from her magazine.
"Donalena, please?" Zena begged.
"No, there's just too many of you and the folks would flip." Don pointed out.
"She has a point..." Melissa agreed.
"AND YOU'LL BREAK MY STUFF!" Linux added, hugging his Linux laptop computer.
"True..." Sam agreed with Linux.
"Cten! PICK UP! BEEP, BEEP!" Cten's communicator rang with Purple's ringtone that he made her, "I SAID BEEP, BEEP!!!!!!!"
"What?" Cten answered, annoyed because the ringtone was so obnoxiously loud.
"YOU'RE COMING TO LIVE WITH US!...again...can't have my daughter being homeless, THAT'S NOT IT!!!!!!!!!!"
"Oh hell no!" Cten protested.
"Oh hell yes!" Purple squealed back.
"Er...Don's letting us stay with her!" Cten fibbed, making up a reasonable excuse not to go back and be embarrassed.
"No I'm not!" Don called back, just to burst Cten's bubble.
"SHUT UP DON!" Cten yelled at the top of her lungs, "Daddy, please!" she begged.
"Nope, made up my mind." Purple stood his ground.
Cten sighed and gave up, "Can the others come with me?"
"YES! But Zim has to stay with one of you at all times..."
"Okay, but what about our mission?"
"The mission is closed until a new house comes!"
"What if I say no to you? I am an adult Irken."
"I AM THE ALMIGHTY Tallest! You listen to me anyway."
"He has a point, Cten." Zim pointed out.
"Shut up, Zim," Cten retorted.
"So get your Irken butts up here now! Let's go, come on!"
"Okay, Daddy, but I have two things to say."
"What?"
"1: We need a ride, our Voots were destroyed, and 2: can Tak come with?"
"Um...suuurrreee...RED THEY NEED A VOOT SHIP!"
Cten smiled a little, "Thanks daddy! We'll be waiting outside what used to be our base!" and she happily hung up the communicator. "Okay, now we need to get to the base," Cten announced, "you guys go, I'll get Tak."
"Come on Tak," Cten said, walking into the room where Tak was just sitting there, "you're coming with us to the Massive since Zim and Zena blew up your ship."
"Why would you care about me?" Tak asked, "I tried to kill you..."
"That's in the past," Cten said, "and love makes you do crazy things, trust me, I know." She smiled and winked at Tak, though her heart sunk at the memories of her and Dib. "Now come on before we miss our ride," Cten said, extending her hand. Tak used Cten's hand to help herself up and they both walked to the base.