Hello everyone! This is another chapter story! I'm horrible about this aren't I?
This one's different though I promise! I'm writing ahead with this one so you shouldn't have to wait to long for chapters! YAY!
Disclaimer: I do not, nor have I ever owned any part of Invader Zim.
"Speaking"
'Thinking'
Seventh Grade year
"Alright Zim! Come out of your house/base/doom... place! I know you're in the-" Dib came to an abrupt halt in front of the wide alley where Zim's erratically drawn house had, less than a day ago, been. "Wha? What's going on!" Dib cried at the empty space.
Nothing was there. The house, the huge power cords, the gnomes, even the fence.
Gaz walked up and stopped next to him and raised an eyebrow, "What happened to your stupid friend?"
"He's not my friend he's an ali- aw forget it... Where'd he go?" Dib scanned the eerily normal scene and his eyes fell on a short green skinned figure standing next to a voot ship.
Dib ran forward in haste shouting, "ZIM! You evil alien! What sort of diabolical plan are you up to now?"
Zim turned in surprise to face his adversary and sighed, "Dib-monkey you..." he seemed to have trouble saying something. "You... win," all the fight just drained right out of him then.
"What are you talking about? This is some plan isn't it!"
"No flesh-worm... The Tallest have ordered me back from my mission. I am to return to Irk immediately. My mission is over," the green alien, disguise less, sighed again and hopped inside his ship.
"Master!" a shout came from the mouth of the alley and a small green dog ran past Gaz, tears streaming from his robotic eyes.
"GIR!" Zim shouted, "Stay here... on Earth. If you come back with me the Tallest will just have you deactivated. I'll tell them you were destroyed."
GIR stopped and stared through his big googly eyes, comprehension obviously not there.
Another sigh escaped Zim's mouth and he muttered quietly to himself as he powered up the cruiser, "Stay here and have a big breakfast of waffles GIR."
The robot's normally blue eyes flashed to red and he saluted, "Yes master!" His eyes flashed back to blue and he started hitting himself on the head, "Wheee ooooh!"
The cruiser lifted off the ground and Zim frowned as he lifted off into space, "Dib-monkey! I'll come back! You won this game but I'll be back for a second! I AM ZIM!" and with that he was gone.
"That was stupid," Gaz punched her brother and walked off.
Twelfth Grade year
Dib sat in Ms. Bitters history class (yes, she moved up every single year with Dib... Dib thought it was because she wanted to torture him personally) and half listened as she drawled on about the universe eventually destroying itself and he started to fall asleep.
"Class," the terrifying teacher said from the front of the room, "We have a new student today and while teachers rarely, if ever, introduce new students in high school classes for purposes of plot exposition I'm forced to introduce you to," she read a piece of paper and shrugged, "Oh so he's back... Zim, reintroduce yourself to everyone."
A still short (but taller than he had been in seventh grade) green skinned, boy with black hair and large eyes smiled at the class, "Hello fellow worm-babies! I am a simple, normal human earth creature just as you all!"
"Good, now sit down," Ms. Bitters began to speak of death and doom again.
When Dib was sure Ms. Bitters was in her own separate world he walked over to Zim's desk and glared at him. Zim smiled back at him, "Hello Dib-monkey. How was life without me, Zim!" he shook a fist for emphasis.
Dib shook his head, "Still Zim I see."
"Zim will always be Zim," the smile so often seen before crossed his face... There was something different about it though. Dib couldn't put his finger on it.
Dib had fourth period lunch. Zim had sixth. It seemed Dib only had one class at all with Zim. That would make it hard to keep an eye on him.
Gaz watched in rare fascination as a person who she had thought left her life forever walked boldly into her sixth period lunch. He took a seat at one of the corner tables that had no one sitting at it without even bothering to get any food. He just sat there and stared out the large cafeteria windows and ignored the many people pointing at his odd skin color and mocking him.
This was a different Zim the one that had left back in seventh grade. The Zim that had left would have stood on his table and shouted loudly, "I am normal!" or something and thus would have made himself stand out more.
In fascination she found herself picking up her tray and walking over to sit with him. He watched her approach warily.
"Gaz-human..." he looked her up and down, "You have grown larger. You may sit if you want."
Gaz felt a rage boil inside her, 'Who is he to tell me I can sit down?' she thought... but took a seat anyway.
"Zim, I thought you left."
"I did."
"Well obviously... why'd you come back though?"
He looked at her and she thought she saw an intense sadness inside his eyes.
He shrugged.
"You don't know why you came back?"
"Why I came back is Zim's own business!" he hissed.
Gaz shrugged and started eating.
The rest of their lunch was eaten (or not in Zim's case) in silence.
Dib was amazed. It was just like it had been almost five years ago. The house was still horribly misshapen, the gnomes were still creepy (and shot lasers at him when he tried to enter), the huge power cords still thrust themselves through the adjacent houses, and GIR was still happy to let Zim's antagonist inside the base.
Dib had spent the last ten minutes nostalgically looking at the inside which also looked exactly the same as before. "GIR let you in didn't he?" Zim muttered as he walked inside.
"Hm? ZIM!" Dib turned and drew from his trench coat a small knife he'd brought with him, "I'll get you this time Zim! I'm going to catch you and then scientis-"
"Yes yes! I'm sure they will stink-beast," Zim mocked and smiled at Dib, "From what I've seen everyone still thinks you're crazy."
"When I catch you they'll believe me," Dib growled.
"You'll never catch Zim!" the alien cried, "GIR defensive mode!"
GIR ran into the room from the kitchen and his eyes turned red, "Yes sir!" and then he promptly jumped out the nearest window.
Zim smacked his face and Dib cocked his head slightly, "Who took care of GIR in all the time you were gone?"
Zim frowned, "No idea. He said something about the nice, pretty lady but I really don't know."
Dib launched himself at Zim and robotic legs shot out of Zim's PAK, pulling him to the ceiling. Using his spider-like extra appendages Zim scurried to the opposite side of the room and dropped back to the floor. The two ran at each other and found themselves in a beautiful unending dance.
An extended robotic leg would attempt to pierce Dib's side but he would dodge and thrust his knife towards Zim's Squeedly-Spooch which Zim in turn would jump over and attack again with different arm.
The dance continued for some ten minutes before the front door swung open and Gaz walked in. Both Zim and Dib stopped attacking each other and fell over, she sniggered. "Dib, dinner," the teenage girl stated simply and walked out.
Dib got to his feet and looked around awkwardly, "Don't think this is over for a minute Zim! I'll return and do... things... to you," and Dib ran off towards his home, fearing the wrath of his sister.
"I await our next confrontation eagerly Dib-beast!"
Zim stood in front of the communication screen. 'Why did I put this room back in?' he wondered to himself. In frustration he picked up a nearby table and violently threw it at the screen. It imbedded itself inside the screen. and pieces of glass rained down on him. 'Its not like I have to check in and tell them about my mission progress...'
He turned and walked out of the room and destroyed the door scanner, permanently sealing it behind him.
"I, Zim, am an exile," the alien muttered to himself, "Ha! I, Zim, am defective. I, Zim, am worthless. I, Zim, was supposed to die..."
He rode the trash can up into the first floor of his base and couldn't get it out of his head, 'Why didn't I let them deactivate me like an Irken is supposed to? Why did I run? Why do I want to live still?'
There! That's the first chapter! I know it's not interesting yet but I promise it'll get more interesting. ZAGR is coming I swear!
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