DISCLAIMER: I own no invader zim characters, scenes, etc.. all i own is Invader Era...all other credits go to Nickelodeon and Jhonen Vasquez.

Era sat there staring at the blank screen. Her brothers had just assigned her to take Zim's place as invader on Earth. Her electric blue eyes glowed in the twilight. She still remembered the last time she saw Zim.

*75 years ago:

Zim touched Era's hand gently. It sent shocks through them both. Era pulled away and looked down. "It's all your fault Zim. You're doing this to yourself." In the dark crevices Zim's eyes looked like red stars. She couldn't help but to glance back at him. For years, all they seemed to need was each other. Yet when the opportunity arose to become invaders, Zim chose to leave her to invade.

"An Irken's job is to invade and expand the Irken Empire." Zim said with as much strength as he could manifest. If he cried, he knew Era would fall apart. He looked down at her. Her eyes reminded him of the blue stars he saw once when he trained to be an invader.

"You know Era, everytime i saw those brilliant blue stars in the sky I saw your face." He said, trying to comfort her. She turned away from him. He touched her shoulder. "Everytime those pretty blue eyes look at me I'm completely mesmerized." He smiled.

Suddenly Era turned to him and slapped him. The tears streamed down her green skin. "You're so terrible Zim! You turned your back on me! On all we had built together! You said you would give up anything for me! Yet you go and almost demolish my home, our home Zim." He looked over her shoulder at the obvious eyes of Red and Purple-The Tallest. He stepped back and lowered his head.

"I guess it's time for me to go now. Goodbye Era." Zim turned from Era. She clenched her fists and bit her lip to hold back the tears already streaming down her face.

"You never cared about me Zim, all you care about is yourself." She said in a cracked voice. She ran out of sight, her small assasin robot trailing after her. Zim looked down at Gir.

"You made a poopy." Gir commented, watching the darkness that the two disappeared into. Zim grabbed Gir's antannae and dragged him to the ship. That was the last the two would ever see one another.

*Present Day:

Era stepped onto the landing pad just off the surface of Irk. She slipped on the black gloves and patted Irz's head. The small robot looked up at her and smiled. "Everything is gonna be oooookay." She said to Era with a large smile. Era laughed and smiled.

"You're right." Era nodded. The two stared out at the stars. The stars seemed to arrange themselves in a constellation resembling Zim and Era. She shook it off and grabbed Irz's arm. I hope I don't screw this up. She thought to herself.

Her brothers had given her the most advanced ship besides their own. It was equipped with enough weapons to take out Earth's sun, and easily any opposing ships. It was black with a blue Irk emblem on the front. The interior was the classic reddish pink and black Irk emblems. There was a screen in the corner in which she could reach her brothers and view Earth's surface.

They stepped into their ship and shot off into the stars. The two sat in silence for hours.

Suddenly a bluish green circle appeared before them. "We're here Irz."

Era pushed a button and immedieately saw Zim and Gir in their base. It was too much for her to handle. She lost control of the ship and crashed into the rocky exterior of Earth-right in front of Zim's house.