Disclaimer: violence, language, angst, and possibly hints of yaoi

Author's Note: any character that is not in the series belongs to me. I do not own Invader Zim in any way, shape, form, or fashion. Now onto the fan fiction!!

chapter 1

the fallen

If you wanna live, let live

If you want to go, let go

I'm not afraid to dream- to sleep, sleep forever

Kim opened her eyes slowly, the lab coming into some semblance of focus through the thick gelatinous substance she was suspended in. she opened her mouth to speak but her words were lost in the thick goop. "How is the subject coming along?" Red asked Purple from over his soda, sipping every now and then while watching the half Irken's humiliation. "She appears to have woken up finally. I'm draining the tube so we can question her." She blinked big violet eyes at Purple, giving a sad look to her maker Tak as the tube drained. "What's going on? I thought I was special.." her words died away as she gave in to tears.

I don't need to touch the sky

I just want to feel that high

And you refuse to lift me

Guess it wasn't real after all

Guess it wasn't real all along

Tak looked at her creation from her place on the wall. "You are special." Tak said quietly, then looked away as another jolt of electricity coursed through her body causing her to scream. Red got up and waited for the shock to end before slapping Tak hard. "Who gave you permission to speak?" he shouted, slapping her again. Purple interrupted Red's rage by shoving the half Irken's body scans in his face. "She's useless Red. Not even worth our time. Her stats are way lower than any Irken's and she'll never fit into our society anyway."

If I fall and all is lost

It's where I belong

If you wanna live, let live

If you want to go, let go

I'm never gonna be your sweet sweet surrender

A sudden idea dawned upon Red with the word 'useless'. He grinned wickedly. "Useless as Zim?" he said, his voice dripping with honey. "I guess you could..oh. I get it." Purple began to grin with him. "We'll push the little thing off on Zim. Say she's his new 'assistant'." They both laughed maniacally, neither of them noticing Kim's hateful stare at their backs. Red put his arm around Purple's shoulders to keep himself from falling over laughing. "Maybe with her Zim'll actually get something done!"

Guess it wasn't real after all

Guess it wasn't real all along

If I fall and all is lost

No light to lead the way

Remember that all alone is where I belong

They stared at each other for a heartbeat before bursting into fits of laughter once again.

"Nah, Zim never succeeds the only thing he could ever succeed at is failing!" Purple laughed all the harder at that. They turned to the girl who was now back to crying. They gave each other a blank stare for a second wondering why she was still in such horrible spirits. "Chin up kid. We've decided you have no physical work or mental value so you get to do something even better. You get to make someone else's life miserable."

In a dream

will you give your love to me

Beg my broken heart to beat

Save my life

Change my mind

Red told her in what he hoped was a reassuring voice. "That's right." Purple chimed in, "You get to help Zim in his pathetic attempts to take over the planet Erth or whatever it's called." Red turned around and began ordering every technology she'd need for her 'mission' whether it was outdated or not and several workers scrambled to find the technologies for her. It was then she made up her mind. The first person that foiled Zim she would offer her services to that person.

If I fall and all is lost

No light to lead the way

Remember that all alone is where I belong...