Kim: Here it is peoples! The 'awaited?' sequel to Empty Brooke and Invader Zim. I didn't think that the story could end with Brooke's death because that was just dumb so I made this as a response to that! Whee!

More love in this story than the last!

Song sequence that's going to come after wards.

This story is going to be longer too!

And Brooke thought up the cool name, I couldn't think of one. Anyways! Read away!

Empty Brooke and Invader Zim

2

Minds of Mutual Insanity

Prologue

"Holy Shit! I'm an Irken!"

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Zim eyed the girl.

She was the same height as him, if not slightly shorter, with long antenna and a black outfit with the Irken insignia in blood red like the stripes of her outfit. Her boots, black as they were, glimmered slightly. The metal of the left one shone in his eye but he quickly shook it off. What intrigued him about this Irken, however, was the color of her eyes. Never had he seen a color so dark. They were like night. Before then Zim had never been aware that an Irken's eyes could be so dark.

He rose himself up on his spider legs slightly as they ejected from his PAK and moved towards the Irken. She flinched back a second and then went eerily calm. Zim eyed her for a moment and leaned in to get a closer view. He rubbed his chin once. Twice. Thrice. Then he turned to her eyes and scowled.

"What were you doing to my ship?"

"Nothing."

"Nothing? What jerked me awake?"

She shrugged. The she stopped. "Wait a second. What am I to you?"

Zim raised his invisible eyebrow. "That depends on what your PAK signature is."

"So… I'm an Irken? Just like you?"

"Yes."

"A real Irken?"

"Of course! And you have been since you were a little smeet! What are you thinking?"

"N… Nothing."

Zim rubbed his chin again. "You're filled with a lot of nothing today aren't you? Ok. What does your PAK read?"

"Invader…" he noticed that the Irken female paused for a second upon seeing his face. "Assistance. I was… sent here to… assist in the conquer of Earth… Um… The Tallest said that you may want… an extra hand around the planet… you know… seeing as you were never able to acquire your battle tanks and what not."

Zim lowered himself back to the ground. "Indeed. Contrary to the matter, if you are to be my assistant I will need your name."

"My name?"

"Yes. You do have one right?"

"Course I have a name! It's… uh… EB."

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Zim watched as his assistant's hologram was activated. The person that stood before him was no longer an Irken. It was a human, which, in some way, was a good thing. In others, however, it was bad. He ignored both possibilities and watched as the blurs dissipated.

The human before him had long, wavy, brown hair, which mostly fell in front of her face. Her eyes were plain brown with short eyelashes if none at all and she had long legs with a small torso and average length arms. Her skin was so pale it looked like she'd never gotten sun and her face was in a small smile. EB, in her human form, had on a pair of blue jeans that were ripped at the base and a blue and gray striped sweater wrapped around her waist. Her T-shirt was black and had a skull on it with wings that came out from behind the head. A set of headphones hung out from her left pocket and gum stuck out from her right one. The last thing to add to her disguise was a sterling silver coffin necklace around her neck. Zim could see that it opened up to show a little skeleton inside. (LOL this is Brooke's FAVORITE outfit!)

Zim raised an eyebrow. "Are you sure that will fit in? It doesn't look… real…"

"And yours does?"

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Zim sighed. Drawing Dib falling into magma was becoming boring. Despite the fact that he would have loved to see it he grew tired of the time that it took to draw a descent drawing. Even then it completely and utterly sucked.

The Irken rested his head on his arms, which were lying flat on his desk, crossed over one another. He cocked his head to the side and looked at his apprentice across the room.

His head shot up like a bullet at what he saw.

EB had her fingertip on the Dib-stink's nose. Dib was staring, cross-eyed, at it and looked completely confused. He just watched her finger and stayed perfectly still in his seat. EB's pencil was moving on the paper in front of her so quickly that Zim was surprised the paper didn't fall of the table.

Zim's eyes lowered as he watched his apprentice and his mortal enemy being social. EB didn't even seem to realize how horrible this was. She just sat there and drew her heart out as though there was nothing to be worried about. Well there was and come lunchtime he would remind her of that.

Brooke pulled the drawing up to Dib's face. The boy, still surprised, took it in his hand and pulled it up to his face, eyes still on her. As he looked at the paper his eyes lost their anger and became interested more in the drawing than the fact that 'Brooke was an alien.' "It looks… just like me…"

"Yeah… I was aiming for that."

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There was a flashed of light and I went blind for a second. I rubbed my eyes and noticed that the light was gone but I still couldn't see. After all, I'm not used to the light…

I heard B scream.

I heard Aimee scream.

I heard Ahva grunt. Then I felt her poke me.

"Watch it!"

"Brooke? Is that you?"

"Yeah… It's me…" I could see again. When I looked at them they looked a little bit more scared than I had anticipated but I went with it. "What do you guys think?" I spun around once to show them that I truly was an Irken. "I can't be making this up."

"That's for sure…" Ahva poked at my head again.

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"Amazing!"

I stepped back a second, unable to comprehend what had just escaped Zim's mouth. Or whatever that thing he had plastered on his face was. The look that he had was unlike any that I had ever seen in the TV show. It was totally foreign to me.

"I never would have suspected that there could be another dimension prior to this one!"

"Yeah…" I said, tuning in with the mood. "The weird thing about this one is that Irkens don't exist. They're the created factor of a… uh… primitive human mind." I really disliked calling Jhonnen Vasquez primitive but I had no choice if I was going to blend in at being an Irken. "In the dimension I was in there's actually a TV series staring you. That's how I knew about Tak and everything. I've watched the series. And, in this dimension, cards are still handed out for Valentine's Day instead of meat. There is a place here called NASA place but in this dimension its just NASA. And there are a lot of dogs in this dimension."

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"Yeah. So. What did happen that day? I mean… You just disappeared into thin air. I had no idea where you went. It was a little creepy, you know."

"Uh… I don't know what you're talking about."

Dib jumped in front of me, his hands on his hips. "I know that you know what happened. Even Zim had no idea."

"How do you know that he wasn't lying?"

"I had my lie detector on. It showed he was telling the truth when he said that he didn't know what had happened to you."

Then why don't you just use it when he says that he's human? Duh! I ignored what he said, walked past him and then continued to the skool. Dib ran up beside me. He looked a little bit hurt. Still, although he wasn't my favorite character on the show I still liked him. I sighed and stopped. He did too. "The truth is Dib…" I can't believe that I'm doing this… "I'm not from here…"

Dib's eyes went wide. He jumped back from me and pointed. "You're EB! You're that new Irken that moved in with Zim! I was right all along! You are an alien! You lied to me! You didn't want to be my friend! You wanted to gain my trust so that you could get rid of me!"

Now it was my turn to look hurt.

Dib's accusing finger fell.

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She's back…

It wasn't fair. I only just got rid of her and now she was back. The real Brooke was out again.

My eyebrows went low and close to my nose. I glared at Dib for a moment and he flinched back so suddenly that he nearly fell out of his chair. I smiled. My glare was back. I could scare anybody with that stare of mine. I could make them feel so scared that they couldn't bear to look at me any longer. This was what kept me going.

I hated life again. And I liked it. I didn't care who thought that I was creepy. I didn't care who thought that I was nice. I didn't care who thought that I was ugly. I didn't care who thought that I was pretty. I didn't care for anything cute. I didn't care for anything fun. I didn't care for anything pleasant. And I, especially, didn't care for anything involving love.

Love. What a horrible emotion. In fact, emotions were horrible! They stank! They sucked! I hate them! I hate love! I hate sorrow! I hate happiness! I hate fear! All that remains in me now… is my anger… All of my anger. And I was going to use it to help Zim conquer the human race.

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"What's wrong?" I said with more hatred in my voice than anything before. "Nothing's wrong. Why do you ask?"

"Like I said. You were hostile all day. Even towards Zim."

"I'm mad. So what?"

"At Zim? Did Dib tell you about the noodles? I swear! I didn't do it! I'm innocent! They had no proof!"

"Noodles?"

"Uh… Never mind…"

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"Yeah but… OMG! What's happening?"

Zim looked down at his arm. He gasped at what was happening. A blue light was engulfing all up his arm. He couldn't feel it there but he could see it and it was unnerving. The light the stretched to his feet and soon went all the way up to his chest. It was only then did he realize what was happening to him. The Irken smiled at Dib in a manner so evil that the boy flinched back a little bit. "Looks I'll get to go to the dimension a little bit sooner than I first thought. I'll see you in a while Dib. But by then I'll have destroyed the world!" Zim started laughing again.

"Oh, no you don't!" Just before his other hand was engulfed by the blue light Dib held onto it and was engulfed as well. He felt very strange going through the portal.

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The girl looked at her shirt and then back at Dib. Her eyes went wide. She came up really close to him and eyed him for a moment. "What's your name?"

"What's yours?"

"Kim. Now answer my question."

"It's Dib… But why do you…"

"DIB!!"

She glomped him.

"Ah! Help! I'm being attacked!"

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"Exchange… student?"

"Did you forget? Don't you remember hat sheet I gave to you about three months ago? It was regarding the fact that exchange students were coming into our school for cultural enrichment. They're here to learn. You said that it would be all right if one stayed here seeing as there aren't enough places for them. Remember now?"

"Uh… vaguely…" I knew that she was lying. "Alright then…" My mom looked over at Zim. I saw her eyes go wide from behind her glasses. The color drained from her face and it sort of amused me. She took a gulp and addressed Zim. "Hello, what is your name?"

"Bonjour madame. Je m'appelle Zim."

"Oh! He's a French boy."

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He stepped into the middle of the room and put his hands behind his back as he looked at the contents of the first shelf. EB wasn't with him anymore. She had gone to retrieve a spare mattress from the basement storage section. The Irken took a glance on what had been placed on the top shelf. He saw a series of hard covered books and a miniature wooden manikin. On the shelf below that was a dragon chest that looked to be made of stone and two little skeleton figures, one standing on a surfboard, the other sitting on a pirate chest holding a surfboard next to him. Zim took hold of the one sitting on the chest and examined it closely. "What a strange thing to put in a base…"

The head fell off.

"Eh?" Zim looked at the scull by his feet. The sockets were frowning at him at the angel it was at. He picked up the head and attempted to put it back on the body. But, alas, it fell off again and he was forced to hold it in his hand. Zim looked first at the head and then at the rest of the figure. He didn't know what to do. He tried to stick it on again but the head fell off and landed by his foot. The Irken frowned. "This stupid piece of human filth!"

"Ok, Zim. I got the mattress…" EB came into the room pulling a large white and blue thing. She leaned it against the left wall, right by the door, where a small insect collection hung. She whipped her forehead and then looked at him.

Zim looked down at the broken figure in his hands. "Uh…" He put it back on the shelf. "It was like this when I found it…" The head popped off again. Zim eyed it and then flicked it to the back of the shelf.

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I started to laugh. Rather wickedly I might add. My cackle resounded around the grassy area and stretched over to the parking lot. Teenagers were coming over in bulk now, interested in what was happening. I looked at the teens below me and I laughed even harder. I went hysterical with laughter even.

It felt so good. Oh so good.

I raised my foot above the head of the first boy that I had hurt. He was still on the ground. My smile went from ear to ear as I looked down at him, my eyes huge with a lust for pain… Blood even. I saw his eyes look up to me and my wickedness but I didn't stop. No. I wanted to strike him. "You had better stop bothering me. I don't know why you always did, nor do I give a crap. I know that you're annoying. That's all that I know."

"No. I promise that I won't bother you again."

My smile went even larger, which didn't seem physically possible. "Really? I don't believe you!" My foot went down.

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"You logged onto my user?!"

"No I didn't!"

"Yes you did!"

"No I didn't!"

"Yes you did!"

"Insolent fool girl!"

"Stupid invader!"

They went for each other's throats in anger.

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Kim sank to her knees; she had tears in her eyes. They were puffed up beyond belief and she looked really sad. "I'm sorry Dib. I'm not too good when it comes to cooking. It's actually really hard for me to do it. I've never been good at cooking." Kim put her head in her hands, sobbing slightly. "I'm sorry."

Now Dib felt really bad.

He took a look at the food.

He sighed. My stomach's going to hate me for this…

Kim raised her head out of her hands and looked up at Dib, her pain stained with tears. What she saw made her hands sink down low and her eyes open wide with amazement. Dib was scarfing down the food like there was no tomorrow. But with each bite she saw his eyes twitch and she thought that he would gag. Kim thrust her fists up to her chin and yelled, "Why are you eating it if it tastes so bad?"

He didn't answer, because his mouth was full of horrible, ash bacon, and just smiled at her.

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Gir sank back into the closet. He started to sing a little tune. Zim hated him for it.

It went like this:

There you see her,

Sitting there across the way,

She don't got a lot to say,

But there's something about her,

And you don't know why,

You're dying to try,

You wanna kiss the girl.

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(Black words EB. Normal Brooke.)

No chance, no way, I won't say it, no, no….

If there's a prize for misjudgment,

I guess I've already won that,

No man is worth the aggravation,

That's ancient history,

Been there, done that!

Who you think you're kidding?

He's the Earth and heaven to you,

Try to keep it hidden,

Honey I can see right through you,

Girl, you can't conceal it,

I know how you're feeling,

Who you're thinking of…

No chance, no way,

I won't say it, no, no!

You swoon, you sigh,

Why deny it, uh oh,

It's too cliché!

I won't say I'm in love…

Shoo do. Shoo do…

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Bill looked at Zim. "Can you talk to me, please?"

"Where is EB?"

"What?"

"EB. The girl that answered the door. I demand that you tell me where she is."

"Why don't you tell me your name first?"

"I am ZIM. Mighty Invader of the Irken Empire. Now tell me what you have done with my assistant or suffer for your fool heartedness."

"She's right outside. Uh… EB is in good hands. You don't have to worry about her. Are you related to her?"

"Of course not."

"Are you friends?"

"No."

"Then are you in love?"

Zim turned pale again. "Why must everyone ask that?" He could feel his PAK reacting to how mad he was feeling. His instincts took over and his spider legs were activated. They came out of the PAK, slowly. He wasn't exactly sure what he was going to do with them yet. "I am not in love with EB!"

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He put his other hand on her forehead and tapped it lightly, making sure that he didn't touch the wounds. Zim was choking on tears now. He tapped her head a little bit more. "EB, you must speak to Zim. I have commanded you to. Speak Dammit! Speak!!"

"Zim…"

His head rose up. He stared into EB's eyes. Though her human guise was back she still had her Irken eyes. She still looked as much an Irken to him as she had before. He could still see it in her eyes. They were black as the night with the two patches of gray like they had before. "EB?"

She took hold of his hand and he could see tears streaming from her face. She was in so much pain right then and there. But, yet, she was able to hold it back and talk to him. It melted his cold heart. "Zim… Conquer Earth for me…"

He nodded lightly, tears in his eyes.

"And don't cry for me… I don't want that… Pity's a waste of time…"

He nodded once more, smiling slightly as he whipped away tears.

EB's hand went limp in his.

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Zim floated through a stream of time and space as he headed towards his dimension. Traveling through the rift like this was near an eternity. But it seemed to pass him by so quickly.

He sighed.

Seeing Brooke go like that was horrible on his mind.

He was already missing her company.

A streak of black, red and purple swooped past his head. He spun around in surprise. As he tried to steady himself Zim could hear a strangely familiar voice erupt from the streak as it hurried down the tunnel.

"Race you to the other side, Zim!"

He didn't hurry along.

The longer he was quiet the more he was able to think about forgetting the pain. The easier it was to avoid pitying Brooke's demise.

The streak of black, red and purple stopped after it realized that he was not following. It turned back to see him, slowly approaching the end of the time space stream. The light was right in front of the color streak now and it was ready to pass on through. The fact that Zim was being so slow didn't help in its mind. The streak, though without any body parts, shrugged and dove into the light.

It waited for Zim to come with it.

But he never came.

And the streak was driven into a different part of the dimension, far off from where it had wanted to be.

One word escaped its mouth.

"Damn…"

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Kim: A little recap just in case someone hasn't read the first story. Then again, I suggest you do.

Brooke: I don't see what effort you put into this.

Kim: How so?

Brooke: All you did was copy and paste little pieces from each chapter in the first story!

Kim: Yeah so?

Brooke: (Slaps forehead.)