Zim tapped his fingers on his arm rest, watching the different TV and computer monitors. Gir rolled on the floor with a squeak pig toy, looking up at his master. He could almost feel the repressed anger rolling off him. Parent-Teacher night was the following and Dib had destroyed his parental unit bots, again. He had no time to build new ones and program them. He was tired of it and was more interested in a live one; a believable one. He pouted, wishing he could help his master but as soon as the thought formed, it faded as he spotted a butterfly on a screen.

Movement caught Zim's attention on a far monitor. The new neighbor was returning from her job. She had moved in only recently yet no one seemed to notice. The real estate agent, an annoyingly chipper blonde woman with her skin pulled tightly on her face, had forgotten to remove the sign and kept trying to show the place. She had the hose turned on her once, which had amused him greatly.

He moved quickly, his mind made up and forming a plan, frightening Gir as he went up to the bottom floor of the house then outside to the fence the separated their yards. The woman stopped looking through her purse after a few minutes of his starring and looked over.

"Um, can I help you kid?"

"You can human. I demand to know your name! Tell me now."

"Right...Where's your mom?" Zim watched her look around then back at his house, trying to find a way of avoiding him. She looked back at him, blinking when she found him now only a few feet from her on her side of the fence.

"Answer me human!"

"Alex Cain. Now go away." She pulled her keys from her bag and opened the door, going inside quickly and slammed it closed. "Freaky kid."

Zim chuckled and walked back to his house quickly, rubbing his hands together.

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Alex watched him leave and shook her head as she kicked her heels off and headed to the kitchen. It seemed like everyone in this entire neighborhood were insane. She was convinced it had to be something in the water. So far everyone had watched her through their windows, peeking out the blinds when she had first moved in but had left her alone. The kid next door took the cake though.

Finding nothing worth eating she put a call in for takeout and changed out of her work clothes into shorts and a tank top and waited. Settling on the couch, she flipped though the channels and settled on a crappy horror movie before nodding off.

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Zim smirked as he worked, getting an injector gun ready. "I haven't felt this excited since...since I was given this damn assignment. Now I can test my slave chip. If it truly works, then I'm one step closer to taking over and receiving the glory from my Tallest! And I can rub it in Dib's stupid face." He began laughing, pausing to cough before continuing his work. Thunder rumbled over head as the power flickered. Zim growled softly, hating to think he would have to do this in a blackout.

Gir whimpered, pulling the hood of his dog suit on and zippered it. He looked up at Zim and pouted, causing the alien to glare down at him, before a thoughtful look entered his masters eyes and scooted away as a smirk spread across his face, showing off his uneven teeth as the power finally went out.

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Alex woke up with a start as thunder rumbled outside. She blinked, remembering leaving the TV and light on. She frowned, hitting the power button for TV but it stayed dark. Sighing, she flopped back onto the pillows of the couch when she heard a scratching at her front door.

Getting up carefully, she went to the door and looked out the peep hole, seeing nothing but the dark street and pouring rain. She turned away when she head it again. Opening the door slightly, she looked out still seeing nothing except a note from the delivery man on missing him then felt something wet rub against her leg and run into the hall.

Shrieking, she slammed the door and turned, seeing a small, wet green dog looking up at her. "Where did you come from." Kneeling down she held her hand out. Gir cocked his head and walked over, putting one of his hands in hers. She blinked in surprise and picked him up, surprised by his weight and looked at his collar. "Figures." She ran a thumb over the engraving and looked out her window to the neighbor kids house and sighed.

Pulling on her hoodie and sneakers, she picked up the green dog, and hugged it to her chest. She almost swore she heard his sigh and snuggle closer to her as she went out into the rain. Her common sense was screaming at her to just leave the dog at the front door, but she had a soft spot for animals.

She looked up at the house, the pea green color darkened to almost black in the lightless night. Walking up the pathway she shuttered as it seemed the gnomes were following her up the path. She knocked on the door, harder then she had meant to and waiting. Lightning flashed overhead, followed almost at once by a thunder clap, causing the small dog to grip her hoodie tightly. Knocking again, she was ready to leave with the dog, when the door slowly opened into a darkened living room.

"Kid? Your dog was out in this. You here?" Alex walked inside, lowering her hood, not that it had done her any good. She was soaked though, shivering a little. She set the dog down as it began to squirm and watched it walk off. It turned to her, giving her a little wave and disappeared into the kitchen.

The door slamming shut caused her to turn, seeing the dog's owner finally. "Thank you for being Gir home to me. I don't know what I would have done if he were lost." Zim smirked at the unease he saw on her face.

"No problem kid."

"My name is Zim. You should learn it well."

"Right. I'm gona go now. You be careful in this storm. Where are your parents?"

"Well, Dib destroyed them so I need a new one. And seeing as you're here, I do need a new Mother." He smirked and stepped forward, the spider legs coming out of his backpack , giving his the height advantage on her.

Alex paled as he suddenly seemed to be floating. She bolted as he suddenly lunged at her, running into the kitchen. She briefly saw the dog sitting at the table, using a knife and fork to eat waffles before turning into a back room. Looking back, she saw Zim skittering after her before she ran up stairs and tripped over a box.

Looking around she found she was in what looked like an attic, with a spaceship in the center. She blinked when she heard Zim laughing and moved quickly, hiding behind equipment in the far corner. She slowed her breathing as best she could as Zim made his way up the stairs.

"This would be so much easier human, if you just submit. Its painless and you'll be well taken care of. I just need a Mother and you fit the bill well enough. And when I take over, you'll be a pet." He looked around, seeing his ship untouched, a layer of dust settled on it. He knew she was up here and the window couldn't be opened so it was a matter of time till he did find her.

Alex glanced though a space between the boxes, seeing Zim had removed his hair, leaving antenna on his head and his eyes were now a pinkish red. Her brain wanted to desperately to shut off and end this, or even wake up from this nightmare. Closing her eyes she took as silent of a calming breath as she could and looked back out into the room, looking into that pink eye.

"Found you." Zim smirked as he watched her eye focused on him and scream. What he wasn't expecting was for her to push the boxes into him and bolt for the stairs. He growled and followed as quickly as he could, jumping from the top of the stairs to the bottom, just missing her. Moving quickly, he chased her into the living room where he found her, trying to open the door. Smirking he pulled out his remote control, hitting a few buttons. He watched her stiffen before falling to the floor, her hand smoking.

Zim moved toward her, his spider legs pulling back into the pack as he scanned her, finding her pulse. He chuckled, hitting the button for the couch to lower into his lab and rolled her to the opening, pushing her over the edge.

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Alex groaned, head pounding. She opened her eyes before quickly closing them. The faint light was harsh in what ever room she was in. Moving, she found she couldn't sit up and risked opening her eyes again.

"So you're awake. Good. I was worried I hit the wrong part of the brain. I'm glad I got it right this time." Zim watched her from his chair and moved it closer. She still looked dazed but functional.

"What happened." Alex winced at the sound of her voice and tried to sit up again, finding she was strapped to a table.

"I implanted a slave chip into your tiny squishy human brain. With a flip of this switch, I can control you. It will implant all the information I need you to know to be my Mother and to blend in better. And the first task you ask? Parent Teacher Night!" He laughed, almost falling out of his chair.

"You're insane." Zim smirked as she said this and leaned forward, flipping the switch on his remote. He blinked when nothing happened for a few minutes, causing Alex to smirk back at him. Zim growled, flipping it a few more times before seeing the batteries were in the wrong way and blushed lightly.

Turning them around, he flipped the switch one more time, causing Alex to arch her back as much as she was allowed to, her eyes rolling back slightly. Zim began laughing again as she began screaming, the thunder outside drowning it out.

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Dib groaned as he waited for his father to appear. The other parents were there with their own children to talk with Ms. Bitters on their "Failures" as she put it. He glanced over at Gaz's class, seeing his sister once again playing on her video game, totally unaffected by this. Further down he finally saw the floating monitor with his fathers head visible on the screen finally coming.

He couldn't help the lump of disappointment forming in his throat at seeing this, but knew he shouldn't have expected him to actually show up in person. Sighing, he looked for Zim. "At least I can destroy his robots again." He perked up a little seeing the alien walking in, his head held high as ever like he already owned the place. Zim sat next to him, still smirking, when the hall suddenly grew cold as Ms. Bitters suddenly appeared in the hall.

"Zim! It's about time you showed. Where are your parents so I can tell them what a failure you are." Zim simply kept smirking at Dib as he pointed to a woman walking down the hall in a black 1950's style dress. She walked past, glancing at Dib, who couldn't help his mouth hanging open. Her bloodshot eyes moved from him to Ms. Bitters and smiled slowly.

"I'm right here. Lets get this over with." She walked into the class room, the door slamming behind her. Dib turned back to Zim, mouth still hanging open.

Zim kept smiling, his teeth showing as he leaned in. "Now I have a real mother, and you still don't."

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There you have it, an idea tha'ts been rolling around for some time that I have wanted to write down for awhile. Let me know what you think.