WARNING: ZDAR/YAOI Don't read if you don't like this stuff.
Disclaimer: I do not own Invader Zim, just love the characters
A/N: this is my first ZADR and Yaoi, please R/R :D
"What did you say?" Dibs voice was very quiet, ominous.
The tattered scientist backed up slightly, his face going paler it that was possible, making the bruises there stand out more prominent. He visibly swallowed, his eyes wide behind his goggles. Dib took a step closer and then another, the scientist mimicking his every foot step away from him. His whole body was shaking with fear.
"N-n-nothing, it-it was an accident." He stammered.
The anger had already filled Dib to beyond reason. And he soon reached the scientist who had to stop as he reached the edge of the platform. Dib grabbed the front of his lab coat pulling him closer to his face.
"That name, never say that name to me again. This is your last warning, if you want to live through this." Dib hissed at him.
The scientist nodded enthusiastically.
"Yes, I-I'm sorry, I'm sorry sir."
Dibs features relaxed and let a small smile on his face.
"Good good. That's a good huumun." The scientist seemed relived that Dib had forgiven him. But without a second thought Dib shoved the scientist back and over the edge of the platform. The startled scream was heard for a while until it suddenly ended. Dib watched with a satisfied look, it was a long drop to the bottom. He turned and limped back to his computer. He had to make sure they were doing what he wanted. Just in case they tried to do anything, stuupid.
The other scientists that were still alive quickly turned back to their work and seemed to work a little harder when Dib passed them. Their numbers were dwindling, only a handful of them left. The plan was so perfect when he had contacted them, pretending to want to work in Membranes place they had readily let him in, welcomed with open arms, especially after what had happened to his family, to the professor. But they hadn't realized until too late at how wrong they were.
Zim saw what happened and wondered what was said to make Dib crack like that. Hmmm, so very interesting this all was. But no matter, he had found him and now he was going to take over this little operation. So perfect, and was a little miffed he hadn't thought of this himself. Here it was, the means of mass destruction of the stinky dirty huumans. Finally, after all these years, he could complete his mission.
"Well Dib-worm, I see you've been busy. But I ZIM will now take this from you." His antennas flattened back to his head and his eyes narrowed. He rubbed his hands together excitedly.
Dib paused, his eyebrows furrowed down to a frown and turned to look at the Irken invader. When Dib looked at him he saw a look of confusion on his face before his eyes lightened up and he laughed.
"Zim! You made it. I was wondering where you went." Dib walked quickly over towards him, his bad leg forgotten for the moment, even though he still limped slightly. And before the Irken could do anything Dib had grabbed him and spun him around, laughing as he did so. And then Dib pressed his lips to his and set him down. Zim staggered back slightly not sure what had just happened and then anger filled him.
"You dare…" he hissed
If Dib heard he didn't show it, he just grabbed the aliens hand and pulled him towards the machine. The insufferable Dib was still taller than him.
"Look Zim, look. Finally all of our plans are coming together, and we can get rid of the stuuupid huumans." Dibs laughter deflated the anger in the invader as he looked over at the boy. His eyes narrowed.
"S-s-sir." The frightened scientists slowly approached Dib, but his eyes were wide on Zim. All the scientists' eyes were on Zim.
"What is it!" Dib turned to yell at him.
"I-its finished sir."
They scientists gathered in a small group not knowing what to do now. Some looked with frightened eyes at Zim, but just as frightened eyes at Dib.
"Excellent, come Zim now we can complete our mission." Dib once again pulled him over to a control panel. He pressed some of the levers and buttons and the machine began to slowly rotate, extending upwards. Dib kept his eyes on the control panel as he spoke, "I've called them Zim. They're going to come, I finally convinced them." Dibs voice was low with excitement. Zim watched Dibs scythe piece of hair bobbed slightly. He looked at Dib with a sideways glance.
"Who are coming?" Expecting some trick, some huuman trick with their FBI or other such nonsense.
"The Tallest." It was the smallest of whispers, but Zim's antenna perked straight up at that and his eyes widened. The Tallest, he hadn't been able to contact them since…since Dib destroyed everything! Lies, this was a new trick from the monkey-brained human.
"S-sir?"
"Yes, yes you may go", Dib waved a hand towards them not really looking at them anymore. The scientists looked at each other a moment and began to scramble out. Dib looked at the machine and laughed "ALL for the Irken Empire, Victory for ZIM!" he yelled and then Dib reached behind him and spun pointing the metal weapon at the scientist and began to fire, the bullets finding their marks in a splash of red against white. They fell, all of them and Dib kept pulling the trigger until it clicked empty.
Zim had taken several steps back from this, too many emotions ran through him he wasn't sure what to feel. The mentioning of the Tallest, the death of the Huumuns, which did bring some pleasure and curiosity, but the site of Dib made him all the more confused.
"And he can't stop us either, not this time."
The machine seemed to start picking up in speed. Once this machine had been created for the purpose of clean, pure, free energy, PEG for short. Of course the other option was that it could be used as a wave of doom and wipe out all of humanity. And since the Professor had changed his mind, the machine had been sitting dormant, just waiting for this opportunity.
"Who?" Zim couldn't help himself from asking.
"That nobody, the one who made us like this", his voice lowered with hate "Dib"
"But you are Dib-stupid" Zim anger was rushing back into him. "YOU are the one that made us this way. You ARE the stinking, earthbreath, pig loving DIIIIIB!"
This loud outburst caused Dib to stop what he was doing and glance over at the Irk, his eyes narrowed. The silence seemed to drag on, nothing but the sound of machinery and the energy that flowed through it.
"Who are you?" Dib finally said, the words were low and harsh. He turned to look at Zim directly. "You're not Zim, I'm Zim, this is MY plan, MY mission!" Dib raised the gun up and pointed it at Zim and fired, but the gun had already been emptied.
Zim flinched back when the gun clicked, but then he jumped forward and knocked the now worthless weapon from his hand and tackled Dib to the ground, finding a little bit of pleasure as his fist hit into Dibs face. But Dib brought his good leg up and under the Irk, kicking him off. The spider limps came out and clattered back over to Dib. Dib had found a broken piece of pipe and swung it, hitting one of the legs which made Zim stagger slightly, but not loose his balance. Once again he had Dib underneath him, a spider leg poised to pierce through the soft, pink of the humans fleshy stomach.
Yet as he brought it down, Dib grabbed the incoming object and was able to direct it somewhere less vulnerable. It still sliced through his waist and Dib cried out with the pain. With the pain always came the moment of clarity and Dibs eyes widened in shook. He stared at the menacing Irk above him.
"Zim?"
But the Irk was in no more mood to play, his teeth were bared and his eyes narrowed to slits. He pulled back he spider arm to strike again, and Dib quickly pressed a button on one of his bracelets that sent that shock through them both. Dib turned over gasping and struggled up to his feet, his hand going to his side which felt wet and slick. It was then Dib noticed one of the scientist had made his way to the control panel, his coat mostly red now as he pressed a few of the buttons and entered in codes.
"No" Dib whispered "NO" he screamed as he leaped at the man, his fingers closing around his throat, but the man was already dead. That mocking smile and unstaring eyes bored into him. He had used the last of his life to undue his mistake. The explosion that followed sent Dib and Zim tumbling back to the floor. The heat from the fire as the vortex of heat and fire twisted its way up the turning arms to explode through the domed ceiling above. Dib looked over at Zim who's spider legs helped keep him anchored during the blast. Dib grabbed onto the Irken.
"We have to get out of here, this place is going to explode."
"Don't touch meeee." Zim hissed at him and took another swipe at him.
Dib ignored him and latched onto an arm and yanked him forwards. Zim pulled his arm back but another explosion seemed to make him realize the situation he was in. He looked up the fire encasing the huge interior, smaller explosion could be heard throughout the place. Dib looked up and knew they weren't going to make it out of here. He grabbed Zim by the front of his Irken uniform and slammed his wrists together. There was a slight pause and then, as if they were the magnets of the same charge, went flying back away from each other.
The force sent them out of the way of the tumbling debris and fire. Dib smacked hard against the wall, dark spots speckled in front of his eyes, and for a second he couldn't get his breath. His side hurt, his head hurt and the pain let him able to think clearly. The smell of burning flesh and the pain in his wrist made him look down. The right cuff was toast, the circuits fried. Dib unlocked it and with a small click it opened and clattered to the floor, revealing a black bloody mess. He looked up and wished he hadn't. His only entrance/exit was entirely blocked by the fire, and the room was filling up with smoke. He gave a small bitter laugh which turned into a coughing fit from the smoke. How ironic he thought, that it would be Zim who actually stopped him from using this machine. He lay back down on the floor, no energy to move, no where to go. His hand slipped into his pocket and pulled out the tube of his pain pills. He stared at them a moment and shrugged. Might as well, he figured it would be better than burning to death.
He popped the lid off and began to swallow them until the tube was empty and he let if fall from his hand, its small clatter almost unheard over the destruction of the place. Dib waited and wished things would have turned out differently. Even if couldn't have changed things with Zim, to think that his own father.. what he had done to him. Dib swallowed and fought the tears that wanted to fall. That was the most painful, the last betrayal that had finally broken him.
His body was beginning to feel heavy from the drugs, as if his body was filling up with lead. No longer in control he let the tears fall, his eye sight already going blurry even with his glasses on, the darkness that was slowly creeping on the edge of his vision. He sighed and decided to stop fighting and let the darkness take him.
