After gaz got home she had gotten an idea because zim had disappeared after school had let out she didn't get a chance to talk to him she decided to head over to his house and see if he wanted to join her in getting dinner.
Zim walked into his base and let out a scream of frustration "aaaaaahhhhhhh i don't understand!"
"Dont understand what?" computer asked having a sneaking suspicion on what it was
"The dib-sister was acting so strange today first she shows up here in the morning then during the lunch period she punished a dirt baby for calling zim and the dib-stink rejects after that i find out that she was in my art class and then after that she punched another dirty worm baby for calling zim and dib-stink rejects but didn't care that the worm baby called dib it only zim and when asked why she cared she said she was zims friend the audacity of her this has to be a plan to destroy zim he knows it" zim ranted "wait a minute where did gir run off to i have not heard one thing explode since i got home?"
"Maybe she wants to be friends? And as for gir He and mini moose went out for the next few days to a waffle convention they will be back monday which is when my maintenance cycle will end so the base shall be running at minimum capacity for the next three days now if you will pardon me" computer explained then shut himself down to start his maintenance cycle.
"Huh i guess the system update is out today what should i do then i can't run any experiments since the base won't be able to record them" zim muttered to himself trying to think of what to do he could work on a drawing or go and study the humans he supposed to himself but it might look a little suspicious if he was alone without the excuse of walking gir. As zim was thinking about what to do he heard the bell ring upstairs in the main part of the base who could that be? Gir and minimoose are gone so no one would be here for them and the dib-stink would not ring the bell i guess i will go and check.
zim went up the surface layer of the base and checked through the peephole to see a bunch of purple hair the dib-sister what could she be doing here? Zim thought to himself zim opened up the door with an annoyed look on his face "what do you want dib-sister zim is very busy so if it is your big headed brother unit he is not here"
"I know dib is not here i came to ask if you wanted to join me in getting some food i am bored since dib is most likely going to be gone till late sunday night and dad is never home anymore so what do you say?" gaz asked
"No thank you dib-sister i am not sure of your plan but zim will not fall for it" zim said starting to close the door
"Hey where's your robot dog thing?" gaz asked
"Gir and minimoose went out for the next few days so it is just zim in his base for now" zim said not sure why he was saying this
"What about your computer?" gaz asked "isn't he here also?"
"Software update so he is unavailable for the time being" zim said still not sure why he was explaining this
"So then why don't you come and join me in getting some food?" gaz said
"As zim told you he is very busy with… things yes things that will doom your planet and there is nothing you can do to stop him from conquering this pitiful dirt ball" zim said
"Ok this planet needs to be conquered anyways far too many stupid people on it." gaz said (deciding to try a different tactic in getting him to join her) startling him
"You mean you are fine with zim conquering this dirt ball?" zim asked
"Yeah the human race is far too annoying for my taste" gaz said
"Then why have you stopped zim in the past" zim asked
"Because of three reasons one you took dib on family night the only night where dad is home, two your plan ruined my one of own for getting something i care about or three because dib had done something to annoy me and would expose you if he foiled your plan." gaz explained deciding the third one on the fly as a half truth half lie. "So are you going to come with me?"
"No" zim said closing the door fully
Gaz decided to let it go because she was trying to become his friend although it was a lot harder than she thought because she never had tried before i'll try again tomorrow gaz decided because she knew that being alone and being left alone where two different things.
Gaz pov. *crash* I woke up to my alarm going off which was promptly smashed by my emergency mace, i forgot to turn off the alarm last night apparently groaning i walk to the bathroom for a shower glad that dib isn't here so i can take as long as i want as the water fell on me i thought of ways to get zim to hang out. When i was done i made sure to dry my hair completely so i won't burn zim with it, i walked back into my room to grab my game slave i was on my way out and saw my game master tv console i never used it alot because dib would complain when i was on during his show and it used the same systems as the game slave handheld so i just swapped back to the handheld but one thing that was nice was on the console was co-op i grabbed the console to try get zim to join me and put it in a bag with some games. As i walked over to the odd house the bright green glow that it normally had was far dimmer the lawn gnomes didn't watch me as normal when i walked up to the door and knocked the door creaked open "zim?" i called out to the empty house i walked in looking around trying to find the green alien. I was walking down a hall and saw few doors knocking on one of the doors and it opened saw a messy room that had a bunch of trash around it i saw a dog bed that had a i still on it this must be girs room i closed the door and walked over to the other door it was hard but i opened it causing it to squell against the hinges in the room was a bunch of shelves, suitcases and barrels i walked over and saw on the shelves there were stacks of bonds and the barrel was full of loose change this must be where computer keeps the liquid cash of zim's but this doesn't answer where he is. I walked back into the hall but saw no more doors so i went back to the main room and went over to where i went down to the base before the elevator took me down to the base i wandered around trying to think of where he could be as i wandered into what looked like a spare lab i came across him he was in a hammock with wires going to his pak this must be his maintenance cycle he must have been bored and decided to pass the time faster i looked around "is this all zim has for himself?" i mumbled as i looked at the lab the amount of personal space zim was taking up had to be less than two square feet and most of it was taken up by his hammock. "This is sad" i mumble under my breath.
"yes it is" i hear someone say
"Who's there?" i say spinning around
"Don't worry human female it's just me" computer said lighting up the monitor
"I thought you were updating yourself?" i said
"Oh i am i just took a little processing power to keep an eye out that's why it is taking me a extra hour or two." computer said
"Ok so is this where zim sleeps?" i asked
"What you see in this 2 by 2 area is all that zim personally calls his own" computer said
I look at the little area and saw his wig, his sketchbook, a small case and a pencil pouch i looked over to computer again "how long till he wakes up?"
"A few minutes he has not eaten recently so his body will need to eat" computer said
"Exactly how long since he has eaten?" i asked getting a bad feeling
"About nine days by your earth time" computer said
"And how long ago should he have eaten?" i asked feeling my anger rising
"an irken of his size should eat every three days at minimum" computer said "but a irken can go for a week and a half earthtime without food"
I felt a growl coming up my throat "that idiot he is so punched"
"Now if you will pardon me i have reached the limit of time i can spend away from my upgrade" computer said turning the monitor off
I looked at zim again and saw his antani twitching from what i heard about them from dib they express emotions like a cat's tail. I sat down near the sleeping irken to play my game while i waited for him to wake up a while later i heard a click and something slithering i looked up and saw zim starting to stir he sat up and started to get off the hammock when he saw me i raised my hand "hey" i said mentally smacking myself really a i.q. of 180 and hey is what you come up with zim continued to stare at me with his ruby red eyes then dove down to grab his wig Shouting something about him being a normal earth baby and that he just had pink eye i couldn't help myself i started to laugh "zim i know you are an alien remember i don't care, so you don't need the desiques." zim stopped and looked over at me his wig hanging half off his head
"What are you doing here dib-sister?" he asked with a annoyed tone taking off his wig
"I was bored so i decided to come over" i said
"Why?" zim asked
"Why not?" i said "i figured you would be bored also."
"Well you are wrong earth human the mighty zim is never bored" zim said
"So thats why you were in your maintenance cycle again even though you don't need it" i retort
Zim looked at me trying to think of a retort "whatever where do you keep your food?" i asked dropping the previous conversation
Zim narrowed his eyes "why? Do you want to get some for your stupid brother unit?"
I sigh "no you idiot you need to eat and i am going to make sure you do"
"How do you know that i need to eat?" zim asked
"Your computer told me he set aside some time to explain somethings to me if i showed up"
"You lie!" zim yelled "tell zim the trhmm..." i cut him off by putting my hand over his mouth
"I am telling the truth if i wasn't then how do i know you haven't eaten for nine days and that you need to eat every three at least now where is it or i lock you in with your laser rabbits" zim paled at that because the rabbits shot laser at random in whatever direction they were looking in.
"Ok fine follow zim" zim said walking deeper into the base after a few turns zim stopped in front of a door and punched in a keycode "i had to hid this from gir in case he did something them" zim said
I nodded "understandable" the door opened up showing zim's food supply it was designed like a small break room "whoa interesting design" i said zim just shrugged
"Computer designed it i just come and grab my food when i need it" he said reaching for the cupboards pulling out some packets
"Is that all that you need?" i ask suspiciously zim gave a sigh and reached over to a different cupboard and pulled out a box and then walked over to the freezer and pulled out a small container
"There this should be enough to replace what i have missed" zim said setting the food stuff down on the table spreading it out after a while of silence i decided to ask
"So what does this stuff taste like?"
Zim looked up at me "well all of this stuff tastes differently like this stuff i am eating right now are called kyupsho (kyu-psho)" he said holding up a small red jelly ball handing it to me i gave it a try it tasted like a strawberry starburst "and this thing here is called agominel (ago-min-el) " he pulled over the container he got from his freezer "its a lot like that frozen dairy product you humans have" zim pulled an extra spoon out from his pak "i came up with it myself a few years ago i thought it was a interesting idea but since irkens can't eat anything with animal by product i had to come up with a solution" zim started to ramble on about how he came up with the solution and i realized he was proud of the work he had put into the new kind of food for his people and how he was happy he could talk about it to someone.
"So what did your leaders think of this?" i asked
Zim looked down for a moment "they said the idea had merit but they did not think that the rest of irken kind out like it if the found out the one who made it was so small so they gave credit to invader spu."
I stared dumbfounded at zim "and you let them?" i asked
"It's what my tallest wanted" zim said giving me a small sad smile zim then changed the subject he went on telling me about the other foods irkens ate and how they taste but i was not really paying attention because my mind was reeling at this information.
"Zim what other idea's have you given your people that the credit was given to others?" i asked as he finished his food
"Not alot zim mainly focuses on making plans for weapons and alot of idea's don't get past the planning stage, zim only make things like the agominel when he can't think of any plans" zim said
"That's not what i asked how many idea's have you lost credit for" i said with a small glare
"Why do you care human?" zim asked
"Because it's not fai…" i start to say but managed to cut myself off before i said anything that gave away how his leaders felt about him
"It's not like it's any of your business anyways." zim said not realizing that i had said anything
I felt my anger rising "well maybe i want to make it my business" i snapped
Zim slapped his hand down on the table hard "zim thinks you should leave dib-sister"
"Fine." i said hotly walking out of the room and down the hall to the elevators i was still angry by the time i left the green house but when i was near my house i had calmed down and i realized i was in the wrong this time i had gone beyond my bounds because while i consider zim my friend he still doesn't consider me his friend i sighed "damn it i'm not even mad at him i am mad at those stupid leaders of his and his attitude towards them taking his inventions" not feeling hungry anymore i decide to go for a walk in the park to think some more after wandering the back area's in the park i came across a cleanly cut seat facing a pond.
damn i had a lot of trouble with this chapter i was not sure on how i wanted gaz to go because in a lot of the stories i have seen it is zim trying to get her attention i was not planning on cutting it off here originaly but this was the best spot other wise i would not be done with this chapter but the next has some zagf fluff i am not exactly sure on emotions though i under stand them but i dont exactly understand peoples reactions to them(its hard for me to explain my relationship with them) anywhose for why i am having gaz be the one after zim is because for one zim was trained to supress his emotions that would hamper the mission and two i imagin gaz knowing the value of having true friends instead of fake ones and the feeling of being alone and the feeling of lonely. i think i made up the foods but i am not exactly sure but i can imagin zim working on something like agominel in his down time only for the credit being stolen from him but thats all for now rate and review please goodbye puny hyuman race.
