The next morning Zim and Zee appeared from withen Zee's hide-out and stood at the properties edge. Like she had said, her base was situated at the Cities edge amongst the abandoned warehouses and businesses. She found an old white washed cinderblock builidng, most of the paint chipped away, with cascaded, translucent bricks and a flat roof where an old water tower creaked with each gust of wind. It was only a plot of land measering 20x20 feet and having only gravel with the more hardy grass poking through here and there and along the brick and rusted chain link fence. Both buildings on either side were long demolished and before the building was a cracked, pot-holed road in urgant need of repair, which it would never get. Only 7 feet of grey-green grass lay behind it then gave away to a steep hill were old rusted traintracks aged, a few boxcars overturned along it's length. Zee liked it though. He revealed to Zim that she liked it more than she liked her indoor yard withen her home-vessel. Why is appealed to her so much, Zim didn't know, but for now, it didn't matter. All he cared was that it was rurual, abandoned and only the occasional hobo passed by asking for can, scraps or the ends of shoe-laces.

Zee exhaled, a puff of steam shot out from her mouth then bellowed up like a cumulous cloud untill it dissapated. The looked out before them at the miles of abandoned buildings before them and listened to the wind howl between them. The only visable part of what was left of the city was only along the horizon. The sky was grey and whispered the threat of rain, or even snow.

"Beautiful." Zee breathed.

Zim looked over at her, one eye ridge raised. He looked back out over what would become their nursery. "Yes. Soon it will be magnificant. Filled with our offspring, then the city." he sighed, "This Planet."

Zee stepped closer to him pressing her arm against his. Zim grabbed her waist and scanned the area once more. He stopped suddenly, his antennae perked.

"You detect something?" aske Zee as her antannea rose too to see if she could detect what he had.

Zim antennae flicked and bobbed. He seperated himself from Zee and began towards the disturbance. "I'm going to go check it out." he said without looking back. Zee stood where she was and watched him go. His Pak legs extended and quickly scuttled from rooftop to rooftop. After watching the seemingly empty landscape, she turned and headed back to the building figuring that he could take care of whatever it was on his own. As she reached the old glass door, or what was once glass now boarded up, she heard yelping echoing between the buildings. The intruder was nothing more than a stray dog, but even those can pose a threat to their offspring.

Zee entered the building which was lit only by two old oil lamps suspended from what was left of the tiled ceiling. Much of the linolium was chipped and missing, the paint gone and the flimsy acoustic ceiling tiling was almost completly missing except for five scattered tiles discolored with mold and water damage. The pipes were drapped with cobwebs and a strange stringy fungus. Espestos and insulation hung in dirty clumps or in heaps on the floor where the rats and bugs nested.

Zee took all of this in and grumbled. "I'm not about to let my smeets incubate in such conditions." She turned in place, hands on hips. She began to tidy up using her pak utensils. She masked her mouth to prevent having to breath in any of the fungus or dust, especially the espestos. She peeled away and chipped at the linolium tossing it into a heap with the pieces of insulation, acoustic tiling, espestos and dead rodents. The eleminated this heap using an inhanced laser which also abolished any oder. The ashes were vacumed up into a neat little bag which she dropped into an old wastebasket. Zim came in as she was dusting the old cushions and scanning them with a germ light.

"Nesting already? We haven't even mated yet."

She turned to him and plopped the cushion down, "I know, but this place needs cleaning, especially if this is where we'll be starting our nursery."

"What about the other buildings? There are thousands. They can't be cleaned in time for the ruttening."

Zee sighed, "True. We have to start small anyhow. I'll just have to tidy up several of the nearest buildings."

Zim shrugged. He didn't really know much about the does and don'ts, but Zee did."Zee? Is this your first ruttening?"

She fluffed the cushions as if she didn't here, but before Zim could repeat himself, she answered, "No. Only my second."

"Your second?" Zim almost gawked. She didn't even seem old enough to be in her second season. He felt a little embarassed being with an older female who was obviously more experianced. "Who was your first Sporka companion?"

Zee faced him looking solemn. He almost regretted asking. Almost. " Sklud."

"Then, why are you here?" He stepped closer. The last thing he wanted was a female who mate-hopped.

"He became to confidant. He gathered our smeets much too soon and attempted to destroy the planet inhabitants with what little smeets we had. All of them were killed, including him." She absently set her hand to her belly.

"Oh. You mourn quickly. "He accused.

"I still am mourning, but that doesn't mean I shouldn't move on. I have a duty as a female, and his mistake isn't going to hinder it."

Satisfied, Zim stopped his interrogation. "Then we should begin cleaning the nursery."

"That we should. Tomarrow. The puny sun is setting which means it will become much colder. If we were on Blukka, we'd still have hours of light and warmth."

"Never mind that. Tomarrow we will begin, and then we will rule."

"We must walk before we run, pohpa."

Zim smirked. At last she was referring to him as she should. "For now, I will gather the neccesarry sugar sources. You'll need all you can get." Zee nodded, very much pleased with his decision. All Irkens loved their sugary sweets and snacks, but the females needed them during their time of fertility.

"I will gather what I need to construct the nursery, but we'll need disguises."

"Yes. I will need to change mine." *sorry fans D:*

Zim turned to the back wall, bare and perfect for his device. From his pack he produced a small pod with a single glossy panel. He attatched this to the wall and pressed the panel; it whirred and began to fold out. A long arm extended like one of those night-sabors while two more extended from it's side. The last one sprouted from the top and formed an arch. From the middle of the pod came a holographic screen and a gallery. Zim stepped before it and began to scroll through. Once he put together his desires disguise, he activated it. From above came a blue ray which coated his back, the bottem arm coated his front while the side arms levitated him a few inches form the ground. Once done, Zim turned and stepped away from the device which whirred as it shut off. Zee made a face.

"I hope you won't be disguised for long. You're hideous as a human."
"As you will be. But we must do what must to ensure a succesful Sporka."

Zee nodded and then took her turn in the device. "Euch. Nobody will reconize you. Perfect." Zee curtsied, then both headed into the city on a fold out hover-scooter.