The darkness emerged from it's almost dream like state, glowing with an almost forbidden anger in the back of Zim's mind, "Wake up," It said simply, refraining from actually yanking the irken out of it's near slumber state.
Zim opened his eyes as he heard the voice, he was tired and wanted to sleep alittle more. "Hnn~..." What did the darkness want this time? He didn't want to leave the human's side at this point.
The parasite sighed as he pulled the irken more fully out of his tired state, "Zim you do know what's going to happen now don't you?" He asked.
The irken sighed some, "not really..." And he doubted it was what he thought... Only way THAT could happen is if Dib had penetrated the part where Zim could carry smeets... And Dib was waaaay to big to fit in that entrance.
"He's a human.. he'll just dump you off somewhere now and forget about you." The darkness hissed, mentally turning to glare at the sleeping form that was Dib, "He just used you for sex and you let him," it said.
"You forget that I used him as well..." Zim glared at the parasite inside, "I had that coming." He pointed out as he quietly moved to sit up. "And besides... he's still my slave..."
"But he can't get pregnant, and he'd run off right away if he could," The parasite said, "It'll all come crashing down on him eventually and he'll just run off," it said.
"but he'll know I'll destroy the planet if he tries.. I'm taking him with me when I go to overthrow the tallests." The irken said, not liking where the Darkness was going.
"If he gets desperate enough he'll just kill himself," The darkness warned, "He's not very stable as it is...why choose him to take with you?" It asked.
"Because there is no one else... And I dislike females." Zim said as he glanced to the sleeping human and moved to run a hand over Dib's forehead. "He'll stay if I take good care of him..."
The parasite sighed, why did his host have to fall in love with THIS human? "He won't let you... he'll try to get rid of me and then where will you be left?" it asked, allowing it's serpentine heads to emerge from the alien's body. It turned one of it's heads to look at the host's form. "You'll be left without your power," It said, answering it's own question.
"But he can't get rid of you... That's the thing... Only way you can leave my body is if I impregnate someone... but I'll die when you leave my body..." The alien sighed, "And I don't wish to die... that is another reason I picked him... He can't be impregnated."
"Doesn't mean he won't try," The darkness said, turning both of it's serpentine heads to glare at the sleeping form. "He's heard of me and wants me gone, when he remembers everything will go down hill," It said.
"Stop it..." Zim said, warning the parasite, his rage beginning to boil, "don't make me turn on the lights.." The parasite hissed some at the mention of the lights, shrinking back towards the hosts body as if the irken would actually do so at any minute. "You need to see things our way Zim, we're one being so if he wants one of us dead he wants BOTH of us dead," It said.
"I'm giving him a chance to remain with me... I'll be cautious. No one said I can deny him... And if he tries, I will punish him..." The alien said as he glared, he had the message that the Darkness didn't like Dib, and he wasn't going to let it win this time. Besides... Dib was his opposite, and it was far more interesting to have an opposite than the same thing.
The darkness just shook it's heads disappointingly before pulling it's physical form back into the host, "You'll regret that decision," It said simply. Zim growled some, sometimes he wondered why he even accepted the thing in the first place, but he knew he can't go back now. He had power, and he didn't want to loose Dib; not now, not ever.
The teen stirred slightly when he heard the growl. Though he was completely oblivious to the conversation going on, well he was basically oblivious to anything that was going on outside of the pleasant dreamless sleep he was in. The irken glanced to the human and brushed his hand against the other's face, "Go back to sleep..." he whispered in a soothing tone. He knew Dib was very tired from what they did and the human needed his rest.
"Hmmmn," Dib sounded tiredly, reaching a hand up to take the irken's. He intertwined their fingers and smiled before allowing himself to drift back to the borders of sleep. He didn't exactly know how he felt about the alien at this point.. but they definitely weren't enemies anymore, once again he considered the thought of a mutual friendship.. but that sounded too light. He gave a small sigh before testing the three words that he'd never said to anyone before out, "I love you,"
Zim's body froze as he heard those words pass through the teen's lips, Dib loved him? He moved his other hand to caress Dib's cheek before giving the teen a light kiss on the lips. Perhaps he felt the same way, and he didn't really admit it until now, "I love you too..."
The teen smiled some when he heard the irken say it back, maybe it wouldn't be so bad to love Zim. Even if the alien was a little insane, and had adapted a new personality, the human was okay with it. He finally allowed himself to slip back into the depths of a dreamless, yet peaceful, sleep.
The alien smiled as he laid next to the human, being as close as he could to share warmth as he drifted to sleep. He wanted to keep Dib company, and the other things can wait, afterall.. not like the tallests knew his plan.
~Couple hours later~
Dib's eyes cracked open and he looked around the dark room in slight disorientation. He untangled himself from the irken and sat up with a small yawn, stretching his arms up above his head until he heard a satisfying pop. The teen let out a small sigh of relief before looking down at the sleeping form beside him a small blush coming to his cheeks when he remembered what'd happened a couple of hours ago.
Zim stirred some, eyes slowly opening when he noticed that the lovely warmth was gone. He groggily moved to sit up next to the human as he rubbed his eyes, "What time is it?" He asked as his lekku twitched some.
The teen glanced around for a clock, giving a small triumphant sound when he saw the digital clock on the bedside table. "Around lunch time," He replied, glancing back over to the alien. "Damn." The irken said and moved to get up, "Let's go eat brunch and call the tallests. I forgot to call them yesterday.." He said as he stretched abit and headed to the wardrobe.
Dib pouted some before crawling from the bed and looking around for his clothing. He wouldn't mind staying on the soft mattress for a couple more hours, but they'd already wasted half of the day. "Your clothes should be in here." Zim said as he got out his uniform from the wardrobe, "The computer usually cleans any clothing that gets thrown on the floor."
"Thanks," The teen mumbled embarrassingly before making his way to the wardrobe and pulling his clean clothing from it. At least now he wouldn't be wearing dirty clothes today... though he still didn't understand what the irken had meant by the fact that he'd worn the outfit for more than one day. He'd only been here two days now... right?
The alien put on his uniform before glancing to Dib, he gave a slight blush. "Uh... Dib?" He said, he wanted to know if it was true or not. And he hoped his mind wasn't playing games a couple hours ago.
"Hmmm?" Dib asked, turning to look at the alien as he finally tugged on his trench coat. The irken's question had derailed his train of thought, but that didn't mean he was still confused. Maybe he could ask Zim about it later. Zim's lekku lowered some, "W... Was I dreaming when you said you loved me?" He asked, he was abit tired after the argument he had with the parasite.
The teen blushed some when he heard the question, averting his gaze from the alien. He wasn't even sure that what he'd said was true... it had been at the time, but he was still so confused about his feelings and what was going on. He didn't know whether to deny it or not.
The irken's lekku lowered even more as his eyes widened, perhaps the Darkness was right... he was used as a sex toy, "So... So... you used me for your own pleasure?" he asked as he began to glare at the human.
"Wh-What?" Dib yelped, turning his own wide eyed gaze to the alien. What would make the irken come to that conclusion? He was just so confused and he didn't know what to do. "I would never!" He said truthfully. "I lost MY virginity to you, Dib..." Zim glared more as he backed away from the human, how could he have known? His mind was playing tricks with him, of course Dib didn't love him... and never would.
"Zim I didn't do it just for that, okay?" The teen said, getting a little angry. He didn't understand why the alien was accusing him of that because he would NEVER do something that horrible.
The alien growled at the human and angerly brushed pass just to leave the room, but he paused once he got to the door, "I thought you did love me when you said that... I guess... My mind was messing with me." He said, almost in a hurtful tone before heading to the elevator.
Dib sighed exasperatedly, running a hand through his sleep tossled hair before following the irken, "Zim, I did but... this all just happened so fast." He tried to explain desperately.
"Just... leave me alone..." Zim said, the Darkness was right... Why was he so blind? "You didn't even love me... yet you made love to me without my permission..."
"I don't know what happened okay? It was like I was drugged," The teen said, his hands fisting at his sides. Why couldn't the irken just listen to him for once? He'd thought the alien had changed a lot.. but it looked like Zim had kept the trait that kept him from listening to others.
"But... I didn't even want it..." The irken covered his face with his hands, "Just... go away... please... I want to be alone..." he said, trying so hard to not show the hurt that he had greatly felt.
"I'm sorry..." Dib said softly, he could tell how hurt the alien was despite his efforts to hide it, but he just didn't know what to do. He wasn't used to comforting others, and he didn't have much experience with being comforted either.
Zim whined and ran off into the darkness just to get away from the human and hide in the deepest darkest depths of his lab. He needed the parasite at this point, and needed to be alone and hopefully Dib wouldn't follow him.
The teen frowned when the alien just ran off, but he didn't want to get back into that awkward situation. He just shook his head some and headed towards the elevator. Hopefully things could be normal again tomorrow.
The darkness emerged slowly from the depths of Zim's mind, looming there in it's pride. It knew it was right and it knew the irken needed him and that just made it's ego that much bigger. The alien sighed as he sat down on the floor against the wall in the most darkest area, "he did use me..." he wished he could cry right now, he lost his virginity to the person that didn't even love him at all.
The parasite allowed it's heads to emerge from the hosts body, nuzzling one of the serpentine heads comfortingly against the irken's cheek, "I told you you'd regret it," It said simply, "He may use you, but I'll always be here."
Zim rested a hand on the head as if to hold it closer to him, "You don't have to worry now.. I wont see him... Ever again." he said as some tears dripped down his face. He hadn't cried once in his lifetime, and here he was, so hurt that Dib didn't even bother to go after him.
The darkness allowed it's tendrils to extend from the host, wrapping the dark limbs around Zim's body in the crude form of a hug. "He's just a stupid human, insignificant in the way everything is going to happen. You will go on to greater things, and he'll just be stuck here. In the end you win," It said.
"You're right... And if the human comes crawling back... he'll have to do something to make me forgive him. He'll get another chance before I rid him from my misery... Completely." The irken said, the parasite was right, besides... Why waste his emotions on a stupid human? Humans were users...
The parasite nodded some, glad that the irken was finally listening to him again. He just wanted the stupid human gone so his host would always be this understanding, but he guessed that as long as the stupid teen stayed away everything would still work out.
Zim sighed, he couldn't help but feel alone again, the one thing he didn't even want to go back to... Loneliness. But it was the type of loneliness that the darkness couldn't fill... "What am I going to do now? I lost the only thing that would help my release..."
The darkness nuzzled it's head against the irken's cheek once more, "Once you're tallest you'll have anyone you want..why settle on just one human?" It asked. "You have a point..." The alien smiled some, "Why worry about it now? I should start getting ready... I already know the Massive inside and out because I hacked it one time a couple years ago."
The parasite smiled, "Goood~" it practically purred, glad that his host was finally getting back on track again. It pulled it's tendrils back into the irken's body so that if the alien decided to stand he wouldn't feel constricted.
Zim decided to get up, already feeling better as he went off to prepare because he was going to start today... He knew tomorrow was school, but he was planning on dropping out and already sent a notification and gave a reason; He was moving out of town. "Gir!" he called.
The insane sir unit came crashing down through the ceiling, landing with a loud clunk on his metal butt. His hand shot up to his forehead as his eyes took on a crimson hue, "YES MY MASTER!"
"Get ready, because we're leaving this planet..." the alien grinned evilly, "And leaving no trace behind." though he was planning on leaving Dib a message so that the human would never see the alien ever again.
Gir hopped up onto his feet, smiling happily, "I'll pack my tacos," he announced proudly before clunking off to probably do JUST that.
Zim cackled darkly as he prepared his ship and hopped inside to wait for Gir. He had this all planned out, it probably would've been nicer if Dib joined him, but it was the human's loss. Besides... Dib wouldn't go after him mainly because that ship he had still didn't work.
The irken's metal companion came clunking back into the launching area, a suitcase full of strange foods that he'd probably made within a couple of seconds and of course the tail of his favorite stuffed pig was hanging out the side of it. "WE GOT SPACE ADVENTURES!" It screamed before hopping into the space craft.
Zim chuckled, shutting the door before piloting the ship to exit the house VIA roof. He made sure to pause the ship in mid air as he pushed buttons to make the house revert to what it was originally and sent up into the ship. He made sure there was no trace of him behind, not even a single thing... And drove the ship out of the planet.
Meanwhile...
Dib finally arrived at his home, opening the door and entering the house silently. If he was lucky nobody would ask why he'd been gone so long.. but he probably wouldn't have such luck and personally he didn't want to talk to anyone at this point.
Gaz was sitting on the couch, in plain sight and glaring at Dib. "Really... Three days at Zim's house?" She asked bluntly, "You're lucky I didn't come over there to see what you two were doing."
The teen turned to glare at his sister with an intensity of hatred that shouldn't have been there. "Shut up," he said simply before stalking off to the kitchen angrily.
"Oh and... Your boyfriend left a message. I didn't pay much attention to it... something about leaving the earth or something, I dont know." The goth girl shrugged as she decided to watch TV.
Dib froze mid-stride, he would have replied with a simple "he's not my boyfriend" but the rest of the information caught him off guard. Zim was... leaving? But why? He moved to fetch the phone from the kitchen and he quickly dialed the irken's cell. Hopefully the alien was still on earth... or at least close to it... so he would answer. He brought the phone to his ear, tapping his foot impatiently.
"Incoming message from Dib Membrane!" Said the ship's computer, it had the house cell just incase Dib did get that message. Zim smirked and answered it was he paused the ship just outside the earth's atmosphere, "helllooooooo~?"
The teen gave a small sigh of relief when the irken answered, he'd actually been somewhat scared that the alien wouldn't pick up... or would be too far away for the signal to reach. "Zim... we need to talk," He said, a small bit of desperation leaking into his voice as he spoke.
"And what is it that we must talk about?" Zim asked either way... Dib was too late to even do much of anything at this point. "Just everything," The teen replied, "I..." He paused, closing his eyes and swallowed his pride just so he could say it, "I don't want you to leave," He finally said, his tone sounding a little more hurt than he'd wanted it to.
The irken grinned, "You're abit too late on that, Dib. I'm heading towards the massive as we speak, I'll probably be away for a few weeks... I MIGHT return... that is if I can." he answered, still keeping his grin.
Dib bit his lower lip to keep a pained noise from escaping him, he didn't know why but the fact that the irken was already gone hurt.. more than he'd imagined it would. He'd had a little comfort in knowing that when the alien was traveling around on earth he could return at any time... but now there was a chance that the irken wouldn't return. "Don't leave..." The teen whispered hurtfully as he moved a hand to clutch at his hurting chest, "I don't want to be alone again..." He said in that same agonized small voice.
"I'll think about it..." Zim said, "Afterall... You still have Tak's ship.. And I did tell you I was going to the massive soon..." His grin widening. He was atleast happy that the Dib felt the pain he felt when it came to loneliness. Wonderful revenge...
The teen was shaking slightly it hurt so much, and it took every bit of his willpower not to let the hot tears gathering in his eyes spill down his cheeks. How could Zim be so heartless about this? He was close to spilling his heart out to the alien and the irken was probably long gone by now, gone and not coming back. It was all his fault for leaving the alien alone in the base. How could he be so stupid? "I'm sorry," he choked out, his voice shaking horribly with the sound of the unseen tears. "For everything," he said.
Zim sighed some, it was beginning to affect him, "Look... I have to do this. Maybe I'll come and pick you up... Maybe... I just don't want to remain on earth." He said, his grin no longer on his face. It was like a messed up breakup and he was doing the breaking.
Dib closed his eyes tighter, only able to let out a pathetic sound that could only be compared to a pained whimper. He knew that if he said anything else he'd end up pouring his heart out to the irken and let the tears escape, but his pride wouldn't let him do that. He opened his eyes after a moment when he was sure it wouldn't end in a cascade of his emotions, and he simply stared at nothing.
"I have to go." The irken said, "I need to do this and I do not want to be caught... I'll talk to you later." He added, it was true... he needed to take the throne, and he needed to do it without the tallests knowing it.
The teen let out a small shuddered breath to gather himself, closing his eyes again so he could speak, "Okay," he whispered, he didn't want Zim to leave, he wanted him to stay and hold him and tell him what was wrong.. what he'd missed.. what was going on. But there was no stopping it.. the irken was going to leave whether he wanted him to or not. "I love you, Zim." He said brokenly, the hand that he'd fisted in the front of his shirt tightening his grip as he hung up the phone. Not wanting to hear the alien's reaction.
Zim was left with nothing to say when he heard those three words come straight from the human's mouth. He wanted to respond but the human already hang up... He hung up and sighed as he continued on driving to where the Massive was while making sure the ship was masked.
Gaz was overhearing it but pretended she didn't, "Since you're done with the phone, I want you to check the garage." she said. While Dib was away or wasn't really doing anything to Tak's ship, she went ahead and did abit of work on it. Should work enough for Dib to fly it.
Dib placed the phone back where he'd found it and opened his eyes once more to stare blankly at the wall. When he heard his sister speak up he stuffed his hands into his pocket and numbly headed towards the garage. He didn't have enough energy to ask why or even argue.
Gaz decided to follow since she wanted to see Dib's reaction to the fixed Ship. It wasn't her best work and Zim would've done a better job, but she had a feeling that Dib needed it more than ever.
The teen finally made it to the garage and opened it up with the easy click of a couple of buttons. He watched as the semi-completed voot cruiser was revealed. The parts which had been haphazardly strewn about to be worked on later were reattached to the ship and looked almost flawless. Any other time he would have been leaping for joy... but he didn't know how to feel about the revelation.
"You know.. You could use it to go after your boyfriend.." The goth girl said she was right behind him with her arms crossed, "Not like you have much to do here."
"I know," Dib said simply, just looking at the ship. His feelings had finally settled on silent shock, but he didn't know how he felt about going after Zim. Would the irken even want him to? He knew that he wanted to... but would he physically be able to do it? His self confidence was pretty much at zero right then, and there was just so much doubt running through his mind.
"Better do it before it's too late Dib..." Gaz said, "Your ship should be able to track him... Wherever he is going." she shrugged, she knew Zim wouldn't bother coming back... Maybe if it was to visit but she doubted he will ever return.
The teen nodded some before starting towards the ship before he could let the doubt take over and change his mind. He popped open the cockpit of the spacecraft and examined the inside of it before climbing in. The controls would be extremely simple to use seeing as he'd been working with them to get them up and running for years. He glanced towards his sister, his honeysuckle eyes burning with the intensity of determination, "Thanks, Gaz." He said
Gaz nodded, "Don't mention it. Really." she said before heading back into the house, atleast she wont have to deal with Dib being constantly emo and sad because Zim was missing.
Dib nodded as he pulled the glass shield down around the cockpit. He moved his gaze down to the control panel in front of him and clicked a quick sequence of buttons to turn the spacecraft on. The machinery of course whirred to life at the simple press of the buttons, "Command initiated," The computer stated in a monotone before taking the ship up off of the ground, "Destination?" it asked.
"Zim's voot cruiser," The teen replied simply, relaxing back in the seat as the spacecraft took him up into space to follow the alien.
Meanwhile... The irken was on his way to the Massive, and lucky that his ship was modified to the point where he'll probably arrive on the large ship within hours rather than days. But he didn't expect that Dib would be able to come after him... his mind was too distracted by taking power from the tallests to even have a clue.
Gir was seated beside the alien, kicking his metal feet back and forth as he hummed, none other than, the doom song. Though he suddenly stopped in his humming and kicking to look over at the irken, "I like the pointy hair guy," He said, sticking his tongue out happily.
Zim's lekku perked some, "Dib?" He questioned, wondering why the robot suddenly blurted that out for no reason. It probably wasn't important but he had to be sure.
"Yeah," The robot squeaked happily, "He's crazy," The insane sir unit said, nodding as though it were the most obvious thing in the world, and it probably was. "But he got weird... not happy and spying no more," The robot said, his antenna drooping some in a sudden form of depression.
"He grew tired of me, Gir..." The alien said, "Nothing lasts forever." his lekku dropped as he said that. It was true... Nothing lasts forever, which was why he was going to do what he never thought he would do-Kill the tallests just to take their place and keep what he killed.
Gir frowned before throwing his arms open enthusiastically, "Somebody needs a huuuuuuuuuuuuug~" The robot chirped, sticking it's tongue out as it threw it's little metal limbs around the alien.
Zim didn't mind, and actually hugged back because he needed this before it came time to do what he had to do. He was nervous and didn't want to screw this up. "Thank you..." he said softly.
"Loooooove~" The insane robot chirped, nuzzling his metal cheek into the irken's chest. "Happy master, be happy!" he ranted encouragingly.
"I'll try..." The irken answered as he smiled some, "to be happy..." He added, resting his head ontop of the robot's head. He'll probably be happy once the is tallest.
"Good," Gir said firmly before patting the irken lightly on the back, "Be leader be happy," He said. Zim smiled some, but then the ship alerted them that they were in close proximity with the massive and moved so he could pilot the ship again. The voot was cloaked so the massive wouldn't detect or see it as he drove the ship to the hangar bay.
The robot wasn't phased at all by the irken moved away and simply went back to contently kicking his legs back and forth and humming the doom song. It was amazing that the insane sir unit hadn't freaked out and started jumping around yet.
Meanwhile... "I"M BORED!" Tallest Purple whined, "We don't get to do anything fun anymore! We've been cooped up on this giant ship for years! When are we going to have a vacation for once!"
The red tallest sighed softly at Purple's whining.. but it wasn't like he didn't agree. "Well we aren't entitled to a vacation for another month.. until then we're stuck seeing who can shoot a shorter closest to the center of the nearest star." He said, glancing over at his equal.
"But that is boring and we only got a handful of shorters." Purple sighed, there were other things they could do but he's already beaten Red at every game in the entertainment room and they lost the urges for mating already. Man it's stressful to be a leader.
Red jutted out his lower lip, his lekku pulling back against his skull as he thought long and hard. He really didn't know what they could, they'd already exhausted every suggestion he'd come up with and his mind was blank now. Maybe a vacation WOULD be good... they were the leaders so how hard would it be to just change the control brain's mind so they could have one early.
Purple leaned back in his chair, he was also thinking. He was about to open his mouth until the lights went out and it was completely dark. "huh?" What the hell was going on this time?
The red tallest's lekku perked up in alarm when the lights and he looked around as his eyes slowly adjusted to the darkness of the room. "Well that's weird... we usually don't have black outs..." He inquired before allowing his lekku to lower back to their original position.
"Probably just technical difficulties... I mean.. has to be someone keeping the ship running." the purple tallest shrugged, "We can wait... If it doesn't get fixed in ten minutes we can ask whats wrong."
Red nodded some even though purple probably couldn't see him yet due to the lack of lighting. "Well at least it's something to do," He said boredly. Purple decided to lean on his equal for abit since the lack of light was making him sleepy. "You'll have to keep track of time... I'm not good with time..."
The red tallest smirked some as he moved to pet back Purple's lekku. The purple tallest must have been very tired to forget that his PAK could tell him the time, though Red didn't mention it. The purple tallest purred some as he drifted to sleep, almost completely asleep until the door suddenly opened and he woke back up, "huh what, where, who!"
Red's lekku perked up and he stopped in his petting as his eyes flicked to the direction of the door. It was probably just one of the shorters coming to report on the status of the ship. Though the outline of the irken was unusually tall.. almost frighteningly so, not as tall as he and purple of course.. but still tall.
"Hello~" Said the unusually tall figure, eyes glowing brightly through the darkness as the door closed, "It's been awhile..." Purple's eyes suddenly widened and he turned his head to see the figure. It couldn't be...
The red tallest's eyes widened as well before narrowing in a form of hostility. His lekku pulled back rigged against his skull as he glared at the tall figure. "You shouldn't be here," He said angrily, he didn't like that unnatural glow Zim's eyes had taken on and the fact that the ex-invader had come during the blackout probably meant that he'd been the one to cause it.
"You'd think so..." Zim grinned evilly as he let the darkness rise from the depths of his mind, "but there is a reason I am here..."
"A... And what is... Zim... What... Is that thing?" Purple stammered, what the heck was Zim doing on earth all those years?
Red's posture went rigged when he saw the strange shadowy figure emerging from the other irken's back. At first he would have guessed that they were the ex-invader's PAK legs... but they moved so much more fluidly and seemed to be draining the room of it's warmth. He continued to glare at Zim, "Why are you here then?" He asked, sure he could probably guess the other irken's meaning for being there simply by the dark glow in the ex-invader's eyes and the shadowy being emerging from his form, but he couldn't help asking.
"It's high time you two took a vacation..." The insane irken grinned so widely, "Permanently." And it was then he sent deadly tendrils at the tallests, hoping they'd give a good run first but if they get impaled then he didn't mind.
Purple couldn't really see the tendrils since his sight in darkness was bad and felt something through his stomach and moved a hand to feel it. He froze when he felt that slimey feel.
The red tallest's eyes, having adjusted a lot better than purple's, widened when he saw the tendril coming at him. There was the harsh sound of metal on metal as his spider limbs extended to catch the potentially harmful attack. He glanced over at his equal to see if he'd done the same and he felt his equivalent of a heart skip a beat when he saw the tendril sticking through his mate. A low growl ripped through his throat and he glared a the ex-invader.
Zim cackled evilly, "You'll join him soon enough... Don't worry~" Atleast Red decided to fight back... Poor Purple though, couldn't even see it coming. He tossed the wounded tallest to the side, where he would lay against the wall already too weak to even do anything.
Red slapped the tendril he'd been holding at bay aside and rose up to his full height on the spider limbs. "You'll pay for that," He growled, his voice oozing with rage before he leapt at the ex-invader, bringing the pointed metal of his PAK legs down in hopes of impaling the hated irken.
The ex-invader let the tendrils move to slap the red tallest aside to prevent the impalement as he grinned widely and evilly, "Not this time, Red. You may have pushed me around when I was smaller, but this time will be different!"
The force of the slap actually sent the tallest a couple of feet away and he skidded to a stop on the balls of his feet and the tips of his PAK legs. "I see no difference here Zim, sure you're taller but you're still the same disgrace you were to the Irken Race as you were a couple years ago." He snarled.
"All because I made a stupid mistake and thought I was already on the enemy planet! But this time... I'm more powerful than you can ever imagine..." Zim chuckled as he sent more tendrils at the red tallest, he was planning on saving his best attack for later.. Atleast before Purple actually dies.
Red sent out his PAK limbs to block the attack, though disappointingly he wasn't as fast as the time before and one of the tendrils caught him in the shoulder. He let out a pained shout and moved to rip the limb from his now injured shoulder.
"Hehehe... You've only got minutes before your beloved mate dies before you do..." The irken said as he sent more tendrils at Red while he was a tad distracted by the wound.
The red tallest had enough wit to sidestep most of the tendrils, his spider limbs reaching out to block them more successfully this time. He was definitely at a dilemma now... he wanted to get Purple to the medical ward but if he left the fight he'd surely die as well. His only choice was to kill Zim.. but how could he do that with that dark being coming at him.
Zim smirked and decided to unleash tendrils all at once at Red, he did not want to take too long in trying to kill both of them at the same time, and if one atleast impaled Red, then the tallest was done for.
Red's eyes widened when he saw the large amount of shadowy limbs coming at him and he tried desperately to deflect them but there was just too many. He saw three or four slip through his defenses at a time and only seconds later felt all of them strike his chest and midsection. He coughed and he felt blood dribble down his chin and he looked down in a sick form of curiosity as though not really believing that he'd been struck.
The insane irken grinned evilly when the red tallest was finally impaled and decided to lay the tallest ontop of where his dying mate was, "Better say your goodbyes now~ Because you only get a moment..." he said, he wasn't cruel enough to kill them both without them saying their goodbyes first.
Purple groaned painfully when the other was laid ontop of him, sadly he couldn't see due to his nightblindness, "Red... Is... that you?" The red tallest winced when he was laid down but he was fading fast due to the blood loss and it took a lot of his energy to reach up and pet back purple's lekku, he didn't want his mate to be scared. "Yes," He said hoarsely.
"I guess... this is... the end... right?" The purple tallest asked, he was slowly fading but he was getting close to death. Why didn't he see this coming? He would've been able to save Red AND himself if they had a clue that Zim would do this.
"I don't... know, Pur," Red replied, his breath coming a lot more labored and he had to blink hard so he could keep his equal's face in view. He eventually just moved to rest his forehead on the other's shoulder, too tired to keep his head up.
Purple closed his eyes, "I...m sorry... Red..." he said softly, he knew he was close to the end, and mustered up the last of his strength to speak one last time, "I... love... You..."
The red tallest allowed his own eyes to drift shut, he could feel his system slowly shutting down and he clung weakly to his equal's chest armor as though that would keep him from slipping away. "I love.. you too... Pur." He said, the sentence just barely audible.
The purple tallest was able to muster up a smile before death finally took him over and he was left lifeless in his partner's grasp with a single tear dripping down his cheek and onto the other tallest.
Red's lekku fell limp against his skull when he felt the life slip away from his lover and a couple of tears rolled down his cheeks. He let out a barely audible sob just before the clutches of death finally pulled him away.
"Rather depressing scene but... only way for them to go." Zim said, "So I'll give them a proper burial and shoot them, in a capsule coffin, into space or something." The darkness allowed it's heads to emerge from the irken's body, none to happy that he couldn't eat their hearts seeing as they had none. "A little to romantic for my taste," it said.
"You gotta admit that they were pretty close to eachother... I can see why both of them were tallests together..." The irken host said as he moved to put the bodies in some large metal tube, making sure they were positioned close together.
The parasite rolled it's eyes, "You've gone soft Zim," it said, pulling most of it's tendrils back into the host's body. "It's not like you can have their hearts, Darkness... They aren't evil... Just insane." Zim said as he pushed the tube to shoot it out into space. "they were my leaders... So I must pay respects. Even if I killed them myself."
The Darkness shrugged mentally seeing as he had no real shoulders to do so, he really didn't care what the irken did with his leaders body, they finally had the power they needed and so far it seemed, to him, that the insane human had not followed them.
After Zim finished with discarding the bodies, he went to go turn the power back on but leave the lights off and dimmed abit so anyone in the massive could see in the dark better. "I hope you don't mind half and half, not all irkens on this ship can see perfectible well in the darkness. I even noticed that Purple was nightblind.. Because he didn't avoid the attack."
The parasite withdrew closer to his host's body as the dim lights flicked on, it didn't exactly burn like direct light did but it was still uncomfortable. He mumbled something irritatedly about inferior mortals moving to glare at the source of the lighting.
The irken sighed and worked so that the tallest room was the only one with complete darkness, "You're lucky I was working on a project lately on how to stay in darkness while in class..."
"Won't have to worry about that anymore though," The darkness said, a small sigh of relief escaping him when they were plunged back into the shadows.
Zim chuckled and decided to go to the hangar where his ship was to put on the tallest armor he had designed himself... And to also get Gir. "They will be surprised to learn that I have taken control..."
"Yessss, their reactions will be most pleasant to watch," The parasite said with a dark chuckle, he couldn't wait to see all of the poor little irkens go into shock because his host had taken control of the ship so easily.
The irken laughed evilly as he arrived at the voot and proceeded in dressing into the designed tallest armor, "Gir, the deed has been done, you are now my right hand minion in my reign. Once we settle in the massive, We'll claim earth... I still promised you the moon."
"WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE~!" The insane robot shrieked as he hopped out of the ship and zoomed about the room out of pure excitement. "I GET THE BIG BALL OF CHEESE," He screamed.
Zim sighed as he finished with dressing and dragged the tiny ship to the tallest's private room so it can be stored there. He had alot to do with the first couple of weeks, and he just hoped that Dib didn't bother to go after him.
Though the human was already there, in fact the teen had just landed his voot cruiser in the launching bay and was hopping out. He held no interest for the large amount of alien technology that surrounded him, he just wanted to find Zim. He stuffed his hands into the pocket of his trench coat and began his search for the irken in the large unknown spacecraft.
The irken, who was now a tallest, headed to the intercom and pushed a button that will present him in all the screens within the massive. He made sure that there was some light on him so the irkens would see him, "Greetings shorters... I am your new tallest... For I have taken the place of your beloved duo. Whatever they have left behind is now in my care, and we'll have something new... There will be barely any light in the massive for I dislike light and find it annoying. You are allowed to use flashlights, just don't shine it on me.. Now with that taken care of... I'll be hosting a speech in the main hall of the massive... You better be there.."
There was the collective sound of mixed confusion and shock as the announcement ended, though the shorters of course complied and started heading towards the main hall. Most of them guessed that everything would be cleared up by this strange new tallest's speech seeing as most of them didn't recognize the now much taller Zim.
Dib was of course even more shocked than the irken's all combined. He'd know Zim's plan.. but he didn't expect it to go so smoothly... or so quickly at that. He stuffed his hands into his pockets and stood there confusedly, he didn't know whether he should head towards the meeting hall as well so he could just see the new tallest... or if he should stay where he was so the aliens didn't notice his intrusion.
Zim headed to where the main hall was, the dress of his uniform dragging on the floor as he proceeded to where he will give his speech. He was still clueless that Dib was here and at this point he didn't really care because it wasn't important at the moment.
Dib eventually gave up in standing around and decided he'd head towards the main hall, the only problem was that he didn't know how to navigate the ship. It was just so large... which was probably where it got it's name. The only real reason he knew the general direction fo where the main hall was, was because all the shorter aliens had been heading in that direction. Though even with the information he became horribly lost within minutes.
The human sighed heavily allowing his gaze to sweep over the empty hall of the ship, his eyes soon resting on a large door.. much larger than all the others and he just couldn't help his curiosity from taking over and he moved to open the door. Inside the room was pitch black and it reminded him of Zim's room back at the base... Could this possibly be the room the new tallest had taken from himself?
Dib wandered into the room once his eyes had adjusted enough for him to see the outline of the furnishings... though the door closed behind him making him jump a foot in the air... and of course plunging the room back into darkness. "Great," he mumbled exasperatedly. Now not only was he lost but he was also trapped.
After Tallest Zim finished his speech with the shorters, he headed to his room, it's only been a couple hours but he was able to get the shorters to understand. He loved it when they were shocked to learn that he is now the new tallest, not many would've believed it but it was right infront of there faces. The irken had more ambition than the previous tallests, and he'll be able to take over the universe way quicker than what had thought to be. The tall irken stopped infront of his door and noticed it was randomly locked.. Probably just safety protocol.
The teen had become bored in the couple of hours he'd been trapped in the room. He'd gotten over his frightened stage and was lounging on the comfortable couch that he'd found in the dark room. He glanced over towards the door when he heard the handle jingling, tensing slightly at the sound.. not really sure if he should run and hide or just stay where he was.
The tallest unlocked the door and opened it, not really expecting anyone to be inside it since the couch's backside was sort of facing him and he didn't notice that anyone would be on it. "Now then..." he started as he had out a clipboard, "I should contact the invaders that are currently on an enemy planet..."
When Dib recognized Zim's voice he relaxed and moved to pillow the back of his head on his hands. He'd just wait for the new tallest to notice him, because he didn't really know what to say to him. Sure he'd spent the last couple of hours flying here and waiting for the irken in what seemed to be his room.. but he hadn't exactly come up with a speech or anything like that.
It took Zim awhile.. well.. It took him til he got closer to the couch to notice the teen, "D-D-D-Dib! What the hell are you doing here!" he questioned, rather surprised that the human would even bother going after him.
"Resting," The teen said simply, shrugging some as he moved to sit up. He allowed his honeysuckle gaze to rest on the irken's face, his eyes burning with an intensity that conveyed his hurt, longing and basically any and every emotion that had gone through his system in the last twenty four hours.
The insane tallest was still shocked as he moved to plop himself onto the couch next to Dib, "You didn't really have to follow me... I was planning on stopping by Earth anyway." He sighed, he still remembered his promise to Gir.
"I know," Dib said, his gaze never leaving the alien as though he'd never get to see the irken ever again. He'd known deep down that Zim would have probably come back, but he was sure that if he'd waited he'd have just given up eventually and ended up sinking deeper into his current depression.
Zim set the clipboard aside, this was an awkward moment for him, and he didn't know what to say or do. So he uncomfortably tapped his claws together, as if waiting for Dib to do or say something first.
"Why didn't you believe me?" The teen asked suddenly, the strong neutral voice he'd been using dwindling down to a small barely audible tone. His golden brown eyes dimming slightly as the depression started to sweep over him again. Sure he was with the irken now... but that didn't mean Zim believed him.. or loved him back.. or anything like that, and that information hurt him.
The tallest sighed, "Because I trusted you in that moment... and thought you were only just using me." he said, not wanting to even look at the teen. He didn't want to admit the other thing... of what the darkness had said hours ago when Dib went home.
"I thought you knew me better than that," Dib said, the expression on his face resembling that of a kicked puppy. He'd been confused and hurt at the time becuase Zim wouldn't believe such an obvious truth..and now he was really hoping that the irken believed him because he hadn't come all this way for nothing.
Zim turned his head to glance at Dib, "You were once my enemy, Dib... I didn't even know why you even did it... I wasn't in the mood at the time and tried to make you stop." He added before looking away, he didn't really know that the mating call scent activated on it's own that time.
It was Dib's turn to look away now, in a mixture of hurt and confusion and of course embarrassment, "I don't know what happened.. it was like I couldn't think straight," He said quietly, he'd already tried to explain it to the irken... but it'd just made him even angrier last time and he didn't want that to happen again.
The troubled tallest sighed, "I was afraid you'll leave me behind like I was nothing to you ..." he finally admitted, hiding his face into his hands. He hated admitting that, which added more to his fear of what would happen. But he already gave Dib a chance last time... Why was he not being more cautious now? Maybe it was because he still felt for the human.
The teen's frown deepened and he looked over at Zim... it looked like they both had the same fear of being left alone. He moved to wrap his arms around the alien's form and pull him close. Zim didn't protest, instead he rested his head on the other's shoulder, "Why didn't you go after me, Dib? I... thought you didn't really love me..."
"I thought you wanted to be alone," Dib explained, rubbing lightly at the irken's back, at least they were finally working things out.. even if it was a little messy. The irken's lekku dropped, he was still pretty hurt about it, and it made him believe what the Darkness said was true. But he knew the parasite disliked Dib greatly, but he didn't understand why.
"I'm sorry..." The teen said gently, he wasn't really sure how many times he'd apologized that day.. but he was sure that it was close to the world record. "I won't let it happen again..." He promised... well that was if Zim would give him a second chance or something along those lines.
Zim closed his eyes, he had to think... Should he really give Dib another chance? Was it worth it? It wasn't like it would be much of a bad idea seeing how he's already ruler of an empire and Dib wasn't much in the way anymore.
Dib closed his eyes, waiting silently for the irken's reply. He was scared of rejection and scared that Zim would kick him out right then and there or scream at him or hit him or just anything negative. He didn't want any of those things to happen but he was definitely expecting them.
The tallest lifted his head up to look at the human's face before placing his hands on the sides of Dib's head and moving his own head forward so their lips touched. At this point he was thinking... 'why the hell not?' not like it made a difference now anyway.
The teen's eyes widened at the action, he'd obviously been thinking that anything but this would happen and it made his mind go blank. Did this mean that Zim was going to give him another chance? His eyes eventually drifted closed and he leaned gently into the kiss.
Tallest Zim churred some, letting the kiss linger for awhile before he had to break it. He didn't mind keeping it going but he did have things to do, "I need to call the invaders..." he said, looking abit embarrassed.
Dib blushed some when the irken pulled away, and he just looked down at his lap. That hadn't exactly been a straightforward answer to his question... but he didn't want to ask about it and possibly ruin what little chance he had. "Alright," He said simply in reply to the irken's statement.
The irken smiled some, "If you want you can rest on my lap while I do the call." he offered, he wouldn't mind, it would give him more of a chance to run his fingers through the human's hair and keep the teen calm and relaxed.
"Really?" The teen asked, perking up slightly at the idea. His gaze returning to the alien's face as though wondering if the irken were joking. "I dont mind." Zim answered as he patted his lap as if it was a privledge, not like the invaders will see Dib anyway since he'll make the camera block that part out.
Dib smiled some before crawling over to the alien and resting his head in the irken's lap. He wrapped his arms lightly about Zim's waist, looking up at him as though asking if the action were okay.
The tallest nodded at the human, not like it mattered much. The poor teen needed comfort, and Zim decided to run his fingers through Dib's soft raven hair as his other hand began pushing buttons at the large computer/comm that was right infront of them.
The teen smiled, his eyes drifting shut at the feel of the irken running his fingers through his hair. The alien's relaxing touch had him drifting towards sleep, and it didn't really help that he was becoming somewhat sleep deprived.
Tallest Zim kept his hand on Dib's head while he successfully called one of the invaders on his list, he had to get this done.. Atleast for today before it's time to rest. Dib unconsciously nuzzled his face into the irken's lower abdomen, finally allowing himself to be lulled to sleep by the alien's steady voice as he spoke to the invaders.
After Zim finished with speaking with all of the listed invaders, he noticed that the teen on his lap was asleep and smiled. He decided to carefully lift Dib up and carry the human over to where the bed was and laid on the comfy mattress with Dib. He was tired as well, but also happy at this point.
The teen stirred slightly when he was moved, though he almost immediately went back to sleep when he was laid down on the extremely soft mattress. He wrapped his arms around the closest pillow and just nuzzled his face into the poofy material.