FYI: This Story is A ZADR AU of The original Invader Zim TV Series that aired on nickelodeon where Zim is actually a well-respected and successful invader, who is loved by his leaders, and his people. He has a good disguise and fits in perfectly with the humans, and befriends Dib, and lives a double life while trying to keep his secret under wraps.

Zim is not short in this AU he is average human height. Also All characters are aged up for obvious reasons. So just think of invader Zim happening in high school instead of grade school. I wanted to write a story with a smart respected Zim, and give my readers a feel for what the series would have been like if Zim wasn't defective, and was actually appreciated for his loyalty, and tireless efforts. I also added a little ZADR twist because who doesn't like ZADR? Also, this is different from my Prince AU series. Zim is just a regular Irken in this story with no royal heritage.

Disclaimers: I do not own Invader Zim

Author's Notes: So I know it's been two months of no updates and that's my fault. I am currently in the process of planning a new BillDip story, and would like my other 2 BillDips to be done before the end of July so I can start this new adventure. However, because of this the "Help! My Boyfriend's An…Alien?" Series has kind of been left in the dark, But no more! From now on you will at least get a chapter every 2 weeks if not more.

With that said please enjoy Chapter 4!

Chapter 4: Dark Harvest (Part 2)

(Back with Dib and Zim…)

They had found Dark Booty in his "lar."

Actually, it was nothing more than a janitor's closet, but Dark Booty proclaimed. "Boy's welcome to my lar!" As they walked in.

"Some lar." Zim teased openly only to shake his head as he forced himself to focus on the task at hand. Tak was busy stealing organs and he needed to get to the bottom of it. Not waste his time telling jokes. And it is in that moment that Zim contemplates on his decision to inform the Tallest of what was really going on. He had yet to tell them about Tak, he also had failed to report the arrival of the Galactic Alliance. Two very important details that he knows without a doubt that his leaders should know.

And finding out about this information at the last minute would only enrage them more. Red and Purple hated being the last ones to know anything especially when it came to Zim who they claimed was their closest friend.

"Sir it's horrible!" Dib was explaining the situation to their senior partner. "It's Tak she's stealing-"

"Human organs I know." Dark Booty cut in. "I was cleaning the halls when I noticed the green kid doubled over in pain by his locker." He explained.

"Why organs?" Zim asked out loud. He just couldn't understand it. There were a lot of ways that Tak could get his attention without using such a dramatic scene. So what was her end game? Did she even have one? Or was she so bent on revenge that she didn't care about exposing herself to the enemy.

Zim could see the latter being the case, after all she was an Irken female and they were known for their scorn. However, Zim was beginning to understand Tak's lack for self-preservation. And it's reason was soon presented to him.

"I tried to inform the government of what's going on." Dark Booty said with a defeating sigh. "But they won't believe me, not without some hard evidence."

"People's organs are missing and being replaced with random stuff!" Dib shouted. "And that's not reason enough?"

Yes, this was why Tak was not bothering with being careful. The human government did not believe in Aliens, so she could expose herself to the Swollen Eyeball and the Alliance without fearing any backlash. Zim however, was forced to play the stupid human child while the other aliens who arrived with Dib's mother were forced to play similar rolls.

In short Tak's enemies did not have the same freedoms she did, and she was taking advantage of it!

'Not for long.' Zim growled inwardly as he pressed a button on his watch. It was a silent code for the computer to send over his robot double with the aid of the principle. 'It's time to even the playing field.' He thought with a wicked grin.

If Tak wanted to play dirty, than he'd show her just how dirty this game could get.

"Let me guess." Dib said, bring him back to the moment at hand. "We're not allowed to get involved."

"Dib I could waste my time telling you not to." Dark Booty said, he had been tinkering with something or another at his desk. (It was a small desk that barley fit within his "Lar"). "But we both know you two are going to do the opposite anyway." He added. "Besides I see Mrs. Bitter's has already given you her blessing."

"What blessing?" Zim asked.

Dark Booty gestured to his neck. "That is all you will need to stop her."

"My hall pass?" Zim asked. "This is my weapon?"

"How am I supposed to save everyone with a 62 pound Hall Pass?" Dib exclaimed.

Zim suppressed a chuckle. "Well I guess I could throw this at her." He thought out loud.

"And blow up the whole school?" Dib reminded him.

"Right." Zim said, and then smiled. "But if we get it on her she won't be able to leave school grounds!"

"Now you're thinking." Dark Booty praised as he took the device off of Zim.

"Okay so his works for something." Dib admitted. "But what about me!?"

Dark Booty hands Zim his Hall pass and goes to speak only for the lunch bell to cut him off.

BRIIIIING!

"No time!" He insisted a he began to push Dib, Zim, and the large Hall pass out the door. "We must contain the problem before the end of the school day!"

"But!" Dib insisted.

"Look I want to expose them both I do." Dark Booty said. "But now that I think about it, our Allies are here, and they're aliens too, so perhaps it's for the best that this incident doesn't get out."

Dib froze, he had never thought about that before. If they exposed the Irkens, Queen Luna and princess Moon could be put in danger. With the existence of Aliens confirmed all of his mother's closest friends even Lard Nar could be at risk.

"We must contain the problem before the days end." Dark Booty instructed them. "I am creating a device that can repair the damage she's caused, but I need those Organs back!"

Dib and Zim nodded.

"Retrieve them and meet me back at the clinic." Dark Booty instructed. "And whatever you do be careful!"

And with that he slammed the door in their face.

"Well I feel the love." Zim joked.

"Miz this is serious." Dib warned. "How are we supposed to stop her?" he asked. "We barely out smarted her last time."

"We'll have to split up." Zim insisted. "I know it's risky." He added seeing Dib's reaction. "But you heard Dark Booty we have until school's end and it's already noon."

Dib bit his lip at the realization. This meant they only had less than 3 and a half hours to stop Tak before their classmates' parents would be expecting them home. "Okay but keep your communicator on." He warned.

Zim nodded and went to leave, Dib grabbed him by the arm.

"Miz…"

Their eyes meet, and for a moment Dib feels the need to kiss him. They hadn't kissed since Parent, Teacher Night, and Dib was beginning to think this might be their last chance.

Zim was thinking it too.

"I'll see you soon." Zim said pulling his hand away before racing off. He didn't have time for this, with the help of the principle Gir should have already placed his robot double inside his locker for use. He had to make the switch and track down Tak and put a stop to this before she ruined everything.

Dib resisted the urge to go after him as he began to lug the heavy radiator across the hall. He was tempted to leave it, but Dark Booty said it was useful. And his teacher had never stirred him wrong before. He decided to start with the Lunch room, and get a feel for how bad the problem was getting.

"Meow."

Dib flinched as he heard the unmistakable sound of a cat, for a moment he can't place why this sound scares him, but then he remembers.

The green kid! He kept saying "The meowing!"

"TAK?" he exclaimed a little too fearfully. "Do not show fear!" He reminded himself, looking resolute as he stood proudly. "HA! THIS is me without fear... and a 62 pound hall pass…" He added, groaning as he continued on his way.

"Meow."

He heard it again, this time he was sure it was coming from above him.

His eyes widen. "Miz she's using the air vents!" He realized as he shouted into his communicator.

Meanwhile, Zim had finally reached his locker and looked around to see if the coast was clear. Seeing that it was he entered and shut the door behind him. And just as he hopped his double was waiting for him and imminently came on line.

Zim wasted no time turning off his disguise and handed the Hall Pass and communicator to his double which had just started buzzing with Dib's warning.

"Miz she's using the air vents!"

"Copy." The double answered as he left the locker. "I'm on my way back to you, don't lose her." He ordered as he exited the locker and raced back where Zim had come.

Zim waited an agonizing few minutes before he too left the locker. He felt fully exposed, but just like Tak he knew that it no longer mattered if the enemy saw him. The Swollen Eyeball would not risk exposing them to the government until they could ensure the safety of their Allies.

Zim smiled as he looked up at an awaiting air vent. He jumps up on the celling and opens it with ease before retreating into it. It was dirty up here, however such filth could not keep his growing excitement at bay.

It had been a long time since Zim had such odds stack against him, and he couldn't help but feel the need to thank Tak for giving him such a worthy challenge.

In the meantime Dib was trying his best to keep his cool as he neared the cafeteria, several of his fellow students were racing past him to get their meals. They all looked fine for now, but Dib knew that could change at any moment.

He wanted to scream at them "Your organs aren't safe! Run for your lives." But he knew Miz was right, that would be silly, and wouldn't solve anything. So he forced himself forward, and after what felt like forever he made to the cafeteria where ALL of the students seemed to be affected. Bulging bodies, groans of pain, people colliding with each other.

"Look at them!" Dib said, eyes wide with horror. "And it's not even ketchup and rice day!" He exclaimed, before slapping his face. "Get a grip Mothman." He warned himself.

Tak smiled as she eyed the boy through the vent. She can't believe Zim was actually stupid enough to leave him alone. "This is it Mimi." She whispered. "We expose Zim to him and my enemies will be so busy fighting each other that I will be able to take control of this planet with ease! And then I'll enslave the humans to gather their resources for me!"

Yes, it was the perfect plan, and it all started with Dib!

Dib put on his x-scope to check and gasped as he looked around the cafeteria, looking at Trina, Gretchen, and Tae…one had a ruler, on remote control, one had an alarm clock!

Carl had a carton of milk!

Penny had a CAT! A LIVE CAT!

"MEOW." Her Cat-Kidney remarked.

Then he saw him.

Torque Smacky was…NOT green, eating well, and lifting weights! He was healthy! And possibly Tak's next target!

"You! You look like you still have all your organs!" Dib proclaimed, rushing to him. For a moment he feels like he's acting like his old crazy self, but he ignores it.

Torque felt his chest, then looked at Dib like he was slow. "Yeah, so?"

"You're in danger! Come with me!" Dib insisted.

"Look DORK, I gotta go lift things!" Torque snapped getting up.

"Um, then I'll come with you!" Dib insisted.

Torque shrugged. "Whatever weirdo." He said as he walked away lifting his weights.

Dib, who was still lugging around his Hall pass followed closely behind Torque he was babbling on and on about Irk. He knows he sounds crazy, but honestly his babbling seems to be the only think keeping him sane. Besides, this is what his fellow peers expected from him.

So it was pretty fair to say that if Dib got all serious Torque might actually feel cause for alarm, and as much as Dib hated it, until they could ensure the safety of their new allies the truth about Irk had to stay hidden.

"And he wants to DESTROY US ALLLL! But Tak she's ten times crazier! Now I know you think I'm crazy, but she's a maniac you'll thank me. YOU'LL ALL THANK ME!" Dib insisted.

"Man, you're creepin' me out!" Torque muttered.

DA-DUM!

A grill from the vent shaft was pulled off as the meow of a cat was heard…

Dib froze he had gotten so lost in his outburst that he almost didn't hear the threat.

Dib looked around the hallway and NOT at Torque. Therefore he wasn't able to stop Torque from being snatched up by a pair of mechanical limbs behind him.

Dib then he stopped as saw a flash of light coming from a classroom out of the corner of his eye. He looked around, noticing that Torque is gone.

"Torque? Torque Smacky, is that you?" Dib called out, rushing inside.

He flipped the light switch and a dull light went on as he walked through the biology classroom, past tubes containing strange things…

"Come on, man! Talk to me! Let me know you're still here!" Dib called out.

Dib continued to walk by some more strange organs, including some eyeballs, a liver with wings, and what looked like a dead, pink bunny with sunken eyes. Part of him wanted to stop and question these things, however he was too focused on the fact that Torque was gone, and possibly in the hands of the enemy because of his carelessness. He headed towards an x-ray and his skeleton appears as he passes by it, but undenounced to him the enemy's shows up right behind him.

And then a barbell rolled out from a nearby corner, it rolled under Dib's feet causing him to fall over…and Dib heard a small cat meow.

"Torque?" Dib asked hopefully, though deep down he knows better. The light switch came off with a TWHOMP as the meowing of the cat continued. Dib felt a nameless terror grip him as he stumbled to his feet. Instinct was telling him to get out of that room as fast as possible.

So he did the only thing he could do, he pushed the 62 pound radiator towards the invisible enemy before making a run for it!

There's an audible hiss as the radiator hits the target, Mimi, who is holding the container of organs is suddenly trapped as the radiator transforms into a cage around her.

An alarm goes off.

"Mimi disassemble and escape throw the bars." Tak ordered as she turned off her cloaking device.

"Meow." Mimi asked.

"The organs?" Tak repeated her question with disgust. "Leave them." She ordered. "They've severed their purpose."

Mimi saluted her and followed her command, disassembling her parts and moving them in between the bars before putting herself back together.

"Come we must hurry before we lose our chance at Zim!" Tak ordered and in seconds they are cloaked once more racing after the enemy.

Meanwhile, Dib hurled himself down the hallway he could feel the enemy getting closer and closer. Dib ran into the boiler room, down a spiral staircase, panting as the steam rose up higher and higher. He ran across a grated catwalk and looked around.

No sign of enemy greeted him.

Had he done it? Had he escaped?

He turned around and bumped into the last person he expected to see.

Which was ironic considering the circumstances.

"Zim!" Dib exclaimed in surprised.

The male Irken loomed before him in all his glory, and for a moment Dib thinks this is it!

This was the moment that his stupidity got him killed.

Dib shivered as he remembered just how close Zim got to killing him last time when he caught him in the woods.

However, the attack never came instead Zim stepped forward, his ruby eyes looking past him. "Brace yourself he warned.

And that's when Dib felt it, the unmistakable sense that something was behind him.

He turned but saw nothing.

Zim though is not fooled. He smiles. "Hello Tak." He mused.

Dib gasped as Tak suddenly appears as she decides to de-cloak and reveal herself. Mimi does the same, and for the first time Dib can see that the cat is a robotic companion, almost like Zim's own Sir Unit.

"Long time no see." Tak teased, in a mocking manner.

And as Dib heard her voice for the first time the gravity of the situation suddenly hits him.

Here he was stuck in between two Irkens with no weapon, and no back up.

Yes, this was it, he decided, this was how he was going to die!

-To Be Continued