Author's Disclaimer: Hello pitiful humans. This is my first Invader Zim fan-fic. I've been a fan of the show for years now. I do not own Invader Zim nor it's characters. I wish I did own Zim & Dib but I don't. So Please Be Respectful. My character is an OC. The pairings are thus: Dib/OC now & Zim/OC later.
Chapter Seven
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"Fine. I'll talk", Erin replied softly, "But please, just don't hurt Zim".
Dib thought about this for a moment. Getting rid of Zim would solve all his problems and then Zim wouldn't go on and destroy the human race. However, if he didn't get rid of Zim, the alien would destroy the earth. Dib weighed this heavily. Even though the other humans had treated him with no respect and only saw him as a "crazy person", Dib couldn't let the human population be destroyed.
"I can't make promises about Zim. He's a threat to all humans", Dib said folding his arms, "But I can make conditions about you, once you tell me what I need to know".
He sat down in his computer chair. He was still irritated about earlier and every day this week. Erin just nodded and got to her feet. She got up onto his bed, and sat on it. Her hands folded in her lap. It wouldn't matter, it would all be over soon. She knew this would happen. She stared at her hands for the longest time before looking back at Dib.
"I'm not like you Dib. I may look human on the outside but I'm..I'm half human and half alien. My people are called the Aroses. A race of humanoids living on a planet called Plurtal. My people are known for their use of technology. We build ships and things like that. We're the only ally to the Irken Armada. My people were at war with the Dune Empire. But the Irkens helped us but my people were enslaved only months after the war was over. The war has been over for years. When the Dune Elites enslaved my people, they destroyed every communication system operable. I escaped using the only piece of Irken technology we had. I had the shuttle pod self distruct the night I landed here", Erin exclaimed.
Dib let this sink in. His mouth was bone dry and he had no idea what to say. There was no way she was making this up, her voice was too sad for her to be lying. Dib's mouth as slightly a gap. He closed it, opened it and then closed it again after a few minutes. Erin stared back down at her hands. She hadn't mentioned Zim. Which she knew he'd want to know. Her heart raced, waiting for the question to be asked. This wasn't how she had planned to tell him. Dib cleared this throat, he had to stay focused, though he was slightly excited to learn there was another species of alien out there. And Erin seemed nicer than Zim. However, it also seemed she already had chosen a side.
"How does Zim fit into all of this?" Dib asked.
Erin looked up as he spoke. She wanted nothing more then to look away from his gaze but she found she couldn't.
"I met Zim when he first started his training to be an Invader", Erin continued, "Our planet was a battle field at the time and my people were making weapons for the Armada so they could help us. I was assigned to Zim during his training. I was the only female assigned. Many of the females on my planet either died or were making weapons. Anyway, Zim and I got rather close during those few weeks he was there. I wanted to see him become an Invader, I understood what it meant for him. My people frown upon interbreeding with other species, even if we were allied with them. But the thing was, I...I really didn't care. After Zim left, I couldn't bring myself to love any other person".
She paused and then continued further, "During the months that followed he sent me transmissions updating me on what was going on. When the war was over, I was so sure I'd see him again. But...but when our planet was invaded and enslaved, there was a fire and every transmission he sent had been destroyed. I couldn't save them. When our technology was destroyed, I thought all hope of freeing myself from my planet was lost. But then I remembered I had hid the shuttle pod Zim had left me. I used it to escape. For what it's worth, I love him and I'd have risked being banished from my own planet to be with him".
"Love is a pretty strong word when you're describing somebody who is a jerk", Dib pointed out, "Zim isn't worth being disowned by your humanoid race".
"I don't care", Erin remarked.
Dib sighed and stood up, arms still folded, "Well, you better care because I like you. No matter if your half alien".
Erin just stared at him. What did he just say? She must not have heard him correctly. Did he just say he didn't care that she was part alien? But he was all about paranormal stuff and discovering aliens. And she was an alien!She was rather confused as to why he wasn't making plans for her autopsy, she'd have thought he'd been excited about her spilling her secret. Not that she wasn't glade she wasn't being cut open after all. She still worried about Zim's fate, however.
"I don't understand. I thought you hated aliens", Erin replied.
Dib climbed on to his bed and sat next to her. He put a hand on her shoulder.
"I don't hate you. And I don't care if I have to spend forever trying to be with you because I'll probably be a Paranormal Investigator when I'm older. But the point is,", he paused for a moment, wondering how to make his point, "The point is, I'm not losing you to some green alien with an overconfident attitude".
Erin blushed. Moments ago, he had threatened her and now he was telling her that he liked her. He was so complicated and she didn't know exactly how she was going to ever figure him out. She didn't know how to respond to his statement. He wanted to be with her? She was an escapee, facing banishment for just wanting to be with Zim and she was pretty sure she would lose Zim forever if she chose to be with Dib.
"Even if there was the slightest chance you and I could ever be together, I wouldn't put any hope on it", Erin said quietly, "I do care about you and I still want to be friends with you. But I want to be with Zim. He's the holder of my heart and I really don't want to hurt him".
Dib frowned slightly, was she talking about the same Zim he knew? Zim was nothing but a complete pompous jerk with an ego the size of the moon. All Zim cared about was destroying human exsistance and being an Invader. Why Erin was completely bent on staying at Zim's side, Dib was still lost on this. But she had said "Even if there was a small chance". What if there was just a small chance? Dib needed to know how small of a chance. But he'd figure that out later. He took the key out of his pocket and undid the handcuffs off of Erin's wrists. He got off the bed and set the handcuffs and the key on his berrow, along with the watch he'd taken from her. Dib turned back to Erin.
"I'm sorry I got all "paranormal" on you earlier", He appologized.
"You're forgiven. I...I don't blame you, you know", She replied, she smiled a little but didn't look at him straight away, "I was afraid that you might not like me anymore once you found out about me".
"I was afraid I wouldn't either. When you said you were an alien...I kinda..I kinda didn't know what to think and then I got excited. But I would never do anything to expose you. Like I said, you're not the one trying to destroy earth", Dib explained scratching the back of his head, he put his hand down after a second.
Erin slid off the bed and walked up to him. Gently putting her hands on his shoulders.
"I didn't want you find out this way but I guess you were meant to find out this way. It's better overall but I still didn't plan to tell you anything for at least another few days. Zim didn't want you to know. If he finds out you know about me, he'll do more than turn your blood cells into bologna", Erin replied.
"I guess it's a risk I'm willing to take then", Dib said.
She caught the seriousness in his voice. She really wished he wouldn't be so heroic, for his own sake. She thought being with Zim wouldn't be this hard. But life throws karma back and fourth like a tennis ball during a tennis match.
"I guess this clears everything up, huh?" Erin asked.
"I guess", Dib shrugged, he wasn't so convincing but it was good enough for her.
Erin decided it was best to remain with Dib until she could see Zim tomorrow morning. She had no choice but to tell Zim what had happened. She decided this as she ate that night's dinner which was beans and hot dogs. In which Erin finally got to meet Dib and Gaz's dad, Prof. Membrane, who was on a floating screen. Dib explained to her that his dad was always busy at his job. After dinner, came Mysterious Mysteries, Erin decided to skip the episode and go to bed early. She fell asleep the instant she laid on Dib's bed. She had been unrolling the sleeping bag she'd been using, when she decided she might as well nod off while he was downstairs. When Dib came upstairs an hour later, he found her asleep. He went into the bathroom and brushed his teeth. He came back and finished unrolling the sleeping bag. Carefully not to wake her, he pulled back the covers on his bed and pulled the covers up over her. Erin turned over in her sleep but didn't wake up. Dib got down into the sleeping bag, laying down and falling asleep almost at once.
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Author's Note: Sorry for the short chapter. But the last one was long. Glade to know you are enjoying it. I put up a poll on my profile if you want to vote for your favorite pairing. Dib and Erin are still friends and Erin isn't going to get exprimented on. But there is still more fluffy-drama ahead for our "heroes". READ AND REVIEW!
