……I ran out of things to say so……on with the chapter (:
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Invader Zim or the songs….I am not claiming that I do….it is but a distant wish of mine….
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Chapter 7: A Deal and a Cat Fight.
Zim ran through the halls, the sounds of the children's laughter finally behind him. He ran to not only find Ember….but to find the one human he could call a "friend". Okay…maybe friend was a strong word to describe Zim's and Ember's relationship. Even so, Ember was someone that Zim felt he could trust. What choice did he have? She knew his secret and Zim had no way to erase her memory….at least not yet.
Zim walked into the cafeteria, he passed the window and stopped when he saw someone sitting on a swing in the yard. He walked outside, seeing that it was Ember and sat on a swing next to her.
Ember glanced at him, and then looked away. Both her hands were clinging to the chains on either side of her.
"So….is this what you meant when you said your home life wasn't any better?" Zim said, trying to keep his voice low. He looked at Ember, trying to see the bruises on her face. But since most of them were on the left side of her face, he couldn't tell how bad they were.
Ember nodded, she then wiped her eyes with her sleeve. "You know…you can look at me. I won't laugh…" Zim said, placing a hand on her shoulder, feeling quite awkward about it. But moved it when he felt Ember jump and move out of his reach.
Ember looked at him, as if scared she might get hurt. Zim sat there, quiet; he sighed and said in an almost uncaring tone "I won't hurt you human…" Ember looked at him, and then looked at the ground.
The two sat there in complete silence for a while, until Ember broke it and said "You know…if you tell me everything about you….I'll tell you everything about me…"
Zim looked at Ember "What joke is this human? Tell Zim!" He yelled, thinking that Ember was trying to trick him. "It's not a joke! And I've told you before who would I tell your secret to? Look what happened when I tried to lie to my dad last night!" She said, and then covered her mouth at the last thing that slipped out of her mouth.
But Zim had heard it, he almost immediately calmed down and said "I see…well I guess I can't really take back what you already know…and I don't quite know how to erase you memory of it…"
Ember looked at Zim and gave him a smile. "At least not yet!" Zim said, breaking Ember's smile and replaced it with a look of worry.
Zim chuckled at this and said "Fine….but it you betray me I will not hesitate in……ummm….doing some sort of test or something horrible to you!" Ember giggled and said "I'll keep that in mind."
The two shook hands at their new agreement then jumped of their swings. "I guess we should go back to class…" Ember said suddenly feeling angry, especially at Zita. Ember flipped her hood back on; and with Zim at her side, walked into the building.
They walked into the classroom; all eyes fell on them. Dib was currently standing up in front of the class, ranting about how Big Foot was real. He was about to say something about Zim when he noticed how angry Ember was. He took his seat.
Ms. Bitters wasn't currently in the room; maybe she just couldn't take the collective smells of the children anymore and had to get out of the classroom…
Ember walked towards her desk, but Zita had other plans. She jumped out of her seat and ran to block Ember. She stopped her and said "I thought you would be smart enough to not come back! Can't you see that you're not wanted here?! "She pointed at Ember, poking her hard.
In one swift movement, Ember grabbed Zita's wrist and twisted it hard. Zita yelped in pain and was surprised at Ember's reaction. She pulled away and threw a punch at Ember.
Ember dodged it, and threw Zita off guard by swinging her foot under Zita's, tripping her. Zita fell, shocked at Ember's new found strength and speed. She quickly got up, and grabbed Embers hood as she was trying to get to her seat.
Ember was pulled back hard; Zita was almost choking her. She reached and grabbed Zita's hair, pulling it hard just like Zita was pulling her hood.
The whole class was all staring, shocked and sickly amused at what they were seeing. They all…well most of them started to shout "Fight! Fight! Fight!" Zim was watching Ember, impressed at what she was capable of.
Dib was also watching; he was glad that he wasn't in the middle of that. He watched as Zita finally let go of Ember and Ember let go of Zita's hair.
Ember let Zita go, already fed up with the class' amusement of it all, but Zita wasn't finished. She was filled with encouragement from the class; Zita grabbed Ember's shoulder and spun her around. She threw a punch, hitting Ember on the right side of her face.
Ember fell; she tried to get up but failed and fell back down. Zita was just about to kick her when she was stopped by a cold, clawed hand on her shoulder. She turned around and met the death glare of Zim.
Zim had had enough; he spoke in a very cold voice "That's enough! You filthy excuse for a living thing!" He had Zita so scared that she immediately went back to her seat.
Zim looked at everyone in the class; they all met his stare and looked away. He then turned his attention to Ember, who was again trying to get up. He helped her to her feet, gently grabbing her arm and pulling her up. Everyone was again watching, Zim didn't care as long as they didn't interfere.
That's when Sara shouted "Looks like Zim has a girl—"but she had the sense enough to stop talking when both Ember and Zim shot her a mean glare. Sara looked down at her desk , obviously put in her place.
The lunch bell rang; everyone got up and walked towards the door, trying to keep as much distance between themselves and Zim.
Dib walked by Zim, meeting his glare; he then looked at Ember, also meeting hers. He walked out, not saying a word.
Zim watched Dib suspiciously as he left, never taking that death glare off his face. Ember looked at Zim and said in a quiet voice "Thank you…" Zim looked at her, then said "Don't mention it…human" He then walked out, with Ember following behind.
Lunch came and went, Zim and Ember both skipped lunch and went straight towards the bench where Ember sat everyday to read. They sat in the shade, enjoying the peace while everyone else sat eating that disgusting stuff they called food in the cafeteria.
"So….why don't you tell me everything about you first?" Zim said, turning to Ember. "Right now? What if someone hears? It's not really something that needs to be exaggerated then spread all over the skool like a rumor." Ember said, getting an unhappy look from Zim. "Can we just wait until we get to your place? …Please?"
Zim sighed and said "Fine….but don't even think I'm gonna tell you anything about me right now!" Ember nodded "I would never ask that Zim, someone else might hear it" then smiled at him.
Zim didn't see the smile; he was now paying attention to Torque and the "popular" girls as they came out, along with some other students.
Torque was about to walk over to Ember but stopped when he saw Zim sitting beside her. He stood there, then stepped back when Zim glared at him; daring him to walk over. Torque finally walked in another direction, getting numerous whines and complaints from the girls wanting to see some action.
Zim smiled a very victorious smile, he was about to say something when the bell rang. Zim got up and walked towards the doors with Ember at his side, she had pulled out her book and was reading.
The rest of the day went by smoothly; no one wanted to really mess with Ember, due to the fact that they didn't want to evoke the wrath of Zim. He watched them, making sure that no one bothered Ember.
Zim and Ember walked to Zim's "house" without any problems. As they got inside, a very happy green dog jumped onto Zim, hugging him.
"I missed you so muuuuch!!!" Gir wailed, and then jumped off Zim when he saw Ember. "Hiiii!!! I saw you yesterday!!" he said in a sort of scary happy tone. He then walked off into the kitchen, then shouted "Waffles!"
Ember stared as Gir left then turned to Zim "Is he okay?" then got a "Trust me…he's never okay…" for an answer. Zim sighed at the thought of his idiotic minion; he then walked towards the couch and sat down.
Ember followed him, sitting a respectable distance away. Zim turned to her and said in an awkward tone "So…..tell me more about you…" Ember turned to him and began.
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Wow….this took me 2 days to type up….maybe I should think about taking a typing class…again.
Chapter 8 shall be up soon….I hope.