A/N: I cannot keep my fingers off this keyboard!! I'm always getting new ideas. Sorry if the story starts to get a little rushed, I'm trying to keep up with my non-stop hyper-active crazy brain… So, on with the printing of ideas!!!

Chapter 8:

Plan goes into action

Zim's mind was in a jumble, he didn't know what to think about Slay being his twin. It was all too much to take in. He decided to go for a walk, as it was only 9 o-clock, and he had no intention of going to school the next day anyway. Zim threw off his pajamas, which he had gotten into once Slay had left. As he pulled on a sleeveless red hoodie and baggy black pants with buckles and pockets all over them, he noticed the tip of his claws were black instead of green like the rest of his skin. Zim wasn't as worried this time, the Tallest had told him he would 'change' and develop 'special powers.' He pulled on finger-less black gloves and left the house.

A few blocks from his house, Zim saw the sky flash, and then he heard lightning and the pitter-patter of rain start to fall from the grey clouds overhead.

"Aw shit!!" he shouted, and started to run back home with his hands over his head. He braced himself for the stinging and burning that came with water, but it didn't come. He stopped when he didn't feel anything, and let his hands fall to his sides. He cupped his hands and let them fill up with water. When they were full he drank the water, bracing himself for burning and pain. But something else happened. He felt refreshed, the most refreshed he'd felt since the Tallest had told him that he was a defective and taken away his Irken things, along with his pride.

He had never felt this way before. The water, which had burned him and caused him so much pain just a few days ago, was now something very nice and peaceful.

Zim decided to continue his walk, as the cool rain on his skin refreshed him like it had when he drank it. Maybe this is one of those 'special powers' the Tallest told me about. Huh… I kinda like this power. Rain is pretty nice when it doesn't cause you so much pain… he thought to himself.

By now, Zim was in the park, walking past the playground. His hands were in the pockets of his pants, and the hood of the red sleeveless shirt was pulled over his head. If anyone saw him, they'd think he was gothic or something. Actually, his classmates thought he was, but unlike Gaz, they liked hanging around him, because he never threatened to rip their insides out… unlike he used to.

After the Tallest told him about his fake mission, Zim's pride was broken, he started laying low, and noticed he was acting sort of like Gaz, so he started wearing clothes like her too, only for boys not girls. His Invader costume was stowed away in his closet, because Zim didn't have the guts to throw it away. Sometimes he found himself wishing that none of this had happened. That he had taken over the Earth and gone on with his life as an Invader, liked by all the other Irkens, especially his Tallest.

Zim snapped out of his thoughts when a cat stepped on a twig that cracked loudly. He looked up and realized that he had walked to the hospital without noticing. He decided to pay Dib and Gaz a visit. He walked into the hospital and for some reason, no one noticed. He walked up to the room he remembered Gaz had been in last.

When he got there, he found Gaz asleep with Dib on the chair next to her fighting to stay awake. He looked up at Zim.

"Hey, what's u-?" Dib started to say before realizing Zim was all wet, "You're soaked, why'd you walk all the way here in the rain?!"

"It's okay, I'm fine. I think it's the twin thing, but the water doesn't burn me anymore, it refreshes me," Zim said calmly, removing his hoodie.

"That's what water does to all humans. But that's awesome, now you don't have to stay away from water!" Dib said happily.

"How is she," Zim said nodding in Gaz's direction.

"She's fine, she's just really tired. That burglar really scared her, and she's not easily scared!"

Zim looked from Dib to Gaz. He smiled. Even if he was given the chance to go back to Irk, he wouldn't give up his new life.

Looking at Gaz he noticed she had a cast on her right arm, and bandages on the other. A plaster was on her left cheek.

"She really got hurt…" mumbled Zim.

"I'm mad I wasn't there for her," growled Dib.

"It's not your fault. If it's anyone's fault, it's the people who make those chips that make you want to go buy more," said Zim, then he laughed. So did Dib. Then they sighed.

Zim pulled out a chair and sat down, taking his hands out of his pockets. He looked up at Dib, and saw that he was looking at his hands. Zim also looked down at his hands. It was the claws, they looked way sharper then they usually were. Zim's eyes widened.

"Those claws are freaky, their not usually like that. Is that another thing to do with what Miss Bitters did?" asked dib, his eyes wide too.

"It must be…" Zim replied, still facing his claws. He flexed his fingers and turned his hand around, looking at the new, black, claws. Zim got up and left the room, calling to Dib,

"I'll be back."

Zim headed to the men's washroom. When he got there, he made sure there was no one else, and then he locked the door. He looked at the mirror and took off his lenses and wig. His left eye was now completely black, except for the little shine spots, they looked grey. His right eye, on the other hand was completely ruby red, exactly like it was before.

"What the hell, a red eye and a black eye?" Zim asked himself. Then he remembered his zigzag antennae. The were so zigzag now, that you wouldn't be able to see the little part at the end, except that it was thicker then the rest, "weird…"

He heard a knock on the sealed door, and he quickly put his disguise back on.

"Zim, you in there?" It was Dib's voice.

"Yeah, wait," answered Zim. He unsealed the door. Dib walked in and Zim resealed the door. Zim took off his disguise and Dib looked at him speechless.

"Whoa… you look… weird," Dib stammered.

"Yeah, I hadn't noticed…" retorted Zim sarcastically. He put his disguise back on and they left the washroom and went back to Gaz's room. After a while of talking, Zim went back home.

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The next morning, when Zim woke up, he went to the mirror, and checked his reflection. His claws looked the way they did last night, in the hospital. His eyes were the same, one red one black. But his antennae were doing something weird.

Zim watched as they started smoothing out until they were the way they were before all this happened. Zim blinked once and missed it. Because when he reopened his eyes, he had a full head of black hair. It fell down to just above his shoulders, and it looked like someone had cut it messily. Zim ran his claws through it careful not to cut it with the sharpness. It was smooth. This is weird… he thought to himself, but I sorta like it… He grinned at his reflection. He pulled on the clothes from last night and went to the park because he didn't feel like going to school. He met Slay there.

"Hey, shouldn't you be at school?" he asked.

"Shouldn't you?"she replied smartly, then she smiled. Zim sat on the bench next to her. They stared talking and then Slay said,

"I called the Tallest yesterday. I asked them if they could make you an Invader again, so that we could stay together. You know what I mean? We're twins, we should stick together. They agreed. So, do you want to be an invader again, Zim?"

Zim was taken off guard there. He stared at her disbelievingly.

"R-really?" he stammered. Through his lenses, Slay could still see his eyes shining with hope.

"So, you do?" Slay asked. Zim looked at the sky, and sighed. Just yesterday, he was thinking to himself that he wouldn't leave his new home here. And he wouldn't. His life here was much better then on irk. Even if he was an Invader, the Tallest would never like him.

"I'll think about it," he said, because he didn't want to say 'No' to her hopeful face. (A/N: It was fake hope by the way. She was acting!) He got up and walked back home, but Slay caught up and said,

"Meet me in the park at midnight, K?"

"K," he answered.

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It's midnight; Slay is waiting for Zim in the park. When he arrives, he's not wearing his disguise, but he looks different.

"Whoa… Zim, you look different," she marveled.

"What are you referring too? The claws, the eyes or the hair?" he said sarcastically. Slay smiled. She faded a bit then came back into view and she was an Irken, with green eyes and curly antennae. Her invader suit was just like Zim's old one. She had one of those things that Tak had for her disguise.

"So you've decided to come with me?"

"Well, not really…"

"What do you mean?" asked Slay, her anger rising.

"I like it here better, and do you know why, because people actually like me!" yelled Zim. He had sensed her anger, and returned it with his own.

"Well, that's too bad, because I have orders! You're coming with me!" shouted Slay, spider legs shooting out of her PAK.

Did I ever tell you that Zim was clumsy? No? Well he is. And to prove that, I'll tell you what happened next. He tried to run, his spider legs also coming out. But, clumsy as he was, he slipped in the mud, fell, did a sort of summersault and landed face first into a puddle of more mud. To top it off, his limbs were all tangled in his spider legs. Also, the look on Zim's face was priceless! His eyes showed a bored expression, and he tried to sigh, but his mouth was under the mud, so he choked. Right now, I'm sure you're all wishing you had had a camera to videotape it. Sadly, no one had a camera on them while this happened, so you'll just have to trust your imaginations.

"Wow, I guess this'll be easier then I thought," exclaimed Slay, happily, "if only I had videotaped that… It would be a great present to the Tallest." She walked over to Zim, and pulled him up from his shirt collar. Zim spat mud from his mouth,

"You didn't see that," he said in a monotone, his face still looking bored, but Slay could see the blush. She smirked. She turned around and headed to the ship, but suddenly, the most amazing thing happened.

Three glowing blue chains shot up from the ground and wrapped around Slay's wrists and neck. An eerie blue mist also floated up from the ground and spelled something out in front of Zim and Slay:

You cannot leave Earth till the transformation is done, it said.

Then it dispersed and evaporated.

"Wow, close call…" said Zim happily, trying to pry himself out of the spider legs. After he did, finally, he waved to Slay, "well, that was a fun night, except falling face first into the mud…" He turned around and left.

Unknown to Zim or Slay, the Tallest were watching the whole thing. Pur was rolling around the floor, trying to catch his breath after all the laughing he'd been doing. He finally got up, wiping a tear from his eye.

"Come on Red, you have to admit, that WAS funny!" he said referring to Zim's klutziness.

"Well, yes it was," said Red chuckling, "but now are plans have to wait till after the transformations. Who knows how long that will take!" They both sighed, looking glum, until Pur burst into laughter when he remembered Zim's clumsiness.

A/N: OMG!! That was the longest chappie I have ever written!!! Hope you enjoy! R&R!