In this moment, Dib was immensely grateful that he was "inside" of a fifteen year old Zim's head and not in his own body. The paranormal investigator inwardly winced as Zim looked at a screen with an in depth look at human anatomy and began to cut through his rival's back. The damage that was done to the fifteen year old Dib was terrible.
All of the ribs had been broken. His spleen had been ruptured. His spine had been nearly broken off at the bottom from the hammer. His whole side of the face was torn. The jaw was broken. Teeth were lost. His leg was broken. Both arms were broken. His brain was bruised. His right eye had been poked out. His lung was punctured and he had internal bleeding. His counterpart had woken up once during the surgery, Terrified. Dibblet hoped that he never had to look at someone that afraid ever again. The paranormal investigator had tried to talk but all it came out as was pained weezing and squeaking. Zim had to knock him out and up the doses of sedatives.
The body on the gurney in front of him was covered head to toe in wires. Zim had already cut open the head of his rival to see how bad the bruising was. The younger counterpart didn't know what the Irkan had put inside of the older but it seemed to reduce the swelling of the brain. There was also some tube at the back of his cranium to try to get maximum oxygen to the brain. The jaw had been wired shut and some type of stem cell had been injected into the gums of the missing teeth.
To the side of the body there were many see through jars with parts floating in liquid. The alien had used some DNA he stole from his enemy to make new bones and organs. The ribs were cut so cleanly from the group's kicks that Zim had decided simply to make some new ones. An eye was also floating in a jar to replace the one that his enemy lost. The younger Dib had to deal with the excruciatingly long process of Zim putting some type of binding putty on the organs to stop the internal bleeding.
He vaguely wondered how the alien was going to fix the spinal cord. Dibblet was happy that the Irkan could be so calm in this situation. He could feel Zim's anticipation and anger but that only seemed to drive his rival to fix the human. The "brain intruder" could hardly believe that the Irkan's mind was this scientific. The strangest thing was that Zim knew that he could leave the boy to die and quickly take over the planet, but something seemed inherently wrong about not finishing off his enemy himself.
Because the Dib- Monkey was only allowed to get hurt by him.
The Dibblet blinked as he suddenly felt like he was going through a portal again, only to wake up in the sterile clean white room. He could feel himself take a deep breath, as though he hadn't breathed fresh air in months.
"So Dib-Scum, What did you see? TELL ZIM!" The younger alien berated as he walked closer. The two stared at each other for a second. The human just felt so brain dead. Ok, so he had been beaten to death and would have died if Zim hadn't had that weird possession thing going on, but there was no reason to turn out like his older counterpart did was there?...
Only there was.
There was this deep pain that lived inside the paranormal investigator. In all aspects he was just like other humans, he wanted to have friends and be well liked. He wanted to go to school and have a family that loved him. It was pretty simple, yet it didn't work out that way. His family ignored him constantly. His father was disappointed in him for not going into "real science". He tried to talk to other kids but since he was only interested in the paranormal they thought he was weird. In fact, before Zim came he hardly ever talked because he knew he would be ignored.
Then he met Zim and it all changed. He now had a purpose! He was going to defend the human race! He wasn't going to be ignored anymore. The people would have to see that he had worth! The Dibblet had hoped that as he got older the bullying would stop but if the memories were anything to go by, it was only going to get worse.
"Yoo-Hoo! Dib- Stink! Can you hear the ALMIGHTY ZIM!" The human pushed the green hand from his face.
"I can hear you just fine weirdo!" Dibblet answered. He supposed that the sudden want to stay by this alien's side was a side effect from going into the older Zim's memories.
"I'm not sure, you were staring at Zim as if you wanted some of that filthy "affection" that the taller me was talking about." Dib blandly stared at the Irkan in front of him.
"I'm not that far gone yet, Space-boy! And keep that "affection" to yourself! I'm going to see…well…me…I guess" The human lamely finished as he hopped off the table and went through the door.
"Oh you claim you do not want my affection, Dib- Monkey, but ZIM WILL conquer you!" The alien whispered to himself as he greedily rubbed his hands together.
Dibblet was expecting to see many things when he walked into the living room but this was not one of them. His future counterpart was on all fours in front of Zim, holding him Master's feet up like a footstool. The older Irkan sat calmly on the couch while reading over paperwork. Not a word was said between the two but Dibblet could imagine how hard it was on the slave's arms to stay like that. There was of course the painful looking bulge that the human was sporting.
"What is it Dib-Monkey?" The older alien drawled as he still looked at the paperwork. Dibblet momentarily froze from being addressed by the much taller and scarier version of Zim. He didn't want to get his future counterpart in trouble but the truth just tumbled out when those magenta eyes focused on him.
"Um….he told me that if I had questions I could ask him…." The Irkan raised an eyebrow.
"Did he now?" Dibblet meekly nodded. Inside he was furious at himself for being so submissive but it was a basic human instinct to try to make yourself as small as possible when someone much stronger than you approached. The alien shrugged as he kicked his human footstool in the stomach. This made the slave collapse but it didn't seem as if he was really hurt.
"We will finish this later Dib-Pet. Now apologize." The alien commanded. The older human scrambled to kneel in front of his Master. He bowed so low that he was literally kissing his Owner's shoes and he declared the following.
"You are my Mate, my Master, my Owner.
Your words will remain my law.
Your service is my only purpose.
At your feet is my ideal place."
Dibblet watched wide eyed at the exchange and he noticed that Zim's eyes took on a loving looking tone when this was said. A three fingered hand brushed gently through the slave's hair.
"Rise Dib-Pet, and cater to your younger half." The older human didn't need to be told twice as he gracefully got off the floor and walked over to Dibblet. Zim watched as the two left to be talk alone. The older alien was barely able to contain a groan of annoyance as he looked to the side and was met with those all adoring eyes of his younger half. Those two needed to go home soon. He didn't know how much more of those younger one's he could stand.
Here is chapter 9. Thanks so much to everyone who reviewed!
