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Zim'sMostLoyalServant

Hmm, so is Kat Dib's partner? And what is up with Zita? Looking forward to getting those questions answered.
Also, interesting look into Dib's mind. Him dealing with those issues will also be interesting, I think.
Keep up the good work.

Zim'sMostLoyalServant signing off.

All will be answered in due time... Probably on the next chapter. As for Dib though, I already have something planned for him.

Summary: This story takes place three years from the time Zim landed on Earth. This story deviates from canon by the time Tak was introduced. Please also note that this story will mostly have elements that is not found in the show.

"Forgiveness"

"Ok, what did you do this time?" Dib asked Zeke as he entered the classroom just before the start of fourth period, just before lunch where they'll once again sit at their table with Gaz.

Zeke just raised an eyebrow at him. "I don't know what you're talking about. And before you ask, I was with Gaz, no, we didn't do anything that is illegal, maybe, and yes, I made sure she went to her class too." Zeke glanced at the front door to check if their teacher has already arrived before looking back at Dib with a smile. "So, what were we talking about again?"

Dib looked at Zeke in surprise, not knowing how to react to what he just said. Zeke correctly guessed everything he was going to ask. If he didn't already suspect Zeke as an alien then he would've probably thought that he was a time traveler, or something similar like that.

Instead of voicing his thoughts, Dib decided to go back to his original question. "I'm talking about her." Dib nodded his head towards their class president, the spiky, purple haired girl. "When she came in late this morning, she practically shoved a 'crazy card' to my face, saying that I was acting crazy again and I should feel bad." Dib frowned at that. "I'll have her know that acting crazy is serious business. Just because I tend to act crazy at random times, doesn't mean that there are no factors involved! Also, I shouldn't feel bad about being right!" Dib lectured.

Zeke sighed as he rubbed the back of his head. "Yeah, sorry about that. I wasn't there until the very end but I think it has something to do with Ms. class president here insulting Gaz." Zeke tapped a finger on his chin, trying to remember the exact words Gaz used. "Ahh, I remember now! Gaz didn't like how Zita compared her to you."

Dib raised an eyebrow. "Compared me to Gaz? Compared for what?"

Zeke chuckled as he leaned forward to whisper to Dib. "For being a freak."

Dib's other brow rose and looked at Zita incredulously. "She called Gaz what?!" Dib already felt sorry for Zita's fate.

Zeke waved his hand as if to say it was nothing. "Don't worry about it, I think Gaz was just insulted that she was compared to you."

"Hey!" Dib crossed his arms in irritation, clearly offended of being called a freak behind his back. He'd rather be called that upfront.

Zeke then looked back at Zita in slight worry. "But there is something that's been bothering me though."

"What's that?"

Zeke sighed again before looking back at the door. "Well, when me and Gaz left, Zita actually ran, and I'm pretty sure that she was crying. And before you ask, Gaz didn't do anything to her."

"Nothing?"

"Yep"

"Are you sure that Gaz didn't give her a stink eye, gave her death threats, or whispered to her about something like she'll visit her nightmares to torture her?" Dib was giving him a haunted look. If there was one thing that Gaz was good at, it was getting her revenge on whoever irritated her.

Zeke shook his head and laughed nervously, also arriving at the same conclusion as Dib. "None of those at all. Which brings me to the point that she either already has planned something to do to Zita, or she's still plotting one. I actually prefer if its the former because the longer she plans the worse it gets."

Dib could only nod, actually feeling sorry for Zita at that moment.

Since Dib was looking at Zita, he didn't notice Zeke's mischievous grin. This morning's incident made him forgot about last night's encounter with a certain purple haired girl in a certain alley that was not Gaz. When Dib looked back, Zeke's grin was already replaced with his usual smirk. "So Dib, you didn't tell me you had a girlfriend."

Dib could only blink in confusion at Zeke's change of subject. "Girlfriend? I don't have a girlfriend."

Before Zeke could argue, the teacher finally arrived. Zeke looked back at Dib before he told him that they would talk about it later.

Gaz was playing on the lunch table, as usual, when someone approached her. She looked up, expecting Zeke to once again annoy her with his pleasantries, but was slightly surprised to see Zita smiling down at her. This time though, she was accompanied by her three friends, if you could call them that, Gretchen, Jes and Kat.

"Hello again Gaz." Zita greeted sweetly.

Gaz raised an eyebrow at her. "What do you want? As you can see, I'm fairly busy." She said curtly. Why were people suddenly talking to her?

Zita's sweet smile remained on her face. "Oh we won't be long. We're just here for a simple favor."

Gaz snorted as she went back to her game. "Sorry but I don't do favors."

"Oh but you will." Zita's smile was replaced with an evil grin. "You see, you don't have any choice."

"Whatever it is, I don't care." Gaz automatically answered.

"Are you sure?" Zita mock asked while looking through her phone. "It would be a shame if you have to quit Skool after everyone sees this."

Zita then shoved her phone towards Gaz's face so that she would see the picture there.

The picture was of her smoking in a back alley with her leaning against the wall with a guy pinning her. She was smiling with her hand on his collar. It was clearly obvious that the guy was probably on his twenties since he was wearing a business suit, and his hair was combed.

Gaz recognized him immediately. He was the same guy that she killed when Zeke found out about her secret. It was the night that changed her life, for better or for worse, she didn't know. All she knew that from that day forward, nothing will be the same.

Gaz was brought back from her thoughts when Zita started talking again. God, this girl really loved listening to herself, didn't she?

"Imagine what everyone will think of you when they realize that you are actually a prostitute?" Zita laughed, although she was the only one that was laughing at her which Gaz found intriguing.

To Zita's annoyance, Gaz just shrugged her shoulders and pushed the phone away from her face. "Getting worried about useless stuff like this is a waste of my effort. Why don't you show that to Dib, I bet that you will get a better reaction from him." Gaz droned, now focusing back to her game.

Zita growled as her grip to her phone tightened. What was it going to take to get a reaction – any reaction – out of her?!

Zita's eyes lightened up when she remembered what happened that morning.

"What about Zeke? How do you think he would feel if he saw this? Would he still follow you around like you're someone special or would finally see that there are other people better than you?"

Ahh, so that was what she was going on about. She was jealous of her and Zeke's relationship. Gaz had to mentally laugh at that. This sorry excuse for a girl didn't even know how petty she looked right now. Gaz decided to play along.

Gaz gritted her teeth and looked up at Zita. Damn, she was good.

Zita, thinking that she finally got a rise from the usually stoic girl, smiled smugly.

"Well, well, well... And here I thought that you didn't care for anything." Zita sat across Gaz with a satisfied smile on her face. "So, are you ready to listen?"

Gaz tsked before looking away from her. "Sure, whatever."

"Ok, first, I want you to apologize to me."

Gaz raised an eyebrow. "Apologize? For what?"

Zita frowned at her. "For this morning. You know, when you mocked my by holding hands with Zeke right in front of my face?"

Gaz wanted to roll her eyes so bad but she was still pretending. "Fine... I'm sorry for mocking you in front of Zeke. I hope you can forgive me." She droned. If she was going to pretend to be at her mercy then she might as well try to be civil about it. Probably.

Zita smiled. "Thank you." She then frowned and looked at Gaz seriously. "Now, my second favor is for you to break up with Zeke and stay away from him."

"Done."

Zita, along with her friends sans Kat, had to do a double take.

"Done?" Zita asked in disbelief. "Just like that?"

Gaz shrugged her shoulders. "Why not? It's not like we had anything special going on between us or something like that. I was just using him as my plaything anyways."

It was the truth, mostly. Gaz still wasn't sure what they were. Were they a couple? Or were they just friends? She mentally noted to ask that to Zeke the next time they meet.

While Gaz was pondering this, Zita was practically fuming in rage. This girl- No, this slut, was disgusting! Zeke was practically throwing himself to her and all she could think of him was her plaything! How dare she?!

Zita had to pinched her leg just to avoid strangling the girl in front of her. Oh how she hated that look of indifference on her face.

"Hey guys!" a rather jovial voice called from behind the group sounded, prompting everyone around the table to look towards the source. Standing there was Zeke, who was smiling, and Dib, who looked nervously towards each person, as both teens were carrying their lunch with them.

Zita looked back at Gaz with her pleasant smile again. "Remember what I said, ok? Bye!" She got up and walked away, pausing to bid goodbye to the two boys. The other girls followed suit.

After the girls leave, Gaz finally massaged her temples. Those idiots finally left her alone and now she was able to play her game again.

Too bad her peace didn't last that long.

"Gaz, what were they talking about?" Dib demanded. "Did they hurt you? Did they do something to you? Tell me."

Gaz just smacked her head on the table in frustration. When will everyone leave her alone?

Zeke resisted the urge to laugh as Gaz continued to massage her temples as Dib bombarded her with questions. As he sat next to Gaz, she leaned towards him and whispered. "We need to talk, after Skool."

Zeke blinked at that but decided to go along with it. From the look on her face, this should be an interesting talk.

In a hidden laboratory somewhere

"Let me go!" Ms. Bitters hissed as she pounded her fists in some sort of bubble prison she was trapped in. "Do you know who I am?!"

Ms. Bitters was captured last night while she was lurking through the shadows in Skool. When she was in the hallway, a strange figure in black appeared out of nowhere and subdued her, knocking her out with some kind of gas. When she woke up, she was already trapped inside the bubble prison.

"You are Bitters. First name: unknown. Age: unknown. Occupation: teacher. Address: unknown." A female voice listed from somewhere Bitters couldn't pinpoint to.

"Show yourselves! Release me at once or you'll all be doomed!" she continued to hiss.

"Negative." The voice said curtly. "We are in need of you since you are the only one who is compatible with our latest experiment. We shall run tests on you to test if there are going to be any side effects and try to fix them to test them again."

"What tests?!" Bitters demanded still not phased.

"The tests will be based on your strength, agility, flexibility, stamina, and instincts." The voice droned once again. Seemingly not concern with the pounding the teacher was doing to her prison. "You should be honored that you were picked as our main test subject. The last one was a failure but this time would be different."

It was then did Ms. Bitters showed fear in her eyes. There was no way for her to escape.

Oh well, she just hoped that whatever happened to her, would also happen to every human on earth.

Be careful what you wish for...

AN: Ahh Gaz and her mind games... Did I mention that she and Zeke are currently my favorite characters in this story? Not just because most of the chapters now are revolving around them or anything. I just love them for their personalities. Zeke with his easygoing attitude towards life, and his unbiased opinion about everything. And then there's Gaz. I just love her sarcasm and how she makes it easy irritating people left and right.