Woah is all I have to say. ...Woaaaaah. I'm on chapter ten .CHAPTER TEN. When I first started planning this fic back in December, I didn't plan on getting this far. Heck, I originally planned it to be five chapters! Then I started stretching it out...and making short chapters...oh, and Tak wasn't in the original plot. But I decided she would spice things up a little, so I threw her in there too. Speaking of Tak, I'm suprised by the number of you that hate Tak and you want her to die a horrid end. She's one of my favorites. All I can say is, the person I'm killing, it most certainly will not be a happy ending for more than one character. ON TO THE STORY!

Disclaimer: I don't own Invader Zim, duuuuuuuuuuude. Oh, and Gaz says a line from the song "Success is the Best Revenge" by BOTDF in here, because I was listening to the song while I wrote it...and it was just too awesome to not throw in...so, I guess I don't own "Build a damn bridge and get the fuck over yourself!" READ.

"You don't have to do anything, just think it!" Zim yelled impatiently, currently coaching Gaz on how to use the spider legs on her PAK. "How the hell does that work? It's not like it can read my mind or something!" Gaz exclaimed. "It can read your mind, never doubt me," Zim said cooly. There was something about the persuasiveness in his voice that made Gaz listen. 'Okay then, so-called spider legs, make yourselves useful...or something,' Gaz thought, unsure of what she was doing. Sure enough, she was then lifted off the ground by four mechanical appendages. "Whoa!" Gaz couldn't help but exclaim. "That is frickin' awesome!"

"Is it not?" Zim asked slyly. "Don't get all high-and-mighty on me," Gaz teased back. "Oh, I think I will. Because I was right and YOU were wrong!" he said, rising up on his own stilts and swiping at one of hers, knocking her down. "Go easy on me! I'm still a beginner, remember?" Holy mother of all good and kind. Did she just say that? It was just the control collar that was making her act like that! Maybe it had imprinted on her for life...or there was something in her PAK...or...Gaz was getting carried away.

"Hah, and the mighty Zim is a master!" Zim declared, then cackled maniacally. "Build a damn bridge and get the fuck over yourself," Gaz said playfully, lightly smacking Zim in the face. "Did you just do that?" Zim said, with a fake gay lisp (Not being homophobic here, guys, that's just what it sounded like.) "I did," Gaz laughed. Zim slapped her back, making Gaz laugh even harder. "Are you happy that I kept the Dib-shit from rescuing you, now?" he asked. "I didn't need your help," Gaz replied. 'But it was pretty brave,' she added in her head. "Of course you didn't," Zim's voice was brimming with sarcasm. "Don't forget that you would've been shredded alive if I hadn't joined in," Gaz said cooly. "I could've won by myself," he defended. "Yeah, one guy against another, a psychotic alien, and a weapon-loaded robot. You totally could have beaten them," she jeered.

"But they surrendered! We left them quaking in their boots!"

"We left Dib quaking in his boots, and he surrendered. Tak would've fought to the death, and Mimi would follow."

"Quit being such a pessimist!"

"Oh, come on. It's what I do best, and you know it."

"I think I know how I could fix that," Zim smirked.

Gaz was totally unprepared for what happened next, as she was the first time he did it a few weeks ago. He leaned in and kissed her. But, this time, it wasn't a failed attempt at a heated make-out session on his part. It was much softer, and he pulled away after four or five seconds. Gaz smiled for the first time in quite a while. "How was that?" he asked. "Nice...really nice," Gaz answered. "Good thing GIR wasn't around to to try and auction anything on the Internet, eh?" Zim joked. "Yeah. That was just...weird," she said, at a loss for words. "What? The kiss or the whole eBay thing?" he seemed kind of alarmed. "The eBay thing, dork," she replied with a small giggle.

They just kind of stared at each other for a little while, then. 'Talk about an awkward silence,' Gaz thought. It was soon interrupted by none other than the stupid yet lovable SIR unit known as GIR. "LOOK WHAT I GOT! LOOOOOOOOK WHAT I GOTS!" he screamed at the top oh his tiny robotic lungs. "What, GIR? What do you want now?" Zim was exasperated. "MIMI GAVE THIS TO ME! She is sooooo nice!"

"Mimi gave what to you?" Gaz asked suspiciously. "This!" GIR yelled, reaching in to his head and pulling out-you probably guessed it-a pipe bomb, with the timer set to one hour. "GIR! Dispose of that immediately!" Zim scolded. "Dumbass," Gaz growled. "But, master, Mimi said it was a tasty treat. You can't let good food go to waste!" GIR argued. "Well, Mimi's a liar. Gimme that," Zim snatched the bomb and sent it up a pipe leading to the outside of the house. In less than ten seconds, it was flung halfway across town. "Master! That was mean!" GIR cried. "Do you wanna know what was even more mean? Mimi tried to blow up our base! That was a bomb!" Zim reprimanded GIR. Turning back to Gaz, he added, "I've been trying to destroy Earth for seven years, you'd think he'd know what a human bomb looked like!"

"Zim?" Gaz asked.

"Yeah?"

"That was a human bomb. Mimi is irken property. That means that Dib must've had something to do with it."

"Figures," Zim snorted. "Zim...he knows I'm here," Gaz said weakly. "Why would he want to destroy your base and it's inhabitants, when he knew I was one of them?"

"Your brother's an ass, Gaz, you know that! Plus, he's obviously been meeting with Tak, she's probably twisting him and making him even worse," Zim said. "Ooh...Tak's back? I like her! She's pretty!" GIR jumped around. "No, GIR, that's not good. She and the Dib are trying to kill us!" Zim shouted. "Oh," GIR sounded disappointed, his antenna drooping.

"So...what the hell do you think they were thinking, wanting to eliminate us like that?" Gaz asked, slightly worried. "What do you think? They were trying to kill us!" Zim exclaimed. "That's what it seems like, but you really need to think. Two days ago, Dib seemed so worried about me, and now he wants to kill me? That's screwed up. I don't think he had much of a choice in the bombing," Gaz countered. "I wouldn't put it past him to destroy my base," Zim insisted. "Zim. Use your brain. Dib was trying to rescue me yesterday. He wouldn't want to kill me a couple days later!" she growled. "Fine, believe what you want, but Dib's crazy," he snorted. Gaz rolled her eyes. This was going to be a long day.

A few blocks down the road at the Membrane house, an explosion was heard. The house shook slightly, not enough to break anything. Dib, Tak and Mimi had been waiting for the explosion that would seriously maim, if not kill, their enemies.

"What was that?" Dib asked, assuming that their bomb had not gone off yet and that someone else had some kind accident. Tak, however, knew better. "That was the sound of our plan backfiring," she snarled coldly. "Mimi! Tell us, in detail, exactly what you did."

"Well, milady, I located GIR, handed him the bomb and told him it was candy. I left after that," Mimi explained. "I think another attack is in order," Tak decided. "No way, Tak. You're not fully healed from your crash, and you were beat up pretty badly the other day," Dib said, trying to take charge. "You don't tell me what to do!" Tak snapped. "Lace up your shoes and load your best weapons, we're leaving at dawn."

*sits in corner, trying to restrain giggling* Zimmer kissed Gazzy, oh I love being the author! I can make crazy shit like that happen! But then GIR went and screwed it all up. Review unless you want me to tell you the real meaning of hobknocker! That's not a bad threat, but I got ZERO sleep last night, so get off of my back. .n.