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I'd also like to mention that I asked submissive2gir to draw an Mpreg Dib being held by Zim! I think it's adorable! You can see it at: www. deviantart. com/deviation/15902953 (Just type it without the spaces)

Chapter 10: Sympathy Belly!

The Tallest are still dragging themselves across the hall, crawling to their rooms.

"Man," Red complains, "I'm getting tired."

"Yeah," Purple nods, "Me too. Let's stop."

Red shakes his head and keeps crawling, "Nah, we're almost there..."

Both Tallest suddenly look up as they pass by the snack room.

They gasp, "Our snacks!"

The snacks were piled high in 3 separate stacks. Each Tallest took a stack for himself and dug in!

Hours later...

Red pats his stomach, "Mmm! Good stuff! Still hungry though."

Purple burps, "Yeah..."

They turn their heads as one to Kile's stack.

"...He won't miss it."

"Yeah."

Several more hours later, Kile had painstakingly managed to stumble his way into the room.

He gapes disbelievingly at the sight of his leaders sitting among a massive pile of empty plastic bags and candy wrappers, patting their big, fat bellies.

He mumbles angrily

Red squints at him, "What?"

Mumbles louder

"Your stack? We ate it."

Mumbles loudly and makes obscene gestures.

Purple looks condescendingly at Kile, "You know, you should be grateful that you're still of some use to us!"

Kile jumps up and down and proceeds to throw himself on the ground, slamming his fists on the tiles and kicking his legs in a well deserved temper tantrum.

Red ignores him and yawns at Purple, "I'm getting sleepy."

"Yeah..."

They curl up with their backs to each other, pulling up a sheet that happened to be there and covered their bodies with it, instantly falling asleep.

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Later, at the Membrane residence, Dib opened his door and was confronted with a very angry entity of doom.

"You're late, Dib," she growled.

"GAZ!" Dib jumped back in surprise and fear, but mostly fear, "What are you doing up? I thought you were still sick!"

"I got over it. Besides, it's Family Night, and you know how Dad is about that. Didn't want to leave until you got here."

She opened her eyes to dangerous slits, "You've wasted exactly one hundred and thirty three minutes of Dad Time, and if you don't have a good excuse for it, I swear that I will doom you everyday from now until one hundred and thirty three days afterwards!"

Dib's hands automatically went for his stomach, and Gaz's gaze followed.

"...Aliens replace your bladder with a rubber piggy again, Dib?" she inquired sarcastically, "Or maybe you're going to tell me Zim finally carried out his threat and laid eggs in your stomach?"

Dib's eyes bugging out of his head at her last question answered for him.

Gaz squinted an eye at her psychologically disturbed brother, "Always knew you two were queer. Thought Zim'd be the one who'd get knocked up, though. He wears that stupid pink dress all the time anyway..." She sniggered then, "Oh, wait'll I tell Dad about this!"

"Gaz, PLEASE!" Dib pleaded, "Please don't say anything about this to him! Maybe he won't even notice!"

"Hey, kids!" came the cheery professor's voice from behind them, "Well, now that we're all here, who's ready for some annual family bonding at Bloaty's, hmm?"

Gaz smirked sideways at her brother.

He bit his lip and shook his head tightly.

She ignored it. "Hey, Dad," Gaz commented casually, "Notice anything different about Dib?"

Membrane twisted his head and considered his oldest offspring for a moment, "Hmm, he does seem to have acquired extra mass since last I saw him. Is anything wrong, Son?"

"NO!"

After a moment of awkward silence, in which his father eyed him quizzically, Dib cleared his throat and tried again.

"Eh-heh, I mean no, nothing's wrong, Dad! I'm fine, really! It's just that, um...I, er-"

"Dib's pregnant, Dad."

Dib gaped disbelievingly at her, Gaz smiling as if she was telling the world's greatest joke.

"Oh, is that all?" The professor chuckled; earning him confused looks from both his children, "Why didn't you just say so in the first place? How long are they making you stay pregnant, Son?"

"...Eh?" Dib replied intelligently.

"That sympathy belly" he pointed to Dib's stomach, "I know it's a new thing the education system introduced to get males to wear and gain an understanding of what it's like to be a pregnant woman. How long will you be required to wear it?"

"Oh! Right! Sympathy belly!...Uh, until Tuesday I think." Zim's computer had told him that was approximately the amount of time it should take the anomaly to be expelled naturally from his body, "Shouldn't take any longer than that!"

Membrane nodded, "That's good, Son! You know, women are always saying how men wouldn't be able to handle going through the process of childbirth; but I showed them! Twice I showed them! In fact, my assistant Harvey should be due with triplets any day now! I should go check on him later..."

He continued muttering to himself as he made his way past his gawking children and to the car. (A vomiting fest then ensued.)

Gaz, of course, was the first to recover, "Well!" she said in her 'peeved- at-the-world' tone, grabbing her still-in-shock brother and dragging him behind her, "Guess later I should go drink beer and lift weights with the other girls then..."

(End Chapter 10!)

I'd like to say that, despite the vomit fest my humor writer threw in, I did not mean that Membrane and his 'assistant' had sex, as Membrane's got his own sperm. Anybody ever see that movie, 'Junior' with Arnold Swartzenegger? I meant it to be like that. For those of you not familiar with said movie, Membrane implanted some random woman's donor egg into his stomach, and then his own seed.

Been forgetting to thank my proof-readers, so I'll do so now! A big THANK YA VERY MUCHLY to: Celestial Star Mali, Chemical Irony, and night-emerald! Especially Celestial Star, since she's been helping me since the beginning! She was one of my first fans!

Now to thank and welcome the reviewers!.

demongirl12000: Coincidences are fun, no? Makes you think you might have super predict the future powers! (Skeptical reviewers: No it doesn't...) Oo;

BabyDee56: (dies)...oh wait...I updated didn't I? Nevermind! Welcome! ;D

Anime Obsessor YR: I am aware of how much you like to traumatize that turkey. I dub him 'Trauma Turkey'! 2nd cousin to the 'Naked Head Turkey Pigeon'! Woot! XD

Shadow fat: Another new person and/or alter-ego! My awesome proofies help keep things Invader Zimish! Hooray!

Polly-Ache: Ah! I have converted a new member to the faith! Welcome my child! ;D

Amber: First off, welcome to de fun! As for your '?' maybe...

Kittie: CHIBI69? Does that mean you'll be leaving signed reviews now? Coolness!

Coco Tapioca: Hee-hee! Watch me start off a whole chain of Mpreg Dib ZADR fics now...

Queenstheif Draconess Herselve: Argh! Pedestal! (takes shovel and starts digging) hint, if you don't know what I'm talking about, read my chapter 8 response to evildeathbee

Maran Zelde: Yeah, I'm thinking most people are skipping that section, and yet without it, my chapters would be even shorter...but everybody still likes them anyway, don't they? Meh, I didn't mean for Zim to sound anti-abortionist...it just came out that way.

night-emerald: Vacation? My slaves receive no vacation time! Get back to work! (Cracks whip overhead) I AM ZIM!...Wait, no I'm not...oh,well ;p

ShikamaruNoMiko: Ahh, I missed your reviews! You know, since I told you about my idea for Dib getting pregnant beforehand, I thought the whole time you were reading my updates you'd come to expect this, but surprises are good too, neh?

evildeathbee: Even though there were only 2 characters in the Zim/Dib section, and Zim was OOC, I don't see where you get the idea that EVERYBODY's reactions were right, but love the praise anyway!

Rag Girl: ...ANOTHER Chapter 3 lover! (head spins 360 degrees while spitting fire) Bleah! Meh, thanks for the review anyway! And who is this DU person? Oo; And don't butcher the Dib! He is with smeet now! And Zimmeh wuvs him! He would be sad if you did... ; - ;

Intellegence is stupid: Zombies don't like sugar! The eat BRAINS! Tasty raw brain meats that have been rotted by too much TV and internet! And what exactly is it that you want an answer to? You never specifically asked me a question...Oo;