AN: TWO CHAPPIES IN ONE DAY AND I STILL GOT A FEW HOURS TO WRITE ANOTHER ONE! Wish me luck guys and while I'm doing that enjoy this!
Chapter 10 Can I Really Forgive You?
Zim P.O.V.
I sat in the Earth vehicle only hearing Gir softly snoring next to me. I couldn't sleep no matter how tired I became. I couldn't believe she did that to me. Emma. The only human I was actually starting to trust had betrayed me.
It all made sense now! She lured me into a false companionship only to call for the Earth authorities to take me away at my weakest point! And I fell for that dirty little trick.
Stupid fucking humans.
I curled up in a ball burying my face into my knees.
"Don't you dare cry Zim! You promised you'd never show emotion like this!" I screamed in my head.
I wanted to stop but I couldn't. My worst nightmare had come true. I had failed and lost everything.
The humans in the front seats drove us even farther away until we came to someplace called an airport. By then tears I had attempted to keep concealed were streaming down my face and dripping onto the black seat. If I were any weaker I would've thrown my Pak out the window long before we arrived at this place.
The humans stopped the car and yanked me out with them. I didn't struggle or even say a word. All I could do was think.
Think about the horrible experiments I would need to endure for the rest of my now extremely shortened life. Filthy humans cutting open my body. Ripping out my organs and putting me through the worst of torture as if I was some lifeless doll.
The humans held my arms behind my back and were carrying Gir who was still asleep. The pushed me along the loud wide area until we reached a large white aircraft. They pushed me up a large ramp to where two armed human guards stood by two large metal crates. The guards stared at me in amazement.
"Were taking these two back to Washington. Make sure you don't let your guard down. This thing could get vicious." One of the humans holding me said.
The two guards nodded and stepped away from the crates. They threw Gir into one of them and shoved me into the other. The door slammed shut behind me making my antenna ring.
"We'll be departing in a few minutes."
A few minutes later everything started to shake and move slowly ascending into the air. Being in the dark box I had almost no sense of direction, which made me a little sick. It seemed to last forever and I was coming close to blacking out until everything almost seemed to stop and all was calm again.
The gloomy atmosphere soon began to sink in. I found myself crying again but this time wondering why.
I did start to trust Emma but I never liked her. Did I? I head was spinning. Switching between liking her and hating her. It was if I had two personalities fighting in my brain. My major headache and a small amount of turbulence caused me to vomit then go right back to crying.
"Emma…how could you?"
Emma P.O.V.
I sat in my room with Dee-Dee who was licking my hand almost sympathetically. As if she knew what just happened. I had been crying for over an hour not speaking to my mom in the process. I was really just trying to think of a way I could get Zim back with my memories of him getting in the way.
"Gir! The cruiser!"
Zim yelled that before he tripped.
"If he was trying to get to his ship…that must mean it can fly!" I covered my mouth hoping that my mom hadn't heard that.
When I was convinced she hadn't I jumped out my window and ran over to the shed. Opening it I found the still slightly beat up cruiser sitting there. I walked over carefully avoiding the tools and spare parts that scattered the floor. I hopped in the cockpit and stared at the controls. I tried to find something that would start it up but I had no idea what I was doing. Frustrated my face collided with the control panel and soon I heard a voice.
"You know I could just tell you how to work it right?"
I bolted upright at the sound of the loud deep voice that seemed to surround me. It took a few seconds to remember it was Zim's computer.
"You'd really do that? Thanks." I smiled calming down.
"Uh…no problem. I guess."
I smiled. I guess dealing with Zim had made so praise was about as natural as French to this thing. The computer told with very helpful detail how to fly the ship. Everything from steering to shooting lasers.
When I was confident enough I took a deep breath remembering all that the computer had just taught me. I rocketed out of the shed almost losing control for a few seconds. I was a little dizzy but managed not to crash into anything.
"Computer? Is there anyway to track Zim and find out where he is?" I asked as if I knew what I was doing.
"Well I can trace his Pak signal." It replied.
"Bring up his location." I ordered.
A green holographic map came up in front of me with a blinking red irken symbol on the far right corner. I turned the ship a little hard and headed in the symbol's direction.
"Hang on Zim. I'm coming."
Zim P.O.V.
I stood in a cold dark red room with shadowy figures fully surrounding me. I saw the smallest of the figures come towards me.
"Stupid little thing. You had faith in a human." it said in a distorted voice.
It sounded feminine and echoed through my brain.
"I-I didn't! That girl she…" I stammered.
"I know you did. I was there. You liked her and trusted her."
The darkness covering the figure seemed to start disappearing.
"But humans don't need to care about you."
The figure turned into a human girl. About 14 from what I could tell. She had dirty blonde hair wearing a messy purple shirt and black pants.
"E-Emma?"
Her head sunk and she began to laugh. Her body changing from the girl I knew to a horrible creature.
Her skin turned to a pitch-black slime. Her hair lost its color and shine and she was growing in size. Her head jerked up at me and her eyes once a sparkling amber now black with small burning red pupils.
I tried to run but the slime whipped out at me and wrapped around my ankle. I screamed as I crashed to the floor but that was soon muffled by the ooze beginning to consume me. I was swallowed and drowned while Emma's manic laugh was all I could hear.
I bolted upright breathing heavy. I was sweating and gasping for air. That was all…a dream? No. A nightmare.
I gathered myself and after a few minutes I started to eavesdrop on a conversation between two guards.
"You see that?" the first one asked.
"Yeah. It looks like some type of ship." The other replied.
I was curious to see it but my air holes were located at the top of the metal crate. So all I could see was the ceiling.
Not a minute later an explosion shook the whole plane. My tiny box jumped and moved and I was thrown against every wall and I could screaming outside.
"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT THING?!"
"IT BLEW THE PLANE IN HALF!"
"WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!"
Finally I focused and pulled out my Pak legs. Green light illuminated from the tips as I charged up power. I let go and the wall I was facing blew clean off.
I almost flew right out with it. I gripped the edges of the box as I fell with it and all around we were flaming wrecks of the aircraft with a large divide between the two halves.
I looked down at the dizzying height I was falling from and almost threw up again. I saw several humans gripping apart of the plane holding on for dear life and screaming as the wind rushed past them trying to make them let go. Sadly that only worked for me.
I tried to dig my claws into the metal but I ended up losing my grip and being thrown into the sky.
I screamed and squeezed my eyes shut all of my memories rushing through my brain but most of them were ignored. Until I saw the memories I had of this week. Me Gir and Emma even if it defied every bit of my nature we all looked happy.
I felt a tear in my eyes as the memories continued.
"…Emma…"
"ZIM!"
My eyes snapped open and I saw my cruiser coming right towards me with Emma controlling it. I was falling closer to the ground I thought it was all over until I felt Emma's warm hand clutching my wrist.
I was yanked into my ship and the wind was knocked out of me. I almost blacked out but managed to get up on my knees in time for Emma to run up and hug me.
She squeezed me tight and smiled.
"I'm glad you're okay." She whispered.
She pulled away from me and helped me on my feet.
"Why?" I whispered keeping my head down. "Why did you come…for me?" I asked.
Emma didn't respond. I started to think.
She wouldn't have made so I'd get captured if she was going to rescue me. But she could just be waiting for me to soften up more to show me her final attack by acting like the good one.
I clutched my head digging my fingers I into my skull and sinking to my knees again. I almost felt a small stream of blood running onto my hands. Emma touched my shoulder than hugged me again.
"I'm so sorry Zim. I didn't mean for this to happen to you." She whispered.
It sounded like she was choking back tears.
I finally lost it and wrapped my arms around Emma as tight as I could almost crying again. She gasped at my sudden movement but continued to keep her arms around me. We both sat there locked in each other's arms until we heard a tap at the windshield.
We looked up and saw Gir sitting on the windshield waving at us spastically.
My face flushed and Emma's did as well. I let go and opened the screen only to have Gir fall onto my head.
I heard Emma trying to contain her giggles as I tore the little robot off of my head.
"Emmy!" Gir cheered running up to Emma and hugging her leg.
I smiled a little and sat down in the pilot chair. Emma sat next to me with Gir on her lap. She rested her head on my shoulder as I typed in the coordinates and headed back to her house.