Dib woke up about 2 hours later when a set alarm went off, saying they were nearing their destination. He groaned slightly and rubbed his eyes. Zim woke up at the sound of the alarm as well, popping an eye open and yawning as he turned back to face Dib. "We're almost there. You might want to get dressed, eheh."

Dib sat up a little, feeling the sticky substance on his stomach. "What is thi-...oh. ...Can I have a rag please?" He blushed. Zim giggled and nodded, reaching below him and fishing around before finding a towel on the ground in front of him. He turned around and handed it to Dib. "There you go."

"Thanks…" He then wiped off his stomach, looking up at Zim. "What do you want me to do with the towel?"

"Euuuhh... just... throw it in the garbage I guess." Zim pointed behind him to a small garbage pail. "Zim can always get more."

"And where is the garbage…?" Dib couldn't see him pointing.

"Oh. Right. Heheh. Here, I'll take care of that." Zim pressed a few buttons on the dashboard of his voot and out came a small robotic arm, snatching the towel from Dib and just throwing it out of the voot completely. "It's space's problem now." Zim added, chuckling. Dib chuckled as well. "Isn't that littering?"

"Probably. But oh well." Zim shrugged, leaning back in his chair. Dib laid back again, putting his hands behind it his head. "So how close are we anyway?"

"Only about five minutes away." Zim sighed a bit shakily, opening his eyes as he looked out the window in front of him. Only now that he actually said aloud how close they were did he start to feel nervous again. Dib sighed happily, shutting his eyes. "I'm guessing a blind kid can't be any help in a robbery, so I'll have to wait in here won't I?"

"Actually no. You'll have to come with. The implants are inserted automatically in the birthing chamber. Soooo... they need to be put inside of you as if you were a smeet getting them, see?"

"Oh, I thought we'd just do that back at your base."

"I don't have the technology for something like that! Oh but how I wish I did... I-" Zim perked up when Irk was now in sight, huffing as he pressed a few more buttons on the dashboard. "I hope they don't notice me trying to land this thing..."

Dib nodded. "Zim... is this gonna hurt?"

"Um... well, you see, it, eh- yes." Zim smiled at Dib, patting his shoulder. "But! It'll be over before you know it!"

Dib let out a shaky sigh. "Eh...I guess the pain is worth being able to see again..."

Zim nodded. "Of course it is! I don't even remember it hurting that bad when I had them implanted in my eye sockets." Zim nodded as his ship suddenly landed. He perked up at this and looked around before opening the top of his ship and looking back at Dib. "We're here. Now come on, we can't be too long with this." Dib gulped, nervously starting to sweat as he reached out and grabbed Zim's hand. "Is there anyway you can knock me unconscious for this?"

"Um, well." Zim looked up in thought for a minute, shaking his head. "Yes, it's possible, I'm just not sure if it's really safe."

Dib sighed. "I'm just not that good with pain... I'm afraid I'll start screaming or something..."

Zim nodded, looking down. "Yes, you're right... Hmm... Well, maybe I could do something to knock you out..."

"As long as you make it as painless as possible..."

"Well I can try to, but I can't promise anything. Now come on." He popped the top to the voot open and led Dib out, looking at him. "I wish there was a way to- WAIT~! I could probably whip up a little Irken disguise for you. To just draw attention away from us, y'know?" Dib tilted his head. "You can? How?"

"My ship. It's full of disguises! It's how I got my human disguise he when I first came here." He nodded happily. "And you sure they won't notice? I mean...your human disguise wasn't too convincing..." Zim frowned, folding his arms. "Don't doubt Zim!" He pulled a small remote out of his pak and pressed a few buttons on it, causing the voot to transform into a small disguise pod. Dib jumped a little at the noise it made as it transformed. "I have a feeling this isn't gonna go well.."

"Why do you say that? I SAID NO DOUBTING ME! Now get in." Zim pushed Dib toward the ship, giving him a shoo-shoo motion with his hands.

Dib stepped forward until he felt the opening and slowly stepped inside, taking a deep breath. Zim smiled as the door shut behind Dib and the machine quickly scanned Dib and applied a holographic disguise (much like Tak's), creating a complete Irken disguise for Dib. He looked basically like Zim, except his uniform, pak, and eyes were purple. However his eyes were foggy, due to the lack of implants. Dib fell backwards out of the machine when the doors opened, falling flat on his butt. "Ow!" He groaned, sitting up. "S-So? How do I look..?"

Zim giggled a little at this, folding his arms and nodding in approval. "Very nice and convincing! Just be sure not to take off that headpiece. It controls your disguise, like Tak's. Remember her? Heheheh, yeeeaaaah..." Zim walked circles around Zim, nodding and smiling at his work. "Excellent! No one will tell the difference! Well, they will if they look at your eyes, but that's an easy excuse. No implants!"

"Can you help me up?" Dib reached out a hand. Zim nodded and took Dib's hand, lifting him up and nuzzling his neck softly. "You'll be seeing Zim again in no time~!" Dib smiled so wide it made his cheeks hurt, letting out a small purr and nuzzling back. "I hope so~" Zim smiled back at him and took his hand, starting to walk with him. "We have to be quick, so let Zim lead the way. And be sure to listen to everything I say." Dib's look turned serious as he nodded, "Alright.."

Zim walked Dib along the streets, trying to remember where the smeet birthing chambers were. After a few minutes, it did come back to him. So he quickened his pace as he led Dib in the right direction. Irken streets were a bit different than Earth streets. Soldiers and officers (basically) patrolled the streets constantly, keeping an eye on Irken civilians. Zim looked around, happy to be back on his home planet, however he noticed a few people giving him glares and harsh looks, which of course he was clueless as to why. Dib stumbled a little as the pace quickened, looking a bit worried. "Are we almost there?"

Zim nodded and cleared his throat, shutting his eyes. "Yes, yes, it's just up here." He continued to walk for another ten minutes, finally arriving at the birthing chamber. "Hmm... I never really came up with a plan to get in here. Eheh... okay, let's see..." Zim observed the small building before shrugging and simply walking Dib inside. It looked like a normal office building, with a guarded staircase. And in the upper part of the building were all of the electronics and master controls. Zim turned around to face Dib, poking his chest. "Just stay quiet," he whispered as he turned back around and took Dib's hand, leading him to the staircase and looking at the guard. "How'ya doin'?" he asked, standing up straight and putting his hands on his hips. The guard only stared at Zim, giving him no response.

"...Who are you talking to?" He whispered at Zim, when he didn't hear a response he didn't think anyone was there. Zim elbowed Dib in the side, trying to hint at him that he was supposed to stay silent. He simply just started walking forward, until the guard picked up Zim by his pak and narrowed his eyes at him. "You're... you're that Zim, aren't you?" Zim squeaked when he was lifted into the air and kicked his legs in the air. "Wha-? No, no! I'm uh... I'm that other guy!"

Dib immediately piped up, hopping in the air. "Uh..His name is Rem! And I'm Nex, we were sent personally by the Tallest to inspect the smeetary! If you were wise you wouldn't go against the Tallest, or else they wouldn't hesitate to shoot you out the air lock!" Dib glared in the direction of the Irken's voice, in hopes of looking intimidating.

The guard hesitated for a second but set Zim down, stepping away from the entrance to the staircase. Normally, he'd run a check on their pak's, but the intimidation and thought of going against the Tallest was enough for him to not think twice or question the two of them. "Right... go right ahead in then." Zim nodded and took Dib's hand, leading him down the stairs. "Hey, that was pretty quick thinking!"

Once he was sure they were out of sight, he let out a shaky sigh, squeezing Zim's hand. "Let's just get this done…"

Zim nodded and took Dib down to the room where smeets were filled with Irken knowledge and given their implants. He sighed as he watched the robot arms work on the newly born smeets. "Okay, I've done this before, I can do it again." He turned around to face Dib, suddenly picking him up and leading him to where a new smeet had just been given its implants. "It'll be over before you know it," he reassured Dib. "You're just minutes away from seeing Zim's beautiful face!"

Dib gasped at being picked up, taking a deep breath and he mentally prepared himself for the pain. "A-Alright…"

Zim picked up the new smeet, who had arrived only seconds ago, setting it aside. "YOU WAIT YOUR TURN." He put Dib in its place and allowed the robotic arms to take effect on Dib. It took only about 30 seconds for them to insert the small needle-like implants just above and just under Dib's eyes. Dib instantly placed his hands over his mouth to muffle the loud scream, a sharp pain shooting through his skull as the implants attached to Dib's optic nerves. Zim frowned at Dib's reaction, looking around to see if anyone would notice. Sometimes a smeet will cry when the implants are put in, but it's usually in an Irken's nature to be able to withstand the pain. As soon as Dib's implants were in, Zim snatched him from the spot he was in and put the other, clueless, smeet back. Zim smiled, poking Dib's shoulders. "Look, you're alive! See, that wasn't so bad, was it?"

Dib then put his hands over his eyes, obviously holding back tear. "F-Fuck! That hurt!" Zim shut his eyes and nodded, papping Dib's shoulder. "I know, I know... Hey, take your hands away from your eyes. Don't you want to see me?" Dib was hesitant at first but slowly removed his hands, revealing Purple eyes that were a shade or 2 lighter than Tak's. Everything was a large blur to Dib at first but his vision slowly adjusted, his eyes went wide as he was able to view the Irken in from of him for the first time since he was child. Tears began to roll down the human's cheeks, but they weren't tears of pain... they were tears of joy. He smiled as wide as he possibly could before leaping forward, tackling Zim into a tight hug.

Zim gasped as Dib leaped onto him, falling back against the floor and smiling slightly as he looked up at him. "Heheh, so you are happy to see me! I KNEW IT! I KNEW YOU WOULD BE~! I CALLED IT." Zim nuzzled against Dib's neck a little, squeezing him tightly. Dib pulled away to look Zim in the eyes, studying every inch of them. "I've never been more happy in my entire life... I love you..." He pulled the Irken into a passionate kiss. Zim squinted a little before shutting his eyes, wrapping his arms around Dib's neck. Dib reluctantly pulled away, going back to staring at the Irken. "We should probably get moving."

Zim nodded, looking at Dib's eyes and shaking his head. "I wasn't expecting your eyes to change color like that... Your eyes look neat though." He stood up, looking down at Dib. Dib looked around the room for a moment before standing up, smiling. "You can admire me later~ But for now lets get back to the ship." Zim smirked, shaking his head. "Wouldn't you rather admire me?" He took Dib's hand, simply out of habit, leading him back up the stairs.

Dib couldn't help but try to look at everything as they walked, his smiled never fading. Zim led Dib upstairs and past the guard, walking him out of the building and through the street again. "Heh, so what do you think of Irk?" Dib looked around, frowning at the lack of nature. "Does the entire planet look like this?"

"Hmm? Like what?" Zim obviously didn't see anything wrong with it, since he was so used to it.

"All industrial and lifeless..." Dib held Zim's hand a little tighter.

"Lifeless? There's Irken life everywhere!" Zim looked up and down the streets, easily remembering everything from when he was last here, before he was banished from the planet all together. He frowned at this, reminding himself that he shouldn't be here. Not yet at least.

"But I mean of every other kind of life...there are no animals, no birds, no insects...what happened to all that?"

"It was never here. Besides, that stuff is dirty and germy. Only for Earth."

"But that was what made Earth beautiful, This is all just so barren and... just lifeless."

"Earth wasn't beautiful. But, if you want you precious plants, we'll be back soon." Zim nodded and was about to say something else before one of the officers patrolling the streets, grabbed Zim by the antennae, causing him to shriek noisily and struggle in the officer's grip. "Earth? You're that Zim kid, aren't you? I recognize that annoying voice of yours from Operation Impending Doom 2."

Dib wiped around at the shriek, staring wide eyed at the officer before growling, punching him square in the face. "Let him go!" Zim widened his eyes as the officer let go of Zim as a reaction. "DIB! YOU CAN'T JUST-" before he could finish his sentence, both of them were yanked up by their pak's as the officer began to march down the street with both of them. "Oh, just think of the praise I'll receive for bringing you to the Tallest!"

"Hey! Put me down!" Dib struggled against the hold, thrashing around. The officer just ignored the both of them, happily carrying them as he spoke Irken into a small communicating device. (Like the one Zim swallowed on that stupid Earth show Dib dragged him to). He took both of them to a ship that resembled Zim's voot, though it was a bit bigger and it was closed off in the back. Much like a police car on Irk. It seemed like it was already waiting with two other guards in the front seat of the ship. Once they were thrown into the ship, it didn't hesitate to take off, causing Zim to yell and bang at the glass that cut them off from the two guards in front. "DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHO I AM?! RELEASE US! NOW!"

Dib anger turned to fear as they were thrown into the ship. "Zim, where are we going? What are they gonna do with us?!" Zim squinted a little, looking at the small screen in between both officers, reading 'Destination: Massive' in Irken. Zim breathed a sigh of relief and smiled at Dib. "They're taking us straight to the Tallest! They'll have us out of here in noooo time~ They love me!"

Dib shook his head. "I don't know Zim, when I was younger I intercepted a few calls you had with them, and they didn't seem to 'friendly'…"

Zim stared at Dib, snickering a little and shaking his head. "No, no, they were just busy at the time. Y'know, ruling an entire race isn't an easy job."

"I just hope you're sure..." Dib leaned back against the seat and let out a shaky breath, rubbing his head, which accidentally knocked off his disguise. Zim perked up at this, immediately leaping on top of Dib to keep the officers from seeing him. "I told you to be careful about your disguise!" he whispered. "Huh? Oh!" Dib fiddled with the head piece till it turned back on, letting out a sigh. Zim hopped off of Dib, pointing to him. "My Tallest may love me, but that doesn't mean I won't get in trouble if I have a human here..." Dib nodded, trying to hide the extensive amount of fear that he had, dammit, why is he always so damn paranoid? "I just hope we get out of this thing alright…"

"Why wouldn't we? The Tallest will help us back to Earth in no time. Maybe I'll even get a new ship!"

"Can you quit being so damn happy-go-lucky about this?! This is serious, You're your leaders are cruel sick bastards, you should be panicking about this!" Zim narrowed his eyes, poking Dib's chest. "Shut up! You don't even know my leaders! Just shut up and stop being so paranoid!"

"Zim please..." Dib put his hand in his shoulder. "You have to believe me..."

Zim lifted up his shoulder and nudged Dib's hand away, shutting his eyes and shaking his head. He flattened his antennae against the back of his head, staying silent. Dib just shook his head, turning the other way and resting his head against the window. Soon enough, the ship ended up docking aboard the massive and Dib and Zim were led out and through the entire ship. Zim had never been to the Massive in person before, and despite what Dib had told him earlier, he was actually pretty excited about it and the fact that he'd see the Tallest again. Dib just walked with his head down, fiddling with his fingers, it was obvious he was terrified.

As soon as they were brought before the tallest, they were thrown onto the ground in front of both leaders. Zim immediately hopped up and waved excitedly, perking his antennae upright. "My Tallest! How nice to see you again after sooooo long! Did you miss me? Huh? Huh? Huh? Did'ya?" Dib just stayed down, hoping that if he were quiet enough they might go easy on them. Red's eyes widened and Purple turned pale at the shrill sound of Zim's voice. "Oh Irk, what are you doing here?"

Zim hesitated to answer, shaking his head. "Oh, uh, you know, just dropping by. My uh, my ship crashed on Irk! And so, you see I was caught by this stupid guard! But you'll send me back to Earth to complete my mission, right? Maybe with another minion? Maybe two!"

"Zim...you know Irkens are not allowed back on Irk unless they have completed their mission." Red stood with his arms folding behind his back, Purple was trying hard not to giggle behind him. "Come on, can't we just tell him already?"

"Well... Yes, I know, but... Well you see, the truth is, I only came to get my friend here some ocular implants. He had lost his vision completely! I couldn't let him stay blind forever." Zim nodded, standing up tall. "So, if you could just escort us out, we'll be on our way!"

"What?! You stole from the smeetary?! And why would he need implants if he already had them? GUARD! RUN HIS PAK!" At this point Dib went pale, his breath catching in his throat. Zim widened his eyes at this, shaking his head. "NO, NO, NO, WAIT! I was just kidding! Eheheh, funny, right? Zim smiled nervously, grabbing Dib's shoulders. "Now if we could just get back to Earth..."

"No, I want this Irken's pak sorted through, NOW." Red looked over at a guard. The guard nodded and waved a hand up, sending a couple wires to come hook up to what would be Dib's pak. But as soon as the wires tried to connect to it, his disguise faded away, revealing his human form and causing Zim to visibly wince, swallowing nervously.

"...WHAT?! YOU BROUGHT ONE OF THOSE FILTHY CREATURES HERE?" Purple was laughing his ass off in the background. "I can't take it anymore~! Come on, let's tell him and then we can kill him, I wanna see the look on his face when he finds out!"

Zim gulped, immediately cowering in fear in front of his leaders. "W-Well yes... W-Wait, kill me? Why?!"

"For crimes of stealing, bringing that thing here, leaving the planet with finishing your mission... and we just flat out don't like you."

"Pfft- What mission? You mean that lie we used to get rid of him? Bahahaha!"

"Y-You... I... eh, what?" Zim shook his head, bringing his hands up to his chest. "But, you said that mission was specifically for me! You even gave me an advanced SIR unit! A-And what's not to like about me?"

"Ya mean that thing we pulled out of the trash? And what do you mean what's not to like, you destroyed half the planet!"

"I... I was making improvements to make it better..." Zim hunched over a little, wincing a bit at the sight of his leaders. "I-I thought you were proud of me!"

Red scoffed. "We just wanted you to leave, you weren't even supposed to find Earth! Now to the air lock with both of you!"

"Wait! Since it's Zim, we should make his death slow and agonizing!"

"Hmm...alright, Guard, take them to the holding cells."

"NO!" Zim argued, shaking his head as the guard took Dib away, sending another over to grab Zim. "J-Just give me another chance! I can take over the Earth! I can impress you! One more chance, please!"

"Ha, just get out of our sight you pathetic excuse of an Irken." Dib didn't fight it as he was dragged away, giving Zim a sympathetic look. Zim continued to struggle as the guard took him away, eventually giving up and just watching the Tallest with a look of horror as he was taken away. Eventually, the guards had taken them to their cell, throwing them both in and giggling a bit themselves as they left the two alone.

Dib looked over at Zim, sighing. "I'm not usually one to say I told you so, but..." Zim didn't say anything. He just flopped onto his side, flattening his antennae against the back of his head, facing the wall of the cell.

"Zim..." Dib crawled over to him, laying down next to him and wrapping his arms around him from behind, sighing. "I... I'm so sorry..."

Zim squeezed his eyes shut and tried to stay as silent as possible, but he couldn't help himself as he started to cry, something Dib had never seen Zim do before, rolling over and burying his face into Dib's chest. Dib hugged him tightly, gently petting back his antennae, whispering. "Shhhh, shhh... it's okay... we... we'll figure something out..."

Zim shook his head, curling up against Dib. "I-It's not okay!" he choked out in between his sobs. "You h-heard them, they h-hate me! I-I should h-have believed you..."

"It's not your fault... you just needed some kind of hope so you fooled yourself into believing they cared...Trust me, I know the feeling..." Dib kissed his forehead.

"I thought they d-did care about me though... H-How could they lie to me like that?! I didn't do anything wrong!" He hid his face back in Dib's chest, and went back to bawling.

"I know you didn't, they're just assholes who don't deserve you... please, please stop crying, I hate seeing you like this…" Dib teared up a little himself.

"I-I can't help it..." Zim whined, trying to stop himself for Dib's sake. He clung onto Dib's shoulders and buried his face even deeper into Dib's chest, trying to silence himself, though he was still shaking a little.

"Shhh...shhh, I'm here... I'm all you need..." Dib continued petting his antennae. Zim eventually calmed himself down, keeping himself huddled close to Dib. "I... Zim loves you, Dib..."

"I love you too... so much..." Dib sniffled, hugging Zim a little tighter. "...We're going to die, aren't we?" Zim rubbed his eyes a little and nodded, shutting them. "M-Most likely. Th-They said they wanted me to suffer a slow and painful death..." Zim winced as he looked up at Dib worriedly. Dib let out a long shaky sigh. "If... If we're going to die... we're going to die together, okay?"

Zim nodded, frowning as he watched Dib. "H-How can we do that? I'm sure they'll take me first..."

"Your pak... it has a self destruct sequence, doesn't it?"

Zim nodded, perking an antenna upright. "A-Are you suggesting we do it ourselves?"

"What would you rather do, die quick and painlessly or let it be slow and agonizing?"

Zim sighed shakily and nodded. "I suppose you're right..."

"At least we'll be together, right?" Dib sat up, pulling the Irken with him. Zim nodded, leaning against Dib. "The self destruct button... It's inside my pak, right under this top button here." Zim pointed behind his back to the dot on the way top of his pak. Dib nodded. "Let's... just have a few more minuets together... okay?" Dib was starting to tremble himself, tears welling in his eyes. Zim nodded and wrapped his arms around Dib, hugging him tightly.

Dib wrapped his arms around Zim's neck, taking a deep breath. "I-I love you…" He then pulled Zim into a gentle kiss.

"I love you too..." Zim kissed him back, letting out a small purr purely out of habit. After a few seconds, he pulled away, looking up at Dib. "A-Are you ready?"

Dib hesitantly nodded, resting his forehead against Zim's. Zim sighed and shakily reached a hand behind his back, fiddling inside of his pak for the button. He looked to Dib as he searched for the self destruct button, finally finding it. He gave Dib a small kiss as he tapped the button with his finger.