TAK

Sunday night, Tak had trouble falling asleep. Based on the way Zim lied still as a rock, he was fast asleep, but the female was too nervous for tomorrow. Countless times, she turned on her back to push her claws on her smooth stomach. Was there anything growing in there? Tak sighed and closed her eyes. She didn't know what she wanted anymore.

On one hand, being pregnant would get her out of here. She wouldn't be locked anymore in this room, not locked with him anymore. Tak was pretty certain she wouldn't be entirely free to go, but she would give so much to just be able to walk around on the massive. Maybe she would be allowed to visit planet Irk, or even other planets. But most importantly: her leaders would be happy. The Brains themselves would be pleased with her work. She would get praise, and her leaders' respect is all that an irken lives for.

But on the other hand, would she survive bearing a smeet? Maybe the thing would start eating her from the inside out, or something like that. And, even if she successfully gave birth to a son or daughter, could she raise it? No irken has raised by a smeet for over so many years.. Maybe they would take the smeet away from her in the blink of an eye to test on it. Would she care? Would she care if her young would be endlessly experimented on?

And then there was the last thing.. If tomorrow's test would come in positive, she would never- ever mate again. And, as embarrassing as it was, that thought was unbearable. She had to feel the thrill once more, just one more time. She just had to be sure it really had happened, if she didn't just make those incredible feelings up. The pleasure.. Irk, and that outburst of it.. Just one more time..

Zim certainly wasn't unattractive. He was tall and therefore superior. His face was always either serious or grumpy, yet all the freckles on his cheeks almost made it cute. Almost- not entirely.

After hours of twisting and turning, she finally fell asleep, only to be woken again after what seemed like seconds.

She was outside the room! Tak looked around her at the hall she and the guards were walking in. Just this little walk was amazing.. if only she could go and see the stars for a sec.. just a minute. Maybe her Tallest would allow that.

Suddenly, they stood in front of a gigantic door, which automatically opened. They walked inside. It was a gigantic, round room. She had been there once before, it's used for private ceremonies and executions and such. Three gigantic screens and countless wires and tubes covered all the walls. The guardians left her right before Tallest Red and Purple, who were smiling crossed her arms in front of her and cupped her claws while forcing a smile at her leaders.

'Hello Tak, sweetheart. How are you?' Red asked.

'Good, my leaders.' Tak lied, 'Thank you.'

Purple moved behind her and pushed her forward towards the big screens. 'Well, let's get this over with right away.' He said. 'Turn around.'

Tak obeyed and a few moments later, two thick cables ascended to connect to her PAK with a cling. Tak looked over her shoulder. The screens were now filled with endless data. The Brains processed it all so quickly, it was impossible to read anything. She swallowed and stared at her heels, waiting for the results. Her leaders had their arms crossed and seemed uninterested, but nevertheless stared at all the text floating over the screens.

Just as quickly as it had started, it stopped. The cables suddenly retracted again and her PAK snapped shut. Immediately, the low computer voice of the Control Brains started talking.

'SUBJECT'S NESTLE CHAMBER IS CURRENTLY UNOCCUPIED. SIGNS OF GESTATION: NEGATIVE.'

They had failed. She wasn't pregnant. Tak looked up at her leaders.

'My apologies, Sirs...' She mumbled.

'Pft!' Purple waved his hand. 'Doesn't matter! You tried your best!'

'We didn't expect you to succeed on the first try.' Red explained. 'Better luck next time.'

With that, the guards appeared again and started to lead her towards the exit. Tak gave a desperate look at her leaders.

'My Tallest, wait! Can't- can't I spend the rest of the day outside? I'll go back tonight, but just-'

'Shut up!' Red barked. They didn't pay her anymore attention; servants had arrived with some snacks for their hard work.

Not much later, the now familiar door closed behind her. She stood before Zim, but didn't look him in the eyes. She shook her head.

'Nothing.'

Zim groaned. Tak now looked up, annoyed. 'Well, what did you expect?'

He didn't answer. Instead, he grabbed her wrists. Tak gave a shout as he tried to pull her towards the bed.

'What are you DOING? Let go!' She shouted, kicking at his knees. Zim still didn't say anything. He gave a forceful push against her shoulders, and she fell backwards, on the bed. He was on top of her with the blink of an eye.

'Get OFF!'

'Shut your mouth!'

He had grabbed her wrists again. Tak looked up, her irken heart throbbing, trying not to shiver at the closeness.

'I want to get out of here!' Zim hissed. He looked furious, but Tak refused to feel fear for this brainless, selfish, stupid-

'I'm not resting until you're pregnant and I can return to my mate, so shut up.'

Tak now did shiver, as he rose up to take off his tight uniform.

'R-right now?' she stammered, while he threw his shirt away. This was going way too fast! Can't they have a few moments to prepare, like the first time? What happened to him? What happened to the loyalness to his lover-thing?

ZIM

Zim kept his promise to Tak. Now that the harm was already done, the mating became easier and easier to do. After the sixth time, he let go of all his guilt. He just didn't care anymore. He didn't stand a choice.

It wasn't like he was an expert on pregnancy. Far from that, actually. But he was fairly sure that the more they did it, the more chance of them succeeding. This resulted into sex being their main activity.

It was raw. Raw and heartless. Even after days and days of mating, they still hadn't kissed each other, and Zim wasn't planned on doing it either. He lost count, but they did it at least five times a day. Starting when they wake up, several times during the day and once before bedtime. It quickly became routine. They even tried to get Tak pregnant in the middle of the night, one waking the other up to try.

Two weeks like this passed, including Two Mondays in which Tak came back with bad news. They didn't give up. After all, what choice did they have? Mating was literally their only way out of this mess.

It was funny how Tak seemed to try to turn the closest, most intimate thing two people could share into a fight. She bit him, scratched him, shouted and cursed at him. Being Dib's lover, he was more than used to angry sex, but this was so different. With Tak, they actually disliked each other. When he was with Dib, it was just being a little pissed at each other, but not meaning any true harm.

However, it was still noticeable how much Tak secretly enjoyed it. Apart from the threats and curses, she also moaned, whimpered and sometimes even screamed in pure pleasure. Zim could have sworn he heard her whisper the usual instructions during sex, like 'harder' or 'faster', and even his name a few times.

He didn't care. Let her have her fun. All what mattered to him is to get out of here as soon as possible.

Sorry for the delay! I'm having a small writers block here.. Reviews make me write, so please tell me what you think! (Critique is welcome too, just don't post any useless insults)