Sorry it's taken so long to post this chapter but the 4th had me booked for a while, especially when my dad made me go outside and clean the street of the small firecrackers, with a damn broom! Gah! You know how long that took! I couldn't even move the broom fast or else I wouldn't get anything!Anyway, I hope you enjoy this chapter.

Thanks for the comments and the last quote was GIR from Megadoomer.

"Son! There better not be any walking dead up there!"

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"Pathetic Dib human, absolutely pathetic." Zim said as he stood next to Dib, hands on hips and a smirk upon his face.

Dib was still strapped down on the white table and his head was down, eyes closed. He opened his eyes slowly and looked at Zim who was only a few inches away. "What do you want?" He asked quietly, his vision still blurred from countless tears.

"You know very well what I want." Zim said as he walked closer to Dib. "Say it."

Dib lay silent. "Say what?" He asked, to tired to fight. Or was tired the right word?

"Say that I've won." Zim looked Dib in the eyes, waiting for him to squirm or look away.

Dib still lay quiet as he looked in those huge red eyes. A few minutes passed and Zim never blinked, that smirk never left his face, and Dib felt no better. "You've…won." He muttered.

"What was that?" Zim asked, not moving as Dib's eyes grew closer together, as if he was forcing something out.

"You've…won."

Zim took a few steps back before saying, "That's right, I have won. And you've lost…everything." With that said Zim turned around and began to walk off. "A simple matter." He told himself. "The Dib is not invincible and love was the answer to my problem all along." Zim let out a shrieking laugh as he left Dib in a hopeless state.

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A few hours later and Dib was still alone and strapped to the table. How could I be so stupid? Dib asked himself. I knew it was all too good to be true but I let passion blind me, I should have known better! But what was I to do? I have never felt like this before, I have never felt such happiness, such friendship, such…love.

Dib took in a deep breath as he closed his eyes in pain. His heartached, it felt like it had been ripped from his chest and stomped on. He opened his eyes as he heard footsteps approaching.

"Hey." Kat said as she appeared from the shadows. She walked over by Dib's feet and stopped, looking to him with her hands gripping each other tight by her thighs.

"What do you want?" Dib asked, looking away to the ground on his right. "I…I don't want to talk to you."

"I can understand." Kat said quietly as she watched Dib. "But…I have a question for you."

"What?" Dib asked coldly, pain seeping from every word. "What could you possibly ask me?"

Kat fell silent as she looked away for a moment, her hands fidgeting as she seemed to gather her thoughts.

Dib heard this and looked up, surprised at what he was seeing. Was this the real Kat, or was Zim just playing another dirty trick?

"Would you like…to be free?" She asked, looking Dib strait in the eyes.

"What?" Dib barely managed to squeeze out as he tried to sit forward only to be denied by the restraints that held him tight.

"Do you want to be free? Because, if you do, then I can let you go. You can run from here, get away from Zim, and…forget about everything." Kat held up a key.

"You'd do that, for me?" Dib asked as he looked Kat in the eyes, seeing the sweet girl he knew. "I'd love that." He said with a smile.

A smile ran across Kat's face as she unlocked Dib's arms and legs, letting him sit up again. "Thanks." He said with a soft smile.

"No problem." Kat responded with a smile as she slipped the key away somewhere. "Now go, before it's too late." She said as she stepped back, leaving an opening for Dib.

Dib jumped off the table and took Kat's hands in his. "Not without you." He said as he looked her in the eyes. "You need to cometoo, get away from here, from Zim. You could come live with me and help me fight Zim."

Kat looked in Dib's eyes and then looked to the ground. "I…can't." She said, barely above a whisper.

"Why not?" Dib asked, devastated.

"Because Dib, this is my home, I can't just leave."

"But, Kat!" Dib protested.

"I'm sorry Dib, but I just can't." Kat said as she pulled her hands away from Dib's. "Now hurry, you must go." She said as she walked over to a dark hallway, her back to it. "Go strait through here and it will lead you out, don't take any turns or else…" Kat stopped, a greenish-red liquid running from the corner of her mouth.

"Kat?" Dib asked as Kat began to fall backward. "Kat!" Dib jumped forward and caught Kat,taking her head and laying her on the ground softly. "Kat, are you alright? Can you hear me?" He asked franticly as he searched for something to help her.

Kat looked up to Dib, a dreamy look in her eyes. "Dib…get out of here."

Dib shook his head. "No Kat, I can't! Not…" Dib looked Kat in the eyes. "Not without you." Dib leaned in and kissed Kat, a full kiss on the lips. As he closed his eyes he felt something. It wasn't a feeling of love, nor was it the feeling of Kat's lips kissing him back. It was pain, and a great deal of it.

The moment Dib closed his eyes he felt something tear through the flesh in his stomach and out his back. His fists clenched tighter as the pain seared through his body. Dib pulled back from his kiss and opened his eyes slowly. "Kat?" He asked, surprised at the sight he saw.

"Ya kid, it's me."

As Dib looked at Kat his eyes grew wide with surprise. As he opened his eyes he saw pale green skin and light red eyes that still held pupils. "What…what's going on?" He asked.

"So clueless…" Kat said with a small laugh, more greenish-red goo seeping from her mouth. "You see Dib, I'm not human. I was not born here and I was not raised here."

"But…" Dib began, trying to get passed the blood than now ran down his chin. "If you're not human then you're…." Dib flinched as he felt more pain run through his body.

"What, Irken?" Kat laughed quietly. "Not quite. You see Dib, I was created using Irken and human DNA. A certain alien friend of yours got curios and began to experiment, the experiments resulting in me of course. I was named after my creator, which was your first big clue. Can you guess what Kat is backwards?"

Dib's eyes widened. "Tak."

"Right." Kat said. "See Dib, I'm not human or Irken, I'm not living nor am I dead, I'm not a success or a failure, I was created for a purpose, and that purpose was to destroy you. Or at least, that was my purpose when Zim found me."

"Zim found you?" Dib asked, suddenly curious as to what was inside him. As he looked down he saw Kat's hand in the shape of a giant spike, sticking through his stomach and out his back.He nowrealized that every time Kat twisted this thing or moved it, pain surged through his body.

"That's right Earth stink, I found here." Dib looked up and saw a green alien walking towards them. "Kat was floating around space and crashed into me space ship, I was going to just blast her away when I noticed her pale skin color and eyes. I grew curios and took her here, and as I learned more about her the more my planned developed. Kat grew to like this plan and soon agreed to join me, and everything pans out from there."

"Ya kid," Kat started. "We laid the bait and you came running, I can't believe that you fell for it twice though, I thought you were…" Kat began to cough furiously. "I thought you were smarter than that, but I guess you are only human." Kat coughed a few more times before looking to Zim.

Zim watched Kat without any expression. "Goodbye Dib, it was fun while it lasted, but I'm done playing, I'm ready to take over this pitiful planet and go back to My Tallest." With that Zim turned around and began to walk off.

"W-wait." Dib croaked out as his vision began to go. "What about…" Dib looked down to Kat who's eyes where glazed over, her chest was no longer moving and the goo that had been seeping form her mouthhad dried.

"…Kat…"

And then everything went black.

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Wow, long chapter no? Anyway, I hope this wasn't too confusing, I tried to get to a good point to leave off without leaving too many questions. And don't worry, it's not over yet! (Oh yeah, I kinda wrote this from 12:00am to about 1:00am if your wondering why it's a bit crapy.)