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Hey guys, thanks for the reviews, keep them coming! ^_^ I know that I'm dragging this story along, but I just don't want to stop writing it sense I know that this will probably be my last story. I might do another story one day for this story can make more sense, but that'll be later on. Now I'm rambling and lecturing though.

The next two chapters are just adding to the story, so, yeah.

So, let me begin and thanks for reading.

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Title: I Loved Her First

Red had his arms caped over his chest while his red eyes gazed onwards at the sight, not knowing what to think, emotions mixed together. How the two laughed in harmony together, how brown eyes gazed on at the dark purple eyes with so much passion that he might burst open, how those dark purple eyes only stayed on his face- It made the Tallest slightly ache when he remembered how he had a love like that and how they had fell apart on his own stupid foolishness.

Not that he would ever admit it to anyone else though.

Tak was full heartedly laughing at what Dib must have said, the male Irken blushing a deep emerald while his lover helped him place on the lab coat. The Tallest simply leaned against the wall and watched the pair, trying to ignore the emotions that were building up inside of himself.

"Wow… Top scientist, I can't believe it."

"It's not a surprise, it's a great position and you should be the one to fill it. But eh- Your head is big enough to fill up the part."

"Hey! My head isn't big!"

A smirk crossed the Tallests' green features; he could see himself in his daughter. Her sarcasm, her intelligence, how fierce she was though how calm she was in any situation. She would have been fit to be a Tallest. Though working in the scientific and medical field with Dib was no low position, he was proud of her. Her rank was rather high now, it was impressive- Red was truly impressed.

"Besides, my favorite thing about this job isn't being the top scientist- It's being by you all day."

A blush crossed her cheeks as she gave off a laugh, Red almost raising a non-existing eyebrow to himself at her features. She was so much like her mother though- Beautiful, could capture anyone's eye, thinker, perfection was what she was. Well; she would be if she didn't have his traits, but he would never admit that to anyone else, either. Gazing at the two right now though Red began to think to himself, thoughts unable to be controlled though he had much work to do.

There was only four Irkens that Red knew of that they knew that Tak was his daughter- Ex-Commander Brown, his co-partner Tallest Purple, ex-advisor and Purple's ex-love Gold, and of course, ex-advisor and his own ex-lover Blue. It had only been Purple that caught on that Red had been giving Tak special attention from all her quick ranks and battle competitions she had gone through. The love and pride that he had felt for her every time she came on top, though he never showed it, he was proud of Tak.

Of his smeet.

Now there he stood with past memories of her younger self dodging through the other students in her classes and her saluting him when she had stood before him for the first time to receive her new rank… Now there was a total grown, female Irken before his sight with one of the highest ranks in Irken, arms wrapped around Dib's neck while the two chatted about something. It made him realize silently to himself that Tak was he Irk, she and her mother had been his entire world, they were his Irk. Did that Earthling- Irken now, whatever, even know that he was holding his entire world in his arms? Did he even know that Red would give up the Massive for her?

How could that beautiful woman be his very own smeet he had known?

"Hey!"

When the Tallest saw both Tak and Dib slightly jump at his loud exclamation, removing their arms from each other and automatically saluting the Tallest, that's when he phased what he had said. Why did he shout that out? What in the Irk was going on with his mouth and mind today?

"Yeah you, with the big head, you better be saluting me- And don't make eye contact with me! Next time you do that I'll… Let Purple throw you out of the airlock, yeah, that's what I'm gonna do. I want to talk to you alone, right now. Tak, close the door behind you when you leave."

"Yes, my Tallest."

After her hand went down she bowed, leaning upwards he caught the frown on her green features, making eye contact with Dib as she began to leave. On the outside Red was glaring daggers at the extremely worried Dib though on the inside he was deeply confused. Why was his mouth going when his brain wasn't even working? What in the name of the past Tallests did he even want to talk to Dib about anyway?

As soon as he heard the door slid shut and clicked Red automatically stood totally upright, making sure he was much taller than Dib. The brown eyed Irken glanced upwards at the red eyes then quickly turned away, slightly freaking out to himself, praying that he wouldn't be thrown out of an air lock. He opened his mouth though quickly shut it when his Tallest glared at him, jaw locked.

"You love her, don't you?"

The question caught the nerd off guard; though when he stared upwards at Red he nodded his head, his brown eyes behind his glasses sparkling with what seem to be determination. His antennas bent backwards in confusion though a smile tugged at his lips, nodding his head once more.

"Yes. Of course I do, I would do anything for her."

The Tallest simply nodded his head, back once more leaning against the wall as his eyes quickly darted away, mouth curled to the side of his face. Dib was slightly worried about Red, was he worried about Tak for some reason? Why would he even care about her like that for? Wasn't she just another worker? Those red eyes glared outside the laboratory's window, Irk in its' glory before his eyes, the planet that belonged to him and his two co-partners.

"Good. I hope you would do anything for her, she needs another Irken in her life to do that for her."

Dib bit down on his tongue to hold back his question- 'Another Irken?'

"On Irk we do not usually give birth to smeets naturally. They are created in tubes and then hatched later on- Want to know something that's a secret that most don't know?"

"Of course, I'd be honored."

The younger of the two breathed out, those once glaring red eyes now turned towards him, expression softening. It was strange to see Red like this; he wasn't stuffing food in his face, being sarcastic or anything like that. He was completely serious, with his arms crossed and facial features in a straight line like he was wondering something to himself.

"We have many smeets in our colony that were naturally birthed, but they all are placed into tubes afterwards. As soon as the smeet leaves the mother it is automatically placed into a tubing to keep it alive till ready to hatch, even after natural birth they are not full developed for the world. If the smeet isn't placed into the tubing quick enough it dies, something Purple learned the hard way. That's why most smeets that are born naturally don't know that they were for the fact that all smeets are placed into tubes afterwards. Many Irkens don't even know that smeets can still be naturally birthed let alone live through the birthing."

"Is that what you learned after Zim was born and about the smeet that didn't live?"

He hesitated for a second before answering rather softly for himself…

"I was there when Purple and Gold's first smeet had died, yes, that's how I learned about placing the newborn smeet into the tubing. I wasn't there when Zim had been naturally born though; I had to deal with a natural birthing of my own smeet."

"Wait- Your own natural birthing? You have a smeet that was born on the same day as Zim? I knew about Purple and Zim, but you have your own? This is incredible! Your…"

Dib paused for a moment, making Red raise one eye than the other once again.

"…Your smeet didn't die like Purple's, right?"

"My smeet lived, yes, and is still alive to this day. You can say that I still watch over her closely, I gave her more attention than I should have and she still doesn't even know. It's funny really, how my daughter is like Irk to me, I would do anything for her. As Tallest I was her number one, I was there when she was a smeet and grew up to be the beautiful Irken she is today."

A smirk crossed his green features, shrugging a shoulder coolly while lips parted once more to smoothly say…

"Though her eyes are beautiful they also make me laugh. Her mother has dark blue eyes and I have dark red eyes and when red combines with blue it creates purple. Our eyes made dark purple eyes, amusing really."

That's when Dib automatically understood who Red's daughter was.

His face paled to a lime green as the top scientist thought over this situation while Red headed over towards his direction- How could he have not seen it? Well; it was difficult to see, but thinking over it Tak was exactly like Red. Both sarcastic, intelligent, fierce, brave… And he could have kept going on if it wasn't for the fact his Tallest placed a hand on his shoulder. His grip stung slightly, making sure that he would leave finger marks on the green skin.

Red had a strong grip for an Irken with only two fingers.

"I like you and I know you'll treat her right and that's why I have told you this- But if you do anything wrong too her I'll kill you. I will do hand to hand combat in front of billions of Irkens or even just with us just to kill you with my bare hands if you hurt her. So be careful when you hold my smeet and remember that you may love her now, but I loved her first."

His grip was now entirely gone from his shoulder as his Tallest strolled away, placing a code into the panel to begin to unlock the sliding door. As the metallic door opened before him his red eyes glanced over his shoulder, a shadowed look over his face with an evil grin on his features. He opened his mouth to swiftly add in a calm and collected voice, though a hint of evil lingering in his tone, to add…

"That's not a threat by the way, it's a promise."

Hovering out of the room he caught the sight of Tak, the girl saluting him once more as Red waved a hand at her, telling her to stop saluting him. A smirk was on his lips as he turned his head towards the open doorway, watching a Dib left the room on trembling knees, arms crossed over his chest like he was cold. Tak raised a non-existing eyebrow though spoke not a single word, not missing the evil glint in Red's eyes at the sight of Dib.

Whatever they had talked about had scared Dib to pieces.

"I'll have to leave you two now, I have much work to do. Tak, go prepare Dib for the ceremony, he looks terrible."

"No, it's just his big head."

"Hey!"

The brown eyed Irken shouted at his lover who giggled, nudging him slightly while winking over at him, though evil glinting within her own dark purple eyes. Both of them saluted their Tallest before strolling away, Tak waving a hand in the air while Dib laughed about something she said. Red tilted his head to the side, remembering how he had thought to himself that only four Irkens knew that Tak was his real daughter.

Now there was five and the fifth one was going to treasure her like Red had done once before and what he still would till the end of his time.

…To Be Continued…

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