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Zim had to leave her to quickly tend to a small uprising at the slave encampment. He handed her the spare worm hole device, giving her instructions on how to use it. She joked to him that she hoped she got everything down because she might end up in the vastness of space without protection. Zim didn't think it was funny, but she laughed stupidly at that. Really, he shouldn't be surprised that she had such a morbid sense of humor.
She was back down in her father's lab, sitting down, staring down at the tape that was in her hands. It was the only one left that they didn't play. This one had her mother's handwriting on it. Leaning far forward, she placed the tape on the table in front of her, and stared at it with her chin resting against her balled thumbs, as she silently thumped her index fingers against her cheeks in quiet contemplation.
To say she was nervous felt like a bit of an understatement for her. A few tears escaped her eyes and before she could try to stem it, it felt like a waterfall. Wiping her tears away with sudden frustration, she stood up, turned to the wall, wiped her hands against her legs, and did a quick pace turn back and forth in a tight area, even though the lab was large enough to accommodate a larger scale pacing for her. Stopping, she sat down pretty hard on the chair, and immediately bent over a little to hide her face in her palms.
Looking back up rather quickly, she went to grab the tape and rushed it into the machine. With a sharp outtake of breath, she pressed play, and went to sit back down.
Purple eyes looked up for a few seconds, before looking straight into the camera, and cocking her head a bit to the right. There was a slight scar on her neck and still a bandage on her left hand. She wasn't saying anything. She just was studying something.
Smiling all of a sudden, it was a smile of friendly amusement. "This is pretty archaic, this recording device." Sitting up pretty straight her antenna's flattened back.
"I escaped from my own planet. The Tallest have given orders for our own executions. They at first wanted to condemn us to prison, and I can only imagine what they will tell the citizens if they don't choose to keep them in the dark, but who knows?"
"The Control Brains mentioned something to them about us knowing something. Something so dire that it will change the very face of the Tallest themselves primarily. The Tallest were determined to be the last themselves. They got pretty big in their own heads in a short amount of time. Out of any Tallest we have had, they ended up being the most crooked."
"While the goal of our race has to been to take over planets, we always wanted strong smart invaders. Nothing mealy mouth and weak. Always appreciated Irkens with heads on their shoulders."
"I am the last of the natural borns. I am also the one that discovered them wanting to... Deter, certain things from happening anymore." Her tone this entire time was serious. "Make any new Irken stay a 'certain' size, for the remaining time of their life. Stay weak and sub-serviant. Also be a little dumb." She was mad now.
"This is not right at all. To control the population in this manner. We were basically fine with ending the natural births thinking that maybe this mass cloning would be much better... But it has turned out to be a complete mess." Closing her eyes for a brief moment in order to calm herself, she opened them, and ended up turning off the camera.
Two months later:
She was upstairs in the living room alone. She had a pale blue dress on, and she smiled into the camera. "I am on planet Earth. Crash landed here and was saved by this really nice human. He nursed me back to health. We talk every day. I told him about what happened to me. I miss my family and I know they are all gone because of them."
"I informed, Alex that I will eventually go back up there and take back everything that is right. We may be invaders, but we weren't as horrible as we became now. I mean it became shameful. What the hell?!" Seeming to think about the last word, she made kind of like a duck mouth. "Hell? I haven't been on this planet that long and I have already soaked up a lot in their language." Giggling at that, she smiled happily. "I already have a disguise set up so I don't have to hide out in here all the time. Alex, even took me out to show me around." Smiling a little larger and blushing, she added. "I'm falling for him."
Suddenly confusion marred her face. "Is it alright to fall for someone so soon after all that?"
Covering her mouth with her closed hands, she leaned back to think. Seeming to want to ignore that question for a while longer, she uncovered her mouth to say. "I believe that if I'm not the one to go back to change things, I believe there will be that one who will do something they won't ever expect. Someone who will stand up and make things right again. It might take awhile, but I have this strong feeling it will happen."
With that last word the camera turned to black.
Some time passed with her holding a baby in her arms. She had her disguise on as she cooed at her little bundle in her arms.
"Dib is in his room sleeping away." She mentioned. "And this here is my baby girl, Gazlene." Beaming, she smiled wide as she laid a gentle kiss on her forehead. "Dib is a clone to his dad. We wanted children, but thought we couldn't have any so thought it best to use his human D.N.A to make a clone. Dib is already naturally curious at such a young age. I know when he gets older, I will talk to him about why we cloned him. I'm sure he won't like it at first, but eventually, he will accept."
"Gaz, though actually came out of me. I got pregnant. She is mostly human, with some faint traces of alien in her. We will talk to her about all that. She is now an official Elder baby." Sighing nervously. "I am certain they are searching for me still, and I really hope they never find me."
Camera went fuzzy.
Zim came back and found Gaz in the kitchen nursing her soda as she stared blankly at her hands. Without looking up, she said numbly. "It's queued up downstairs. I left the lab door open for you." Lifting the soda up, she sipped it.
Aiming himself down there, he turned it on, as she wanted and watched where she re-hashed everything from the beginning of the tape to end up to that point.
Dai was in the lab, sitting on the table. Her expression looked forlorn as she seemed so tired. "My family on Irk was important to me. My family here is incredibly special to me. When I see my husband and my kids everyday, I am so fortunate. I felt like I was given this second chance."
"Dib is highly inquisitive and intelligent. I know my husband wants him to follow in his footsteps, but I hope Dib follows in the footsteps of his heart." Smiling. "Dib, I know mom looks strange in this form, but this is her. Ask your dad. He will tell you the truth. Dib, I see you looking out for your sister, and even though I see she is a strong girl, I appreciate you being a big brother to her. I am so proud of you."
"Alex, oh my husband, I love you so much. I am so glad you are the one who came across me and took me in. I believe we were meant to find one another. You gave me this new life and two beautiful children. No matter what happens to me, never forget who you are..." Choked up, she had to take many breaths to calm down. "Promise me, you will never forsake our children. They need you always."
Shaking her hands around and mumbling to herself she had to keep talking, she finally let out a long unsteady breath. "I have a gift to be able to foretell things, and I saw something in which I hope I can still fight against. Gaz has a gift as well. It isn't as developed, but I've seen snippets of it. It shows my demise. It also shows someone raising above those Tallest. There will be that one. Who? I have no clue, but I know Gaz will be directly affected by him." Scratching her shoulder, she left noticeable marks on her.
"Gaz, you are the last Elder born. In this there will be a lot of challenges faced. Being a half breed, they will think you not worthy. You are to make them eat their words there. You will help change things back to its former glory. If you are scared, that is natural, but what is not natural is not facing your fear." Dai spoke as she stood up.
"I wish I can cry right now. So many times I have wanted to, but I couldn't. I never thought about crying when it came to my family dying. I was sad, but I didn't think about that. I come here, and your father tells me he loves me for the first time. I wanted to cry. When Dib was born. I wanted to cry. When I heard I was pregnant with you. I wanted to cry."
Head down, "I want to see my kids get married. Gaz, I want to see you not only be married, but to kick butt on Irk as well."
"I'm going to make sure you are in your room asleep. Dib will be off with Grandpa exploring, and I will make sure Gaz gets plenty to eat and make her so exhausted she wants an afternoon nap because..." She trailed off shaking her head. "I love you, my family."
The camera turned off.
"She died the next day." Gaz's small voice was heard before she collapsed into his arms crying.
She knew all along, Zim thought sadly as he held her.
