It couldn't be true, it just couldn't be! Tomorrow!? As in twenty-four hours from now tomorrow? Neither one of them could bring themselves to believe what they had heard, it was just too much, too overwhelming. On one hand it was good because the sooner they could get it done the more time they could spend worrying about the Massive. On the other hand it was so soon that not only are they having to deal with the thought of getting married but also with the fact that it was most likely going to be the next day.
Zim seemed to space out for a moment, pondering this inside of his own little world, one away from all of the problems and other problematic happenings. It was almost too much for him to take in, of course he loved her to death but to him this seemed just a little too soon. It was obvious that on a certain level that he would do anything to make her happy but this was just about two levels too high.
Purple on the other hand was only extremely shocked, you know, exactly what you'd expect. He wasn't so much worried about Aneera as he was Zim, he knew that if she really wanted something then she wouldn't stop at anything until she got it. Zim on the other hand, well he used to be the same way but now that he had her he wouldn't do anything that he didn't feel was right or put her in harms way. So naturally he didn't have to worry near as much since Zim already did the worrying for him.
"T... t-t... TOMORROW!? Are you out fo your mind! That's insane!" Purple yelled, almost enough to make somebody go deaf, or at least wake the next door neighbors. Aneera had to hold her antennae for a minute but Zim just flinched, he was too freaked out to do anything, including move. He just stood there and stared off into space.
"Well it's not my fault! If you wanna go yell at someone go yell at the man in the moon!" Just as Aneera had finished her statement Zim's eyes rolled in the back of his head and he fainted, falling over on his side. The other two kind of looked at him for a moment before picking him up and carrying him down stairs, which proved to be a problem as they almost dropped him twice, and over to the couch where he was gently lowered down so they wouldn't hurt him, like that would have mattered.
"Well, we should let him rest while we talk about tomorrow and what we're going to do about it." Purple stated and left for the lower labs. Aneera watched him go but didn't move, for some reason there was something keeping her at her beloved fiance's side. She couldn't bring herself to leave him at the moment, he looked too defenceless at the moment. It wasn't usually like her to be this protective over him, after all, he wasthe amazing ZIM! But for some reason she felt like something might happen if she left, like he wouldn't be there when she came back.
Zim shifted in his sleep and clenched his eyes shut, catching Aneera's attention right before she was about to leave. He then let out short and quiet moan and his antennae began to twitch as if he were agitated. She walked over and sat on the floor next to him, watching his facial expressions carefully. After a minute he began to toss and turn like he was having a bad dream, then without warning he shot up and was just barely able to keep himself from screaming he was so frightened.
"What happened!? Is he alright?" Purple appeared in the living room again and rushed over to see what was with the drama. Aneera could only turn and glare at him, but Purple was able to tell exactly what she meant.
"I'm fine, I just had a bad dream." he answered, holding a hand to his head.
"Good! 'Cuz we need to discuss tomorrow night!" Purple said urgently, taking a seat next to him and putting on his "I'm Mr. Serious" face.
Zim was pacing the room as he was anxious, impatient and without a doubt very nervous. The day before had gone by quickly and before any of them knew it they only had about twenty minutes before they had to leave. Because this was such an ancient tradition it had to be preformed under the light of a full moon which means they had to do it outside. Aneera had offered to fly them to a small clearing in the woods that she had found and because there were no other options that had been decided as the official plan.
She was currently lounging on the couch watching Zim go back and forth, since he was doing it so much she would have gotten dizzy if he were going around in circles. He was also muttering to himself but things that obviously only he could hear, it got on her and Purple's nerves a bit.
"You know, I wish you would stop doing that," Zim glared at her and his antennae twitched. "I can't see the TV." Now he stopped, fully scowling in her direction. Although she and Purple both were used to this so neither of them took it personally.
"Yeah Zim, you're kinda acting like a smeet, no offence." Purple sunk in the couch cushion and started leaning towards Aneera. She only looked at him and began leaning away, not really sure about what he was going to do.
"Oh really? Well considering the circumstances I think I have every right to be acting like a smeet!" He was walking towards Aneera with a single finger pointed right at her.
"Oh come on Zim! You don't see me freaking out!" She protested, now glaring at the other.
"I don't even get why you're still going through with this, I mean Zim just told you he... well, you know." Aneera glanced at Purple and then back at Zim.
"It's because I don't feel like he was telling me the whole truth, not that I really want to know the truth, but I am still a little upset, besides, I don't want it to ruin the rest of my life so I'm doing the best I can to forget about it so please don't remind me, someone might get hurt... badly." The other two kinda inched away at her last words.
"Are you calling me a liar!? I told you what I know and if there's more to it than I don't know about it!" Zim was slightly fuming, he had been having slight mood swings the past day and a half.
"Will you two quit fighting! Have you already forgotten that you're getting married in, oh I don't know, FIFTEEN MINUTES!?" Purple yelled, obviously catching their attention just as Zim sat down next Aneera and was about ready to strangle her.
"We only have five minutes until we have to leave?" Zim asked, now realizing that he had been close to yelling a moment ago since his voice was so quiet now. Purple looked at him and nodded his head almost like he was telling Zim that he was a complete moron.
"You know, if you had one more brain it'd be lonely." he stated, peering over Aneera and at the Invader who was equally peering back at him. At this point all Aneera could do was snicker at the small insult, even if it was directed towards her future husband but then again, Purple was just being Purple and there was no changing that.
"Yeah well!-" Aneera slapped a hand across his mouth before he said anything to really offend his Tallest. Zim scowled, folded his arms and pouted, he hated it when someone kept him from throwing an insult at somebody.
"Okay! I think that's enough! Shouldn't we be going?" Zim's entire being fell, he could feel his squeedlyspooch turn inside out. He slowly backed away and put an arm around his mid section.
"I think I'm gonna be sick." Of course he was messing around but to Aneera it seemed like his skin paled just a little bit, almost like he really was going to be sick.
To prevent anyone from spilling vital bodily fluids Aneera suggested that they leave. They made their way outside and both Zim and Tallest Purple climbed on top of the giant scaly lizard that had formed in plain sight of any humans that may have been watching. Once the two were situated properly on top of her spikes she took off towards the woods. It took her a minute to get high enough so that people wouldn't see her (partially because she was as black as black could get) but low enough so that she could see the ground below her.
"Will you slow down? You're making me get nauseated." Purple held a hand to his mouth while keeping the other one tightly wrapped around Zim. Aneera only tilted her head a little, just enough to glare at Purple and tell him that if she started slowing down they would never catch the moon in time.
While Purple was busy trying to keep anyhting from escaping his mouth Zim had been able to comfortably lean over so that he was practically laying down with his arms around her neck. He watched as the ground below moved so very fast is was almost impossible to make out what was going by but soon he could see off in the distance to their right was a small clearing in the middle of a dense patch of trees.
Aneera dipped the tip of her right wing and banked low to the tree tops, just barely skimming the very top leaves with her belly. Zim and Purple held on for dear life as she tilted her head up and slowed her self just over the clearing, making her whole body stand straight. When she touched the ground the other two jumped of eagerly, glad to be off the so called death trap.
"Alright, now what?" she asked, dropping her tail and wings in favour of tall, sleder Irken form. As soon as Zim heard this he rushed over and clamped his hand over her mouth, telling her not to speak... at all.
Purple went over to the semi-middle of the clearing and motioned for other two to come and stand in front of him. To say the least they were all nervous but for some reason Purple just couldn't shake the feeling that somehow this would all end very badly but he didn't dare speak a word of it. So he just proceeded with the "marriage" and he began saying things in the ancient Irken language which was a language only the Tallest were taught, so basically to Aneera it was just a bunch of gibberish that didn't mean much.
Zim glanced up at the sky, the moon was creeping it's way closer to them with every passing second, if Purple didn't hurry up with the speech they may miss their chance. He reached over and took Aneera's hand, maybe that might calm his nerves a bit.
Aneera was listening to every word and sound that was coming out of Purple's mouth, to her it sounded like some of the most beautiful things she had ever heard. She hardly noticed the moon until she saw that Zim wouldn't take his eyes off of it, then she also noticed how close it was getting but it wasn't as bothersome to her because she didn't quite get the tradition.
She jumped a little when she saw how close Zim had gotten, not that it bothered her or anything but she didn't realize how caught up in her own thoughts she had been until she had an arm wrapped around her that was periodically twitching, probably out of nervousness. Then she once again tuned out everything but the sound of Purple's voice which seemed to ease her anxiousness.
Purple had been looking at the two the entire time he was ranting about Irk knows what, but for some reason he wasn't looking directlyat them, just kind of off into space but in their general direction. He could feel his antennae stiffen, the last few words came from his lips and the moon was directly overhead, this was it. He glanced over at Zim and nodded, then closed his eyes (it was considered rude to watch this part of the procedure, even for a Tallest). Aneera looked at Zim, for some reason she wasn't so sure now.
Those two better not have been lying to me! They said it would be a simple kiss but if turns out to be something that will scar me for life I'm gonna have both of their heads!
She was about to protest and question them about if they were lying to her and if they were they better tell her the truth. However, just before she was able so say anything Zim had her in a lip lock and because of his arms around her waist she was unable to move at the moment. Purple had his eyes closed most of the time, he only peaked once to see if they were done, but neither of them had moved so he just stood there for a couple more moments. It wasn't until Zim had shook him a little to let him know that he could open his eyes now that he actually decided to pop one eye open.
"So, now what?" Purple asked, taking a quick glance up at the sky, the moon had now moved on quite a ways. He then looked at the now officially married couple before him, that same uneasy feeling crept it's way into his sqeedlyspooch again, he could just tell that something bad was going to happen.
"Well you are free to go back to the Massvie. As for us, well we wont be too far behind." Zim said, earning a suspicious look from both of his Tallest and... dare I say it, wife. Yes! There, I said it! He is finally married! Isn't it cute? He finally found someone that truly loved him and wasn't one of those people who despised him and thought of him as a stupid, worthless defect.
It was also kinda sad 'cuz there was just so much that he could offer but nobody would ever give him a single chance to prove that, and now, someone had. She was the only one who knew that he was one of those people that put meaning to the phrase "It only takes one person to change the world". Not many people could prove that statement true, but to her he had done that and so much more for not only her but for himself, which was something that he was close to desperate for.
Purple bid the two good night and left for Zim's base to retrieve his spittle runner, it was a good thing he wasn't gone long because if he had been Red might have had a fit. Zim watched as Purple floated off, it was kind of strange that he hadn't asked for a ride home or at least for Gir to come and pick him up, they were a little ways away from the base.
"So, where exactly are we going?" Aneera had this look on her face that told anybody who looked at her she just had the most memorable moment of her entire life but now she was back to her normal, demanding, bratish state of being.
"Oh nowhere special, just Irk." He had a small yet vaguely noticable smug smile on his face, he must have had quite a surprise in store for her, which meant that she would most likely be flying them there.
"Alright I get it, marry me then put me to work as your slave." In the blink of an eye she was gone and only a slightly menacing mythical creature was crouching before him, indicating for him to get on. Zim sat just behind her wings but bent forward enough that he could wrap his arms around her neck.
She looked up at the sky and sighed before beating her wings against the ground, making her slowly yet steadily rise into the air, soon she was flying at a quick but smooth pace out of the atmosphere and into space, this was surely going to prove interesting.
Aneera: Yet another piece of artwork completed! I would really like a review for this chapter, this is one of the very few special ones.
Zim: The deeds been done... You have officially crossed the line! I have had to put up to you for much too long now and gosh darnnit I wont take anymore!
Aneera: And what exactly are you gonna do to me?
Purple: I don't think there's much he can do.
Zim: Oh, mark my words I will have revenge and it will be the sweetest thing I've ever tasted.
Aneera: That... was just a little creepy.
