Nice review there, Ngrey. Does look like it but I'm gonna make someone do something that isn't so preordained. ;) Shall it be Zim or Dib or perhaps both?

Miyuki wise... Yep... Invader Johnny.


Dib and Zim stopped what they were doing in the training room. They stared at each another for a long time before breaking out in laughter. They were both so stressed out with all that was going on so when they both decided to train together it was a nice hour long session to tear down their frustrations just to end up laughing like fools.

"Feels like forever since we both fought." Dib spoke first as he plunked down on the ground.

Following suit, Zim placed his arms on his raised legs. "Unlike you, I train each day. You I can tell have gotten soft."

Dib offered up only one excuse. "Guess I don't have a crazy alien to chase after anymore."

"Awe you missed me." Zim placed his hand over the left side of his chest mocking a heartbeat. "I'm touched."

"Jerk." It was good natured ribbing at best.

Zim remained silent after making Dib wonder what he could say to him right now. He knew a lot was troubling him right now.

"Zim, you know you can say anything to me." Dib offered. "We may of had our differences in the past, but you could share them with me."

Studying him for some time, Zim knew he was correct in knowing he can share with him. "Well things are perfect with Gaz so that isn't a problem. This Plegerin problem is a pain with them constantly popping in and out of here, and wanting to take Gaz, you, and Jack away. Now we have this serpent that we have no clue how to stop right now." Zim had a feeling he was raising his voice now. "Tenn gets pregnant by the most known assassin and decides to go to Irk in a plan to hopefully appeal to that side of him to help us defeat that creature. Now let us add Miyuki to the mix."

Seeing an agitated Zim was never a good thing so Dib continued to talk to him calmly. "Yeah, Gaz was angry with her too. You must of really spoke about this to her before. Possibly recently?"

"First time in 9th grade when you were home sick and it was raining. She lent me her umbrella and while we were walking I decided to talk about it. The most she ever said to me without wanting to threaten my life." Zim snickered at that. "Any time after that I would mention something in the midst of her wanting her revenge against me or a couple times when she saw my mood and decided to ask what my deal was."

If Gaz did that then she already liked him more than she let on. Dib almost smirked there. "Sorry about that with Miyuki. It is weird we can call her mom one second and her name the other."

"Forgive me if I'm not seeing too much of a resemblance right now since I'm still fuming about her." Zim spoke a bit snidely.

Raising his hands up in mock defeat, Dib let him continue.

Zim regarded him for a second. "I apologize since it isn't your fault there." Bringing his antenna's back with his hand, he continued. "We spoke; Miyuki and I, but I still feel this anger within me. All those years of resentment. It is hard to just toss away."

"Well that is understandable. To be blamed for not one but two Tallests deaths will get to someone. I know they called you the eternal screw up and everything else so even though you acted like it didn't bother you, it did obviously." Dib spoke evenly to him. "This is what Gaz noticed, correct? When she spoke to you."

"Yes."

"Is that why you fell for my sister? Because she noticed one detail?"

Zim looked at him as if he was stupid. "Your sister is very brave and violent. Can't help but be attracted to that. She can be tactful and not so much too. She has this quiet grace that I noticed early on that I couldn't keep my eyes off of. These eyes I tried to shock into opening just to see those amber pools. Yes I get poetic about your sister when I think of her. When I tried every day to get her to speak just so I can hear her voice. I didn't care if she just made a tiny sound just as long as it was a sound. Your sister may seem so uncaring at times, but when she cares she will impart some type of wisdom that makes you really listen. I know she has done that with you too. I'll do anything for Gaz. Anything in the universe for her."

Adjusting his glasses on his face, Dib smiled at him. "Man you really are in love with her."

As soon as those words left Dib's mouth he saw how Zim's ego went back into place. "You know it. I wouldn't invade a planet otherwise just to get her."

"You're a jerk." Dib kicked him in the leg for that invasion remark.


Gaz was mentally berating herself over something when she felt someone slam her against the wall in the corridor. She heard the shocked gasps from the other Irken soldiers that aimed their weapons towards something they couldn't see, but Gaz was feeling the hand gripping her neck making it hard for her to breath along with a heavy handed grip to her waist. Gaz tried to call on her powers, but was getting more weakened. She heard the alarm blaring out, but it was making her feel dizzy.

"Poor little Queen." Psyllic's voice breathed out. "Who will save you now?"

Gaz was calling out telepathically to Zim. "Zim... H-help."

Gaz felt herself fading into blackness. She heard voices, but couldn't determine what they were saying anymore as her eyes closed before the feeling of being dropped heavily as a cry out in pain happened. She felt arms wrapped around her along with the dimness of her own brother talking to her.

Psyllic's form emerged to fly almost halfway down the corridor, but stopping himself from the sudden onslaught of power he felt, Psyllic was facing a very enraged Zim who was certainly unlike any Tallest before him. The way Zim had one hand on the ground as his own uniform still seemed to float around from some unseen wind showed how ready he was to attack again.

"This isn't over." Psyllic promised.

"I can't wait to kill you." Zim swore. He waited to know that he was fully gone when he ran to Gaz's side. "Gaz?" Seeing her passed out and the bruise on her neck, Zim took her from Dib's arms to get her to be checked out.


Psyllic appeared back in his home still at a loss over Zim. He truly couldn't get a grasp of what type of power he truly had, but it was enough to scare him.

"So you really want to destroy Irk simply because we were nothing but a fallacy to you."

Already he hated that voice. "Look if you don't wish to show yourself then do yourself a favor and leave since you somehow got on this planet in the first place." He was exasperated completely right now.

"You won't win. As you can see with all the power you have just been faced with, you won't win." Miyuki stated. "Did you know the fire you created just now in attacking her? What did you hope to gain with that? Did you think that would weaken him? Oh you don't know Zim. He's always been a fighter."

Psyllic listened to that voice as it hovered around. He had no true clue where or how to attack it just now, but he felt a power there.

"Why her? Why are you so focused on Gaz more than the others?"

Psyllic remained silent.

Miyuki made an uncharacteristic look on her face, not that he could see of course, but the sneer was not something she ever did in her life. "Do you desire my daughter?" She saw the twitch on his face. "I see you do. Well I have news for you that will end not only your existence but that serpents as well. You dare harm a hair on my children again I will strike you where you stand."

"Nice threat but if you would do that you could of already." Psyllic pointed out with a chuckle. "Face it, female, you have lost. All of you."

"Not yet we haven't." Miyuki gave off a gentle but menacing laugh before leaving to her plain.


He ran his hand down her naked form basking in their afterglow. He had a feeling she would regret this if she doesn't already after all he has done including recently. He never felt guilt before until now so it was completely as foreign as falling in love with this being beneath him. Those dark pink orbs of hers should be disturbing to him since they held no pupils, but he couldn't help but feel sucked in by her. She was an Invader bred to invade planets at any cost, but there was still this sweet innocent nature he adored.

He loved her jaded skin more than it looked on any of her own kind, and this included Tak. She appeared so flawless. To him she is flawless. Going lower on her body, he presses kisses around that swollen belly of hers as she strokes his hair. His eyes closed, he rests gently on her loving the contact. Loving her.

But will this last forever? Only she will determine that.


Zim watched Gaz rest as anger went through him. To see her like that suffering made him act on instinct alone as he attacked that floor with one hand concentrating all his strength in knocking that bastard away from her. Dib telling him that was both most the impressive and scariest thing he has ever seen, and he has seen Gaz do some scary things before in the past. To him that was a compliment.

The bruising left her body already thanks to that bite and obviously now to know she had some Irken inside of her naturally. Zim knew she can handle herself, but this was one of those times he hated it. He saw the helplessness in her that also killed him because he knew she would hate it.

"Zim?"

Zim sees her eyes are still closed, but she is speaking. "Yes Gaz?"

Her eyes opened a bit to take him in. "I am gonna kill that asshole."

His Gaz's blood lust is back to full speed again. "And you will." He promised as he bent to kiss her mouth. He'll promise her anything in the world.