"Zim!" I exclaimed and threw my arms around him. "Where am I?" I asked him as I pulled away.
"You're in my personal hell Gaz." Zim said as he shook his head, his arms circling around my waist. "I've missed you… but you shouldn't be here." Zim said, one of his hands going to cup my chin so that I could look into his eyes.
"That doesn't matter anymore, because I am here." I whispered to him, my hand going up to cup his cheek.
He leaned into it with a tortured look on his face. "Gaz… you have to leave." Zim whispered to me.
I shook my head. "I'm not going to leave you now that I have you." I told him inching closer and closer to him.
"Gaz… you're supposed to be with the humans, not here with me." Zim said.
"I don't want to be over there." I told him.
"Gaz… I'm sorry." He managed to say as he ripped himself away from me.
"Zim?" I asked. He had his back to me. It was stiff; his antennas were pressed against the back of his head. "Zim?" I asked again, worried.
"Leave." I heard him growl.
"You have to be kidding, I just got here." I said scratching the back of my neck.
Zim shook his head, but didn't turn to look at me.
"I said leave. I don't want you here." He growled.
"No. Stop lying. Those humans could take care of themselves. Jason is up there and he is a natural born leader. They don't need me." I told him.
"Yes they do. Look Gaz." Zim muttered as he lifted his claw in front of him and slashed his glove through the air creating some sort of hole in it.
"How-" I started to say but the sight in front of me caught my eye.
"This is how I'm able to see everything from here." Zim said pointing to the hold in the air. "We could see them, they can't see us." He said as he pointed to the scene that was going on in front of us.
It was the training grounds, it was pitch black outside… but I could see outlines of them. On the ground laid a portion of the human army, holes in all of their chests where their hearts are supposed to be, blood pouring out of them, the moon light making it sparkle as it slipped onto the grass next to their bodies.
My eyes started to tear up. I worked with these people… They were my friends, they were my people. I had to turn away. I didn't want to see any of that, I didn't want to see them this way, I wanted to remember them smiling, having a good time… I wanted to remember them when they were alive, not like this.
"No Gaz. Look at what happened after you left. Look at the damage that was done because you weren't there to stop it. Because you weren't able to watch your brother die, you caused this." Zim said grabbing my chin and turning my head so that I would look at the horrible image.
Tears dripped out of my eyes and rolled down my cheeks, I shook my head in denial. "No, Jason was there, he was my plan B." I said as I looked at all the fallen bodies.
"You're plan B didn't work Gaz. Look at all the damage that was caused here. Gaz, he ran away." Zim said as he let go of my chin so that he could point in the distance.
My heart sank… I thought that I would be able to trust Jason… but what I saw proved me wrong. He was running away, abandoning everyone. My tears dried up as I realized that these humans do need me.
"Where are the others?" I asked Zim, not looking away from the form that was running off in the distance.
Zim stepped away and slashed his claws through the air behind us. "They're evacuating the citizens of the nearby towns and cities. You better hurry up before Purple and his army gets there." Zim said as he pointed and what looked like a lifeless city.
I nodded my head. "One problem though."
"And what is that?" he asked looking away from the image in front of us.
"How will I get there?" I asked him.
"About that. You won't have your body anymore, that's completely useless, you'll be there in spirit, to guide the humans into victory; you won't be able to do much other than that." Zim said. "You don't know how much this pains me." He whispered.
"What?" I asked him.
"I finally have you at arm's reach." He whispered as he pulled me into an embrace. "But then I have to let you go." He said as he lifted his hand to caresses my cheek.
"I'll be back." I whispered back.
He shook his head. "I'm trapped here Gaz… I don't want you to be trapped here either." He said as he looked into my eyes.
I shook my head. "I'll find a way to get you out of here. I promise." I told him.
Zim chuckled. "Gaz, you're brother trapped me here. I can't get out of this personal hell until he says so… but he died. I'm trapped here forever." He said.
"Why did he trap you here? And how?" I asked him. Dib knew that I loved Zim, why would he do this to me?
"He never trusted me Gaz. You know that." Zim said with a small smile as he tucked my hair behind my ears. "He's been in the paranormal business long enough to learn a few secrets." Zim said.
I laid my head against his chest. "I don't want to leave you." I whispered to him.
"But you have to in order to save humanity. It was my fault that this is all happening. If only I would have never brought the armada here. If only I could have just left you alone… if only I was never a defect." Zim whispered as he laid his head on top of mine.
"Don't think like that Zim. Everything is going to be okay. You'll see." I whispered.
"Good bye Gaz." He whispered as he stepped away from me.
I shook my head. "Give me just one kiss goodbye Zim." I said.
He smiled a small smile as he cupped my chin. I looked into his eyes and I saw unshed tears pilling up. "I love you." He murmured as he bent down to kiss me.
I savored every second of the kiss, I missed this. Zim was the one that pulled away and pointed to the hole that he made in the air. "Jump out and that'll take you where you want to go." he said as he turned to look away, his head down.
I turned to face the hole and took in a deep breath. Before I jumped out I turned to look at him for a brief second to see that he had turned to see me leave. "I love you too Zim." I muttered and jumped out of the hole.
I plummeted to the ground. I looked up to see Zim trying to jump out after me but he couldn't. There was some sort of shield that blocked him from leaving. He looked down at me and waved good bye as the hole started to close up.
"And I'll always love you… no matter what Zim. I'll find a way to get you out of that hell. I'll find a way." I whispered as the cold hard ground hit my back.
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