Chapter 6: Belated Birthday

The skool bell rang and students began to flood the front of the yard, making their way to the buses or entering the vehicles of their parents. Dib followed behind Gaz as she paved a way through the mob of students. It was a pretty unique talent she had, people knew better than to get in her way and would move in a flash. Sometimes students would push other students away or even climb on top of objects just to avoid feeling her wrath. All Dib had to do was hold onto her backpack latch and stay quiet. However Gaz seemed angrier than usual on this particular day, mostly due to the fact that she had punched countless individuals in the gut as she made her way out of the building. Weird thing was that they weren't even in her way and she had made the effort to stray from her path to hit them. All Dib could do was watch until they made their way through the exit.

Letting go of her backpack string, Dib sped in front of her and stopped, giving her a face that she could read like a book. She responded with a glare of her own before threatening her dimwitted sibling. "Dib, Back off" She almost hissed making Dib shiver.

Nonetheless he held his ground. "Not until you tell me why?"

"Because of Nun-Ya."

"Nun-Ya?" Dib asked with his head tilted and a puzzled look plastering his face.

"Yep, short for none of your business." she spat as she pushed her way past him.

"Gaz, you just beat up about a dozen random students for no reason. Being your older brother I think I have a right to know why?" Dib said wincing at his words.

"It's nothing Dib, drop it." Gaz growled as she hopped into dibs car slamming the door shut and waiting for him. Dib winced at the sound of the door being slammed as he had just gotten his car back from the shop.

"Can you please be a little more careful with the doors?" He said with an annoyed tone which earned him a glare from Gaz.

"Shut up and drive Dib."

Not wanting to get clubbed Dib turned the key making the engine sputter to life, and began to drive home. Despite What Gaz had told him, his big brother senses were going off. Something was obviously bothering her and he felt like he already knew what it was, but he just couldn't put his finger on it. ' I don't understand what could be bothering her? I've done nothing to piss her off as far as I know. Her Game Slave has plenty of battery, I bought her extra sodas, I even bought her the newest version of Game Slave for her-... Shit…'

"Uhm… Happy late birthday Gaz?" Dib said with a warbled voice and a smile filled with fear.

"...Stop the car."

Dib, realizing his mistake, did what any other person would do if they managed to wake the sleeping giant. He began to beg. "Wait Gaz please, just let me-."

"STOP. THE FUCKING. CAR." Gaz nearly roared as she commanded her brother for the second time.

The tires screeched as the car was brought to a halt and the passenger side door swung open very abruptly. Once she left the car completely she could still hear Dib begging not to feel her wrath. So she slammed his car door shut again. This time, it did break. She then walked off in the direction of Zim's house, leaving an angry Dib behind who began to beat his steering wheel while shouting profanities. He had forgotten her birthday. They all had forgotten her birthday, and yet she didn't know why she was angry. They had a perfectly good excuse honestly with helping Zim not die and all. But Gaz's anger, doesn't really have any rules. The rest of the ride home for Dib was pure silence, except for the occasional rattling his car made which paranoid the hell out of him.

He had finally made it home and after walking through the door he trudged towards the couch and slumped onto it. He didn't even bother turning on the TV or taking off his shoes, just sitting on the couch and wallowing in his thoughts. He'd made things a thousand times worse by trying to make them better, now all he could do was hope that the Game Slave 3 he bought her would keep him from entering the realm of nightmares. He shuddered at the thought before deciding to try and put the haunting vision of his sister using him as her personal punching bag to rest. After getting off the couch he slowly made his way up the stairs to his room, but before he could get there another thought had drilled itself into his brain.

"This… This is all Zims fault." He began to convulse with anger as he remembered all the countless times Zim had humiliated him in the past but now, he'd crossed the line. He'd ruined everything again, like he always does, and not only that, but just about what little connection he had with Gaz was now gone. "Zim" He growled once more… Before passing out on his floor.

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Meanwhile, Zim had been doing better. A lot better. He had made a few actual friends 'unlike keef' and had been doing increasingly well in his studies. He was passing with all A's and had applied for several different OTC's and Colleges and, some had even reached out to him much to the principal's surprise. Zim had also signed up for numerous clubs and activities such as Math Club, Speech and Debate and Chess Club. Oddly enough he also Joined the track team and out-performed his team members on his first day.

Zim was currently lounging on his sofa watching some cheesy drama show that he had found rather humorous due to the poor acting and terrible dialogue. With a bowl of skittles in his lap and a cherry coke on the table in front of him, Zim was somewhat enjoying his new life on earth. Ironic really, the planet he had been attempting to conquer ends up becoming his new home. Zim was snapped out of his trance when he heard a knock on his front door.

"Ugh! Ajax whos interrupting Zims me time." Zim hissed at the AI.

The TV show disappeared as was replaced by snow for a brief second before showing Gaz standing outside. Like usual, she was playing her Game Slave. Rapidly mashing buttons and making evil smirks every now and then. However, there was something that caught Zims attention. She still had her backpack on, which meant that either she forced Dib to stop the car and got out after something he said or she walked here from school. Zim bet all of his monies on the first option as he walked over to the door and turned the knob, but before he could pull the door open it smacked him in the face as Gaz pushed through.

"Fyuvix!" Zim cursed in Irken. "Gee, thanks for knocking at least." Zim said as he glared at her as she made her way to the couch and lazily threw herself on it.

"You're welcome." Gaz said with sarcasm staining her words.

Zim made his way over and sat on the unoccupied side of his sofa while reaching for his bowl of skittles. Which were swiped out his hand by an angsty teen. "Fucking really? Zim was eating that you know?" Zim said in protest.

"I do, but I don't care." She retorted as she grab and handful of skittles and rationed them into her mouth.

"Obviously. So …What's got Gaz-human all riled up this time?" Zim watched as her eyes widened for a fraction of a second. Which probably meant that his accusation was right.

"How do you know something's bothering me?" Gaz said with her neutral monotone voice.

"You still have your backpack on. Meaning you had Dib-stink stop the car so you could get out."

Gaz widened her eyes again, but this time out of slight annoyance. "Stalk much?" She said while glaring daggers at Zim.

Zim laughed slyly "In your dreams."

"More like my nightmares." Gaz chuckled.

Both chuckled softly at their banter and stared at each other for a short period of time before shifting their attention to the TV, where the cheesy drama show Zim was watching had resumed playing. They spent the rest of the day laughing at the terrible acting and soon after Gaz had fallen asleep on the sofa with Gir slumped over her hip. Zim grabbed a comforter he'd had stuffed away in his storage room and after tossing Gir off he laid the large blanket over her and went to sleep himself. Not that he needed any but he thought it would be nice to get some.

"Ajax, turn off the lights."

"Yes master." Ajax chimed as the lights dimmed and Zim left down the hallway with a shy smile on his face.

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He hated him. For reasons only known to himself, he'd hated every part of him. 'Zim. Just saying the name makes me seethe." He spat between his teeth. He'd gotten taller, taller than he was allowed to be. Tall enough for him to take his power away. "No." He growled. 'It's mine. The power. It's all mine.' The tall shadowy figure said while looking amongst the stars.

"What's on your mind now?" Said another shadow who was stuffing his face with donuts.

"It isn't right… What we did wasn't right." The first figure said while continuing to admire the many planets that shimmered in the distance.

Now gorging himself with potato chips. "What do suppose we should've done."

"Something other than letting him go…" The tall figure began to surge with hatred.

"What? You wanted to kill him or something? His colleague said with a full mouth as he looked up and his bright purple eyes shattered the darkness.

The tall shadow deterred his gaze from the bright stars to glare at his purple eyed partner, revealing a pair of bright red eyes that pierced through the shadows. "Exactly." he spat, as he brandished a wicked smile.

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Ooooo spoopy ending... not really. Hope you guys enjoyed, let me know what you think.