Disclaimers!- I don't own Invader Zim… Blah… But I do own Tanth, Feo,
Flame, Alexis and Josephine. So there. Oh yeah! There are tons more… I'm
sorry if I stole anyone's char.
My Guardian Angel… This is dedicated to you, you saved me… So I will have Zim save Dib, in honor to you…
Zim sighed. He had just spent 4 hours talking to Dib, of all people, about his past love lives. Josephine… Tanth… he was even with Feo at one point. A bleak, desperate point… but it was a point.
"Man… I still remember Flame." Dib said with a heartfelt sigh.
"Flame? Was she Irken? Or did you even care about alien's way back when…" Zim said with a smile.
"Well… come to think of it… she never did go swimming with me…" Dib moaned. He lost his virginity to her.
"I hear she had a baby a few weeks back. Half meat bag…" Zim said glancing at Dib.
"I was in love! Can you blame me?" Dib half yelled, half laughed.
"No I guess not… Healthiest baby I've seen in a while too. She wanted to come see you… But the Tallest wouldn't let her." Zim went silent. He had found out about 3 years ago that the Tallest had sent him here to get rid of him.
"I'm glad you stayed here, Zim." Dib said with a smile. Zim shrugged and smiled.
"Where else would I have gone?" Zim asked. Suddenly the phone rang. Dib sprung up automatically and dashed to the phone. He felt bad about leaving Zim there… but he poked his head out the kitchen and gasped a hurried "Be right back…" Zim nodded. He silently stood and peeked into the kitchen.
"Gaz? What's wrong?" Dib had a look of concern on his face. His facial expression was soon substituted with fear.
"Gaz… are you sure? They called and told you that…" His voice faded. A tear dripped down his cheek. He silently mouthed the word "No…" And then screamed it in the receiver.
"Yes… I'm alone. No… Zim didn't make it…" Dib lied almost in tears. Then he began to sob.
"Gaz! NO! You can't leave me alone!" Dib shouted.
"Please… no Gaz. I need you." Dib was silent for a moment. "Fine Gaz. I will. He will look after me. I can see in his eyes that he cares for me…" Dib said turning off the phone and throwing it at the wall. It shattered into 7 pieces. Dib scrambled off the floor and ran over to a drawer. He slowly opened it and took out a long knife.
"Dib!" Zim shouted from the doorway. Dib dropped the knife in surprise.
"Zim…" He said breathlessly. And then he collapsed and began to sob. Zim walked carefully over to him, and embraced him close.
"Shh… tell me what happened?" Zim asked Dib. He was answered with a loud sob.
"Please Dib… Tell me what happened." Zim asked pulling him closer.
"I can't… my problems are my problems." Dib said with a sob.
"What's the problem? Maybe I could help." Zim said smoothing down some of Dib's hair.
"I don't want you to carry my problems…" Dib said wiping his eyes on his jacket.
"I want you to feel better; talking about it makes the hurt go away. I want to carry all the problems I can for you." Zim said gently kissing Dib's forehead. Dib curled into Zim.
"On the couch?" Dib asked looking up at Zim with red eyes. Zim nodded and carried the boy over to the couch.
Dib took a deep, shuddering breath and began.
"Years ago, my dad discovered a serum that could kill a man in less that 5 milliseconds. He wouldn't be able to blink before he died. That was when it was in liquid form. In gas, it took a man 5 minutes to die a painful death. In ice, you had to sit him in a freezer for 5 days… when you got his body… It would not be blue, but a deep fleshy yellow." Dib took another shuddering breath.
"Today, they found my father's body. It was an ugly purple color. But traces of the Death Gas could be found in his body. They performed an autopsy a few hours ago…' Dib paused and looked Zim deep in the eyes.
"He had no human organs. They all looked… ialien/i." Dib said.
"Did they describe any organs?" Zim asked apprehensively.
"Yes… His heart was shaped like a star and he had no ears or nose." Zim gasped at these words.
"What?" Dib asked.
"The lost Tallest… He was supposed to be a myth. Superior in the Sciences and wonderful camouflage with any species. Tallest Black…" Zim said with a small twitch.
Dib's mouth gaped. His father was an Irken. He gasped.
"Did you know an Irken named Alexis?" Dib asked urgently. Zim nodded.
"Why?"
"She's my mother."
"You're Irken?" Zim asked.
"Sure seems that way, doesn't it." Dib said with a smile.
"Then you would have a camouflage hologram. Is there any place on your body that there would least likely be a button of some sort?" Zim asked.
"I have a bellybutton. But all humans do…" Dib said lifting up his shirt, exposing his creamy pale skin and his little bellybutton.
"Irkens don't have one. Press it." Dib thought back on the last time he pressed on his bellybutton. He couldn't. He pressed his bellybutton and looked at his hands. Nothing happened.
Then suddenly, his hand began to fade away, revealing a black glove. A three fingered black glove.
"I'm Irken all right… Wait until Gaz sees this…" Dib said, his huge sapphire blue eyes blinking once or twice.
Zim touched Dib's antennae… Dib almost fainted, half with pain the other half with pleasure.
"You're 100% Irken…" Zim said, lifting Dib's chin to face him. Zim shorted out his hologram, and kissed Dib deeply.
This was the love he longed for.
My Guardian Angel… This is dedicated to you, you saved me… So I will have Zim save Dib, in honor to you…
Zim sighed. He had just spent 4 hours talking to Dib, of all people, about his past love lives. Josephine… Tanth… he was even with Feo at one point. A bleak, desperate point… but it was a point.
"Man… I still remember Flame." Dib said with a heartfelt sigh.
"Flame? Was she Irken? Or did you even care about alien's way back when…" Zim said with a smile.
"Well… come to think of it… she never did go swimming with me…" Dib moaned. He lost his virginity to her.
"I hear she had a baby a few weeks back. Half meat bag…" Zim said glancing at Dib.
"I was in love! Can you blame me?" Dib half yelled, half laughed.
"No I guess not… Healthiest baby I've seen in a while too. She wanted to come see you… But the Tallest wouldn't let her." Zim went silent. He had found out about 3 years ago that the Tallest had sent him here to get rid of him.
"I'm glad you stayed here, Zim." Dib said with a smile. Zim shrugged and smiled.
"Where else would I have gone?" Zim asked. Suddenly the phone rang. Dib sprung up automatically and dashed to the phone. He felt bad about leaving Zim there… but he poked his head out the kitchen and gasped a hurried "Be right back…" Zim nodded. He silently stood and peeked into the kitchen.
"Gaz? What's wrong?" Dib had a look of concern on his face. His facial expression was soon substituted with fear.
"Gaz… are you sure? They called and told you that…" His voice faded. A tear dripped down his cheek. He silently mouthed the word "No…" And then screamed it in the receiver.
"Yes… I'm alone. No… Zim didn't make it…" Dib lied almost in tears. Then he began to sob.
"Gaz! NO! You can't leave me alone!" Dib shouted.
"Please… no Gaz. I need you." Dib was silent for a moment. "Fine Gaz. I will. He will look after me. I can see in his eyes that he cares for me…" Dib said turning off the phone and throwing it at the wall. It shattered into 7 pieces. Dib scrambled off the floor and ran over to a drawer. He slowly opened it and took out a long knife.
"Dib!" Zim shouted from the doorway. Dib dropped the knife in surprise.
"Zim…" He said breathlessly. And then he collapsed and began to sob. Zim walked carefully over to him, and embraced him close.
"Shh… tell me what happened?" Zim asked Dib. He was answered with a loud sob.
"Please Dib… Tell me what happened." Zim asked pulling him closer.
"I can't… my problems are my problems." Dib said with a sob.
"What's the problem? Maybe I could help." Zim said smoothing down some of Dib's hair.
"I don't want you to carry my problems…" Dib said wiping his eyes on his jacket.
"I want you to feel better; talking about it makes the hurt go away. I want to carry all the problems I can for you." Zim said gently kissing Dib's forehead. Dib curled into Zim.
"On the couch?" Dib asked looking up at Zim with red eyes. Zim nodded and carried the boy over to the couch.
Dib took a deep, shuddering breath and began.
"Years ago, my dad discovered a serum that could kill a man in less that 5 milliseconds. He wouldn't be able to blink before he died. That was when it was in liquid form. In gas, it took a man 5 minutes to die a painful death. In ice, you had to sit him in a freezer for 5 days… when you got his body… It would not be blue, but a deep fleshy yellow." Dib took another shuddering breath.
"Today, they found my father's body. It was an ugly purple color. But traces of the Death Gas could be found in his body. They performed an autopsy a few hours ago…' Dib paused and looked Zim deep in the eyes.
"He had no human organs. They all looked… ialien/i." Dib said.
"Did they describe any organs?" Zim asked apprehensively.
"Yes… His heart was shaped like a star and he had no ears or nose." Zim gasped at these words.
"What?" Dib asked.
"The lost Tallest… He was supposed to be a myth. Superior in the Sciences and wonderful camouflage with any species. Tallest Black…" Zim said with a small twitch.
Dib's mouth gaped. His father was an Irken. He gasped.
"Did you know an Irken named Alexis?" Dib asked urgently. Zim nodded.
"Why?"
"She's my mother."
"You're Irken?" Zim asked.
"Sure seems that way, doesn't it." Dib said with a smile.
"Then you would have a camouflage hologram. Is there any place on your body that there would least likely be a button of some sort?" Zim asked.
"I have a bellybutton. But all humans do…" Dib said lifting up his shirt, exposing his creamy pale skin and his little bellybutton.
"Irkens don't have one. Press it." Dib thought back on the last time he pressed on his bellybutton. He couldn't. He pressed his bellybutton and looked at his hands. Nothing happened.
Then suddenly, his hand began to fade away, revealing a black glove. A three fingered black glove.
"I'm Irken all right… Wait until Gaz sees this…" Dib said, his huge sapphire blue eyes blinking once or twice.
Zim touched Dib's antennae… Dib almost fainted, half with pain the other half with pleasure.
"You're 100% Irken…" Zim said, lifting Dib's chin to face him. Zim shorted out his hologram, and kissed Dib deeply.
This was the love he longed for.