A/N: Midnight writing is fun!
Family Matters
Dibs' eyes opened slowly. A tall, but familiar figure stood over him.
"Dad? Oh man, I had this horrible nightmare that mom was an alien and Zim was my." He sat up and stopped mid sentence. "Aw crap!"
His mother sat on the sofa with her hands folded in her lap. Zim sat beside her looking disgruntled. Neither of the two wore their Human disguises.
"Hello sweety!" Mera chirped.
"This is an outrage!" Zim yelled. "Of all the Humans on this planet I have to be his brother?"
Mera looked to Membrane and smiled. Without turning back to Zim she smacked the small male on the back of the head. "Don't be mean Zim."
Zim rubbed his head and gave her a begrudging look.
The front door came open and Gaz came in. Everyone turned and watched her walk past the doorway to the living room. Then watched her walk back and stare in.
"Gazzy!" Mera leapt up and immediately hugged her daughter.
"Mom!" Gaz latched on to her and was picked up by her mother. "Wait." She leaned back and looked her mother over. "What happened to you?"
"Oh, Gazzy, I'm an Irken, just like Zim." She smiled sweetly as if it were no big deal.
A distressed sound escaped Gaz. "You mean Dib was right? No!"
"I think you're missing the big picture here Gaz." Dib said angrily. "Our mother is an alien, that makes us half bloods."
Gazs' only reaction was to glare at Dib then hug her long lost mother some more.
"That's not all." The Professor said standing up. He held what looked like a remote in one hand.
"Oh no, not more of this!" Dib rubbed his head. "This is like a nightmare that won't end."
"Oh come now son! It's not so bad. Look!" He pointed the remote at Dib and pressed a button.
Dibs' body shook. "What was that?" He noticed that Zim was staring open mouthed at him.
Mera, still carrying Gaz, handed him a hand mirror.
He looked in the mirror, rubbed his eyes, then smacked himself. "I'm green!"
It was true, his skin was a pale green, eyes were solid amber and two antenna stuck out from under his spiky hair.
Gaz smirked at him as her mother set her down. Membrane did the same to her. She looked relatively the same. Pale green skin, solid amber eyes, though her antenna were slightly shorter than Dibs'.
"We used Solid Holographic imaging to change how you looked so you would survive better here." Mera said.
Zim jumped off the couch and inspected Dib.
So, this supposed Human was his brother and because of programming was still his rival. Wonderful. He knew this planet was complicated but he didn't know it would affect his own life so drastically.
"What am I supposed to do now?" Zim asked in his 'angry' voice. "I'm an Invader!" He noticed the facial tick had returned to Dib when he said that. Probably best to stay away from this topic but he had to know what to do. "How am I supposed to do my job when I have a Defender to worry about?" He motioned dramatically to Dib. "And one I'm related to of all things!"
"Well, you could always observe instead." Mera said as she and Gaz sat on the abandoned couch with Membrane.
"Never! I'm an In..." He paused almost too late to stop himself from setting Dib off again. "Are you insane female?" Zim finally demanded.
"I am your maternal unit young man, you will address me as such." Mera scolded. "Though you are welcome to use the Earthen word." She was suddenly calmer. "Besides, since my little Dibby is here this planet is technically under Irken command."
Zim looked shocked. "What?"
Dib snickered at Zim. "So I guess I beat you to it eh Zim?"
Zim started to make inarticulate noises that were more than likely meant to be profane. In fact I bet you could hear his mind snapping over the very idea of Dib conquering Earth before he did.
"Breath in Zim." Mera said.
Zim forced himself to start breathing again though speech was beyond him at the moment.
"I missed you mom." Gaz said. She hadn't let go of her mother yet and wasn't planning to.
"Awww, my little baby girl." Mera cooed.
Membrane, who was sitting on the other side of Gaz, hugged the both of them and made a family picture that Kodak would have killed to have.
"I think I'm going to be ill." Zim said looking disgusted by all of this. "How could you have lowered yourself to." He shuddered. "Breeding with a creature such as this?" He motioned to Membrane who didn't look the least bit insulted.
Not much actually gets through all that genius if you ask me.
"You'll understand when you're older." Mera replied.
Zim stopped then turned to Dib who was inspecting his new skin color. "'This' is our mutual maternal unit?" He asked with an edge of sarcasm in his voice.
Dib shrugged.
"Now." Mera said standing up. "I don't want you two fighting over world conquest, you understand me?"
"Yes mother." Zim and Dib said in unison.
"Good." She glanced at her 'watch'. "Oops! Time to go to bed." She glanced at Membrane who had gotten up as well.
"You boys go, um, to your rooms, you too Gaz." The Professor said hurridly.
"But I don't live here." Zim said looking at the two taller beings like they were cracked.
But they weren't listening and were already half way up the stairs carrying on like hormone driven teenagers.
Gaz picked up her Game Slave and headed for her room.
"Gaz wait!" Dib said catching her arm. "Aren't you weirded out by finding out you're half alien?"
She shook her head. "Nope. Now let go before I pound you. Just be happy mom's home." She shook Dib off and disappeared up the stairs.
Dib held his head trying his best to straighten things out in his mind. "This has got to be one of the strangest nights of my life."
Family Matters
Dibs' eyes opened slowly. A tall, but familiar figure stood over him.
"Dad? Oh man, I had this horrible nightmare that mom was an alien and Zim was my." He sat up and stopped mid sentence. "Aw crap!"
His mother sat on the sofa with her hands folded in her lap. Zim sat beside her looking disgruntled. Neither of the two wore their Human disguises.
"Hello sweety!" Mera chirped.
"This is an outrage!" Zim yelled. "Of all the Humans on this planet I have to be his brother?"
Mera looked to Membrane and smiled. Without turning back to Zim she smacked the small male on the back of the head. "Don't be mean Zim."
Zim rubbed his head and gave her a begrudging look.
The front door came open and Gaz came in. Everyone turned and watched her walk past the doorway to the living room. Then watched her walk back and stare in.
"Gazzy!" Mera leapt up and immediately hugged her daughter.
"Mom!" Gaz latched on to her and was picked up by her mother. "Wait." She leaned back and looked her mother over. "What happened to you?"
"Oh, Gazzy, I'm an Irken, just like Zim." She smiled sweetly as if it were no big deal.
A distressed sound escaped Gaz. "You mean Dib was right? No!"
"I think you're missing the big picture here Gaz." Dib said angrily. "Our mother is an alien, that makes us half bloods."
Gazs' only reaction was to glare at Dib then hug her long lost mother some more.
"That's not all." The Professor said standing up. He held what looked like a remote in one hand.
"Oh no, not more of this!" Dib rubbed his head. "This is like a nightmare that won't end."
"Oh come now son! It's not so bad. Look!" He pointed the remote at Dib and pressed a button.
Dibs' body shook. "What was that?" He noticed that Zim was staring open mouthed at him.
Mera, still carrying Gaz, handed him a hand mirror.
He looked in the mirror, rubbed his eyes, then smacked himself. "I'm green!"
It was true, his skin was a pale green, eyes were solid amber and two antenna stuck out from under his spiky hair.
Gaz smirked at him as her mother set her down. Membrane did the same to her. She looked relatively the same. Pale green skin, solid amber eyes, though her antenna were slightly shorter than Dibs'.
"We used Solid Holographic imaging to change how you looked so you would survive better here." Mera said.
Zim jumped off the couch and inspected Dib.
So, this supposed Human was his brother and because of programming was still his rival. Wonderful. He knew this planet was complicated but he didn't know it would affect his own life so drastically.
"What am I supposed to do now?" Zim asked in his 'angry' voice. "I'm an Invader!" He noticed the facial tick had returned to Dib when he said that. Probably best to stay away from this topic but he had to know what to do. "How am I supposed to do my job when I have a Defender to worry about?" He motioned dramatically to Dib. "And one I'm related to of all things!"
"Well, you could always observe instead." Mera said as she and Gaz sat on the abandoned couch with Membrane.
"Never! I'm an In..." He paused almost too late to stop himself from setting Dib off again. "Are you insane female?" Zim finally demanded.
"I am your maternal unit young man, you will address me as such." Mera scolded. "Though you are welcome to use the Earthen word." She was suddenly calmer. "Besides, since my little Dibby is here this planet is technically under Irken command."
Zim looked shocked. "What?"
Dib snickered at Zim. "So I guess I beat you to it eh Zim?"
Zim started to make inarticulate noises that were more than likely meant to be profane. In fact I bet you could hear his mind snapping over the very idea of Dib conquering Earth before he did.
"Breath in Zim." Mera said.
Zim forced himself to start breathing again though speech was beyond him at the moment.
"I missed you mom." Gaz said. She hadn't let go of her mother yet and wasn't planning to.
"Awww, my little baby girl." Mera cooed.
Membrane, who was sitting on the other side of Gaz, hugged the both of them and made a family picture that Kodak would have killed to have.
"I think I'm going to be ill." Zim said looking disgusted by all of this. "How could you have lowered yourself to." He shuddered. "Breeding with a creature such as this?" He motioned to Membrane who didn't look the least bit insulted.
Not much actually gets through all that genius if you ask me.
"You'll understand when you're older." Mera replied.
Zim stopped then turned to Dib who was inspecting his new skin color. "'This' is our mutual maternal unit?" He asked with an edge of sarcasm in his voice.
Dib shrugged.
"Now." Mera said standing up. "I don't want you two fighting over world conquest, you understand me?"
"Yes mother." Zim and Dib said in unison.
"Good." She glanced at her 'watch'. "Oops! Time to go to bed." She glanced at Membrane who had gotten up as well.
"You boys go, um, to your rooms, you too Gaz." The Professor said hurridly.
"But I don't live here." Zim said looking at the two taller beings like they were cracked.
But they weren't listening and were already half way up the stairs carrying on like hormone driven teenagers.
Gaz picked up her Game Slave and headed for her room.
"Gaz wait!" Dib said catching her arm. "Aren't you weirded out by finding out you're half alien?"
She shook her head. "Nope. Now let go before I pound you. Just be happy mom's home." She shook Dib off and disappeared up the stairs.
Dib held his head trying his best to straighten things out in his mind. "This has got to be one of the strangest nights of my life."