Authors Notes

Invader Zim is not mine , my good sweet god i wish it was , but that flawless honor is Jhonen Vasquez's .

( WE LOVE YOUUUU !!! ^^ )

ZimLover / Horuka , a.ka. me , Blackwing , Raenaffel , Ivy and so forth are copyrighted by me --
Dont use them in other fanfics , unless one , you ask me , and i say yes , and two , they are at least somewhat tastefully used , please ! _

Aqua Marine ( my best buddy ) owns Cassidy , Terra and Orion , ( Our baby boy at the moment )
( thankies to you for writing this with me -- its soo much funnn !^^ )

As a last note , this is a followup to " Asent " . Read and review both please ! ILOVE REVIEWS !!!

AND IT TOOK ME FOREVER TO TRANSLATE THE RPG SCRIPT FOR YOU !!! -

--- So no flames .. those hurt and are completly unneeded -- have some consideration please .


With love ,

: ZimLover_05

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-- For our two favorite boys in the whole world , Zim and Dib ,

and for my " Maid Of Honor " , Aqua , who made me want to become an author .

I love you all soo much !!

=^ ^=

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Chapter three "Human Behavior "




The late hours belonged to those who never heard a wake up call ;

Insomniacs ,

Runaways ,

...then there was us .


Another night .
Another thousand memories .

Emphrean . Its a city like no other .

The moon shone over the rubble glass skycrapers , an errie blue ..a matrix for everyone who lived or would live from now on .

As the darkness grew , Emphrean began its waking dreams .

Little children in the workshops would dream of thier parents comming back for them , as they promised . .

It sometimes happened -- but as far as we know , they never were alive , when they did .

Emphrean was a city more obsessed with fate than any other in the world ever was .

That was the thrill and the curse .

There was no way to control it .
No way to court it .
No way to avoid it .

That was why Emphean was hard .

It ground up the weary , the unlucky , the lovers , and wiped them out .




Dib walked past the dank , hallow rooms , keeping to himself like he always did ...like everyone else .

He turned up a smaller hallway .


This place he knew well ,
for it was Zim who once dwelt here .



The place was beat up from time's cruel hands , and always seemed darker than any of the other parts of the domes were --if that were possible .

The living chambers were below , the beddings above , and the soft talk of unusual ,
off and on world langagues echoed though the walls , so easilly .

Zimlover stood in the center of the shaded window ,
glancing toward the city like she often did , searching for a way out .


In the dying sun , the cietal gleamed on the horizon like diamond .

.....It never did seem real to her , this new world , a repository of greed and dibasment .

Dib didn't speak ,
he could only watch his friend with the taughtest pain inside of him .



She was dark , the charcoal dressings rivialed by only the dead ,
broken technology that lye at her ankles .


......She had no idea what she had gotten herself into .


She had fallen in love with a dictator ....

She had spent four years of her life treading on quicksand ,and there was no turning back now .


ZimLover could see him in the far corner of her vision .

His profile was forever etched in her mind .

Dib was one of the few people that you'd never forget in a millon years ,
like you'd see for two seconds , but remember every detail forever -- He was mysterious .

His Sable hair , the way he carried himself ....

-- like a fighter who knew he could take on anyone , yet so very wary at the same time .

He stood in the doorway , his pale blue eyes lifted , echoing the smudged sunset .

"..... What happened ? " he asked .


ZimLover felt the cold cut of weakness against her cheeks , and without turning , spoke ,

" ...He asked me --"

Dib's jaw dropped .

" He ASKED you ?! "

She nodded , the tears welling in her eyes .


" W-what did you say ?? Dib stuttered , almost as stunned as angry .

" NO , DIB ! " She cried , whirling around to him , hurt and a mixed anger in her eyes .


"... I told him no for YOU ! "


" ..I let go of the one thing that was actully keeping me still in this cage of yours .. "


"...........Alex , i ....."

Dib paced to her lightly , trying to comfort her , but she pushed herself out of his arms .


" Please Dib ...... she whispered ,


......... just leave me ... "


It may have been only for a moment , but the cold he could feel in her , like ice , in her touch....
..in her heart ...there was nothing he could do then ..


".... But --"

...He stopped himself -- pushing it wasn't going to get him anywhere .


And slowly , he closed the door behind himself -- ZimLover , crying softly into her folded arms.



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