Aww, man, i have to write this... thing... again. Well, I'm just gonna remind you... AGAIN... that I don't own Irkens or Irken technology or Zim. But I _do_ own The space stations, Stek, Mez, Poodge, Bleeb, Pez and... that's it. *big ol grin* Okay! Enjoy your senseless trash!!!

The Safest Place
*Days Later*
Stek, fully recovered and alone in an earth park, walked along clutching the little doll to his chest. It was midnight, guaranteeing solice. He was in his earth disguise, ((The jhonen costume, if you must know...)) and he felt a strong sense of tranquility as cool wind blew around. This caused him to close his eyes and clutch the trenchcoat tighter to his 'body,' slipping the doll into his pocket. He recalled the past few days into his mind.
Three male irken soldiers, his three best friends in the training academy, had burst into the room and killed General Zim just as he drew back the trigger to destroy Stek. The shot would have saturated his brain into disgusting oozes of... drippy... stuff... if Stek hadn't turned to see them.
"Stek!" His thoughts were interrupted by a familiar female voice he thought he would never hear again. He whipped around, eyes wide, to see an irken female he loved truly, standing yards away. She wore no disguise, and stood before him in all irken glory, her purple eyes shining.
"Mez?!" he gasped, darting forward to envelope her in his arms. She met him at the halfway point, and they wrapped each other in love, their lips meeting in a kiss. When they broke for air, Stek held Mez' face in his 'body's' hands. "Mez!" He cried through tears. "I thought... didn't Zim...?!" He exclaimed. Mez, rare tears leaking from her usually stoic eyes, shushed him quietly.
"Shh, shh, Stek..." She whispered, removing his hands and drying his tears.
".....How?!" Squeaked Stek, too excited to say anything more.
"When they found me," Mez said, her voice barely above a whisper, "I was almost dead..." She took Stek's hands as his eyes began to tear again. "They rescued me... and nursed me back... the wounds were deep but they healed, Stek, they healed! And now I'm right here... with you..." Stek's main heart danced in his chest cavity.
"B...but... a... and Pez... Bleeb... Poodge...?!" Stek stuttered through tears. Mez cut him off.
"That's what I'm here for." Mez said quietly. She opened her communicator. A yellow-eyed SIR unit flashed onto the screen. "CIR?" Mez said.
"Yes, mistress?" the small, perfectly functional, perfectly sane robot replied.
"Please come pick Stek and I up." Mez requested.
"Yes, mistress, I obey!" CIR said, yellow eyes flashing red. In seconds, a large bird landed nearby, spreading its wings to board the two irkens. They all flew off to Mez' house, entering the transporters there and beaming up to the Reeg ((ree-juh)) Space Station. The familiar ivory colored walls flashed as they arrived. They were greeted like heroes, recieving much respect, despite the fact that they were shorter than any other irken on board. They continued on, without so much as a grunt, finally reaching the hospital wing, tiptoeing silently into a room.
The room was the size of an earth classroom, with three large suspended tubes lined up in a row. Each contained one of the females Stek had been assigned his mission with. Fresh, new tears sprung from his eyes. Each of them had their own severity of damage. Pez and Bleeb seemed almost unscathed, while Poodge looked fresh from the battlefields of the Planet of Broken Glass. Stek's heart stung at the sight of Poodge, who had been his mother. They were all sorted by height, Bleeb first, Pez in the middle and Poodge at the end. Inside, robotic arms worked at patching up the trio's wounds. There was a rubbery substance stretched over Bleeb and Poodge's intamate places that seemed like dolphin's skin. Bleeb was draped in a sort of linen. Atop each canister read numbers, some counting down quickly, some not moving at all.
"Those clocks count down, by earth time, to when each of them will be completed. The first is weeks, the second is days, the third is hours, the fourth is minutes and the last is seconds." Mez whispered. Stek's eyes wandered to Bleeb's clock. "It's about to change Bleeb, watch..." Mez said, pointing to the cylinder she was reffering to. The second the clock reached 0-2-0-0-0, a robotic arm reached in and cloaked Invader Bleeb in the same linen-like material that Pez wore. Stek's attention was diverted to Pez's cylinder, which was seconds from reaching 0 on every time frame. He grasped Mez and pulled her out of the way of stampeding scientists as they all rushed into the room. Some held large, electrical handheld devices, while some held clothing. A huge robotic arm swooped down from the ceiling, unscrewing the cap of Pez' container and sending in a padded arm while the cylinder drained. The padded arm crasped Pez by the waist and lifted her dripping limp form out, placing her on a hospital bed. the doctors swarmed on her, blocking her from vision. Aftera couple of seconds a bright light flashed. The doctors withdrew, leaving a very stunned, very alive, very fresh-looking Pez sitting on the cot. Mez burst into tears while running over to her, engulfing her in a giant hug, spectacular for one as small as Mez. Pez was still quite surprised, but hugged her 'little sister' back. Stek watched the reunion happily and quietly.
"What happened, Mez? One minute we're in Space Station Skorp, saving Stek from General Zim, and now we're here..." Pez asked, sounding genuinely clueless. Mez laughed and cried at the same time, delighted to hear her voice again.