Zim looked over at Tis. She was cuddling the egg, looking hopefull. "Tis... What's wrong?"
Tis had been up the past few weeks, not a bit of sleep, and, needless to say, she looked awful. "Zim... I thought you knew." Zim looked puzzled. Tis sighed, "Well, the thing is that... Well, the reason why Irken smeets are produced in labs is because very few female Irkens can lay eggs." She paused. "And, normally when they do, its a dud... I'm just afraid that I have the ability to lay an egg, but it won't be alive when it hatches."
"...Oh..." Zim went over to her. "I'm sure it will be fine... It just has to be. After all, it is the smeet of The Almighty Zim!" He exclaimed, shooting a fist into the air.
Tis rolled her eyes. "You know... Its OUR child. Not just yours."
"...Yeah...I know..." He more or less mumbled, quite deflated.
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Meanwhile, Dib (A/N: I would put Dib Membrane, but Membrane isn't his last name... Membrane is his Dad's first name... No one knows their last name.) was watching this (of course). He didn't know why. He just felt pulled there. Something was bringing him there. He couldn't tell what though. 'What could this be? Why am I here?' Dib was pondering about this as Tis glanced at him. Their eyes met.
~Hello Dib.~ Dib jumped. "GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!!" He was quite bewildered. He was sure he just heard Tis's voice in his head! 'I must be going crazy... Yeah, thats it..'
~No Dib. You are not going crazy. It is I, Tis, entering your mind. Do-~ 'AAAAAAAAH! Get outta my head! Its MY head, you stay out you creepy bitch...witch...thing.' Silence. 'MAN! That was lame!' ~Indeed.. As I was saying.. Now I forgot.. Wait. It came back!~ This last bit was added with quite a bit of triumph, and since there was a pause, Dib decided to take this as his chance to intervene: 'Hey! I don't care wha-' Only to be cut off again.
~I am losing my patience!~ Her voice was now booming in his mind. The pain was excruciating. He felt like he'd rather tear out his own ears. 'OW! What the fuck! You bitch! You fucking bitch!' He was in pain. And she could feel it. She had willingly opened herself to him, so they shared feelings, and physical senses. At least at this moment. At the same instant that Dib uttered those last words however, he could feel her anger mounting, worsening. But, she was able to keep it under control.
~Dib. You have witnessed the laying of this egg, you have witnessed Zim and I hoping that it will be fertile. And.. The time of hatching draws near. Do you wish to be present? With my permission, that is.~ 'Wha... Why? Why would you let me? Why would you...?' ~Do you not remember?~ '.....Remember...Remember what?' Just as she was about to tell him, however, she felt something. A mental barrier. He wanted to know, yes. No. Remember. He wanted to remember. But, he wasn't able to. He wouldn't be able to take it.
~I'm... So sorry. I cannot tell you, it would be too much...~ Her voice trailed off. 'Tis?' No reply.
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"Tis... Tis..." Zim's voice seemed so distant to Tis while conversing with Dib. This went on for quite awhile. "Hello! Tis! Wake up!" Zim was whining now. "What happened? What's wrong?"
"Zim..." Tis was frantically racking her mind for an excuse. "I... I'm just tired. You KNOW I haven't slept in weeks. I was just zoning-out."
"Why don't you get some sleep? I can watch the egg. I'll wake you when it hatches." His voice was filled with apprehension.
"Zim," she said sharply, "I'm fine. Although I appreciate your caring, you don't have to constantly look after me. I'm not a smeet."
"Yeah well!...Then... Then...Rrrrrrrrrrg!" Zim was quite exasperated for not knowing a comeback. He stomped off towards the trashcan so he could get to his labs, but stopped, realising he couldn't fit. "Tis..." He said warily. She said nothing. "Why... Why are we so much taller now?"
"Well Zim," She sighed, "I believe its a matter of survival. Now that we're parents, we've grown taller to... To... To better protect our child I guess."
"Oh... COOL! I'm... Able to rival the 'Almighty Tallest' (he said 'Almighty Tallest' mockingly) I do believe! Not that I want to be the ruler of the empire, but I'm gonna talk to them just to scare the shit outta them! Ha, ha! Wait until they see me! They'll probably wet themselves with fright!"
And with that, he marched over to his elavator. "Computer! Take me to the lab. I've much to do." And he began his descent. He snickered, thinking about how The Tallest would react to his increased height. 'Heheh... This oughtta be goooood' He thought. The elevator came to a halt. Zim stepped out into his labs, and walked happily over to his communicator screen, a wide grin on his face. "Computer! Transmit to th-"
"Hiya Zim!" And Gir came along, holding a chocolate bubblegum Brain Freezie. (A/N: I woulda called by its real name Suck Monkey: From Invader Zim but that name sounds so... wrong. I have SUCH a sick mind :P).
"GIR! You shall call me master!" Zim was quite taken aback by this strange show of disrespect. Even though Gir WAS insane, and disobedient, still, Zim was always called master by him, because he IS Gir's master, after all.
"No way! I ain't gonna be callin' the green man 'master' any longer! I ain't your slave!" Gir said defiantly.
Zim, on the other hand was baffled. "You've been watching too much TV..." Zim shook his head in disgust. "Gir... I AM your master. Now... Go see what Tis is up to. Tell me if anything bad happens. And remember, I AM your master. Now go."
"Ooookeeeey-dooookeeeey!" Gir said, and ran off, screeching like a banshee (A/N: I like the band Siouxsie & The Banshees. Off topic, but I HAD to say that.)
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Zim chose about the worst time possible to send someone to spy on Tis, for at that moment, Dib was with her, and they were.... Hugging! (?) Now, let us go back in time a bit, to the time right after Zim went into his labs.
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"Why won't you tell me! I WANT TO REMEMBER! I REALLY DO!" Dib was yelling at Tis. He just wanted to know how Tis knew him. "I WANT ANSWERS! NOW!" He bellowed.
Tis was looking at him helplessy. Suddenly, she broke down and cried, sobbing into her blanket. "Oh... Oh Dib! If... only... you... knew..." She said, between her sobs and shudders.
Dib was just about to yell again, but paused. Wait... Was it Daja Vu, or did he somehow know that way of breaking down and sobbing? Yes! It was somehow familiar. 'That sob is so familiar... Wait, what's more, that voice seems familiar now!' He pondered this for awhile, ignoring Tis completely. 'And those eyes are familiar too... WHAT'S GOING ON?!' Needless to say, he was quite confused (A/N: Wait... If it was needless, why did I say it? Oh well. The world may never know). 'And... Wait a minute! Wait just a poly-picking minute! (Happy Noodle Boy reference! XD) 'Even the name... Tis... Tis... TRISS! Oh my god! I think she's Triss!' Dib took a tentative step towards Tis, and put his hand on her shoulder. Tis looked up at him. "A... Aunt Triss?"
Tis looked up at him and nodded. "Yes Dib. Yes." Dib and Tis stared at eachother for awhile.
'Oh my god... Its Triss! Aunt Triss... If only I could remember more! All I can remember is her...' He was so deep in thought, so numb with shock, that he didn't even notice Tis hugging him, sobbing into his black trenchcoat. Finally, he recovered, and hugged her back.
And, of course, someone had to break this silence. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING?!" Zim bellowed, looking a mixture of confused, angry, helpless, and hurt.
Dib broke away from Tis, and stomped over to Zim, "Don't you DARE hurt her!" He said fiercly. He was ready to fight Zim.
Zim just glared, then suddenly his eyes softened as he looked at Tis. "I love her... Why would I hurt her?"
"I don't know, and don't care! But, just so you know, I would do ANYTHING to protect her! Don't hurt her!"
"I WON'T!" Zim bellowed back. Zim looked rather hurt. "I don't know if on Earth you hurt people whom you love, but I love her, and wouldn't hurt her for any reason."
Tis was watching, helpless, as two people she loved, each in a different way, were fighting. Both were on her side, but against eachother. 'I can do nothing...' She felt so helpless, so lost. So she did the only thing she could do: cry. She cried and screamed like the lost being she was. She screamed out her anger, cried out her agony. All this because of Zim and Dib fighting. 'WHY?! Why does this always happen to me? Always... Whenever I love someone, someone always steps in the way, ruining it. And it always has something to do with this planet. Earth. First Mari, (A/N: I'm gonna pretend that's Dib's mom's name, k?) now Zim and Dib. Both of them love me, each in a different way, but they hate eachother. Of course, it was different with Mari...'
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*FLASHBACK BEGIN*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
An unconcious Tis lay in the ruins of a Voot Runner, blood trickling down her face. A girl who looked much like Gaz does except with her eyes opened, and hair styled differently ran up to her, astonishment and triumph written on her face. "Ah, I, Mari, finder of alien. I like the sound of that." It quickly turned to concern however as she saw Tis, nearly dead. Without another word she picked her up and carried her away to her house.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*FLASHBACK END*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
(A/N: I'll give you more of her past soon. Only little bits at a time. 'Cause I'm evil.)
Tis was continuing to cry. Zim and Dib were continuing to yell. Gir, hearing the noise upstairs, decided to come up to see what was happening. Upon seeing Tis, some deep, distant part of his little retarded being, he registered that she was in distress. "Looks like someone needs a hug!" And he ran up to her and hugged her tightly. Tis gasped, and in her shock stopped crying a bit. Finally, she even began to hug him (her? it? *shrugs*) back. Even though she knew he didn't understand why she was crying, all she knew was that, maybe, he did care in a way.
"Hey! Guys!" She got their attention. "Look! There you are, fighting about me, and I've been crying the entire time, and you haven't even CARED! Look at this! The one that truly cares, that really wants to comfort me, is a retarded S.I.R. unit! You two are so caught up in arguing, that you forget about the very thing that your arguing about in the first place! You seem to care more about your rivalry than me." As she said these words, more tears stung her eyes. She didn't really know why.
Zim and Dib were now racing to her to comfort her. Not that they were far away. Actually only a few feet. They came to her. However, instead they just glared at eachother. Zim, full of hurt, pain, and anger about what the Tallest had done to him, decided to take it out on Dib. He leapt at him. Zim punched Dib, kicked him, scratched him, anything to cause Dib pain. Anything. Tis watched in horror, speechless. As Zim stopped to take a breath, Dib overtook him. He tackled Zim, just as ready to do the alien harm as Zim was to Dib. None of the two ran, or tried to evade or escape. They both had anger to let out. And it all had something to do with Tis (A/N: You'll learn more later. Trust me ;) ).
'What can I do to end this?' Tis thought frantically. 'What should I do? What should I do?! WHAT SHOULD I DO?!' In her frustration, she screamed. It was a scream that seemed to last for an eternity. Finally, she stopped, and silence prevailed. Zim and Dib looked at her, expecting her to say something. She didn't. No one did. The only thing heard was Tis's breathing, which was shallow and ragged. The air seemed thick to her. Thick with sadness, anger, and silence, as if these were solid things. However, soon Tis's breathing quieted, and there was nothing besides silence. The silence was so great, that soon, the only thing that penetrated it was a cracking sound. One thought that had earlier slipped from everyone's minds escaped their lips simultaneously.
"The egg!"
Tis had been up the past few weeks, not a bit of sleep, and, needless to say, she looked awful. "Zim... I thought you knew." Zim looked puzzled. Tis sighed, "Well, the thing is that... Well, the reason why Irken smeets are produced in labs is because very few female Irkens can lay eggs." She paused. "And, normally when they do, its a dud... I'm just afraid that I have the ability to lay an egg, but it won't be alive when it hatches."
"...Oh..." Zim went over to her. "I'm sure it will be fine... It just has to be. After all, it is the smeet of The Almighty Zim!" He exclaimed, shooting a fist into the air.
Tis rolled her eyes. "You know... Its OUR child. Not just yours."
"...Yeah...I know..." He more or less mumbled, quite deflated.
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Meanwhile, Dib (A/N: I would put Dib Membrane, but Membrane isn't his last name... Membrane is his Dad's first name... No one knows their last name.) was watching this (of course). He didn't know why. He just felt pulled there. Something was bringing him there. He couldn't tell what though. 'What could this be? Why am I here?' Dib was pondering about this as Tis glanced at him. Their eyes met.
~Hello Dib.~ Dib jumped. "GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!!" He was quite bewildered. He was sure he just heard Tis's voice in his head! 'I must be going crazy... Yeah, thats it..'
~No Dib. You are not going crazy. It is I, Tis, entering your mind. Do-~ 'AAAAAAAAH! Get outta my head! Its MY head, you stay out you creepy bitch...witch...thing.' Silence. 'MAN! That was lame!' ~Indeed.. As I was saying.. Now I forgot.. Wait. It came back!~ This last bit was added with quite a bit of triumph, and since there was a pause, Dib decided to take this as his chance to intervene: 'Hey! I don't care wha-' Only to be cut off again.
~I am losing my patience!~ Her voice was now booming in his mind. The pain was excruciating. He felt like he'd rather tear out his own ears. 'OW! What the fuck! You bitch! You fucking bitch!' He was in pain. And she could feel it. She had willingly opened herself to him, so they shared feelings, and physical senses. At least at this moment. At the same instant that Dib uttered those last words however, he could feel her anger mounting, worsening. But, she was able to keep it under control.
~Dib. You have witnessed the laying of this egg, you have witnessed Zim and I hoping that it will be fertile. And.. The time of hatching draws near. Do you wish to be present? With my permission, that is.~ 'Wha... Why? Why would you let me? Why would you...?' ~Do you not remember?~ '.....Remember...Remember what?' Just as she was about to tell him, however, she felt something. A mental barrier. He wanted to know, yes. No. Remember. He wanted to remember. But, he wasn't able to. He wouldn't be able to take it.
~I'm... So sorry. I cannot tell you, it would be too much...~ Her voice trailed off. 'Tis?' No reply.
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"Tis... Tis..." Zim's voice seemed so distant to Tis while conversing with Dib. This went on for quite awhile. "Hello! Tis! Wake up!" Zim was whining now. "What happened? What's wrong?"
"Zim..." Tis was frantically racking her mind for an excuse. "I... I'm just tired. You KNOW I haven't slept in weeks. I was just zoning-out."
"Why don't you get some sleep? I can watch the egg. I'll wake you when it hatches." His voice was filled with apprehension.
"Zim," she said sharply, "I'm fine. Although I appreciate your caring, you don't have to constantly look after me. I'm not a smeet."
"Yeah well!...Then... Then...Rrrrrrrrrrg!" Zim was quite exasperated for not knowing a comeback. He stomped off towards the trashcan so he could get to his labs, but stopped, realising he couldn't fit. "Tis..." He said warily. She said nothing. "Why... Why are we so much taller now?"
"Well Zim," She sighed, "I believe its a matter of survival. Now that we're parents, we've grown taller to... To... To better protect our child I guess."
"Oh... COOL! I'm... Able to rival the 'Almighty Tallest' (he said 'Almighty Tallest' mockingly) I do believe! Not that I want to be the ruler of the empire, but I'm gonna talk to them just to scare the shit outta them! Ha, ha! Wait until they see me! They'll probably wet themselves with fright!"
And with that, he marched over to his elavator. "Computer! Take me to the lab. I've much to do." And he began his descent. He snickered, thinking about how The Tallest would react to his increased height. 'Heheh... This oughtta be goooood' He thought. The elevator came to a halt. Zim stepped out into his labs, and walked happily over to his communicator screen, a wide grin on his face. "Computer! Transmit to th-"
"Hiya Zim!" And Gir came along, holding a chocolate bubblegum Brain Freezie. (A/N: I woulda called by its real name Suck Monkey: From Invader Zim but that name sounds so... wrong. I have SUCH a sick mind :P).
"GIR! You shall call me master!" Zim was quite taken aback by this strange show of disrespect. Even though Gir WAS insane, and disobedient, still, Zim was always called master by him, because he IS Gir's master, after all.
"No way! I ain't gonna be callin' the green man 'master' any longer! I ain't your slave!" Gir said defiantly.
Zim, on the other hand was baffled. "You've been watching too much TV..." Zim shook his head in disgust. "Gir... I AM your master. Now... Go see what Tis is up to. Tell me if anything bad happens. And remember, I AM your master. Now go."
"Ooookeeeey-dooookeeeey!" Gir said, and ran off, screeching like a banshee (A/N: I like the band Siouxsie & The Banshees. Off topic, but I HAD to say that.)
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Zim chose about the worst time possible to send someone to spy on Tis, for at that moment, Dib was with her, and they were.... Hugging! (?) Now, let us go back in time a bit, to the time right after Zim went into his labs.
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"Why won't you tell me! I WANT TO REMEMBER! I REALLY DO!" Dib was yelling at Tis. He just wanted to know how Tis knew him. "I WANT ANSWERS! NOW!" He bellowed.
Tis was looking at him helplessy. Suddenly, she broke down and cried, sobbing into her blanket. "Oh... Oh Dib! If... only... you... knew..." She said, between her sobs and shudders.
Dib was just about to yell again, but paused. Wait... Was it Daja Vu, or did he somehow know that way of breaking down and sobbing? Yes! It was somehow familiar. 'That sob is so familiar... Wait, what's more, that voice seems familiar now!' He pondered this for awhile, ignoring Tis completely. 'And those eyes are familiar too... WHAT'S GOING ON?!' Needless to say, he was quite confused (A/N: Wait... If it was needless, why did I say it? Oh well. The world may never know). 'And... Wait a minute! Wait just a poly-picking minute! (Happy Noodle Boy reference! XD) 'Even the name... Tis... Tis... TRISS! Oh my god! I think she's Triss!' Dib took a tentative step towards Tis, and put his hand on her shoulder. Tis looked up at him. "A... Aunt Triss?"
Tis looked up at him and nodded. "Yes Dib. Yes." Dib and Tis stared at eachother for awhile.
'Oh my god... Its Triss! Aunt Triss... If only I could remember more! All I can remember is her...' He was so deep in thought, so numb with shock, that he didn't even notice Tis hugging him, sobbing into his black trenchcoat. Finally, he recovered, and hugged her back.
And, of course, someone had to break this silence. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING?!" Zim bellowed, looking a mixture of confused, angry, helpless, and hurt.
Dib broke away from Tis, and stomped over to Zim, "Don't you DARE hurt her!" He said fiercly. He was ready to fight Zim.
Zim just glared, then suddenly his eyes softened as he looked at Tis. "I love her... Why would I hurt her?"
"I don't know, and don't care! But, just so you know, I would do ANYTHING to protect her! Don't hurt her!"
"I WON'T!" Zim bellowed back. Zim looked rather hurt. "I don't know if on Earth you hurt people whom you love, but I love her, and wouldn't hurt her for any reason."
Tis was watching, helpless, as two people she loved, each in a different way, were fighting. Both were on her side, but against eachother. 'I can do nothing...' She felt so helpless, so lost. So she did the only thing she could do: cry. She cried and screamed like the lost being she was. She screamed out her anger, cried out her agony. All this because of Zim and Dib fighting. 'WHY?! Why does this always happen to me? Always... Whenever I love someone, someone always steps in the way, ruining it. And it always has something to do with this planet. Earth. First Mari, (A/N: I'm gonna pretend that's Dib's mom's name, k?) now Zim and Dib. Both of them love me, each in a different way, but they hate eachother. Of course, it was different with Mari...'
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*FLASHBACK BEGIN*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
An unconcious Tis lay in the ruins of a Voot Runner, blood trickling down her face. A girl who looked much like Gaz does except with her eyes opened, and hair styled differently ran up to her, astonishment and triumph written on her face. "Ah, I, Mari, finder of alien. I like the sound of that." It quickly turned to concern however as she saw Tis, nearly dead. Without another word she picked her up and carried her away to her house.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*FLASHBACK END*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
(A/N: I'll give you more of her past soon. Only little bits at a time. 'Cause I'm evil.)
Tis was continuing to cry. Zim and Dib were continuing to yell. Gir, hearing the noise upstairs, decided to come up to see what was happening. Upon seeing Tis, some deep, distant part of his little retarded being, he registered that she was in distress. "Looks like someone needs a hug!" And he ran up to her and hugged her tightly. Tis gasped, and in her shock stopped crying a bit. Finally, she even began to hug him (her? it? *shrugs*) back. Even though she knew he didn't understand why she was crying, all she knew was that, maybe, he did care in a way.
"Hey! Guys!" She got their attention. "Look! There you are, fighting about me, and I've been crying the entire time, and you haven't even CARED! Look at this! The one that truly cares, that really wants to comfort me, is a retarded S.I.R. unit! You two are so caught up in arguing, that you forget about the very thing that your arguing about in the first place! You seem to care more about your rivalry than me." As she said these words, more tears stung her eyes. She didn't really know why.
Zim and Dib were now racing to her to comfort her. Not that they were far away. Actually only a few feet. They came to her. However, instead they just glared at eachother. Zim, full of hurt, pain, and anger about what the Tallest had done to him, decided to take it out on Dib. He leapt at him. Zim punched Dib, kicked him, scratched him, anything to cause Dib pain. Anything. Tis watched in horror, speechless. As Zim stopped to take a breath, Dib overtook him. He tackled Zim, just as ready to do the alien harm as Zim was to Dib. None of the two ran, or tried to evade or escape. They both had anger to let out. And it all had something to do with Tis (A/N: You'll learn more later. Trust me ;) ).
'What can I do to end this?' Tis thought frantically. 'What should I do? What should I do?! WHAT SHOULD I DO?!' In her frustration, she screamed. It was a scream that seemed to last for an eternity. Finally, she stopped, and silence prevailed. Zim and Dib looked at her, expecting her to say something. She didn't. No one did. The only thing heard was Tis's breathing, which was shallow and ragged. The air seemed thick to her. Thick with sadness, anger, and silence, as if these were solid things. However, soon Tis's breathing quieted, and there was nothing besides silence. The silence was so great, that soon, the only thing that penetrated it was a cracking sound. One thought that had earlier slipped from everyone's minds escaped their lips simultaneously.
"The egg!"