Lilly looked at the refection in the water staring back at her. Tears distorted her reflection as they hit the pond water in the park. She wiped the wet trails away with the doggy suit sleeve and cried harder. The butterfly was gone, and she realized was all alone and lost on an alien planet. Zim was going to yell at her, he would say that he would disappointed in her, and maybe that he didn't want her any more. That she was just trouble and that he shouldn't of taken her. The sun began to set, the park activity died down to a few humans, mostly couples looking at the red sky. Soon it would be dark, thoughts of being lost forever raced through her head. She striped of the dog suit, and began to look around to see if anything was familiar. She felt stupid in only paying attention to the butterfly. But it was so hard to focus on anything else, it was colorful and bright. She sniveled and made a bed out of the dog suit and laid down in it, cuddling into the sent of GIR(tacos and candy) which calmed her down. She didn't feel so lonely. But she wasn't alone. From the bushes, a big headed shadow crouched, watching. All day he had followed and studied her every move, debating if he should kidnap her or not. The thought alone made him sick. Kidnap? A paranormal investigator he was, but not a kidnapper, even if it was the alien scourge of the universe. So he waited for Zim to come a claim her so he could trap him. It was obvious that she knew him, she had GIR's suit. But it seemed that Zim wasn't going to come anytime soon. He would have to go home soon before it was to dark to see in the park. He sighed and packed up his things and turned for home, but tiny weeps made him turn back. The little alien shivered in fear and cold. Dib smacked himself on the forehead. "Come on Dib, it's the enemy. She's a blood thirsty monster tying to destroy the human race. Why should I care if she freezes to death...in the dark...alone." Pity came over him, as he heard her tiny cries. "Well, if I take her home, I can hold her for ransom, and Zim will have to surrender to me! Yes, it's perfect, it will be so simple! Yeah, I'll take her home and demand her to tell me everything to know about Zim's weaknesses and..." Dib stopped his ranting as he noticed the little alien staring at him with a confused look. Dib smiled sweetly and asked in a very soothing voice, "Are you lost kid. I can take you to my place. You shouldn't be out here all alone at night. It isn't safe." Lilly sunk as deep into the costume as she could go. Dib slowly stepped closer. Lilly took a defensive stance and growled at the strange human. Clearly unthreatened, Dib kneeled down beside her and began to look at her more closely. "Are you sick, your really pale?" Dib asked. Lilly didn't respond at first. She just stared at the boy, then tears slowly formed around her eyes and she hugged him out of loneliness. Dib was taken by surprise at her sudden action. He quickly picked her up and held her, concealing her in his coat. He looked around to see if anyone was looking and ran home through the night with the crying baby in his arms.

(dramatic no?)

Zim searched everywhere on the block twice over with sad GIR in his dirty boy costume by his side. GIR cried, he understood what her had done. Zim was angry at first, but took most of the blame himself trusting GIR with Lilly when she was his responsibility. He forgave GIR and took him out to help in the search. In the empty streets he stood under a street light, worrying for his little companion. GIR shrieked her name, but all that responded was his own echo. Zim looked up to the stars, wondering where she was. "Dammit! It's all my fault!" Zim yelled at himself. GIR looked up sadly at his master. "I'm sorry." GIR whimpered. Upon looking at little teary eyed robot he sighed. She must have been so scared all alone at night. "GIR, it wasn't your fault, and being sorry won't get her back." Zim said. "Come on, we're not going to find her standing here wishing she was back." GIR saluted and continued his search. Little did they know, a few blocks down, Lilly was tucked snuggly into the trench coat of Zim's mortal enemy.

"Where were you son? It's late." Said the floating image of the professor from behind him. Dib froze in the hallway, praying that his dad wouldn't see the tiny alien he hid in his jacket. "These foolish late night outing is what got you into summer skool young man." Professor Membrane sighed. "Your growing up, it's time you put aside those childish fantasies of aliens and monsters." Dib turned to face the image of his dad, only to find on the bottom of the screen "message recorded from earlier today" in bright red and yellow staring right back at him. But the image of his father was a sad one, it hurt Dib. His father had predicted what he would do, but he didn't have the time or the guts to face him about it. Dib walked to his room disgusted and slammed the door behind him. Inside his jacket Lilly squirmed restlessly, trying to see where the strange human took her. Dib unzipped his jacket and set her on the bed. They stared at each other for awhile, not really sure what to make of the other. Lilly had recognized Dib's profile from listening to Zim's constant ranting. She realized the situation she was in, but it was better then being alone. Dib after taking a close look, pondered how he didn't squish the little Irk under his jacket. She was so tiny that he could of fit her body in an inside pocket if he had one. "Zimmy." Lilly said sadly. Dib sighed, laid on the floor and look at his ceiling covered in glow stars. "How'd you get lost?" Lilly didn't respond. Dib rolled over and looked up to her eyes. "How do you know Zim, is he your brother?" Lilly shook her head. "You don't talk much, do you?" "Are you gonna autopsy me now?" Lilly asked shakily. "Do you even know what an autopsy is?" Dib asked in a half laugh. Lilly again shook her head. "You seem too nice to be hanging out with Zim. What's your name?" Lilly though a bit before giving her name to her guardian's enemy, but she trusted him for some strange reason. "Lilly." She squeaked. She eyed Dib nervously, then asked. "Why did you take me with you? Zimmy said that you would do bad things if you caught me." "Yeah well, your not what I expected. I thought you where gonna be evil like Zim." Flames flew in Lilly's eyes. "Zimmy's not evil, he stood up for me when they were gonna kill me. He took me home even that I get in the way of his mission. He made the bad people go away when they picked on me. He took me home even though I'm an error." "Yeah, and he's trying to destroy an entire planet and enslave the human race." Dib snapped. Lilly bit her lower lip not knowing what to say. She didn't understand why Zim always wanted to destroy others. "I want Zimmy." "Weren't you listening to me? Zim is bad! You don't want to be raised by him! He's a thing of pure evil!" Dib yelled at her. Lilly replied with pleading eyes for him to stop talking about her guardian. Unable to face her sad eyes, Dib turned around and nervously scratched the back of his head. "Well, he can be sort of ok sometimes... I guess. Well not really, I mean, he does want to destroy the..." "STOP IT!" Lilly burst out suddenly. "Leave Zim alone!" She cried. Dib looked down to the ground, feeling like shit. "I'm sorry. He's the only one that looks after you isn't he. I shouldn't of said that." Dib looked at her apologetically. "I can't take you home now (that be a lie. Oooooo bad Dibby.) its to late. But can I do anything for you for tonight? Are you hungry, thirsty, cold?" Lilly shook her head and yawned. Dib smiled and got extra blankets and a pillow from the closet. He made a small bed on the floor, and put her in it. "You've had a long night, you should get some rest. I'll be back in a little while, I have to...uuuuh, get stuff." Lilly curled up in the blankets and smiled briefly at Dib, then laid down to sleep. Dib left the room, returning with the top half of a rabbit cage and a polaroid camera. He placed the cage over the sleeping alien gently and started taking pictures. He smiled as he thought of Zim's face, looking at the pictures of his precious Lilly trapped in a tiny little cage all alone. He wasn't doing anything wrong. Lilly was fine, he wasn't going to hurt her. It was just pretend. He hoped that she would one day forgive him for the horrors he was gonna unleash upon Zim, but it was for her own good. He wouldn't mind raising her himself if it got Zim out of the way. He held the developing photos in his hand, smiling a smile of victory. It was 10:00pm, the night had just begun. It was time for preparations for tomorrows perfect day. The day when Earth was no longer threatened by Zim's evil.

In the park, Zim sat, holding the doggy suit that Lilly had shed. His heart had sunk, his hope almost gone, for the little baby he lost.