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Kad, his Kad, was talking to a frightened little smeet to calm it down.
"K…Kad please don't tell me that's yours." Zim stammered as he stared.
"Irk no! I found him near…there." Kad said sadly as she pointed to where a dark, limp shape lay. Zim looked over there and felt a twinge of pity for the smeet, after all its mother had been killed so it had no one. She picked the smeet up and held him close as she climbed out of the hole with mechanical spider legs, followed closely by Zim.
"Dad, don't leave the Massive! Beam us up!" Kad yelled up to the Massive as a beam of light surrounded them.
"So you're telling me you found him in a cave with a monster and his mother is dead?" Red asked angrily as he paced. Kad nodded and held the smeet closer. The trio left quietly and made their way to their suite without talking. Kad clambered onto the bed and stood on her hands and knees as she watched the smeet for a moment. Zim, looking the other way and not noticing she had stopped, ran straight into her backside.
"Zim!" she exclaimed as she almost toppled over.
"Sorry." He muttered, but eyed her again as he moved to the side slightly. He grinned and traced her sleek form and shivered in delight. But then he noticed something felt wrong.
"Not now." he moaned as he turned pale and slowly edged his way towards the edge of the bed. Then he jumped off the bed and quickly ran into the bathroom.
"What's his problem?" Kad asked Tak, but was surprised to see the look on Tak's face.
"Remember that movie we watched in health class? Well he was uh…" Tak stammered in embarrassment.
"Zim wouldn't try to…would he?" Kad said in a hushed voice. Zim burst into the room with an ashamed look on his face. He made his way slowly to the bed and never once looked up.
"Zim, you're okay right?" Tak asked him. He just winced and turned away. To their surprise he started to slowly walk towards the door. But before he reached it he looked over his shoulder at Kad and whimpered in shame.
"Kad, I love you. I've never felt this way before and now…There are so many things we could achieve and so many things we could do, it's just I want to be an invader more than anything. It's my dream, please understand that." He said this through a strained voice and for the first time, tears came to the corners of his eyes. He turned from them once more, "Goodbye Kad." He opened the door and ran. The only thought that came to his mind was 'what am I doing?' as he slowed to a jog once he got out of the Massive, which had landed back on Irk. He ran into his apartment where he quickly packed for Invader training, thankful that his roommate wasn't around to see him then start asking questions. He knew the trainers would make him forget, it would be hard to, but it was his dream to become an Invader. "From this day on, I will turn my back on love!" He said angrily. But somewhere in his heart, which was turning now turning cold and black, he longed for it once more. He picked up his suitcase and scribbled a note to Skoodge telling him he was leaving. He walked out the door and glared angrily back over his shoulder before walking quickly towards the teleporters.