'Ello readers. This is the last chapter (thank you sweet Jesus)! I hoped all you readers liked it and if you didn't, I'm so sorry but SCREW YOU! I'm tired and as I stated before I finished this story before you even started it. Which is weird for me, I usually find out the ending when you do. But as I said earlier this story has really affected me. But Yay it's done! I hope you guys liked it though cause at times I was tired or sad or what not but I hope I end it well. And I say this now so that there are no questions about it. THERE WILL BE NO THIRD SEQUEL!
Okay enjoy. Buh, bye my faithful readers. And once again, thanks.
Closure For All!Gaz leaned against the craft as the icy winds whipped her purple hair across her face. She gnawed lazily on a piece of gum, her arms crossed for warmth. Antarctic wind tore through her clothing and skin. Her very core felt like dry ice. The air cut through her black leather jacket as though it were nothing. There was no escape from the cold. She was freezing but wouldn't complain out loud. The only thing she really complained about was the idiocy of mankind and the occasional complain about the lack pizza or soda. But her main complaint was the stupidity of her fellow man but it would not be a problem soon. The small robot with aqua eyes that had accompanied them didn't seem bothered at all. Maybe because he was made of metal or maybe because he couldn't feel. She didn't know. Gir bounced around in the snow like a maniac. A smile stretched across his metallic face. He jumped up and down the suddenly burrowed into it. Moment later he jumped up surfacing a few feet away from the spot he had disappeared from.
"AHH COLD! Jingly bells, jingly bells, jingly the snowman had a very furry hat! Silent night, holy cheese! Walnut roasting on an open flight!" the broken robot rambled on. And suddenly he was making a snowman at a frightening speed. It was lopsided and looked like it wanted to die. Gaz rolled her eyes and her gaze fell on Zim. He was standing beside a rocket that stood about four stories tall. It was made of a green tinted metal with purple bolts and nuts. On the side of it was a flip switch about Zim's height and size. He was struggling to push it up. The switch appeared to be frozen in place and yet Gaz did not assist him with her demonic strength. She just stood there. He would get it on his own soon enough. She knew that. He was weaker than her but still he had a decent strength level. She didn't care that he would get it soon on his own. Or at least that's what she kept shouting in her mind.
"I DON'T CARE! I DON'T CARE! I DON'T! DON'T, DON'T! DON'T CARE!" over and over in her mind. It was working a little. The pain in her chest was lessening, slightly. If she kept saying it maybe it would become true. Gaz squeezed her eyes shut even tighter. The teen was half afraid that her mascara would become frozen and her eyes would get stuck shut. Though nobody would probably notice the difference. Of course she would never see anyone who knew that she glared with squinted eyes. She would never see anyone again. She would never see her dad, her brother or any other human ever again…NOT THAT SHE CARED (sure)! She sighed and glanced over as she heard a victorious scream. Zim was standing there like an idiot his arms in the air, his red eyes shining with dark pleasure. There was white frost forming on his antennas but he didn't seem to notice. The alien trotted over to Gaz, "Gaz thing! Good news! Using my amazing strength I have flipped the switch into the on position which means the machine is on! And having it be on means it can work" he explained and then waited as though she were supposed to cheer and jump for joy. But of course, she did not. The teen only glanced over at Gir who was carrying on a conversation with the snowman. It fell over. Gir looked at it moment then shouted, "Hey! You died!" Gaz smiled a little but hid it and said, "We should get going then. I'm going to get into the ship. You should probably grab him." With that she opened the door and crawled in.
Dib yanked on the giant switch, "Yeeeargh! Yeh! Yeeeeeargh!" Dib moaned making those weird sound effects as he tried to pull the switch back down. (A/N: Man does anybody know how to spell those noises Dib makes? Well I don't so just pretend those were right.) Dib let go a moment staring at it. He cocked his head and examined it, "Got to think this through, Dib." He said talking to himself, "There must be a way to get it down. Just think and don't be rash." He blinked a few times then he sprung in to the air grabbing on to the switch. He held on just hovering there his legs pulled up, "Yeh!" he squeaked. Tak walked up to Dib shaking her head slightly, her purple hair falling over her eyes. She brushed it back and sighed, "Dib, stop. This is just sad. It obviously has been locked into place. The only way to stop Zim is to beat him to the other switches. Damn, I can't believe he was actually smart enough to have it lock when it's on. I'd say I under estimated him but he's still a moron so I'm going to have to say this was a floock. He finally did something right. This is bad for you and your people, Dib."
Dib and Tak were in Brazil. The heat was less then pleasant and the humidity was just about unbearable. The four-story rocket device was subtly hidden in the rain forest. It had crushed about two dozen trees which were sticking out from under it. It broke the tree line by about half a story. Dib was sweating profusely. There were dark stains under his pits on his long sleeved shirt. "Well," he panted, "If we cant get it then lets move on." He dropped to the ground, "Where again did you say Zim planted the other rockety things?" Dib wiped sweat from his large brow but the liquid immediately regrouped taking the place of the old sweat.
Tak, who had already taken the control, was barely listening said, "The earth magnetic poles." Dib crawled in after her and moaned, "Great! We go from burning up to freezing! And Tenna still has my jacket!" Dib's eyes narrowed in rage at just the thought of that shallow nut job. Tak glanced over at him, "Calm down, Dib. Soon you'll be a big hero and wont have to think about her ever again. Soon you'll be able to play a major role in the preservation of your planet! Continuing your species existence and all that stuff." as they took off Dib gave her a side-glance, "Speaking of which, you still haven't told me what your going to have me do."
"You'll find out as soon as we find Zim." She replied not even glancing over. Dib sighed at her cryptic answer. The ship lifted off and they rode in silence for the better part of an hour. (A/N: Sorry absolutely nothing interesting happened in that vehicle for that hour and talking about it would be wasting your life and mine.) Dib turned to face Tak. She was still wearing her human disguise. The human face was extraordinarily beautiful but he knew thinking she was really beautiful was like thinking someone wearing a Halloween mask was beautiful or terrifying, whatever emotion the mask was supposed to create. It was synthetic and he had to remember that. Dib closed his eyes and pictured what was underneath. Under that pale smooth skin was scaly green flesh; those white and light purple eyes hid the blank, dull, purple eyes of an Irken. This was an alien who had once tried to destroy his world. He had to remind himself of this. He couldn't think of her as the human ally he had dreamed of. She couldn't be a replacement Tenna.
"Uh…Tak? I was wondering if you could be all alieny looking? You're making me feel uh… I don't know."
"What?" she hissed. Then gave him a look, "Most humans find this look appealing and oh! Oh damn!" Tak glared at a small green screen. Her eyes were narrowed and she looked extremely up set.
"Dib! We're going the wrong way!" she was fuming.
"What? We're going the wrong way?" he echoed.
"Zim already armed this rocket! It just only appeared on the sensors now! God," she spun her head to face Dib, "What did you do to my ship? It should have reported this immediately but it shows the rocket has been armed for two hours! That means Zim is probably already to the northern pole! I should just dest-" she froze, "Oh never mind, human."
"Uh…" Dib just looked at her. Did Tak just get a whole lot meaner, or what? He didn't remember her being this way.
"Dib! Don't you care that Zim is about to win? Don't you care that…that he's going to be, ARGH!" the ship spun around and sped faster in the opposite direction.
"How long do you think 'til we get there?"
"Minutes!" she growled and pushing the purple pedal to the floor of the ship. (Do Voot Cruisers have pedals?) Her eyeliner-laden eyes narrowed. She couldn't let Zim have this; she couldn't let him have even a second of happiness. Besides him succeeding would ruin her plans. She and Dib needed to get there. She needed Zim and Dib together or else her plans would fall through!
Zim laughed as stood before the last rocket. The icy winds cut through his pink-stripped uniform but the Irken could care less. He was so close to victory he could taste it, "GAZ!" he called, "I'm so close to victory I can taste it!"
"Yeah," she sighed, "I…uh, know. I know." She was sitting in the ship her head in her hands. The pain in her chest was so intense she thought she would throw up. She raised her eyes to Zim. He was still just standing there babbling about how wonderful his victory would be. Gir had made what appeared to be an army of snowmen. There were at least twenty of them already built and the robot showed no signs of slowing. Gaz closed her eyes and tried to escape the feeling but she knew that wouldn't work. She knew what the only way to stop the pain was…
Zim laughed again then said, "It is time to seal my victory! With the yank of this switch I shall destroy all human life! Ah, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!" he reached up for the lever his gloved fingers twitching with anticipation. Zim wrapped his fingers around the switch he tensed. This was the moment his victory would truly be ensured.
Suddenly there was a sharp pain in Zim's side as though a defensive line had hit him backer. The alien hit the snow hard as another body fell atop his. Zim groaned and looked up half expecting to see Dib sitting on his chest but instead he saw Gaz laying on him looking distraught, her eyes actually open. They were sad, really sad.
"Gaz!" he growled, "What do you think your doing?" she closed her eyes and shook her head.
"I-I cant Zim. This may be a planet full of morons and jackasses but I can't let you kill everyone."
"Traitor! I should have known! Your filled with the same filthy blood as the Dib!" he spit the words out as though each were a curse word. Gaz sat up still sitting on Zim's chest.
"Come on Zim! Just think of it like this, could you destroy your own planet?"
"Yes! I have!" he stopped and glanced around, "Eh…it was an accident. But now, Gaz monster, I see where your loyalties lie!"
"Zim I, you don't understand do you? I am loyal to you! But I can't let you kill everyone. You know that…err… how do I show you! Oh…" she glanced around, "Here!" The teen grabbed him by the shirt and pulled Zim up. She pressed her lips to his. The Irken's eyes grew large then closed. He let her kiss him a moment then stopped. He grabbed her by the arms and practically threw her off of him. She landed in the snow beside him. Zim scrambled to his feet and glared down at her. There was fire in his eyes and venom in his voice, "Trying to distract me are you? With your…things that you do!" he touched his lips, "I don't know what trickery that was but…" he stiffened, "It wont work!" he put his boot on her chest, "I will succeed Gaz! With or without you! And once I turn on that device then there will be no stopping me! You could have…" his voice quieted and turned into an indistinguishable murmur. Gaz looked at the boot pressing down on her front and sighed.
"Zim. You idiot." She whispered and grabbed his ankle. Before he could react she sharply twisted it to the right. Zim screamed in agony and fell back in to the snow. He barked his words like an angry dog, "Fine Gaz! I'm going to turn on that machine and then I will leave you here! You can be one of the first humans to ever freeze to death!"
"Millions of humans have frozen to death." She said calling him on his stupidity. He stared at her blankly then began to crawl toward the machine.
"Zim!" she called as he inched his way back to it but he was tuning her out trying to forget the feeling in his own chest and the feeling that had come with her pushing her lips against his. Since he wasn't paying attention he didn't grasp that when she had called to him it had been a warning. A blue light struck his back causing Zim to fall face first into the snow as though he had been punched in the back. Slowly the Irken raised his head and turned it. A red ship descended from the sky. Before it had even touched down the door swung open and Dib hopped out. He struck a "I'm here to save the day" stance with his hands on his hips and his head tilted up. Gaz narrowed her eyes and turned her head to the side. Some thing wrong…
The ship hit the ground stirring up the snow. Dib ran up to Zim, "Hey Zimmy! There a problem? Did the laser hit your too hard?" Zim made a scoffing noise.
"Do not flatter yourself human! My state is not from your puny attack! Yours was a mild discomfort!"
"Yes well mine will be slightly worse than the human's!" Tak said climbing out of the ship holding a red laser gun. Her eyes were narrowed with purple hair blowing over them, a dark smile was spread across her glossy lips. She raised the weapon slightly, the smile spreading. Dib grinned evilly at Zim. His smile disappeared immediately when his arm was hit by a laser blast.
"AHH! Tak!" he cried gripping his, now limp, arm. He looked at her desperately, "You hit me!" She rolled her eyes. The human façade fazed away leaving only the Irken he had known was in there all along.
"I know I hit you Dib. I was aiming for you."
"Wh-why!" his eyes were huge and still desperate. He was clearly hoping that this was not happening.
"Why? I already told you! My mission was ruined! You were a part of that too Dib. I will kill Zim for stopping me from becoming the Invader I deserved to be but…" she sighed, "I hate losing and that's what you two idiots did! You made me lose! And…I…don't…like…that! Oh and Dib. This should make you happy, Tenna didn't dump you!"
"What?" Dib asked, his mouth hanging open. She laughed a little, "She was so weak minded one little flash from my eyes and she was willing to do or write what ever I told her. I was going to have her tell you in person but…she sounded so monotone. I swear she sounded like a zombie! It would have been no good."
"W-where is she?" his chest was tightening. Tak merely shrugged, "I suppose she's probably still sitting at the bench where I left her."
"TAK!" Zim hissed glaring at the other Irken not caring in the least about the drama going on, "You should have stayed out in space because this time I really will destroy you!" She laughed loud, and harshly, "Zim. I do believe that your laying face down in the snow with…what appears to be a broken ankle and a laser pointed at your ugly fat head!"
"Tak! Why? Why did you go through the trouble of acting like you wanted to help me save the earth and stop Zim if your just going to kill me?" Dib asked.
"Well I really did want to stop Zim. Him succeeding would mean he'd die happy and I really didn't want that. I don't mind you dieing at peace because I like you, Dib!" She smiled, "Hey Zim! I bet when the Tallest find out that I killed you they'll probably make me an elite right on the spot! They hate you, you know that Zim? They all hate your guts, I just thought that you'd like that tid bit of knowledge before you die-!" Tak fell forward when the oversized boot connected with her back. She whipped her head around and saw Gaz standing over her. The teen had her arms crossed, "You Irkens really do talk to much." She reached down and grabbed Tak by the collar. She lifted her and flung the Irken girl like a rag doll into the machine, putting a dent in it. Gaz tromped over to Tak. Tak shook her head and lunged at the teen. The Irken and girl wrestled around in the snow punches and kicks flying. Dib and Zim just sat there numbly watching. Tak pulled one of Gaz's pigtails. Gaz's eye twitched, "Don't touch my hair!" she screamed and kicked Tak in the stomach. Tak flew back and slammed into the machine again this time sparks flew and an electric energy scrambled over the whole thing. Tak screeched as she was electrocuted. She went limp. Dib got up and walked over to her with his good arm he touched her neck and waited. Then he announced, "She's alive!" Gaz staggered to her feet and flipped her collar, "She shouldn't have touched the tails!" Gaz walked up to her brother, "You okay?" he stared at his sister a moment then nodded. She nodded back then punched his arm. He screamed loudly.
"Don't be so stupid!" she commanded, "Just cause a girl acted nice to you for the first time in your life is no excuse for being a moron! Now take Tak's ship and go home!"
"But…"
"NOW!" he nodded and slunk into the ship and took off. Gaz huffed then turned to Zim and just stared at him. He stared back at her. The two stood/sat there for a few minutes in silence. Finally Gaz said, "You're my only ride home."
"You destroyed the machine," he said glancing over at the spot where Tak still lied, "Next time I try to destroy the earth you'll try to stop Me." there was obviously a battle going on in his heart/head. She sighed and shrugged, "Maybe. Don't include me in the plotting. Zim let's head home."
She walked over to him and hoisted him up letting Zim put his weight on her. Zim and Gaz walked/limbed to the Voot. Gir fallowed and hopped in after the two. Gaz drove it because Zim was in the state that he was in. After a while Zim turned to Gaz and said, "That thing…with the lips…what was that?" Gaz smiled a little.
"I'll tell you later. And I'll also explain an earth custom called "dating", your going to need to know about that. Zim looked at her and cocked his head to the side.
THE NEXT MONDAY AT SCHOOL
Dib looked at Tenna and she looked back into his eyes. She dropped her gaze and handed him his jacket. He swallowed and took it. Dib slid it over his shoulders then looked Tenna hard in the eye, "You're sure? You're sure this is what you want?" she raised her gaze to meet his, "I…I am." She turned and faced toward where a group of rainbow colored girls were standing and chattering mindlessly. She sighed and walked toward them.
"Hey girls!" she called waving. They smiled at her, "Hey Tenn why weren't you at the mall?" asked a red headed red clad girl. The blonde, Tenna shrugged, "Oh you know." She looked back at Dib. She swallowed and got a determined smile.
"Hey Girls. Wanna meet my new boyfriend?" she waved him over and Dib strolled up to the girls. He smiled and put his arm around Tenna, "Hello ladies. I'm Dib, Tenna's boyfriend!" they just stared their overly lip sticked mouths hung open. Finally the blue clad girl snapped her mouth shut then cleared her throat, "Oh, uh…yeah Tenn the group's getting a little crowded so we need to take a break from some of the older members. So your presence is no longer required." The other rainbows closed their mouths and struck superior stances. Tenna's left eye twitched. She swallowed hard, "Okay. But just keep something in mind. You guys are bitchs and two-dimensional characters! Come on Dib!" she turned on her heal and left. As they walked away Tenna began to moan, "Aw man! This is not how the story is supposed to end!"
"What do you mean?" Dib asked cocking an eyebrow.
"Well…I still care! I'm still shallow and wish that they were my friends! What kind of ending is this?"
BOOM! The walls shook. Tenna and Dib spun around. Zim and Gaz were standing there near a gapping hole where the rainbows used to be. Zim was holding a rocket launcher looking thing. He glanced over at Gaz, "Uh…there are still a few bugs to work out of the Obliterator…it still some times fires randomly." Gaz just shrugged, "No real lose. Zim, remember that date thing I told you about? Well we're going to go out on another one tonight." The two walked away. Tenna blinked a few times.
"Oh…well that takes care of that! Wanna skip class and go back to the lab to think of a new way to stop Zim from destroying the planet?" Tenna asked hopefully. Dib smiled and nodded, "Sure. That is…if we can get past the lasers outside."
"I think we can manage." She kissed him on the cheek and the two set off.
THE END. (cute ending, eh?)
There. That ended a lot better than I had planned will it's one oh something in the morning and I am done! does a happy dance Thank you readers and GOOD NIGHT! kisses readers' cheek sorry! I'm just so happy! PLEASE REVIEW. If you don't I'll destroy you! ;)
