Author's Notes: I do not own Invader Zim, Jhonen Vasquez does

Another long wait, so sorry everyone. I guess I have a life just like a normal person, no wonder I don't update haha. Basically you'll see a lot of Irken power usage here, some words are made up, this isn't DBZ style, it's more like "inner chi"...Anyway here's CH 9.

Ch 9 – Battle in the Tower Pt 2 (Escape)

Dib's eyes grew wide, his throat completely dry.

"Tak!"

She gave him a wryly smirk and placed the palm of her hand onto his chest

"Gi aerio ...edat posterore!"

A large gust of wind sprung forth from her hand and knocked Dib backward, sending him into Zim, forcing them to the ground. Zim pushed Dib off grudgingly and glared at Tak.

"What are you doing? Don't you know he's the enemy..." he stopped for a moment and spoke quietly, "...how are you able to speak ancient Irken?"

Tak smiled and waved her hand over her head in a careless gesture, "I'm lucky Zim, just like you."

A gentle clapping noise erupted around the room and everyone looked up at Blue.

"I am pleased with what my dear Tak has accomplished. I suppose you thought she was on the good side eh Zim?" he gave a laugh and smiled at the rage visible on Zim's face.

"I should've known that you would always be by the side of a Tallest!" Zim spat angrily at Tak, she gave him no words as he continued to shoot rude remarks at her, "You're nothing but a backstabbing, double agent TAK!"

"SHUT UP ZIM!"

Zim turned to Dib, who had risen and placed his hand on Zim's shoulder.

"Tak isn't like that..." he said quietly, Zim sighed and placed his own gloved hand on Dib's shoulder. He looked at Dib with a piteous glare.

"Oh you poor stupid...STUPID...human... do not let your emotions and human feelings blind you..."

Dib gave him a sour look, " EMOTIONS? I'm serious!"

Tak gave a slight cough, "Excuse me, but you're all going down to the prison cell now. You'll be made into slaves for Irk"

Blue interrupted, "No Tak, they will not."

She looked up at him with a surprised expression on her face, "No?"

He shook his head blithely, "Kill them"

Her surprised look quickly turned into panic, "Kill them?" She turned around to face him and gestured wildly with her arms, "You said that they would just be captured and forced to work under us, NOT KILLED!"

He gave small grin but his eyes squinted in a dangerous manner, "Are you questioning my command..."

She stepped back and shook her head quickly, "No...not at all"

"Good, now..." he waved his hand and bellowed, "DESTROY THEM ALL!"

Tak looked at Zim and Dib, then to Gaz and the teenagers with her. They looked at her, hoping she wouldn't do it.

Dib stepped toward her and whispered, "Please Tak, you don't want to kill us."

She watched him step closer to her, making now movement to stop him; he continued to speak softly to her.

"Come on, I know you wouldn't stoop that low. You're better than that. Sure you probably want to kill Zim but...you wouldn't really kill me..."

She gasped slightly as his hand took hold of hers and held it; she looked into his eyes and saw him smile, to her surprise, she smiled back.

Blue couldn't see what they were doing, but was growing impatient and annoyed at the scene of a human moving closer to his mate.

"TAK!"

She flinched at the sound of his voice, "Sir?"

"I said...KILL THEM...NOW!"

She looked at Dib in panic then at Zim.

"Zim..." she whispered quietly, leaving Dib's hand and grabbing his, "I need you!"

Dib and Gaz got the wrong idea of the words and glared angrily at the two Irkens.

Zim's face became twisted in confusion, "Wha...well...this is so...sudden..." his cheeks became a dark crimson.

Tak pulled him by one of his antennae and whispered to him, 'NO not like that! I need you to help me get everyone out of here by using Ancient Irken powers!"

"OOOOH..." Zim nodded and took her hand; he motioned for everyone else to gather close to them. As soon as everyone had physical contact to Zim and Tak, the two aliens spoke in unison.

"Aliment Irken, rimuoval veua edat una posizione sicur, TELEPORT!"

Blue called forth a few soldiers, "GET THEM!" but it had become too late. A large circle surrounded the group and in a flash of light they were gone. Blue growled deep and low, his blood boiled with hate to the betrayal of his mate. His eyes that held the rage of the storm now roared fiercely.

"Find the one called Tak and bring her to me, I shall deal with her myself."

He clenched his fist and watched as his men took off to find her.

----Meanwhile

The group ended up in an abandoned part of the city of Irk. They all took a sigh of relief and began to make a small fire to huddle around.

Zim took Tak by the hand and rubbed the back of his neck, "I owe you an apology, and I guess you truly are a good person."

She gave a smile, and then quickly socked him in the stomach, he whimpered and fell over.

"WHAT WAS THAT FOR?"

She put her hands on her hips, "I may be good, but I still hate you." She turned and walked away leaving him rolling on the ground.

Dib pointed and laughed, "You had it coming Zim!"

"Shut up!"

Dib gave one last heartfelt laugh and followed Tak. He saw her sitting on the ledge of a broken building, the blood red sunset gave her the appearance of a female warrior looking upon a death ridden battlefield.

He sighed and took a seat beside her, to his astonishment, she leaned against him.

"I'm sorry Dib" she said softly, in a voice that Dib never heard.

"For what?"

"For betraying you guys, and lying, and making you think I didn't love you..."

Dib looked at her, "you love me?"

She quickly sat up and shook her head, "Uh no I meant that I loved ALL you guys, like a family!" she gave a small laugh and tried to hide her embarrassment.

"Oh..." Dib looked up at the sky; a trace of disappointment crossed his face. Tak felt a sense of guilt and held his hand. He looked at her, "Why'd you do that?" he asked in puzzlement.

"Do what?"

He motioned to her hand that was now holding his, with their fingers intertwined.

"Oh, well, because you did it to me and you seemed to like it. I also saw Zim do it with his human girlfriend and they seemed to like it. So I assumed this is a way of showing affection, or am I wrong?"

He smiled and held her hand firmly in his, "No, you're right"

They stayed like that for a few moments; soon they noticed it was quiet. They turned around and saw Zion and Kirei fast asleep, Zim and Gaz were nowhere in sight.

"Where could they have gone?" Tak looked around but felt Dib grab hold of her hand.

"Don't worry about them Tak, I have a pretty good idea on what they're doing."

She notice he was smiling in a devilish manner, "If you say so Dib"

Her waist was soon wrapped up in his arms and she felt her body press against Dib. At first she was about to speak in protest, but all too soon her lips were taken by Dib's. She stood there for a moment, not sure whether to pull away or not, soon her body took over her better judgment and she returned his kiss.

They suddenly broke away and she stared at the ground, her face incredibly hot. She took in several breaths and placed her head against Dib's chest, listening to his heartbeat that quickened from the kiss. She shut her eyes.

"Dib..."

He looked down at her, "Yeah?"

"What does it mean when I feel happy to be with you, and when I look at you I feel safe and at home? When I cry and think of you, my tears stop...when nothing else seems to matter...only you?"

He blushed, "You're in love then"

She sighed and nuzzled her face into his chest, "I think I'm in love with you then Dib"

He blushed even more, and hugged her against him, "Are Irkens allowed to love?"

She grinned, "Zim did it didn't he?"

"Yeah but, isn't he defective?"

She laughed and gave Dib a slight push. He smiled and took her hands in his.

"I love you Tak"

Tak felt her heart skip a few beats; she liked hearing him say those words.

"Then you'll mate with me"

"HUH?" Dib was taken aback by her casual way of suggesting they mate, "WHAT? HERE? NOW?"

"Whats wrong?" She smiled at him

"Nothing but...couldn't we wait until we have a more romantic scenario, or a honeymoon!"

"Dib it's just sex"

He thought his eyes popped out, "THE FORBBIDEN ACT!" he made an 'X' with his fingers and held it out towards her, she took his wrists and put her face very close to his.

"If you're really that afraid to do it then we can wait"

He blinked, thinking it over, "Well, not like we'll have any other time to do this. Since we're fighting and all, and Zim and Gaz are probably...well...you know..they might come back when we're done...but.."

"So...?"

Dib looked at Tak and smiled, 'I..uh...guess it's ok?"

"You 'guess'?" she frowned

"I mean ok!"

She smiled and took him by the hand, leading them away from the sleeping teens.

"Wait um Tak?"

"Yes?"

"Irken females, um...their bodies...are they just like human girls?" He stammered, unsure of how to word himself.

"If you mean the body parts are in the same place then you'll have to find out for yourself Dib"

She gave him a seductive grin and tugged him away.

Ok first off, NO, Irkens cannot reproduce in "JHONEN VASQUEZ's" Invader Zim, but they do here so there! Secondly, I'm sorry this one was rushed a bit, it's late and I did all I could to fit everything in right. LASTLY! Yes they all go get jiggy with it, for they must have those kids. Go on and flame me, FLAME AWAY! I know you want to.

Translations for A.I.P (ancient irk power):

"Gi aerio ...edat posterore!" – Air power...blow my enemy away!

"Aliment Irken, rimuoval veua edat una posizione sicur, TELEPORT!"- Ancient Irkens, remove us from enemy view, to a hidden location, TELEPORT!