Chapter 15

Zim was shooting through space in his spare voot cruiser that he'd kept in his space base, as he made his way towards Earth.

"OH, IRK HELP ME, I'M GOING TO SEE DIB!" Zim thought for the 30th time about turning back, but shook his head and kept driving forward. He had to remember he wasn't doing this to help himself...it was for his Tallest! For their smeet! "I HOPE HE'LL HELP ME!"

(Dib's house: 3:48 pm, Saturday)

Dib was in his room burping Zen. "Are you happy, little Zenny pie?"

Zen burped and wiggled his antennae. "BWAHAHAHAHAHAHEHEEHEHEEHE! (I am now!)"

Dib sighed. "You look more like Zim every day...I...kinda do miss him...maybe I should-"

(BOOM! SCREEEEE-CRASH!)

Dib ran with Zen to look out the window. "WHAT WAS THAT?"

"OOOOOwwww..." Zim fell out of his voot cruiser and looked up at Dibs' house, then at Dib himself in his window. "DIB!"

Zim jumped up and ran towards him. "I NEED YOUR...huh?"

Zim slowed to a stop as he laid eyes on his son for the first time ever.

"Is..." Zim began tentatively. "Is that... our smeeby?"

Zim walked to the foot of the house and raised himself up on his spider legs to get a better look at him.

Zens' eyes flew wide. "BLARGLE, BEH-BEH-BEH! (OMG! WHAT THE FISH IS THAT?)"

Dib smiled happily despite himself upon seeing his old boyfriend again. "Zim..."

In a flash the whole reason they weren't together anymore came rushing back and filled Dib with rage. He stepped back from the window, holding Zen possessively against his chest. "WHAT DO YOU WANT?"

Zim's features drooped. So he hasn't fogiven me yet. "Dib..."

Zim shook off his self-pity. His Tallest were counting on him! He couldn't let them down! He straightened himself up. "I need your help."

"Forget it!" said Dib. "I don't want anything to do with you, you SICKO!"

"It's not for me..." Zim said as calmly as he could. "The Tallest had a smeet and... they don't know what babies eat...I thought maybe you knew..."

"So what if I do?" Dib continued to glare. "That still doesn't give me a good reason to want to help you!"

"Look, Dib," Zim said seriously. "I'm sorry about everything... but I really need you to help me with this. Please! If you do, I...I swear to your god and my Tallest that I'll...never bother you again..."

Zim couldn't stop a tear from rolling down his cheek. "Ever again..."

Dib felt a twinge of pity, but his anger was still the more powerful emotion.

He growled, but nodded. "Fine... But I never want to see you again! Got it?"

Zim nodded. "Yes..."

Dib eyed him carefully, wondering if he really meant it and whether that's what he really wanted...NO! He couldn't second guess himself! Zim didn't deserve another chance with him or their son! But the Tallest...

"The Tallest should feed a young newborn milk." Dib said. "And when the baby is a little older, mushed meat, fruits and veggies...and stuff like that...when the baby is about 2 years old, they can eat normal food, but it's better if you slice it into little bite-sizes first. Is that good enough?"

Zim nodded. "Yes...thank you, Dib...I'll be off now. Take care and...goodbye."

Dib continued to glare at Zims' back as he climbed into his crunched up voot cruiser and took off, then immediately started crying when he was out of sight.

"WAAAAA! DON'T EVER HURT THE ONES YOU LOVE, ZEN!" Dib pleaded to his son and held him tighter. "PLEASE PROMISE ME! WAAAAAHHH!"

"Maaamaaababa...(Daddy...)" Zen murmured.

(At Zim's space base)

"And that's it my Tallest..."

"Thank you, Zim." said Red. "READY THE IRKEN COW!"

Off-screen, the irken cow mooed.

Zim ended the transmission

"...I'm sorry, Dib... I wish I could make it up to you, but... I'll keep my promise...I'll...never see you or our son...ever again."

(Page break)

Dib was angrily changing Zens' diaper. "Grrr...oh, the nerve of that...GRAH!"

He mechanically squeezed out some more baby powder. "He better keep his promise! Because if I EVER see him near me again I swear I'll--huh?"

He suddenly looked down as Zen started coughing. "GAH!"

Zen lay with his diaper around his head and powder all over the rest of him. "Puu? (That's the last time I pee with dad around...)"

Dib sighed. "You look so much like him...I miss him so much...but I still can't BELIEVE what he did to me! Grr...he said he loved me...but then he...hmm...he DID look kinda sad...mabye he really IS sorry..."

Dib sighed again as he fixed Zen up and carried him out. "I'm growing up tooooo fast..."

(On the Massive)

"Is she drinking it?" Red floated into his and Purple's shared room.

"Yup!" his co-Tallest grinned. "This is her 18th bottle in the last 6 hours!"

Magenta continued to suck happily on her bottle, pausing only to burp and sigh happily, then got right back on. (WELL, IT'S ABOUT TIME! BURP! HA!)

Purple giggled. "She's so cute..."

"Yeah..." agreed Red, as he sat next to Purple and hugged him. "I love you, Pur...(sniffle)"

"Are you crying?" Purple asked incredulously.

"YES!" Red cried happily.

Purple didn't know how to react to that, so he just ignored Red and went back to feeding his hungry smeet.

(Page break)

Zim was lying on the floor of his space base, feeling sorry for himself as usual.

"...I'm so happy I got to see the baby...he was so cute..." Zim smiled sadly. "But I know I shouldn't be there...Dib is right...I'm not a good father...I would just screw the poor kid up... Well, I can dream of a family at least..."

(Several sleepless hours later)

...Why? Zim thought to himself. Why can't I fix this error? Sure, I'm helping the Tasllest...they need it, but...I seem to somehow hurt Dib...I hurt everybody...I've probably even caused the Tallest pain...Well, NO MORE! I'll cut off my transmition with them!

"COMPUTER!" Zim said. "BLOCK ALL CALLS FROM THE TALLEST!"

The computer gave a mechanical sigh. "Okay..."

(End Chapter 15)

Princess of Despair: Looks like he did...but no more!

Invader Iza: I'm gonna go ahead and die after I'm done posting the next chapter to this story! I can't take the stress! Plus I'm lazy...so dying would be perfect for me! Is it really that fun? How did you die? Tell me your secrets!

Ri2: They try...

Ryu Forte: Was the talk everything you thought it would be? Zim is alone again now!

TezzWoods: Magenta should be good now...hehe, irken cows! X3

AntisociaLxMe: Zim just can't win...

Circusfreak92-I AM GIR: (catches doughnut and scarfs it) Mmm! Thaunks awot! XD

animeninjaNIPPON: The talk of doom! Is over!

Spicers apple: Yes, school is a very depressing place...but Zim in a nurse's outfit somehow makes it better doesn't it?

Invader Aqua: You say you love constructive critisism, eh? Then how come you don't give ME none, hm? Fair's fair, so if you want it from me, you have to give too! Otherwise I'll just do like you do and say it's a great chapter and demand reviewingness for my own work! XP