From the cherished memories of Invader Sideos. Continued from the last chapter so just keep on reading m'yep. WOOOO big fight scene here. I think I wrote this bit at 12:00/12:30 while hyped up on coffee.

I don't own Zim…but maybe if I killed the nick guys I would…

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Dib arrived just missing Mathew duck behind the stands. He saw Zim standing in the middle of the field with his eyes closed. He looked totally unarmed but then again he always looked unarmed. Dib walked straight towards him, his trench coat swirling about in the wind. He stopped a few feet in front of Zim who still didn't open his eyes. Dib spoke first making sure that his voice showed none of the uncertainty his insides were.

"Well Zim, you called for a fight but you don't look very prepared" He needed to make sure to anger Zim. To get him to make stupid angry mistakes during their battle. However Zim's reply was cold and calm, something Dib was not used to hearing from the hot-headed alien.

"Don't worry Dib you will be crushed soon enough" His eyes shot open and Dib had to stop himself gasping. There was something in Zim's eyes that wasn't right. That wasn't Zim...

"I will destroy you into nothing Dib. This will be our final fight" He began to slowly walk left and Dib replied by walking right. This was a little ritual that had grown from the fights they had so frequently had during the years. They would walk in a circle each waiting till one of them made a mistake. The tiniest twitch would be enough to decide who would swing first. This had sometimes even decided the winner of the fight. However usually the winner left the other in the dirt, humiliated and defeated but tonight each one could tell it would not end that way. Dib had suddenly noticed that Zim was wearing his disguise and jock-top, something his mind warned him he should have noticed the moment he saw him.

"Why the cover up Zim? You never usually wear it during our fights"

"That's because tonight, foolish Dib, we are not alone" Dib stopped and suddenly looked about him panic clearly written on his face. Behind him Zim held his hand in the air and clicked his fingers. The jocks that had been hiding behind the stands saw the signal and walked out blocking the exits. Dib spun back round but anger, not panic, now showing.

"You brought your bastard jock friends here to help you! You're a coward Zim" Zim answered back clearly annoyed at Dibs 'coward' insult.

"Fool they are only here to make sure none of us runs away during our fight. And to make sure that I win" He said with a sly grin.

Dib eyes grew wider "Wait this is a set up isn't it? This is some sort of prep test right? So you can fully become one of them." Dibs eyes narrowed back in anger and they resumed their circling "This isn't about old times...This is to prove to them that you can beat up weaker people right?" Dib grew a wicked smile "But I'm not week Zim. And you know that"

"I'll admit Dib you have been a worthy opponent but this is different. I am now I am more powerful then you can ever be. I have my PAK, my increased height and my new found strength" Rain began to poor down from the heavens but this didn't effect Zim clearly he had prepared more then Dib had expected. Dib tried one last taunt.

"It doesn't matter what you do to yourself Zim. You'll always be a defect" This was the trigger Dib had been looking for. Zim immediately launched himself at Dib and the fight begun. Dib side stepped Zim and swung around to attack but Zim had already recovered and bounded back at him and Zim landed a punch straight into Dibs stomach. Dib reeled back from the attack. It's true he is stronger Dib thought.

But he suddenly felt another punch to the side of face and he fell onto the mud.

"HAHAHA Dib-beast, had enough already?" the familiar Zim laugh ringing in his ears but then Zim's voice changed becoming colder and...Less Zim-like

"Get up Dib. Get up and fight me"

Near to the stadium door Torque and Mathew stood squinting thru the pouring rain. They could barely make out the two people on the dark grounds.

"Hay someone's down is it Zim?"

"Don't be stupid Zim's the green one. It must be Dib. Zim's won lets get him and get out of here"

"Wait Torque look" Mathew pointed at a blackish shape rising off the ground "Their gonna carry on"

"Damm I wanted to go home"

Dib pulled himself off the floor wiping blood from his mouth. What was that in Zim's voice? I've never heard him talk like that before...

"Come on Dib-worm I want to beat you and get home before G.I.R destroys something important" That was more like it. Dib resumed his attack and landed a few blows to Zim but all the time it just seemed like Zim was playing with him.

Then Zim retaliated...hard. He began pummelling Dib in the stomach and face, Dibs blocks kept him from being seriously harmed but he didn't know how long he could keep up his feeble defence. Then Zim kicked Dib hard in the chest sending him flying into the ground with a thud.

Inside he felt a rib crack. He knew he couldn't fight any more. But Dib was not about to surrender so easily. With the rain washing away the blood from his face Dib lifted himself up with an elbow ignoring the pain inside him.

"Ok Zim, so maybe you are stronger, it won't stop me from beating you. I just have to adapt to it and..."

"HAHAHAHA FOOOOOL!" Zim cut Dib off surprising him. It's that voice again. Zim looked at Dib with is eyes filled with hate.

"I am not only stronger, Dib, I am evolved. I have become more then you ever will" Zim suddenly stopped with confusion replacing the anger.

"Wait what?" He looked down onto his hands as if seeing them for the first time "Why did I say that?"

"HAY ZIM!" a shout rung out from across the field causing both their heads to turn to its direction. They saw Torque and the other jocks waving at them.

"Congratulations you've won! You beat Dib" Torque yelled above the sound of the rain. Zim looked to the shocked Dib on the floor he had forgotten they were here.

"Err yea I suppose I have...Wait" That voice had took over again and when Zim turned to look back at Dib he had that strange glint to his eye.

"I need to make sure I have truly beaten him. Like I said Dib this would be our final fight" Then Zim reached down into his boot and slowly drew out a long blade. All the while grinning psychotically. Dib tried to back away but he was too week to lift himself far. The jocks were to faraway to save him, which he doubted they would. Zim began to advance on him the blade held turned down in his hand.

"Zim that's not you its something else, you've got to stop it. Zim don't come any closer...ZIM!" And at that Dib pulled out a pistol. Zim stopped and then laughed, but not like the real Zim.

"You think a water pistol is going to stop me? Look around you Dib its raining and I've washed in paste, it wont effect me" Dib grew a sly, confident, smile but inside he was sick with fear.

"True but this is not water. Its bbq sauce" Dib looked Zim right in the eye "Its really strong bbq sauce" Zim looked at him with complete hate.

"You're bluffing"

"Try me"

The two enemies looked straight into each other eyes. Each weighing the factors of what would happen either way. Zim smiled that strange smile.

"I'll take my chance" And just as he was about to leap forward to deliver the final blow the sky lit up and roared with thunder. Zim suddenly stopped.

"Dib why do you have a gun? Wait...Why do I have a combat blade? Dib what's going on?"

Dib just looked down and said "You won. Congrats prep"

At that moment Torque arrived and gave Zim his usual slap to the back causing Zim to silently drop the blade. Luckily Torque didn't notice. Dib also quickly pocketed the water gun.

"I couldn't here what you were saying back their because of this damm thunder. Come on we've got a party ready for you at Mary's house lets leave this loser and go" Zim just nodded and began to walk off. But he stopped and turned around looking at Dib lying on the floor. Torque stopped and turned too.

"What is it?" Zim walked over to Dib and silently held out his hand. Dib looked into Zim's eyes for a second as if searching for a trace of that...thing that was their before. Satisfied he took it and Zim helped him up. Then without looking at Dib he turned and walked away with Torque at his side looking at him strangely.

"What'cha help the geek for Zim?" Dib just barely heard Zim's voice above the sound of the rain.

"Because worthy opponents deserve respect"

Later on Zim was sat on couch thinking. Around him there was a raving party thrown only for him. It was all in his honour and yet he didn't care. His mind was trying to fill the blanks in what happened at the track field. He could remember only snippets of the fight. But the question that bugged him the most was not what happened, but why could he not remember? He narrowed his eyes. He knew that it had to be something to do with the 'teen' serum. But there was nothing in that serum that could cause such strange behaviour.

"What's the matter Zimmy you look worried" Zim snapped out from his daze to the voice on his side. He turned to see it was Mary and he smiled at the nickname Mary had given him.

"Nothing it doesn't matter" he placed his hands behind his head and lent back. "I was just thinking about the fight" Mary nodded.

"I heard that you helped the guy you were fighting up. What was his name Dig...Diz…?"

"Dib" corrected Zim with a hint of annoyance. Dib was the smartest human he knew, and yet he is ignored because he tells the truth. Humans are strange things...they'll make good slaves thou, he laughed inwardly.

"Yea why did you do that? I mean he's a dork" she said moving slightly closer to him. Zim glanced at her deciding whether she could be trusted with the story he could tell her. She is the most intelligent of theses fools, and she has been at my side defending and informing me of the other preps. Maybe I should tell her. However another voice began to speak up, Nonsense you are Zim! You are invader elite and invaders do not trust the people they are trying to conquer. For now the invader within him won.

"We have a long history of...dislike. We have always fought and we probably always will but we also respect each other, as rivals"

"Yea I know that but why? Why do you fight?" She was pushing further; she knew that Zim was not telling her something but what?

"I mean humans aren't born hating each other" Zim had to suppress a laugh. Humans aren't but I'm not a human am I?

"It's too complicated to explain." He laughed and said, with more meaning then he wanted, "If I told you I'd have to kill you"

He got up to walk out the door "And anyway I've got...stuff to do you know?" Mary jumped of the couch and ran in front of him.

"OH come on Zimmy...Stay just a little while longer" And that's when he blanked out.

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OHHH spooky eh? I'm soon to go out n get drunk but not so drunk as to forget to post this online. R&R and all that cal. Next and last update on (checks update diary) wednesday. It may come late however as I'm already working on my next story which will me reeeaaally long and possible quite political.