Tapan: new chapter! Yay! and a big thanks to Masochist fer all of the kitty toys for Jhonen's birthday. So much love for the little kitty n.n
Torna/scratch over eye/ if she loves him so much, she should take him!
Jhkitty/somewhere in a large pile of cat toys, purring/
Tapan: aw, c'mon, Torn! He's not that bad!
Torna: and he didn't try to gouge your eye out /looks over at Jhkitty rubbing against her/ Can I help you?
Jhkitty/been sniffing a liiiittle too much catnip/ duuuuude, your hair is like soooo blue!
Torna: o.0 /inches away/
Tapan: eh, hehe
Disclaimer: I don't own Invader Zim. The drugged kitty does. And so does Nickelodeon, I think.
Warning: Slash: RAPR, ZADR, and RADR flame if you wish. C'mon, give me your best shot!
Zim watched his computer screen like he had for hours. He sat there researching different human blood disorders since skool went out and still came up empty handed.
He pulled at his antennae in frustration. "Why isn't it giving me anything?" he let go and sighed. "This Red is quite an odd one." He turned back to the panel, rubbing the bruise at his throat. "Computer, are you sure there are no human diseases?"
"I'm positive there aren't any to cause the blood to change color like it did."
The irken pause, then mused aloud. "Then what could've caused it?"
"Um, maybe she's not human."
Zim growled and pointed up at the ceiling. "I didn't ask for your opinion! Now tell me why you think this girl's blood isn't the right color!"
The computer paused, obviously confused by what its master just said. "Wait, what?"
Zim sighed exasperatedly and threw his arms into the air, but said nothing and continued to work.
Phoebe sighed and straightened her skirt before walking up to the invader's door. Clearing her throat, she knocked once before the door was opened by GIR.
The robot smiled up at her, tongue poking out the corner of his mouth. "Hiya, Purplie!" he waved enthusiastically.
Phoebe let out a nervous laugh. "Is Zim here?"
The SIR unit nodded, a clicking heard from things bouncing around in his otherwise empty head. "I'll get him for you." GIR turned around, sucked in a deep breath and screeched. "MASTAH!" Phoebe covered her ears in pain at the sound of the scream. "TALLEST PURPLIE IS HERE!"
"GIR! Why must you scream!" the irken came out of the kitchen, donning his disguise. He learned yesterday not to trust the robot when it came to visitors.
He crossed his arms and narrowed his eyes at the girl on his front stoop. "What are you doing here?"
Phoebe sighed, not too sure why she was doing this. "I came to apologize for the things Red did to you today."
Zim snorted. "I do not need your apology, so would you please be so kind as to moving yourself from my property before I do something horrible to you're filthy organs."
Phoebe blinked. She should slap him for threatening her like that, but she refrained. She came here to apologize, not start a fight.
She told herself that, yet she wasn't moving from her spot. Cocking an eyebrow at the invader, she stepped forward, into the house. When Zim refused to move, she simply pushed him.
He growled at her when he was shoved back and the purple girl walked into his base
Phoebe's face stayed stern as the small irken glared. "Now, that's no way to talk to me."
Zim's bared his teeth and reared back slightly, hands curled into tight fists. What is it with these two? Clamping his jaw shut and looking at the floor, he spoke in a hiss through his teeth. "Fine, apology accepted." He looked back up at her, still glaring. "Now please leave."
Phoebe smiled and patted the irken on the head. "That's a good boy."
Zim contemplated grabbing the hand and sawing it off.
But he didn't have time, for the purple girl pulled back and walked to the door. Still smiling, she turned back. "I'll see you at school tomorrow."
He nodded curtly. "Just keep your 'Red' on a leash or something."
She laughed at the thought. Knowing he was completely serious, it died down into a chuckle. "Don't worry, just don't provoke him and you have nothing to worry about." She then walked out of the house, shutting the door behind her.
Zim stood there a little longer, wondering if he heard the violet one right. "'Don't provoke him'?"
Red walked down the street with Dib, both in an awkward silence as they headed toward Zim's base.
The human paused and put out his arm to stop the girl from going any further.
Red walked directly into the hand, then stopped as she felt the pressure. She looked up at Dib questioningly.
The boy pointed at the base as a girl walked away form it. "Isn't that Phoebe?"
Red looked in the direction he was pointing to see he was right. "Yeah, it is."
They watched as she walked away from the house. Red pushed Dib into a bush then jumped in herself as the purple girl headed toward them.
After she was out of hearing range, the paranormalist turned to his companion. "What would she be doing at Zim's?"
Red narrowed her eyes. "I don't know. But I'm going to find out." She stood up and walked out of the shrub. "You're on your own today, Dib." With that, she broke into a sprint and headed back to her house.
Phoebe walked into the house, humming to herself.
"Welcome home!"
She jumped at the cheery voice of Red, turning to face the alien leader. "Red! What're you doing home so early?"
Red kept a large smile in his face as he walked closer. "I just thought I'd hang out here for a while." He sat down. "So, how're you? You enjoying your time on earth?"
The purple one turned off his disguise, immediately knowing something wasn't right. "Red, what's wrong?"
"How's Zim doin'?"
Ah, so that's it! "What do you mean?"
Red lost the smile and looked down at the TV. "I saw you at his base today. Didja have a nice little tea party?"
Purple rolled his eyes and crossed his arms. "I went over to apologize for how extremely rude you are."
The crimson leader looked back up. "You went to apologize? You when to apologize to Zim?" he paused, then added with an after thought, "youapologize?"
"Yes, I did!"
"waitwaitwait, justaminute!" Red stood up, not liking the feeling of being shorter than Purple. "I didn't know you knew the meaning of that word, number one. And two, why Zim?"
it was obvious Purple was getting angrier by the moment. "Yes, I know how to be nice! And because Zim is the only other irken on this planet, and he has supplies! What if something happens and we need something from him?"
Red turned away and snorted. "We won't we have everything we need right here."
"We have nothing, Red! We left the massive with this dumb little disguise thing and the things in our paks! And who knows how long will be here!" the violet leader crossed his arm and scowled.
Red turned back to face Purple. "Quit worrying! Nothing bad's gonna happen, Pur. Trust me."
"You can't prove that!" Purple's voice was bordering a screech as he glared deeply. "You can't tell the future."
"Neither can you! And this fight is starting to get annoying! Would you quit being afraid of so many dumb little things! It's like that's all I hear from you. You just drone on and on and on! Life's gonna have surprises, my friend. You just have to tackle any opportunity you ca--" with that, Red was tackled to the ground. The crimson leader looked up to find Purple straddling him, glaring down. "What are you doing?"
Purple clamped his jaw shut. "I'm shutting you up. Your little speech was getting annoying."
Red growled. "Like you're any better. At least I don't flip out over every little thing!"
The violet tallest let out a snarl as his spider legs popped out of the pak, his hands finding there way to Red's throat. The other leader echoed his sentiment, the metal appendages clanking against one another like swords.
After a little under twenty minutes, the two found they were exhausted and in desperate need of air. So, Purple let go, collapsing on top of Red, panting slightly. Once the hands left his throat, the crimson leader sucked in a large breath of air, panting as well.
Both sets of spider legs retracted into their respected paks as the two tallest continued with the position they were in. after their breathing calmed, they began to realize the way they were. Quickly, Purple pulled himself off Red and scrambled to his feet, blushing hotly. Red stood up as well, trying hard to fight off the flush that threatened to take over his face.
After a moment of awkward silence, Red cleared his throat. "I should go do…I donno… something."
The purple leader nodded. "Yeah, I should too."
With that, the two walked in opposite directions, trying to push away the embarrassment.
"The stars a pretty bright tonight." Dib sucked in a lungful of air and let it out in a sigh.
Red nodded, keeping her eyes on the sky. "Some lights must be out or something."
The human cocked his head and looked back up "have you ever wondered what's out there?"
"Once or twice." That is, until she was ten.
The paranormalist sighed to himself and moved a little closer to Red. "what do you think is out there?"
Red tore her eyes away from the sky and cocked an eyebrow at Dib. "I thought you've been out there."
"Never outside the solar system. I never got that chance." He kept his eyes on the sky as he spoke.
The redhead followed his gaze before answering. "A lot of fueling stations, some restaurants; not particularly nice ones though. Many planets are probably at war with other planets. You know, that kind of junk."
The boy let out a chuckle. " You put a lot of thought into this, didn't you?"
Red snorted a little and smiled. "Nah, I just pulled all of that out of my ass." Of course, that was a lie. She looked over, suddenly getting a little uncomfortable with how close Dib was. "Um, I have to go." She pulled herself to her feet.
The human followed the suit. "Already?"
"Um, yup. I'll see ya tomorrow, Dib." And so, she walked away before the paranormalist could say anything more
Tapan: well, that's all for now! You know what to do! Just—
Torna: get away from me!
Jhkitty: but can't you see the colors?
Tapan: um, heh, just R&R and all that good stuff. Oh! And one other thing! To Lex, your e-mail didn't show up in your review, mine is on my profile, so please e-mail me anything you might want me to know. Ok then, see ya!