"Nothing left to say."


Bleed for Me

"Talking"

'Thinking'

Memories

Stressed


Pre-battle jitters didn't apply to her. Nothing could scare her because there was nothing to fear. Fear was a waste of energy and time. She wouldn't fear anything…she wouldn't fear him. It wasn't possible to fear him because she was numb. The walk to the training room left her feeling empty, it was quit blissful. Gaz reached out and pushed open the door to the training room. She didn't bother turning on the lights. The explosions from outside were enough to light the room. Gaz scowled and let the door slowly close behind her. She was enshrouded by darkness; the darkness was her comfort zone. The Omega DNA within slightly stirred and she frowned. It had been a while since the DNA had reacted badly.

"Gaz!" Skoodge's panicked voice sounded from the communicator.

Gaz stilled and didn't bother to respond.

"Red is inside Zim's shell!"

Gaz froze and her pupils narrowed. She exhaled and closed her eyes.

'Red is inside's Zim's shell,' Gaz repeated in her mind.

The signs were all there. Her amber eyes slid back open. She sighed and wondered when life had become so dramatic. Gaz walked to the other end of the corner where rested alongside a window. The explosions outside illuminated her form. She rested against the wall and waited. There was nothing more to say, so she would just wait. Gaz closed her eyes and listened to her steady breaths.

'Not Zim,' Gaz firmly thought.

Claws dragged against heated flesh. A violent shudder as warmed skin pressed against skin.

The door opened and Gaz slowly opened her eyes. He stepped into the room and she felt herself frown. Everything was wrong with him. The way he walked was off. His smirk wasn't on the right side of his face. The color of his eyes also seemed darker.

'Why didn't I see it?' Gaz questioned herself as the door completely shut.

"Your way of calling was rude," Red stated with a chuckle.

"You're not Zim," Gaz angrily said.

"You've finally noticed?" Red mocked with a grin. "What gave me away?"

Gaz completely leaned against the wall in shock. Realization dawned on her as she gazed at him. He wasn't Zim.

'I slept with him,' Gaz thought.

"Disgusting," Gaz spat, as she grew nauseous.

"What's disgusting? That you slept with me?" Red scorned with a laugh.

Gaz growled and glared at him as her fists clenched and unclenched. She knew it was Red in there, but it was still Zim laughing at her.

"I'll kill you," Gaz threatened.

"No more doom or pits of darkened despair?" Red teased as he watched her tense.

Gaz pushed off of the wall and squinted her eyes. She was going to tear him apart. Gaz reached inside and felt around for the Omega DNA. Zim had told her to control and she would. Red watched her and began to chuckle. His PAK opened and X-ray scope covered his face. Red began to laugh and Gaz froze again.

"I don't need to control my DNA to doom you," Gaz firmly said.

She ran at him and surprisingly knocked him to the ground. Red continued to chuckle as her hands fisted in his shirt.

"Stop laughing!" Gaz screamed as she punched him.

"Congratulations Gaz…you're a mother," Red laughed out as he spat out a bit of blood.


Zim grinned as he stepped into the base. Irken soldiers ran past him. He knew it was going to be trouble trying to find Gaz. His crimson eyes scanned the mass crowds of fighting humans and Irkens. He sighed and figured that he would just have to search everywhere. Zim could only hope that he found her time. He kicked a soldier out of his way and continued through the winding halls.

"Zim?"

"Huh?" Zim questioned as he looked around. His eyes lowered to ground level.

"Skoodge?"

"It is you Zim," Skoodge bitterly said.

Zim gazed at the smaller Irken in confusion, his voice sounded bitter and hard. Zim then noticed the body in his arms. It looked as if she were just sleeping. The puddle of blood surrounding her and Skoodge took away the illusion of sleep very easily. Zim kneeled next to the two careful to stay out of the blood.

"What happened?" Zim carefully questioned. "Tell Zim."

"Red killed her…she saved me," Skoodge simply said with a bit of hate in his eyes.

Zim reached forward and pressed his two fingers to Sara's neck. His eyes widened in surprise and he grinned. Skoodge looked at him in confusion.

"She's barely alive," Zim stated.

"She isn't dead?" Skoodge hopefully asked.

"No, but she will die," Zim grimly assured as Skoodge looked crestfallen.

"Is there anything I can do?" Skoodge asked.

"Red downloaded Professor Membrane's memories into the control brain, you can do the same with your PAK," Zim answered as he stood back up.

"Is it the right thing to do?" Skoodge questioned with an unsure look.

"Don't know," Zim mumbled as he walked off.

Skoodge looked to Sara once more before he sighed.


Gaz hit the wall and wheezed in pain. Her arms were wrapped around stomach. Life was unfair and she curled into a ball. Her amber eyes slowly opened when she heard his footsteps. His soft chuckles echoed within her mind. She could see his boot-covered feet come closer to her. He rolled her over and placed his foot upon her neck. Gaz gasped and quickly wrapped her hands around his ankle. The think boot material protected his leg from her dull human nails.

"Irken smeets are very…durable," Red purred and he applied pressure to her neck.

Gaz glared up at him as she struggled to escape him. Her face was slowly turning purple from the lack of air. Red grinned down at her.

"The information within your…father had all of what you told him," Red slyly spoke as Gaz's glare became fiercer. "The smeet can survive almost anything when inside a mother…but the mother is still weak."

Gaz raised her hand along his leg and reached up to hispants. She dug her nails into his leg and growled. Red winced at the pain, but began to laugh. The metal legs extended from his PAK and he watched her eyes widened with understanding. The legs extended closer to her as his grin became more twisted.

"Bleed for me," Red harshly whispered as the legs came down.


Zim frowned as he traveled down the halls. He stopped and growled in anger at his fruitless search. Zim frowned as he glared at the halls. The explosions that echoed throughout the walls from outside distracted him. His antennae stood erect as he heard a scream. It caused his skin to quiver as it ran through him. Zim narrowed his eyes and took off running. A dark chuckle caught his attention and he stopped at the training room door. Zim pushed open the door and quickly flicked the light switch. His eyes bulged in fear as he stared into the room. The lights flickered, as he stood frozen in the doorway.

"Gaz…" Zim whispered.

He quickly ran over to her and helplessly gazed down at her unmoving body. She was surrounded in a puddle of blood. Zim could make out a type of black blood oozing from her. He quickly identified that as the Omega within her. Zim quickly kneeled next to her and searched for the wound. A perfectly cut hole was drilled into her right shoulder. Gaz groaned and her eyes slowly slid open. Her vision was blurred as she tried to focus on the person holding her. Her vision steadied and she screamed.

"Get AWAY!" Gaz screamed as she struggled to move.

Zim winced and dropped her to the ground. He cursed and quickly picked her up again. Gaz growled and struggled against him. Zim tightly held her carefully of the wound that was still gushing blood.

"Hold still for Zim!" Zim ordered.

"Red…you bastard," Gaz weakly growled. Zim blinked and chuckled in understanding. Gaz narrowed her eyes even more.

"It is Zim!" Zim proudly assured as he smiled at her.

"No more lies," Gaz grunted as she pushed away from him.

"She's right…you shouldn't lie," Red spoke as he stepped out from the shadows.

"Red!" Zim snarled as he stood up.

"No, I'm Zim," Red assured with a grin.

Zim looked to Gaz and noted her confused and frightened expression. Gaz unsurely looked to the two Irkens.

"He's Red!" Zim declared as he pointed to his old body, the one Red inhabited.

"He's lying to you Gaz," Red assured as he stepped closer to Zim and Gaz.

Gaz struggled to back away from both of the Irkens. Zim reached out and she flinched away from his touch.

"Gaz…I am Zim!" Zim firmly stated.

"He just wants to kill your baby," Red assured as Zim's eyes bulged.

'Baby,' Gaz thought as her eyes narrowed.

"Baby?" Zim questioned.

"You mean you don't remember getting her pregnant Red." Red sheepishly mused with a triumphant smirk.

"You slept with him?" Zim softly questioned Gaz.

"I slept with Zim…Red controls Zim, but you're Red and he's…Red," Gaz quickly mumbled as she kept an eye on both of them.

"It's my smeet," Red sang as Zim turned to glare at him.

"But my shell's DNA" Zim thought as he looked back to Gaz.

'Zim didn't know about the baby,' Gaz thought as she looked to Zim's body.

Gaz winced as she propped herself against a wall. She glared at them both and her eyes narrowed as a figure appeared in the doorway. Purple eyes gazed at her as Red and Zim remained oblivious to everything. Gaz watched as a green glow began to emit next to purple eyes. It fired and she quickly slammed her eyes shut.


Skoodge frowned as he held Sara to him. He blinked and attached the PAK to her back. Her body jerked as it dug into her back and wires twisted around her spine. He knew she wouldn't remember that moment of pain. Her eyes shot open as the pale color of yellow completely turned white. He entered a code and the PAK began to download her memory. He quietly waited and three green areas on the PAK began to glow. It was almost complete. The PAK detached and he hugged it to his body as he sighed. His red eyes snapped open and his antennae rose in confusion. A white light surrounded him and he vanished from the area.

Skoodge hugged the PAK to his body as he roughly landed on a cold surface. His eyes cautiously opened and and blinked in confusion. Sara's body was no longer with him. His eyes quickly landed on the boy with scythe like hair. Skoodge smiled as he noticed Tak come into view.

"Welcome aboard Skoodge," Tak greeted with little enthusiasm.

"Where am I?" Skoodge questioned.

"We're the Resisty!" Spleenk shouted as Skoodge warily watched him.

"The Resisty?" Skoodge questioned as he stood up.

"Yeah, I'm trying to beam most people onto the ships we have," Dib explained as he continued to work at the control panels.

"Spleenk will show you around," Tak assured Skoodge.

Skoodge nodded and turned to Spleenk. Spleenk smiled and reached out to grab the PAK from Skoodge. Skoodge quickly jumped back and protectively hugged the PAK to his body. Dib raised an eyebrow in question. Tak carefully studied the PAK from her distance.

"Is that an nonactive PAK?" Tak asked.

"It's programed, but not activated," Skoodge answered as he relaxed a bit.

"Want me to put it somewhere?" Spleenk offered.

"No!" Skoodge quickly shouted before he calmed. "I'll keep it with me."

Spleenk looked to Tak and she shrugged.

"You can share a room with me," Spleenk offered.

Skoodge silently nodded and followed Spleenk. Tak watched as the Irken vanished behind the metal doors. She looked to Dib and sighed. Dib raised his brown eyes to Tak and shook his head.

"What do you think is in that PAK?" Tak questioned.

"Something important," Dib simply said.

"I'll go help Lard Nar greet the other arrivals," Tak sighed as she walked off. Dib watched her and sadly smiled.

'I never want to be that attached to something,' Tak thought as she continued to the teleporting bay.


Author's Note:

There's only two more chapters left and then I don't know...