Day 6:
Dib's alarm clock went off. I shot up. I looked at Dib, who was sliding down the ladder. He smiled at me, but frowned when he saw the concern on my face. "What's wrong?" he asked, sitting down on my bed. "If Zim realized he left his smeets, he'd come back today. I'm sure he realized it." I said. "You know, you seemed so sure of yourself when you tried to take over earth. Now, you're a nervous wreck." He said. "I planned that. This was so sudden. Smeets change everything." I replied. "Anyway, today's a holiday. So we can focus on protecting the smeets and dodging anything Zim throws at us." Dib assured me (A/N: I don't know which holiday, but it's a holiday. LIVE WITH IT!). "I'm worried Zim reprogrammed 'Nanny'" I said. "We don't need 'Nanny' anyway." Dib said. Things were like that for awhile, until Zim's voot cruiser landed in the front yard. Even though we were in the bedroom, I could hear Gaz shout "Nice landing, Zim!" "Zim lands better when there is a docking bay." Zim replied. I tensed up and bit my lip, which bled (like I said, Irken teeth are ten times as hard as earth diamonds). Dib let out a shaky breath and motioned for me to be quiet. He grabbed my hand and led me to the basement. They opened the door when we passing by the living room. "Gir, get the smeets." Zim commanded. "Oh, smeet!" Dib said, almost cursing (A/N: Yes, I planned that since day one.). Gaz crashed down on me right after Gir grabbed the smeets. She backed me into the bathroom and poured freezing bathwater on my head. "Ahhh! Dib, help me!" I screamed. I had gone wild after screaming for Dib. Hissing like a cat, I had pushed her in the sink and poured water on her.
Catfight! Catfight! Catfight! Catfight! Catfight! Catfight! Catfight! Catfight! Catfight!
Dib turned towards the bathroom, but Zim was blocking his way. He chuckled, pulling out an Irken gun. Dib stood his ground.
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP!
Hearing the blast, I stood still. Gaz took the opening and gave me a good punch. I wanted to help Dib, but Gaz was attempting to claw my eyes out. I got away and ran to the kitchen. Gaz had taken Zim so I had no sympathy for her. I grabbed a knife and pressed a button on my PAK that made me invisible. I was soon right behind her with no chance of being found out. I was surprised to feel a pang of sympathy. I guess it was because she was Dib's sister.
HHHHHHHHHHIIIIIIIIIISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!
Dib fell to his knees, but slowly stood up again. Zim cocked his head in surprise, but merely changed the setting on his gun.
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP!
She turned around and jumped on me. "Zim taught me to see right through that." She growled in my ear, grabbing my knife. "Just because it hurts humans doesn't mean it hurts Irkens!" I hissed. "Zim taught me where it hurts." She said, sounding quite sure of herself and I could tell she wasn't bluffing. She flipped me over and aimed for my PAK. I got my hand to a different button.
CCCCCCCCCCHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAA-KKKKKUUUUUNNNNNGGGGG!
That last shot stunned Dib, but only for a moment. "You seem strong. I know this'll get you, Dib-monster!" Zim chortled, aiming.
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP!
I had put on a force field. Gaz hit it got her a shock that stunned her. I escaped to convince Gir to hand over the smeets. I stood frozen in horror in the living room. I cursed at myself for leaving Dib alone with Zim. He was frozen in time. He was just standing there with a greenish glow, barely moving and inch a minute. I frowned, doggedly continuing toward Gir.
I found him tickling the smeets in the bedroom. "Gir, hand me the smeets." I said, trying to sound firm, but I was still shaking. "Master told me to give them to his mistress." Gir said, turning red. "I know where she is." I said, trying to smile innocently, but grimacing. "Ohhh…a secret! Tell me!" he shrieked, jumping off the bed. "I'll tell you…if you give me the smeets." I said. Gir looked at the smeets, then me. "Okay…" Gir whined, handing me the smeets. "She's in the Plork's dimension." I quickly made up. "You can only get there if you…unfreeze Dib." I whispered, looking as though I was trying to remember. I heard him "clunking" downstairs. Meanwhile, Gaz shook herself and got up. I went to go see Dib after putting the smeets in the locked crib (A/N: I don't know how it locks, but it locks. LIVE WITH IT! AGAIN!).
I glared at Gaz and she glared back at me. Dib glared at Zim and Zim glared at Dib. Gir stood in the middle, giggling. "Give me my babies." Gaz said frankly. I witnessed a change of heart. They were her smeets, I didn't ask for them. I didn't expect or even want them. I just got them and grew attached. This was against the law for both of our species. "You left them." Dib said, fists rising. I had gotten to "meet" Dib from the experience. I had a shoulder to cry on. I put my hand on his shoulder and he put his fists down and looked at me. "Zaz and little Dib are theirs." I whispered, tears clouding my vision. Still Zim and Gaz kept their guard up. I got the smeets and held them out to Gaz. In the few moments of the smeets passing between us, I saw Gaz with the smeets: neglecting them, preferring her GameSlave to them. I saw myself and Dib with the smeets: having fun, laughing with them, crying for them, and teaching them.
"No…NO, You can't have them! You can't take them from me!" I screamed, snatching them back, gently enough not to hurt them. I ran to the corner and huddled over them, sobbing. Dib looked at me sadly. "Tak…" He said, putting his hand on my shoulder. I shrugged it off. Memories flooded my mind. I sobbed harder. Gaz didn't like or care about either of us. Zim considered us both mortal enemies. Gaz was Dib's sister and I loved Zim. They had absolutely no sympathy for us at all. Gaz didn't want to risk hurting the smeets, so neither of them could attack. Time seem to freeze nonetheless. It felt like we were stuck there forever. Leaving me crumpled on the floor, with Dib patting my back and glaring at Zim. Leaving Zim and Gaz glaring at us, arms crossed, with Zim's gun still in his hand and Gaz looking like a mountain lion preparing to pounce on her kill. Zaz and little Dib looked up at me innocently, making me cry all the harder. The only reason I knew Zim didn't zap me and freeze time was because something happened. The only reason I knew that I wasn't sobbing the exact same sob over and over again is because of what happened next. The only reason I knew I didn't die and was living the same second over and over again in heck was that they changed.
I gasped, looking down at the smeets. Dib peered over my shoulder and gasped. Zaz was turning into a white human with blue eyes (she still had antennae) and growing to toddler size all at once. Little Dib was growing into a toddler, but was still a full Irken. Everyone else crowded around, gasping at their first glimpses of the toddlers. "M…momma?" Zaz said quietly, looking to both the female creatures she remembered. We both instantly dropped down for a hug, but saw the other's action, glared at each other. Zaz's eyes filled up with tears. "Dada?" little Dib squeaked. Dib and Zim stepped forward to embrace him, but ended up the same as Gaz and I did. The adult's eyes all looked at the toddlers and softened. "We can't split them either way. They know all of us as parents." I said. I knelt down to the toddlers and hugged them, looking up at everyone. Dib knelt down. After a moment of decision, Gaz and Zim knelt down to hug their children.
Later:
"We don't have anywhere else to live." Zim shrugged. "It's decided then." Dib said. And we were enemies no more.
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Thank you for reading my fanfic! I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it (and more). I figured it should end here. I will continue to read and appreciate reviews. Bye! NOTE: The sequel is called "Standing on my own two feet" and two new smeets join the crew to drive everyone insane.
