(I would like to givea special thanks to all my readers...I'm really trying to get this story moving...and I hope no one has lost interest...anyway lets pick up where we left off )

"Prepare to be surprised Dib beast" he said as he pinned Dibs wrists to the ground.

Dibs eyes went wide as Zim leaned down and fiercely locked lips with him. It was sudden, no time for Dib to react or counter the unexpected move in any way.

"mmm...hhmmm" Dib tried to struggle free but Zim leaned into him until he managed to pry into Dibs mouth.

Dib stopped struggling and his body relaxed as Zim's tongue invaded his mouth with a passionate kiss...whether or not the passion was determination, hatred, or actual lust didn't matter. Dib began to kiss back and After another second Zim's grip on Dibs wrists loosened and he brought a gloved hand up to Dibs cheek.

Both boys had closed their eyes as the kiss deepened but as soon as Zim realized that not only was he kissing the human but that he was also enjoying it...his eyes shot open and he jerked away from Dib with a gasp.

Both panted for a moment looking at one another with wide eyes...Zim jumped up and instead of being angry he looked distressed

"What happened?" Zim yelled panicked "What happened to my pak...did you touch anything...tell Zim!"

Dib pulled himself up into a sitting position recovering from what had just happened and shot Zim a confused but also concerned look "What are you talking about?"

Zim grabbed Dib by the shirt and jerked him off the ground "MY PAK" he persisted "You said you fixed it...what did you do"

"I...removed some sorta chip thingy" Dib managed somewhat afraid of Zim's behavior.

"REMOVED" Zim yelled "Where is it ?!"

"Um...I ...dropped it somewhere over there" Dib said pointing behind them

Zim let go of Dib's shirt and looked frantically on the floor...Dib followed and did the same.

"Here it is" Dib said spotting the chip and leaning down to retrieve it.

"Don't touch it!" Zim snapped pushing Dib out of the way to pick up the chip himself.

He jerked it off the ground and quickly examined it at all angles.

"Aahhh...it's cracked" he said turning to Dib with a fierce glare "What did you do!?"

"I swear Zim it was like that when I found it" Dib said in his defense

"Impossible" Zim replied looking back down at the chip "That would mean I'm..."

"Zim..." Dib asked looking over at him "Are you okay"

The sad and distressed look on Zim face turned to anger as he looked up at Dib

"Okay?...OKAY?!!" He yelled "Why wouldn't I be okay...I am Zim...I am an Invader...there's absolutely nothing wrong with me"

"Okay Zim" Dib said backing up "Calm down...I was just asking"

"Well you need not concern yourself Dib thing" He spat.

Dib stood there staring at Zim who threw the chip to the ground and crushed it under his boot. He then turned his back to Dib and folded his arms panting from his outburst...slowly though the pant turned to a sniffle.

"Zim" Dib said quietly "What...was that chip suppose to do?"

Zim's body stiffened and he turned to face the boy once again...his crimson red eyes glistened with tears that he refused to cry and feeling ashamed he gazed down at the floor

"That chip was designed to..." he paused "...Eliminate unnecessary emotions"

"Eliminate" Dib said "You mean...stop you from feeling them"

"Precisely" Zim nodded

Dib stared down at the crushed chip as his mind raced with thoughts. 'if that thing was made to stop him from feeling and it was already broken...does that mean that Zim was capable of feeling all along...or does that mean that it manipulated his feelings...' he thought 'if Zim just realized it was missing then does that mean he really felt something when he kissed me...did I really feel something?...I think so...but how could I...'

"Can't you just get another one" Dib asked trying to stop the rest of his thoughts from emerging.

"Are you insane" Zim yelled "If I called the tallest and told them the chip was broken they would have me deactivated"

"Just for that" Dib said astonished at the cruelty of Zim's leaders

"There is no room for imperfection in Irken society" Zim stated calmly "I would be seen as a...defective...unfit to live"

"That's a little harsh, don't you think" Dib said thoroughly annoyed at the Irkens way of life "No ones perfect...and if you ask me this whole pak thing is just crazy...I mean if the pak basically controls everything you do then who controls the pak...why not find a way to get rid of it"

"You speak nonsense Dib human" Zim snapped "This pak is me"

"I understand that your connected to the pak Zim...but there has to be someway for you to terminate that connection" Dib explained "that way you could survive without it and.."

"SILENCE" Zim yelled as he closed his eyes tightly and clenched his fists

'who does this human think he is' Zim angrily thought 'if ever such talk was done on Irk you would be immediately deactivated...it's treason...and even he would be killed for conspiring against the Irken way of life...does he not understand'

Zim looked back up at Dib who had obeyed his command and kept silent.

"You must never speak such things again human" he stated calmly "It is not my place nor is it yours to question what is"

Dib stood there not sure how to respond and just stared at the floor in thought. It surprised him that after all the time he spent trying to learn about Zim he could still know so little. Dib realized he might not ever understand the irkens way of life...but then again Zim didn't understand the humans way...was it right for him to judge.Zim had told him it was not his place to question it and perhaps he was right. The irkens were a race who felt they were superior...their goal was to rule the universe and yet they themselves were mere prisoners. Surely there had to have been a time when Irkens lived without their paks and were free to feel and think on their own. Maybe the Irkens didn't have a choice...but Zim did. Dib looked up at Zim who was staring blankly at the floor and wondered 'is he afraid?'

"Enough of this foolishness" Zim announced suddenly "It is time to make our escape"

"Escape" Dib questioned "If there was a way out of here don't you think we would have found it by now"

"That depends human, have you been looking?" Zim counter his eyes scanning the cave walls.

Dib had to admit that they had spent most of their time being angry at each other but it didn't mean he wasn't trying to think of a way out.

Zim groaned in frustration

"If you hadn't disabled my weapons with that stupid little device of yours then I could have easily gotten us out already" Zim stated still avoiding eye contact "But you just had to have your proof, didn't you Dib worm"

"Okay so maybe the device was a bad idea but it did work" Dib countered "It was you yelling at me that caused the avalanche"

"I was yelling because you disabled my weapons" Zim snapped turning to face him "Besides how do you know it wasn't the vibrations from ..."

Zim paused and Dib could tell that he had thought of something

"What?" Dib asked "What is it?"

"Your device" Zim said coming back to reality "Do you have it?"

Dib patted his pocket "Yeah" he answered feeling the device "Why?"

"Because human we can turn the sonic vibrations up high enough to knock a hole in the Entrance" Zim explained "And then we shall make our escape"

"Are you nuts Zim" Dib said "do you want the whole ceiling to come crashing down on us"

"Do you want to spend the rest of your pathetic human life in this cave" Zim asked.

Silence was his answer.

(well readers... I know it may not be the best way to end a chapter but I had to break the story up somewhere...don't worry the next chapter will be here soon...I hope you enjoyed...and please review)