Tapan: this chapter took me longer than it should've…
Torna/ scratch mark on her cheek/ that's because you haven't been working on it like you usually do
Jhkitty/with a black eye/ yeah, exactly. You were being productive!
Tapan: no I wasn't.
Jhkitty:….you put up a good argument.
Disclaimer: I don't own Invader Zim, and that's final! So stop trying to sue me! I can hardly afford my car/cries/
Warning: slash, and hints of ZADR. Flame if you wanna, I will use them to make smores!
Dib laid on the couch as Zim and Jay glared at each other. The full blood sat at his mate's feet, legs curled underneath him. Jay sat on the floor, legs crossed. Gir sat on the human's stomach, glancing back and forth between the three.
Jay's glare deepened.
Zim snorted.
Gir giggled.
Dib sighed. "This is getting us absolutely no where." He ran his fingers through his hair before looking up. "We're stuck with each other for a week, and that's that."
Zim redirected his glare at Dib. "Keep your nose out of this, Dib-stink! You wouldn't understand."
"What, is this some form of 'irken bonding' or is it just the way your mind works?" the human sat up, causing GIR to roll off his stomach and on to his lap.
"Well, what if it is an irken thing?"
"Why is it I don't believe you?"
"Because you don't trust me!"
"Exactly!"
Zim opened his mouth to respond, but then clamped it shut. Huffing, he snapped his head away.
Jay chuckled. "Some things just don't change." He stood up and walked to the stairs, exploring the house.
He wandered around, a little surprised at how different the second floor looked. Everything was metallic in one way or another. The only thing that was human was the decent sized bathroom down the hall.
The hybrid stopped and paused in front of the door that would be his room. He glanced around as he heard familiar metal feet walk up behind him. Jay looked down to see GIR smiling up at him. "Hiya! Whatcha doin'?"
Jay smiled. "Just looking around. What about you?"
He shuffled his little mechanical legs. "Master and Dibby are getting all smoochy. I don't like seeing them get all smoochy, 'cause smoochy leads to touchy and touchy leads to naughty things. Then they throw of their clothes and start to wrestle. Then master starts to yell things and--"
"Okay, GIR! That's enough." Jay covered the spot where his ears would be and clenched his eyes shut.
GIR giggled at the boy's reaction and stood quietly.
Turning back to the door, he pushed it open and paused. His room looked absolutely nothing like where he was now. He knew the room was used as the Voot's hanger before he was born. He always imagined the room to be smaller than it was, but that wasn't the case.
He walked in and touched the ship. A thin line of dust collected on his fingers. He looked at it and rubbed his fingers together before looking up at the ceiling. A few cobwebs made themselves at home near the metal pleat of the roof, as if it hadn't been opened in a while.
He turned his attention back to the ship, jumping back a little as he accidentally opened the cockpit. Smirking, he got in, GIR following closely behind. Pressing a few more buttons, the ship hummed to life. Within a few minutes, he was pulling the ship from the hanger and out of the house
Swerving back and forth, the ship flew around the neighborhood, nearly crashing into a couple of buildings as he entered the city
Meanwhile, downstairs in the living room, Zim and Dib were in their own world. Zim moaned as the human bit into his neck gently, but then his antennae perked up at the sound of the roof opening.
Dib heard it as well, and quickly pulled away. "Was that what I think it was?"
The irken's eyes narrowed into a glare and got up and straightened himself. Dib got up as well, straightening out his clothing and hair as he followed Zim to the door.
"Whoo! I think I'm finally getting the hang of this, GIR!" Jay swerved around another building.
"Awww, man. I liked the crashingness!" the little robot fell to the floor.
The hybrid looked back and chuckled before looking forward again and nearly crashing into another irken ship, this one a bit larger and almost purple in color.
He stopped his voot abruptly to look into Zim's angry eyes. "Turn the ship around!"
Jay chuckled, but followed the order nonetheless, flying back in the direction of Zim's house. The roof opened for him, the ship lowering itself back to its respective area. He watched out the hanger as the other ship parked on a spot on the lawn, lowering into the ground.
He got out of the ship and walked downstairs.
"Okay, maybe it would be best if we set some ground rules." Dib sat at the kitchen table, Jay sitting across from him. Zim sat in a chair between the two, a metal bar covering his mouth to keep him from screaming his head off. He glared at both of them, before muttering incoherently.
The hybrid boy sat back in his chair and crossed his arms. "Fair enough."
"Okay. The biggest rule would obviously be not to touch the space ships. It might be best not to bring any attention to yourself while you're hear, so stay out of trouble."
Jay rolled his eyes.
Dib ignored it. "And the third thing is to stay away from the labs."
Zim nodded in agreement, trying to pull off the metal piece in order to speak.
Jay shrugged. "Okay so they're the same rules as when I'm at home. No problem." He stood up then paused. "I still have no where to sleep though."
"Computer. Create a new room for Jay." The house hummed softly then made a few loud banging noises before stopping. "There you go."
The hybrid glanced around, looking for anything that changed in the area. Not seeing anything, he wandered to the stairs. "Thanks."
Dib watched as he left, then turned to look at Zim. The alien glared back. He chuckled then lifted a small remote from the table and pressed a button, allowing the metal guard to fall to the table.
Zim rubbed his jaw then sucked in a breath. "if that boy so much as breaths near my labs, I'm going to MRPH!" the metal piece reattached itself to his face.
Dib chuckled then put the control in his pocket, getting up and walking away as the irken tried to pry it off his mouth.
The next day, Jay sat on the couch, flipping through the channels on the TV, bored out of his mind.
He stopped then threw his head back and sighed. "So BORED!" he gazed at the door then stood up. "GIR, lets go for a walk."
The robot squealed in response and jumped into his puppy suit before following the hybrid to the door.
Jay took a deep breath as he stepped out into the morning sun. If Dib and Zim thought he was just going to sit in the house all day, they were insane. He shoved his hands in his pockets and walked out of the cul-de-sac, GIR climbing to his shoulders.
The hybrid puffed on a cigarette he bummed off some guy as he headed toward his school, curious to see how everyone else changed in this dimension. He heard the bell ring as he got closer, signaling for everyone to head into class.
His antennae perked as he saw a group of girls laughing with each other as they pushed another, smaller girl into a muddy puddle. His shoulders slumped slightly. "Yup, they're definitely my friends."
"Aw, they're playing with that girl!" GIR hugged the hybrid's neck and pointed at the muddy girl.
The said girl had dirty blond hair and hazel eyes. She was shorter and thinner than the other girls, her skin pale. She grabbed her books from the puddle and clutched them to her chest.
One girl knocked the books out of her hands again then laughed. Her gang laughed along with her, then headed into the building, leaving the girl to pick up everything she dropped.
Jay's eyes softened as he trotted over to her, bending down to help her pick up a few loose papers. "Here."
She hesitated, then took them and in a heavy accent spoke. "Thank you." She kept her head bowed as she stood up. Jay didn't need to see her eyes to tell that she was crying.
Quickly, she turned away and headed into the building.
He waved even though he knew she didn't see it. The boy stood at the schoolyard's sidewalk, then standing up, putting his hand in the puddle accidentally.
He winced as his skin began to tingle uncomfortably.
Then GIR broke his thoughts. "Aw, that was nice! You is a sweet boy!" he nuzzled the boy's cheek.
Jay rolled his eyes at the dysfunctional robot and walked on, taking another drag of his cigarette.
Tapan: I have a lot of ideas for this story, it's weird! So anyway, R & R. oh and to anyone who's curious, this story's prequel got up to it's 1000 the view today! YAY/dances/