Tapan: wow, I finally got around to writing the next chapter. Sorry it took so long, people!
Torna: I don't think anyone cares!
Jhkitty: I know I don't care.
Tapan: aww man! and to answer a question: is there another jay in this demension? no, there isn't. the reason is becase Jay doesn't acually belong in either of the demensions. i imagine the demensions like a mirror and because his father and mother are form two different sides of the "mirror" that leave Jay right inbtween them!
Jhkitty: hmmm, I'm slightly surpised at how much thought you put into that.
Tapan: n.n; hehe
Torna: can we start the fic now?
Disclaimer: I don't own the rights to Invader Zim. I did create Jay, though, so don't use his bad ass self without my permission!
Warning: slash! ZADR! RETIRED MEMBRANE/crowd gasps/ as usual, flame if you wanna, although many people don't seem to wanna so yeah.
For a brief second, a silence came over the streets of the city. No cars were blowing their horns, nobody was shouting, and it was almost as if a black cloud was covering the city.
This was all the calm before the storm.
The roar of an engine was heard, followed by a crimson SUV speeding down the road. The vehicle was going way to fast for it's size. Two voices came from this car. One screaming at people to get out of the way, the other screaming to slow down before someone gets killed.
Zim blew the horn loudly as a couple of teenagers crossed the street. "Hey! Move it!" the small group dove out of the way to avoid being hit by the giant SUV.
Dib sat in the passenger seat, holding on for dear life. "Zim, calm down! You're driving like a mania--" his eyes widened as he pointed. "OLD LADY WITH DOG!"
Zim swerved around them, the dog almost meeting the front tires. It jumped back and yelped before it could really be hit.
The paranormalist looked back at them and sighed in relief, shouting an apology out the window, earning himself a wrinkled middle finger.
He turned back to the irken. "Let me drive!" it was a stretch; Zim never let Dib drive his car.
Zim looked over at him, lavender contacted eyes narrowed, then he cocked an eye. "With the way you drive will never find Jay and GIR!"
Dib rolled his eyes. "Yeah, well, with the way you drive we're gonna end up running them over." Out of the corner of his eye, he saw a green skinned boy. "STOP THE CAR!"
It screeched to a stop in the middle of the road, much to the displeasure of everyone behind him. The cars beeped behind him; he ignored them and opened the sunroof, standing on his seat to get himself through it. "GIR!"
The disguised robot turned at the sound of his name then waved. "Hiya, Master!" he jumped down from his place on Jay's shoulder and ran toward the car.
Jay kept his spot and just watched, hands in his pockets, cigarette in his mouth.
As the dysfunctional unit jumped into the car, Zim glared over at the hybrid. "I am going to KILL you!" he fell back in the car as Dib pulled his feet out from under him. Glaring at the irken, he stepped out of the car, screamed a few choice words at the cars behind Zim and walked right up to Jay. Taking the cigarette out of the boy's mouth, he flicked it to the side and grabbed his shirt, dragging him over to the car. Opening door behind his, he shoved Jay into the car then slammed the door and got in himself.
Jay slouched in his seat and looked over at GIR, who smiled back at him. Dib watched him from the mirror and rubbed his temples; this was going to be a very long week.
In the irken's lab, Zim threw a broken machine against the wall in anger. Hearing the elevator, he threw something in that direction, causing Dib to squeak and jump back to avoid getting hit. "I take it you're still angry."
"This kid is getting on my nerves and he's only been here for a day! Dib, please let me kill him."
"You're not going to kill him."
"Fine! Let me rip off a limb! You can pick which one!"
The human put his hands on Zim's shoulders and shook him. "Are you even listening to yourself anymore?"
Zim struggled against Dib's hold briefly before calming down a little, glaring at his mate.
The paranormalist's brows furrowed in thought. "Why do you care so much anyway? He didn't destroy anything before he left."
Zim pushed the hands off him and turned away. "I have my reasons, and they are none of your business." He crossed his arms.
Dib walked around him, looking him in the eye once again. "Technically, it is. I live here, and I have to deal with you day in and day out. So what got you so pissed to speed off after Jay."
The irken's eyes softened and he looked down at the floor. "GIR."
Oh yeah! GIR. After Zim and Dib started living together, GIR became more to the irken than just a robot slave. He was family, if annoying at times. The little SIR unit was like Zim's little brother or, on some occasions, his son.
The human should have figured as much; Zim was simply worried about GIR.
Dib smiled at his mate. "Feeling better?"
The irken thought about it before speaking. "A little."
The human offered a hand to Zim, who took it in return. Dib chuckled and headed back to the elevator.
Once up stairs, they were surprised to find Gaz standing in the living room, talking to Jay.
She looked up when she hear them, the eyebrow cocked. "So, Tam and Deb had a kid?" she crossed her arms. "Which one of you is the father?" she knew there was no way irken's had the technology to turn an egg into sperm.
Dib pointed at Zim.
The woman snorted, opening an eye slightly. "I knew it."
Dib blinked. "What's that suppose to mean?"
She chuckled a little before unfolding her arms. "Just that I always figured you'd be the more," She thought about the words she could use, "feminine of the two."
The man's eyes shot open wide. "WHAT?"
Zim snickered.
The paranormalist glared at Zim. "This isn't funny."
The irken smiled, his red eyes glinting, amused. "Yes it is."
Dib had to suppress the urge to flail his arms childishly. "No it's not!"
Everyone in the room starts to laugh. Dib glares at all three of them and crossed his arms. Ah, yes, when all else fails, picking on Dib will make you feel better.
Eventually, they stopped. Gaz sighed a little. "anyway, I came over because Dad wanted the whole family to get together for some reason."
"Really?" Dib was a little surprised by this little bit of information. "He's bored out of his mind, isn't he?"
Gaz shrugged. "He spent almost thirty years working. I guess he feels a little lost now that he's retired."
"Okay. When is this?"
"Tomorrow night. I would've told you earlier, but I've been busy."
Dib glanced over at Jay, wondering if they should bring him with them. "Fine, tomorrow night. At his house?"
"Yeah, and then will most likely leave from there to go… somewhere."
"Okay then." Dib looked over at Zim, who shrugged. "I guess will be there."
"Not like you've got much of a choice." She walked to the door and opened it. "You're not going to blow him off. You've got your alien, so you're out of excuses." She walked out without saying goodbye, leaving the three to themselves.
Jay looked up at the two older men warily. "Am I being forced to go too?"
Zim crossed his arms. "Well, there's no way I'm leaving you here, in the base, with all my labs at your disposal."
Dib rolled his eyes. "A simple 'yes' would have done it."
"SILENCE!"
Jay slouched in his spot. After a moment, Zim left back to his lab and Dib headed upstairs, leaving him alone in the living room.
Bored, he picked up the remote and turned the TV on, GIR rushing to sit by his side once the channel was change, took the remote from his hand and started flipping through the channels.
Used to this sort of thing, the hybrid just let the robot have control of the television and just watched whatever show GIR happened to land upon.
The next day, Dib and Zim left for work once again, allowing Jay to come and go as he pleased. However, Dib made him promise to leave some form of a note telling them where he was and around what time he'd be back.
Once again, he took GIR with him. This time, however, he was on a leash instead of just handing onto Jay's head.
For a moment, the hybrid paused and headed back to the school. Never did he think he'd miss that god forsaken building so much. Walking by it, he saw students walking around the campus, some eating, others talking to one another.
He showed up just in time for lunch.
He frowned when he saw that same group of girls from yesterday, picking on the same foreign girl. Was he really that obnoxious to the poor kid?
Without thinking, he walked directly up to them. "Hey!"
One of the girls turned around. Her skin was pale and covered in scars; a dark blue bandanna pulled black hair back. She wore baggy jeans and a very large shirt with the word "pimp" across it.
She cocked an eyebrow as Jay walked over. "Hey, guys! Check out the green freak!"
They all laughed.
Jay gritted his teeth together at the comment, hearing it many times before, especially when he was little. It had taken him years to get people to stop referring to him as "that green kid," mostly by beating anyone who called him that.
This time, he settled for clenching his jaw as the girl walked directly up to his face. "What do you want, freak?"
Jay shrugged and shoved his hands in his pockets. "I'd like you to leave that girl alone."
"And what makes you think we'll just step aside form you?"
"Because it'd be a good idea."
The girl pushed him back. "Fat chance freak."
Getting a little annoyed, the hybrid pushed her back harder. "Don't you know any better insults than that or are you too dumb to think of anything good?"
Growling, she lunged at him.
Jay simply stepped out of the way, glaring down at her. "Sorry, I don't fight girls."
"What? Afraid you'll lose."
"nope, just afraid I'll get in trouble." He shrugged nonchalantly. "Girls seem to whine and cry whenever they know they're gonna lose."
Then the girls dog piled him, scratching, punching, and biting any part of him the could.
When he felt a hand pull at his antenna, the hybrid pushed them away. "GIR! Don't just stand, help me!"
Saluting, the robot latched on to on of the girl's ankles. "I'm a horny puppy!"
Jay glared down at him as one of the girls latched onto his neck. "That's not helping." Maybe going back to the school wasn't the best idea in the world.
Just as Jay began sinking into the mob of angry girls a familiar gloved hand pulled him back out.
Jay blinked as he was pulled back up. "Zim?"
The disguised irken stared blankly. "Dib, Deb and Tam'll kill me if something happens to you as I watched." He kicked at one of the girls. "The orgy is over, disguising teenage females."
GIR popped his head out at the sound of Zim's voice, pink tongue poking out of his mouth. "Hi!"
Zim then turned away and walked out of the schoolyard. "be back at the base in time to go to Membrane's."
Jay watched him walk away then turned back to the girls who seemed to just stare at him. The foreign girl they were picking on was gone.
Jay rolled his eyes at the glares he was getting any walked away, GIR followed at his heels.
Jhkitty/blinks/ why do you write these things?
Torna: because she wants to. Now shut up, and look cute, it lulls the readers into a false sense of security.
Jhkitty…oookaaay…
Tapan: hehe, I'm done for now! See ya all next time! Same Bat time! Same Bat channel.
Torna:…that's it. No more TV for you.
Tapan/sniffle/ but I need it!