Tapan: wow, it feels like so long since I've worked on this story!
Torna: or any story for that matter.
Jhkitty/looking at FFN/ it's been a little over a month. But who cares!
Tapan: you know what, Jho, you're right! I should just work on the story and don't worry about how long it's been!
Jhokitty: that's not where I was going with that.
Disclaimer: I don't own Invader Zim in any way shape or form. I did create Jay though, so please don't take him from me without permission
Warning: Slash! Mild ZADR! Flame if you wish. Yes, I still accept flames!
Down the street the pair walked, Jay chewing on a toothpick thoughtfully with GIR running by his side, holding his own leash as if he were walking himself. After a while, the little robot got sick of simply pulling the leash with him, so he started to use it as a jump rope, tripping over it ever now and then.
The hybrid just looked at his "brother" and shook his head before walking on.
After a few hours of meaningless wandering, Jay looked inside one of the shops at a clock. School let out about now.
Wanting to stay out of a little bit of trouble, Jay turned around and headed back the way he came in order to head back to Zim's base.
After a few minutes of walking, his antennae perked at a few voices.
"Hey baby! Whatcha up to tonight?"
"Hey! Why you runnin'? We just wanna talk to you!"
GIR clinged to Jay's leg in a hug of sorts before giggling a bit. "aww, look! That nice girl made some new friends!"
Jay looked down to follow the direction the dysfunctional android was pointing to see three large men running after that same girl he's been seeing from day one.
He glared a little before running after them. "Geez! Doesn't this girl know how to stay out of trouble?"
While the boy ran to catch up, GIR had managed to climb up Jay's leg and back on to his shoulder. He smiled dumbly before speaking. "This is like a moveh I saw!"
"Uh-huh." Jay skidded to a stop as he watched them run down an alley. The thugs caught up to the girl on the other end, pushing her against the wall, despite her screams for help.
"Hey!" Jay's voice echoed down the alleyway, which was ignored in favor of the girl. The hybrid glared and picked up a metal pipe that lied at the edge of the alley, right next to a dumpster. He then tried again.
"Hey!"
They still didn't acknowledge his presence. His eyes narrowed, giving him an uncanny resemblance to his irken father as he walked up, slamming the pipe along side one of there heads. "I said 'hey' damn it!" The guy let out a loud yelp and fell to the side, nearly pinning the girl even closer to the wall.
The other two watched their comrade go down before glaring over at Jay. The hybrid's gaze faltered a bit, but otherwise he kept glaring. This was until they started to advance on him.
His eyes widened before he grabbed the girl by the wrist and began to tug her out of the alley.
The girl followed with no protest, only giving GIR an odd look when he started to sing the theme toSpiderman.
Or at least his version of it. "Spider-man, Spider-man, do what-eveh a spider can. Shoot some web, eat some flies, gotta watch out, or he's eat yo eyes. Lookout! Here comes the spidermaaaaaan!" he giggled to himself after he finished the song, offering no help
to the hybrid.
It didn't matter. Jay smiled slightly as the cul-de-sac came into view, along with the creepy house that was his home.
But of course, he still had company. "Hey! Get yo ass back here!"
Just as Jay reached the door and turned the knob, he was tackled by the two thugs from behind. Gasping, he fell against the door and into the floor of the living room where three people stood.
All three looked over at what had just fallen through the door. Two of them glared darkly, while the third was already glaring so there was no expression change.
The two men smirked down at Jay and slammed his head into the floor roughly, unaware of the potential horror if they didn't get out fast.
And now it was too late. Zim grabbed one of the men by the hair and pulled the human off his son roughly. His disguised eyes glared darkly into the thug's as he shoved him against a wall.
Dib did similar, only pulling the man up by his shirt and slamming his head into the wall.
The girl ran into the house and stood over by Gaz, glancing around nervously. The woman just watched the whole event with her arms crossed.
Seeing how he could move freely now, Jay got up with a pained groan and crawled out of the way, over to Gaz and the girl he just saved.
After beating the two men, Dib and Zim smashed their bodied into each other and let go. Zim glared darkly at the two, standing in an intimidating manner. "Now, get out of my house before I decide to kill you!"
Taking the threat seriously, the two sprinted from the house as fast as they could with the beatings they just endured.
Gaz whistled, looking slightly impressed. "And I didn't need to lift a finger and fight for you."
Dib looked over at his little sister, a dull expression set in his brown eyes. "Oh, ha ha!" he then looked around, noticing the abrupt absence of his mate. "where's-?"
Just then, Zim walked back into the room and ran out the door, a large metal bat in hand.
Dib only watched as the irken ran by him, taking a moment to process the potential damage. His eyes widened and he quickly snapped around, running after Zim. "Hey! Wait! Zim, let it go!"
Gaz snickered a bit and unfolded her arms, walking out the door in hopes of seeing the ex-invader use the bat.
Letting out a slight cough, Jay stood and grabbed the girl's hand in order to pull her from the house. "we'll be back later, GIR." He shut the door behind him as the robot let out a shrill cry in response.
((Somewhere in the neighborhood))
"help me! Please just leave us alone!"
"get back here! I only wanna hit you!"
"Zim, stop it! This isn't worth it!"
The two thugs stopped as they found themselves caught at a dead end. Panting and a little panicked, they turned to see the green man standing before them, holding the bat with a wide smirk.
Panting slightly, Dib skidded to a stop next to Zim, glancing back and forth between the three. After a moment, he put his hand on the alien's shoulder. "c'mon, this isn't worth it anymore."
Zim shrugged the hand off and advanced forward, the smirk widening in a sadistic smile of sorts.
The paranormalist growled a little before trotting in between the three, trying to be the peace maker of the group. "you don't need to do this. They didn't really do anything for you to beat them senseless."
This was around the time one of the men's knees planted itself in Dib's midsection. He let out a surprised gasp before falling to his knees, holding his stomach in pain.
"Dib!" Zim crouched down to his side, only to feel the bat taken from his hand.
Dib looked over at the invader and spoke with a pained voice. "lemme borrow this real quick." Without waiting for an answer, he pulled himself to his feet and glared at the one who hit him. Bringing the bat up, he smashed it into the side of the guy's head. "I was on you're side, you moron!" he hit the thug again, then a third time before handing the bat back to his mate and stepping out of the way casually.
A little dumbfounded, Zim took the metal object and slowly began to smirk as he wound up and slammed the bat into the side of the second man's face. He squeed a little to himself as the man fell, twitching slightly.
The human cocked an eyebrow at Zim as they headed out of the area. The paused when they saw Jay, Gaz and the girl standing outside, blinking at them in mild disbelief.
After a moment, Jay opened his mouth. "whoa…"
Gaz blinked but otherwise ignored the situation and walked the other direction. "c'mon, Dad's waiting."
"Oh yeah. I almost forgot about him." Dib trotted up to catch up to the trio, but paused as he saw the girl following his sister and "son." He smiled down at her kindly.
She smiled back but then turned away.
Gaz glanced at her before looking back ahead. "What's your name, kid?"
"i-I'm Kayla."
The magenta haired woman paused and "hn"ed a little before speaking again. "Someone needs to take Kayla home."
"I'll do it." Jay nodded a little in agreement with himself.
Gaz rolled her eyes. "I saw that one coming."
Zim narrowed his eyes at the hybrid. "Do you think you could stay out of trouble that long?"
Jay narrowed his eyes right back. "Just as long as you can, father." The father came out in a mocking manner.
Zim stifled in response, but found another target as he heard Dib snicker a bit. "That's not funny!"
"Anyway, ignoring tweedle dee and tweedle dum over there, you know where to go after words, right?"
Jay nodded.
"Good then." She grabbed the two mates by the back of their shirts as they glared at each other. "We'll see you there." With that, she dragged the two away, with much protest coming from her brother and brother-in-law.
Jay watched them walk away before turning to Kayla. "shall we?"
She cracked a little bit of a smile as they began to walk in the direction of her home.
Tapan: ah, the end of another chapter! Feels good to be back! So, please R & R and I apologize for the long wait! I'm gonna start working on my writing again so hold tight, people!