Family

I don't own Invader Zim. I leave the disturbed 'leftovers' of this show to their rightful owner, Jhonen Vasquez.

Only Deed Membrane belongs to me, as well as any future... smeets...

Chapter Twelve

Deed was sitting in her and GIR's room, watching tv. She had talked the robot into watching something else, and had found a movie.

She could almost hear what was going on in the room next to theirs, and it took all she had not to go interupt.

'Why does the thought of my brother having sex bother me so much?' She thought, looking down at her lap.

'Is it because it's not just sex, he's also getting pregnant?' She turned her attention to the movie, sighing as she realised it was Instestines of War.

'I'm not worried about this, am I? I mean, so what? I'm going to be an aunt. But... what if something goes wrong?' She hugged her pillow a bit tighter, ignoring the rash on her skin.

'Nothing should go wrong... Right?' Deed looked at GIR. Zim was his parental figure, so obviously the alien had some experiance on how to be a parent. But did Dib?

'Stop it, dammit! They want this, so it's what they're going to do!'

'After all, we've already been through so much! They deserve some happiness!'

'But still... I wonder if it'll be in him long enough to show.'


Dib looked at his sister as he sat down in the kitchen. Deed raised an eyebrow.

"So what's up?" She asked, and Dib leaned onto the counter.

"Was there anyone back on Earth that you really loved?" Dib asked, and Deed looked at him.

"Yeah, mom."

"Besides mom. Deed, if there was anyone--"

"Don't bother with false promises. Dib, the one I love is already dead." Dib stared at her.

"Who? Was he with the Swollen Eyeball?" Deed sighed, hugging herself tightly as she looked at the wall infront of her.

"He used to be. They killed him before we started on the virus. His name was Darian Thebes." She sucked in a breath, closing her eyes.

Dib stared at her as he remembered hearing about it on the news. It had taken them a week to find the body.

"He had a daughter, and lived with his sister. I met him in highschool. He was what got me out of the asylum and into college."

"Deed..."

"He wasn't very trustworthy, I mean he cheated on me got Issa as a result. But still..."

"Deed..."

"He was still in the Network. So I had himdoing research for me. That's how I found out about Membrane..."

"Deed... I'm sorry." Dib said, watching as his sister started to cry. He got up and walked around the counter, wrapping an arm around her. Deed sobbed into his shoulder.

When she stopped, she pulled away from him.

"So what are you going to name this kid?" Dib looked down at her.

"We haven't considered that yet. Right now it's more important--"

"That the baby's born alright. I know." Deed smiled softly, brushing her tears away stubbornly.

Dib smiled down at her.

"It'll only be a week. If you want, you can go ahead and start looking at names."