Of Irkens

"Talking"

'Thinking'

Stressed
Her amber eyes glared at the house she was raised in. She hated that house. Dib lived alone there now because Membrane died doing the thing he loved most, he died trying to create a better form of toast. Gaz approached the house still taking notice of the electrical fence. She walked to the door and knocked hoping that Dib would not answer. He had called her a few days ago and left a message, saying the Irken vessel was going to crash. Gaz glared at the door wondering if this was all a ploy to somehow destroy her empire.

'Dib was never that smart,' Gaz scoffed.

The door slowly creaked open and she raised an eyebrow at the lens covered brown eye. The door slammed shut and she listened to the sound of clinking. It quickly reopened and she gazed at her brother for the first time in five years. It was amazing how time changed him. He was taller than her, he stood a foot taller than her, and she was slightly shocked. His hair was the same black sickle style, but now it had a little bit of a 'z' to it. He took a step back and she took note of the blue jeans and black boots that came to his knees. He wore a simply black sweatshirt over everything.

"You look different," Dib softly said as he took a step back to let her enter.

Gaz shrugged it off; she wouldn't stand here and try to strike up anything. She was here on business and nothing else. The Irken vessel was why she was here, she needed to know if it was a threat to her. Gaz coldly glared at Dib and the traces of his smile vanished from his face.

"The Irken vessel is set to crash near the park," Dib replied.

"Grab whatever weird junk you need, because I want to find this," Gaz firmly said as she turned around and marched down the sidewalk and to her car.

Dib didn't say a word to her as she walked off. He vanished into the house and she leaned against her car. Her amber eyes remained locked on the house. There were many memories there, memories of a girl she had left behind. Gaz softly chuckled wondering what it was she was had became. Her eyes caught movement and she watched her brother lock the door and walk towards her. Dib paused at her car and stared at it in shock.

"You should take a picture, everyone else does," Gaz stoically advised.

"How did you buy that?" Dib questioned in shock.

Gaz shook her head and replied, "I went to a dealer pointed at the car and wrote a check."

"But that's a Mach One!" Dib stressed as he held up one finger for emphasis.

Gaz turned her eyes to the Mustang and shrugged. The guy had mentioned it being made in the some time period, but she paid no mind to it. The car looked fast and that was all she cared about. The paint was a black with violet flames upon the hood.

"Just get in," Gaz grumbled as she threw open the door.

Dib nodded not wanting to argue and lose his ride. He quickly opened the door and gawked at the leather seats. His mind told him that he couldn't even afford to sit in this car. Brown eyes looked to his sister and her glare told him he better get in. Dib quickly jumped in a strapped himself into the seat with the belt. Gaz started the car and it purred for her. The purr turned to a roar as she slammed on the gas and shot forward. Dib gripped for a bar and held on for all he was worth. The seat belt dug into his chest every time she tapped the brake or swerved around a corner.

"Why didn't you ever visit?" Dib questioned her.

"I hate this town," Gaz simply replied.

"You didn't come to the funeral," Dib coldly said.

"Was there even a body to mourn over?" Gaz mocked not caring about Membrane's death.

"He may have not been around, but he did care," Dib argued.

Gaz's hands tightened on the steering as she squinted her eyes in anger. Dib didn't know the first thing about caring. All he knew was obsession, obsession over his paranormal and Zim. She gritted her teeth together wondering if he had any right to defend theman that never put them before science.

"Care you say?" Gaz angrily spat. "If he cared he would have been there for us."

"He had a job," Dib mumbled.

Gaz snorted and replied, "The world didn't care about his work."

She picked up speed and used the roaring of the engine to cut off the conversation. She didn't want the past brought up when she cared nothing for it. Gaz slowed down when she neared the park. She quickly pulled into a spot and turned the engine off. Throwing open her door she slammed it shut once she got out. She could hear Dib shutting it a bit more gently. Gaz rolled her eyes and looked to the sky. There was nothing there as usual.

"When will this damn thing crash?" Gaz snapped.

"Around sunset," Dib snapped back.

Gaz remained silent as she stared into the forest. So many trees blocked her view and she wondered if she could cut them down. Gaz smirked and shook her head in an attempt to scold her treacherous thoughts. She destoryed most of these humans with her little community, the land could be spared her wrath.

"What have you been up too?" Gaz suddenly questioned.

She blamed her need to converse upon being human. Gaz hadn't showen thatshe missed her only family. She loathed her need to have people around her. Surrounding herself with others who knew nothing about her, helped ease the loneliness. Gaz could admit to herself and accept the fact that she needed to socialize, but it didn't mean she liked or enjoyed it. Her idea of socializing was logging into her Virtual Community and deactivating various people for pissing her off. She smirked at the thought and turned to the sky once more. Her ears were beginning to ring and the sun was setting.

"I study the paranormal," Dib replied bringing her from her thoughts.

"That will get you no where," Gaz replied.

"I know…but I love saving the world and not being noticed," Dib replied.

"Sarcasm?" Gaz curiously asked.

"Honesty," Dib grumbled seeming upset about his answer. "As long as I know, that's all that counts."

"You only say that to keep your sanity," Gaz sighed as she noticed something blink in the sky.

Dib remained silent and she sighed. Being human was horrible because she felt things regardless of how much control she had over her form. Her eyes strayed to Dib and than back to the sky. A dark purple escaped pod soared through the dusky sky with flames trailing behind it. It left a trail of smoke and suddenly collided with the ground. Gaz watched it vanish into the trees. She wobbled as the ground shook and her eyes narrowed once she regained balance.

Dib was already running off into the forest and vanishing into the trees. Gaz took off after him. If this were an Irken sent to destroy her empire, she would simply kill it first. She held her arms up to shield her face from the branchesas she ran and thought.

'Could I kill it?' Gaz questioned as she ran.

She slowed her pace and found herself frowning. There had been so much work into making her empire the greatest of all the gaming industries. She was sure thatkilling something that didn't matter to this world was not a big deal.

'Dib couldn't take it for his studies,' Gaz reasoned. 'The world can't know that Irkens or aliens exist. If they did I would be questioned and pestered constantly.'

Gaz took off running again and burst through some brush. She came to a halt when she saw Dib standing at the edge of a hole. Trees were upturned and bushes were on fire from the impact. Smoke rose from the crater in the ground and she took a step closer.

"It looks like a pod," Gaz pointed out.

"It does," Dib agreed as his eyes narrowed at the pod.

"Irken ships don't crash, they land," Gaz also pointed out as she felt her temper beginning to flare.

"It's still Irken," Dib pointed out as he walked closer to the edge to get a look at it.

Gaz growled and stomped pass him and jumped into the crater. She was careful to avoid the dying flames. Gaz quickly pressed a finger to the blackened glass and pulled back in an attempt to test the temperature. She began to feel around the pod once she didn't find it excruciatingly hot. Gaz frowned and fell back once the pod window slid open.

"Get away from there!" Dib shouted as he grabbed her shirt and pulled her away. As he raised her from the ground, amber eyes caught sight of what lay inside the pod.

"Tak," Gaz whispered and Dib froze.

She was sitting on her chair in a fetus position. Tak had grown and the pod no longer fit her form. Her uniform barely covered anything and her antennae were tangled together in their little curls. Dib still held onto his sister as the continued to gaze at the alien.

"She looks asleep," Gaz observed as she broke from her brother's grip and stepped closer.

"Irkens don't sleep," Dib reminded as he reached for Gaz.

"She's harmless then," Gaz scoffed as she dropped back down into the crater.

Dib grumbled and went after her. He fell into the crater and groaned as his head smacked the pod. His vision blurred, but he could already see Gaz reaching into the pod. Her fingers brushed Tak's skin and she frowned. The skin didn't feel like human flesh, but it wasn't exactly reptilian either. Gaz ran her fingers over the skin and decided it felt more like rubber.

"I think she's deactivated," Gaz softly said as she stuffed her hands into her pocket.

"I think we should turn her into the Swollen Eyeball," Dib responded.

Gaz frowned at this. She knew this Irken was no threat to her empire. Tak was like Zim in a way, she was nothing within the empire. Gaz looked to Dib and shook her head.

"You can't keep her," Dib firmly said.

"You can't turn her into the Swollen Eyeball," Gaz stated.

"She's an alien, this is the proof I need!" Dib stressed.

Gaz knew he would never be brought by an act to preserve life. So Gaz did the only thing she knew how to do. She turned to him with a glare.

"That thing could bring down my empire," Gaz growled. "I will not let anything that exists be a threat to my empire."

Dib's eyes widened and he than narrowed as he asked, "You'd kill me?"

"You said it…not me," Gaz coldly replied. "But I am taking her and storing her at one of my bases."

"This could get me the credentials I need in order to be a real scientist," Dib softly said.

Gaz rolled her eyes at her brother and coldly said, "You'll never be a real scientist."

Dib stood stunned at her words. Gaz quickly turned around and threw one of Tak's limps arms around her neck. She partly shifted the alien onto her back and pulled her out of the pod. Gaz let her eyes wander to Dib and regretted it. He looked like all those times Membrane had called him crazy or abandoned him for science.

"Dib," Gaz firmly said. "Take the pod, prove there are aliens out there, but if you mention the Irkens…so help me Dib…I will cast your Empire destroying heart into a pit of despair."

She could see his brown eyes lighting up and it made her want to hurl. It wasn't like her to do anything kind. She could feel Tak's weight becoming easier to bear and she looked over and noticed Dib helping her. Gaz scoffed at the action to help and Dib smiled. They carried the alien out of the crater and through the forest. They carefully laid her body in the back of the car. Dib ran a hand through his hair and looked to Gaz. She was reaching into her pocket and pulling out a small carton. Gaz raised it to her lips and lowered it leaving a cigarette in her mouth.

"You smoke?" Dib asked.

"No, this is gum," Gaz seriously replied as she sucked it into her mouth and began to chew.

Dib just shrugged and Gaz got into the car.

"I'm going to stay here and use my cell to contact the Swollen Eyeball," Dib softly replied.

"Good luck," Gaz whispered under her breathe.

Dib smirked at this said, "You do care."

"You wish," Gaz grumbled as she slammed her door and left him in the park to do whatever things he did.


Author's Note:

Fixed a few things, will fix more later