Chapter 4: Love is a "Hard" force to fight-
I love you. Who knew those words could be either your greatest strength, or in my case at the time you worst living nightmare. I am Irken, not a human being. I know nothing about Love at all, let alone understand anything about it. I looked into Gaz's eyes, what she told me was not a lie. I could see the sincerity, the meaning….the conviction of what she felt within them. Even then, it still held me captive by surprise and confusion.
"I can't hide it anymore, Zim…," she said softly, trying not to cry anymore.
"I Love you…"
She walked closer to me, and with each step she took towards me, I felt my heart pound louder and louder with fear. Then it finally hit me like a punch in the face. All those times I felt awkward around her. All the times I found myself, "blushing" or being embarrassed about every little thing I did in front of her. Does that all mean that I am in Love! No, it cannot be…that's impossible…
She walked closer and closer and she backed me into a wall. She came close to me, wrapped her arms softly around me, and pulled my close to her. Every part of my mind was screaming to break free, but…for some reason I couldn't… I was compelled to stay in her arms…feeling her warmth fill me with an unknown joy I never felt before…
"Gaz….s-s-stop it…..please…." I said softly….
"Shh….don't be afraid…….it's alright," she said calmly...smiling through her tears.
Her face came closer and closer to mine; I felt my heart race so fast I thought it was going to implode.
"Gaz….I…..I…"
She pressed her lips against mine and felt like I had never felt before. My heart felt joyful and happy. All the worries in my mind washed away as if they weren't even there. I felt her tongue gently slide inside my mouth, and even this should seem gross to most but….it felt magical. I felt my mind lose it grip on meand it gave way to my emotions…my hands unconsciously slid around her waists and I embraced her in my arms.
For the first time in almost 300 years….
I feel…
Complete…
We started to walk home soon after this, how I should put it….heated encounter with each other. We were walking side by side when I felt her hand gently slid into mine and I gently clasp it and held hers. I would catch her glancing back at me, smiling and blushing like crazed fan girl of some human rock band.
I have never seen her so happy. To give an even more perception of how weird it is, I never thought it was possible for Gaz to ever be happy. The same goes for me. I am an Irken. I am not supposed to even have emotions at all and yet I am in Love. I guess when humans say that love conquers all impossibilities they meant it.
"Well Zim…," she said bashfully.
"What are we going to do now?"
"I don't know…..I mean I've always wondered about my own history as an Irken child. All my life up until now I thought I was Bioengineered. But now to find out I'm a royal heir raises a billion questions," I replied.
"Questions like what, dear?" she asked.
She called me dear. From what I know, it is what humans call someone when hey love them. It made me blush like crazy.
"Well….questions like: 'why happened to my father when he died?'….'why was I kept as a secret?'" I answered.
Then it hit me like a laser blast to the face.
"What ever happened to my Mother…?"
Gaz saw the look on my face when I said this and grabbed my hand tighter, her way of saying it will all be all right.
"Yeah….I was thinking that too"
We walk up to the door and it instantly flung open. We found Tak and Dib waiting for the two of us on the couch.
"It's about time…..I thought you two would nev-…"
Dib stop in the middle of his sentence out of shock. We could not figure out why he was so dumbfounded until we realized we were still holding hands when we walked in. Tak look at the two of us as if she had just seen a supernova go critical.
"Well…..that's….certainly a surprise," he said in a startle voice.
Gaz glared at him. She may have changed but that evil is still in her when she needs it.
"Dib…," she said in a threatening voice.
"I didn't say anything wrong about it…..it's just…I never in a million years could see this happening…"
Tak look down then quickly changed the subject.
"Well…what shall we do?" she asked.
"My lord"
I sighed.
"One…..I will never get used to you calling me that…Two…we leave for Irk as soon as I build a new ship to house us all on the way there…" I replied.
Tak nodded and began to walk off.
"I'll begin making the blueprints for the new ship."
"Wait, Tak…..one more thing…"
She turned around and looked at Me., putting her hands in her pockets.
"Did….Did the file say anything about….what happened to my mother?"
Tak eyes widened a little bit and looked down. This did not look good at all. This either meant she does not know…or worse.
"I'm sorry, Zim…..but from what I found it says that Empress Uriya disappeared after your were born. No one heard from her in 300 years." She replied sadly.
Uriya…so that is my mother's name.
"Your mother's name sounds pretty, Zim..." Gaz said comfortingly.
Tak smiled a little as if trying to stir some hope inside me.
"I found a picture of her and your father if you wish to see it"
"No way! This I have to see!" Dib exclaimed.
Tak reached into her pack, pulled out a small holographic panel, and turned it on.
It was a little fussy at first then I cleared up and there they were. My Mother and Father standing side by side. My father was tall and strong, dressed in royal garments of the finest Irken origins.
"Jesus, Zim…you and your father look like twins," Dib pointed out.
He was right, too. Same color eyes…same body build ….same everything. I even had his goofy looking smile. Alteria…my father, the great emperor. The I looked over to my mother. She had to be the most beautiful Irken female I have ever seen. My mother was shorter than my Father was and she had skin lighter than I did, Beautiful Violet blue eyes did and a flawless dress…..made and fit for a great queen.
"Zim….your mother is so pretty," Gaz said to me smiling.
As I look upon the picture of my parents, I felt tears form in my eyes. Gaz wrapped her arms around me and hugged me trying to comfort me.
"Tak…before we overthrow those idiot tallests….and restore order to our great race….we have one and only one directive," I said…choking back my tears.
"Were going to find my Mother…"