A/N: Ugh...Been such a long time since I last updated this story. Sorry about that, you guys. Been quite busy these past few weeks of school. In fact, I still am. But before I return to my homework for the day, how about an update? 8D Chapter 40 of ZADR Orange for those of you who have been waiting oh so patiently. =3 Thank you for not sending in any flames this week, you guys. We really appreciate that. And also, for the record, NGD would like to start answering back to some of your guys' reviews. 8D So if any of you would like to ask her anything, I'm going to start sending her reviews to respond to. That's not to say I won't be answering reviews as well. We're going to try and split them up between each other. So you guys can look forward to speaking with somebody other than just me all the time. XD That said, let me now thank those of you who faved or added the story to your story alert lists. And as always, feedback be much appreciated. So we hope you all enjoy. =3
Warnings: Extreme OOCness
Rating: M for later chapters
Disclaimer: We do not own Invader Zim, nor any of the characters from it. We do not make any money from the writing of this story.
Zim: Notgonnadie
Dib: Me
Computer: Both of us
Beta: Notgonnadie
Zim froze at his computer's words. "Wh-What?" the word escaped him, his eyes wide before he glared up at the computer. "What growths? Show me the scans!" he demanded, pointing one finger at the ground in front of him.
"Fiiine...You know, you could learn to say 'please' every once in a while..." the computer said in a slightly irritated voice, especially considering it was getting yelled at despite doing what Zim had asked him to do. Bringing up the scans nonetheless however, it displayed for Zim a full body scan of Dib that revealed three unknown, egg-shaped forms in the lower half of Dib's abdomen.
Paling at the sight of them, Zim instantly began playing around with his fingers nervously. "B-But...No! Th-That can't be what I think it is...C-Can it?" he asked, looking up at the computer worried and swallowing. "D-Does he have cancer?" he then asked, unsure which of his two thoughts would be worse.
"No...My scans indicate that he is not suffering from any fatal or trivial diseases. In fact, from the information I gathered on the subject, he seems to be perfectly healthy. The growths in his abdomen don't seem to be causing any health problems." the computer informed him.
Not wanting to say his other idea out loud, Zim swallowed again. "H-He couldn't be...p-pregnant...could he?" his words came out strained.
"Because his anatomy is different from any other life form I've ever scanned, it's hard to say, though his symptoms do seem to match those of one who is pregnant. I'd say there's an 88% chance that's a possibility considering that romp under the covers you two had about 2 months ago. Also, were that the case, it would seem he is as far along as somebody who would have gotten pregnant around that time." the computer continued, telling the other what he didn't want to hear.
Paling even more, Zim couldn't deny the fact any longer. "S-So he is then...I-I can't let this happen! I...I should get rid of them..." he said, rubbing his hands up and down his upper arms, looking worried and unsure.
"Eliminating them would require removing them from the inner wall of his internal reproductive organ and may cause a bit of discomfort, but some painkillers could be used to take care of that." the computer offered him the simplest solution to the problem.
Nodding his head at his computer's words, Zim paced the floor a few times silently before leaving the room. "..." Then, walking into the room where Dib was sleeping, he stopped to watch him for a moment, still remaining silent. "..." It would be easy enough. He could even do it now. But something seemed to be preventing him as he swallowed nervously, unsure of what he was going to do. "I...I don't want to kill them..." he finally spoke for the first time since he had left the lab, looking away ashamed that he had even considered doing such a thing to them.
"Hmmm? You do realize that if you don't, he's going to find out about them sooner or later, right?" the computer reminded him.
Zim could only shake his head at that. "I-I'll just have to tell him then...B-But...I can't do it..." he looked up at the ceiling, watery-eyed. "I can't kill them before they've even started a life..." he said, not about to sink that low.
Sighing, the computer merely gave in, knowing Zim's mind wouldn't be changed now that it was set. "Whatever you say...But I highly doubt he'll take the news all too well." it warned him.
Shaking a bit now, Zim swallowed nervously yet again. "Th-Then...I won't tell him right away..." he wanted to come up with a way to tell Dib first before revealing the news to him.
"How do you plan on doing that? The smeets seem to be in eggs now, but I'm certain he'll notice something must be up when he begins gaining weight." the computer seemed to burst his bubble.
Paling even more, Zim felt his legs weaken in that moment. "I-I'll cross that bridge when I get to it...Until then...I FORBID YOU to tell him what is really going on. J-Just tell him he still has digestion problem!" he glared back up at the ceiling before rubbing his arms and shaking all over. "I'll tell him...B-But...I'll just be sure to have him eat more then usual so he just thinks he's getting fat or something until then...But...I can't let him find out yet..." he said to himself, secretly afraid that Dib would want to destroy the smeets before they were even born.
"Fine...But you do know that you'll be screwed if he somehow finds out about it before then, right?" the computer replied, agreeing not to say anything to Dib about it.
Looking away from the ceiling, Zim quietly crept up to the bed to lay down next to Dib. "I know..." he breathed out shakily before closing his eyes to sleep.
For the next few hours, both Zim and Dib continued to sleep fairly peacefully, Dib shifting in his sleep and slinging one arm over Zim's chest before blinking his eyes open slowly to find the Irken laying next to him in the bed. "Hmmm? Zim?" he blinked his eyes open even more before smiling at the alien pressed close to him. Leaning in close to press a kiss to the sleeping Irken's forehead, he then brought up a hand to gently stroke back one of his antennas.
Purring a little at the touch, Zim responded by curling up closer to Dib.
Giggling a bit at this, Dib allowed Zim to curl himself around him comfortably. "Mmmm...Zim..." he murmured the others name quietly as his eyes slipped back closed to sleep some more, still feeling fairly worn out from earlier that morning. Then, yawning to himself, he went ahead and rested his head against the Irken's chest comfortably.
Eyes opening a smidge at the sound of his name, Zim merely closed them again, succumbing to the warmth of Dib against him.
After a few more hours of sleeping, Dib finally began to wake back up yet again, though this time more fully. Sitting up in the bed slowly, he then rubbed the sleep out of his eyes before having a look around the room. "Z-Zim?" he asked again, finding that the Irken had buried himself underneath the blankets.
"Mmm..." Zim sounded out before snoring quietly.
Rather than disturbing the Irken this time around, Dib merely sighed before pushing himself up out of bed to head on down the small hallway towards the bathroom, feeling rather sore from spending the past few days in bed. Making his way over towards the bathtub, he then turned on the water, waiting for it to heat up before stripping down and stepping into the warm relief, the liquidy warmth soothing to his aching body.
Not noticing that Dib had left him, Zim merely continued to sleep on however, sighing out contently.
Laying back in the tub to stare up at the ceiling, Dib let his eyes wander for a minute or two before finally resting them back on his stomach. "Hmmm...Maybe I've just been eating too much lately..." he said to himself, poking the slight bulge in his stomach. "Perhaps I should put myself on a diet from now on. That might help settle my stomach somewhat. Especially considering the majority of things Zim gives me to eat here is junk food." he considered what he could do to help his digestion now that he was feeling better.
Scoffing at Dib's words, the computer spoke up, more to itself, successfully interrupting Dib's train of thought. "Oh yeah. That'll help." had it eyes, it would have rolled them.
Jumping a bit at the computer's voice ringing throughout the room suddenly, Dib tilted his head back to stare up at the ceiling from where the voice had come from. "Wh-What's that supposed to mean?" he asked, thinking that the computer was just making fun of him.
"OH, nothing." the computer responded back, seeming to be holding back laughter.
Glaring up at the ceiling suspiciously, Dib could only sit up in the tub straighter now. "What's so funny? What are you hiding from me? Huh?" he demanded, wanting to know what could possibly be so goddamn funny about going on a diet.
"No, no." the computer continued to insist it wasn't hiding anything, though the snerk gave him away. "I'm hiding nothing." it refused to tell Dib, enjoying the hybrid's reaction far more than anything else.
Narrowing his eyes even more, Dib fisted his hands in the water. "Then what the hell are you laughing at?" he said yet again, finding himself only getting more and more frustrated with the computer.
Loving the way it was so easily riling Dib up, the computer merely burst out laughing at him. "N-Nothing!" it said between laughter, knowing Dib couldn't do anything to him for not telling.
"Liar!" Dib pointed accusingly at the ceiling, getting upset now. Then, standing up abruptly from his spot in the tub, he grabbed himself a towel and stalked back out of the bathroom with his clothes in hand and antennae pressed all the way back against his head. His face flushed a bright red, he stormed his way back into the bedroom to drop his clothes into the laundry chute before pulling out a clean pair of pajamas to climb into.
But the computer's voice seemed to follow him, laughing again. "You know I'm everywhere, right?" it reminded him teasingly.
Turning around in his spot, Dib yelled up at the ceiling. "Shut up! Yes, I know you're everywhere! So just leave me alone!" he glared daggers up at the ceiling, becoming more and more upset by the minute that the computer wouldn't just leave him alone.
"Wh-What's wrong, Dib?" Zim suddenly seemed to be roused from his slumber at all the yelling.
Sniffling and wiping at his eyes as he for some reason couldn't help but start breaking down now, Dib turned back to face Zim angrily. "Your computer is just such an ass!" he yelled at Zim before breaking down even more, his antennae then drooping and shivering.
Sliding out of bed when Dib began crying and walking over to comfort him, Zim wrapped his arms around the hybrid warmly. "Oh, Dib...It's okay. He's an ass to everyone." he said before nuzzling his neck, kissing across his jawline. "What did he do to you? I'll show him what for." he then shot the ceiling a glare.
Trying to calm himself down enough to speak again, Dib let Zim pull him close for comfort. "He...He just won't stop picking on me all the time! No matter what I say or do, he's there with some sort of negative comment, and it always ends with me being upset and him laughing at me because of it! I can't take it anymore! It's like he's TRYING to make me feel unwelcome here!" he exclaimed, bringing up his hands to try and wipe more tears out of his eyes.
A/N: And there you have it. Your weekly update of ZADR Orange. Yep. Teh computer is just as much an ass to Dib as everybody else is in this story is. XD Anyways, we hope guys enjoyed. And with that said, let me now respond to those of you reviewed last chapter. =3
To Illisandria Carthain: Oh, yes. I am too. D8 But personally, I don't take shit from ANYONE. So if that bitch was going to try and troll us here on our ZADR Orange story too, I wasn't about to sit back and let her get away with it. She's already done enough of it over on DA. I don't know what the fuck her problem is coming on here and trying to start something again. She denied that she had done anything but neither NGD and I are stupid. I've been on FF for YEARS now and never had a troll until the situation with her arose over on DA. So I KNOW it was her. Also, she's trolled with the same "..." comment to us in the past on DA. Trying to pretend like she's another user by making up a random username is just stupid and deceitful. Then she tries to accuse me of not dropping the situation when SHE'S the one who's been keeping it going this entire time. Seriously. She needs to grow up and get a life outside of trolling and annoying other people. No wonder she has no real friends. But anyways, as for your story, sure I'll take a look at it. =3 I'm sorry I haven't yet. Been so busy with school. But once I find the time, I'll definitely see if I can give it a deep analysis for you. ^^ As for the fanart contest, I already sent you the information on it. And also, if you'd like, you can now join our ZADR Orange DA group to keep up with updates on the story, ask questions, and even look at some of the other entries. Just check under the groups I manage on my DA profile and you should be able to find it. =3 NGD just got it running this past weekend. I think you'd enjoy it and also, it's where we encourage you guys to post your entries for the contest. =3 As for Gir, we're now considering adding a GirxMimi portion to the story but haven't actually acted upon that consideration just yet. So we'll let you know if we decide to give him a slightly bigger role later in the story. As things stand now, however, we've put the story on pause to get updates up a little faster. We're closer to our ending than we though. So we're brainstorming more ideas to keep the RP going. This will allow people more time for the fanart contest as well as more ideas to base images off of. I do encourage you to check out the latest blog on our DA group. =3 You can ask more questions there as well. NGD and I opened ourselves up for questions that we'll be answering when we either get 20 questions or when an entire week has passed, whichever comes first. I thought you might appreciate that given you ask the most questions on here. Also, we'll be celebrating the 100th chapter this Saturday if you'd like to join us on DA. ^^ Lol. XD Oh, yes. OH SO MODEST! XD But definitely loyal. Thanks as always and we look forward to hearing back from you soon. =3 (Huggles)
To kc1995: Well, hello, GRT33H33. XD Thank you for taking the time to make an account. =3 As for whether you've got that last chapter figured out or not, I think this week's chapter will clear up any remaining doubts about what's going on in this story. XD
To heartofstone15: Meh. (Shrug) Oh well. It doesn't really matter. I understand their reasoning for it so I won't complain. It's not as though sex makes up the entire story anyhow. We can just edit those scenes out and still have a well put together story in the end. =3 But anyways. Yes. That be the reason people start to hate on this story. They can't handle the MPreg. But personally, I think we pull it off rather believably in this story. If Dib didn't have an altered anatomy then I wouldn't support it. But because he does, we just had to jump on the opportunity. As for the fanart contest, I already sent you the info. Though, since you say you've gone ahead and made yourself a DA account, I should let you know we now have a DA group for our story, which is where you can submit entries and look at some of the other entries. =3 So that might be something you'd like to check out when you get the chance. ^^
To Dlbn: Lol. XD Oh yes. We do tend to end on quite a lot of cliffhangers when it comes to this story. But that's because of how I measure out chapters. =3 Just trying to keep them all relatively the same length. But anyways. I think today's chapter will clear up any doubts in your mind of what those "three little growths" might be. XD And you'll at least get to see Zim's reaction for now. =3 Dibbles' you'll have to wait a little while longer for though. XD
To Mrs Inuyasha Kagome: Thank you for doing that for us. =3 We really appreciate it. Sassafrass002 is one of my best online friends so I'm always looking out for her when it comes to her art. ^^ Because she's such a great artist and it's such a tragedy whenever somebody tries to claim her work as their own. And I'm glad to hear you're doing well in Hawaii. =3 I have a few friends out there as well so it's nice to know everybody is safe. =3 We had a bit of damage where I live as well but nothing major. ^^ Just a few damaged boats. And also no school along the coast where we lived. =3 Though I didn't have school anyways. XD I don't have classes on Fridays. So my friend and I just drove around and goofed off all day. Lol. XD
To lilybean queen of the i ocean: Glad to hear it. XD
To Dadles (Response courtesy of Notgonnadie): Hey,HEY! You want some kindness? Take down that crap on your profile! For starters, Patthekitsune and I BOTH write ZaDr Orange. Not just her, not just me! And I've seen the crap you've said to her. Let me tell you, Pat is the NICE one of the two of us. I swear, you upset her and you and I are going to have a little word of prayer.
ZO is an edited fiction with many pieces taken out so that it may be placed here on Fanfiction. If you have such an issue with it then stop reading! The reply button isn't there so you can flame people. You leave another one and you will regret it.
If you want anyone to yell at about the almost deaths in this story then talk to me! I'm the one who plays Zim! I'm the one who tries to kill him so often! Not Pat. So leave her alone!
Don't worry, little troll. It all goes downhill from here. ;)
To Klara2012zimdib: Well, hello there, new reviewer. So nice of you to join us. =3 Yes, we made Dib pregnant. But that's because he has an altered anatomy in this story. We thank you for the kind comment and will definitely continue posting each week. But about your suggestion, the answer is no. For the record, the A/N's are included at the beginning and end of each chapter for a reason. We want to keep our reader's updated on important events as they happen. I'm sorry if you consider that an annoyance or whatever, but we don't post them to be ignored. And I will not alter the way I post this or future stories. My A/N's are an important aspect to each chapter. And when I have nothing important to say, I at least try to keep them short. So please don't request I remove them. Because they ARE posted for a reason. As for the rest of the story, there's still much to come. So we hope you'll continue reading as we update each week. =3
To panda night19: Hello and welcome, new reviewer. We thank you for taking the time to join us and leave a review on our story. =3 We're glad to hear you're enjoying our story and indeed, Zimmeh won't be telling Dibbles anything for at least another 5 chapters or so. XD But don't worry. The truth is bound to be revealed at some point. Thank you for taking the time to read and we hope to hear from you again soon. =3