ZADR Orange Chapter 61
Warnings: Extreme OOCness
Rating: M
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
Hearing Red's words, not caring that he was Tallest when it came to Dib, Zim interjected before the other could say anymore. "SHUT UP!" he practically snapped at his leader, though it was already too late.
Having heard the comment, Dib's eyes snapped back open at Red's words.
"Dib? You mean that human you had with you the last time you were here? A-And he's pregnant? W-Wait a minute. How can he be pregnant if you're both different species?" Purple asked, pointing back and forth between Zim and Dib.
Arms wrapped around his abdomen, Dib didn't even wait around for Zim to respond to that question as he turned to leave the room a second time. "I-I'm going to be sick..." he said, sniffling as he went to head for the bathroom.
"Dib..." Zim watched him go, antennae drooping.
Tired of the slowness of this conversation, Gaz for the first time spoke up, facing Purple to address his earlier questions. "Zim turned my brother into an Irken hybrid then raped him, so he's pregnant now, and we're calling you to get blue prints for an incubation tube so they don't DIE after they're born." she said all at once, not elaborating on any details.
Purple blinked wide eyes at Gaz. "Ooookaaaay..." he said somewhat unsurely before turning his attention back on Zim, who was glaring at Gaz about that raping comment.
Noticing Pur staring at him questioningly after a few more moments, Zim then glanced back up at him before sighing. "Yes...It's true. And RED here keeps insulting Dib!" he said, glaring at Red.
Turning his attention to Red, Purple then glared at him. "Oh, he does, does he?" he said, smacking Red in the back of the head. "Red, you leave Zim and his mate alone! I've already told you a million times that so long as you leave them alone, they'll leave us alone!" he said before then turning back to face Tak. "Tak, whatever Red told you to do to Zim, I'm ordering you NOT to! You're not to lay even one finger on him no matter what the situation!" he said authoritatively, a tone he rarely took on seriously.
Tak bowed. "Yes, my Tallest." she knew better than to disobey such an order.
Glaring at the screen now, Red growled.
Noticing this, Purple smacked Red again.
Meanwhile, in the bathroom at Tak's base, Dib knelt before the porcelain throne, dry heaving as he felt sick but nothing was coming up like it usually did. He coughed into his hands, flinching when a sharp pain ripped through his abdomen. "O-Ow..." he groaned, doubling over more as the pain only continued to grow worse.
Back out with Zim, Gaz, and Tak, Zim sighed, worried about what was taking Dib so long in the bathroom. "So...Could you send us the blueprints?" he asked again, glancing back every few seconds.
"Of course. It's against the LAW to withhold such information in the event naturally born smeets are conceived." he said, emphasizing the word 'law' as he glared at Red all the while. "Let me just pull them up." he then said, turning to one of the Irken technicians in the room with them. "You!" he pointed at the one who had called Red's attention to the incoming transmission. "Pull up the blueprints for an Irken smeet incubation tube and have it sent straight to Tak's base!" he ordered the technician before turning back to face the screen, arms crossed.
The technician saluted. "Yes, my Tallest!" he nodded before pulling up said blueprints and sending them through the transmission to Tak's base.
Rocking back and forth on his feet, Zim continued to keep looking towards the bathroom where Dib had left for. 'What is taking him so long?' he thought to himself before deciding to investigate by leaving the room to head for the bathroom.
"Thank you, my Tallest. I'm sure that Zim is- HEY?" Tak stopped mid-sentence upon seeing Zim leave the room. "Hold on, my Tallest! I'll get him!" she said before pulling Gaz up in front of the screen again. "Here! Talk to Gaz!" she expected Gaz could keep them busy for at least a few minutes while she retrieved Zim, running after him.
Thrown slightly off guard by being shoved in front of the screen so suddenly, Gaz merely blinked at Red and Purple, who equally stared back at her just as confused.
Back in the bathroom, Dib pushed himself up slowly when he was unsuccessful in emptying his stomach of whatever it was that was making it hurt so much and stumbled his way out of the bathroom. The pain overwhelming him, it didn't take him long to realize he was hardly able to walk straight anymore, smacking into Zim on accident, an arm still wrapped about his abdomen. "Ow..." he squeezed his eyes tightly shut, antennae falling back and shuddering uncomfortably."Z-Zim...It hurts..." he said weakly, pressing his back to the wall and sliding down to the ground, his entire body trembling now.
"Dib? D-Dib? Oh, no! No! No, it can't be time yet! You still have a few weeks at least!" Zim quickly scooped Dib back up bridal style and ran back into the living room, passing Tak on his way through.
Trying to say something when she saw Zim heading back into the room, Tak growled when he merely ran by her and stormed back into the room she had left Gaz in. "Okay, NOW what?" she said, becoming sick of this back and forth tug of war Zim and Dib seemed to be having.
"MY TALLEST! SOMETHING IS WRONG!" Zim ignored her in favor of holding Dib tightly, nuzzling him and trying to comfort him.
Hearing Zim's words, Gaz turned from the screen to look back at Zim and Dib. "What happened?" she asked, when she realized Dib was writhing in pain in Zim's arms.
Before Zim could answer, Dib gasped and let out a pained yelp. "Ah! It hurts!" he exclaimed, curling in on himself more in Zim's arms. "I-It's like my insides are being ripped apart!" he sobbed into Zim's chest.
Holding Dib tighter, Zim looked panicked. "I-I don't know!" he had no idea what was happening to Dib.
Gaz turned to Tak. "Tak! Can your computer scan my brother's body and see what's going on in there?" she asked, taking charge of the situation.
Tak nodded. "Computer! Scan Dib! Tell us what's wrong!" she ordered her computer to do as Gaz told her.
Having a more feminine voice, Tak's computer did as it was told immediately, not groaning or complaining like Zim's computer usually did. "Scanning...Scan complete...The eggs are hatching." it informed them in no time at all.
"H-Hatching? But...He hasn't laid them yet!" Zim held Dib closer, truly scared now.
His breathing heavy now, Dib struggled to make words. "Oh, God! Wh-Why does it hurt so much?" he asked, gasping for air as he grasped at his shirt tightly.
"What do we do?" Zim demanded of the people around him.
Both speechless, Red and Pur could only stare. Nothing like this had ever happened before.
"DON'T JUST STAND THERE!"
"Well, what do you want us to do, Zim? We weren't exactly expecting them to start hatching inside of him!" Gaz yelled at him before turning her attention back to the ceiling to address Tak's computer again. "Alright. First things first. Are the smeets still alive?" she asked, deciding they should first determine whether this was a complication of the pregnancy or just something they hadn't foreseen happening.
"The smeets are growing normally. They just do not require their eggs anymore."
Gaz sighed. "So this is probably just something Dib will have to wait out...Can you get an estimate on how long it will take for them to completely break free from their eggs?" she then asked, wanting to know how much longer Dib would be in pain.
"An hour. Maybe two."
The rest of the group silent as Gaz questioned the computer, Zim held tightly to Dib, Dib cried from the pain of it all, and the Tallest and Tak stood back, slightly stupefied. Nothing like this had EVER happened.
Once finished questioning the computer, Gaz looked back at Dib first and then Zim. "Do you think he can last an hour or two, or would you rather we put him under until Tak's computer can confirm they're finished hatching?" she asked, unsure which course of action would be best in this situation.
Eyes snapping wide open at that suggestion, Dib struggled a bit at his sister's words. "No! No drugs! It's not good for them!" he sobbed, rolling back over to cry into Zim's shirt.
Nuzzling Dib, Zim pet his human hybrid lightly. As much as he didn't want Dib to be in anymore pain, he also didn't want to make him mad either. "No drugs..." he agreed, sighing out as he knew this would be a long two hours or so.
A/N: And there you have it for Chapter 61. =3 Until next time, you guys~