ZADR Orange Chapter 129

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

Enjoy. =3

A part of her perfectly floored by the news, Gaz could only stare at Tak incredulously as never before had the two of them discussed doing any such thing, let alone even gone that far in their relationship together to begin with. "You what?! And you couldn't have even informed me of this little plan of yours first before doing it?! Were you even planning on telling me this, or were you just going to hide it from me forever?!" she snapped, crossing her arms over her chest as she was anything but amused by the entire situation.

"Well, I was going to tell you! But...I wanted to wait until it was too late to get rid of it..."

The lower eyelid of one of her eyes twitching, Gaz leered over at Tak. "You know, Tak. I thought you were smarter than this. But using that as an excuse not to tell me was just as stupid as what Zim did to Dib. Maybe if you had actually trusted me enough to tell me what you were planning on doing, I wouldn't have gotten as pissed as I am right now!" she practically scolded the female Irken, in no way accepting that as an excuse for Tak's actions.

Not sure what to say, Tak looked away, not speaking.

After a few more moments of silence had passed, Gaz then finally sighed. "I guess there's not much I can do about it at this point though...It's your own damn body. I have no control over whether you decide to go through with this or not. But just know, you're going to sit down with me later tonight and fill me in on exactly what the fuck was going through your mind when you decided to take my DNA and impregnate yourself." she narrowed her eyes all too seriously on the Irken.

Tak nodded quickly. "Yes, Gaz." she agreed, not wanting to argue about it or give Gaz anymore reasons to be angry with her.

Gaz then turned on Zim and Dib. "And as for you two, what the hell was it that you wanted?! Did you just come in here to argue with my girlfriend, or did you actually HAVE another reason for coming in here and disturbing the peace?!" she snapped at them, a rather unimpressed look on her face.

"Uhh...We were-"

"We were looking for Zim's leader, and my nieces and their father."

Looking up at Rose, Gaz then turned her attention back on Zim. "You mean to say you actually brought your leader back here to go shopping with you? In case you couldn't tell, Tak was only kidding when she told you to bring him." she rolled her eyes.

"Well, he wanted to come. He thought it would be fun helping to shop for some things for the smeets."

"And now you've lost him, haven't you?" Tak rolled her own eyes, gaining just a bit of her attitude back now.

"Well, no, not exactly. I know he's with my husband, and now we're just waiting for them here because they were going to bring my nieces over here to buy a new game. I know they'll be along shortly."

His ultimate reason for going in there ruined by the fact that Tak was pregnant now, Dib, meanwhile, was on the verge of tears. As much as he hated her, he knew he couldn't ask Gaz to help take care of the smeets if she was going to have her own to deal with soon enough.

Understanding his troubles, Zim cuddled him close. "It's okay, love. Shhh~ I won't let anything happen to you. You'll be okay. The smeets will too. No one will harm them." he did everything he could to try and calm Dib so he wouldn't break down again.

Returning his face to Zim's chest and letting out a wet sob, Dib shook his head and let his antennae droop. He had really wanted this plan to work just in case, but now everything just seemed to be crumbling all around him.

Holding him close and closing his eyes, Zim took a seat while keeping Dib in his lap.

Feeling as though his sister really had been ripped from his life suddenly, Dib broke down completely in Zim's arms.

Rubbing Dib's back gently, Zim rocked him a little in his lap. "It's okay, Dib. Shhhh. Zim is here." he continued trying to soothe him despite how nothing he said seemed to be working in that moment.

Kneeling down near them, Rose ran a hand gently through Dib's hair. "Is he going to be alright?" she asked, this being the most upset she'd seen Dib all day.

Zim merely shook his head. "I don't know..." he admitted, knowing how heavily Dib had had his heart set on asking Gaz to help them with the smeets.

"She took her away!" Dib cried, obviously upset about Tak and the whole pregnancy thing now.

"Dib..." Zim hugged him tighter. "Gaz hasn't left you..." he tried to reassure the other of that despite how things looked currently.

"Yes she has! She's left me for stupid Tak now and doesn't want anything to do with me anymore!" Dib hid his face in his hands.

"Nooo, she's your sister, Dib...The smeets are her nieces and nephews. Of course she cares."

"You know he's right, Dib. Your sister could never stop caring about you or your smeets."

Smiling, Zim kissed him gently.

Still feeling like Gaz had left him for good and they were wrong, Dib didn't respond as he merely continued to sniffle wetly.

Zim sighed. "Come on, Dib. Rose can wait for Purple. Let's go look through the baby stuff, okay?" he wanted to finish the shopping up as quickly as possible so they could head on home.

Remaining silent, Dib allowed Zim to help him back to his feet before heading on out of the store, only to run smack into Jack, Purple, and the girls on their way out.

"Oh sorry, Zim." Jack helped the other back to his feet before also reaching down to help pick up Dib again. "Were you guys...waiting for us?" he asked, sending them both confused looks, not having been expecting to run into them in the game shop.

"Yes we were." Zim glared at the two girls, trying to keep his focus on the conversation with Jack however. "Now...Bad things...We're going shopping." he nodded and took Dib's arm to try and lead him away.

"Sorry to keep you waiting. We got distracted though by something you might be interested in seeing." Jack called out after Zim, stopping him before he could get too far. Then, looking back at Purple, he nodded.

"Uhm, Zim..." Purple reached back to pull something out of his PAK. "I saw this posted onto one of the walls while I was with Jack." he said before holding up what looked to be two pieces of paper with Dib's and Gaz's pictures on them. Then, underneath the pictures, there were the words "MISSING" followed by contact information and a reward for their safe return.

Zim froze at seeing the two fliers. "Uh oh...Dib, I forgot I wiped your father's memory! Of COURSE he's going to be looking for you..." he just about wanted to reach up and pull down hard on his own antennae.

"What?!" Dib grabbed the papers from Purple to look at closely himself, a part of him not wanting to believe that this day could get any worse than it already was.

A/N: And there you have it for Chapter 129. =3 Until next time~