ZADR Orange Chapter 154

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

Eying the paste with a still somewhat disgusted look on his face, Purple shuddered slightly at the thought of bathing in such a sticky-looking solution. "...Sure it is." he made an 'ick' face before turning to face the medical drone. "Do you mind?" he said in a slightly irritated manner when he noticed the other Irken still watching from his place inside the bathroom doorway.

The medical drone blushed and backed up out of the doorway. "O-Of course not, my Tallest." he said before closing the door to allow Purple some privacy. "I-I'll just wait up in the upper level of Zim's base...I-In case his mate returns..." he then called out from the opposite side of the door.

"Good." Purple returned his attention back to the bath before stripping down and getting into the paste. "Ahh, this stuff is cold!" he then yelped and shivered once he had waded in up to just his waist.

"What were you expecting? It's paste." the computer said as though it were obvious that it would be cold. "And no, it can't be warmed up. Though there is something I could do if you want to get it over with quickly." it suggested.

"Okay, what is it?"

Lowering down what looked like a shower head from the ceiling, the computer then began spraying him down in a thick paste shower.

Eyes snapping shut as he was hosed down, Purple flinched at being so suddenly dowsed in the sticky solution. "...You could have done that this whole time?" he growled, rather annoyed he had been forced to go searching for the bathroom.

"Pretty much..." the computer said as it continued to spray him down with paste for another minute or two before stopping. "There...That should be enough." it then said once it had applied enough paste to Purple for him not to be affected by the rain outside.

Purple rolled his eyes at the computer's rather defiant answer back. "Brilliant. So I can go now?" he asked once the computer had finished showering him down.

"I gueeess..." the computer then groaned out, not really caring what Purple did now.

Purple glared but pulled his clothes back on before quickly heading back upstairs. "Give me a disguise." he barked once he had reached the top level of the base.

The computer dropped the hobo hat from before into his hands. "Good enough for you?" it asked, having no intention whatsoever of making him a brand new disguise.

Purple rolled his eyes again but didn't have time to argue. "Okay, it's fine." he said before slamming the hat on over his antennae and storming out of the base directly towards Jack's and Rose's house, hoping Dib went there.

Meanwhile, with Jack and Rose, Jack was already up early yet again, making breakfast for everyone in the house.

Yawning and rubbing at one of her eyes, Rose entered the kitchen to join him. "Morning, Jack." she greeted him upon stepping into the room.

Jack turned to smile at her before leaning in to kiss her on the cheek sweetly. "Good morning. I'm making eggs for breakfast this morning." he said in an upbeat tone of voice.

Rose took a seat at the table. "Oh, well I'm sure the girls will enjoy that. If they're not too tired out from spending all last night playing that game you bought them, that is." she laughed a little.

That's when a rapid knock on the door alerted them to somebody's presence outside.

"Hmm…Now I wonder who that could be this early in the morning." Rose said before getting back up to go answer the door, expecting it to be either Zim or Dib back for a visit. She opened the door with a smile on her face.

"Rose!" Purple burst through the door and grabbed her by the shoulders before she could even respond. "Rose, tell me! Has Dib been by here?! IS he here?!" he asked all too frantically, shaking her just a bit.

Rose's eyes widened at Purple's rather abrupt entrance. "No, he hasn't. What's going on?! What happened?" she asked when she saw the look of pure panic on the other's face.

Letting go of her to throw his arms up in the air, Purple then brought them back down to tug on his antennas underneath the hat. "Argh! Where could he be?! I have to find him!" he began pacing back and forth in a small circle before looking back to Rose, his eyes wet now. "S-Something bad happened...A few hours after you left..." he said, the memory playing out in his head again and making his chest hurt.

Rose looked very worried now. "D-Did Dib and Zim have another fight? Dib ran away again, didn't he? Ohh, we have to find him." she looked about ready to run back and grab Jack so they could do just that.

Purple could only shake his head in response to that however. "No...No, that's not it at all, though I wish it were...Something far worse happened though...to Zim..." he blinked a few tears out of his eyes. "A-And Dib's nowhere to be found." he brought a wrist up to rub at his eyes, just doing everything he could to try and keep things together.

Rose looked back at him horrified now. "W-Worse...?" she said, not so certain she wanted to know what happened now.

"I-It's my fault...Because I couldn't let go...They came for him...Two Irken guards came for him and took him away...A-And they hurt Dib...I don't know what exactly they did to him, but they hurt him badly...They hurt him so badly, he was pushed to the point of...of..." he couldn't finish his sentence as he looked away guiltily.

Rose was terror-stricken at this point. "The point of what? You have to tell me, Purple. What happened?!" she stared him straight in the eyes, fearing the worst.

Purple shook where he stood. "B-Back on the Massive...H-He stabbed one of the guards..." he finally said, his antennae drooping and voice low.

"O-Oh my...They must have hurt him terribly then...And what did Zim do about it?"

Purple hugged himself tightly and shook his head, his antennae wilting even more. "Z-Zim...was already stripped of his PAK by that point...H-He...He's..." he tried to get the words out but couldn't no matter how hard he tried.

Eyes widening when she saw Purple mouth the words silently with no voice to accompany them, Rose just about collapsed when she felt the strength in her knees give way. Having entered the room just as Purple finished telling her what happened, however, Jack luckily managed to run up and catch her when he saw her falling backwards suddenly.

"I'm sorry...This is my fault!" Purple brought up his wrists to wipe at his eyes. "I'm sorry...I...I should have tried harder to stop him! B-But the Control Brain deemed him defective...a-and...said he had to be eliminated...He's dead now and it's all my fault! Everything that happened was my fault! Because...Because I couldn't let go..." he finally broke down all the way again as he brought his hands up to hide his face in.

Rose was by this point shaking in Jack's arms rather violently, tears coming to her eyes as she was unable to believe Zim was gone.

Trying to calm himself back down enough to continue, knowing he couldn't just stand there and cry when he had a limited amount of time to find Dib and make sure he and his smeets were okay, Purple breathed in shakily before exhaling slowly. "...A-And now...Now Dib's run off and I don't even know where he is...H-He's hurt and alone...H-He needs medical attention to make sure his smeets are alright, b-but I just don't know where he disappeared off to..." he said, hoping they could help him find the hybrid.

Rose put a hand to her mouth, tears in her eyes. "Jack. Jack, we have to find him." she finally said once she had managed to calm down some herself.

Jack held her close, running a hand up and down her back in a soothing manner. "We will…Shhh…" he kissed her comfortingly. "You go with Purple. I'll get the girls up and then call Tak and Gaz. We'll find him." he reassured her, knowing Dib couldn't have gotten too far by now.

Purple looked back up at Jack. "Y-You know how to get in contact with Tak and Dib's younger sibling?" he asked, a little surprised Tak had given out such information to them.

Jack nodded. "I got their number when we were at the mall the other day." he said, having figured it best he have a way to contact them in case of an emergency. He just never thought he'd actually have to use said information.

Pushing herself back up shakily after a moment to go and pull out a few things from their hallway closet, Rose returned a minute or so later with three raincoats and a bag just big enough to hold a blanket in. "Y-You should wear something warmer in this weather, Purple." she said, offering him one of the coats before slipping into her own and turning back to Jack. "I-I'm taking one of yours too, Jack. If Dib is out there, he's probably wet and cold." she said, determined to find him now.

Jack nodded. "Good idea. I'll grab a blanket in case I find him." he said before kissing Rose quickly. "Now quick, we have to find him ASAP. I found him in the park the first time we met. You may want to check there first. It's close by anyways. The girls and I will check near Zim's house and maybe Gaz will know more places to look for him at." he then said, not wanting to waste even a single moment longer pondering his whereabouts. They'd search the entire town if they had to, regardless of where he might or might not be.

A/N: And there you have it for Chapter 154. =3 Until next time~