Both tallest were screaming, running around as they freaked out
"ZIM?! NO WAY! WE CAN'T BRING ZIM BACK!"
"WE BANISHED A SMEET TO THE FARTHEST PART OF THE GALAXY! THE CONTROL BRAINS ARE GONNA KILL US!"
"HE'S GONNA RUIN ALL OUR HARD WORK!"
"WHAT DO WE DO?!"
"STOP IT!" Mai yelled, making them both freeze and look at her. She put a hand on her face "This is Zim, the one who ruined Impending Doom 1? I've read about him, but he's not that bad! I've dealt with smeets worse. Look, I'll take him ok? I will be the one responsible for him and he will not be an issue, so calm down"
"He IS that bad! He single handedly ruined Impending Doom 1, We banished him to Foodcourtia but he escaped, he plunged Devastus and Irk into darkness for 50 years!"
Mai thought for a second "Ok so maybe I never had a smeet that bad, but there is not one I can't handle! Now give me his coordinates and a Voot, I'll leave now"
Red sighed "Fine, you have no idea what you're getting into though. Maybe stay on the planet with him for a while before bringing him back? Just to, you know, make sure he's ok to be with the others first" He nodded. The longer he could keep Zim away the better
"Then it's settled" Mai smiled, getting the coordinates and the keys to a voot before leaving
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"GIR! Get out of the laser canon! That is for the stinky humans!" Zim yelled, not looking away from where he was smelting the metal
"OkIE DoKIe!" Gir screeched before running off and jumping into the trash chute. Finally he would have some quiet….
"Master, the Dib human is at the door" The computer said bored from the ceiling
"Just let the gnomes deal with him. If he gets in, tell me!" he said, getting annoyed. Why can't he ever just work in peace? It's always Gir or Dib to bother him!
"Incoming Irken vessel" Zim's antenna perked up at that. Could it be?
"I-Is it the Tallest?..." He said hopefully, putting his hands together as if praying it was them
"I dunno" The computer sounded bored
"Well, find out! We don't need another Tak situation!" He ordered and then waited in silence "...Well?"
"It is A tallest. That is all I could get" Zim practically beamed with happiness
"Well hurry up and open so they may land in the roof of Zim's base! NOW" He yelled despite having a big smile. He hoped it was Purple, he was definitely the nice one. Even if he made the most mean comments, it was obvious he was joking! While Red was just plain mean. He run up to the Voot landing to greet who he thought was Red or Purple, practically bouncing as it landed in front of him
"Oh my tallest Zim is so happy you finally decided to visit! He was starting to think you possibly forgot about Zim! Can you believe that? Zim knew you valued him!" He gushed out before the voot could even open, revealing it was obviously not his tallest. His face instantly fell, going from sad to angry in a second
"Who the hell are you?" He yelled "You're not my tallest! INTRUDER!" Zim screeched "...Uhhh…Computer? Attack the intruder!"
"My coding forbids me from attacking a tallest" it said in its usual monotone voice
"SHE'S NOT A STINKING TALLEST NOW ATTACK! ZIM DEMANDS IT!"
Mai was just watching this unfold a little amused "Uh, Zim? Hi, I'm Mother Tallest Mai. I'm here to bring you back to the smeete-" "ZIM IS NO SMEET!" He cut her off as if he already knew what she would say
"Uhh…" That caught her off guard for once "Zim, indoor voice." She said sternly after getting her composure back "Now, just like you respect your Tallest you need to give that same respect to me. Your tallest sent me here to take care of you and eventually bring you back" she said gently but with authority
Zim gave her a weird look and just stared at her for a bit. He had never been spoken to like this and was actually processing what was being said to him
"L-LIES! My Tallest would NEVER think Zim is in need of watching! Zim is the best invader on Irk sent on a special mission by the Tallest!" Mai sighed. She had never met someone so delusional. Definitely a way to protect himself, but nonetheless annoying
"Look Zim, we can call the Tallest together if that's what you'd like so they can tell you themselves?" Zim paused again. Deep down he knew she was telling the truth, but he didn't want to admit it to himself, because then he would have to also admit that this mission was a lie.
"N-No…That is fine. So what did you want again, to look after Zim? Fine, you may monitor Zims conquering of this planet, then we can talk to the Tallest after so Zim can show he doesn't need you!" He walked off back to where he was working, getting his goggles and blow torch out
"Oh no you dont!" She snatched the torch from his hands "This isn't safe, you could burn yourself!"
"HEY! GIVE BACK ZIMS TOOLS" He yelled, standing on his chair and jumping up to try and reach them. Of course the chair being on wheels slid out from under him and falling face first into the ground
"Oh! Zim, are you ok?" Zim was about to push himself up when he felt himself get picked up and his face got squished into her chest "You poor thing, lets go get you cleaned up, you're filthy!"
Zims head was buzzing, from the obvious concussion he probably had but also from being held so close like something truly precious. His face was smothered in her large breasts so even if he wanted to yell at her it would be muffled. He didn't want to though, something about being held, feeling warm, feeling precious made him for once actually feel relaxed
Or maybe it was the concussion. Either way he didn't care.
That is until he heard a gel bath start running and he was seated on the cold toilet so she could undress him
"Hey! No! Zim can bathe himself! Go away!" He swatted at her hand like a cat, claws out
"Ow!" He scratched her hand. She gave a little huff "Zim, no claws. I'm gonna cut those when were done" She reached out to tug at his boots only to get another swat at her hand
"Zim is fully capable of bathing himself!" He huffed
"I'm sure you are Zim, but you're hurt. I wanna make sure you don't slip or something!"
"Zim is fine!" He kept swatting at her every time she tried to touch him. She gave him an angry mom glare
"Ok, you asked for it" She held him against her chest again as he struggled, hissing and whining. She finally got him undressed and dropped him in the tub
"ARGHHGHGNGNN! YOU STUPID INSIGNIFICANT-EEK!" He jumped as she grabbed a bath sponge and started washing his back
"Shhhh, it's ok. I'm sorry, I should have warmed it up first huh?" She gave a little chuckle, dunking the sponge into the warm bath gel before starting to wash him again "There, is that better?
"No." Zim mumbled, crossing his arms over his body. He grumbled some more when she started washing his face
"You're all covered in oil! I'm glad I got here when I did. You poor thing, you don't have to struggle by yourself anymore" She said softly as she washed him "I know it's hard, being forced to grow up so fast. You think you have it all figured out. Now you can relax, learn, have an actual childhood before you come back to this. There will always be more missions if you really want to be an invader later on"
"Zim IS an invader" He huffed "And I would kill you for touching me if my head wasnt throbbing"
She sighed "Oh Zim, you don't mean that. You're a good boy under there. I can tell" Zim's antenna perked up at that
"Y-You think so?" He practically whispered
"Think what?"
"Think Zim is good. No one has ever said Zim is good at anything…" Why was he telling her this? "Zim meant..uh-"
"I know what you mean. You don't need to pretend to be something you're not with me" she started draining the bath and snatched him up in a big fluffy towel, carrying him to his room sitting him down on the big bed. He didn't use it much so it felt weird being in here. She grabbed a new uniform and started redressing him
"How do you know where everything is?" Zim asked, kinda curious. She walked around like she knew where she was going
"Oh! I used to be an invader. All these bases have the same structure" Zim laughed
"You? An invader?" He said like he didn't believe it, because he really didn't
"Yeah I know, not really my thing. Being an MT is way more fun in my opinion. I get to help little guys like you"
"I'm not little!" Now she was laughing
"Yes sweetie, you're not little" She left his shoes off, grabbing the blanket off the bed and wrapping him up in it, holding him close again "That reminds me, here, this will help you grow taller!" A pak leg came out holding a bottle. Zim gave it a weird look
"Liar! There's no way to be taller!" He wiggled in the blanket cocoon but found he was stuck.
"It's true! Drink it and you'll get taller!" She held it in front of his face, poking his lip. He turned his head, still skeptical
"Why is Zim trapped?" He said with a little glare. It was so cute. He was trying so hard to look menacing but wrapped up like a fluffy burrito just made it adorable.
"Is it not comfortable?" She asked
"W-Well…yes, but-"
"Good, then there's no issue. Drink up if you wanna be tall like your tallest and try to get some rest"
"B-But Zim must work on the!–Mnhn" She pushed the bottle in while his mouth was open hoping he would just quiet down already. He was definitely energetic, that's for sure.
Zim scrunched his face in confusion and anger that she cut him off. His long repressed instincts finally kicked in and he started sucking. His eyes immediately drooped. It was like drinking liquid sugar (because it is) It's so good! Good and warm and sweet
A loud rumble bubbled up from deep in his chest before finally slipping off to sleep
She couldn't help but smile. Here she had the almighty Zim, the one who had ruined Impending doom 1, destroyed half of Irk and was overall considered to be a maniac was curled up and purring in her arms
"You really are a good boy…"
