Gaz opened the door to her closet as she saw it filled with maid dresses. Full dresses, no mini skirts. She then pulled one out and laid it on her bed, noticing it completely black with red and purple accents all over. She then looked at her self, finally seeing the dirt that covered the dress and herself. So she went to the bathroom and headed towards the shower with a towel inside. Gaz then stripped out of the dress and stepped into the shower, turning it on in the process. The entire room started to become foggy as steam stuck to the mirrors and porcelain.
'I can't believe this. I'm stuck here for the rest of my life and it was for someone who I thought was my friend. Yeah look how that turned out. Fuck You Kristie.' She thought to herself. She turned off the shower and stepped out, wrapping a towel around her. She then walked out of the bathroom looking through the drawers of a dresser that appeared out of the floor. 'How the hell am I exactly supposed to change into this when there isn't even-.' Before she could finish her thought. She pulled out a drawer that had multiple pairs of bra's and underwear. She then pulled out and put them on after she was finished drying herself off. Gaz figured it would be too tight or too large but surprisingly they fit just fine. 'How did he even know what size I wear?' She thought.
After a while Gaz started to rethink everything. 'Maybe it wasn't her fault. She said that she has to follow it when she is given an order so Zim must have something to do with this.' She thought. Gaz had gotten into the dress and began brushing her hair in front of a mirror. She had started to enjoy the silence until it was interrupted by a slurping sound. Slowly turning, Gaz in the presence of a small robot with green eyes sitting on the ground, drinking a soda while watching her. Gaz didn't know what to expect from it. She put down the brush and stared at him curiously.
"Um... hi." She said.
"HI!" It said energetically. Gaz was shocked by how it could talk and how loud it was. She practically had to hold on to the table to keep herself from falling. Gaz then let go, reassuring herself.
"How long have you been sitting there?" She ask.
"I's just walks in." It said happily. Gaz then let out a deep breath, feeling relieved that it didn't see her nude. "What's you're name?" It asked.
"Gaz." She replied.
"Dat's a nice name." It said with a goofy smile.
"Thank you?... so what about you. Do you have a name?" She asked.
"Well... okay, my nam-"
"Gir. Get over here, I need you to run these numbers to Tenn so she can decode them." A communicator with Zim's voice said. Gir then stood up and started to run towards the door.
"Bye Gazzy!" He said before leaving. It was silent from then on as Gaz stared at the door.
"Gir huh." She said. She then smiled a little and turned back to the mirror. After Gaz was finished, she began to venture around the palace. There wasn't really anything to do and she didn't have her GameSlave so Gaz decided to just head to Zim's private study. When she made it to the doors and opened them, Gaz was presented with row after row of books and text. As she walked in, the sight of multiple books in peak condition. Not a single one torn, scratched, or even smug of dust. She decided to pull one at random and read it. There was a small sofa and laid down in it. Reading the title, it said 'A court of Mist and Fury.' (Really good series by the way. The first book is called A court Thorns and Roses.) Gaz looked at it. 'This could be interesting' she thought to herself. After long hours of reading the book. She was intrigued by protagonist's life.
Feyre was fixing to have her wedding with a man named Tamlin but suddenly starts to panic. Feeling that this isn't what she wanted. The deal she made with another named Rhysand. Being taught how to read and write by him instead of tortured and suffering. Learns that a war is fixing to happen. Goes back to Tamlin but has come to something different. Feyre and Tamlin go to multiple disagreements, is constantly forced to stay inside a castle and never aloud to leave. Rescued by Rhysand and his friends. Allows her to help him with protecting the land of both mortal and immortal if she wants to. Finds that he is not who people think he is and finds out that destiny has chosen him to be the love of her life. Gaz was just shocked by how much had happened. She couldn't actually believe it. "Holy shit." She said to herself.
"I know. Crazy right?" Gaz looked back to see the mystery voice was Zim watching her read. This time she got a good look at him. He had a smug grin on but what really caught her eyes were the red lines that were at the corners of his mouth that went down his neck. Could almost be mistaken for blood at a distance. It was silent until Zim decided to walk over to her. "If there is one thing I like about you humans. Is that you know how to make one hell of story." He said. He then walked over to the shelf and made a hand gesture to follow him. Gaz obediently followed with the book in her hand. "I've read that one. And the one before it. I haven't really finished the third book though. Been so busy I haven't gotten the chance too." Zim stated. Gaz looked back down at it. Thinking to herself. "Oh but this." She then looked up to see that he was pulling out a book. "Is possibly one of my favorites." Zim said. She looked curiously at the title. "The Count of Monte Cristo?" She asked out loud. (If you don't know what The Count of Monte Cristo is. It's a famous piece of literature written back in 1844 that was turned into several different movies over the years.) Zim then nodded. "A famous tale of romance, mystery, but my most favorite. Revenge." He said with an evil smile at the end. He then placed it back on the shelf and walked down towards the end and looked. Gaz simply followed behind him, wondering what he was doing. Zim then grabbed another item off the shelf and looked at it. "As for your filming industry, not impressed. Some are good. Others are just terrible." He said. Zim then turned towards Gaz and walked towards her. "But this. One of the greatest ones I've seen so far." He stated. He then handed it to her, allowing her to see it. Gaz flipper it over to see the cover of 'V for Vendetta' (A movie made back in 2005 staring Hugo Weaving and Natalie Portman based on the DC comic vengeful vigilante terrorist, V.) "Another great tale of vengeance." He said. Gaz just stared at the movie.
"What is with you and wanting revenge against us?" She said looking at him. She was then met with a mournful look from Zim. He then gently took the movie and put it back.
"If I told you, you wouldn't believe me. And even if I did you would turn against everyone. Even your own father." He explained. Gaz stared at him curiously. What could he possibly say that would make her go against her dad. His empty stare went to a clock and saw the time. "I think it's about time you go get some rest." He said turning towards her. "Tomorrow you will have you work listed and placed in your room. I expect you to be up when the sun rises. Don't make me have to wake you myself." He explained. Zim then walked toward the door to the study and left. Gaz was turning to leave until she decided to turn back and grabbed that movie. If he wasn't going to tell her why he was so angry at the humans, then maybe she can find a clue in the movie. Gaz made it to her room and was about to put it on until she saw how dark it was outside. So she went ahead and decided crash for tonight. Tomorrow though, she's going to find out what his secret is.
the next day*
As the morning sun rose, Gaz was beginning to get dress while reading her list of chores. From start to finish, she had to clean all the floors. She will be given help from floor bots. Dust of furniture in the study, have Zim's throne completely polished, make sure all the plants were watered and have dinner prepared by the evening. So after long hours of cleaning floors, dust, and watering the few plants they had. She also polished the throne from top to bottom. All that was left was to make dinner so she began her way to the kitchen. On her way she went to the study and found a cook book. Hopefully it could help her. As she prepared several different meats, sliced vegetables, and added multiple different spices, it was finally complete. Gaz then grabbed the book and headed back to the study to put it back. She figured that she would need to make something for herself later on and have to sneak into the kitchen in order to eat. After she entered her room, Gaz changed into a night gown and decided to put on V for Vendetta. She watched the movie, understanding the story line so far.
The new prime minister established an anti-homosexual country and complete control over religion, demanding that no other religion will be practiced. If anyone were to break these laws then they will be arrested, tortured, and swiftly executed. We are then introduced to Evey Hammond (Natalie Portman) and V (Hugo Weaving). Fast forward we are introduced to his hide out and the scares on his hands. V then explains what he is doing and why he is. After some time later, Gaz learns that there was a "correctional facility" more like torture chamber and experimentation building. Where they took people and like I said, tortured and experiment on people. V is also targeting certain people. A priest, a news host, and a morgue analytic. And after they were killed, all that was left was a rose. After finding a journal in the morgue analytics house. Gaz then found out that the the three of them actually worked at the correctional facility. The news host was a colonial for the the prime ministers military, the priest... Well was still a priest, and the morgue analytic was actually the lead doctor for the facility. When a fire broke out and destroyed the building. The doctor saw a man step out of the fire. His eyes couldn't be seen but she knew that his stare was straight forward and precise. He then shouted at the top of his lungs and the flash back had ended. Gaz was going to finish but heard her stomach growling. She then looked outside and saw that it had finally gotten dark and hoped that everything had calmed down. Gaz left her room and made it into the hallway. Sneaking through the palace, grabbing the cook book from the study, and headed towards the kitchen. Gaz then started to look through the book and got the items needed for her meal.
"You could have just asked." A voice said. She then quickly looked over to her right and the mystery voice was Zim. Gaz looked him over. He was wearing a tight shirt, loose sweat pants, and black boots with buckles that went halfway up his shins. His arms had red lines down his arms to the center of the back of his hand with a little red filled in dot. He also had black ink that made a figure eight pattern down his arms with pointed edges that stopped at his wrist. Zim then walked over to Gaz. "You could have just asked." He repeated. Gaz then looked away with embarrassment.
"I figured you wouldn't let me eat until everyone else so I didn't make anything for me. That's why I snuck in here." She said not looking at him.
"Well I guess it's a good thing you did. It was kind of off. The meat was a bit dry and the side dishes were over cooked." Zim said. Gaz became even more embarrassed and a little afraid of what he was going to do if she was honest to herself. So Gaz waited. "Well go on." Zim said. Gaz looked up at him surprised as he leaned against the counter with his arms crossed. "Go ahead, I'm not gonna stop you." He said. Gaz then slowly moved over to the stove and began. Zim watched as she put some meat in the oven and had two pots on the stove. One with what looked like rice and the other had an alien form of gravy. Gaz started to mix the gravy until a pair of hands grabbed her and a body was pressed against her. One hand grabbed her right while the other had her left that was keeping the pot steady.
"See, that's where you made the mistake. You can't just rush mixing it. You have to keep a gentle pace and place the temperature on a lower level." He said as he directed her with his hands. Gaz had no words as her face became red. Gaz was watching as she looked at his hands. They only had three fingers and there were tiny scares that could be seen. She figured they would be rough and callused. But he was soft at the touch and gentle when he caressed her hand. Gaz could then feel her heart throbbing. As if it would burst out of her chest and fly across the room as her face heat up extremely. She didn't know what to say. Hell she didn't even know what to think. And surprisingly, Gaz didn't want this feeling to leave. 'I... I can't remember the last time I ever felt like this. I don't think I ever felt like this.' She thought to herself. It was then finished and was fixing to be prepared.
"You know. Out of that entire experience, I think I liked the only thing I could smell was your sweet aroma." Zim said. Gaz turned best red as she finished making her plate. She then felt Zim felt Zim grab a small strand of her hair and heard him smell it. Zim then leaned into her ear. "Exotic." He whispered. A hand then quickly went to his face as he felt a stinging pain. Zim looked at Gaz to see that her cheeks were beat red as she glared at him. He then smiled. "Ooh, feisty. I love it." He said. Gaz then shook her head and grabbed her plate.
"Pervert." She said while walking away. Zim watched as she walked away and leave.
"Oh don't worry little Gaz. We have all time in the universe to play." He said with a smile before leaving as well. After Gaz was finished eating, she laid down in bed with nothing but her thoughts.
'I can't believe that jerk. First he acts all nice and I think this isn't going to be as bad as I thought. But then he becomes a huge pervert and starts sniffing my hair like a creepy person. Though he was soft and gentle. But he was invading my personal space. Though he did teach me more about cooking. Ugh I don't know what to think' she argued with herself. Gaz then rolled on her side and huffed out of aggravation. She felt her eye lids become heavy as she started to drift of to sleep. Gaz then opened her eyes but everything was different. She looked around and saw that she was in a forest of some sort. She then looked at herself and she was also different. She was a little girl again. Gaz probably figured she was about five because of her height. She was wearing a small dress and had small slide on shoes with socks that went above her ankles. But Gaz went from confusion to worry. She started to see gashes, cuts, and open wounds. There wasn't any blood coming out, they were just... there. She wondered where they came from and why they were there.
Suddenly a branch snapped and Gaz looked in that direction. There was silence for a few seconds until a bush started to shake. What came out surprised her. It was a boy. A little boy with dark hair. He also had a large shirt with long pants. The boy was wearing a pair of shoes and his eye color was an unnatural red. But what surprised her more was the scares on him. They were the exact same ones Gaz has. As he stared at her, the little boy was walking towards her until he was right in front of her. He then gave her a warm smile, like if he was seeing his friend again or if he wanted to be nice. He then gently grabbed her hands and held them in his. Gaz blushed and looked away from embarrassment. She then felt something press against her cheek and saw his lips peck her cheek. Gaz blushed even more. She then saw not only his scares healing, but her own as well. The little boy smiled even more.
Gaz then suddenly opened her eyes and slowly sat up from the bed. She looked around seeing that nothing was different. She then placed her hand on her head.
"After so many years. Why do have to see that see same dream again?" She asked herself.