"It's been three weeks. Three weeks and they still have Gaz! Why aren't you doing anything!" Dib shouted at his father.
"I'm doing the best I can Dib!" Prof. Membrane said. "I'm trying to find a way to get your sister back but we don't know where they're at or how they even arrived at Seruba and leave so quickly! It should be impossible for that to happen!" He explained. Dib wouldn't take it for an answer. He slammed his fist against the table and walked out of the room. As he walked down the corridor, Dib began to mumble to himself.
"I'm not going to let my sister be taken away! Don't worry Gaz, I'll save you myself if I have to." He said to himself. Anyways, like Dib said. It has been three weeks ever since Gaz signed Zim's contract. And not a lot has really happened lately. Gaz doing her chores and Zim being the pervert towards her. But Gaz seems to be in a better mood. She had just finished watering the few plants with a smile on her face. Other than being a complete perv, Zim has actually helped her. He gave her more tips about cooking, introduced her to more famous novels, and gave her more areas to explore when ever she is finished. Let's go to one of those moments shall we. Gaz finished her chores and was headed to the study. Before she could reach the door, Zim came out and noticed Gaz.
"Oh, I didn't expect to see you here so early." He said. Zim walked pasted her and made a hand gesture to follow him. So she did. As they walked down multiple hallways, Gaz started to wonder where he was taking her. They then stopped in front of a door that made clear that he didn't want anyone of his choosing to enter this room because of the security on it. It had camera scanner up top and a touch screen pad on the side. Zim stood in front and waited.
"Identify: tallest Zim. Confirmed." The touchscreen said. Zim then grabbed Gaz's right arm and placed some sort of bracelet on her wrist. Gaz then looked at it and looked at Zim.
"If you're going to come into this room again, you'll need the bracelet in order to enter." He said. Gaz looked at the bracelet and back at Zim. He then made a quick notion with his eyes to the touch screen and back to her. Gaz then walked over to it and swiped the bracelet over the touch screen.
"Identification: confirmed." It said. The door was unlocked and opened itself. Gaz was then welcomed with something no one could compare to. It was a complete garden. There were several flowers, bushes, and hedges. There was even a small river stream there. Gaz turned all around, admiring the beauty of the garden. She had no words. It was something no person could create. "It even has a hot springs area to relax in. And yes you're allowed." He explained.
"Zim... how did you do this?" She asked still in awe.
"I didn't. It worked itself to look like this." He explained walking towards her. "But me and another gave it the help it need to grow." He looked over to see staring at him. "He was a human. Keef. That was his name. He noticed this room and started to have large plans for it. Once he finished, Keef brought the plans to me and showed them. I agreed and so we stand in this masterpiece." He finished while staring at a flower bush. Gaz walked up to the same bush and brushed her hand over it.
"Where is he now?" Gaz asked.
"Dead." Zim responded with a hint of sadness in his voice. Gaz looked to see Zim full of sorrow. Gaz started to wonder what happened. "We were on a planet, looking around to see what sort of plants to place here. Suddenly a gun shot was heard and I turned to see Keef in front of me. He slowly turned to face me and I saw a large wound in his chest. He then fell over and started bleed out. It was to severe and he was loosing too much blood so I couldn't do anything to save him. He died in my arms that day with only one thing to say. "Just put me with the garden. So I can watch over it forever."" He explained. Gaz listened to every word and knew that this wasn't a lie. She wanted to cry but she couldn't show weakness. Zim then looked over at her. "So I kept my promise, and now he watches this place. Every single day." He was looking over at something.
Gaz turned around and gasped at the sight she was looking at. Behind them was a tombstone with flowers around it. It read 'in memory of Keef, a warrior, a soldier, a friend. May he Rest In Peace.' Gaz walked over to it placed her hand over her mouth. There was also a small picture in front. It showed everyone in the picture but the most noticeable ones were Zim and Keef. They were celebrating and Zim and Keef had hit their cups together making the liquid come out and fall back in. They were smiling with joy as it happened. Gaz then felt pain inside her. She didn't say anything and just stared at the tombstone.
"I must go. I have something I need to take care of." Zim said walking away.
"Can you answer me something?" Gaz asked turning towards him. He then stopped and waited. "What did you do to get Kristie to follow you?" She asked. It was silent as they stood there. Zim then sighed.
"It's best if she were here to explain it to you." Was all he said. He then left Gaz in the silence of the garden. Some time later, Gaz was changing into a nightgown and had an unexpected visitor. It was a woman in red and purple robes with a hood on. Gaz stood there confused at who this could be.
"I was told that you wanted to know what happened." Said the person as she turned to reveal herself as Kristie.
"Kristie? How are you here?" Gaz asked.
"I... I can't tell you. It would be disobeying Zim's orders." She said looking away. Gaz then rolled her eyes.
"Whatever. What is it. Why are you working for him." She said crossing her arms.
"I know you mad Gaz, but please listen." She pleaded.
"Mad, oh no. I'm soo excited that my supposed friend is actually working for a psycho pervert warlord that wants my dads head on a spear. That's soo pleasant. Honestly what could he possibly have on you to make you sign a contract." She said not looking at her. It was completely silent as Gaz waited for an answer.
"I didn't sign... a damn contract." Kristie said. Gaz was confused by this and turned to face her. Kristie has tears welling up and her fist clenched. "I didn't sign a contract." She repeated as tears went down her cheeks. "He saved me." She said.
several years ago*
"Mommy. Daddy. Please don't leave me." A little girl said as she weeps for her mother and father in front of her. They're blood spilt on the ground as it leaked out of the several cuts and bite marks. The little girl held on to them, wanting them to come back and hold her. But they didn't move. Suddenly a large beast came out and charged for her. It had the form of a mountain lion only larger and more gruesome. The girl ran for her life, hoping to loose it but it did not give up the chase. She then tripped over a large branch and injured her foot. She desperately crawled away but the lion pinned her down to where she couldn't move. It snarled and growled in her face. It then got closer to her face, readying for his meal as she screamed in fear.
"THUNDER CANON!" A voice said as the weight of the lion started to lift off of her. As if time was moving slow, the lion was kicked by a boy with green skin, red eyes, black hair and antennas. He also had what looked like a red long sleeve shirt with tiny thin black lines. He was also wearing black pants and boots with something made of metal attached to his back. There was lightning coming from his feet as he kicked the lion in mid air. It was then launched and flew through a tree. It started to get up but was then thrown back down by the boy and started to yelp as it was literally beaten to death. The yelping had stopped and all that was heard was the sound of panting from the young boy.
"Zim!" A voice called. The little girl looked to her right and saw four other people running towards Zim. They all had green skin and wore the same thing as Zim did. One had purple eyes and wore purple while the others had red. Zim then started to walk towards them. "Zim are you okay?" The purple one asked with a girls voice. "Zim what have I told you about running off like that, this planet is dangerous!" A red eyed alien that was the size of an adult said. Zim didn't say anything and kept on panting as he looked over to his right and looked at the little girl. They all saw what he was looking at and became shocked.
"You saved a human?" One of the red ones asked with a boys voice. Zim nodded. "Zim, She is human. You know what the humans did to you." The woman said. "Yeah. But they also did the same to her." Zim responded. He started to walk over to the girl and kneeled down. He then noticed her foot and ankle injured and covered in bruises. Then a mechanical arm came out of the thing that was on his back. It gave him a spray bottle and a bandage wrap. There was some sort of dark green liquid in it. The little girl started to squirm and move out of fear.
"It's okay. I'm not gonna hurt you." Zim said. She stopped moving and held still. Zim sprayed the mystery liquid on her leg. It was cold to the touch, but it started to warm up. The bruises started to disappear and it became healed. Zim then began to wrap the bandage around her foot and ankle. "My name is Zim." He said in the process. "That's Tak, Tenn, Skooge, Kree." He said pointing to them in that order. He finished and started to help her up. Zim pulled out two items that unfolded into crutches. Zim handed them to her so she could at least move. "What's yours?" He asked. She stayed silent for a good while not sure if she should tell them.
"K-Kristie." She spoke.
present flashback*
Gaz stood there as she took every piece of information. Shocked by all of this. She knew about Kristie becoming an orphan at a young age but she never knew that side of the story. Gaz felt miserable for how she acted towards he.
"After staying with them, they didn't see me as a low life human. They became my family. There was even one day when I still had my foot in a cast, I was cold but I didn't want to bother anyone. So I sat there shivering until I found this wrapped around me." Kristie said as she held onto the robes she was wearing. "I look to see that Kree had done it. She gave the warmest smile I have ever seen." She said. Gaz then saw a hint of blush on Kristies face. "I didn't feel like I was outcasted by them. I felt loved." Kristie then looked closed her eyes and started to cry more. "So if you hate me, then hate me. I've been hated my entire life." She finished. Nothing was said after that. It was quiet for some time. Kristie then felt something around her. She opened her eyes to see Gaz hugging her.
"I don't hate you Kristie. I just didn't know why you did it. I'm so sorry." Gaz said. Kristie then hugged back and cried into Gaz's shoulder.
After that little experience, everything went back to normal really. As Gaz walked down the hall with a book in her hands. Skooge was walking towards her direction, staring at something in his hands. Looking as if he was concentrating. The distance between them started to become short.
"Hey Gaz." Skooge greeted as he passed her. Like Kristie, with Gaz staying with them for a while. She was always greeted by either Skooge or Tenn. Kree and Tak still didn't trust her but they were slowly coming along. Gaz made it to the garden and sat down in the grass. Though after a while she started to get bored and stopped.
'It even has a hot springs area to relax in.' She recalled Zim saying. "I think I'm going to enjoy the hot springs." She said to herself as she stood. Gaz made it to the hot springs are and changed out of her dress and wrapped a towel around her. When she entered, the room was steam and the smell of heated water. Gaz stepped into the water, removing the towel and placing it on the edge. Gaz was enveloped in relaxing water, covering her body. She had perched her elbow on the edge while her hand still sat in the water. "I haven't been this relaxed in forever." She says to herself.
Gaz looked around the room. There wasn't really much to it. The walls were mad of metal while the rocks are basically what holds the water. A few vents were here and there. Gaz then looked at herself. Gaz started to get this feeling that something was wrong. As if the way she looked was wrong. Was she, self conscious? Gaz then shook her head.
"Why should I care what everyone else thinks. If they don't like the way I look then that's there problem." She said to herself. But she couldn't shake this feeling away. Gaz then heard noises. She slowly moved around a rock wall. Gaz peeked over the corner to see no one there. 'That's weird, I could of sworn I heard something.' She thought to herself. Suddenly someone came out from underneath the water. Who ever it was had a complete toned body that had markings and scars all over. She then saw this person pull his hair back and pushed the front of it forward. 'Wait a minute the only that has hair is-. Oh my god is that Zim?!' She thought to herself. Gaz was shocked by this. Feeling her face become even more heated. There was a red circle around the pak that was on his back. Attached to it were the lines that went down the top of his arms. There were also lines that went down his back with a line that wrapped around his waist line. Which it stopped there because the water stopped right above his rear. Which made Gaz blush even more. He also had the black tattoos that also went around his pak. Leaving two spikes at the top and two the bottom. Gaz slowly moved behind the rocks and felt different. Her heart was pounding at a rapid pace. It was as if her chest was going to bust open.
She then heard him get out of the water. Gaz looked over to see Zim walking out with a towel around his waist. She then saw the red lines again. The went down the back of his legs, stopping above his feet with a red filled in dot. Zim also had scars on his legs too. He then left as Gaz sat there thinking. Her heart pounding like a sledge hammer and her face becoming hotter then an oven. Gaz didn't know what to do. 'Oh god. That was Zim. I didn't expect him to be so... active. And those scars with the tattoos. It must hurt like hell to get those but they made him look so... so.' She could not think of the word as her heart began to beat even faster. Gaz felt something weird around her nose. She went up to touch it and felt something wet. Gaz pulled away her hand to see blood. "Is my nose bleeding?"She asked herself as she got out and wrapped her towel around her. After cleaning the blood and changed back into her dress, Gaz went back to her room. Not sure of what to think on what just happened.
There was a knock at her door. She walked over and opened it to see Zim on the other side. This caused Gaz to blush, recalling back to what happened.
"Hello Gaz, I was looking for you." He said. "We will be leaving to a distant planet. You will be coming with us. So if you will please follow me, we shall make our departure." He explained. They made it to the massive and it started to take lift off into space. Inside the ship, Zim, Tak, Skooge, Tenn, and Kree were all in the main deck. Watching as the massive leaves Irk's atmosphere. Gaz walked in and saw the vast area of space.
"Oh, hello Gaz." Tak nodded to her and looked back. Gaz looked at Tak to a second and smiled a little. Gaz turned her head just in time to see a portal open in front of them. Soon an entire armada quickly went through it and drifted across space.
"We should be at Sekal in ten minutes or less my tallest." One of the Irkens at a control panel said.
"Very well, prepare a transport ship for arrival. I want this meeting to go well." Zim explained. Everyone then went to there separate task. "Oh, and Kristie dropped this off. Asked me to give it to you when ever I could." He said turning to Gaz while pulling out her game slave. Zim have it to her as she looked at it with shock. She turned it on and saw all of her progress was still saved. She sighed with relief. "So did you enjoy it?" Zim asked with a smile.
"Well, that was pretty cool. How did you find out how to create portals?" She asked.
"Oh no no no Gaz." He then leaned down next to her ear. "I was talking about the hot springs." He whispered. Gaz then froze and turned eight shades of red. Gaz looked at Zim, seeing the sly grin. Gaz didn't know what to say. Could she say anything after that. Her heart started to pound and become faster. Zim then dragged a finger from her neck to her jaw line. "I must say... your skin looks quite succulent when in water." He whispered. Gaz's entire face became beat red. She quickly went to her game for a distraction. Zim smiled at her reaction and stood straight.
"My tallest, we are close to our destination." An Irken said.
"Prepare for arrival!" Zim announced as they cleared from the portal and see planet Sekal right in front of them.