I shivered in the cold night air. The cold was eating at me like a rabid dog would. I watched as snow began to fall. Great. I huffed, and kept my eyes on her tracks.

BANG!

I heard a cross between a yelp, and a deep growl nearby.

"AAAAHHH!" I heard a scream ring through my ears. I rushed past Dib, and blindly ran towards the source of noise. I froze in my footsteps.

She was eating a man.

His innards were strewn everywhere, and his handgun was at least 5 ft away from them both. My stomach lurched, and I made a soft groan. Oh shit! Her head twitched towards me. I looked into those glossy orbs, and I couldn't move. There was nothing left of her. She was just a monster now. I still held onto that last glimmer of hope, but I was tempted to let it go. I was tempted to kill her, I know she would want me to. To prevent people from being slaughtered. To save many lives. She dashed towards me, and I begged myself to move. To jump out of the way, to lift up my gun. I couldn't do anything but stare at her.

Thud!

I groaned when my head hit the concrete ground.

"Zim are you an idiot!?" I heard Dib's voice shriek. He stood off of me and I heard the shots being fired. I wobbly stood up, and I aimed my gun at her. I forced myself to pull the trigger.

I watched as I pounded the tranqs into her. I watched in horror as I shot the needles into her flesh.

"Ah!" I yelped when I narrowly dodged her when she attempted to tackle me to the ground. I shot her, and she collapsed. I managed to shoot her in her knee, crippling her. She moaned, and wailed in pain. I felt my heart breaking. I knew that it was for the greater good, but I still wanted to shoot myself for hurting her. We could fix her. I kept telling myself she would be fine, but I wasn't so sure. We might not be able to fix her after all. Maybe she's too far gone to fix. Maybe she's going to have to be put down because of it.

I wiped my tears away before the Dib-stink could see them. I cautiously walked to Mel. She was starting to doze off. I counted the darts that only hit her one side. I counted 10, not including the rest. Dib jammed her in the face with his gun.

"DON'T!" I shrieked at him. I felt my hand tighten around my weapon, and he stopped jamming her in the face.

"Jeez! I was just seeing if she was still conscious!" Dib grumbled.

"Zim doesn't care!" I hissed back. "You will help Zim with taking her back to your lab!" I glared at him.

"Ya know, I don't have to help you." Dib threatened. I froze stiff, and I couldn't move. What would happen to her if Dib didn't help me?! What would happen to me?! I swallowed and I choked out a apology. I grabbed Melania and I attempted to drag her. I stood up on my PAK legs, and I was able to slowly drag her. Dib grabbed a hold on her, and we were able to drag her down the dark alleys.

"Mrrrmm" I heard her grumble. I looked at her small prison, and I watched her wake up. I looked into her eyes, and I saw something. Not the beast, but something else. I hopped off my chair, and examined her.

"M-Mel?" I whispered. I was tempted to touch her, but I knew she- the beast would bite my hand off, or yank me through the bars to eat me. I heard her whimper, and she placed her talons on her throat.

"NO!" I screamed. She all of a sudden went limp, but her throat wasn't ripped out. I sighed when I saw the poor excuse of a human with a huge needle.

"We will have to keep her sedated." he sighed. I hated the thought, but he was right. I went back up to the desk and began to work on a formula that would change her.

4 days later

I grinned when her Hogulus cells began to change back to human cells!

"DIB!" I screamed.

"AHH!" Dib yelped and fell out of the chair.

"What are you trying to do?! Give me a heart attack?!" He hissed.

"Shut up and get over here!" I hissed back. I hopped off the chair and Dib peered into the microscope. He pulled his head away, and looked at me with a large grin.

"We did it!"

"You mean me?" I said.

"I helped." Dib simply stated. I sighed in defeat.

"Let's just shoot her up with the new formula." I sighed. I grabbed the syringe full of the formula, and I walked to Melania, and I carefully slid the needle into her skin, and I injected the formula. I watched as the thick hide began to turn a light pink.

"Get her some clothes!" I ordered Dib. He rushed out, and I grinned when I saw her hair began to grow, and thicken. Her horns began to shrivel, and her burley talons turned into delicate hands. I looked away when she developed 'female' body parts. I saw Dib rush down the stairs, and he blushed and tossed the clothes in the cell. I glanced at her and her eyes were beginning to open.

"AH!" she yelped. I heard the rustling of clothes.

"Can you, like, let me out now?" I heard her voice say. I grinned broadly, and I unlocked and opened the cage. She crawled out, and she looked in awe at her hands.

"Th-thank you, you two-"

I quickly pulled her into a passionate kiss. I felt her soft lips on mine, and we both pulled apart. There was a unamused Dib blushing and staring at us.

well, she's back in human form! what do you guys think? any suggestions?