Prized Mates

by OmiWun68

The Tallest decide to turn Earth into a new Exile planet but, after reviewing footage sent in by Zim, they decide to call him, Skoodge, and Tak back to Irk to do some tests. The three are gone for several years and have now returned to Earth with their findings. *Story contains ZADR, male/male, bullying, violence, rape, non-con, alcohol, smut, adult themes, more tags to add later*

3. Science, Law, and Makeup

Chapter 2: Science, Law, and Makeup

Once Dib arrived at home he flopped down face first onto the couch and lay there, not caring what to remove his coat or boots. Today had been a strange day and his poor brain did not know how to process the events from the last class. The bullying had been normal enough, but the attention from the other students, and that of a certain green menace, had been quite unexpected. Zim seemed distracted during his taunts to the young human while several people had actually tried to engage him in conversation instead of just ignoring him. The normal looks he got from people was replaced with more scrutinizing ones, like they were trying to figure him out. Had he known that just wearing Keef's clothes for the day would cause those reactions then he would have just gone home or sat on the side for the class. Detention was much preferable over getting further attention from his classmates.

Not even two hours went by before his thoughts were interrupted by a knock at the door. Knowing of only a few people who would come to his home, Dib called out a password to his security system, allowing whoever was at the door to come in. He was too lazy to move from where he had landed when he arrived and did not bother to get up when he heard the front door open and two sets of familiar footsteps entered his home.

"Hey buddy! We picked up our costumes before coming over so that you didn't have to go out! I know you will just love it. We picked out the three Greek gods: Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades. I am Zeus, Skoodge is going as Poseidon, and you get to be Hades. Hades is perfect for you! Quick, try it on so that we can see how it fits!"

Keef grabbed Dib's arm and pulled him up from the couch, up the stairs, and pushed him into his room with a bag that he had brought along. The door slammed closed as he stumbled towards the bed with Keef's last push, the bag falling onto his rumpled sheets. Hearing the smaller boys footsteps quickly retrace their way downstairs to where Skoodge still waited, Dib looked at the bag quizzically, wondering what kind of costume he was about to be subjected to. Opening the bag he saw a pile of black and purple cloth, bits of silver metal, and a few other items all in either black, silver, or purple. He quickly pulled out the cloth and held up the two pieces of cloth; there was a black tunic looking thing that went over one shoulder and left the other one bared. A dark purple strip of cloth tied around his waist and a matching cape with a black Greek key design along the hem. There was a matching pattern in purple along the bottom of the main piece. Dib looked to the rest of the contents of the bag and decided to get Keef to help him with putting them on. Aside from the sandals, there was just too many different things and he was not used to wearing accessories.

Stepping out of his room, he went to find the other two and see if they had finished with their own costumes yet. The two smaller boys turned out to be in the spare room that they shared and were both finished with the main part of their costumes. Keef was kneeling down in front of Skoodge and had a small paint brush in hand. As Dib stepped closer for a better look, he saw that Keef had painted scales over Skoodge's arms, starting at his claws and working up his arms to fade into his skin. Currently, he was working on a similar pattern for Skoodge's legs and feet. It was strange seeing the irken without his gloves or boots to cover his claws and Dib felt drawn to study them more. The paint job was really well done, Keef had used the paint to make it look like the claws were part of the costume itself and not a part of his body. The painted scales looked almost real as well and Dib was extremely impressed with the details for them.

"You should be a makeup artist Keef, those almost look real. How did you paint every one of them while I was changing? I don't think I was gone that long."

Keef reached out to grab a pile of cloth that was sitting next to Skoodge's feet and tossed it towards Dib. The paler teen caught the item and turned it over in his hands to inspect it, surprised to see that is was a cut up pair of fishnets.

"I used those to create the pattern against his skin by dabbing some paint over them to make the scale effect. Now I am just blending everything together and highlighting the parts closer to his hands and feet to make them stand out more." The redhead did not bother to look up as he continued with his work, "I made the colours fade to black the closer it got to his claws so that he would not have to wear the gloves and boots and wreck the costume. What do you think?"

"I think you should do this more often, it is really good. If I did not know better then I would have thought that they were part of the costume too."

Skoodge beamed down at Keef as the smaller human blushed. Dib did not give out sincere praises very often and it made the boy very happy to receive them. In truth, he really did want to continue with makeup as a career but had not known what his friends would think of his choice so had not mentioned it to them yet. That they were both so accepting of his hobby and encouraged it had him scoffing to himself for ever doubting them and their friendship. Each of them had their own quirks and they were all accepting of each other.

"Thanks guys, that means a lot to me. I want to try and get into a good cosmetics class after we graduate. I already have the forms filled out for next semester to take the class here but did not know what to say to you guys."

"Glad you figured out what you want to do Keef," Dib replied to the other while he watched him finish the last few touches on Skoodge's makeup. "I have not decided yet what to do. I may take after Membrane after all and just go into science or medicine. Maybe even both. If I use my knowledge of alien technology and apply it to my own inventions then maybe I can create something that will have me travelling the stars. Paranormal Investigation is nice and all but it is not something I can see myself making a living out of anymore. I have enough paranormal in my life as it is that I do not need to go looking for any more."

"I think I may go into law enforcement of some sort while on this planet," Skoodge decided to convey his thoughts now that they were discussing their futures. "Even though I am smaller than most humans, my strength and training can't be equaled to those of your planet. While here, I want to make a good life and try to make up for what I have done in the past." After the humans had gotten to know him a bit better he had told them a bit of his past, including having been the first to destroy a race in Operation Impending Doom 2. Though the planet he was sent to was populated with a purely murdering species, he still felt bad for what he had done to them. A small minority of the population had been spared and were now used as a form of entertainment for the irken elite, kind of like the ancient human Spartans.

Skoodge looked over the redhead's handiwork now that he could move and agreed with Dib, the other human had a talent at this makeup. He flexed his claws while looking at his arms and then his talons as he regarded his feet. It was strange to feel the air against his skin after having it covered up for so long. He, like other irkens, was never without his uniform, even in front of other species. It had taken Keef most of the day to convince him to remove his gloves and, while the boy had been working on the paint job, he had caught the other pausing to trace along the claws. At first the alien was a bit uncomfortable that the boy did not like what he saw but after watching him a bit, and some reassurance, he realized that the boy enjoyed the difference from his own hands.

Looking up, he saw that Dib was watching as he was flexing his hands and feet and figured that the boy was curious about the alien anatomy. He had probably never seen any of the irkens without any of their uniforms or holograms on and his natural curiosity would be eating away at him now that he was able to get a better look. He raised his hand in the paranormal investigators direction and silently gave permission to the boy to take a better look at their differences. Dib eagerly came forward and took Skoodge's hand in his own, turning it about to see the muscle and bone structure before focusing on the claws. Most of the irken's hand was the same pale mint green colour as the rest of his visible skin but it darkened to more of a forest green at the claws. Keef's paintjob had helped to emphasize the colour change. The fingers were longer than a humans and thicker as well with more muscle mass to make up for their advanced strength. For the claws, the irkens skin hardened the closer it got to the tip after the last joint until the last half was as solid as steel. Dib knew first hand just how sharp an irken's claws were from the many fights between himself and his childhood rival. Zim had occasionally lost his temper and lashed out at nearby walls and the street and carved several grooves in the cement or metal.

Dib knelt before the irken and placed one of the clawed feet upon his bent knee so that he could get a better look at that as well. The colouring was similar to Skoodge's hands, with the lighter green fading into the darker shade, but while the hands had three fingers, his feet only had two toes. The toes were much thicker than the fingers but not as long. Dib figured this to be so that the alien had more balance. The foot itself was narrow like a human's. When Skoodge set his foot back on the floor, the human noted that the alien stood more on the balls of his feet and toes than distributing the weight out like humans. When asked, Skoodge explained that their species had evolved from prey beasts and had developed that way so that they could run faster. It also helped them with climbing the cave walls that they came from and their eyes were large so that they could see better in the dark and who was hunting them. All of the irken that left the caves had their eyes replaced with artificial ones so that they could see in the daylight as well, otherwise they would be blinded by the light. He demonstrated this by removing his left one slightly, a thin cable could be seen attached to the back of the eye and connecting to somewhere inside the skull. At Keef's disturbed look and sudden raising of his hand to trace around one of his own eyes, the alien quickly replaced the ocular implant as to not bring up more bad memories for his friend.

Dib was slightly upset that he did not get a better chance to observe the implant a bit more but had caught the movement from Keef out of the corner of his eye. He decided to continue the conversation with Skoodge at a later time, if the alien would be willing to talk more that was. Deciding to change the conversation, he asked Keef to help him with the rest of his costume as well. The redhead continued to lightly touch just below his eye for a few moments before Dib got up and wrapped the boy in his arms from behind and lean his head down upon the others shoulder until Keef was able to calm his mind. Skoodge, having studied humans to some length, realized that Dib was comforting their friend so he stepped back a moment to allow the taller human to soothe the other, knowing that his presence would probably not help with the ginger's state of mind.

The alien turned so that the humans could not see the emotions playing out on his face. He was upset that his friend was disturbed by something of him. He was angry with Zim for having done such a thing to a human smeet, though he could not truly fault the ex-invader as he had thought it was part of protecting his mission. Irkens had done much worse to other species for less reason and replacement of eyes was a common thing on their planet anyway. There was also another emotion that he did not recognize. It reminded him of when the Tallers would be praised even though they never did any work or when they would receive the best treats while he and the other Smallers would be given scraps. This emotion was known as jealousy, but why would he be feeling this way? He wanted to comfort their younger friend as well, no, instead of Dib. But he knew that he would only cause more problems in this moment if he did.

After a few minutes, Keef sighed and pushed Dib away so that he could smile up at the older boy. Dib was not very good when it came to people but at least he tried and his heart was, almost always, in the right place. It was the reason that Keef was able to heal from his past and slowly get his life back together. He let his natural exuberance take over again and pushed Dib back onto one of the beds. Di, caught off guard, fell back and watched wide eyed as Keef climbed above him and straddled his thighs. Realizing the position they were now in, the prone boy turned red and tried to stutter out a protest. His embarrassment only increased when he realized that they were not alone and Skoodge was watching them from a few steps away with interest.

"Alright Dib, no more procrastinating buddy. Time to get you all ready for this party too! Once I am done, you won't even recognize yourself. Just you wait and see!"

With that, Keef reached over to the nightstand between the two beds where he had placed the pallet of makeup and scanned over the colours until he found the shades that he was looking for. He then instructed Dib to skootch back along the bed so that he was sitting with his back against the wall, with Keef still stubbornly planted in his lap. Realizing that he forgot something, the ginger called for Skoodge to grab the bottle that was still in the bag on the opposite bed. The alien retrieved it and climbed on top of the bed to sit cross-legged next to his friends, facing them so that he could watch Keef and inwardly snigger at the sight of such a distraught Dib. He sort of understood why Dib was acting so strange, they had studied health class after all and he had researched into it further. Though, to see the normally passive and mature, except when dealing with Zim, human act like other males of his age Skoodge had interacted with reminded the irken yet again just how young his companions still were.

He became quite curious of Dib's reactions as Keef moved around above him and even noticed that Keef, even though he was focused on his work, was not unaffected like he was trying to appear to be. Dib had his eyes closed but was biting the inside of his lip, trying not to scrunch up his face and ruin the work Keef had done. The hand on the other side from Skoodge was placed on Keef's leg since they were sitting next to the wall and the other was on the mattress in front of Skoodge's knee. Each time Keef shifted, the hand next to Skoodge would clench the sheets and he could see the fingers of the other move lightly along the thigh. Keef, even though he kept his concentration on his work, became flushed and was biting his lip as he scanned over Dib. When Dib's fingers brushed over him, his body would tense slightly and he would shift more, creating a cycle between the two. This was not the first time he had seen the two like this and wanted to know more about why their bodies were acting in such a manner. It was interesting to study up on it, apparently irkens used to be similar, and seeing it in person was much better than his videos and holoscreens. They never went much further than this, except to kiss while drunk, and Skoodge was wanting to see what it could progress to. Lately, he was beginning to feel that jealousy emotion as he watched them and began thinking that he wished he could have his energetic friend make those faces for him as he was doing for Dib.

Keef finished his work and climbed off of Dib to fetch the rest if Dib's costume that was sitting on the floor where Dib had dropped it when he went to inspect Skoodge's feet. Thinking of their alien friend, he became embarrassed for what he had just done in front of him with Dib. He glanced at the seated irken as he got up and saw intense red eyes watching him back as well. He flushed once again, unsure of why the alien watching him always made him feel heady, and proceeded to help Dib with the last of his costume. There was a silver and black armband that went just above Dib's bicep and ended up accentuating it even more and two black leather wristbands that went halfway up his forearms. The main piece was black crown that spiked up from the front of his head and curled to aim back like horns. The five spikes were spaced between seven miniature lifelike skulls that had dark purple gems clenched between each of their teeth. Before putting the crown on Dib's head, he removed the black hair from the ponytail the other had taken to wearing and styled the shoulder length hair so that it framed Dib's face. Without the confines of the ponytail, his scythelock sprang up, though not as bad as it used to since the length kept it weighted down more. After a few attempts to control it, Keef gave up and instead was able to get the lock to angle forwards so that it hung in front of one of Dib's eyes.

The boy stepped back to admire his handiwork and back passed Dib a small case before stepping out of the way. Dib opened the little box and sighed, glancing up bemusedly at the excited boy across from him. He hated contacts. After trying them several times, he finally understood why Zim always complained about them. They itched to hell and back so he gave up on trying to wear them and tuck with his glasses instead.

"Try them on. I asked Skoodge to make these ones 'specially for you. He used the data Zim has on your body to create pair that should fit your eyes perfectly. If you like them, he can make you a few other pairs as well so you won't have to worry about your glasses getting broken any more. Each one should adjust to your eye and stay in place perfectly until you decide to take it off."

From his spot on the bed still, the green alien nodded to confirm what the other had said. These were adapted from the ones he had been working on for the other irkens to fit human eyes but they should work the same way. The only difference being that these would also help correct the human's vision instead of just changing the colour when wanted.

Dib was touched by the gift that his friends had made for him and decided to give the contacts a try at least. Hearing Zim had that detailed of information only bothered him slightly, after all the years and experiments the menace had done on him, he was not surprised. His own notes on the other were probably almost as detailed as well. Noticing that the contacts were held in spots labeled left and right, he figured they were specifically created for each eye. Taking off his glasses, he fumbled to put them in without the use of a mirror. Once he was finished putting the second one in, he looked over towards his friends to see what they thought. They felt alright but were actually a bit blurrier than his glasses so did not think he would wear them too often. As he was about to voice his thanks for the gift, Dib was startled to feel slight movement along his eyeballs. Blinking a few times, he reached up to remove the contacts but paused just before taking the first one out and scanned the room in front of him. The contacts had adjusted themselves to his eyes perfectly and now he was able to see even better than when he was wearing his glasses. It was a bit disconcerting how everything was in such clear focus, he was even able to make out the light texture on the walls if he focused on it enough.

"Thanks guys, these are amazing. Might take a bit of getting used to though."

"They are modeled after our newest implants Dib, all the smeets who can't get the implants are being fitted with these. You can actually adjust them so that they zoom in on things by 3X, they work like sunglasses, have limited night vision, and you have them change colours too. These are not as advanced as the full implant would be so you can't do as much. Now that you have them in, they have connected to your brain using cables and you won't need your glasses again. All you have to do is focus on what you want them to do."

Dib was not fond of the idea that the contacts were now a part of his eyes thanks to the wires but, as he thought about it, he should not be surprised. Irkens were basically half machine themselves and always doing things to upgrade their own bodies after all. His scientific mind took over while listening to the perks that Skoodge listed off and he could not wait to test them out.

"How do I make them work?"

"Start with trying to change the colour," Skoodge said while searching the bags for the mirror he had seen Keef pack earlier. "Think about what your eyes look like now and then the colour that you want them to be."

Dib thought of his bright golden eyes, ones that only he and his sister had, and then tried to think of a different colour to change them too. The dark purple of the gems in his crown came to mind as he was looking down at his costume. He tried envisioning himself with eyes that were similar in colour, focusing on as much detail he could to try and make it work. A mirror was handed to him a moment later and Skoodge nodded in approval once Dib looked up at him. Raising the mirror so that he could see the results, Dib gaped at the reflection staring back at him. He did not recognize the face in the mirror at all!

"It will get easier with practice. The same with your new zoom ability and for the other things. They will automatically adjust to reduce strain on your eyes depending on the lighting though."

Dib just nodded, hardly registering what the irken had told him, and continued to study his reflection. Keef had not gone too heavy on the makeup but what he had used had still made a huge difference. He had lined his eyes in black with the bottom filling in his lower lids. He had added some smokey grey to his upper lids that went up to his eyebrows and came to a point near from the corner of his eye to the edge of his eyebrow. A bit more of the darker grey was smudged below his lower lid to make his eyes look like they were shadowed. There was some more makeup making his cheekbones stand out a bit more and making him look slightly older and matured. His lips were lightly coloured and had a gloss on them to make them look slightly wet. With the lack of glasses and dark violet eyes staring back at him, he did not recognize the person looking back at him in the mirror at all. As he reached up to touch his face, a hand shot out and smacked his out of the way. He quickly closed his eyes as Keef instructed him to and something was sprayed on his face.

"Don't touch buddy, you will wreck all my hard work. The setting spray will help it stay so that I don't have to do touch ups on you all night. Just remember not to touch it or you will smear everything."

Dib opened his eyes once again as Keef chastised him and saw that the other had finished with his own costume while Dib was busy with the mirror. He had donned a white toga with gold decorations and had gold bands on his wrists and around his neck. On his head was a gold crown that looked like it was made out of leaves from ancient Greece. He had not done as much for makeup on himself as he had for Dib and Skoodge though, just light gold powder to give himself a bit more of a glowing tan look and some light blonde colouring to his hair that mixed rather well with his rust shade. To finish off their looks, Keef placed a black necklace around Dib's neck. The chain was thicker than normal and made in a Greek key shape going all the way to the back. It was short, with the center coming to just a few inches below his Adam's apple and had a strange symbol of a cross shape with curved horns at the top and a circle between them in the center of the necklace. Keef placed another matching black necklace on Skoodge as well that had a symbol that looked like the top of a trident. Looking closer at the one Keef was wearing, the symbol on the front of his was that of a lightning bolt. After being handed a pair of black gladiator style sandals, failing miserably to tie them up properly and having Keef do it for him once he was done tying his own, Keef proclaimed that they were now good to go and handed each of them staffs with the tops that resembled the symbols on their necklaces. Before Dib had chance to look over his staff, Keef had them ushered out to Dib's car and was babbling on about needing to quickly grab food and some drinks before the party started.

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