A/N: Elo, Aaron here. Jhonen V. owns Invader Zim means everything from Zim to Gir's hyper side. Not Jim or Sy in anyways. All of the songs will be told in the chapter and at the end too.
Sorry about the wait. Alright here's chapter 8: Party's Tonight and Secrets are Out.
Unlike the rest of his group were in their assign beds having a joyous rest. This Irken wasn't having a good night at all. The three SIR Units were sleeping soundly. Jim wasn't getting any sleep as he was tossing and turning out through the night as this was going through his head.
Flashback
After his first two years living on Earth, Jim was in the lab of the underground base which wasn't a surprise there. He was usually up by his thoughts and other than making different inventions for GIR or SyFy even himself or Zim. Or he would just think but one night would become maddest for this Irken. The computer told that there was a transmission from Irk and Jim's antennas peck up with curious. His mind betting it wasn't a Tallest or anything. Probably wrong transmission or something like that. After the two years, he been there he grew a few inches which he was about 5 foot 1.
"Ok, open transmission." The green-eyed Irken went wide-eyed. It was the purple-eyed tallest.
"Hey Jimmy, somehow I knew you were up." Purple gave out a toothy smile.
"Hi Purple" Jim didn't have a clue why Purple was calling without Red next to him. He wondered if this had something to do with him having to go back to Irk. What would his friends think? Jim shook his head about the thought. He never really saw either of the tallest smiled. Yeah, only learning that his best friend was sent to a planet which was a myth but Zim was living here. Zim and Jim are defective but Jim has a brain to help but Zim didn't really think much as when his mind was on something it would stay there but when the tallest called about his mission being a reason to just send him away. Purple was up to something and Jim felt it.
"So how Earth?" Purple broke Jim's thoughts
"Fine How Irk?"
"Same Old Same Old" Purple hesitated
"You're lying" "No, I'm not" "You're Not"
"Fine"
"What's with the transmission?"
"Wanted to tell you something" The purple-eyed Irken with the two fingered hands rubbing the back of his head.
"What"
"That YouandIarerelated," Purple mumbled.
"What"
"YouandIarerelated," Again mumbling and a cursed in Irken
"Huh."
Purple took a breath, "Jimmy, you're my brother" Jim went wide-eyed and jaw dropped action. A few differences between Purple and himself was their eyes and as well as their personalities. "You're lying." Purple shook his head. One thing about the Irken Empire is that there no weakness and knowing your family is weakness knowing your mother, father or even siblings. Some of them have bonds with good friends from being smeets together like Zim and Jim which is another weakness to their kind.
"Sorry, but no, we have the same father but not same mothers our dad has red eyes." Purple explained. "So you are my half-brother." Jim gave a small smiled to his half-brother. "We got our eye colors from our-"
"-moms, I get it Purple so that's why you wouldn't let me called you tallest." He nodded. "So what's new Red still crabby?" He nodded again.
"Guess what he related to-"
"-Zim" The purple shook his head. "No, Tak"
"That explains her hot temper. Is he her brother?" The taller Irken nodded. Then the screen went black and no signal. As well as an evil laugh with the screen coming back a little with version that another Irken joined Purple. The tallest with red colored eyes was being forced into the shoot on the monitor. "Jimmy there's no time stay put." Jim didn't know what was happening wanted to know.
"Why, Red?" "No time." "Explain yourself." He shook his head. A laser shoot was heard and Jim fell out of his chair. The monitor was full screen now. Another alien was there. Not Irken. The alien smirked and Jim saw Purple and Red on the ground. They were alive but not conscious as he had a relieved sigh.
"Hello young Irken."
"Who are you?" Jim tried to stay confidence but he was shaking and couldn't stop.
"Nervous are we?" The alien smirked
"Don't make me repeat my question because I know you heard it."
"My name is unknown for now. But don't worry about them as you can see they are not died yet." Jim felt his words sent a cold chill down his back. Then the alien hold his laser to the screen and pulled the ….
End of Flashback
"Jimmy wake up." A voice went through his head. He slowly open his green eyes and show it was dark and two purple orbs looking at him.
"Tak" Jim said in a crisp voice as he was breathing heavily. Like his other friends, he could see concern in Tak's eyes.
"Please don't tell me that you had the same exact nightmare. I just had." Jim slowly nodded. Zim and Tak knew about this happening because Jim told Zim and Red and Purple contacted Tak. Each of them is the very target of this alien who did destruction at their home planet but good for them he does not know where they are. The only two that didn't know about this was their two human friends.
"Let's go check Zim."
"He's alright. He isn't having it."
"Because he didn't see it at all" Jim pulled his legs to his chest as people that use that as handicap in situation but for Jim it was his thinking phase with his arm on top of his knees. "Should we tell Gaz and Dib?"
"Probably but it isn't time."
"Isn't time for what, Tak?" A voice came from the stairs but Jim knew it to well. "Well, either of you going to me or my brother can't know what?"
"Gaz, it's something you don't need to concern yourself with yet." Jim calmly said
"Why not, Jimmy you tell me and Dib everything and Tak and Zim only know. Why?"
"Because they're part of it, Gaz"
"Jimmy. Gaz. Stop this." Tak commanded.
"No." Gaz and Jim respond with angry in their eyes. Tak just shook her head as the two best friends just argue. Jim wasn't telling Gaz about the dreams he, Tak, and Zim been having about their home planet, Irk. This happened a few years but Irk is updating the three from the accident. Red and Purple been healing from the attack but they both fine. Tak was just watching the two yelling at each other.
'Should we? Or Should we not?' Tak thought arguing with herself.
"I'm sorry, Gaz. But I can't tell you." Jim turned on the TV and Gir woke up with the shouting.
"Why not, Jimmy? We're the best of friends why not?" Gaz said while Gir just stare at the two.
"Gazzy! Jimmy, Masta, and Takky is having bady dreams." Gir yelled
"Gir" Tak and Jim exclaimed and Gaz was just wide-eyed. The green-eyed Irken took a look at the clock and it read 5:00.
"So this is what you guys were hiding?" Both nodded to the question. 'So what is going happen to them?' Gaz thought.
The three stayed up with Gir and soon the other SIR Units awoke. Gaz was still thinking about the dreams the Irkens been having. The questions kept popping into her head without a second thought about one. The green-eyed alien looked towards her and saw curiousness in his purple-haired human friend. "Go ahead, ask." The human girl looked at her alien friend. She knew that he knew how she thought and when she did he saw it in that very moment.
"So tell me Jimmy what truly happen?" Gaz asked simply. Jim repeated what happened in his dream.
Later, exactly five in the afternoon with an hour to go until the party they got an invitation to. Everyone got dressed for the party. Gaz was in her skinny jeans and purple tank top with a skull imprinted on it as well as the black jacket to Nikes. Add to that was her skull pendant. Jim was in his black cargo shorts with Vans. Black shirt with red sleeves and his controller watch. And to add was a blue and black striped unzipped jacket hoodie. Like Gaz, Tak was in black skinny jeans with red tank top; blue jacket on top of that with converses. Dib's and Zim's jaws went for a vacation to the floor. Zim was wearing a red shirt with a purple Irken symbol on it and unzipped blue Vans jacket hoodie with his torn navy blue jeans and Vans like his 'cousin'. Dib was in a blue collar shirt with the cuffs rolled up to his elbows. And a green vest to Vans.
"Dude, we're not going anything formal." Jim exclaimed.
"But you guys look like you're going to a riot or something."
"It's a party, Dib. And Jimmy's right it's not formal." Zim explained. The two girls were just watching the three argue. Well, Tak was but Gaz was playing her GS5 with Gir. Gir was watching the game master play which she would let him play the game also. Gir and other SIR Units were in costume. Gir had spiky black hair like Zim's wig is usually which Zim took the wig and mess it up. Gir had a red shirt with the words Fang You Very Much! With a little happy vampire and torn green cargo jeans. Like his master and his master's best friend, he had Vans but white ones. SyFy was wearing a similar to Gir's shirt but it was red but the wording was I Love Science. For the love part was an atom. Over that was a puffy orange vest and had red cargo jeans. Like, his robot companion he had white Vans too. Mimi was in a mini skirt with skinny jeans under it. A purple shirt plus purple and red converses like her master. Mini had her blue hair in two ponytails just like the first time she put it on. Each of them had their certain watch on their wrist.
"Alright, how we get going." Dib said didn't want his friends to state their options.
Tak and Mimi were walking and talking to each other about what they thought what a party was really. Gaz had her nose in her GS5 and Gir and SyFy were in the front well Gir was there to lead as like always SyFy was there to keep an eye on Gir for the crew. Dib was just staring off into space looking at the female Irken. Jim and Zim were just talking about what the music would be like.
A couple minutes later, the crew found the party house which wasn't a house really more like a warehouse. The random girl from the day before, Jim realized before he was even next to her with flirtatious smile to him. 'I hate it when they are like that.' He thought. "Oh you're the cute guy from yesterday." Jim smiled weakly. She let the group of eight in but gave Gaz and Tak evil glares when they walked pass her. Zim was looking around the room and saw something that would make someone pee their jeans. Another green-haired gamer was there with his mistress, the blond cheerleader were coming to the group. Gaz just rolled her eyes as she put her GS5 into her friend's 'backpack'.
"Hey guys." Jessica said casually but mostly taking glances towards the older Irken. He swallowed hard. "What are you guys doing here?"
"Nothing to you, whore." Gaz exclaimed but the green-haired Irken was holding her back.
"Oh Gazzy, are you jealous? My Jimmy would take me not you."
Gir couldn't take it much more from blond playing with his Gazzy. But Zim stopped the ten years old disguised robot. Jim stepped up and whispered into Gaz's ear, "Calm down, you know she trying get to you." She nodded. "Don't worry. She never is going to get me." He paused in thought. "Maybe, my heart is for someone else." Gaz went bugged eye at her friend's words. She turned to face with the expression WHO? Jim chuckled and a toothy grin of smugness, "It's a secret." The cheerleader stood asking herself why he was the only one who's not in to her. And again like usual she went stomping off. Iggins just wanted to have fun with the time left of the trip knowing what Jessica wasn't going to get her Jimmy. He had an idea that he wouldn't get his Gaz.
"You know, Jimmy. I'm very envious of you." He said and walked away and left the Irken clueless about what he meant.
The DJ was already for the event was going to take place. He was doing a few scratches before announcing, "Hey ya people. The name's DJ Johnny. The first song is Boulevard of Broken Dreams for all of you guys whose dreams didn't come true. Song is by Green Day." The music started.
I walk a lonely road
the only one that I have ever known
don't know where it goes
but its home to me and I walk alone
Zim and Dib went girl hunting. And the three SIR Units went to dance. A blond come up to Tak asked her to dance. She unexpected anyone would dance with her. Tak just smiled sweetly and nodded. The alien and human were left. Zim was searching as well as Dib but they found two girls from their skool: Gretchen and Zita.
I walk this empty street
On the boulevard of broken dreams
Where the city sleeps
And I'm the only one and I walk alone
I walk alone I walk alone
I walk alone I walk a-
The green-haired gamer asked Gaz if she wanted dance with him. She took a look at her friend and saw Go Ahead from his false green eyes. With he wasn't like Dib or Zim because he didn't need to go hunting. But he was happy his friends were having a great time. The dark spiked haired boy was starting a dance battle with a guy twice his size as well as a teenager and he laugh to himself. Gir been to any party mostly raves and once he went to a birthday party well to Dib's birthday.
My shadow's the only one that walks beside me
My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
'Till then I walk alone
Oh Oh Oh Oh-Oh-Ohh
Oh Oh Oh Oh-Oh-Ohh
Jim wasn't really a party animal like Gir or even Gaz. Usually the man…wait… alien behind the scenes. But the same girl that gave him the flyer for this bash was the same to ask him to dance. He gladly expected that with "I would like that." She dragged him though the dance floor. The girl went partially where Gir, SyFy, and Mimi were. SyFy and Mimi were in the crowd around Gir and the teenager as they cheered the little robot on.
I'm walking down the line
That divides me somewhere in my mind
On the border line of the edge
And where I walk alone
"What's your name?" Jim casually asked going with the flow of the song.
"Danielle. But my friends called me, Dani." She replied "Is there a name to that cute face?"
"Name's Jimmy" He said without a second thought.
"So, what are you and your friends doing here?" Danielle asked, "My friends and I never saw you guys before."
"We're on school trip with teachers which aren't in their right mind what we're doing." She nodded.
Read between the lines
What's f-ed up and everything's all right
Check my vital signs to know I'm still alive
And I walk alone
I walk alone I walk alone
I walk alone I walk a—
Gaz was dancing with Iggins but he wasn't in the tempo. He tried to catch up with her in the tempo but he didn't have beat or never danced before. She wondered what Jim was doing but knew he was dancing with someone. The demonic gamer looked towards a group which she shook her head knowing that Gir had something to do with it. In the group, it was the teenager's turn to show his best. Gir was clapping for him it's not a contest to Gir. It's more like a game. Dancing was a fun game to Gir.
"Where the hell did he learn?" "How old is this kid?"
"I'm ten." Gir squealed. SyFy just shook his head and pushed his glasses up adjusting them back to the top of his nose.
My shadow's the only one that walks beside me
My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
Jim and Danielle stopped dancing and watched Gir like a lot of people. DJ Johnny felt like an announcer with the microphone in his hand. "What's your name, kid?" "Gir" "Yours" "Devin" Jim chuckled at his little friend still in joy doing something that he lived. Danielle gave a look what's so funny? He saw that and responded, "He's my little 'cousin'." She nodded.
"Alright, Devin and Gir had been going with head to head dance battle for awhile" DJ Johnny said. Then he saw SyFy and Mimi watching their friend. DJ Johnny walked up to the DJ stand put the headphones to an ear started to scratch a bit. The teenager was sore all over with Gir's help. He wasn't stopping with his skills like walking on his hands and doing a lot of acrobatics. Mimi saw her master clapping for Gir so she started to.
'Till then I walk alone
Oh Oh Oh Oh-Oh-Ohh
Oh Oh Oh Oh-Oh-Ohh
I walk alone I walk a—
Gaz found Jim with Danielle then her lips went to an evil grin as Jim's back facing towards her. She walked very slowly to him then jumped onto his back. He gasped when she did that and kissed him on the cheek. Jim rolled his eyes. Danielle just giggled and playfully smiled. "Who's this? Your girlfriend" Jim felt his face heat up. He hated it when people said that Gaz was his girlfriend because it wasn't true or would ever be. The purple haired teen just did a jaw drop. Jim saw her face turned a darker red than when he plays with her head. She started to growl, "Why you?"
"Gaz, calm down" Jim push her a little before she could kill Danielle.
I walk this empty street
on the boulevard of broken dreams
Where the city sleeps
and I'm the only one and I walk a-
Gaz finally got over what Danielle said. The guy that Gir's was dance battling was looking like zombie with the ten years old just dancing around him. Devin's friends helped him up and Jim and the others saw that he was exhausted. Gir was just jumping for joy not because he won. He wasn't happy because he won but he had fun. Then he turned his head towards his older 'cousin' and ran to him as well as jumped into his arms. "Gir, get off of me." "No" Danielle, Mimi, and Gaz giggled at the two and SyFy just shook his head.
My shadow's the only one that walks beside me
My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
'Till then I walk alone
With that the first song of the party was over. But more to come and over an hour went by playing songs from Nickelback, Korn, Three Days Grace, some old school rock n roll like Elvis Presley and The Beetles. The Irkens and the humans were tired so they went to get some Poop Cola. Gir happily skipped to them with his green eyed and haired friend and blue headed with ponytails girl followed. They were tired from the dancing that they did. Jim, Gir, SyFy and Mimi were sucking on Suck Monkeys. Zim and Dib were having a contest to see them who can chug the most Poop Cola without passing out. Tak and Danielle were talking about why Danielle and her friends created the party were throwing. Gaz was just in her little world as the Vampire Piggy Hunter killing Vampire Piggies.
"Hey Dani" A voice come their way.
"Oh, hey Jon" She replied to the guy. He was wearing a black T-shirt with the band The Beetles on it. And black jeans, sneakers also a choker; they just looked at him. His hairstyle was a red Mohawk. And the guy that follow by an African American. He was wearing leather jacket with black shirt under the jacket. And add a pair of skinny jeans. With a blond dude who ask Tak to dance just wearing a black shirt with blue jeans.
"Oh you guys. Meet Jon, Vince and Jake." The introductions were short and sweet. Jon asked Gaz to dance but she declined it because she was too tired. A couple more songs came from Runaway to Leader of Men to some Korn.
"Hey you want to dance?" Gaz looked up to the voice. She knew he went to dance by she didn't know why.
'What the hell?' Not recognizing the beat of her heart. She felt this when he looked at her. Every time was different. His concern eyes. His playful personality. His inhumanity. Several years and hadn't figure out why she felt that each time when looking into his eyes. "Sure Jimmy"
"It's time to Burn It to the Ground which isn't literally. By the band, Nickelback" DJ Johnny announced and started the music.
Well, it's midnight, damn right, we're wound up too tight
I've got a fist full of whiskey, the bottle just bit me
Oh, that shit makes me bat shit crazy
We've got no fear, no doubt, all in balls out
Her breath wasn't right at all like it was just got taken for her and nodded to him. He took her hand and led her. His smile was certain. She went with the tempo and put her arms around his neck. Zim and Dib were watching this scene unfold. Dib was just smiling like an idiot at the two as he knew about his sister's crush since ever maybe because sneaking into her room reading her online dairy.
We're going off tonight to kick out every light
Take anything that we want, drink everything in sight
We're going till the world stops turning
While we burn it to the ground tonight
She left it open on the day in Freshman Year. In grave detail, the event of her was saved by her best friend which somewhat had a crush on like Zim had for her. He saved her from being raped by same jocks using reserve psychology on them. Jim didn't know that his purple haired vixen friend had a crush on him still clueless as ever.
We're screaming like demons, swinging from the ceiling
I got a fist full of fifties, tequila just hit me
Oh, we got no class, no taste, no shirt, and shit faced
We got it lined up, shot down, firing back straight crown
Gaz looked into the eyes of the Irken. She knew something about Jim which wouldn't mind but the other him was another story which she never figured out why he's here. Hadn't a good childhood been one of the things but Zim was the other one. Knowing he had mind that no one could match. She got lost in his eyes again and shook the thought.
We're going off tonight to kick out every light
Take anything that we want, drink everything in sight
We're going till the world stops turning
While we burn it to the ground tonight
"Hey what's wrong, Gaz?" Jim got a confused huh from his friend. He chuckled.
"What's so funny, Jimmy?"
"You, you know that." Gaz shook her head. And playfully hit her friend in his arm.
"Ow. That hurts." Jim said sarcastically and was smiling like a fool. She rolled her eyes and always with that personality she came to love.
Ticking like a time bomb, drinking till the night's gone
Well, get you hands off of this glass, last call my ass
Well, no chain, no lock, and this train won't stop
We got no friend, no doubt, all in balls out
She glared at him with her ember eyes. He just stared into them. 'Why is she so beautiful when she does that?' He had his hands on her hips. But Gaz didn't mind. 'Why is he so different from the others? They would just grab my ass, right now.' They stood like that for seconds by to them it felt longer. Zim and Dib were watching them before Tak asked Dib to dance. He said sure. Zim was just watching still seeing that the sexual tension been doing something about their feelings mostly for Gaz.
We're going off tonight to kick out every light
Take anything that we want, drink everything in sight
We're going till the world stops turning
While we burn it to the ground tonight
Gaz's arms were around Jim's neck. Pulling him closer and his eyes bugged out recognizing what she was doing. Apart from his lips an inch or two. She saw in the corner of her eye the blond turning a dark red in angry and smirked. 'Just a little further, Gaz' she thought and closed her eyes closing moving her lips closer to his lips.
"Gaz, what are hmm?" Jim couldn't finish with his best friend kissed him. His face light up like a Christmas tree.
We're going off tonight to kick out every light
Take anything that we want, drink everything in sight
We're going till the world stops turning
While we burn it to the ground tonight
"What was that Jimmy?" Jim was speechless. His best friend was kissing him. He had confusion on his face. "I love you, Jimmy." Jim knew that like a sibling love but in her eyes they looked different at him. More flirtatious than friendship and he looked more confused than happy about his friend's feelings. "What's wrong?" she asked.
'What's wrong, my best friend in the universe just kissed me. It felt good.' He couldn't take his thoughts off of the kiss. Now he surprised both himself and her with another kiss. And Jim broke it and lean into to her ear, "You know one thing." He paused and she nodded. He chuckled and finish his thought, "You're the one who took my heart. I love you, Gaz." She blushed. All you could see that Jessica was going to kill Gaz at that every moment and Iggins wasn't going to do anything because he asked Gaz during their dance who she liked.
Flashback
"You want to dance?" Iggins asked. Gaz replied with an unsure looking towards Jim, "Sure." The music was in the middle.
"Gaz, can I ask you something?"
"What is it?"
"Do you like Jimmy?" Gaz flushed. "Like you love him."
"Iggins, tell you the truth?" Iggins nodded. "I think I do."
"All I got to know." He took a minute thinking about his words, "I think he likes you too."
"Really but how?" "You relax when you see his smile. And vice versa happens with him."
End of Flashback
Iggins just smiled at the two. The time was around midnight. Gir was passed out on a chair. SyFy and Mimi were watching their friend. The newest couple was still dancing. Dib was asked to dance with Tak. Zim was watching his best friend and his recent girlfriend dance away and the other pair of alien and human did too. The crowd died down. This was an unexpected week no one expected what would happen each of them didn't know that Gaz had a little crush on her best friend, Tak would come back into their lives, Gaz and Jim would be dating after the week's party was trough and Gir was just being himself the whole time. The little insane SIR Unit didn't have a thought that he was half of the situation. The way back to school was not that bad. Gaz and Jim sat together and Jim's head was on Gaz's shoulder. Tak and Dib were sitting across the couple watching every move. Zim was in front of his 'cousin' and his girlfriend sitting by himself watching the landscape.
THE END
A/N: That's happy ending don't you think but one more chapter. Well, an epilogue narrated by Jim. Next time on A Little Fun in the Sun,
Later