This chapter is an okay chapter, but it still is pretty short. Just to tell you, I did not rip off Harry Potter 7 part 2! Okay, I might have gotten the idea from it, but it's a whole different concept. Can you tell I was bored today? I put up two freaken chapters! BE HAPPY!

I don't own INVADER ZIM!

When Zim awoke, he was laying on a white tiled floor. He lifted his head and propped himself up onto his shoulders and looked around.

He couldn't really describe where he was, only that the place was white everywhere you looked and very clean. There was a long white table with about a dozen chairs with satin cushions around it in the middle of the room. A man was sitting at the end of the table.

The man looked over at Zim. "Well, it's about time you awoke." The man said looking over at Zim with a smile. "You can come take a seat. I doubt the floors very comfortable." The man pushed out a chair for Zim.

Zim looked confusingly at the man, then got up and walked to the chair and sat down.

The man smiled at Zim. "Don't you want to know where you are?" he asked Zim.

Zim looked around. "It would be nice."

The man chuckled. "You are, how should I put it, in place between life and death. Many people come here when they die and are usually sent on to a better place, but then there are the people who have a choice." He said sounding wise.

Zim thought for a second. "So, I'm dead?" He asked the man, hoping he was wrong. He didn't want to die, not now. He still had lots to do in his life. If he died, it would mean that he had lost, lost in life and love. Then he thought about Lei and how she had tried to save him. How he had told her that he loved her. How her lips felt on his. He didn't want to die.

The man pondered Zim's question, then let out a sigh. "Well, sort of. As I said before, there are the people who have a choice. If they want to live, they can. If they feel that death is the better way to go, then they go to a place in which they can wait for their loved ones to die and join them."

Zim sat there, thinking over what the man had said. Then he remembered. "What about Tak? Did she come here to?"

The man got up from his seat and began to pace around the bright room. "Yes, Tak did come through here earlier. She awoke on the floor, sat at the table, and made a decision." The man stopped and looked at Zim. "Do you remember how she died?"

Zim remembered back to when he stabbed her, and how her body went limp and fell to the pavement from the roof of the building. "I killed her." He whispered, now realizing what he had done. He didn't feel proud of himself. Yeah, he hated Tak, but he remembered the expression on the other male irken's face when he had stabbed him. It was full of anger and sorrow.

The man nodded. "Yes, you did kill her. Some people would call you a murderer, and others may call you a hero," the man to walked over to where Zim was sitting and looked at him. "but I will call you neither."

Zim looked at the man confused. "I killed her in self-defence. She was about to kill me."

The man nodded once more, and proceeded to pace around. "Do you think she was just an evil person, or in this case, irken? Did you ever think that you were both alike somehow?"

Zim thought. He never really considered anything other than Tak just being a cruel bitch who wanted to kill him. Never would have even thought about them being alike. "How would we be alike?" he asked.

"Well, you both were irkens who were ambitious and loyal to your leaders. Both wanted to get into the good books." The man looked at Zim. "Did you ever think that she had people that loved her, people that needed her?"

Zim shook his head. He never thought that Tak had even the slightest knowledge of love.

The man sighed once more. "She had a family. She started new. That irken that stabbed you was her husband, and she had a smeet of her own as well."

Zim sat there in shock. He was starting to feel bad, but shook the feeling remembering what he had said before. "She would have killed me if I didn't kill her first."

The man thought. "Very true, but, you would have had a better chance of getting to live when you came here."

"You said I have a choice though." Zim said holding back a whine.

"You do, but it's all based on your life and what you did in it. If you want to go back, you are going to have to change." The man went back to his seat at the table and pulled out a long piece of paper that looked like a contract.

The irken looked at the man. "Before I make a decision, can you tell me what Tak chose?"

The man intertwined his hands and thought. "Tak made a decision to move on and wait for her family instead. She didn't feel like dealing with you, for she knew that once she went back, she would be right back to trying to kill you."

"Oh." Zim said, looking down at the table.

"So, what's your decision?" The man pulled out a pen and placed it on the contract in front of Zim. "It's your choice, but remember the contract."

Zim leaned back into his chair to think. If he went back, he would get to be with Lei and live once more, but with the contract. If he moved on, he would never get to see Lei again, or kiss her. He didn't want to leave her, he just got her back. She was his best friend and his life was never better. He remembers all the times back on Irk before she had disappeared. They would go to Food Courtia and talk about their futures and how he was going to become the best invader and she was going to become the best leader of Irk.

He decided that he would go back. He looked down at the contract. There was only one thing written on it, but it felt like the largest change of his life. "I have to make a truce with Dib?" Zim said in amazement.

The man nodded. "Yes, just a truce and nothing more."

Zim gritted his teeth. "Out of everything I could change, you choose this?"

The man nodded again. "Yes."

Zim's head fell to his chest as he sighed. "I better get with Lei for this."

"Well, if you want to know if she does, you might want to sign that contract and go back to living."

Zim's head shot up from his chest. "You mean she will love me back?" he practically fell out of his chair at the thought.

The man chuckled. "Just sign the contract."

"Wait," Zim said. "What exactly happens if I sign this?"

"Well," The man started. "you will have to make a truce with Dib. You can have your occasional disputes and fights, but you can't plan to destroy him or try to make him miserable. If you do, you will be right back here, and I will decide your fate."

Zim cringed, and signed the contract almost reluctantly. I can do it as long as I have Lei he thought to himself.

A door appeared on the other side of the room and the contract vanished before Zim. Zim got up from his seat and walked towards the door. Before he opened the door, he turned to the man. "I just have one question."

The man stood up from his seat and looked at Zim. "Speak away dear boy."

"Who are you?" Zim asked.

The man answered. "I am someone you may not have heard of. You can't see me on earth, but I am there. If you stay on earth longer and get out a little more, you might realize who I am or who I am not. I am a being that no one has ever seen, only heard. Though, people still believe that I am what I am. Now go forth and live, for you will see me again when you are truly ready to die." With that, the man disappeared into a light.

Zim turned back to the door and opened it. A light blurred his vision and he was back lying on the cold metal table, starring up at the ceiling. Gir was still crying, Lei was still giving orders, Sali was still trying to comfort Gir, and Dib was still trying to help. It was like he was never gone.

Just saying, that I think this is the best written chapter (I might be wrong) ever! There might be only a few chapters left. *cring* But then I will start the sequil wich will be called Attack of the Armada. - this was actually planned waaaay before this story was thought of. So anyways Please review ^_^