WARNING: ZDAR/YAOI Don't read if you don't like this stuff, and if you don't know what it is don't read :P
Disclaimer: I do not own Invader Zim, I just love the characers
Synopsis: Well, they finally did it, convinced Dib that there were no such things as aliens, using unconventional means. Now Dib doesn't know what's real, and what isn't anymore. Is he Zim? He must complete his mission!
A/N: this is my first ZADR and Yaoi, please R/R :D
Rated M for intense violence/slash and of course yaoi
stood before the door, his antennae wilted, not sure what he should do. He needed to tell Zim about the current situation, but he was afraid. He had heard the boys screams, wondering what he had done that made Zim so angry. Yet after they had retrieved him and reached the station, Skoodge had watched him pace for hours in front of the tube of purple gel he had placed Dib in, or just sit and stare, watching the non responsive human.
Zim had worked on his console making sure the invasion plans were activated along with trying various things to expedite Dibs healing process. Skoodge wasn't all that familiar with humans yet, but he could tell he wouldn't have lived if Zim hadn't done what he did.
It had been quiet for a while inside the room and Skoodge got up his courage and went to the door. It slide open and he tentatively poked his head inside. He could see Dib lying on his side his back to him, Skoodge could see the claw marks that ran down it along with other marks and dried blood.
"Z-Zim?" He asked quietly.
There was slight movement and Zim's arm slid up across Dib's back and then he saw his head lift from the other side of him. One eye narrowed as he looked over at him.
"What is it?" Zim seemed annoyed at the interruption.
"I've received some transmissions that y-you should see." Skoodge swallowed nervously.
"Get out." Zim hissed at him and Skoodge scrambled back out the door. He went to the control console and pulled up the transmissions. Zim was soon there and Skoodge moved to give Zim the controls.
"Most of them have been encrypted but I have been able to break them." Skoodge told him as Zim read through them. "Its primarily Poolksian , but I've also have detected the.."
"The Resisty!" Zim growled pounding a fisted hand against his chair. Zim sat back and viewed the information. "They know something, and are coming here!" Zims eyes narrowed. "We are so close, we need to take out this threat before the Armada arrives. How close is the ship to being completed?"
"A good t-two to three days, and if the Resisty is coming I don't think we'll be able to keep hidden from them for long here."
"Then what are you waiting for?" Zim ignored him as he began to work, pulling to screens.
Skoodge went back to the hanger and began to work on the ship. It was slow going with just him working on it. He had learned that these Humans needed to sleep to recharge, which seemed odd to him, and didn't dare say anything to Zim about how it would go faster with Dib.
He was inside the ship trying to hook up the last of the wires when Dibs voice called out to him.
"Hey Skoodge."
The Irk jumped, than peaked around the opening of the back. Dib was there going over the schematics. He had on a different shirt as he stretched his arms above his head as he looked at the plans.
"Damn it, Zim shouldn't have let me sleep so long."
He didn't seem to be in too bad of shape, some claw marks along his face and arms, and those already seemed to be healing up. Skoodge got a whiff of a medical salve from him, probably what was helping it heal so fast. Dib narrowed in a specific location on he plans and then pointed at it.
"What exactly is this?"
Skoodge looked at what he had brought up and grimaced. That was going to be their biggest obstacle.
"It's the main power source, a cubic energy cell."
"And do we have an extra cubic energy cell thingy?" Dib asked
"No." Skoodge replied quietly.
"Shit." Dib ran a hand through his hair. "Lets not tell Zim this problem just yet shall we?"
The Irken could only nod his agreement. They got back to work on the ship, going much faster now that Dib was there. The silence seemed to stretch as they worked, each within their own thoughts as they completed what needed to be done.
"DIB!" Zims voice yelled out.
Dib stopped what he had been working on, lifting his goggles as he slid out from under the ship. Zim dropped the bloaty pizza box on the floor by his head.
"Here is your disgusting, filthy Earth food. You know how had it was to get this filth?" Zim turned and stomped off muttering as he went. "You're still going to PAY Earth boy." He yelled.
There was nothing but shock on Dibs face as he watched Zim march away. A smile soon followed and he slowly shook his head as he pulled himself out and sat to Eat.
"That Zim…You want some Skoodge? Zim never liked the food, but I was never sure if it was just him or if it was all Irkens."
Skoodge looked at the greasy, cheesy pizza and shook his head no.
"S-so Dib, how did you know about, well, you know, Zim and everything?"
Dib sat eating a moment, tilting his head to the side as if he was trying to recall, but he shook his head and shrugged.
"I don't remember a lot of things back then." There seemed to be a sad look on his face, but he grinned and turned to look at Skoodge, a glint there that made the Irk take a step back. "Let's just say we have a lot more in common now than we did then."
Dib sat there in silence a moment as he finished eating. He sighed.
"Skoodge, I think I can solve our energy cell problem."
"How?" He squeaked.
"Show me those transmissions again, and help me with the Plookesian, I think I might have remembered something, useful."
Skoodge brought up the transmission and Dib began to type, bringing up where the signal originated from.
"That son of a bitch." Dib whispered. "That fucking son of a bitch. That first signal originated from Membranes lab." Dib began to hack into the system, pausing here and there to get Skoodge to help with the Plookesian. But he wasn't trying to get into the high level security, so there wasn't too much to get around. Then he stopped and laughed at what he had found. He enhanced the picture from a security camera to reveal the ship that sat hidden within the hanger.
"Would this ship have what we need?" Dib asked him.
Skoodge looked at the Plookesian ship and nodded. "Most likely, if not it would be pretty close and we can always modify it. But how are we going to get to it?"
"Just leave that to me."
"I-it seems strange that the Plookesians would be here, they aren't with the Empire, but they have never really joined the Resisty either. They always seemed to buy and sell to both sides."
Dib shook his head, "I don't know, there's something I should remember.." Dib reached up and rubbed his head. He shrugged and let his hand fall. "We don't have much time and we need to be operational. I'm going to go see Zim, see if you can generate a small cloaking device from this Vortian device I found"
He punched up some new blueprints, and showed them to Skoodge. "I'm planning on implementing this on the new ship, and had started a prototype. This would give us the perfect opportunity to try it out."
Skoodge nodded as he watched Dib walk out of the hanger.
Zim sat at his console trying to find more information on what the Resisty were up to. They were a tricky bunch, sneaky, filthy, always fighting the Empire. And now they dare come to HIS planet that he is trying to destroy? Not when he was so close and the Tallest were going to be here soon. It was a slow process.
His antennae perked up slightly. Dib was approaching, he seemed to be too in tuned into the boy now, his whole body would start tingling with just his scent near him. Zim still wasn't sure how he felt about that.
"Zim, I need to head back to the base for a few things, if, that's okay."
Zim stiffened, trying not to let Dib affect him.
"What do you need Dib-monkey? I left Gir there and he can bring what you need."
Dib reached up and ran a hand through his hair. "It's just a few more of the sensitive computer parts, and I don't think Gir would be the best choice for this."
Yes, the bot seemed to be able to destroy things just by looking at it. But things were getting a little tense on the dirt planet and he didn't want Dib down there. Not when he almost…Zim shook his head slightly. NO, he was an Invader, and Invaders needed no one!
Dib moved over closer to him, and Zim pressed his antennae back to his head and leaned back a bit. Dib reached out and started pressing his hands against the controls. He had to give it to the boy, when something caught his attention he was an unstoppable force. He should know. He watched his odd shaped hands and fingers fly across the controls.
"That signal seems off, like its being bounced from somewhere else." Dib said.
"ah uh" , Zim replied, not really paying attention to what Dib was saying. He was watching him, his Dib, his hands, his hair and that one lone piece that just begged for attention. Dib's scent was starting to intoxicate him. Zim dug his hands into the seat so he wouldn't reach out and grab that piece of hair his claws itched to grab.
"This is just like what we encountered before." Dib kept typing, as he singled in on a location not even close to the fake signal. "It should be coming from this quadrant, and they're bouncing it off a planet within this system." The screen blinked and a planet flashed up. "There."
Dib turned and grinned at him. Zims eyes narrowed at him, pleased, and angry at the same time.
"Fine, GO my-Dib, but be quick about it!" Zim pushed him out of the way to concentrate on the planet he had brought up on the screen. He was going to ignore the small pleased sound Dib gave as he turned to go, as it sent small shivers through him.
Zim wasn't aware that his antennae were still trying to sense Dib until his neck felt stiff from it. He shook himself and turned his attention back to the screen, the planet. It was easy to find the signal after that, and Zim laughed. Oh yes, he would make them pay.
He found their locations and tried to access their files. He didn't quite have the knack at it that Dib had, but he managed to at least determine how many ships there were that were signaling each other. All ending with that one location on Earth. It bothered him that someone seemed to be down there, contacting the Resisty.
Zim stretched and went to check on Skoodge and Dib. As he walked into the hanger he was quite pleased at the progress. Soon, he would have his own ship, and they could finish their work.
"Skoodge, report!"
Skoodge looked out at him from the rear hatch door.
"A-almost complete sir."
"Excellent!" he laughed, "Dib!" There was no response. "Dib-worm!"
The smaller Irken cringed back and tried to hide back on the ship.
"Skoodge? Where's the Dib?"
"Well you see, ah, we needed a part, and h-he went.."
Zim grabbed the Irk by his uniform and brought him up to his eye level.
"Where is MY-Dib?" he hissed
Skoodge swallowed, nervous, "He-he hasn't come back yet."
"That was hours ago!" Zim yelled, he dropped Skoodge back to the ground and began pacing. He went to a computer and brought up Dibs beacon signal. His eyes widened and his antennae wilted slightly. "What is he doing there?" he whispered. "WHAT IS HE DOING THERE!" he shouted.
"We-we needed a cubic energy cell to finish the ship, and-and he found the Poolksian ship and went to steal theirs."
Zims long, loud cry echoed through the hanger, making Skoodge cringe and cover his antennae.
"I'M GOING TO KILL HIM!" He screamed, but it still didn't stop the fear that spread through him.
a/n: thank you for the reviews, they keep me going :P, ah who am i kidding, I can't stop writing this...must, sleep, *yawn, sometime lol
Darkdagers I'm glad you enjoyed the last chapter ^_^
Bleachedbluecat210: Thanks! I was trying to spin it differently so I'm glad its turning out that way :D
Vithian: Me too! mwahahaha, but it may take a little while to get there O_o