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
The hallways were swarming with activity. Armed guards and personal ran this way and that, attending to their various assignments. Dwicky never would have thought any of this would have been possible when he was last here. And to think that they had actually believed him. When he first came across the news from his home planet he became concerned, and then Dibs name up. It took him a few moments why that had been so familiar.
He started to piece together the few things he could remember, back when he was the young mans counselor. He had thought Dib had other issues going on and making up the stories about aliens, just wanting to help him. But he hadn't been lying and the aliens had showed up. He'd always felt bad afterwards, just leaving the kid like that, but he couldn't pass up the opportunity. Even now, he longed to go back up among the stars. His new friends had shown him that there was so much more out there than on his own little closed minded world.
But he couldn't just turn his back on Earth, not now. Not when he had learned about the Irken Empire and their never ending quest to concur and control the Universe. And now they were heading to his home world. When he first arrived he couldn't believe the devastation that had already begun how all the cities had began to bomb each other, blaming each other for starting it.
Once again Dib's name had come up and he decided to contact the boy's father. That turned out to be the best place to start. Professor Membrane seemed to still be in shock, just finding out himself just how exactly wrong he had been.
"This is all my fault." The Professor had told him. "If I had only listened, maybe gave him some support, or, or.."
Dwicky placed a hand on his shoulder. "I didn't believe him either, but Dib made his choice Professor. No matter what happened to him, he still made his choice."
Membrane nodded at that, accepting that it had been Dibs choice, one that seemed to go against his own kind, his own planet.
"Look my friends are willing to help, but not without some kind of payment. Getting involved directly against the Armada is risky."
That's how it all started, contacting the Resisty. The humans were going to join up with them. Some of their intelligence had gathered information that the Armada would be here in little over a month, and they had plans to make, preparations before that happened. Dwicky sure didn't plan to stay around that long. It wasn't going to be pretty, and he'd rather be far away when it started. He really wasn't a fighter.
But there was still the question on where Dib and this Irken were. They still hadn't been able to locate them. The military was quick in contacting the rest of the world's governments, trying to convince them to stop fighting a nonexistent war with each other and begin to prepare for the real one that was coming. Some cooperated while others needed to have a little more force in accepting the truth of things.
They began talks with the Resisty, and soon plans were formed and weapons were being constructed. Membrane seemed determined and spent all his time in his lab, working on and helping construct what was necessary.
Dwicky had bought some beers and was taking them back to the ship thinking his friends might get a kick out of trying Human alcohol. They sure liked to drink when they could. They even made their own type of beer, which Dwicky had to swear off for a while. A few sips had he'd been so wasted, and sick as a dog the next day. Spoopty and Mooshy just laughed their asses off, if they had had one.
He passed the security guards, who just nodded at him. They all seemed to know his face by now. Dwicky had to admit he sort of liked having this kind of attention. Made up for those times when he was younger and he had been laughed at, teased, made fun of.
As he walked onto the ship he noticed the power seemed to be off. He went over to the wall and pressed the console. Nothing. He set his stuff down and flipped up the emergency power. The soft hum filled the place, casting that strange pink light throughout. He pressed on the communication line.
"Spoopty?, Hey spoopty!"
There was still no response. There was a distant noise off down the corridor and he wondered if they were working on the engine. They had taken some damage from their last adventure, the space pirates not happy with their transaction.
There was a soft clink and even the emergency power flickered slightly, before coming back on. He walked down to the engine room, he really wasn't familiar with it. He never cared about the how's and whys with his own car, let alone the complexities of a space ship. It just gave him a headache just thinking about it.
"Mooshy?"
It was still quiet. It just seemed odd that they weren't answering. Although they did seem to get a kick with wandering out among the Earthlings, and how amazed they seemed to be with them. Dwicky shrugged it off and decided to head back to his quarters.
He wasn't prepared for the invisible force that slammed into him, knocking him back to the floor. Another hit had him scrambling backwards trying to find what was attacking him. The air seemed to shimmer slightly and then he watched the light seemed to bend and a figure materialized. It took him a moment to recognized the young man that stood before him
"D-Dib?" Dwicky couldn't believe it.
Dib just frowned down at him, his fist clenched at his side. He had grown, was taller, of course it had been over six or seven Earth years. Dib reached down and picked him up, slamming him against the wall.
"Who are you? And why are you working with the Poolksians?"
"Dib it's me, Mr. Dwicky. Remember me from skool? I-I was trying to help you."
"Mr. Dwicky?" Dib seemed puzzled by this. He took a step back and he seemed a little confused. "From skool?"
"Ya, ya you remember right?" Dwicky took a step further from Dib eyeing the doorway that was just beyond him. If he could just keep Dib distracted maybe he could get out and get some help. "We went to wait for the alien, and-and then the Poolksians arrived.." Dwicky wasn't sure what he should say. Didn't want to bring up that he had been wrong and hadn't believed Dib, had lied to him. "And Dib you were right, you were right all along. Aliens are real, and Zim was real."
Dib took a few steps back from Dwicky his eyes going wide. "I was right?"
Dwicky licked his lips, "Ya Dib, you were right, I believe you."
Dib seemed to shake his head slightly, "I was right?" he whispered, his hand went up to the side of his head. "No, no, no, no!" When he looked back up at Dwicky the small smile on his face made him step back. His heart began to pound, there was something in Dibs face that terrified him. "Dib? Who is Dib?" he asked quietly as he began to take a step towards Dwicky. "Of course I'm right, ZIM is always right! And you Mr. Dwicky are my enemy."
Dib pulled out a small blob from his bulky bag that was slung over his shoulders and he stuck it to the side of the wall. It began to slowly grow and expand, like small rivers of water it ran across the walls, solidifying, until it covered the entire length.
"What-what's that?" Dwicky asked.
"Oh, just a little surprise for our friends." Dib chuckled.
"Dib, just listen to me, you don't have to do this." Dwicky was beginning to panic.
"I'm an Invader Huumun, and you're soon going to be an extinct species."
"NO Dib, YOU are a HUMAN!" Dwicky shouted
The last thing Dwicky remembered was Dibs fist connecting with his face.
Zim paced angrily just waiting for Dib to show back up. He kept watching Dibs signal, and could see he was on his way back towards the base where he could transfer up to the station. Skoodge had completed everything else that needed to be done for the moment and he sat quietly, nervously as he watched Zim pace and mutter to himself.
"Stupid, foolish boy! How dare he LIE to me! Me, ZIM! Oh yes, he will regret this disobedience."
The power cells on the transporter quickly charged and then stopped and Zim looked over at them and saw nothing.
"Gir?"
Then the air seemed to move and shimmer and Dib staggered forward and collapsed to his knees. He unceremoniously dumped whoever he had brought with him to the floor. Zim spun on him.
"How dare you Dib-stink!" Zim began to yell at him. "Do you even comprehend…"
But Dib stayed on his knees, doubled over clutching his head.
"Make it stop, please make it stop hurting." Dib gasped through clenched teeth. "Zim! Zim, don't leave me alone!" Dib cried out.
Skoodge had jumped up as he had materialized and ran over towards Dib.
"DON'T TOUCH HIM!" Zim screamed at him as he bent down in front of Dib. Skoodge stopped and took a step back, his antennae twitching worriedly.
"Make it stop, make it stop" Dib kept repeating, his eyes tightly shut. Zim gently but firmly grabbed Dibs hands and tilted his face up towards his. Once again the Human was able to defuse him, as his rant would have to wait until Dib knew why he was so angry with him.
"Dib, fight this, remember who you are! You are a human, not one of them! Don't do this!" The man on the floor said as he slowly got to his feet.
Zim let his anger flow back through him as he looked at this human Dib had brought back. His eyes narrowed dangerously.
"Skoodge, initiate a damper containment field at eighty percent." Zim said as he got up and went over towards this new threat. "You filthy dirt-stink seem familiar to Zim." And then it seemed to all fall into place. The Poolksians, their super weapons, the signals contacting the Resisty. This dirty, rotten, stinking dirt monkey was behind it. "Mr. Dwicky wasn't it?"
Dwicky began to back away from him, but Zim wasn't going to show him no mercy. "You're not going to win you know, we will stop you."
Zim began to laugh. "You, stop the Armada? When you wouldn't even believe one boy who told you the truth?" Zim extracted his spider limbs, making himself rise up to tower over Dwicky. He lashed out one of the metal legs and pierced through Dwicky's leg.
Dwicky fell back screaming as he clutched at it, the blood oozing through his fingers. Zim let his anger run slightly as he cut Dwicky up a little. Across his face, down his arm, anything that made him scream made him all the more pleased. He finally pinned him down, his red eyes glared down at Dwicky.
"Don't worry, I wont kill you just yet. Not when Dib knew you would come in handy with information," Zim none to gently poked Dwicky's forehead "from here."
Zim used his spider legs to zap Dwicky just enough so he lost consciousness. He stared down at him a moment, wanting to hear him scream some more, not nearly satisfied. Wondering just what he had been saying to Dib to make him lapse again. He glanced back over at his Dib. His eyes were opened and he wasn't clutching his head as tightly. He looked up at Zim, his eyes couldn't hide the pain still there.
"Did I fuck up again?"
"Skoodge, take care of the prisoner."
"Y-yes Zim."
Zim approached Dib and reached a hand to his head, along that scar. Dib cringed and tried to hide a slight whimper from the pain, and Zim could feel that he had another fever. He helped Dib get to his feet and then Dib wrapped his arms around Zim, holding him tightly. Zim inhaled deeply from his scent, letting his own hands wrap around him.
Dib brought his head back and pressed his lips against Zim's, his tongue thrusting into his mouth, insistent, frantic and Zim couldn't stop his own purr as he responded letting his own tongue claim what was his. Dibs hands clutched at his back, a hand moving up along his head to gently rub against an antenna there. Zim leaned into him, letting that tingling sensation wash over him.
Zim's eyes stayed closed even when Dib pulled back and rested his way too warm forehead against his own, his breathing ragged.
"I had to go, we needed to finish the ship." Dib said quietly.
Zim's heard even though just for the moment he just let himself feel Dibs own body against his, listened to his hard breathing, could make out his heartbeat.
"You're angry with me." It was just a statement.
"Yes, Zim is very angry with you." He sighed, couldn't help it as Dib's hand hadn't stopped caressing his antenna.
Dib dropped his hand and stepped back which almost brought a growl from him. He didn't want him to stop. Zim brought his gaze up and looked at him. Dib brought his hand forward and brushed it along Zims face and gave him a small smile.
"Let me finish the ship, and then you can yell at me." Dib bent down and retrieved his bag that had fallen to the floor and walked down towards the hanger, Zims eyes narrowing as he watched him go. He didn't look too steady on his feet and brought a hand back up to rub his head. He needed to so something about that before it would kill his Dib, or worse.
Zim turned to see Skoodge staring at him wide eyed, mouth hanging open. Zim regarded Skoodge a moment, chuckled at his expression, then turned and followed Dib to the hanger.
a/n: Ummmm, ya I'm not sure what happened to the first word on the last chapter but it should start of as "Skoodge stood before...". Also sorry for anyone i haven't replied to or missed, but I do appreciate all the fabulous comments :D. anyways, not feeling well, next chapter might be a little more surreal than I intended it to be O_o, which could be good...