Chapter 15: Epilogue-Happy

The wedding was held within two days inside of the ship. Tak had wanted to plan a huge wedding several months away, but then remembered she killed almost everyone she knew growing up. So she giggled and set her heart on a closer date. No one really cared what Tak did as long as guns weren't involved.

Gaz volunteered to be the one to marry them saying, "I'm still the Queen of Earth, I can do what I want." Zim and Dib exchanged glances and decided not to tell anyone that Earth was no more. Maybe they would say later, but for now, this was a happy occasion.

They held it in a big reception room in the Ship. Everyone aboard the ship attended, even the androids, though Meiko seemed very disgruntled about having to come. Despite the people she didn't know, Tak was extremely happy. It was like all of Keef's happiness had flooded into her. Even when some things went wrong, like Skoodge remembering he couldn't dance, she was still happy as can be, even attempting to show Skoodge how to dance properly.

Dib wished he'd had a camera, the wedding had been pretty cute. Skoodge had worn some black suit that was sharper in detail than Earth suits. Gir had gone down the isle dropping something that looked like flower petals, but when Dib picked one up it disintegrated into his hand. Easy cleanup at least. Then Tak had gone down, giggling the whole time. She looked kinda pretty in her flowing black dress. The dress had been backless to highlight her pak. When the time came, it was Mini-moose who brought the rings to the happy couple, Tak giggled and said how cute Mini-moose was with two rings on his head. Directly after the ceremony, Tak turned and hugged Mini-moose, declaring that he was now their love child. No one argued with her, Mini-moose seemed very happy about it, in fact.

At the after party, Dib discovered that Irken dancing was quite fascinating, of course Zim didn't want to dance though. But that wasn't unexpected, and Dib wasn't hurt about it either. Most of the dancing was done by Gir though, who took over the floor by break-dancing. Zim had no idea what Gir was doing, but everyone else thought it was awesome. Gaz didn't dance or even really participate. But she did manage to access a photo capability in her Game Slave and take a picture of Tak and Skoodge.

Overall, Dib thought it was a success. Everyone had fun, even Meiko, who hadn't wanted to come. As soon as she found the beer, she danced and sang and had tons of fun with everyone. Everyone was having a good time, that is until someone unexpected dropped by.

Lights went off and the computer announced the arrival of a 'guest', though Tak hadn't invited anyone. Dib made sure to keep a good grip on Zim's wrist to keep him from running off to find the 'guest'. Everyone waited as silence grew. Finally someone stepped through the door carrying a box. Dib barely recognized him because of how long it'd been, but he still knew that faux face.

"MAU!" Tak screamed, running up to hug him, barely letting him breath. Mau seemed equally as happy, hugging her back.

"Crazy little Irken…" Skoodge mumbled with a smile. Zim smiled too, glad that Mau was at least okay after Zim abandoned him. Dib smiled and wrapped both arms around Zim's waist lovingly, watching the little reunion before them. But the sound of a door opening surprised him.

"You," Zim hissed, staring at the door.

"Hey, don't be so pessimistic," Jack called across the room, "This is a wedding after all."

Dib found himself feeling hate towards Jack as well, he'd taken Zim away from him, even if it was only one night. "Who invited you?" Dib asked.

"Um…" Skoodge edged behind Tak. "I invited Mau…" Skoodge said, barely above a whisper.

"And Mau invited me," Jack said proudly. Jack then stepped over to the bride and took one of her hands in both of his, enticing a giggle from her, which Dib had to admit was pretty easy to do. "Hello there beautiful. My name's Captain Jack Harkness, what's yours?" Tak giggled another time before Skoodge decided it was time to man up and he stepped over to intercept Jack. But before Skoodge could do anything, Mau bit Jack's ear, making him yell and Tak laugh.

Dib and Zim stood back and watched it all happen, Dib tried to hide his smile behind a champagne glass, but Zim laughed openly at them. "Hey Dib, don't worry about Jack anymore, he seems to be taken," Zim informed him with a laugh.

"What? By who?" Dib asked.

"Mau. When Mau bites you for talking to someone, it means he's taken you as his current play toy," Zim explained. Dib observed further and saw how close Jack and Mau were standing. Did Jack even realize he was now taken? Maybe he did and flirting was just a habit. Whatever, Tak was happen, so there was no reason to worry.

Skoodge was taken aback by Mau's attack on Jack, but relaxed, anyone who knew Mau knew they didn't have to worry about Jack's random flirting anymore. Skoodge wrapped an arm around Tak, who was still taller than him and leaned into her. She kissed the top of his head and giggled.

So the party continued, with Jack and Mau dancing with the rest of them. Mau eyed the androids in a paranoid fashion, but in the end didn't decide to kill them. Near the end of the night, Rin sat by Dib and chatted with him on random wedding things that Zim didn't care for. Getting an idea, Zim stood next to Skoodge as they watched Tak dance with Gir. "Hey, Skoodge," Zim whispered.

"Yeah, Zim," Skoodge said, not taking his eyes off of Tak.

"Have you tried the thing humans call sex, yet?" Zim asked, glancing over at Jack for a millisecond in disgust.

"No, I don't think we will either," Skoodge said.

"You should," Zim suggested, "It's…very enjoyable." Skoodge glanced at Zim and smiled.

"Sure," Skoodge said, watching Tak again. The more he thought about it, the better an idea it seemed. They both loved human things, and Tak was usually happy to do anything with Tak. Zim was the thought processes on Skoodge's face.

"You're welcome," Zim said, grinning as he walked off. After Mau dragged Jack off and they left, the party started to wind down, Skoodge and Tak slow danced in the middle of the floor and the androids stood around the snack table looking tired but happy. Zim and Dib were snuggled in a corner, enjoying the moment of peace, when Gaz scared the shit out of them by sitting loudly beside them. Dib looked up to see Gaz staring intently at her game. "I meant it, you know," Gaz mumbled sullenly after several minutes of silence.

"What?" Dib blurted out. Both he and Zim stared at Gaz blankly.

"Morons, all that stupid gushy stuff I said the other day, you know..." Gaz trailed off. Dib did remember now, how Gaz said she loved him, loved them both.

"Oh," Dib said simply. Gaz stayed seated but didn't say anything else. Dib looked at Zim who was staring at Gaz, Dib couldn't read his expression.

Zim's antenna twitched and Dib knew he was thinking pretty hard about this. Dib gripped Zim's hand and waited. Finally Zim's face softened and he looked away from Gaz and down at their linked hands. "Zim is also very thankful for Gaz," Zim said quietly. Gaz jumped, like he'd just shot a gun or something. She looked up from the game without even pausing it first. The sounds of dying were emitted and her Game Over music played.

Gaz stared wide-eyed at Zim. "W-what did you say?" Gaz asked.

Zim frowned. "Do not make Zim say it again."

"Y-You..." Gaz whispered, Dib could see a light come on in Gaz's eyes. "But...what about...everything I've done to you...to you both..."

Zim shrugged. "Zim has done bad things, and the Dib has done bad things. I cannot think of anyone here who hasn't done bad..." Gaz took that in and looked at her hands, setting the game on her lap. She scrunched her forehead and looked to be deep in thought about something. She looked up at Dib and looked him in the eye questioningly.

"Gaz...you're my sister, my only family," Dib said slowly and quietly, trying to sound as heartfelt as possible, "Of course I love you." Gaz's eyes got misty as she gazed at Dib.

"Dib..." She whispered, her voice shaking. Suddenly she leapt up and nearly collapsed into Dib's lap. A loud sob escaped her as she hugged Dib's waist. Dib took Gaz in his arms, shocked that she would show such emotion in public. Dib stroked her hair as she cried, staining Dib's pants. Dib almost worried about Gaz's tears getting on Zim, but he let go of the thought. For now, Gaz mattered more.

Zim shrank back a bit when Gaz started to cry, but he got over it. He'd seen the Earth women cry before. But still, it was Gaz...it just wasn't in her to cry. The other women, they'd been foolish and idiotic, worrying about frivolous things. But that wasn't Gaz. Something huge must have happened to bring her to this state. He remembered seeing her aboard the Massive, looking twenty years older and a hundred degrees colder as well. She seemed more Irken then as well, Zim had always respected her for acting as an Elite Soldier would.

But now, the Gaz he saw before him was very human indeed. And though Dib had always been the one creature he could stand in life, seeing Gaz opened like this...maybe the human race wasn't so bad. Zim felt a strange feeling in his chest, like fire, but more subtle. It warmed him whenever he thought of Dib or Gaz. He knew what this was when associated with The Dib, lurv. He...he lurved Gaz too. His feeling for the two of them...these hyumans...was extremely different, yet very much the same. When he thought of the three of them together, living in some hyuman style house for sure, and making food and living life...it made the warm feeling even bigger, making Zim's insides toasty. Was this...was this familial love? Is this why humans were so eager to procreate...? For this warm feeling that was so easy to inspire?

Zim reached out and touched Gaz's back, rubbing it slightly in a comforting manner. Dib gave him an approving look before turning back to tending to Gaz. Zim took his hand back and watched the two humans. He believed this to be their 'bonding' thing they liked to do. Zim poked Dib in the side of the head before leaving them alone.

He wandered over to the snack table where the androids were all talking animatedly. Two of the female ones, the aqua-haired and brunette, were talking and didn't notice Zim standing nearby, watching a glazed donut with hungry eyes.

"Who do you think is on top?" The brunette, Meiko, asked. The aqua-haired one, Miku, blushed and acted flustered. Zim was sure Keef programmed her specifically to do that.

"M-Meiko..." She stammered, "We shouldn't talk about that stuff."

Meiko, hammered on champagne and standard Irken-issue booze, put her hands up to her mouth and made a loud farting noise. "Who cares Miku, just humor me," she said, wobbling a bit on her feet.

"O-okay..." Miku put her head down and thought it over.

Before Miku could come to a decision, Meiko announced hers. "The human's definitely on top, no doubt." Zim was about to reach for the donut he was stalking when Miku's next words stopped him.

"Totally, Dib is such a man," Miku agreed.

"I bet he rides that alien all night long," Meiko said loudly. Zim snuck up behind the drunken female, and leaned in close to her auditory units.

"Actually, Irkens always ride top," Zim corrected her in a chilling whisper. Meiko froze and Miku gasped, covering her mouth with her hands. Zim enjoyed the look of pure shock and slight horror on their faces. Zim grinned and slowly reached a hand in front of Meiko as though to choke her. Meiko breathed in quick shallow gulps of air. Zim pried her lifted hand open and took her can of Irken alcohol.

Miku shifted and giggled, Meiko blushed with anger. Zim grinned and took a swig of alcohol. Meiko turned quickly and took back her beer and stalked away. Miku giggled again. "She's so hot-headed," She commented.

"Aren't we all," Zim asked rhetorically, enticing another laugh from the android.

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Nikki watched then all from her cameras, from air vents, waiting for her moment. Kaito slipped back into the security room. "Can't it wait 'til later?" Kaito asked, a scowl adorning his face as usual.

"No, they're so happy now. It's time now!" She started to yell, "They must pay!"

Kaito sighed and sat next to her. "Why are you so hell bent on 'making them pay', dear?" Kaito asked, half-bored, half-concerned.

"Because, that one," Nikki pointed to Gaz, "made me a slave. This one," Dib now, "ruined the greatest prophesy I ever knew. And he," Zim, "…He ruined my whole life, right from the beginning. I hate him…I'll make him suffer!"

Kaito calmly placed a hand on Nikki's shoulder. "All in good time, love," he assured her.

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"Hey Red…" Purple called.

"Yeah?"

"Let's go play with our prisoners," Purple suggested excitedly.

"Okay," Red agreed, grinning with the happiness of a child getting ice cream.

"Let's pick from Miyuki's section, she chose fun ones," Purple said happily. Red nodded in agreement. They traveled through the catacombs of torture rooms with thousands of prisoners from all over the universe. Finally they came to Miyuki's section…or the start of it anyway, no one knew how big her section was.

Red made his way to his current favorite prisoner. An Irken who had openly rebelled the Empire. If Red had been ruling then, he would have simply thrown her out an airlock or something. But Miyuki had so loved taking in prisoners, so here the rebel sat. Her purple eyes were glazed over and not staring at anything in particular. Limp, crooked antennae hung over her face as though holding them upright took too much effort. Her pale green skin gave off a sickly aura, a sign she was malnourished. Her entire being had a starved, helpless look to it. It made her seem so fragile, so delicate, thought that was far from how Red handled her.

She was a traitor to the Empire, but that wasn't why he hated her so much. He hated her kindness, the defective emotions she showed. Mostly though, Red hated her for showering a defect with love and attention rather than the best there was like him.

"Hello, Kita," Red called sadistically, enjoying how her whole body shuddered at his mere voice. "Let's have some fun now, hm?" He asked, his voice filled with lust and desire. Kita started to shiver and closed her eyes, waiting for the inevitable.

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Such pain, such unimaginable pain. It flooded his senses and blocked everything else out of his mind. His veins burned with a foreign fire. His whole existence had meant nothing, all that work and dedication ended with a simple gunshot. And now, life beginning again…and the red-haired child. He'd caused this to happen…but why? Why was the child helping him, it seemed so unreasonable.

A loud rush of liquids sounded, distracting him from his thoughts. Chemicals entered his mind, making him incoherent. I remember this, he thought, I remember because….

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A/N Zomg, this was longer than expected. O.o The third part will be called Eternal. :) It might be updated a lot less often, because I must now concentrate on getting into college, at least that's what I was told -pouts- anyway.

Please Review, it will makes me happy.