Zim looked at the pair with loathing in his eyes.
"You dare think Zim is Gaz's trouble? You, who left her to walk home by herself when she was nothing but a smeet... YOU who left her with a parent who treated her as a slave and would leave her alone. Yes, DIB, I spied on you all and I hated what I saw, I hated seeing her cooking and waiting hours for someone to come home when the whole time you were chasing me and you 'father'was wanting you! And you left her there! The only reason you are intrested now is because you know I want her..." Zim shouted out as he lunged at Dib and Tak, but was caught by Red, who had been watching the scene with interest.
"Mini-moose, Gir! Go help Gaz pack what she needs. Purple, I could use some help!" He ordered as Zim clawed at his arms. Tak was holding Dib as well.
"You know nothing, Zim! You weren't there!" Dib growled.
"Neither were you! Do you know how afraid of love she is? It is YOU who knows nothing, Dib. You know nothing about Gaz!" He yelled, nearly escaping the Tallests clutches.
Racing downstairs, Gaz rushed to stop the madness. She ran to Zim and place a gentle hand on his chest, calming him.
"Please... Let me do this."She whispered as he nodded, helping the Tallests take her bags to the cadilac-cruiser-thing.
"Dib... I know how you feel about Zim, and I hope you know how I feel about him. But I hope you also know it doesn't change how I feel about you..." Gaz began, fidgeting with her hands.
"Gaz? No, he brain-washed you. Don't worry, we'll..."
"No! No, Dib. He didn't. I love him." Gaz held her breath.
"Y-you love him?... Ok, what is it, did I take the last soda? Forget batteries for your game?... you can cut the act, even I won't fall for you "in love''" Dib paced and crossed his arms with a cruel smirk on his face, that cut Gaz to the core.
"Yeah... because me loving anything is impossible, right? Like me loving Dad, who ignored me, while i studied like hell to get him to look at me and the only time he did notice me was when I made a nice dinner, or used like an experiment or beaten for something I did to you... or Spike, who curls up to me and gives me kisses and loyalty no matter what I do...," Gaz took in a breath as a sob escaped her lips, "Or Tak, who's been everything to me! My friend and my sister and my mother, everything I want to be! And you, Dib! Who made sure Dad didn'tbeat me to death, and fixed up my little booboos when I was a kid, and checked to see if I was in bed at night. No matter how bad I was." Gaz continued.
"Zim made me realize that admitting love didn't mean I was going to be crushed like glass... and I thought I was, Dib. I thought if anybody found out that I loved them, they would have me under their control to do what they pleased, just like Dad. I was hoping you would understand that... But you don't. I don't think you get anything except what you want to see..." Gaz hugged herself, trying to calm her tears. Dib looked at her. A look of disgust.
"Get the Hell out of my house, you whore!" He ran into his office/lab slamming the door, making Tak wince. No one saw the tears in his eyes. Gaz fell to her knees as Zim ran to her. He looked at the door which Dib was behind, but a look from Tak made him stay put.
"Shhh, it'll be ok." Tak whispered as she bent to meet Gaz, holding her head to her chest.
"I'm so sorry..." Sobbed Gaz hysterically.
"There's nothing to be sorry about... he'll get over it." Tak soothed as she rubbed Gaz's hair. Zim watched and feeling out of place he sat on the couch next to Gir and Mimi who were saying their farewells.
"God, I'll miss you, Tak..." sniffed Gaz, holding her sereagant sister.
"Hey, it's not like we'll never see eachother again, Zim lives just a couple blocks away."
"Would Dib let you see me?"
"Let him try and stop me" Tak smiled,"Besides, this just needs to process through that big head of his. And as soon as it does he'll remeber we'regoing to need all the help we can get with the baby on the way.."
Gaz's eyes lit up as she hugged Tak again. "Right, he cant stay mad at his child's aunt. I'll see ya around." Gaz got up to leave.
"Same here. And I love you, too." Gaz nodded and grabbed Gir and Spike by the hand and claw and went into the cruiser. As Zim went to fllow Tak grabbed his collar.
"Take care of her. Because if you don't..."
"She's mine, Tak. I'll protect her with my life... I love her." He said sternly,looking her in the eye before leaving.
"I know..." Tak whispered as they flew away.
Gir and Mini-moose entered the base carrying suitcases, which weren't many as Gaz did not own much. Zim followed, carrying Gaz over the threshold. Setting her down, she kissed his cheeck.
"Ah, young love..." Red sighed, watching them.
"Welcome home, Gaz." Zim wrapped his arms around her and buried his face hin her hair.
"Stopit!" Purple quiped as he sat down in his recliner. Red looked at him and shook his head.
"Purple,are you forgetting we too have an anouncment?" Red put his hands on his hips., "Maybe we should get refreshments..."
"No,you get them, you're my 'wife'." He snorted.
"Fine..." Red growled as he went to get champange.
"What's this anouncment? The armada's coming to take over Earth?" Zim smiled.
"No,better."Purple clasped his hands together as Red returned handing each a glass of bubbly.
"We took Earth vows!" Red laughed out, raising his glass.
"Wait... I thought you were already married." Zim raised his brow.
"We are, but it's renewal. We've ben together so many years and why not celebrate by joining in another culter's ways."
"Hmmm, sounds cool, I guess. But what about the invasion?"Zm asked,as Gaz turned her head.
"Invasion? I thought you said marrying my had nothing to do with Earth..."
"it doesn't! Gaz,I could be stranded on a desert planet with no one in sight, I would be happy as long if I had you by my side... Earth is just a perk." He smiled carressing her hand.
"Good to hear, because we're not calling the Massive." Purple commented as he took a sip from his glass.
"Wha?" Zim's jaw dropped.
"I SAID WE'RE NOT..." Red popped Purple on his head.
"We mean we like it here on Earth." Red Explained. Zim opened his mouth but Gaz talked for him.
"Why?"
"Why not?" Purple looked perplexed.
"Bar-B-Q's, tubaware parties..." Red started.
"Block parties, holidays..." Purple continued.
"Bake sales, shopping sprees..."
"Talking to the nighbors, watching the game..."
"Getting together for coffee and dinner parties, sharing recipe's..."
"Bragging about work, and mowing the grass."
"And getting in bed and thinking about everything we have... It sounds like heaven to me." Red sighed, leaning on Purple.
"Won't you miss ruling a whole planet?" Gaz asked, with interest. She never looked at her planet as these two are and it did seem more pleasant now.
"We thought we would. But you know what we did to contribute to our society? NOTHING! We just told smaller irkens what to do, and they got annoyed. They would sometimes hang out with one another for social fun, but were we invited? No. Here... We feel like we're a part of something bigger..." Purple mused.
"We were in Vagas with friends... For the first time we had friends. And talking to them about their offspring and their jobs, it seemed they had a purpose,one we wanted as well. On Irk the civilians work only to serve the rulers. Here, they work for themselves... I don't care what you do, Zim, but we're staying as humans." Red nodded.
Zim paused for a long time thinking these words through. After pacing a bit he finally sighed.
"If you can't rule them, join them." He smiled looking at Gaz, sending her heart to flutter.
Gaz's mood changed when they went to bed. Zim fell fast asleep, but stirred when he felt Gaz trying to cuddle close to him. Hearing a muffled sob, he glanced down. She was burrying her head in his chest as he felt her tears. Gently, he brought her head up.
"Why are you letting your eyes leak?" He cooed.
"It's stupid..."Gaz smiled.
"When it comes to you nothing is stupid..." His eyes shone with concern, and for a second she thought HE might cry.
"It'sjust.. just what Dib said... I never heard him talk like that before, not even when he was calling you an alien infront of school." She looked down.
"Hey, don't think about what he said. Think about what Tak said... he'll get over it."
"You think so?"
Zim smiled down at her, "I promise he'l lnot only get over it but ask for your forgiveness." Zim kissed her nose. His kisses trailed her lips, jaw, neck and breasts. Before they knew it the were making passionate love, hotter than the night before. Soon they were both asleep, wrapped in eachother's embrace.
Zim felt a chill and grabbed for the sheet that was covering him. But when his hand found nothing he sat up to find horror. Not only was Gaz hogging the covers, but she was levitating. Slowly, he reached for her hand. As Gaz opened her eyes, she gasped.
"Don't worry... I'll get you down." Zim whispered.
"Zim?.." Violently, she was thrown against the nearest wall, where Zim head a loud 'crack'.
"Gaz!" He rushed to her side to help her up but ceased when she yelped.
"I t-think somethings broken." She said with restraisned tears. Zim was shaking, but he knew he had to help his wife and keep her caml as well as the household.
"Ok... where do you hurt?" Zim felt his throat tighten in a panicked state.
"My ribs. It hurts just to breath in." Gaz bit her lip. Zim unwrapped the sheet she was in to see the damage and paled. A vicious bruise was already forming. Without a doubt her ribs were broken.
"Ok, Gaz, I'm going to take you down to the lab. It'll be quicker than going to a human doctor and more prepared. But I'm going to need to pick you up. Do you think you can stand the pain?" She nodded and wrapped her arms around his neck.
He held her, blessing her forehead with kisses down the elevator, till they reached the lab where he laid her down on an examination table.
"Computer!" Zim shouted in anger.
"What? Do you know what time it is?" The voice yawned.
"I don't care. Run tests on Gaz's skeletal structure." He demanded as he typed in something on the keyboard.
"It's 3:15..." The computer moaned.
"Now!" He hissed. Zim was angry. He was more than angry. Dib said these things don't hurt people. But Gaz was very hurt.
"Subject has two fractured ribs and a dislocated shoulder." The computer diagnosed.
"Thank you, that will be all." Zim nodded.
"May I suggest pain relief? I don't know if it will help but I have a bag of pot.."
"No.. wait, what? You're a machine, why do you need drugs?" Zim asked,puzzled.
"Jeez, I wonder... But you can't let her go like this, eve the mending syrum wouldn't help the pain."
"I know that. I have come prepared. You think I go around after being on fire and crap without nothing?" Zim muttered under his breath as he drew a shot of mendtil, a substance aliens invented to mend bones in minutes, and another with a substance similar to morphine. After giving Gaz both he waited till he saw the relief cross her features.
"Zim, I don't want to go back to bed."
"Me neither." He nodded.
"Can we go to the living room?"
"Yeah. Hey, why don't we get Gir and Spike and watch Mystery Science Theatre. I have the entire sries on DVD." He smiled a little.
"You really are superiour to all humans." Gaz laughed softly.
Gaz made pallets on the floor as the first one was playing while Zim went to get Gir and Spike. Gir plopped down besided her drinking a grape suck-monkey (I don't know where he got it either) and handed her a lime one, that was her favorite.
"MASTA SAYS YA SCRED." He said between sucks.
"I am a little.." She eyed the drink and the robot warily.
"I GETS SCARED TOO!"
"Yeah? What are you scared of?" Gaz narrowed her eyes, knowing it will be something stupid.
"JEFF FOXWORTHY... he'll steal my piggies." Gir shivered. Gaz shook her head and took a sip of her drink., "BUT I AINT SCARED NO MORE..."
"Why not?" She looked at the tiny robot.
"Because masta, he like my Daddy... And now he maried Gazzy and I gots a Mommy..." Gir smiled up at her melting her heart. She patted him on the head and he crawled up in her lap. Finally Spike raced down and jumped on the couch joined my Mini-moose as Zim laid nezt toGaz.
"What took so long?" She asked, offering him a sip of limey goodness.
"When I went to get Spike I inturuppted a 'moment' between her and Mini-moose. I had to get the hose..." Zim shuddered.
'You mean?" Gaz surpressed a laugh.
"Yes... I need mind-bleach so bad." Zim buried his face on Gaz's shoulder trying to rid the image. "Gaz?"
"Yeah?"
"Maybe we should call Dib in the morning." He said softly as they watched Crow make a witty comment.
"Because Mini-moose and Spike did the dew?" Gaz raised a brow.
"No... Because of what happened a bit ago... maybe he can help."
"No! He needs time to stew. Besides, it's just all this stress tonight. I'l llearn to control it, I promise. Ok?" She kissed him and he nodded. but deep in his heart he knew it wasn't that simple.
A/N: The true reason for me writing this fic is revealed... WHY DOES JEFF FOXWORTHY WANT GIR'S PIGGY'S?