A Place to Call Home
Story By: inuyashacat13
Summary: After failing for years, The Tallest finally get bored of Zim's meek attempts and decide to take over the Earth for themselves, just for the entertainment. Zim, devastated, begins to question if he ever had a purpose. As for Dib, he's just trying to convince poor Zim, who's has been his longtime friend AND rival, that there's still a purpose for him out there. Like, oh I don't know, saving the world? ZADR. May become Mpreg (but I might just be messing with you xD)
Warning: Contains M/M, some angst, slight romance, drama, some bad words, some suggestive themes, etc.
Disclaimer: I don't own Invader Zim, if I did, I'd shove it down nickelodeon's throats until they finally decided to continue it :3
Chapter Eleven: Crazy
A/N: So it's been five days…that's a record! A sad record D: but I was busy with work and…ok, so I was watching xxxHolic too, psh, but I still wanted to write but I didn't have time and then all my dreams had Dib and Zim and weird things happened x) (my subconscious was telling me to write =w=) Watanuki kind of reminded me of Zim xD(only crazier and he actually likes a girl…not that it matters, he'll end up with Doumeki in my mind XD)ehem…anyway…to chapter 11!
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It'd been two days since Dib had tried to convince everyone the world was coming to an end…and he had, well…UTTERLY FAILED at getting anyone to believe him…except Keef and Gretchen… but they didn't really count as anything to Dib. Dib sighed as Zim, who was lying on his chest, studied him.
"What's with you, Dib-Worm?" Zim inquired, noticing the human boy's troubled look.
"I just…" Dib started before sighing and letting his head fall back on his pillow, Zim nearly hissed.
"What is it?" Zim demanded as he crawled up until his clawed-hands were on Dib's shoulders.
"It's…" Dib started as Zim's disguised eyes bore into his, "It's just that…no one believes me-" Dib started before Zim interjected.
"Then come up with a different plan, pathetic human," Zim scoffed. Dib's eyes widened at the advice, before they softened.
"The only other plan I have is to ask my dad but he probably won't believe me either," Dib finally replied with another sigh.
Zim rolled his eyes, before stating, "Then come up with a back-up plan." Dib looked confused.
"A back-up plan?" Dib questioned.
"Yes, a way to protect the filthy humans in case all else fails," Zim explained, making Dib immediately brighten.
"That's actually a good idea!" Dib announced as Zim scowled at Dib's words, "I mean…you've had good ideas before…just…"
"Shut up," Zim cut off harshly, before dropping his false malice, and laying back down on Dib. Dib smiled at the act, and let his room ease into silence.
"Hey, Zim?" Dib questioned after a few minutes of peace, causing Zim to grumble. "You-" Dib started, before shaking his head, "…never mind." Zim considered asking Dib what he wanted to know, but then decided to brush it off, and fall asleep in Dib's arms instead. You won't run away when the Irkens get here, will you? Dib questioned Zim in his mind, before shaking his head again, no…I can't be selfish…If you're afraid then…I'll… Dib fell asleep before he could finish the thought.
Zim knew Dib wanted to save the humans and all…but he couldn't figure out why. It was the next day, at Skool, and all the kids were mocking Dib for telling them the world was going to end. Zim desperately wanted to kill some people as they pushed Dib's lunch tray from his hands, and the fact that Gretchen and Keef were now sitting at their table…didn't make it any better.
"Calm down, Zim," Dib said as he tried to rid his clothes of food, and sat down beside Zim. Zim glared.
"Why should I calm down when the PATHETIC HUMANS are messing with the one human who is trying to help them?" Zim demanded, slamming his hands on the table.
"B-but, we're here to help too-" Gretchen and Keef began before Zim cut them off.
"SHUT UP! YOU TWO MIGHT AS WELL NOT EXIST!" Zim yelled, making them cower back, seething until Dib placed his hand on Zim's shoulder.
"Yelling isn't going to do anything," Dib stated as Zim turned his head away and continued to seethe quietly.
"I'll beat them into believing you…" Dib heard Zim mumbling, making him roll his eyes.
"Violence against the people you're trying to help won't solve anything either," Dib deadpanned, causing Zim to tense and angrily turn around.
"Maybe if I beat them enough they'd stop being so STUPID!" Zim remarked, keeping his anger until Dib caught his face in his hands.
"I think that'd only make them more idiotic," Dib replied with a laugh, before bringing Zim closer and pressing their lips together. Zim felt his entire face flush, much to his dismay, and his anger quickly dissipated as he kissed Dib back.
"Calmer now?" Dib asked as he finally backed away, to which Zim averted his eyes.
"S-Stupid human of COURSE not…maybe you should try again..." Zim responded, face flushing even more.
"Maybe I should," Dib replied nonchalantly, before pressing his lips to Zim's once more.
Keef cheered as they did this, unnoticed in the background, while Gretchen's smile completely dropped, making Zim think kissing Dib at Skool was all the sweeter.
Gir wasn't sure if Zim was still leaving Earth, but he'd decided he'd protect as many animals as he could by finding them and then keeping them in Zim's base. Zim would be so proud of him! So far, he'd gotten twelve squirrels, three dogs, five cats, a snake, two gerbils, a moose, seven ducks, the mute kid from next door, a bunny rabbit, a gopher, and a lawn chair. They were causing quite a ruckus, but Gir figured Zim's Computer could handle them, and left to find Zim.
Zim's computer quietly cried on the inside as the animals set to destroy Zim's base, leaving him alone to cage them as Gir danced out the door.
As Dib got home from Skool with Zim and Gir, who had tagged along at some point, he found out his dad would be coming home for one of his rare "family nights."
"Looks like tonight's a perfect night for plan number two," Zim whispered as Gaz walked away, muttering about how Dib had better not mess up family night.
"Looks like it," Dib replied, before hoping to no end everything would go okay.
Gaz scowled as she sat in her room and played on her Game Slave 4. She knew Dib was going to do something stupid while their dad was around, and it was pissing her off. She already had to deal with staying in her room because she didn't want to see what Zim and Dib were doing in the living room, and by god, if Dib messed up ANOTHER family night…he was dead…No excuses. She. Would. Make. Him. PAY!
It was evening now, and Professor Membrane had just arrived home. Dib was happy that his dad had decided to order something to the house instead of going out…it would make talking easier…However…the way his sister was constantly glaring at him was freaking him out.
"Son! Daughter! Friend! Weird Dog!" Professor Membrane greeted as he opened his door, smiling at everyone, "Who wants PIZZA?"
Dinner seemed to go by uneventfully at Dib's house, other then Gaz throwing Gir into the trashcan…but that was a different story. Zim couldn't help but frown at the serious look on Dib's face…He…hoped everything would go well… Zim gave Dib a reassuring look as he dragged Gir out of the kitchen, and went to wait in Dib's living room. Gaz had left long ago.
Dib looked to his plate instead of his dad as soon as everyone else had left.
"What's wrong, son?" Professor Membrane asked as Dib continued to stare at his empty plate, "Troubles in bed or something?" Dib's head immediately shot up, face completely red.
"W-WHAT? NO!...WAIT! I-uh…I mean…I HAVE SOMETHING I NEED TO TELL YOU!" Dib spazzed, before quickly trying to calm himself down.
"What is it?" Professor Membrane asked with a gentle, concerned look, while Dib took a deep breath and sighed.
"I-The world it's," Dib began before shaking his head and beginning again, "The Earth is going to be attacked and most likely destroyed in less than a week."
"Hmm," Professor Membrane responded, giving Dib some hope.
"D-do you believe me?" Dib asked, nearly breathless.
"…No, I don't," Professor Membrane finally replied, crushing Dib's slight hope into a thousand pieces.
"B-but! You HAVE to believe me this time! Or the Earth will-!" Dib was harshly shushed by his father before he could finish.
"Dib, son, I love you…I do…It's just…you're crazy so…to actually BELIEVE this ridiculous theory would make me look bad…and" Professor Membrane began as Dib started to tune out and felt smaller and smaller by the second.
"…As if the world would just out of NOWHERE be destroyed it's so…" Dib tried not to listen as he father continued.
"…And how would you even KNOW THIS?" Professor Membrane finally finished, crossing his arms and not noticing the hopeless look on Dib's face. Dib briefly thought of telling is father, when he thought of the consequences of exposing Zim…and dropped it.
"I-I just know," Dib replied after a minute, making his father laugh.
"Well just knowing isn't enough to make me believe you or put any thought into further checking out the "Destroying Earth Situation." Professor Membrane stated with a mocking laugh, before getting up to leave.
"Some days, I wish you'd just get over your delusions and be normal," Dib heard his father say as he left the kitchen, making him feel all the more hopeless.
Zim was waiting in the living room when he noticed Professor Membrane walking out of the kitchen and shaking his head, Zim tried not to get upset as he heard him mumble about his son being incompetent and not knowing fiction from reality. Once the coast was clear, Zim quickly hurried to the kitchen, to find Dib with his head in hidden in his arms.
"He didn't believe me," Dib announced, barely audible through his arms, as Zim walked up to him.
"So what? There's still a back up plan, isn't there?" Zim questioned, while wrapping his arms around Dib's neck to comfort him.
"Yeah…" Dib answered, before finally lifting his head up, and stroking a hand across Zim's face.
"Ok so…we need to protect the humans…but how?" Zim asked as Dib stood up.
"I don't know," Dib replied…before smiling devilishly.
"But thinking up a plan isn't what I want to do tonight," Dib announced, in an overly suggestive tone.
"Then what is?" Zim asked, causing Dib nearly to fall to the floor.
"Uh…" Dib started, before deciding to show Zim another way, and swinging him up into his arms.
"D-Dib? What are you doing?" Zim asked as he tried to keep his face from flushing, Dib smirked.
"Taking you to my bedroom," Dib replied, to which Zim was about to ask why…when he finally realized what Dib had been implying. Dib laughed when Zim's face turned a few shades darker, looks like Zim was faintly starting to catch onto things, and Dib couldn't help but feel better when Zim didn't put up the slightest protest.
Yes, figuring out things out later wouldn't be fun… but that didn't mean that Dib couldn't have his fun now, with Zim…especially when Zim was completely for it, too.
The next morning Dib woke up feeling a lot better than he had after talking to his dad, and Zim sprawled across him once again made he feel all the better.
"DIBBB! MORNING!" Gir suddenly yelled as he popped up from under Dib's covers, shattering all tranquility, as he had a knack to do so.
"G-Gir, when did you get here?" Dib asked as Gir smiled up at him.
"Well, I was in your room for most of the night…"Gir began, making Dib nearly black out, "But then I went away for a while…and when I came back, you and Zim were here asleep!...Without clothes!" Dib still felt like blacking out, but not as much as he would've if Gir had seen them doing-
"Why are you disrupting my sleep, Gir?" Dib suddenly heard from Zim, breaking his train of thoughts.
"I wanted to say good morning to Dib!" Gir replied enthusiastically, before being thrown off Dib's bed by Zim.
"SHUT UP, GIR!" Zim yelled as Gir got up and skipped out of Dib's room. He sighed before he lied back down on Dib.
"Go back to sleep," Zim mumbled, before closing his eyes and hugging himself into Dib, Dib couldn't help but laugh before closing his own eyes and drifting off again.
Gir was happy as Dib and Zim finally came out of Dib's room, fully clothed. Gir wondered briefly why they'd taken their clothes off in the first place, before remembering he'd made waffles.
"I made WAFFLES!" Gir suddenly yelled as Zim glared and him and Dib smiled.
"Thanks, Gir," Dib said with a laugh, while Zim mocked him before they both sat down.
"EAT!" Gir shrieked, before jumping into one of the many piles of waffles on Dib's table… At least no one would hungry.
After eating waffles, Dib and Zim began their normal walk to Skool.
"So what are we going to do about protecting the humans?" Zim asked as they walked.
"Hmm," Dib began, "Maybe we could make a…big underground-type thing…that we could keep a lot of people in, and we'd have to stock it with supplies and weapons…and we'd need some way to keep from being found out…"
"I could use Irken technology to build it quickly and give it a protective barrier that hides it from the Irkens eyes," Zim offered.
"But wouldn't they notice their own technology?" Dib asked, raising an eyebrow.
"I could always do some modifications so they won't be able to detect it."
"Would that really work?"
"Probably, as long as none of the humans mess it up, or give away it's location to the Irkens." Dib contemplated this for a minute.
"Alright," Dib finally announced, "then let's do it, we'll protect everyone even if they refused to believe us at first."
"If that's what you want, Dib-Worm," Zim replied, not very happy that the humans that mocked them would still live, but wanting Dib to be happy.
"Thanks for helping me, Zim," Dib said as they started to near Skool.
"I'm the reason your world is going to be invaded, you shouldn't thank me, stupid human" Zim scoffed, but Dib brushed it off and smiled anyway.
"Yeah, but that doesn't mean you had to help me," Dib stated, causing Zim to turn his face away.
"Shut Up!" Zim yelled, causing Dib to laugh because he knew, deep down, Zim only said that when he was embarrassed… Maybe there really was hope for him and the world after all, though as long as he had Zim…he wouldn't be as devastated if it crumbled beneath his feet…
END A/N: hurray 8D I finished another chapter :3 I'm really looking forward to writing the next ones now! More action and drama to come xD there hasn't been much action yet(other than Dib and Zim getting it on XD) and that makes me sad hope you all enjoyed this chapter! I enjoyed writing it, especially the parts with Gir x3 Ok! That's it for now Reviews make my day! Favorites and Watches make me smile! Views are precious! And Constructive criticism is fine, if reasonable, but flames will be shunned! I love you all for reading this! :D
~Kitty