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 Twelve: Greetings
A/N: Helloo everyone 8D I went to a carnival today! And I just COULD NOT stop thinking of the carnival chapter I wrote XD it made me want to write EVEN MORE x3 I won two fish at it, and I named them Zim and Dib xD Dib I named especially cause he's a fishy with a big head :3 x3 I'm so happy, I've almost written over 100 PAGES and I've written over 40,000 words 8'D Ok, enough randomness…to the story^^(after replying to my reviewers, of course ;3)
To UberSasukeFan: yay! I'm glad you enjoyed the Gir-ness 8)
To Danny Anime Girl: thanks! 8D aww, I'm so glad to hear there are people eagerly awaiting new chapters :3 lol, XD your comment about eating Zim made me giggle, and good! Cause here it is 8D *gets covered by waffles*
To Ebony3111: yes, they are, and I hated having to write Membrane so mean since he's usually so awesome, but I had to remind everyone that no one really…well…believes Dib, not even his father D: thank you! I'm glad you still liked it :3
To genderless-but strait: lol, yay, I'm glad! And YES! YES THEY ARE :'3 xD Good, because here it is 8)
To Invader Ang: Nuuuu, that'd be meaner then the kids at Dib's Skool D: (psh, as if I could beat them at being cruel :P) and yes, it was a terribly sad ordeal but now my story will last LONGER! Ahh, I still like updating fast though :3 no! I don't want to *insert horrible fate here* D:
To MoonToy: thank you! And I try :3 thanks again x3 and oh really? :D in your spiral? That confuses me xD and yes, I'll never stop updating! :3 until…well…it ends…IT'LL JUST NEVER END :D
To Meta-Knight-1-fan: yes! He always wins epically 8D haha, I always do x3
To Mio-Chan's Return: YES! THEY ARE 8D lol, maybe I'll just write an xxxHolic fanfic after I'm finished with this one instead ;3 haha, just don't destroy Earth! D: I actually want to include them at some point xD I love em' x3 RESISTY! Lol, blonde Grell x3 and why do you miss them? D: they are back in the flesh with more fan-service xD the thing that makes it ridiculous is Alois and Claude disturbing them xP haha, yes I am :D *puts on go-go boots and jumps along* YAY! *Kool-Aid man sadly sulks in a corner saying ohh fuccckkk…my life* :3
(Almost 100 reviews now…Yay! :'D)
I give all who've read, reviewed, and/or favorited this story so far my love and this chapter!~
Dib awoke to cold water splashing across his face. He quickly shook it off and opened his eyes, before noticing Zim hovering over him.
"Pathetic human you can't just pass out because your underground base is complete," Zim chided annoyed, before giving Dib a sympathetic look and helping him up.
"There's only two days until my words supposed to end," Dib said as Zim helped him up.
"Yes, but we're through with all the building and preparations we need to do," Zim replied, before sighing.
"That only means we'll have a place for everyone who's left though…" Dib nearly choked, letting his head drop into his hands, "how many people will be slaughtered before they let us bring them to safety?"
"I don't know," Zim replied honestly, "But you can only do so much for your world and race, Dib."
"I know…I'll just…miss the way my world is now," Dib explained with a frown, "In a couple days…everything will be so…different…and out of control."
"Well…you won't be alone…" Zim whispered, causing Dib to lift his head.
"You won't leave me?" Dib asked in a meek tone, to which Zim looked offened.
"You thought, I, ZIM, would run away like a dog with it's tail between his legs?" Zim yelled as Dib backed away slightly.
"W-well, yeah, kind of…" Dib responded, before being slapped across the face.
"ZIM WOULD NOT LEAVE SOMEONE WHO…who meant a lot to him…to face the Earth alone…"Zim began to yell, before slowly losing his anger.
"I really mean that much to you, do I?" Dib asked as Zim tried to turn away, feeling hurt.
"…Yes…" Zim mumbled, before turning around and burying his face in Dib's shirt.
"I-I'm really glad," Dib responded as Zim clung onto him, letting his own arms wrap around Zim. I'm so glad you won't leave me,Dib continued in his mind, before letting his senses drift away.
Gir really liked the underground building Dib and Zim had made…It had EVERYTHING! Well…a LOT of things that Gir loved. Gir smiled endlessly as he played around in a playground that was in one of the many rooms, and only wished Zim and Dib would wake up and play with him.
Gir looked around at all the animals he had set loose before smirking to himself. Playing with dozens of wild animals wasn't that bad, however.
Another day had gone by, and there was only one day until the Earth would be attacked. Zim frowned as Dib tried to keep his stress hidden, but he knew it was there, suffocating Dib.
"You're acting too calm, Dib-Worm," Zim announced as Dib looked away from the stars above Zim's house and down to Zim.
"What do you mean?" Dib asked, voice level.
"I mean there's less then a day until my people will attack yours…and your acting as if nothing's wrong," Zim explained, Dib's eyebrows immediately furrowed.
"I just…want to have some peace…before my world is invaded," Dib responded after thinking of what to say.
"You don't think you'll have peace eventually?" Zim questioned, staring up into Dib's eyes.
"Maybe…" Dib replied, "But…I don't know when I'll be able to feel peace of mind again…" Zim's face turned confused.
"Why don't you just ignore everything to keep a peaceful mind?" Zim asked as Dib nearly laughed a dull laugh.
"Because lying to yourself isn't healthy," Dib responded with a laugh, while poking a finger at Zim's forehead.
"Shut up," Zim scoffed, getting what Dib was implying, as he rarely did.
"The sky sure is clear tonight…" Dib stated after they had fallen into silence.
"Yeah…" Zim began, when an object came out of seemingly nowhere and started barreling towards Zim's house. Dib quickly jumped up as the object slammed into Zim's gnome-covered lawn, while Zim stayed where he was, gaping.
"M-My Tallest!" Zim stuttered as Dib glared at the two abnormally tall Irkens.
"Hello, Zim," Red greeted as he began to walk up to Zim, when Dib cut him off.
"What you want from Zim?" Dib exclaimed as he blocked Red from going any further.
"Aww, Zim has a pet! How cute!" Purple mocked as he appeared from the ship they'd landed roughly in Zim's yard.
"Look's more the Zim's the pet," Red joked in return, causing them both to begin laughing hysterically.
"Why are you here, tonight?" Zim asked with his eyes downcast as he stood up and shoved Dib aside.
"We wanted to see if you were still here!" Purple exclaimed happily, as he hugged onto Red.
"Yes," Red continued, "And if you were still here, we decided we'd give you one last warning to get out before we destroy the Earth."
"But it doesn't look like you're going to leave! So we're going to get to DESTROY you, along with this planet!" Purple finished excitedly, while Red nodded casually.
"Why are you two doing this to Zim?" Dib suddenly asked, angered by Red and Purple's words.
"Aww! I think we made him mad!" Purple chided as he tried to pinch Dib's face, but Dib quickly dodged out of the way.
"Why do you care anyway, human?" Red questioned, ignoring Purple's antics.
"…Because he's important to me," Dib answered, eyes turning dark as he began to glare, "which means I'm not going to stand by idly and let you destroy him!"
"How precious," Red replied sarcastically, before using a more serious tone and asking, "Would you rather be destroyed in his place."
"I won't let you TOUCH him!" Zim suddenly growled, surprising Red and Purple, before they began to laugh.
"Look's like Zim's gone soft," Red joked to Purple, nudging him slightly.
"YEAH! SOFT!" Purple replied loudly, in an effort to mock Zim. Zim merely glared.
"You wouldn't actually be able to defend him from us, would you?" Red questioned once he was done laughing, Zim tried to keep a strong face.
"I-!" Zim started, before Red cut him off.
"Okay, then I'm giving you an opportunity to save the Earth," Red announced, leaving Zim speechless as he threw a gun before Zim's feet, "You can shoot me and Purple down right now…but it has to be you." Zim glared, before picking up the gun and aiming it at Red, Purple gasped.
"W-what are you doing?" Purple whispered as Red remained calm.
"Relax, he won't actually shoot us. He's too…Non-Irken like," Red replied, with lack of better words. Zim readied the gun held to shoot, but before he could…the thought of killing his own people…of killing the people who had always seemed to care for him…stopped him dead.
"I-I can't do it…" Zim choked, dropping the gun and falling to his knees. Red and Purple began to laugh hysterically again as Zim suffered.
"We'll see you tomorrow!" Purple yelled happily as he and Red went back into the ship they'd come from, Zim refused to move.
"Z-Zim?" Dib questioned as Zim continued to stay silent. "Zim it' okay-" Dib began when Zim shot up and grabbed his shoulders.
"IT'S NOT OKAY!" Zim screamed at Dib, causing toppled over, "I COULD'VE STOPPED THEM! BUT I-I JUST…" Zim felt his body collapse on itself and Dib quickly caught Zim in his arms.
"Don't say things like that, Zim," Dib tried to comfort as Zim kept his face hidden, "I understand, I do, if someone I respected my whole life gave me a chance to save the world by killing them…I don't think I'd be able to do it either…" Zim lightly punched Dib in the chest.
"But…The Tallest are EVIL and…" Zim started before Dib interrupted him.
"That just means you're not like them," Dib responded, causing Zim to look up.
"What do you mean?" Zim questioned, a lost look in his eyes.
"If you were like them, you would've killed them without a second thought…but you didn't…because you're different from normal Irkens…and that's not a bad thing," Dib explained, causing Zim to feel something he couldn't really explain.
"I-I guess you're right about…that…" Zim mumbled, while wrapping his arms around Dib's neck and burying his face in his shirt.
"I know I am," Dib whispered with a small smile, before carrying Zim along to his house.
Gir was feeling a little down, he liked Dib's underground thing and all…but he didn't want to be stuck in it FOREVER! He wanted to explore! And run! And…and…he got distracted by a bird.
"Wait, Birdy! I wanna fly too!" Gir yelled as he jumped up and rocketed off after the bird. The bird didn't know how any of its bird friends would ever believe this…
Purple sighed as he and Red hovered over Earth, in wait of the next day.
"What's wrong?" Red asked as Purple continued to sigh.
"I just…really want to make Zim SUFFER tomorrow…" Purple replied with a frown. Red thought about this for a minute, before smiling a sinister smile.
"I have the prefect plan to make him suffer," Red announced, smirking as Purple brightened.
"Oh really? What?" Purple asked excitedly as Red leaned his head over Purple's, before whispering…
Dib thought he would awake the next morning to screaming and destruction, but the only thing he awoke to was the peaceful sight of Zim and Gir sleeping beside him. He sighed a breath of relief, before wondering if he should really be relived and be more worried of what was to come.
The next few hours seemed to go by just as…normally. Dib and Zim then went to Skool, got past lunch, and we're now in gym. Dib swore the paranoia was going to drive him insane…well, more insane then he was believed to be anyway. Dib was starting to wonder if the Irkens had actually been bluffing the whole time…when the ground began to shake.
All the students immediately went into a panic as the ground began to shake and crumble, Dib tried to run with Zim as the ground tore apart over the playground they had gym at, when all the destruction suddenly stopped. Dib slowly turned around.
Kids were strewn everywhere, as was the shitty playground everyone had become accustomed to, but none of that surprised him, the thing that did surprise him however, was a giant screen that had come from Earth and was now presenting itself next to the Skool.
"Hello, Zim, Dib," Red greeted as he and Purple came onto the screen, "We have a surprise for you…"
END A/N: CLIFFHANGER 8D bwahahahaha XD yay! Finally some more exciting things happen! I can't wait to write the next chapter!...but at the same instance…AHHH, I can't say :3 Hmm, this chapter wasn't as long as most, but that's because the next chapter will probably longer! AND…I wanted to end it with a cliffhanger xD I'm evil :3 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