Last chapter was short, yes, I know. I am trying to make as many chapters as possible, but last chapter was to leave you at a cliff on purpose. I wonder what your reactions will be now that you know Dante is Zelda's husband. As for Zora... well, let's just get on with this chapter and find out for yourself!
A loud yawn echoed the room as Zora slowly started to open her eyes. She looked up groggily, only to come face to face with her 'crush'. Zim was looking down at her, his blue contacts adorning her every outlook and feature. He continued stroking her hair, smiling at her with his smug smile.
"Sleep well, I presume?"
She jumped out of the bed, startled that he was watching her sleep the whole time.
"Zim! Oh, well... I.. um... you... I was tired... And uh..."
She blushed a deep shade of crimson, averting her gaze to the floor. Zim merely chuckled, finding her embarrassed state to be quite amusing and... cute.
Doors slammed open, as both of the jumped, twisting their heads to the other side of the room. What they saw wasn't whom they had expected it to be.
Zim's eyes widened and blazed with furry at the sight he saw, and growled angrily.
"Tak. What on Irk are you doing here!" He jumped out of the bed, his PAK immediately snapping back onto his person, claws shooting out and homing straight at the intruder.
Tak, with her nimble and flexible body, dodged and rolled over the floor, heading towards Zora.
Zora's hands began to glow, as she attacked as well, sending glowing pink missiles at Tak. Tak dodged again, almost taking a direct hit from the last missile. She aimed her gun at Zora's head, making the commotion stop all at once.
"Do you mind if I explain why I'm here, or do you prefer to just keep bashing and trying to hit me as I shoot your girlfriend in the head and send her brains flying everywhere?"
Zim glared, slowly pulling back, his metal claws still out and ready. "Well, I'm listening...now."
Zora glared at Tak as well, a light blush hardly visible, hands still overflowing with magic. Tak kept her position, gun still pointed next to Zora's head.
"Good. Now, as I was hoping to say, before you went all out in this slam-fest, I came here on an important mission given to me by the Tallest."
Zim raised a brow. "How does that concern me? As I recall, you were there when they denounced me from the Irken Empire, making me an ex-invader."
Tak merely glanced at him, unnerved. "I know that, you incompetent buffoon! This girl, however, resides here, yes? I need her to show me where the door to Ethereal Darkness is."
Zora looked at her in confusion. "Sorry? Ether- what now?"
"Ethereal Darkness. It is an enormous and rare source of power that is said to be locked away deep within the earth's core. It wields the power to destroy multiple worlds ten-fold! The Tallest believe that source does exist, and have ordered me to come back here to this mud hole and find it."
Zim and Zora stood in pure shock and awe. Destroy multiple worlds ten-fold! What kind of evil magic is this? Certainly that's not what that boy was hiding from them, was it?
Zora lowered her fists, but her magic continued charging around them. "Hold on. Why me? I don't even know what that thing is, let alone it's location!"
Tak glanced over at her, her grip on her weapon getting tighter. "Lies."
"They're not lies! Ask Zim, if you don't believe me. He'll tell you, and you guys apparently are from the same race and planet. We searched everywhere in this house, and the only thing we found, was trouble from some dude with awesome purple hair and piercings, and a three headed dog!"
Zim nodded his head to Tak, indicating that she was telling the truth. Tak looked at Zim, then back at Zora. After a brief moment of silence, the female Irken lowered her weapon, placing it back in her pouch.
"Well, then do you know where this awesome dude is? Maybe he would know the location of such power."
Zim shook his head, his claws returning back into his PAK. "Nope, but I do hope he's dead, that is for certain. That bastard gave us enough trouble as it is, let alone a giant mutt."
Out of the blue, just like as if destiny answered Tak's call, Gaz came rushing through the door, along with Ryuu, Dib, and Gir.
"Oh come on! Can we ever get a break?", Dib whined, catching a glimpse of Tak, who turned her attention immediately towards him, lightly flushing.
"Zim! What the hell is she doing here? Can't you see we have bigger problems than that!", Gaz snapped, her eye slightly twitching.
Ryuu backed away from Gaz, fearing what kind of power it is that she will unleash this time.
"So, you must be that boy." Tak's sight moved straight to Ryuu, who jumped as she glanced over towards him.
"What are you talking about, woman? Ryuu is with us." Gaz shot a death glare over at Tak, who was more than happy to return the glare.
"Zora, did you see your mom anywhere, by any chance?" Dib intervened, a sweat drop falling down from his forehead.
Zora titled her head to the side, confused. "I thought she was with you guys? Why?"
The whole room grew dead silent, scaring the heck out of the witch.
"Shit! She didn't!", cried Ryuu, running out of the room and darted for the stairs. Everyone else turned tail and followed, even Tak.
"Where are you going boy! And who is this 'she'?" shouted Tak from behind. Zora shot back at her.
"She is my mother! What happened Ryuu?"
They all ran up the stairs and entered the kitchen, going to the other pair of stairs and into the abandoned bedroom.
'Not this again!', thought Gaz, gripping her baseball bat tightly. He slammed the door open, and his face fell in horror. As everyone caught up, they too, were repulsed from the sight they saw.
Blood was leaking from the wall where the portrait used to hang, trailing down in the form of a door. The blood was continuing to leak downwards, and something else was moving with it...it looked like flesh.
"Okay, Dib, when you say it wasn't cursed, is this what you meant!" Gaz fumed, sending a nasty look at her brother.
"No! I don't know why there's blood leaking on the wall, nor do I know how it got there!" Dib shouted in defense. Tak stood there in disbelief, unable to take in the sight herself.
"Maybe that's where the Ethereal Darkness resides." She tried taking a step closer, until a face came out of the wall. It shrieked a loud, ear piercing shriek, before sinking back into the wall. Everyone stood in horror.
Tak fell on the bed, her face ghastly pale. "WHAT THE- WHAT WAS THAT THING? IT WAS A FACE!"
Ryuu looked over at Zora, who was filled with worry for her mother.
"Ryuu, are you saying my mother went in there?" Her faced looked stunned, her nightmares as a child flowing back to her intensely. She grabbed the closest thing to her, and it was Zim's shirt. Zim pulled her in, embracing her as she buried her face into his uniform.
"Well, answer her question, you worthless ass.", Zim shot the nastiest look he could muster at him.
Ryuu slowly nodded, "Zelda went back to find him... and possibly... something else."
Something caught Dib's eye, as Gir was pulling something out from under the bed.
"Does this look like it could kill those dead thingies in that wall?", he piped up as everyone darted their attention at him, holding a black leather book, with silver writing embroidered on its' spine.