Gaz P.O.V.

I woke up in a bed that was not mine… alone as always. Being alone was the normal part, being in a bed that wasn't mine, that was not.

I sat up and then I remembered that Zim had saved me from that hell hole I use to call home.

My hatred for Professor Membrane had grown over the years, he was the reason I was short, he was the reason I was so aggressive, so unloving. He was the reason why everyone is afraid of me. I was his genii pig. All the cures that he has made were because of me, I was put through so many horrible tests for those cures to come.

In a way, I feel happy that I could be useful for something but it was horrible, the pain that would overcome my body was horrible, but over the years, I got use to it.

But then I realized something… I left Dib behind! I started to hyperventilate. I grabbed on my hair, how on earth could I leave him behind at the mercy of that fame crazed man? I got up and ran out the door, but I bumped into Zim.

"Zim! I have to go back!" I said, looking up at him.

"What?" he yelled, anger in his eyes.

I flinched away from him out of instinct, and then I grew cold. "I'm going back there! For Dib!"

"The big headed boy? Why?"

"Because I promised myself that no one would suffer the way I suffered under the hand of Professor Membrane! Don't you see Zim? If he doesn't have me to experiment on, he has Dib!" I told him and walked around him to the long hallway.

"Gaz!" he yelled after me.

"Don't try to stop me Zim! I'm going to save my brother!" I yelled at him.

"Gaz! You're going the wrong way, the exit is this way!" he yelled behind me, I could practically hear his smirk.

A blush appeared in my cheeks. "I knew that." I said and walked the other direction.

"I'm going with you." He said as I walked by, putting a hand on my shoulder.

"It's too dangerous Zim, I'm not letting you." I told him, my heart growing hard with worry.

"I'm going whether you want me to or not." He said. "Plus I have a little surprise for you." He said with a small smile.

I was confused. "huh?"

"Come on, I think you'll like it." He said pulling me into an elevator, excitement in his eyes as he bounced up and down.

"Zim, I don't have time for this. Dib's life may be on the line." I told him.

He just looked at me and smiled. "This'll be worth it." He told me, grabbing my hand.

I looked down at our entwined hands and decided that I liked it. It was warm and… loving. I looked up at the bouncing a lien and felt a small smile form. I think I have a crush.

The elevator door opened and he pulled me out.

"Gir!" he yelled, and my heart went cold.

Why would he play with me this way? I ripped my hand out of his. "Why are you playing with me? This is a cruel joke!" I yelled at him.

He stopped bouncing, his face turning cold, he sent a glare my way. "How could you think that I would joke with you in such a way? I know how important Gir is to you." He said and stepped into the elevator, leaving me behind.

I looked at him, my eyes beginning to water. I sat down on the floor, tears starting to roll down my cheeks.

"Aw! Someone needs a hug!" I heard a high pitched screech say from behind me.

Before I had time to look in the direction of where it came from, I was embraced. "My lil' Gazy is all grown up!" it said.

I looked down in shock and smiled, a warm feeling filling my heart. "Gir! I missed you so much!" I said and hugged him to me.

Then a guilty feeling surrounded me. "What's wrong?" Gir asked me when I let go of him.

"I guess I owe Zim an apology." I murmured and got up, taking Gir in my arms.

Zim P.O.V.

'How could she think that I was that cruel? I saved her didn't I?' I thought to myself as I walked into the living room.

"Computer! Show me Gaz!" I yelled. "I have to make sure that nothing bad will happen. It was Tallest Red that gave me the instructions, I doubt he knew what he was doing." I said to myself.

A T.V. screen showed up, the image of Gaz crying sitting on the floor showed up.

I flinched, feeling guilty, I should have explained that I fixed Gir for her. I longed to wrap my arms around her, to say that everything will be alright, but really, who says she would hug me back?

The look on her face when Gir hugged her was worth more than gold to me. It was priceless. And to think that in a way I was the one that brought that smile to her face, I was the one that brought happiness back into her life.

A warm feeling filled my squidly-spooch as I realized that I don't ever want to see her sad again.

I stood up determined to do whatever it takes to make Gaz happy, even if it means I have to save Dib. I shuddered at the thought of having to save my enemy, but I had no other choice, I was not going to let her go and get herself captured, not when I was around to do that for her.

I was going to go save Dib on night fall, when Gaz has fallen asleep.