A/N: Hello every little reader out there! I am back with chapter three if you can believe it. Not very healthy or happy but I will get better! I must get better to continue with this book! Anyways just a question but why is it that whenever I update...like EVERYONE updates! My book is hardly seen on the front page site for more than a day or so! I'm like NOOOOOOO so I've been updating quicker in hopes I'll get a few days to present the book and gather in more viewers/reviewers.
Speaking of new viewers/reviewers we have a newbie in the group! Everyone give a warm welcome to Book Cassanova! She is a VERY nice person!
Alrighty here we go.
To my budday Psychochicken! I do give off a tad bit of hints and juicy little important details to keep all of you entertained! Sadly this made me quite hungry as well X3. There was a lot of comma use in the past chapter. I think I went comma crazy there XD. The-OK I'll say this in bold for everyone- THE AVENGERS/CAPTAIN AMERICA REFERENCE WAS VIBRANIUM! THESE ARE ALIENS AND VIBRANIUM IS INDESTRUCTIBLE IN THE AVENGERS! NOT MINE! Anyways, After that chapter I kind of wanted to hug Vex as I usually do, take his hat then run off while putting it on my head and screaming crazily while he yells and chases me. He's rather fast...but then again I am too...this is going to be good LOL.
To Treefrogie77! I liked the part when the three girlys attacked Vex too. It was just too tempting so I had to write about it. My favorite line/s "Evasive maneuvers " and "Pants him." CAN YOU IMAGINE! Vex would KEEEL them, and i'd just laugh and write about it XD. I'm very glad it made you smile and I hope this chapter does as well! Sadly it does not include anymore about Vex and Axel's kid. Terribly sorry. =(...=D (Still happy though XD RANDOM)
InfiniteReader! Sadly this takes place a week later so we don't get to see Vex get revenge on the girls. He does though! I just never wrote about it X3, maybe in another chapter I'll go into more detail of Vex's revenge LOL. Zimmy shall get better my friend you shall seeeeeee! Enjoy!
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HELLO I'm YOUR DAILY DISCLAIMER HERE TO TELL YOU DEATHWISH1234 DOESN'T OWN INVADER ZIM OR THE IZ CAST! JUST HER CRITICALLY FUNNY PLOT AND INSANE OC'S THAT IS ALL! =)
OH and FUN FACT! Vex says a line in this, "Hey pretty girl" It's actually the theme song I picked for him and Axel's relationship. It's called Hey Pretty Girl By Kip Moore *also not mine* It's an amazing song and one of my favs but it's like Vex's morning catch phrase since he used to say it to Axel ALL the time before she was arrested by the po po. So there's you're fun fact of the day =D
The amazing, adorable, fiesty, evil killer me saying, have fun reading my lovers! XD. BTW that means, thank you for reading, please review, I...tolerate you Tolerated by~ Deathwish =D
Narrators POV.
Oniumare walked down the stairs slowly with a bottle of water in her hands and some aspirin pills in the other. She heard soft talking in the room she was about to enter, but stopped upon hearing her name being used in the sentence.
"A girl by the name of, Oniumare saved you. You owe her your life, Zim," Tabitha spoke softly. She'd hardly left Zim's side since he woke up fully aware of his surroundings about a day ago.
"No he doesn't," Oniumare interrupted as she walked into the room and threw Tabitha the bottle of water, "The only thing I want from him is an explanation on what might've happened to my best friend."
Zim looked over at her in confusion then back at Tabitha who waved her hand dismissively, "And you'll get it. However for right now, Zim said he wanted to try walking today. It's been a week since he first woke up, can we let him try?"
"If he feels up to the task," Oni shrugged and started looking over his vital signs, "Nothing appears to be wrong at the moment, you're obviously going to be sore and it'll feel like you're relearning how to walk but if you feel up to the task go ahead. Take the aspirin before you do anything though."
"Do you feel up to it?" Tabitha asked and grabbed Zim's hand tightly in hers. She'd been doing that a lot lately saying she was just making sure he was still real and she wasn't in some kind of twilight zone.
"Sure, anything to get out of this bed," Zim answered calmly. His ruby eyes still looked tired, and there were dark rings around them from the constant exhaustion of waking up every eight hours, taking aspirin, being talked to then going back to sleep for another eight hours.
"Take that aspirin!" Oni called as she started walking out of the room. Tabitha looked after her for a moment in confusion.
"Don't you want to stick around in case anything goes wrong!?"
"No, he'll be fine. Just get him back on the bed if he gets too tired or dizzy. No over exerting yourself. I have other matters to attend to at the moment, please don't disturb me and I should be back out to check on progress in about an hour."
Both Tabitha and Zim exchanged confused looks before nodding at their black eyed friend and continued on with their talking, "Here's the aspirin," Tabitha said and handed Zim the small pills and the bottle of water.
"Thanks," Zim mumbled before dropping the pills into his mouth, taking a swig of water and swallowing them with ease.
"Zim…?"
"Yeah?"
"What was it like?" Tabitha asked with soft eyes. She'd been worrying about him since her birthday which had been a week and a half ago now. Sure he's her best friend but she was starting to freak out if he left her side. Zim just assumed it was her trying to cope since he learned that Jax passed away.
"What was what like?"
"You know…being kinda dead?" She elaborated and glanced away from him.
"I can't honestly tell you, I guess it was just like being asleep. I had no idea I'd been gone for so long, but I'll tell you one thing, it was lonely, so I'm glad to be back with people I know and love." He answered and shrugged his shoulders gently at her.
"I think that'd be terrifying…"
"Aren't guards trained to not be afraid of death?"
"Shut up," Tabitha growled and glared at him before her look softened and she once again sighed for about the 900th time in the past two hours.
"Are you alright?" Zim asked after a moment of silence. He knew she was upset but she wouldn't talk to him about it so maybe this was a better way of approaching it.
"No," Tabitha answered and looked away from him. He put a hand on her shoulder causing her antenna to perk in curiosity as she looked back over at him and his understanding gaze. Tabitha's antenna once again lowered as Zim leaned forwards and pulled her into a much needed hug.
"I know it hurts like a bitch," He said softly as she rested her head on his shoulder and blankly stared ahead. She gritted her teeth as she felt tears trying to escape her eyes again. How long was she going to mourn over one person!?
"The last thing I said to him was that if he couldn't accept me for who I was then it wouldn't have worked anyways…how could I be so horrible, Zim. He saved my life even after everything I said to him."
"He knew you didn't mean it, Tabs, I mean come on I could see right through that boy and his feelings for you. He saved you because he knew you loved him and he knew how much you meant to him so he did what he had to. I would've done the same for, Cari," Zim soothed and rubbed her back comfortingly.
"Even if she told you she didn't need you anymore?"
"Even then, I'd do it because I love her no matter what she says to me and because I'd think of all the happy memories she gave me. It'd give you the strength of ten elite soldiers if used properly."
"Ok, enough of that before I start crying again. That's out of character for me, so come on we better try to get you on your feet at least once today," Tabitha said after hugging Zim tightly one more time and pulling away.
He looked at her for a second before realizing something and blushing, "What?" Tabitha asked upon seeing Zim's flustered face.
"Well, we're not going to get me anywhere until I get pants on. Don't think you want an unexpected show." Tabitha felt like barfing. That is never something she ever wanted to imagine or even think about.
"Oh Irk, I never EVER wanted to hear you say that. May I ask why you don't have any pants on?"
"Hell if I know, I'm the guy who just woke up from being dead a week ago. Haven't exactly moved since then," Zim shrugged and lifted the covers to look down, "I'm still intact though so things are good."
"Oh my Irk I'm going to be sick, why the hell did you have to do that while I was around?!" Tabitha cried and stumbled away from the bed while Zim laughed at her.
"You are my best friend; I just kind of guessed you were used to this behavior coming from me by now."
"Ok, I'm going to go get you some boxers at least, I don't know if you can get into pants on your own yet and I am NOT helping you. So have fun making sure you're intact while I go do that," She gagged and stumbled out of the room while Zim continued to laugh.
She hurried up the stairs and into Zim's old room to grab a pair of black boxers and a pair of black sweats. They'd be the easiest to slip into if Zim could get into the pants. While she was grabbing the clothing she noticed a picture on one of the desks.
She walked over to it and gently grabbed it while running her claws over the wooden frame. It was the picture she'd given Jax last Irksmas. It was a picture of Jax. He was sleeping in an old hammock out on the porch and his mouth was wide open with his tongue hanging out of it. His arms were hanging out both sides of the hammock and his legs were crossed making the picture very embarrassing for him.
Tabitha smiled sadly at the picture before setting it back down on the desk and exiting the room with the clothes she had for Zim. After the quick journey down stairs she found Zim trying to unhook himself from all his IVs, "What're you doing!?" Tabitha snapped at him making him jump in surprise.
"I can't very well get up and walk with this damn thing in my arm now can I?" Zim shot back and continued to try and take it out.
"Zim, you walk around with a portable IV, you don't rip it out of your arm you idiot. It IS there for a reason you know," she scorned while walking over and grabbing his hand so he could no longer mess with the damn thing.
"But I don't want it in my arm anymore, do you have any idea how much that thing has annoyed me since I woke up?" Zim argued and reached over to mess with it again only to get his hand slapped by an angry looking Tabitha.
"I don't care, now shut up and try to get these pants on. I'll be waiting right outside the room," She growled softly before shoving the articles of clothing into his arms and walking out of the room.
She heard Zim laugh and call back, "Are you sure you don't want to help?"
"POSITIVE!"
Zim laughed again and went silent for another few minutes. The only noise was his frustrated grunts when he was trying to get himself into the pants. After about five minutes of struggling Tabitha called back, "Are you done yet?"
"Well, I got the boxers on. Do you mind helping me get into the actual pants?" Zim called back and waited for a response from her.
Tabitha blushed and face palmed knowing she'd have to help her best friend but not wanting to at all, "Yeah I'm coming," She groaned before turning the corner to see Zim sitting up on the bed, his legs dangling off the side of it and the black sweat pants in his arms.
She walked over to Zim's side as he leaned over and tried working the pants on again, "Here, I'll stand you up and pull your pants the rest of the way up. Are you alright with that?" Tabitha asked while letting Zim hook an arm around her shoulders for support.
"Sure, just don't be mad at me if I fall over," Zim answered and stuck his tongue out of the side of his mouth in concentration.
"Alright, on three. One, two…Three," Tabitha said calmly and pulled up when Zim wasn't ready. He shouted in surprise upon being pulled up and fell backwards nearly over the bed. Tabitha was calm for maybe ten seconds before she broke out laughing and pointing at Zim's flushed face, "I wanna see it again! Oh Irk if only I had a camera! That'd be something to show your kids one day! Hey kids this is your father falling over a bed and screaming like a girl when he was 262!"
"If I didn't want these pants on so bad…you'd be over this bed and slammed into the wall by now!" Zim growled and crossed his arms.
"I'd like to see you try pretty boy."
"What did you call me!?" Zim hissed and glared at her.
"Nothing…Pretty boy, oh do you want me to go find your make up kit, I know you worry about those OBVIOUS mistakes in your face!"
"You wanna go!?"
"Bring it girly eyes!" Tabitha shouted pointing out the fact that his arms were a very hot pink if not ruby. He growled and clenched his fists angrily.
"Fine you stupid, pumpkin eyed suck up!"
"Oh I'm sorry did you want help getting the pants on or not? I'm not standing here awkwardly while you sit there in just boxers unless you're going to get into pants."
Zim paused for a minute before growling to himself and crossing his arms, "Fine, I'll get the damn pants on."
"Good boy, now let's try this again. You count to three and tell me when to start lifting you. Who knows maybe I'll get you all the way OVER the bed this time. That'll be entertaining." Tabitha snickered while helping him sit back up.
"I'll get my revenge one of these days. Just you wait," Zim shot back and took in a deep breath, "Alright here we go…One…twooooooo…Two and hallllffffff…Two and a quuaarrrtttteeerrrrrr…THREE!" Tabitha moved over quickly and wrapped an arm around Zim's back while he pushed down on her shoulders to get his feet onto the ground. He grunted in pain while doing so but calmed down as Tabitha steadied him and told him to hold onto the side of the bed.
"I hate feeling so damn weak," Zim growled under his breath while Tabitha looked away and pulled his pants up to his waist line. At least they were on now and she no longer had to worry about that awkward obstacle.
"I understand, I felt the same way when I cut myself down from the ceiling after, Oniumare tried to kill me. Good times…good times," Tabitha snickered and wrapped her arm around his back again when he started falling over, "Are you sure you want to try this today?"
"Yes, I'm tired of being stuck in that bed. I need to do SOMETHING so yes I am sticking to my decision to do this," Zim said back stubbornly. Tabitha rolled her eyes and mentally groaned while balancing the idiot again and helping him take his first step away from the bed, "Don't I get a cane or something?"
"Whiner," Tabitha teased when he stumbled on his weak legs, "We don't have one to give you. Just hold onto your portable IV and my arm and you should do fine."
"Either that or you're just trying to get me far enough away from my hospital bed until you can ditch me and watch me flail on the ground trying to get back up." Tabitha rolled her eyes again as they started very slowly walking out of Zim's current room.
"You're doing good so far, just a few more minutes and we'll head back into the room to lay you back down. You'll be pretty tired by then and we don't want any muscle damage from over exertion." Tabitha encouraged while watching Zim concentrate at where he was setting his feet.
"Zim needs no help! Zim's muscles will be fine!" He declared in his old third person speech once again. He hasn't talked like that since he arrived on Earth to take both Cari and Tabitha back to Irk.
"Oh I'm sorry did you want me to drop you here and leave you?" Tabitha growled threateningly and glared at Zim as he stumbled again.
He gulped and glanced over at her serious face, "No, for now, Zim requires assistance…"
"That's what I thought," She grunted and started helping him turn around, "Now let's get you back to the bed." Zim groaned angrily but didn't complain about it in fear of being left to struggle alone out in the hall way.
Cari's POV.
I yawned as I woke up early in the morning. It's been over a week since I learned about the PAK Virus operation and I hadn't been sleeping much since then. I'd been so worried about when the Vortarians were going to strike that I hardly left my desk during the day so I could try and figure out more about it.
Vex and I hacked Moon's computer a week ago and got the information we needed but it still wasn't enough. Just a time and a date of when a meeting would happen during an Irken ball near the academy. Apparently it was a formal ball but if there was going to be a chance where I could learn more about this to potentially stop it, then I'd go. Even if I had to wear a…dress.
I shuddered at the thought and stretched out my sore limbs. Training with Vex had been a real muscle killer the past few weeks but I'd never give up. So far I've only pinned him once when he let me so I'd give him permission to go hack Jeb's computer again. He seemed to have a habit of doing that. He didn't tamper with anything or steal anything; he just liked to see Jeb squirm about it when he saw his files had been messed with recently.
My antenna perked when a small but firm knock was applied to my door, "Come in," I called gently watching the door open up and Vex walk in.
"Hey there pretty girl, it's almost breakfast time so ya need ta get yer lazy ass up," He said with a soft smile. He used to wake me up the same way when I was a kid. He knew it annoyed me and that's why he loved doing it so much. He'd say I was entertaining when I was mad.
"You know I hate it when you do that to me," I growled while sitting up in my bed. Vex smirked and shut the door behind him as he walked over to sit by me.
"And that's exactly why I do it."
"Oh shut up, anyways can I ask you a question, uncle Vex?" I asked while glancing down at my hands. It was a personal question but I just wanted to know so I could maybe cope with my loss better.
"Shoot," Vex said calmly.
I looked over at him seriously before continuing, "How did you react the first few months after, Axel and your child were taken away from you? Be honest."
Vex paused and stared at me for a moment before sighing and shaking his head slightly, "Well when I woke up after being beaten by the guards I cried like a baby. My partner, Oniumare tried ta comfort me but I went inta a rage mode after that an' did some illegal things before bein' known as a rogue ta the empire."
"So you cried then became a rogue…great," I groaned and face palmed.
"Hey ya asked fer the honest truth and I gave it to ya. So now it's my turn ta ask, why were ya wonderin' 'bout that?"
"I wanted to see if you reacted to losing, Axel like I've been reacting when I lost, Zim," I spoke back honestly. Vex exhaled deeply before wrapping an arm around my shoulders and hugging me gently.
"We reacted a lot alike kid, now stop thinkin' 'bout yer lover boy fer a while an' come on out ta eat. I don't want ta be left alone anywhere near, Jeb. I might try and kill 'im if he ain't careful."
"Don't even joke," I warned when he sent me a teasing smirk, "I'll be out in just a minute. I just have to get some presentable clothes on before coming out."
"A'ight pretty girl, jus hurry up an' don't worry too much 'bout yer lover boy. The pain eases as time goes on an' knowin' that boy, he'll probably find ya here in a few months. Then y'all forget I was even here," Vex said encouragingly before pulling away from our 'hug' and shuffling back over to the door, "Are we still on fer some wrestlin' later today?"
"Yes," I said in a determined voice, "I will pin you this time."
He laughed and continued his decent from my room, "Yeah, we'll see 'bout that."
I smiled after him as he left before I swung my legs over the bed and shuffled over to my dresser to grab a pair of grey sweats and a black long sleeved, low shouldered shirt. It took me just about a minute to get the clothes on before I was heading out towards the kitchen.
Breakfast smelled good, probably just coffee, muffins and toast again but at least that was better than nothing. And I always enjoyed a good poppy seed muffin with coffee, other than cheesecake that was the way to my heart. Sad that it's through such fattening foods but they were so good that I couldn't help myself.
I heard voices coming from the kitchen that I could only guess belonged to those of my teammates. I pretty much just considered them as family now but they were still people I had only known for about a year and a half, maybe in another year or so I'd be able to call them full on family but for now, teammates and best friends were good labels for them.
Once I made it into the kitchen I saw everyone there, just spread out. Jeb and Rae were over by a counter looking at his computer while he quietly ranted about his files being tampered with again. Vex was sitting on a chair in the corner of the room smirking while listening into Jeb and Rae's conversation. Minerva was peacefully sitting at the table reading a book on weaponry while the twins, Mia and Sky, stationed themselves on either side of Minerva, curiously gazing into her book with big pink eyes while chewing on a soft, buttery piece of toast.
"Morning," Jeb said while glancing over his shoulder at me.
"Right back at you," I said warmly while the other's just nodded approvingly at me.
"There are muffins in the fridge if you want some," Jeb said over his shoulder while scrolling down on his computer screen to see if any of his work had been damaged when his files were tampered with.
"Thanks," I grunted back while prying the fridge door open and grabbing a poppy seed muffin out of it. I also grabbed a hot cup of coffee while I walked over towards where Vex was sitting. He nodded at me silently while continuing to sip his cup of hot coffee.
"Shouldn't you tell the other's what we're planning?" I overheard Rae ask Jeb quietly. He looked over at her for a second before glancing around at the rest of us to see if any of us heard. Once his eyes met mine he knew I had heard what she said and sighed.
"Fine," He hissed through clenched teeth and turned towards the bunch of us, "Ok guys, I have something to tell you."
"Please do," I said and raised both my eye brows at him with a suspicious look. I never liked it when he kept secrets from us, I understood of course but I did like to know what was going on if it was something that involved me or anyone close to me.
"Rae and I were talking the other day and we think that it's time to go back up to the surface of Irk."
A/N: GASP! Another cliff hanger from me!? Preposterous ...NOT! I give off so many cliffies it ain't it even funneh anymore LOL. So what did you think, only way to tell me is by reviews! Or...PMing me...but...reviews are more fun XD. Is jeb insane? Or does he actually have a point! Is Vex just freaking hilarious in every way possible that I love him so much I'd squeeze him all day long! Is it sad that I'm actually jealous of my own made up character named Axel? LOLOLOL. Anyways, ONTO THE REVIEW RESPONSES!
FRITTTTTTTEEEERRRRRRRRR! I did not like being touched by the doctors and I made that very clear to them X3, I still laughed when I read the first line of your review! I still do and I'm reading it again so I know what to talk about! =D. Sorry you got nailed with a foot ball ..then had an excruciating work out after that. Try having your PE teacher sitting on your feet yelling at you like a drill Sargent while you do as many crunches as you can in a minute before running two full laps around the track. Then doing it again for a whole 30 mins. It hurts just thinking about it lOL. I AM GIVING YOU MOREEEEEE EAT ITTTT UPPPPP! I hope you enjoyed this chapter my friend! And as usual I hope to hear from you again for it X3
Book Cassanova! (The new one to our little chatting review group! =))
i laughed so hard upon reading your review after getting back from the hospital, it made me grin like I haven't grinned in a long time! So many compliments! I thank you very much! I like you too! LOL. Thank you for saying I'm amazingly creative and that you like my style of writing! I really appreciate that! You will see more of the characters you requested and I'll make sure to slip in some of their pasts in the chapters for you so you're not really confused if they start talking about something that happened in book 1 =D I kept writing so I hope you keep reading and reviewing! Thank you again SOOO much, It means a lot to meeeeee =DDDDDD
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