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For weeks, Zim spent just trying to analyze what she said in the yard. This seemed to be as much of an obsession as him taking over this planet. Growling at the fact he still couldn't hear her, he was about to scream out, when Skoodge's image popped up. Now wanting to kill the computer for not warning him about this transmission, he eyed his comrade in hidden sarcasm. Skoodge was still pudgy and still he had his half lidded eyes.

"Yes, Skoodge? You here to let me know the latest on the others?"

"Yes, Zim. All of them are on board with this plan, the only upset we have is possibly, Tak." He replied. "Once we located her she screamed at us for a good week and after that she continued on before saying we would have to kill her before allowing you to lead."

Smirking at that, he decided to dismiss that for now. He will talk to her personally when the time comes. "Lard Nar I know is having a field day in his new role. Something that I'm not surprised with, but I'm happy to have someone like him with us."

Skoodge crookedly smiled as he heard him barking orders not too far away from him. "He's not so bad actually."

Knowing, Skoodge was once afraid of him, Zim smiled wide. "He is the ruthless element that is needed for us." Looking away from the main screen, he stared at Gaz's frozen image. "Keep me updated and I will be in contact with you soon. Thank you, Skoodge."

The second he disappeared, he questioned the computer. "Next time, warn me about any other incoming transmissions, computer."

"I did, but you were too busy with..." The computer trailed off.

"Never mind." Leaning back in his chair he thought of Gaz. The way he brought her back home. The way he made sure she was watched after just in case of anything further happened to her health. He examined her face as she rested. So peaceful. So beautiful. Perfect. He felt safe enough to run his hands through her silky hair. The way her lips looked so perfect. So perfect that he didn't realize how close his lips got to hers until he laid a chaste kiss on her soft mouth. There was no regret in doing that. He just wished she was awake so she can kiss him back. So many times they flirted with one another in the past. It was brief, but with each time she didn't mind him touching her a little more. Even if it was just touches on the arms and one time hugging her back.

Shaking his head, he stood up, and activated the worm hole. Time to pursue, Tak and if she wasn't willing to join then... Stepping through the hole he blinked out.

As for Gaz, she was in 12th grade. Only had a half day, so that meant she left school at noon rather then be there for the full day. It was fantastic to have the grades she received, the job she had that honestly didn't take up a huge amount of time, and... Thought interrupted with reality, she realized her off time was mostly spent with, Zim. Amazing how much her spare time was filled with him. Eyeing, Bret clear across the other end of the hallway talking to Keef of all people, she was almost tempted to talk to him. Tempted. He wasn't a bad guy at all really. He just wasn't... Thoughts trailing off again, she balled up her fists in anger, while her eyes closed tightly. Unaware of herself starting to growl, but obviously the kids around her heard it by the way they cleared away from her except for one who was playing his Game Slave oblivious on what was about to happen until he felt a fist hit him on the side of his shoulder knocking him into some lockers next to her. Opening her eyes up again, she quickly glanced to the hapless boy's way, and without a sign of guilt on her, she walked off to her next class.

Iggins got up from the ground, not caring for his hurt shoulder, but to see if his precious game needed tending to. When he pressed a few buttons to make sure it worked properly, he stood up to look at the purple demoness walk away. "She needs help." He said to himself as he went back to playing his game.

Really, Gaz didn't need help because as she saw it, Zim needed help for playing possum on her.

Zim cursed when he finally arrived back on Earth. Checking the calender, he spent two months at first locating, Tak, then talking to her until he felt his own head was about to explode. Sifting into Dib-stinks brain, he did see how much time he spent talking to her ship, how much he dreamt of her. Shuddering at those memories of his and then the added bonus of the possibility of those two's mating, made him want to empty his own memory of seeing those memories.

"MASTAH MASTAH!" Gir yelled out in excitement as he tackled him for a hug. "I missed you."

"G...iirrrrrr. I can't breeaathhhh." Zim strained out as he struggled against his SIR unit. So many years. So many failed attempts of fixing him, but that garbage made it impossible.

Letting him go. "I loved you." He said innocently.

Coughing, he slowly got up, and patted his head. "Yes, yes, Gir. I missed you too."

Suddenly bouncing around in excitement, he screamed "Yay! I'm gonna make waffles."

Watching his unit run off eagerly, Zim thought of what Gaz said about him being more like a 'smeet' rather then a robot. He had to agree with that as he checked the local time to see it was past 2 am. Curious to see her, he blinked himself inside the Membrane house. It was risky, but with Dib being gone and it was safe to say her dad was working. He placed himself in their living room. Regardless on how many times he was in here, this was the first time it felt dead. He examined the kitchen to find a fully stocked refrigerator. Guess no fighting for soda when her brother is gone.

Silently, he walked upstairs. He first checked the Professor's room, but there were actual webs in the room. Grimacing at a unspoken thought, he moved on to Dib's room. Only a lone computer sat on the desk. He bet he actually brought the Swollen Eye networks computers to college. Closing his door gently, he turned around to look at, Gaz's closed door. It was safe to say he was nervous about opening that door, but silently counting down in his head, he twisted the door knob slowly opening it softly, but what he caught sight of was something he wasn't expecting. Willing himself to close the door as softly as he opened it, he then turned away as if in a trance, walked downstairs, and actually through the front door to then slam it as hard as possible, before blinking back to his base.

"SHE'S WITH HIM AGAIN!" He screamed out. Grabbing the nearest thing he could find, he threw it hard into a very large hourglass looking thing, smashing it. "He was touching her! He was touching my, Gaz."

"Mastah?" Gir chirped out nervously.

"No, I will have to stop this." Zim didn't hear him, he was consumed with that boy kissing and touching his, Gaz. "She is mines."

"But sir you abandoned her." Zim turned around to eye, Gir. Did he just say something not so... Gir like? "Excuse me?"

"You just left without word. You had your chance when she was here, but no word. She don't know how you feel for her when you go."

"I am the new Tallest, Gir. I took over my planet." He at first stated with a hand over his chest. "After so many years, I wanted nothing more to please the Tallest, but they sent me here, and with each transmission, humiliated me. Oh I tried to keep up a positive naive side, but it wore on me. I'm defective. I was nothing more then dirt to them."

The lights dim in the base, all you can make out was the crazy glint in, Zim's eyes. While he seemed to smile with those zipper like teeth, it took on a homicidal look in him. "Oh I noticed how they treated my planet. Their own planet! Like it was their own personal play ground. No one was treated fairly. Even Skoodge, even when he was the first to take over his assigned planet, they felt he wasn't good enough, so they replaced him like trash. No! So now I have both of them here with us... Suffering as they deserve."

Turning away from, Gir, Zim started to walk away to another part of his base. He had to try to lessen the pain of another touching her. He had to move the plans quicker. He will have his, Gaz. He will. Suddenly stopping, he turned back around, went to his computer, got on her blog, headed to her private messages and wrote:

Dearest Gaz,

I apologize for not writing to you much sooner, but I have been preoccupied with so much.

So much.

Gir was the one who wrote to you.

I'm sorry I didn't realize it until recently.

I want to tell you what is going on with me when we are face to face because I simply can't in writing.

I will tell you one thing though.

You are the only one I enjoyed being around. You are the one I need to share myself with.

On my planet you are taught never to have these feelings, but when you came along I wanted to, but I was too frightened of you rejecting me.

Yes, even I, Zim, have been afraid.

I hope you can forgive my long absence.

Forever yours,

Zim

Sending the message, he shut the internet down, and went down to the holding area where Red and Purple waited.

Late afternoon, Gaz woke up alone in her bed. Bret was sleeping in, Dib's bed. She was fine with making out with him and allowing the occasional "petting," but no way she was gonna go further. Bret was at least very understanding to what she wanted right now.

Picking up her laptop, she turned it on, went to her email, mostly spam there, then headed to her blog where the first thing she looked at was her new message icon on. Clicking on it, her eyes widened up at, Zim's message.

"Share myself with?" Gaz said softly. With Zim it could be different then a human saying that, but him being frightened of her rejecting him? She wasn't crazy about others reading her messages, but she needed a second opinion. "Bret! Come in here."

Running in, not so gracefully, Bret looked around the room, then her wide eyed expression. "Whatcha need?"

"Read this." Shoving the computer at him, she watched as he read the short message. "Well?!" She asked expectantly.

Handing the computer back to her, he replied. "Sounds like someone who has a thing for you, Gaz, but dude even I saw it myself in my brief time there before he left."

"I'm still gonna hit him for leaving like that." She promised.

"It wouldn't be you if you didn't." Smirking, he waved at her to say good bye.

"You are an idiot, Zim, if you think I'm buying that you haven't been around." Gaz muttered as she placed her computer aside, opened up her curtains, and turned away from the window. She suddenly felt that familiar feeling of someone looking at her. Having a feeling it was him she took her top off, reached for her robe, placed it on, and turned around showing her cleavage alone as she stretched her arms up before wandering to her bathroom. "Hope you enjoyed, Zim."

In the tree, Zim hit his head against the branch making himself bleed, after watching that tiny show of hers. "Demoness." He said with admiration.