I appreciate the reviews. My last chapter with the possible kissing and how Gaz and Zim my react, well that is something completely adolescent I have seen from siblings react to seeing their sibling kiss someone or the possibility of kissing them. I placed it in there as a tongue in cheek thing. I have no explanation about Zim right now :P Even though I haven't been feeling the best, I am still trying to write.

Have a great day or evening. Whenever you plan on reading this. :)

"Do you think we can actually trust her?" Gaz asked again, as she watched him pace back and forth.

Zim merely grunted.

"I'm sorry to tell you this, but she was pretty close last time she was here in ruining my planet by making it look like some sort of one large Ding Dong snack cake."

Zim grunted again.

She felt like a nag. "Zim will you be telling her about me being an Elder's child and will my brother and father be safe?"

"Gaz, I don't know, I absolutely don't know if I can trust her completely. I give her credit in being smart and cruel, but can I trust her? Are your brother and father safe? I believe your brother can defend himself when he isn't blindsided. Can I trust her in telling her about you?" His exasperation died as he faced her. "I am not sure."

Moving her neck around to try to make like she was cracking it, but really she was just thinking herself. His look. Those ruby eyes of his can cut through her so easily at times. "I don't know what to say next."

"I do know. I have to visit my planet temporarily. I will be back as soon as possible." Putting his forehead gently against hers, he said so softly. "I care about you so much, Gaz." Quickly stepping back from her, he blinked out of there.

Contemplating whether to study more or to do something else entirely, she decided she needed to rest from studying for the night, and stretched herself before wanting to explore more around here.

"Uh, Gaz."

"Yes?"

"Zim planted a listening device down there to overhear them talking..."

Pursing her lips a tiny bit, she urged him to go on.

"I should wait till he is back, but I'm afraid he might fly off the handle."

"What makes you think I will be better then him? I know why he planted it down there." She impatiently remarked.

"Well I know you do, but the problem here is that he trusts this person and when he finds out..."

"He'll fly off the handle." Gaz concluded. "Please play the recording for me, Computer."

"Yes, Mistress."

Mistress? She questioned to herself, but soon quelled any other thoughts in her head as she listened to Red and Purple speak. Mouth opened a little as she digested the information. The wheels in her head started to spin. Yes, if they were speaking the truth, then Zim will not be pleased. As soon as it ended, she told him she will let him know something was caught between them, and she will be here in case he gets overly angry. Although, she honestly couldn't blame him this time.

Meanwhile on his home planet, Zim walked into the hallway that led to the chambers of those pompous idiots. With a flourish, as soon as he walked in he was greeted nervously by a very tiny little Irken, who was obviously a female by her typical distinguishing characteristics, but she looked like she was still a smeet.

Bowing to him, she said in a rather squeaky type voice, "Oh my Tallest, they weren't expecting you."

That made him pause to regard her before carrying on down the hall. "I am the Tallest, so I don't need any appointments to see them. They know that very well."

Stammering, she ran to keep pace with him. "Yes, I am aware of that, but it is them who seem to think..."

Pausing again, he looked down to her. "Seem to think, what?"

"Um I shouldn't speak out of turn or I will get in trouble." She squeaked hopelessly.

"Very well." Examining her again. "You look to be a smeet. Am I correct in this assumption?"

Nodding and ringing her claws she was almost on the verge of running. "Yes."

"This position is not for you at this time. Go outside and wait for me. I will bring you to the proper location for you." He honestly didn't mean to bark at her, but he needed to keep up his authority. Seeing her nod, she ran out the very same doors he walked through. Turning back around, he proceeded to the chambers, where he opened it up to see some very fat Irkens spoiling themselves with the richest snacks he has ever seen. Even Red and Purple didn't have these types of snacks.

The fattest of them all blubbered about and almost knocked himself off the seat. "Oh uh greetings my Tallest."

No one standing up to greet him properly, he scanned the whole room, that video wasn't kidding about how ridiculous they all looked. "That is not how you greet your Tallest!" Zim barked. "And furthermore, what is it with thinking I needed to be expected when you know I'm allowed to come here anytime I so wish." More blubbering was heard. "And having a smeet as your receptionist greet me? What is the meaning of that?"

"Well we know that as soon as the paks are put on each smeet they are assigned, so she was assigned to us." One bravely sputtered.

Shaking his head, he instantly declined that. "Every smeet does have a designation placed into their paks, BUT they are still sent for training. THEY are still allowed to grow up, before serving that duty. What you did was against those laws." Zim steadfastly reminded them. "I will get to the bottom of who did that right when I'm here, and you will be properly punished."

"You can't do that!" The first fat one barked.

Approaching him, Zim said clearly as he defined each word. "Oh. I. Will. Because. That. Is. What. Is. Right. And. I'm. The. Tallest. Don't. You. Forget. About. It."

Hour later, Zim emerged from the building with one of the fake Elders, one that was called Benj, for breaking the rules, talking to two of his guards, they had him escorted to go to one of the prison planets. Approaching the young smeet girl, he smiled at her. "Now for you, time to bring you for proper training. That won't happen again." The girl seemingly a little less nervous now that his attitude changed towards her, she happily followed him.

Gaz kept playing that recording over and over again. She wanted to see if she can hear anything more in their tones of voices, but the more she did, the more she believed she might be making her ears bleed from over listening. Now taking up Zim's old position of pacing back and forth before he left, she started doing that up until the point he came back finally.

Seeing her like that was uncharacteristic of her, so he instantly knew something was up with her. "Gaz? What is the matter?"

Taking a breath to steady herself, she approached him. "Alright, before we play this, I want you to keep a calm steady head on you. Right now we can't afford to have you flying off the handle."

"Gaz... Please tell me what is going on."

"Please promise me, Zim."

Looking into her eyes, he also took a deep breath, before agreeing to that promise.

"Computer, please play the recording." Gaz instructed gently.

Listening to Red and Purple's conversation, Zim at first bowed his head a little, as if that would help to make him listen to each word even more clearly then right at the present moment. Turning his back in mid recording, with his hands at his side, he had to face away from her as he started to fume. Betrayal or ploy by Red and Purple? No they couldn't of known he had a listening device down there, but they are Irkens, and this is what all Irkens were trained to do. Practice in decent, if necessary.

The recording stopped. Zim's back still turned from her, she didn't hear him growling, but she could see his claws tightening into fists. "Zim?"

Turning to regard her, he spoke in a cold voice. "Something has just unraveled."