Zim was called to the battlefield mid-morning. Panic was ensnaring every Irken soldier out there with the weapons the humans have discovered. Zim had to make it all believable on his end, even by getting a few hits himself. He always cursed water and meat, but now his cursing of it was even more heady as he acted out his refusal to stand down even when Earth's military managed to free a lot of slaves.
Standing tall, he shot some back at the humans himself. He did warn them he would. He only gave them flesh wounds, but informed them to keep hitting them with all that they were given, because if he is seen lending mercy to them so easily, then this farce would never work. Gaz never openly said anything about this, but when she closed her lips really tightly as he told her the plan in every detail, he knew she silently worried, but didn't want to distract him.
Hours upon hours of fighting and seeing his troops in pain and some burning on the battlefield, he was approached by a nervous Skoodge. "Almighty Tallest! All of us are taking heavy damage, they released the majority of the slaves. What do you want us to do?" He yelled out.
Zim scanned around him. He weighed things heavily in his head. He looked at his comrades. He honestly hated being the one putting them through that pain, but this had to be done, and they will recover from it. Hell! He lived here for so long that he finally recovered after a little bit. Right now he pretended to not hear his trusted soldier and I guess friend, he had to sell this.
"Zim! We are all wondering what to do now." Skoodge demanded grabbing his arm.
Looking down at him, Zim blinked his eyes as he was hit in the side with a water bomb. He will curse that much later on.
"You are weak if you pull back. They are strong and smart for what we thought as lower creatures." Skoodge said.
Nodding his head, he commed his entire troops. "Everyone pull back and retreat!" Surprisingly not hearing one objection. Zim pointed to Skoodge to follow them, and stood there as he watched them leave.
When Skoodge reached one of their vehicles a soldier questioned him. "What about the Tallest?"
"Knowing Zim, he will have another plan in mind. He never stays down for long." Skoodge assured the soldier.
Zim made sure to worm hole his troops to the Massive before he decided to push them forward to Irk for further instructions after their recovery. The only one remaining will be Lard Nar and Sizz-Lor who he already commanded to head back to the planet. Seeing the Earth's military spot him, he blinked out of there and back to base for some needed first aid.
Seeing his state, Gaz stopped her approach when he held his hand out stopping her. "Zim? Can I help you?"
"Yes, but after a few hours. Normally I'm used to a little water and meat that might irritate me, but this was more then ever before, so right now, I'm not comfortable." Laying down on a berth the Computer automatically put up, he waited patiently as he was administered some first aid.
"Well maybe this will help." She began. "Since you been gone fighting, I was working on my fake mom, and well I got her to stop talking stupidly. In fact, she is talking like my mother now."
"How were you able to do that?"
"Feed the Computer a tape of my mom and well it helped a lot." She replied. "Do you think we should try it on a small audience, maybe Purple?"
Smiling, he looked over at her. "I think that would be a perfect idea, then when I feel less of a wreck to talk to my Irkens about Earth joining in with us."
"Thought about how you will go about that one?"
Laughing he was so tired. "I feel stupid. I thought so much about everything else that I somehow forgot how to talk to my own race about humans being our comrades. I once had a speech, but it went out the window."
"How did that happen?"
"About the same time I saw more flesh from you then ever before." He replied honestly.
She wanted to hit him. "Zim..."
"What? I'm being serious." He spoke as he raised his head to look at her. Then as he lowered his head down, he made a breathy sort of laugh. "Now I understand those movies of those boys who lose it when they see their first pair of breasts."
Covering her face with one hand, she just laughed. "How about none of that until you remember?"
"Not fair. You can't show it and then take it away. It is just horrible."
Taking a chance, she quickly raised her body up on the table to give him a quick kiss on the only part she saw not badly affected. "Tough. Now to take something out for a test drive."
"Wait! Now?!"
"Better time then any."
"I should be there just in case, Gaz." Zim tried to get up but was held down by the many tentacles administering first aid to him.
"Trust me, Zim." He heard her fading voice.
Groaning, he just looked at the ceiling. "I do trust you, I just don't trust him." He spoke silently before issuing a command. "Computer, bring up the feed to the dungeon. I need to observe this exchange."
"Is Red going to wake up or do I have to listen to him speak again?"
"No I sedated him, mother, so he will be out while we talk to, Purple."
"Good, because the both of them sound like some Abbott and Costello movie. Or maybe a Lucy and a Ricky couple from I love Lucy episodes."
Laughter. "Mom. I hardly ever spoke to them before except to tell them to shut up before."
"Really?"
"Yes, really. I was very angry with the world type of thing so yes I wanted to blow up a lot of peoples heads off by simple thought."
"But you never did. I'm proud of you."
"Thanks mom. Purple is waking up."
Purple hearing this exchange through grogginess, he first focused on Gaz's face before he saw Dai's face not far behind her.
"Well, welcome to the land of the living again, Purple." Gaz smirked before standing up and moving to her mother's side.
"Purple, you have drool coming out of your mouth." Dai pointed out with a smile, seeing that he couldn't really move his hands to help himself, she stepped over to him and wiped the corner with a tissue. "There, I hope that is better."
Issuing his thanks, he just looked between both of them to study how they both looked. While he found them both attractive, he couldn't help focus on Gaz. "Uh thanks."
Smacking him on the side of his face then grabbing his chin, Dai got face to face with him. "I'm the one who took the spittle off you. Stop looking at my daughter as if you are in love." When Purple tried to speak again, she smacked him again. "You have no clue what love is after what you tried with me." Standing up, she walked back over to Gaz's side again.
"Hey! Just because I'm chained down here doesn't give you the right to smack me around, I get that enough from Zim!" Purple cried out. "Yes, maybe I didn't love you Dai, but I did have something for you."
"He thinks he has bite, Gaz." She scoffed.
"You never complained about that before in private, Dai." He pointed out.
"Never say those things in front of my daughter." Dai warned.
"No! You are being mean. You're mean, Dai."
"You tried to kill me, Purple. You and your lover there. Tried to take me away from my family permanently. Of course I have a right to act this way. I'm pissed." Placing an arm around Gaz's shoulder, she put her closer to her. "My daughter was beaten up very hard by your assassin almost killing her. My life is nothing compared to my families lives. Yes, I'm pissed."
Jaw slacked he looked from Dai to Gaz before relaxing his body more on the ground in defeat. "You're right in everything you are saying. I am sorry Dai." Looking to Gaz's eyes, he just wanted to crawl into her amber eyes. "I'm so sorry Gaz. Keep me here as long as you want. I except it."
Glancing to her mom, she just started to pull her out of the room. "That is up to Zim and us now regarding that, Purple." Was all Gaz said, before she left.
Zim on the table watched the exchange with fascination, felt it was a success himself, but kept the feed on him as Purple looked like he was privately trying to weep. He caught soft words whispered from him saying. "Please forgive me Gaz I caused you so much harm." Nothing about causing Dai any harm.
Knowing the room was still closely monitored and recorded, he closed his eyes to concentrate on what he will say to his fellow Irkens.
Gaz, after placing her fake mom back into the tank to keep fresh, she felt this strange sensation inside of her. A sensation that made her feel naked in Purple's eyes when he was staring at her. She had no feelings for him, but it was strange that he believed he had feelings for her. Or at least he thought she was one of those stupid girls who always fell for romance too easily so she can be fooled into everything.
After 15 minutes for Zim, he opened his eyes and smiled in a self satisfying smile as he knew what he will say to his fellow Irkens on the next phase.