Chapter 7

I woke up feeling slightly nervous, and unwilling to go to school. Yesterday was the day Zim and Gin had decided to pull a prank on me. It was a simple and stupid prank but it still got the results of me screaming like a girl and falling on my butt, which I might add is slightly bruised.

I'm slightly upset that my camera is no longer in Zim's house but I suppose that good things can only last so long. I still remember the day I put that camera in his house distracting him with a, nice trashcan and throwing the camera into the wall…Oh the cleverness of I haha.

But still I am embarrassed, not only because of my reaction to the prank but also because I got caught for the camera in the first place. I don't know why I'm embarrassed I mean Zim is my worst enemy it's not like it is unreasonable or strange that I was stalking him…I don't know, I've always been embarrassed about things that no one else cared about. But I can't let this keep me from skool now can I?

Slowly and grudgingly I got up and got ready for school. I told Gaz I was going to start walking early and got a simple "whatever" as a response. I started walking towards Zim's (and Gin's) house like I usually did every day. As I was walking I noticed that the sky was extremely overcast. Just as I made that evaluation it started raining…no not raining, pouring. But luckily I always keep an umbrella in my backpack in case of days like these, so I can taunt Zim from underneath their safety.

I was getting close to my destination when I heard a bloodcurdling scream as if someone was in terrible agony coming from the very direction I was going. I closed my umbrella and started sprinting quickly to see what was going on. When I got there I saw the door to Gin's base open and the Irken was writhing on the ground in pain. She was covered in water and I could see burns across her skin. Her disguise was flickering in and out and her pak could be seen sparking. It also appeared that she seemed to be getting shocked every once and a while due to her pak not working. MIR was in the corner screaming and rocking back and forth on his back.

I attempted to place a hand on her shoulder but was forced to pull it back when electricity shot through my entire body. Now I panicked and was just turning around to go find Zim when he raced through the door on his spider legs with GIR flying behind him.

"WHAT HAPPENED?" he yelled before looking down at Gin. His eyes widened in panic and he rushed forward. Placing his hand on her he got the same shocking treatment that I did and pulled away hissing. But then what he did next shocked me slightly.

He picked her up in his arms and held her to him while standing up. I could see his body go rigid and his face scrunched up in pain.

"Computer! To the labs," he grunted and instantly and elevator opened up around his feet taking him down below the surface of the surprisingly normal looking living room.

I looked around quickly before hesitantly calling out myself to the computer.

"C-can I go with them?" I asked and another elevator opened up around my feet, however not before administering a shock to my body, just out of habit, it said.

I was brought to a room that looked like a medical center, and Zim was looking up at a large computer on the wall displaying Irken writing. Gin was lying on a long table face down, still convulsing slightly.

Zim grabbed some tools from a different table and rushed back to Gin. Before he attempted to fix her pack however, he took a towel and started to dry her off. He picked up her wrist that had a watch on it and pressed a few buttons. Instantly her disguise was deactivated and ceased its flickering. However along with her disguise her clothes also disappeared and Zim continued to dry her off, face absolutely blank. I however turned about fifty shades of red before turning away. I may be gay however I still find it awkward to see an undressed female alien lying on a table.

"What is wrong with you human?" Zim said and when I looked at him I saw he wasn't even looking at me.

"How did you…?" I drifted off, thinking he wasn't paying attention.

"Your anatomy change was obvious from all the way over here. You are what the hyumans call embarrassed," he stated bluntly and I looked down.

"Well yeah, in our society we don't usually see other humans full anatomy unless you have some sort of intimate connection of some sort…how are you not embarrassed?" I said and blushed some more.

"In our society, we don't care about anatomy. All of the reproductive parts that FILTHY humans have, are useless to us because we are all created. Not to mention Gin and I are very close friends, so I should be able to save her life without blinking at a little bit of flesh," he said and I nodded. You learn more every day, I suppose.

I looked back up to find Zim working on Gin's pak with the tools he had grabbed. He pressed a button and it opened up releasing a few more sparks. He looked inside and frowned.

"What's wrong? Is it something fatal?" I asked and he held up a hand and started looking through the pak.

"No everything seems to be reparable, however a bit of problems seem to have been there before this incident…this cord should not be here and…that chip is out of date…So many problems. I suppose I will get started on what happened now and then finish the rest another…." He trailed off tinkering and fixing Gin's pak and I watched in a trance at his concentration and seriousness. I don't think I have ever seen Zim this focused.

After about three hours of non-stop repairs Zim was finally finished.

"Alright I have done it, THE AMAZING ZIM IS VICTORIOUS!" he screamed with his fist in the air.

"You're finished?" I asked getting up from the floor. Zim glared at me momentarily before his gaze softened and he even smiled a little before nodding.

"Yes, I have saved her life for now. I had to make the repairs quick so I was not able to fix what appeared to already be there…it is strange, the way her system is wired and a bit of the equipment used is outdated. I do not know what those do exactly but I do know that they do not look like the standard pak," Zim said curiously gesturing to the computer screen in front of us.

"Zim, wouldn't it be wise to make sure that the electrical currents from Gin when you picked her up, didn't damage your own pak?" I heard from Gin's home computer. Zim thought about it for a moment before nodding.

"Yes, that is a smart idea…I shall do that as soon as possible, however first I must reset Gin's pak. Resetting the pak will in other words bring her back to life as you might say," he explained to me and I walked over eagerly. I was learning to much about the Irkens today. I wonder why Zim didn't kick me out instantly as he worked on Gin.

"By the way earth-stink the only reason I haven't kicked you out is because I was too worried about Gin. But now; GET OUT!" he yelled before pointing at me and before I knew it the floor was rising upwards around me and taking me out of the labs.

"Wait but-," I was cut off by being thrown out of the door and into the rain. I glared at the house before turning around and heading back to my house. There is no way I would be able to pay attention to my teachers after everything that has happened. I am surprised to find myself worried about Gin, but then again she was literally the first person to ever be nice to me.

I sat down in my room wishing more than anything, that my camera was still in Zim's house.