Six Days left
The next morning Dib and Professor Membrane arrived at their old home. They got out to stretch both yawning after the long trip. The Professor opened the door and turned to Dib "Now Dib try to be quiet, your sister is most likely still resting… Go ahead and go to your room I'll bring the rest of your things" he whispered. Dib nodded and did as he was told. He walked quietly up the stairs and as anxious as he was about seeing Gaz he also just wanted to go to bed for a couple hours, however he was very tempted to peek on her just to see if she was ok…. Nope he wasn't going to risk getting maimed so early.
Zim's antennae picked up the sounds of Membrane and Dib entering the house. He once again snarled in annoyance knowing that his former enemy nearby and he couldn't even do anything about it. His mind went back to how quickly he killed Invaders Spleen and Stink two highly military trained Irkens with tons of experience…. If he could kill them that easy Dib didn't have a chance, the thought made him smile. He turned over to Gaz and shook her slightly "Gaz love… Your father and dookie dib are here now, you might wanna get dressed" he whispered in her ear. She sighed deeply in annoyance not wanting to get up. They both got up quietly and got dressed. Zim wore a black shirt with a zippered black sweatshirt Gaz got him a while ago and sweatpants that matched. What can he say he wanted to be comfortable at least physically today. Gaz had the same mentality and picked a loose fitting purple t shirt and black sweatpants. She smiled when she saw they thought alike when picking an outfit. Zim looked at her confused about how they should go about this. Gaz seemed to sense this as she nodded and carefully poked her head out of the door to see if Dib was there. When the coast was clear she waved him through and they proceeded to go downstairs to greet her dad.
The tired Professor was finished bringing in his and Dib's suitcases and was sitting quietly on the couch. He was about to take off his googles to clean them but saw a shocking sight! Instead they smacked against his face! "Ouch! That was stupid of me!" He said wincing in pain but he recovered "Hello Daughter… I'm so glad Dib's foreign friend has stepped up to take care of you… are you two"
"Zim Dad, his name is Zim and he's my boyfriend" she interrupted.
"Oh my… I mean no disrespect Zim I'm actually thrilled someone can make my Gaz happy I'm just worried about my insane son wanting to dissect you" he lamented
Zim frowned and Gaz put her hand on his shoulder "I told him already dad, I trust you'll help me if he gets out of line?"
"Of course honey!" he assured her and got up to hug her and looked at Zim. Zim stared at him confused when he motioned for him to get closer. Hesitantly he walked over to Membrane who proceeded to give him a huge hug! "Thank you for taking care of my daughter in my absence! It's obvious you've made her very happy" he beamed as he embraced the awkward alien.
"Oh of course Sir! She's makes Zi.. I mean ME happy too" Zim laughed nervously eyes wondering around.
"Come on guys I'll make us some coffee" Gaz suggested
"No! Your still recovering from whatever has been making you sick! Zi.. I mean I WILL MAKE US COFFEE!" Zim declared forgetting his volume! Gaz face palmed.
Upstairs Dib had just gotten settled into his bed ready for rest. Just about to close his eyes when he heard a familiar voice… "I WILL MAKE US COFFEE!"
Dib's eyes snapped open! "He's here!!!" he thought to himself. No longer drowsy he jumped out of bed and got dressed. He also made sure to bring one of his secret weapons and stashed in his trench coat before dashing out of the room.
"ZIM!" the three of them heard from the other side of the house and they all sighed. He barged into the kitchen with a face full of burning hate as he stared at the poorly disguised Irken who was holding his sister's hand. His eyes blood shot and teeth grinding as he held back his rage.
While Zim was irritated with Dib, he had also waited a long time for this. He looked at his old foe with a wicked smirk before slowly putting one arm around Gaz's shoulder and the other around her waist as nuzzled into her neck looking right at his distraught nemesis. "Hello Dib!"
"GET AWAY FROM HER YOU MONSTER!" Dib screeched forgetting his earlier inner pep talk about keeping it cool.
"Dib! Shut up! For fuck sake!" Gaz yelled. She glared at him almost daring him to try and piss her off. Zim smirk grew seeing his enemy wanting to destroy him so badly and not being able to do anything about it.
"GAZ! Hello? This is ZIM! He almost annihilated the earth! He's evil! Break FREE of the mind control he has on you!" he dramatically demanded.
"Haha Dib! Do you really think your sister is weak enough to be mind controlled? No my Gaz's will is far too powerful to be controlled" Zim proudly proclaimed.
"SO YOU'VE TRIED!" Dib accused
"Now that is ENOUGH son!" the professor got up and gave Dib a warning look and stance.
"I know how you feel about him… pretending to be obsessed with him because he's an alien, stalking him, tackling him here and there but he is your sister's boyfriend and you'll just have to accept that!" Membrane ranted.
Gaz and Zim both couldn't hide their snickering… trying with all their might not to crack up out of respect for Membrane. It was hard though, seeing Dib's face get red as a tomato and be at a loss for words.
"Whaa… No! Dad no! I can't beliv" Dib stuttered
"I don't want to hear it son! You can't MAKE someone like you! If you really care for him, let him be happy with your sister! That's TRUE LOVE!" Membrane shouted.
"….hahahaHahahHAHAHAHA!" the couple could hide their laughter no longer. Dib growled… about to pull out one of his weapons when "AHHHH!" Gaz shouted on pain holding her stomach.
"GAZ!?" the three of them gasped in unison.
"I'm okay…it's just a really bad cramp!" she griped
"Daughter! Come now let's go check you out! To the lab!" he shouted and the three of them followed Zim guiding Gaz until Membrane stops them.
"You two stay here and try not to kill each other for Gaz's sake! I'll be examining her and you guys sort this out… WITHOUT FIGHTING!" He bellowed with an echo before closing the door leaving the rivals alone.
The two stared at each other with contempt to say the least. Both were on edge daring the other to make the first move so they had an excuse to murder the other. Zim however knew the situation was favorable to him. Zim had so much ammo now to fuel his Big Headed enemy's rage. He grinned evilly "So Dib Filth! How long have you been in love with me? MUHAHAHA!" he cackled. It took all Dib had not to strangle the evil alien who has plagued his life for years. He just stood there with his fists balled.
"FUCK YOU! YOU FUCKING ALIEN SCUM!!!" Dib Screeched. Zim smirked knowing he had gotten under his skin without even trying.
"SON! WHAT DID I JUST SAY???" Membrane shouted from behind the lab door.
"BUT…BUT..HE…AND…" he stammered trying to contain his thoughts long enough to be able to form a coherent sentence.
"IT'S OK PROFESSOR! DIB AND I WILL TALK OUTSIDE!" Zim shouted back whilst staring down Dib.
Dib stared back "You first! I'm not taking my eyes off you!"
"How romantic! Muahahaha!" Zim taunted and pushed him out of the way. They went to the backyard and sat across from each other on lawn chairs.
"Don't think I don't know what you're up to Zim! I know you did something to Gaz! You're the reason she's sick aren't you?" Dib accused more quietly than before.
"LIES!!! I would never hurt my Gaz! She's the only human on this WORTHLESS planet I can stand!" Zim was the loud one now.
"Oh yeah? What's wrong with her then? Huh? Gaz never gets sick! You made some virus and you want to infect us all! That's why you had her get us here!" Dib theorized
"Number 1. How should I know? Your human bodies are a mystery to me and Number 2. I NEVER wanted you here! That was her idea!" Zim defended.
"Really?" Dib said surprised
"You really think I wanted to see your stupid big head again so you can ruin the rest of my time with my Gaz love? HELL NO!" Zim quickly regretted that last statement as his face dropped and looked away quickly before Dib noticed.
He failed. Dib caught that right away "…Time you have left? That's right I forgot Gaz said you were"
"…What else did she tell you?" Zim asked.
"To put my stupid savior complex aside and help you for her sake…" he answered sheepishly with his head down feeling strangely guilty all of a sudden.
In The Lab
"Dad! Honestly I think I'm fine I just eat too much pizza too fast and then I stress out a lot! It's typical college life" Gaz said while trying to get to the real reason she called him here.
"Now now daughter! I know this is probably nothing but it's better to be safe than sorry! I'm going to rule out anything!" he proclaimed while checking her temperature.. "You do have a slight fever… " he said "…Honey I know we've never had… you know the ahem.. The talk but have you and Zim been using protection?" he questioned awkwardly.
Gaz's face turned bright red "Well at first yeah but then we didn't really need too…" she trailed off because he dad still didn't know Zim was an alien.
The Professor shook his head "Well let's just rule this out real quick then" he said as he prepared an ultrasound machine.
Gaz's eye widened as she was slightly scared about what was about to happen, and possibly a reality she was terrified to face! " Haha Dad… is that really necessary?" she laughed uncomfortably.
"YES!"
She sighed and laid down as the Professor put the jelly on her abdomen feeling so incredibly weird.
The backyard
"Well Dib Stink now you know! You should be happy! I'm expiring! You'll be free to frolic and dissect me as you've always wished you filthy earth monkey!" Zim ranted with gritted teeth.
"No way! I mean after all this time this is how it ends! This sucks! I wanted to be the one to kill you not your stupid PAK!" Dib complained.
"Well HA! Too bad! And don't think I don't know about your stupid weapon in your coat!" Zim gloated
"WAIT YOU KNEW!?" Dib shouted in disbelief
"Your so predictable Dib! As if my mighty Irken brain could be fooled! I knew you'd come here trying to start some shit! You'd never put aside our differences even for Gaz!"
"YOU'RE WRONG ZIM! I HATE YOUR GUTS! The only reason I'm even talking to you is for Gaz! Other wise I would've unplugged you myself by now" Dib screamed
Zim rolled his eyes. "As much as I hate you Dib! It is slightly comforting knowing that you DO care a little for Gaz! So when I'm gone she'll be okay as long as you don't abandon her"
Dib looked at him slightly dropping his guard, his softened but his paranoia returned ".. Stop it Zim! Your just trying to trick me! You don't really care about Gaz! You've only ever cares about yourself and those stupid Tall guys!"
"The Tallests… are but mere puppets of the control brains! They sent me here in hopes that I would die! They've lied to me for years… taking advantage of my dedication and loyalty! Well now my only loyalty is to Gaz!" Zim rambled he felt enraged everytime he was forced to speak of this. "Gaz has never lied to me… hit me here and there yes! But she's never deceived me or used me. . well never used me in ways that I'd complain about anyway hehe" he smirked
"What do you mean by th… You know what nevermind! I don't want to know!" Dib suddenly felt queasy
"WHAAAAAAT???? AHHHH!" a ear piercing scream was heard! The two ran towards the lab without a second thought to see a distraught Membrane clenching his chest and trying to catch his breath. Gaz hovering over him trying to see if he was okay.
"I thought I'd seen everything!... But that! What? How? … IT'S NOT SCIENTIFICALLY POSSIBLE!" he shireked.
"Calm down dad!" Dib held his dad while Zim went to Gaz
"What happened?"
She blushed and nervously rubbed her stomach "Well I know why I've been having stomach cramps now…" she began
The Professor yelled again sounding kind of like Dib… "AND not just ONE of them FOUR! Four beings! Two with anntenae! How???"
Zim oddly smiled brightly as his eyes widened! He grabbed Gaz and kissed her quickly "Is it what I think is Gaz love!? Tell me I'm nit hearing things!?"
"Why are you so happy?" Gaz said shocked at his expression.
"WHAT'S GOING ON!?" Dib whined
"…I'm pregnant… with four babies or smeets… whatever" Gaz said awkwardly avoiding eye contact with her dad and dib. Secretly she was very happy but she was also terrified.
Dib's face dropped and all the color from his face drained. His sister was carrying offspring of his most hated enemy! Four Zims!? What confused him the most about this? Part of him was instantly happy about this! He pushed that thought aside as he did with most of his first instincts and focused more the reality that these "smeets" are dangerous not only to earth but possibly Gaz herself. What if they clawed through her? More and more morbid thoughts filled his head as he stared blankly at his shocked father.
Zim was the happiest as he snuggled against Gaz's belly! "I didn't even think it was possible! My Gaz has blessed the almighty Zim with FOUR mini Zims! I can just imagine all the chaos we can ensue my little smeets…" he started kissing her belly and Gaz stood there trying not smile with a blush on her face.
"Okay calm down space bug! Remember we have work to do! I'm not raising these brats alone so we have to make sure you live!" she ordered as she pulled him up.