Disclaimers: I do not own Invader Zim

Author's Note's: Okay guys I have a new writing routine that I hope will help me better manage my stories. Today is Monday, which is now Invader Zim day for me along with Tuesday, this means I will be writing and uploading chapters for both my Invader Zim stories on these days. While dividing my BillDip stories among the rest of the week.

This is a good thing for you, because instead of working on all my stories every day for only a couple of hours I'm focusing on one, meaning you could end up getting more than one chapter per week if I play my cards right. With that said please enjoy this next chapter where we find stabbing your friends in the back is never a good idea.

(Back with Gaz…)

She had never known such anger…

'That lizard!' Gaz screamed inwardly as she poured over the research from Tak's computer.

"How bad is it?" Dib asked. He was sitting in his office chair, where Gaz had tied him down with three, count them…THREE kinds of rope. She insisted that it was for everyone's own safety.

Why?

Well let's just say that after Iggins, Dib had tried to tackle two other passersby's on their way home. Screaming about how he knew they had been watching him, demanding to know who they were working for. It was insanity, and what Gaz had just read only made it worse.

"It's not good." She admitted.

"Just tell me like it is." Dib said, looking around his old room, man it had been forever since he had been in this place.

"Okay well apparently this sex heat drug Zim slipped you is part of an Irken mating ritual." Gaz began to explain. Of course Dib had told her about the drug, it was the only way he could explain his actions to her. And while he did admit this wasn't the first time he's found himself thinking like an Irken, this was the first time he had acted on those thoughts.

And he couldn't explain why, but Gaz could!

"Okay…" Dib nodded. "That makes since. What else?"

"It's a very long winded explanation." Gaz said pointing to the data from Tak's ship. "But the short answer is Zim began the ritual by giving you that drug, a part of himself. You completed the ritual last night when you…well when you finish giving a part of yourself to him..."

Dib turned scarlet red. "Oh…wait I'm confused" he still didn't quit get it, and Gaz rolled her eyes.

"Dib the drug made you act funny." Gaz said, "But it didn't affect Zim, until last night when you released inside of him."

His eyes widened. "OH!" Now he got it. "So that's why he was suddenly all lovey dovey." He realized out loud. "So our souls are like bonded now, awe that's sweet."

"Dib this is serious!" Gaz scream shaking his chair. "You are turning into an Irken, you're practically a sleeper cell!"

"You're right!" Dib exclaimed. "We've got to fix this! But…wait….How do we fix this."

"Dib there is only one way to fix this." Gaz sighed.

"Okay….how?" Dib asked, obviously clueless.

"Dib, you are life mates." Gaz tried to say it without…well saying it, but Dib was as dumb as ever.

"So…." He asked.

"Dib, you have to kill him!" Gaz screamed. "If you ever want to be you again you have to make the problem go away."

Dib turned ghostly pale. "Kill…him?" he asked fearfully. "But I can't!" he exclaimed. "Zim means everything to me. He's means more to me than my next breath, more than becoming a paranormal investigator, Gaz, Zim mean more to me than anything."

"Listen Dib, I know you can't help but love the guy." Gaz said. "But let me ask you this, What is more important to you? Zim or Earth?"

"Zim." Dib answered simply…and stopped. "Oh Gaz you're right this is bad!"

"That's what I've been trying to tell you!" She screamed. "You have to end this!"

"But how?" Every time I look at him at get all lovey dovey now!" Dib explained. "How can I kill him when all I want to do is kiss him?"

"Simple." Gaz answered. "A Zim Detox."

"Detox?" Dib asked. "Do you really think that's gonna work?"

Gaz sighed. "No, but it's the only idea I've got."

"Gaz why are you doing this?" Dib asked.

"What do you mean?" Gaz said.

"You're helping me stop Zim." Dib said. "You never help."

"That's because you never needed me too." Gaz said. "I knew you could handle it. Plus I thought Zim was too stupid to pull this off."

"He was at first." Dib admitted. "But he was a new to Earth, so it was like fighting a five year old, but now I can barely keep up."

"I've noticed." Gaz said bluntly.

"Gee thanks." Dib answered sarcastically. "You sure know how to make me feel at home."

Gaz smiled.

"What?" Dib asked.

"You already sound like you again." She said. "It's working."

"Oh well that's a relief." Dib admitted. "So what? I just stay away from Zim for a while, and I should be stable enough to finish the job?"

Gaz nodded.

"Can't you just do it for me?" Dib asked hopefully.

"No Dib! That would make it worse, you'll hate us all for taking Zim away from you." She answered. "It has to be you, you have to be the one to end this."

Dib sighed. "But what if I don't want to?"

"Dib that's just the drug talking." Gaz told him.

"No it's not Gaz!" Dib screamed. "I had feelings for Zim way before that!" He admitted.

"What? Why?" Gaz exclaimed.

Dib shrugged. "I don't know, he…he saved me…he could have let me die you know." Dib muttered. "And things got awkward on the beach, and he's not really bad wants you get to know him."

"Dib, you aren't supposed to get to know your enemy!" Gaz screamed.

"I know it's just, He's not even a soldier Gaz; he's a Prince trying to make a name for himself. He's just like me okay! Trying to get out of his dad's shadow, and I can't help but understand."

"Wait he's their prince?!" Gaz asked.

Dib nodded.

"Well that explains a lot." She mused.

"Doesn't it though?" Dib agreed. "I mean I just thought all Irkens were that way, but no Zim's just a spoiled prince used to getting what he wants. Which explains why he's so demanding all the time-"

"Dib focus!" Gaz demanded, holding up pictures of UFO drawling's, and Zim. "Now say it with me." She told him. "Zim is the enemy, Irkens are the enemy."

"Gaz I don't think this will work." Dib said bluntly.

"That's quitter talk Dib now say it!" Gaz demanded.

"Zim is the enemy, Irkens are the enemy." Dib said annoyed.

"Say it like you mean it!" Gaz screamed.

"But I don't!" Dib screamed. "That's the problem, I love Zim!"

"Dib what is your name?" Gaz shouted.

"Dib Membrane!" Dib screamed.

"And what is your mission?" Gaz spat in his face.

"To protect mankind!" Dib yelled.

"From who?" Gaz challenged.

"From the paranormal!" Dib sounded more determined now and Gaz could see it I his eyes.

Her brother was back!

"And who is going to stand in your way?" She challenged.

"No one!" Dib yelled. "Zim has to be stopped, and I will not let my feelings for him stand in the way of my mission."

Gaz nodded. "You're ready."

"Really? You sure?" he asked.

Gaz nodded. "In less you think we should try some shock therapy." She smiled wickedly. As his front door opens to one of her robot dolls bringing in an electric chair of some sort.

"Nope I'm good!" Dib exclaimed. "100% not brain washed."

Gaz chuckled darkly, but untied her brother. "Next time." She promised her doll as it slowly left the room, and Dib was thankful to see the chair go with it. "Now you get ready, because tonight you end this."

Dib nodded, and watched her leave, before allowing himself to drop his guard. His face fell into his hands, his head felt like a 50 pound weight on his shoulders. "Oh Zim what are we going to do?" he asked. "Can I really kill you? I mean I've never killed anyone before." He wondered out loud. "Why do we have to fight? Why can't you just see that you don't belong with them? And that's okay!"

He suddenly grew serious, he knew what he had to do.

Gaz was right, it was time to end this once and for all!

(Back with Skoodge)

The betrayal….

It ran deeper than anything he had ever felt before.

"After all I've done for him!" Skoodge screamed. "Who got him into the academy? Who warned him about his father? Who's always had his back!?" he snapped. "Me! And how does he repay me? By slapping me!"

Well no more, no now Zim would learn to reap what he sowed.

He was going to learn to regret choosing that human over him! And even more so, over his people and his duty to his kingdom!

It hadn't taken him long to find a way back into space, all he had to do was come clean to the Tallest and tell them that he had information that proved that Zim had gone rogue. An hour later a transport ship disguised as a school bus had come for him.

"Get in."

Skoodge was not surprised to see Invader Tenn behind the wheel, of course the Tallest would send a fellow invader I to extract him. After all the planet was due to be conquered any day now, and the humans had to remain clueless. Skoodge simply nodded, and boarded the bus without incident; he even allowed Tenn to cuff him.

He expected the cuffs, after all he had left the massive without permission, and had stolen a royal cruiser. The cuffs were necessary, and he was okay with that, after all his news about Zim would buy his freedom.

The flight back into space took under an hour, it would have been shorter, but Tenn was overly cautious. Fearing the human military forces would notice them, but they had not.

And after docking on the Massive, and performing a quick search of Skoodge's person, he was lead to the control room to speak the none other than Emperor Nax himself.

And that is where he was now, standing in front of his king, and telling him everything.

Once he was finished, a long silence filled the room.

It didn't last long.

"So you mean to tell me my son has made this child his life mate?" Emperor Nax asked bluntly.

Skoodge nodded. "Yes, Sire." It was hard to read the Emperor, he couldn't tell if Zim's father actually believed him or not.

"That's disgusting." Red exclaimed, as Purple made gagging sounds.

"If what you say is true than there is little that can be done to fix this." Emperor Nax had yet to show any real emotion.

Maz on the other hand was fuming. "How dare he dishonor us with this act?"

Grogg could not help but nod his agreement. "Father we may have to take over, brother is not in his right mind anymore."

"That's if this worm is tell us the truth!" Maz hissed.

"You're defending him?" Emperor Nax looks amused, it's the first sign of emotion he had shown since the conversation began.

"He is my own blood." Maz reasoned. "When he looks bad it makes us all look bad!"

Emperor Nax nodded. He hated to admit it, but if Zim was compromised than he would have no choice but to put him down, but first and for most he needed proof. "Computer tap into Invader Zim's security feed…I want to see this betrayal for myself."

"Yes Sire." The computer answered, and seconds later the screen came to life with video footage of Zim's base.

It was dark inside, and Zim could barely be seen. He was sitting in a chair in the middle of the living room facing the front door, blaster in hand.

Emperor Nax smiled. "Well it appears he has come to his senses." He said.

Skoodge looks relieved. "Oh thank Irk."

"Indeed." Emperor Nax agreed.

Maz nodded. "Zim is many things, but a traitor is not one of them." He hissed. "And for thinking such a thing makes me hate the sight of you."

Skoodge tensed, he didn't like the sound of that.

"For disgracing my family with your accusations you shall be sentenced to death!" Maz ordered.

Skoodge goes deathly pale. "NO please I meant no disrespect!" he swore.

But it was too late.

"Guards take him away." Emperor Nax ordered.

"Yes his very presence is insulting." Grogg agreed.

Skoodge was too stunned to fight as the guards dragged him away to his cell to await execution. How was he supposed to know that accusing Zim would insult them? If anything he thought Maz would be thrilled to have him out of the way.

However, what Skoodge failed to understand was when one member of the royal family looked bad they all did, and besides Maz did not want help getting Zim out of the way. He wanted to beat him fair and square.

Besides if there was one thing Skoodge should have known it was that Zim would pick them over anyone especially a human. After all, if there was one thing Zim had going for him it was his undying loyalty.

Still what they didn't know was just how devoted he had become to Dib.

Just because he was attempting to do the right thing did not mean he actually had it in him to follow through.

Nevertheless, there was only one way to find out…

Chapter End Notes

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