The Blood Of the Rose

Zim pulled Dib's unconscious body close to his The boy had just been through the most traumatic thing that these humans could go through. Zim thought to himself, 'I would hate to see what he would do had it been an Irken taller...' Zim pulled the limp body into the bridal style carry, as to not disturb him too much and aggravate his already abused body.

Zim bolted as far and as fast as he could with Dib in his arms, taking roof tops, and putting his tentacle like appendages to the test. They were magnificent at absorbing the shock and motion. He was almost home when he slowed down a bit to make sure that he would have enough energy to make it in the house. Inside and down in the labs Zim delicately placed the humans body on a table. "Computer, I need all our human health monitoring thingies!"

The computer stalled for a moment before Zim threatened to take out the program that allowed Computer to meet virtual girls. The machines were delivered with a speed that computer had never shown before, and Zim thanked him, though he did un-install the program anyways. Zim carefully placed all the do-dads and thingie-ma-jigs where the diagrams showed him. He pushed all the buttons in sequence until the proper reaction began, and the Dib's statistics were brought up on a t.v. like machine.

Zim sat with Dib until the boy began to stir again. Noting that he looked pained, Zim put a few medications into the hydrating i.v. baggy's tube. Surely the Dib wouldn't be feeling the pain now...would he? When his eyes opened Zim was right there next to him, "Dib shit! I demand that you tell me if you are okay or not! I can give you as much pain medication as you need." with an eighth of a sob Zim added in a barely audible voice, "Please be okay..."

Dib came to with a start. He had heard the sound of beeping from machinery around him but he didn't know where he was. His vision slowly came back to him and the first thing he noticed was the Irken next to him. He saw the look on Zim's face. It was worried and he was close to tears. Dib shivered and felt the tears returning to his own eyes. His breathing quickened. He couldn't answer. All he could do was shiver violently and let his eyes dart around the room quickly before returning to Zim. He found his voice though it was hoarse from screaming and the only word he could say at first was, "no." He struggled from the constraints of the wires hooked up to him and tried pulling away. "No. No! NO!" Obvious fear was still in his eyes. He sat up quickly, pain shooting through him again but this time he didn't care. He scooted back on the table as far away from the Irken as he could as though he was afraid Zim was going to hit him. He pulled his legs back up to his chest and cried out. He saw Zim take a step forward to try and calm him down but he just yelled out again. "No! Stay away from me! Leave me alone! Please...Just leave me alone...I don't want anymore pain! Please don't hurt me!" Dib couldn't keep his body from shaking. He had never been so scared in his entire life. Dib pulled his head down and curled up into a ball as tight as he could as he just continued to repeat himself. "I...I don't want to be here! I don't want to be here! I don't want to be here!" He was close to falling off the table now as he continued to scoot back on the table.

Zim barely spoke,"Dib, please, remain calm... You need to be monitored and taken care of to prevent infection." He remained in his spot as the boy began to back towards the edge of the table/ bed. "Gir, put up the railing and make sure that Dib doesn't fall.... Dib, please, try to relax. If you pull too much you'll rupture your veins and then I'll have to redo everything. Will you at least tell me if the pain killers have kicked in yet?" Zim pleaded. He hated the fact that Dib was now backing away from him, and he hadn't touched the boy. He looked over the monitors, watching Dib's heart rate speed up faster. Gir Finally got around to putting up the rail, and placed a Chocolate-Bubble gum flavored suckee next to Dib. "Here you go Mary! I brought you da Moo jooz!"

Dib nearly jumped to the side when he felt the cold drink being placed next to him and started backing away from Gir too. His breathing was uneven and tears were still streaming from his eyes. He was having a hard time processing anything that the Irken or robot were saying to him. He was shaking more every few seconds and was having a hard time staying still for more than a few seconds at a time. He wrapped his arms around himself and started rocking slightly back and forth as he attempted to catch his breath again. He took in a deep breath and held it for a long time before finally letting it out slowly, sniffling every few seconds. He finally realized the question asked of him. He pulled his legs up to his chest and tried to wipe away a few stray tears that were just replaced by more tears. "I...I...I'm in pain...I don't want to feel anymore pain...but...I don't want you to touch me! Just leave me alone!" He started to break down again. He buried his face back into his arms again, unsure of what to do. Through muffled sobs, he managed to get one more thing out. "I...I feel sick...I'm dizzy...I feel as though the room is spinning." After saying that, he lowered himself back down to lay as still as he possibly could, his legs still being held to his chest. "I want to go home." He then just cried to himself, shutting his eyes as tightly as he could.

Zim stepped slowly towards the shaking human, "Dib, please, believe me I want to help you. It's just the medication taking effect. You'll be dizzy for a little while, and then the pain will numb away.... I order you to relax and let me help you to heal." Zim thought about his last words, instantly regretting them. "Dib, please, I didn't mean to sound, as you humans say, cruel... I want you to heal, so lie down and close your eyes. Nothing and no one are going to hurt you here in my lab." Zim picked Gir up and whispered for him to go watch t.v. so that he could talk with the Dib alone. The little bot bounced out of Zim's arms over to Dib, "I hope that you heal fast big head boy, masser was worried about you.."

"Gir, go.." Zim ordered the little bot and then turned to Dib, "You know you really hurt him earlier, more than I ever had..."

Dib attempted to move farther back on the table when Zim tried moving closer to him again, but found he couldn't move much farther with the railing behind him. Also the medications' effects were causing his body to stop responding to his brain. His mind was spinning and his body was in too much pain to force it to move any more. It was slowly beginning to leave him but it would still be a while before it completely left him. Any sudden movements wouldn't help either. Dib stayed still, closing his eyes tightly again when Zim told him to rest. He didn't want the Irken anywhere near him still. "I said to stay away from me, Zim!" He bit down on his bottom lip, trying to keep the tears back. "I...I don't believe you...You're just like the rest of them...always mocking me...You're all out to get me! You just want to hurt me!"

Zim returned to a whisper after that, pleading with Dib to get some sleep. The idea of sleep sounded good to him. Dib rested his head against his arms again before giving the Irken uncertain glances. "I'll try to sleep only if you don't touch me. It...It hurts too much right now..." Dib watched as he picked Gir up and told him to leave the room. After he had left the room, Zim turned his attention back to Dib. He couldn't believe that Zim had been that worried about him. He was pissed off at Dib earlier that day. After Zim had finished telling him about how he had hurt the robot so much, Dib turned his head just enough toward the Irken so he could see Dib's sad face. "I...I didn't know...I'm sorry...I was mad..I didn't mean it...any of it..." he said before turning his face away again to rest. The room was quiet for a few moments before Dib's breathing began to become uneven again. He curled in more on himself as he attempted to gain control of his breathing again. He shook each time a new stream of tears rolled down his face. Dib gasped for air, taking in deep breaths and holding them before slowly letting them out again. It wasn't helping much however to calm him down.

Zim added a bit more pain killer to the boy's i.v. and wished him a peaceful sleep. Before he left the room completely he took a gel moistened rag and laid it across Dib's eyes, "Don't remove this, it will help you to find sleep faster."

Zim went deeper into one of his more private labs that contained his more deadly plans that were never instituted. He fondly caressed a few of them, drawing his fingers along the smooth and sleek metal exteriors. He had once wanted to use them, but they had faults, mostly they would blow everything to hell and back before he could leave the planets atmosphere. As he was about to pick up one that looked like an arm covering laser beam, his computer disturbed him, "incoming transmission..."

A LITTLE EARLIER ON THE MASSIVE....
Red Writhed beneath Purple , his climax was fast approaching.Purple pushed the hippat temtu as deep as it would go into Red's sheath. Red screamed as Purple grabbed his member and began pumping it in time with the temtu in the tiny opening behind his member, where the sheath did not fully cover. What made him scream louder were the thrusts from Purple into his ass. Purple's yhdyhhya were flattened against his skull, his skin shined with sweat. Red cold take no more and squeezed Purple's member and came long and hard. Pur had been waiting for the submitting one to come; Pur dug his claws deep into Red;s hips, ripping the tender flesh. He shot his load as deep as he could, before sliding himself out and retracting into his sheath. He pulled the hippat temtu out and laid it beside Red, catching the other tallest by surprise with a kiss. Purple was pulling on his robes as there came a knock on thee door.
With a loud grumble he answered, "What?"

A short slave drone looked up at him,"My tallest, a report has came from Earth that Irken outcast Zim has removed his PAK and not replaced it in two days sir." The slave offered up some paper work with everything on it.

Purple smiled and took the papers, ordering the service drone away before he turned back to the room, where Red was stepping out of the bath.
"
What do they need now?" Red asked in a half malicious voice.
"Zim's PAK has been removed and not replaced in two days....I think that we should call his base and make sure that he is dead, you know, just so that we can look at the
body and get a good laugh."

Red nodded, they both had been waiting for the day when they would get to see Zim's dead body, sprawled out, helpless and lifeless.

"You, slave drone, place a call to Zim's base on Earth, we have important business to attend to..." Red barked at a female who was not much shorter than him.She silently nodded and placed the call.

BACK AT ZIM"S BASE
"Yes computer I will accept it." he said as if he cared. 'Why would anyone besides Cephen **777's real name, made up in another r.p.** be calling me?' The image of his former Tallests almost had Zim bowing to his knees before he remembered that he need not to do that anymore."What do you two yccrumac want?"
The Tallests both glared at the insult, "Well Zim, you see we were told that you were dead, that your PAK had gone offline 2 days ago... So how are you still standing there?"Red started, but Purple cut in,"Yeah, you should be dead!"

Zim laughed, the cackle bounced off all the walls, creating an eerie echo, "You think that I, the great ZIM!, would be stupid enough to remove his own PAK and take a losers way out?! HAHAHAHAHA! You see my espalemel Tallests, I figured that I was no longer part of the empire, so I created a new PAK that didn't force me to obey stupid laws..." He pulled his shirt off and turned to show them his new improvement."You see my Tallest, I have everything that you have and then some."

Purple cut in, "But Zim, you are still Irken and must heed our laws, if no then we are to send bounty hunters after you." Purple figured that it was a good shot, try and trick him so that They could still have their play thing for when they wanted it.

Zim laughed again, "I know that you banished me to this ridiculous planet just so that I couldn't interfere with the rest of Irk. If you wish to send bounty hunter after me, then so be it. VILG OUI, my former Tallests, Vilg Oui." With that he slammed his hand on the end transmission button.

Dib could finally feel the pain killers beginning to work. His body was starting to feel less painful and he managed to relax long enough to get into a better sleeping position. Dib would have jumped away from the Irken when he felt the wet cloth being laid across his eyes if he could have but he was too tired to move anymore. Consciousness was quickly leaving him again and his vision was blurring out completely. The lights were dimmed down as Zim left the room. Dib swallowed down the rest of the pain before attempting to sleep. Dib shifted a few more times before sleep finally overcame him.

Zim stormed to the ground level of his base, destroying things on his way. His former oppressors thought that they could threatened him with death?! Oh, were they wrong. He would not sit idly by as they tried to run his life. In his living room, Zim pulled Gir out of the couch. The little android squeaked and offered him a cherry-paper-rum suckee, though he quickly declined.

"Gir, My former Tallests have decided to rage a war against me. We need to up the security around here. I make it your mission to secure all the supplies from the stores that we will need to survive."

The bot saluted,eyes glowing red, "Yes my master!." then they faded back to blue" I'm gonna go watch grass grow!" with that the little bot took off, and Zim slapped himself in the face, dragging it slowly downwards.

Dib tossed and turned in his restless sleep. He mumbled a few incoherent things, every once in a while saying things such as,"No!" or "Stay back!" His face was covered in sweat as he suffered through the effects of a nightmare. He dreamt about that man raping him again. Tears began welling back up into his eyes again as he whimpered out a few things. Gir passed by the room, screaming about how he was going to go watch grass grow. He stopped and peaked in on the boy. He smiled stupidly with his tongue hanging out and went over to watch him sleep.

Gir sat down on the edge of the bed, watching Dib shift about uncomfortably. "Awww! How cyooote!" he said as he jumped down to the floor and ran out of the room. He returned a few moments later carrying a big, fluffy blanket.Gently he placed it over Dib and smiled happily. Noting his stressed out face, he pulled a rubber piggy out of his head and placed it near Dib's head. Feeling rubber rubbing up against the skin of his cheek, he bolted up in the bed, yelling out in surprise when he saw Gir sitting so close to him. A shiver ran up along his spine as he quickly backed away from the little robot. His breathing was fast, and his chest rose and fell every couple of seconds with each and every breath he took.

After finally catching his breath, Dib gulped down his previous surprise. "You scared me, Gir. Don't do that when I'm sleeping." Gir smiled up at him. "Aw! But you were so cyooote!" Dib pulled his legs back up to his chest as he began to relax again. "Ummm...thanks...I think...Listen, Gir. I'm really sorry about earlier. I didn't mean to yell or hurt you." Gir spread his arms out wide. "Awww! That's okay, Mary! All you needed was a hug!" He came toward Dib and Dib backed up even more. "No! Sorry, Gir. I...I don't want anybody touching me right now. My body is still in pain. Why don't you go find Zim? I should really be trying to get some rest right now." Gir dropped his arms. "Awww...no hug? Masta's angry right now! He's upstairs breaking things!" Dib raised his eyebrow in confusion. "Really? Did he say what he was mad about?" Gir shook his head. "His old leaders want to make him continue following them but he don't want to. Dey want to kill him now! Bu t he says he wants to fight them."

"What?!" Dib sat up straight in the bed again. He wanted to get up and go upstairs to see exactly what Zim was doing but his body wouldn't let him. He winced in pain as he lowered himself back down and stretched out to lay completely still. He pulled the blanket up around himself again. "Gir, could you do me a favor?" Gir gave him a confused look before smiling and shaking his head again. "I need you to watch Zim. Make sure he doesn't do anything stoopid or reckless. He tends to do stuff like that when he gets angry." Gir waved at Dib, "Oookiee Doookiee, Big Head Boy!" He then ran out of the room to resume his initial mission to go watch grass grow. Dib sighed and shook his head as he settled back down to sleep again.

Over the next few Days Zim tore threw his base, making sure that everything was secure and that if they needed it they could drop everything and get out. Zim had learned one thing from growing up around Red and Purple as children: If they hated you, you were gone. They hated Miyuki, so they 'accidentally' mixed their creation with his, knowing the result would be a disaster. Zim remembered too well the feeling of having his squeedly spooch drop to the floor.

Zim shook himself from his memories as he began to re-run a diagnostic analysis of the house for the umpteenth time this week, while he went to go check on the Dib, The human had physically been healing just fine, but mentally and emotionally he was a time bomb. Zim brought him his food and the boy would eat in peace, never really saying anything. Zim was fed up with it... He raised back his hand to slap the boy, but thought better of it, instead he hugged him, speaking comfortingly in Irken, He may have been mad a the human, but he had been through allot the week before...

Over the next few Days Zim tore threw his base, making sure that everything was secure and that if they needed it they could drop everything and get out. Zim had learned one thing from growing up around Red and Purple as children: If they hated you, you were gone. They hated Miyuki, so they 'accidentally' mixed their creation with his, knowing the result would be a disaster. Zim remembered too well the feeling of having his squeedly spooch drop to the floor.

Zim shook himself from his memories as he began to re-run a diagnostic analysis of the house for the umpteenth time this week, while he went to go check on the Dib, The human had physically been healing just fine, but mentally and emotionally he was a time bomb. Zim brought him his food and the boy would eat in peace, never really saying anything. Zim was f ed up with it... He raised back his hand to slap the boy, but thought better of it, instead he hugged him, speaking comfortingly in Irken, He may have been mad a the human, but he had been through allot the week before...

Dib stayed in bed most of the time during the last few days. The first couple of times Zim had come down to see him, he still backed away from the Irken, not fully trusting him. Zim would keep his distance and slowly began to win back Dib's trust. After a while, he finally relaxed enough to let Zim take care of him and tend to any wounds that still remained. Dib's body was no longer in as much pain as he had been in a few days earlier, but that was only because of the painkillers he was on. They kept him dizzy but it was better than being in pain. Zim had been running around preparing things and checking in on Dib the entire time. Dib wanted to ask him what he was doing but he was afraid to ask anything.

He could tell that the Irken was mad at him and he didn't want to fight anymore so he kept his mouth shut. Zim would bring his food and Dib would thank him before eating it slowly. Often Zim would leave him to eat it alone but when he stayed, Dib would only manage to nibble on it a little. He didn't like Zim watching him and he would quickly lose his appetite. He knew it annoyed Zim and he would try to get as much food down as he could but it was hard with the Irken glaring slightly at him. At one point he seemed ready to hit Dib and Dib scooted back away from him, the old fear returning but at the last moment Zim stopped himself and took a step toward Dib. Dib was shaking and on the verge of tears again. He couldn't move farther back on the bed so he stayed where he was sitting, closing his eyes tightly, waiting to feel the pain he thought was coming.

He shrunk back when the Irken touched him but was quickly pulled up into Zim's arms. Dib opened his eyes and rested his head on the alien's shoulder. Zim stroked the small of Dib's back and rested his chin on Dib's head before whispering gentle words to him in Irken. Even though Dib couldn't understand the foreign language, he somehow knew what was being said to him. It was comforting being held and talked to in a reassuring manner. Dib buried his face in the material of his uniform and sobbed gently into his shoulder. Zim let him cry and just continued to run his hands up and down Dib's body and talk to him until the boy calmed down. It had been a long time since Dib had had this kind of contact; not since his mother had been alive.

He was rocked back and forth and he made attempts to speak. All he could manage to get out, however, were, "I...I'm sorry...I'm sorry...I'm sorry...I...I didn't mean any of it...I...I didn't...I didn't mean any of it..." He repeated himself over and over again, breaking down even more. He cried until he couldn't say any more and all he could do was shiver slightly and sniffle. He pulled away from Zim and lied back to sleep. Countless times over the course of days he had suffered through the same exact nightmare. Usually he would wake up screaming and Zim would either already be in the room or would come running when he heard Dib. The constant nightmares seemed to be getting longer and worse every time they came. They left the boy pale and extremely nervous throughout the day. Almost anything could set him off at this point. Even the slightest touch from Gir if Dib wasn't looking would have him nearly jumping out of his skin. Sometimes even Zim just running by the room to prepare something or check some system in his computer would surprise Dib. Zim had been totally preoccupied in his work for the past couple of days.

Zim Ran through the room that held Dib yet again. He was remaining as vigilant as possible. Nothing and no one was going to come in here and harm everything that he had worked so hard for. He checked his system, but paused when a noise caught his attention. the human that he had been tending after was writhing and crying in his sleep-stasis. Zim walked over and gently touched the human, Earning himself a fist to the jaw. Zim stumbled back, completely shocked. "Ow!" he began, "What a way to greet the Irken whom just awoke you from your bad sleeping place-thingy."

Zim rubbed his jaw. The human looked shocked, but Zim just smiled politely, knowing that he had clocked his S.I.R. unit for doing for doing the same thing. "Dib beast, I want you to know what is going on around here in case we have to dart for it.... My Tallests found out that I was no longer using the regulation PAK system... They are sending bounty hunters and assassins my way. I want you to know that if things get sticky, you are to take my cruiser and get as far away from Earth as possible. I think that Vort would be nice for you, it pretty much has the same atmosphere as Earth... This is ONLY i something comes up." He looked the human in the eye,"Please Dib, I will fill you in the rest of the way when you are more...coherent." With that Zim got up and went to check more things, only to inevitably end up back with the Dib.

Dib stayed sitting up, staring down at his hands, fisting one and then unfisting it every couple of seconds. He shook a little as he looked at his hand. He couldn't believe he had just punched Zim, but what he really couldn't believe were the words coming out of Zim's mouth. He watched Zim running in and out of the room, keeping himself busy with something. Dib kept his mouth shut until the Irken once again entered the room to run a system in there. He finally got up the courage to say something to him before he left again to go do something else. "So, what? If something goes wrong, you just want me to run away? To leave you here to get killed?! To just completely abandon you?!" Dib was now shaking more and glaring down at his hand. "No...I can't do that...I won't! I won't leave you...I won't leave unless you're with me...I wouldn't be able to survive without you...You're all I have in life now! I've lost too many things in life already! I can't lose you too!" Dib was now yel ling out in anger and frustration. Warm tears were coming to his eyes again as he broke down. He looked down again and closed his eyes tightly, refusing to look up at the Irken. "I won't let you do this alone, Zim! If anything ever happened to you, I would never be able to forgive myself and I'd probably end up killing myself! It wouldn't be worth it to run away to another planet to save my own life! It would all just kill me in the end! Please don't do this to me...I can't take it anymore..." Dib pulled his legs back up to his chest and buried his face in his arms to cry again.

"Dib beast, you have to... no matter what i will come back for you. I am, after all, a former member of the Irken elite. Zim can take care of himself quite well. It'll just take me a little longer to get there." He wiped a tear from Dib's cheek, "I don't know who or what they are going to send after me, but I want you to swear to me now, that if anything, anything at all, should happen that you WILL take the cruiser and go to Vort. I want you, if it comes to that, to contact a prisoner there, Prisoner 777. He'll get you in league with The Resisty. They will already have instructions from me.... Please Dib-shit, this is of the utmost importance, I need your undying oath." Zim Stood with his back straight, towering over the whimpering human....

Dib looked up at the Irken standing above him with teary eyes. Zim stared him straight in the eyes. He could see a fire in them that he had never seen before and he knew that there was no possible way at this point that he would be able to change his mind. Zim looked confident but Dib still sensed something that seemed to falter in the Irken's gaze. Perhaps it was just Dib's own feelings about the whole thing that had him feeling this way but he knew that there was nothing he could do about it now. "O...Okay...But you have to promise me...promise me that you won't forget...you won't forget about me!" Dib could feel himself breaking down again. He looked away from Zim again and reburied his face into his arms to sob gently to himself.

Zim lifted the boys head, bringing his face to his, "I promise you Dib-beast, I will come for you, I promise with this," He placed his lips against the humans and lightly kissed him. He barely parted his lips and pulled the boys lower lip in between his. The sensation sent shivers through his body, but he kept himself in check, he didn't want to freak out the recently traumatized flesh sack. He considered while hie kissed the boy just how frail the humans' emotional systems were, and yet they could also heal at the same rate, given the proper environment. He released the boy, finding that he had snaked his arm around him. " I give you my word, and an Irkens' word cannot be broken. Now If you are feeling up to it, I need you to help me with a few more defense modifications.." Zim walked to a small closet and pulled out two suits that looked as it they belonged in a b rated movie, not to mention that they also looked as if they had seen better days. "If you are to it, put on this suit and join me in lower Lab Feir."

Dib could feel his cheeks heating up with the kiss he was given. It was gentle and sweet. The small sign of affection calmed Dib down considerably but something still didn't feel quite right about it. He pushed that feeling aside for the moment however and just enjoyed the first kiss he had received from the Irken since they had last had sex. He felt the others lips open slightly and take his lower lip into his mouth for a few seconds before releasing him again and pulling away. Dib sniffled slightly still after Zim had backed off but still felt his arms lingering around his waist.

He looked up into Zim's eyes once again for a few moments before Zim stood up straight again. Zim walked across the room and pulled out a few suits from a small room and turned back to Dib. He hadn't been listening to what the Irken was saying to him after he had given his word to the boy that he wouldn't forget about him. Dib snapped back to reality and looked at the suit being offered to him. Dib stayed silent and just nodded his head. Slowly he pushed himself out of bed and and stood up, a bit of pain still running through his body. He hadn't used his legs much in the last few days and they felt wobbly as he stumbled slightly toward Zim. He caught himself before falling and and reached for the old suit. He looked at it and then at Zim. "Wha...what kind of defense modifications? And what's this Lab Feir? I mean, what's it used for?" Dib looked at the suit once more before beginning to slip it on over himself. Before Zim had a chance to say anything, Dib cut in again. "I'll help if it will help us stay together but....but I want you to fill me in on everything that happens from this point on. Please, Zim. I'll do whatever it takes to stay with you. I...I just don't want to lose you..." He looked away from Zim and stared at the ground, a sad expression slapped across his face.

Zim grinned, "Of course Dib beast. Lab Feir is the one that i have designated for my special projects. I have the most advanced Irken and Earth made technology there.You will need the suit in case we have accidental friendly fire." He lifted the boy's head once again and looked deep into those amber eyes, lost in the depth that they carried. He hated seeing the human so miserable, but couldn't risk his everything. The way the human had said that he didn't want to lose him made Zim's spooch feel as if it were trying to do gymnastics inside of him.

Zim motioned for the teen to follow him, making sure that he didn't trip and fall, 'your'e looking mighty tall and confident' he thought to himself in a lusty Dib voice, yearning to hear the human moan again, yelling his name as he came deep inside him. Zims sheath began to tingle, and he couldn't help his protrusion as he stood in the elevator and pulled the suit on over his normal uniform.

As always the human looked tantalizing, and Zim just wanted to slam him against the tube and make him scream his name. It got worse when Dib pulled his safety suit on, bending over. Zim had the urge to reach out, grab the boy by the hips, and thrust himself deep into that hot body again, but alas he knew that would be a very bad thing at this time.

Lab Feir was Zim's most bottom level lab, holding all the gizmos and gadgets that he never used to destroy the Earth. He stepped out of the elevator, his uniform and protective suit rubbed uncomfortably against his ever so pained member.

Despite the smile that Zim had offered him, Dib still couldn't help but feel nervous about the whole thing still. When Zim lifted his his face up to stare into his eyes, Dib looked deep into his dark crimson colored eyes almost as though he were staring straight into Zim's very soul. Their gazes stayed locked for about a minute before Dib redirected his eyes back to the ground. Zim released his chin and made his way over to the elevator. Dib continued to look at the ground as he followed the Irken and then looked back to his suit after stepping into the elevator. Dib looked up and watched Zim slip into his and after he was done, Dib did the same thing. He felt a blush coming to his face as he could feel the Irken's eyes roaming over his body every couple of seconds. He had an idea of the thoughts that might be going through Zim's mind at the moment and shuddered. He got the suit on as quickly as he could. He didn't want to have sex...not yet at least. His ass still hurt from the last time that older man had thrust into him. Dib was afraid...afraid of feeling pain again. He didn't want anybody going anywhere near his body. The nightmares were bad enough as it were. He didn't think he could handle having anybody coming that close to him at the moment. Even Zim. Dib wasn't sure when he'd be able to get that close to Zim again. Small touches and kisses were fine but sex was out of the question right now. A few of the small touches still had Dib jumping out of his skin. Dib pushed all these thoughts aside for the time being as soon as the elevator came to a stop at the bottom level. The doors opened and they were greeted by a poorly lit room. Of all Zim's labs, he had never seen one as creepy as this.

Dib looked around, amazed by some of the equipment he had down in that room. The room glowed from some of the technology in it but that was the only real light in the room. He hadn't even known that Zim's labs went this deep into the ground. He followed closely behind Zim looking at everything he could set his eyes on. Some of it he recognized as some of Earth's most dangerous weapons. He remembered that his father had been working on a few things such as these and knew that they were his father's creations. He then saw many other Irken things. His eyes widened at the items in the room and he turned to Zim with an amazed expression on his face. "Wow, Zim! Some of the stuff down here is amazing! If you've had all this equipment the entire time, why didn't you ever use any of this to conquer the Earth?! I don't think I would have been able to stop even half of this stuff! You could have been done the day you first came here if you had used any of this! I can't believe you spent five years here and never used any of it!"

Zim blushed a bit. He knew that he could have easily taken over the planet, but he also knew what had prevented him, "Dib beast, you know how it feels when you have something, you know how to use it, but something holds you back?... Well that's kind of what happened." Zim sighed. He knew the truth was that his Tallest had fiddled with his programming so that he couldn't use them, he knew how and everything, it was that when he went to, something would pop up suddenly.
Zim stepped forward to a control panel, "Dib beast, as promised I am going to fill you in....." he thought about where to start..." I guess I should let you know, I wasn't sent here to take over, I was sent here on exile from my home. I wasn't made aware of this... I figured it out on my own.... Hmmmm... On Irk we aren't allowed to breed, unless it is absolutely necessary, but I am what they call a defective.. I don't function nor think like the others of my species... Well when we bred up there," he indicated to the ground floor. "My PAK was forcing me to try and obey regulations and laws... i am sure that you have noticed my new PAK system... Well this came from me being tired of that. When I removed my old PAK and did not reactivate it within twelve hours it sent a message to my Tallests that it had been removed and that I was potentially dead. They called and we had a merry little chat..." He slightly growled at the memory, "And they have threatened to send the best bounty hunters after me, to...well... dispose of me in anyway needed... I am beefing up security so that I have at least a chance at surviving...." He let that settle a bit before continuing, "We are down here so that we can set up a foreign detection field around the base. This will allow me to know if anything comes near that isn't Earth based.. I need you to help. You have knowledge of such things and i need to pick your brain for it. After that we will go about making it."
Dib was silent for a long time after Zim had stopped talking.

He couldn't believe that his leaders had abandoned him without even telling him. They let him go on living a lie. They completely took advantage of him just for their own amusement. Dib looked away, feeling a bit guilty for even bringing up the subject. When Zim mentioned the breeding, he felt a small blush returning to his face from the memory. "You mean...on your planet, you only have sex for breeding and nothing else? Never just for pleasure? And your PAK keeps you from disobeying those rules?" Dib couldn't believe that they had to follow such strict rules as that on Zim's planet. "But you fixed that now? I mean...You can do what you want without having to follow their rules now? Am I getting this right?" Zim nodded before continuing. When Dib heard the threat being sent Zim's way, his eyes widened. His face fell back to the ground as he seemed to stare into space for a long while. "You...Y ou mean, you only have a chance of surviving? Y..You don't even know if you'll survive this? But I thought you said...you said you were sure...You said that you wouldn't leave me...You promised me!" Dib could feel his heart pounding in his chest and felt like breaking down again.

"Zim, you promised me that you would come for me no matter what. I...I thought you had this all worked out already...That you knew what you were up against and you were sure that you could handle it! But now you're not sounding nearly as confident as when you made that promise to me!" Zim stayed quiet and took a step toward Dib but Dib just backed away from him again. Zim stopped in his tracks and waited for Dib to calm down a bit again before just continuing with his plan, explaining that Dib would be able help him prepare so he could be confident in his victory. Dib took a few deep breaths before relaxing enough to answer back. "Okay...I just hope you know what you're doing...I don't want you to go through u with this if you're not sure what the results will be...I...I know you can't be completely sure of what going to be sent after you...but...if you even start to have seconds thoughts about this, I want you to tell me! I want us to have a way out...A way to escape in case something goes wrong! But I'll help you with the defenses...just to make sure we're completely safe right now...So, what exactly do you need to know from me?"

Zim was mad at himself. He really hadn't weighed the situation properly. "Dib.... My chances of survival are greatly better than yours when pitted against these guys... I promise you I WILL COME BACK. Even if I have to program my PAK to piece me back together and ship me to you, I will come. Now I need your knowledge on this," Zim pulled up a small video file from professor Membrane's show, "This field diffuser... I need to know how to build it and get it to operate so that I have our asses covered completely. Zim looked over at the still flustered teen, "Dib beast, this is going to be crucial... I need you here to help me, so that even if my chances are greatly cut, I might still have a glimmer of hope..." With that he leaned down and captured the boys lips. Zim love this thing called kissing. He could taste the human and not hurt him. The boy's mouth fascinated Zim, how the lips protruded out and were always puffy... Zim have stream lined lips that only poked out when he pouted. He began to nibble lightly on the lower lip, just to feel the soft flesh give under the gentle pressure.

Dib was caught off guard by the Irken's actions. His eyes widened momentarily before closing halfway. He relaxed into the kiss as he felt Zim slowly run his tongue over Dib's lips before moving down to nip lightly at his bottom lip. Dib began to gently kiss back before Zim pulled away again. Dib's eyes had slipped shut and he gasped lightly as he came back to reality. He looked up at the Irken standing over him and gave his answer. "Okay...I'll do anything that will help..." Zim smiled at him but Dib just stayed quiet. What Zim said did little to comfort him. He was still worried that something might go wrong or he may not be able to provide Zim with the information he needed. He shook those thoughts aside and looked at the video on the screen. He recognized the invention immediately. "My dad was working on that not too long ago. I...I don't really know how to make that though. I think I would be able to figure it out if I could get my hands on his blueprints for it but...but those are at one of his labs. The lab they would be in is heavily guarded. They don't want anybody getting their hands on them. I'm not even allowed to enter that lab. My dad's the only one with access to it. There's only two ways to get them. Either we break in and steal them somehow, which would be nearly impossible unless one of us can get our hands on the key to that lab and disguise ourselves like my dad or I could try to hack the system, which would take longer for me to do but...it's not the first time I've hacked into one of my dad's systems. But this one would be a lot harder than his other systems. This one holds all the information on the Earth's deadliest weapons and most are still only in the first stages of production. Some haven't even been tested yet. However, even if I can get us the information, we'd still only have a limited amount of time to put it together. The second they found out that their systems have been hacked, they'll try to trace it back to the source of where it was first hacked. It would just end up leading them to us. But if we steal the blueprints, they'll be looking for us anyways so either way we'll be on the run from them. I'll leave the choice up to you. Which sounds safest? Hack the system or steal the blueprints directly from the lab?" He looked away from the screen over to Zim who stood still contemplating which would be the better course of action at this point.

Zim considered for a moment...'If we go directly in that would be a long, involved process, but then again, if the Dib hacked through Zim's terminal, he would be secure, but it would take longer... Zim really thought hard about it. It was either break in and take forever, risking having Earth authorities on them, or hack, get more than the one blueprint set, but take a bit more time....

"Dib beast. I want you to hack into your fathers terminals... Don't worry about being traced, I am not on an Earth terminal..... Be as quick as possible, I don't want this to take a second longer than it has to." Zim nodded at the end, only to assure himself that he he was making the right choice.

Dib nodded toward Zim before turning to the computer in front of him. "Okay, Zim. I'm going to need a few days to completely hack through this system. I'll have to work on it for several hours at a time. I have to first figure out all the access codes and then find a way to break through their defenses in the main computer holding all the information. The hard part will be trying to figure out the passwords to get in. But once I've gotten the passwords and entered them into the main system it should be smooth sailing from there. Downloading them from the main computer to yours will take a while but it will be worth it in the end. If you want me to finish this as soon aspossible then I'll have to get started now and the only breaks I can take will be when things are loading on your computer."

With that said, he cracked his knuckles before setting to work on the computer. His fingers ran over the keys delicately and at a fast pace as he waited for the desired screen to pop up on the monitor. "Okay. The first thing to go will have to be those access codes. It will take me a while to figure out the format needed to enter them. " Dib had to keep his mind on task. He had learned most of the access codes by memory from previous systems he had hacked and knew they never changed but the formatting for them was always different. He knew that they took extra precautions to prevent hackers from getting into this system. For this system, the format would constantly be changing by the hour and he would have to work fast to get them all in the same format before it changed again. Otherwise he would have to start all over again and figure out the new format.

He knew that chances were that he would have to start over quite a few times before he would be able to break through. But he had been through something similar to this at one time when he was trying to hack into another computer at his father's labs to see if there was anything he could use against Zim. It took him a long time but he eventually figured it out and managed to get through. He knew that he would have to be patient but he knew that if he had been able to do it once before, nothing was going to stop him from doing it again.

Zim watched the boy type himself raw, though Zim could barely hold back the snickering. The human was going about it the hard way. Zim tried to tell him about his hacking program that could get access codes and install them in all formats in a matter of minutes, but every time he opened his mouth Dib barked at him to quiet up, that he was trying to concentrate. Zim paced, and became more nervous with each passing hour. Eventually he just flopped down on his table and closed his eyes. Anything was better than the reality that he had to live in.

Zim laid upon a soft mound of ground, overlooking a beautiful Vortian moon on a lake. When he turned his head Dib was there next to him, holding onto him, whispering words of want and kindness. The stars glittered and shined and a cool breeze blew by them. Zim lifted Dib's chin and pulled the human into a passionate kiss, allowing his hands to travel to the boys already stiff loins. The human gasped and moaned his approval. Zim leaned down and bit harshly into the humans soft flesh, forcing an agonized and pleasured scream to escape his lips. He ran his claws roughly up the humans shaft, groaning into the humans ear words that were never permitted on Irk. As he pulled the human closer a white light flashed before him, "HI-YA Masser! I wanna new piggy!" Gir stood on Zim's chest, waking the now thoroughly pissed Irken.

Dib stopped his work when he heard screaming coming from the other room. Growling, he pushed himself away from the console and stood up, stretching and yawning. He rubbed his eyes as he walked on shaky legs to the room Zim and Gir were in. Peeking out into the next room, he saw Zim chasing Gir around the room. The little robot was screaming and laughing out as the Irken chased him around in circles. Zim looked pissed off and he was yelling out curses at Gir. Dib yelled out at them. "What the hell is going on in here?!" They both stopped in their tracks and looked over at the teen. Dib was tired and irritable already. He didn't need the loud noise too. He glared horribly at them. "Keep it down in here! I'm trying to work!" He turned his attention to the little S.I.R. unit and spoke harshly. "GIR! Go watch T.V.!" Gir quickly ran off, laughing, to do what he was told.

Zim was speechless as he watched the boy turn around to go back to the computer.

Dib typed away at the computer for hours upon hours, only taking quick 5 minute breaks to go to the bathroom or to eat a little food that Zim brought him. He didn't even stop to really sleep. Quick 30 minute cat naps were all he could fit in. Then he'd be back to work on something new he had to decode or reformat. It had taken a day and a half to finally hack the access codes but he had done it. He was now on his second day of working through the security system and trying to break through the three firewalls preventing him from being able to enter in the passwords to get the information they needed. He was only halfway through the second firewall at this point and knew the last firewall would be the hardest and take the longest. "Just a few...more...seconds...aaannnddd...AHA! Got it!" Dib cheered to himself. "Just one more firewall!" He smiled as he want back to work on it.

Hours passed as he worked to break through the last firewall. He heard the door open behind him and someone entered the room. He didn't need to turn around to know who it was that had just entered. "I'm sorry...I'm sorry for yelling at you the other day, Zim...I was just tired..." Dib continued his work on the computer. Zim stared at Dib's back sadly before taking a step forward to look over his shoulder to monitor his progress. He watched the screen as Dib continued his typing. Zim rested his chin on top of Dib's head and slipped his hands around the human lazily, chewing on the tip of Dib's scythe-shaped lock of hair that hung in Zim's face. He closed his eyes and let his antennae fall limply to the sides of his head and hang loosely in Dib's face. Dib slowly began to relax as he let the alien rest on him. He didn't stop his work on the computer however. Dib didn't say anything more until he finished typing a few more things on the computer. A loading screen popped up suddenly and Dib stopped. Zim lifted an antennae and looked back the screen. Dib turned around in his seat, Zim almost falling into Dib's lap but he caught himself before falling. "That will take a while to load but when it's done, I can move onto the passwords. It won't be done till morning. I need to get out of the house for a while." Dib made his way upstairs to his room, Zim following and stuttering the whole way there. He couldn't believe Dib wanted to go out after he had just been raped. He tried to protest but Dib wouldn't hear any of it. He ignored the Irken as he grabbed some clothes to throw on.

He dressed himself in a pair of black pants and boots along with a blue shirt and his trench coat. He returned to the living room and approached the front door before stopping to face Zim. "Listen, Zim. I have to do this. I'll only be gone a few hours. I'm gonna go visit Gaz." Zim didn't look convinced. Dib shuddered, knowing why Zim didn't want him to go and memories of the horrible experience coming back to mind. He looked around the room. Noticing an umbrella next to him, he grabbed it. "If anybody touches me, I'll hit them with this." he gave Zim a reassuring smile. Zim still gave him a worried look. "Do you want to come with me? That way you can keep an eye on me?" Zim quickly declined. He hated spending any time with Dib's sister. Secretly, he was actually just afraid of her. Zim handed Dib a communicator and a tracking device, telling Dib if he got in any kind of trouble to just contact him and Zim would be able to find and help him. He also told Dib that if he didn't return before morning, he'd go looking for him just in case.

Dib took the items before stepping outside and closing the door behind him. He shivered slightly. It was late out already and everything was dark. The cool air was refreshing as he took the first couple of steps outside he had taken in a few days. He breathed in the fresh air deeply before making a run for Zita's house. He had filled his lungs well and managed to make it to her house in a matter of minutes. Before too long, he found himself standing in front of her house, panting heavily. He rang the bell and waited, hearing yelling a few seconds later. "Do you have any idea how late it it?!" The door opened a crack and Zita peeked out the door. "Oh, great...It's just you..." she said in an annoyed voice. "What do you want?!" Dib glared at her slightly. "Can I see Gaz?" Zita sighed and opened the door. She turned and called Gaz's name. "Hey, Gaz!" A few seconds passed before a more yelling was heard from upstairs. "What?! This better be good, Zita! I was in the middle of finishing the final level on my game!" Zita yelled back her response. "No, it's not good! It's just your insane brother! He wants to see you!" More silence passed. "Gaz?!" There came a crash and loud stomping footsteps. "I'm coming! I'm coming!" A few moments passed again before Gaz came down the stairs, her normal scowl on her face. She glared at Dib as she came to stand in front of him. "Are you just going to stand there like an idiot or follow me back up to my room?!" she said as she turned to head back upstairs.

Dib stepped inside and followed her back up to her room. He stepped inside and took a seat on the edge of the bed set up for her. She stood back and crossed her arms over her chest. "So what do you want?" Dib wasn't paying attention. He was looking at the room and realized 10 seconds later that he was being asked a question. "Huh? Wha? Oh! Ummm...Well I was just wondering if you could...ummm...what were we talking about again?" Gaz raised an eyebrow at him and looked him over. "Geez, Dib. You look like crap." Dib sighed. "I feel like it too." Gaz rolled her eyes before taking a seat next to him on the bed. "I miss dad..." Dib looked up at her, a confused look on his face. He knew that he favored Gaz out of the both of them but spent more of his time with Dib. He could understand why she missed him but Dib didn't quite have the same feelings. He agreed with her anyways. " I know..." He didn't want to stay on this topic any longer. "Listen, Gaz. Do you still have that fake I.D. for me to get alcohol? I need to get a drink." Gaz had made them both fake I.D.s a long time ago.

She held Dib's because she thought he would abuse it and get them both caught. "Yeah...Yeah...just wait here while I go fish it out of all my stuff." she said as she got up to search for it. The first thing she found however was a pack of cigarettes. She pulled one out and lit it. Dib coughed from the smoke. "You know I hate it when you smoke. Those are so bad for you. What would dad think if he knew?" She scoffed. "Pfft! Your just a pussy. Besides...do you think he'd think any differently about you if he knew you drank?" Dib went to respond but stopped. He couldn't come up with a comeback for that one. Gaz was right. What he was doing wasn't any better than what she was doing. So he just turned away from her and glared at the far wall while crossing his arms over his own chest. "Whatever...just hurry up." Gaz returned to the task at hand while Dib tried to think of a way he could escape the deafening silence. "Hey, Gaz, do you want to come with me tonight? I'll pay for everything."

Gaz stopped to think about this a moment and shrugged, "Eh... Free alcohol? Why not? Sure, I'll go if you let Zita come along too." Dib sighed more in relief than annoyance. "Alright, she can come." He was actually happy he wasn't going alone. He still feared some of the people on the street and didn't want to go through town alone, even if he did have an umbrella with him this time. " I found them. Let's get going already. You're paying, Dib." With that, she turned to leave, shutting the door behind her.

The three teens arrived in the city after about a 30 minute walk. They found a club that seemed to have flashing lights everywhere. Using their fake I.D.s, they entered the building that was crowded with people dancing, playing games, or just sitting around talking. The room was dark with an array of colorful lights dancing along the walls. The music was upbeat and playing loudly. Zita immediately ran off to go flirt with as many college students as she could find. Gaz and Dib took seats at the bar and to get some drinks and talk for a while. Gaz had three drinks before getting up to find Zita so they could go outside to have a smoke. Dib was left alone to do what he liked. He had already had one drink and wasn't sure what else to do. He didn't want to bring any attention to himself for fear of some other perverted male trying to kidnap him again to rape him. So he stayed at the bar side and ordered another drink. He ordered two more after finishing that one and sat impatiently waiting for the girls to return. He usually didn't drink this much but he was starting to get nervous around so many people.

All he really had wanted to do was get one drink before heading back to Zim's base but he soon regretted that. He regretted inviting Gaz and Zita cause now he had to wait for them to return. He wished he hadn't been so scared about going alone cause then he might have been out of there by now. He finished off his fourth drink and ordered one more as he was beginning to feel light headed. The girls still didn't return. He continued to order drinks until Gaz finally walked back inside looking for him. He was just finishing his seventh drink when Gaz yanked him out of the chair he was in and began to yell at him. "Dib! What the hell do you think you're doing! Have you had more than three drinks!" Dib was already too drunk to give a good answer so he just laughed stupidly and smiled. "Ha ha ha...Gazzy! I didn't know...you were here! I was just ...just having a couple...of drinks! You want one?..." His words were slurred as he tried to make sentences. His vision was blurry and he could see two of everything. "Hey...I didn't know...I had two sisters...when did I start having...twin sisters?"

Gaz tried to keep him on his feet but he was extremely wobbly at this point. He swayed back and forth as Gaz held him up. "Great! Now he's drunk and there's no way he'll be able to make it home on his own. Oh just wait until your not drunk anymore, Dib, and I'm gonna beat the shit out of you! Come on, Zita. Let's get him back to his little boyfriends house before he completely passes out." Zita followed Gaz as she lead Dib all the way back to Zim's house.

It took them over an hour to finally reach his house and Gaz was pissed as hell that she had to carry him most of the way. She was also annoyed because he wouldn't stop yelling out random things on the way back. Gaz rang the doorbell and waited while Dib leaned against her and laughed uncontrollably. The door opened a crack as Zim peeked outside. Gaz had no patience and pushed the door wide open. Luckily, Zim had his disguise on so Zita didn't suspect a thing. Gaz pushed pass a thoroughly confused Zim and laid Dib on the couch inside. She turned to Zim and glared angrily at him. "Tell Dib when he wakes up enough to understand anything that I'll be back to beat the shit out of him for making me carry him all the way back to your fucking house!" With that Gaz turned to leave.

Zim stopped her quickly and asked what had happened to him and she told him he had gotten drunk. Zim turned to the laughing boy on his couch and stared at him, still shocked. Dib said a few things to Zim as he approached. "Hey, Zim!....You wanna...you wanna...you wanna go out and get ice-cream with me and Gir?" Gir suddenly rocketed into the room, screaming. "Did somebody say ice-cream?! I WANT ICE-CREAM!" He jumped on top of Dib's head and Dib smiled up at him. " I sure did say ice- cream! Let's go get some! Come on...Zim...You should come...with us...You work...too hard..." His head lolled as he attempted to get up off the couch. He tried to stand up but his legs gave out instantly, sending him to the ground.

He laid there and just laughed stupidly to himself.

Zim immediately ran down to his upper most lab to keep track on Dib. He didn't want anything to happen to the boy. He wished that he could have put an audio/ visual tracker piece on him, but he ditched that plan. The Dib beast would think it stalking at that point. He watched the little bleep settle some where in town , and it didn't move for a few hours. Zim's eyes became tired from watching it, but he couldn't peel his eyes away. Dib's safety was his number one priority. No other male, human or not was going to abduct his human. He had become very possessive over Dib, but kept it cool around the boy. 'What if he finds a human to mate with and forgets about you Zim?' he though to himself, his spooch giving an odd lurch. His mind raced as he thought of all the different males that could and would want to take his human from him. Gir ran by screaming something about cobwebs and eyeliners.

Zim Jumped when the bleep finally began moving in his direction again. It meant that his human was coming home to him. Zim watched as the blip moved onto the street where they lived, his happiness about over bowled him... that is until computer made him aware that there was an unidentified human female with him, along with his sister. Zim shuddered, he hated the female worm baby, and slightly feared her wrath. Zim made a mad dash up the elevator, using his pyddma makc instead of the platform. He placed the itchy blue contacts in and pulled the horrible wig on just as he answered the door. It was the two Membrane monkeys and Zita-monkey. Gaz was carrying Dib on her back and growled.

When all was said Zim turned to Dib whom was still begging to go out for ice cream and had Gir started in on it too.

"Dib -beast! What the Entities of death were you doing?!? You know, that by doing this, you just compromised our mission?!? I swear Dib beast when you are better to talk to We shall have us a speaky."

Before Zim could walk away, he was pulled down onto Dib. He let out a surprised yelp as the human began writhe beneath him, seductive noises filled Zim's ear spots.