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A/N: Hey guys been super sick.. see my discord if you want to learn more. So sorry this took so long.

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Invader Dib

Test of Faith

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"OPEN," Sera yelled. She banged on and hit and kicked at the wall before her in vain, she even cried and pleaded but so far all of her requests had been met with the words, ACCESS DENIED. She screamed at the wall as he was being dragged away and wailed, feeling utterly helpless. They were long gone by the time the voice say, '*SIGH* ACCESS GRANTED..' She fell face first into the hall and scrambled to her feet rubbing her goo filled eyes to clear her vision. She ran down the hall only stopping to avoid guards and patrols, she had to close her eyes at times when the smell was too bad as well but somehow she caught up. She had made it just in time to see them enter the cloistral chamber, she had to stop them from punishing him. She quickly ran up to the guards at either side of the door, she wasn't even thinking clearly and clearly wasn't in her right mind. "Wait please bring me to the queen, I'm turning myself in."

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The match was over so Braitak straightened and watched as his lover was dragged into the cloistral chamber her head lowered. He sighed exasperatedly, clearly she hadn't listened to a word he said. A grin crossed his face however when he looked over at his mother's surprised and very angry face. He then turned back to see Sera on her knees, he wanted to walk over and pick her up but decided to hear what she had to say.

"Queen Zim, please don't punish Braitak," Sera began. "I told him I wasn't going to leave the cell. I promise I'll do anything you ask, just don't take your anger out on him." He watched the anger dissipate a bit, he wondered just what his mother was thinking. And then his mother grinned.

"Fine, from now on you are not allowed to wander the ship without an escort," Zim began. Braitak could feel the rage building that wasn't what they agreed upon. Sera seemed to peer up a bit confused. "In fact if you leave Braitak's side even once you will go back in that cell." Braitak was floored by that, was his mother holding him solely responsible for Sera?

"B-but.." Sera stuttered seeming very confused.

"No buts those are my terms," Zim replied. "Now go on you two." Braitak moved close to his mother so the whisper could be unheard.

"That wasn't what we agreed," Braitak whispered.

"Well I had to tell her something," Zim whispered in reply. "I will not admit defeat in front of her." Braitak grinned, of course she wouldn't, he helped the very stunned Sera to her feet and led her to his room. Well to her room, of course he hadn't quite realized it was hers to be honest, he had just wanted to be out of the cloistral chamber.

"Am I.. are we.." Sera couldn't seem to figure out what had happened. Braitak grinned as she was seeming to work it out for herself. "What exactly happened in there?"

"Don't worry, your free now, mother won't be bothering us anymore," Braitak replied. "Of course that means we can explore options that we otherwise weren't able to. Speaking of, hey you." The soldier stopped in his tracks and turned around. "Go tell King Dib, Braitak wishes to speak to him." The soldier saluted and rushed off, Braitak grinned and led the way back to their rooms. Once within the door closed, it seemed sort of final, yet it was closing on a new chapter.. a better chapter.

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Sera was still very confused as she sat on the bed, she was only half listening to the conversation between the king and Braitak. It was so odd to consider him a king now though, she still expected to be betrayed and shunned. She only caught maybe a few words as she worried but couldn't tell if the conversation was good or bad, she nearly jumped when they entered the room and Braitak opened the bed's privacy screen.

"I can't make any promises, Gaz told us they removed your um," he seemed at a loss for words.

"Smeetlyspoodge," she whispered. Dib looked surprised by that, as if he had never heard the term before. Of course his race probably called it something else entirely but still was it really a surprise? "It's part of the queens super organ yet also separate."

"Right," he murmured. "It may be impossible for me to reconstruct, human biology I know but Irken biology is still very foreign to me. If I had even a sample of tissue I might be able to construct something but there's no guarantee that it will work."

"I.. I preserved mine," she hesitated in her reply. "My methods then were very primitive, I am uncertain how well the tissue was kept. I did later freeze it in the hopes I could replicate it myself but I haven't really succeeded."

"Did you make any notes?" he asked.

"I did but they are a mess," She replied. "My research notes are not in the library, those I kept in here." She touched the mostly hidden thumbprint on the stand and a secret draw opened from below, inside were a manila folder and a couple of Journals."

"Where do you keep your.." He hesitated to finish the sentence.

"The lab," She replied. "Here I'll make a map and give you the code." She grabbed the manila folder and scrawled a crude map of their current location. She marked sport where they were with the Irken text for we are here and then marked the lab. "We are here," she then explained the route and anything of interest he may need to identify for the turns. He took the pen and scrawled some scribbles next to her lettering.

"Sorry I haven't quite learned Irken text yet," he apologized noticing her stare.

'Is that..?" she began to ask

"Yeah.. my chicken scratch is barely eligible but I won't get lost at least," he replied. She wasn't sure if he was joking but the smile hinted as much.

"Chicken scratch?" she asked. She would have to ask Braitak to teach her these strange terms later.

"My writing," he offered, "I'll take a look at the cells but will try not to unfreeze the whole organ just in case. If it is preserved well enough we I may be able to revive the cells, it's a long-shot and it's going to take quite a bit of time for me to analyze the sample. I'll let you both know what I find out, in the meantime try to relax." She nodded unsure about this whole ordeal still, he was being surprisingly nice to her despite everything she had done. They watched as he left, she wasn't sure what to think. She just felt kind of numb, like this was some sort of Feyweil tale and she was the princess. Did this mean she could get her happy ending? She dared not hope for that outcome, if she got her hopes up the chances were high that she would just end up being disappointed. It was the way of things for her, things never went precisely to plan. Even with the previous queens, they had somehow found a way to defy her rules when Zim became the Queen.

"I know he said it's a long-shot but he comes from a long line of brilliant scientists, or at least that's what mom says," Braitak whispered in her ear. "I think everything is going to work out."

"I.. yes, I hope for the best," She replied, even though she didn't truly feel it.

"How about we rest for now and talk more when we wake?" he asked. She grinned wanting to tell him that Irken's don't sleep but when she looked, he was already out. She chuckled a bit and stroked the side of his face, as he snoozed beside her.

"Yes, let's have a rest and relax," she laid beside him and watched the play of emotions, along with the darting eyes beneath his eyelids. She would take Dib's advice and rest, she would also enjoy the little moment's she had as she wait for the results. There was no use dwelling on things she couldn't change, she would have to start to look forward to the future. She would not, however, place her hope in a Feyweil tale that may not even come to pass. But she would put her trust in the knowledge of science, to come up with some kind of solution for them both.

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*intercept's* Hey guys for those of you on my discord you know why this is late for everyone else I've a Viral ear infection and before that an infection in my tear-duct that seeing to write difficult. I write on my computer using my television as my computer screen. It just happens that the TV is large but it is all the way at the end of the bed. I have a recliner next to my bed that I use as a computer chair so yeah I'm quite far from the screen and that makes it very difficult to see when things go terribly wrong. I am a bit on the mend and am so sorry this chapter is so short. I will try to make the next one longer. Hopefully the chapter's will start to get a bit faster as I get deeper into the story and they actually get to working on Sera's 'cure' which mind you may only end up being a band-aide and some kool-aide.

Just kidding, I'm letting guys post your comments on how you think they should go about helping Sera, if they should help Sera. Also should Zim and Sera become friends or at least begin to tolerate each other? This is very important character development questions that need answering but I understand if you just want to enjoy whatever I come up with. I do appreciate your feedback and hope you guys like the story so far. See you all in the next one and hope this didn't take too long for you all.