Hey everybody. I know it's been awhile, that's because I'm having some family troubles and experienced a major loss in my family. I lost my dear cousin, who's also my best friend. I can't promise if and when I can complete this story. I would like to complete it one day, since I've invested so much, but due to time, I'm not making any promises. For those that are invested in it, and are curious about the way it ends, I'm choosing to reveal spoilers and the way I had always intended this story to end since chapter 2, my own way, my own terms. And some explanation on the sequel I previously had planned.

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SPOILERS:

1. The two Irkens tracking the group would have been none other than future Zim (Emperor Zim) and future Skoodge. They were intent on helping their younger selves and their friends out, and as well as trying to prevent horrible circumstances from occurring in the future.

2. Gaz and Dib would have discovered their mom's soul was being kept in Hell. This would have come as a shock to Pepito himself, as his father would have kept her in Hell, unbeknownst to anybody else. It would have greatly upset both Dib, Gaz, and Devi, and it would have come as a shock to Zim, Tak, and Skoodge.

3. Virooz would have nearly killed Dib. Tak would have had to make a hard decision to utilize and force one of the vampire captives at Swollen Eyeball to bite Dib and turn him in an attempt to save his life. Dib would have become a vampire, to his complete horror, one of the creatures he used to hunt.

4. Virooz's back up plan: Pepito would have refused to work under an arrogant and obsessed Virooz, who imprisoned his best friend. Virooz would try to drain the group's abilities through his back up plan, a device created to drain the energies and abilities out of Tak, Dib, Gaz, Skoodge, Zim, Pepito, Devi and everyone, trying to prove himself as the most powerful, evil villain of all time...as he had plans for galactic conquest all on his own...

5. After draining bad data from Zim's Pak, it would have proven to be more harm than good to Virooz, and it would have been a major factor in Virooz's defeat.

6. Virooz and Swollen Eyeball would try to destroy all of them after draining them for their abilities and information.

7. Things would be looking grim for Tak's group, except future Zim and future Skoodge would storm in through a surprise attack, giving them the chance they needed to escape with the distraction.

8. Tak would inevitably end up hitting a button, unleashing every single dangerous creature from their cells all at once. It would be pure chaos unleashed, as most of these creatures would attack Swollen Eyeball. Tak reunites with Mimi, who still has Gir's personalty overshadowing her own. An encounter with Duty Mode Gir plus an electric shock would end up fixing Mimi, and having Gir return to his crazy, happy go lucky self.

9. Gaz would practically sacrifice herself and nearly die trying to save an injured Zim from a hoard of zombies. Zim would be in bad condition trying to escape, and Gaz would keep fighting for him, trying to get him out of the building and find a way to save his life. During the process of fending off the hoard of zombies with merely a metal pipe and an exam table wedged between an unconscious Zim, herself, and the hoard of dead, she would be knocked unconscious by a chunk of the ceiling falling onto her. Both Zim and Gaz would end up being saved by Nny and Squee in just the nick of time.

10. The entire Swollen Eyeball network would be defeated blown up in the end, bringing a victory for Earth, although a temporary one...

11. Gaz and Dib learn the truth about Zim from the piece of evidence Skoodge dropped off in Gaz's room. Gaz feels bad, she and Zim reconcile with each other. For her, it was always Zim...these two are truly soulmates, as they have a more unique bond because they just so happened to find each other, even though they are from two completely different planets and the odds were against their love. Gaz's feelings for Zim are so much more stronger than what she felt for Pepito. They have more in common, and more of a special, unique, intuitive connection to one another. And nothing's more magical than that.

12. Tak, Skoodge, Dib and Gaz learn the truth about the Tallest. This, along with future Zim aiding Tak, helps Tak make the decision to work on fixing the Irken Empire, rather than working for Pepito on Earth.

13. As it turns out, Pepito and Gaz were destined to cross paths...except they weren't actually soulmates...In the end, Gaz would cut off her friendship with Pepito, leaving him alone and heartbroken. She gave her infamous skull necklace back to him. Being left by Gaz changes him, as does the Swollen Eyeball mission, and not in a good way...He throws the skull necklace away, not wanting to waste his time with love ever again...

14. Zim wouldn't get to rule Earth...Pepito takes Earth with an iron fist, proving himself to be a highly successful, merciless ruler...It becomes a literal Hell on Earth. This also forces Dib, Tak, Gaz, Zim, Devi, and Skoodge to evacuate Earth. Dib especially is unhappy leaving his home planet to a "monster". Dib vows to return one day, so he can save the remainder of his people and his planet. Zim is unhappy, but he has a bigger mission ahead of him...

15. Dib and Gaz accept Devi into their family. Dib, Tak, Mimi, Zim, Gaz, Gir, Skoodge, Professor Membrane, and Devi end up leaving Earth and going to Irk. They are inevitably forced to flee Earth, as Pepito and Senor Diablo only give them so much time to pack up and leave for good.

16. The group, under Zim's command, helps to take back control of the Irken Empire (Now the Zim-Membrane Empire). Years later Zim becomes Emperor of Irk, and the group almost acts as a monarchy, royal family or counsel to the Irken Empire, trying to improve it for the better by working together with Zim.

17. Dib and Tak are happily married and will have children. A boy and a girl! Girl's name will be Zenith. Yes, Dib is still a vampire at this point, though he uses it to his advantage and for the good of everyone, especially the fact it makes him harder to kill and he has an immortal life span now. So vampire/Irken hybrids!

18. Zim and Gaz are happily married and will have three kids of their own. Two boys and a girl, as seen exactly in Todd's vision. In case you're wondering, one of the boys will be called Z.J., short for Zim junior (You can thank Devi for that suggestion, as Zim took it to heart). The daughter will be called Zelene, after Gazlene. She will be the first Irken/human hybrid born into existence. And she might be considered as bad as her parents, as she shares many characteristics of her mother and father combined.

19. Hybrids being born really shakes up the Irken Empire...and not everyone is so accepting of hybrid kids running around...A majority of the Irkens are appalled by this, and the kids are looked at as complete outcasts and freaks by anyone outside of the united Membrane family.

20. The purple haired goth woman Pepito was talking to in the cell and holding prisoner? It's none other than Zim's daughter, Zelene! She is grown up at that point in the story. About 18 or 19 years old. (Take note, her prison cell is number 777. This reflects how Zim once held Vortian prisoner 777's kids as hostages and threatened to erase them from existence if he didn't hand him the information he wanted. Now Zim's daughter is Pepito's prisoner, though the Antichrist doesn't have any real intentions to harm her in any way). Zelene ends up crash landing on Earth after trying to find her cousin, Dib and Tak's daughter, that has gone missing after she tried to help save someone. When Zelene points out to Pepito how both the demons and the humans stare at him, and how they are both freaks, she's referring to the fact that they are both hybrids, and they don't fit in anywhere. Pepito is actually the first person outside of her family that doesn't stare at her like she's a freak or a monstrosity. The two will inevitably bond over similar troubles and similar thinking...and evilness.

21. Adult Zelene suspects the distress signal from her cousin came from Earth, and sneaks out to check it out by herself, unbeknownst to Zim and Gaz. She never understood why her family didn't talk about Earth in front of her, and tended to avoid the subject in front of her siblings and cousins. She wanted to learn the truth about Earth and her origins.

22. Zelene crashes to Earth, near a forest...And also near Pepito's home. She finds Pepito's skull necklace and likes it, placing it in her pocket. She tries to repair her ship, when she is attacked by Pepito's guards and treated like a hostile. She destroys a majority of them easily...that's when Pepito arrives. He was about to destroy the person wearing what looks like a gas mask, when he notices some of her purple hair sticking out. Thinking that Gaz has returned, he pulls the mask off of her face, and immediately realizes from the ruby eyes, purple hair and pale green skin that she is Gaz and Zim's daughter. He is shocked. One of the guards frisks her, and finds the now glowing skull pendant, handing it to an even more shocked Pepito.

23. At this point in the story, Pepito has changed a lot. He is immortal, so he really didn't age past 22 years old, so not much is different physically. However, his personality has changed at this point. He is a nearly ruthless, horrifyingly scary, immortal villain hellbent on being highly successful and intimidating. Pepito imprisons Zelene, while the Membrane family desperately searches to find two of their missing kids...He has no way of repairing her ship or contacting Zim or Gaz...yet.

24. This also means, that the spell cast on the skull pendant wasn't completely wrong. It was intended to find him a soulmate, which he assumed it was Gaz...except instead, this connection was indirectly THROUGH Gaz, as it helped bring forth Zelene...his actual soulmate, and a hybrid of sorts, like himself. (Who said meeting your soulmate occurs on a perfect timeline? His soulmate didn't even exist years ago). Yep, Zim and Gaz's daughter was destined to be his actual soulmate...Which is part of what the sequel to this story was going to be about. A rocky, slow romance was going to happen between Zelene and Pepito, while her family tried to find her, and tried to save Earth from Pepito and Senor Diablo's rule. Zelene was actually going to be a key factor in helping to slowly restore Pepito's humanity and empathy. Needless to say once Zim and Gaz would find their daughter, they would be pissed because Pepito not only held her prisoner, but she actually developed strong feelings for the Antichrist, to their horror. It was going to focus on the life and progress of the Membrane family, with a lot of strong family themes, like complete loyalty to one another and helping each other out.

25. Another factor of the story: Squee would be spared by Pepito (He's his best friend of course). Feeling frightened by his friend's threats to destroy and conquer Earth, he would run off, and try to flee from Pepito, almost going into hiding. However, when Squee would see the changes rendered to Earth and the evil brought onto humanity by Pepito, Todd would be forced to make a hard decision...Either remain loyal to Pepito and allow for the complete destruction of Earth and the people that despised him... or act as a hero by aiding Zim and Dib in saving the Earth, and ultimately defeating Pepito and restoring the planet...even if it means his best friend's demise...However, Zelene's bizarre relationship with Pepito would ultimately be the key to bringing the Antichrist back to who he originally was, and reminding him what it's like to care for someone again.

26. In the end of the sequel, Zelene would die (temporarily), only for Pepito to save her and bring her back to life. Zim and Dib would witness Pepito's genuine emotional attachment to Zelene, and his determination to save her life, even to the point he would sacrifice himself for her. Pepito would be successful in saving Zelene. This action results in Zim sparing Pepito's life, just as Pepito spared his years ago. Zelene would ultimately convince Pepito to spare Earth, reminding him that the planet is such a huge part of their story, their time together, and their origins. Zelene and Pepito would stay a happy couple (though it would take quite awhile before the rest of the Membranes finally accept this) and down the road, they would even have a family of their own.

My long ass author's notes:

There was so many different possible ways this story could have went, but it ultimately went the way it was always supposed to. It could have turned out a PAGR. Zim could have ended up falling in love with Devi instead. Devi could have fell in love with Pepito. It could have turned anti-DATR at some point. Some people could have died. Others could have stayed alive. And while all that is really interesting to explore, I chose this route. I had the ending planned from chapter 2!

I wanted this story to challenge each of the characters in specific ways...

For Tak, she finally got a promotion she had long dreamed of, just in a different society...And she turned it down for Dib, the first and only person to give her love and recognition. She helped to defeat one of the worst organizations to grace the Earth, and ironically she turned out to be a semi-hero. Even when she was physically weakened, she was still strong.

I wanted Tak to be the one to make the decision to force that vampire to bite Dib in order to save his life. She would do anything to save Dib, because she loves him. I also wanted her to accept her defective nature as a good thing, as she has a unique mindset, as does Zim.

I wanted Dib to lose the very quality he loved most...his humanity. And as he undergone the transition to become a vampire, I wanted him to realize even though he became a supposed "monster", he really never was, and he never will be, because he'll always have a strong sense of humanity to guide him and everyone else. I also wanted him to deal with many villains in this story, instead of just Zim for a change. I wanted him to be able to form a friendship with Zim eventually, and learn that there's a lot of gray areas when it comes to people, instead of seeing things in black and white. pure good and pure evil, if you will. Because it's always the gray persons in the middle that really surprise you.

I wanted a love triangle to challenge Gaz emotionally. Love triangles are messy, and there are no right or wrong answers necessarily. I'd like to think of Gaz as someone who always has the right answers at the right time. She's strategic and it's been said she's one of the smartest characters on the show. Love triangles are emotionally messy and even confusing, and they never really end well. I wanted her to make a choice, and either outcome would be messy. She's distant and closed off from people, and not a very emotional person. And if she does react in emotion, it's a decision that's made out of anger. So I wanted her to make a choice based on a positive emotion, like recognizing the love she feels for Zim was stronger than her feelings for Pepito. Zim was always the underdog compared to Pepito, and while every ounce of logic would have told her to choose Pepito, her emotions were overwhelmingly for Zim. Both guys did bring her out of her shell and they did bring out some hidden emotions. But it was going to end with strong ZAGR.

As for Zim, I wanted him to slowly realize his feelings for Gaz. It's ironic that he fell in love with a human, the very thing he claimed to have hated. Once he confessed his feelings to Gaz, he knew this was the girl for him, no matter what crap destiny throws his way. His whole life is a challenge. I wanted Zim to grow as a person throughout the story, I wanted to bring him from underdog with the odds stacked overwhelmingly against him, to a true leader, and an actual invader who beat all the odds and surprised everybody. One of the greatest things about Zim is that he never gives up. Not against Dib. Not against an epic rival like Pepito. Not against Swollen Eyeball. Not against anything. I wanted him to rise above everything and beat impossible odds...nothing's more inspiring than a story like that. I wanted Pepito to actually challenge him and point out his flaws, so he could learn from them. I wanted to bring him from total villain to maybe at least anti-hero or badass hero (or something in between). I wanted him to discover that the leaders he looked up to were indeed short...and frauds. And instead of him breaking down completely over it, I wanted him to use that fury and overcome the impossible, and get the opportunity to make something of himself.

As for Pepito, he's somebody who wanted it all, and who doesn't? He's smart, intuitive, calculating, and has the advantage of his supernatural abilities. Being that he is half human, half devil, he really isn't truly evil, just crosses into gray areas and can feel love for certain people, and completely hate others. He really did like Gaz, but he ultimately wants her to be happy, even if it practically killed him inside. He's changed because of it, he's become more cold, distant and weary. He did get what he originally wanted, which was Earth. He conquered his own planet, while Zim conquered Irk. The one thing he always craved but could never really have was love. He's not really a total bad guy, (He is still half human, after all) he always wanted love and acceptance like anyone else. His story's not over yet...because Zim's daughter has now crossed paths with him...and found the skull necklace he threw away years ago.

As for Devi? I wanted Devi to be the one who helped Zim through Sickness, because it's almost like she got a chance she never had to save Nny. And she helped Zim to have a future she always wanted but can never have, which was completely selfless of her. And in turn, through Zim accidentally coming across Devi and getting to know her, he inadvertently brought her back to her family...Dib and Gaz. She's a good friend and family member to Zim (They do have a lot in common now), to Gaz (with whom she shares her general moodiness and views on humanity) and to Dib, (With whom she can easily discuss and complain about the paranormal with. Lol). So her usual bad luck has turned around in that sense.

And as for Nny? I wanted him to be the one to save Gaz, because while he is lost, and completely insane, it's almost like he got a do-over. He tried to kill Devi before, even though he cared about her. I wanted him to almost have a second chance to save her, even if through Gaz. Plus, Gaz's random act of kindness payed off for her. It helped inspire someone to save her life.

And I wanted Squee to help save Gaz and Zim. Gaz helped him out in the beginning, and Zim ended up helping him out later. It's ironic that Squee ends up saving an alien, isn't it? But you never know who your next hero is going to be. It could be the shy kid in class, the kid who insists aliens are real, it could be the moody goth girl, the store clerk, the crazy alien who originally wanted everyone dead, or hell, even an Antichrist or more ironically, a homicidal maniac. It can be just about anyone, people can really surprise you. I wanted Squee to step up and have a more heroic position despite his terrible life and even worse luck.

And let's not forget Skoodge. He's finally gotten what he had always wanted in the first place. Respect. Gaz was really the first person to be a true friend to him and show him humanity, and now Skoodge is a part of her family. Skoodge also gained the respect he deserved in the Irken Empire, so things turned around for him.

In this fic I wanted to bring out the worst in everyone, and ultimately, the best in people. These were all people who were brought together for a reason, and they ended up becoming close family as a result. They may have their differences, but they all have each others' backs. And that's never gonna change.

Instead of a complete dictatorship (like with the Tallest and Control Brains) I wanted them all to work together to change the Irken Empire. While it's not perfect, and it's more like a Monarchy or Royal family/counsel, it works. The Irkens are happier. The other members of the galaxy are actually (and more ironically) better off under Zim and Gaz's rule. Zim has come to view people as a resource. Instead of destroying them, he does indeed rule over them with an iron Zim fist. He sees that they can be worked with, not enslaved. And he sees opportunity to hire them for labor to build and create, as well as make or find important resources. The galaxy is Zim's canvas, and it is going to be his masterpiece. So he just let them be, freed them from the Empire's previous enslavement and actually work with and compromise with them.

End of spoilers...

This is the way I proudly wanted this story to go, as I've said before I'm happy with everything (except grammar mistakes) and wouldn't change a single thing about this story. I'm not a people pleaser, I originally wrote this story for just me and my cousin, who adored it, and I dedicate it to her. If I get time, I will be installing more chapters, but like I said, no promises.

Love ya, Cuz. Rest in Peace.

-Sara