Title: Of Course You Know This Means Doom!

Writer: Invader Johnny

Disclaimer: Invader Zim and JTHM belong to Jhonen Vasquez; I do however own Reb and Jack. And I also own the titles "Killing can be Good" and "Adopted".

Jhonen Vasquez and Roman Dirge also own themselves.

Plot: After the Tallest told Zim the truth about his mission he felt the worse thing ever, betrayal, he tends to do the unthinkable but fortunately or unfortunately for the little Irken not everything goes according to plan… ZAGR.

Author Notes: Hello again my fellow writers/readers, this WILL be the NEW version of my highly successful fic "When A Human Loves An Irken" but of course with a new name! WHOO! (And can you people tell I am ROYALY pissed that my original one got erased?).

Now unlike my original story, this fic will focus a few chapters on the pain that Zim will endure when and after the Tallest tell him the truth but obviously I will keep some original ideas in the plot because I liked them AND of course Zim and Gaz will develop a friendship.

Second: The fic takes place 10 years in the future but right now here are the ages of the character's in Gaz's flashback Gaz is 14, Dib is 15, Gir is 4 and Skoodge and Zim's ages are 16 in Irken years and (probably) 162 in Earth years so obviously they are in High Skool.

Third: If you people want, I will allow fan art of my original characters as long as you tell me about it.

And finally this goes to all the people who keep sending me e-mails about "Gazzy?" STOP SENDING THEM! OK? I am NOT gonna re-do it I lost interest in that story a long time ago.

Chapter One:

It was a Friday night a lot of people were out having fun, going to the movies with friends, having dinner with family members while others went to bars just to get drunk and this is were our story begins.

Vedtre´s Bar:

Gaz's POV:

People were dancing, talking and even getting drunk, others were laughing and finally some were just sitting by him or herself, one of those people was a woman by the name of Gaz Membrane.

The bar was filled with stale cigarette smoke and the smell of cheap beer. Country music played loudly. Gaz signed and took another drag on her cigarette, normally she would have left the place since it was filled with people she considered scum, she looks at a clock in the wall and sees that it was already 11: 30.

"It's not that late yet, and I have no wish to sleep" Gaz said to herself.

The scary human had plenty of elbow room, no people were sitting at her sides, as always, but of course Gaz didn't care because she was used to being alone, but life can have a lot of surprises in stored for everyone and she was going to get a big one tonight.

A bartender came over to her and gave her a drink, she looked up at the man "The young man over there is buying you this" he stated as he pointed at the man who was looking at Gaz, lifting his drink in recognition.

"Jack, do me a favor and tell him that if he wants to keep his face then not to flirt with someone who has a working brain" she said coldly.

The bartender smirked "I assume you want the beer?"

"Don't ask stupid questions"

Jack left the beer in front of her and he left without another word, Gaz grabbed it and began to drink it, "Jack Daniels not a bad choice" I thought.

Just as the alcohol slipped easily down my throat, the guy that paid for her drink walked to her and sat next to her "What's your name, sweethearts?".

"Fuck off, loser" Gaz's tone was as dark and menacing "Unless you want your head to be up your ass"

"Ohhh you're a fighter aren't you"

Just as he said this, Gaz grabbed him by the collar of his coat and told him murderously "Believe me buster I could have you arrested right now because I'm a cop and unless you want to spend the night in jail you WILL leave me alone. got it?"

Well that was good enough of a treath, "In that case bye" the man responded fearfully and Gaz went back to her drink.

"That little lie always gets those perverts away" She thought in dark amusement.

The purple headed human went back to look at the clock while she began to think which is something she hated because usually once she did so memories began to replay in her head, she always started reminiscing of her past in her mind, and the only way to stop this was to drink more. Sometimes, Gaz had to drink until she passed out in order to stop those memories from coming full force.

"What am I? Twenty four, right? And I still can't forget the things that happened over ten years ago.

The day I found out the truth about Zim, the day I saved his life, yeah big surprised there, me, saving a life? unthinkable! so not in my character but meh, I was feeling pity that day, but despite my good deed if you can even call it that he wanted to die for the wrong reason I might add, and of course I remember the day he left me, taking with him his insane robot and his purple moosey thingy.

When I was in High Skool my brother always talked about Zim plotting something evil... but of course I didn't care because Zim was too bad coming up with a decent plan to destroy mankind.

"He's planning something, Gaz. I know it."

I rolled my eyes in annoyance and told him one of my usual remarks that clearly said that I didn't give a rat's furry ass "And it's my problem because?"

Dib gawked at me.

"Because he's an evil insane alien trying to destroy our planet and last time I checked you live on Earth too!" He answered "And I doubt you would want the world to be destroyed!"

"Where have YOU been for the past fourteen years of my life" I asked him emotionlessly.

"You just don't understand!" Dib cried out, gritting his teeth "The world is going to be destroyed Gaz!" He continued "Destroyed! And unless we do something now…"

"WE? Yeah right!" Gaz's voice cut him off, her tone icily. "Dib look at your enemy!"

And so he did as I instructed, Zim was just sitting in his usual table quietly... which was not a normal thing, usually he would buy lunch so he could appear normal then he would make an ass out of himself, which in some weird way made me laugh on the inside,

"It's been three years DIB! THREE YEARS!" I ranted, "He hasn't been able to take over the world then and is NOT going to be able now, so just get it through that thick head of yours that Zim is an incompetent fool who sucks at his job!"

The entire cafeteria was staring at us and I could have swore that Zim was hurt by what I just said, but then again why shouldn't he be, he knew I was telling the truth but then I remembered that this was ZIM I was talking about here, he didn't care what a human thought of him before, so why start now?, gotta say curiousity got the best of me that morning.

"B-but..." He began, but was cut off by Gaz, whose voice was ice cold, not once rising in her anger.

"And while we're in the subject why don't you just realize that I DON'T CARE!" Yes I know he's an alien, I seen him without his "ingenious disguise," I mocked "I seen that insane robot of his too many times as well and by the looks of how WELL they've been blending in you can notice that the human race is a bunch of morons who DO deserve to be either enslaved or destroyed!

"Gaz! How can you say that!" he asked in disbelief.

""What has the world ever done for us huh? Dib?" I asked him knowing very well that he was not going to be able to answer that particular question so he just let the subject drop.

"Thank god"

As soon as the cafeteria stop staring at us, Dib's usual annoying hero bullshit took over him and immediately went to interrogate Zim in order to get information on his next evil plan, but he acted as if my brother wasn't even there.

When the bell rang every one went to their respected classrooms, I didn't want to go back to class so I ditched Skool and I wasn't the only one, because once outside I saw Zim, and what surprised me was that he was out of disguise and he acted as if he didn't cared that people saw him without his wig and contacts, he got his spider legs out of that PAK of his I figured that he would go to his base, I was about to leave in the opposite direction when a statement caught me off guard.

"Even she knows better than to deal with me".

Gaz raises an eyebrow at this.

"Wonder what he meant by THAT!"

As I said before curiosity took the best of me that morning because the next thing I knew I was following the green moron, and in a matter of minutes I reached Zim's neighborhood and as luck would have it, it began to rain.

As I passed the left side of the house, I saw Zim standing between his "house" and the fence, just standing there, like he was waiting for something. I stopped walking, and wondered if Zim finally lost whatever sanity he had left, I was even amazed that he wasn't screaming in pain since water burns his skin.

Without a moment's hesitation, Gaz began walking towards Zim, his boots rustling as they brushed aside the wet grass. Zim still hadn't moved. He was... standing, facing the fence, his thin arms crossed in front of his chest, his red eyes looking down at his feet. 'Zim's STILL out of disguise?' Gaz thought.

She walked over to him and snapped her fingers in front of his red eyes, he didn't budge, apparently too deep in thought to even notice.

I shrugged and directed myself to the window so I could see what was happening inside the house. I saw the Robo-Parents in the corner making out... gross I didn't even want to know why they were doing that being robots and all but before I could give it any further thought I saw MiniMoose coming out of the kitchen he floating aimlesly and squeaked with a sad look on his face and he looked like he was going to cry. I also saw another Irken sitting on the floor, working on something, I couldn't see exactly what but I knew that from the look of it that he was fixing something, he had red eyes and he wore the same uniform as my brother's rival but the only difference was that he was fatter and he was just an inch taller than Zim.

I assumed he was either a friend of the Irken Invader or a slave since I'm almost certain that Irkens are very capable of enslaving their own people.

"Gaz-human, what are you doing here?" Zim asked.

I yelped in surprised and stopped as soon as I recognized the voice that startled me, it was none other than Zim's but it just sounded different like it wasn't the usual alien bend on destroying humanity, it sounded as if he was depressed, like all the life was sucked out of him, I dunno maybe it was.

He chuckled to himself but then stopped and looked at me seriously. "You didn't answer my question" He asked uncrossing his arms.

"Well if you must know I wanted to be sure that your brain isn't more damaged than usual, in case you haven't noticed, Zim you're in the middle of a rainy day without a disguise".

Again he chucked, amazing even in what was probably extreme pain he managed to keep a determined face "I am NOT brain damaged Dib-Sister, I'm just spending my last few minutes on this horrible planet".

"Sorry… what? Gaz asked surprised "Could you repeat that Zim?...Did I heard you right? You're leaving Earth?

He nodded sorrowfully.

"Why?" I demanded.

From the look on Zim's face I assumed he knew what I meant.

"It's just something I have to do, Gaz-Human" He said, his voice sounder farther away.

Soon realized that Zim was no longer standing in front of me, but using his spider legs to climb up the side of his glowing green house. Gaz watched, wondering how to follow him.

"Wait… why do I care?"

"You don't care… you are just curious… don't confuse yourself, you're smarter than that" her brain snapped.

I began to climb the artificial three that Zim put in there to strap Gir if he became too annoying, the tree felt like any natural one, Irken technology was amazing indeed, too bad in Zim's hand that technology would end up being something stupid.

She jumped off the branch and landed on the slanted roof of Zim's house. Everything was bathed in the green glow, making everything look the same. The roof wasn't as slanted as it appeared from the ground, so Gaz walked easily over to where Zim was standing. He had his hands in pockets on his pants that she had never notices before, and he was staring at the sky, apparently unaware that he could get even more hurt id the water entered his eyes.

The purple roof closed leaving two wet beings inside; Zim's skin was no longer emitting smoke, but I was sure he still felt pain.

"Shouldn't you be preparing your ship and gathering up your little friends so you can leave?" I asked not really caring.

Zim looked at me "In do time, I'll leave but alone I'm not taking them with me"

I opened one of my eyes at the alien in suspicion "What? Are you saying you're going to strand them here on Earth?"

I shook my head disapprovingly "Gees Zim I knew you were cold but after all this time on Earth I might suspect you might actually consider that insane robot of yours and that purple moose thing your friends".

"How would you know?" he retorted angrily "You don't have any friends!"

I rolled my eyes "That's because I know for a fact that people wont accept me if they knew what I know"

"Huh… wait what?" Zim asked confused at what I said.

I shook my head and gave him an ice cold glared "Just forget I said anythi..."

He smirked cruelly as Gaz looked in horror at him.

"Zi….m wh-what are you doing with that?" I asked pointing at the rather menacing laser gun he was holding.

The Irken was examining the gun with utter care.

"I gave up on any thoughts of anyone caring about what I did, along with taking over this pitiful backwater planet two days ago. I didn't think anyone would try to stop me from doing this." Zim laughed dryly. "But, that's not why you're here, is it?"

"What do you mean, 'I gave up on any thoughts of anyone caring about what I did'? Why aren't you trying to take over Earth?" I asked somewhat confused and annoyed.

"I don't have to tell you everything, just be glad I'm not going to be around anymore"

"You're not making any sense you know that?" I told him irritated "Just what's the point of asking me a question if I have no idea what you mean?"

"I... do not..."

Soon the door to the attic opened and the short alien from earlier came running inside holding Gir.

"ZIM! I fixed him! I fixed Gir! YAY!"

"Skoodge!"

"That's my name so…"

Apparently he finally realized they had company and Gaz noticed that the insane robot was not operating, it had to be offline or something like that.

"What happened to him?" Gaz asked pointing at the SIR Unit.

Skoodge was about to say something but Zim cut him off.

"It's nothing that concerns you"

Gaz suppressed the urge to hurt him if the situation was what she thought it was, hurting the Irken was not a wise move at the moment.

"You right, It doesn't concern me but I wanna know why are you all of the sudden leaving and more importantly WHY don't you wanna destroy the human race anymore?'

"Whoa Zim" the fat Irken said surprised at what he just heard "You never said we were leaving"

"Only one life will be leaving this world" the Invader said irritated.

"Only one life?" Zim since when did you became such a philosophic person? Gaz asked surprised "Usually you're a moron".

Zim gave her a nasty look.

"At least some people will witness my last moment as a soldier" Zim thought to himself. "Even if it's not exactly the people I was expecting, still I shall leave with no regrets"

"Skoodge?"

The fat Irken look up at the mention of his name.

"I guess I have to say that... you were right they hate me... always have always will… I shouldn't have gone to see them... so... sorry for not... believing you"

"Okkkkkk" Gaz thought "ZIM'S apologizing to someone? That can't be right"

"Who are you? And what have you done with the real Zim?" Gaz said out loud.

Once again Zim gave her a nasty glare.

"Aw you don't have to apologize Zim I mean sure all of Irk hates you but at least you got Gir, MiniMoose and of course you got my friendship"

"I got a question for you" Gaz said eyeing Skoodge "You are a dude right?"

While Skoodge said something to the purple headed girl Zim took his time looking at his idiot robot sidekick, the fat Irken was right... even if Gir and MiniMoose were well... idiots they loved their master and of course he has gotten used to them and he knew that if he got the chance he wouldn't trade them for anything in this or any other planet, and of course Skoodge was his only true friend even when they were kids Zim treated Skoodge like a slave rather than a friend but he never got mad at him or even hated him, that was enough proof that Skoodge was loyal.

"ATENTION!"

Gaz snapped her knuckles before giving Skoodge anoyer purple eye but stopped her asault at hearing Zim's voice, she didn't like his tone.

"Skoodge as my friend I want you to do one final thing!"

"And that is?" He asked while covering his eye with his gloved hand.

"Gimme a proper burial"

"A proper WHAT?" Skoodge and Gaz screamed.

Zim got his gun over to his head; it was obvious what he was planning to do.

Zim was going to commit suicide.

Zim was going to commit suicide.

Zim was going to commit suicide.

Those words were stuck on the remaining alien and the scary child.

"Zim you IDIOT!" The Goth exploded for a reason that even she didn't know "What the FLYING FUCK are you going to solve by killing yourself?"

"The pain and humiliation will go away" Zim thought depressed.

"Why would you care?" He said instead "I'm only an incompetent fool who's too bad at his job!"

When I heard him say that something in my insides began to hurt, the next thing I knew I jumped at him and was trying to get the gun away from him.

"GET OFF OF ME!" He roared "YOU SMELL LIKE HUMAN!"

While Zim and Gaz were fighting over the gun, Skoodge was doing something to Gir's head.

"Gimme the damn gun Zim!"

"NEVER!"

"Give it or else!" She threatened.

As luck would have it Gaz got the laser gun away from Zim and hurled it to the other side of the attic, Zim was squirming under Gaz's strong hold.

"Let go off ZIM!"

"So you can take the coward's way out?" She spat. "I think not"

Zim stopped trying to get free from Gaz and looked at her squinted eyes.

"What did you say? WHAT DID YOU FUCKING SAY HUMAN GIRL?"

"I said so that YOU can take the coward's way out?" Gaz repeated "Last I checked you were a proud soldier Zim and unless you want to keep that title you WON'T get away from whatever problems you have by doing something that stupid!"

"Zim is not a coward" He said, his voice calm "And you wouldn't understand what I have gone trough! NOT you, NOT your big headed brother, NOBODY in the universe can understand what I'm feeling right now!"

"And what exactly ARE you feeling Zim?" Gaz asked her voice equally calm.

"Betrayal"

Gaz froze.

"Betrayal?" She asked surprisingly "Zim… what happened to you?"

"WHAT!" Zim exploded "How dare you ask me what happened, this is not of you business human... I would destroy you right now if I...

Zim screaming took me by surprise but at least he was acting like himself again but I was curious at what was he's going to say next

"Just let me die".

"Zim, listen to me" I said seriously, he didn't look at me but I knew he was listening "No matter whatever happens, things can sometimes go in your favor, no matter what"

Zim was about to snap at me but a voice stop him from saying anything.

"Master?"

Both Zim and I look up to see his insane robot looking at us, his eyes filled with tears, I hate it when he does that look, it makes me feel al fuzzy inside, I hate that feeling.

Gaz let go of Zim but he didn't noticed, he was still on the floor, looking at his robot sidekick with horror in his red eyes.

"Gir?" Zim asked, panic present in his voice.

"It wasn't a dream was it?" It really happened?" The robot questioned his master.

Zim looked at the floor in shame "I'm afraid not Gir"

Skoodge went over to Gaz and whispered a few things in her ear "Um, human I think it would be best if you leave, Zim received some unpleasant news a little while ago"

I shocked my head.

"I'm not leaving until someone tells me what's going on" I whispered back.

"Is not my business to tell" Skoodge said.

Gaz punched him on the gut and Skoodge cowered behind the Voot Cruiser and next thing I knew I saw Zim getting up and looking down at his robot, he then turned around to face me, I'll never forget the way his eyes looked, his red eyes were worse from than before, he looked almost dead, I don't know why but Zim told me what happened.

"If you must know Dib-sister I have been banished from my home planet"

I nodded in understanding "Well that explained his weird... well weirder behavior at skool,"

"I'm not an invader... I was banished from Irk and removed from the invasion forever".

That was something I wasn't expecting... I didn't want to pursue the topic but I assumed that Zim would talk so he could get this out of his chest but something just HAD to interrupt the little moment of suspense.

"SQUEAK!"

"Of course" Gaz thought dryly.

"MINIMOOSE!"

As soon as Zim said the name of the little moose thing, he the alien named Skoodge and Gir left the attic, I of coursed followed reluctantly.

When we all reached the ground floor of the bas, we saw MiniMoose jumping up and down on the couch and apparently pointing at the Television set.

We all stare at him for a few seconds before looking at the television, my eyes opened in shock and I wasn't the only one because Zim and Skoodge's red eyes were as wide as they could get watching the screen.

The words "Irken Invader Zim is dead!" in huge bold letters were on the screen.

An Irken guy with a metallic mask and fancy clothing appeared on the screen.

"That's right! finally the pest that is the Irken Zim is dead!" He said, joy apparent in his voice "The Tallest themselves have confirmed it today!"

"I'M NOT DEAD! I'M RIGHT HERE!" Zim screamed with all his might.

"Unfortunately the Tallest don't want to reveal just how Zim died" the announcer continued "They said they want to keep the amusing dead to themselves! BUT rest assured my fellow Irkens that he died a slow and painful death!"

The former invader collapsed to his knees and then looked at me angrily "Just HOW can things go in my favor now!"

"Zim… I..."

"Incoming transmission from the Massive" The computer hollowed. "Wanna accept the call or what?"

"Eh?"

The computer sighs "I'll take that as a yes"

Just then the picture with the green monkey lifted and two green aliens with different eye colors appeared on the screen, one had purple eyes with a robe that matched his eyes and another one with red ones, he too had a matching robe, they were grinning from ear to ear.

"Greeting Zim" the Purple one said.

Zim froze and turned his face slowly to look at the aliens.

"M…. my Tallest?"

"I take it that you saw the news that we just provided to the ENTIRE Irken Empire?" The Red one said maliciously, his smile never leaving his face.

Zim just nodded, almost as if he was accepting his punishment.

"This is just something to make you life more painfully amusing to us" Purple spoke with glee.

"I came up with this idea" Red said proudly "So listen to me Zim because I'm only saying this once" We were all now staring at the deranged Irken guy "If you even THINK about leaving that nasty rock you're on, we WILL exterminate you like the sad little worm you truly are".

"And just so you know" Purple continued evilly "Now that everyone thinks that your dead, they started their celebrations! That's right Zim; nobody is going to miss you!"

As they laugh cruelly at the ex-Invader; I couldn't help but feel pity for the alien and anger towards these two jerks.

"Somebody is going to lose some lipms today" I thought with determination.

"You may have had a struck of horrible luck so far by passing your existance evaluation on planet Judgementia and such Zim" Red said with disgust "But we are making sure that you will never interact with another Irken in your pathetic life!"

"Oh and the same goes for you Skoodge" Purple said pointing a finger at the fat, ugly alien "Your banished with Zim on Earth, so don't even bother calling us".

The transmission went into static and then black, the green monkey picture appeared once again.

"This is even more embarrassing that the time those Zoo humans mistook me for that Dinky creature" Zim thought miserably to himself.

Silence… that horrible silence was driving everyone nuts… I just knew someone was going to talk and surprisingly… it was me.

"Where those two, your leaders?"

"They used to be" Skoodge snarled.

I put a hand on Zim's shoulders and he gave me a questioning glare.

"Zim… why do your leaders hate you?" I asked.

"GET YOUR HAND OF ME!"

I struck him right on the kisser and said "I'm trying to be nice here so stop being and ass and tell me what's your deal or else!"

"I dont need your sympathy human!"

"Well too bad" I growled "You need someone's and like it or not I'm the only one here who even cares so just answer me because no one else will know!"

"How do I know you wont tell your big headed brother?"

"Because I hate him you moron and you too!"

"Then why are you here?"

"Curiosity killed the cat"

"Eh?"

I rolled my eyes "I'm losing my patience here Zim..."

"I dont know what went through his mind that night but my guess was that for a brief moment he was sane... mentally sane."

"I... destoyed half of Irk" He said meekly.

Well I sure wasn´t expecting that... "You did WHAT?... YOU MORON! ISN´T THAT'S YOUR PLANET?"

"I know! I know it is... or was!" He replied.

"Why would you do something so stupid?"

"I was just made an official Invader after years, SO MANY years of horrible training and when I received the Battle Mech. 4..."

"You didn´t received, it you stole it" The computer corrected.

Zim glared at the walls "SHUT UP I'M TELLING A STORY HERE!"

"Kiss my ass" The Computer snapped.

Before anything else could be done I hit the Irken in the back of the head "You two idiots can argue later... now tell why you did something so..."

"Amazing?" He offered.

"No... not amazing" I responded in annoyance "I was going to say stupid, I mean I know you were bad at invading but to destroy your own planet?"

"Well I did kill off many of the original Invaders"

I remember that Gir began to laugh insanely once he saw my face, normally I would've grabbed the crazy robot by his neck and hurt him.

"So let me get this straight you and only you managed to destroy half of your homeworld, nearly wiped out your own people and practically prevented your leaders from taking over the universe in only one day?"

He gave me a weak smile "Yes".

To say I was amazed was an understanding, he was probably the only person in the universe who could have pulled such a retarded move and not be executed on sight .

"Your a moron Zim, of that I have no doubt" I told him emotionlessly "But you´re the moron who lived"

"And that's good because?" He snarled.

"You really don´t see the big picture here do you?"

"I dont think anyone of us do" Skoodge spoke for the first time in a while,

I was completely pissed off at what I just learned but that's not to say I didn´t see the logic behind those two two jerks planing, but that didn´t make it right and worse they didn't even had the balls to tell Zim the truth in the first place.. No, instead they made him go through a lie that he just couldn't let go off and that was his biggest flaw, Zim was arrogant but he was still an arrogant idiot who could feel.

That night I think I learned to respect the alien, he managed to do what no one else could... he beat the system.

And I was proud of him for that.

"Listen, you destroyed half your own planet and no one managed to stop you, right?"

"Yes"

"And even after you devastated half of Irk you still weren´t executed"

"Are you going anywhere with this?" The alien was getting agitated.

"What I'm getting at Zim is that your people may hate you, you may have cause a lot of impresive amount of damage but you´re still here even when your actions alone would have been enough to get you killed at the hands of your Tallest but that didn´t happen did it?"

"No"

"So how can you think of yourself as a failure if you did what one else in history has ever achieved to do?"

"Getting ridiculed by his own people?"

"NO!"

"Oh"

I lowered to his level and said quited pleased "You almost brought down an entire Empire"

He gazed into my eyes and I gazed back, he smirked evilly, right then I knew I restored what little confidence he had left.

My job was done, to this day I dont really know why I tried to make the guy feel better, maybe because of the sudden respect I had for him or because I just saved his life and didn´t want to go near that gun again, whatever the reason I knew I did the right thing.

And it sucked.

After several minutes of silence the robot had to speak.

"Master... what are we gonna do now?"

"Were leaving, that's what were going to do" Zim said firmly.

Gir, MiniMoose, Skoodge and I looked at him with shock written all over our faces.

"LEAVING!"

"Squeak!"

"But Zim, the Tallest said that if we leave Earth they would kill us" Skoodge yelled exasperatedly "And I like being alive!"

"I said we're leaving Skoodge, I never said that we would leave the planet"

That night something changed in the Irken.

"So where are we planning on going?"

"MiniMoose, Gir and I will be leaving you are staying here Skoodge and tht's an order"

"WHAT? WHY?"

"I hate the Tallest and I'm sure you do, keep the base think of it as a gift because I dont want to be near anything that reminds of my past, my days as an invader are over and if they dont want to kill us fine with me but Im not about to risk my ass specially if its not worth it"

"Uh thanks I guess, you sure about this?"

"Yes and No"

For the first time in my life I saw Zim actually behaving like a person, like he was almost human... which was kinda creepy.

I then asked him the question I wished I never asked.

"When are you leaving?"

"Tonight".

My insides began to hurt for some reason.

"Her can you all shut up!" The Robodad yelled "We are trying to make some lovin' here!"

"Yeah!" The Robomom said.

"What a way to break the moment"

After a while I ran back to Skool, Dib knew I ditched class a few times and for some reason he never ratted on me but of course he didn't liked it when I cut classes and every time I played hookie, he would give me a lecture about how wasting an education was a terrible thing to waist pfff yeah right, but this time I went in a different direction so that Dib wouldn't see me, unfortunately once I entered the skool grounds I knew he saw me, kinda hard not to since I was literaly filled with rage.

"Gaz dont set people on fire!"

"Oh joy" I thought sarcastically "Here comes the speech of boredom"

From there to the walk home Dib annoyed me with his don't ditch school speech, he had ranted that speech several times to the point I actually had it memorized and when he was done he asked me the usual things.

"Where did you go, why you keeo doing this?, you dont you care about your future?"

I told him I went to Zim's house, just to shut him up

"Why did you go there Gaz?" Dib asked exasperatedly after several minutes of confortable silence. "Don't you know Zim is a dangerous alien bend on destroying humanity!"

Normally I would have beaten the crap out of him, "Give it a rest Dib I'm not in the mood for you and your bitchin"

"GAZ! You could have died!"

"But I didn´t, I'm here arent I?"

"Zim is a menace to society, you me and everyone else is not safe as long he is roaming free!"

I smirkled oh if he only knew that hours ago I just saved his mortal enemy from death, I wold have loved to see his reaction but I kept my mouth shut, he didn´t need to know that Zim wasn´t a real Invader, he deserved that at least someone thought of him as a menace.

Not that I care very much but for some reason I thought that Zim needed just a little happiness in his life.

That night I ran as fast as my legs let me, I wanted to say good bye to the Irken, and once I reached the green house I saw Skoodge outside wearing Zim's wig and contacts, he let me in and we both went to the roof of the house.

Zim was getting all the stuff he needed for his "new life" inside the Voot Cruiser, I was kind of hoping that he would be lying but this was true, he was leaving, once he was done packing, he said good bye to Skoodge and then he said good bye to me, but what happened next is something I'll never forget, he gave me a kiss on the cheek, I don't know why he did that or why I didnt beat him up for doing such a thing but at that moment I didn't give a shit.

Zim got in his Irken ship and started to push some buttons, the roof opened up and the cruiser began to levitate, I saw Gir and MiniMoose looking down at us waving, Skoodge and I did the same, then they left.

That was the last time I ever saw him.

The next day Skoodge enrolled in High Skool wearing a blue wig and red contacts, he got in Miss Bitters´s class and at lunch my brother told me that Skoodge said that he was Zim's cousin from Canada, of course every one believed that lie except for my stupid annoying brother, he did wondered what happened to Zim and why he was replaced with the shorter Irken.

Dib has collected around information from the Irkens by using Tak´s ship and learned that Skoodge was the Irken Invader who brought down a race of Slaughtering Rats in a matter of months so logically my idiot brother thought that Skoodge was Zim's replacement, and bowed to stop whatever evil plans Skoodge had for Earth but of course I knew better, he didn´t want to rule the world, he didn´t want to cause anymore havok, he just wanted to fit in.

Something He managed to do quite well and pissed my brother a lot.

As luck would have it he and I never actually became friends seeing as he was too afraid to go near me and I just didn´t like him, he was too happy for someone who recently got exiled from his home and that was the disturbing part, all in all we were simply aquaintances and held a decent amount of respect towards the other.

It was for the best.

Six months after Zim left, my brother and I came back from Skool and we were greeted with a shoe sized package in the front door of the house, it had a note that said : To a Gaz Membrane, from a friend, it didn't had a return address so we both were curious of who send it, Dib wanted to open it but I told him it was mine and threaten him, to remove his spine and beat him to death with it so I took the mysterious box to my room and open it, once I did a black cat came out at a tremendous speed (sounds familiar?) it had greenish-yellow eyes and white spots in the ears and the tail.

"Are you Gaz Membrane?" The cat asked.

My mouth hung open.

"What the hell!" I snarled "You can talk?"

All of the sudden the cat revealed itself to be nothing more than a robot, it was similar to Gir except this robot was black, it still had it's greenish-yellow and it even had eye lashes (which I knew for a fact that it was a girl) and more importantly she didn´t have a mouth.

"Are you Gaz Membrane?" It repeated.

"Yes, what's it to you?"

The black robot came closer to me almost as if I was some parasite under a microscope. "What the hell are you doing?"

"Memorizing you"

I raised an eyebrow "Why?"

"To protect you"

"I don´t need protection"

"My father seems to think otherwise"

I had no idea who she meant, and then it hit me... Zim, who else could've have build her, well there was Skoodge but he's terrified of me.

I asked her what was her name but she told me she didn't have one, I asked her what her the reason for being here was, she here and she told me that I was her mistress, well that was enough proof that she became my property.

"I had my own robot, that was pretty cool.

"What is my name?"

"What?"

"My name... what will it be?"

"Don´t you have one?"

The android shrugged "My creator believed it was best if you named me"

"Reb your name will be Reb"

"Name received... what can I do for you my mistress?"

As time passed Reb and I became very good friends and as far as I knew Dib never figured out that my "cat" was actually a S.I.R Unit which suited me just fine.

Over the years I received a few letters from said Irken but of course with no way to ever find out where did those letters kept coming from, I asked Reb if she could track him down but she couldn't because her programming forbidden her to do so.

After I finished High Skool, I began with art classes at De Anza College and once I graduated I was offered a job at Slave Labor which I obviously took, I created comics like "Killing can be good" and "Adopted", and there were people nice enough to help me like that Jhonen Vasquez guy who created "Johnny The Homicidal Maniac" (which by the way is my favorite comic).

But I still didn't considered any of those people at Slave Labor my friends, I mean even in college I didn't even tried to have a social life mainly because I hated people and I still do.

Truth be told there were guys who asked me out but I said no to every guy, because to me they didn't compared to a certain green alien, after a few years I began to miss the Irken more and more until it was evident that I liked him, at first I didn't want to accept it but even Reb told me that if I liked him then at least I had to admit that to myself.

I signed, and tried to wipe my face, but I ended up poking myself in the eye.

"Oh damn it! I'm officially drunk"

Putting my empty glass on the bar. I was just enjoying an off week, next week, I was suppose to have a meeting with Roman Dirge so he could tell me, if there was any chance that Slave Labor would publish my new idea, but right now I was dead set on getting drunk.

After a while I became bored and decided to leave, just when I was getting up I heard a guy say "pitiful human", in my entire life the only person that ever said was Zim, I walked in the direction of the voice until I was in the karaoke room, I looked trough the crowd and saw what I never thought I would see again. it was him, the same alien that at one time he was hell bent on destroying humanity only this time he was taller (just an inch shorter than Red and Purple) and he was dressed like one of the guys from "the matrix ", a long black trench coat, a black shirt and the same Irken pants and boots he used when I met him years ago and of course he still wore his Pak but to my surprise he wasn't wearing gloves.

He was sitting in a chair listening to people sing, he was trying not to laugh but he was failing miserably, I came closer to him and touch him in the shoulder, he turn his head and for the first time in years I saw his false human eyes.

"Gaz-Human?"

"Hello Zim, it's been years"

"TEN of your Earth years to be precise"

I sat down across Zim's table.

"So how's life treating you?" I asked the Irken.

"You know... pulling a job now and then. Have to work in odd hours sometime, but pay's good enough, what about you?"

"Well it's not the life I had in mind but I can't complain"

Then the information registered my mind, Zim had a REAL job?

"Hey Zim, what's you job anyway?" I asked nonchalantly.

"If I tell you then I've to kill you"

I raised an eyebrow at the alien in amusement.

"Oh what the hell... I'll tell you, I work for the Earth government.

"What, you work for the FBI?"

"Nop, I work as... well a spy"

"You're fucking kidding me"

"I fuck you not human, I'm telling the truth."

I couldn't help but giggle even after twelve years on Earth he was still the same moron I met when I was eleven.

But right now I didn't care for his arrogance.

"So how about you?" He aquestioned "Any new issues of those comics you write?"

"Wait, you read those?"

"Well I have to keep myself amused when I travel to different places in your stinkin planet"

"Well don't you use your ship?"

"It's too small for me now, so I have to use your filthy human transportation"

"Zim, I always wondered, where did you go after your leaders told you, you weren't an invader?"

"I guess I can tell you but not here"

"Then where?"

"We could go to my place, that is if you want to" he said nervously.

It only took me a second to say yes.

When we got out of the bar we went directly to my car, it was a dark green sport car, which of course the alien liked.

We got inside the car and I began to drive to Zim's place, he told me the directions as to how to get there and we would be there in half an hour at least.

"I gotta say, drinking was a good choice tonight"

Well that's it for chapter one, as you noticed, Zim and Gaz still have the job I gave them in the original version of the fic but remember just because I'm keeping a few things the same, doesn't mean all the fic will have the same story line.

I already have a huge role planned for Tallest Red as well as for Dib, MiniMoose and others.

Skoodge will also have somewhat of a role plus, you'll be happy to know that someone outside of Earth really did missed Zim, Who? I don't really know yet but I'll think of someone.

Invader Johnny Signing Off.