The Trail of Apocalypse and Doom Chapter 26: Footy Pajamas!, an invader zim fanfic

A/N

I know I went on hiatus with this story some time ago, because I really wanted to get some things off my mind in art as well in fan fiction. I hope that my readers, that have really enjoyed this, have not given up on me just yet. I will finish this story, and update a lot more. The tales here is a long one, but I will do my best to make it worth it. Thank you for even liking this story in the first place and please forgive my late updating. As you can see, I have put in a chibi scene here. I just really wanted to show the intimate relationship changing between them. Thank you so much for reading!

ZIM, GAZ AND GIR GOING HOME FROM THE MALL!

Zim marches onward, smiling in his victory. Gaz is nodding a bit, as she leans her head to his. She shifts a bit from her seat on his shoulder. Zim drums his fingers of his grip to her ankles. He amazingly felt invigorated about tonight's events. The memories of his trails and triumphs swam circles in his head. His successful mission to destroy the beast's master Seth or Math or whatever, and his victory of his foes mad him feel brash... Zim is a true warrior! Of course, nothing of that night he wanted to repeated ever again, except with the one event that warmed his blood... the part with... her kiss. Zim looks up to see Gaz nodding off on him and her eyes are closing in sleep. He turns his eyes forward, determined to focus in getting them home... to bed.

The last thought sparking images and emotions in his mind. He hurries in his steps trying to push aside those intruding thoughts...

GIR giggling behind him, made him glance back. GIR's giggles some more behind his little black paws. It is as if GIR could read Zim's mind.

"BUT ZIM IS NOT THINKING ANYTHING BAD! I AM NOT THINKING ABOUT HER LIKE THAT! THAT IS REPELLANT! LIKE ZIM WOULD THINK ABOUT HER REPULSIVE SOFT PORCELAIN TASTY SKIN, SO TEMPTINGLY CARESS-ABLE WITH AN IMPOSSIBLE SOFTNESS, OR HER WRETCHED SILKY LIGHT VIOLET HAIR THAT MAKES ZIM WANT TO COMB THEM BETWEEN HIS CLAWS AND INHALE THEIR SCENT... OR HER ENTRAPPING AMBER OPTIC ORBITS, THAT WOULD SPARKLE LIKE RARE CURSED JEWELS CATCHING THE MOONLIGHT... WHILE THOS CURSED TEMPTING WARM LIPS ENTICE YOU TO FEEL ITS TOUCH AND TASTE ITS NECTAR... mmmmmm..." Zim's eyes glaze over with his fantasy.

GIR though stopped giggling and cocked his head to the side, frowning a bit as if puzzled, "uh... master? You is thinking out loud."

Zim looked down at GIR, "I was?"

GIR nods.

Zim blushes red and yells out in defense, "I said Zim in NOT thinking that!"

GIR continued to stare at Zim in that vapid unchanging expression.

Zim trembles and shook his fist, defensively "Zim wasn't!"

GIR points to Zim with his little black paw, "fibber..."

"Hmm?" Gaz starts to stir and rubs her eyes, "what's that?" Gaz yawns and stretches out her arms as she begins to waken.

Zim looks up and panics, "nothing! Nothing! We said nothing like Zim doing naughty tasty things to Gaz." Zim says in defense.

Gaz raised an eyebrow to Zim, giving him a queer look "ok, well that is good to know... I guess."

GIR raises his hand, "nah- huh! Master says he was not thinking to kiss you... uhmmmm... taste your mouth... and caresses you and... Tasty your body...aaaaand..." GIR press his little black paw to his chin to think of the rest.

Gaz leans over to hear what GIR was going to say or at least understand what is going on.

Zim looks around quickly for something like a distraction. Zim's eyes set on Taco Shell. An idea pops in his head.

"LOOK GIR! TACOS!" Zim points out.

GIR turns his head side to side, "where?"

"OVER THERE GIR! LOOK!" Zim answers back excitedly!

"Where is it?"

"THERE GIR! LOOK!"

"Where is it?"

"OVER THERE GIR!" Zim jabbing his talon in the air, pointing to TACO SHELL.

"Where is it?"

Zim feeling a little impatient, continues to point "there GIR... right... over there."

"Where is it?"

"There GIR... right there." Zim said gritting his teeth as his patience grows short.

"Where?"

"There! Right there!"

"Where?"

"Look it is right there GIR!"

"Where?"

"Just look where I am point-"

"Where is it?"

"Right where I am poi..."

"Where is it again?"

"Grrrr!"

"Where's it at again?"

"..."

Zim shakes with frustration, grabs GIR's noggin, and turns GIR's head to the direction of the restaurant.

"LOOK I FOUND THE TACOS! WEEEEEEEEEEE!" GIR claps his hand in glee as he skips to the direction of the TACO SHELL.

Zim slaps his hand to his face in frustration of GIR's stupidity... Then Zim clears his throat and straightens up, regaining his Invader bearings...

Zim cups his hand over his mouth as he yells after GIR "yes GIR run! Run and get tacos!" then Zim growls under his breath, "Thank Irk for once, for GIR's short attention span."

"Good distraction." Gaz comments slyly as she pokes the top of his head.

Zim looks up at Gaz on his shoulders. "distraction... me?" Zim clasp his hand to his chest in mock innocence, "I don't know what you are talking about little demon seed." Zim raises his chin in a haughty manner and marches to the Taco restaurant.

"Good thing Gaz did not hear me rant out loud." Zim thought nervously, while shifting her weight a little on his shoulders.

GAZ, ZIM, AND GIR IN THE TACO SHELL

"hello, welcome to TACO SHELL, how may I help...uh..." The cashier at the counter stops popping her gum and gapes at her customers. She leans back from the counter, "uh... you?" she stammers.

Zim and Gaz look at her and the strange shock expression the cashier has on her face.

"What?" Zim asks to the taco slave's stare. With a trembling finger, she points to them. Zim and Gaz look to each other and realize that they were both bloody red from all the gore at the mall. Zim and Gaz look back at the cashier, and Zim tries to think..."oh... heh, heh, this?" Zim pinching a tug of his shirt to show it damp with blood.

"Ummmm, its nothing." Zim explains, he and Gaz look to each other.

Gaz just shrugs. "Well, uh, this is...is..."

"Ketchup."

"Paint."

Zim and Gaz blurt out in unison...

Zim looks up to Gaz, while Gaz looks back, "ketchup?" Gaz asks with a raised brow in mild confusion. "Paint?" Zim asks a bit bewildered.

"Ok, this is..." Gaz takes a deep breath and tries to explain, "Is..."

"Paint." Zim states

"Ketchup." Gaz states

Zim and Gaz both said it once again in unison. Only this time Gaz had said ketchup while Zim blurted out paint.

"Make up your mind!" Zim hisses at Gaz. Gaz hisses back, "you make up yours!"

"well... this is..." Gaz was not sure what to say, until Zim hesitantly answers, "ketchup paint?"

Zim looks up to Gaz for some sign of approval, while she just shrugs, "sure why not?"

"YES TACO SLAVE, THIS IS KETCHUP PAINT! DO YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT? DO YOU?" Zim declares while shaking his little claw fist to emphasize some form of intimidation on the cashiers.
The cashier just shook her head staring widely at Zim, her mouth gape while her gum fell out unnoticed.

"GOOD, BECAUSE I THINK YOUR BRAIN FELL OUT!" Zim points to the wad of gum that fell out of her mouth.

"WE DEMAND TACOS! oh and by the way, do you still have the twelve pack special with the side order of chorros?" Zim asks.

The cashier nods, while punching his order with trembling fingers...

"Oh good! ZIM DEMANDS THE TWELVE PACKS SPECIAL! EXTRA SOUR CREAM AND CHEESE WITH THE TWO-LITER POOP COLA! NO DIET! SO BEWARE TACO CASH WORM! DO NOT GET THESE ORDERS WRONG, OR THE CONSEQUENCES WILL BE DIRE! ZIM WILL FILE A COMPLAINT!" Zim warns and then Zim feels something tugging his shirt, and a whining sound. Zim clears his throat and in a cough says, "oh... and a kid's meal with a free toy..." Zim feeling childish, asking for a free toy...

Zim feels Gaz poke the top of his head, "psst, I don't like the tacos here..." Gaz whispers to Zim. Zim whispers back loudly though, "neither do I! But MINIMOOSE and GIR wanted them and so Zim promised...and if GIR doesn't get tacos, he might explode."
Gaz raised her eyebrow at Zim, "seriously?" she ask disbelieving. Zim just shrugs, "he does that sometimes."

"He- he- here is you're or d-d-d-d-d der... Order... that will be seven fifty, hope you enjoy your meal... please leave now." The cashier taco lady holds out the bag of food to them with a shaky grip. Gaz takes the bag and nods her thanks to the cashier. While Zim gives her a suspicious eye, while digging in his pocket. Then Zim pulls something out quickly, causing the cashier woman to flinch back.

Zim holds out eight dollars at the cashier, "here." Zim shakes the cash a bit, waiting for the cashier to take it. The cashier eyes the wad of cash as she noticed it is also bloody. She gulps down her fear and warily pinches the cash from Zim.

Zim about face, from the cashier lady and forward march to the exit. GIR skips behind him and turns to wave good by to the scared taco lady right at the exit. Then GIR runs after Zim happily.

"Oh god... I hope he doesn't come back for the change." the taco lady worried.

BACK TO THE GREEN ADOBE! HOME SWEET HOME!

"SERIOUSLY, WHAT IS HER PROBLEM? AS IF SHE NEVER SAW A COUPLE OF KETCHUP, PAINTED CITIZENS ORDER TACOS? What an odd dirt child!" Zim states as he opens the door to his home base.
"Hmm? oh...(yawn) yeah... I bet..." Gaz mumbles.

"WHERE IN CYBERTRON HAVE YOU BEEN!?!?!?" yelled COMPUTER at the trio, causing Zim, (with Gaz still on his shoulders) fall back in surprise!

"I PRACTICALLY HAD A MENTAL SHORT CIRCUIT OVER YOU TWO! WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG!" yells COMPUTER at the trio. "SQUEAK!" squeak MINIMOOSE.

Zim got up and help Gaz up from the floor. "COMPUTER!?!?!? Could you ask the questions without putting us in shock?" Zim says as he glares up.

"What happened? Where did you go? After hours of no word you two show up covered in BLOOD!"

Zim just shrugs and Gaz yawns sleepily. "Well we ran into some horrid monsters and a crazed albino... other than that... ZIM HAS GOT TACOS!" Zim sang out holding up the bag while Gaz holds the other. MINIMOOSE, GIR, a random mutant squid and a robot bee came flying out and grabbed at the food, then flew out. Zim snatched his claw back and worriedly counted his fingers, "1-2-3- phew! All there..."

"TACOS! TACOS! THAT IS ALL YOU CAN SAY AT A TIME LIKE THIS?!?!? I have been waiting for hours! I get some call for help and then some creepy guy holds the human prisoner and then nothing for hours! ALL I WANTED WAS THE DAMN WAR CRAFT? I MEAN, WHAT DID HAPPEN? YOU TWO ARE A MESS AND YOUR DRIPPING GORE ON MY FLOOR! YOU MAY BE MY MASTER! BUT...WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY FOR YOURSELVES?"

"Zzzzzzz..." "Purrrr…"

Zim and Gaz had curled up on the floor and were both out like a light.

COMPUTER sighed... his electric eye turns to GIR who was munching on tacos. "My sensors detect the WAR CRAFT game in you! Come here!" COMPUTER lowers a metallic gripper from the ceiling and snatches GIR by the collar, all the while GIR still munches on his Taco. COMPUTER lowers GIR's doggy hood and flips open his head. The top of GIR's head sloshes around with demon blood, pouring to the floor.
"Gross... what I would do for WAR CRAFT!"

COMPUTER reaches in with a splash grabs for the WAR CRAFT game, soaked in gore, dripping in red blood.
"(Sigh) There goes keeping the box art.," sighs COMPUTER.

COMPUTER then opens the wet package and thankfully, the direction and the CD are shrink-wrapped. COMPUTER drops GIR as GIR continues to munch on tacos despite the blood dripping from his head. COMPUTER raises the game package to the ceiling.

"Now to clean up this mess… again... gross."

GIR is sucked up screaming into a large vacuum tube that leads to the robotic cleansing unit. COMPUTER then deploys floor cleaner robots to scrub up the mess.

Two claws lower from above to the sleeping Zim and Gaz and pick each of them up by the collar. The both of them not wakening as they are lifted. Gaz and Zim both go up to the ceiling and get suck into two-transport tube to the hygienic chambers.

ZIM & GAZ IN THE HYGIENIC WASH CHAMBER

Zim and Gaz land in the same room still sleeping. COMPUTER removes their clothing by sucking it up into the laundry tubing. Both naked in the same room and just a foot from each other, they snooze on.

Too deep in sleep, they barely stir as COMPUTER lift them both once again. They are place each into a large glass bowl where it glow a pinkish glow. Zim and Gaz lower into it then release. Gaz and Zim float in the chamber by antigravity rays. The top of the bowl closes over them and the bowls begin to fill up with a strange liquid. COMPUTER then turns to a dial on the top of the bowls, that reads,
"Delicate,
Permanent press,
Extra clean,
Heavy wash,
Zim's failed experiment wash"

"Hmm..." COMPUTER looks over at the duo and turns the dial to "Zim's failed experiment wash"

the bowl kicks on with a hum and the liquid starts whirling as the wash begins, hosing at their bodies while scrubber bugs jump out and began their watery task in cleansing them. They scrub underneath the arms, legs, even in the delicate parts, soaping them in puffs of suds. Then the scrubby bugs, scatter, and exit to the bottom of the bowl

BUZZ!

The dial above them blinks on reading "RINSE CYCLE"

The next cycle drains all the soapy fluid from the bowl. Then it fills with another liquid that whirlpool around them.

BUZZ!

Dial above them blinks on "BLOW DRY" and the rinse liquid drains out.

Warm air starts blowing them dry from all around. Gaz's delicate locks fluttering about as Zim's antennas whips about.

BING!

Two suction cups on electric metal arms lower and stick to the back of Zim and Gaz. two electric brushes lower down and stick into their mouths. It begins to buzz and vibrate as it brushes their teeth.

The two are lifted in a whoosh to the air...

IN ZIM'S BED CHAMBER

COMPUTER looks around the closet in Zim to try to find some pajamas for him. COMPUTER spots something yellow in the far left of the hangers... COMPUTER pulls it out of the closet! "It is perfect!" thought COMPUTER. Then COMPUTER turns his claws to look through Gaz's suitcase and picks through the little things she wore... until he spots something fluffy pink and it seems to fit just right! They could match!

COMPUTER picks up the PJ's and takes them to dress Zim and Gaz.

ZIM & GAZ IN THE BED CHAMBER

Zim is lowered to the bed wearing yellow and black stripe footy pajamas with mittens and plushy bee wings. Zim nuzzles into his pillow, but then starts whining in his sleep and reaching out whimpering "gimme...gimme..."

To comply with Zim's little request, Gaz is lowered to Zim. She curls up asleep wearing her fluffy pink angel PJ with puffy wings. She is placed on the bed nest to the whiny alien. Zim wraps his arms around her from behind and hugs her to him tightly. Zim squeezes her to him, while Gaz nuzzles in as she felt Zim's lips on the back of her neck. Zim begins to taste her skin on the back and starts sucking at it, purring. Gaz felt comfort in her sleep with this. It sooths her.

"Purrrrrrrr..."
"zzzzzzzzzz..."

Zim and Gaz sleep soundly in each other's arms.

In the middle of the night, Zim's eyes pop open. Zim wanted to keep sleeping next to his little Gaz and feel her soft hair to his cheek and taste her skin to his lips... yet he had one more mission to accomplish... he slips his arms from Gaz, causing her to protest softly in her sleep.

Zim shushes Gaz, whispering, "sssssssshh little Gaz, Zim demands you to sleep... now stay sleeping."

Zim drags himself up and walks over to the door. Zim looks back at Gaz, who is still sleeping. Zim kept staring at her for a long moment. Her pale skin and pink tinted cheeks. Her soft expression and round cheeks. Her violet hair framing her face. Her soft lips sighing in sleep. The cover of the bed drape over her little form.

A smile twitches on the corner of his lips, "mine" he whispers. This gave Zim an even a more determined resolve to do what he must!

ZIM IN HIS LAB

Marching over to the lab table, Zim dons his lab coat over his footy PJ. He pulls the goggles over his eyes and puts on his thick rubber gloves! Zim almost appeared to be very professor membrane like.

"LET THE PROJECT COMMENCE! With this, I will be able to assure that Gaz will not be able to escape my clutches... or get lost..." Zim let the sparks fly as he works on his project, enthusiastically. Zim then adds more features to his project...

As Zim works, he merrily whistles a tune that seems to have come out of his head.

"Well the dogs were whistling a new tune barking at the new moon hoping it would come soon so that they could... Dogs were whistling a new tune barking at the new moon hoping it would come soon so that they could die"

Zim for some reason liked the tune, and whistles it merrily.

"IT IS DONE!" Zim announces dramatically to no one in particular, as he held up his finished silver project. Zim looks over at the clock, "HEY! IT ONLY TOOK TWO HOURS! boy I'm good!" Zim looks up at the object, and rereads the back of Gaz's silver skull pendant. "Zim'sGaz", in Irken. Zim nods in approval, "perfect, with this, I will have her returned if she wonders off again." Zim then pops up, "INGENUOUS!" in his turret style of his excitement!

Zim's eyes droop down, and then he yawns and stretches... he rests his chin on his fist and twirls the pendant in his fingers, with his other hand. The light catches the lettering and strange purple wire thin light ran across the face of the skull.

"Also, it has other features as well... all that will reveal to her in due time... in due time indeed."

ZIM GOES BACK TO BED

Zim rises up and walks over yawing to his bedroom. He presses his hand to the screen and it opens up to show that the moon lamp lit up softly showing Gaz's sleeping form. Zim with droopy eyes climb in bed next to her. Zim is kneeling over her, as he just stares at her for a long moment. Watching her sleep. He gives her a sleepy smile, sighing that at last after a long night sleep, he could just nuzzle in... With her in his arms. Zim snuggles in, wrapping his arms around her, and squeezing her to him. Zim presses his lips to the back of her neck. A soft purr... emits from him, as he starts to lick the skin of her neck and bite gently. Zim feeling even more bold, starts press and carress his hand even higher, until it is on Gaz's chest. Tempting as it is, to feel her forbidden orbs... he rests the palm over her heartbeat. The feel and sound sooths him, and rests him like a mother's luulybye.

Gaz barely opens her eyes, to Zim's caressing. Feeling so drained herself, she could only push his hand back down to her tummy, then closes her eyes, and sighs.

Gaz in her sleep pats her hand around her neck… something was missing… but what could be missing….

"Ohno!" Gaz's eyes snap open, as she realizes that her skull pendant is missing! "But where could it be?" Gaz looks over to Zim's sleeping form next to her. She slowly as not to wake him up, Gaz moves his arms off. Gaz gradually sits up on the bed. She looks down at Zim's sleeping form. Zim softly snoozes, his purrs as he curls up in his sleep, and his little feelers twitch. She gives Zim a soft smile, pulling the covers back over him…

Gaz looks around in hopes that the skull pendant may have fallen off in the bed… she runs her hand through her hair frustrated! There could only be one place that the skull pendant could be. Gaz knew she had it loss right when the Angel Maker Demons had captured her. Now she had to go back and search through their remains for it. Worse that the police had gotten there already and found it! Gaz had to get it back in case the cops had not gotten there yet! The thought of going back, made Gaz have qualms on going there, and just leaving it there forever. "YABAIYO!" Gaz thought, as she hit the mattress with her fists. She had to go back for that stupid skull pendant! Gaz turns to see if her reaction woke Zim.
Nope he is still sleeping peacefully.

Gaz leans over and softy gives him a soft peck on his head. "I have to go." Gaz softly whispers to him, " Ja mata-ne." with that, Gaz scoots out of the bed, and is about to get up and leave when… two green arms snake around her waist, and pull her back.

Gaz sighs as a sleepy Zim, nuzzling her to him as if she were his teddy, catches her. "Mmmmm, mine…. Sleepy..." Zim mumbles under his breath. Zim pulls his little human to him, nuzzling, and purring. "Zim, I have to go…" Gaz softly protests as Zim pulls her even deeper into his embrace.

"Why?" Zim whines a bit to her as he squeezes her to him.

"I lost something. I will be right back as soon as I find it. I promise." Gaz tries to wrestle from Zim's hold.

Zim startles giggling and then he asks, "Oh? Really? Was it something of value, perchance?"

Gaz nods and turns to Zim, a bit, "To me it is."

Zim reaches behind him and pulls his surprise out. "How much value do you think this…?" Zim holds the silver skull pendant by the chain, in front of Gaz. "...is to you?"

Gaz gasps in surprise!

Zim sits up, Zim picking Gaz up with him, and placing her right in front, facing him. He twirls the pendant by the chain, in front of her and smiles.

"You found my pendant, Zim!" Gaz exclaims happily.

Her supple smile spreads across her face. Zim holds the chain open to her pendant, and Gaz leans forward with her head slightly bent. Zim places her chain around her graceful neck. As Zim put his arms around her neck to lock the snap to her chain, he felt sparks rise and his mind dizzy, being so close to his female human. Gaz raises her face to Zim's and they are nearly brushing lips to each other.

Zim brushes his lips to her lip, he finally speaks in a soft shuddering whisper "you… always seem to lose it, right where I find it." Zim leans in closer to Gaz, as she whispers back to him, as she brushes her lips to his.

"Oh… I guess I do, don't I? Zim?"

Zim leans his body closer to Gaz, dropping his arms from her neck, to her shoulders, pulling her body to his. "Yes." Zim replies in a low shivering voice.

"What are you wearing? You look like a bumble bee." Gaz whispers to him, smiling.

Zim embraces her tightly and topples on top of her. He tightens his embrace, as they fall back on the mattress. Zim zealously kisses her neck and presses his body on her figure.

Zim moans out, "OH YES GAZ! Zim will! I have always wanted to…. " Then Zim froze in mid-sentence as Gaz's words just hit him. " Uh…. What?" Zim lifts up from Gaz a bit, his eyes wide in surprise!

Gaz point down where Zim looks over to what he is wearing… his bee footy pajamas! Zim leaps up and gasps, "MY BEE FOOTY PAJAMAS! WHY AM I WEARING THESE NOW! OH HOW HUMILIATING!" Zim tries to hide behind some pillows, as he grumbles and growls, "In front of the Gaz hyooman, too. Of all the times Zim could have gotten some…grrrrrrrrrrr."

Gaz holds her hands over her mouth, as she giggles.

Zim raises a brow to Gaz's giggling.

Gaz peals out in laughter and points to Zim, "(laughing) you should be called Invader Bee. Oh, my tummy hurts!"

Gaz tries her hardest to stop laughing, but she could not.

Zim places his hands on his hips, and sarcastically replies to Gaz's teasing, "Oh ha, ha Little Demon Joker! Very funny, if that's so, then I shall call you Little Birdie!"

Gaz trying to stifle her giggles, "What? (Giggling) That is stupid. Why would you…. "Gaz looks down and realizes she is wearing her pink angel footy pajamas! " Eeep!" Gaz leaps back and grabs another pillow to hide herself.

"Well, this is ridiculous! COMPUTER! Why are we wearing these footy pajamas?" Zim demands.

"Why do you, care?" answers COMPUTER in a whiny way.

"Why do you go into my suitcase and pull out my footy pajamas? I mean of all the clothes I brought…grrrrrrr" Gaz hides behind her pillow.

"Well, excuse me, I guess you coming in dripping with blood and gore. I forgot to ask you, what fashion preference, you prefer in pajamas!" COMPUTER snaps at them.

"We look like little chibi characters!" protests Zim!

Gas begins to giggle, and soon she peels over in laughter. Zim looks at her from behind his pillow, and then starts giggling himself. Soon Zim is laughing insanely and rolling to the side. They are both pointing at each other in teasing each other,

"You look like a little bee!"

"You look like a birdie GIRl!"
"You should go find your honeycombed hideout!"

"I thought I saw a tweedy bird!"

"Well, this brings a new meaning to the birds and the bees!"

"Yeah, I've been meaning to ask you about that, what does that mean?"

Zim is still giggling, but now out of some sort of strange nervousness, and he turns his eyes away from her, blushing.

Gaz settles down a bit and looks at him. Her gaze is still smiling as she blushes back. She walks on her knees towards him and pats her little mitten hand on each side of his face.

"It means… well…. Do you really want to know?" Gas asked sincerely looking at him.

Zim settles down his giggling, and looks Gaz straight into her eyes, "YES! I really, really, really, want to know."

Gaz nods her head at Zim, "It is about human relationships… It's very serious, and it involves sekkuso" Gaz places her mitten hands on Zim's shoulders.

Zim discards the pillow to the side and stands up on his knees. With his mitten paws on her waist, Zim pulls her to him. "Then Zim will learn… now." Zim's feelers spring up, lights up with volts, and sparks. Staring right into her eyes with a determined glow in is own optic orbs!

Gaz shook her head breaking their eye contact.

Zim places his mitten paw to her chin. "Why not?" Zim coos as he starts leaning in and starts nuzzling her neck. Gaz quiver, as Zim thinks it is because of his kisses… then her shoulder's tremble. "Do not be afraid Little Gaz. Zim is here…" Zim comforts as he starts nuzzling her.

Gaz bursts out laughing, "You mean bumble bee Zim?"

Zim droops his feelers and looks up at Gaz with a deadpan expression. The mood once again broken. However, as he sees Gaz throw her head back laughing and her smiling eyes. Zim starts to chuckle himself.

"Careful Birdie Gaz, I may have to sting yoooooou!" He jumps on her and makes her fall back. Zim starts poking at her sides, which made her laugh even harder!

"(Laughing)! Please… oh god… (Laughing)", Gaz rolls side to side, trying to escape Zim's tickling.

"NO ONE ESCAPES MY STINGING TORTURE! OH, WHAT DOOM BEFALLS THE EARTH BIRD MONSTER…? OH NOOOOOOO! ANOTHER ATTACK! WILL THERE BE NO ESCAPE?!?!? " Zim tickles her more.

"Please… I will get you… I can't breathe… (Laughing) I am going to… (Laughing) mercy… mercy… " Gaz begs, thumping her mitten hands to Zim.

"But Little Demon Child, if I stop…" Zim places his mitten paws on each side of her face, and looks at her deeply, "Then you'll stop… looking happy." Zim pats her cheeks and he smiles down at her, "Zim wants to keep doing that… as long as I can."
Gaz gasps.

Gaz's memories of her grandmother, telling her, "When he makes you cry, he will try everything in his power to stop you crying. When he makes you laugh, then he will try everything in his power to never stop."

Gaz looks up at Zim, as tears glitter her eyes. Zim seeing this, his smiles drops to concern.

Zim thought he hurt her, "Oh no… Gaz? Did Zim hurt you? Did I go too far?" Gaz shook her head, and pulls Zim into a tight hug. Zim hugs her even tighter, afraid that he had hurt her unintentionally. Zim feels something wet on his shoulder… they were tears… Zim made her cry! He felt miserable…

"Zim doesn't care about the birds and bees, Gaz! I swear it! Forget about it! It was stupid! If it made you sad, we…"

Gaz pulls back and places her mitten hand on his lips, and looks him in his eyes. Her eyes teary but smiling, again. "I just want to… say…. Thank you Zim."

Zim looks down at her, as he tilts his head to the side, "For what?"

Gaz looks away, Zim would not understand… so instead she takes her locket and brings it up to him.

"For this Zim… for…" Gaz notices something on the back of her locket, and she sits up to take a closer look. "What is this on the back?" Gaz reads the Irken engraving, "Zim's Gaz" on it. Gaz raises her brow at Zim.

Zim smiles widely his zipper grin and stand up, proudly. Zim places his hands on his hips, "YES, Gaz, I have return the Skull thingy to you and as an added bonus. No longer will you be lost for in its engraving, it states that you are "ZIM's," that no lowly hyooman monster can claim! There are also many other features that I have included in that once simple earth trinket! Now Gaz if you wish to thank me, all I ask for return is royal servitude, mocha balls every morning, perhaps some fawning, praises, and a message. Where, if you like, there is a certain gold bikini that I think is just your size. Of course, with the fawning, clothing is optional… wait…. NO! I mean the uniform is optional. Zim needs not allot to be thanked. These are just mere suggestions I demand from you. Of course, you can start thanking Zim by, perhaps showing Zim this, bees and bird thing we mention earlier, for what I can guess it involves many kisses? though it may be a burden, Zim being a good leader that I am, will endure this deep kissing and hugging, the caresses of skin, the tickling of hands on forbidden flesh, (ahem) and such messes… Even I have to admit, the footy pajamas, is rather… cute… so we could play as if we are teddy bears…. I have always wanted to play that, but no one else knows this… NEVERTHELESS, THIS IS NOT TO LEAVE THIS ROOM! Zim being a proud Irken Invader, this may be kept between us. Therefore, my little Demon Seed birdie, you can begin thanking Zim now! I WILL BE YOUR TEDDY BEE, LITTLE GAZ AND YOU ARE MY LITTLE TEDDY BIRD!" Zim closes his eyes and puckers up, expecting Gaz to overwhelm him, with kisses…

"Zzzzzz" Gaz's snoozing is his only response.

Zim opens one eye and Zim looks down, to see a small sleeping Gaz, curled up. Zim stood back in disbelief! Gaz is sleeping! On Zim's big moment! Zim was so close! So damn, close!
Zim pokes her and jiggle her a bit, "HEY, HEY! Little Gaz! You're sleeping? How could you? What about my thanking? Huh? Gaz!"

Gaz stirs a little and she sleepily rises a bit, looking around. "Huh? What?" Gaz asks as she rubs her sleepy eyes a bit.

Zim crosses his arms displeased, "What about my thanking?"

Gaz looks at him a bit sleepy, her head nodding in sleep, "mmmmm, oh, I forgot." She says dozily.

"You sure did!" Zim pouts.

Just then, Gaz leans in with her eyes closed and gives Zim a soft kiss on his lips, where his response is his feelers spring up and shoot volts like lightning rods. His red optic orbs light up as big as saucers!

"Goodnight." Gaz whispers.

Gaz then falls back down, curling up and back asleep.

Zim stands there in shock, and his eye twitches as volts gave one more spark… then his feelers wilt slowly…

Zim's eyes then droop down and he gives a dreamy smile to Gaz. Zim inebriated by her kiss slurs, "Your welcome." With that, Zim's eyes roll back and he collapses by her side, past out! In his sleep, he scoops Gaz up in his arms, cuddling her and nuzzling into her neck.

In Zim's sleep, he raises his mitten hand right up to her chest, right over her heart. Zim sleepily smiles, and says in his sleep, "mmmmine." As her heart beat sooths him, like a lullaby. Gaz opens one eye, and looks to where Zim placed his hand over her chest. Gaz puts her hand over his, and for a moment it seems she is about to move it, instead she hugs it, and falls back to sleep, holding Zim's hand over her heart.