Authors note: I want you dear readers to know this story will house many OCs both heroes, and villains, and that this story will have a few minor adventures,but other than that this will have a solid, but simple plot. Anyways 'INVADER ZIM' is property of Nickelodeon.

Chapter 1 Zim's pain

Hi-skool just ended, and students were walking outside, and there was one student who stood out. It is a 15-year-old Dib Membrane. He was walking down the stairs when he heard a voice. "What's with Zim?" The voice said. Dib looked over to see his little sister Gaz now 14 years old looking at him. "Hey Gaz." Dib said, before continuing. "Since when have you cared about Zim?" He asked. "I don't. But that doesn't mean I noticed a few things." She said, and so she began to tell Dib the recent events involving the Irken.

Three hours earlier

Gaz was sitting in her science class playing her game slave, when she heard the door open. She looked up only to quickly shoot her eyes wide open when she saw who it was at the door. It was Zim. Except he wasn't wearing his Irken uniform, contacts, and wig. Instead he was wearing a black shirt with a skull on it under a leather jacket with shoulder spikes, a small skull on the left side, and on the bottom were chains with small skulls at the end of them. He was also wearing a pair of black pants with skulls at the knees held by a small belt, and boots that give steel toe a new meaning. On his neck, and hands were a spiked dog collar, and spiked bracelets, and finally gloves that had small claws for his six fingers. What also changed was that his contacts were a darker shade of blue, and that his wig had a different style to make it appear that Zim had a full head of hair. Gaz couldn't help but stare at Zim, and she hated to admit it, but she thought he looked good in his new disguise. As he walked over to his desk he noticed a few students were looking at him in a strange way. "What?" He asked, but everyone quickly looked away as if they were afraid to ask. With that Zim took his seat next to Gaz, and he couldn't help but feel as if he was being watched. He looked just in time to see Gaz turn away at the last second. He didn't know why she was looking at him but decided to put it aside. Then during gym Gaz saw Zim isolate himself from everyone else. Then she saw Torque Sands approach him. She didn't know what he said, but she could tell it pissed Zim off to no end. As a result, Zim grabbed Torque by the throat, and threw him across the gym, and he crashed right through a brick wall. Most of the gym could only stare in shock, as they don't remember Zim being that strong. Even Gaz was shocked by what she just seen. As the entire class looked at Zim he gave them a death glare that could rival Gaz's, and she saw that it was powerful enough make everyone slowly step back, and eventually turn, and run out of the room.

Present time

As Gaz explained the events to her brother Dib went hysterical. "That monster!" He shouted, before running off to Zim's base. Gaz didn't even bother to convince him otherwise and went home. Six minutes later she was sitting in the living room watching tv when Dib came in looking different. He had a black eye, a broken nose, his hair was a mess, his clothes were nearly torn to shreds, his glasses were cracked, and he was missing his left shoe. "Wow Dib, new look?" Gaz asked, sarcastically. "Zim! That freaking psychopath attacked me!" Dib shouted. "Ok whatever." Gaz said. "Well it wouldn't kill you to know that he tried to kill me with THIS!" Dib shouted as he pulled out an axe and placed it on the table. "Ok... that's new." Gaz admitted, as she looked at the axe with open eyes. "He was practically trying to sever my head." Dib said, as he began to calm down. With that he then walked up to his room leaving Gaz with the axe. As she looked at the object she wondered what the day's events meant but decided to brush it aside.

The next day Dib, and Gaz were sitting in the cafeteria where they see Zim just sitting at his table poking at his tray. "What is he up to?" Dib asked himself. "Dib. Shut up." Gaz said, as she played her game slave 2. "Oh, come on Gaz he's up to something. I know it. Besides aren't you even the tiniest bit concerned about yesterday?" Dib argued back. "Dib face it! What makes you think he could take over earth? He's just a miserable individual who couldn't destroy a fly let alone the earth." Gaz said. Next thing anyone knew a fork skewered through the top screen of her game, and there was a note tied to it. Gaz was wide eyed, as she saw the whole thing happen. She pulled the fork out, untied the note, and read it.

'You were saying? Signed Zim.

Dib, and Gaz both looked up to see Zim's table, but it was empty. Gaz quickly got up and stormed out of the cafeteria just in time to see Zim walking down the hallway. She made a B-line towards the Irken with every intention of tearing him apart, and she quickly tackled him to the ground. Zim didn't even bother to struggle, as Gaz pinned him to the wall. "I'm gonna plunge you into a nightmare world from which there is no awakening!" She said darkly. But before she could, Zim said something that even she didn't expect from him. "When you do... make it hurt. You know I would extend that courtesy to you." He said. Gaz was in complete shock. Zim wanted to die, and by her hands. Zim saying those words hit her like a ton of bricks, and caused Gaz to let go of Zim's shoulders, and back away from him. "I should have guessed. You hesitate. Your soft. Like all humans. You prefer to stand, and watch. Actions require courage. Something even you lack." Zim said and walked away leaving Gaz in the empty hallway. Gaz couldn't figure it out. Why was Zim acting not only more violent than normal, and just now he was suicidal. That's when she started to think about yesterday's events, and that's when she realized the emotions Zim displayed. They were of anger, sadness, and betrayal. And now she saw him just show suicidalness. Having the feeling that this will bother to no end she decided to follow Zim.

As she stepped out of the building she saw Zim enter his car, which is a 1967 Camaro painted in black with a trim of blood red on the rims, and head lights. Zim started the engine, and drove off back to his base, with loud death metal music going off. And so, Gaz began to walk over to Zim's base, and as she walked she admitted to herself that he had some dangerous taste in cars, and music. By the time she made it to Zim's base, she saw the top open and a ramp came out and the car drove up inside, and the ramp retracted and closed the base. Gaz then made her way up to the front door, but as she did she noticed something off about the robot lawn gnomes. They didn't move, and appeared withered, and aged. Almost as if Zim hadn't bothered to use them for quite a long time. Curiosity taking over Gaz decided to look inside the window, and as she did she couldn't tell what was going on inside, so she decided to go inside. Just as she reached for the door it fell inward.

"Ok... that works." She said to herself. When she looked up, she was shocked by what she saw. To say the base was a wreck was an understatement, because the place looked like a warzone broke out. The couch was torn to shreds, the tv was smashed, there were fist sized holes in the walls, cables were hanging from the ceiling, and the floor looked like it was ripped out of the ground by someone's bear hands.

'Did Zim do this?' Gaz thought. She then heard a noise and looked over to see a purple moose, and a green dog. "Gir? Minimoose?" Gaz asked. "Hi scary lady!" Gir shouted. "Squeek!" Minimoose responded. "What happened here?" Gaz asked. "Zim happened." A new voice said. Gaz turned around to see two Irkens one male, and one female. "Who are you two?" Gaz asked. "My name is Skoodge, and this is Tenn." The male Irken said.

"Why are you two here?" Gaz asked. "Well... it was a few years ago. I was living in Zim's basement ever since I conquered the planet Blorch home to the slaughtering rat people. After that I decided to stay on earth, and I've been living with Zim ever since." Skoodge explained. "Ok so what about her?" Gaz asked as she addressed Tenn. "Tenn was another story. You see, she was assigned to the planet Meekrob, there The Tallests gave her a megadoomer x-3 combat stealth mech to help her, but due to a rebellious postal slave she was given a pack of malfunctioning S.I.R. units instead. As a result, they began to destroy her base, and her cover which led to the Meekrob to discover her and take her prisoner. They sent a message to Irk, but it was only received by us. There we mounted a very risky rescue mission. It wasn't easy of course, but we managed to save her, and escape with our lives. We planned to take her back to Irk, but she refused. We asked why, and she said that she didn't want to go back as a failure, otherwise The Tallests would label her a food service drone. And so, she asked if she could stay with us, and we agreed, and she's been living with us ever since." Skoodge said, as he finished the story. Gaz looked over to Tenn to see if it was true, and Tenn nodded in response. "Alright, so Skoodge what do you mean 'Zim happened'?" She asked. "I think it's best to 'hear it from the horse's mouth' as they say." Tenn said. "Where is he?" Gaz asked. "He's in his personal quarters." The group heard the computer say. "Can you take me to him?" Gaz asked. "Sure, but just to give you a little warning he's recently began to develop increasing levels of raw aggression, so he could lash out at anyone." The computer said, as it lifted an elevator. Gaz stepped inside, and the elevator door closed behind her and began to move downward into Zim's base.

By the time it stopped and opened the door Gaz stepped out only to see the rest of the base in a very badly damaged state. Computer screens were cracked, walls were torn open as if they were paper, and some blue prints were torn to shreds not to mention shards of glass we're on the floor. "His quarters is down the hall center door with his initial on it." The computer said. "Thanks." Gaz said as she began to make her way to Zim. As she walked around she saw the damage Zim did, and she couldn't help but wonder how he can possibly do stuff like this. 'Dose he work out or something?' She thought, as she finally reached the door the computer was talking about. It was a large door with the letter 'Z' on it, and she could hear music inside. Gaz slowly opened it a bit and stuck her head through. as she saw the room it looked like it was something fit for a king. A massive dark bedroom with bookshelves, a fireplace, and even a grandfather clock, and a large mirror. The walls were colored in black with splatters of blood red and a chandelier hangs on the ceiling, In the center of it all was a large bed with a small stairwell and four tall pillars with Gothic architecture on each corner. The music Gaz was hearing was from a music box on the shelf. Gaz never thought Zim had some tastes in this kind of style, the room alone could put her's to shame. And speaking, of he was lying down on the bed out of his disguise, and without a shirt.

"Zim?" Gaz called for him, before he interrupted. "Gir, I thought I told you to go think about your stupid existence." Zim said. "I did." Gaz heard Gir's voice. She looked down to see the little bot next to her. "Then who the hell is-" Was all Zim could say before he got up to see Gaz next to him. "Oh... it's you." He said bitterly. "Well someone got up on the cranky side of the royal bed." Gaz said sarcastically. "Save your breath." Zim said. "Ok Zim, I want answers. What is with you today?" Gaz asked getting straight to the point. "What are you talking about?" Zim asked. "You've been acting like you had a mental breakdown. What's that all about?" Gaz asked. "When have you ever cared?" Zim asked. "Since you asked me to kill you." Gaz said.

Zim was hesitant, but decided it was best to just answer the question. "Fine." He said, as he got up. "It all started an earth week ago. I was doing a routine report when The Tallests noticed something off. They asked if I grew taller, and I said yes. They looked at each other with some concern, before ordering the other Irkens in the room to step out. Then they told me the truth about my quote unquote 'secret mission'." Zim said, bitterly. "It turns out they had no idea that earth existed, and that they sent me here, so they hoped I'd be dead. They even said that I wasn't even a real Invader!" Zim said, with his voice slowly rising. "THEN THEY DECIDED TO BANISH ME BECAUSE I WAS SO GOD DANM HARD TO GET RID OF! AND ALL THIS TIME I WAS A FOOL TO NOT REALIZE IT! EVERYTHING I EVER DONE IN THE NAME OF ZIM AND THE IRKEN EMPIRE WAS FOR NOTHING!" Zim shouted, punching a large hole into the wall.

Gaz was looking at Zim with shock. His own people kicked him out and all this time he didn't realize it. "That's just stupid." She said. "Stupid? STUPID?" Zim shouted, while growling like a jungle cat stalking its prey. That's when Gaz had a good look of Zim's teeth, they were no longer zipper like, but now they were serrated almost giving the Irken a look of having a mouth full of jagged kitchen knives. "If you think so well so do I because I've been living with it for a very long time! Do you know what it's like?! Not knowing that your whole life was nothing but a lie, and that the people you looked up to were laughing at you behind your back! Tell me what that's like Gaz Membrane! TELL ME WHAT THAT'S LIKE!" Zim shouted.

For once Gaz was completely at a loss of words. No one has ever approached her about her life, and for the first time she couldn't even find an answer. "I... don't know." She said softly, but Zim heard her none the less "I thought so." He said darkly. "Gir can you please show our guest to the door?" Zim asked his S.I.R. unit. "Yes, my master." Gir said, and he tugged on Gaz's dress and motioned her to follow him. Gaz followed Gir back to the living room and before she stepped out she looked over to see Skoodge, and Tenn who were trying to clean up the base as best as they could. "Skoodge, Tenn?" She asked. "Yes?" They said. "Tell Zim to try and get better." She said, before leaving.

As Gaz walked home she took in the information she heard and the expressions Zim displayed. Anger, sadness, suicidalness, and betrayal. And all this time he was living a fake life and didn't know it. 'Zim.' She thought. Just his name alone was enough to make her see something else. Almost as if there was a darker side of him that can actually scare her. "Somehow I hope you get better Zim." She said to herself as she continued to walk home.

Back at Zim's base Zim was going through one of his labs that weren't so badly trashed. "Laser weasels, what was I even thinking?" He thought. "Oh, that's right, I wasn't." He said bitterly. Then he looked over from the corner of his eye to see something out of place. It was a small box with a button and on the button was an unusual insignia. "I don't remember making this." He thought. Then he pressed the button and it started blinking a red light. "That's it? I was expecting something else." Zim said, before he put the box in his pocket and walked off.

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Meanwhile in an unknown location was a room full of computers and monitors. When suddenly one of the computers activated, and a silhouette with dark blue eyes looked at the screen and noticed a signal. "Master we have detected a signal activation." The silhouette said in a robotic voice. Then another silhouette appeared with an unusual shape. "What in the world?" The second silhouette asked. As it took a closer look the silhouette's antenna perked up in surprise. "Hmm. I was wondering when he'd call, I'm surprised that it took this long, and that he's here on earth." The second silhouette said. That was when two more silhouettes appeared one a boy and the other a girl. "What's going on?" The male silhouette asked. "Yeah? What is it?" The female silhouette asked. "I'll explain later guys, right now pack your things. We're going to pay an old friend of mine a visit." The second silhouette said. The three silhouettes did what they were told and left the room. "Here I come Zim." The second silhouette said.