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CHAPTER 6- MUTUAL
Dib took a hasty step backwards, the intensity of Zim's gaze causing conflict within. Run, said one part of his brain. Freeze,said another and that irritating reasonable voice was back again whispering, just give in. Give in to what? Dib wondered and instantly stopped when the answer arrived rather suddenly in the form of Zim grabbing him roughly and shoving him against the cubicle wall. Dib swallowed. Ah... Crap. He closed his eyes, unable to take the intensity of that gaze any longer. The next thing he knew, he was in a lot of pain and just as his eyes snapped open, everything went dark.
Dib came to, and felt incredibly uncomfortable. When his eyes decided to do their job he noted that they were malfunctioning. The world was upside down. No, wait, he was upside down and feeling uncomfortably hot. Dib arrived back to full consciousness with a sudden jolt. He was dangling upside down from the ceiling, with his hands tied behind him, over a large pot of clear gelatine. It was bubbling slightly, making gentle glooping noises. It was clearly very hot, Dib could feel wave after wave of hot air flow over him.
I suppose this is my punishment, he thought miserably. It was stupid to allow Zim to guess his feelings like that. Stupid feelings. Dib sighed. No wonder people thought he was insane. Lusting after a melodramatic, psychopathic alien bent on world domination wasn't normal.
"HI, COW!"
Dib jumped and looking up saw GIR clinging to the rope with a pair of scissors in his hands.
"Wanna get down?" he asked with a happy grin.
"Ah…" Dib glanced at the viscous liquid below and violently shook his head.
"OKAY!" came the scream as GIR completely ignore this reply and began sawing vigorously at the rope anyway.
"AARGH! NO! STOP!" Dib yelled, struggling in a vain attempt to make the insane piece of metal stop.
"GIR!"
"Yeees master?"
"Go… do stuff… someplace that is… not here."
GIR looked sad and waved the scissors in the air hopefully. Straining his eyes downwards Dib could see Zim shake his head.
"No GIR. You must go. The Dib human and I need to be alone for this plan to work." The alien grinned up at the dangling human. Dib swallowed. GIR slid down the rope, yanked his trench coat off and parachuted down to the ground.
"HEY!" he cried but fell silence when he realised that his protest was falling on deaf ears. Dib paused for a second. Neither Zim nor GIR had ears, so did what he had just thought made sense? He was brought of this reverie by Zim's voice calling up to him.
"Comfortable?"
"Not really."
"Then perhaps this will help." The alien grinned sadistically and pressed a button on the wall. Dib plummeted towards the liquid at an alarming rate. Suddenly Zim pressed the button again to stop the human from falling any further, laughing manically as the Dib's screams resounding in his ears… wait a minute. What screams? Zim glared at Dib.
Dib rolled his eyes.
"Real scary Zim. It's the most predictable trick in the whole history of villainy. The villain always stops before the hero reached the lava or acid or whatever and then rambles on about how he/she will rule the world, giving the hero enough time to be rescued or free himself. It happens on nearly every TV programme."
Zim looked furious. Stupid Earthanoid television, revealing his AMAZING secret plan. Zim glanced up in time to catch Dib smirk cockily at him.
"YOU DARE LAUGH AT ZIM!"
Dib was about to make a scathing reply whena sudden creaking, snapping noise made both human and alien glance up at the rope. Slowly it began to snap, the strain of Dib's weight too much after GIR's attack.
"Eh?" Zim said, blinking in confusion. This wasn't supposed the happen…
"AARRRRGGGHHH!" Dib did scream this time as he plunged into the gel. This was it, he would be boiled alive! The burning! The horrible BURNING! Dib rose to the surface, screaming in agony and then stopped when he realised that he was actually completely unharmed and that the gel was not hot at all. It glooped at him in an offended way.
"Eh? But-"
Zim laughed manically.
"Foolish human! As if Zim would kill you that way! No no, I have a better plan for you."
Dib stared at the alien a little nervously and pulled himself out of the vat. The gel smelled quite pleasant actually, rather like lavender… but how to explain the heat? Dib found himself caught by Zim's eyes and a wave of hotness rushed over him. Ah, well, that explained that then.
Dib shivered a little, feeling almost naked without his coat on and more than a little vulnerable with his hands tied. Zim's smile widened and reached out and pulled the human towards him.
"Now then. How did you like that?"
"Like what? You mean the whole being dangled above a vat of what appeared to be dangerous gel and then falling to what I thought to be my death?"
"Yes, yes. That."
"Um… pretty… damn exhilarating."
"Good." Zim said and kissed him.
Whatever Dib had been expecting it was not this, and yet, it was just what he had wanted. He gave in instantly. Everything, everything was real. This was no day dream, no torturous fantasy in the black of night. This was real. It was real and hot and dangerous and Dib loved it. Zim… the taste of him, the softness of his mouth and the feel of that lithe body crushing his own. Delicate but so strong.
He wanted his hands free. He twisted his hands behind him, ignoring the pain until they were slick, whether with sweat or blood he couldn't tell. Eventually Zim put him out of his misery by extending a metallic leg from his PAK and slicing through the rope. And now it was Dib's turn to be in charge. As soon as his hands were free he grabbed Zim's wrists, forcing him backwards into the wall. Zim didn't bother resisting.
Hands exploring, hands pinned, hands caressing hands inflicting pain. Mouths biting, licking, sucking, kissing. When they eventually broke apart, Dib looked with hazy eyes into Zim's and said, "This is really messed up, you know."
"Of course Zim knows."
"… I hate you."
"Mutual."
"Then what do you want, Zim?"
"To see you suffer."
"Mutual."
Love. A chemical reaction. Hormones combining lust with a desire to care for another being. Only they didn't care. They didn't want the other to be healthy and happy. They wanted them to hurt and to be one that made it so Pain. Mental and physical torture. Pain and pleasure mingled as one. A hated love and a much loved hate. A tainted, black and bruising love that they loved as much as they hated it. And they wouldn't have it any other way because couldn't exist in any other way. Sadistic and obsessive. A strange love.
That's it! The end! I was considering making this M rated but then I remembered that Dib is still in 'Skool' so it would've been a bit odd. This also turned out to be a little shorter than I had hoped… Anyhoo, please review and tell me what you think!
AND A huge thank you to all my reviewers; you guys kept me going :-)