Heavy breaths escaped Gaz's open mouth, her footsteps loud as she darted around the corner.

She stopped for a second to examine her surroundings. Wide, frantic brown eyes took in the sight of a group of bushes in front of an abandoned house.

Without a second to spare, she quickly dove into a bush, her petite body hidden completely inside the large plant.

Gaz shifted a bit, trying to get into a comfortable position that wouldn't make noise, her skull pendant swung forward clinking quietly against the branches, startling the purple haired teen, her hand shot out to grasp the pendant holding it against her chest, trying to calm her frantically beating heart as she watched through the branches.

Unconsciously, she sucked in a breath when a certain figure rounded around the corner.

Her hands clutched the pendant tighter against her chest, wild brown eyes watching the figure warily, hoping that he would run right past her.

Much to her dismay, she saw him stop in his tracks, head turning to face the group of bushes.

The bush she was in obstructed most of her view of him, only allowing her to see from his chest to the lower half of his face.

The feeling of dread crept up on her, when she saw a wide toothy grin pull across his lips.

"Where are you, my little Gaz?"

Gaz shivered, shrinking into herself, making herself as small as possible, she winced when she felt the sting of the whip wounds on her back, the lacerations still quite raw and tender.

She ignored the pain, choosing to focus on keeping her eyes trained on his form. Watching him walk languidly to the nearest bush, wide grin plastered to his face, posture relaxed yet confidant as always.

He pulled open the branches, grin faltering a bit as he looked at the empty space, his grin came back as he turned to the other bushes.

"Come out, come out wherever you are." He said, in a sing-song voice, almost like he was playing hide and seek with a friend.

Gaz started to panic as she watched him get closer and closer to the bush she was hiding in. Instantly, she knew there was no other choice but to run again.

As soon as she saw him turn his back to her, she dove out of the large plant, branches snagging parts of her clothes, causing her to stumble a bit as she pulled herself forward yanking her clothes off the branches, ripping parts of it in the process.

Hearing a low chuckle behind her, Gaz quickly found her footing, and ran off as fast as she could.

Within seconds she heard quick footsteps behind her, warning her that he was hot on her tail.

Turning a corner, she dared a glance behind her, only to see ruby eyes glinting sinisterly, focused completely on her, intent on catching its prey.

She quickly twisted her head forward again, shaking her head to get her violet hair out of her face, she picked up the pace.

Adrenaline coursed through her veins, helping her to pump her aching legs faster, heavy pants rapidly leaving her mouth, trying her best to outrun the predator behind her.

After a couple minutes of running like her life depended on it, Gaz heard the footsteps behind her disappear completely.

She continued running, despite the fact that no one was chasing her.

She didn't care.

She just wanted to be as far away from his 'house' as she can.

Her lungs felt like they would burst from the amount of exertion she was using, but she ignored it, kept going until she couldn't possibly keep running.

She slowed down when she spotted an alley, ducking into it, Gaz leaned against the wall, laying her sweat covered forehead against the cool concrete. The sounds of her breaths were the only thing that she could hear as her lungs desperately took in as much air as it could, she licked her dry lips, her throat parched from all that running.

So distracted from trying to regain her composure, the exhausted girl didn't notice the presence that dropped down from the roof, until it was pressed up against her.

Her body tensed noticeably, gasping breaths coming to a halt as gloved hands slid up to cover her own that was braced against the wall.

She kept her eyes forward, staring at the grey color of the wall, refusing to believe that he's caught her once again.

Zim purred, his three pronged hands curling around her balled ones, he pressed his face against the back of her head, nuzzling the soft strands.

"Found you." He was using that same sing-song voice from earlier, stretching the words for emphasis.

Gaz shuddered, he pressed his face closer to hers, making Gaz turn her head to lay her cheek against the wall, her eyes, however, avoided his.

Zim didn't seem to mind though, bringing his mouth to drag his zipper teeth along the top of her ear.

"Trying to run away again are we, little Gaz?" He whispered heatedly, breaths ruffling her bangs that stuck to her sweaty forehead.

She gave no response, choosing instead to stare blankly at her hand engulfed by his gloved ones.

Zim merely chuckled at her silence, "you should know by now that never works."

Gaz still gave no response.

Zim frowned at her lack of reaction, hoping that she wasn't giving up already; there would be no fun in that. He then smirked, pressing his whole body against hers, pushing her further against the wall, making sure that the only thing that she could feel, smell, and see was him.

"Perhaps, Zim should punish you again." He grinned victoriously when he saw that certain flare light up her brown eyes as she glared darkly at him.

"Fuck you." Gaz growled.

"You already did that." Zim chuckled.

Pink tinted Gaz's cheek, she squirmed around, trying to wriggle her body free from Zim's.

Her tired form was quickly overpowered by Zim's, his hands tightened over hers as his body pressed her own into the wall painfully, hissing as she felt the whip wounds on her back reopen from the pressure put on them, she automatically ceased her struggling.

He let out a soft sigh against her hair, sounding like he was sad, which she knew he very much wasn't, "right when I was starting to trust you. I gave you too much freedom," her narrowed eyes watched as a twisted smirk pulled across his face, "perhaps, Zim should put the leash back on you, my little pet."

Gaz snarled viciously at that, "I'm not your fucking pet!"

Zim snickered, his ruby eyes boring deeply into her angered ones, "yes, you are, you belonged to me even before I conquered this filthy planet," his pelvis pressed roughly against her, "maybe you need a little help remembering who you belong too."

Gaz bared her teeth at Zim, growling audibly as she glared at him with all the hate that she could muster, "let me go."

Zim frowned at the disobedient female. "No."

"Let. Me. Go. What the hell do you want with me?"

The alien stared at the glowering teen thoughtfully, seemingly thinking over the question, before answering her, "you interest me, you always have." Was all that he told her.

Gaz was not satisfied with that answer, knowing that there was more to it than that.

Zim continued, ignoring her disgruntled expression, "besides you should be honored that I chose for you to be my pet, I could have easily sent you off to the Tallests to either be killed or made into a slave."

Gaz merely grunted, eyes shifting to stare at their joined hands.

"Remember little Gaz, I love you." Gaz trembled at the false, mocking tone he used for those three precious words. She remembered a time before all this, when he used to tell her those three words with a loving, sincere tone, briefly, she wondered what happened to that Zim.

She growled at his mocking tone, "shut up."

Zim chuckled maliciously in reply.

Catching his eye, Gaz steeled herself, glaring determinedly into them, "I know Dib is still alive," she hissed, watching as his ruby eyes widened in surprise, "someday I will get away from you and find him."

She watched as his features darkened considerably, daring her to continue, "and when I do, we will take you down."

Zim frowned at Gaz, suddenly finding her determination incredibly annoying. He moved his hand to the back of her neck, and pinched a nerve, knocking her out.

He backed off, catching her unconscious body before it could hit the floor.

His expression darkened ominously at her sleeping form, noticing how peaceful her face looks when she was sleeping, "I'd like to see you try."

xXx

I feel like just stamping complete on this and calling it a oneshot. But I kinda want to continue this, I guess I'll just leave it open until I decide whether or not I want to continue this. xP

Anyways, thanks for reading! :D