Parenthood [INVADER ZIM]

Chapter 11 {Pt.1}

Since the fight between the Irken leader with a heart of gold and the scientist with a stubborn mind, the tension between them was harsh. So thick that you can cut it with a knife. It was so thick, that it made Dib's and Professor's fight seem like nothing, a speck on a wooden table basically. While their fight was a huge mud stain on the carpet, one that probably wouldn't come out, ever.

Every time [M/N] came over, he was either quiet around Professor Membrane or gave simple and small responses, sometimes he would even ignore the other. The first friend he had mad on this planet already hurt him, he wanted to dig a hole, bury himself and come back stronger but sadly, bills needed to be paid. The telephone one of course, he rather have that then be tracked by his PAK phone if necessary.

It been hard, losing a friend like that but he was right, [M/N] was there as an employee, nothing more or less. He wasn't Mateo's friend, he wasn't, they only hanged out as friends which [M/N] expected but he enjoyed it, a lot.

Now, its been a week since the whole incident, and [M/N] was currently packing two bags for an exciting adventure. Ms.Bitters class had been forced to take on a field trip, it was the class' turn now and everyone was excited, the kids at least. The Zoo they were visiting was out of city, into another one, three hours away. So the possibility of clean things and people, it sounded like a dream come true.

[M/N] was selected out of a machine to be a human chaperone for the children along with three other parents. He had watched tv shows about this kind of human children event,  and about Zoo's in general. His favorite part is when the penguins began to dance because of the much taller penguin started first with his tapping feet. He would hope to see another Mumbo.

" Dad? Are you done preparing us for this horrid, stupid, dookie, trip?" Zim asked, marching into the kitchen with his human disguise on, and looked over the two purple bags, one for him and one for [M/N]. " Why do we have to go anyway?"

" Well, your school-mates seemed to enjoy the idea and wouldn't it be nice to survey the other human amusements on this planet?" [M/N] asked, " It would be a nice way to understand humans and their fun."

" My mission is to destroy Urth and take over as their overlord, why would I care what they like?" Zim asked, his tone stiff and sharp. " What's wrong with our forms of fun?"

" I don't enjoy when they take different smeets with different physical effects to the training ward for target practice." [M/N] said, his tone cold and harsh. Not directly towards Zim, but to what the control brains decided to do with the poor smeets that were made differently. " Abusing smeets isn't something I find entertaining." Zim flinched a bit, he remembered most smeets with physical defects were taken off by many robot arms and onboard a small ship, most of them making noises and crying. A painful memory he had. [M/N] clapped his hands and took a deep breath, a calming one.