Traitor

Prologue

A/N: Before we begin, I'd like to add that I personally DO NOT ship Zim and Dib at all. How I made this was from a YT video I watched called "Sincerely, Zim" I recomend you checking it out if you do like this ship. The vide is adorable and I give thanks to the person who made that animation, Poka Tutu. They are an amazing artist, I highly suggest you subscribe to them.

Anyway, I've been dying to make an Invader Zim fanfiction, but not of Dib and Zim of course. Just something random really. I tried MULTIPLE times and failed, but thanks to a video, I managed to make something and I hope people enjoy it as much as I loved writing it. (Also I don't normally make A/Ns, I find them annoying, but this had to be said before the actual fanfiction. Thanks for reading and have fun. I guess... I dunno.)

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"HE'S IN HERE!" The angry mob outside screams as they slam against Zim's door in his intergalatic space shuttle. "Gir, what do we do?! I can't think with all of these...icky emotions..." Gir scans around the room finding a hatch leading down to the escape pods. "This way!" Gir yells pointing towards the now opened hatch.

Zim doesn't question it and follows after Gir the second he jumps in. They both landed in an old part of the ship that hasn't been used for centuries. This ship was orginally designed for Zim's escape once he conqured Earth and destroyed every human in sight, but things have changed since then.

"Gir...I don't feel comfortable being in this place. What is wrong with me?!" Zim pulled at his antennas in utter confusion. Gir tugged on Zim's clothing pointing towards the override controls on the panel. Zim walked over towards the panel, he wasn't familiar with this tech. As he read it he discovered it was in Earth-lingo, but also known as English.

Zim instantly broke down reading these letters little by little. He was so upset he didn't hear the angry mob busting down his door above him. "Master, we gotta go!" Gir shrieked as he slams his robot fists onto the panel initiating the self-destruction sequence which activated the escape pods.

Gir pulled Zim towards one of the pods forcing him inside then locking the doors as the humans quickly found their way into the lower room which they resided. "THEY'RE TRYING TO ESCAPE, MAKE SURE THEY DON'T LEAVE!!!" A woman screamed as her and several other random angry humans pounded on the pod's glass and on the panel.

Zim remained completely numb to the situation and sat there in complete sadness without showing an ounce of emotion other than his eyebrows arching in a concern look. Gir panicked and pushed a red button which sent them out into space heading towards the now conquered Earth.

"Earth?" Zim questioned as he looked at their destination. "Gir, I can't go back to Earth, not after everything that has happened--I--" Gir slapped Zim as hard as he possibly could. "Get ahold of yourself!" Gir screamed. "This isn't like you! If we're going to get to the bottom of this we're going to have to go back to where it started. Do you remember where the hologram station is?" "Hologram station...Gir, how do you even know about that?" "I didn't tell you, but Dib re-programmed me. The truth about the mission, Master is that... the Tallest wanted to get rid of you."

Zim was shocked to hear this news. He knew the Tallest didn't like him, but...no...it all makes sense now. He thought. "This is my punishment for killing Dib..." Gir shook his head. "NO! You and I both know you didn't kill him!" "How can you be so sure?" Zim questioned cocking his head.

"How blind could you possibly be?! Ugh, nevermind. I forget that Irkens don't understand complex emotions, even if its their own." Zim didn't understand what Gir was trying to say, but that didn't matter. As they sat there in silence their pod crashed in the middle of Zim's last known base on Earth.

The whole world was in shambles, not a single human or living soul could be seen and if there were any...then they wouldn't be kind. Gir and Zim wandered the streets for a while until making their way to an uncharted area that no human has ever been. This land was untouched, the grass was still green and very few creatures remained in this area.

Zim took a deep breath before stomping three time and knocking twice on the surface of the Earth. Soon the ground shook and spun slowly opening a hatch into an underground base. "Get in." Zim said as he pushed Gir into the strange base. Soon Zim jumped after him landing on his feet as the lid up above closed after them.

Lights flickered on revealing a long hallway filled with empty rooms of experiments that were to never be found or created. Gir and Zim walked down the long corridor. Gir peeked into each different room, each one was specially designed for whatever was meant to be placed in them. As they reached the end there was a large vault door.

"Peace Among Earth." Zim quietly said and soon the vault door opened allowing entrance for the two. Gir quickly pieced who this belonged to. This was Dib underground base and laboratory. He heard rumors about it from the residents of Earth, but he didn't know it was real.
Zim walked up several steps where couple panels were laid in front of him looking over a large empty room. In the back of this room facing across from Zim was a broken vat that was once going to be used for him, but things have changed. Pressing several buttons and switching several switches a hologram of an older teenager Dib appeared before him.

Zim's face looked up at him with sorrowful eyes and shaking hands. "So this is the hologram room..." Gir said looking around then at the hologram in front of him. "Dib..." He said sorrowfully. It was obvious the two missed Dib very much, their relationship was kept secret for so many years. To think it started off as to learn each other's weaknesses. Zim chuckled and smiled a bit at the thought.

The hologram began to speak. "Hello, and welcome to the hologram room. Well, I guess its not much of a room now since this hologram has been activated. I made this room originally to capture my greatest foe, not just mine, but the Earth's, however that changed over time. I didn't expect for me to fall in love...with an alien." Zim covered his mouth, not out of shock or fear, but out of sadness seeing the man he once cared for speaking for the first time in years since his death.

It was like he was brought back to life. Gir watched Zim carefully studying his movements, facial expressions and heart rate. His heart was beating faster and faster with each second and with each following second his body started to shake and tremble. "I saw myself as a paranormal investigator. I was going to prove to the world that I wasn't crazy, conduct experiments on these strange creatures and become world famous. Everyone would have known my name and everyone who doubted me would be for shamed! See what I did there? I rhymed. Heh, Zim would have loved that...maybe your are Zim, watching this hologram..."

Zim backed away, strange dark blobs started to stream down his face, was it sweat? No, they were tears. Gir has never seen an Irken cry before. Their tears are black, that information was never written. I guess an alien never had any reason to cry before. "If you are Zim...then click the pink button under the table." Zim walked forward towards the panels and found a dirty button marked with a 'Z' under it. Gently, Zim pressed the button. The hologram restarted and played a new message.

This one was chaotic, and frantic. Dib didn't look well, his glasses were broken, his clothes were torn and he had bruises all over his body. "Zim! Zim! I don't know if you're watching this right now, but I'm in trouble! I'm sorry I never told you this, but I re-programmed your robot. He was dumb okay?! I wanted him to be useful to you for once. Before it was just me being an asshole and not fixing him, but now... I care! I'm so sorry, Zim!"

In the background Zim could hear shouting and banging and glass breaking. Sirens went off and lights flashed. "Shit, shit, shit! I'm running out of time! Zim! If you're watching this DO NOT LOOK FOR ME! YOU HEAR ME?! DO NOT LOOK FOR ME! I WAS NEVER GOOD TO YOU ALIVE, SO I HOPE IN DEATH I WILL BE! THEY'RE COMING FOR ME AND I CAN'T--" People could be heard shouting from behind.

Dib looks in their direction, his face is horrified as he clutches notes and random papers to his chest. "THERE YOU ARE YOU TRAITOR!" An older man yells as he tackles Dib to the floor. Zim could hear him being chocked by the man as the hologram camera is knocked on the floor. Dib taps on the floor several times, it was Morse code. 'R.U.N' That's what Dib left as a last message to Zim.

Gir stood there watching Zim. "Master?" Gir asked still watching Zim as he wiped away his eyes with his left arms. Zim looked down at Gir with a determined expression and the fire will to fight. "We're getting him back."