Truce? ( Dib X Zim ) [ Invader Zim ] ( bxb )

Chapter 8 - Smeets You Say?...

Zim was now standing with his hands behind his back, smiling awkwardly but proudly. The Tallest had switched the call over so that a large crowd of Irken citizens were watching the conversation. Dib's eyes scanned the massive crowd of Zim's people. They seemed just as equally amazed at seeing Dib as he was seeing them. Tallest Purple came back on screen.

"Zim.... You reproduced...You actually-"

"WOW! HE'S SO TALL!" One female Irken said, starstruck.

The Tallest started hearing many other compliments about Dib's height. He wasn't as tall as the Tallest, but he was a very respectable height for Irk and Earth standards. Zim turned his head to the side, blushing from all the compliments about Dib. Dib was trying not to show that it immediately went to his head, since he was conscious about being too short. He's happy that he got his dad's height.

Most of the compliments came from the newer generation of Irkens. Tallest Red turned around toward the crowd.

"HEY," He started, "Enough! All of you!"

The crowd hushed to just giggles. He turned back around toward the screen.

"So Zim, uh yeah, explain..." Red said.

"Well, one night, I found myself with some pain in my mid section. It was relieved when I coughed up a round orb-like object," Zim said. He went to his computer and pulled up an image on the screen. The Irkens looked at the object with mixed results. Some were very confused while others were amazed. Fil started chewing on his glove.

"It had a hard exterior shell when first conceived. The three dots in the middle were them," Zim said smiling and changed the picture to their next stage, "The orb then grew bigger over a span of three months. As it got larger, the shell on the outside got softer and softer until it was able to be broken."

The audience wowed when he showed them the last stage before they hatch. Dib held in a laugh since it was kinda Zim's equivalent of someone showing people an ultrasound of their baby. Zim seemed just as enthusiastic as well. He then showed a picture of Dib holding Fil and Wil. Zim's heart leaped at the photo of Dib smiling at Wil.

"And... that's them afterward..." Zim said, softly.

The crowd had silenced to a hush, observing the photo. It was a very foreign thing to look at. The idea of holding a smeet wasn't really thought of for a very long time, and definitely not thought of for the newer generation of Irkens. Those of Zim's generation seemed rather interested, yet very puzzled. They were also worried that more living things had Zim's DNA lurking in them.

On the other hand, the new generation of Irkens were absolutely fascinated by the idea. Fil looked at the people on the screen and just twitched his antennae. Dil and Wil copied him and he glared back. Dib observed the range of different emotions that the Irken people had, from fear to amazement. Zim watched the boys like a proud parent, but then was reminded that he needed to speak. He cleared his throat.

"But, anyway..." Zim continued, "I won't be returning back home... I would prefer that I stayed with my new family on Earth..." He looked at the Tallest, "... I'm a lot happier here, and my old mission is now proven to be even more useless... So, I supposed this works out for both of us..."

"Uhhh... wait, Zim-" Purple said. Some of the newer Irkens were a little disappointed now.

"You wished for me to be off the Irken planet so that I wouldn't interrupt any more operations...." Zim said, "And I wish to stay here to be with my family and pursue other things I've found quite interesting... The geography of a planet's society is quite amazing when you really take it in... and... not destroy it."