The New Kid (Invader Zim x Reader)

"No, the Tallest wouldn't have-... they couldn't.. I'm one of their best Invaders! They gave me the top secret mission!" Zim was almost shouting, his eye twitching as it always does when he feels strongly about anything. "You wouldn't know, Y/N! You aren't one of us!" He was yelling now, banging his hand on the metal wall. Heavy breathing, and then silence. The Irken blinked a couple of times after deciding to find a sense of self control. The empty lab was not in any way comforting.

"I'll call them myself." He huffed after blankly staring at the computer screen for a couple minutes. "Y/N won't be able to tell me her human lies then. Zim is not so easy to manipulate." He narrowed his eyes as his hands worked furiously on his keyboard to pull up the contact of his leaders. It was only until the very last second did his finger hover only slightly above the call button. He was shaking, and it was at that moment that he realized he actually was scared. "Hey, Gir, is Y/N still up there?" Silence. "Gir...." More silence. "GIR, I AM ASKING YOU A QUESTION!" "Yeeeeeees." A high pitched giggle followed the drawn out response.

His boots hitting the floor echoed throughout the enormous underground lab. "I cannot let these thoughts distract me from my work." He said softly to himself, before actually stopping altogether. "What work? I'm not destroying the planet anymore." Zim sighed, feeling less of importance  even more as the day goes by. He drearily began to head towards the elevator when a slight disturbance caught his eye. "Eh? What is this? A hole in the wall of my hand crafted lab?" Zim reached his small hand inside to retrieve whatever caused the hole and began laughing when he found the suspect. "A spy bug? In MY base? There's only one person smart enough to infiltrate me...it's Dib. Unfortunately."

"I HAVE FOUND YOUR LITTLE SECRET NOW, DIB STUPID!! BASK IN THE AMAZINGNESS OF ME, FOR I AM..." "Of course he fell for it. He's Zim." Laughter. "The least Irken of all the Irkens. I don't know where he gets it from, honestly." Zim's mouth remained slightly open as his eyes lowered to the spy bug in his hands. An audio tape was playing through it. "And can you believe he fell for the 'question mark' planet?" More laughter. "Poor kid can't take a hint. Ever since he was a smeet, I've heard." "My Tallest?" Zim asked aloud, hoping to wake up from whatever nightmare he was living right now. "Over 100 years old and the only thing he ever killed was his own people. Maybe he'll meet his match on E-ar-th. How DO you say that?" "I don't know. And I don't care! We need more snacks!"

For 30 minutes, Zim stood in the same spot, clutching the device in his hand, refusing to try to speak or even blink. In his entire life, he had never shed a tear. He was afraid he would allow himself to reach that weak point now. After finally blinking and rubbing his eyes to rid them of the water that had slightly filled them, he made it to the elevator. He was silent on the way up. He was silent as he grabbed Y/N's arm and took her with him. He was silent on the way down. And he was silent as they approached the computer screen. His finger did not hesitate to press the call button this time. Y/N could feel his little hand shaking in hers as she glared up at the screen. "Well, well, well, who do we have here?"

"My girlfriend. My HUMAN EARTHLING girlfriend." "Isn't it a bit sad that the only way you could find love is with an alien, Zim?" The very tall purple Irken leered, casting a sarcastic glance to his almost identical, red Irken friend. "I gotta admit, it makes sense though." Red snickered. WHY AREN'T YOU BANISHING ME?" Zim shouted, tears filling the corners of his shining pink eyes. "DATING OUTSIDE OF IRKEN RACE IS FORBIDDEN! BANISH ME! CAST ME OFF!" He was screaming in anger now. Y/N stood in fear, watching the situation unravel. She felt even more anger towards them when they began to laugh. "Let's break it down for you, soldier, you have had your Invader title wiped ever since you were sent to Foodcourtia. Does that ring a bell?" Zim blinked a couple of times, his antennae twitched, and the corners of his mouth turned down in what seemed like an annoyed, angry, and hurtful frown.

"Why do you find it so embarrassingly amusing to take pleasure in others' pain?" Zim finally spat, swiping his hand across the tears on his face angrily. "Oh, no, it's just you. Do we have the location locked?" Red called. After a few seconds, a technician confirmed. "And because we take so much pleasure in your pain specifically, your little friend will now take part in that as well. How would you like your leaders to finally pay you that visit you keep begging us for?" Red had an evil smirk on his face as the transmission was cut.

A/N: hello my dear readers, I'm so sorry if this sucks and I am also so sorry cuz it's so late from the last chapter lol I honestly have no idea when I plan to end this story, I keep getting so many ideas I want to put in!! Love y'all, we are still going strong on the #invaderzim tag also! I never expected this story to get the attention that it's gotten so I promise I won't let y'all down and I will finish it eventually :P