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Being Human	By : RotSeele Category: +G through L > Invader Zim > AU/AR-Alternate Universe-Alternate Reality Views: 2485 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter List
- 1-Being Human
- 2-Two
- 3-Three
- 4-Four
- 5-Five
- 6-Six
- 7-Seven
- 8-Eight
- 9-Nine
- 10-Ten
- 11-Eleven
- 12-Twelve
- 13-Thirteen
- 14-Fourteen
- 15-Fifteen
- 16-Sixteen
- 17-Seventeen
- 18-Eighteen
- 19-Nineteen
- 20-Twenty
- 21-Twenty One
- 22-Twenty-Two
- 23-Twenty-Three
- 24-Twenty-Four
- 25-Twenty-Five
- 26-Twenty-Six
- 27-Twenty-Seven
- 28-Twenty-Eight
- 29-Twenty-Nine (Epilogue)
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Twelve - Zim POV
I was going to have to call Gaz at some point and ask her why she thought ancient history would be something I wanted to learn. Sure, learning about the origins of humanity was great and all, but it just reinforced the fact humans were dumb hairless apes and were quite less civilized than said apes.
I was pretty sure I’d already learned this through the years I was going through the motions of being an adolescent human. I was thankful to have a seat in the back of the lecture hall. It allowed me to pay less attention to the professor and more attention to the young woman who’d been with Dib in the cafeteria a few days ago. I’d already discerned she wasn’t human. I couldn’t place what she was. I’d never encountered anything like her before. Her disguise was better than mine by far. Which meant she’d had time to plan this.
She wasn’t an Irken. I knew that much for certain. And she wasn’t any of the species the Irkens had conquered. She definitely knew how to act more human than I did, and she definitely knew more than I did about not drawing attention to herself. She turned just slightly, just enough to glance at me and frown. I ducked my head and averted my gaze. It was too late to do anything except try to look sheepish about staring at her, and pray that she didn’t recognize me as anything but human. She tilted her head and gave me a small smile before she returned her attention to the professor.
That smile bothered me. It bothered me so badly I had to dig my nails into the skin on my legs in order to keep from exploding in front of everyone. In elementary school, no one really cared when I had an outburst. They simply said I was weird and left it at that. But here? Here that would be a red flag, especially to Dib, that I wasn’t normal. That I wasn’t who I said I was. That I wasn’t human.
I felt my face starting to burn and ducked my head.
As soon as the professor declared class over, I tried to get out of there as fast as I could.
“Zeke, right? Or should I say, Irken invader?”
I whirled around and faced her. She was staring at me, her eyes deadly serious. Her hands were clasped behind her back. Or maybe they were hiding a weapon. Slowly I raised my hands above my head as I’d seen humans do when a weapon was pointed their way.
She cocked her head, her lips turning into a frown. “What are you doing here, Irken?”
“What does it look like I’m doing?”
“You’re not honestly here getting an education, are you?” she sounded surprised. Even a little confused.
“And if I am?”
She pursed her lips and frowned even more. “That’s strange. For your kind.”
“My kind?” God, she made it sound like I was some sort of unmentionable. That kind. What the hell did she think she was?
The woman snickered. “You’re kinda cute when you get mad.”
I felt my face heat. “Shut up.”
She canted her head to the side, and sucked in a breath to sigh. “Now I remember you. You were that kid Dib went to go talk to the day before classes started.”
“So?” I asked defensively. I wondered how fast I could move. If I could reach her before she shot me or managed to scream. Of course, she was taller than me, so I’d probably be at a disadvantage that way, but I could probably break a rib or two if I hit her in the right place. Then I’d just have to quietly dispose of her body and no one would be the wiser.
“Before you decide in favor of whatever suicidal mission you’re thinking of, please allow me to explain that I am not alone here. And if I disappear, my people will find you and eradicate the entire Irken Armada down to the tiniest smeet.”
I stared at her. Her face was dead serious, and her inflection left no room for doubt. She smiled at me, displaying sharp canine teeth. “Now, does the human know what you are?”
“Does he know what you are?” I countered.
“Humans are easy to fool. If you look human, you are human.”
“Great diplomatic answer, but completely evasive.”
To my surprise, she laughed. “I like you, Irken.”
“My name is Zim.” I snapped.
“Zim, huh?” She let her hands fall to her sides and in her left I saw a black matter sphere. I tried not to let any fear show on my face. I didn’t know how she could get her hands on such a dangerous weapon, but she definitely was willing to use it. One little tap from the sphere and whoosh - you were gone. I remembered to breathe only after she slid the black matter sphere into a little pouch and put the pouch in her satchel. “Doesn’t Zim stand for-“
“Say it and I’ll kill you.” I growled.
Her smile was dangerous and just shy of deadly. “You could try.”
I clenched my fists and spun on my heel, stomping away. I heard her footsteps behind me, and a moment later she was walking beside me.
“Sorry,” she said. “I didn’t mean to piss you off.”
I stopped and stared at her. She fluffed her hair and sighed. “I suppose it’s innate, for my people, to hate Irkens.”
“I think the whole galaxy hates Irkens.” I muttered. “So what are you?”
She tapped her fingers against her lips. “I’m Puuraki.”
“Never heard of it.”
“I’m not surprised. We’re very... what’s the word... exclusionist. But it’s ingrained in our DNA to hate Irkens and usually destroy them on sight.”
“Gee, thanks for your incredible self-control.” I said dryly. But her statement confused me as much as I understood it. I’d never heard of the Puuraki, and there was definitely no mention of the race in the Irken database, otherwise the Armada would’ve taken them out already. So there was something I’d have to look into, something I had to validate. The problem was I didn’t have access to my mother computer and I wasn’t about to ask GIR to do research for me. Not that I believed he wasn’t capable, but I didn’t want anyone, especially this girl, to know what I was up to.
“You’re a defective, aren’t you?”
I glowered and said nothing.
She nodded. “That’s probably why I like you. The first Irken to ever throw off the chains of his people and do what he wanted.”
“I’m not the first.” I said. “I”m just the only one to survive. Wait. Why am I telling you this? Just leave me alone!”
She laughed. “You can call me Seerah, Zim.”
“It’s Zeke. Could you call me Zeke? Zim is... No one’s supposed to know that!”
“...No one meaning Dib?”
I froze. She stared at me, and I felt something dangerous peering at me from behind her eyes. I met her gaze with a cold stare. “So what?”
She moved so fast I didn’t realize what she was doing until the back of my head hit the wall and her hand wrapped tight around my throat. “So what?” she growled. “You little bastard. And here I thought I liked you! But the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree does it? You’re planning something aren’t you? And Dib’s part of it? Are you aiming to earn his trust and then turn around and destroy him?”
I choked and grabbed her wrist. She was strong, stronger than me, and she didn’t even look it. “No,” I managed to gasp out. “He... I... grew up together, but...”
Her hand eased up on my throat but she didn’t let go. “But?” Seerah asked with deadly calm.
“But he left me behind. He came here and forgot about me. So I came here, pretending to be human, with his little sister’s help, to show him I can be just as good as him. That I can be human too. That I can do anything he can so we don’t have to be apart.” The words came out in a rush. My eyes were blurry. I couldn’t tell if it was because I was suffocating or I was crying. I don’t think I even really knew what I was saying.
Suddenly, Seerah’s hand left my throat. “Oh. Oh, Zim.”
I slid to the linoleum floor, gasping for air and trying to hide my head in my arms. I felt ashamed and I hated myself. I’d just basically detailed my entire reason for being here to someone I didn’t even know, someone who’d tried to kill me in defense of Dib of all people. I looked up when her hand touched my hair.
Her eyes were kind, and a small smile graced her lips. “You love him, don’t you?”
“What? No, no!” I said quickly. “Who’d love that big-headed science freak? Not me! I’m here to prove he will never know whether or not I’m nearby.”
“Liar.” Seerah said with a snort. “But keep telling yourself whatever excuse you want to. I know the truth.” She rose and started to walk away.
I jumped up and ran after her. I caught up to her outside the building and grabbed her wrist. I yanked hard enough to stop her and pull her off balance. Seerah gasped and spun around, grabbing onto me so she didn’t fall down. Of course, if she did, she’d be taking me with her.
“You can’t tell Dib.” I said perhaps a little to desperately.
She stared at me, and at first I thought she was going to break my neck because I’d touched her. Then she straightened and gave me a smile that I guess was supposed to be reassuring, but it just served to unnerve me. “I won’t tell him about your little plan or your crush. And you can’t tell him about me, kapeesh?”
“Fine.” I released Seerah and stepped away from her. “I promise.”
“Alright, then.”
We stared at each other for a moment longer, and then started to go our separate ways. Which happened to be toward the dining hall.
“Would you quit following me?” Seerah said.
“I’m not following you.” I snapped. “I’m meeting someone.”
“So am I.”
We glowered at each other until we reached the dining hall. Seerah immediately bee-lined for a table, the table Dib happened to be sitting at, along with another boy. Another Puuraki. Seerah hugged the other Puuraki and smiled sweetly at Dib. Then she casually pointed at me. I should’ve retreated, but I didn’t want to leave, not really trusting seerah to keep her promise. So I took a deep breath and approached the table.
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