Rise of the Armada part 3

Invader Zim
Rise of the Armada pt. 3

"Ugghhh" Zim looked at himself in the
mirror, disgusted by his apperance. He
had reluctantly put on the tuxedo and
placed on the wig and contacts. He
still could not believe the humans actually
wore these things to dances, but he
really did not have a choice.

His Pak looked slightly odd along with
the outfit, but it wasn't like he could
take it off. He hoped the humans
wouldn't question him about it.

"Ooooooh," GIR exclaimed when he
saw Zim. "Master, you look good!"
He flashed him a big goofy smile.
"I go take a picture!" He then proceeded
to run into the other room to fetch his
camera, squeaking the whole way.
Zim sighed.

"GIR, I don't have time for..." before
he could finish his sentence, GIR came
running back, camera in his robotic
little hand.

"Smile!" GIR exclaimed as he began
to snap pictures. Zim sighed and stood
there until the little robot had finished.
GIR triumphantly held the camera up.
Then, he gave Zim a big hug.

Zim choked back the urge to yell at
him. He looked down at GIR's face;
he was beaming. Zim rolled his eyes.

He checked to make sure no one
would be able to see. Then, he
wrapped his arms around the small
robot minion. No matter how much
GIR irritated Zim on a daily basis,
he still tried his best to be a good
servant. And secretly, Zim enjoyed
having GIR around.

He let go of him and quickly put on
a serious face again. "Now GIR, I
will be gone only for a few hours.
I am ordering you to keep the house
on lockdown until I return. DO NOT
let anyone inside the house! Especially
the Dib!" Zim growled under his breath
just from saying his enemy's name.
"Got it?!" He looked toward GIR.

"Yes Sir!" GIR answered by saluting
his master. His eyes glowed red for
half a second, then went back to blue.
"Imma go make taquitos!" He then ran
off into the kitchen. Zim sighed and
shook his head.

He checked his appearance once
more, then opened the front door
and began walking to Gaz's house.

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Within a few minutes, Zim was standing
at the door of the Membrane house.
He akwardly rang the doorbell and
waited for Gaz to answer.

After a few seconds, the door opened
and out came Gaz.

She wore an elegant silk black dress,
and her hair was pulled up in a bun,
with a few curled pieces hanging down
in the back. She had also applied a
bit of makeup.

Zim had never in his life been attracted
to a female human. He normally would
have thought they were completely
repulsive, and thrown all thoughts of
them from his mind. But, when he saw
Gaz, he began to feel a feeling he had
never known before. He could not
place exactly what it was called, but
it gave him a very odd warm and
tingling sensation in the pit of his
Squeedily Spooch. For the first
time, he felt as though he... liked
Gaz...

He willed himself to stop thinking
about it and just focused his mind
on the upcoming events. Although
he could not stop himself from
saying what flew out of his mouth
next.

"You look beautiful!" As soon as
he said it, it sounded wrong. He
had never even contemplated
saying something like that to
anyone, especially Gaz. It was
not his nature to give compliments,
and yet it felt like the right thing
to do.

"Uh, thanks," Gaz replied. "You're
not too bad yourself." They stood
there akwardly for a second, until
Gaz finally said "Come on, let's
just get it over with."

She grabbed hold of Zim's arm
gently and they began to walk
together to the High Skool.

As they walked, Gaz could not
stop her eyes from wandering
back to Zim. He wore a very
nice tuxedo with a bow tie and
everything.

Of all the years she had known
him, Gaz had not once thought
of Zim as attractive. He was an
alien for Pete's sake! But for some
odd reason, when she saw Zim
tonight, it was as though he was
a different being. To be honest,
Gaz thought he looked amazingly
handsome in that outfit.

She scolded herself in her mind
for even thinking about it, but
Zim was hot. It took all her
willpower not to blush every
time he looked her way.

She gritted her teeth in frustration
at herself as they kept walking. Zim
looked at her curiously. "Are you
angry?" he asked.

She sighed and tried to calm herself
down. "No, it's just that..." She
could not think of a way to explain
it. "It's... complicated." Zim just
nodded as they reached the front
door to the High Skool.

They checked in with the administrators,
then went to the gymnasium where
the dance itself was being held.

Zim had never seen anything like what
he was witnessing at this moment.
Loud music radiating from speakers
around the gym penetrated his hearing.
Tables filled with snack items lined the
walls, and beams of colored light from
a disco ball circled an area where students
were dancing. Just like him, other male
students wore nice tuxedos and suits,
while the females wore dresses that
filled the room with a variety of colors.

He noticed that most the girls and boys
danced together as pairs. He did not
want to appear abnormal, so he quickly
grabbed Gaz's wrist and dragged her out
onto the dance floor.

"Zim, what are you doing? I never
said I wanted to dance!" She glared
at him angrily, and tried to hide the
blush that suddenly appeared on her
face. This made her even more angry.

"Shut your noise tube, Gaz-human! It
is my duty to appear normal, so we
must dance like the other filthy beasts!"
He looked at the way the other males
had placed their hands on the female's
waist, and he did the same to Gaz.
Gaz blushed even more. She sighed
angrily and glared at him.

"I better get my Game Slave 5 out of
this or I'll make sure you never see
daylight again." She reluctantly went
along with Zim, placing her hands
gently on his shoulders. Zim began
to imitate the movements of the other
dancers, and Gaz had to admit, he
wasn't too bad at it. In fact he was
pretty good at dancing. They swayed
around the gym together, keeping in
rythym with whatever song was
playing.

Gaz found herself actually enjoying
dancing with Zim. She had never
felt so good with someone before.
She usually just kept to herself and
played her video games. But, at that
moment, she wasn't thinking about
anything but herself and Zim caught
up in the wonderful dance. For the
first time, she opened both her eyes
and smiled right at Zim. The look
confused him for a moment, but
then he smiled back at her.

Suddenly, she felt the strangest urge
to kiss Zim. She knew in the rational
part of her mind that it was wrong, but
her good feelings began to take over.
She was attracted to him, plain and
simple. Slowly she began to lean in
towards him. He seemed a bit confused
for a moment, but he had seen people
kiss before on television. Soon he
caught on to what she wanted and
started to lean his face in to meet hers...

"Get away from my sister you filthy
alien!!" In a flash, Dib had appeared
at the dance with a specialized hand-
cuff device that he had created. It
took Zim by surprise. Dib watched
maliciously as the device shot out
automatically and cuffed Zim. But
these were no ordinary handcuffs.
They wrapped around Zim's wrists
first, then began encasing his entire
body in a cast of metal that was
impossible to escape. Zim thrashed,
attempting to free himself, but it was
no use.

"HAHA! I've finally done it! I finally
caught you, Zim!!" Dib began laughing
maniacally and out of control. All those
years of trying to create devices to
abduct Zim had finally paid off. He
could once and for all find a way to
prove to the world that Zim was
truly an alien.

"YOU FOOL! When I get out of
this Dib-stink, I'll... I'll..." Zim began
to think of how he was going to get
out of this. He had never expected
Dib to ever actually succeed in doing
what he had always planned. He began
to feel slightly nervous.

"Save it Zim, you'll never get out of
this alive! I finally got you and there's
nothing you can do about it! You're
helpless and pathetic!" Dib laughed
again.

"DIB, WHAT ARE YOU DOING!"
Gaz exploded with anger. "You
always ruin everything!" She marched
right up to him and grabbed the collar
of his shirt, shaking him. Dib just
swatted her away. He picked up the
chain that was attached to the metal
casing that covered Zim's body and
began to drag him out of the gym
and back to the Membrane house.