Invader Zim Fan Fiction ❯ Smip and Kwe's story ❯ Chapter 11

The computer kept constant watch while Dib and Zim just waited anxiously in the lab for any news.

Several hours later, the computer announces, "Smip and Kwe coordinates located. Location, Planet Foodcourtia."

Dib runs to the consol, "Can you put it up on the screen? We need to see they're okay.."

The screen flickers on, showing the boys as they walk into Shloogorgh's

Zim gasps in horror, "NO! WHY THERE??"

Dib looks at him curious, "What's wrong?"

Zim clutches the screen as if he can yell through it and stop Smip from continuing. "That's where I was sent before! Sizz Lorr returned for me that day at Skool and took me back, keeping me prisoner there while I was forced to work. It was humiliating!"

They can only watch as events unfold and Smip seems to be hired, but looking so sad. In fact, watching him start to cry breaks Dib's heart and Zim grows angry. It isn't long after Kwe is recruited that Skooge calls to inform them of such, and they send him back on his way. Dib decides to contact Tak of the news while Zim stays behind to watch.

In fact, that's what he does almost day in and day out is sitting in front of his monitor, watching his son. Each thing he sees his son suffer through causes him to grow angrier and angrier and he doesn't even notice the deep scratches in the panel that he has started.

If he ever gets his ship back, he makes a vow to go destroy the entire planet.

Dib watches with him most of the time, getting angry himself at seeing his precious son struggling so hard. Gir, surprisingly, remembers his orders from Smip and spends time comforting them as best he can, even if it's just falling asleep in Dib's lap most of often.

They see the day Kwe comes barging in with his announcement, even though they can't hear what's being said, but feeling a weight lifting off their shoulders when Smip obviously quits. Though, then they watch as his new ship is revealed and Zim, after watching for son long, has taught himself a little about reading their lips.

His antennae jerk up and he leans forward with a growl, smashing his fist on the console, "HEY! You can't just trade my ship away like that! It's MINE!"

Dib can't question it however as they receive another transmission from Skooge. This time however, he looks almost sick with fear.

".. Zim.. Kwe has become an Invader... But.. he's been assigned to Niff."

Zim almost pales at the news, his heart skipping a beat.

Unbeknownst to them, Tak had been watching in the background for days; almost as much as Zim had. She was but a shadow, though, and went unnoticed. At seeing Skooge and hearing of her son's invaderhood, she couldn't help but feel proud and scared at the same time.

Finally, she steps forward, ".. Is it bad, Skooge?" With lack of communication, she wasn't as up to date on the newly listed planets for invasion.

When Tak appears, Zim's heart skips another beat and both he and Dib jump in surprise.

"Hey! How'd you ge--"

Zim is cut off when Dib grabs his shoulder, looking up at his mate and looking back up at Skooge as well. Skooge lets out a very heavy sigh, looking away. Zim, however, lowers his head and finishes for him.

"Niff, is the planet of the cute, pink, fuzzy beasts.. But do not be fooled by the name.. Five Invaders have already fallen in their attempts to conquer it."

Tak looked down at hearing this at first, then slowly smiled. ".. There is no need for any of us to fear. Even in his pregnant state, Kwe is well trained far beyond any Invader I've ever seen.. He can and, knowing him, will carry out this assignment with ease... I didn't raise a weak son for you, Skooge." She drew closer to the monitor, the slightly evil, confident grin on her face that drew Skooge to her in the first place.

Dib doesn't look as convinced.

Skooge, however, swallows hard when Tak approaches with that grin. He can feel the carrier urges within him reacting to her just as they did once so long ago. He tries to stay strong.

"Kwe is a wonderful son and I'm proud of his accomplishments." The pudgier Invader speaks nervously to her, avoiding looking her straight in the eye.

Tak could see Skooge squirm in his seat, this small show of weakness made her truly wish to start horribly mean and dominant flirting towards her old mate. Sensing Zim and Dib ever so close by, all she can manage to get across to Skooge is an even more evil grin, her body realigning her own sex organs to her seeder role in only a few moments.

"Skooge, we have.. much to talk about... This communication line is not mine, and what needs to be said should be said face to face. Can you find time to put your current mission aside to come visit?.. With you here, it might tempt Kwe a bit more into coming back as well... Please, for me.. my mate..." Her words are fluid, yet dominant now, no longer pleading and remorseful as before. Her mind refreshes itself on how to get Skooge to do as she says.

The poor Invader has conflicting emotions on what he should do. His mission is almost over now, so he will be free soon. But, he can't hold off on it now, even if his squeedilyspooch reacts to his original seeder. He closes his eyes, face turned completely away, holding as firm as he can.

"I.. cannot abandon my mission this close to finishing.. But Tak, how do I know this isn't some plot so you can escape the planet? You did it once before when you took Kwe away with you."

Tak looks down, "That.. wasn't what happened.. I.. I was only after revenge.. Then I was going to come back, but Zim wrecked my ship. I lost communications..." Looking back over at Zim and Dib, she straightens back up, ".. It was really not up to me.. Please come to see me once your mission is over... Unless.. you have another mate?"

Her plotting brain finds a nice weakness in Skooge. What other mate would have him after all? She was one of the few that knew of his needless punishing of the Tallest towards him. But, she was also curious to make sure. If another Irken had taken him, they would be in a world of hurt by her hands. This she knew.

Skooge looks back to Tak almost shamefully and twiddles his fingers together. "No, I don't have another mate.. I haven't since we were together."

Zim doesn't care at all that he's eavesdropping and lets out a long whistle. "Wow, you haven't mated since Kwe was born? I'm surprised you still know how it works anymore." He reaches down, rudely grabbing Dib's ass in the process.

Shooting Zim a glare, Tak slowly lets a grin curl over her lips. "Oh, I'm sure I can remind him how it works." Her newly formed erect phallus evident only to Skooge as she faces the screen, letting him clearly see, as well as her suggestive words at how it 'worked' between the two of them.

With expert control, she eases her own hard on away so that Dib or Zim wouldn't notice. She didn't wish to embarrass Skooge after all.

Skooge is quite thankful that he's sitting at his console as he swallows hard again. "Um.. I-I have to go!" The transmission cuts off completely.

Dib smacks Zim's hand away, walking away angrily, "Leave me alone you jerk!"

He storms upstairs, wanting somewhere else to brood. Zim follows after him, arguing as usual, leaving Tak completely forgotten.

The female Irken turns back to the screen, firing up the monitoring software. Watching her son and Smip for just a bit, the same old evil smile comes to her face.

"Zim and Dib are truly idiots.. We can contact Kwe now that he is officially an Invader."

She doesn't message them quite yet. No, she was too evil to just contact them when they were simply sitting around and talking normally.

Back on the ship, Kwe leans into Smip's side, his voice soft and hot in his love's antenna, "You know.. It's been a long time since we.. you know..."

Smip grins softly now as he holds his mate and lest out a little chuckle. This was one of the plus sides of the overactive hormones.

He moves his head down, kissing Kwe's neck softly, "Mmm.. You're right.. And I've really missed it and feeling you against me.." His caresses on his lover's body become more sensual. "Do you think you'll be okay? I don't want to hurt you or the smeet."

Kwe grins, "I'm sure it will be just fine.. I.. I miss your touch."

The Irken's lips press against Smip's, his hand slowly making its way between his lover's legs and squeezing the growing bulge. His antennae already twitch, searching out Smip's as Kwe shows a bit more of an aggressive need for sex than was normal between them.

Smip makes a happy moan, closing his eyes and kissing Kwe back, pressing himself into the warm hands. He flips his antennae forward, caressing the length of the delicate stalks upon the other's head in long, loving motions.

"Mmm, Kwe.." he was rather enjoying the forcefulness that Kwe was showing.

Leaning down, Kwe's lips softly kiss and lick at his mate's now exposed chest, a soft moan escaping as he maneuvers himself on the little bench they sit upon.

"Mmm... Only 20 minutes on the ship and we're already at it," he giggles, getting onto all fours and wiggling his curvy ass as he pulls down his pants.

Smip's breathing has grown heavier and he runs his hands over Kwe's body as the other moves and wiggles his ass, exposing it. He bites his lower lip hard, feeling his member throb with excitement.

"If I had my choice, I would have already had you before we even finished stepping inside.." He runs his hands over Kwe's naked ass, squeezing the globes gently. "You want this bad, don't you?"

"Ohh, yes, please.. my seeder.." Hot words come panting out as Kwe wriggles his backside against his lover's touch. His large belly hanging beneath him.

Smip practically drools, his eyes half-lidded with lust as he unfastens his pants, slipping them down around his thighs and grabbing hold of his shaft. Guiding himself to Kwe's opening and rubbing the tip against him, he leans over a bit more, getting ready to push into his willing mate.

Tak watches, blushing slightly, but before her own perversion could catch up to her in a way that would make her overly creepy, she decides this was the best time to interrupt.

Switching the main monitor on, she says in a loud, threatening voice, "GET OFF MY SON!" She points at Smip, finger shaking slightly.

The half Irken's eyes shoot WIDE open and he jumps backward with a yelp of surprise, falling off the bench onto the ground in a tangle of clothes. Suddenly, he realizes that it's Tak and he scrambles to get himself covered back up as if he can play off innocence.

"Oh my god!.. She's gonna kill me!.. Kwe, she's gonna kill me!!"

Kwe, equally embarrassed, nearly falls off the bench with Smip. Remembering the smeet though, he quickly catches himself and stands up, fixing his pants and saluting the screen. In the back of his mind, he suddenly realizes that he now outranks his own mother, but with the current situation, he decides to stay saluting, only ending to help Smip off the ground.

He whispers, "She can't kill you over the transmitter, love," before approaching the screen. "Um.. Hi, mother... How are you?"

"How am I? How are YOU?! Stealing my old ship is one thing, but.. becoming an Invader without breaking the news to me first thing is completely another," Tak scolds, finally lowering her tone a smiling slightly at her son. "I'm proud of you.. on the most part.... I can't say I like the size of your belly right now, though."

Smip tries to find his footing as he stands, blood running cold when he sees Tak's face on the screen. Of all the people to find and contact them at all possible times, it has to be one that is out for his blood. His erection dies away instantly and he is frozen in place while Kwe converses with her.

When she mentions the size of his mate's pregnant belly, he starts feeling sick to his stomach with nerves. Well, there was no denying it anymore, but that didn't mean she was going to accept it. Smip tries to be strong, but he was scared quite shitless of Tak and doesn't realize he's standing at Kwe's side until he has his arms wrapped around him possessively.

"That d-doesn't matter. This is our smeet.."

Tak smiles pleasantly toward the teen, "I tried to kill your parents you know, Smip. I almost did too, but the stupidity of Zim's SIR unit saved them.. Just barely.. Sadly, I cannot harm you now, Smip. Not without facing the wrath of a true Irken Invader.. You're very lucky Kwe was successful in becoming one, or you would have been dealt with in the most horrible way... And as far as your parents go.. They have been.. helpful." Tak looks away as if hiding something before crossing her arms.

Smip gives a sharp intake of air, unconsciously gripping Kwe tighter out of fear. He suddenly doesn't care at how afraid he is anymore and steps forward angrily, "What did you do, Tak?! If you hurt them,.. I'll.. I'll.." He doesn't know a good threat to use, but at least his heart is there. Smip straightens up, gaining confidence now as he seems to realize that Tak can't attack him through the monitor.

With arms still crossed, Tak gives a blood-chilling glare at Smip. "I rampaged directly into their house in a Megadoomer and pulled the trigger of the main laser when it was right at their heads.. 'Gir' pulled the battery out before I could destroy them, however.. Your mother, Zim, was all but ready to die and forced Dib out of the way, I'll have you know. He's completely hurt and misses you dearly. He's been watching the entire time you've been gone.. I wouldn't doubt he was watching while you two were mating as well." She feels this bit of information would be far more disturbing than anything else she could say to either of them.

Kwe's face drops and his eyes go wide before he blushes deeply with embarrassment. Smip, pales at the information of his parents going up against a Megadoomer, then pales further before flushing brightly that his parents had probably been watching he and Kwe making love. As horrible a thought as it is, he wouldn't put it past his mother to do something like that and grabs his face out of mortification.

She continues, "Do you think I just happened to turn on the monitor right when the two of you started to couple? HA!.. By the way, what are you two thinking of naming the smeet?.. If it's a female, I expect it to be named after me of course."

Smip drops his hands suddenly, looking up at the female alien with disbelief, "Name it after you?? And why should we do that? You've certainly haven't done much to earn it from us!"

"You should name the smeet after me because, well, I would tolerate it even more so. As well as my name holds some merit across Irken culture. Not much, but with Kwe as her father, she would have a very good start in life.. This may be an odd concept for you, Smip, seeing as neither of your parents could really give you a real social push in life."

When Tak goes on to rub her status and his parents' lack thereof in Smip's face, he glares back angrily. "Just for that, I'm making SURE not to name the smeet after you!!.. I don't care if you are Kwe's mother, you're a BITCH!" He struggles to swallow afterward, knowing that he's probably going to get some kind of retaliation if they meet in person again.

Kwe, the whole time, had just been huddling against Smip, letting his mate speak for them both. True, Kwe might outrank the other teen by such a large amount that it was rather ridiculous, but to Kwe, Smip would always be 'his Tallest'.

She glares back at Smip first, then slowly smiles, which was rather scary itself. "Well, I'm glad at least to see you're finally growing a pair of testicles, Smip. I'm sure you will make a fine mate for my son.. If you keep growing them." Pausing a moment, Tak leans back and looks at her son. "Kwe.. I am sorry.. I mislead you to try to separate you and Smip.. I.. I have spoken with Skooge recently and.. it reminded me of a lot. I am sure that Smip will do well for you, just make sure that you do not give birth in a normal Irken birthing chamber. They will sentence it to death for its genetic defects." She speaks of the human DNA. "If you can get home before this happens, I will help you with it and even prepare a PAK for the smeet."

Kwe listens, then nods slowly, "Thank you, mother.. But I have already started building a PAK and the ship has a birthing chamber on it.. We will be fine."

Smip holds Kwe close, resting his head against his mate's head protectively, looking at Tak with a challenging glare. Pride wells in him as he listens to Kwe inform his mother about the preparations he's already made for their smeet's birth.

"As you can see, we're prepared.. And I will contact my mother to learn more about what will happen when it is time for Kwe to give birth."

Tak nods. "Very well.. Smip, I believe your parents are too stupid to realize they can directly talk to you any time they wish now. Would you like me to inform them of this? Or simply let them wait until they can see you face to face."

Smip still doesn't look all that pleased with her, but he has reason at least. He keeps his eyes narrowed. "No, thank you, Tak," he forces out as pleasantly as he can, but feels ill at the words. "I thank you for your 'concern', but we will be fine without your help."

He understands that not only can his parents contact him, but now he can contact them any time he likes. And he will, but he wants to do it properly and think over what he will say.

She glares right back. Here she was actually being somewhat 'nice' and the boy was being rude. "Kwe, speak with your mate. He needs to adjust his attitude towards me."

And with that last sentence, the screen flickers off, leaving Kwe to simply blink before turning to his mate.

".. She was trying, love," he says softly, afraid of angering Smip.

Smip keeps his glare even towards the female alien until she signs off, hugging Kwe possessively and moving his hand to caress his lover's body as well as their unborn child.

He 'hrmf's softly. "Well, she needs to try harder," he replies simply and kisses Kwe lovingly. "You know that I love you, right? I'm sorry that I said those things, but she shouldn't have said that stuff to you either."

"I love you too, Smip.. And I have no ill feelings towards you.. I.. um... Would Zim really.. uh.. watch us?" Kwe asks, referring back to what his mother had said.

Smip's face glows purple with blush and he coughs softly into his fist, looking away. "Er.. um.. Well.. He doesn't exactly respect others' privacy all the time.." He blushes brighter still. "I.. I wouldn't put it past him... And now I'm feeling paranoid.. Do you mind if I put the signal jammers on the ship?"

Kwe is all too quick to reply with wide eyes and an equally deep blush on his face, "Please do!"

The raven-haired teen goes over to the control panel, studying it and becoming more familiarized with its workings before he begins trying to set the signal jammers.

Turning and looking at the black monitor, Kwe hits a button and looks at their course. ".. We will have some time together though now, love. Just you and me.. In private.. It will be about a month before we arrive to the planet." Stars shoot past on the screen, the awe of space before them, ".. It's beautiful, you know."

Looking at the vastness before them, Smip nods, "You're right, Kwe.. It really is.."

A beeping sound confirms that their signals have been properly jammed from detection at last. Yes, if Smip wants to talk to his parents, HE will call. But, he has more important matters to attend to after this; like a needy mate that he hasn't finished loving yet.

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After TONS of hot, Irken boy on boy romance, loving making, and some good ol' fashioned fucking, the two approach their destination, feeling closer and more fulfilled than ever. Kwe's stomach bulging as they start taking long distance scans of the planet, studying the world and its inhabitants. Notes of Kwe's plan scroll over the screen, his SIR unit running about making last minute preparations.

"Yes, this should go well..."

Smip is much more concerned now that they get to Niff, even if they're still in orbit. He holds his lover tenderly, looking over his shoulder at the screen. The creatures look absolutely ridiculous to be feared, until he watches them attacking some prey so viciously that it actually makes him feel ill. He knows if he sets a foot away from the safety of the ship, he'll be torn limb from limb in a matter of moments and this causes him to grip Kwe a little tighter.

"Yes.. You see, my seeder, these creatures mask themselves to look just like harmless space bunnies. Luckily, for me, I've found a way to tell them apart from the real space bunnies.. Also, the Intel from the previous Invaders, I've found a weakness. You see, the Queen beasts are the key. If I kill off all of them fast enough, they can no longer breed and thus, the mighty Irken empire will easily be able to invade.. Well.. Somewhat easily. They're still quite vicious even without their queens." Kwe speaks with a smile, holding Smip's hand tightly in his own, "Unlike Zim's Earth mission, the creatures have no real culture and are basically animalistic. So, what we won't really need to disguise our base. Just setting it up with enough security and defenses to keep them away should do. Sound good so far?"

Smip nods slightly, listening carefully to Kwe's every word and putting his trust in his mate. After all, Kwe excelled in his training so much that he became an Invader in such a short time. Still, it doesn't make him any less afraid that something terrible may happen after so many other failed attempts.

"You promise me you won't leave the safety of the base then unless it's ABSOLUTELY necessary? You're NOT going to be putting yourself in danger any more than you need to, understand?" Smip says the last part firmly, exercising his seme authority. He needs to look after his mate and their unborn child after all.

"Is that.. an order, my seeder?" Kwe asks with a shiver of submission, leaning into Smip, his eyes shining brightly and large belly pressing against the other.

Smip lowers his hands, caressing the pregnant bulge with loving tenderness as he barely swipes an antenna against one of Kwe's, a habit he began to pick up after being able to spend more time with his mate. It's just the briefest of touches, but the intimacy and love in the gesture is clear.

"Yes. You two are too important to me to let anything happen."

Leaning in, Kwe kisses his partner's neck softly. "I will obey, my love," his words hot and soft.

But, before yet another round of sexy Irken mating can occur, Iif comes into view and salutes. "Sir! We are preparing to enter orbit."

With a sigh, Kwe pulls away. "Very well, Iif. Start scanning and find a safe spot to set up the base then."

Smip's body tenses, reluctantly pulling away as well. "You'd better take the controls and I'll keep an eye out as we get closer. We don't want to be spotted while we're landing. I'll watch the monitors in case there's any suspicious activity happening."

"I'm pretty sure they're just stupid animals... Vicious, horrible, flesh and metal ripping animals, but animals nonetheless.. But alright, my mate." With that, Kwe takes the controls, the ship blazing through the atmosphere as the SIR unit watches and takes notes quickly.

Iif spots one of the creatures and projects a hologram around himself, taking their form. With squeaky footfalls, he turns and faces Kwe for approval.

"Heh. They're cute.. Keep this shape, Iif."

Smip gives an odd look at the disguised robot, not sure if he feels quite the same way as his mate. "Don't be surprised if I freak out for a while until I get used to seeing him like that. I'll probably think one of those things got into the base."

"Don't worry, he won't need it around the base. Just when he and I are on the planet.. I'm not sure how effective it will be though. He kind of.. looks like an Earth rabbit, yes?.. Do you think he would fool humans? When we get back to Earth, I think I'd like to keep him like this, in remembrance of my first conquered planet."

The ship slows to a stop suddenly as Iif interrupts.

"We have arrived at a secure location, Sir. It will only be secure for approximately 20 minutes while a base is created."

Kwe doesn't wait for any kind of response from Smip, but the teen doesn't have one anyway as things are set into motion. Kwe leaves the ship quickly and imbeds the base drill, which instantly digs deep into the ground, beginning its normal procedure.

Smip doesn't even realize that he's holding his breath while watching his mate until he starts feeling lightheaded. He goes to the controls of the ship, watching the monitors there for any movement that he will need to warn Kwe about. So far, there is nothing, but every nerve in his body is on high alert.

Kwe stands at attention as he watches a rather large and very military looking base form on the planet's surface, taking on much more true metal and not nearly as many holograms that Zim's used. Auto turrets and defense grids switch on, surrounding the base in a dome-like structure as he simply stands at its entrance, watching.

As he stands there though, a small, pink orb slowly moves behind him. Dropping from beneath his own ship was the only way it could have escaped the scans. The SIR unit instantly kicks into defensive mode before Smip could even react.

"DANGER!" Iif sounds, leaping from the ship ready for battle.

Smip notices the small creature a millisecond later and gasps, whirling around and taking off, running out purely on instinct to save his mate.

"Kwe!!" His shoes almost have trouble gaining traction as he runs. The robot is already there as he tries grabbing a weapon on his way.

Kwe turns, seeing his cute, fuzzy aggressor as it slowly hops up to him with a wide, cute smile on its face. "Stay in the ship, Smip!" he orders and continues to stand there confidently, arms behind his back.

Iif takes a battle stance behind the creature. Giving a little growl, breaking from its cuteness as it finally notices it was surrounded, the beast lunges at Kwe with mouth wide open. It could easily swallow a watermelon in one bite.

Without moving the rest of his body, Kwe's spider legs emerge from his PAK to grab the animal, throwing it up into the air behind him. The auto lasers finish from there as pink fluff rains down around him.

Smip skids, crashing hard into the side of the door as he tries to get out, but by the time he finds his footing again, it's all over. He stops, breathing heavily and staring in surprise, his weapon lowering to his side. The fluff, the only remains of the creature, blow softly on a light breeze.

Finally, he snaps out of it, looking to his love, "Are you okay?"

Kwe grins confidently and walks up to the other, kissing him on the lips, ".. If I say 'stay inside the ship', please do so.. I am very good at what I do and you would probably just be putting your own life at needless risk.. If I need you, I promise I'll call for you." Cuddling closely to Smip and breathing in his sent seems to make the smeet twitch inside him and causes Kwe to smile.

Relaxing just slightly into the comfort of his lover's presence, Smip nods very softly, stroking Kwe's antennae back.

This touching moment is cut short again by Iif, "Sir! More of the creatures are approaching."

The alarm puts Smip back at alert and he stiffens, putting a hand at Kwe's lower back and trying to usher him safely inside. True, he may not be able to protect Kwe as well as Kwe can protect himself, but the intentions are there.

"Do you have the shields up?"

Kwe nods in reply while they board the ship before flying it safely into the new base.

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The two stay tucked away in the safety of the base while Kwe continues to work through his plan on conquering Niff. It's during their first few days arriving there that Smip decides to contact his parents, very nervous on what he was going to say to them after being gone for so long.

It took plenty of mental and emotional preparation, but he finally sent the call through, hardly surprised that it was answered after barely a moment. What did surprise him though, was that it was his father's face on the screen rather than his mother.

Dib looked torn between several emotions, not sure which one he wanted to let through first. Out of all of them, anger and frustration seemed to win.

"WHY HAVEN'T YOU CALLED SOONER?? WE'VE BEEN WORKED SICK ABOUT YOU!!" Smip shied away guiltily, but Dib just let out a long, calming sigh, wiping away some tears. "I'm so relieved that you're safe though.."

Zim's voice sounds from the next room over, "Dib! Where did you put my pants?"

Kwe walks by, sipping a drink, only to walk backwards back into view and blink at the screen. "Oh!.. Hi. Hehe.." His belly was quite heavy with smeet now.

Smip scrunches up his face with distaste at his mother's words and even Dib becomes rather flustered by it before calling back quickly, "By the workbench, but hurry the hell up! Smip finally called us!" He wipes his eyes again quickly, noticing Kwe as well and offering a soft smile. "It's good to hear from you too, Kwe. And you look like you're coming along well." He looks back to his son, "Why did it take you two so long to call us? We've been going CRAZY worrying about you both since you just ran away like that! You're lucky that we didn't have the entire galaxy looking for you!" Dib glances at Kwe as well, addressing him as if Kwe were his child too. "We even called Skooge to help keep a look out for you.. And, well, I guess I'll give you my congratulations on becoming an Invader, Kwe, but.. You'll probably understand I have mixed feelings about it."

Kwe idly sucks on his drink, blinking at being addressed like Dib's own son at first, forgetting how nice the human had been to him before.

Taking the straw from his mouth, he nods, "Yes.. um.. Well, I promise I will quickly succeed on my invasion of this planet and we will be on our way home right afterwards.. This will not be like how Zim has taken and given up on his assignment; it will happen quickly."

A loud crash and running with a holler of, "GIR! GET OUT OF THE WAY!" comes. More crashing and rattling off screen happens before Zim finally comes flying into the room, his own pants on his head like a hat while he stands in his uniform top and a pair of briefs. "SMIP!"

Smip's eyes widen as he watches his mother come charging in. He doesn't get to say anything before the elder Irken's face takes up the entire screen, Zim leaning completely into the camera as if he could come through it and ring his son's neck.

"WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN??! YOU'VE BEEN OUT OF CAMERA RANGE FOR ALMOST A MONTH!!"

Kwe just goes back to his drink while he watches. Zim wasn't really much of a threat over the monitor. After a moment, Kwe speaks up to the enraged alien, "As an Invader, my seeder and I have a right to privacy at times.. Food service drone, Zim.. I know you were worried about your smeet, but watching us non-stop was quite uncalled for. Don't think that my mother didn't warn us of this." With this said, he goes back to drinking.

Once again, Smip cringes slightly and blushes a bit, recalling that bit of information and why he had hidden for the past week.

Zim opens his mouth, fully ready to protest until an alarm suddenly goes off in Kwe's base, which, at this point of only being on Niff for a few days was a common occurrence, but it scared the bajesus out of Dib.

Smip sits up straight in his chair, antennae alert as he glances at a monitor in the background that shows what looked to be a space bunny flying through the air towards the base, only to be blown up in a cloud of pink, puffy cuteness. He's gotten more used to it at least, but there's always some nervousness that comes with it. A few more explosions happen as the bunnies are blasted away from the base. Once he sees the rest of the hideous things vaporize, he looks back at the screen.

".. I think I have to agree with Kwe on this one, dad.. That was pretty creepy and rather embarrassing.."

Dib turns his head to his mate, "You've been watching them all the time? I thought you were just checking in on them.

Zim glares at Kwe while he crosses his arms angrily and addresses his lover, "I had to make sure he was safe..... By the way, your mating styles are rather pathetic.. You need to work on your technique."

Smip just stares in shock, jaw hanging slack before snapping shut and his face glowing brightly. "DA~AAAD!"

Kwe glares and throws his drink on the floor with a splash, walking off without saying another word. Pregnancy is a bad time to pick any sort of fight with any creature.

Hearing the splash, Smip turns his head, watching his mate storm away angrily before looking back at his mother. Iif suddenly shows up behind Smip, out of disguise, and cleans up the spill quickly and efficiently.

Smip frowns at the screen, even though he's still blushing. "Dad, he's kind of.. testy right now.. Can you try not to aggravate him please? I'm having a hard enough time not getting on his bad side as it is."

Dib pulls Zim back finally so he can speak more easily. "Well, you can tell Kwe that I apologize on his behalf. And I understand it's a little rough right now. He," Dib gestures with his head towards Zim, "was a nightmare sometimes.. But, well.. Smip.. We miss you. We tried to stop you when you two left that day and we've been trying to find a way to bring you two back.. We want you to know that, even though this happened, we're still proud of you and that we would never love you any less because of it.. We've even come to a more stable agreement with Tak.. In fact, Skooge finished his mission and he's even shown up here too. He's with Tak right now. She pleaded with him to come, hoping that it might draw Kwe back now that his parents are together again."

The teen goes to respond, but is suddenly tackled, by a pink blur flashing across the screen and he lets out an absolutely girly scream of pure terror. Dib is out of his chair in less than a second, leaning in with Zim as they watch in helpless horror.

Dib screams, "SMIP!!"

After a bit of struggling, the pink fluff ball stands up and waves, uncloaking itself to show it was Iif. "I was instructed to do that in order to terrify Zim. I am also to tell the human 'Dib' that Kwe is terribly sorry for such a scare.. And to deliver this message to Zim." With that, the little SIR unit promptly gives a raspberry and walks off.

Dib is hardly comforted as the disguise fades away. Zim looks positively homicidal and he growls, making a larger groove in the console with his hands. Dib still tingles from the adrenaline, but slowly sits back down, clutching his heart.

Smip sits up, shaking all over and looking off in the direction he last saw his mate, yelling angrily, "FUCKING SHIT, KWE! DON'T SCARE ME LIKE THAT!" Still shaking, he looks down and is mortified to notice he wet his pants.

"I refuse to take responsibility for my actions in my current state!" Kwe calls from off screen.

Smip tries to stand up, but he's too unsteady in the legs. He manages to raise a trembling hand though, looking up at his parents. "I promise I'll call you back again guys and I love you.. I just need to go kill Kwe and change my pants.." With that, he hits a button to disconnect.

After that little incident, it took about 2 days for Smip to start talking with Kwe again.

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After a few days, Kwe sits in front of the monitor this time, sending a call into Zim. "Umm.. Zim? Are you there?" He pets Iif disguised in his bunny costume beside him.

In the background, Zim's head pokes in on the screen before he walks to the monitor, looking quite pissed off as he sees who's calling him. ".. If you weren't currently harboring Smip's smeet, I'd hope your head was chewed off by those foul pink beasts!.. What do YOU want, fool monster?"

"You'll be glad to know Smip is refusing to speak to me after that little.. joke.. So, I'm here to apologize... I will promise not to fake a life-threatening event involving your son again if you promise not to.. do.. Zim.. stuff," Kwe says, trying to sound official, but his lack of preparation showing.

The elder Irken stands quietly, glaring daggers at Kwe for several moments, mulling this proposition over carefully. Well, no more horrible tricks with his precious offspring sounds quite good, but he doesn't really know, or care, what exactly qualifies as 'Zim.. stuff'. After all, isn't anything that he does considered to be 'Zim stuff'? He suddenly looks quite bored, his train of thought derailing as he picks off a piece of lint from his uniform.

"Mm-hmm.. Yeah, sure, whatever.." Zim's mysterious brain meats work.. mysteriously.. as he looks straight at Kwe, going completely off topic. "Now, what I said before about your mating styles.. YOU would do well to listen to ZIM!"

"Hmm.. Later, maybe. Although I do not really like the idea of you having watched us,.. tips for pleasuring Smip would be.. appreciated." Kwe blushes deeply and looks away. He wanted to make Smip happy, even if he had to get tips from Zim to do so. "For now though, I am off.. I.. am not feeling well...." With that, the transmission ends, Kwe clutching his mouth and rushing in the direction one would assume would be the bathroom.

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It was a few days later, when Smip was finally talking with his mate again, that he decided to call his parents back after cutting off from them so abruptly the last time. He actually wanted to ask them more about what sort of things he might expect with Kwe's pregnancy. Smip had looked up information himself, but seeking his parents' guidance was more comforting that textbook research.

He put the call in to his home, noticing that it took a bit to get an answer before the screen flickered on automatically inside Zim's lab to catch his father's words, "God, Zim.. I don't know how you talk me into these things...."

Dib is bent over a table wearing a beaver costume on the far side of Zim's lab, facing away from the screen.

Zim proudly walks past the monitor wearing his bear suit, "Yes, my love pig. Time for daddy bear Zim to take care of you.." It was only then that he noticed the screen was on. "Oh, why HELLO my son!" acting as if everything the two were doing was completely normal.

Smip feels a bit of his brain explode, shrivel, and die as he catches his parents.. doing god knows what really, but it was definitely not something he particularly wished to witness. He slaps his hand over his eyes, turning away with a disgusted groan. "Oh, what the fuck?! C'mon, you guys! I don't even WANT to know what's going on and I'm serious going to need some therapy after this.."

What destroys his mind a bit more is that he seems to pull up some once read information about 'furries' and 'fursuits'. He quickly clamps down his thoughts before they pull up the rest of the information on that. He refuses to look at his parents now as he tries to speak. "I told you guys I was going to call back.. Can you like, for my sanity.. try not to do that in any place that I may happen to come in on it? Jeez.."

Kwe, not realizing that Smip was in the middle of a call, comes walking into the room wearing a squirrel costume. "Love, I heard that humans sometimes enjoy festive monster costumes. Care to-- Oh!.. Umm.... So, you went with the bear suit, Zim?" Yes, one of the many HORRIBLE sex tips, courtesy of Zim.

Smip drops his hand to stare at his mate, jaw slackened some. He gets up from the chair, "That's it, screw you all, you're all nuts, I'm taking a shower.." He waves his arms in finality as he storms away, popping his head back in after a second to point at his mother, "And YOU'RE a pervert! Quit giving Kwe 'advice' or whatever.."

Dib's face is scarlet as he looks at his partner angrily and walks out as well. "Zim, you're such a jerk.."

Zim just watches, seeming to be completely unaffected really and raising a brow to Kwe, as if to ask 'what's their problem?'

The robot, Iif, walks in, seeing all the costumes and instantly takes shape, cloaking himself as a rabbit and sitting on a nearby bench. Kwe gives Zim a raised brow as well.

The older alien simply shrugs, "Eh, he'll come around to the costumes. It took a bit to get Dib to admit he liked it."

Dib now screams from the next room, "I NEVER SAID I LIKED IT!!"

Zim just looks towards his mate's direction and walks that way, "What part of 'Oh yes! I love it! More! More!' meant that you didn't like it, Dib?"

"SHUT THE HELL UP!!"

With that, the screen flickers off, leaving Kwe completely dumbfounded.