Are We Enemies? Invader Zim x Reader

Chapter 9

"Are you going to try and stop him?" you asked, with a shaky voice. Zim finally looked at you, as if he hadn't realized he had been the only thing stopping you from falling to your death this whole time. His eyes narrowed and he stared at you for what seemed like ages. "If I stop him Zim will have to let you go, is that what you want?" Zim finally said. "Well no I don't want that" You said back shakily. "Then no. This robot is ruining my plans and it is much easier for me to allow Dib to do the work for me" Zim replied nonchalantly. You both looked back to Dib to see that he was now at the switch. Dib looked back at you in shock. After shaking his head a few times he reached towards the switch and pushed it off. You breathed a quick sigh of relief as you waited for the robot to stop. Seconds turned to minutes and then what felt like hours. The robot kept moving. "Um Zim? Isn't it supposed to stop?" You asked a bit panicked. "Wait what? You and the Dib-stink thought that off button would turn off my robot? What a ridiculous idea" Zim replied raising an eyebrow. "WHAT? YOU MEAN TO TELL ME THAT DOESN'T TURN IT OFF?" You yelled in reply, your heart once again beating faster than humanly possible. "Why on earth would that turn it off?" Zim replied questioningly. "IT SAYS OFF" You said in frustration. "Oh that's just for decoration" Zim replied. You let your head fall into the palm of your hand. "Then how do we turn it off?" you asked, trying not to scream in frustration. "There is a self-destruct button on the robot's neck" he replied. "That would have been useful information Zim" you said angrily. Turning your attention back to Dib you yelled out "DIB YOU HAVE TO HIT THE SELF-DESTRUCT BUTTON ON THE NECK". Dib looked back at you and gave a thumbs up, he then proceeded to continue to climb the robot. The robot itself continued to trudge its way through the city. You could see people running in all different directions to avoid it. In the distance you saw military vehicles headed your way. "Zim we have to hurry and shut this thing down or else the military is going to blow all of us to pieces" you said in a panic. "Nonsense, your human military is no match for a creation of Zim's!" he replied with triumph. "Then why is there a missile sized hole in the shoulder?" you asked raising an eyebrow. "I don't see anything" He replied with a blatant lie. 

Zim was still holding on to you as the robot continued to move, his spider legs attached securely to the side. Dib was almost to the neck of the robot, but the military was closing in fast. "Where is this robot headed?" you asked curiously. "The nearest power plant is my best guess" Zim replied. "And how far away is this power plant?" you asked with wide eyes. "About two minutes away" Zim replied casually. "WHAT!?" you screamed. "Zim this thing is going to kill us all if you don't help Dib shut it down!" you replied once again panicking. "Hmm I guess I could just bring you with me" Zim replied. Without warning, Zim prepared his spider legs and launched the both of you upwards. You closed your eyes and without thinking wrapped both of your arms around Zim and held on for dear life. Your head was spinning. Zim did this a few more times successfully launching the both of you within feet of Dib. With your head still spinning you didn't realize the both of you had stopped. You held Zim close in fear of falling to your death. "Human" Zim suddenly said. Your eyes flew open to reveal that you were no longer in danger. You unwrapped your arms from Zim to see him staring at you with narrowed eyes. "S-s-sorry" You stammered in response. Zim's arm unwrapped itself from you, and he set you down. You all now stood on the shoulder of the robot. The robot's movements making it a shaky trip. "Dib-stink hit the button already" Zim said impatiently. 'What button Zim!? I don't see one" Dib said as he searched the robot's neck. "Hmm it should be here somewhere" Zim said joining the search. "Wait, it SHOULD be here?" you asked angrily. "Well I mean I let Gir put the finishing touches on everything, I specifically told him to put a self destruct button on here" He said still searching. Dib did a face palm, "You let your defective robot be in charge of installing the only thing that could stop this robot?" Dib said sounding defeated. "GIR Come to me immediately" Zim said ignoring Dib's question. Within a minute the three of you turned your attention to a puff of smoke in the distance making its way towards you fast. The closer it got the more you noticed what it was. A tiny silver robot with blue eyes was flying towards you. The robot finally made its appearance on the shoulder along with all of you. "GIR didn't I tell you to install a self-destruct button on this robot?" Zim asked the little metal robot. "Yes youuuuu did.......wait....maybe......I dunno" Gir responded with a smile. "Okay.....so did you, or did you not install a self-destruct button?" Zim said angrily. "Nope" Gir said swinging his arms back and forth. You let your face fall into your hands. "So now what do we do? The military is here, and the power plant is just a few steps away" You said eyeing the military vehicles now just a few paces away. The power plant lay right in front of the robot. "It looks like we're going to get blown to bits either way" you said, a defeated look now plastering your face. You all watched as the military vehicles began to load another missile, and the robot started reaching for the power plant.