Zes origin 1-Activation
In the beginning, there was nothing. A sense of warmth mostly. Whoever they were didn't matter so much. It was nice and warm and a sense there was someone there. For a while, it seemed like this is how it should always be.
Then the warm feeling stopped and things felt cold. More like they felt something. The light and sounds were something amazing for the first time.
"Welcome to life, Irken child. Now report for duty."
They just blinked at the robot hand that was talking to them. The name Zes was the first thing that came to mind when they searched for something. As much as they wanted to follow orders they knew they had to wait.
It’s still cold, I have to wait for the warm to get here. The warm one is late.
Then she saw another one leave the pod. Moments after the robot arm had talked to them. That was the one they were waiting for. It was odd watching an activation, and even odder to know that's what it was.
When the other one activated, the robot arm gave the same speech that Zes had. Except for this one just ran up and hugged the arm. Like that's what it wanted to do all along. "I love you cold, unfeeling robot arm."
Why are they hugging the robot's arm? I'm right here. You're the warm one.
They stopped hugging the robot's arm as soon as they saw Zes. Like a switch that flipped they were excited as they jumped down. Zes wasn't sure if they were meant to catch them but that didn't matter in the end. They were hugging Zes tighter than when they hugged the robot's arm.
“There you are. So warm for Zim. I love you the most.”
The smile on the tiny new Irken was contagious when Zim said that. Zes just let them hold on. "You're late you know. Come on, robot arm said to report for duty."
Guess I’m warm too. That’s nice.
"Wait, Zim still needs to know your name! I haven't heard it yet!" Zim seemed very put off by not knowing this fact. Zes was trying to let them think. Not like they said their name. They haven't said a lot of things since being alive.
They just shrugged with Zim still holding onto them. "Not like you don't know me, Zim. I'm Zes, don't forget ok."
Zim's smile just got wider when they heard the name. Even hugged a bit tighter. Zes couldn't explain why. It's like Zim should always be smiling like that. It felt nice just seeing it.
“Ok, Zim will never forget. Love you Zes.”