Title: Night Blight Terrors
Summary: It's Monday night, and Gir wants a bedtime story. Luckily, he brought home a new bedtime book, but after Zim reads him the first two chapters, he believes something fishy is going on and decides to call it a night after reading chapter Monday. But, what happens when the monsters from the book invade his home?! Will Zim be able to keep the monsters under the beds happy and at bay, while also trying to keep the others from coming into his home or out of the closets? Or are he, Gir, and Minimoose just the next appetizing meal for them? Like the book says, "There is nothing more scary, than a hungry Night Blight".
Chapter 1: Reading Week
It was Monday night. The streets were dark and silent, not a single soul out of their homes. Everybody was in their beds, sleeping the night away. Yes, not a single soul, but a robot in a green dog suit.
Gir quickly ran up the steps to the front door, opening it as he stepped in, closing the door behind him to prevent his master's wrath about leaving it open.
Gir looked around the living room. It was completely empty, not that the robot was surprised, it was really late out. Minimoose was probably already in bed, and Zim was probably downstairs in the lab, working on a new evil plot to destroy the Earth.
Gir smiled as he made his way to the trashcan elevator, wiggling his body out of his doggy disguise. He lifted the lid and climbed in, taking the elevator to the lab where he would meet his master.
It was that time of the month again. The time where Zim PROMISED to read the robot a bedtime story every night for one week. How did this happen? Who knows, it's Gir.
Anyway, Zim had almost read every single book Gir had, so this time, he was changing it up a bit.
Gir had left the house earlier to find a new book for his master to read. He had come across a garage sale, where a small child was trying to sell a childish chapter book.
The chapters were based on the days of the week, and Gir thought that it was perfect for this particular week! So, he bought the book and the child gave it to him without hesitation. But not without a few words of good luck.
Gir didn't exactly know what the child meant by "good luck", but he didn't really care. As long as he had a story book for Zim to read to him.
Speaking of Zim as the elevator finally dropped the robot off behind his master.
Zim was busy using an iron tool to build himself a new weapon, one that he thought for sure would stop anything, especially the Dib-human. Though it looked nothing more than a small ray gun, it was filled with so much more power than that.
Gir watched his master silently. He didn't want to disturb him, but he knew that the Irken would feel guilty if he forgot all about story reading week.
"Oh master." He greeted sweetly, making some noise as to not startle the invader too much.
Zim jumped only a little bit before turning off the tool and turning around, lifting the heat protected helmet.
"What is it Gir?" He asked the small robot.
"Guess what day it is!"
Zim squinted one eye at him, searching through his database before gasping his answer.
"It's the first Monday of the month!" He gasped. "Great Irk is it that time of the month already?!"
"It sure is master!" Gir cried happily, sticking his tongue out to the side.
"Well… very well then. A promise is a promise." Zim sighed as he placed his tool, weapon, and helmet on the workbench. "Come on Gir. Let's go read."
"Yay!" Gir cried, running ahead of his master to his room.
When Zim entered the little robot's room, he was already sitting in his little blue bed, the blue covers up to his chin. Zim looked around the room. It wasn't any different to a normal bedroom.
Gir's bed was pressed up against the right corner of the room, with a bunch of piggies and other stuffed animals surrounding him. One corner of the room had a small drawing table that Gir loved to play around with, making all kinds of drawings and hanging them on his blue walls, mostly of animals or him and Zim. The other corner held a small wardrobe filled with all the disguises that Zim had made for the robot. And then, right next to the door, was the little bookshelf filled with all kinds of stories.
"OK Gir," Zim smiled as he approached the bookshelf. "Which book would you like me to read to you tonight?"
"Actually master, I have new book for us to read this week." Gir replied.
Zim's antennae twitched up at these news. He turned to his robot as the little droid reached into his head, pulling out the new children's chapter book.
"The chapters of this book are based off of the days of the week." Gir explained as the Irken approached. "So I thought that this would be the perfect story."
Zim raised an eyebrow as he sat on the bed, taking the book into his claws.
"Night Blights?" He frowned as he read the title.
It was obvious that this was a book meant for small children, considering its size and how many pages there were. Not to mention the cartoon drawings inside. The front cover had the title, as well as a picture of a dark, shadowy house with a child in the window. Next to the house, was a small shadow creature with pointed ears, big clawed hands, a long tail, and bright circular white eyes. Its mouth split across its whole head, as two rows of pearly white teeth smiled up at the child. Zim shuddered at the sight of those teeth, which were obviously much more sharper than the Irken's own teeth.
"I don't know Gir," He frowned. "Are you sure this is the story you want me to read?"
"Yes master, I'm sure." Gir nodded.
"Well… alright then." Zim gulped as he opened the book to the first chapter.
The Night Blight.
As the sun does go down and
up comes the moon, the terror from the
darkness will be arriving soon. They will hide in the shadows and strike sudden and quick, but sometimes more mischievous and you they shall trick.
Here is the goal and trust this rule of thumb. You must survive until morning when then daylight does come. So be warned and may it fill you with fright. There is nothing more scary than a hungry Night Blight.
"What kind of children's story is this?" Zim frowned after he finished reading the chapter.
"Continue to the Monday chapter, master." Gir pleaded adorably.
"Well, OK."
Monday
Safe in your bed, or so it may seem, they come from below whilst you slumber and dream. As they close in they will growl and make noise, best feed them quickly with one of your toys.
Whenever the shadow of the night falls onto the globe, you can be grabbed from any wardrobe. Best keep your eyes peeled and their doors firmly shut. Else they will leap out and their sharp teeth shall cut.
"This is an outrage!" Zim hissed with disapproval. "What kind of children's bedtime story talks about monsters hiding under your bed, just waiting to attack?!"
Gir did not answer. He has fallen asleep the minute the second chapter was read. Zim sighed at the robot's innocence as he stood up from the bed, straightening the sheet, and walking out, taking the book with him as he turned out the light.
"Seriously, what kind of human has a mind sick enough to write something like this?"
Zim searched the book, looking for the name of the author, but he found no such thing. There was nothing but the title and the picture.
"Very strange indeed." Zim frowned as he placed the book in his PAK. "I'll have to do more research on it later. Right now, back to business. My Human-Annihilator is just about finished."
Suddenly, a loud dong from outside made itself known, making the small Irken jump at the sound. He growled, remembering that it was just the town clock stating that it was midnight.
"Stupid inferior clock!" He growled. "Why must it ring so loudly at an hour like this?! Don't those clock people know that others are trying to sleep?!"
The clock finally stopped ringing, making Zim sigh in relief as he released his antennae. But just as he did so, a new sound made itself known.
Zim's antenna twitched, trying to recognize the noise and where it was coming from. It sounded like growling… and it was coming from Gir's room!
Zim gasped as he quickly ran back to the robot's room, trying to find the growling intruder. He looked all around… but there was no one there. Still, however, the growling continued.
"Hhhunnngryyyyy." The voice growled.
Zim gulped when he suddenly realized that the sound was actually coming from underneath the bed. Slowly and carefully, he got on his hands and knees and looked under the bed. What he saw nearly caused him to scream and wet himself from fright.
Underneath Gir's bed… was a Night Blight!