ZIM Must DIE

Episode 1: Detention

The silvery light of the moon crept in through his open window and laid itself across his legs. It was happy there, sharing it's time with the sleeping form. A gentle smile crept across the boy's lips as the warm summer night's air blew across his exposed skin. It was peaceful now, but it wouldn't be this way for much longer.

"DIB!" the familiar holler of his name in crescendo roused him from his sleep, "WHY MUST YOU ALWAYS FINISH MY CEREALS?! THIS WAS THE LAST BOX OF FRANKENCHOKIES IN THE HOUSE!"

"Sorry, Gaz," he yawned as he made his way into the kitchen.

"Do you have a death wish?" she said rather calmly from her seat across the table.

"Not really," he sighed.

"THEN STAY OUT OF MY CEREAL!"

"Yes, Gaz."

This was normal. Normal of his family at least. He sighed as he sat down at the table and drank nothing but orange juice. Today would just be another day, just like all the others.

Grabbing his backpack, he headed out the door with his sister to catch the school bus. As he got on, he saw that familiar green head at the back of the bus. He cringed as he sat down right behind the bus driver. He'd given up trying to prove to everyone that Zim was an alien. If the human race didn't want to listen to him, then they deserved whatever pathetic fate the invader had in store for them. He laughed quietly to himself as his mind wandered to a future where buildings were burning and people were screaming. All of them, flocking to him for help when all he could do was say that he had tried to warn them and that it was too late. At least in that future, he'd get some gratification out of his life.

As he got off the bus he stood back to wait for Zim. It was customary of them to walk into the school bickering over the fate of mankind, even though Dib had already lost his zest for life.

"I hate you," was all he said as the alien finally made his way off the bus.

"And I you, Dib monkey. But you, see in my plans for future conquest I will have no need for…"

Bla bla bla…

He was ranting again, as he always did. Dib rolled his eyes as they slowly made their way to class.

"Zim! Dib! You're both late again!"

"Yes Ms. Bitters," was all Dib said as he took his seat at the far side of the room from Zim.

"That's the sixth time this week!" she hissed. Dib fought the urge to remind his teacher that there were only five days of school a week.

"Yes Ms. Bitters…" Was all he said.

"As a result, you will both serve twenty-four hours of detention this weekend starting Friday after class."

"Yes Ms. Bitters…"

"DETENTION! Zim has no time for detention!"

"You shoulda thought of that before coming to class late."

"But… But… My plans! They will fail with me gone for so long!"

"Oh shut up, Zim. You know full well that nothing will happen in twenty hours."

"Yes but what if my Ta…" he caught himself, "My… bosses call! I have work this weekend, you know…" he said as he folded his hands on his desk.

"Then you will tell them that you are an inefficient whelp and that you will not be attending work due to your failure to attend class."

Zim opened his mouth to speak again, but Ms. Bitters had already begun her lesson on the death of society as a whole.

It never seemed to end. Instead of watching Zim and whatever grotesque experiments he was performing right in front of the rest of the class, Dib gazed out the window. The green grass, the yellow sun, the blue sky, the scattered white clouds… If Zim ever got his way, all of that would be gone. Dib sighed quietly as he let his head sink to his desk. He was tired. Tired of everything. Maybe it wouldn't be such a bad thing if mankind was wiped from existence. Yeah… then he'd finally be able to not care about anything at all…

Five hours after school finally ended, Dib made his way home. It was dark out, but the streetlamps helped guide his way. He dropped his backpack in the doorway as he dragged himself up the stairs to bed. He collapsed silently in his bed so as not to disrupt his sleeping family that was his sister. Sleep came quickly to him, but as usual, it didn't last nearly long enough…

A/N: WTF? Invader Zim? Yes, yes it is. I've rediscovered my love of ZIM so I felt like doing a fic. Seems kinda awkward to start with, but it'll get better... I hope... If not, I'll just remove it so I can refine it a bit better. But for now, any and all comments are welcome. I have a second chapter, but that needs more work before it's readable... Sheesh... Myabe I just suck at writing... PS: i have never read any IZ fanfics so i have no idea if this has been done before, but if so, I hope my version is different enough to pass as descent.