This is a songfic, where Zim leaves the earth, and Dib can't seem to move
on. Not a Zim/Dib, unless you want it to be. ^^;
"I step off the train
I'm walking down your street again
And past your door
But you don't live there any more"
Nonchalantly, I walk down the street and pass, without seeming to notice, an empty, smoldering lot. There are holes in the houses on either side, I note. I take a casual glance. You aren't there, are you? You haven't been for a while. I don't suppose you'll be back, either. None of the oblivious people in this neighborhood have noticed me walking down this street, however. I've been doing it for quite some time. Purposely ignoring the blacked space that used to hold your base.
"It's years since you've been there
But now you've disappeared somewhere
Like outer space
You've found some better place
And I miss you-like the deserts miss the rain"
I can remember your words: "Well, /Dib/, I guess you've won this planet! Well, my leaders have called be back for a much more IMPORTANT mission!" I guess I should be happy, huh? My planet it safe. It's been years, and I haven't gotten over it. I've been waiting all of my life for you to come, and now you're gone. Somewhere in space, with a much more significant battle then the one you had with me. There is nothing more for me. I'm actually beginning to miss you. After all, without you, there's nothing but the monotony of a normal life. I've tried pursuing my paranormal investigation, but none of it's the same. I wasn't prepared for you to disappear. I wasn't supposed to actually win! Nothing was really supposed to change!
"Could you be dead?
You always were two steps ahead of everyone
We'd walk behind while you would run"
I wonder where you are, anyway. Off fighting some fierce battle for your race? Attempting to conquer a better planet? Dead? Alive? Maybe you are dead. You always did do things to the extreme, to say the least. You always had so much more going on with you, like you were always running and not really getting anywhere, but never stopping. No one could catch up to you, not even me. And no one ever really understood. But why am I getting nostalgic all of the sudden? You've been gone for ages.
"I look up at your house
And I can almost hear you shout down to me
Where I always used to be
And I miss you - like the deserts miss the rain"
I suddenly realize that I've stopped. I look up, right where your house used to be. I walk over where there was once sidewalk, where I would always stand while we screamed at one another. I can almost hear us again, the childish taunts and threats, the neighbors staring at us from their windows, and I close my eyes. But the unrelenting reality of charred grass under my feet instead of solid pavement forces me to walk on.
"Back on the train
I ask why did I come again?
Can I confess I've been hanging around your old address?"
I leave the neighborhood again, only this time I'm confused. Why do I keep coming back? There's no way you are. So why can't I seem to stop? I've been coming here more and more lately. I head home, though my head is plagued by memories and questions that remain unanswered, as always. I approach my house, and go inside, only half hearing the sound of video games and experiments.
"The years have proved
To offer nothing since you moved
You're long gone
But I can't move on"
These past few years have seemed not to pass at all. I've begun ignoring everything but the memories. The days are but a passing dream, not really worth anything at all. I can't seem to keep living, even though you're long gone by now. I doubt you even remember me. I don't know why I should miss you so much. It was like I didn't have a life until you showed up. That's so ridiculous. Why do I keep going back to your old base, and why do I always expect you to be back to meet me?
"I step off the train
I'm walking down your street again
And past your door
But you don't live there any more
It's years since you've been there
But now you've disappeared somewhere like outer space
You've found some better place
And I miss you - like the deserts miss the rain"
~ "Missing", Everything But The Girl
"I step off the train
I'm walking down your street again
And past your door
But you don't live there any more"
Nonchalantly, I walk down the street and pass, without seeming to notice, an empty, smoldering lot. There are holes in the houses on either side, I note. I take a casual glance. You aren't there, are you? You haven't been for a while. I don't suppose you'll be back, either. None of the oblivious people in this neighborhood have noticed me walking down this street, however. I've been doing it for quite some time. Purposely ignoring the blacked space that used to hold your base.
"It's years since you've been there
But now you've disappeared somewhere
Like outer space
You've found some better place
And I miss you-like the deserts miss the rain"
I can remember your words: "Well, /Dib/, I guess you've won this planet! Well, my leaders have called be back for a much more IMPORTANT mission!" I guess I should be happy, huh? My planet it safe. It's been years, and I haven't gotten over it. I've been waiting all of my life for you to come, and now you're gone. Somewhere in space, with a much more significant battle then the one you had with me. There is nothing more for me. I'm actually beginning to miss you. After all, without you, there's nothing but the monotony of a normal life. I've tried pursuing my paranormal investigation, but none of it's the same. I wasn't prepared for you to disappear. I wasn't supposed to actually win! Nothing was really supposed to change!
"Could you be dead?
You always were two steps ahead of everyone
We'd walk behind while you would run"
I wonder where you are, anyway. Off fighting some fierce battle for your race? Attempting to conquer a better planet? Dead? Alive? Maybe you are dead. You always did do things to the extreme, to say the least. You always had so much more going on with you, like you were always running and not really getting anywhere, but never stopping. No one could catch up to you, not even me. And no one ever really understood. But why am I getting nostalgic all of the sudden? You've been gone for ages.
"I look up at your house
And I can almost hear you shout down to me
Where I always used to be
And I miss you - like the deserts miss the rain"
I suddenly realize that I've stopped. I look up, right where your house used to be. I walk over where there was once sidewalk, where I would always stand while we screamed at one another. I can almost hear us again, the childish taunts and threats, the neighbors staring at us from their windows, and I close my eyes. But the unrelenting reality of charred grass under my feet instead of solid pavement forces me to walk on.
"Back on the train
I ask why did I come again?
Can I confess I've been hanging around your old address?"
I leave the neighborhood again, only this time I'm confused. Why do I keep coming back? There's no way you are. So why can't I seem to stop? I've been coming here more and more lately. I head home, though my head is plagued by memories and questions that remain unanswered, as always. I approach my house, and go inside, only half hearing the sound of video games and experiments.
"The years have proved
To offer nothing since you moved
You're long gone
But I can't move on"
These past few years have seemed not to pass at all. I've begun ignoring everything but the memories. The days are but a passing dream, not really worth anything at all. I can't seem to keep living, even though you're long gone by now. I doubt you even remember me. I don't know why I should miss you so much. It was like I didn't have a life until you showed up. That's so ridiculous. Why do I keep going back to your old base, and why do I always expect you to be back to meet me?
"I step off the train
I'm walking down your street again
And past your door
But you don't live there any more
It's years since you've been there
But now you've disappeared somewhere like outer space
You've found some better place
And I miss you - like the deserts miss the rain"
~ "Missing", Everything But The Girl