Nightmare Reboots

Part 3

Dib was awoken by his blaring alarm clock at six in the morning, even after a night in a world where Bigfoot's and Chupacabra's roamed free in the civilized world of man, he could still not shake off the last night's events.

He casually made his way downstairs where Gaz had already eaten some of their absent father's Supertoast, and was preparing her backpack and satchel for "Skool"

"We are out of milk." She blandly stated, being sure to not make eye contact,

"I'm not hungry anyway." Dib weakly replied back, an image of the tears streaming down his enemy's face.

The siblings left their home together and began their walk to the nearby bus stop. After some time of silence, Dib finally broke it by saying, "He deserved it, with all that he's done…" He continued to think about his words as Gaz replied,

"If you say so." Suddenly, a loud crash rattled through the cold morning air, causing their heads to jerk up. A large black van brushed by them with lightening speed, closely followed by several others like it and half a dozen police cars. "Bank robbery?" Gaz questioned, Dib was about to agree when a slower vehicle with a strange symbol also passed. He recognized the mark: the Swollen Eyeball insignia. Like a streak of white fire, Dib began to sprint after the cars; Gaz raised an eyebrow as her idiot brother chased after cars like a dog, a crazy, unusually large headed dog.

She had lost track of Dib as he and the automobiles rounded a corner, five minutes of nonchalant walking later, and she too reached the turn. Throughout this short period of time, the air around Gaz was filled with loud metallic clanking, but the dark, gothic teenager seemed to pay no mind. One final bang, even louder then the rest, finally caught her attention, Gaz turned at the corner to find a spectacle she could not believe.

Crashed into the middle of the suburban street, was Zim's own Voot Cruiser. There were several smashed building that appeared to have been rammed by the vessel, and many people came out of their homes to view the scene. The cockpit suddenly opened with a satisfied release of air.

Zim staggered out, undisguised, cloths badly torn and ruffled, cuts and bruises covered his face and body, and, surprisingly enough, he had an empty bottle of alcohol in one hand. "People of Earth," he announced in a clear voice but with an unstable stance, "Here I am." Zim then collapsed, falling from the top of his ship to the crowd below.

Federal agents, Swollen Eyeball members, and the local police force closed in on the green creature, one pushing ahead of the others. He wore dark sunglasses, although the sun had hardly risen, a long black trench coat, and wore military grade hiking boots. "Excuse me people, government issued Paranormal Investigator Bill trying to make his way through." He said the title as if it meant something to the civilians, "Hmm…" he observed the unconscious extraterrestrial at his feet, "All right folks, no need to be alarmed, we just have a severely burned test pilot here."

Gaz could only blink, she momentarily forgot how to speak. Dib, on the other hand, couldn't keep his mouth shut, "Wait a second," he interjected, "You can't be serious! This is obviously a non-human being!" The Paranormal Investigator stared at the teenage boy for a second,

"Bag him." He said to someone behind him. The next thing that happened to Dib was an electric shock and then blackness. Gaz watched, still in shock over the crash, too phased to realize what was going on, when the Investigator noticed her dull stare, he motioned to her, "That one too."

Dib began to open his eyes, the world appeared blurry and undefined, he made out a green figure sitting across from him. He realized they were on a truck of some sort as he bounced and jiggled about. As his vision cleared, he noticed his sister's head resting peacefully on Zim's kneecaps, he felt a twinge of anger and need of protection coarse through his veins. A sudden bump threw the dainty girl up into the air and forced her even closer to the unconscious alien, Dib wished to right this wrong picture, but felt so weak when he tried to move.

Zim's eyes slowly opened as a large weight came down upon his lap, he looked up to see the Dib-Beast glaring at him, and looked down to see a comatose Gaz-Being. In order to keep the peace with Dib, Zim used up the strength he had been saving to lift the Gaz-Human, and place her next to him in a gingerly manner. He slightly regretted this action, she felt so soft and nice against him, but he was much too tired to think of this matter. Even this small effort left him over exhausted, so he pushed himself out, and laid down flat. Just then, a sudden stop forced the tired alien vigorously against the opposing wall. Zim landed head first into the steel side, causing blood to trickle out his mouth.

Just as the truck halted, a security guard came delivering his message "Mistress," he said in an unsure and submissive voice, "They've arrived."

"Excellent." Came a thick, German accent.

All rights and characters belong to Jhonen Vasquez.

Little bit shorter then others, so deal with it!

Nice little amount of foreshadowing, and a few obscure references that true fans of the show will recognize, plus it's a little less depressing then last time and will soon lead to some more characters! Yay! As always please review and critic me as you are all so superior. I will try to post this as a chapter, but if I don't I don't.

The-Super-Ultra-Mega-Totally-Not-A-Front-For-Drug-Dealing-Orphans writer,

Allen Dillard