The Nightmarish Halloween
Summary:It's Halloween.Dib and Gaz decides to skip the costumes and treats,as though it was another ordinary day--only,the streets were swarmed with varieties of costume wearing people.Dib tells Zim he doesn't need his disguise since it's Halloween.But when something went terribly wrong,The three set out to find a creature that does things to people..horrible things...very horrible things...
Chapter one:The Irken in the streets
Dib was on the sofa,watching TV.He didn't know why,but he felt he needed something to keep him preoccupied.Beside him was Gaz,who was silently playing her Game Slave 2 that was making faint sound effects.Dib sighed with boredom.He glanced at a moth-eaten calendar with stains on a wall.
"Hey,isn't October thirty-first Halloween?"he asked Gaz,who grunted for a "duh".
"I think I'll skip this year"Dib groaned.
"You always skip"gaz said irritably"infact,you've never been trick or treating before"
Dib sat up straight,taking his eyes off the calendar.
"How come YOU don't go trick or treating?"he asked.Gaz paused her game.She looked at her brother with dead,serious eyes.
"Dib,I am more intrested in this game than anything else that surrounds me"Gaz said,pointing at her Game Slave 2"I don't even know why you bothered to notice that today's Halloween.Just ignore it like what you did for the past ten years"
"Only this year"Dib said darkly"Zim's in our neighborhood"
Gaz sighed with atmost annoyance.
"Here we go again"she muttered.She aproached her brother
"Let's pretend I believe you"Gaz explained,"Let's say I believe that Zim really is an alien.What would you tell me?"
"But you're only pretending"
"Then pretend you actually believe me"
Dib raised an eyebrow.
"Okay..uh--well,I'd probably ask you to help me get him out of earth"
"He's been here for so long,and you still believe he can take over our planet.Face it,Dib.He's never going to invade earth"
"Well,what about the time when he released that gigantic hamster?Or when he killed me with piggies?Or when he replaced your stomach with your game?Or crashed planet mars into earth?"
Gaz looked at him for several moments.
"What hamster?"she asked.
"You know?Pheepi?"
"Oh..that hamster.I thought Pheepi was white?"
"He WAS white,until Zim turned him into a freakish mutant that changed him brown"
Gaz sighed.She unpaused her game and continued to play.
"why don't you tell Zim that it's Halloween"she said,"after all,he can go outside without his disguise since it's the day of freaks and treats.The day when everyone dresses up into confusing creature.Zim deserves a break,you know"
"And if I don't tell him it's Halloween?"Dib said threatingly.
"Then I'll hurt you.Besides,I want you to leave.You're disturbing me"
Dib got off the sofa and walked over to the door.He knew his sister can destroy him,so it was better to do what he was told.Otherwise,he'll be in a total wreck...
***
On the barren streets,Dib began to evaluate the Halloween decoration as he walks past them.Every now and then,a kid would aproach him and ask for a candy,or if not ask,demmand.
"I hate Halloween" he said to himself.He turned a corner towards a familiar house that he,for the past many months,has been trying to break in.The house stood there,the same like always with no decorations.
"I can't believe I'm not even armed" Dib muttered,as he walked down the stoned steps of Zim's front door.The gnomes' eyes followed him as usual.Dib got up to the men's room door and knocked thrice.There was silence.Then an irritated voice that Dib recognized from inside the house yelled at him.
"Who are you?!SPEAK!"
Dib sighed,starting to have second thoughts.
"It's me,stupid.Who else?" he yelled back at Zim.
"Dib-worm!What are you doing here?"
"Why are you so iritable?!I'm just here to give you a day of freedom,and you're still yelling at me!"
"Freedom?"
"Well,yeah.It's Halloween today,and even if you come out without your stupid costume,no one will be convinced that your an alien because they'll think your a kid in an alien suite but not a real alien"
There was a deadening silence.
"I'm confused" Zim said.
"Well if you come out,I'll explain!"
"Foolish human!You think I'll fall for your trick?!"
"Have you ever thought about freedom,Zim?"
Once again,Zim didn't reply at once.Dib could tell the Irken was proccessing it in his mind.Then,the door opened a tiny crack as a pair of magenta tinted eyes met Dib's almond brown ones.
"Today is Halloween,where irony is the main thing for your case" Dib said to the Invader,"are you coming out or what?"
Zim slowly emerged from the door with out is disguise.He gave Dib an annoyed look.
"Is is one of your stinky tricks,Dib?" Zim asked inpatiently.Dib steppped beside Zim and showed him the streets.
"This" he said,"is what happens every...single...year"
Zim stared.Here and there,people in funny and absurd costumed darted and swarmed the streets.Zim eyed them all,then turned to Dib.
"So why aren't you in a filthy costume,Dib-stink?"
Dib frowned.
"I don't celebrate Halloween" he replied in a dark tone"It does things to you.Like,an obsession for sweet things"
Dib started to walk to the pavement,as Zim tagged along.
"Every year,people would celebrate this endless riot for treats.Once,I witnessed a chaotic scene last year,where fifty children overturned a truckload of icecream.Gaz only had one Halloween expirence when she was four.I was glad she quitted it"
Dib turned to the Irken.
"And as for you",he continued on,"the ironic part is,you are out here in the open,where millions of people can see you,yet they still think you are a kid,since it is Halloween"
At that moment,Zita came passing by dressed as a witch.
"Hey,Zim!"she yelled,"cute costume!See you at school tomorow!Bye!"
Zita sped away with a couple more girls.
"Told yah" Dib muttered.Both continued to walk on.
"What IS this Halloween thing celebrating?"Zim asked,forgetting the fact he was talking calmly to his rival.
"It celebrates the paranormal.Ghosts,creatures,monsters,devils,witches,aliens..."
"Why?"
Dib shrugged with all honesty.
"That's what I don't know"he said.He stopped walking.The two had ended up in an empty lot.
"Well,here's where I leave you"Dib said,"you are free,but only for this day.Roam around if you must.That's your buisness already"
He left the exposed Irken there,as he planned to go home to rest.Then,Zim followed him.
"I'm coming along" he said.
"Are you serious?" Dib asked curiously,"I going home!I only told you about Halloween because every enemy deserves a break!"
"This whole...Halloween thing--"Zim stuttered,"i-it haunts me.."
Dib snorted.
"Tsk...And I thought me and Gaz were the only ones" he said"what do you want me to do keep you with me till the end of Halloween?"
Zim stared.Dib knew it was a yes.A forced yes...He sighed heavily with a groan.
"Fine"he said grumpily,"just don't mess with Gaz.She might kill you..."
***
Ah..A chapter done!
Summary:It's Halloween.Dib and Gaz decides to skip the costumes and treats,as though it was another ordinary day--only,the streets were swarmed with varieties of costume wearing people.Dib tells Zim he doesn't need his disguise since it's Halloween.But when something went terribly wrong,The three set out to find a creature that does things to people..horrible things...very horrible things...
Chapter one:The Irken in the streets
Dib was on the sofa,watching TV.He didn't know why,but he felt he needed something to keep him preoccupied.Beside him was Gaz,who was silently playing her Game Slave 2 that was making faint sound effects.Dib sighed with boredom.He glanced at a moth-eaten calendar with stains on a wall.
"Hey,isn't October thirty-first Halloween?"he asked Gaz,who grunted for a "duh".
"I think I'll skip this year"Dib groaned.
"You always skip"gaz said irritably"infact,you've never been trick or treating before"
Dib sat up straight,taking his eyes off the calendar.
"How come YOU don't go trick or treating?"he asked.Gaz paused her game.She looked at her brother with dead,serious eyes.
"Dib,I am more intrested in this game than anything else that surrounds me"Gaz said,pointing at her Game Slave 2"I don't even know why you bothered to notice that today's Halloween.Just ignore it like what you did for the past ten years"
"Only this year"Dib said darkly"Zim's in our neighborhood"
Gaz sighed with atmost annoyance.
"Here we go again"she muttered.She aproached her brother
"Let's pretend I believe you"Gaz explained,"Let's say I believe that Zim really is an alien.What would you tell me?"
"But you're only pretending"
"Then pretend you actually believe me"
Dib raised an eyebrow.
"Okay..uh--well,I'd probably ask you to help me get him out of earth"
"He's been here for so long,and you still believe he can take over our planet.Face it,Dib.He's never going to invade earth"
"Well,what about the time when he released that gigantic hamster?Or when he killed me with piggies?Or when he replaced your stomach with your game?Or crashed planet mars into earth?"
Gaz looked at him for several moments.
"What hamster?"she asked.
"You know?Pheepi?"
"Oh..that hamster.I thought Pheepi was white?"
"He WAS white,until Zim turned him into a freakish mutant that changed him brown"
Gaz sighed.She unpaused her game and continued to play.
"why don't you tell Zim that it's Halloween"she said,"after all,he can go outside without his disguise since it's the day of freaks and treats.The day when everyone dresses up into confusing creature.Zim deserves a break,you know"
"And if I don't tell him it's Halloween?"Dib said threatingly.
"Then I'll hurt you.Besides,I want you to leave.You're disturbing me"
Dib got off the sofa and walked over to the door.He knew his sister can destroy him,so it was better to do what he was told.Otherwise,he'll be in a total wreck...
***
On the barren streets,Dib began to evaluate the Halloween decoration as he walks past them.Every now and then,a kid would aproach him and ask for a candy,or if not ask,demmand.
"I hate Halloween" he said to himself.He turned a corner towards a familiar house that he,for the past many months,has been trying to break in.The house stood there,the same like always with no decorations.
"I can't believe I'm not even armed" Dib muttered,as he walked down the stoned steps of Zim's front door.The gnomes' eyes followed him as usual.Dib got up to the men's room door and knocked thrice.There was silence.Then an irritated voice that Dib recognized from inside the house yelled at him.
"Who are you?!SPEAK!"
Dib sighed,starting to have second thoughts.
"It's me,stupid.Who else?" he yelled back at Zim.
"Dib-worm!What are you doing here?"
"Why are you so iritable?!I'm just here to give you a day of freedom,and you're still yelling at me!"
"Freedom?"
"Well,yeah.It's Halloween today,and even if you come out without your stupid costume,no one will be convinced that your an alien because they'll think your a kid in an alien suite but not a real alien"
There was a deadening silence.
"I'm confused" Zim said.
"Well if you come out,I'll explain!"
"Foolish human!You think I'll fall for your trick?!"
"Have you ever thought about freedom,Zim?"
Once again,Zim didn't reply at once.Dib could tell the Irken was proccessing it in his mind.Then,the door opened a tiny crack as a pair of magenta tinted eyes met Dib's almond brown ones.
"Today is Halloween,where irony is the main thing for your case" Dib said to the Invader,"are you coming out or what?"
Zim slowly emerged from the door with out is disguise.He gave Dib an annoyed look.
"Is is one of your stinky tricks,Dib?" Zim asked inpatiently.Dib steppped beside Zim and showed him the streets.
"This" he said,"is what happens every...single...year"
Zim stared.Here and there,people in funny and absurd costumed darted and swarmed the streets.Zim eyed them all,then turned to Dib.
"So why aren't you in a filthy costume,Dib-stink?"
Dib frowned.
"I don't celebrate Halloween" he replied in a dark tone"It does things to you.Like,an obsession for sweet things"
Dib started to walk to the pavement,as Zim tagged along.
"Every year,people would celebrate this endless riot for treats.Once,I witnessed a chaotic scene last year,where fifty children overturned a truckload of icecream.Gaz only had one Halloween expirence when she was four.I was glad she quitted it"
Dib turned to the Irken.
"And as for you",he continued on,"the ironic part is,you are out here in the open,where millions of people can see you,yet they still think you are a kid,since it is Halloween"
At that moment,Zita came passing by dressed as a witch.
"Hey,Zim!"she yelled,"cute costume!See you at school tomorow!Bye!"
Zita sped away with a couple more girls.
"Told yah" Dib muttered.Both continued to walk on.
"What IS this Halloween thing celebrating?"Zim asked,forgetting the fact he was talking calmly to his rival.
"It celebrates the paranormal.Ghosts,creatures,monsters,devils,witches,aliens..."
"Why?"
Dib shrugged with all honesty.
"That's what I don't know"he said.He stopped walking.The two had ended up in an empty lot.
"Well,here's where I leave you"Dib said,"you are free,but only for this day.Roam around if you must.That's your buisness already"
He left the exposed Irken there,as he planned to go home to rest.Then,Zim followed him.
"I'm coming along" he said.
"Are you serious?" Dib asked curiously,"I going home!I only told you about Halloween because every enemy deserves a break!"
"This whole...Halloween thing--"Zim stuttered,"i-it haunts me.."
Dib snorted.
"Tsk...And I thought me and Gaz were the only ones" he said"what do you want me to do keep you with me till the end of Halloween?"
Zim stared.Dib knew it was a yes.A forced yes...He sighed heavily with a groan.
"Fine"he said grumpily,"just don't mess with Gaz.She might kill you..."
***
Ah..A chapter done!