"And that children will be the eventual fall of your generation as you are swallowed by a black hole into nothingness!" Ms. Bitters turned to her class, they were all in Hi-Skool but it didn't change her hatred for the dirty children.
Dib was spaced out in the far corner watching his nemesis from his desk; Dib was 16 and had grown quite tall in the years Zim had been on their planet.
Zim however didn't even take interest in the boys harsh glare and completely ignored him as he drew on his notebook in front of him.
Dib raised his hand and Ms. Bitters hissed as the sight of him she said," What is it Dib!" Dib pointed at Zim and said," Zim isn't paying attention, and he is an alien can't you tell I have told you thousands of times, how are you people so clueless!"
Zim growled in displeasure, he thought,' Dib-human is becoming a thorn in ZIM's LIFEEEE!' Ms. Bitters turned her glare from Dib to Zim, she hissed violently and said," If you would rather mess around then listen to my class you can go to detention and you can go with him after school Dib for interrupting me!"
Dib stammered and said," but that isn't fair I didn't even do anything!" She glared at him and said," It's saying like that, that brought Rome down, now sit down and don't interrupt again….."
The rest of the Skool day Dib continued to glare at Zim, who was still refusing to pay attention to his constant annoyance, Gaz was sitting close to him during lunch as he leaned forward and said," He is planning something Gaz I just know it!"
He paused to collect his thought and continued," first thing I noticed was that he is in a different disguise today, his hair is down more and his clothes are different colors."
Gaz twitched and eye as she lost another life on her video game do to her brothers constant complaining, she said," Dib I am going to hurt you if you continue to rant about Zim!"
He could hear the sinister tone in her voice but regardless he said," you can't silence the truth Gaz; I shall be the one who exposes the fiend for what he is….. But first it's time for pay back for last years end of Skool prank!"
He snickered under his breath as he snatched a solid apple from his sisters trey, rearing his arm back he tossed it full force at the alien, naturally when he was tossing food at him Zim would be prepared for such a thing.
The apple struck across his head and exploded on impact, knocking him out of his chair and across the floor for a few meters.
The room was silent as the sound of impact had actually echoed and silenced the room, it stayed that way for a few minutes as Zim simply sat twitching on the floor, slowly he rose from the ground, wiping any of the apple off and he simply sat back down.
Dib was more shocked that Zim didn't go into his usual rants about it such a thing and more surprised he caught him off guard, Gaz was uninterested and said," Wow great job there, is this part of your mighty scheme to capture Zim, toss food at him?"
Dib glared at his sister, but he was quickly frightened by her gaze and backed away, she stormed up and said," Don't glare at me or you will be sent to a nightmare world where there is no return!" Gaz rose from her seat and walked away, Dib stood back up only to notice that Zim was gone.
The day was much more boring than usual and went by as quickly as it came, Zim approached the detention hall and walked in, he only knew two people there, Gaz and Dib, sighing he sat at an empty seat in the back.
The room began to fill with more people as detention started, Zim was doodling again in his book as he noticed a paper thrown at him, he shook his head and unraveled it.
Zim,
I will expose you for what you are; it is only a matter of time!
The awesome Dib!
Zim chucked the paper across the room and in landed in the waste basket, Dib glared at him and said," You're going down Zim, just you wait!"
Zim rolled his contact eyes and looked back down to continue drawing, about half way through a hand tapped his shoulder, he was surprised to see Gaz, he asked," what do you want Gaz-human?"
His tone was less then friendly, she said," I need to borrow a pencil can I have one of yours?" Looking over her shoulder he asks," Why don't you ask the other smelly-pig humans?"
Gaz grinded her teeth in frustration as she said," Because no one else is drawing or doing anything and they don't bring drawing tools, not even my dork of a brother."
Zim hissed as he handed over one of his pencils to the human, he watched her leave before going back to drawing, Dib stabbed him in the side with his finger and asked," What did my sister want?" he continued poking his side, which was starting to irritate him, he slapped his hand away and said" nothing pig-creature she merely desired a drawing utensil from the MIGHTY ZIMMM!"
He eyes the alien before backing away, Zim shook his head as he put his drawing book away, he threw his chair back and stood from his spot, turning he began to walk out the door.
Dib shouted," Where are you going, off to dissect a human in your lab, trying to create another machine to destroy us!" Zim sighed heavily and continued to walk.
Gaz interested by what was possibly going to happen next rushed out after her brother and the alien, remembering something from a few years back she remembered that Zim hated water, wouldn't it be fun to burn him!
She snatched her water bottle and raced after them again, Zim and Dib were both standing in the hallway, Dib was facing Zim who was trying to leave.
Dib was able to get past him and now blocked his way out, Zim shouted," Out of the way Dib-human I am leaving this hell hole!"
Dib got prepared in a fighting stance, ready for the alien to strike, he had noticed his sister who had a bottle of water and a devilish grin on her face as she neared them, he just had to keep Zim there until she reached them.
Smiling he said," What is the matter Zim finally scared of a human?" Zim scoffed at his accusation and said," Me ZIM I am not afraid, I merely wish to go to my home, why do you bother ZIM with your large headedness and block my path!"
Dib's eyes flashed to the right for only a moment, but it was exactly long enough for Zim to know someone was behind him, turning swiftly he had not anticipated the next events.
All clubs and other activities were now out at the time, people were just entering the hall from their clubs when they witnessed what happened.
Zim had spun around at the most wrong of times, exactly as he did he was met with a blast from the water bottle in Gaz' hands, Dib laughed triumphantly as his sister began to laugh as Zim began to steam, only something was off this time.
Instead of his whole face and chest burning which it was, his eyes turned from horrified to downright pissed off, a sizzling sound could be heard from his burning face. Dib was instantly cut off from his laughter.
Zim's pack opened up and with a few quick moves Gaz was slammed into a nearby locker which ended up denting from the force of impact, four metal appendages which were more like spider legs were now slammed against her body, two held her stomach, one held her throat and the other was just hanging back waiting for whatever commanded.
Slamming her farther into the locker with a painful jab to the stomach from the free leg, Zim released her and jumped past Dib, knocking him off the ground and knocking the wind out of him as he did so.
Dib quickly regained is strength and ran over to his sister who was now panting on the ground gasping for breath; she finally stood on her feet and realized others had been watching.
Fire erupted in her eyes as she nearly flipped about what happened, Dib tried his best to restrain his sister but in the end she managed to escape his grasp and burst through the exit.
Zim was on top of the room, his face was dry now and he stood with his metal spider legs glancing down at the raging girl who exited.
He said sneering," do not blain ZIM for this, for it is your fault not mine!" His tone much more monotone than ever before, jumping down he made sure the girl knew he was there.
Gaz turned and said," So finally showed yourself, too bad you will die before you get a chance to apologize!" Zim glared and said," I ZIM did not do anything you attacked me!"
Gaz threw her hands down angrily and shouted," Just don't do it again or you will pay you little defect!" Zim stumbled back at her words, straightening his coat out he walked away.
Dib was waiting for her by the bus stop and smiled when she arrived, he said," Gaz you're okay I was sure you were going to kill Zim, not like that matters, what happened?"
Gaz walked by him silent, after a while of bugging her she said," I told him to never do it again or else, and then called him a defect that is all, then he walked off." She still remembered his face; it had pain racing through it as she said that.
The door to their house manually opened as it scanned them, as they walked in they were greeted by a floating screen, there father said," Children are you already home, it seems just yesterday that Dib was hanging out with the little green foreign kid….."
Dib raised an eyebrow and said," Dad when are you coming home again?" Professor Membrane said to his right," Professor John what does my schedule say about leaving?" A man ran around behind him and came around with a list, pointing at a date.
Membrane turned and said," Hmm, how does October 15 sound for you guys?" Gaz nodded and said," Sounds great dad till the 15."
The computer turned around and left into another room, Gaz stormed up the stairs and entered her room, she was still hurting from begin crushed into a licker, but the feeling also left her excite, never had someone gotten the better of her like that, especially in a fight, she had to think about things and she tuned everything else out.
Dib sat on the couch, he still couldn't believe how Zim reacted, he had never struck Gaz even once in all the time he had been here. Dib glared at the pictures of Zim in front of him, whatever it took, he was going to get revenge for this.
Zim slammed open the door to his base, the overly cheery GIR quickly tackled his head, he screamed," MASTA YOU CAME BACK AGAIN, YAY!" Zim quickly removed the little robot and said," I already told you, if I was planning on leaving I would have done it, but where am I supposed to go, got nowhere else for me."
Since his stay on the plane, he had toned down on stating himself like usual, he didn't say his name in every sentence that related to himself or his wellbeing.
Zim approached his couch an slouched down in it, in all the weeks that had past, something about the day he had was different, he didn't know how to describe it but he felt more alive earlier today than he ever did.
Zim flipped through channels, not particularly looking for anything of interest just trying to clear his head, the event earlier with the Dib-sister had been an interesting, even though the reason behind it was not the greatest one, something about her had caught his interest over the years.
He quickly shook his head realizing he was thinking about her again, this had not been the first time he felt something for the girl, he had always respected her fighting skill but his Squeedily-spooch was acting up even more than ever before since the event with water.
GIR was lying on his right side, turning he said," I am going down to the lab GIR make sure no one enters!" GIR saluted and said," YES MASTA!"
Zim exited the elevator and walked over to his lab, the computer sat in front of him motionless he said," Computer I want a full body scan!" The computer hummed and said," Very well Zim, any particular reason?"
Zim frowned and said," Do I have to share my entire life with you, but I have a strange feeling in my Squeedily-Spooch."
The computer sighed but complied and went ahead with the scanning, after a few minutes the computer beeped and said," analysis done sir, everything seems to be functioning to proper levels, except for rising levels in attraction sir."
Zim shouted in defence," YOU LIE, Zim does not like the filthy Dib-humans scary little sister!" The computer waited a moment before saying," I never said anything about dib's sister?"
Zim dropped his accusing finger and waited for a moment before walking to the elevator, as soon as he left the computer was bursting with laughter, he said," Oh boy that is rich I am never letting him live this down!"
Zim stepped out of the elevator to the smell of waffles, glaring into the kitchen he could now see the little robot who was happily stirring a batch of batter, Zim sighed and sat onto his couch still deep in thought about what the computer said.