I'm with you

By: ShamenKing

"I'm with you" song belongs to Avril Lavigne and Invader Zim belongs to Jhonen V.

I'm standing on the bridge
I'm waiting in the dark
I thought that you'd be here
By now
There's nothing but the rain
No foot steps on the ground
I'm listening but there's
No sound

Dib sighed sadly and looked down at the raging waters below. It was way past midnight now; he thought he could even make out a little bit of sun peeking up on the horizon. Suddenly, he leaned over the wooden railing of the bridge to feel the cold water between his pale fingers, but pulled back. He had thought that Gaz would have come to find him by now, her or at least his father, the (in)famous Professor Membrane. A raindrop hit his nose and he looked up from the river to look at the graying and overcast skies. After a few, it started to pour, but Dib just sniffled and rubbed his tired honey-glazed eyes from behind the thick lenses. For once,…he actually thought that maybe no one cared. No, he thought, no…Gaz cares…right? He strained his ears to see if he could hear the familiar plop! and squelsh! of Gaz's wet boots. Nevertheless, there was nothing, no sound.


Isn't anyone trying to find me
Won't somebody come take me home

With a whimper, he snuggled down further into his trench coat. No, he didn't want to face the true blue facts. No one wanted him, the weird crazy kid who believed in aliens and Bigfoot. Is…is anyone worried at ALL? he wondered, not just yet ready to get to his house. After all, he wasn't that far away… Is anyone going to take me home? Does anyone even CARE?

It's a damn cold night
Trying to figure out this life
Won't you take me by the hand
Take me somewhere new
I don't know who you are but I…

I'm with you,
I'm with you.

The boy's small frame shivered, Damn, it's freezing! He let his eyes slide shut and he leaned against the railing more heavily. Now he didn't even know if living was so worth it. No one cared; it just wasn't something Zim taunted him with. It's real. His eyes opened to a slit and he reached down to the white caps, but some one pulled on his hand and the rain seemed to stop pounding him.


I'm looking for a place
I'm searching for a face
Is anybody here
I know

"You'll catch your death out here, Dib Monkey…," his green lips uttered, the fake eyes staring down at the water in fear. In the alien's gloved hand held the handle of the green umbrella tight.

Dib's eyes widened and he breathed, "Z-Zim…? What th…?"

Zim looked at him; a look of pity was etched on his face, which he struggled to hide. Yet it was hopeless, and he let the human see it.

"I- no way…" the pale boy chuckled half-heartedly, it was ZIM who came to find him. Not his family, but his nemesis. He looked away, a kind of shame played on his face in response to the Irk en's own expression.


Cause nothing's going right
And everything's a mess
And no one likes to be
Alone

The two stood there for the longest time. Both thought, Nothing's going right, everything's such a mess.

"Zim…?" he let his eyes slide back shut and he shook his drooping wet scythe hair.

The alien flinched when he felt the little droplets of water hit his skin, but sighed when he remembered that he had remembered to slather on the paste that day.

"What?" he snapped, but it came out to soft for his liking, so he attached a growl to the end and looked at the human from the corner of his eyes.

"Why'd you, um, join me? Here, I mean. Couldn't you have just kept going?" He let his eyes gaze over at Zim. Zim just glanced down at the frothy white caps of the river, "'Cause no one likes to be alone."


Isn't anyone trying to find me
Won't somebody come take me home

Suddenly the boy hiccupped slightly and looked away. When he thought that, the alien couldn't see his face he let, the tears flow freely. They ran all the way down and off his chin, no one had come for him. No one tried to find me… he sobbed; no one came to take me home.


It's a damn cold night
Trying to figure out this life
Won't you take me by the hand
Take me somewhere new
I don't know who you are
But I…
I'm with you
I'm with you

Two arms wrapped around him awkwardly. Enough so that Dib turned to kind of cry onto Zim's shoulder. The wind picked up and the two bodies shivered at the same time, but they didn't dare to make a move. Why…why was ZIM the one to come and find me? Why HIM-- Dib sighed when Zim squeezed the boy's hand in what he hoped was a comforting gesture. Dib sniffled.

"Zim…what's it like to live in space?" Dib asked, his voice muffled by the Irken's uniform, yet still held a ring of curiosity.

He said nothing for a while, just breathed deeply. "Like what you humans' say, 'It's like heaven, but way better'."

"I…want to go there someday. To live, I hate it here. I feel so anchored and constricted, it's a horrible feeling, Alien Scum, it really is…"

"Oh-ho-ho, the whole Irken empire feel this on their shoulders, they just don't know it 'till they're banished. Like me…"


Oh…

Why is every thing so confusing?
Maybe I'm just out of my mind

Zim turned away, but didn't weep like a weak HYOOMAN would. No, he just let them prickle at his eyes, and pool in the corners, but never let them any further then they were welcome. Dib let the corners of his mouth curl up slightly, so Zim had been banished. It was kind of like the way Dib had been banished. It's just that no one had the courtesy to tell him straight off.

The teenager turned his head away as well, "Alien, everything is just so confusing…maybe I AM out of my mind…"

"Then so am I…" Dib glanced back and caught a glimpse of Zim's wry smirk.


Yeah, yeah, yeah...

It's a damn cold night
Trying to figure out this life
Won't you take me by the hand
Take me somewhere new
I don't Know Who You are
But I…
I'm with you
I'm with you

"So, gonna take me home?" Dib sighed.

Zim snuck out his serpentine like tongue, "And why would I, ZIM!, do that for a lowly, disgusting, filthy, HYOOMAN?"

"Because…nobody wants to be alone." he retorted, sticking out his own tongue.

"Fine."


Take me by the hand
Take me somewhere new
I don't know who you are
But I…
I'm with you
I'm with you

Take me by the hand
Take me somewhere new
I don't know who you are
But I…
I'm with you
I'm with you…

Zim snatched up Dib's hand and threw him on his back.

"Do not touch the PAK or I'll kill you personally." Zim grunted.

"Uh, right…" the boy smiled slightly. At least SOMEone came for me, even if it was Zim… The boy was hit with a wave of nausea. He hadn't slept in a wink the whole day, so he dozed off with a smile etched in his face.

Soon after, Zim unsheathed his spider legs and jumped from tree to tree. He didn't want to be caught, mind you. At the doorstep, Zim sat Dib on the 'welcome' mat so that the boy was sitting up, facing the street. Before heading off Zim whispered one thing.

"Maybe no one else is but…I'm with you…"

And tore off down the street, he'd left his precious umbrella back at that stupid run down bridge.

Please, no flaming (to sensitive for flames…). Just a little criticism will go a long way! Oh, if you enjoyed it…praise is always welcome!

PRAISE ME! Ahem…please? Oh, you may want to listen to the song while reading it, I mean, if you want to…that is.

Welp, that was my first song fic. Plus, it was on my computer for a long time. So, I thought…Why the hell not?

So, here it was, or is. Whatever, I'm leaving…