Dib squinted through the harsh rain as he pulled his coat over his head miserably. It was a good twenty minutes after school, but he could hardly get three feet in the rain that beat his skin raw. Once he ventured out again, he immediately had to seek cover once more under a large tree. He was wet and freezing by now, and he was also lost. "Great…" he mumbled. "Gaz's probably home by now." He thought about finding a phone to call home, but his dad would not be there, and his sister wouldn't even answer the phone. Looking frantically from left to right, Dib rushed back out into the rain and ran for the nearest alley way. He would have to do something. He would have to stay somewhere. He ran as fast as he could, almost slipping many times on the slick ground. Eventually, he almost couldn't breathe the water was so heavy. He sputtered and gasped until he reached a stone wall, where he leaned to take in a mass of air. He had reached the end of an alley.
"Hey, kid!" shouted a voice from behind him. "You lookin' for a place to go?"
Dib turned as he wiped the water from his glasses and grinned. "Yeah!" he said brightly, relieved someone had found him. "Can you help me out?"
"Sure can!" the tall man came closer and rung out the end of his long shirt. "You know anyone around here?"
"No, I think I might be lost!" Dib admitted, trying to recognize the buildings around him.
"Uh-huh." The man took Dib by the shoulder. "Let's get further back into the alley."
Dib obeyed quickly, backing up until he found the wall. "Thanks, I thought I'd be stuck out here forever!"
"Yeah…don't mention it!" the man yelled over the pouring rain. "Look, uh, I'm just waiting for my buddy, okay? When he picks us up, we'll drop you off at home, alright?"
"Great, thanks!" Dib said again, pulling his coat around his body tighter.
"It's cold out here, huh?" he asked, kneeling down.
"Yep." Dib cleared his throat. He started to rub Dib's shoulders harshly to warm him up.
"Hey, you should take you coat off. It's wet." He tugged at Dib's collar.
"Uh, that's okay." He suddenly started to feel slightly uncomfortable.
"Come on, I don't bite." He patted Dib on the head.
"Um…" Dib swallowed a hard lump in his throat and moved away.
"It would be better for the both of us if you just took it off." The man took the boy's arm.
"Y-you know, maybe this isn't a good idea. I don't want you to go out of your way or anything." Dib was rapidly getting very nervous.
"No trouble." He said, forcing off Dib's trench coat.
"No, stop!" Dib ordered, trying to pull his coat back.
"You know what I want." The tall man snapped, ripping the coat off and shoved Dib onto his back. He began to unbuckle his belt.
"Stop, please, don't!" Dib screamed, emotional agony coursing through his mind. Despite all of the rain, he knew that the hot water in his eyes were in fact tears.
"Just gimme what I want!" the adult tried furiously to tear away Dib's pants.
"You!" cried a soft voice from behind.
Guiltily, the man turned and tried to hide Dib from view. "Yes?" he said quickly.
The figure was cloaked, and was obviously female by the pitch of the voice. "Let him go."
The man looked around in a desperate panic before rushing towards her. With a surprised yelp, she was grabbed and a hand placed over her mouth. She kicked and yelled with all her might, reminding Dib of an enraged feline. Snapping out of his daze, Dib took action. He grabbed a sharp shard of glass beside him and stood.
"Shut up, shut UP!" the man shrieked as he tried to quiet the girl.
Dib thrust the shard into the man's with a high jump, drawing a spurt of blood and a scream. He let go of the girl, and she pounced away, quickly drawing two items from her cloak. She rose above her head one of these items, a strange looking spur, and drilled it into the man's chest. The other disappeared into his crotch with a crack and splatter.
He fell to the ground with a dry choke, and vomited wildly until he passed out.
Dib was beyond horror for the moments he stared at the rapist on the ground, but the girl's voice snapped him back to reality. "Are you alright?"
Dib fastened his pants back around his waist swiftly and nodded. "I…he was gonna…" he shuddered. "I don't know how to thank you…but…who are you?"
She took Dib's hand and led him under a ledge, where the rain was blocked. She threw off her hood, revealing that she was an Irken girl. Her large, light blue crystalline eyes scanned him over, and sweat dripped off of her long, flat, curled antennae. "My name is Iyn." She said. "And I suppose I owe you the same gratitude."