Section 1: Dib

(A.N: Som-Ri is my own creation. She had pale green skin, long antennae that have bead-like bells on it to warn when her psychic powers are reaching critical levels, her eyes are white, and she can see the future. She was used to minimize casualties during invasions and take-overs. She grew tired of killing innocent aliens and ran away with her robot, Zeze, to Zim on Earth. They fell in love and lived on Earth, trying to be 'normal' humans.I own nothing but this fanfiction, Som-Ri and Radu. Invader Zim is not mine. Plus, I understand that my story had a few glitches, and I'm working on getting the story chapter straightened out. Thank you for alerting me)

He pushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose. He had been waiting for Zim to call all day, and still nothing. He sat back in his seat, looking at his computer's black screen, waiting. It had been only two days since Zim had brought Som-Ri back after being kidnapped and raped by one of their own. Dib was the only human who knew their secrete. When Som-Ri had gone missing, Dib had tried to find her, only to have Zim tell him that he had brought her home. When Dib found out that Zim hadn't brought her to a doctor, he tried to get a doctor to see her right at Zim's house. Zim had to reveal their secrete, and swear Dib to secrecy to keep him from calling a doctor. As far as he knew, Som-Ri had only woken up once, when he was visiting them. She had taken the news better than he had expected.

And here he sat, waiting. For some reason, Zim wasn't letting Dib into the house now. He kept saying that Som-Ri needed her rest, so he would call. But so far, Zim hadn't kept his word. He grabbed the soda can off of the desk and took a swig of it. Just as he was setting the can back down, the screen lit up with a little telephone ringing. Dib hit a key on the keyboard and watched as Zim's face filled the screen.

"Hey Dib," Zim said sheepishly as he talked into his communications tech.

"Zim, what kept you?" Dib asked, looking at his new friend.

"Well, Som-Ri woke up today. It was only for a little while, but she woke up. She remembered everything that happened when I saved her," Zim said, looking back into the room, where Dib couldn't see.

Dib could remember when she woke up the first time to find him sitting in a chair by her bed, getting ready to treat her cuts and bruises. She had been fearful about Zim having told Dib their secrete, but Dib had sworn to Zim that he would take their secrete to the grave with him. Being an alien was a big deal, to him anyway. But he had promised not to inform anyone before Zim had confirmed it.

"How is she doing? Is she able to stand yet?" Dib asked.

"Not just yet. She was able to sit up today, but she only collapsed onto the floor when she tried to stand," Zim replied, smiling broadly.

"That's good at least," Dib replied, still not used to Zim without his human disguise.

"I have to go Dib, Som-Ri is calling. I'll call you again when I get the chance," Zim said, looking over his shoulder briefly.

"Sure, yeah. Tell her to not give up if she isn't able to walk right away. It will take time," Dib said, before clicking off his computer.

He sighed, not knowing what to think. He'd done the best he could to help them out, but he was no professional doctor. Plus, she was an alien. Conventional medicine wouldn't really work. And his curiosity was killing him. He wanted to know more about them and about their people. Dib knew that until Som-Ri was completely recovered, Zim would feel better with Dib staying away. He would wait to see if Som-Ri was feeling up to a visit the next time Zim called.

He went downstairs and decided to take a walk. He walked all over the place. When he reached a dead end, he would find another direction to go. His own thoughts didn't last too long on any one topic. They always jumped from one topic to the next. But it was this quiet time that allowed him to straighten things out a little.

But the one thing that seemed to stick in his train of thought the longest was the story of what Som-Ri had done to the people who had kidnapped her. Zim had been caught the second that he had set foot on the main Armada ship. When he was brought into the command center, Som-Ri was seated on a plush cushion chair, bound, bruised and dazed. She didn't seem conscience of her surroundings. There was an Invader there next to her that was very self-assured, but what was his name? Well, these little bells on her antennae began to ring and an explosion happened. When the smoke cleared, Som-Ri was standing with her bounds destroyed. She unbuckled her poncho and unbuttoned her top down to her mark on her chest. Her eyes had apparently changed into a dark grey. But the guards holding Zim had retreated, only his bounds still worked. Well, Som-Ri started to wail on the guy that raped her and didn't let up until he stopped getting up. Then she turned on their leaders. Only Zim screaming her name snapped her out of her weird state of mind. Zim broke his restraints and brought Som-Ri home.

But what was that guy's name? It started with an R and he was supposed to be really freaky. He was supposed to be the best Invader there was and the fastest. He was also different than the others. One eye was almost black it was so dark a blue.

Just as Dib rounded a corner near a grocery store, the name dawns on him. Radu.