Dib to the Future

By: Cartman's Girl

Notes: Man I'm really on a roll with Zim fanfics aren't I? Well anyway, this is just a time warping kind of story, well, you'll see. Bwa-ha-ha-haaaaa.

And here's some artwork to go with it, so you guys know what I'm talkin' about by their new looks.

[1]http://www.side7.com/cgi-bin/S7SDB/DisplayImg.pl?INO=86228 - Group Shot

[2]http://www.side7.com/cgi-bin/S7SDB/DisplayImg.pl?INO=86253 - Zim and GIR

~*~

Dib stood in the shadows, it was now early morning. He knew that Zim and Cten would be fast asleep due to their all nighter working on plans to over run the planet, so he was ready to get into their base while they'd be out like a light. Oddly enough, Gaz had decided to join him on his escapade, but she claimed it was because she wasn't to see what Dib got up to on this missions.

"All right, you distract the Gnomes and then we'll get through the window, all right?" Dib pulled out his pair of binoculars and looked at the Gnomes.

"Hows about we just go around the back door?" Gaz asked.

Dib blinked. He didn't even know if Zim had a back door! Why didn't he think of that before?

"Come on." Gaz walked down the street, and Dib followed after her. They slunk down the alley way behind the house, and snuck through the wooden fence. Sure enough, the back of Zim's house had no guards or anything. Looked like a normal backyard, and there was the back door. With the `female' toilet sign on it.

"Heh, good, I really gotta go." Smirked Gaz.

"Haha Gaz." Dib replied, and opened the back door. He stood back, expecting a ray to shoot holes through their heads, but nothing happened.

"Homey. A toilet in the kitchen." Gaz had entered already, and Dib followed in after her. He looked around the room, it looked like a regular kitchen, except for the toilet located between the sink and fridge.

"Fascinating..." Dib got his camera out and started taking photos, specially of the ceiling which was an assortment of wires.

"I'd like to find out who his decorator is..." Gaz was staring at the `I EAT FOOD' poster above the fridge.

"Gaz, shhh." Dib put his finger to his lips trying to silent Gaz. All her life she'd been quiet, why choose now to talk?

Soon they were quiet, and now walking into the lounge where more of the cables and wires were hanging from the ceiling. They didn't spot the two SIRs asleep on the couch, and one of them was slowly awakening.

"Wow, kewl TV set." Gaz pointed out, looking at the large screen.

"Gaz! Shh!" Dib put his finger to his lips, "Do you want them-?"

"GAZZY!!!"

Both literally jumped out of their skin as GIR was now awake, and spotted his favourite monkey girl. He clapped his metal hands together, awakening BEK.

"What are you doing here Gazzy?? Are you here to fix the sink?" GIR leapt off the couch and threw his arms around her waist and `gleed' happily. Gaz looked less then happy and tried to shove the robot off her.

"Get... off!" she snarled, but GIR kept his little robot arms around her, cheering happily.

BEK however, wasn't so happy.

"Intruder alert! Intruder alert! Computer! Alert the Masters!" BEK called to the ceiling, a beeping sound was heard in response. "Oh come on it isn't THAT early!"

"Gaz, RUN!" Dib yelled as he took off,

"YOU try running with a live tin can attached to you..." she snapped, trying to shake GIR off again.

"HI-YAH!" BEK then leapt at Dib, grabbing him around the ankles and he fell face first onto the ground.

Course, all this noise did eventually wake up Zim, and he entered through the kitchen to find GIR still attached to Gaz, and BEK chasing Dib around the room since the front door is locked and the mechanical arms won't let anyone through.

"What on IRK is going on here?!" Zim screamed,

GIR immediately let go of Gaz and turned to Zim,

"Master! Morning!" the little robot yelled, and literally hugged Zim to death with a hug around the head.

With Zim's attention diverted, Dib raced past Gaz, grabbing her arm as he does. He swings open what he thinks is the front door, and runs into it, thus crashing into a wall as the door slammed shut behind them.

It was a storage unit filled with odd machines and flashing lights.

"It's the closet Dib, you moron." Gaz said. Then they heard thudding on the door outside,

"Open up stink beasts!! You can't hide in there forever you know?!" Zim's voice came from the other side of the door, and the door handle began to rattle. Dib grabbed onto the door knob, keeping it shut.

"What do we do?! This guys got blasters that could make holes where our heads would be!" Dib panicked as Gaz was walking around the small area, looking at the machines. "GAZ! Don't you even care?!"

"This would make a great console..." Gaz picked up a small square machine which looked like her GameSlave, only it had panels and buttons and so forth. "Wonder what it is..."

"Don't touch anything! You could end up inside out!" Dib wailed, as Zim once again tried opening the door.

"HEY! Don't touch anything in there! I got an inside-out-turning gadget in there!!" Zim's voice came from the other side,

"See?" Dib said.

"Shut up." Gaz replied, and switched on the machine, and put the `volume' knob up by five.

What happened next was, well, bizarre. A great wave of light shot out from the machine, literally blinding both Gaz and Dib. Then smog emitted as laser beams shot out and the whole place began to spin around and around as the smog and lasers continue to bellow out.

"What did I say?!" Dib screamed.

~*~

Soon it settled down, and all was calm once more. Dib was upside down with his jacket over his head, sprawled in the corner. Gaz was somewhere amongst the mess, muttering about her hair now out of place.

Then the storage unit door swung open and Zim's voice was heard from outside,

"You know, I still can't believe you guys still enjoy this." Then a dark red boot stepped into Dib's view, who was still covered by his jacket. Now stood in the doorway was Zim, but there's a great change in his appearance.

He's wearing baggy brown pants over his red boots, two pockets on his knees. His usual Invader shirt is gone, and replaced with a light blue t-shirt which has a classic `Alien' face on it. Over that, was a dark purple jacket. As for his hair, it was still in the same style, only the cow-lick curled up at the end, and the wig was longer.

He leaned down to Dib's face and yanked the jacket away from his head,

"Look at me when I'm talking to you dirt bag!" Zim yelled, then Dib got to his feet shakily. His black hair was still in the same style, but looked more messed up with loose hairs falling out here and there. His jacket was still the same, kinda. It was longer, and had buttons on the cuffs and near the shoulders. He had a utility belt slung over his grey shirt, but it was under his jacket. He had thick boots on, that came almost to his knee, over his black jeans.

"Zim you seriously need to rethink how you store your equipment." Dib replied, brushing his jacket off.

"Yeah well it isn't any of YOUR business!" Zim snapped back, folding his arms.

"Will you two girls stop fighting and HELP ME UP?!" Gaz's voice screamed from the rubble, Dib turned and glanced at her black boots that stuck out from a pile of junk.

"Oh, sorry Gaz.."

Dib walked over and began moving the machines from her, and she quickly got to her feet. Her black boots were over black fish-net stockings, there were pretty much hidden by a black pleated skirt. Her normal black shirt with skull medallion still remained in tact, and her hair was pretty much the same. Only a tiny tuft was sticking out at the back.

"THANK you." With that Gaz stormed past her brother and the alien, and out the front door. GIR waved her out, grinning stupidly. There's a slight change in GIR too, he's kinda taller and actually wearing clothes! A jumper covers his arms and torso, a pig's head on the front. He has a baseball cap on his head, turned around so the rim sticks out at the back. Also, green shoes

"Bye bye Gazzy!" he calls out, only to have a tuft of dirt thrown from outside, slamming him upside the head.

"Tsk." BEK declared, walking up to GIR and rubbed the dirt from his eyes. Also, now BEK is taller and wearing clothes as well. A yellow singlet over a pink shirt, and she has a light red wig on her head.

"I think she likes me!" GIR declared to BEK, who just finished cleaning his head.

"I'm sure." BEK replied, rolling her eyes.

"GadZOOKS! We're late for Skool! Come Cten!" Zim then raced out the door, leaving Dib stood in the closet, and he then stepped out. (no not THAT way :-P)

"Already?!" Cten came dashing past Dib and out the door after Zim.

But now, Cten's blonde wig now to shoulder length enters the room. She's got a red head band to keep the wig in place. On her eyelids are light lavender eye make up as well as lavender lipstick. She has a bright red tank top on, and over that is a white short sleeved shirt, unbuttoned. She shows her mid-drift, this is just to fit in with other females since normally she wouldn't so that. She's got short black tights on, and over that is a dark blue miniskirt. Her shoes are somewhat of platforms, red. Plus around one of her ankles is a bracelet, as well as around her two wrists.

She then came to a halt at the door and turned around to look at Dib who was still stood at the closet door entrance.

"You coming or spending all day in the closet Dib?" she asked, smiling slightly.

"Uhh... right, right...." Dib walked past the two SIRs, and the door slammed shut behind him.

~*~

"Confound the bus system! We'll be late for our first day of the miserable Hi Skool!" Zim was looking at a blue watch that lay hidden beneath his jacket's sleeve, and tapping one of his red boots impatiently.

"They're always late Zim, you know that." Cten replied, brushing a strand of hair out of her face.

"But if we're late first day, who KNOWS what horrors shall be unleashed upon our little souls!" Zim declared, looking down the street hoping to see the bus pulling up.

"Shut up." Gaz snapped from being stood besides Dib, who stood between Cten and Gaz.

"Yes, Mistress." Zim replied sarcastically, folding his arms but still tapping his boot.

Dib had been unusually quiet around the group, something told him something was very wrong, his paranormal senses were tingling and he didn't know why. Then his eyes slowly went to the shoes of Cten, the red platforms then his eyes slowly climbed up past her green legs to the tight slacks, the skirt, the bare mid-drift and his eyes kinda lingered on the tank top for a while, when finally reaching her face to see she's staring directly at him.

"...uhh... hi." He muttered quickly.

"...what was that?" she asked, tilting her head to the side slightly.

"Nothing! I, I like the color red that's all!" Dib then proceeded to stare at a red car that drove past. Zim rolled his eyes.

"Stupid earth human monkey dirt clod." Zim muttered to himself.

Finally the yellow Hi Skool bus pulled up besides the group, and Zim was the first on the bus, followed by Gaz who had pushed in ahead of Dib and Cten.

"Move it frog." She muttered to Cten, and walked to her normal seat at the back. Cten scoffed and went aboard, followed by Dib.

To be continued!

~*~

But now... Attention Readers! Since I don't wanna explain, here's your favourite Tallest Ones!

[Purple looks into the room, then enters and kinda, hangs there for a while. I jab him with a stick.]

Purple: Ow... Oh, yeah, well, anyway! We're... make that I'm here to just say that Tina's got a small contest thing going. She's keeping track of comments of her stuff, and seeing as how all of you have been SO nice to comment with your names, that she'll be willing to write a fanfic as well as draw fanart TO that!

Red: [enters quickly] Of course, it's the kind of fic that's requested most. If you want to see her write a Zim/Dib, Zim/Gaz... [shudders slightly] Purple/Red or anything like that, or maybe a normal one with NO love interest in, just either e-mail her your request and or, comment here.

Purple: Isn't that nice of her? I dunno, I find it weird...

Okay guys, stop before I force you both to make out.

Red: Dyah!

Purple: Right, right...

References

1. http://www.side7.com/cgi-bin/S7SDB/DisplayImg.pl?INO=86228
2. http://www.side7.com/cgi-bin/S7SDB/DisplayImg.pl?INO=86253