AN: Character death, angst and language.
everything I've ever wanted
I finally did it. I caught Zim and exposed him. They took him away from me. He was my discovery, my specimen, mine dammit!! They put me under house arrest so I can't interfere. I can't believe this. I watched on TV as they dissected him publicly. He screamed so much. I felt bad for him and watching it made me sick but I couldn't look away. I had to watch to honor him. Exposing him was an accident. We were fighting at skool and I knocked his disguise off. Everyone gasped and pointed. I hadn't meant to. I wanted to expose him in a different way.
They came and they took him away from me. I screamed and he screamed and we reached for each other. We fought tooth and nail to get to each other but we failed. They took him and they put me under house arrest so they could dissect him in peace. I hate the government. They even took all my credit. I'm still nobody. And nobody cares. They hung the remains at the museum. I get to go visit today.
I miss him so much. I'm crying now. I'd give anything just to have him back. Anything to change the past. But there is nothing I can do. No way to fix this horrible mess I've made. The tears are falling faster now and I'm beating my fists against the floor at how unfair it all is. I stop and slowly pull myself together. Crying won't solve anything. A memory flashes in my mind. He was sending rubber piggies back in time to ruin my life. I've got to find that machine and warn myself.
I pick myself up off the floor and slip out of the house towards his base. I'm the only one other than Keef that knows where he lived and neither of us said a word to alert them as to where his base was. I sneak into the base and go down to the main computer room. It questions me where it's master is and I tell it the truth. The computer asks me why I'm here and what it can do to help before it self destructs. I tell it if my plan works it won't have to. It's listening.
I tell the computer my plan and it points me in the direction of all I'll need. I scribble a message on a rubber piggy and send it through the machine. I watch on the screen as the scene plays out before me. I think it's a success.
A paper ball hits my head in second hour. I look down and ignore it. It flashes and is replaced by a rubber piggy with writing on it. I read the message carefully several times.
Whatever you do don't fight Zim in skool today. And your head is NOT big.
Weird. Nobody else noticed either. Typical. I go on about my life for the day and Zim trips me at lunch. I turn to punch him but remember the message. I drop my hand to my side. It's not worth it. He just blinks big eyes at me as I turn around and walk away. I may never understand the message but maybe it's not too late. I'll never know. I don't care as long as I can expose him and as long as he remains my discovery.