Dreams
Chapter One: Zim
A evening wind blew harshly through the street ways of the humanoid city. The only illumination were the street lamps and a half moon above. Dead leafs were lifted by the gusts, being blown all the way to a familiar "out of place" house.
It was quieter then usual in Zim's base. Gir had went out to do a little nightclub dancing. As long as he kept his doggy suit on, it was fine. He left on the account that his Master and his Master's good friend really wanted it to be quiet, specifically after Gir let all the experimental Earth creatures loose, caused the whole lower half of the lab to "go explodie", and covered Zim's computer screen with mayo.
Deep down in the bowels of the lab, two exhausted Irkens sat in their own lab chairs. Cleaning up after the hyper SIR took nearly everything out of them. Zim just let his arms hang off the sides of his seat. Rogue hung her head back and let her arms droop on her lap.
".........Uhhhh......" Rogue groaned in pure tiredness. "......I can't believe it..."
"......What?" Zim responded after a short sweet hush.
"How destructive Gir can get." She said. "Do you think we caught all the animals?"
Just then, a lone chipmunk scampered across their sights. The two looked at each other with heavy eyes.
"......You get it." Rogue said.
"No...you do it." Zim said.
"No, you."
"You."
"Let's just forget it."
"...Okay."
They sunk back into they seats.
Zim's eyelids grew heavier with every minute that ticked by. He finally gave in on keeping them open. Not long after his surrender to the sleepiness, he began to snore, and quite loudly at that.
SNNNOORE...SNNNOORE...
"…!? Zim??" Rogue lifted her head to see a sleeping Zim, his mouth wide open with a little thing of drool showing.
Rogue smiled at the sight. "Heh...Zim."
{ NOW ENTERING DREAM SEQUENCE...}
SNORE...SNORE...SNOR-"Wha? Who?...Where??"
Zim awoke in a room with no source of light anywhere, unaware that he was still asleep. It was pitch black and he was unable to see anything but that. He couldn't even tell if there were any walls or doorways to anything.
"What is this??" He asked himself; his voice echoing through the nothing. "HELLOOOO…"
No answer.
Not wanting to jump to any conclusion, Zim thought on this for a moment. "...Maybe the main power to base got cut off? …Or something... Computer! Run a scan on the base's power!"
But no computer responded, not even a beep noise. That wasn't right. Zim's computer ran on a different power source, just in case of something like this.
"Computer?? …If this isn't the base, then where am I?!" Just then, Zim noticed something missing, if you didn't already count everything else around him. "…Wait! …Rogue? Rogue, where are you?"
All the Irken got was empty echoes. "ROGUE!!" He cried out this time, but still there was nothing. His voice sounded like it was traveling for miles. Right away, he got a very uneasy feeling about where Rogue has gone to. His insides tightened up; immediately sensing something was wrong.
He took one single step forward, in order to begin his search, but the instant he did so, the darkness under him gave way.
The second he felt that he was falling, he tried to grab on the anything that could be near him, but that didn't happen. He fell deeper and deeper into the dead bleakness. A frighten thought came across his mind that maybe this was what happen to Rogue, that this unknown darkness had swallowed her up.
The thought began to eat him up from the inside. He suddenly shouted out with all his might:
"ROGUE!!!"
His fall abruptly came to a end, but not as he know it would. He suddenly found himself floating in mid-air. It took a few minutes to regain his senses.
He glanced around. It still was dark, but entirely now. Zim could make out a small glimmer of light coming from the very front of him. Carefully, he moved very slightly, in fear of falling again. But he discovered he could "swim" through the air. He made his way to the one bit of light.
'Maybe...she's here!' Zim suddenly thought. 'Maybe she found a way out of this place!' He grew closer to the light. It got bigger; wider. At about ten feet, he saw that the light was in shape of something. A figure. A person.
"...Rogue?"
The being looked right at Zim. It WAS Rogue, glowing like the Earth's sun. Zim was lost as to why she was like this, but immediately was relieved to see she was alright. He floated closer to her. The light didn't even seem to affect his version. He could see her eyes, her long antennas, and even her smile.
"…Rogue? What is going on? Where are we, and why are you…?" Zim stopped midway. The expression on Rogue's face began to change.
She didn't answer back, but just hung her head. A single tear danced down from her cheek. She brought her head up again, and mouthed something to Zim. There was no sound, but Zim could read her lips.
…Soon…it will begin again…
All of a sudden before Zim could even react, the darkness returned in forms of swift winds. It surrounded and engulfed the light that was Rogue.
"NOOOOOO!!!" Zim yelled. He tried to grab Rogue, but the darkness had already claimed her. He was alone again. Alone and mentally torn apart.
Trembling and tears streaming from his eyes, Zim placed his face into his hands and just sobbed. In a second, the only thing he cared more about then conquering was gone.
"This...this isn't happening!" He jerked his head back up with his teeth grit. "WHO ARE YOOOOU!!?? TELL ME!! BRING HER BACK!!"
It's alright…this isn't real....it's just a dream...
Zim spun around. He noticed someone standing right in front of him, but it was too dark to see who it was.
"Who are you!? SHOW YOURSELF!" The little figure didn't move. "Did you take Rogue?! Bring her back!!"
I didn't take her....this isn't real....it's just a dream...
The little figure slowly vanished from Zim's sight, but it's voice could still be heard from all directions. Zim had never heard the voice before, but he could tell it was a young voice, like a child's. A male child to be specific.
"This is dream?" Zim said back. "Then Rogue is..."
She's okay, Zim…don't worry....
"She is? Really…? …Wait a minute... You know my name? Who are you then??"
…Just a little someone… Zim could then hear the voice giggle a bit.
"Hey, don't you make giggles at me!" Zim said.
giggle…But listen to me, Zim…when things start to get rough, you must promise something…
"Promise?"
…please…stick with Rogue…till the time comes…I know you will, but I want to hear you say it…
Zim was ever more confused then before. Here this voice was talking to him like they've known each other forever. Nevertheless, what he just saw…he doesn't want something like it to happen for real.
"…Ok, I promise, but…what do you mean till the time comes?"
The voice didn't answer back.
"Hey! Answer me! What did you mean! Heeey!!"
{ END DREAM SEQUENCE}
"Zim! ZIM! Wake up!"
Zim suddenly jumped in his chair. He opened his eyes to see Rogue looking right back at him.
"Are you okay?" Rogue asked. "You were fine for a minute, but then you started jerking and screaming my name."
The male Irken didn't say anything at first, but then without warning, embraced Rogue with both arms.
"Zim? What's wrong?" Rogue asked. Zim didn't answer. Rogue then placed her arms around him. They stayed like this for a long period of time.
'...A dream...that's all it was…' Zim thought. '…But who was that little person…?'
[ END CHAPTER ONE ]
Chapter One: Zim
A evening wind blew harshly through the street ways of the humanoid city. The only illumination were the street lamps and a half moon above. Dead leafs were lifted by the gusts, being blown all the way to a familiar "out of place" house.
It was quieter then usual in Zim's base. Gir had went out to do a little nightclub dancing. As long as he kept his doggy suit on, it was fine. He left on the account that his Master and his Master's good friend really wanted it to be quiet, specifically after Gir let all the experimental Earth creatures loose, caused the whole lower half of the lab to "go explodie", and covered Zim's computer screen with mayo.
Deep down in the bowels of the lab, two exhausted Irkens sat in their own lab chairs. Cleaning up after the hyper SIR took nearly everything out of them. Zim just let his arms hang off the sides of his seat. Rogue hung her head back and let her arms droop on her lap.
".........Uhhhh......" Rogue groaned in pure tiredness. "......I can't believe it..."
"......What?" Zim responded after a short sweet hush.
"How destructive Gir can get." She said. "Do you think we caught all the animals?"
Just then, a lone chipmunk scampered across their sights. The two looked at each other with heavy eyes.
"......You get it." Rogue said.
"No...you do it." Zim said.
"No, you."
"You."
"Let's just forget it."
"...Okay."
They sunk back into they seats.
Zim's eyelids grew heavier with every minute that ticked by. He finally gave in on keeping them open. Not long after his surrender to the sleepiness, he began to snore, and quite loudly at that.
SNNNOORE...SNNNOORE...
"…!? Zim??" Rogue lifted her head to see a sleeping Zim, his mouth wide open with a little thing of drool showing.
Rogue smiled at the sight. "Heh...Zim."
{ NOW ENTERING DREAM SEQUENCE...}
SNORE...SNORE...SNOR-"Wha? Who?...Where??"
Zim awoke in a room with no source of light anywhere, unaware that he was still asleep. It was pitch black and he was unable to see anything but that. He couldn't even tell if there were any walls or doorways to anything.
"What is this??" He asked himself; his voice echoing through the nothing. "HELLOOOO…"
No answer.
Not wanting to jump to any conclusion, Zim thought on this for a moment. "...Maybe the main power to base got cut off? …Or something... Computer! Run a scan on the base's power!"
But no computer responded, not even a beep noise. That wasn't right. Zim's computer ran on a different power source, just in case of something like this.
"Computer?? …If this isn't the base, then where am I?!" Just then, Zim noticed something missing, if you didn't already count everything else around him. "…Wait! …Rogue? Rogue, where are you?"
All the Irken got was empty echoes. "ROGUE!!" He cried out this time, but still there was nothing. His voice sounded like it was traveling for miles. Right away, he got a very uneasy feeling about where Rogue has gone to. His insides tightened up; immediately sensing something was wrong.
He took one single step forward, in order to begin his search, but the instant he did so, the darkness under him gave way.
The second he felt that he was falling, he tried to grab on the anything that could be near him, but that didn't happen. He fell deeper and deeper into the dead bleakness. A frighten thought came across his mind that maybe this was what happen to Rogue, that this unknown darkness had swallowed her up.
The thought began to eat him up from the inside. He suddenly shouted out with all his might:
"ROGUE!!!"
His fall abruptly came to a end, but not as he know it would. He suddenly found himself floating in mid-air. It took a few minutes to regain his senses.
He glanced around. It still was dark, but entirely now. Zim could make out a small glimmer of light coming from the very front of him. Carefully, he moved very slightly, in fear of falling again. But he discovered he could "swim" through the air. He made his way to the one bit of light.
'Maybe...she's here!' Zim suddenly thought. 'Maybe she found a way out of this place!' He grew closer to the light. It got bigger; wider. At about ten feet, he saw that the light was in shape of something. A figure. A person.
"...Rogue?"
The being looked right at Zim. It WAS Rogue, glowing like the Earth's sun. Zim was lost as to why she was like this, but immediately was relieved to see she was alright. He floated closer to her. The light didn't even seem to affect his version. He could see her eyes, her long antennas, and even her smile.
"…Rogue? What is going on? Where are we, and why are you…?" Zim stopped midway. The expression on Rogue's face began to change.
She didn't answer back, but just hung her head. A single tear danced down from her cheek. She brought her head up again, and mouthed something to Zim. There was no sound, but Zim could read her lips.
…Soon…it will begin again…
All of a sudden before Zim could even react, the darkness returned in forms of swift winds. It surrounded and engulfed the light that was Rogue.
"NOOOOOO!!!" Zim yelled. He tried to grab Rogue, but the darkness had already claimed her. He was alone again. Alone and mentally torn apart.
Trembling and tears streaming from his eyes, Zim placed his face into his hands and just sobbed. In a second, the only thing he cared more about then conquering was gone.
"This...this isn't happening!" He jerked his head back up with his teeth grit. "WHO ARE YOOOOU!!?? TELL ME!! BRING HER BACK!!"
It's alright…this isn't real....it's just a dream...
Zim spun around. He noticed someone standing right in front of him, but it was too dark to see who it was.
"Who are you!? SHOW YOURSELF!" The little figure didn't move. "Did you take Rogue?! Bring her back!!"
I didn't take her....this isn't real....it's just a dream...
The little figure slowly vanished from Zim's sight, but it's voice could still be heard from all directions. Zim had never heard the voice before, but he could tell it was a young voice, like a child's. A male child to be specific.
"This is dream?" Zim said back. "Then Rogue is..."
She's okay, Zim…don't worry....
"She is? Really…? …Wait a minute... You know my name? Who are you then??"
…Just a little someone… Zim could then hear the voice giggle a bit.
"Hey, don't you make giggles at me!" Zim said.
giggle…But listen to me, Zim…when things start to get rough, you must promise something…
"Promise?"
…please…stick with Rogue…till the time comes…I know you will, but I want to hear you say it…
Zim was ever more confused then before. Here this voice was talking to him like they've known each other forever. Nevertheless, what he just saw…he doesn't want something like it to happen for real.
"…Ok, I promise, but…what do you mean till the time comes?"
The voice didn't answer back.
"Hey! Answer me! What did you mean! Heeey!!"
{ END DREAM SEQUENCE}
"Zim! ZIM! Wake up!"
Zim suddenly jumped in his chair. He opened his eyes to see Rogue looking right back at him.
"Are you okay?" Rogue asked. "You were fine for a minute, but then you started jerking and screaming my name."
The male Irken didn't say anything at first, but then without warning, embraced Rogue with both arms.
"Zim? What's wrong?" Rogue asked. Zim didn't answer. Rogue then placed her arms around him. They stayed like this for a long period of time.
'...A dream...that's all it was…' Zim thought. '…But who was that little person…?'
[ END CHAPTER ONE ]