Psyche
And here we have another chapter for you all!
Once again, I disclaim the characters herein. They are not mine; this is a non-profit fictionalization!
Last time...
Zim squeezed his eyes shut as Dib winced. The colors all came together, centralizing themselves around Zim and suddenly the floor funneled out underneath them. Yelling in unison, Dib and Zim, now restored to his normal palate, plunged past the darkness and landed in a world that was neither lacking in color or light...
And now, the continuation...
Of Rampaging Figments
Around them, tall buildings jutted up in odd fluid geometry. The streets and skies seemed bathed in varying degrees of pink and purple hues and all around them, shadows in the shape of other Irkens paraded down the streets and across the buildings in disregard to the two intruders.
"What have you done to me Dib?" Zim yelped as he looked around in apprehension. "Nonono! I don't want to be here… not Here!"
"Where are we Zim?" Dib exclaimed, turning on the alien in confusion.
"The beginning…"
Suddenly, a giant lumbering Cthulhu creature stepped into view and the shadowed Irkens scattered all about as silent screams filled the air.
"Aw man! What is that thing?" Dib exclaimed, pointing at the creature.
"Nonono! You ruined my life!" Zim yelped, taking to his spider legs and ascending the buildings to reach the creature as it swiped handfuls of shadows into its gaping maw underneath a swathe of tentacles. Two particular screams seemed to Dib that they rang out louder than any others… one was definitely female and the other male.
Balancing himself atop a spiked flag, Zim swatted at the monster with his hands and unhindered metallic appendage. "Go away! Just go!"
Dib watched in awe as the Godzilla sized behemoth simply quirked its head at the invader and roared in … frustration? Zim continued to shout from stories above him and Dib felt powerless to do anything against the monster. So he looked for a way to get to Zim.
With a growl, the creature turned from Zim and began shoving over buildings in a tantrum.
"Noooooo…" The yell gave out to Zim's sadness as tears began to brim in his eyes. As his grip on the pole gave out, Zim slid down accompanied by the sound of chalk on a blackboard as his legs scraped their way down the metal. He slumped forward on the roof as the monster continued to rampage about in the distance.
Reaching the interior of the hollow alien spire, Dib suddenly felt the floor shift and begin to rise for him… leading him upward to the roof. As the floors swiftly flashed by, Dib felt himself grow woozy and become surrounded in darkness once again.
This time, instead of Zim… he saw pictures hanging in space… each one seemed like a child's drawing… all in black and white… depicting some sort of story.
The first was of a young Zim, grinning up happily while holding a leash which led down to a small blobish version of the Cthulhu monster he'd seen before.
The second was of Zim's shock as the creature grew large, breaking its leash and devouring an extremely tall female Irken who was dressed like one of Zim's leaders.
The third showed the creature having burst from the building and devouring another male tallest who was screaming and clutching to the remains of the structure in a vain attempt to save himself.
As soon as he'd taken in the images, they disappeared from sight and once again, the snap of a light brought to attention the blue doused Irken just a few feet away.
"What was that… a memory?" Dib asked, looking to Zim in confusion.
The figure sat limply on his knees staring through the floor in dejection. "My failure…" Zim stated, looking to Dib with a pained expression on his face. "You weren't supposed to see… that." Zim sighed heavily, once again casting his gaze downward.
"You had a pet Cthulhu that killed two of your leaders?"
Zim winced at the statement then suddenly snapped up confused, the light shifting to white once again. "Wait… what's a thhhhhhh… Hulu?" he asked in genuine puzzlement.
"You know what… never mind. Maybe I should just get out of here." Dib stated, taking a few glances about.
Zim stood slowly, a hand to his head. "I haven't… thought about these things in… well... I never…" Zim paused to squint at Dib, but not in malice. "Your being here is stirring up things… things long forgotten and ignored."
"Sure well if you'll just point me to the nearest exit…"
"Don't you know how to leave?" Zim asked, looking a bit confused. "I sure don't know how to… oh look it's another light!" Zim pointed away from them and, sure enough… another light blared forward… and another… and another…
"Great!" Dib face-palmed in preparation for the inevitable flush down memory lane as the lights spun closer. Zim seemed unaffected by the light's presence until they'd restored his color and the ground had disappeared again… then he yelled.
And that wraps up another chapter! Thanks to everyone who reviewed and came back for more stuff. You can expect a new chapter next weekend!