After Skool, the rain had stopped. Rae and I had decided to walk home together, because we lived in the same neighborhood. "So, which house is yours?" Rae asked me.
"Well, it's right over-" I started, but was interrupted.
"Hey!"
Rae and I whirled around, only to be met by Dib. "Heya, Dib!" Rae greeted cheerfully.
I was confused as to why he had approached us, and wanted to ask why, but all I said was, "Uh, hi."
Rae did a front handspring out of boredom, and then quickly returned her attention to Dib. "Whatcha doin'?"
"Listen, I've got to show you guys something! I can prove that Zim's an alien!" Dib said excitedly.
"An alien..." Rae mused. "Sounds neat!"
I scowled. This kid was crazy. "Aliens aren't real," I stated.
"That's what you think. Come on!" Dib urged. He grabbed my wrist with one of his hands, and Rae's wrist with the other. Rae didn't protest, but cast me a confused glance. Me? I was dragged against my will towards Zim's house. Dib kept muttering, "I'll MAKE them believe! Yeah, that's what I'll do. No more 'Dib's insane!' No, it's going to be different from now on..." Personally, that made me believe he was more insane than I thought. Dib released us as we arrived in Zim's yard. "Alright, watch this!" he told us. He walked over to gnomes. One seemed to have glowing red eyes... Actually, they ALL did. And then, the one nearest to Dib MOVED. It turned to face him, the beady red orbs in its eyes focusing on Dib. I gasped, amazed, while Rae stared, wide-eyed.
That's when lasers shot from the eyes of the gnome, and they hurtled towards Dib. (Luckily, Dib dodged the beam, though.) This seemed to alert the other gnomes of our precense, and then they all started firing at us. This didn't seem to surprise Dib, and he easily dodged each laser, and made it to the door. He opened it up (it was apparently unlocked) and motioned for Rae and I to follow. Rae took a moment to examine the situation, and she smiled. "This looks like fun!" She began doing numerous cheerleading moves to avoid the lasers, including cartwheels, front handsprings, back handsprings, and a lot of other things I didn't know the names of. She swiftly and easily made it to the door, and disappeared inside.
I wasn't as lucky. I wasn't a cheerleade like Rae, and I wasn't some sort of spy or whatever like Dib. I was just me.
As I ran across the lawn, screaming and flailing (I probably looked like a MAJOR idiot), the gnomes shot me multiple times with their stupid lasers. Each time they hit me I let out a yelp. It burned very badly, but at least it didn't kill me like in the movies. Nonetheless, I eventually made it to the door and stepped inside.
I was greeted by two robots, that looked to me like they were supposed to be 'parents.' "Welcome home, son!" they said in unison, before tthe one that looked like a mother started whacking herself with a spoon, while the one that resembled a father began running into the wall. Inside, Rae was staring at yet another robot. It was completely silver besides its eyes, shoulders, a spot on its back, and something that looked like a sheet of paper stuck to it's front. Everything previously mentioned was bright blue. The robot sat on the floor in front of a television, and blinked when it noticed us. "Hiiii!"
"See?" Dib said. "I told you!"
didn't respond; I was too busy trying to register exactly what was going on. Rae had a goofy grin on her face. "This is so..."
"Horrifying?" Dib offered. "COOL!" Rae exclaimed. "...It's not cool when an alien is trying to wipe out all humanity."
Suddenly, a booming voice echoed through the house.
"Warning: Something is happening upstairs!"
"That's his computer," Dib explained. "Zim will be up soon." "You bring the yummy TA-COS?" the robot asked as it squeezed a rubber piggy. The piggy sqeaked each time it was squeezed. The robot stuck his tongue out in a silly expression. "No," Rae told him. "But I think I have some at my house!"
"YAY!" the robot replied before returning his attention to the TV. "Great, what is it now?" I could hear Zim grumbling. His voice was coming fom... the trash can? This seemed so messed up.
"Hide!" Dib instructed us. Rae ducked behind the couch, and I ran behind a fake plant. Dib tried to hide with Rae, but she slapped his arm and shoved him out of the hiding place. Suddenly, Zim emerged from the trash can. At least, I think it was Zim. He looked like he did at Skool, but he didn't have hair. No, in place of hair were two black antenna. In Zim's hand was... a black bouffant wig. Suddenly, it all clicked. Zim's weird way of speaking, the green skin, the lack of certain features (such as ears and a nose), why he was so hateful to other humans... Zim really was an alien. "GIR, where are the intruders?" Zim inquired. "Tell ZIM!" "They went with the pizza man to go ride UNICORNS with leprauchauns!" GIR replied happily. 'What the heck...?' I thought, but I didn't dare say anything. Zim sighed, but acted as if this response was normal. "I know they're 's those two blond girls from Skool and the Dib-stink!"
How had he known There were probably cameras all over the place, I decided.
I felt something bump my arm, and I yelped quietly.
"Shh!" Dib said. I hadn't noticed him approach me, but I figured he didn't have anywhere else to hide.
'It's alright. Chill, Marina. It's just Dib,' I told myself. Suddenly, Zim whirled around to face the plant. His eyes narrowed when he spotted Dib and I. "YOU- hey, when did I get that plant?"
"Zim! Uh, we're not here!"
"Yes you are!"
"No we're not!"
"LIES!"
It was silent for a moment, but Rae quickly broke the silence as she poked her head out from her hiding place. "You're an alien? THAT'S SO COOL!"
I coudn't say anything. I was too busy freaking out.
