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'About 5 years ago...'
A twelve-year old sat at his desk jotting down notes in his Hi-Skool classroom. The child was indeed a prodigy and by the end of the year he was looking forward to collage. It wasn't a surprise, really, that this child known as, Dib Membrane, had surpassed other children his age in mentality, for he was son to, Professor Membrane, inventor of most technology seen in this time of prosperity, as well as the creator of...Super Toast.
All things disregarding toast, Dib was showing great promise of becoming the successor to his father, the only problem being Dib's strange fascination with, the paranormal. At first Membrane believed this to be a phase that would surely pass and that his son will eventually set his sights on the path of REAL SCIENCE. But as time went on Dib had devoted his entire being to the paranormal and becoming a Paranormal Investigator.
The results were negative.
People shunned him and called him crazy. Even his own father would address him as: 'My poor insane son'. Despite Dib's efforts in trying to convince others the paranormal exists no one ever listened to him. Dib was practically treated like a disease. The only one he could talk to was his little sister, Gaz, who would much rather play one of her video games than give her already neglected brother attention.
Dib was alone.
He looked out the window momentarily paying no attention to what the teacher was spouting about. 'What is going on?' He thought. 'It's like World War III'. Countries around the world have been fighting each other all for a different and complicated reason. There were no longer any treaties or alliances, it was every country for them self. Some countries wanted more land and others it may have to do with a leaders anger at another country's ways. Not only this, but countries were having economic problems forcing them to make things like taxes and food prices higher. The world seemed to be slowly falling apart.
A howling like noise snapped Dib out of his world problem thoughts. It was coming from outside. There was a lot of wind and the sky had become darker in a matter of seconds. It looked like it would start raining any second. Dib sighed, not wanting to be caught in the rain, getting drenched. He was suddenly pulled from his thoughts when something collided lightly with the back of his head.
"Hey!" His hand flew to the back of his head as he turned around to see who and what hit him. He couldn't tell who had hit him since pretty much every student behind him were sniggering at him. He looked down to see a balled up piece of notebook paper on the floor.
"Dib!" Dib jumped and turned back around at the familiar voice of his math teacher, Miss Muerte. "Face the front of the room and no more outbursts!" She said, her Spanish accent making it a bit difficult to understand her, but Dib got the message. He scowled. You'd think Hi-Skool students would be a bit more mature than this. Dib wondered how half of them had even got into Hi-Skool being that most of them probably had a GPA under 1.4.
When the dismissal bell rang Dib immediately started picking up his things. He could feel energy that wasn't there before flowing threw him as if his body knew it no longer had to sit in an uncomfortable seat and his mind didn't have to be force fed knowledge. Dib ran out the door before anyone else. He had to. He had learned his first day in Hi-Skool that when you're the shortest person in a crowded hall of Hi-Skoolers all rushing to get out of the torture facility, chance of survival was slim. Dib got to the door and pushed outside into freedom. What he wasn't expecting was the incredibly strong current of wind and being bombarded by fallen leaves and discarded shopping bags.
The wind didn't seem to be going in any specific direction as it would twirl and whip Dib anyway it wanted. Another thing Dib noticed was how dark it had gotten, skool ended at 2:30 P.M., but it was almost as dark as night. The only bright side Dib could see in this strange weather was that it wasn't raining. Dib pulled his trench coat over his head to have some protection and tried to stay on the sidewalk on his way home with the wind pushing him every which way.
It was difficult, but Dib had finally made it home. The door was a bit of a challenge as every time he tried to pull it open the wind seem to push it back. But eventually Dib had opened the door and slipped inside. Once inside he closed the door and leaned against it panting. He could hear the loud howling of the wind was making when colliding with his house. He could feel the house shake with the force of the wind discouraging him a bit, but knowing the house can hold.
"I'm home." Dib said silently and directed to no one. Gaz still had about another hour of Elementary Skool and his dad was probably at the lab facility. Dib moved to the couch hoping to catch another re-run of his favorite show Mysterious Mysteries, but when he turned the TV on he saw a news for the weather outside. A woman was speaking into a microphone outside while trying to unsuccessfully move the hair blowing into her face away.
"...and so we advise all residents to stay in their homes. It is indefinite of when -static-" The screen was suddenly fuzzy with static and Dib assumed it was just the wind, until, for a brief moment, he thought he saw something appear on the screen.
"Was that...?" He trailed off shaking his head thinking it was a mistake. The reporter was suddenly back on.
"...make sure you know were your family is. If there have been any injuries or accidents -static-" Once again the signal was lost, but instead of the continuing static something appeared on the screen, something that made Dib's eye bulged out in disbelief.
A green alien was on the screen. It had black antenna flat against it's head and huge dull red eyes. Dib saw that unlike a human it had no nose or ears and it's skin was a dark shade of green and it's face was unemotional.
"Humans of Earth," The alien addressed. "I am Invader Tap. I had come to your planet to blend in with your species and weaken it." Dib couldn't believe what he was hearing. There had actually been an alien on Earth and now it was going to take his planet? "Weakening it had actually been quite easy being that your world and your people are very disunited with each other. In approximately one hour your planet will be cleared of all life and used for the Irken Empire." Dib was scared more scared then he had ever been, he couldn't even feel any excitement in the fact he was right about aliens existing because now...it doesn't matter. "That is all." And with that the alien was replaced with a snowy screen.
Dib just stared at the screen. So many things going through the young boy's mind. 'One hour? That's all? All that I have to look forward to? B-but I had so many goals, things I wanted to do with my life! And now I only get one hour to live? I-I'm not ready to die. I don't want to die! I don't want to die! I want to die!'
. The mantra went on in Dib's head until the TV screen once again pulled up a different image. It was Dib's father at the podium were he usually makes speeches and introduces new inventions.
"It seems that the video earlier was not hoax. Our world really is being invaded by Extra Terrestrials. But before any of you loss hope we want to remind everyone of the Doomsday Domes." Dib mentally slapped himself for forgetting the Doomsday Domes. They were created to protect residents of it's area against things like natural disasters or meteorites, another one of Membranes creations. "We would like everyone to gather at the closest Doomsday Dome to them as soon as possible, but remember to be careful when going outside and, please, do not drive." Dib had never heard his father sound so serious before, though there's probably no better time to be calm and serious.
Dib got off the couch and turned the TV off. He already knew where to go as his dad had stressed it to him enough. Dib left the house prepared for the strong wind this time. What he wasn't prepared for was the sight of many lights in the sky and the huge shadows in the shape of alien space ships, especially the huge one in the middle. 'That thing is MASSIVE!' Dib screamed in his head. But then he remembered the task at hand. Walking quickly to the dome he noticed other people going the same way. Reaching the dome he saw his dad was helping direct people into it. He ran up to him.
"Dad!" He yelled catching Membranes attention. "Dad, the aliens! They're real! I knew it! They're here!" Dib said. He knew that his father already knew all this, he just needed to hear him admit it as well.
"Yes, son. Now get in the dome, your sister is already in there, go and find her and stay with her." Dib nodded and went inside the dome. Though, he didn't know how he was supposed to find Gaz. The place was huge and full of people. He was surprised when he found that it wasn't hard to find her at all. She was leaning against the wall of the dome playing her Game Slave with no one around as she was quite a standoffish girl. Dib ran over to her glad she was alright.
"Gaz! Did you see that alien that was on TV?" Gaz spared him a look.
"Yeah, it was pretty ugly." She answered back.
"Uh, yeah, but it's amazing isn't it? I was right, there actually is other life in space!" Gaz didn't seem to share Dib's excitement, too focused on her game as always. Dib looked at Gaz disappointed with her lack of a reaction. He looked around the dome. Light came from the ceiling. People were chattering about the alien and invasion, obviously scared.
"We will be closing the dome now!" Someone from the entrance of the dome yelled. 'Wait! Where's dad?' Dib wondered. But the opening was quickly closing and Dib still didn't see his dad. When the entrance had completely closed he turned to Gaz.
"Aren't dad and those other scientists supposed to come too?" Gaz shrugged.
"I don't know." Dib didn't like this answer. He wanted to know what his dad was planning and whether or not he'll be safe. But there was nothing he could do now, so he sat against the wall on the side of Gaz pulling his legs up to himself.
He thought about the alien. He thought about the invasion. He thought about the future. Would he have one? Or was this the end? Out of nowhere Dib heard an explosion from outside and screaming from inside.
It had started.
Dib got up and looked up to the top of the dome. His legs and hands were shaking. There was another explosion causing him to almost fall over, but used the wall for support. More and more explosions came that seemed to get louder and louder, making Dib think was going to go deaf. The explosions started to slow after awhile until it seemed the world had gone into complete silence. Everyone in the dome waited in anticipation.
It felt like an eternity to Dib, just staring at the dome's ceiling. Dib's mouth felt dry and his legs felt weak, but he just ignored it and stayed as still as he could. The entrance of the dome opened revealing two men in what looked like soldier uniforms. 'What happened? Are the aliens gone?' Dib prayed silently that they are. The two soldiers signaled that it was safe to come out. Gaz immediately started moving out of the dome, but Dib was a bit hesitant. He wasn't sure what was going to happen once he left, but knew he was going to have to find out eventually.
Dib was one of the last to walk out. Looking around he could see most buildings didn't make it and some were on fire. He looked up at the sky and gasped. Very close to the surface of the Earth was the giant ship Dib had seen before, or at least what was left of it. It looked pretty beat up, small parts of it were missing and was covered in dents making it look much less threatening than before. 'What is it still doing here?' Dibs legs started to wobble beneath him, but he didn't let himself fall and ignored the strain he felt.
The crowd of people from the dome Dib was in where escorted to the stage where Membrane holds his presentations. Membrane was standing at the podium looking over the crowds that had come. Dib could never have that anything Membrane said next would ever come from his fathers mouth.
"I know many of you are probably wondering how we've dealt with this invasion. We had been able to use our top secret technology against them and it seems the aliens have taken an interest in our weaponry and want to make a treaty between us. I have decided to accept this treaty. There is no reason to fear them. They have promised not to harm anyone." Dib gawked. 'What is he saying? They came here to taken over our planet! Now they suddenly want to be friends and dad's just accepting that?' Rage filled Dib's entire being. And suddenly there was clapping all around him. Everyone seemed happy with this. The fools.
Dib started running to the stage and climbed up. Professor Membrane was surprised to see Dib running over to him. He was also unsure of Dibs expression. He seemed angry, but the Professor was confused as to why.
"Dib?" Membrane said.
"Dad, don't trust these aliens. They're evil! They wanted to take over our world! Why are you suddenly trusting them?" Dib yelled at him.
"But, son. You must understand, to be able to interact with alien life is a great opportunity to learn new things for the good of REAL SCIENCE!" Dib was now shaking with fury. "Don't worry son, I'm sure you'll understand one day!" After that Professor Membrane informed it was fine to go home unless it was destroyed in the battle then to follow a group of troops.
Everyone had left.
Everyone except Dib.
He was still alone.
Yays! Chapter three! Sorry for randomly switching to a completely different setting on you, I just had to tell this part of the story. Thank you all who read this! R&R, please!
