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Recap: Was this really the same Zim who saved me and became my friend? Zim caught me staring and scold at me. With that something ignited in me that I thought was gone, a hate that could only be for one person. Once again Zim and I are from now on enemies.
Dib's P.O.V.
"He's up to something Gaz I know it, I can see it in his eyes. It's probably a new plan or something, but I'll stop him I have to or the world is doomed!" It was lunch and I was watching Zim from mine and Gaz's usual table telling her how I would stop Zim from taking over the world. He was scowling while poking his food with a spork. Gaz looked up and raised an eyebrow at me.
"I thought you were done with that." She said with her voice full of annoyance. "Aren't you guys friends or something." My face scrunched up in hate.
"No way am I friends with him!" I shouted enough for Zim to hear me. Zim looked up at me and glowered. I gave the same look back.
"Whatever." Gaz said losing interest.
"Dib" I looked around for whoever called me, but no one was anywhere near me besides Gaz.
"Um, did you say something?" I asked her. She looked at me and growled menacingly.
"Don't distract me." She hissed. That was weird, I swear whoever said my name was right next to me. The bell rang signaling it was time to go to our next class. So far the day has been horrible, not only Zim, but the whole school's against me. Every class I've been pelleted with pencils, erasers, and paper balls by pretty much everyone in skool. The chance that this will die down is very unlikely. On entering Hi-Skool I've learned about the system of spreading rumors, as long as in causes embarrassment or a reason for harassment by the skools standards it will last an exceedingly long time.
This must have to do with Zim's plan, pinning the school against me, I can't believe I ever trusted him! I won't let this get to me I have to focus on stopping Zim and revealing him to the world. School had finally ended and I rushed to my locker. Once I reached it I quickly took what I'd would need and slammed the locker.
"Dib" Someone whispered so low it was hardly audible. I spun around to see who it was, but the hall was deserted. Where is everyone? Never mind that who said my name? I took one guess at who it could have been.
"Zim! I know it's you, get out here!" I yelled out. There was no movement. "Don't think you can get away with whatever you're planning! I'm going to stop you whether you like it or not!
"Dib" The voice was more clear now and it didn't just say my name this time. "come back..."
"'Come back' where?" I asked the voice.
"Talking to yourself again Dib-Shit?" A screechy and nasty voice rung out. Zim was standing to my left, arms folded, and staring at me with an amused expression. How did he get there without me noticing? The halls were empty just a second ago. I stared at him confused. I decided I really didn't want to deal with him at the moment and walked past him making sure to hit him in the shoulder with my own.
"Just leave me alone." I snapped at him.
"Hmph! And here I thought we were such good friends." He said with an incredibly irritating and teasing voice. I wish he would just leave me the fuck alone! I turned around to yell something back at him but he was gone. I look around the halls but the was no trace of him. Is my mind playing tricks on me? How did he leave so fast? I'm pretty sure that physically impossible, even for Zim.
I decided asking myself these things wouldn't answer them and walked out of the school. Gaz was waiting at the sidewalk. I walked up to her when I heard the voice again this time completely loud and crystal clear.
"DIB!" I jumped at the sudden sound of my name. It sounded like Zim, but the way I heard it, it sounded like he had desperation in his voice. My eyes scanned the area before landing on Gaz who was still playing her game and looked like she hadn't heard a thing.
"Gaz? Did you hear someone shout my name just now." I asked worried her answer would be no.
"No, now come on lets go." She said as if she were in a hurry. She immediately started walking home and motioned for me to follow with her hand before quickly placing it back on her game. Why does she suddenly want to go home in a hurry? I looked at her questioningly before following right behind her.
"Dib, wait!" It was the same voice I heard before and when I turned around it was confirmed it belonged to Zim. He was standing on the sidewalk meters away from Gaz and I.
"What do you want?" I asked coldly. "I thought I told you to leave me alone." He looked at me surprised, though I'm not sure why.
"I..." He hesitated. I was starting to get annoyed with the lack of an answer until he spoke again. "Dib, you have to listen-" Zim was cut off when Gaz stepped in front of me.
"He doesn't have to listen to anything you have to say and he sure doesn't want to talk to you!" Gaz stated rather angrily. Not only was Zim surprised at this sudden outburst, but so was I. Gaz is defending me? Gaz took my hand and started to drag me homeward.
"Dib..." I heard Zim's voice fade out as he called me. When I turned around Zim had once again disappeared. I looked back at Gaz who had let go of my hand and gone back to her game.
"Thanks, Gaz." I said. Maybe Gaz wasn't really that much of a jerk.
"Whatever." She grunted back. "Let's just get home." Oh, that's it, she just thought Zim was a hindrance in getting home. I stared at the ground the rest of the walk with my hands in my trench coat's pockets. When we walked onto the house I went straight upstairs again to do my homework. Once I finished I stuck my head out of my room.
"Hey Gaz? Is Dad going to be home tonight?" I asked.
"No." Was her immediate and simple answer. That means Dad could be home indefinitely, it could be days to weeks to even months. I sighed. I guess things will never get any better. When closed the door I heard a familiar voice that made me jump to the other side of my room.
"Dib." It was Zim again and he was blocking the door. How did he get in here? The windows are locked! I was about to call for Gaz, but Zim stopped me. "Don't, I need to talk to you."
"Then hurry up and get out." I told him filling my voice with venom. He flinched at my voice, but quickly composed himself and gestured for me to take a seat on my bed. I hesitated, but eventually sat down and of course kept up my guard. Zim took a deep breath which probably meant he had a lot to say.
"Dib, we're friends right?" He asked. This was obviously some kind of game to him. I glared at him.
"I think you made it very clear this morning that we aren't." I said my glare becoming more intense.
Zim looked back to me confused.
"This morning?" He questioned. "OH! No, Dib, that wasn't me!" At this my glare turned to an expression of bewilderment.
"Not you? Then who the fuck could it have been. I don't remember any other Irkens coming to this planet besides you and Tak." He wasn't making any sense. Was he trying to trick me? I can't really tell from his expressions and he sounds serious, but if that's true then how is it that the Zim I saw this morning isn't the one I see now.
"It's hard to explain right now, Dib-human." I was starting to get really irritated. All he was giving me were questions with no answers. "Do you remember the accident?" I was about ready to tear my hair out.
"Of course I do...well more or less. Now tell me what it is you wanted to tell me and get out!" I raised my voice as a warning to him. His antenna raised with my voice but he himself didn't move.
"What exactly do you remember of the accident?" He looked at how annoyed I was at all this questioning and quickly added, "please, I need to make sure of something." I grumbled a fine before I started to retell the day of the accident.
"I remember you wanting to talk to me about something, so after skool we walked to the sidewalk and you told me..." He looked at me expecting more when I hesitated. I didn't remember what he told me and I don't think I want to, even if it is important whatever it was is what started this. "I don't remember what you told me." His eyes widened.
"You...don't...?" He asked looking at me like he was look for something on my face that would tell him I was lying. I shook my head a bit uncomfortable of the way he was looking at me. Once he saw I was telling the truth his face turned a darker shade of green and he lowered his head to look at the ground. Was he...blushing? "Well that isn't important anyway, what else do you remember?" Well it was important enough to get that kind of reaction.
"After you told me whatever it is you told me I guess I panicked and ran into the street. When you caught up to me we heard a truck honk it's horn in front of us and you pushed me out of the way and then everything goes blank." At first he was nodding apparently agreeing with what I was saying until I got to the part were he pushed me out of the way. His face turned to a frown at this and he looked like he was thinking very hard.
"Dib-Thing, the Zim, Gaz, and any other humans you've seen today don't exist." He paused to let me let this settle in.
"Don't exist? What are you talking about of course they exist." Zim shook his head.
"There illusions that your mind, for whatever reason, created." This doesn't make any sense, why would this happen? Am I finally going...crazy? No! Zim is just trying to trick me, it's just a bunch of lies!
"No, that's not true! That's not possible!" I didn't want to hear anymore. I put my hands over my ear to block out his voice, but I could still hear it.
"Please, Dib, listen!" He tried to reason. "It wasn't me who got hit by that truck it was you!" I looked at him like he was insane.
"Then how the hell am I completely fine? How is it that I'm even still walking?" I shouted at him. I couldn't believe this! How could I? I want him gone! I don't want to hear this!
"Because you're-!" Was all I heard from Zim before he suddenly disappeared right in front of me. I was shaking. I slowly removed my shaking hands from my ears and cradled my arms. I lowered my head into them and started to cry.
I really am crazy.
Poor Dib...Next chapter in Zim's P.O.V. R&R, please!