Chappie Four

Sha's POV
"Okay, am I the only one here who sees the alien sitting in class?" I looked over at Dib and raised my eyebrow. He glanced at me, then at Grace.
I hated Dib with a passion. Everytime he was mean to Zim, my hatred would grow larger. If only I could do something to protect Zim...
Everyone except Grace and I looked around for an alien. Emmy, Emily, Gina, Mica and the others in our group were doing it, but only to fake it and fit in with everyone.
"THERE!" Dib pointed at Zim. Everyone looked at Zim, and returned their glance to Dib.
"RIGHT THERE!" My soon to be worst enemy pointed at Zim again.
Everyone stared at him. My eyes locked onto his. He began to sweat. I could feel the sympathy rising and rising inside of me. Before I could defend him, Dib ranted the rant that I knew so well.
"That is no kid! He's an alien! An alien! One of the monsters I've been talking about! He's here to conquer Earth!"
"NO HE ISN'T! HE'S NORMAL!" I blurted out.
Zim had started to move his finger to the self destruct button on his sleeve. He stopped after hearing mine and Zita's words which were "Aw, not this again. You're crazy!" specifically said to Dib.
The self destruct button disappeared.
He can thank me later when we become boyfriend and girlfriend!
"What about his horrible green head!?" Dib asked.
Why don't I save Zim? I thought and I whispered into Zim's antenna, (wherever they were) "Say you have a skin condition."
" Insolent fool boy! It's a skin condition," Zim said right after it. HE USED MY IDEA!
"And he's got no ears! Is that part of your skin condition, Zim? No ears?" Dib questioned.
Grace nodded. She agreed. Grrrrr...
Zim looked embarrassed. "Yes."
Most of the girls in the back were bored. They drew on pieces of looseleaf paper. Emmy glared at Dib like the other students did. At least she was on my side.
"Man, Dib. You think that just 'cause someone looks different, you can call them an alien?" Tae asked.
"I guess Old Kid's an alien too, huh?" a kid near Emmy named Brian said.
We all turned towards the elderly senior who was the size of a 5th grader.
" How's it goin'?" he asked in his strange old/kid-ish voice.
Dib pulled Grace by the hand to the chalkboard. I guess since this was the first time someone believed him, it was a big deal. He drew two figures on the board. Ms. Bitters was getting SO annoying with saying "Doom" over and over again.
"Okay, see this is us-" Using a pointer, Dib pointed to the man on the chalkboard labeled "Normal Human Being".
"And this is Zim." Grace grabbed the pointer and pointed to the Irken labeled "Zim." How would Dib even know what an Irken looked like?
"See the difference? Anyone? Anyone? Questions?"
Thank goodness most people in this class were dumb.

Grace's POV
"Yeah, what's wrong with you? All you talk about is aliens and ghosts and seeing bigfoot in your garage!" The Letter M, one of the students said.
"He was using the belt sander..." Dib said. Poor him.
"Yeah, he's always saying stuff. I remember that one time when-" Zim started. He was cut off by Dib. Dib, my new friend. I had struck up a conversation with him the moment I sat with him. He seemed genuinely surprised that I had talked to him in the first place. Dib was an outcast, but he was nice. Zim was an alien, so who could blame Dib?
"Hey! You just got here! Don't let him trick you! I know what I'm talking about, and there it is... sitting right there!" Dib exclaimed to Zim and then the entire class.
"Well, he does look...pretty weird," one student said. The word "weird" would be passing by Zim now.
"Yeah! And he is sitting!" Emmy said, trying to act stupid on purpose. Now the word "sitting".
"THAT'S MY LINE!" the boy who had said what Emmy had in the show ran out of the room crying. Emily, Gina, Mica, and Michelle laughed aloud.
"Ya see? Actual proof that all the things I've been saying are actually right! Finally, a way to prove that I'm, that I'm..." Dib grinned.
"...That I'm crazy!" Zim imitated Dib. Sha held out her hand. She was probably expecting him to give her a high-five.
Zim pushed away Sha's hand. I bet Sha was thinking, HE TOUCHED ME.
"Okay, now that makes sense!" Zita said.
"Man, we almost believed him!" another student agreed.
Zim and Dib were now enemies.

Rosa's POV
"Doom, doom, doom. Go home now!" Ms. Bitters said. I was relieved. No more "doom". I'd heard that word enough in the last six months!
The bell rang and we ran out of the Skool. Well, most did. I watched in fascination as Emmy jumped out of the windows screaming, "I'M ELMO AND I KNOW IT!"
Gosh that girl is crazy, but she takes such good care of Apple. That sweet banana.
I saw Emmy fall in the bushes. Emily jumped out to go save her. Gina did too, as did Grace, and Janay and Alyssa.
Dani, Annie, Mica, Sha, Michelle, and I walked through the hallway. Sha ran way ahead; to Zim.
"Hi Zim," Sha said, walking next to him.
Zim stared at her. "Hello...Earth hyooman."
"Adjusting to this planet well I see?"
"What do you mean?"
"Oh, Zim, I know you're an alien! But don't worry! I'll keep your secret!"
"YOU LIE! I'M NORMAL!"
"But I saw you yesterday! You had antenna and your eyes were magenta. That means something."
"That wasn't me! That was...umm...my neighbor!"
"Do you want me to defend you, or not? Because I can go on Dib's side and-"
"NOOOO!" Zim yelled. "DON'T!"
"Okay, but only on one condition. My friends know your secret as well. They're really good at keeping secrets."
"NOOOOO!" Zim yelled yet again.
I was starting to get annoyed.
"Zim screaming is annoying," Annie said as if she read my mind. Freaky.
"PLEASE ZIM! My friends are all on your side!"
"I don't know...whatever your name is-"
"It's Shannon, but you can call me Sha."
"I don't know if I can trust you hyooman beings..."
"You can...PLEASE!"
"Hmmmm, desperate...just like my slaves will be!" He started to laugh evilly.
"SHUT UP!" Dani yelled.
Zim stopped. "Sure...Sha-human."
Sha seemed to have to keep herself from squealing. She ran back to us.
"Wow, Sha, you really have a serious crush on Zim," I commented.
"No," Sha denied, even though I knew it was true.

Dani's POV
"Hey guys, let's race!" I suggested after a bit of quiet went on between us six.
"Sure." Annie smiled.
"On your mark, get set, go!" Rosa called out and we all sped up.
I won and spotted Emmy brushing leaves off herself. She'd jumped out the window and landed in the bushes. Typical Emmy. Sometimes she was as normal as could be and others she was basically a female version of GIR-without the dog suit...I think maybe I'll give her a pink one for her next birthday.
Emily and the others were just watching Emmy. The six of them ran to our six when they spotted us.
"Hey! Any romance between you and Zim?" Gina asked Sha. She knew about Sha's insanely huge crush on Zim.
"Maybe a few sparks." Sha blushed. Gina winked.
Then we heard a voice. "Zim."
We all turned towards the Skool steps. Oh no. Zim was standing on the steps. And Dib was at the end of them.
Next thing we knew, we were standing next to Dib. Well, except for Sha, who stood next to Zim. Grace was technically really standing next to Dib.
"Maybe your cruddy little disguise worked on everyone else, but I'll get them to see the truth," Dib continued.
"No one will believe you," Zim said. "Most people in this town seem very...idiotic...except for those girls...a little."
"They'll believe if I bring you to them without your disguise!"
Dib pulled out a pair of handcuffs. "I ordered this from one of my UFO zines." He opened them. Grace touched them.
"Oh, it's pretty. What is it?" Zim asked in fake-wonder.
"Alien sleep cuffs, guaranteed to render all alien life forms unconscious."
"How do you know it works if you never found an alien before?"
We all started backing away, except for Sha and Grace, and fell back on the ground.
"I'm gonna find out right now!" Dib grinned, like a devil.
Cut to the chase.

Alyssa's POV
That nerd, Dib, leaped at Zim. Zim landed on top of Dib...I stared in awe. The alien started running and Dib started running after him. Then I started running after them. They ran into a girl, knocking her over.
Emmy stared, alarmed, and looked at her. She seemed to have a desire to pull her up, but then, Sha and the others started running after me. Emmy ignored her. EMMY YOU'RE MEAN!
"Leave me alone! I just wanna go home and be all normal!" Zim yelled. Sha caught up to him and gripped his gloved hand. HOW LOVEYYYY!
"LET GO OF ME HYOOMAN!" he demandedd, yet Sha persisted.
He suddenly didn't care! He pulled her along as they jumped through an open window of an open car door. And then they jumped out into the DARK street. IT WAS SO ACTION MOVIE-ISH! They both knocked into a crossing guard and the crossing guard hit Dib and some of the girls with his stop sign. YAY DIB DESERVED IT!
They went into an alleyway and Dib and Grace chased after. Emily led us all to the outside of the alleyway. Sha and Zim were sliding on a clothesline!
More action and Zim and Sha and some of us (me, Emmy, Gina, Mica, and Annie) were on the top of an ice cream truck! I jumped into the truck and grabbed an ice cream cone. VANILLA. I licked it and tossed it to Emmy. Emmy was confused, but she licked it and tossed it back to me. I missed it and it landed on the ground. WHY CAN'T I CATCH THINGS!
"You like ice cream. You like ice cream. You love it. You cannot resist ice cream. To resist is hopeless. Your existence is meaningless without ice cream." This was the "song" that played in the truck. Emmy "sang" along.
Dib laughed maniacally. Grace looked at him, kind of scared. Zim and Sha jumped onto the Skool bus. The rest of us stayed on the ice cream truck...

Annie's POV
I glanced as Dib jumped onto the Skool bus as well. Zim started to back away and hung off the bus. Sha freaked out and rescued Zim faster than you could say "ZIM!"
"They might even name your autopsy video after me!" Dib predicted with sure confidence.
Everything will be okay, Annie, I assured myself. It was okay in the episode. Why not now?
The bus started moving again! Sha and Zim went flying off and landed on top of a metal fence. Emmy, Alyssa, Gina, Mica, and I jumped off the ice cream truck. Emily and the others ran with them towards the fence.
"Ha! See ya, Dib! Pitiful human!" Zim shouted after Dib, who was on the bus. Grace ran to us, staring after Dib.
Zim had won. Or so he thought.

FOOTNOTE AGAIN:
Agaain, "The Nightmare Begins" excerpt! Next chapter, the latest, concludes "The Nightmare Begins."

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