Zim's POV
I ran into my house threw off my disguise not really caring where it ended up, race upstairs, into my bedroom, bolted the door shut, and flop onto my bed. This is awful! Now that Dib's found out I have a toothache, he would stop at nothing until he got me to a… gulp… dentist! "It'll go away on its own, I know it will," I told myself "maybe if I try to sleep it off." I sleep on the side of my body the toothache ISN'T on, and, that's when I had the nightmare:
We were playing tennis in gym, and Dib was my partner. The toothache was still there. We were walking to the courts, and I said "Dib, my new medical insurance rules! It covers everything! And I mean EVERYTHING!" Dib reeled up and asked, "Even brain trauma?" that's when everything blacks out. "Hey, Zim," Dib said, as I was waking up. He handed me a mirror "guess who took out your tooth?" he handed me a mirror, and my tooth was missing! The first thought in my head was "great, now I look like a pirate!"
And then I awoke. "That was awful!" I quickly felt my mouth. All my teeth were still there. And guess what else was still there? The toothache. "AW, IRK!" I screamed. Speaking of Irk, I reflected I wonder if the tallest have tried to call me.
Tallest Red's POV
I punched Zim's number into my portable video phone. "ONE-WAY TRANSMISSION IS CURRENTLY ACTIVATED TO THIS USER," a robotic voice declared "PLEASE LEAVE A MESSAGE A THE TONE." I sighed as the tone went off, but, left my message. "Zim, it's me," I said "I'm sorry I embarrassed you today, but, I really miss talking to you," I love that little defect. He makes me laugh "anyway, what about the mission? Don't you need to update us…constantly?... all the time?... forever?... anyway, call me as soon as you get this PLEASE!" I hung up the phone, and sighed, thinking of that little defect.
Zim's POV
I decide to use the medicine GIR got while I was out today. I opened the medicine cabinet, and found a small blue jar. it looked about right. I put a bit of it on the tooth. It has almost no effect. The reason I say "Almost" is because it seems to have made my toothache worse. I look at the jar. The unknown chemical! I just put more of whatever the Irk this is on my tooth! I kept looking for the medicine. Origel. That seemed about right. But, remembering my last experience, I used it carefully. Back to excruciating. Well, it was better at least. "I think I'll nap for a while." I said to no one. I went to the couch, and lay down. It hurt no matter which side I slept on. Eventually, I decided to just sit on the couch and think. GIR walked up to me with the waffles from this morning. "want to try to eat again?" he asked. "sure, why not? Okay." I answered. I Took a large bite of waffle, but, I winced in pain as I chewed. It just hurt too much to eat, but, I had to, since I hadn't eaten since 9:00am and, now it was 3:00pm. I tried to mask my pain, as I said "thank you, GIR." GIR noticed how much pain I was in "is your tooth bothering you, master?" "yes." I prayed GIR didn't suggest what everyone had been suggesting, but, since when in this story has that worked out for me? So, naturally, GIR suggested "well, why don't you go to Dib and have it pulled? Or at least LOOKED at?" this makes me angry, and, just as I was about to argue with him, I guess GIR detected a fight because he said "it wouldn't hurt. You wouldn't feel a thing." I blinked hard, but, the tears still just came "no, GIR, it WOULD hurt. I WOULD-" GIR held my hands and cut off my argument "master," he said calmly "for me?" just for fun, here's GIR's POV
GIR's POV
"I promise, if you want, I'd be right there holding your hand." Master was quiet for a long time. Then, he grabbed me, and buried his face in my neck. "I'm so afraid!" he wailed. I gently patted his head "I know you are. Do you want me to call Dib and tell him you want to have the tooth pulled?" I felt his head nod, and he let go. I picked up the phone and called Dib.
(A/N): I'll write about the call and the extraction in the next chapter, Kay? Just so you know