Cten coughed, not that little I-have-dust-in-my-throat cough. This was an oh-my-gosh-I-almost-coughed-up-my-squeedly-spooch cough. Zena walked up. "Are you okay? Do you need a drink of water?" "You know nothing of Earth, do you?" Cten said in a hoarse voice. She coughed again. "I don't feel good." Char came out of the trashcan. "It's 6:00 in the morning, it's summer, I'm tired, I CAN HEAR YOU ALL THE WAY IN MY ROOM! And I'm on the bottom floor!" "Can't you see, I think something's wrong with her." "The first smart thing you've said... or done... since you've been here." "Yeah. Thanks. Wait." "I think I'm going to go back to bed. I'll ask Zim in the morning if I'm sick." Just then Cten puked all over the floor, then she doubled over in pain. Zena panicked. "SHE'S GONNA DIE! IT'S CONTAGEOUS!" Char just looked annoyed. "Just go get Zim. Tell him to come here, and fast." She looked down at Cten, who was now lying down with her head in Char's lap. "Stay awake, Zim will help you."
Zena panicked again. "Zim! CTAN'E GONNA DIE!" Zim looked up. "Okay. I'll see what's going on."
Zim came up out of the trashcan to see Cten passed out on the couch. "Is she passed out, or is she asleep?" Char looked up. "Passed out." Zim's face looked nervous. "Let me see." He walked over by Cten and knelt beside her. He put his hand on her forehead. "She's cold. This is bad. We should contact the Tallest.
The Tallest appeared on the screen. "What now Zim?" purple was eating a burrito and red was eating a donut. "My Tallest, I am afraid that Cten is severely ill and might not make it." Purple dropped his burrito. "What's wrong with her?" "I think she has Irkelianosis and she might not make it. If she does make it, she might barely." Red pushed in front of purple. "You are all defects, we don't care." Purple gave him a how-could-you look as Red hung up. Cten was now turning a bit pale and was kinda waking up. "Will... I... Die...?" Her voice was slow and weak. Zim looked down. "Come... on... Zim... tell... me... the... truth..." "I... I don't know, sis. I don't know." Cten went back to sleeping. Zim looked upset. Char tried make him feel better. "She's Cten, she's tough, and she'll live." Zena came up behind him. "Unless you try to find a cure and then you test it on her and it goes horribly wrong!" "Zena, not helping." "I never said I was trying to!"