Hello again everyone! Thanks for reading this far! This is an episode mostly featuring Dib and an introduction to a new character. Enjoy! =D
Episode 6: The Strange Big-Headed Girl
Dib was sitting at his desk on a normal school morning thinking over a bunch of things. Firstly, how all of the students seemed to accept Kay within the first week she'd been there and began to treat better than him and Zim. She had such a great personality that Dib figured that it was inevitable the other students would warm up to her. They even started to treat Zim a little differently since they were together all the time.
It's just not fair! I've lived here and went to school here for my whole life, and they earn more acceptance than me within not even half a year and they're aliens for god's sake! Dib thought as he looked over at the two. Zim was daydreaming of world domination, no doubt, while Kay was doodling something like she always did. Look at them. Two aliens under everyone's nose and I'm the only one who can see the difference! He looked more intently at Kay. Even her with her flawless disguise I was able to see through. Will no one else ever be able to see them for what they really are? He watched Kay smile as she viewed her work, sparkles forming around her in Dib's eyes. He turned his head swiftly away. …And must I always be doomed to like girls that I can't have? God! It was Tak before and now Kay! Dib's head slumped onto his desk. What's wrong with me?
Then the bell rang for class to start and Ms. Bitters walked in looking more grumpy than usual. This could only mean one of two things, and today wasn't a holiday so that left one possibility. "Well class, once again, we have another new student." She grumbled, and then looked toward the doorway in agitation. "Get in here!" she barked at the student in the hall. "Coming Ms. Bitters." said a feminine voice.
The class looked up as she entered the room, and their mouths fell open in shock. There standing before them, was a normal-looking girl, save for her giant head. She wore a gray denim jumper with an alien face on the front, a blue and black stripped sweater underneath, and a black large bow in her long, spiky, charcoal hair. Also in her hair there was a large green highlight that went from the front of her bangs to the bottom of her hair at the back of her head. Her face was covered with a Crop Circles Magazine, but everyone already knew that she wore glasses. They could tell just by looking at her that a female version of Dib seemed to stand before them, and that's what shocked Zim, Kay, and Dib the most.
Kay looked especially worried as the girl looked up from the book and stared at her and Zim. "Oh no. It's her." Kay whispered. "Who?" Zim whispered back. Then Ms. Bitters announced he her name was Bel. Then she instructed her to take the seat next to Dib that had been recently emptied of a student. Bel nodded and sat next to Dib, her gaze not leaving Zim and Kay. Dib stared at her from the corner of his eye.
She looks strange, almost like me. Though I don't think my head is THAT big…Still, with the alien face and the magazine, it's easy to see that she's a believer too! Dib smiled excitedly as he watched the girl narrow her eyes in the two aliens' direction across the room. Maybe she'll see that Zim and Kay are actually aliens and convince the others that I was never crazy! That I was right all along! Yes! He thought happily to himself.
However, the strange girl, Bel, had other thoughts in her head. There's Kay, and that other with her is defiantly Irken. Now I can finally have the revenge I've longed for and expose Kay to the world. Surely the people here will be more willing to believe me once I show them the truth then back in that other town. Then she looked around at the class. But other Irkens and aliens could be hiding just like they are. I should investigate every student thoroughly just in case…
During lunch Dib sat at his normal table with his sister, in full view of the other end where Zim and Kay, and Yak and Miz sat together, but now, at the table across from them, the new girl sat, staring and taking notes. "Hey Gaz. Why do you suppose that new girl, Bel, is taking notes on Zim and the rest?" Dib asked. Gaz looked, irritated, up from her game at the new girl, analyzed the situation, and resumed her game saying, "Simple. She's a freak who thinks Zim and the others are aliens just like you, and she's taking notes for the same reason you take notes. Now that I've pointed out the obvious, will you stop bugging me?" Dib looked at the girl with this new information, smiling again. "Hmm…Maybe she's another who can see through their disguises so easily and will help me expose them! Plus maybe she'll be a better choice in a girl since she's just like me and not an alien!" Dib exclaimed. Gaz opened one eye and stared at him awkwardly and then muttered, "Hmph. You'd be lucky if you got any girl, let alone an alien one. You're just that pathetic." "Says you…and everyone else, but that doesn't matter! Besides, you're not one to talk. You always scare guys away." Dib retorted. Gaz didn't respond, but she did look up to where Yak was sitting.
Later at recess, Dib was wondering what to say to the new girl to express his reasoning as to why they should be friends, while Zim and Kay were wondering other things. "Kay? Why are you so worried about that new stink-beast, Bel?" Zim asked her. Kay looked around to see if she was anywhere near and that Yak and Miz were away from her. She saw Yak and Miz sitting with Gaz, talking, and there was no trace of Bel. "Back when I first landed on Earth, I didn't know exactly where you were or which school you attended, so I thought I'd learn a little bit about the planet before coming to get you, so I enrolled in a school across the country. That's where I met her. She discovered me instantly even though I looked just like the rest of them. She followed me home and made threats to capture me and reveal my race. I asked her why, and you'll never guess what. She's—" Kay continued telling Zim about her past encounter with the new girl. Little did they know, Bel was watching them from behind a tree.
Dib was pacing all around, talking to himself. "Ok…How do I say this? "Hi Bel…Well, I noticed that you're interested in Paranormal Activity, as well as me. I was thinking, maybe, you and I could…"*sigh* It'll never come out right." Then he noticed Bel watching Zim and Kay, took a deep breath and went over to her. "Umm…" he started to say, but she didn't notice him and went in to get closer to the two Irkens. She ducked behind a trash can and listened in. Zim was talking after Kay finished her story. "Hmm…Well Kay, as long as we don't let her get to much information, I don't think she'll be much of a threat to us, even if she is—" he was saying. Bel smiled and exclaimed, "Yes! It is Kay! There's more than one Irken here! I knew it!" Then quickly realizing that she may have been too loud she looked around. Zim and Kay had disappeared and everyone else was staring at her. Then they all went back to what they were doing, some muttering "Crazy", others just pretending her scene didn't happen. "Hmm…" she murmured, looking at the children leaving. "Maybe I should investigate the rest of the students, like I first thought. There could be more Irkens and aliens hiding among them and I don't want to risk Kay having more backup."
Dib had been watching the whole ordeal and was now surprised that she was following everyone around, taking notes and such. He looked over and spotted Gaz with Yak and Miz talking. The sight of the two aliens so close to his sister made him feel a little irritated, but he knew Yak was pretty harmless, and as for Miz…She seemed less threatening lately around him for some reason. So, despite this small feeling, he went up to Gaz to talk to her. "Hey, can I have a moment with my sister?" he said trying to sound assertive, but only succeeding in sounding surprised that he was asking them to leave in a nice manner.
"Of course, Dib!" Miz said getting up and grabbing Yak with her, at which Gaz didn't look too pleased. "Ok. I'm going to ignore the fact that you were talking with the enemy's offspring for a minute…Now look Gaz. Look at the new girl. She's taking notes on everybody! What do think a possible motive might be? What—" He started to say, but was interrupted by Gaz yelling angrily, "I REALLY DON'T CARE, DIB! JUST GO AWAY AND LEAVE ME ALONE!" Dib looked at her like her reaction was rather unnecessary and muttered, "Sheesh…All I said was—" But when he continued to talk Gaz's form blackened and stretched much taller than him. Her eyes glowed red and the ground beneath her started to crack as flames shot up all around the swirling mass of evil that had took his sister's place. "I SAID GO AWAY!" she screamed in a demonic voice that made the ground tremble. "Ok, I'll leave…" Dib mumbled, taking the hint. He ran away at top speed.
As he sat against a wall far away from his sister, he watched the new girl following everyone around, jotting down notes and such. "Hmm…I wonder what purpose she could possibly have for writing down everybody…Surely she can't suspect them all of being aliens…" he mumbled to himself. Then he looked around and couldn't see her. He stood up and looked more, but there was no sign of her. "Hey, where'd she go?" he asked aloud. That's when he heard the sound of pencil writing on paper. He turned his head slowly to find her not two feet behind him, staring intently. "AHHHHHH!" he yelled in surprise, making her shriek as well.
Dib was getting frustrated now. Why would she be taking notes on him? And what did she already write down? "Ok! Why are you following all of us around?" he snapped. She took a step back and looked down, murmuring, "Well…you're going to think I'm crazy—everyone always does—but those green kids and the girl with the gem are all aliens and—" "Wait! You know that they're all aliens?" Dib exclaimed excitedly. "Yeah. I've been following everyone of them around to see if I was right about them being Irken, but I wanted to check the others just in case. You actually don't think I'm crazy?" she responded. "Of course not! I've been trying to get everyone to see the truth since they first came here!" Dib said. Then they both shouted in triumph, "Finally! Someone believes me!" while everyone else just stared at them.
Later that day, after skool, Dib and Bel met at the park to discuss their strategies for exposing the Irkens. They climbed a tree and looked over all each other's findings. Dib was simply blissful. For once there was a human girl who believed his theories about Irkens and hated them as much as he did. Maybe this could be the beginning of something great! Dib thought as he scooted a bit closer to Bel, who was looking at the findings saying, "If all goes according to my plan, we can expose them all next week." "Yeah." Dib agreed scooting even closer, as he stared at her. In the sunset the gleam from her glass-covered eyes made them light up so bright, and her hair flowed gently in the breeze. Then Bel began to notice the closeness and looked over at Dib. "Is there a reason you're scooting closer to me?" she asked suspiciously. Dib was taking aback that she noticed. "Umm…no. Why?" he mumbled, nervously. Bel looked at him a moment longer with the same awkward expression, then turned her attention back to the paper. Dib sighed and scooted away again. Maybe it'll take some time. He thought, but what he didn't notice was the small smile that crept onto Bel's face. He's pretty cute…for a human anyway. She thought to herself, reading over her revenge plan for the family of Irkens.