Time for more Zim and Gaz adventures!
The cafeteria of the "skool". Where students of each grade eat lunch at different times of the day... and at the current moment, it was the seventh and sixth grade's turn to have their lunch.
Up at the table, Gaz couldn't help but be amused a bit as she watched Zim doing a march like stance towards Gaz's table that got the attention of some people, but they just ignored it as Zim couldn't help but smile when approaching the table.
"Greetings, Gaz-creature." Zim held his grin as he sat next to the Goth girl.
Gaz slightly opened her right eye as she gave a small smile. "Hey, Zim. We need to have a bit of a talk about the way you walk."
Zim paused as he looked down on his legs. "Eh, am I making it too obvious?"
"Well, you act like you went to a military school at a young age." Gaz explained.
Zim laughed. "The Academy I was at IS a military school! Eh, I suppose."
"Maybe so, but the way you're walking, you make it seem a little obvious." Gaz said as she reached for her juice box and took a sip. "Just... I'm not saying you should stop doing a march, but tone down the marching, just a little."
"All right, all right." Zim sighed as he looked down at the cafeteria food that he had bought and stared at it. He winced a little as Gaz ate one of her sandwiches.
"Don't like the cafeteria food, huh?" Gaz asked, finding Zim's wincing amusing.
Zim looked over at Gaz in suprise, before giving a determined look. "Nonsense. I love cafeteria food! Love it."
"Zim, it's fine if you don't like it. Truthfully, I don't like the cafeteria food either. That's why I often pack my own lunches." Gaz explained. "Only time I'll buy cafeteria food is if there's something interesting on the menu."
Zim looked over towards his goth friend's frowning face, before scoffing. "I just... like to exercise my face before eating, that's all..."
"Exercise your face, hm? Well, that's something interesting now, isn't it... alien?"
"Oh for goodness sake..." Gaz groaned as Zim noticed Dib coming over and sitting next to Gaz as he leaned over next to Zim and gave him a glare. "Why are you here, Dib?"
"What's wrong with sitting next to my little sister?" Dib asked, before glaring at Zim. "Especially since both of us don't have a lot of friends to hang out with."
Zim gave a laugh before saying, "You seem to be mistaken, Dib-boy. Gaz DOES have a friend. I'm her friend."
"I like to see it as more of a partnership, but... yeah, we're friends for the most part." Gaz shrugged, before glaring at Dib. "Dib, what did I say about talking to me at lunch when I'm busy?"
"You don't seem to be busy." Dib frowned as he looked towards Zim. "All I see is an alien trying to control my little sister because he's too afraid to go near me..."
Zim, once again, could only let out a single laugh. "Foolish human. The reason I don't go near your class is because I just don't have the brain capacity for it."
"Liar!" Dib glared.
"Dib... Zim..." Gaz said, looking between the two of them as they both looked ready to stand up.
Zim noticed Gaz's angry face and stopped as he sat back down. But Dib didn't notice as he gave a smirk. "Well, don't let me be a Debbie Downer. You just go back to your lunch... which reminds me, I haven't seen you eating a bite out of it for the past four days. What's the matter, Zim? Don't care for beans?"
Gaz looked over at Dib as she sighed, "Dib, leave the foreign exchange student alone. He's just not a fan of the cafeteria food, that's all. I'm not either, does that make me an alien?"
"Then why did he buy the food, hm, if he's not going to eat it?" Dib smirked as he held out a spoon towards Zim. "Come on, Zim, at least one bite. What are you scared of?"
Zim's eyes narrowed as he snatched the spoon. "Scared? Ridiculous."
Gaz gave a groan as she watched Zim slowly scoop up a spoonful of beans. She looked a bit amused by Zim's nervousness, but gave a sigh as she knew her friend had fallen for Dib's bait. Dib just watched eagerly as Zim put the beans in his mouth and began to chew. As soon as Zim stopped chewing, he gave a happy smirk towards the others. "Now that's good eat- ERK!"
At that moment, Zim had fallen off as Gaz looked a little concerned for her friend, his head starting to grow a little bigger. She gave a sigh as Dib couldn't help but give out the biggest grin he could muster. All of a sudden, Dib turned around as he started to yell out to everyone else in the room.
"LOOK EVERYONE! LOOK, HIS HEAD! IT'S NOT NORMAL!"
Gaz gave a sigh as she whispered to Zim, holding out his hand. "Zim, grab my hand, and don't argue! Come on!"
Zim gave a groan, but nodded as he took Gaz by the hand and both of them snuck out of the cafeteria, Zim leaving behind a bit of a trail of green goo.
"...AND NOW I HAVE PROOF!" Dib said as he pointed to the area where Zim once was. Only to be met by the laughter of many children as he blinked in confusion, followed by one of his classmates shouting, "You're crazy!"
Dib blinked in confusion as he turned back around and noticed Zim was gone. It was at that moment, he noticed Gaz was gone as well as he gave a groan. "Gaz..."
Dib's eyes then lit up as he realized that the green goo that Zim left behind had a trail. He got up and began following the trail.
"You stay right there." Gaz sighed as she and Zim arrived at the nurse's office as Zim's head grew even bigger. She quickly pulled out a thermometer from her dress pocket as she looked over a giant lightbulb nearby the student's office that was always lit up. Quick as a flash, she put the thermometer under the lightbulb as she watched the temperature rise. She then stood under the lightbulb and waited as sweat started to form around her head.
Giving a quick nod, she put the thermometer in her mouth as Zim groaned, holding his head. "What are you doing... Gaz-creature?"
"What does it look like?" Gaz asked as she knocked on the door to the nurse's room. "Don't ask questions, just act normal."
"Normal? I can do that..." Zim groaned as both of them heard the gruff voice.
"Come in." The nurse said as the two entered inside. Around that time, Dib had watched from a corner as he raised an eyebrow.
"Why would Gaz take that alien to the nurs- wait a minute! The nurse might notice something off with Zim! Maybe she'll notice that his organs are acting differently and... yes, yes! I knew Gaz was just playing along all along! Oh, I am so happy for her! Oh, how I wish I could be there to see the nurse react when she finds that Zim is..."
"...very sick." Gaz gave a cough. "And so is my friend. We had an allergic reaction to the food in the cafeteria."
"Ergh... yeah..." Zim groaned as he held his head as the nurse examined them.
"Hmmm..." The nurse paused as she gave a nod, feeling both of their heads. "Goodness, you two seem to have a very high fever!"
Zim coughed as he barfed up a few beans before groaning. The nurse paused as she examined the boy. "And it seems the Belgium boy is a little sick. I think what he needs is to get home right away! You too, Gaz. You're running a high fever!"
"Eh, gee, I wondered why I was feeling so light-headed..." Gaz groaned, before winking at Zim. Zim just looked at Gaz in confusion before the nurse got up.
"Until the allergic reaction is out of your system, I'm afraid you won't be staying here at skool for the rest of the day. Would you like me to call your parents?"
"No, I'll do it." Gaz said as she got up. "I'm sure they'll understand. Let me just get to the phone and I'll call Dad."
"Very well. After you call, you can wait outside for them." The nurse said.
"All right." Gaz said as she got up. "Come on, Zim, we better get home."
"Ugh... right..." Zim groaned as he got up and started to head out with Gaz.
"I can see the headlines now!" Dib gave a grin as he looked up at the ceiling as two figures came out of the nurse's office. "Dib and Gaz, Membrane Siblings, Exposing Alien Plans!"
"Bye, Dib. I'm going home." Gaz said as she took Zim off.
"Okay, bye Gaz." Dib said not noticing or caring as he gave a smile. "Man, maybe we can finally see what his ali-"
Dib's eyes widened in shock as they narrowed as they turned towards the departing Zim and Gaz. "WAIT A MINUTE! HEY!"
But before Dib could give chase, he ran into a frowning Miss Bitters, who had her arms crossed in disappointment.
"Well, well, well, breaking the rules, are we?" Miss Bitters frowned. "You didn't show up after lunch to class, and you made me look for you."
"But-" Dib started.
"I don't want to hear it from you, Dib! DETENTION!" Miss Bitters called out. "Now get to class!"
"But I'm so cl-" Dib started, before he felt himself being dragged away by the sliterhing teacher. "NOOOOOO!"
"...I couldn't... help but notice you passed by the phone." Zim groaned as his head grew even bigger and grotesque.
"I'm not going to call Dad and tell him I'm faking a fever." Gaz sighed as they both went outside as the purple haired girl gave a smile, holding both of their doctor's notes.
"...then why did you fake being sick when I'm the only one who got the worst of it?" Zim asked.
"Skool's stupid anyway. And besides, I was not in the mood to give out my report when I got back to class." Gaz gave a groan. "And besides, I don't know how I would feel if you weren't here..."
"Awww... so you do like this Belgium boy..." Zim coughed a little.
"Don't push your luck." Gaz rolled her eyes. "Okay, Zim, can you tell me where you live?"
Zim looked at Gaz and can only laugh at that remark. "You think, I, an Irken invader, will tell you where my secret base is? Not a chance!"
"Listen, I only got you out of the nurse's office because we were lucky the nurse didn't think to examine you for what type of organs you have!" Gaz groaned. "And don't even think about organ transfers. If I take you to a hospital, they'll think something was up."
Zim's eyes widened as he turned towards Gaz. "Do you think those doctors would try to harm me?"
"Try? They'd experiment. I think you might have your own first-aid kit back where you live. So, just let me take you there... and don't bother calling your robot. I don't think you can take fast speeds with that head of yours." Gaz explained.
Zim opened his mouth to argue, but felt his head throbbing as he groaned, holding it. "Ergh... fine, you have a point. Very well... I'll tell you where I live, but you keep this a secret, got it?"
"Whatever." Gaz rolled her eyes. "Just lead the way, 'hero'."
Zim didn't have any room to argue as they both started to head in the easternly direction.
And that's it for this chapter. Next time, Zim will get his allergic reaction out of his system, with Gaz staying at Zim's house... as they discuss the various foods that Irkens CAN eat! Until next time!