Gaz woke up and made herself a bowl of cereal. The house felt odd empty; the computer was busy, GIR was destroyed and Zim… she'd rather not think about him. They've been missing from Skool for a week; there was going to be so much homework to do when they got back. She found it odd that her brother, her boyfriend, and GIR were downstairs nearly dead and all she could think about was Skool.
"Hey, Gaz," Skoodge said from the doorway. He helped himself to a tall glass of sugared water, which was in Zim's bottle the entire time, sat down at the table and rested his head on it.
"Hey, Skoodge," she responded in between bites of cereal.
"Any change?" he asked, like he's done for the past week.
"Slight; Zim's squeedlyspooch is now 18.75% restored, increased from 18.74% yesterday. GIR's memory has been automatically backed up every week; he'll wake up in a new body with a week or so gone from his memory. Low priority for repairs, GIR can be held indefinitely. Tenn's SIR unit is completely lost to me; Tenn will be responsible for its repair. Tenn's squeedlyspooch is now 15.90% restored, increased from 15.89% yesterday. Zim is my master, therefore he gets highest priority for organs, blood, and repairs," the computer reported. "As no donors, aside from Skoodge who needs his squeedlyspooch, are available I am forced to clone and rapidly grow organs for harvest,"
Gaz straightened when she heard that. "Can Zim use human organs? You have the technology; remember when he stole all everyone's to look human? Can that work?" Gaz asked hopefully.
"No; the organs can be stored temporarily to fool a medical professional, however they were completely inoperable and largely disconnected. We could put them in, not put them together,"
"Damn," Gaz said, slumping down in her chair. "What about Dib?"
"Dib…well…" the computer said, hesitating. "I have no idea. I've never scanned humans in a large quantity before, and like I said, I have no idea which organs go where. I've scanned you already; however I need more subjects in order to repair Dib safely. Like, for example, I've found an organ that has seemed to be pushed almost entirely from Dib's hip. I've also noticed a complete lack of mammary glands, extremely low estrogen amounts while testosterone soars, oddly shaped bones among many, many others. I can't tell what's missing, broken, and not supposed to be there in the first place!"
"What if I bring humans to you for you to scan? Male and female? Could you repair Dib then?" Gaz asked, wanting to do anything to help.
"That would be helpful. I'd also need blood, organs, bones, and other bodily fluids,"
"Alright, I have a plan!" Gaz announced. A screen lowered, along with a marker. "I can bring tons of humans for you to scan. How many do you want?"
"How many can you bring? I need as many as possible; currently Dib is in a time-stasis field so he doesn't die,"
Gaz nodded solemnly. "Alright, I can bring people. Lots and lots of people, all around Dib's age. Skoodge, you, Gary, and GIR need to go to the hospital and steal stuff. Medications, organs, but not from living people, blood, again not from living people, bones, and stuff like that. Think you can manage?" Gaz saluted, and was met with salutes and duty-mode SIR units.
"Oh my god, Gaz! Where have you been? I heard you were off with Zim; is it true? Did you two have sex? I know he's your favorite! Does Dib know? I bet he's pissed! I gotta go tell everyone!" Zita yelled excitedly.
"Zita shut it. Nothing happened, understand? Nothing!" Gaz said, not wanting to have the whole Skool think she slept with Zim. "Listen, I'm having a party. Zim's house, you know where that is, right? You coming?"
"Seriously? Gaz is having a party? What kind of party… vampire? Gothic? Is there going to be blood sucking? No one is into that, you know," Zita wasn't exactly Gaz's closest friend, or friend at all, but she was the biggest chatterbox in the Skool. If she knew Gaz was hosting a party, everyone would.
"No, not vampire, not gothic, no blood sucking," Gaz said.
"Will there be sucking of another kind?" Zita said. She was a chatterbox and a bit of a slut.
"No, but I can't watch everyone at once. Also, my dad has no idea, so what you do in the closet or bedroom or whatever is your deal," Gaz said, and that was all Zita needed to hear. She was already texting everyone she knew, telling them Gaz was throwing her first party, no adults, and not ever her house; all the ingredients for the perfect teenage party.
"Little to the left!" Gaz said to the little hovering robot with streamers. It moved to the right about three feet. "I said LEFT!" Gaz repeated, and the robot moved up. "That's fine, GIR, right there is perfect!" Gaz sighed as the robot taped it into place. It was the final one, and instead of nicely hanging they hung haphazardly at odd intervals. "How's the music, Skoodge?"
"Perfect; I managed to liberate a few speakers, and somehow Gary gets Wi-Fi," Skoodge responded, setting the large speakers on the table and plugging them into the ferret's head.
"How is everyone, computer?" Gaz asked, hoping for more progress.
"Better, marginally. Zim is at 19%, Tenn at 16%. Skin and bone growth is normal, and don't worry about their personalities; they're stored in their PAKs," the computer responded. "Gaz, its 7:00. Party starts in half an hour; however guests are already arriving," the colour drained from Gaz's face.
"Already? I made sure to tell Zita 7:30!" Gaz yelled heading for the door. "The robo-parents are disposed of, right?"
"Of course, I disabled them days ago,"
"Good," she said, opening the door. "Hey!" Gaz said, faking enthusiasm.
Yet another chapter from a single perspective! Fear not, Dib's not dead. Yet (maybe). Also, I know there were better one-liners Dib could have said. I decided to go with something so overused that it would be humourous. Yet another case of 'This looked bigger in Word'. Also, Zita's first real line. She doesn't talk much in the show and this is years after the show, so I have sooo much leeway with the minor characters! Love it!
Also, remember the time-stasis field? Dib's no stranger to it, I promise you. And remember the strange bottle Zim carried around earlier? Originally I had a chapter planned where Gaz would get freaked out and paranoid over it, trying to figure out what it was. But I kinda ruined that a while ago when Skoodge drank sugar water. I kinda figured people would put two and two together and it would have nowhere near the effect I was looking for.
Oh yeah, one more thing. Someone dies soon. And yes, they've already been shown in the story. Discuss.
