Note: Awww…you all kno I don't own anything! Except for Sibyl (sib, ul) n some other characters you may notice. Lol. I LOVE CORNDOGS!!!!lol. please, R+R!!! Naw, I ain't Jhonen V! You all knew dat too! NE ways, on wit da story!!!hehehe

Remember: Friends help friends move…real friends help friends move bodies…

Italics = thoughts or exaggeration.

1 Love is Weird, Maybe I'll Study It…

By: Corndog

Chapter Nine

He was running. For something. Or for someone. Sibyl disappeared. He was looking for her. She was around here somewhere, right? He found a window. He glanced outside.

Space.

Emptiness.

Suddenly, a spacecraft appeared. It was moving fast, like something was chasing it. Something was. A craft smaller than the other, running faster. Cannons were brought up aboard the first ship and they began firing at the second. It's aim was true and an engine exploded.

Dib flinched.

With it's remaining strength, the craft shot it's last bit of ammunition and got the oxygen supply. It exploded with a boom. It's contents strewn everywhere. Bits of debris hit the window where Dib watched the display.

His eyes widened.

An alarm was set off on the ship he was aboard. Red and yellow lights flashed and strobed.

'Last runner defeated. RETREAT.' The computer echoed through the empty halls.

"What?" Dib thought aloud. "Does this mean that…everyone is…"

Dib squeezed his eyes shut.

"No! They can't be! Not now! Not ever!"

He clenched his fists.

"Why?????!!!!!!!?????" He screamed to no one.



He awoke. Sibyl was standing next to the bed, eyes wide, staring at him. She had a tray in her hands with something that looked like food on it, and a glass of some type of liquid.

"Sorry." He told her, wiping sweat from his forehead.

"It's okay. You were screaming…in your sleep. I brought you breakfast."

She handed him the tray.

"Oh. Thanks, but you didn't have to." He said, taking a drink of the purplish liquid in the glass. It tasted like something citrus.

"Welcome. Me and Gaz got up early, so we decided to make it for you guys." She smiled.

"I hope it's as good as it was last night. That stuff was good." He laughed.

She sat on the bed and watched him eat.

"What?" Asked Dib in the middle of his meal.

"Nuthin. It's cute."

"What is?"

"The way you eat."

"The way I eat?"

"Its just, you take a big bite then you chew for a really long time."

"Okay…" Dib laughed.

Sibyl smiled and got off the bed. She went to the door.

"I'll be in the gathering room…there's a change of clothes on the bed for you to change in. I'll see you in a minute." She strode off down the hallway.

"Clothes?"

Dib looked around and found a set of black clothing and a new trench coat with silver buttons aligned on it.

"How did…?" he asked himself. "Oh well…" He kept eating.



Dib walked down the long, purple hallway. He came to the big room where he was last night and saw Zim and Gaz sitting at a bar-type table. Sibyl was sitting behind it. Zim was imitating a battle scene and was moving his hands in the air and making booming noises. They were laughing. Dib smiled. He guessed Zim wasn't so bad.

He walked over to the table where they all sat.

"Look who slept in." Said Zim, taking a sip of the same liquid Dib had drank earlier.

"If I remember correctly, YOU slept in as well…" Told Gaz.

Zim blushed. "So…?"

"I think he's getting more human everyday…" Dib told them.

"I agree." Said Sibyl.

"Humph…" Zim crossed his arms. "Are we going to sit and chat or are we going to begin the training?"

Sibyl frowned. "Yes. We should begin as soon as possible."

Zim placed his cup on the counter. "Let's go then." He had no tolerance for patience.

Sibyl nodded. She left her chair and began walking down another undiscovered hallway on the other side of the room. "Follow me."

On the way there she explained what they were going to be doing.

"The thing you will have to know the most about will be flying Freian ships. The war will be in space and you will probably never have to come face to face with your enemy. But you WILL need to know the controls. They should be easy to memorize, it's really not that complicated. I'll have to help all of you…so you might have to be PATIENT…" She said, her eyes narrowing to Zim. She walked up to a large door and pressed a couple of buttons. A floating window popped up and she placed her hand on it, it was scanning her for security purposes.

The door slid open silently, revealing a hangar as big as a football field. It housed about eight blue and purple ships, all equipped with lasers, beams, and sensors of all types.

"These are what you will be flying. They are Freian ship models A-162. They are very destructive. It wouldn't take one long to destroy about ten Irken Runners." She shot Zim a look.

"Introvertors. They could. If controlled by a professional."

Sibyl ignored him. "We will begin now. Zim, you and Gaz can go to that one over there. You will notice that the controls on these are extremely close to the controls on an-"

Zim had fled to one of the machines and had begun playing with the control board.

"Awww…these controls are easy. Gaz! Come here…I can show you how to use these…"

Gaz smiled. She walked over to the ship and Zim helped her in. He stood behind her and put his arms around her to the control panel. He started to explain how to work it.

Dib watched them.

"Don't they make a cute couple?" Sibyl asked him, taking his hand into hers.

"I guess so…now…show me how to work one of these."

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After they had gone over the controls and Sibyl had given them quizzes on them, it was time for a test drive.

Gaz was a natural. Zim had no problem teaching her.

Dib was pretty good. He had even amazed himself.

When they got back to the hangar after a small ride, Zim and Gaz were already done and standing outside of their vehicle.

Dib punched in some buttons, telling the ship to land. Perfect.

"You know, Dib…I'm proud of you." She smiled.

"Well, no ones told me that before. Thanks." He beamed.

"Not even your mother?" She asked, disappointed.

"I never knew my mother. She died when I was little. And my Dad was never a big part of my life, so…"

"Oh…I'm sorry Dib."

"It's OK now, It doesn't really matter."

Sibyl leaned over and hugged him.

"Let's go."



End chappie 9! Lol. Yea…it was short…but im no good at stuffs like dat…especially da battle scenes. Def…not for me….Corndogs for ammo?!?!?lol. It's all good. There's another secret. Heh. They still have to train some more, but it wont b as borring 4 u guys!!! Lol. R+R please even if it's a flamer! Thnx!