"Nobody will come looking for Zim but now that this jackass is involved we need to be careful." Dwicky warned his partner, who was now a murderer.
"Let's just do him the same way as the kid and throw the bodies off the pier." The stranger suggested. Dwicky thought about it for a few moments then agreed.
Dwicky pulled off a piece of duct tape, the sharp sound it made as Dwicky tore it off of the roll caused Dib to jump and finally shift his attention to the two dangerous men. He shook his head in denial, as if that could make everything better, then yelled as loud as he could. "Help!"
"No one can hear you - we're pretty far underground." Dwicky informed him. "And the walls are soundproof. I had to do all this once I started sending clients down here. Zim could scream pretty loud."
Dib scowled bitterly at the word 'clients' and tried to thrash around as much as he could so Dwicky couldn't cover his mouth with the tape. The other man grabbed his head tightly at his temples and held him steady. "Ow!" Dib yelled, his breathing coming fast and hard in fear.
"System re-setting." A deep voice said in the room. They all stopped and looked around, not seeing anyone else there but themselves.
"That kind of sounded like a computer." The large man said. "Do you have a laptop or iPhone down here or something?"
"No." Dwicky answered. They looked at Dib, their eyes questioning.
"Re-activating." The voice came again. A buzzing came from behind them and they turned around just quickly enough to see Zim's PAK spark and his frail body spasm. Dwicky's mouth dropped when the boy sat up.
"He was dead! He was definitely dead!" Dwicky said as Zim twisted his arms behind him and ripped the ropes off of his wrists. He got onto his hands and knees and four long, pointed spider-like metal legs emerged from the pod on his back. One came forward and slid down his face, slicing through the duct tape over his eyes and ripping it off.
"Holy shit." The large man said as Zim's body rose up on the legs. His deep red eyes were narrowed in rage, the edges black. Zim clicked his teeth together impossibly fast and vibrated his lekku – producing a blood-chilling sound.
"I remember." He growled, then jabbed one long leg straight through the stranger's neck. He lifted the man into the air and waited for his body to stop convulsing, blood flowing out of the wound and splashing onto the floor. When the body was still Zim flicked it to the ground like it was nothing but garbage. The man dropped in a heap, blood pooling around him.
Dwicky had been so shocked by this he hadn't run and once Zim focused his attention on him he regretted it. He backed up towards the stairs, not taking his eyes off of the threatening creature, but Zim easily stopped his advance by piercing his shoulder with one of his sharp PAK legs then throwing him down onto the ground, pinning him there like a fly.
"You kidnapped me." Zim hissed at him. Dwicky grabbed at the leg that was currently stabbed through his shoulder, futilely trying to pull it out. "You took me away from someone who loved me, for this." Zim continued. He made a clicking, growling sound that almost sounded like some strange language.
"He trusted you. We trusted you." Zim glared down at the whimpering man beneath him. He wrenched his PAK leg to the side and Dwicky screamed.
"Say something, Human!" Zim roared. Dwicky could only sputter like a coward. Zim grinned then slowly slid another razor sharp PAK leg through Dwicky's other shoulder into the ground beneath him. Dwicky screamed out again. "I have four of these, you know?" He said coldly.
When Dwicky still had nothing to say for himself, just cried and pissed on the floor like a baby, Zim laughed. It sounded like a swarm of cicadas. Zim lowered his feet to the ground, then pulled up another pointed PAK leg so Dwicky could clearly see it. He slowly, so slowly, brought the point toward Dwicky's left eye. When the man realized what Zim's intentions were he screamed as loud as he could, thrashing his head. Zim reached down and grabbed his chin in an iron grip. The tip of the leg pierced Dwicky's eye, then he scooped it out. He pulled the PAK leg back with the eyeball impaled on it like a shish-kebab, grinning happily as the man cried and struggled. "One more leg, where should this one go? Oh, I know!"
Dib cringed as the last PAK leg stabbed quickly down into Dwicky's crotch. He even felt pity for him as Zim moved the leg back and forth, cutting through his pants then severing his manhood. Again he pierced it like a shish-kebab, dripping with blood, and pulled it up for Dwicky to see with his one remaining eye. Dwicky, unable to take the pain, shock and blood loss anymore passed out. Zim flung the body parts off carelessly.
Dib flinched when the red eyes were suddenly upon him. He was terrified that this creature held his fate in its hands. "Zim?" Dib asked, scared stiff. Zim approached him silently.
Dib felt his fear multiply when the creature reached him and merely stared at him. Being Dib he could never keep quiet even when he wasn't terrified for his life. "Are you going to kill me?" He asked shakily.
Dib cringed as Zim reached out his claw toward him, but he merely shredded the ropes around his chest. Dib realized Zim wasn't going to hurt him and relief flooded over him as Zim pulled off the ropes around his wrists and then ankles. He snatched Dib quickly and they both rose up on his PAK legs. Zim carried Dib up from the basement and out of the house. He put him down on his own lawn carefully.
Night had fallen. Zim and Dib stood there for a few moments, silently looking into each other's eyes. Both were filled with questions and overwhelming emotions for each other but neither spoke. Zim finally broke the moment. "Damnit." He whispered so quietly Dib almost couldn't hear it. Then he was gone into the darkness. Dib tried to run after him but he didn't know which way he went. Suddenly the house across the street was engulfed in a bright light. Time seemed to stand still, then it exploded loudly. A ring of energy radiated out from it and Dib jumped to the ground, bracing himself. He felt it fly over his head, the wind whipping his hair around, and covered his head with his arms. After it had passed and he looked up again the house was gone, just a blackened hole where it once stood.
"Holy shit." He exclaimed as his neighbors flooded out of their houses to see what the commotion was. Several of them were on cell phones – calling the police. Dib felt too shaky to stand so he just sat on his lawn to get his bearings. Dib heard sirens in the distance, he merely sat on his lawn, in shock, while they approached.