The Irken And The Earthling's War And Love
Chapter 10
~Dib's Blood [Part 2]~
[ZaDr]
"Oof!" Dib let the sound out as his body connected with the dark red flooring. He heard his glasses clatter to the floor feet from his location.
The doors behind him slid closed as the two Akrians left. Dib looked up, then around the room. He was in a completely dark red room, and he could barely tell this from the dim lighting of a single candle which sat on a small table good distance from him. Without his glasses on, he could barely see much at all, everything blurring together.
"Welcome, my savior." A very soft, horse voice called from the darkness. The voice sounded very feminine, and very cute, even with the harsh gravely sound to it.
"....The leader..?" Dib asked slowly as he got up onto his feet.
"Yes, I am. I am Akria, the leader of the Akrians. From the war with the Irkens, I have almost been killed. If I die, the remaining few Akrians will all die, since no other can lead." She explained.
"Why?" Dib asked simply, his brain feeling like mush at this point.
"I can already see it. They will scatter, perhaps a small group will escape, but the Irkens will crush us. They will probably use our world for research against water, since our world is water." Akria explained.
"Your world IS water? How can you live in a world like that?" Dib asked.
"We live in a huge world under the water. For so long, we built on land, but with the war...it was sunk. The entire world above is now below. There are only two land plots that are above the vast waters, and the conditions of these areas are very harsh. So harsh, the Akrians who persist on living in these areas have almost completely been wiped out. Below the waters is another world, where we have created our own air supply and everything, just so we can exist." She explained. "If we are attacked again, and I am not up to full strength, I know almost all Akrians will die this time around."
Dib sighed as he dropped to his knees. He felt around on the floor for his glasses carefully. "Why not just surrender to the Irkens? If you do that, I'm sure you'll live." Dib suggested.
"I refuse to surrender under their stupid Empire." Akria spat. Dib then found his glasses, and slipped them onto his face. "I wish to live, Dib, and you WILL give me life, NOOOW!!!" She suddenly screamed.
Dib got up onto his feet, then backed up a few steps. A light from above turned on, and Dib could see Akria clearly in the lit room. She was quite tall, had the light blue, scaley skin, had the claws that were very long, but the difference in her was her eyes. They had black pupils which rested against white eyes, the reverse of the male Akrians.
There was a weird machine beside her. It had glass around it with a grey cover and was on three wheels so she could bring it anywhere she needed. There was a mid-length, fat tube that came from this bizzare machine, and was embedded into her arm. She slowly picked up a tube like this, the end of it showing a needle-skinny tip. Dib knew what this was....it was a blood sucking machine, used to transfer his own blood into her. His blood would fill the glass container as it slowly pumped into her body, and this process could only happen...if his blood was taken.
"Come, my savior Dib." She said.
Then, an Akrians rushed into the room. "Miss, I'm sorry, I have to fix one of the wires in the machine." He said as he rushed to her side.
Akria growled as Kiya entered the room. "Make it QUICK!" She yelled as loudly as her horse voice would allow. "I need life!!" She added, though she exclaimed this, it came out in barely a whipser.
Kiya made his way to Dib's side. He gripped Dib's shoulder, and pulled him away, down the hall. "Where are we going?!" Dib yelled up at him, confused as to what was happening.
"Back to the room we were in. That fix will take a bit of time." Kiya explained. "She's too riled up with you present." He added on.
He arrived at the room's door, opened the wooden barrier, then shoved the boy inside. Dib fell to the floor on his hands and knees as the door closed. He stood up, brushing himself off as he looked around in confusion. Nobody was in the room with him.
Dib walked around the table, drawing his gloved fingers across its top slowly. He looked down at the floor as he walked, his coat, ammo, and weapons were missing. He walked around the table until he reached one of the large windows, the one in front of the table.
"...Gaz....what is going on?" He asked as he lifted his head. He looked up through the ceiling's glass covering. "I hope you wake up, Gaz. We may not get along well, but you're still my sister, and I care about you, Gaz." He said. "As for Zim...." He started, his eyes closing slightly. "I hope you and the Irken empire stand strong. Between you and the Akrians, I'd prefer the Irkens to take Earth....those Akrians...I just don't like them at all."
Dib's thoughts then slid over to what he was...an Irken. He recalled vague, broken memories of being abducted when he was a baby, and when he was eight. 'The Irkens abducted me twice...and if I'm half Irken...then why? Why have I never known this? Why can't I remember it all? But most importantly...what will happen now?' His mind asked.
Dib then brought his head down, so he could look out the window before him. It was huge, he realised. His body was shaking with the cold environment of this ship. His arms folded to try to keep some warmth in them as he took a step forward. He now stood close to the glass before him, his breath covering a small area of the window before him.
"Zim, if you're out there somewhere, I hope you come for me. If you do...I'll do anything for you, I promise. If you don't come...then I just hope you remember me." He let out a huge sigh as he placed his forehead on the glass. "I'm sorry for it all, Zim, I really am. I never...really took any time to get to know you. I'm regretting this so much now, because...we may have...even become friends. We are...so much more alike than I ever really figured, before. Zim..." He said quietly. His body then wracked with a sob.
Dib pulled back from the glass and stood up straight. He stared out into the universe before him, feeling something...soothingly familiar. He took one step closer to the glass, and placed his right hand onto it, feeling its cool texture as another sob took him over. He placed his other foot forward, now the remainder of his body mear inches from the freezing cold glass of the window.
His eyes, wide and large stared out into the black huges of space. Then....his entire being felt lighter with only seconds. From the left, he saw them. Pink and black ships came within his sight, Irken symbols and signs on every ship his eyes skimmed. He smiled as his other hand slammed onto the glass. His smile grew as his amazement did. Pink and black ships started top barrel past the window, some spinning as other fired beams.
A blue ship passed by, and as it did, his eyes caught them. Zackery and Rosey staring ahead, as the ship had Irken markings on the outside and Irkens inside manning the long ship.
Then, after this ship....he felt everything inside of him shake up. A pink Voot Cruiser passed him by, and controling this ship....was Zim himself. Zim looked very serious, his red eyes leering as his hands glided smoothly across the controls. Dib knew Zim didn't notice him, but he felt so much better as he watched him.
Dib then felt empowered. He sharply turned around, arms crossing over the face's eyes on his shirt as he faced the door. The Massive passed overhead, Dib noticed as he glanced up quickly, then back down to the door. His strong smirk made its way over his lips as he heard an alarm filling the ship's interior.
The door sudddenly flew open, and Dib dropped his arms to his side, his facial expressions turning glum as his body posture slumped. He decided to play his role out like a good, scared little human would. He needed to figure out a way to take them out. Those words sprung through his mind, once more.
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"....The Heart...."
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Dib walked to Kiya's side. "Come, we need to do this fa-" Kiya cut himself off as the ship shook suddenly.
Kiya huffed as he grabbed Dib by his shoulder. He quickly pulled him down the hallway, towards the room where Akria was previously. He opened one of the doors quickly, then ran Dib over to Akria's side.
'Com'on, Zim....help me.' Dib thought as Kiya used his free hand to grab the blood sucking cord.
"So Dib, still think Zim will save you?" Kiya asked, his fangs beared as he smiled the biggest smile he ever smiled, ever.
Dib backed up a couple of steps. Then, without knowing this, he had to thank Zackery as his ship slammed into part of this one. Dib fell backwards onto his butt as the ship shook, Kiya's grasp on his shoulder slipping just enough for Dib to escape it.
Dib immediatly got up onto his feet, as Kiya grabbed him by the back of his throat. Dib screamed loudly as Kiya lifted him off the ground, applying pressure to his throat as he did so.
"Kiya, drop him! I need his life force! His blood!!" Akria yelled.
"Yes Miss, I'm sorry." Kiya said, placing Dib's feet on the floor, and pulling him close to his body, in a backwards hug. Kiya's arm went diagonally down from Dib's left shoulder, to the right half of his chest. His hand gripped Dib's right elbow. "Now, you will help Leader Akria." Kiya spat.
Kiya then stabbed the tube's needle point into Dib's arm, causing him to scream loudly. The machine instantly started to suck his blood, drawing the red hues of his blood into the glass container. Dib tried to push the Akrian's arm off of himself, but he failed miserably. The Akrian was far too strong for him.
Then, over the intercom, spoke the extremely tall, extremely skinny Akrian Dib saw earlier. "Intruder alert! An Irken has broken into the ship! I repeat..."
"ZIM!!!" Dib yelled. "HELP MEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!" Dib screamed. Kiya then applied more pressure onto the boy as his teeth gritted in anger.
~With Zim~
Zim barreled down the halls, silver square in hand. 'I am SOOO glad I have this Irken weapon. Since its creation months ago, Irkens have been using these things often. They are SUCH good weapons, too! They switch between a sword, a whip, and...'
Zim held up the square, and through a single hole in it where the sword had previously protruded from, instead, small green spheres shot out, slamming into an Akrian that charged towards him from the hall he was in. 'A laser gun!' His thoughts finished as he continued to run.
On Zim's free hand's wrist was what appeared to be a small watch, but it had a projection cast forth from the tiny screen, and in this square, translucent projection, there was a red dot that marked Dib's location, and it blinked repetatively as the watch emitted a beeping sound.
"Ziiiiiim!!!" He heard Dib hollar down the halls. He heard the human calling for help, calling for Zim to come. Zim kept running, shooting Akrians that blocked his path as he made his way towards Dib. 'I WON'T lose Dib to some stupid Akrians. Never!'
~4 Minutes Later, With Dib~
Dib stared into the glass container as he felt himself turning pale. "Wow, a normal human would have either fainted or died by now." Kiya said. "How intriuging..." He added.
"Shut up." Dib spat. "I'm...so done...with this..." He added, trying to focus more power into staying awake. To stay alive when he felt so very drained.
Then, a loud crack split into the small conversation. The top half of the left door slammed against the wall, just next to Akria's head. The right door collapsed onto the ground. Dib's eyes widened in hope as well as shock.
"LET THE HUMAN GO, RIGHT NOW!!!" Zim's loud, serious voice boomed throughout the room as he stood in the broken doorway, beside the remaining half of the left door.
"ZIIIIIIIIIM!!!!" Dib screamed as he turned to look at the Irken.
"Kiya!" Akria yelled.
Kiya released Dib and charged towards Zim. "Irken PEST!!!" He screamed as he took a big swipe of his claws at Zim's face. Zim ducked, then turned swiftly to look at the Akrian who glared at him from outside of the door.
Dib looked down at the tubing in his arm. He tugged on it, and found it was stuck in his skin! He pulled on it a bit, unable to get it out. "HEY! What is..this?!" He asked slowly.
"You're going to die!" The now stronger, sounding Akria said, then started to laugh.
"I think not!" Zackery's voice yelled as a hole suddenly formed in the ceiling, shaking the ship. He jumped down onto the floor, completely avoiding the falling pieces of the roof as he ran over to Dib. He pulled at the tubing, unable to pull it out either. He then jerked his head up to Akria. "Tell me what it takes to get this out, or else." He said sternly, then aimed his fisted hand at her face, his arm morphing into a large laser gun again.
"Stupid IRKEN!!!" Zim was suddenly tossed into the wall, just to Dib's right. He slumped to the floor as he shook his head.
"Zim!" Dib yelled.
"...Oww....STUPID AKRIAN!!!" Zim screamed, staggering as he stood up. He then looked over at Dib, just for the first time noticing that the human didn't look too good. "Dib, are yo-"
"Forget about me and consentrate on Kiya!" Dib exclaimed as he saw the Akrian advancing towards Zim. Zim quickly nodded, and ran at the Akrian.
Dib then turned back to Akria, who cackled at the humanoid and the human. "You aren't smart enough to-"
Dib then smirked as he looked back down at the machine again. He pressed a button on the side of it, and it shut off. Akria hissed at him, as she was still not at full strength. Dib's smile grew as he looked up at Zackery, to Akria's tubing, and back at Zack again. Zackery nodded, understanding what the human wanted.
Zackery grabbed the tube that was in Akria's arm, and pulled it out. "What are you doing?!!" Akria screeched.
"I'm giving you a taste of your own pain! For it will be your last." Zackery hissed. Dib smirked as he took the top off of the glass container.
"STOP THAT!!!" Akria yelled, reaching to grab Zackery by his sleeve. Zack swiftly circled his arm around her's and jumped back, his feet plastering to the ground beside Dib.
Zack stuffed the tube inside the container, then Dib quickly slammed the cover down on it, locking it in place. Zackery ran over to Akria and grabbed her claws swiftly. With his inhuman strength, he held them tightly, and Dib grabbed the tube that had been shoved into his skin quickly, and ran over to her.
Zim jumped to the left as he shot two laser bullets at Kiya. Kiya slashed one, burning his claw as he did so, and he was able to evade the other. Kiya ran forward towads Zim at a fast speed, and Zim mimiced this motion. They slashed each other across the face with their claws.
"NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Akria screamed as her blood was rapidly poured out of her body. What the human and humanoid had down, was they took the blood draining tube and impaled that into one of her arms. They put the blood releasing tube inside the container. Thus, they were draining her of her blood, and filling the container with it instead.
Dib actually felt a bit bad about tis as he saw the pain she felt. She glared viciously at him. "Dib, your father is such a success, yet you are nothing without us." She hissed.
"What are you talking about?! You were trying to KILL me!!" He snapped.
"You would have lived on in me!" Akria snapped back.
"No, my blood would run through yours! I wouldn't be living at all!!" He yelled.
"AKRIAAAAA!!!!!!!" Kiya screamed as he realised what was happening.
Kiya tossed Zim across the room as he ran towards Akria. "Zack!" Dib piped, receiving a nod from the humanoid as he knew he had to stop Kiya and keep Akria's tubes in place.
He grabbed both of her wrists and held them together, as he aimed his right arm at Kiya, transforming it into the laser gun it truely was. "Freeze or I'll kill you!" Zack yelled.
"We'll see about-"
Zackery fired a laser at him, sending him flying out through the busted doors, outside of the room. He smirked, waiting for the fool to get up and try charging at him again...
Dib on the other hand ran to Zim's side. He dropped onto his knees as he reached the Irken. Zim was laying on his stomach, his anntenas slightly twitching as he sensed Dib's presence.
"Zim....are you okay?" Dib asked him. He fought with Kiya really hard, and Dib was worried.
Zim coughed a little, Dib jumping just slightly at the sound as he hadn't heard an Irken cough before. Zim's cough was so small, and weak, that it intrigued Dib. Zim slowly got onto his hands and knees, then shifted unhimself into a sitting position. What Dib saw as Zim lifted his head, shocked him.
Zim's green skin was actually bleeding. He had four slashes on his left cheek. From those slashes, bright red blood flowed down his face. He smirked up at Dib as he heard the human gasp. "Irkens bleed too, Dib. We have red blood, like you do. It's all the...same..." He said weakly as his red eyes closed.
Zim then fell over, his head connecting with Dib's shoulder. Dib brought his arm up and around Zim's shoulders as this happened, preventing him from falling backward onto the cold, metal floor. "Zim..." Dib breathed as he stared down at the Irken. 'He's been fighting so hard....' His mind thought.
Dib really looked at Zim hard, that is until the ship shook harder than his stare, anyways. Dib lowered his head, bring it closer to Zim's as the ship rocked. He then looked back, leaning back slightly as his head rose.
Zackery and Kiya exchanged blows quickly. Zack kicked Kiya under the chin as the Akrian charged at him. Akria had lost so much blood, she was turning a very, very dark blue. It was like she was turning pale...or something. Zackery quickly glanced over at the Irken and half-Irken as Kiya fell to the ground.
"Get Zim out of here!" Zack snapped.
Dib nodded and slowly stood, both of his hands gripping Zim's shoulder to keep him from falling over. As he found a good position to do so from, Dib knelt down, slipped his right arm under Zim's knees, and his left arm was spread across Zim's shoulder blades, his hand gripping Zim's left upper arm. Dib then stood up straight as he held Zim against himself. He noticed Zim wasn't very heavy at all, this surprising him a bit.
Dib then looked up at Zackery, and smirked. Zack smirked back, then shot his laser gun at Kiya again as he started to rise. 'Thank you Zackery, for everything you have done for me.' Dib thought as he tried to think of a way out of this place. He opted after a couple of seconds, to just go into the hallway to get out of harms way for now.
Dib quickly rushed out of the room as Kiya lay on the ground from being stunned. He made his way down the hall, going slowly enough so he could make sure his grip on Zim was good enough, yet moving quickly.
Dib then slowed down as he notice that no Akrians were in the hallways, anymore. He slowed to a fast-paced walk, allowing himself time to think, something he wasn't able to do too much of this day. Dib decided to take this time to look Zim over, since he hadn't seen the Irken last night, found out he was an Irken this morning, and everything was just currently going insane right now.
Dib looked at Zim's face. He looked...peaceful, as though he were sleeping. Dib felt the Irken breathing against him, finding this feeling this to be weird. Zim's breaths felt slow as he inhaled, and his exhaling was quick. He noticed Zim's head had tilted down, towards his chest, so he easilly moved his hand from Zim's upper arm to his head, and tilted his head up a bit, Zim's head brushing up Dib's shoulder a bit more. Dib then moved his hand back to Zim's upper arm.
Then, Dib remembered Zim's PAK. Zim's PAK was at a slight angle, it was mostly downwards, a bit below Dib's arm, but also slightly outwards, away from Dib. 'If we happen to be attacked, I'll have to protect Zim's PAK. I don't know much about it, but I do know that it has some kind of major connection with his life somehow.' He though, noding a little to himself. 'I just hope we aren't attacked...' He mixed in with his thoughts.
Suddenly, a loud cracking sound cause Dib to jerk his head up, his spiked hair bouncing with his movements s his eyes bugged. The ceiling split open, and pieces of the metal started to fall all around him and Zim. With a yelp, Dib dodged around the falling metal with tiny hops. He jumped to the right, twice left, then took a big leap backwards.
With a relieved sight, Dib watched Rosey jump down from the ceiling. "DIB!" She yelled as she smiled. In her left hand was his combat knife and handgun, as her other hand held handgun ammunition.
"My weapons and ammo! Thanks, Rosey!" Dib exclaimed. He looked down at Zim in his arms, then looked back up at her. "I kinda can't take them at the moment, eheh..." He said nervously.
"It's fine." Rosey said, reassuring her words with a small smile.
"Thanks." Dib said. He then let a sweatdrop overtake his large head. "So, uhhh....do you have my coat?" He asked timidly.
"No, I didn't even know you were missing it, actually." Rosey mentioned, receiving a sigh of frustration from Dib. "Anyways, you need to get on the Massive." She said, then turned towards the direction they were heading in. Her finger shot out. "Up ahead are a couple of Irkens. They will direct you onto the Massive." She explained.
"Thanks, Rosey!" Dib said.
"It's no problem." She said. "Now, I need to catch up to Zackery..." She said, then took off down the hall Dib came from.
"Alright, we need to get going ourselves, Zim." Dib said to the unconcious Zim in his arms. Well...he assumed Zim was unconcious, anyways. In reality, he had no idea what kind of state the Irken was in, but he was alive, so Dib figured he was in some kind of an unconcious state.
Dib started to move down the hall, pulling Zim a bit closer to himself as he moved. He noticed that...Zim was very warm. He kept Dib's bare arms warm, and he had to feel thankful for this. Dib let a small smile tug at his lips. 'Maybe...your not so bad, Zim...' He thought.
Soon, Dib spotted a short Irken down the hall. He quickened his pace, and soon reached the area that the Irken stood in. This Irken watched him as he spoke up in his timid, low voice. "You are the..human, who knows Zim, correct?" He asked slowly.
"Yes, Zim...I don't know what's wrong with him." Dib said as he walked directly in front of the Irken. He was a tad shorter than Dib.
"Let me take a look..." He started to say, ad he tilted Zim's head to the left a little, allowing him to see the Irken's face a bit more. "He appears to be unconcious..." He then released Zim's head, and crouched, looking at the PAK. "Though....his PAK has been a bit damaged, it should heal up." He rose as he continued to speak. "This isn assuming he doesn't take anymore damage."
"Uhh..." Dib looked around, feeling slightly panicy. "Can we get on the Massive, now?" He asked.
"Oh, yes. Just come this waa-"
The ship suddenly shook hard, and Dib looked down as felt himself starting to fall down. Before he could understand what was happening, his feet had slipped through the flooring. 'It's Kiya!' He thought as a translucent pink ball wrapped around himself and Zim, shielding him and Zim as they fell through space. The two fell straight down, through the cockpit as the shield faded, until they reached the bottom of the cockpit. Then, the falling stopped, and Dib collapsed on the floor, falling on his ass as Zim slumped in his unbalanced arms.
Dib's eyes then grew huge as he looked down at Zim. In his mind's frenzy, he thought Zim's PAK hit the ground, so he slid his hand downwards, across the PAK very lightly, feeling it was just off the ground. With a relieved sigh, Dib leaned back slightly, feeling cold metal touch his back. He ignored this, letting his head connect to it as well, and really feeling cold as he pulled Zim up.
He pulled Zim up, so that he was sitting on Dib's lap, his head against Dib's shoulder. He had to be sure Zim would be alright, since he hadn't much knowledge of the Irkens, he wasn't sure about what affected them. Dib sighed, lightly touching the PAK again, this time with two fingers. He slid his fingers across the PAK, feeling that it felt...like skin. It was fraile, and soft, and really made Dib curious.
As Dib moved his fingers, which he turned into his whole hand within seconds, across the Irken's PAK, he looked around the room the two boys were in. He could barely see anything, but he could just barely make out that it was huge. It was like some type of...cargo hold, or something, he figured as his hand rested on Zim's PAK.
Then, he suddenly felt immense pain across his stiched cheek, causing him to cry out. Zim had backhanded him in the dark, though he did not know this. "Human FILTH!!!" Zim cried out in the dark, then got up, brushing himself off. "What are you DOING?!!" He asked loudly.
Dib looked up, unable to actually see Zim in the darkness, but he saw a black figure at about his height, so he stared at this darker black. "Look, you were hurt, so I got you out of there!" Dib piped up. He then stood, brushing himself off as well. "We fell down here when we were about to board the Massive. I think that Kiya brought us here."
"Arrrrrgh!!" Zim growled out as he looked around the area. His eyes are much stronger than Dib's, and he is able to see in the dark much better than a human can. But, he of course sees better with his Irken goggles on.
Zim unleashed the Night Vision Goggles from his PAK, and looked around the area. "Dib, we need to locate a way out of here, and reach the Massive." Zim said.
"I know that, but I can't see anything in here at all." Dib said.
"HAH! Inferior HUMAN!!!" Zim yelled, then started laughing as he finished looking around the area.
'Yeah, easy for you to say, when you know nothing. I'm....half human, yes, but also half....'
"Dib! There's a door over there." Zim said, pointing towards the left.
Dib stayed quiet as he gave Zim a frustrated look. "I can't see ANYTHING, Zim! Not even you!" He yelled.
"Really?" Zim asked.
"Yes!" Dib piped.
"Hmm...ohh, stupid human." Zim said, sounding frustrated.
Dib heart the small clinking and clattering of Zim's Spider Legs unleashing from his PAK. Then, he felt Zim hoist him up into the air by his shoulders. Dib hug from Zim's grasp, who immediatly let a sour look spread across his features.
"Why are you so heavy?!" Zim yelled at Dib.
"I'm heavy? I barely eat anything!" Dib exclaimed.
"Well, you ARE!" Zim grunted.
Zim's Spider Legs carried the two to the door. Two of those legs lifted up to the door, and Dib watched in amazement as blue fire blasted forth. They started to melt this metalic door, Dib able to see that it was completely bolted shut.
'Zim is very light...how is he able to hold me if he's so much lighter than me?' Dib wondered. 'Maybe...it's like how an ant can hold two times it's own weight? I wonder what Irk, his homeworld, is like?'
A big part of the door suddenly fell to the floor with a loud bang, which turned to a tad bit of a loud clatter until it settled on the floor. "Alright Dib, just stick with me, and do as I say!" Zim commanded.
"I know." Dib responded.
Then Zim, swiftly and quickly, rushed through the door, and down the long hallway. He halted his movements as he reached another door like the previous one. "What on Irk?!" Zim exclaimed as he glared at this door.
Then, a small laughter arose from an intercom. It was Kiya's voice. "This is the punishment you two will suffer for....killing our leader. The Akrians will have their vengence on you. I, along with the other sub leaders will return to beat you down....I hope you enjoy crashing and burning on Akrious." He said.
Suddenly, the ship started to shake rapidly. The intercom made a loud, sharp noise, then it turned off. Zim looked down at Dib who in turn looked up at him. "We must get to the Massive, quickly!" Zim said.
The, Zim started to use two Spider Legs to create another hole in the door. Dib stared at Zim's wrist as he worked quickly. He then touched a tiny button on the watch around Zim's wrist. Zim ignored him as Dib saw a screen form before him. The screen was translucent, and it glowed with a light blue light, very dimly, but it was enough for him to see this map clearly. He stared at the pink dots on it, which were at the top. There was one that was bigger then the rest, and aside from that they were located in the white dot at the very center. This dot was absolutely huge.
'We must be on their biggest ship! The mothership!' Dib thought. There was a very tiny green and black dot in the white dot. They were at the botton of the dot. 'So, this is why we are down here...Kiya wants to kill us for killing Akria! But...where is Zackery and Rosey..?' His mind questioned.
~The Massive~
"Zackery!" Rosey called to her brother. "You can't die on me....not yet." She said.
Zackery stood beside Rosey. He was pale, and she looked at him with sadness in her eyes. "Professor Membrane....I know you wanted me to bring Dib home safely....but I can't." Zackery said into one of the communication devices that Dib had in his room. This was the one that disappeared.
Zackery's navy hair was dirtied with the blood of Akria and Kiya, as were his clothes. Rosey's clothes were soaked in black blood. Zackery was shaking badly as he was dying, but he was still standing strong. Rosey looked a bit paler than usual, but she wasn't at the same point as Zackery just yet. The two sat in a room where three Irkens worked at machines as they manned the Massive. In this room were a few Irken beds, one of which Zackery sat on, and he sunk down on it pretty far. His sister stood diagonal of him as he held the communicative device. His hair was strewn down, covering his eyes.
"Ah...that boy needs to come home....Zackery, Rosey, I'm sorry." Professor Membrane said on the other line.
"And Gaz...what of her?" Zackery asked, his hands trembled with weakness.
"Brother..." Rosey said slowly.
"I'm alright, I will not die just yet...but my end is nearing, yes." Zackery said, pulling his fingers through his black bloodied hair as he spoke. "What of Gaz, dad?" He asked again.
"....Her condition is now critical...." He said slowly.
"...Damn...." Zackery hissed. He then looked up at Rosey. "We need to be with her." He said, receiving a strong nod from her.
~With Zim And Dib~
The third door the duo had come across fell to the thin feet of Zim's Spider Legs, and he quickly moved onwards. Zim's grip on Dib's shoulders was strong as he moved forth. Dib stared up at the map, they were still close to the bottom of the mothership, and that just wasn't good with all of the commotion outside.
"Dib, if we don't make it out of here soon, with the way the ship has been rocking, we could end up crashing on Akrious." Zim said, figuring to mention this as he manuvered quickly still. The two were currently past the bolted doors, and nearing one of the halls.
"That would totally suck." Dib spat. "You might die, since it's all water there....in fact, I could die, too!" Dib said as he realised these facts.
"What? How could you die if your human? Humans can withstand water, can they not?" Zim asked, confused as he finally reached a hallway. He moved down the star lit hallway quickly as his goggles retracted into his PAK.
"A human can touch and drink water since our bodies are made up of water mostly. BUT, we can't breathe under the water!" Dib exclaimed. "If we crash and the ship fills with water, we are both screwed!"
"Oh, we that's just GREAT!! I don't want to die with you, Dib! I want to live on as an Invad-"
Zim cut himself off as the ship violently shook. This shaking was so bad, that Zim's Spider Legs slipped out from under him, and he suddenly toppled over to the right. Zim slammed his head on the wall to their right as Dib hit his shoulder against it. As Zim and Dib hit the wall, Zim's claws released Dib, and both boys fell downwards. Zim, since he has his Spider Legs, he immediatly used them to stop his fall before he hit the ground. As for Dib, he collapsed onto the floor pretty hard.
Zim then made himself stand up staight and tall with his Spider Legs. He hovered over Dib. "Dib, are you alright?" Zim asked.
Dib slowly pushed himself up off the floor, then brushed himself off. "I'm freezing cold, I'm hungry, I'm thirsty, I'm exhausted, I'm in pain, a good portion of my blood was drained out of me earlier, and I lost my coat earlier, and you as me if I'm OKAY??!!!!" Dib screamed at the Irken. "NOO!! I'm not okay!" He added.
Zim mearly blinked at him. "Boy, do I have some stories for you, later..." He murmered to himself.
"What was that, Zim?!" Dib yelled.
"Nothing, Earth monkey!" Zim snapped back. He never liked to take any crap from people, and with the history he shared with Dib, he refused to take anything from him.
The ship shook a little bit. Dib looked at the screen still emitted from Zim's watch-like device. "Zim! Most of their ships have been wiped out! The Irken armada are going to focus on this one more! With the way this ship has been shaking, it's only a matter of time before it can't fly anymore! If the engines or any of the back burners are hit, we're done for!" Dib cried out.
"I guess that is the case....but why should I help you?" Zim asked. "I could escape in no time if I were to go alone..." He said, slowly.
Dib quickly bit his lip. 'I can't tell him I'm Irken...that would be a mistake...right?' He wondered. "L-look Zim! You need me! You know you do! Please help me out of here, I'm not as fast as you are with your Spider Legs!" Dib exclaimed.
"Hmm..." Zim thoughtfully scratched his chin. 'I...see no point in keeping him around. In fact, if I let Dib die now, I can take Earth. The Akrians have been deminished to basically nothing, anyways. Besides....Dib really couldn't care less about me, anyways.' Zim though, his thoughts bringing him back to Halloween, and being left for dead. 'I can give him back his own medicine, now.'
"Zim, please take me with you..." Dib begged. 'I don't want to die just yet...'
"Ha ha! Sorry, DIB! I have no use for you, anymore! Let's see how you like being left behind." Zim said, then started to cackle.
'I...I have done some cold things to Zim. Is this...my punishment?' Dib wondered. "Please Zim....don't let me di-"
The ship suddenly shook, and it started to tilt, tilting until it was completely at an angle. Dib started to slide across the metal floor, but then he walked towards the direction it tilted. Zim mimiced his motions. When the ship stopped tilting, Dib and Zim stood with their feet and Spider Legs on the floor, and on the wall. They stared at each other, practically parallel to each other.
"Give me one good reason to save you, Dib." Zim said.
"....You.....your....." Dib couldn't really say what Zim was to him, anymore. He didn't know for sure. Zim mattered to him, but for what purpose? He'd known Zim, Zim communicated with him, bothered with him, when almost nobody else did. But they are enemies! The fact that Dib is Irken, though....that changes things a lot. But...what did it mean now?
"You appear to have no reasons as to why I should save you, Dib. This in turn gives me no reason to save you. We'd only go back to being enemies fighting over Earth, and that would be pointless. If I just kill you here, then I can just take the Earth for the Irken Empire. I find many more pluses for leaving you to die than I do for saving you, Dib!" Zim explained his side of the board.
'What do I say to that? He has perfect reasons for letting me die...but I don't want to die yet! My life on Earth...it's never felt right. Maybe....maybe I am not meant to live on Earth? Maybe I'd be better off being with the Irkens? Perhaps....even traveling through the worlds? I mean....what is the point in being on Earth, anymore? What was the point in the first place? It doesn't click...and only Zim's presence has ever really made sense to me. I'd be happier visiting other planets as a paranormal investigator...it would be really intriguing! But....what should I do about Zim? He wants me to die here! Wait.....that's it....I think I know what to say! I really do!! Ohhh, please let this work!!!'
Dib shut his eyes as he took a very deep, long breath, then let it out twice as slowly. His eyes snapped open as his head rose, the shine from the stars in space reflecting from his glasses, enhancing Dib's stern eyes. "I am part human, and part Irken, and as long as you do not enslave the humans I permit you to take Earth for the Irken Empire." He said loudly and clearly.
Zim went completely mute as he gaped at Dib, this being something Dib had never seen Zim do, ever. '........Dib....is Irken? When? How? WHY?! He's ALLOWING Earth to belong to the Irkens?! Since when has this happened?!! Is Dib INSANE??!!!' His mind screamed out of confusion.
Then, both Irkens suddenly flew against the ceiling as the Akrian mothership started to fall fast towards Akrious. They landed beside each other as the ship plummeted. Both were too disoriented, to confused, and in far too much pain to speak, anymore as they fell towards the planet made completely of water...
So, I thank you all for the long wait! The story will be taking a huge turn here, and I hope you all enjoy it! Again, I thank you guys for your patience, and expect this story to have a lot more to come, because I am going to REALLY make things twist! ^^