Chapter 10 – Wake Up!

Zim's ominous grin filled her vision as Gaz's eyes flickered open. "Ugh… what the… hell? Zim! You rotten…" the girl attempted to struggle, yielding quickly when she realized that she was restrained somehow. There was nothing clasped to her wrists, or her ankles, or even her waist. Just an eerie orange glow. "What did you do to me?"

"Oh, nothing a smeet couldn't handle," Zim explained smugly. "A weak human larva on the other hand… you cannot escape this device: it kills the electricity flowing through your body. Your lips can speak, your eyes can see, your ears can listen… your nerves can feel, your tongue can taste. But your body is altogether paralyzed."

"Yeah, yeah. What's the point…"

"You can put up a brave front all you like, it will not prevent me from retrieving the information I seek. Your filthy brother is up to something… he knows something that Zim does not. I am counting on your weakness to change that fact."

"Dib's not up to anything you moron!"

"He had a file yesterday… what was it? Tell me!"

"The file? He never showed me what that was…"

"You defy the Zim?"

"No I don't defy, you twit… He never told me! I'm not answering any more of your stupid questions!"

"very well. Computer! Activate the Torture Thingy!"

AN: 'Torture Thingy' is bad on purpose. It's a Zim bit, so I had to throw in something stupid.