Chapter 12
Shock Waves
When Zim went silent again Dib took that cue to get moving again. "Okay if I know Zim, he's going to break out the advanced weaponry any second now. We'd better get our invisibility cloaks back on. Houdini, do you magic."
"Wait what about Stitch?" Lilo said worried about her friend who still had yet to find the rest of them.
"Aloha!" A body hopped down from above and another Dib stood before them. It was eerie for Dib to see such a perfect identical to himself. He still had nightmares about the time Zim had made a Robot twin of him and nearly used it to destroy his dad's energy machine which would in turn destroy the whole world. Then when his he got captured by his alien foe, Gaz hadn't come to rescue him like he thought she would. She always tended to bail on him like that; right when he needed her most, too.
The other Dib touched hands with the red blob creature, Morpholomew, and there was a moment where all the twin could do was bubble and shift. His body got smaller by about a full head and his skin turned blue fluffing up with a new grown coat of fur. His head got bigger, though not by much, and his mouth widened till it was halfway across his head with a full set of sharp, slightly yellow, teeth.
Stitch, newly transformed, stood directly in front of Lilo, his arms wide open, a cue for her to hug him. The two friends embraced, united once more as the duo that had captured and rehabilitated hundreds of genetic experiments. Somehow it just looked right for the two unlikely being to be a pair.
"Thank goodness you're okay." She murmured into his fur. "He didn't hurt you did he?
"Stitch indestructible." He announced with some difficulty in his wheezy voice. "Alien could never hurt Stitch even if tried."
"Well even still," Lilo said releasing him, "there were all those times when Hamstervielle tried to brainwash you to become evil."
"Yeah but he was pretending to be me," Dib said cutting in. They began walking again though uncertain where exactly they were headed now that their ship was destroyed. "And I doubt Zim would ever want to make me evil just so I'd be another rival for him."
"Actually, Dib, I don't think you could ever be evil even if you tried." Lilo told him walking beside him.
"Whew!" He breathed, wiping his brow in mock relief. "That's a good thing. I was beginning to worry."
They all chuckled at the joke. It helped ease the tension a little.
Sparky appeared in front of them, bolting out of an electrical circuit in an impressive torrent of sparks and jets of lightning. They stared at him for a moment in awe before his held out his hands and said proudly, "Navigation dizzzzzzabled. Headed for Ka-u-ai." Dib hadn't heard Sparky talk much and was reminded somewhat of the buzz of a bee.
"Great, Sparky." Lilo said petting him once on the head and receiving a surprising shock for the gesture. She looked up at the ceiling her grin faltering somewhat as if in worry for how sturdy the ship was entirely. "I sure hope the landing isn't too bumpy."
"We land iiiiiiin waaaaaater." Sparky announced easing her qualms. "Ship wiiiiiill not crash."
"Good."
"No worry, Lilo." Stitch patted her on her hand in comfort. "Alien space craft very durable. Nasty species… but smart."
He hated to admit it, but Dib had to agree. The space station was very well built, though he refused to believe it was any better than the bugby the Pelekai's owned. This craft centered mainly for the purpose of looking intimidating and awe inspiring like some giant insect ready to swallow it's victims without a word or warning. Whereas, the red ship back on earth was homier and meant to look sleek and speedy, like some flashy crimson sports car.
Thinking about it, Dib hoped he'd be able to see more replicas later on. Maybe someday he'd be able to have one of his very own… well at least a new one now that Tak's ship had been blown up. Maybe it'd even come with extra sized cup holders and heated seats.
Oooooo, he was so close to them he could almost smell them. And boy did they smell! Just like wet dog and silly putty. But soon the powerful Zim would have them all in his clutches once he'd deposited the experiments in proper imprisonments then he could deal with Dib appropriately. Maybe throw him in an escape pod without a windshield and blast him into outer space, then watch as his insides hardened till he resembled something like a person shaped sponge orbiting the earth like space trash.
Zim crawled silently in the air vents keeping his eyes on the intruders below. He wanted to ambush them the moment the opportunity was ripe enough. He'd fortified himself with his custom-made magenta battle armor. It was simple in design but still powerful and with a few adjustments of his own it was the ideal suit for missions such as these. He'd taken quite a few hits with this armor and it's proved its worth many times.
His strategy was to first stun 626 and the horrible yellow monster that'd shut down his interactive computer. Only when the most liable experiments were taken care of did he dare to face Dib head on. He only needed to surpri—AAAAAAAAAH!
The vent under him gave out unexpectedly and he was falling. So much for the surprise attack! Luckily he managed to land on something, though it wasn't exactly what one would call a very comfortable landing. For one thing, it had been Lilo he'd landed on. She had turned just as the air vent gave out and hit the ground on her back when he'd crumpled on her. Another thing was that their faces had collided when they met the ground and their lips crushed together with a surprising SMACK!
Out from the corner of his eye Zim saw Dib's jaw drop all the way to the floor as he stared at the two. It was as if he'd just watched a shark attack a baby dolphin then rip it in half.
Dib couldn't believe what he was seeing. His eyes were bigger than the rims of his glasses and it appeared that he'd lost control of his jaw as it dangled uselessly in utter horror.
Zim had sprung from the air vent, tackled Lilo, and now he was crouched over her… k… ki… KISSING HER!
The moment probably lasted years and years. No sound was made. No one moved. And no one spoke.
Dib couldn't process the tide of emotions turning in his gut. It made him feel like he'd eaten really bad sushi. Several feeling that were the most definite was shock, outrage, disbelief, disgust, horror and most definite of all… jealousy.
The thing that awoke Dib from the shock was… was Zim, still hunched over Lilo, and swiveling his eyes over to catch the look on Dib's face then smirking with delight at his expression. Dib let out a battle cry then tackled the green scumbag with the force of an entire college football team. All the others could do was watch in horror and hope not to interfere in the terrible battle before them.
From Stitch's point of view, he couldn't say that the clash of the two rivals was exactly a "battle." For one thing all the two seemed to be really doing was slapping and batting at one another like two little girls fighting over candy. Even still, this fight seemed somewhat personal, so Stitch was unsure whether or not he ought to break them up. He looked over at his cousins and caught similar expressions on their faces. None of them knew how to break such a dispute up. Nor did it appear like they wished to try. He looked back over and caught the look in the rivals' eyes. It was the same heated anger he and Gantu use to share all the time when they met on the field of a confrontation, and knew better than anything, this was definitely not something to interfere with.
Out of loss of anything else to do, he walked to Lilo, making sure she hadn't been hurt when Zim had fallen on her. She sat up, tenderly rubbing her head where it'd smacked on the floor. She turned to frown at the obscene little boys before her.
How childish, her expression read clearly as she glared in disappointment. "Hey, guys." she tried vainly, hoping to calm them somewhat. It was no use. The human and the irken would stick it out till one or the other fell in utter defeat.
"What's (ow) your problem, Dib stink?" Zim hissed between smacks leaning his head far away to avoid Dib's hits while still trying to make his own.
"You (ouch) are (ow) my problem!" Dib shot back.
"Why don't you (ow) fight (ow) like a real grown (oof) worm man?"
"Like (ouch) you're (umph) one to (gah) talk! You're older than I am and (ugh) you hit like a (ow) nerd!"
"SILENCE!" Zim threw the boy from him and they faced each other like real mature rivals. Stitch watched with tension as Zim's guns focused on Dib. Maybe this fight would turn out to be interesting after all. "Taste my lasers, bald head of chicken." The cannons sparked to life and Dib, being the human he was, couldn't move fast enough to avoid them.
Looks like Stitch would have to interfere after all. He couldn't return the boy to his father with half his body disintegrated. Faster than the lasers could travel, Stitch jumped on Dib and they narrowly missed the heat blasts as they melted a perfectly round hole in the place where the boy's head had been not a moment too soon.
Zim sputtered in furry. "FILTHY, HORRID, MONSTER DOG! I SHOULD'VE CAPTURED AND IMPRISONED YOU WHEN YOU WERE LEFT UNCONCIOUS ON THE ROAD AND AT MY MERCY!"
"Well DUH!" Everyone shouted in unison. For as "intelligent" as this little irken was, it was mind-boggling to see how stupid he could be at the same time.
"SILENCE! I KILL YOU!" the little green man shrieked, firing an unyielding array of lasers at the boy and alien dog. Stitch grabbed Dib with his second pair of arms and crawled along the walls like an insect, as they avoided the onslaught shooting. Stitch looked to the other cousins for aid. Sparky was already fired a bolt of yellow electricity at the fiend.
Somehow, though, instead of weakening him as the blast should've done, his armor was protecting him. There was also a transparent rubber bubble that surrounded Zim's head, which Stitch hadn't noticed before. He guessed it must've been used like a helmet. It was nearly invisible except for when hit apparently. Too bad Zim didn't have it up when he kissed Lilo, Stitch thought. Least then Dib wouldn't have gotten so mad.
What was worse was that not only was the suit protecting him from the blasts of lighting shooting from the yellow cousin, but it seemed to be absorbing it like a battery charging up. Finally the cousin seemed to run out of juice and he sparked weakly with the drainage of energy.
Zim smiled in a very unpleasant way. "FOOL! You think that is enough to stop the powerful ZIM!" He wove the electricity into a great cracking ball holding it at the ready for a second attack. And this time it would blow a much bigger hole in the wall than his lasers had done. Stitch spotted the look on Sparky's face. Little shocks and volts weren't nearly enough to maim the little cousin, but from the hiss and sizzling of the orb of power, this was definitely going to hurt. Electricity to Sparky was like water to Lilo. Fun and gentle enough to swim and play in, though that didn't mean it wasn't still dangerous. Like a great tsunami of energy, this blast might even be strong enough to damage the creature permanently.
Stitch watched helplessly from above with Dib still dangled from his arms. Sparky couldn't even do so much as fly away. He'd used up all his power.
"Looks like you've run out of juice." Zim hissed dementedly. "Let me give you a little back." His arm drew back, prepared to throw it as if throwing a baseball. Stitch moved then. Tossing Dib onto a box shaped machine, he fell onto Zim, cutting off his aim and making him drop his ball of pure energy. The ball exploded into the wall, melting off a ten-foot hole in the foreign metal. A whirlwind of sound and air filled the hall as everyone gazed out at the setting sun on the horizon. The ship had come within the boundary of Earth's atmosphere but was still miles above to still be able to suck everything out. Stitch grabbed the floor to keep from rushing away. Everyone turned to grab something like Stitch had done. A bone-shaking scream filled the air around him and he turned just in time to see Lilo whip past him, like a leaf in a hurricane, and out the newly made window.
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Yes they kiss! Zim and Lilo so kissed! I am evil and I love it! And Dib's reaction is hilarious! His crush's first kiss is with his mortal enemy and there's nothing anyone can do about it!
"Right before his eyes I will steal her first kiss. All for the sake… of revenge." A quote from Ouran High School Host Club episode 19 the Lobelia Academy Strikes Back. I had this idea of Zim and Lilo kissing inspired by this show.
