A/N: I want to apologize for my lack of updates on this story. I have not forgotten it but I have had many setbacks that have kept me from working on this story. A major one is the fact that my glasses that I use to see with have broke and I don't have the funds to get a new pair do to the high price. Do to this I have a hard time seeing what I type and will have to try my best to work on this story without my glasses. So I don't strain my eyes and get headaches I'll have to take a lot of breaks before working on each chapter.

Chapter 14: Uncovering Secrets

Dear Die-ary,

Last night for the first time I was fighting for someone other than myself. It's odd but I feel liberated as if I have a reason to keep going. Rev. Meat only said that I was on the right path. He has been too quiet lately. I can feel him slipping away just as Nail Bunny has. I still don't trust him but I have no other choice. I also saw Squee he looks well but I didn't let him know I was home. I can't allow him to be in the same boat as me and my new friends. I won't let him die because of me. As for Raven it's odd but this Reaper seams to be like an old friend. Maybe I'm just reading too much into this since for the first time I have real friends other then Squee.

Nny stops writing to think of how Squee would acted to see him again but then shakes it off after thinking he would be ripped apart by some alien. "No I can't let him see me not until this matter is over."

Back at skool Dib and Zim where being stared at since they where both wrapped with bandages Dib was also walking around on crutches do to his injured leg. Raven was also wrapped in bandages but only to mask that he wasn't human. It was best to look as if they where all in some kind of a fight over the weekend. They had already come up with a cover story so there wouldn't be any controversy in what had happen to them.

Zita had seen Dib and was concern with his condition. When she asked him what happened he told her the story of getting jumped by the football team again. But she knew better than that. They haven't even looked at Dib after the last fight. Something wasn't right about his story. She had to get to the bottom of this and started to secretly watch Dib and the others carefully to try and find any holes in the story she was told.

At lunch Dib told Squee what had happened and also let slip that Nny was there to help them out. Squee asked about Nny and how he was doing but the others just said that he was doing well. They didn't want Squee to be in danger as to Nny's request. Nny would kill them if they told Squee the truth. Zita smiled and now knew she had more investigating to do. She had to find out just who this Nny was and how Squee knows him.

After class Zita went to do some research on Nny and didn't like what she found. In the local news records Nny aka Johnny C. was once wanted for mass murder. The charges where dropped when a look alike was found killed at Nny's house along with several other dead bodies. They thought that this was the original killer and Johnny C. killed him in self defense. The original killer was believed to be trying to take over the life of Johnny C. and tried to kill anyone who would recognize him.

Zita couldn't believe this story but without proof she couldn't tell if Nny was the real killer or just a victim as the papers have lead people to believe. Zita had find out more and knew where to go to find it. She was going to talk to Squee and find out who Nny really is.

At Zim's house the group where having the first meeting with Nny about the situation that was at hand. "So the Irken Empire has set a bounty out on us and since I helped you I'm also on this bounty." Nny looks to Dib after getting a long winded explanation. "Exactly that's why we have to work together to fight them not only for our own lives but for the safety of all mankind." Well I could careless about mankind but to keep all of you alive as well as Squee then I will agree to help you. I just have one question to ask. Why is the robot so stupid? I mean you're an alien from an advanced race and you can't get your robot to help." Zim looks at Gir as he is eating Poop Corn and watching TV in the other room. "Ah yes well you see I've tried to fix him but every time he has rebelled and tried to kill me. The first time he turned a lot of people in to mindless zombies at the library. It wasn't a pretty site believe me. Besides he has proven to be very useful even if is state of mind isn't all there." "I like CORN!" Gir yells out from the other room.

"Yes well maybe I should take a look at him and give it a try at my base to see if I could find out what's really wrong with him." Tak suggested as she sees Gir now pulling the empty bag over his head. "Aww the corn is gone." "Um well just make sure you do it in a well confined room just in case he tries to attack you."

At Squee's house Zita was finding out more information about Nny. "You see he use to live next to me when I was younger. He helped me when I was endanger and killed a man before he could hurt me. He even knocked out my dad once, but my dad was a very bad guy when I was younger. That's before I was taken away from my parents." Squee remembers the horrors his parents had put him through. "As for Nny, I don't think he is a bad man. He is just misunderstood, then again I wouldn't want to cross him or get on his bad side just incase." Zita was still not too sure that Dib should be around a guy like that. But that didn't help her get anymore information on just who Nny is. She had a lead on another person who knew Nny but she wasn't living in the city anymore. It was just one dead end after another.

"Damn it why can't I get anymore information on this guy. He has no parents, date of birth, relatives, and to make matters worse anyone who has been in contact with him has moved or has very little to say at all." Zita was agitated that she couldn't get any more information but she knew that Dib was up to something. It was time for her to get to the bottom of it and confront Dib in person.

Back at Zim's house Gaz was playing a new video game. "Damn it Belmont why can't you swim!" Raven blinks as he looks at Gaz, "I know only a few Belmont's have ever learned to swim most of them are too busy being over powered by using a whip then learn to swim. That's why I like a newer Castlevania games then the other ones." "Well she would but she already beat them all she has left is old games." Dib looks to his sister, "They seam to give her the challenge she has been looking for." Raven smiles as he sees Gaz deep in her game. "Yes well sometimes the challenge of a game helps with challenges in life." "Dad said the same thing, about time you died! I was about to turn it off if I had to fight Dracula one more time." Raven chuckles to himself as Gaz closes her laptop. "Yes well maybe you should give the Mega Man games a shot the challenge is even more satisfying."

Suddenly a knock came to Zim's door as everyone looked at each other. It couldn't be Tak she would still be working on fixing Gir. Dib stood up and slowly went to the door and pressed his hand on it to make it see thought. On the other side was Zita waiting for an answer before knocking again. Dib opens the door and steps outside. "Hay Zita, what brings you here?" "Well your Dad said you where here. I came by to check on you and to see if you where okay. I was kind of worried about you and didn't know how well you might be since you where in a fight." Dib was still leaning on his crutches too keep the presser off of his leg. "I'm fine. The doctor told me it was a sprung ankle. I should be back on my feet in a few days. I was told to try and do some light walking everyday to try and get strength back so it won't end up getting weak from the lack of use."

"Dib don't lie to me. I know something else is going on with you. You can tell me the truth. Why are you hanging out with a man that was once wanted for murder? This guy Nny can be dangerous. I don't what something to happen to you." Zita looked away not wanting Dib to see how worried she was. "Zita its okay he helped me and the others out in the fight. We where out numbered and Nny came to see what all the fighting was about. When he saw that we where getting beaten up Nny stepped in and stopped the fight. I owe my life to him for that. Zita he isn't a bad guy he just has is own ways of dealing with things." Zita looks to Dib and wanted to believe him but something about the story still didn't add up.

"But why are you still lying to me. What is it about that fight that you are not telling me? Dib don't you see I…DIB!" Zita was suddenly grabbed by a mechanical arm being lifted up into the air. "Human if you don't have the others come here and surrender I will kill her." A voice came from inside the mech as Zita was trying to get free from its grasp. "Dib help me!" "Zita hold on! Damn it give me some time so I can get the others here." The other hand to the machine moved in front of Dib. "They are all inside boy just call them out here!" "Not all of us are here. Tak is at her base and if you want her here too I have to call her." The mecha moves its hand away. "Very well you have one hour and if she is not here the Girl dies!" The hand started to squeeze down on Zita as she lets out a scream. "Okay stop I'll get them now." Dib runs into the house as Zita was scared for her life.

A\N: Again I am deeply sorry for the long wait. My eyes have adjusted to where I can start writing again. Thank you all for reading and I'll be working on this story with full force and try to get out more chapters as soon as they are done.