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After the bell rang, the class ran out through whatever opening they could find. I waited for most of them to exit before gathering up my things and heading out the door. As I approached the doorway, I noticed Zim still in his seat with his head staring at the top of his desk. I stopped in my tracks and turned so I was facing him.

"Hey, Zim?" I said almost cautiously.

"What?" he snapped with his head still hung low.

"The bell rang..." I informed him softly. He glanced up and looked at the clock.

"Oh, so it did," he mumbled. He gathered up his things and went out the door. I trailed behind him, observing his behavior and trying to guess what was wrong. No matter how hard I thought, I couldn't think of any reasonable explanation.

"What's wrong?" I asked as I caught up to him.

"Nothing is wrong with the amazing Zim..." he protested halfheartedly.

"Okay, all that did was convince me even more that something's wrong," I replied. He looked at me with a half confused and half glaring look.

"Why do you even care? All I've done to you is force you to be my human slave and steal your powers. Why don't you just carry on hating me like the Dib-filth does?" He snapped. Despite his attitude, I could sense some confusion in his voice... or it might've just been me. After all, he was right. Why should I care? He's my enemy...

"I... I honestly don't know. Curiosity, maybe?" I suggested in response to his question. He gave me the same look that he did earlier, half confused and half glaring. He flung the front doors open, revealing the downpour of rain.

"Well that's just frickin' great," Zim sighed as he stepped out into the rain. He cringed as the first drop hit his skin. I walked out into the rain with my umbrella raised over my head. Something was obviously bothering him, but what?

~PuddingNinja~

Dib's POV

I glanced at my watch. The bell rang ten minutes ago, but where was Bev? We had planned to meet up after skool to make a plan to get her powers back. I was standing there tapping my foot when I felt a raindrop, quickly followed by several more. I smiled to myself, Zim was probably in pain right now, walking home.

Wait... I didn't see Zim leave, and Bev was still in there! What if he was hurting her? I had to help! I started running up to the steps when the doors flung open, revealing Bev and Zim who seemed to be talking. He walked out into the rain and Bev followed behind.

"What was that all about?" I questioned as I huddled under her umbrella.

"Something's bothering him, and I'm trying to find out what it is," she responded.

"Why? He's the enemy, Bev, why should you care about his feelings?" I asked.

"I don't, I'm just curious! What if it's something important, something that could help us out?" she pointed out. That was a good point, if something had actually made Zim sad, it was probably something big.

"That's a good point, we'll have to remember that when we're making our plans!" I stated. We walked for a little while longer until we reached my house. We walked inside and Bev set down her umbrella.

"Okay, let's go!" she said as she headed towards my room and I followed behind her.

"Son!" a familiar voice called out. I stopped in my tracks and turned towards the source and saw my dad there.

"Oh, hi Dad. My friend's over, and we're planning on spying on Zim so we can-" I started before I was interrupted.

"Oh, you have a friend? That's great, Son! Maybe you're becoming less insane!" he said dramatically.

"Hey, Dib, are you coming?" Bev asked as she poked her head around the corner. She noticed my dad there and looked slightly confused before she seemed to realize who he was. "Oh, you must be Dib's dad!" she said as she walked towards us.

"Yes, but you probably know me as Professor Membrane, world-famous scientist!" Dad boasted. Bev gave him a blank look.

"Never heard of you."

"What? Surely you've heard of my work, such as SUPER TOAST?!" he asked in shock.

"I'm sorry to say that I haven't..."

He chuckled at this while she raised her eyebrows. "Silly child! Well, I've got to get back to SAVING THE WORLD!" he announced grandly before walking off.

"Your dad seems... Interesting..." Bev said.

"Ya... Okay, now let's get to planning!"

~PuddingNinja~

Bev's POV

"Okay, sounds good!" I said as Dib and I finished our plan. "So we'll carry out the plan tomorrow night?"

"Yeah, Zim won't even know what hit him!" he said. I smiled at that.

"I'll get my powers back, and if we're lucky, we'll also have some evidence of him being an alien!" I said excitedly.

"Exactly! So, I'll see you tomorrow! Goodnight!"

"Goodnight!" I replied. I headed out the door and headed towards my house.

As I walked down the street, I had a strange feeling. Almost as if someone was watching me... I looked over my shoulder and looked around, but there was nothing in sight.

I had made it about halfway to my destination before someone walked out of the darkness and into the flickering street lights.

"Who are you?" I asked as I stood there, frozen with fear and shock. As I turned to run, they crashed into me and stuffed me into a sack.

"What the hell?! Let me out!" I screamed as I kicked and struggled. The sack was thrown and landed with a thud. I then heard a door slam and an engine start up. I came to the only possible conclusion: someone had kidnapped me.

~PuddingNinja~

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