Behind The Tube Glass
By alien freak and Xmimi89eR
story may contain gore/blood/violence/strong language
rating: T
ZaDr/ZaDf
well, hello again!
so like I said this is the second story I've talked about before, I'm so excited to show you this one because i didn't see anyone else with the same idea.
i'll leave with the story, hope you like it.
English is my second language, my apologies if there are any mistakes.
disclaimer: I do not own Invader Zim.
LOADING ENTRY...
STOP RECORDING?
Y/N
YOUR RECORD HAS BEEN SAVED.
999999
everything was dark,
they stood under the heavy rain, holding their umbrellas, men, and women all wearing black, people he recognized as scientists from his dad's company, his face was blank and dark, tears gathering in his eyes, slowly falling down his cheeks, hot and wet, everything was quiet, yet he could hear voices, flowers flowing in front of him, his hands shaking, blinking and making the tears runs faster, till they fell at his chest and neck, he just stood there, eyes never leaving the grave, he could see all the other people leaving from the corner of his eyes, but he didn't, how could he?.
"i miss him already..." said a voice beside him. it was Gaz, his sister who never cried; now her eyes red with tears.
the professor has died.
the 19-year-old boy stood, looking at his beloved dad's grave.
'i'm sorry,' he heard the doctor's voice echoes in his head, 'we did our best...'
Dib ran to his father's hospital bed, machine humming around him, hearing his sister scream with pain at the doorway, he held him in his arms and cried, screaming at the doctors for not saving him, screaming at his father for leaving him, for not telling them that he was sick, for not saying goodbye to them.
"Dib..." his sister broke him from his thoughts, "we should leave too..." Gaz held his arm, sharing his umbrella,
"Right..." that was all he could say for now.
999999
FEW DAYS AFTER THE PROFESSOR'S DEATH.
AT DIB'S APARTMENT :
Gaz had come to sleep in his apartment for the last few days, they comfort each other, she would sleep on the couch or on the floor in Dib's room, she even admitted that she had nightmares, and so did Dib; today they were going to see their dad's will, both of them knew what they're going to find there,
"open it," Gaz said,
"right," Dib responded,
they both were sitting on the floor of the living room, Dib held the folder from his sister, and looked at it for a moment, then using the small knife, he opened it, and got the paper out, Gaz looked at him, then at the paper, she leaned down to take a better look,
it was exactly like they thought:
- I will leave all my money for my kids, half for Dib membrane, and a half for gazolene membrane...
-my heir will be my son...
the siblings shared looks, they knew their father will write something like that, so they weren't surprised,
-i want my son, Dib membrane, to be the only one to get into my private lab...
Dib gave a sigh, put the paper on the floor next to his sister, and stood up, "i'm going to bed," he said,
"but it's already 7 PM..." Gaz pointed, looking a little worried,
"i'm tired..." Dib said, giving his sister a last look from his shoulder, then went upstairs, he hated how his father loved his work, and now he was asking Dib to take his place, to take the place of the biggest scientist on the planet, he was asking his boy who hated science, and always said he didn't want to be a scientist, but a paranormal investigator.
Dib sighed again, and got under the sheets. he sometimes wondered what was inside his dad's private lab, he always seemed so protected to it, and only wanted Dib to see it if something happened to him, and here he was, dead.
Dib never wanted to enter that lab, and a part of him wanted his father to stay alive just so he won't have to. it sounded selfish and it is, but now he really was gone, all the things in that lab will be his, and thinking like that made him sick, but he has to go, it's his father's will, and no matter how he hated it, he will have to go.
"good night, Dib," Gaz said, standing in the doorway, she knew her brother was awake,
"night," he wanted his normal sister back, not this sad, broken girl,
"i'm going to his lab tomorrow..." he said, feeling his sister staring at him, "i don't know how to feel about it..."
Gaz wasn't that good at comforting, but tried her best, "he will be proud..." she said, hugging herself,
"maybe..." said Dib, his voice muffled in his pillow,
Gaz sighed, "night," and with that, she left her poor brother to his thoughts.
999999
Dib woke up at 6:00 AM, eyes red looking at the roof, the alarm went off for a few minutes before Dib gathered his strength and turned it off, he sat at the edge of the bed, hands on his face, then looked at his blurry hands, he wondered if he should go or not, he was about to give up for sleep when his sister knocked at the door, "Dib..?" she then opened the door, dressed up, "good you're awake," Dib gave her a sad look, "oh, come on," she folded her arms, "you know you have to go," said Gaz,
"i know.."
"it's going to be alright,"
"i know..."
"you're doing this for him,"
"i.. know..."
Dib looked at the floor, still not feeling good about the whole ordeal, "you know you don't have to do it today," Gaz said,
"yeah, but something is telling me to go and see what he always wanted me to see..." he sighed, and stood up, then headed to his closet,
"do you still have your lab coat?" Asked Gaz, Dib got his usual clothes, black jeans, blue shirt that had the little ghost on it, he then looked again at his sister.
"yes, but i'll wear my trench coat," he finally got the clothes he needed and went to his bathroom. Inside he took off his shirt, just in time to see how bad he looked in the mirror, his face pale, eyes red and tired, messy hair, and he also wanted to shave. He signed, and took all his clothes off, and stepped under the shower.
After thirty minutes he got out, and headed back again to his room, using a dryer for his hair, and then wore his clothes, and got his backpack, when his eyes caught something white in his closet, it was the lab coat, he stared at it, it only reminded him of his father, but thought that maybe he'll need it.
putting down his backpack, then zipped it open, where he had his computer, camera, and notebook in there, and got the lab coat inside, then zipped it up.
Downstairs, he saw his sister at the kitchen table, eating a sandwich, and staring at nothing, he never saw her without her game, but now she just didn't look like Gaz at all, "morning," he caught her attention,
"oh- morning.." she replied, "You're going now?" Asked then took a bite from her sandwich,
"yeah, just wanna get this over with, why, need something?" He looked at her, sitting alone in his kitchen,
"no," she said, but Dib knew it was a lie, so he put his backpack aside and went to the kitchen to make himself a sandwich, even though he wasn't that hungry, he just knew his sister liked eating with him, Gaz eyes went a little wide, then back to normal, she liked how her brother could understand her without words.
They sat like that in silence, both eating their sandwiches, when Gaz spoke, "I'm leaving today to my apartment," Dib looked at her,
"you can stay with me if you want, you know," he did like her company,
"yea, but i need to leave, it's fine, i kinda want... some alone time," she shrugged, trying to act normal,
"oh, it's ok then, we all need our alone time," he smiled at her, a sad little smile,
Gaz stood up after finishing her food, and got her backpack at one shoulder, "you will call me if you needed anything, k?" She asked,
"yeah, okay," Dib also stood up, he wanted to hug her before she leaves,
"Dib, if something happened and you didn't tell me about it i'll rip your legs and make you eat them," Dib stopped and looked at her surprisingly, that was his normal sister that he was used too since all his life. Gaz smirked, then hugged him awkwardly, "see you, idiot," she waved her hand, stepping out of the house, Dib smiled, now that was his sister, he loved how they understood each other without words,
"heh, see ya," he waved back, Gaz got to her motorcycle, and drove away.
Dib closed the door, and got back to the kitchen, when he noticed that it was clean, then looked at the living room, it was also clean. Another smile came to his face, no matter how scary she looks, she was still his sister.
He got to his car, putting the backpack in the passenger seat, he started up the car, just remembering that he didn't drink any coffee, he really needed one, but it was already late, and thought the company will surely have coffee machines.
After fifteen minutes of driving, he finally got to the place, it was huge, if someone stood at the top, he will be able to see the whole city. Dib got out of the car, and closed it behind, then went to the two guards that were standing at the huge door, he showed them his ID that his father got him when he was eighteen, they shared looks,
then one of them said, "um- we are sorry.. for your lost, your father has been the great scientist we've ever seen-" the one in the left said, Dib looked at them, it was kinda weird to see the big bodyguard speak like that,
"oh, it's ok," he didn't want to talk about it, pushing through the two guards and into the doors,
he opened his eyes, and saw how huge the place looked from inside, men and women running around, some were chatting, and some were drinking their coffee.
He walked through the hallway, already knowing the place since his father took him on little trips when he was young, some scientists looked at him, and whispered, he was used at this kind of things, all since he was a kid, other children will always whisper how he was crazy, or why he never had a mom. In a place with people wearing all white, he felt like the black sheep with his trench-coat, but shrugged it off and headed to the elevator,
His father's lab was on the 7th floor, the people in the elevator with him shared looks, as no one was allowed to even go to that level but the professor only.
Dib made it through another hallway, this one was dark, and he couldn't find the light switch, his eyes traveled to the thin door ahead of him, it had a little tablet on the wall, with a hand-drawn on it. Dib stood there, that was it, the truth behind that door, he could feel his legs becoming like noodles,
sighing, he placed his hand on the tablet, it scanned it, then turned green, meaning that he was allowed to enter, the door slide opened with a hiss, inside was a dark room, but Dib could see blinking lights at the wall,
he shifted his weight on the other leg, then took a step inside, the door slide shut with a hiss when Dib was fully in, then a 'ting' noise echoed in the room, a bright light flashed in front of Dib, revealing what appeared to be like a waiting room, or even a small hallway,
the walls were white, with slight baby blue lines here and there, and gray at some objects. On the left, there was a drawer, with glass doors, inside them were gloves and masks, some gloves were thick and black, just like the ones his father always wore, and there were blue ones, that looked like hospital gloves.
The masks, were three types, one that looked like the blue gloves, the other one looked a little advanced, it was made of some metal and strong plastic, it wad black, the last ones were more like a full face mask, Dib was sure they had a suit somewhere in the drawer, and he was right, in the bottom drawer, was white lab coats, black gas suits, and blue surgery-looking coats.
Dib closed the drawer then looked at the right, there was a screen, and two other lab coats hanging on the wall, he tried turning on the computer but it didn't work, finally his eyes locked at a huge door, that had another tablet on it, but instead of a hand-code, it was a passcode, six empty dots above a small keypad,
Dib looked in confusion, his father didn't say anything about passcodes, he frowned, and tried thinking of any password he may know, then remembered their old lab in his childhood home, leaning towards the keypad, just about entering the code, the computer beside him came to life, Dib lifted his head and looked at it, blue screen greeting him,
'WELCOME'
Dib took a closer look, shifting his glasses a little,
'LOADING FILE...'
Then his father appeared on the screen, Dib held his gasp,
'Hello son,' his father said,
"Dad..?-"
'This is a record.' The voice said, 'if you're hearing this, then i may be in another place...' Dib felt emotions rush through his body,
The professor sighed, 'i'm so sorry Dib, for whatever had happened, if I didn't get the chance to say goodbye then i'll say it at the end of this record, please listen to the end'
Dib hugged himself, 'behind this door, you will find my private lab, the lab that i kept hidden from everyone, even you, inside i'll give you full access to everything, the place in there is much bigger than anyone thinks, and i also wants you to listen to every record file i have, they will be under the name (ENTRIES), I've recorded them all just for you'
Dib couldn't look at the screen,
'And whatever you find in there, i want you not to freak out, i know you're brave, and i wanted to tell you myself, but I couldn't...'
This caught Dib's attention, what might be there that may freak him out? Did his father has humans organs inside or something?
'...now in front of you, there is a keypad i made for only us, membrane family to know..'
Dib looked at the keypad,
'First Number will be... the floor you're on right now...'
"Seventh floor," he entered '7'
'The second and third number will be... my age when you were born...'
Dib thought for a moment, then entered '22'
'Forth Number is... your sister's birthday...'
"September the 5th" he entered '5'
'Fifth Number... in which class you were when "ms. Bitters" was your teacher...'
Dib almost laughed at the memory, he entered '6'
'Last number will be... the last number of the time, i know you always wear a watch...'
Dib looked at the screen, his father was right, he always wore a watch, he always thought that time mattered.
The time was 7:43 AM, he entered '3'
And took a step back from the door,
'Now son, i want you to forgive me, i love you and your sister Gazolene so much, and... I'm always proud of you, if you didn't like what you're gonna see in there, then I don't blame you, and won't be mad if you never came back, Dib... Gaz.., goodbye my children, i love you.'
And with those words his father disappeared from the screen, blue glowing and white words that said:
'REPLAY'
'Y/N'
Dib just looked at it, holding his tears, then looked at his feet, he wanted his father to be there to hug him right now, he wanted him to say he was proud of him face to face, he wanted to tell him that he also loved him, and will try to forgive him at whatever he was going to find in there,
Ignoring the question at the screen, he put his backpack at the table, and got his lab coat out, changing it with his trench coat, the lab coat was a little smaller at him, since he didn't bother to buy a new one, and the other coats in the room were much bigger than him, he sighed, and decided to leave his pack in there.
Dib stood straight, he was afraid of what he may find in there, but tried not to think much of it, taking a long breath, he stepped inside.
The lab WAS huge, and was so much advanced than any other lab he ever entered, large computer screens in almost everywhere, long, large metal drawers full of chemical elements, vents from the roof making the room so much colder, it smelled so clean, to the right was a much large computer that Dib assumed was the main computer, under it was a long keyboard, with other colorful buttons, humming slightly, more thin doors, two to the left side, and only one in the right.
There was paper laying down the floor, pens, and some weird other objects. On the table were large books and files, yellow notes everywhere,
Dib held one that read:
'Don't forget Gaz's birthday party'
He folded it and put it in his pocket,
He went then to the main computer, wanting to see the "ENTRIES" his father told him about.
The screen glowed blue, and just like the last one said :
'WELCOME'
Then it started loading...
A screen showed, revealing something like a desktop, the background was:
Him smiling, big wide teeth that had a gap in them, it was him at the age of fourteen, his dad was behind them, holding his sister who was thirteen back then, she was also showing a small smile, still holding her game slave, the professor's hand was a Dib's shoulder, even though his lab coat hid his face, Dib could tell he was also smiling, it was a beautiful picture of the family that only made him wants to hug his father the more.
He shook his head and went looking for the 'ENTRIES' file, it didn't take him long, since the file was colored red, and was almost in the middle of the screen.
Dib looked down but didn't find any mouse or a touchpad so he assumed that the screen worked with the touch, and he was right, it amused him how something so little could take his attention,
'LOADING...'
Then the folder opened, revealing about thirty or even more entries, Dib frowned, every entry was about ten to an hour-long, he'd have to come back again if he wanted to listen to them all, so Dib ignored them for the sake of wondering more around the lab,
The second thing that caught his attention was the papers and books on the table, he took a closer look, some paper were about 'gravity' and another was about 'antennae', some books were about 'bugs', and some other were about 'outer space'
Dib held the papers in his hands, there were notes here and there, some of them were weird, like the one that says: it could talk, or the one that says: is it a male or a female?
Dib looked with confusion, what could talk?, and what is IT that his father was talking about, he decided to shrug it off, he will probably find out later.
The first door he opened leaned to a closet that was full of papers and folders, it smelled like ink, he got one of the folders in his hands, inside was researches about the human body and brain, and another file was about bugs, Dib looked at it, thinking why his father liked bugs anyway? And decided to keep the papers with him, then closed the door.
Beside the closet was another door, he stepped close and like the closet the door slide open, this one was much colder than the lab itself if that was even possible, the room was dark but Dib could tell it was an examination room, there were two metallic beds to the left side, a computer in the middle, and some tubes to the right.
The room was a little like a maze, since there were long computer-looking machines in the middle of the room here and there, it looked like it was unfinished.
The humming was much louder in it, he could hear some liquid run through a machine to the other, and a hiss from another vent, the room felt lifeless and frightening, yet so alive and advanced.
He got closer to the computer, under it was a long table that had some other weird looking liquids, some were red and looked like blood, and some was pink, Dib swore it smelled sugary sweet, ignoring it, he went to the large tubes, they were empty, some of them had leftover blue/green liquid in it, the liquid almost shined in the dark, making it look like acid.
Then his ears caught a noise coming from behind one long machine, he took careful steps, there was a glow coming from behind, Dib looked right then left, he was a little afraid for some reason, he swallowed, then walked past the machine,
The paper in his hands dropped to the floor, his eyes wide, mouth open, he froze in place, he felt his heart skip a beat, the sight was terrifying, yet breathtaking, his legs felt like noddles, mouth open then closed unable to form words, mind blank.
This tube was full of the same glowing blue/green liquid he saw before, in the liquid was something, someone?- no it was something- a skinny naked looking green body was floating inside, it had huge red eyes, and long antennae, it didn't have a nose or ears, and it had three fingers in each hand, it fingers were sharp like claws, and only two toes fingers.
Dib couldn't believe his eyes, he thought maybe he was dreaming it all, what he was seeing can not be true, biting his tongue, it did hurt, so did that mean..? He squeezed his eyes shut, maybe he was just imagining things, he didn't sleep yesterday so that would make sense, but then remembered his father, he was overly protected to his lab, did that mean he was hiding an... alien!?
The 'alien' blinked at him, Dib just noticed the long wires that were attached to it body, two wires attached to each side of the alien's head, he could see the little wires inside of it, two others thin wires attached to the right wrist, pink liquid in them.
His eyes traveled behind the alien at a weird-looking device at it back, it looked broken, and was attached to a big wire, electricity running through it, at the bottom of the device was two wires, one was green and the other was blue, glowing.
Then his gaze was locked at the alien's face, he couldn't read his expressions, but he could tell somehow that the alien was confused or even scared.
The alien blinked again, opening his mouth, revealing a teeth-like zipper, Dib couldn't see it tongue, the alien mouthed something, but Dib didn't catch it, he blinked back, shifting his glasses, then swallowed, the alien put it hands on the tube glass, still looking at Dib.
Dib felt excitement rush through his body, he swallowed again, then asked, "ca-.. can you- can you understand me...?" He played with his hands,
The alien kept staring, then nodded, Dib held another gasp by slamming his hand at his mouth, the alien looked to the side, then back at him, he shifted his hand a little, and started drawing something on the glass, Dib took a closer look, watching the hand making what appeared to be letters, the first letter was 'D' then 'I'
Dib held his breath, then 'B'
The alien paused for a second then drawn '?' And looked back at Dib, Dib was stunned, the alien knew his name? But how?
"Y- you know.. me...?" Dib asked, playing again with his shaky hands, the alien nodded, looked to the side, then shrugged, Dib couldn't breathe for a moment, he gave his back to the alien and started talking to himself, a bad habit he thought he stopped doing since high school,
he was now lost, everything seemed unreal, his vision became a blur, he felt lightheaded, he kept running back and forth, saying somethings about his sanity, he finally stood in place, his legs didn't hold him more and he fell to the cold floor, unconscious.
Alien freak: and that's the end of this chapter, i really wanted to describe the characters in the same story, but didn't know where to write it, so i'll put it here, hope you don't mind:
Dib: 19-20-year-old. Was a college student but now he has replaced his father as the biggest scientist ever. He's a tall and skinny young adult, but not as tall as his father, in the story he'll still wear the same type of clothes we saw him wearing in 'inter the florpus' but he'll wear a white lab coat in his work times. (You can see him on the cover of this story)
Gaz: 18-19-year-old. Also a college student, she didn't get that much tall, but rather pretty. As Dib, she will wear something similar to her clothes in the movie. She still plays her game slave, and she's a little nicer to Dib.
Zim: 174 in humans years, and almost 17 in irken years. Shorter than Dib by one foot or so. Not a defective or yet to know he is. I won't tell you much so you'll have to read the story *evil laughs* (oh and you can see how he looks like from the cover)
That was all I wanted to say about my little babies :D
This was alien freak, signing off.