Chapter Four: Any Last Words?
"Why are you doing this? Who are you?"
"Perhaps I should make this a little more clear. You're real great- great-great granddaughter Sal is back in her own time, and she is being held captive. I am merely disguised as her. She uncovered our plot to kill you, and was about to save you, but we caught her. I acted as her, I mimicked her voice, everything impeccably. I finally have the perfect opportunity to kill you. No one will know. As soon as the shot rings out, I'll go back to my own time, and everything will be better. You see, I am one of the Irkens of that rebel group I told you about. I want to have the rights to special invading academies for free! I'm tall, and I deserve it! So, as soon as I pull this trigger, you will be shot. You will die, and with 'Sal' gone and you not in the way, Zim will conquer this filthy spinning ball of dirt, and it will all be covered in a conspiracy because it's a planet no one knows about, and such a short invader will never gain privileges that are reserved for us tall Irkens."
"Please, don't kill me! Sal! My great-great-great granddaughter! She needs to be born! She can stop this madness!"
"I don't think so. We're handcuffed together, remember? Until I press a button to send me back to my time, which is when you're dead in a pool of blood, we are trapped here together! So, any last words?"
"Yes. When you get back to your time, I want you to die. I want you to die and spend eternity rotting in the fiery underworld!"
"Enough! Now, meet your doom!" She lifted the gun once more, and Dib grabbed hold of it. He shoved it forward just enough to bring it pointing upward. Raina made an attempt to shoot him, but the bullet landed in the ceiling. His window had been open, and she fell outside it, the gun plummeting to the ground below. However, they were still handcuffed together, so she nearly dragged him outside as well. Raina ended up unlocking the cuffs, and fell to the sidewalk. She could not move. The fall had rendered her unconscious.
Prof. Membrane, who had been working in the house that day, came up to see what the shot was. "Dad, I know you won't believe me, but this girl said her name was Sal, but it's really Raina, and she pretended to be my future great-great-great granddaughter to get in here, but she really just wanted to kill me."
"Why wouldn't I believe that?"
"Well, I thought you were more of a skeptic."
"A skeptic? Of what? You believing that your great-great-great granddaughter was in here?"
"She wasn't! She was an alien assassin! And she fell down through the window! There!"
"Son, there aren't any aliens!"
"She's disguised as a human, and if you don't believe that she's really an alien, could you at least look to see who tried to kill me?" He looked, but saw nothing.
"Looks like it was just a nightmare."
"A nightmare?! No, you have to believe me! She's going to try to get in again!"
"Try to get some sleep."
"It wasn't a dream! I even have marks on my wrist from where the handcuffs were!"
"Goodnight son." Dib tried to get his attention one last time, but then gave up. He tried to fall asleep, but considering the events that had just taken place, it was rather difficult to do so.
"Why are you doing this? Who are you?"
"Perhaps I should make this a little more clear. You're real great- great-great granddaughter Sal is back in her own time, and she is being held captive. I am merely disguised as her. She uncovered our plot to kill you, and was about to save you, but we caught her. I acted as her, I mimicked her voice, everything impeccably. I finally have the perfect opportunity to kill you. No one will know. As soon as the shot rings out, I'll go back to my own time, and everything will be better. You see, I am one of the Irkens of that rebel group I told you about. I want to have the rights to special invading academies for free! I'm tall, and I deserve it! So, as soon as I pull this trigger, you will be shot. You will die, and with 'Sal' gone and you not in the way, Zim will conquer this filthy spinning ball of dirt, and it will all be covered in a conspiracy because it's a planet no one knows about, and such a short invader will never gain privileges that are reserved for us tall Irkens."
"Please, don't kill me! Sal! My great-great-great granddaughter! She needs to be born! She can stop this madness!"
"I don't think so. We're handcuffed together, remember? Until I press a button to send me back to my time, which is when you're dead in a pool of blood, we are trapped here together! So, any last words?"
"Yes. When you get back to your time, I want you to die. I want you to die and spend eternity rotting in the fiery underworld!"
"Enough! Now, meet your doom!" She lifted the gun once more, and Dib grabbed hold of it. He shoved it forward just enough to bring it pointing upward. Raina made an attempt to shoot him, but the bullet landed in the ceiling. His window had been open, and she fell outside it, the gun plummeting to the ground below. However, they were still handcuffed together, so she nearly dragged him outside as well. Raina ended up unlocking the cuffs, and fell to the sidewalk. She could not move. The fall had rendered her unconscious.
Prof. Membrane, who had been working in the house that day, came up to see what the shot was. "Dad, I know you won't believe me, but this girl said her name was Sal, but it's really Raina, and she pretended to be my future great-great-great granddaughter to get in here, but she really just wanted to kill me."
"Why wouldn't I believe that?"
"Well, I thought you were more of a skeptic."
"A skeptic? Of what? You believing that your great-great-great granddaughter was in here?"
"She wasn't! She was an alien assassin! And she fell down through the window! There!"
"Son, there aren't any aliens!"
"She's disguised as a human, and if you don't believe that she's really an alien, could you at least look to see who tried to kill me?" He looked, but saw nothing.
"Looks like it was just a nightmare."
"A nightmare?! No, you have to believe me! She's going to try to get in again!"
"Try to get some sleep."
"It wasn't a dream! I even have marks on my wrist from where the handcuffs were!"
"Goodnight son." Dib tried to get his attention one last time, but then gave up. He tried to fall asleep, but considering the events that had just taken place, it was rather difficult to do so.