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A pair of rather short Irken guards led Dib into another interrogation room. They had no problem with the one-time leader of the rebellion. They were almost nervous about it.
They took Dib to the middle of the larger than average room and connected his chains to the floor. Dib immediately sat on the floor with a small depressed sound.
The two guards backed from him and started to leave. One of the two kept looking back as if he was worried about the Human.
Dib shifted and looked up at the sound of footsteps. They were soft even clicks on the hard floor. Gaz stopped in front of him and knelt down.
"Dib." She said softly. "Talk to me, talk to me please." She touched his face. "You never speak anymore. It's been a week. You know I love you."
She got no response.
Zim had ordered her to break him, and she had. They didn't know how damaged his mind already had been. He was zombie now. He barely even ate much less talked.
"I know you didn't mean to leave me." She moved some hair out of his face. "Zim doesn't know I'm here. He told me to say all those things. Please Dib."
Something behind his eyes stirred.
"Dib? Can you hear me?"
He lifted his head slowly and let his eyes try to focus on her face. His arms reached up and his fingers brushed her face. Then he smiled.
But it looked odd to her. Almost insane.
"I'll make it better." He said, his voice a hoarse whisper. "I promise." Then his smile faded and the light in his eyes died away. His arms went back down slowly like his battery had just been taken out.
She got up and motioned for the guards to come take him away. They complied reattaching the chains to their captive.
She went one way down the hall and Dib was led the other. He glanced over his shoulder in her direction then looked forward. Suddenly he started to hum to himself.
His guards exchanged nervous looks mere moments before he used the chains to bash the two together. He searched them and got the keys to free himself.
He pulled both guards weapons from their holsters and glanced around to see if anyone saw.
Footsteps sounded from around a corner.
He darted off into a stairwell leaving the guards to be discovered.
* * *
"What do you mean you can't find him?" Zim demanded. He was standing in his chair glaring hard at the soldier before him.
"We found his guards unconscious and their weapons gone. He was not in the vicinity." The soldier stammered.
Zim became inarticulate for a moment. "Gaz!" He yelled.
She appeared beside him like a shadow. "Yes?"
"It seems your brother has escaped capture. I would like you to lead a search party to find him." Zim jumped off his chair and started to pace.
"Of course sir." She said.
The soldier eyed her a bit. The fact that she had been a part of the Irken/Human breeding program was widely known on the compound. Her son Gee was hardly ever seen.
Some thought the half-breeds in the program were too sickly to be considered a part of the Irken race.
"You will be allowed to tell your son that you will be away until Dib is found." Zim walked to her and seemed as though he was about to reach out for her hand but he stopped.
The soldier was still there watching all of this. There were rumors that the relation of Gaz to Zims' arch-rival wasn't the only reason he had taken her out of the program.
Zim spun around. "You are dismissed soldier."
The soldier got up and left the room.
He couldn't wait to get back to the barracks and tell the others about this.
A taller and stronger dark form grabbed him. The feeling of a laser weapon to his head stopped him cold.
"Is he in there?" A coarse voice asked.
"W-who?" The Irken soldier asked.
Dib shook him hard. "Is Zim in there?"
"Yes!" He was shaken again.
"Quiet." Dib hissed.
A sharp pain in his head and the soldier was out like a light.
Dib went to the door and slipped in.
Zim turned to the sound of a laser being turned to its highest setting. "So, you came here."
Dib didn't say anything. His eyes flicked to Gaz then went back to Zim. He lifted the first laser and fired.
Zim was spun around by the impact and landed awkwardly on the floor.
"Dib what are you doing?" Gaz asked.
Dib stalked to Zim and aimed his weapon at his head. "Don't worry Gaz."
"No stop!" She grabbed her brothers' arm. "Don't Dib."
He turned to her silently. "It's his isn't it?"
A guilty look crossed her face. "The first one couldn't, do it. Then Zim discovered me there. He arranged for himself to be paired with me." She looked away. "Once a pregnancy was confirmed he had me removed from the program."
Zim mumbled something then sat up holding his left shoulder.
"You!" Dib grabbed him by his uniform and pulled him up eliciting a painful scream from him. "You did that? You did that to her?"
"Aug! Put me down!" Zim glared but his eyes started to glaze over from pain.
Dib dropped him carelessly. "Why?" He nearly screamed.
The door burst open and five Irken soldiers came in. One fired automatically hitting Dib right off.
"No! Hold your fire! Hold your fire!" Gaz cried.
The one who had fired was hit over the head by one of his fellows.
"Call for a medic! For Human and Irken." She noticed that the soldiers were gawking at the scene before them. "Now!" They scrambled away.
She knelt down between Dib and Zim. She knew Zim wouldn't be responsive. Irkens tended to go in a coma-like state under extreme pain. Dib shaking him couldn't have helped matters either.
"Dib, say something." She touched his face and leaned in to listen for breathing. It was shallow, but he was alive. "Come on. Speak to me."
His eyes opened and he lifted his head slightly. "I'll be right back." His head thumped on the ground with a hollow sound.
"Dib? Come on, wake up. Dib?"
Nothing.
"Dib!"
A pair of rather short Irken guards led Dib into another interrogation room. They had no problem with the one-time leader of the rebellion. They were almost nervous about it.
They took Dib to the middle of the larger than average room and connected his chains to the floor. Dib immediately sat on the floor with a small depressed sound.
The two guards backed from him and started to leave. One of the two kept looking back as if he was worried about the Human.
Dib shifted and looked up at the sound of footsteps. They were soft even clicks on the hard floor. Gaz stopped in front of him and knelt down.
"Dib." She said softly. "Talk to me, talk to me please." She touched his face. "You never speak anymore. It's been a week. You know I love you."
She got no response.
Zim had ordered her to break him, and she had. They didn't know how damaged his mind already had been. He was zombie now. He barely even ate much less talked.
"I know you didn't mean to leave me." She moved some hair out of his face. "Zim doesn't know I'm here. He told me to say all those things. Please Dib."
Something behind his eyes stirred.
"Dib? Can you hear me?"
He lifted his head slowly and let his eyes try to focus on her face. His arms reached up and his fingers brushed her face. Then he smiled.
But it looked odd to her. Almost insane.
"I'll make it better." He said, his voice a hoarse whisper. "I promise." Then his smile faded and the light in his eyes died away. His arms went back down slowly like his battery had just been taken out.
She got up and motioned for the guards to come take him away. They complied reattaching the chains to their captive.
She went one way down the hall and Dib was led the other. He glanced over his shoulder in her direction then looked forward. Suddenly he started to hum to himself.
His guards exchanged nervous looks mere moments before he used the chains to bash the two together. He searched them and got the keys to free himself.
He pulled both guards weapons from their holsters and glanced around to see if anyone saw.
Footsteps sounded from around a corner.
He darted off into a stairwell leaving the guards to be discovered.
* * *
"What do you mean you can't find him?" Zim demanded. He was standing in his chair glaring hard at the soldier before him.
"We found his guards unconscious and their weapons gone. He was not in the vicinity." The soldier stammered.
Zim became inarticulate for a moment. "Gaz!" He yelled.
She appeared beside him like a shadow. "Yes?"
"It seems your brother has escaped capture. I would like you to lead a search party to find him." Zim jumped off his chair and started to pace.
"Of course sir." She said.
The soldier eyed her a bit. The fact that she had been a part of the Irken/Human breeding program was widely known on the compound. Her son Gee was hardly ever seen.
Some thought the half-breeds in the program were too sickly to be considered a part of the Irken race.
"You will be allowed to tell your son that you will be away until Dib is found." Zim walked to her and seemed as though he was about to reach out for her hand but he stopped.
The soldier was still there watching all of this. There were rumors that the relation of Gaz to Zims' arch-rival wasn't the only reason he had taken her out of the program.
Zim spun around. "You are dismissed soldier."
The soldier got up and left the room.
He couldn't wait to get back to the barracks and tell the others about this.
A taller and stronger dark form grabbed him. The feeling of a laser weapon to his head stopped him cold.
"Is he in there?" A coarse voice asked.
"W-who?" The Irken soldier asked.
Dib shook him hard. "Is Zim in there?"
"Yes!" He was shaken again.
"Quiet." Dib hissed.
A sharp pain in his head and the soldier was out like a light.
Dib went to the door and slipped in.
Zim turned to the sound of a laser being turned to its highest setting. "So, you came here."
Dib didn't say anything. His eyes flicked to Gaz then went back to Zim. He lifted the first laser and fired.
Zim was spun around by the impact and landed awkwardly on the floor.
"Dib what are you doing?" Gaz asked.
Dib stalked to Zim and aimed his weapon at his head. "Don't worry Gaz."
"No stop!" She grabbed her brothers' arm. "Don't Dib."
He turned to her silently. "It's his isn't it?"
A guilty look crossed her face. "The first one couldn't, do it. Then Zim discovered me there. He arranged for himself to be paired with me." She looked away. "Once a pregnancy was confirmed he had me removed from the program."
Zim mumbled something then sat up holding his left shoulder.
"You!" Dib grabbed him by his uniform and pulled him up eliciting a painful scream from him. "You did that? You did that to her?"
"Aug! Put me down!" Zim glared but his eyes started to glaze over from pain.
Dib dropped him carelessly. "Why?" He nearly screamed.
The door burst open and five Irken soldiers came in. One fired automatically hitting Dib right off.
"No! Hold your fire! Hold your fire!" Gaz cried.
The one who had fired was hit over the head by one of his fellows.
"Call for a medic! For Human and Irken." She noticed that the soldiers were gawking at the scene before them. "Now!" They scrambled away.
She knelt down between Dib and Zim. She knew Zim wouldn't be responsive. Irkens tended to go in a coma-like state under extreme pain. Dib shaking him couldn't have helped matters either.
"Dib, say something." She touched his face and leaned in to listen for breathing. It was shallow, but he was alive. "Come on. Speak to me."
His eyes opened and he lifted his head slightly. "I'll be right back." His head thumped on the ground with a hollow sound.
"Dib? Come on, wake up. Dib?"
Nothing.
"Dib!"