The Longest Day
-Dib Girl-
Chapter Six: Reunion & Healing
Selene's hands were trembling as the three stumbled down their block. It had taken them longer then they had planned to get home. It didn't matter they were back. Cold, scarred and dirty. it was all over, they were lucky to be alive. Dib's face was full of tears. "I never really thought something like this could happen, in this area." His black hair calmly swayed in a passing late afternoon breeze. Selene, eagerly pressed a hand to her forehead. "I never dreamed of anything like this. And to think, we WERE attacked." Gaz stayed silent. As if she was having an emotional battle with her mind. The three rounded the corner, Gaz kicked a stone away from her shoe..watching it skip against the sidewalk. Then finally, she began to speak, in a droned tone. And then dipped into emotion.
"You remember, when we were sitting waiting for the next train to come, while in Station island? How we used to be able to see the Towers from there? It looks like we lost two teeth.." Dib looked over at Gaz, and nodded quietly. "When I saw it collapse, so many thoughts were raised in my mind." His hands crossed from side-to side. "People were trapped in there." Selene nodded also. "People lost their familes in there. Think of all the kids that don't have parents." Dib looked at the ground, allowing his hands to entwine together in back of his body. The end of his trenchcoat lightly damp in blood. Not his own, however. "We helped bandage that girl..who lost her uncle." He continued, the 14 year old felt himself tense up with rememberance. "......I want word on dad." Gaz said, out of nowhere. Which caused a short silence. "We'll see." Gaz was humming again.
Hail Holy Queen of love. Oh mari-a.
Hail Holy Queen of love. Oh mari-a.
Zim's house seem came into view..Dib stepped in front of the two, as they walked into the front lawn. Selene sighed, rubbing her thumbs against her cheeks. Gaz crossed her arms, as the front door flung open before Dib could knock. "------DIB!!" Came the loud voice of Zim, as he jumped into the surprised boy's arms. "Zim!" The irken boy smiled, looking him over. "My Tallest.. you're alright.." Zak came flying out the door behind Zim and jumped into Selene's arms. "Selene-beenie!" The childish nickname was used again, causing the girl to giggle. "Zak! Hi." Zim turned his gaze to Gaz and extended his arms. "Gaz..." The teenager smiled, and gave the boy a embrace. GIR hopped from the doorway onto Zim's head. "YAAAAY! Everybody's home! We party now and have tacos??" The gang shared a quiet laugh as they vanished inside the house.
Later that night.....
Sitting in front of the TV, as the three shared their story. "Well, what I learned was..don't take life as it goes on forever. Because it doesn't, once you have a brush with death." Gaz said, lowering her head as GIR was in her lap. Her arms wrapped around the small SIR. Dib sat beside Zim, nodding. "That was truly something I won't forget. I won't get that image of the Tower collapsing..or the explosion out of my head." Selene sighed, leaning against her brother. "We'll get through this. We're stronger then that." Dib perked up a bit. "United we stand." Gaz looked across the room, towards the ones she cared for the most. "Yea." The scare had turned her around, good. Selene's cellphone rung, the girl had forgotten she had it in in her pocket. She picked it up. "Hello?"
"Selene?" Came a voice....
"Uncle Membrane?!" She cried in surprise.
"Yes it's me. I'm fine. I managed to have a mission before work. So I wasn't in the tower."
"Oh that's wonderful." She smiled, as Dib reached eagerly for the phone.
"Are Dib and Gaz there, Sel?"
"Yes they are."
"Put them both on, please."
There was a pause as Selene handed the phone to Dib, Gaz leaned over to her brother so she could hear their father.
"Dad? Are you alright?" Dib asked first.
"Yes, son i'm fine. Listen up..Gaz, you listening?"
"Yes I am, dad." Gaz replied.
"I realized today, That I might have lost you. When this was happening, I thought of you two. I only wished that I had payed more attention. So that's what i'm going to try and do."
They had never heard that come from their father before. Dib was the first one to speak. "Thanks dad. You coming home soon?"
"Yes I am. I'll be home, in a half-hour son."
"Okay dad...see you then." After Gaz had said her goodbye after her brother. The two had smiles across their smiles. Through all they had seen, was hope. There truely was. For their family, and the bond between them.
"So we movin' on?" Selene asked, taking back her cellphone with a chuckle. Dib nodded. "We move on. Moving on would be the best thing for I think all of us. Isn't it?"
"I agree."....
-THE END-
~Dedicated to Mom, Uncle(x2), and mom's co-workers~
~Firemen, Policemen, Survivors, Decreased, & Missing~
~R.I.P Twin Towers, September 11th, 2001.~
Let's rebuild 'em...
-Dib Girl-
Chapter Six: Reunion & Healing
Selene's hands were trembling as the three stumbled down their block. It had taken them longer then they had planned to get home. It didn't matter they were back. Cold, scarred and dirty. it was all over, they were lucky to be alive. Dib's face was full of tears. "I never really thought something like this could happen, in this area." His black hair calmly swayed in a passing late afternoon breeze. Selene, eagerly pressed a hand to her forehead. "I never dreamed of anything like this. And to think, we WERE attacked." Gaz stayed silent. As if she was having an emotional battle with her mind. The three rounded the corner, Gaz kicked a stone away from her shoe..watching it skip against the sidewalk. Then finally, she began to speak, in a droned tone. And then dipped into emotion.
"You remember, when we were sitting waiting for the next train to come, while in Station island? How we used to be able to see the Towers from there? It looks like we lost two teeth.." Dib looked over at Gaz, and nodded quietly. "When I saw it collapse, so many thoughts were raised in my mind." His hands crossed from side-to side. "People were trapped in there." Selene nodded also. "People lost their familes in there. Think of all the kids that don't have parents." Dib looked at the ground, allowing his hands to entwine together in back of his body. The end of his trenchcoat lightly damp in blood. Not his own, however. "We helped bandage that girl..who lost her uncle." He continued, the 14 year old felt himself tense up with rememberance. "......I want word on dad." Gaz said, out of nowhere. Which caused a short silence. "We'll see." Gaz was humming again.
Hail Holy Queen of love. Oh mari-a.
Hail Holy Queen of love. Oh mari-a.
Zim's house seem came into view..Dib stepped in front of the two, as they walked into the front lawn. Selene sighed, rubbing her thumbs against her cheeks. Gaz crossed her arms, as the front door flung open before Dib could knock. "------DIB!!" Came the loud voice of Zim, as he jumped into the surprised boy's arms. "Zim!" The irken boy smiled, looking him over. "My Tallest.. you're alright.." Zak came flying out the door behind Zim and jumped into Selene's arms. "Selene-beenie!" The childish nickname was used again, causing the girl to giggle. "Zak! Hi." Zim turned his gaze to Gaz and extended his arms. "Gaz..." The teenager smiled, and gave the boy a embrace. GIR hopped from the doorway onto Zim's head. "YAAAAY! Everybody's home! We party now and have tacos??" The gang shared a quiet laugh as they vanished inside the house.
Later that night.....
Sitting in front of the TV, as the three shared their story. "Well, what I learned was..don't take life as it goes on forever. Because it doesn't, once you have a brush with death." Gaz said, lowering her head as GIR was in her lap. Her arms wrapped around the small SIR. Dib sat beside Zim, nodding. "That was truly something I won't forget. I won't get that image of the Tower collapsing..or the explosion out of my head." Selene sighed, leaning against her brother. "We'll get through this. We're stronger then that." Dib perked up a bit. "United we stand." Gaz looked across the room, towards the ones she cared for the most. "Yea." The scare had turned her around, good. Selene's cellphone rung, the girl had forgotten she had it in in her pocket. She picked it up. "Hello?"
"Selene?" Came a voice....
"Uncle Membrane?!" She cried in surprise.
"Yes it's me. I'm fine. I managed to have a mission before work. So I wasn't in the tower."
"Oh that's wonderful." She smiled, as Dib reached eagerly for the phone.
"Are Dib and Gaz there, Sel?"
"Yes they are."
"Put them both on, please."
There was a pause as Selene handed the phone to Dib, Gaz leaned over to her brother so she could hear their father.
"Dad? Are you alright?" Dib asked first.
"Yes, son i'm fine. Listen up..Gaz, you listening?"
"Yes I am, dad." Gaz replied.
"I realized today, That I might have lost you. When this was happening, I thought of you two. I only wished that I had payed more attention. So that's what i'm going to try and do."
They had never heard that come from their father before. Dib was the first one to speak. "Thanks dad. You coming home soon?"
"Yes I am. I'll be home, in a half-hour son."
"Okay dad...see you then." After Gaz had said her goodbye after her brother. The two had smiles across their smiles. Through all they had seen, was hope. There truely was. For their family, and the bond between them.
"So we movin' on?" Selene asked, taking back her cellphone with a chuckle. Dib nodded. "We move on. Moving on would be the best thing for I think all of us. Isn't it?"
"I agree."....
-THE END-
~Dedicated to Mom, Uncle(x2), and mom's co-workers~
~Firemen, Policemen, Survivors, Decreased, & Missing~
~R.I.P Twin Towers, September 11th, 2001.~
Let's rebuild 'em...