[ Mmm . I found a nice song to include in upcoming chapters of the fic.
This chapter will be long, cuz I have been having really bad problems with
the length of my chapters. They suck! The song is "Here With Me" by
Michelle Branch. I don't usually listen to her, but I have some of her
songs, and from the other CD (Broken Bracelet) there's a 'Here With Me'
that is not on her other CD. I dunno, that's my explanation for everything
involving the fic. Oh . and if you know what a 'FANFICTION' is, you'll
realize that I don't own these characters. Besides Nao, of course. Oh. Fun-
fact - Nao's full name is "Naomi Imôchi". I dun think I ever mentioned
that. And, to my last review, it was Dib's view of his father's pursuit,
Membrane just needed the alien back. He was simply going to punish him.
Simply? ]
Dib quirked an eyebrow. "Why was my father mixing blood, then?"
"I am not absolutely sure, but I do believe that he was trying to create a replica of me, without cloning. Your race is quite a failure at cloning your own species, I have heard." Nao answered quickly.
Dib's mouth opened to lash out at that, but realized it was true. Another dilemma popped into his head. What was Zim chasing when Nao had crash- landed on this planet? He shuddered. Maybe . . . it was him whom Zim was chasing? He shook his head, trying to believe himself that he had not been almost run down by an alien ship. "Look," Dib sighed "I don't know what to do with you anymore, now do I? I suppose you are the superior race, but my father is a scientist and he is willing to do anything to get you back in that lab. I doubt you're here to conquer Earth, so I am going to work with you." Dib looked at the ground. He knew he couldn't go home.
"Thank you," Nao replied. "But you do not really have to. I need to find my ship, and when I repair everything, I will finally get things ready and be off." She looked at Dib skeptically. "What will happen to you once I leave?" She, also, looked at the ground. "I do hope that my presence has not altered your living arrangements." Dib automatically knew what she meant. He doubted he would ever be able to get back home, but he took in a deep breath, drawing in all the courage he could possibly have. He tried on a brave voice. "No, no, I am going to help you whatever ways I can . . . only . . . if you help //me//, that is. That alien menace is still trying to take over the planet, and I need to stop him." His voice squeaked. "Will you try and help me?"
Nao began walking at a quick pace, in which Dib had to trot to keep up with her. He didn't mind. "Well, of course. My race . . ." her voice trailed off. Should she tell the human about her race? Her secrets? She barely even knew him, and yet she was on the same side. Oh, what the Hell. She grinned "My race . . . the Dirsevs. We are a race that has been trying to fend off the conquering races of the galaxy." She rambled. "The Irkens . . . the Planet Jackers . . . and every so often, the Fay. That miniscule Invader has a plan to take over the world, mind you." Dib nodded. "Oh, I know this," Nao quickly hushed him. "Anyhow, I am supposed to deal with him. He is quite an incompetent being, and I was the only one dispatched for the initial operation." Nao looked towards the ground, knowing in her heart that she was just as looked down upon in her race as the alien was to his race." Dib blinked in confusion. There were that many races trying to conquer planets?! Nao continued despite the fact that Dib looked wide-eyed. "We aren't too technologically advanced, but we are an intelligent race, nonetheless. Plus, we are an army of few, so we will never be able to stop those diabolical races ourselves."
Dib smiled. "Though, you're going to do it. I know you can."
Nao smiled back then pointed to a very large field before them. "I do believe I crashed around here," She held her index finger in the air, pointing it down, and making circle motions "But I have no idea." She sighed. "This is getting frustrating!" Dib nodded feverishly, agreeing with her words.
A beam of light hit the field, dancing along the individual blades of grass. Dib gasped, staggering back quietly to avoid being exposed. He looked towards Nao, fear plastered to his face. She simply dodged the light once more. It seemed to be scanning the entire field. She drew in a ragged breath. "I do believe your father has his minions on my ship." Nao furrowed her brow and growled lowly, trying desperately not to charge the slaves who worked for an unruly system. Dib simply nodded. "What do we do now? Wait?" Nao sighed, and looked up to Dib. "I must get to that ship. It would alter the human timeline if they got technology equipped with my ship."
An invisible light bulb flashed over her head. "Dib," she pointed off into the forest about one hundred yards in the distance. "Get into the forest. Now." Confusion washed over Dib, but he dared not question the angry alien. He slowly nodded and without a word, raced into the darkness in front of him. As he looked around, darkness enveloping his body, he crouched behind a bare-looking bush. He quietly wondered why she had ordered him to leave her. Could she be abandoning him? He shook his head, silently screaming at his own paranoia.
Hundreds of feet away, Nao pulled a device out of her pocket. It was shaped like the tusk of an elephant, only metallic, and was cluttered with odd- looking buttons. She pressed a certain button, which was a color no human eye could render. Smiling luridly, she took a few steps back and watched her cruiser ignite in flames, engulfing and swallowing every organism within a fifty-foot radius into atomic particles along with the itself. Nao, whom was quite close to the crash, simply shielded her eyes and face with her raised arm. Dib was blasted by heat, and fell over due to the explosion's sound - which was sure to break the barrier. He thought to himself, knowing in his head, that everybody within a hundred miles must have heard that, and search parties may be sent out to investigate the horrid sound.
Or would they?
Nao smiled luridly again to herself, knowing that the humans shouldn't toy with species more intelligent than themselves. The humans were another diabolical race, but due to their primitive ways and intra-species conflicts, they were destined to stay to their primitive nature. If they don't destroy their very own planet in the mean time. She sighed, realizing that the humans could be so much better if they did not wake up from their little dream states. Too many times, planets, similar to Earth would destroy itself, slowly rotting in their own delusional happiness, oblivious to the fact that they /weren't/ immortal, and would soon die out, just like the species thousands of millions of years before their time. Shrugging, she waved an arm in Dib's direction, motioning to come back towards her.
Dib dusted himself off, and trotted towards Nao. "What happened?!" he cried, waving his arms in lunacy. Nao hushed him, and pressed each of his arms down to his side with her hands, her narrow fingers wrapping around his wrist, and her sharp nails digging into his skin. He yelped, and immediately shut up. Whispering, she explained to him what she had done. Dib only nodded, and figured out a fact that was slowly eating away at Nao's insides.
"You're stranded, now . . ."
[ Gawd. I love 'dem cliffhangers, don't I? I hope this satisfied some people. Thank you, and good night, my little minions of eternal darkness. ]
Dib quirked an eyebrow. "Why was my father mixing blood, then?"
"I am not absolutely sure, but I do believe that he was trying to create a replica of me, without cloning. Your race is quite a failure at cloning your own species, I have heard." Nao answered quickly.
Dib's mouth opened to lash out at that, but realized it was true. Another dilemma popped into his head. What was Zim chasing when Nao had crash- landed on this planet? He shuddered. Maybe . . . it was him whom Zim was chasing? He shook his head, trying to believe himself that he had not been almost run down by an alien ship. "Look," Dib sighed "I don't know what to do with you anymore, now do I? I suppose you are the superior race, but my father is a scientist and he is willing to do anything to get you back in that lab. I doubt you're here to conquer Earth, so I am going to work with you." Dib looked at the ground. He knew he couldn't go home.
"Thank you," Nao replied. "But you do not really have to. I need to find my ship, and when I repair everything, I will finally get things ready and be off." She looked at Dib skeptically. "What will happen to you once I leave?" She, also, looked at the ground. "I do hope that my presence has not altered your living arrangements." Dib automatically knew what she meant. He doubted he would ever be able to get back home, but he took in a deep breath, drawing in all the courage he could possibly have. He tried on a brave voice. "No, no, I am going to help you whatever ways I can . . . only . . . if you help //me//, that is. That alien menace is still trying to take over the planet, and I need to stop him." His voice squeaked. "Will you try and help me?"
Nao began walking at a quick pace, in which Dib had to trot to keep up with her. He didn't mind. "Well, of course. My race . . ." her voice trailed off. Should she tell the human about her race? Her secrets? She barely even knew him, and yet she was on the same side. Oh, what the Hell. She grinned "My race . . . the Dirsevs. We are a race that has been trying to fend off the conquering races of the galaxy." She rambled. "The Irkens . . . the Planet Jackers . . . and every so often, the Fay. That miniscule Invader has a plan to take over the world, mind you." Dib nodded. "Oh, I know this," Nao quickly hushed him. "Anyhow, I am supposed to deal with him. He is quite an incompetent being, and I was the only one dispatched for the initial operation." Nao looked towards the ground, knowing in her heart that she was just as looked down upon in her race as the alien was to his race." Dib blinked in confusion. There were that many races trying to conquer planets?! Nao continued despite the fact that Dib looked wide-eyed. "We aren't too technologically advanced, but we are an intelligent race, nonetheless. Plus, we are an army of few, so we will never be able to stop those diabolical races ourselves."
Dib smiled. "Though, you're going to do it. I know you can."
Nao smiled back then pointed to a very large field before them. "I do believe I crashed around here," She held her index finger in the air, pointing it down, and making circle motions "But I have no idea." She sighed. "This is getting frustrating!" Dib nodded feverishly, agreeing with her words.
A beam of light hit the field, dancing along the individual blades of grass. Dib gasped, staggering back quietly to avoid being exposed. He looked towards Nao, fear plastered to his face. She simply dodged the light once more. It seemed to be scanning the entire field. She drew in a ragged breath. "I do believe your father has his minions on my ship." Nao furrowed her brow and growled lowly, trying desperately not to charge the slaves who worked for an unruly system. Dib simply nodded. "What do we do now? Wait?" Nao sighed, and looked up to Dib. "I must get to that ship. It would alter the human timeline if they got technology equipped with my ship."
An invisible light bulb flashed over her head. "Dib," she pointed off into the forest about one hundred yards in the distance. "Get into the forest. Now." Confusion washed over Dib, but he dared not question the angry alien. He slowly nodded and without a word, raced into the darkness in front of him. As he looked around, darkness enveloping his body, he crouched behind a bare-looking bush. He quietly wondered why she had ordered him to leave her. Could she be abandoning him? He shook his head, silently screaming at his own paranoia.
Hundreds of feet away, Nao pulled a device out of her pocket. It was shaped like the tusk of an elephant, only metallic, and was cluttered with odd- looking buttons. She pressed a certain button, which was a color no human eye could render. Smiling luridly, she took a few steps back and watched her cruiser ignite in flames, engulfing and swallowing every organism within a fifty-foot radius into atomic particles along with the itself. Nao, whom was quite close to the crash, simply shielded her eyes and face with her raised arm. Dib was blasted by heat, and fell over due to the explosion's sound - which was sure to break the barrier. He thought to himself, knowing in his head, that everybody within a hundred miles must have heard that, and search parties may be sent out to investigate the horrid sound.
Or would they?
Nao smiled luridly again to herself, knowing that the humans shouldn't toy with species more intelligent than themselves. The humans were another diabolical race, but due to their primitive ways and intra-species conflicts, they were destined to stay to their primitive nature. If they don't destroy their very own planet in the mean time. She sighed, realizing that the humans could be so much better if they did not wake up from their little dream states. Too many times, planets, similar to Earth would destroy itself, slowly rotting in their own delusional happiness, oblivious to the fact that they /weren't/ immortal, and would soon die out, just like the species thousands of millions of years before their time. Shrugging, she waved an arm in Dib's direction, motioning to come back towards her.
Dib dusted himself off, and trotted towards Nao. "What happened?!" he cried, waving his arms in lunacy. Nao hushed him, and pressed each of his arms down to his side with her hands, her narrow fingers wrapping around his wrist, and her sharp nails digging into his skin. He yelped, and immediately shut up. Whispering, she explained to him what she had done. Dib only nodded, and figured out a fact that was slowly eating away at Nao's insides.
"You're stranded, now . . ."
[ Gawd. I love 'dem cliffhangers, don't I? I hope this satisfied some people. Thank you, and good night, my little minions of eternal darkness. ]
