Invader Zelot
Chapter 2: Explanations
Once they were in Zim's house Zelot shut the door. "So you wanna know why I'm here?" "Yeah! This is MY assignment!" Zelot shook her head and sighed. "You don't get it, do you? I was sent here because, smart as I was, I was short." When Zelot said short she said it as if it were something nasty. "I was sent to help you, one of the most pathetic Irkens to ever exist, take over this planet." "What do you mean pathetic!" "You almost destroyed your own planet." "Don't you mean our planet? You're Irken too." "I hate that place. I almost wish that you had destroyed it." "Well then why do you continue to bug me about how stupid I was to almost destroy it?" "Because you couldn't even tell what planet you were on when you had lived there all of your life." Zim actually couldn't think of a comeback.
Then Gir and Nira came shrieking through the room, chasing each other. They would constantly switch which direction they were running in, which made Zelot dizzy. Eventually Nira ran close enough for Zelot to grab her. She also grabbed Gir. "What were you two doing?" They both answered at the same time. "HE TOOK KANTEKU!" "SHE TOOK PIGGY!" Zelot then noticed that Nira was holding a pig doll and Gir was holding the kanteku doll. "Give it back Nira." "Only if he gives me kanteku!" Zelot sighed. "Ok. I've got an idea. On the count of three you give each other your dolls back,ok?" "OK!" They both screeched. "Good. One, two, three!" The androids tossed each other their dolls. They both immediatly sat down, squeezing the dolls as hard as they could. Zim stood there, jaw dropped in shock. "H-how did you do that?" "What? Get them to calm down?" "Exactly. I've almost never been able to get Gir to calm down. And even then it doesn't last long." "I know, it can get tiring. Actually all you really have to do is give him what he wants, as long as it isn't too major, like a lifetime supply of pudding." "Ookay. Anyway, why are you here?" "I already answered that!" "No you didn't! Gir and that Nira of yours interrupted us. You were about to." "Well fine then, I'll just tell you again then. I was sent here to help you because I was smart but short. Very short. About three inches shorter than you. Now can we please stop talking about it? I have skool tomarrow and would like to get to sleep." "Sleep? You know you don't need alot of sleep. Besides, It's still light out." "So? Maybe I just want to make sure that I'll have enough energy for tomarrow. I still don't know the excact effects this atmosphere will have on me." "It won't do much, just watch out for rain." "Rain?" "I'll tell you later." "Fine. Nira! Come on, we're going!" "But I wanna stay and play with Gir!" "Zim?" "I guess she can stay. She doesn't destroy stuff alot, does she?" "No, not really." "Ok, good. She can stay." "YAY!!!" "Well I guess I'll see you at school tomarrow Zim." Then Zelot walked across the street to her house. She entered and used the transport to get to her lab. Her transport was a spare refridgerator that was in the kitchen. When she got down to her lab she started working on those arachna-legs she had promised Gaz. She worked until she felt like she needed sleep. She looked at the clock. 1:00 am earth time. "I guess that's pretty late here." She then went up to the third level of her house, which had her main ship and a bed. She fell asleep almost as soon as her head hit the pillow.
In the morning she put her disguise back on and started walking towards the school. Zim was walking too but they kept their distance. Then Gaz and Dib joined up. Gaz walked over to Zelot. "So are the spider leg things almost done?" "They are finished. I even tested them. Just stop by my house after skool and I can give them to you." "Thanks." "No problem." Dib just glared at Zim. Then he noticed his sister talking to Zelot. "Gaz! Get away from her! She's dangerous!" "Only to you, human boy." Dib looked confused. "Was that supposed to be an insult?" "Not really, but this is." Zelot then said something in Irken. Zim started laughing so hard that he fell on the ground. Dib had no idea what she said so he just stood there. Gaz wanted to know what was so funny. She whispered to Zelot "What did you say that's so funny?" "Well, roughly translated it means *whisper whisper*".(AN: For the not so bright people out there, no she did not call Dib whisper whisper.) Gaz immediately started laughing. Zim was still on the ground, trying to catch his breath from laughing so hard, and Dib was just looking angry. "Will someone please tell me what's so funny!" Zelot looked at him. "No." Then Zelot walked over to Zim and helped him stand up. Then Zelot, Zim, and Gaz started walking to school again. Dib stood there awhile before realizing that he was going to be late, and then ran.
"Class, we have a new student today. Why she would want to join this miserable class is a mystery. Now introduce yourself girl." "My name is Zelot. That is all you need to know and probably all you will ever know about me." "Now take your seat." Zelot looked around the classroom. There was one empty desk. It was right behind Dib. Zelot sighed as she slid into her seat and mumbled to herself "Well this is nice, At least I won't have to bother turning my head if he tries telling everyone me and Zim are aliens. I have a nice front row seat." Dib heard this, but kept quiet. He didn't like having her sitting right where he couldn't keep an eye on her. She could probably take that needle thing and stick it in the back of his neck, killing him. Like she already almost had. "Of course", Dib thought, "It's not like anyone would really miss me. Gaz might be sad for awhile, and dad might feel a twinge of sadness, but that was it. And she probably would kill me too. Once I'm gone taking over the planet would be easy." While Dib was thinking Zelot could tell he was nervous. "Don't worry boy, I won't kill you, if that's what you're thinking. Actually, I'm not really into world domination. Heh, like you'd believe that even if it's true. Oh well, No one ever paid attention to me. I was too short. The smartest that place had seen in decades, but no one listened to me because I was short. No one bothered to be my friend. It was considered below them to even talk to me. Seems to be the case here as well. No friends, no attention, none of the credit I deserve, just because I'm different." By now Zelot was talking to herself, going over how miserable her life was. Dib had been listening the whole time, amazed at how much her story sounded like his. Except that Zelot kept talking about her height. Dib couldn't figure out why height seemed to be so important to her. "I'll find out at lunch." Dib thought. Zelot had eventually stopped mumbling and just sat there for the rest of class.
The lunch bell finally rang. All of the kids ran out of the classroom as fast as they could. Zelot was able to catch up to Zim as they got in the lunch line. "Is skool always this boring?" "Yeah, pretty much." "How do you stand it?" "I think of plans on how to take over this pitiful planet." "You talk of that so casually, as if it weren't really your main goal, just a side project." Zim stood there, unsure of how to answer that. "Huh, so I was right?" "No!" "Okay Zim, whatever you say." Zim looked a little annoyed and Zelot looked happy about discovering that he didn't really want to take over this planet. "It may have some bad things, but overall this is too nice of a planet to be conquered." Zelot thought as she paid for her lunch. As she and Zim sat down at Zim's usual table Zelot said "This is a nice planet." Zim, without thinking, replied "Yeah." "Y'know, It may just be me but I thought that one of the first things you learn in classes is do not become attatched to the planet you are invading." "Huh? Wait, I didn't mean to say that! I wasn't paying attention." "The things that you say when you're not paying attention are usual the truth." Zim decided to shut up, in case he said something else wrong.Then Dib walked over and sat down at their table. "What do you want boy?" "First of all, I have a name. It's Dib. And I heard you talking to yourself during class." "So?" "I just wanted to know why you kept talking about your height." "I'll tell you only if you promise not to tell anyone else. If you do I will have you pinned against a wall with a hand laser pointed at your head before you can blink." "I promise." "Good. On the planet that I come from you are judged by your height. The tallest of my race are the leaders while the shortest rarely get to do anything important. I just happen to be one of the shortest of my kind in a century. Therefore, despite the fact that I was absically a genius, I got stuck out here helping the guy that almost destroyed our planet." "Zim almost destroyed his planet." "Yes, I did. Now will you please stop talking about it? Foodcourtia is not a very pleasant place to by banished to." "You got banished?" "Dib boy, leave him alone. I visited there once. I couldn't even imagine how horrible it must have been to be banished there. That's the only reason I didn't try running away."
Well, How was that? I know I know, just cutting off like this has got to be annoying.*dodges flying objects* Alright, I promise I won't do it again. Maybe. Well, as always, REVIEW! >^.^
