(A/N: Uh...I've been really slacking off on my disclaimers. So, I don't own this, much...I mean I'm sure the plot's pretty original but the characters aren't mine. Anycrap...)
Future Shock
"Why should we even think you know what you're saying? You're a kid."
Dib looked up at the unbelieving face of an older kid. "Because I saw Zim for what he was before any of you. If I can trust him in any way, you can too."
He sat across the table from the leaders of the small resistance. Small wonder that they were all under the age of eighteen, most adults panicked and gave in while some of the smarter children ran. "Besides I'm not that much younger than you are."
"I don't believe your story about being taken to the future." Angry eyes from a brown-headed kid with a scar on his face glared at him.
"I wouldn't either but look at me, better yet my eye." Dib tapped the metal ring around his eye. "I've felt the sting of this war too." That wasn't a real lie, sort of a version of the truth.
"You could be working for that alien."
Gaz sat a little to the side of the one who had said that. She watched her brother and could see the outrage before it actually surfaced.
"I would NEVER work for him!" He slammed his fist on the table.
"He's telling the truth." Gaz said.
Dib was surprised. He unconsciously rubbed the new bruise on his face from where she had decked him. She was defending him?
"I say we let him in the camp. We know water will injure him, we'll just keep the hoses on alert."
The three other members of the group exchanged looks. They finally nodded in agreement.
"So be it." The first of them to speak said.
* * *
Zim fidgeted slightly. He held Girs' leash tightly so the little bot wouldn't run off. He followed Dib wondering why on the moons of his world he was even trusting this Human. He could be very well leading him to a trap.
Truth be told he was terrified. He was only steps away from hyperventilating in fear.
Dib suddenly stopped and turned to Zim. "We're here."
There was the sound of water rushing. Zim cringed in response and saw the liquid running out of a hose held by a teenage Human.
His eyes darted around to find he was surrounded. Trapped...Betrayed!
Dib clamped a hand on Zims' shoulder. "Calm down, freaking out will do you no good."
Zim shook his hand away but remained still.
"Hello!" Gir chirped waving at the people.
One of the leaders stepped forward. "Well?"
"This is Zim. He's here to help us against the 'Tallest'." Dib said. He pointed to Gir. "That's his android. A bit odd, but harmless."
Zim got nervous again. The sound of water continued. He wished they'd shut it off. He was vaguely aware of Dib speaking on his behalf. But his eyes were trained on the kid with the hose.
Horrible images of the water falling on him filled his head. He started to make those small, hyperventilating gasps.
Dib stopped talking and looked at Zim. Why was he...oh damn...the hose. "Turn off the hose."
"Not until he's proven he won't harm us." One kid said.
"You've got him paranoid. The water won't help anything." Dib said.
The kid with the hose looked blankly at what he held till Gaz threw a piece of rubble at him. "Turn it off already Gup!"
The kid rubbed the side of his arm and went to turn off the water.
Zim turned slightly to see her. He hadn't been aware that Gaz was still alive. He had attempted to capture her soon after the take over but she had already been gone. He looked away when her angry amber eyes fell on him.
"Will you let him stay then?" Dib asked.
The small resistance group looked from one leader to the next all eyes eventually falling to Gaz. Her purple hair bounced as she nodded. "Let's give him a chance."
"Alright then. He can stay. But one wrong move and he leaves us. Or dies."
Zim nodded but didn't say thank you. He still had his pride, as battered as it was.
Future Shock
"Why should we even think you know what you're saying? You're a kid."
Dib looked up at the unbelieving face of an older kid. "Because I saw Zim for what he was before any of you. If I can trust him in any way, you can too."
He sat across the table from the leaders of the small resistance. Small wonder that they were all under the age of eighteen, most adults panicked and gave in while some of the smarter children ran. "Besides I'm not that much younger than you are."
"I don't believe your story about being taken to the future." Angry eyes from a brown-headed kid with a scar on his face glared at him.
"I wouldn't either but look at me, better yet my eye." Dib tapped the metal ring around his eye. "I've felt the sting of this war too." That wasn't a real lie, sort of a version of the truth.
"You could be working for that alien."
Gaz sat a little to the side of the one who had said that. She watched her brother and could see the outrage before it actually surfaced.
"I would NEVER work for him!" He slammed his fist on the table.
"He's telling the truth." Gaz said.
Dib was surprised. He unconsciously rubbed the new bruise on his face from where she had decked him. She was defending him?
"I say we let him in the camp. We know water will injure him, we'll just keep the hoses on alert."
The three other members of the group exchanged looks. They finally nodded in agreement.
"So be it." The first of them to speak said.
* * *
Zim fidgeted slightly. He held Girs' leash tightly so the little bot wouldn't run off. He followed Dib wondering why on the moons of his world he was even trusting this Human. He could be very well leading him to a trap.
Truth be told he was terrified. He was only steps away from hyperventilating in fear.
Dib suddenly stopped and turned to Zim. "We're here."
There was the sound of water rushing. Zim cringed in response and saw the liquid running out of a hose held by a teenage Human.
His eyes darted around to find he was surrounded. Trapped...Betrayed!
Dib clamped a hand on Zims' shoulder. "Calm down, freaking out will do you no good."
Zim shook his hand away but remained still.
"Hello!" Gir chirped waving at the people.
One of the leaders stepped forward. "Well?"
"This is Zim. He's here to help us against the 'Tallest'." Dib said. He pointed to Gir. "That's his android. A bit odd, but harmless."
Zim got nervous again. The sound of water continued. He wished they'd shut it off. He was vaguely aware of Dib speaking on his behalf. But his eyes were trained on the kid with the hose.
Horrible images of the water falling on him filled his head. He started to make those small, hyperventilating gasps.
Dib stopped talking and looked at Zim. Why was he...oh damn...the hose. "Turn off the hose."
"Not until he's proven he won't harm us." One kid said.
"You've got him paranoid. The water won't help anything." Dib said.
The kid with the hose looked blankly at what he held till Gaz threw a piece of rubble at him. "Turn it off already Gup!"
The kid rubbed the side of his arm and went to turn off the water.
Zim turned slightly to see her. He hadn't been aware that Gaz was still alive. He had attempted to capture her soon after the take over but she had already been gone. He looked away when her angry amber eyes fell on him.
"Will you let him stay then?" Dib asked.
The small resistance group looked from one leader to the next all eyes eventually falling to Gaz. Her purple hair bounced as she nodded. "Let's give him a chance."
"Alright then. He can stay. But one wrong move and he leaves us. Or dies."
Zim nodded but didn't say thank you. He still had his pride, as battered as it was.
