Chapter Six: In the Event of an Accident
Dib awoke around seven o'clock to get ready for skool that Thursday morning. He was high in spirit, for he knew he was going to see Sal that day. The skool day he could spend looking at her and passing notes to her to pass the time, rather than just glaring at Zim. During the middle of his breakfast, consisting entirely of a piece of toast and a glass of orange juice, the ring of the telephone interrupted him.
"Hello?"
"Dib! There's been a terrible accident!" It was Zim.
"What kind of accident?! Is Sal okay?!"
"I'm not sure."
"Is she okay or isn't she?!"
"All right, she's not okay!"
"What happened?! What did you do to her?!"
"I didn't do anything! She slipped on a puddle of water that GIR made and now she's unconscious!"
"You're going to PAY for this one!"
"Just get over here!" Dib hung the phone up, and ran outside. Prof. Membrane walked in at that moment.
"Hmm...must be anxious to get to skool." He arrived at Zim's base only moments after, and ran straight into the kitchen.
"What happened, Zim?! Where's Sal?!" Zim looked up from the floor, and with tears at his eyes, he whispered,
"She died."
"Sal...?" his voice reached an unusually high register, and with tears quickly gathering, he screamed out, "Sal, no!" For a while, he stood there.
"Get out of my base, Dib. Now! And consider your Earth conquered!"
"I'm not leaving. I want to see her! Just let me glimpse her!"
"All right. She's down below." Zim led him to the lower levels of his base, and showed him where she lay. He dropped down to where she was, and held her.
"Speak to me, Sal, speak to me." He put his hand to her heart, and felt it beating. "She's alive. Zim, you have to save her! She's alive!"
"Stop trying to fool me! I know what you are! I'm going to kill you!"
"No you won't! Not if I kill you first, imposter!"
"Imposter? I thought you were the imposter."
"Oh. Well I'm not. So save Sal!"
"Yes! Of course!" Zim hooked her up to life support machines, and after a few hours, they saw her eyes open.
"W-what happened?"
"You almost died!" they screamed out at once.
"Thank goodness I didn't. I have to forewarn you two of an upcoming danger. Your lives are at stake."
"When haven't they been?" Dib inquired.
"I need to leave. Right away."
"No! I can't lose you again! You were just...dead...and then..."
"I must leave. Thank you both, so much, but you have destinies to fulfill. You must live your lives out, and not dwell on the future that will not be if you do not continue without disruption. But I can say goodbye." She kissed Zim, and Dib glared at his enemy in a bitter rage. Sal then hugged Dib, and he hugged back.
"Remember - be careful. I don't want you getting into more danger. I love you, and don't forget it."
"You're not alone in this universe, or even this world. You'll find someone. Just like Zim did. I love you, and don't forget that." Sal revealed a time stick from her jacket, pulled her backpack on, and disappeared back into the year 2207.
Dib awoke around seven o'clock to get ready for skool that Thursday morning. He was high in spirit, for he knew he was going to see Sal that day. The skool day he could spend looking at her and passing notes to her to pass the time, rather than just glaring at Zim. During the middle of his breakfast, consisting entirely of a piece of toast and a glass of orange juice, the ring of the telephone interrupted him.
"Hello?"
"Dib! There's been a terrible accident!" It was Zim.
"What kind of accident?! Is Sal okay?!"
"I'm not sure."
"Is she okay or isn't she?!"
"All right, she's not okay!"
"What happened?! What did you do to her?!"
"I didn't do anything! She slipped on a puddle of water that GIR made and now she's unconscious!"
"You're going to PAY for this one!"
"Just get over here!" Dib hung the phone up, and ran outside. Prof. Membrane walked in at that moment.
"Hmm...must be anxious to get to skool." He arrived at Zim's base only moments after, and ran straight into the kitchen.
"What happened, Zim?! Where's Sal?!" Zim looked up from the floor, and with tears at his eyes, he whispered,
"She died."
"Sal...?" his voice reached an unusually high register, and with tears quickly gathering, he screamed out, "Sal, no!" For a while, he stood there.
"Get out of my base, Dib. Now! And consider your Earth conquered!"
"I'm not leaving. I want to see her! Just let me glimpse her!"
"All right. She's down below." Zim led him to the lower levels of his base, and showed him where she lay. He dropped down to where she was, and held her.
"Speak to me, Sal, speak to me." He put his hand to her heart, and felt it beating. "She's alive. Zim, you have to save her! She's alive!"
"Stop trying to fool me! I know what you are! I'm going to kill you!"
"No you won't! Not if I kill you first, imposter!"
"Imposter? I thought you were the imposter."
"Oh. Well I'm not. So save Sal!"
"Yes! Of course!" Zim hooked her up to life support machines, and after a few hours, they saw her eyes open.
"W-what happened?"
"You almost died!" they screamed out at once.
"Thank goodness I didn't. I have to forewarn you two of an upcoming danger. Your lives are at stake."
"When haven't they been?" Dib inquired.
"I need to leave. Right away."
"No! I can't lose you again! You were just...dead...and then..."
"I must leave. Thank you both, so much, but you have destinies to fulfill. You must live your lives out, and not dwell on the future that will not be if you do not continue without disruption. But I can say goodbye." She kissed Zim, and Dib glared at his enemy in a bitter rage. Sal then hugged Dib, and he hugged back.
"Remember - be careful. I don't want you getting into more danger. I love you, and don't forget it."
"You're not alone in this universe, or even this world. You'll find someone. Just like Zim did. I love you, and don't forget that." Sal revealed a time stick from her jacket, pulled her backpack on, and disappeared back into the year 2207.