Prison For the Insane
Chapter 2: Returning Home
Author's Note: Added a few things in this chapter too ... Read on.
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"Dibby?" came the soft feminine voice, jarring him from his nightmare.
He opened his brown eyes and they focused on a woman with thin, owlish glasses, black hair, and a loving, familiar smile.
"Suri...? Is it really you?" He sat up.
Suri wrapped Dib up in her embrace. Dib breathed in her soft scent, then with an unwelcome shiver, he remembered his dream.
How could he even lock eyes with her after that dream...?
"I've missed you so, Dib... The house is empty without you; even Lia is remotely quiet."
"Speaking of our daughter, where is she?"
A little girl wearing a red shirt and black pants ran into the room. She had blue eyes like her mother, and ebony hair like her father.
"Daddy!" she exclaimed, throwing her arms about Dib. Dib cuddled her close, "I've missed you!"
Suri smiled and flipped her hair back. Then, her look turned serious, "Lia, please go back outside... I need to talk to your father."
"'Kay Mom." She released Dib after tightly squeezing him again. Then she bolted from the room.
Dib looked at Suri's face and swung his legs over the side of the bed to sit next to her. "What's wrong?"
She turned her head and stared him straight in the eyes, "Zim."
He froze. "Wh-What about him?"
"He has a child-like person hanging around him now, called Zi..."
*_*AUTHOR'S NOTE: PRONOUNCED ZEE, not ZIE*_*
"So?"
"Couldn't that be a possible threat to Earth?"
"Have they done any harm?"
"Not yet; but Zim has also been stalking around our home. He's looking for you."
He swallowed hard, "Why?"
"Dunno. That's why I'm taking you home."
[Home...?] That was what she said. No; she couldn't... He was safe here... At least from Zim, for at least a while.
Suri seemed to read his mind, "That was the only reason I agreed to putting you in here, Dib. To save you from Zim. Do you hate me for it?"
Or maybe not...
"No. Of course not; how could I hate you? You're my wife!"
She laughed, more relaxed, "Good! You had this look on your face like you were upset!"
"C-Can we go home now?"
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Hand-in-hand, they walked down the street. Lia was strung between them, giggling happily and skipping down the street.
"My Daddy's back! My Daddy's back!" she sang.
Dib glanced at Suri who's eyes were set on Lia for the moment. Then, she realized he was staring and looked up with a smile.
[I'm not even entirely sure it was Zim in my dream.. What am I worried about?]
They released Lia's hands and moved closer together. Their lips locked and Lia shied away.
They didn't notice...? Of course; they had just gotten back together after over a year... They needed alone time.
Lia smiled. [I'll catch up with them, later.]
She scampered onto the front lawn of a strange house and paused when she saw a shape looming at the window. As she moved closer, she noticed it was a green puppy dog...
It waved at her and screamed, "HI!"
Lia screamed at the same time. [A TALKING DOG!?]
She ran back to her parents and buried her face in Suri's pantleg.
"...talking dog... green..." she sobbed.
Dib looked up and stared at the house.
They had walked right by Zim's house without him knowing... [How?] He'd been alert, right up to the moment he'd stared at Suri.
Zim knew he was back now... Nothing would stop Zim from seeing with his own eyes.
"No..."
"Dib, is anything wrong?" Suri asked. Lia's sobbing had come to a stop; she sniffled and watched her dad.
A shadow cast itself over Dib's eyes. Then, seeing the red eyes, blacked out.
Chapter 2: Returning Home
Author's Note: Added a few things in this chapter too ... Read on.
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"Dibby?" came the soft feminine voice, jarring him from his nightmare.
He opened his brown eyes and they focused on a woman with thin, owlish glasses, black hair, and a loving, familiar smile.
"Suri...? Is it really you?" He sat up.
Suri wrapped Dib up in her embrace. Dib breathed in her soft scent, then with an unwelcome shiver, he remembered his dream.
How could he even lock eyes with her after that dream...?
"I've missed you so, Dib... The house is empty without you; even Lia is remotely quiet."
"Speaking of our daughter, where is she?"
A little girl wearing a red shirt and black pants ran into the room. She had blue eyes like her mother, and ebony hair like her father.
"Daddy!" she exclaimed, throwing her arms about Dib. Dib cuddled her close, "I've missed you!"
Suri smiled and flipped her hair back. Then, her look turned serious, "Lia, please go back outside... I need to talk to your father."
"'Kay Mom." She released Dib after tightly squeezing him again. Then she bolted from the room.
Dib looked at Suri's face and swung his legs over the side of the bed to sit next to her. "What's wrong?"
She turned her head and stared him straight in the eyes, "Zim."
He froze. "Wh-What about him?"
"He has a child-like person hanging around him now, called Zi..."
*_*AUTHOR'S NOTE: PRONOUNCED ZEE, not ZIE*_*
"So?"
"Couldn't that be a possible threat to Earth?"
"Have they done any harm?"
"Not yet; but Zim has also been stalking around our home. He's looking for you."
He swallowed hard, "Why?"
"Dunno. That's why I'm taking you home."
[Home...?] That was what she said. No; she couldn't... He was safe here... At least from Zim, for at least a while.
Suri seemed to read his mind, "That was the only reason I agreed to putting you in here, Dib. To save you from Zim. Do you hate me for it?"
Or maybe not...
"No. Of course not; how could I hate you? You're my wife!"
She laughed, more relaxed, "Good! You had this look on your face like you were upset!"
"C-Can we go home now?"
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Hand-in-hand, they walked down the street. Lia was strung between them, giggling happily and skipping down the street.
"My Daddy's back! My Daddy's back!" she sang.
Dib glanced at Suri who's eyes were set on Lia for the moment. Then, she realized he was staring and looked up with a smile.
[I'm not even entirely sure it was Zim in my dream.. What am I worried about?]
They released Lia's hands and moved closer together. Their lips locked and Lia shied away.
They didn't notice...? Of course; they had just gotten back together after over a year... They needed alone time.
Lia smiled. [I'll catch up with them, later.]
She scampered onto the front lawn of a strange house and paused when she saw a shape looming at the window. As she moved closer, she noticed it was a green puppy dog...
It waved at her and screamed, "HI!"
Lia screamed at the same time. [A TALKING DOG!?]
She ran back to her parents and buried her face in Suri's pantleg.
"...talking dog... green..." she sobbed.
Dib looked up and stared at the house.
They had walked right by Zim's house without him knowing... [How?] He'd been alert, right up to the moment he'd stared at Suri.
Zim knew he was back now... Nothing would stop Zim from seeing with his own eyes.
"No..."
"Dib, is anything wrong?" Suri asked. Lia's sobbing had come to a stop; she sniffled and watched her dad.
A shadow cast itself over Dib's eyes. Then, seeing the red eyes, blacked out.
