Prison for the Insane
Chapter 5: Truth...

Author's Note: I'm so tired... -_-;; I stayed up all last night with JJ, watching 6 different movies (Billy Madison, It, What Lies Beneath -- we sorta dozed off during that --, Batman Forever, The Frighteners, and Shallow Hal) Sleepy... dozing now... Zzzzzzzz....

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"What the hell are you trying to prove, Zim?" Suri snapped, glowering her blood-red eyes.

He smiled, "Weren't you a first class invader, Suri?"

She sneered, "Yes; I was taller, and therefore, superior."

Zim growled, clenching his fists. He slapped her harshly, "No more joking, Earthworm!"

[Earthworm...?] "What did you call me?"

"You heard me!" He hissed, "You became the enemy!"

"Why must you destroy Earth? It's a wonderful planet ... if you overlook the flaws..."

"The Tallest ordered me to! I do whatever the Tallest tell me to do!" He puffed out his chest in a such a way, it reminded Suri of a bird. She choked out a laugh.

"Do you realize why they sent you here, Zim?" Suri scoffed, "They wanted you out of their antennae! They sent me here to make sure you didn't leave Earth!"

"LIES!"

Zi watched helplessly as Zim whirled around, pointing a finger. "You, lackey! Dispose of her! I don't care what you do! Just get her out of my sight!"

Zi bowed his head again, "Yes, Master."

Zim soared out of the main room.

Zi looked up at Suri now. He wandered over to her and stared up at her.

"Master Zim will come around..."

Suri closed her eyes and let her head drop to her chest. "S-So... I'm stuck here, right?"

Zi sucked in a breath. He looked around, then murmured, "No. I like you better. I'm letting you go, okay? Just don't get caught..."

Suri looked up, eyes suddenly wide.

Zi smiled, "I like the way you treat Lia... I just wish Zim would treat me the same way." He walked over to the computer. "Computer, release the prisoner."

The shackles released her wrists and ankles. Suri landed on the floor, on her hands and knees. Wobbily, she arose, and pressed a button. Her human features returned, then shorted out.

"Wh-What's wrong with my disguise?"

"Master Zim destroyed the ability to form your disguise," Zi explained. "You should take a secret route..."

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Suri looked around in the night. She could still see perfectly; it was her backyard... her home. She rushed inside, for fear of the neighbors seeing her true self.

She rested inside the living room, curled up on the couch. She clenched her eyes shut, pleading with fate that Dib didn't come home yet.

The front door opened.

Click.

Dib slunk in, eyes lowered. He closed the door behind him and rubbed his eyes.

"Dib..." Suri murmured. She reached her hand up on the corner table and picked up his glasses. She stood up and walked over to him. "...how did everything go?"

"I didn't find anything... Did you?"

"Yes..." She placed the glasses gently on the bridge of his nose.

Dib's eyes focused on her, and jerked back. The unfamiliar Irken stared at him, waiting for him to speak.

"What ... what? Who the hell are you?" he hissed. He clenched his fists, "What have you done with Suri?"

"It's me, Dibby..."

"LIAR!" He punched out at Suri, landing one on her cheek.

Suri barely flinched, then touched her cheek gently. She looked up at Dib, the hurt showing in her eyes.

"Alien scum! Where is my wife! Where is my daughter! Damnit, where is my family!"

There's gotta be something I can tell him that'll make him realize I'm Suri...

"Dib! You have a secret lab under the basement! You and I were married on April 29th, with a secret wedding so Zim couldn't find out and spoil it. Lia was born December 3rd, at the local hospital!"

Dib paused, then stared.

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A/U: I'm gonna try to sleep a little bit... *sigh* Or I'm gonna rp with my cousin... ^^