Prison For the Insane: Chapter 9
Dead or Alive
Ashiko Tsurugi
A/N: This should prove to be interesting -- the last chapter! There may be an epilogue (sp?) after this, but I dunno... *glomp* I love my story and I love all the people that reviewed and told me they loved me! ^_^ *gives cookie*
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They turned slowly, letting one eye dangle on the frightened child in the corner.
Red was the first to speak, "Suri, my dear... How are you?"
"Cut the crap. I want my daughter --"
"Mommy!"
Suri glanced at Lia between Red and Purple. She hissed lowly. "--back."
"Oh, you'll get her back..." Then a calm smile took his features, "As soon as your pledge your allegiance to the Irken army by..."
And Dib took that moment to enter the room with Zi at his heels. His trigger-happy finger rested on the trigger itself, twitching ever so slightly.
"...by killing the Earth monkey."
"Go to hell!" she snapped.
"We'll be sure to meet your daughter there."
Purple took out a carefully concealed lazer. He thrust it against Lia's head, rocking her tiny body.
Every muscle beneath Suri's Irken uniform tensed. Dib looked at her, then at his daughter. [Don't worry.]
He pulled his arm back and flung the water gun as far as he could towards Lia. It clacked to the ground after bouncing off her arm. Lia snatched it up before the Tallest could get to it.
"Back off or I'll shoot!" she shouted in a mimicking voice of the people on the cartoons.
The laugh echoed through-out the metal room.
"And what are you gonna do, small one? You can barely hold the gun!"
Suri pushed the gun between her knees and pulled the trigger with both hands.
A firm stream of water hit Purple in the eye.
And now, Dib and Suri were the only ones laughing.
"You should never underestimate an Irken soldier!" A new voice.
Suri glanced over her shoulder. [Zim?!]
"Gir, attack mode now!"
The red eyes blinked on the little robot, and his hand flew to his forehead in a salute.
"Yes, my master!" The top of his head popped open and guns folded out on coils. He looked like a mecha-medusa.
"Get down!" Zim shouted.
Dib and Suri ducked. Zi jumped out of the robot's range of movement, and dropped flat to the ground.
A flare of energy and innumerable tiny beams of white light covered the wide space.
When the light died down, only one Tallest was left standing, Red.
"Looks like your little water trick weakened Purple... But those lazers were nothing to a fully-powered Irken." His eyes narrowed at Zim.
He reached out one spindly finger and pointed. "You... You are going down first!"
Oh, shit! read Zim's expression.
"Bad alien!" Lia shouted.
PSHH--!
Red was drenched from behind. Slowly, achingly, rustily, he turned, spite blazing in his red eyes.
"Or, I've changed my mind!" He lunged forward.
Suri flung herself forward. Speed blurring her form, she rolled forward, grabbed her daughter, then darted away. Red hit the ground mere milimeters behind her.
In a heartbeat, both were back on their feet -- but this time, Suri was too slow. Red's spindly fingers latched around her thin neck. She made a desperate choking noise.
Dib's eyes widened to saucers. He looked around for something to help her...
[The gun? No, too far away...]
"Zim! Do something!" Dib shouted.
"What do you want me to do?" Zim knelt over a weak Gir. "I have no firearms either..."
Dib patted his body over, looking for something -- anything.
Red laughed.
"Finally!" he laughed, "Finally! I get to kill something!"
Then, in the silence after his voice, was a deafening click. He looked at the source of the sound, his wrists...
And saw glowing handcuffs shackled about his lower arms.
In a panic at the oncoming shock, he dropped Suri to the ground, tugging madly at the chains.
A visible electric bolt climbed steadily up Red's arms, darting left and right with the swings of his hands. They snaked around him, then coiled about his neck, veering back for a strike.
He screamed as the bolts made a connection with his head...
Then everything became eerily silent.
Red's body thumped to the ground.
Dib stood, triumphant, over the body, eyes still wide.
[I won...?]
He fell to one knee, and turned to Suri. Her red Irken eyes blinked slowly, then turned to Dib.
"Y-You did it..." And a smile turned the soft corners of her lips up. She leaned forward and kissed him.
Dib felt a slight resistance. Kissing her now was like kissing Zim in his dream... The eyes were the same, the feeling... the... feeling was the same?
"Suri, it was you in my dream... wasn't it?" Dib breathed.
"Dream?"
"Yeah... An Irken visited ... and kissed me... I thought it was Zim!"
Zim scoffed. "Why would I kiss you, Earthling? You're disgusting!"
(A/N: this comment does not portray the author's views -- I love shonen-ai as much as the next person!)
"Your subconscious knew, all along." She smiled more, "And because you'd only seen Zim as an Irken, you immediately associated it with him."
"Thank God!" He claimed her mouth in a searing kiss.
(A/N: Once again, this comment does not portray the author's views ^_^ Wheee! Dib and Zim might make a cute couple!)
Zim picked up Gir, smiling at the little robot. "Good to have you back." He tucked the child-like being beneath his arm, then looked at Zi.
"You ready to go home?"
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A/N: Well, what do you think? If I don't get a demand for a epilogue, then there probably won't be one. ^_^ Review please -- I'd like feedback!
Dead or Alive
Ashiko Tsurugi
A/N: This should prove to be interesting -- the last chapter! There may be an epilogue (sp?) after this, but I dunno... *glomp* I love my story and I love all the people that reviewed and told me they loved me! ^_^ *gives cookie*
*_*
They turned slowly, letting one eye dangle on the frightened child in the corner.
Red was the first to speak, "Suri, my dear... How are you?"
"Cut the crap. I want my daughter --"
"Mommy!"
Suri glanced at Lia between Red and Purple. She hissed lowly. "--back."
"Oh, you'll get her back..." Then a calm smile took his features, "As soon as your pledge your allegiance to the Irken army by..."
And Dib took that moment to enter the room with Zi at his heels. His trigger-happy finger rested on the trigger itself, twitching ever so slightly.
"...by killing the Earth monkey."
"Go to hell!" she snapped.
"We'll be sure to meet your daughter there."
Purple took out a carefully concealed lazer. He thrust it against Lia's head, rocking her tiny body.
Every muscle beneath Suri's Irken uniform tensed. Dib looked at her, then at his daughter. [Don't worry.]
He pulled his arm back and flung the water gun as far as he could towards Lia. It clacked to the ground after bouncing off her arm. Lia snatched it up before the Tallest could get to it.
"Back off or I'll shoot!" she shouted in a mimicking voice of the people on the cartoons.
The laugh echoed through-out the metal room.
"And what are you gonna do, small one? You can barely hold the gun!"
Suri pushed the gun between her knees and pulled the trigger with both hands.
A firm stream of water hit Purple in the eye.
And now, Dib and Suri were the only ones laughing.
"You should never underestimate an Irken soldier!" A new voice.
Suri glanced over her shoulder. [Zim?!]
"Gir, attack mode now!"
The red eyes blinked on the little robot, and his hand flew to his forehead in a salute.
"Yes, my master!" The top of his head popped open and guns folded out on coils. He looked like a mecha-medusa.
"Get down!" Zim shouted.
Dib and Suri ducked. Zi jumped out of the robot's range of movement, and dropped flat to the ground.
A flare of energy and innumerable tiny beams of white light covered the wide space.
When the light died down, only one Tallest was left standing, Red.
"Looks like your little water trick weakened Purple... But those lazers were nothing to a fully-powered Irken." His eyes narrowed at Zim.
He reached out one spindly finger and pointed. "You... You are going down first!"
Oh, shit! read Zim's expression.
"Bad alien!" Lia shouted.
PSHH--!
Red was drenched from behind. Slowly, achingly, rustily, he turned, spite blazing in his red eyes.
"Or, I've changed my mind!" He lunged forward.
Suri flung herself forward. Speed blurring her form, she rolled forward, grabbed her daughter, then darted away. Red hit the ground mere milimeters behind her.
In a heartbeat, both were back on their feet -- but this time, Suri was too slow. Red's spindly fingers latched around her thin neck. She made a desperate choking noise.
Dib's eyes widened to saucers. He looked around for something to help her...
[The gun? No, too far away...]
"Zim! Do something!" Dib shouted.
"What do you want me to do?" Zim knelt over a weak Gir. "I have no firearms either..."
Dib patted his body over, looking for something -- anything.
Red laughed.
"Finally!" he laughed, "Finally! I get to kill something!"
Then, in the silence after his voice, was a deafening click. He looked at the source of the sound, his wrists...
And saw glowing handcuffs shackled about his lower arms.
In a panic at the oncoming shock, he dropped Suri to the ground, tugging madly at the chains.
A visible electric bolt climbed steadily up Red's arms, darting left and right with the swings of his hands. They snaked around him, then coiled about his neck, veering back for a strike.
He screamed as the bolts made a connection with his head...
Then everything became eerily silent.
Red's body thumped to the ground.
Dib stood, triumphant, over the body, eyes still wide.
[I won...?]
He fell to one knee, and turned to Suri. Her red Irken eyes blinked slowly, then turned to Dib.
"Y-You did it..." And a smile turned the soft corners of her lips up. She leaned forward and kissed him.
Dib felt a slight resistance. Kissing her now was like kissing Zim in his dream... The eyes were the same, the feeling... the... feeling was the same?
"Suri, it was you in my dream... wasn't it?" Dib breathed.
"Dream?"
"Yeah... An Irken visited ... and kissed me... I thought it was Zim!"
Zim scoffed. "Why would I kiss you, Earthling? You're disgusting!"
(A/N: this comment does not portray the author's views -- I love shonen-ai as much as the next person!)
"Your subconscious knew, all along." She smiled more, "And because you'd only seen Zim as an Irken, you immediately associated it with him."
"Thank God!" He claimed her mouth in a searing kiss.
(A/N: Once again, this comment does not portray the author's views ^_^ Wheee! Dib and Zim might make a cute couple!)
Zim picked up Gir, smiling at the little robot. "Good to have you back." He tucked the child-like being beneath his arm, then looked at Zi.
"You ready to go home?"
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A/N: Well, what do you think? If I don't get a demand for a epilogue, then there probably won't be one. ^_^ Review please -- I'd like feedback!
