Simulation 'Dib'
Zims' eyes opened slowly.
What had happened? Where was he? A medical bay? But why?
A green face came into his vision. "Don't move too much, you hit your head."
He shot up in surprise struggling away nearly hyperventilating. "What? What?" He winced when his head smacked into the metal rail of the bed he was on.
"I told you not to move." She was sitting on the bed now in the civilian uniform.
An awkward moment for Zim passed, but she seemed not to notice. "Dib?" He asked critically.
"Yes?"
His brain seemed to contract in pain at the response. "What happened?"
"Well, you came into the room, asked who I was, then fell down. I had thought you had terminated function, but the computer assured me you were still active." She said, then after a pause. "It sounded disappointed."
"No." Zim said shaking his head. "Your creation. How did that happen?"
"I, only remember, this place. But before..." She closed her eyes. "The yard, the gnomes. And all I can think of is: Must, capture, alien." Her eyes opened. "What does that mean?"
He stood there a moment. "As far as I know. You're mind is the simulation of the Dib Human."
"And what does that mean?" She leaned forward towards him with interest.
Zim thought this over. If this Irken female thought like Dib, did that mean he had any advantage now? "I will have to run tests to find out what it means."
* * *
Zim scribbled down notes as wires connected to the females head spit out readings to him. So far all he had found out was that she was a normal healthy Irken female. Her mind however was broken bits of the 'Dib' simulation. Apparently not all of it had come through. The parts missing were lost in transit between the computer and the chamber because of the electrical interference in the lab. The holes had been filled in with information Irken hatchlings received before initiation.
Zim was somehow sure Gir had something to do with it.
"Well, uh." He stopped.
"Dib." She said.
"I can't call you that."
"Why not? It's my name."
"It's the enemies name." Zim said darkly.
She looked confused. "I, am the enemy?"
"Not entirely. Not all of the Dib simulation was transferred. We will give you a different name. Lak, that is a good name. A female Tallest had that name."
"I like the sound of Lak." She took the wires off herself and stood up. Her height was advanced, but Zim had designed her like that.
His left antenna ticked silently as the right one drooped. "Yes."
Seemingly oblivious to Zims' reaction she ran a hand out to straighten her antenna. "Where are we?"
Zim snapped out of it shaking his head. "We are on a tiny filthy rock called 'Earth'. The Tallest sent me here to invade."
"Oh." She nodded then looked at him. "Why?"
He blinked. "Uh, the reason is so important and so secret they will not even tell me."
"Oh. That makes you very important then? Doing a job that none but the Tallest and yourself know exist."
"Well, I suppose it does." He stood up as straight as he could.
"Can we go out and see this 'Earth'?" She asked antenna perked forward in anticipation.
"No, I don't think you're ready for exposure to such a crude environment."
She suddenly grabbed one of his hands taking him totally by surprise. Her large red eyes looked pleading. "Please?"
His antenna hung limply down his head as he gave an inarticulate drooling sound and nodded. "Okay."
"Yay!" She hugged the smaller Irken. "Thank you Zim!" She put him down and was to wrapped up in her own excitement to notice Zim smacking himself across the face to regain his wits.
"But first you need a disguise!" He nearly screamed still not totally recovered. "It's uh, necessary to blend with the natives."
"Oh, okay."
Zim coughed clearing his throat. "Computer. Devise a disguise for Lak."
"Processing!" The computer shouted at them before a wig and pair of contacts fell from a shoot onto a table.
Zim picked them up and handed them to Lak. "The contacts itch for a while and the wig cramps the antenna but they are necessary."
Lak picked up a contact and looked at Zim for instruction.
Catching the drift he pulled out his own and put them in. She quickly copied him blinking similar lavender eyes at him.
It was a bit surreal seeing Human eyes on such an Irken form. When she put on the wig it wasn't as disturbing.
The wig Lak wore was black with silver clad pigtails on the back of her head since her antenna were gauged to be too long to be hidden under a shorter wig by the computer.
"Is this good?" She asked.
He nodded. "Yes, you look perfect. Computer!"
"What now?" The computer asked testily.
Zim gave the closest monitor to him a dirty look. "Take us to the floor level." He said sharply.
"Fine." The computer groaned as the floor under the two Irkens took them upward.
Lak glanced around curiously at the rest of the base. She had only been in the emergency ward and the labs bellow. But fuzzy memories of the base in the simulations made it less frightening to her.
"Now, Lak, we must be careful, this is an important mission. Until you are better informed on the planet we should only stay in the yard."
She nodded and followed him out the front door.
"Wow." The light was starting into twilight but still illuminated enough for the streetlights to still be off.
He watched her step silently out into the yard. The yellow light of the falling sun did nothing to make her look impressive to him. Yellow was an abrasive color to Irken eyes.
"I know this place." She said putting a hand on one of the gnomes.
"Yes, this is the yard. You no doubt have memories of being run through it. It was to test my defenses against the Dib Human."
"You're the alien I was after." She looked out to the road in front of the house.
"Yes."
"We should go back inside." She turned away from the road.
"Why?" Zim asked antenna tilted.
"He's watching."
* * *
Dib had been spying on the aliens' house since skool was released. Monitoring devices he had hidden in the bushes nearby told him an unusual amount of activity had gone on while Zim was away. And now...
Now he stared slack-jawed at the sight of Zim and another alien standing in the front lawn. This new Irken looked female. Either that or Zim was worse at disguises than he thought.
What did this mean? Was the Invasion progressing? Was Zim breeding!?
He glared through his binoculars at the new Irken. It did look female, she would be interesting to inspect if he could get a hold of her. Though it was fortunate that there were now two of the species to watch.
He gasped and nearly dropped his binoculars. She had looked at him. Not just in his direction but straight at him.
When his attention went back to the Irkens they were already gone.
He put his equipment down and rubbed his eyes.
The look she had given him was so familiar, but he couldn't place it. Maybe time would reveal it. But for now he had homework, and with his grades teetering on the edge between an 'A' and a 'B' he had to get it done. No son of the great Professor Membrane could have less than an 'A'.
He got up, packed his things and wandered home still trying to place the female Irken's expression.
Zims' eyes opened slowly.
What had happened? Where was he? A medical bay? But why?
A green face came into his vision. "Don't move too much, you hit your head."
He shot up in surprise struggling away nearly hyperventilating. "What? What?" He winced when his head smacked into the metal rail of the bed he was on.
"I told you not to move." She was sitting on the bed now in the civilian uniform.
An awkward moment for Zim passed, but she seemed not to notice. "Dib?" He asked critically.
"Yes?"
His brain seemed to contract in pain at the response. "What happened?"
"Well, you came into the room, asked who I was, then fell down. I had thought you had terminated function, but the computer assured me you were still active." She said, then after a pause. "It sounded disappointed."
"No." Zim said shaking his head. "Your creation. How did that happen?"
"I, only remember, this place. But before..." She closed her eyes. "The yard, the gnomes. And all I can think of is: Must, capture, alien." Her eyes opened. "What does that mean?"
He stood there a moment. "As far as I know. You're mind is the simulation of the Dib Human."
"And what does that mean?" She leaned forward towards him with interest.
Zim thought this over. If this Irken female thought like Dib, did that mean he had any advantage now? "I will have to run tests to find out what it means."
* * *
Zim scribbled down notes as wires connected to the females head spit out readings to him. So far all he had found out was that she was a normal healthy Irken female. Her mind however was broken bits of the 'Dib' simulation. Apparently not all of it had come through. The parts missing were lost in transit between the computer and the chamber because of the electrical interference in the lab. The holes had been filled in with information Irken hatchlings received before initiation.
Zim was somehow sure Gir had something to do with it.
"Well, uh." He stopped.
"Dib." She said.
"I can't call you that."
"Why not? It's my name."
"It's the enemies name." Zim said darkly.
She looked confused. "I, am the enemy?"
"Not entirely. Not all of the Dib simulation was transferred. We will give you a different name. Lak, that is a good name. A female Tallest had that name."
"I like the sound of Lak." She took the wires off herself and stood up. Her height was advanced, but Zim had designed her like that.
His left antenna ticked silently as the right one drooped. "Yes."
Seemingly oblivious to Zims' reaction she ran a hand out to straighten her antenna. "Where are we?"
Zim snapped out of it shaking his head. "We are on a tiny filthy rock called 'Earth'. The Tallest sent me here to invade."
"Oh." She nodded then looked at him. "Why?"
He blinked. "Uh, the reason is so important and so secret they will not even tell me."
"Oh. That makes you very important then? Doing a job that none but the Tallest and yourself know exist."
"Well, I suppose it does." He stood up as straight as he could.
"Can we go out and see this 'Earth'?" She asked antenna perked forward in anticipation.
"No, I don't think you're ready for exposure to such a crude environment."
She suddenly grabbed one of his hands taking him totally by surprise. Her large red eyes looked pleading. "Please?"
His antenna hung limply down his head as he gave an inarticulate drooling sound and nodded. "Okay."
"Yay!" She hugged the smaller Irken. "Thank you Zim!" She put him down and was to wrapped up in her own excitement to notice Zim smacking himself across the face to regain his wits.
"But first you need a disguise!" He nearly screamed still not totally recovered. "It's uh, necessary to blend with the natives."
"Oh, okay."
Zim coughed clearing his throat. "Computer. Devise a disguise for Lak."
"Processing!" The computer shouted at them before a wig and pair of contacts fell from a shoot onto a table.
Zim picked them up and handed them to Lak. "The contacts itch for a while and the wig cramps the antenna but they are necessary."
Lak picked up a contact and looked at Zim for instruction.
Catching the drift he pulled out his own and put them in. She quickly copied him blinking similar lavender eyes at him.
It was a bit surreal seeing Human eyes on such an Irken form. When she put on the wig it wasn't as disturbing.
The wig Lak wore was black with silver clad pigtails on the back of her head since her antenna were gauged to be too long to be hidden under a shorter wig by the computer.
"Is this good?" She asked.
He nodded. "Yes, you look perfect. Computer!"
"What now?" The computer asked testily.
Zim gave the closest monitor to him a dirty look. "Take us to the floor level." He said sharply.
"Fine." The computer groaned as the floor under the two Irkens took them upward.
Lak glanced around curiously at the rest of the base. She had only been in the emergency ward and the labs bellow. But fuzzy memories of the base in the simulations made it less frightening to her.
"Now, Lak, we must be careful, this is an important mission. Until you are better informed on the planet we should only stay in the yard."
She nodded and followed him out the front door.
"Wow." The light was starting into twilight but still illuminated enough for the streetlights to still be off.
He watched her step silently out into the yard. The yellow light of the falling sun did nothing to make her look impressive to him. Yellow was an abrasive color to Irken eyes.
"I know this place." She said putting a hand on one of the gnomes.
"Yes, this is the yard. You no doubt have memories of being run through it. It was to test my defenses against the Dib Human."
"You're the alien I was after." She looked out to the road in front of the house.
"Yes."
"We should go back inside." She turned away from the road.
"Why?" Zim asked antenna tilted.
"He's watching."
* * *
Dib had been spying on the aliens' house since skool was released. Monitoring devices he had hidden in the bushes nearby told him an unusual amount of activity had gone on while Zim was away. And now...
Now he stared slack-jawed at the sight of Zim and another alien standing in the front lawn. This new Irken looked female. Either that or Zim was worse at disguises than he thought.
What did this mean? Was the Invasion progressing? Was Zim breeding!?
He glared through his binoculars at the new Irken. It did look female, she would be interesting to inspect if he could get a hold of her. Though it was fortunate that there were now two of the species to watch.
He gasped and nearly dropped his binoculars. She had looked at him. Not just in his direction but straight at him.
When his attention went back to the Irkens they were already gone.
He put his equipment down and rubbed his eyes.
The look she had given him was so familiar, but he couldn't place it. Maybe time would reveal it. But for now he had homework, and with his grades teetering on the edge between an 'A' and a 'B' he had to get it done. No son of the great Professor Membrane could have less than an 'A'.
He got up, packed his things and wandered home still trying to place the female Irken's expression.