Disclaimer: Obviously, I don't own Johnny, or Invader Zim, but Gally is
all mine. Mine, I say! *Hisss!* She's normally silver, but it's dark and
she doesn't want to be seen. If Nny acts out of character, forgive me.
This in my first fic with him. Not my first fic ever, certainly. I have
lots on my website.www.geocities.com/gaeldrisan/ryu_no_yami. I started it
in July. All the icons, I made those on Paint! But anyways.
Don't sue me, Gally or Nny might try to kill you. I don't own the things
that obviously belong to Jhonen Vasquez, and if you think I do, you need
therapy more than I do. And I do. Please review!
Johnny sighed and poked at a wad of kelp with his toe. Everything was so.peaceful. He didn't really mind it, but it was quite a change. The waves pounding on the beach reminded him too much of the kicks and thrashes that people made when he stuffed dead things down their throats. He squatted down and examined a jellyfish that had washed up. Those were funny things, jellyfish-he would have to make sure to bring some home for his-guests.
The sun sank below the distant waves, and the beach was plunged into the marine darkness he so strongly disliked. You couldn't see stars if they were obscured by fog, you know.
Down the street his asshole gland sensed a medium-sized group of assholes coming toward him. He dug himself quietly into a small beach bush.
The imps of idiocy passed by him, not noticing the silent watcher they had. A bit down the beach they began to head closer to the waves breaking on the shore, and slowly congealed around something. Nny crept down to see what it was, until he could hear them.
"Aww, c'mon, don't be so cold, baby."
A calm female voice replied, "Aww. Don't be so human, meathead. Go away."
The guy drew himself up straight, and answered her in a steely voice. "Don't mess with me, girlie. You won't like what you get."
Nny could see the girl now, standing in the center of the group. She stood barefoot in the knee-high waves, and her long white braid glowed faintly in the light of the covered moon. She walked slowly up to the leader of the herd, coyly flicking a wisp of hair out of her face. He grinned expectantly and made to grab her. What happened next was hard to see, it came so quick.
The girl shoved the guy away with both hands, and he seemed to fly up the beach under the force. Another crony rushed at her with a long knife, and- Nny blinked several times. Light exploded out of her hands, striking him in the chest, and throwing the resulting pile of gore into his friend's faces. The rest scattered, disappearing into the night like wraiths. Nny saw her approaching the first offender, who seemed to be busy lying ten feet up the beach and groaning in pain. Gently she knelt down beside him, and leaned close to his face.
"I think," she said, no trace of humor in her face, "That you had better not cross me again." Then she lifted him up by the collar and threw him into the ocean. He landed about twenty feet out, past the breakers, and was quickly swept into the night.
The girl walked up the beach, stopping about ten feet from Nny's hiding place. She sat down on the still warm sand and toweled off her feet, then pulled on a pair of exquisite leather boots. Calmly she tied them up, and then glanced in Nny's direction. "You have been seen, you know." He gulped in surprise and slowly stood up. Usually they didn't notice him.
The girl stood up and brushed the sand off her seat. "You saw that, didn't you." It was a statement, not a question. Nny felt it was best not to lie to this.person.
The girl extended her hand to Johnny. "My name is Gaeldrisan. You can call me Gally. And you are alive because you, for once, did not react as anyone else would have; i.e., run away screaming."
Hesitantly he accepted the handshake. "I'm Johnny C, but you can call me Nny."
She looked him up and down appraisingly, giving him a chance to do the same. She was shorter than he, by at least a couple of inches. The dark, deep blue trench was soaked to mid-thigh, and her tunic/shirt was maroon and said 'chaos' in Japanese. Around her neck was a black bell on a hemp choker.
He raised his eyes to hers again, and found them looking back at him, bemused. She turned in a slow circle. "Should I model for you?" she asked jokingly.
Nny coughed and shoved his hands into his pockets, blushing profusely. "Um, no, that's-that's alright."
Gally walked past him and snagged his elbow. "C'mon, you can walk me to my truck. I get the feeling you're not going to do much other than think tonight, so I should explain some things to you and ease the tormenting curiosity." Johnny realized with a start she spoke the truth, and followed her to through the dunes to the parking lot.
A bit of an awkward silence followed, until Nny spoke up, sounding a bit hesitant. "So, ah, how exactly did you make those guys, uhm.blow up?"
Gally stopped walking and surveyed him critically. Suddenly she pulled him roughly into the dunes, out of site from the walkway. Nny yanked his arm away from her. "What the hell are you doing?!"
Gally shushed him and pulled of her coat, tossing it to him. She kicked off her boots and knelt on the ground. Nny glared at this crazy, wishing desperately that he could move his feet and rid the planet of her.
Suddenly he found he really couldn't move at all.
Gaeldrisan began to grow. Her dark clothes became darkened silver scales. ((A/N: Think of a dark metal gun, highly polished.)) her face and head elongated, fangs sprouted from her mouth, and gleaming horns grew from her head. There was a sickening crunch as her knees reversed direction, although it didn't seem to affect Nny's nerves much. ((I wonder why..)) Bony black hands erupted from her shoulder blades, immediately becoming wings.
In the end, a thirty-foot dragon stood staring at Nny, pale violet eyes regarding him in mild amusement. He managed to gasp out a shout of amazement.
"Ooo.that was neato. D'you think you could show me how to do that?"
Gally's head rose in surprise, and a flicker of smoke trailed out of her nostrils.
"You're the first person I've met that hasn't responded in a way that ended their lives," she rumbled approvingly.
Nny shrugged and threw her coat over his shoulder. "Demons come out of my walls and Styrofoam doughboys tell me to kill myself. I've met Satan and ridiculed God. Not much surprises me."
A sinewy black tail draped itself over his shoulder. "You poor thing," she said sadly. "What does life hold for you, if it's not the surprises of the days to come?"
"Well, I-" he was interrupted her sudden snort of alarm. "There's people coming this way. We need to go." She lowered her head to the ground. Nny stared at her in confusion. "What, pray tell, are you doing?"
"Waiting for you to climb on," she growled. "And don't forget my coat."
"Oh." Carefully Nny straddled the long neck, settling comfortably between jagged neck ridges. Two powerful wings swept down, raising a cloud of sand and litter. Nny covered his mouth and shut his eyes tight against the sudden lurch as the world jumped away from them. He remained like this until Gally's flight became more regular, and when he opened his eyes again, he nearly forgot to hold on, it was so.pretty.
A sleepy little fishing village sprawled beneath then, accentuated by the boats that floated lazily in the passive waters of the bay. Quickly, it flashed beneath them as Gally turned north, flying along the coast.
After a few minutes, Nny spoke up again. "What about your truck?"
"I don't have a truck. I fly."
Nny digested this information and asked another question.
"Then, why did you want me to walk you to your truck?"
"Because you are one of the best example of human life on this planet. I heard a good bit of advice today regarding that matter: when you find someone worthy of companionship, don't let then go. They are far rarer than gold, and a million times more precious than diamonds. Oh, and I'm just assuming you live this way?"
"More or less. Hey, just how exactly can you manage to change like this?"
"Well, some humans are born with fatal diseases. Some are born, and live only long enough to perform miracles, and then they become saints. Some are even born with the abilities to travel out of their bodies, and to commune with the dead."
Nny nodded. "So, is that what you are? A miracle human?"
"No, I just crashed here. I'm from Dazol. We have abilities pinto beans could only dream of!"
Nny started. "You've read Happy Noodle Boy?"
The serpentine head craned around to beam at Johnny. "It's one of the only things that makes sense on this planet!"
Nny stared at the back of her head in wonder and confusion. //O.kay.//
They flew on for about another half an hour, when Gally suddenly announced, "We're almost home."
Nny looked up ahead. Up ahead was a city, spread out in neat city blocks. Gally adjusted her course for the very edges of the spread of lights.
"Zim will be worried about me," she said conversationally. "He's helped me establish a life on this planet, since I crashed. I told him I was going to be back yesterday." She rumbled happily underneath Nny. He just hoped it was a laugh.
"He'll probably try to kill me now," she said lightheartedly.
Nny felt an urge to protect his new acquaintance. "Want me to take care of him?" A knife appeared from the folds of his coat.
Gally smirked and told him to put it away. "One, Zim isn't really any sort of threat to me. B, he would NEVER think of hurting me; we're friends. Three, he's not human either, and puts up a much better fight than you'd think."
Nny replaced his machete, feeling out of sorts.
Ten minutes later, Gally spiraled onto the roof of an odd looking house, landing rather jarringly on the steep slope.
Two seconds later, she and Johnny walked in the front door, only to be assaulted by a flurry of gray and blue.
"Master, she's hooome!" cried the.thing.as it embraced Gally's legs.
Nny stared at the thing and wondered if it bled.
An explosion rocked the lower levels of the house. Gally stood and wiped the smile off her face. "Okay," she murmured to Nny. "Act like you're sorry, and be humble. He'll blow himself out in a minute."
Something rocketed out of the toilet and landed squarely in the middle of the room.
"Gaeldrisan, prepare yourself for some DOOM!"
Ooo, spooky. Of course, if we know Zim, he'll probably end up getting his Irkan keester kicked-but who will do the booting? Both of us have righteous boots, Nny and I.. Don't fear the review button thingy, it won't attack. I think.
Johnny sighed and poked at a wad of kelp with his toe. Everything was so.peaceful. He didn't really mind it, but it was quite a change. The waves pounding on the beach reminded him too much of the kicks and thrashes that people made when he stuffed dead things down their throats. He squatted down and examined a jellyfish that had washed up. Those were funny things, jellyfish-he would have to make sure to bring some home for his-guests.
The sun sank below the distant waves, and the beach was plunged into the marine darkness he so strongly disliked. You couldn't see stars if they were obscured by fog, you know.
Down the street his asshole gland sensed a medium-sized group of assholes coming toward him. He dug himself quietly into a small beach bush.
The imps of idiocy passed by him, not noticing the silent watcher they had. A bit down the beach they began to head closer to the waves breaking on the shore, and slowly congealed around something. Nny crept down to see what it was, until he could hear them.
"Aww, c'mon, don't be so cold, baby."
A calm female voice replied, "Aww. Don't be so human, meathead. Go away."
The guy drew himself up straight, and answered her in a steely voice. "Don't mess with me, girlie. You won't like what you get."
Nny could see the girl now, standing in the center of the group. She stood barefoot in the knee-high waves, and her long white braid glowed faintly in the light of the covered moon. She walked slowly up to the leader of the herd, coyly flicking a wisp of hair out of her face. He grinned expectantly and made to grab her. What happened next was hard to see, it came so quick.
The girl shoved the guy away with both hands, and he seemed to fly up the beach under the force. Another crony rushed at her with a long knife, and- Nny blinked several times. Light exploded out of her hands, striking him in the chest, and throwing the resulting pile of gore into his friend's faces. The rest scattered, disappearing into the night like wraiths. Nny saw her approaching the first offender, who seemed to be busy lying ten feet up the beach and groaning in pain. Gently she knelt down beside him, and leaned close to his face.
"I think," she said, no trace of humor in her face, "That you had better not cross me again." Then she lifted him up by the collar and threw him into the ocean. He landed about twenty feet out, past the breakers, and was quickly swept into the night.
The girl walked up the beach, stopping about ten feet from Nny's hiding place. She sat down on the still warm sand and toweled off her feet, then pulled on a pair of exquisite leather boots. Calmly she tied them up, and then glanced in Nny's direction. "You have been seen, you know." He gulped in surprise and slowly stood up. Usually they didn't notice him.
The girl stood up and brushed the sand off her seat. "You saw that, didn't you." It was a statement, not a question. Nny felt it was best not to lie to this.person.
The girl extended her hand to Johnny. "My name is Gaeldrisan. You can call me Gally. And you are alive because you, for once, did not react as anyone else would have; i.e., run away screaming."
Hesitantly he accepted the handshake. "I'm Johnny C, but you can call me Nny."
She looked him up and down appraisingly, giving him a chance to do the same. She was shorter than he, by at least a couple of inches. The dark, deep blue trench was soaked to mid-thigh, and her tunic/shirt was maroon and said 'chaos' in Japanese. Around her neck was a black bell on a hemp choker.
He raised his eyes to hers again, and found them looking back at him, bemused. She turned in a slow circle. "Should I model for you?" she asked jokingly.
Nny coughed and shoved his hands into his pockets, blushing profusely. "Um, no, that's-that's alright."
Gally walked past him and snagged his elbow. "C'mon, you can walk me to my truck. I get the feeling you're not going to do much other than think tonight, so I should explain some things to you and ease the tormenting curiosity." Johnny realized with a start she spoke the truth, and followed her to through the dunes to the parking lot.
A bit of an awkward silence followed, until Nny spoke up, sounding a bit hesitant. "So, ah, how exactly did you make those guys, uhm.blow up?"
Gally stopped walking and surveyed him critically. Suddenly she pulled him roughly into the dunes, out of site from the walkway. Nny yanked his arm away from her. "What the hell are you doing?!"
Gally shushed him and pulled of her coat, tossing it to him. She kicked off her boots and knelt on the ground. Nny glared at this crazy, wishing desperately that he could move his feet and rid the planet of her.
Suddenly he found he really couldn't move at all.
Gaeldrisan began to grow. Her dark clothes became darkened silver scales. ((A/N: Think of a dark metal gun, highly polished.)) her face and head elongated, fangs sprouted from her mouth, and gleaming horns grew from her head. There was a sickening crunch as her knees reversed direction, although it didn't seem to affect Nny's nerves much. ((I wonder why..)) Bony black hands erupted from her shoulder blades, immediately becoming wings.
In the end, a thirty-foot dragon stood staring at Nny, pale violet eyes regarding him in mild amusement. He managed to gasp out a shout of amazement.
"Ooo.that was neato. D'you think you could show me how to do that?"
Gally's head rose in surprise, and a flicker of smoke trailed out of her nostrils.
"You're the first person I've met that hasn't responded in a way that ended their lives," she rumbled approvingly.
Nny shrugged and threw her coat over his shoulder. "Demons come out of my walls and Styrofoam doughboys tell me to kill myself. I've met Satan and ridiculed God. Not much surprises me."
A sinewy black tail draped itself over his shoulder. "You poor thing," she said sadly. "What does life hold for you, if it's not the surprises of the days to come?"
"Well, I-" he was interrupted her sudden snort of alarm. "There's people coming this way. We need to go." She lowered her head to the ground. Nny stared at her in confusion. "What, pray tell, are you doing?"
"Waiting for you to climb on," she growled. "And don't forget my coat."
"Oh." Carefully Nny straddled the long neck, settling comfortably between jagged neck ridges. Two powerful wings swept down, raising a cloud of sand and litter. Nny covered his mouth and shut his eyes tight against the sudden lurch as the world jumped away from them. He remained like this until Gally's flight became more regular, and when he opened his eyes again, he nearly forgot to hold on, it was so.pretty.
A sleepy little fishing village sprawled beneath then, accentuated by the boats that floated lazily in the passive waters of the bay. Quickly, it flashed beneath them as Gally turned north, flying along the coast.
After a few minutes, Nny spoke up again. "What about your truck?"
"I don't have a truck. I fly."
Nny digested this information and asked another question.
"Then, why did you want me to walk you to your truck?"
"Because you are one of the best example of human life on this planet. I heard a good bit of advice today regarding that matter: when you find someone worthy of companionship, don't let then go. They are far rarer than gold, and a million times more precious than diamonds. Oh, and I'm just assuming you live this way?"
"More or less. Hey, just how exactly can you manage to change like this?"
"Well, some humans are born with fatal diseases. Some are born, and live only long enough to perform miracles, and then they become saints. Some are even born with the abilities to travel out of their bodies, and to commune with the dead."
Nny nodded. "So, is that what you are? A miracle human?"
"No, I just crashed here. I'm from Dazol. We have abilities pinto beans could only dream of!"
Nny started. "You've read Happy Noodle Boy?"
The serpentine head craned around to beam at Johnny. "It's one of the only things that makes sense on this planet!"
Nny stared at the back of her head in wonder and confusion. //O.kay.//
They flew on for about another half an hour, when Gally suddenly announced, "We're almost home."
Nny looked up ahead. Up ahead was a city, spread out in neat city blocks. Gally adjusted her course for the very edges of the spread of lights.
"Zim will be worried about me," she said conversationally. "He's helped me establish a life on this planet, since I crashed. I told him I was going to be back yesterday." She rumbled happily underneath Nny. He just hoped it was a laugh.
"He'll probably try to kill me now," she said lightheartedly.
Nny felt an urge to protect his new acquaintance. "Want me to take care of him?" A knife appeared from the folds of his coat.
Gally smirked and told him to put it away. "One, Zim isn't really any sort of threat to me. B, he would NEVER think of hurting me; we're friends. Three, he's not human either, and puts up a much better fight than you'd think."
Nny replaced his machete, feeling out of sorts.
Ten minutes later, Gally spiraled onto the roof of an odd looking house, landing rather jarringly on the steep slope.
Two seconds later, she and Johnny walked in the front door, only to be assaulted by a flurry of gray and blue.
"Master, she's hooome!" cried the.thing.as it embraced Gally's legs.
Nny stared at the thing and wondered if it bled.
An explosion rocked the lower levels of the house. Gally stood and wiped the smile off her face. "Okay," she murmured to Nny. "Act like you're sorry, and be humble. He'll blow himself out in a minute."
Something rocketed out of the toilet and landed squarely in the middle of the room.
"Gaeldrisan, prepare yourself for some DOOM!"
Ooo, spooky. Of course, if we know Zim, he'll probably end up getting his Irkan keester kicked-but who will do the booting? Both of us have righteous boots, Nny and I.. Don't fear the review button thingy, it won't attack. I think.