Shadowed
Ch.3-The Dark Room
Zim woke up to the sound of his half-broken alarm clock.
He grabbed his things and painfully walked to skool.
In class, Ms. Bitters gave an elongated speech on the polio disease.
Zim had a horrible hospital looking pallor.
Dib and Uko laughed at him quietly, passing little notes back and forth.
Zim didn't glance over at them; he just stared at the blackboard.
At lunch, Dib walked over to Zim's table along with Uko, "Poor little Zim. Not so high and mighty without
your little lab, are we... I almost feel sorry for you."
"Almost!" Uko added.
The two laughed at him, but Zim refused to move, nor did he have some smart remark to back him up. Gaz
walked over with her tray and tossed her food in Dib's face, "Leave him alone."
"Why? You don't have a crush on him, do ya?" Dib teased.
Gaz grabbed him by the collar and slammed him against the wall "Leave Him Alone!"
She tossed him to the ground.
Dib scurried to his feet, "C'mon, Uko."
"Ooooh!!! Dib's gat a girl--friend!" Sara yelled.
"Ooooh! Dib's got a girl friend! Dib's got a girl friend!" the children chanted.
Gaz pulled Zim's arm out to the playground.
He sat on a swing next to her, not looking at her, not doing anything.
"Zim?" Gaz asked.
"Yes, Gaz?" his voice was hoarse, as if he hadn't been talking for a while.
"What did Dib say?"
"Nothing important." Zim replied.
Gaz stared at him, trying to remember what she thought she saw the day before, trying to imagine Zim as an
alien, but she couldn't.
Dib ran outside with Uko, following the other kids, still chanting.
Gaz got up and walked over to Dib.
"GAZ! SAVE ME!" Dib ran behind her.
She punched him hard in the face, then walked off back over to Zim.
The rest of the day continued as normal.
Gaz didn't see Zim at the end of the day and she was a little concerned.
Zim went to his base alone, tired, and very depressed.
He couldn't complete his mission without his base.
He needed to find a way to get back at Dib, Dib AND Uko.
A few hours had passed and Zim just laid on the couch, curled up in a little ball,
He took his disguise off and packed up.
There was a knock at the door.
It was Gaz, but Zim couldn't here to answer.
Gaz opened the door, "Zim?"
She looked around at the mess, "Zim?"
Gaz walked into the kitchen and there he was, staring at a silver knife.
Gaz rubbed her eyes, but she was sure she wasn't seeing things this time.
"Z-zim?" she walked closer, "Zim? Is that you?"
Zim turned around, his red eyes almost seemed to glow, "Gaz! I, um..."
"So Dib was right, you are an alien."
"Gaz, I--"
"You probably would have killed me...you were just using me, weren't you?"
"Gaz--"
"ANSWER ME!"
"Yes...I was trying to get back at, Dib. But somewhere along the way, that changed."
"You lied to me!" Gaz knocked one of the chairs over.
"But I--I love you! Your all I have left."
"Yeah,uh-huh...how do I know you aren't lying now?"
"I--"
"Good bye Zim." Gaz turned around and headed out the door.
Zim ran over to her, turned her towards him and kissed her.
Once he let off, Gaz backed away.
"Gaz, I'm sorry."
She looked deep into his eyes, "What's wrong with you? Don't you get it?"
"What?"
"I'm just as much your enemy as Dib or Uko."
"But what about that drawing?"
"What drawing?"
"The one of you and me!"
Gaz pulled a wrinkled piece of paper out of her pocket, "This one?"
Zim studied the picture.
He had been mistaken about her.
The drawing was of him being shot by Gaz.
What he thought were black and red hearts were really bullets and blood.
"You, want to KILL me?" Zim asked.
"I wasn't sure at first, then I thought I saw you, the real you and it changed, but then I realized that I wasn't
being delusional, that you were an alien and that you had been lying to me. I can't stand that!"
"GAZ! I'm sorry! Okay?! SORRY!"
He had gotten her attention.
"Come on! Look at me! I mean, why would you want someone like me? So green, with ugly red eyes and
stupid antennas...I have nothing but my ship left."
"Were you going to take over the planet?" Gaz asked.
"Y-yes, but I can't anymore. Look at what happened to my base! I'm a wreck, Gaz."
"Dib.... he will pay."
"I think his little friend helped too."
"Uko?"
"Yes. And I have a feeling that I've seen her somewhere before. Gaz, you can't leave me...please." Zim
begged.
Gaz shook her head. "I'm sorry, Zim. I can't. You have to understand. I don't know you very well. I just, I
can't...." Zim dropped to his knees.
"I've got to go." Gaz went to the door.
"I love you, Gaz."
Gaz shook her head again and closed the door behind her.
Zim fell to the floor and tears fell from his eyes.
"I'll get Dib for this. Dib and Uko. And someday, I'll sit upon my throne with my queen, Gaz,
and we shall laugh at our tortured human slaves. They'll see." Zim said, as though someone was there, "Gaz
will be mine." Zim began hysterically laughing.
He got up and went to his lab to find something of good use.
Dib's time was here.
Ch.3-The Dark Room
Zim woke up to the sound of his half-broken alarm clock.
He grabbed his things and painfully walked to skool.
In class, Ms. Bitters gave an elongated speech on the polio disease.
Zim had a horrible hospital looking pallor.
Dib and Uko laughed at him quietly, passing little notes back and forth.
Zim didn't glance over at them; he just stared at the blackboard.
At lunch, Dib walked over to Zim's table along with Uko, "Poor little Zim. Not so high and mighty without
your little lab, are we... I almost feel sorry for you."
"Almost!" Uko added.
The two laughed at him, but Zim refused to move, nor did he have some smart remark to back him up. Gaz
walked over with her tray and tossed her food in Dib's face, "Leave him alone."
"Why? You don't have a crush on him, do ya?" Dib teased.
Gaz grabbed him by the collar and slammed him against the wall "Leave Him Alone!"
She tossed him to the ground.
Dib scurried to his feet, "C'mon, Uko."
"Ooooh!!! Dib's gat a girl--friend!" Sara yelled.
"Ooooh! Dib's got a girl friend! Dib's got a girl friend!" the children chanted.
Gaz pulled Zim's arm out to the playground.
He sat on a swing next to her, not looking at her, not doing anything.
"Zim?" Gaz asked.
"Yes, Gaz?" his voice was hoarse, as if he hadn't been talking for a while.
"What did Dib say?"
"Nothing important." Zim replied.
Gaz stared at him, trying to remember what she thought she saw the day before, trying to imagine Zim as an
alien, but she couldn't.
Dib ran outside with Uko, following the other kids, still chanting.
Gaz got up and walked over to Dib.
"GAZ! SAVE ME!" Dib ran behind her.
She punched him hard in the face, then walked off back over to Zim.
The rest of the day continued as normal.
Gaz didn't see Zim at the end of the day and she was a little concerned.
Zim went to his base alone, tired, and very depressed.
He couldn't complete his mission without his base.
He needed to find a way to get back at Dib, Dib AND Uko.
A few hours had passed and Zim just laid on the couch, curled up in a little ball,
He took his disguise off and packed up.
There was a knock at the door.
It was Gaz, but Zim couldn't here to answer.
Gaz opened the door, "Zim?"
She looked around at the mess, "Zim?"
Gaz walked into the kitchen and there he was, staring at a silver knife.
Gaz rubbed her eyes, but she was sure she wasn't seeing things this time.
"Z-zim?" she walked closer, "Zim? Is that you?"
Zim turned around, his red eyes almost seemed to glow, "Gaz! I, um..."
"So Dib was right, you are an alien."
"Gaz, I--"
"You probably would have killed me...you were just using me, weren't you?"
"Gaz--"
"ANSWER ME!"
"Yes...I was trying to get back at, Dib. But somewhere along the way, that changed."
"You lied to me!" Gaz knocked one of the chairs over.
"But I--I love you! Your all I have left."
"Yeah,uh-huh...how do I know you aren't lying now?"
"I--"
"Good bye Zim." Gaz turned around and headed out the door.
Zim ran over to her, turned her towards him and kissed her.
Once he let off, Gaz backed away.
"Gaz, I'm sorry."
She looked deep into his eyes, "What's wrong with you? Don't you get it?"
"What?"
"I'm just as much your enemy as Dib or Uko."
"But what about that drawing?"
"What drawing?"
"The one of you and me!"
Gaz pulled a wrinkled piece of paper out of her pocket, "This one?"
Zim studied the picture.
He had been mistaken about her.
The drawing was of him being shot by Gaz.
What he thought were black and red hearts were really bullets and blood.
"You, want to KILL me?" Zim asked.
"I wasn't sure at first, then I thought I saw you, the real you and it changed, but then I realized that I wasn't
being delusional, that you were an alien and that you had been lying to me. I can't stand that!"
"GAZ! I'm sorry! Okay?! SORRY!"
He had gotten her attention.
"Come on! Look at me! I mean, why would you want someone like me? So green, with ugly red eyes and
stupid antennas...I have nothing but my ship left."
"Were you going to take over the planet?" Gaz asked.
"Y-yes, but I can't anymore. Look at what happened to my base! I'm a wreck, Gaz."
"Dib.... he will pay."
"I think his little friend helped too."
"Uko?"
"Yes. And I have a feeling that I've seen her somewhere before. Gaz, you can't leave me...please." Zim
begged.
Gaz shook her head. "I'm sorry, Zim. I can't. You have to understand. I don't know you very well. I just, I
can't...." Zim dropped to his knees.
"I've got to go." Gaz went to the door.
"I love you, Gaz."
Gaz shook her head again and closed the door behind her.
Zim fell to the floor and tears fell from his eyes.
"I'll get Dib for this. Dib and Uko. And someday, I'll sit upon my throne with my queen, Gaz,
and we shall laugh at our tortured human slaves. They'll see." Zim said, as though someone was there, "Gaz
will be mine." Zim began hysterically laughing.
He got up and went to his lab to find something of good use.
Dib's time was here.