Counter-Clockwise
Chapter 5- Flash Back
Gaz woke up the following morning, almost not knowing where she was.
Zim was still asleep, surprisingly, so Gaz went downstairs and made a bowl of cereal.
She sat in the living room in silence and ate her breakfast, still unaware of what had happened.
Gaz sighed heavily at the lost blankets lying about the floor.
She picked them up and folded them, neatly stacking them on the armrest of the couch.
Again, she sighed.
Gaz went upstairs and grabbed her Game Slave 2 off the nightstand, sat in her little spot in the corner of her room, and started a new game.
The insilent beeping of the small hand held toy caused Zim to open his left eye and see what it was.
Gaz looked up at him, "'Bout time you got up."
Zim sat up and noticed he had drooled on half of her pillow.
He wiped his mouth off, "Uh, yeah."
He got out of bed and plopped down next to her, "What'cha playing?"
"Mad Piggies of Doom." Gaz said, almost purposely trying to annoy him with the very name of 'piggies.'
Zim groaned.
Gaz giggled a little.
"What do you find so amusing?" Zim asked her.
Gaz shook her head, "Nothing, really."
She switched of the game and went down the steps.
Zim stared at the little game and then stumbled behind her.
He didn't realize that he could barely walk for whatever reason that was for.
"Gaz, what day is it?" he inquired, as if he didn't know and only wanted to start a conversation.
"I think it's Saturday, why do you ask?"
Zim nodded.
He really had to leave and soon.
The cloak and thoughts of raging doom upon the world were calling him and he must answer.
"Um, I need to get home. I, um, got a lot of stuff I need to take care of." He said.
Zim's blood red eyes caught hers, "Maybe you should join me." He suggested, as if putting her under mind control, "We could annihilate Earth together."
Gaz couldn't help but stare.
"What do you say?" Zim asked.
Gaz nodded, "I'll go get my coat." She ran upstairs again.
Zim grinned evilly, 'Now that I know I can get her, these humans will be none the wiser, all waiting for doom.' He chuckled to himself.
Gaz fled back down, "Let's go."
~***~
Sunday morning.
Dib returned home, "GAZ! Gaz, I'm back!"
No response.
"Gaz? Hello?" he called.
The house was completely vacant.
'Oh, great, I guess she decided to stay at Zim's last night.' Dib sneered.
He dropped his suitcase in his room and went out the door on his way to Zim's house.
As he walked down the street, he noticed that absolutely NO ONE was out.
Not even the animals.
No birds were singing.
No insane neighbors were mowing their lawns while cutting sideburns in their pets fur.
Not even the annoying little kids across the street were screaming about their ice cream falling on the ground or their want to go see Bloaties Pizza Hog and stuff their little mouths with heart disease.
No, not any one person was around.
Dib stopped at Zim's front yard. .
It was completely gone. .
Everything, gone. .
His house, the gnomes, that annoying 'I LOVE EARTH' sign. .
It was gone. .
Dib looked behind him down towards the city. .
It was getting dark, but no lights bothered to show. .
Not a streetlight, not a light coming from the houses and extremely tall buildings, no light but..
Way into the core of the city, a dim light that was very visible. .
Dib stared in fear, as if something had completely taken over his mind. .
He shook his head and looked back to the light, "This CAN'T be good.".
He began running for the city. .
He ran as fast as he could, trembling, that the cold nip of the night was causing his half open mouth to bleed while he panted. .
The light seemed to be closer to him than it really was and Dib wanted to stop, but something kept at him. .
He hadn't a clue what happened to Gaz.
For all he knew, whatever that was, it may have come from a bon fire. .
Maybe they were burning her or experimenting on her deranged soul. .
He flinched at the thought. .
Ever since he had found out about her little secret, he had to closely watch over his poor sister. .
If Zim were to find out about THAT, he could surely take advantage of her using emotions to get at her. .
During his run about, Dib remembered that night, the night he found out. .
"GAZ! We're gonna be late!" Dib called to his sister from the bottom of the stairs. .
"HOLD ON!" Gaz yelled back. .
Dib tapped his foot, waiting extremely impatiently. .
He grunted, "GAZ! If you don't hurry up, we'll never get good seats!"
Gaz slammed her bedroom door behind her as she ran down the case of stairs. .
Dib rolled his eyes, "What's taking you so long!?" .
Gaz appeared at the top of the steps. .
"Finally! C'mon Gaz, stop wasting time!" .
Wasting time, she did. .
She took her good ol' time making her way down the stairs. .
When she made it to the bottom of the flight of steps, Dib was looking very angry. .
Gaz laughed to herself. .
"Ready, now?" he asked her with a sightless fury. .
Gaz nodded. .
.
"Good." They went out the door and made their way down the street. .
"I can't believe we actually got tickets!" Dib had been dying to go to the next UFO convention for the last year and a half. .
He got kicked out at the last one two years ago from his ranting and ravings about Zim and all of the things that the UFO investigators were saying was all lies. .
"Yeah, Dib, this is just the best thing I have ever hoped to go to." Gaz said to him sarcastically. .
Dib frowned, "Oh, c'mon, Gaz, show a little enthusiasm."
"If dad wasn't such a worry wart, then I could be at home finishing 'Vampire Piggies 4.' I mean, he leaves us home all the time and doesn't give a damn then, so why should he care now?"
"Why didn't you bring the stupid game with you. You take that mind control machine everywhere else!"
"Because, Dib, the guards at your stupid brain wash meeting don't allow electronics in the auditorium. Duh." Gaz grimaced. .
"Well then you shouldn't have punched your damn English teacher! You know that's why dad made you come!"
Gaz growled. .
That teacher had caused nothing but trouble for her entire 6th grade school year. .
If anything, that bitch deserved it..
The building came into sight. .
Dib got all exited and put on his I'm-the-savior-of earth look. .
Gaz just mad he I'm-gonna-be-sick look and threw it right in Dib's face. .
He stood a bit further away from her and they stepped into line. .
"I can't believe that all of these people would consistently waste their time on aliens."
"By now, I'm surprised you don't believe me. You've seen Zim."
"Zim? Zim who?" she asked, only to annoy him. .
Dib silenced himself. .
He did not feel like arguing with his obviously in denial sister. .
However, she knew all right, about Zim, she just forced herself to forget. .
Once they finally got inside, the two took their seats in the row almost all the way in the back. .
"See, I told you that we wouldn't get good seats. Thanks Gaz." Dib crossed his arms. .
"Anytime." Gaz smiled. .
Dib sighed, "Well, at least I'm here." He looked around to the crowd in front of him, "Hmmm, I'm gonna go try to steal a better seat. You coming?"
Gaz gave him a very unsuggestive look. .
Dib snorted, "Suit yourself." He walked off through the rows.
Gaz looked around, staring at the inhabitants of the theater.
Either everyone wore a UFO hat upon their heads, or they carried a small alien toy.
It made Gaz sick.
As the show began and continued for almost a hour, Gaz hadn't heard word or even saw her elder brother, knowingly that he may have already found a better seat with his 'Hi, I know a real live alien! Can I take your seat' line.
Gaz exhaled in boredom.
The show was nothing but adult after adult telling their abduction cases and their alien experiences.
Then she saw someone she did not think she would see.
Zim.
He was surprisingly, sitting in the front and center row.
She looked around to see Dib, staring at him, pointing his finger and raising his hand.
The administrator finally called on him and Dib rushed to the podium.
Zim's eyes widened, unexpected to see HIM here.
Dib started his whole alien speech, "I KNOW AN ALIEN! And his sitting right here in this very room!" he pointed at Zim, "LOOK! There he is!"
The crowd of people stared at Zim, "HEY! That's just a kid!" someone in the audience yelled.
Dib jumped off the stage and in front of Zim, he pulled the wig off of Zim's head, unleashing his pointy antennas.
The crowd gasped.
He knocked out Zim's lenses and pointed again, "SEE?!"
Gaz shook her head, "No, Dib. These people are completely insane. They'll kill Zim for sure and then-" she stopped as she saw the humans poking and pulling at Zim, Zim unable to move. Dib was laughing at him, of all the things that angered Gaz, which hit the nail on the head.
"GIR! HELP ME!" Zim yelled through the static of the microphone that was hearable even to the balcony.
Dib smiled evilly, and then looked up to see if Gaz was all right.
But his smile quickly turned to a face of horror.
Something was flying down the hall.
It looked like Gaz, but whatever it was, it had gleaming black eyes; dark wings; sharp, long fangs; and 4 serpent tails, two that seemed to have heads of their own.
It was something evil, it was something dark, it was.GAZ!
Dib looked around for escape, but when he found none, he had to face his demon sister.
'So this is what I heard Dad and Mom talking about before she passed away.' He thought.
The next thing he knew, he was waking up in a hospital bed.
Gaz was at his side as well as Professor Membrane.
But not Zim.
"What happened?" Dib asked, still slightly aware of what he saw his sister as.
"You went on with your "ZIM" ravings and an audience member threw a brick at your head. It might have missed, but since you head is so huge, that would be slightly impossible." Gaz insulted.
Dib growled, "My head is NOT huge!"
Yeah, okay Dib." She said.
Professor Membrane patted his son's head, "Now that you're okay, I'll be getting back to the lab now."
"That's it. Now 'Hope you get better soon?'" Dib complained.
But Membrane was already out of the room.
Gaz drew closer to Dib and whispered in his ear, "You won't get better if you don't leave Zim alone."
"But I thought you hated him!" Dib yelled.
Gaz scowled at her brother, who's arm was in a cast, then left the room.
Dib shook his head from the memory.
He was getting closer to the light.
Whatever Zim wanted with her, he must have found out about Gaz.
Why else would he want her?
The thought that Zim was using her for his own pleasure entered Dib's mind.
He shook the thought away as a crowd of people came into sight.
Dib stopped to see what the light was.
He could not believe his eyes.
Chapter 5- Flash Back
Gaz woke up the following morning, almost not knowing where she was.
Zim was still asleep, surprisingly, so Gaz went downstairs and made a bowl of cereal.
She sat in the living room in silence and ate her breakfast, still unaware of what had happened.
Gaz sighed heavily at the lost blankets lying about the floor.
She picked them up and folded them, neatly stacking them on the armrest of the couch.
Again, she sighed.
Gaz went upstairs and grabbed her Game Slave 2 off the nightstand, sat in her little spot in the corner of her room, and started a new game.
The insilent beeping of the small hand held toy caused Zim to open his left eye and see what it was.
Gaz looked up at him, "'Bout time you got up."
Zim sat up and noticed he had drooled on half of her pillow.
He wiped his mouth off, "Uh, yeah."
He got out of bed and plopped down next to her, "What'cha playing?"
"Mad Piggies of Doom." Gaz said, almost purposely trying to annoy him with the very name of 'piggies.'
Zim groaned.
Gaz giggled a little.
"What do you find so amusing?" Zim asked her.
Gaz shook her head, "Nothing, really."
She switched of the game and went down the steps.
Zim stared at the little game and then stumbled behind her.
He didn't realize that he could barely walk for whatever reason that was for.
"Gaz, what day is it?" he inquired, as if he didn't know and only wanted to start a conversation.
"I think it's Saturday, why do you ask?"
Zim nodded.
He really had to leave and soon.
The cloak and thoughts of raging doom upon the world were calling him and he must answer.
"Um, I need to get home. I, um, got a lot of stuff I need to take care of." He said.
Zim's blood red eyes caught hers, "Maybe you should join me." He suggested, as if putting her under mind control, "We could annihilate Earth together."
Gaz couldn't help but stare.
"What do you say?" Zim asked.
Gaz nodded, "I'll go get my coat." She ran upstairs again.
Zim grinned evilly, 'Now that I know I can get her, these humans will be none the wiser, all waiting for doom.' He chuckled to himself.
Gaz fled back down, "Let's go."
~***~
Sunday morning.
Dib returned home, "GAZ! Gaz, I'm back!"
No response.
"Gaz? Hello?" he called.
The house was completely vacant.
'Oh, great, I guess she decided to stay at Zim's last night.' Dib sneered.
He dropped his suitcase in his room and went out the door on his way to Zim's house.
As he walked down the street, he noticed that absolutely NO ONE was out.
Not even the animals.
No birds were singing.
No insane neighbors were mowing their lawns while cutting sideburns in their pets fur.
Not even the annoying little kids across the street were screaming about their ice cream falling on the ground or their want to go see Bloaties Pizza Hog and stuff their little mouths with heart disease.
No, not any one person was around.
Dib stopped at Zim's front yard. .
It was completely gone. .
Everything, gone. .
His house, the gnomes, that annoying 'I LOVE EARTH' sign. .
It was gone. .
Dib looked behind him down towards the city. .
It was getting dark, but no lights bothered to show. .
Not a streetlight, not a light coming from the houses and extremely tall buildings, no light but..
Way into the core of the city, a dim light that was very visible. .
Dib stared in fear, as if something had completely taken over his mind. .
He shook his head and looked back to the light, "This CAN'T be good.".
He began running for the city. .
He ran as fast as he could, trembling, that the cold nip of the night was causing his half open mouth to bleed while he panted. .
The light seemed to be closer to him than it really was and Dib wanted to stop, but something kept at him. .
He hadn't a clue what happened to Gaz.
For all he knew, whatever that was, it may have come from a bon fire. .
Maybe they were burning her or experimenting on her deranged soul. .
He flinched at the thought. .
Ever since he had found out about her little secret, he had to closely watch over his poor sister. .
If Zim were to find out about THAT, he could surely take advantage of her using emotions to get at her. .
During his run about, Dib remembered that night, the night he found out. .
"GAZ! We're gonna be late!" Dib called to his sister from the bottom of the stairs. .
"HOLD ON!" Gaz yelled back. .
Dib tapped his foot, waiting extremely impatiently. .
He grunted, "GAZ! If you don't hurry up, we'll never get good seats!"
Gaz slammed her bedroom door behind her as she ran down the case of stairs. .
Dib rolled his eyes, "What's taking you so long!?" .
Gaz appeared at the top of the steps. .
"Finally! C'mon Gaz, stop wasting time!" .
Wasting time, she did. .
She took her good ol' time making her way down the stairs. .
When she made it to the bottom of the flight of steps, Dib was looking very angry. .
Gaz laughed to herself. .
"Ready, now?" he asked her with a sightless fury. .
Gaz nodded. .
.
"Good." They went out the door and made their way down the street. .
"I can't believe we actually got tickets!" Dib had been dying to go to the next UFO convention for the last year and a half. .
He got kicked out at the last one two years ago from his ranting and ravings about Zim and all of the things that the UFO investigators were saying was all lies. .
"Yeah, Dib, this is just the best thing I have ever hoped to go to." Gaz said to him sarcastically. .
Dib frowned, "Oh, c'mon, Gaz, show a little enthusiasm."
"If dad wasn't such a worry wart, then I could be at home finishing 'Vampire Piggies 4.' I mean, he leaves us home all the time and doesn't give a damn then, so why should he care now?"
"Why didn't you bring the stupid game with you. You take that mind control machine everywhere else!"
"Because, Dib, the guards at your stupid brain wash meeting don't allow electronics in the auditorium. Duh." Gaz grimaced. .
"Well then you shouldn't have punched your damn English teacher! You know that's why dad made you come!"
Gaz growled. .
That teacher had caused nothing but trouble for her entire 6th grade school year. .
If anything, that bitch deserved it..
The building came into sight. .
Dib got all exited and put on his I'm-the-savior-of earth look. .
Gaz just mad he I'm-gonna-be-sick look and threw it right in Dib's face. .
He stood a bit further away from her and they stepped into line. .
"I can't believe that all of these people would consistently waste their time on aliens."
"By now, I'm surprised you don't believe me. You've seen Zim."
"Zim? Zim who?" she asked, only to annoy him. .
Dib silenced himself. .
He did not feel like arguing with his obviously in denial sister. .
However, she knew all right, about Zim, she just forced herself to forget. .
Once they finally got inside, the two took their seats in the row almost all the way in the back. .
"See, I told you that we wouldn't get good seats. Thanks Gaz." Dib crossed his arms. .
"Anytime." Gaz smiled. .
Dib sighed, "Well, at least I'm here." He looked around to the crowd in front of him, "Hmmm, I'm gonna go try to steal a better seat. You coming?"
Gaz gave him a very unsuggestive look. .
Dib snorted, "Suit yourself." He walked off through the rows.
Gaz looked around, staring at the inhabitants of the theater.
Either everyone wore a UFO hat upon their heads, or they carried a small alien toy.
It made Gaz sick.
As the show began and continued for almost a hour, Gaz hadn't heard word or even saw her elder brother, knowingly that he may have already found a better seat with his 'Hi, I know a real live alien! Can I take your seat' line.
Gaz exhaled in boredom.
The show was nothing but adult after adult telling their abduction cases and their alien experiences.
Then she saw someone she did not think she would see.
Zim.
He was surprisingly, sitting in the front and center row.
She looked around to see Dib, staring at him, pointing his finger and raising his hand.
The administrator finally called on him and Dib rushed to the podium.
Zim's eyes widened, unexpected to see HIM here.
Dib started his whole alien speech, "I KNOW AN ALIEN! And his sitting right here in this very room!" he pointed at Zim, "LOOK! There he is!"
The crowd of people stared at Zim, "HEY! That's just a kid!" someone in the audience yelled.
Dib jumped off the stage and in front of Zim, he pulled the wig off of Zim's head, unleashing his pointy antennas.
The crowd gasped.
He knocked out Zim's lenses and pointed again, "SEE?!"
Gaz shook her head, "No, Dib. These people are completely insane. They'll kill Zim for sure and then-" she stopped as she saw the humans poking and pulling at Zim, Zim unable to move. Dib was laughing at him, of all the things that angered Gaz, which hit the nail on the head.
"GIR! HELP ME!" Zim yelled through the static of the microphone that was hearable even to the balcony.
Dib smiled evilly, and then looked up to see if Gaz was all right.
But his smile quickly turned to a face of horror.
Something was flying down the hall.
It looked like Gaz, but whatever it was, it had gleaming black eyes; dark wings; sharp, long fangs; and 4 serpent tails, two that seemed to have heads of their own.
It was something evil, it was something dark, it was.GAZ!
Dib looked around for escape, but when he found none, he had to face his demon sister.
'So this is what I heard Dad and Mom talking about before she passed away.' He thought.
The next thing he knew, he was waking up in a hospital bed.
Gaz was at his side as well as Professor Membrane.
But not Zim.
"What happened?" Dib asked, still slightly aware of what he saw his sister as.
"You went on with your "ZIM" ravings and an audience member threw a brick at your head. It might have missed, but since you head is so huge, that would be slightly impossible." Gaz insulted.
Dib growled, "My head is NOT huge!"
Yeah, okay Dib." She said.
Professor Membrane patted his son's head, "Now that you're okay, I'll be getting back to the lab now."
"That's it. Now 'Hope you get better soon?'" Dib complained.
But Membrane was already out of the room.
Gaz drew closer to Dib and whispered in his ear, "You won't get better if you don't leave Zim alone."
"But I thought you hated him!" Dib yelled.
Gaz scowled at her brother, who's arm was in a cast, then left the room.
Dib shook his head from the memory.
He was getting closer to the light.
Whatever Zim wanted with her, he must have found out about Gaz.
Why else would he want her?
The thought that Zim was using her for his own pleasure entered Dib's mind.
He shook the thought away as a crowd of people came into sight.
Dib stopped to see what the light was.
He could not believe his eyes.