2nd Chapter: Night Air- by X-KAT
The house was silent. Gaz still lay unconscious. It was the day after Zim's attempted murder of Dib, and Dib hadn't slept in more then 30 hours. He was dead tired, but he wouldn't let himself stop now. He had patched up his ankle, and didn't let it get in the way; he had more important things to do. Deep in his Dad's lab, he was working on the thing that in theory would turn the tables between him and Zim. In the favor of Dib of course.
"Finally", Dib muttered, "It's finished." He turned it in his hands to admire his handiwork. Using his Dad's tools and technology he had crafted a utility backpack; it included many gadgets similar to Zim's and some of Dib's own ideas. The backpack was bigger then Zim's though, and it was colored gray, blue, and black.
"It won't do me any good to try and capture zim while I'm this tired, so., so." And he fell asleep right there in the lab.
*****(Meanwhile, in Zim's lab)***** "Whoo-hoo!" Screamed Gir while running through the lab, "You smell like a naked mole rat!"
"A naked what?, a peeved Zim responded, "Oh never mind, all I care about is that the Dib-monkey escaped my clutches once again. But how? This was a fool proof plan, Gir and thank goodness for my invader pack or I might have NEVER woken up."
"I like walnuts, 'cause they crunch like chicken!" screamed the insane SIR unit.
"I can't keep failing like this Gir, or pretty soon the Dib-pig will learn enough from his mistakes to capture me. Oh well, at least I upgraded the computer's security system so I guess I feel a little better."
A giant yawn escaped Zim's lips; it even stopped Gir in its tracks.
"Are you trying to perfect your moose call? I told you it's like this; MAHURR!!!"
"Ahh! Stop that horrible noise before my antennas break off! I wasn't practicing any moose-beast call, it just tells me I am more tired then I thought. I really should hit the hay. Remember to turn on the security system on if you see an intruder Gir. (Yawn). Good night."
"But it's three in the after-" SLAM! The door broke Gir off in mid sentence.
"Awww.he must have been tired after chasing all those pigs and monkeys, .I LIKE MONKEYS!"
*****(6 hours later in Dib's house)***** Dib was abruptly awakened by a vase being shattered over his head.
"Hey! What the-Gaz!" she got a chair ready to swing it at her brother. "Gaz, don't do that! What did I do to you?"
"You know what you did. Now who are you and why did you kidnap me?" asked a slightly dazed sounding Gaz.
"Kidnap?, what are you talking about?"
"I .don't .know." She answered, slumping into a chair and starting to weep.
"Gaz, what's wrong?" Dib said as he hurried over to his sister's side. "No, seriously, you don't get it, I didn't know anything. I woke up and had an idea who I was or where I was".
"Zim! He made you knock your head, you must have gotten amnesia." Dib explained, "Which reminds me, I have to go take care of Zim now, I will help you regain your memory when I get back"
And with that, Dib grabbed his new invention and ran out the door.
"Why would that boy want to take care of the Zim that bumped my head? Oh well.I need Pizza".
Dib hurried down Zim's street. It was already dark so he did have the element of surprise on his side, and his new toy of course.
He made his way up to the house, decreasing in speed with every approaching step. Over the years Dib had learned a perfect path through the gnomes because of their slow reaction speed. He had no trouble working his way up to the door. It was locked for obvious reasons, so Dib decided it was time for a test. He took out a small number pad and punched in D33. A skinny robotic arm reached out of the backpack and used a laser beam to cut around the door's locking mechanisms.
The door then easily slid open allowing the human access into the alien's lair.
"Now for one of the most dangerous tests." Dib whispered to himself while typing in I99.
His figure flickered once, twice, then was gone. Dib pulled out a small mirror and saw exactly what he wanted to see - nothing but the wall behind him.
"Wow!" He said to himself. "The cloaker actually works! Now to get past Zim's little robot minion."
Gir was sitting on the couch eating poop-corn, and didn't even notice when his poop-cola mysteriously tipped over and spilled on the rug.
"Crap!" Dib said to himself, "that stupid mistake almost ended my mission. Thank goodness that robot is so preoccupied with. the Scary Monkey Show? And I thought I was easily amused."
Dib moved into the kitchen, and once there, he deactivated the cloaking device. He then had to figure out a way to get into the lab, sense he was too big to fit down the regular elevator as an 18 year old.
"B24 should do the trick." Dib thought as a large rocket launcher similar to Zim's came out of the backpack and pointed at the floor.
BOOM!!! Dib was thrown backwards, but his rocket had done the trick. A huge hole lay on the ground in front of him. Dib activated his jet pack and flew safely down to Zim's lab.
The noise and vibrations from the blast had shaken Zim from his sleep.
"What the?" He said then looked at a flashing security screen. Dib was seen running to Zim's control room.
" Agh! That stupid stink-human doesn't know when to stop." Said Zim,"I will now go and kill him while he is in my fortress of DOOM!" And with that he ran out grabbing a ray gun on the way.
Dib ran through Zim's lab, taking pictures at a 360 degree angle with his backpack.
"Ha ha!. I am finally going to prove that Zim is an alien!"
"I would just like to see you try, pitiful humane." Zim called from behind Dib. Dib quickly typed in the code for cloak, but his backpack merely sputtered and died.
"oh no! I must have run all it's energy down during the last cloaking process!" Dib cried as he dodged a blast from Zim's ray gun.
"Brainless human, your pitiful excuse for in invader pack disgusts me!" And with that, he blasted it off Dib's back.
" No, my pictures, my invention!" Dib yelled, but he couldn't turn back for it now with Zim shooting at him. Dib zigzagged to throw Zim's aim off, and also searched for some kind of weapon to fight back. Nothing. Dib turned a corner sharply and slid into a cabinet.
"Stupid inertia!" Dib screamed, and slipped on something as he tried to get up.
" Stupid.Hey! What is this? It looks some kind of grappling hook."
A look of hope spread across Dib's face. He looked up at the hole in the ceiling and shot the grappling hook up towards it. His feet lifted off the ground and he soared up, up almost there.
Zim glanced at a security monitor and chuckled.
"I see what you are trying to do and I have a little surprise for you." Said Zim while pushing the FULL SECURITY button.
Dib reached the ceiling of the regular level of the house, and was about to jump down and run out when a swarm of robotic arms reached out of the walls toward him.
He was caught. There were just too many. All exists were blocked as well as all means of hoping for escape. Dib struggled against the arms but they were surprisingly strong. Zim then came up from toilet elevator and instantly started laughing.
"Mwa! Ha!Ha! I introduce you to my security upgrade Dib worm. I hope this answers your question about who the superior race is."
Dib felt the failure. His heart, and he gave up fighting. His backpack with the evidence was in the hand of the enemy, and nobody ever cared about what happened to him.
"Now prepare to taste some DOOM!!!!"Zim yelled lifting his ray gun towards Dib.
"This is the end." Dib thought, closing his eyes in anticipation
The house was silent. Gaz still lay unconscious. It was the day after Zim's attempted murder of Dib, and Dib hadn't slept in more then 30 hours. He was dead tired, but he wouldn't let himself stop now. He had patched up his ankle, and didn't let it get in the way; he had more important things to do. Deep in his Dad's lab, he was working on the thing that in theory would turn the tables between him and Zim. In the favor of Dib of course.
"Finally", Dib muttered, "It's finished." He turned it in his hands to admire his handiwork. Using his Dad's tools and technology he had crafted a utility backpack; it included many gadgets similar to Zim's and some of Dib's own ideas. The backpack was bigger then Zim's though, and it was colored gray, blue, and black.
"It won't do me any good to try and capture zim while I'm this tired, so., so." And he fell asleep right there in the lab.
*****(Meanwhile, in Zim's lab)***** "Whoo-hoo!" Screamed Gir while running through the lab, "You smell like a naked mole rat!"
"A naked what?, a peeved Zim responded, "Oh never mind, all I care about is that the Dib-monkey escaped my clutches once again. But how? This was a fool proof plan, Gir and thank goodness for my invader pack or I might have NEVER woken up."
"I like walnuts, 'cause they crunch like chicken!" screamed the insane SIR unit.
"I can't keep failing like this Gir, or pretty soon the Dib-pig will learn enough from his mistakes to capture me. Oh well, at least I upgraded the computer's security system so I guess I feel a little better."
A giant yawn escaped Zim's lips; it even stopped Gir in its tracks.
"Are you trying to perfect your moose call? I told you it's like this; MAHURR!!!"
"Ahh! Stop that horrible noise before my antennas break off! I wasn't practicing any moose-beast call, it just tells me I am more tired then I thought. I really should hit the hay. Remember to turn on the security system on if you see an intruder Gir. (Yawn). Good night."
"But it's three in the after-" SLAM! The door broke Gir off in mid sentence.
"Awww.he must have been tired after chasing all those pigs and monkeys, .I LIKE MONKEYS!"
*****(6 hours later in Dib's house)***** Dib was abruptly awakened by a vase being shattered over his head.
"Hey! What the-Gaz!" she got a chair ready to swing it at her brother. "Gaz, don't do that! What did I do to you?"
"You know what you did. Now who are you and why did you kidnap me?" asked a slightly dazed sounding Gaz.
"Kidnap?, what are you talking about?"
"I .don't .know." She answered, slumping into a chair and starting to weep.
"Gaz, what's wrong?" Dib said as he hurried over to his sister's side. "No, seriously, you don't get it, I didn't know anything. I woke up and had an idea who I was or where I was".
"Zim! He made you knock your head, you must have gotten amnesia." Dib explained, "Which reminds me, I have to go take care of Zim now, I will help you regain your memory when I get back"
And with that, Dib grabbed his new invention and ran out the door.
"Why would that boy want to take care of the Zim that bumped my head? Oh well.I need Pizza".
Dib hurried down Zim's street. It was already dark so he did have the element of surprise on his side, and his new toy of course.
He made his way up to the house, decreasing in speed with every approaching step. Over the years Dib had learned a perfect path through the gnomes because of their slow reaction speed. He had no trouble working his way up to the door. It was locked for obvious reasons, so Dib decided it was time for a test. He took out a small number pad and punched in D33. A skinny robotic arm reached out of the backpack and used a laser beam to cut around the door's locking mechanisms.
The door then easily slid open allowing the human access into the alien's lair.
"Now for one of the most dangerous tests." Dib whispered to himself while typing in I99.
His figure flickered once, twice, then was gone. Dib pulled out a small mirror and saw exactly what he wanted to see - nothing but the wall behind him.
"Wow!" He said to himself. "The cloaker actually works! Now to get past Zim's little robot minion."
Gir was sitting on the couch eating poop-corn, and didn't even notice when his poop-cola mysteriously tipped over and spilled on the rug.
"Crap!" Dib said to himself, "that stupid mistake almost ended my mission. Thank goodness that robot is so preoccupied with. the Scary Monkey Show? And I thought I was easily amused."
Dib moved into the kitchen, and once there, he deactivated the cloaking device. He then had to figure out a way to get into the lab, sense he was too big to fit down the regular elevator as an 18 year old.
"B24 should do the trick." Dib thought as a large rocket launcher similar to Zim's came out of the backpack and pointed at the floor.
BOOM!!! Dib was thrown backwards, but his rocket had done the trick. A huge hole lay on the ground in front of him. Dib activated his jet pack and flew safely down to Zim's lab.
The noise and vibrations from the blast had shaken Zim from his sleep.
"What the?" He said then looked at a flashing security screen. Dib was seen running to Zim's control room.
" Agh! That stupid stink-human doesn't know when to stop." Said Zim,"I will now go and kill him while he is in my fortress of DOOM!" And with that he ran out grabbing a ray gun on the way.
Dib ran through Zim's lab, taking pictures at a 360 degree angle with his backpack.
"Ha ha!. I am finally going to prove that Zim is an alien!"
"I would just like to see you try, pitiful humane." Zim called from behind Dib. Dib quickly typed in the code for cloak, but his backpack merely sputtered and died.
"oh no! I must have run all it's energy down during the last cloaking process!" Dib cried as he dodged a blast from Zim's ray gun.
"Brainless human, your pitiful excuse for in invader pack disgusts me!" And with that, he blasted it off Dib's back.
" No, my pictures, my invention!" Dib yelled, but he couldn't turn back for it now with Zim shooting at him. Dib zigzagged to throw Zim's aim off, and also searched for some kind of weapon to fight back. Nothing. Dib turned a corner sharply and slid into a cabinet.
"Stupid inertia!" Dib screamed, and slipped on something as he tried to get up.
" Stupid.Hey! What is this? It looks some kind of grappling hook."
A look of hope spread across Dib's face. He looked up at the hole in the ceiling and shot the grappling hook up towards it. His feet lifted off the ground and he soared up, up almost there.
Zim glanced at a security monitor and chuckled.
"I see what you are trying to do and I have a little surprise for you." Said Zim while pushing the FULL SECURITY button.
Dib reached the ceiling of the regular level of the house, and was about to jump down and run out when a swarm of robotic arms reached out of the walls toward him.
He was caught. There were just too many. All exists were blocked as well as all means of hoping for escape. Dib struggled against the arms but they were surprisingly strong. Zim then came up from toilet elevator and instantly started laughing.
"Mwa! Ha!Ha! I introduce you to my security upgrade Dib worm. I hope this answers your question about who the superior race is."
Dib felt the failure. His heart, and he gave up fighting. His backpack with the evidence was in the hand of the enemy, and nobody ever cared about what happened to him.
"Now prepare to taste some DOOM!!!!"Zim yelled lifting his ray gun towards Dib.
"This is the end." Dib thought, closing his eyes in anticipation