Chapter 4 - Remembering
Dib walked back into his room after breakfast, Nodac following right behind. "Nodac, when I tell you this, you'll know why I like the past so much," Nodac sat beside him, listening with a caring interest. "I have...I used to have...a sister. Her name is Gaz." Dib took out a photograph of Gaz from his drawer, and Nodac inquired,
"Is that her?"
"Yes. It was taken before that day when Zim took over. An earthquake had taken the city, and Gaz was escaping out through the window. I knew that Zim was out there, and tried my hardest to get her back inside the house. I failed. She fell out onto the pavement and Zim crushed her."
"In a big machine?"
"Yes."
"I was hiding in my old tree house at the time. I was horrified. Dib, I'm so sorry. You two must've been really close."
"No. We weren't very close. That's probably my deepest regret. I never got to tell her that I really did care."
"I'm sure she understands."
"Thanks. That helps a lot."
"Who would've known when you were twelve years old that you'd end up here? You deserve much greater."
"You deserve much greater than I. You're not going to die. If Zim targets you next, I'd rather have myself die."
"Just promise me this."
"What?"
"Just promise me that you will never give yourself up willingly. Not even for me. If we don't fight against Zim, there is no hope."
"We're the only ones left though."
"No. Some people escaped. There are some people who lived."
"I call a group meeting."
"As do I."
Dib walked back into his room after breakfast, Nodac following right behind. "Nodac, when I tell you this, you'll know why I like the past so much," Nodac sat beside him, listening with a caring interest. "I have...I used to have...a sister. Her name is Gaz." Dib took out a photograph of Gaz from his drawer, and Nodac inquired,
"Is that her?"
"Yes. It was taken before that day when Zim took over. An earthquake had taken the city, and Gaz was escaping out through the window. I knew that Zim was out there, and tried my hardest to get her back inside the house. I failed. She fell out onto the pavement and Zim crushed her."
"In a big machine?"
"Yes."
"I was hiding in my old tree house at the time. I was horrified. Dib, I'm so sorry. You two must've been really close."
"No. We weren't very close. That's probably my deepest regret. I never got to tell her that I really did care."
"I'm sure she understands."
"Thanks. That helps a lot."
"Who would've known when you were twelve years old that you'd end up here? You deserve much greater."
"You deserve much greater than I. You're not going to die. If Zim targets you next, I'd rather have myself die."
"Just promise me this."
"What?"
"Just promise me that you will never give yourself up willingly. Not even for me. If we don't fight against Zim, there is no hope."
"We're the only ones left though."
"No. Some people escaped. There are some people who lived."
"I call a group meeting."
"As do I."