Rejection
Chapter Six
DISCLAIMER: All characters except Libby belong to Jhonen Vasquez. AS far as I know, no one uses the AOL screenname DeadSoul666. ZombieDib is one of my extra screennames.
"I don't like myself much," Libby said wistfully. Several strands of her hair had fallen into her eyes, the moonlight making it glimmer. A long moment of silence followed her statement.
"I don't like you either, wormbaby!"
Zim's voice was heard as he crashed through the bushes into the clearing. Gir, in full SIR mode, had followed him, looking angry.
"You almost made me blow my cover, stink-beast. I had to rebuild over half of my base!"
"Couldn't I blow your cover even more now? I mean, you're not even disguised.."
"SILENCE, WORMBABY! You will not be here long enough to stop ZIM!"
"Leave her alone, Zim!"
"Shut up," Libby snapped. "I'll handle him myself."
Zim pulled a laser gun, and shot. He missed miserably, cutting down a tree and traumatizing a few squirrels for life. Libby picked up a branch from the fallen tree and swung it at Zim. She hit him upside the head with it, knocking the laser out of his hands and into a small puddle of water.
"Curses! GIR, attack the stink-beast!"
"Only if you dance with meee," the robot responded gleefully, no longer in SIR mode. Libby took advantage of Zim's distraction, and used the stick to knock him into the puddle, where he began burning and screaming. Libby kicked him across the grass, and into a tree. By the time she had finished, Zim was unconscious and fizzing, Gir was oblivious to the entire situation completely, and the steel toe of Libby's boot had a trace of green Irken blood on it.
"You see, Dib, I'm not helpless," she said, and ran off towards her house. Dib went the other way, and came out on the other side, right behind his house. He entered quietly, and as soon as he was fully inside, Gaz was glaring at him.
"You're LATE," she said angrily. "We were SUPPOSED to see Dad at Bloaty's Pizza Hog tonight, but YOU had to stay out and RUIN it." "Uhh..sorry?" he mumbled, before fleeing from his vicious sister and into his room. He leaned against the door as she pounded on it, as if trying to knock it down.
"I WILL destroy you, Dib," Gaz hissed before leaving.
Dib walked over to the nightstand and switched on the light, grabbing a book about the Loch Ness Monster from off the shelf. As he sat down at his computer desk, he looked up to see the instant messenger icon flashing.
"You have received a message from user "DeadSoul666". Accept? Y/N."
Dib stared. He normally did not receive messages from strangers, and used the program mostly to report sightings. Warily, he clicked "accept".
DeadSoul666: Hello? DeadSoul666: Reply DeadSoul666: are you there? DeadSoul666: Did your precious Mothman burn your eyes out?! DeadSoul666: Dib?
Dib realized who it was, and typed a reply.
ZombieDib: Libby? DeadSoul666: yea. DeadSoul666: Took you forever ZombieDib: Why are you IM'ing me? DeadSoul666: You know when Zim attacked me tonight, right? ZombieDib: Yes. What about it, O Fearless One? DeadSoul666: shut up if you plan on living DeadSoul666: It wasn't Zim ZombieDib: It HAD to have been Zim DeadSoul666: It wasn't. This one was female. ZombieDib: How could you tell? DeadSoul666: She had eyelashes and her antennae were curled DeadSoul666: and her eyes were blue ZombieDib: blue? DeadSoul666: yes. DeadSoul666: meet me in front of Zim's house DeadSoul666 signed off at 11:55:06
Dib shut off the computer, grabbed his camera, and ran.
Several minutes later, Dib and Libby stood in front of Zim's base. Libby tossed a rock in among the lawn gnomes. The shot their laser guns, and destroyed themselves. Dib had his camera on, and was recording the whole thing. Libby ran up and threw the door open.
"Hiya, big head boy! Hiya weird foot girl!" GIR shouted, referring to Libby's boots.
"Quiet!" Libby snapped as Dib led her towards the secret entrance to Zim's lab. As they walked in, Gir followed them.
"What'cha doing, big head boy?" the little robot asked excitedly. This was enough for Zim to hear and realize something was up. He walked down the narrow hall, spotting Libby and Dib with Gir clinging to his head.
"Gir! How did the HUMAN stinkbeasts get in here?"
"I dunno!"
"Zim," Dib shouted, "What do you know about a female Irken?"
"With blue eyes," Libby added.
"FOOLS! I am the only Irken on this planet- wait- BLUE eyes?!"
Dib nodded, and began to speak, but Zim interrupted.
"Selphy! It was HER, Invader Selphy! Computer!"
"Whaddya want from me?!" came the apathetic voice of Zim's computer.
"Scan the nearby area for all Irken life-forms," he commanded, and then turned to Dib and Libby. "Now to deal with you, human stinkbeasts."
He began to approach the two humans threateningly, when his computer interrupted.
"Irken life form detected! Female, blue eyes. Age two hundred seventy-two."
Zim stopped his approach, stunned. He actually looked scared for a moment, before shaking himself out of it. "How close is she?"
The computer did not respond. There was no need. Zim stood staring, clearly frozen with fear.
The blue eyed Irken stood behind them, pointing a squirt gun straight at Zim.
Dib and Libby nearly burst out laughing.
DISCLAIMER: All characters except Libby belong to Jhonen Vasquez. AS far as I know, no one uses the AOL screenname DeadSoul666. ZombieDib is one of my extra screennames.
"I don't like myself much," Libby said wistfully. Several strands of her hair had fallen into her eyes, the moonlight making it glimmer. A long moment of silence followed her statement.
"I don't like you either, wormbaby!"
Zim's voice was heard as he crashed through the bushes into the clearing. Gir, in full SIR mode, had followed him, looking angry.
"You almost made me blow my cover, stink-beast. I had to rebuild over half of my base!"
"Couldn't I blow your cover even more now? I mean, you're not even disguised.."
"SILENCE, WORMBABY! You will not be here long enough to stop ZIM!"
"Leave her alone, Zim!"
"Shut up," Libby snapped. "I'll handle him myself."
Zim pulled a laser gun, and shot. He missed miserably, cutting down a tree and traumatizing a few squirrels for life. Libby picked up a branch from the fallen tree and swung it at Zim. She hit him upside the head with it, knocking the laser out of his hands and into a small puddle of water.
"Curses! GIR, attack the stink-beast!"
"Only if you dance with meee," the robot responded gleefully, no longer in SIR mode. Libby took advantage of Zim's distraction, and used the stick to knock him into the puddle, where he began burning and screaming. Libby kicked him across the grass, and into a tree. By the time she had finished, Zim was unconscious and fizzing, Gir was oblivious to the entire situation completely, and the steel toe of Libby's boot had a trace of green Irken blood on it.
"You see, Dib, I'm not helpless," she said, and ran off towards her house. Dib went the other way, and came out on the other side, right behind his house. He entered quietly, and as soon as he was fully inside, Gaz was glaring at him.
"You're LATE," she said angrily. "We were SUPPOSED to see Dad at Bloaty's Pizza Hog tonight, but YOU had to stay out and RUIN it." "Uhh..sorry?" he mumbled, before fleeing from his vicious sister and into his room. He leaned against the door as she pounded on it, as if trying to knock it down.
"I WILL destroy you, Dib," Gaz hissed before leaving.
Dib walked over to the nightstand and switched on the light, grabbing a book about the Loch Ness Monster from off the shelf. As he sat down at his computer desk, he looked up to see the instant messenger icon flashing.
"You have received a message from user "DeadSoul666". Accept? Y/N."
Dib stared. He normally did not receive messages from strangers, and used the program mostly to report sightings. Warily, he clicked "accept".
DeadSoul666: Hello? DeadSoul666: Reply DeadSoul666: are you there? DeadSoul666: Did your precious Mothman burn your eyes out?! DeadSoul666: Dib?
Dib realized who it was, and typed a reply.
ZombieDib: Libby? DeadSoul666: yea. DeadSoul666: Took you forever ZombieDib: Why are you IM'ing me? DeadSoul666: You know when Zim attacked me tonight, right? ZombieDib: Yes. What about it, O Fearless One? DeadSoul666: shut up if you plan on living DeadSoul666: It wasn't Zim ZombieDib: It HAD to have been Zim DeadSoul666: It wasn't. This one was female. ZombieDib: How could you tell? DeadSoul666: She had eyelashes and her antennae were curled DeadSoul666: and her eyes were blue ZombieDib: blue? DeadSoul666: yes. DeadSoul666: meet me in front of Zim's house DeadSoul666 signed off at 11:55:06
Dib shut off the computer, grabbed his camera, and ran.
Several minutes later, Dib and Libby stood in front of Zim's base. Libby tossed a rock in among the lawn gnomes. The shot their laser guns, and destroyed themselves. Dib had his camera on, and was recording the whole thing. Libby ran up and threw the door open.
"Hiya, big head boy! Hiya weird foot girl!" GIR shouted, referring to Libby's boots.
"Quiet!" Libby snapped as Dib led her towards the secret entrance to Zim's lab. As they walked in, Gir followed them.
"What'cha doing, big head boy?" the little robot asked excitedly. This was enough for Zim to hear and realize something was up. He walked down the narrow hall, spotting Libby and Dib with Gir clinging to his head.
"Gir! How did the HUMAN stinkbeasts get in here?"
"I dunno!"
"Zim," Dib shouted, "What do you know about a female Irken?"
"With blue eyes," Libby added.
"FOOLS! I am the only Irken on this planet- wait- BLUE eyes?!"
Dib nodded, and began to speak, but Zim interrupted.
"Selphy! It was HER, Invader Selphy! Computer!"
"Whaddya want from me?!" came the apathetic voice of Zim's computer.
"Scan the nearby area for all Irken life-forms," he commanded, and then turned to Dib and Libby. "Now to deal with you, human stinkbeasts."
He began to approach the two humans threateningly, when his computer interrupted.
"Irken life form detected! Female, blue eyes. Age two hundred seventy-two."
Zim stopped his approach, stunned. He actually looked scared for a moment, before shaking himself out of it. "How close is she?"
The computer did not respond. There was no need. Zim stood staring, clearly frozen with fear.
The blue eyed Irken stood behind them, pointing a squirt gun straight at Zim.
Dib and Libby nearly burst out laughing.
