I didn't like the last chapter but considering that I did it with 4
screaming kids in the room, it turned out somewhat decent. Anyway, thanks
for the reviews, once again, and for those of you who read and reviewed my
other story 'Live', thanks!
As Gaz followed Stit from the room, she glanced around, wondering where the extra security cells were directly from Zim's room. Stit led her down a long hall and when they rounded a corner, she grabbed him by the neck, pulling the tiny Irken into the air.
"Where's Dib's cell?" she snapped, the servant's eyes widened as he desperatly fought against her hold, scratching her arm and hand with his long fingernails. When he didn't answer, she shook him violentely.
"Where is he?" she hissed quietly, surveying the hall they were, making sure it was clear of Irkens. Stit's eyes were bugging out and he was beginning to look a funny shade of yellow, so she loosened her grip.
"In the extra security cells." He gasped out desperatly. Gaz growled with frustration.
"I know! Where are they from here?!" she said, exasperatedly.
"Back down the hall past . . . Zim's room . . . then up stairs . . . to the left." Stit managed to squeeze out. Satisfied, Gaz conked him on the head, watching as he passed out before she put him on the ground and positioned him to look as if he were asleep. Finally, she stood up and, after making sure the hallway in front of Zim's room was clear, sprinted quickly down the passageway, looking for the stairs. As she passed Zim's doors she caught sight of a small opening, slowing quickly down, she saw that it was an entry way for stairs.
She made a trumiphant noise as she ran up the stairs two by two. When she got near the top, she slowed into a tiptoe, straining her ears for any noises. When she heard none, she peaked her head over the top stair, but quickly shot back down, seeing two Irkens. Slowly, she looked up again and saw that they were both sleeping. Rolling her eyes, she walked passed them and followed a long corridor. When she saw the first left there was, she turned into it. And fell to the ground as she crashed into two Irkens who were rounding the corner at the same time. She recovered quickly and shot up, kicking both of the Irkens temples, making them slump to the ground before they had time to react. She looked around, surveying the area for any more Irkens, but found it devoid of them. She'd just turned into a row of cells and she quickly went up and down them, looking for Dib. As the humans saw her, they gave out delighted squeals but she ignored them and continued on. Finally, she got to the last one on the right and saw Dib, sitting against the cell's far wall, eyes closed.
"Dib!" Gaz said, as loudly as she dared. He didn't react so she repeated herself. Sighing she turned to the person in the cage behind her, to ask if they had something to throw.
"Do you have a-" Gaz stopped, as she squinted at the prisoner who was half- masked in shadows. She looked familiar. The person in the cage moved forward into the dim light and grinned at Gaz, whose eyes widened.
"Hey, it's you!" Gaz exclaimed, it was the girl who had been next to her cage on the ship, before they got to the station.
"Yep, it's me. And that's your brother, and two cells down from here is the girl you came with." The girl said grinnning.
"Huh? You mean Tia? She's here? Why?" Gaz asked, thororughly confused. The girl laughed at her, and shook her head.
"Seems she took after you. Apparently she wouldn't cooperate when they tried to get her to work." The girl said, "Now, are you gonna get them out of here or just stand there?" she urged, when Gaz made no move.
"Oh. Do you have anything I can throw at Dib, he wont wake up." Gaz asked, turning a shade of red.
"Here." The girl said, offering a boot through the cage bars, "I expect it back, though." She added, grinning, "Although, considering the way your dressed you could you use as much clothing as possible." Gaz looked down at herself and sighed, shaking her head.
"It's a long story." She commented turning back to Dib's cage.
"I can only imagine." The girl replied. Gaz stuck her arm and the boot through the bars of Dib's cage and took aim before throwing the boot at Dib's stomach. It hit him with a satisfying 'thud', and Dib began gasping for breath.
"Dib!" Gaz said, knocking the bars of the cage, as Dib went into a coughing fit. After it finally ended, he sat up and looked at her, not quite comprehending what he was seeing. He blinked a couple times, and half- crawled to the cage, where Gaz could see him better. He was covered in bruises, and several cuts were on his face and arms.
"Geez." Gaz said.
"Yeah they really did a number on him." The girl commented. Dib's eyes, each a funny shade of blue and black, blinked at her once more before he finally seemed to realize who she was.
"Hey, it's you. the purple girl." he said in a thick, raspy, distant voice.
"Did they-?" Gaz started.
"Knock him over the head a few times? Yeah, but I think his head'll clear up within a couple hours." The girl interrupted her, "The Irkens open the cages by a putting their fingers on that screen over there, then they say 'cage open', while typing in something on the keypad." The girl offered pointedly, "Didn't you knock out a couple Irkens back there?"
"Uh, yeah." Gaz said, flustered. It wasn't fair that the girl wasn't waiting for her to do everything the way she wanted. She walked swiftly back to the Irkens and picked the smaller one up, returning to Dib's cage quickly. The screen was situated inbetween the last two cells on the wall. She grabbed the Irkens' hand and forced his fingertips onto the screen. The screen changed and a sentence came up, saying "Type in your identification and say the chosen word."
"What's an identification?" Gaz asked turning to the girl in the cage.
"It's like their own social security number. That one should have it written on a chain around his neck, they're notorious for forgetting it. That one's one of the worst." The girl replied.
Gaz searched for the chain and pulled out a tag that had a number printed on it. She typed in the number on the keypad next to the screen and said, "Cage Open." The screen changed again and the words, "Specify Cage" came up.
"Uh. All of them?" Gaz said in a questioning tone. A whirring was heard and all of the cage doors began sliding open. A cheering number of voices erupted as the captives burst out of their cages. Gaz watched as several of the humans took off out of the room, not stopping to think about what they were doing. Other's stopped and turned to look at her expectantly. One of them rushed forward and tackled her with a hug, making them both fall to the floor.
"Gaz!!!" Tia shouted, energetically, "Those Irkens were so stupid they kept blaming me for everything they did wrong. Like when they forgot how to shut the cage, and when they lost their dogtag thingies." Tia said, talking fast as she stood up and held out a hand to help Gaz.
"Oh my!" she exclaimed when Gaz stood up and Tia saw her outfit, "What are you wearing?!"
"Long story." Gaz sighed, turning to Dib who still hadn't moved from his cage, "Dib, c'mon. Get up." Gaz knelt beside him and struggled to help him stand, the girl across from him came over and grabbed his other arm, after putting her boot back on.
"Hello purple girl, hello scary scar girl." Dib greeted, Gaz looked hurriedly at the other girl but she apparently didn't care.
"Hello Dib, let me see your coat." Gaz said, tugging off his trenchcoat and wrapping it around herself, buttoning it up. When she looked up and grabbed Dib's arm again, she saw that most of the captives were still watching her. She sighed and shook her head.
"Alright the first order of business is to find the ships they keep here." Gaz said finally.
"Voo Runny Threedie." Dib offered, slurring a bit as if were drunk, "Green boy calls them Vood Runs Thri."
"Voot Runner Three's, yes them. I'd also like to have all of the other prisoners set free, so anyone who knows where the regular cages are should go there and help them escape while everyone else figures out how to drive the ships. So my opinion is everyone here get a partner, one who is good with electronics and one who knows where the other cages are. That way, the people who go and save the other humans can have a ride ready for them and other people." Gaz ordered in a questioning voice, looking for approval from the girl helping her with Dib. The prisoners stared at her for a minute before breaking out in an approving murmur as they paired up. When everyone was quiet and standing next to someone they watched her again.
"Oh for God's sake!" Gaz muttered, "Go already. But be careful, if you come across any Irkens knock'm out, kill'm, or something, just don't let them warn eachother. Take'm by surprise." She said. They finally ran out of the hall and she heard them troop down the stairs. Leaving her with Dib, Tia, and the girl.
"What're you gonna do?" Tia asked, turning to Gaz.
"Get revenge." Gaz replied, grinning.
"So am I." The girl said.
"The clawed Irken?" Gaz asked. The girl nodded, eyes glinting with the apparent pleasure of killing one of her hated enemys.
"By the way, name's Meth." The girl said, sticking out her hand.
"Gaz, and this is Tia." They shook hands briefly, "And that is Dib." Gaz added, nodding her head to Dib.
"I'll meet up with you guys at the Voot Runner port, later. How about in an hour or so. If anything bad happens I'll be there immediately." Meth said, turning to leave.
"Sure, same here. We wont leave without you, if you don't leave without us." Gaz said.
"Deal. See you later, and keep safe." Meth waved as she took off out the door.
"You, too." Gaz waved back, "C'mon Tia, I need to go keep a promise I made."
So whaddya think? And excuse any grammar/spelling mistakes, my microsoft word program is acting up and wont spell check for me.
As Gaz followed Stit from the room, she glanced around, wondering where the extra security cells were directly from Zim's room. Stit led her down a long hall and when they rounded a corner, she grabbed him by the neck, pulling the tiny Irken into the air.
"Where's Dib's cell?" she snapped, the servant's eyes widened as he desperatly fought against her hold, scratching her arm and hand with his long fingernails. When he didn't answer, she shook him violentely.
"Where is he?" she hissed quietly, surveying the hall they were, making sure it was clear of Irkens. Stit's eyes were bugging out and he was beginning to look a funny shade of yellow, so she loosened her grip.
"In the extra security cells." He gasped out desperatly. Gaz growled with frustration.
"I know! Where are they from here?!" she said, exasperatedly.
"Back down the hall past . . . Zim's room . . . then up stairs . . . to the left." Stit managed to squeeze out. Satisfied, Gaz conked him on the head, watching as he passed out before she put him on the ground and positioned him to look as if he were asleep. Finally, she stood up and, after making sure the hallway in front of Zim's room was clear, sprinted quickly down the passageway, looking for the stairs. As she passed Zim's doors she caught sight of a small opening, slowing quickly down, she saw that it was an entry way for stairs.
She made a trumiphant noise as she ran up the stairs two by two. When she got near the top, she slowed into a tiptoe, straining her ears for any noises. When she heard none, she peaked her head over the top stair, but quickly shot back down, seeing two Irkens. Slowly, she looked up again and saw that they were both sleeping. Rolling her eyes, she walked passed them and followed a long corridor. When she saw the first left there was, she turned into it. And fell to the ground as she crashed into two Irkens who were rounding the corner at the same time. She recovered quickly and shot up, kicking both of the Irkens temples, making them slump to the ground before they had time to react. She looked around, surveying the area for any more Irkens, but found it devoid of them. She'd just turned into a row of cells and she quickly went up and down them, looking for Dib. As the humans saw her, they gave out delighted squeals but she ignored them and continued on. Finally, she got to the last one on the right and saw Dib, sitting against the cell's far wall, eyes closed.
"Dib!" Gaz said, as loudly as she dared. He didn't react so she repeated herself. Sighing she turned to the person in the cage behind her, to ask if they had something to throw.
"Do you have a-" Gaz stopped, as she squinted at the prisoner who was half- masked in shadows. She looked familiar. The person in the cage moved forward into the dim light and grinned at Gaz, whose eyes widened.
"Hey, it's you!" Gaz exclaimed, it was the girl who had been next to her cage on the ship, before they got to the station.
"Yep, it's me. And that's your brother, and two cells down from here is the girl you came with." The girl said grinnning.
"Huh? You mean Tia? She's here? Why?" Gaz asked, thororughly confused. The girl laughed at her, and shook her head.
"Seems she took after you. Apparently she wouldn't cooperate when they tried to get her to work." The girl said, "Now, are you gonna get them out of here or just stand there?" she urged, when Gaz made no move.
"Oh. Do you have anything I can throw at Dib, he wont wake up." Gaz asked, turning a shade of red.
"Here." The girl said, offering a boot through the cage bars, "I expect it back, though." She added, grinning, "Although, considering the way your dressed you could you use as much clothing as possible." Gaz looked down at herself and sighed, shaking her head.
"It's a long story." She commented turning back to Dib's cage.
"I can only imagine." The girl replied. Gaz stuck her arm and the boot through the bars of Dib's cage and took aim before throwing the boot at Dib's stomach. It hit him with a satisfying 'thud', and Dib began gasping for breath.
"Dib!" Gaz said, knocking the bars of the cage, as Dib went into a coughing fit. After it finally ended, he sat up and looked at her, not quite comprehending what he was seeing. He blinked a couple times, and half- crawled to the cage, where Gaz could see him better. He was covered in bruises, and several cuts were on his face and arms.
"Geez." Gaz said.
"Yeah they really did a number on him." The girl commented. Dib's eyes, each a funny shade of blue and black, blinked at her once more before he finally seemed to realize who she was.
"Hey, it's you. the purple girl." he said in a thick, raspy, distant voice.
"Did they-?" Gaz started.
"Knock him over the head a few times? Yeah, but I think his head'll clear up within a couple hours." The girl interrupted her, "The Irkens open the cages by a putting their fingers on that screen over there, then they say 'cage open', while typing in something on the keypad." The girl offered pointedly, "Didn't you knock out a couple Irkens back there?"
"Uh, yeah." Gaz said, flustered. It wasn't fair that the girl wasn't waiting for her to do everything the way she wanted. She walked swiftly back to the Irkens and picked the smaller one up, returning to Dib's cage quickly. The screen was situated inbetween the last two cells on the wall. She grabbed the Irkens' hand and forced his fingertips onto the screen. The screen changed and a sentence came up, saying "Type in your identification and say the chosen word."
"What's an identification?" Gaz asked turning to the girl in the cage.
"It's like their own social security number. That one should have it written on a chain around his neck, they're notorious for forgetting it. That one's one of the worst." The girl replied.
Gaz searched for the chain and pulled out a tag that had a number printed on it. She typed in the number on the keypad next to the screen and said, "Cage Open." The screen changed again and the words, "Specify Cage" came up.
"Uh. All of them?" Gaz said in a questioning tone. A whirring was heard and all of the cage doors began sliding open. A cheering number of voices erupted as the captives burst out of their cages. Gaz watched as several of the humans took off out of the room, not stopping to think about what they were doing. Other's stopped and turned to look at her expectantly. One of them rushed forward and tackled her with a hug, making them both fall to the floor.
"Gaz!!!" Tia shouted, energetically, "Those Irkens were so stupid they kept blaming me for everything they did wrong. Like when they forgot how to shut the cage, and when they lost their dogtag thingies." Tia said, talking fast as she stood up and held out a hand to help Gaz.
"Oh my!" she exclaimed when Gaz stood up and Tia saw her outfit, "What are you wearing?!"
"Long story." Gaz sighed, turning to Dib who still hadn't moved from his cage, "Dib, c'mon. Get up." Gaz knelt beside him and struggled to help him stand, the girl across from him came over and grabbed his other arm, after putting her boot back on.
"Hello purple girl, hello scary scar girl." Dib greeted, Gaz looked hurriedly at the other girl but she apparently didn't care.
"Hello Dib, let me see your coat." Gaz said, tugging off his trenchcoat and wrapping it around herself, buttoning it up. When she looked up and grabbed Dib's arm again, she saw that most of the captives were still watching her. She sighed and shook her head.
"Alright the first order of business is to find the ships they keep here." Gaz said finally.
"Voo Runny Threedie." Dib offered, slurring a bit as if were drunk, "Green boy calls them Vood Runs Thri."
"Voot Runner Three's, yes them. I'd also like to have all of the other prisoners set free, so anyone who knows where the regular cages are should go there and help them escape while everyone else figures out how to drive the ships. So my opinion is everyone here get a partner, one who is good with electronics and one who knows where the other cages are. That way, the people who go and save the other humans can have a ride ready for them and other people." Gaz ordered in a questioning voice, looking for approval from the girl helping her with Dib. The prisoners stared at her for a minute before breaking out in an approving murmur as they paired up. When everyone was quiet and standing next to someone they watched her again.
"Oh for God's sake!" Gaz muttered, "Go already. But be careful, if you come across any Irkens knock'm out, kill'm, or something, just don't let them warn eachother. Take'm by surprise." She said. They finally ran out of the hall and she heard them troop down the stairs. Leaving her with Dib, Tia, and the girl.
"What're you gonna do?" Tia asked, turning to Gaz.
"Get revenge." Gaz replied, grinning.
"So am I." The girl said.
"The clawed Irken?" Gaz asked. The girl nodded, eyes glinting with the apparent pleasure of killing one of her hated enemys.
"By the way, name's Meth." The girl said, sticking out her hand.
"Gaz, and this is Tia." They shook hands briefly, "And that is Dib." Gaz added, nodding her head to Dib.
"I'll meet up with you guys at the Voot Runner port, later. How about in an hour or so. If anything bad happens I'll be there immediately." Meth said, turning to leave.
"Sure, same here. We wont leave without you, if you don't leave without us." Gaz said.
"Deal. See you later, and keep safe." Meth waved as she took off out the door.
"You, too." Gaz waved back, "C'mon Tia, I need to go keep a promise I made."
So whaddya think? And excuse any grammar/spelling mistakes, my microsoft word program is acting up and wont spell check for me.