I don't have anything to say right now. I don't own IZ, HA or any other
brand name or stuff that you KNOW I don't own, kay? I just own Jen and
Cat. Read and Review.
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Chapter 3- 2 a.m. on Some Random Night When This All Takes Place
"What's that one?" Jen asked. She pointed toward a little orange star sparkling in the crisp night sky. "I bet that one's a planet!"
Dib squinted up at it then typed the coordinates into his laptop. "No, that's another star." He answered. Jen lay back on the roof and stared up at the sky, searching for a bright dot that might be a planet. Or even better, a dot that MOVED that could be an alien spacecraft.
A few months ago when she lived on Irk Jen wouldn't have thought anything about seeing a UFO flying in the sky. But on Earth, where it didn't happen every day, it was more fun to sit up on a roof at 2 a.m. staring at the sky. Even if they didn't find anything, at least she had someone to talk to now.
Jen stretched her arms and folded them behind her head. She flicked her antennae forward once then back just to feel the cool air on them. Irk had always had the same weather ALL the time. Perfect temperature and perfect weather. Jen liked the way Earth's atmosphere changed. Except rain. She didn't like rain.
"What about...that one?" Jen asked, pointing out a tiny red dot just barely visible near the end of the Big Dipper. "See it?"
"Yeah." Dib replied, typing in the coordinates. "No. Another star." Jen frowned a moment then nodded.
"I didn't expect the computer to know that one." She told him. "But it IS a planet. It's just got some high-tech cloaking thingy on it." Jen put her arm under her head again. Dib looked over at her. She was still watching the dot but her face had become blank almost as if she were in a trance. Suddenly she scowled.
"I hate that planet." She said and rolled over onto her belly, laying her head in her folded arms. Dib watched her suspiciously.
"You've been there?" He asked.
"Yeah, I've been there." Jen answered with a small yawn. She closed her eyes and smiled again. "You've got a comfy roof." Dib had a feeling she was trying to change the subject but the paranormal investigator side of him wouldn't let him drop it.
"What is that planet?" He asked, looking up at the red dot. Jen opened her eyes again and stared at Dib a moment. Trying to tell him she didn't want to talk about it. But Dib wasn't looking at her and didn't see the look.
"That's Irk." Jen sighed. "The most evil, self-centered, and greediest planet in the universe." She paused and glared at the planet again. "I HATE it."
"Oh." Dib concentrated on the computer again, sorry he had asked. He didn't know much about Jen's life before Earth, but he knew it had been awful. At least, she thought it had. It made him wonder why she had pointed out her home planet.
"Hey, where are Cat and Gir?" he asked, mostly to change the subject. The silence that was usually filled with their robotic babbling was pretty nice though.
"They stayed home tonight." Jen replied her voice was a bit quieter than usual.
"Oh. Something on TV they wanted to watch?" Dib asked. Jen nodded.
"Of course." She replied. "Why else would they stay home?" She chuckled a little. "Some marathon on Nickelodeon." She laughed. "That evil channel. So much wasted TV space." Dib laughed a little.
"So what were they watching on the evil channel?" He asked.
"One of the few actually good shows at least." Jen replied. She opened her mouth to say the title of the show then stopped. She closed her mouth again and thought a moment. Dib glanced over and saw her thinking hard about something.
"What?" He asked nervously. He glanced across the street, where Jen seemed to be looking, but saw nothing. "What's wrong?" She thought a moment longer then shook her head.
"Nothing. I just forgot the name of the show. That's all." She didn't mention that she hadn't forgotten just the title of the show, but EVERYTHING she had ever known about it as well. But she knew that if she told Dib this he'd immediately get suspicious that something was going on. So she kept it to herself.
Instead she sat up again and pointed at another star near the moon. "What's that one? That looks like it might be a planet." Dib typed it into his laptop.
"Saturn." He answered a few seconds later. Jen moved closer and looked over his shoulder to learn more about this new planet. There was a picture of a large planet with many rings around it.
"Never heard of it." Jen told him. She looked up at the sky again. "What's the closest planet to Earth?"
"Mars I think." Dib said. He said the planets quietly as he counted them off on his fingers. "Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto." Jen gave him a funny look.
"The Milky Way only has nine planets in its solar system?" She asked. Dib nodded. "Wow! Most that I've seen have had at LEAST twenty or thirty! So I guess humans have been to them all, haven't they!" She said with a laugh. Dib looked down at his computer again.
"Actually. We've only been to the moon." He answered, sounding slightly embarrassed. "Well, I've been to Mercury once when fighting Zim, but no one else knows about that."
Jen stopped laughing. "Really? Only the moon?"
"Yeah." Dib couldn't help but think of how incredibly stupid humans must have sounded to Jen at that moment. But if that was what she was thinking she didn't say anything. She was looking up at the sky again, lost in her own thoughts. The stars reflected in her sapphire blue eyes, making them resemble two tiny universes all their own.
"So did you hear about the new kid?" Jen asked after a moment of silence.
"What new kid?" Dib asked. Jen shrugged.
"I heard Mr. Elliot telling Ms. Bitters that a new kid was supposed to be coming to our class." She replied. "Other than that I don't know anything about them."
"Think they'll be human?" Dib asked. Jen laughed.
"It figures that that would be the first question you would ask."
"Well, look at it this way." Dib said, looking away from his computer. "Our last new person was you, an Irken. Before you was a girl named Tak, who ended up being Irken too. Before was Zim, obviously not human. Before Zim was a kid who I'm still sure was a Big-Foot baby, but he left. Then there was a vampire girl and the witch twins.."Dib thought a moment. "I think that's all." Jen thought a moment.
"I see what you mean." She said. "I hope they aren't half mer-person. I don't think we'd get along very well."
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Another slightly slow chapter, sorry about that. I was thinking about not even posting this chapter and moving strait to the next part but there's a few things in this part that are needed for the story to make sense later. Bear with me. (I think I said that last time didn't I?)
~HelgaGP
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Chapter 3- 2 a.m. on Some Random Night When This All Takes Place
"What's that one?" Jen asked. She pointed toward a little orange star sparkling in the crisp night sky. "I bet that one's a planet!"
Dib squinted up at it then typed the coordinates into his laptop. "No, that's another star." He answered. Jen lay back on the roof and stared up at the sky, searching for a bright dot that might be a planet. Or even better, a dot that MOVED that could be an alien spacecraft.
A few months ago when she lived on Irk Jen wouldn't have thought anything about seeing a UFO flying in the sky. But on Earth, where it didn't happen every day, it was more fun to sit up on a roof at 2 a.m. staring at the sky. Even if they didn't find anything, at least she had someone to talk to now.
Jen stretched her arms and folded them behind her head. She flicked her antennae forward once then back just to feel the cool air on them. Irk had always had the same weather ALL the time. Perfect temperature and perfect weather. Jen liked the way Earth's atmosphere changed. Except rain. She didn't like rain.
"What about...that one?" Jen asked, pointing out a tiny red dot just barely visible near the end of the Big Dipper. "See it?"
"Yeah." Dib replied, typing in the coordinates. "No. Another star." Jen frowned a moment then nodded.
"I didn't expect the computer to know that one." She told him. "But it IS a planet. It's just got some high-tech cloaking thingy on it." Jen put her arm under her head again. Dib looked over at her. She was still watching the dot but her face had become blank almost as if she were in a trance. Suddenly she scowled.
"I hate that planet." She said and rolled over onto her belly, laying her head in her folded arms. Dib watched her suspiciously.
"You've been there?" He asked.
"Yeah, I've been there." Jen answered with a small yawn. She closed her eyes and smiled again. "You've got a comfy roof." Dib had a feeling she was trying to change the subject but the paranormal investigator side of him wouldn't let him drop it.
"What is that planet?" He asked, looking up at the red dot. Jen opened her eyes again and stared at Dib a moment. Trying to tell him she didn't want to talk about it. But Dib wasn't looking at her and didn't see the look.
"That's Irk." Jen sighed. "The most evil, self-centered, and greediest planet in the universe." She paused and glared at the planet again. "I HATE it."
"Oh." Dib concentrated on the computer again, sorry he had asked. He didn't know much about Jen's life before Earth, but he knew it had been awful. At least, she thought it had. It made him wonder why she had pointed out her home planet.
"Hey, where are Cat and Gir?" he asked, mostly to change the subject. The silence that was usually filled with their robotic babbling was pretty nice though.
"They stayed home tonight." Jen replied her voice was a bit quieter than usual.
"Oh. Something on TV they wanted to watch?" Dib asked. Jen nodded.
"Of course." She replied. "Why else would they stay home?" She chuckled a little. "Some marathon on Nickelodeon." She laughed. "That evil channel. So much wasted TV space." Dib laughed a little.
"So what were they watching on the evil channel?" He asked.
"One of the few actually good shows at least." Jen replied. She opened her mouth to say the title of the show then stopped. She closed her mouth again and thought a moment. Dib glanced over and saw her thinking hard about something.
"What?" He asked nervously. He glanced across the street, where Jen seemed to be looking, but saw nothing. "What's wrong?" She thought a moment longer then shook her head.
"Nothing. I just forgot the name of the show. That's all." She didn't mention that she hadn't forgotten just the title of the show, but EVERYTHING she had ever known about it as well. But she knew that if she told Dib this he'd immediately get suspicious that something was going on. So she kept it to herself.
Instead she sat up again and pointed at another star near the moon. "What's that one? That looks like it might be a planet." Dib typed it into his laptop.
"Saturn." He answered a few seconds later. Jen moved closer and looked over his shoulder to learn more about this new planet. There was a picture of a large planet with many rings around it.
"Never heard of it." Jen told him. She looked up at the sky again. "What's the closest planet to Earth?"
"Mars I think." Dib said. He said the planets quietly as he counted them off on his fingers. "Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto." Jen gave him a funny look.
"The Milky Way only has nine planets in its solar system?" She asked. Dib nodded. "Wow! Most that I've seen have had at LEAST twenty or thirty! So I guess humans have been to them all, haven't they!" She said with a laugh. Dib looked down at his computer again.
"Actually. We've only been to the moon." He answered, sounding slightly embarrassed. "Well, I've been to Mercury once when fighting Zim, but no one else knows about that."
Jen stopped laughing. "Really? Only the moon?"
"Yeah." Dib couldn't help but think of how incredibly stupid humans must have sounded to Jen at that moment. But if that was what she was thinking she didn't say anything. She was looking up at the sky again, lost in her own thoughts. The stars reflected in her sapphire blue eyes, making them resemble two tiny universes all their own.
"So did you hear about the new kid?" Jen asked after a moment of silence.
"What new kid?" Dib asked. Jen shrugged.
"I heard Mr. Elliot telling Ms. Bitters that a new kid was supposed to be coming to our class." She replied. "Other than that I don't know anything about them."
"Think they'll be human?" Dib asked. Jen laughed.
"It figures that that would be the first question you would ask."
"Well, look at it this way." Dib said, looking away from his computer. "Our last new person was you, an Irken. Before you was a girl named Tak, who ended up being Irken too. Before was Zim, obviously not human. Before Zim was a kid who I'm still sure was a Big-Foot baby, but he left. Then there was a vampire girl and the witch twins.."Dib thought a moment. "I think that's all." Jen thought a moment.
"I see what you mean." She said. "I hope they aren't half mer-person. I don't think we'd get along very well."
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Another slightly slow chapter, sorry about that. I was thinking about not even posting this chapter and moving strait to the next part but there's a few things in this part that are needed for the story to make sense later. Bear with me. (I think I said that last time didn't I?)
~HelgaGP