Chap 8
~~~Contemplations of Other Sorts~~~
Author's Rant Corner
^^ I just remembered that you can use synonyms! *bows at the cheers that are given* I'm proud of myself greatly! Anyway..this story is written up while I sit at the computer and my spelling/grammar is really not the best so if you find any mistakes, just ignore them or tell me about them in your review. Alrighty then..lets get this show on the road!
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Dib woke the next morning slowly; he was trying to hold onto his dream that was playing in his head. Unfortunately that was impossible seeing that Gaz just started to pound on his door.
"Dib! You better get up or this time I will come in with ice water. No, wait, I believe scolding water would be better." Gaz said though the door. She cackled evilly as she walked away.
Dib sighed and opened his eyes only to blink at the morning sunlight. It had been a week since Ravwrin had gone home and a week that he could find no trace of her. He had tried several times to find his way to her house again but that seemed impossible. He just couldn't remember which way she had taken him and he basically forgot the signs they had pasted.
He blinked again and grabbed for his glasses from his bed side table. He settled them on his face and slowly got out of bed. Dib pulled on a shirt over his head and settled it over his shoulders. It was the one that Ravwrin had let him borrow. After the shirt he pulled on the baggie pants that were hers. He cursed himself again because he never returned it and the pants. Pulling on a pair of socks he opened his door and headed toward the bathroom.
Running a hand through his hair was easy, but brushing it was another story altogether. A few times the brush got snagged and he winced with every try. Sighing loudly he finally gave into defeat after trying to get his hair to stay down.
After heading toward the stairs and going down he stopped at the second from last step and plopped down to pull on his boots. Stomping his foot into the left one he started his day like every other.
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"So Dib-human, have you seen any trace of this Ravwrin?" a voice asked from behind him.
Dib rolled his eyes and turned to face Zim. "What's it to you Zim?" Dib asked.
"Oh nothing really. I was just wondering since it seems that your puny worm baby emotions are getting in the way of how you think and it is very visible. I believe I have found your weakness." Zim replied grinning evilly.
"Ravwrin has nothing to do with how I am acting Zim." Dib said glaring at his rival. "And why don't you leave her out of this."
"Why? Are you afraid that I might do something to her?"
"Ravwrin probably wouldn't be wasting her time with an alien scum like you and she would never let herself get caught by you either." Dib replied.
"Well Dib I'm sorry to say this," Zim said with a cocky grin on his face, "But your precious Ravwrin is not what she appears to be. Ravwrin is."
"Ravwrin is what?" a new voice asked curiously.
"Huh?" both rivals asked and looked around to find the owner of the voice.
"Well, are you going to answer or just stand there and leave me hanging in my curiosity? Actually I'm already hanging but let's not go there." The voice said. A rustle of leaves from the tree above them gave away the speaker's position and frightened both of them ask she came into view.
"Ravwrin?" Dib asked with a curious raised eyebrow.
The person was hanging upside down and she grinned as she hung there. "Yep, I'm here in the flesh. Now what am I Zim? If you say I'm an alien I am."
Zim stood there gaping. He pointed at her and cackled, "You admitted it!" he started to laugh evilly.
Ravwrin looked at him confused. "Of course I admitted it. I am an alien to you."
Dib started to chuckle as Zim stopped in mid laugh and looked at her. He glared and stalked away.
"That was priceless." Dib said.
Ravwrin smiled at him in a way that reminded him of Zim's robot GIR. In a way it was heart wrenching because someone like her would never go for a paranormal investigator. She'd probably shake her head and laugh at him for his idea.
Ravwrin looked off toward the way Zim left, "It was, wasn't it?"
"Yes, it was." He replied. "How long were you up there?" he asked and offered his hands to her to help her down.
Ravwrin shrugged and placed her hands in his and dropped down. She landed on her feet and replied, "Not long really. Only long enough to catch what Zim was saying about me to cut in."
"Oh."
"Why?" she asked.
"Nothing really, don't worry about it." He replied smiling at her.
"Ok." She said. "Are you heading to school?" she asked.
"Yeah. It's my last year so I have to."
"Oh..." came Ravwrin's reply. "I'll walk with you then." She added smiling up at him.
He nodded in reply and they both started walking. It was a while later and a bit closer to school when Dib spoke up again.
"Ravwrin, where do you go to school?" he asked.
She thought about it a bit. "I can't remember the name of my old school but I do remember that I just went to it. I got transferred last week when there wasn't enough room for so many students. I was one of the ones to go to a new school." She rubbed the back of her neck and smiled. "It's my first day too and I sorta got lost."
Dib laughed at that. "It's not hard to get lost here though."
Ravwrin pouted, "It is when you're new to the area."
Dib's heart skipped a beat because of how cute she looked when she pouted. She had crossed her arms over her chest and looked down at the sidewalk in such a way it was a playful pout.
"I didn't know that." He admitted. "I could help you if you don't mind."
She shook her head and smiled again. "I know it is somewhere around here." She said. "But I don't quite know where."
Dib nodded and noticed that they had reached his school. Ravwrin looked at it a bit and squealed. Dib looked at her a little funny because of her sudden outburst.
"You mean your school is the one I'm supposed to go to?" she asked him.
Dib shrugged, "I didn't know that. Did they give you a schedule or directions to get here?"
Ravwrin shook her head, "Nope. The other school's directions were crappy and I couldn't understand them. But I got the general idea of where to go."
Dib sighed, "I swear the school system today is going down the drain."
Ravwrin only nodded and they both had to run because the Hi-skool day was starting.
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The Tallest Dey' Teeral looked upon the delivery list of what the Irken had requested. By the looks of it, the male was either really stupid or had a death wish. She sighed, closed her eyes, and rubbed her temples. She would be so happy when she had her little experiment back and got rid of that annoying male. Luckily this subspecies of Irkens she ruled over had past rulers that were only females. Males were so stupid and didn't have the minds or the will at all to rule an empire.
She flicked her claws over a button on the arm of her chair and a small male came to her chambers. His wings buzzed in apprehension of his leader's will. "Yes my Tallest?"
"Has any word come from that male that called about my little toy?" she asked him.
"No mistress. Not yet."
"Damn him." She snarled. "He better keep his part of the bargain or I will not keep mine."
"Would you like me to contact him mistress?"
"No, there is no point to that. He is probably planning 'his brilliant plan.' Don't bother him, let him call us." She said as she placed her chin in her hands as she leaned forward. "But to make sure he does accomplish his side of the bargain I better send a fail safe." She motioned toward the door. "Leave me now I will call if I need anything."
The male bowed, "Yes Tallest Dey' Teeral." He left the room with a hurried step.
The Tallest stood and walked toward the ships windows. She gazed out upon the endless expanse and placed her hands behind her back and locked her claws together. Her wings buzzed for a few seconds and she looked out to her left.
"Gizil?" she said out loud into the dark room.
A shadow jumped out of the darkness and landing on one knee it bowed it's head and placed and clawed hand on its chest. "Yessss my Missstresss?" it asked drawing out it's s's.
"Gizil, I have a job for you."
"I'm at your command my lady." The shadow replied as it looked up at it's commander.
"Gizil as one of my best assassins, bounty hunters, and loyal followers I ask you to go to the planet Earth and keep an eye on this Zim for me." Dey' Teeral said looking out at the vastness of space.
"Yesss my Missstresss. But wouldn't it be eassssier for me to jussst get the girl and bring her back?" it hissed questioning.
"It would but I want to see if the male can keep his bargain. I love playing with people's lives and this one is no different." She replied and turned to the shadow. "And anyway, let him get her and when he does, you kill him and just bring her to me so I don't have to pay the maggot."
The shadow hissed its replied is a chuckle. "An exsssilent idea my queen. I would take great joy is taking that quesssst."
"I knew you would Gizil. Now leave and prepare. You have a long journey ahead of you. And Gizil."
"Yesss Misstress?" the shadow asked as it lifted its head revealing glowing yellow eyes.
"Don't fail me, because if you do.." The tallest said with a menacing glare over her shoulder as turned her back to her servant. "I'll kill you myself and make your head a trophy on my wall and your hide into a carpet for my floor."
The creature bowed its head again, "Yessss Misstresss Dey' Teeral. I will not fail you."
The tallest turned again and glared at her servant, "You better not."
With a twist of her body her dress entwined itself around her form and she left the room. The shadow looked up and narrowed its glowing yellow eyes at the point of exit of the tallest. It stood and hissed.
"I will not fail in my misssssion. I will have that male'ssss life and have the girl in my clawssss." With that the shadow turned and entered into the shadows again.
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Rouk stayed at the apartment while Ravwrin had gone to her first day at her new school. Carefully she padded into Ravwrin's room and nudged open a secret panel. She slowly pulled out a carefully wrapped object and pulled it out into the living room. Rouk let her hologram drop and unwrapped the object. A flash of light reflected off the objects surface as the cloth dropped away. Rouk held it up and let the sun catch it fully.
"I'm sorry to deceive you Rav. You were never meant to forget everything about the escape. And you were never destined to forget the tool you used to escape with." She whispered and flicked her hologram on in the form of a tall woman with silver blonde hair. She was dressed in a beautiful blue dress that was worn in two pieces.
She looked at the sword in her hand and carefully, with ease, flicked it up into the air. It spun once and she caught with by the hilt. "One day I will let you remember this, but not until then." She said and returned it to its place in the cloth. She put it back in its secret hiding spot and replaced the panel. "I hope that time won't come soon." She whispered.
Author's Rant Corner
^^ I just remembered that you can use synonyms! *bows at the cheers that are given* I'm proud of myself greatly! Anyway..this story is written up while I sit at the computer and my spelling/grammar is really not the best so if you find any mistakes, just ignore them or tell me about them in your review. Alrighty then..lets get this show on the road!
*~*_____*~*
Dib woke the next morning slowly; he was trying to hold onto his dream that was playing in his head. Unfortunately that was impossible seeing that Gaz just started to pound on his door.
"Dib! You better get up or this time I will come in with ice water. No, wait, I believe scolding water would be better." Gaz said though the door. She cackled evilly as she walked away.
Dib sighed and opened his eyes only to blink at the morning sunlight. It had been a week since Ravwrin had gone home and a week that he could find no trace of her. He had tried several times to find his way to her house again but that seemed impossible. He just couldn't remember which way she had taken him and he basically forgot the signs they had pasted.
He blinked again and grabbed for his glasses from his bed side table. He settled them on his face and slowly got out of bed. Dib pulled on a shirt over his head and settled it over his shoulders. It was the one that Ravwrin had let him borrow. After the shirt he pulled on the baggie pants that were hers. He cursed himself again because he never returned it and the pants. Pulling on a pair of socks he opened his door and headed toward the bathroom.
Running a hand through his hair was easy, but brushing it was another story altogether. A few times the brush got snagged and he winced with every try. Sighing loudly he finally gave into defeat after trying to get his hair to stay down.
After heading toward the stairs and going down he stopped at the second from last step and plopped down to pull on his boots. Stomping his foot into the left one he started his day like every other.
*~*_________*~*
"So Dib-human, have you seen any trace of this Ravwrin?" a voice asked from behind him.
Dib rolled his eyes and turned to face Zim. "What's it to you Zim?" Dib asked.
"Oh nothing really. I was just wondering since it seems that your puny worm baby emotions are getting in the way of how you think and it is very visible. I believe I have found your weakness." Zim replied grinning evilly.
"Ravwrin has nothing to do with how I am acting Zim." Dib said glaring at his rival. "And why don't you leave her out of this."
"Why? Are you afraid that I might do something to her?"
"Ravwrin probably wouldn't be wasting her time with an alien scum like you and she would never let herself get caught by you either." Dib replied.
"Well Dib I'm sorry to say this," Zim said with a cocky grin on his face, "But your precious Ravwrin is not what she appears to be. Ravwrin is."
"Ravwrin is what?" a new voice asked curiously.
"Huh?" both rivals asked and looked around to find the owner of the voice.
"Well, are you going to answer or just stand there and leave me hanging in my curiosity? Actually I'm already hanging but let's not go there." The voice said. A rustle of leaves from the tree above them gave away the speaker's position and frightened both of them ask she came into view.
"Ravwrin?" Dib asked with a curious raised eyebrow.
The person was hanging upside down and she grinned as she hung there. "Yep, I'm here in the flesh. Now what am I Zim? If you say I'm an alien I am."
Zim stood there gaping. He pointed at her and cackled, "You admitted it!" he started to laugh evilly.
Ravwrin looked at him confused. "Of course I admitted it. I am an alien to you."
Dib started to chuckle as Zim stopped in mid laugh and looked at her. He glared and stalked away.
"That was priceless." Dib said.
Ravwrin smiled at him in a way that reminded him of Zim's robot GIR. In a way it was heart wrenching because someone like her would never go for a paranormal investigator. She'd probably shake her head and laugh at him for his idea.
Ravwrin looked off toward the way Zim left, "It was, wasn't it?"
"Yes, it was." He replied. "How long were you up there?" he asked and offered his hands to her to help her down.
Ravwrin shrugged and placed her hands in his and dropped down. She landed on her feet and replied, "Not long really. Only long enough to catch what Zim was saying about me to cut in."
"Oh."
"Why?" she asked.
"Nothing really, don't worry about it." He replied smiling at her.
"Ok." She said. "Are you heading to school?" she asked.
"Yeah. It's my last year so I have to."
"Oh..." came Ravwrin's reply. "I'll walk with you then." She added smiling up at him.
He nodded in reply and they both started walking. It was a while later and a bit closer to school when Dib spoke up again.
"Ravwrin, where do you go to school?" he asked.
She thought about it a bit. "I can't remember the name of my old school but I do remember that I just went to it. I got transferred last week when there wasn't enough room for so many students. I was one of the ones to go to a new school." She rubbed the back of her neck and smiled. "It's my first day too and I sorta got lost."
Dib laughed at that. "It's not hard to get lost here though."
Ravwrin pouted, "It is when you're new to the area."
Dib's heart skipped a beat because of how cute she looked when she pouted. She had crossed her arms over her chest and looked down at the sidewalk in such a way it was a playful pout.
"I didn't know that." He admitted. "I could help you if you don't mind."
She shook her head and smiled again. "I know it is somewhere around here." She said. "But I don't quite know where."
Dib nodded and noticed that they had reached his school. Ravwrin looked at it a bit and squealed. Dib looked at her a little funny because of her sudden outburst.
"You mean your school is the one I'm supposed to go to?" she asked him.
Dib shrugged, "I didn't know that. Did they give you a schedule or directions to get here?"
Ravwrin shook her head, "Nope. The other school's directions were crappy and I couldn't understand them. But I got the general idea of where to go."
Dib sighed, "I swear the school system today is going down the drain."
Ravwrin only nodded and they both had to run because the Hi-skool day was starting.
*~*___________*~*
The Tallest Dey' Teeral looked upon the delivery list of what the Irken had requested. By the looks of it, the male was either really stupid or had a death wish. She sighed, closed her eyes, and rubbed her temples. She would be so happy when she had her little experiment back and got rid of that annoying male. Luckily this subspecies of Irkens she ruled over had past rulers that were only females. Males were so stupid and didn't have the minds or the will at all to rule an empire.
She flicked her claws over a button on the arm of her chair and a small male came to her chambers. His wings buzzed in apprehension of his leader's will. "Yes my Tallest?"
"Has any word come from that male that called about my little toy?" she asked him.
"No mistress. Not yet."
"Damn him." She snarled. "He better keep his part of the bargain or I will not keep mine."
"Would you like me to contact him mistress?"
"No, there is no point to that. He is probably planning 'his brilliant plan.' Don't bother him, let him call us." She said as she placed her chin in her hands as she leaned forward. "But to make sure he does accomplish his side of the bargain I better send a fail safe." She motioned toward the door. "Leave me now I will call if I need anything."
The male bowed, "Yes Tallest Dey' Teeral." He left the room with a hurried step.
The Tallest stood and walked toward the ships windows. She gazed out upon the endless expanse and placed her hands behind her back and locked her claws together. Her wings buzzed for a few seconds and she looked out to her left.
"Gizil?" she said out loud into the dark room.
A shadow jumped out of the darkness and landing on one knee it bowed it's head and placed and clawed hand on its chest. "Yessss my Missstresss?" it asked drawing out it's s's.
"Gizil, I have a job for you."
"I'm at your command my lady." The shadow replied as it looked up at it's commander.
"Gizil as one of my best assassins, bounty hunters, and loyal followers I ask you to go to the planet Earth and keep an eye on this Zim for me." Dey' Teeral said looking out at the vastness of space.
"Yesss my Missstresss. But wouldn't it be eassssier for me to jussst get the girl and bring her back?" it hissed questioning.
"It would but I want to see if the male can keep his bargain. I love playing with people's lives and this one is no different." She replied and turned to the shadow. "And anyway, let him get her and when he does, you kill him and just bring her to me so I don't have to pay the maggot."
The shadow hissed its replied is a chuckle. "An exsssilent idea my queen. I would take great joy is taking that quesssst."
"I knew you would Gizil. Now leave and prepare. You have a long journey ahead of you. And Gizil."
"Yesss Misstress?" the shadow asked as it lifted its head revealing glowing yellow eyes.
"Don't fail me, because if you do.." The tallest said with a menacing glare over her shoulder as turned her back to her servant. "I'll kill you myself and make your head a trophy on my wall and your hide into a carpet for my floor."
The creature bowed its head again, "Yessss Misstresss Dey' Teeral. I will not fail you."
The tallest turned again and glared at her servant, "You better not."
With a twist of her body her dress entwined itself around her form and she left the room. The shadow looked up and narrowed its glowing yellow eyes at the point of exit of the tallest. It stood and hissed.
"I will not fail in my misssssion. I will have that male'ssss life and have the girl in my clawssss." With that the shadow turned and entered into the shadows again.
*~*__________*~*
Rouk stayed at the apartment while Ravwrin had gone to her first day at her new school. Carefully she padded into Ravwrin's room and nudged open a secret panel. She slowly pulled out a carefully wrapped object and pulled it out into the living room. Rouk let her hologram drop and unwrapped the object. A flash of light reflected off the objects surface as the cloth dropped away. Rouk held it up and let the sun catch it fully.
"I'm sorry to deceive you Rav. You were never meant to forget everything about the escape. And you were never destined to forget the tool you used to escape with." She whispered and flicked her hologram on in the form of a tall woman with silver blonde hair. She was dressed in a beautiful blue dress that was worn in two pieces.
She looked at the sword in her hand and carefully, with ease, flicked it up into the air. It spun once and she caught with by the hilt. "One day I will let you remember this, but not until then." She said and returned it to its place in the cloth. She put it back in its secret hiding spot and replaced the panel. "I hope that time won't come soon." She whispered.