Yay! Chapter Four! ^_^
I'm not going to get a chance to update so often anymore... I was in Spring Break when I wrote the first 3 chapters, and now I have very little time in my hands. I'll update around twice a week or so.
Disclaimer: I do not own Invader Zim. I'd say more, but... THEY ARE WATCHING ME... o_o
On with the fic!
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Dib walked to skool. It seemed like a normal day... a perfectly pleasant day, which promised to be full of joy and happiness.
And anyone with a .001 IQ could see that this was not normal.
Dib looked around him in uneasyness. Things where never this... NICE.
It was so messed up, that it unnerved him, terribly. An odd feeling was suspended in the air.
It was early morning, and the city was covered in a thin layer of late morning fog. It did not seem as if the fog had intruded on the city, so much as if the city had intruded in the fog.
Dib didn't know how to explain it. All he knew was that he had better be careful today.
People kept looking at the short kid in black as he walked past. Of course, he didn't notice. He was always getting odd looks from everyone, and it was only to be expected now that he was darting about, stealthily, a paranoid look to his features.
But enough of this. Basically, Dib walked to skool, feeling rather paranoid.
He arrived late, as usual. He looked up at his frightening teacher and gulped.
"Sorry I was late, Ms. Bitters, but I was walking to skool, and there was the sun, and the birds, and the hobos on the street corners, all normal- like! And everything felt wrong this morning, and it felt like someone was watching me, and it was such a nice day, it felt weird-"
Ms. Bitters hissed menacingly.
"Enough if this, Dib! The same thing happened to me when I was your age. And then everything fell apart, it was all doomed from the beginning, just DOOMED... do you understand now, Dib??"
"No." he replied, suspecting that she had not been listening to his excuse at all.
"I didn't expect you to. It was all DOOMED from the beginning, doomed doomed dooooomed.... IN YOUR SEAT NOW DIB!"
Dib glowered lightly, but sat in his seat with the same resignation a stuffed moose has to the break-dancing music. (A/N: Eh?? O_o)
Anyhoo, Dib sat in his seat, but his gaze shot up immediately as he heard a small snickering coming from the other side of the room. He looked at Zim, and Zim looked back, an evil glint in his faux-purple pupils.
The rest of the class was spent with more lectures on how they where all just, 'doomed', and how they would grow up to be either a hobo or a pathetic member of society.
Time went on monotonously, a drab, gray existence. The students had fallen under an odd stupor of boredom, it felt to them that this was all there was, all there ever was, all there ever would be. Even Zim drowsed a bit, his green eyelids drooping, his attention dwindling slowly as Ms. Bitters conducted her evil work.
Just when it seemed they wouldn't last much longer, just when it seemed that indeed all was doomed to this gray existence, Zim's antenna picked up, through his wig, the single most glorious, most liberating sound on this planet.
The lunch bell!
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Dib sat down and poked at his food. He looked at Gaz,who was, as usual, playing her Game Slave.
"I think the lunch ladies hate us." Dib said as he watched a lunch lady menacingly glower at a child, and then drop a glob of gray on his plate.
"That's nice, Dib."
Dib didn't respond. He hadn't really expected any good answer from Gaz. He reached down into his backpack, and pulled out the vial from this morning.
"Today... will be the day when Zim finally meets his match! In THIS."
He waved the vial around, making the liquid inside it splash playfully about inside.
He put the vial away as he saw Zim get out of the lunch line, and head for his usual lonely perch in the middle of the cafeteria. Dib blinked and shivered a bit when Zim flashed him an evil, furtive smile. Could he know about the formula?
All throughout lunch, Zim kept that same secret smile on his face, and Dib grew more and more apprehensive. Finally, after 30 minutes of pure psychological torture for Dib, the bell rang again, allowing the students out into the playground for recess.
Dib gulped. This was it, and yet he didn't feel particularly good. He felt sick, what if it didn't work? But it was too late for that, he was determined, and besides, this was a good plan, it WOULD WORK.
Dib went to look for Zim. That was odd... he wasn't anywhere in sight! Dib stalked about, sneakily, searching for his enemy, planning to surprise him, attack, and then, when Zim was at his weakest, most vulnerable state, reveal him for what he truly was!
Of course, Dib didn't realize that ZIM was stalking HIM.
Dib turned a corner into a small, well hidden area of the playground. It was barely noticeable; he had not known of it before. He stopped as he heard a small noise... he slowly turned around and saw....
Gaz.
"Gaz! What are you doing here? You-"
Dib stopped. He had been about to say, 'You scared me'. He paused lightly, and then finished.
"...surprised me..."
Gaz didn't answer, only looked up at him briefly, and returned to her game.
"Fine. Ignore me then. Have you seen Zim? He isn't anywhere around- GAAAH!"
Dib fell to the floor as something hit him. HARD. He looked up, and saw Zim, standing right next to Gaz!
Gaz growled angrily, and paused her game. Her eyes opened threateningly, and she slowly turned to look at Zim and Dib. Then-
"WHAT do you all WANT?! I've been coming here for the past 3 years, and NO ONE has bothered me, and now, in ONE DAY, YOU ALL DECIDE TO JUST BARGE IN?!?!"
Zim stared at Gaz.
"I want nothing but to finally rid myself of the pest that is your brother. Now, please go away, as I need to... rid myself of the pest that is your brother."
Gaz's eyes returned to their narrowed state of normality, and she looked at Dib.
"What are you going to do? You won't kill him, will you? Because I can't let you kill my brother. Dad might notice."
The remark stung Dib a bit, and he dreaded Zim's response. He slowly stood up, and reached behind him to get the formula...
"I won't kill him- DON'T MOVE STINK BEAST!"
Zim lunged forward and pinned Dib to the wall. He reached behind him, took the vial and looked at it with interest.
"Give that back!"
"No. What is this?!"
"It's... soda!"
"What is this?!?!"
"Soda!"
"WHAT IS THIS?!?!?"
Gaz glared at Dib. "It's some sort of formula he made. Says he'll use it to finally reveal what you are... like that'll work. You're both idiots."
Zim glowered at the insult. "Enough of this! THE MIGHTY ZIM IS NO 'IDIOT'!! And now I have work to do!!! SO LET ME DO IT!!"
Before Dib or Gaz could respond, he reached back and pushed a spot on his PAK. Out came the thing he had finished this morning.
"Ta da!! Look, Dib-stink!! LOOK... AT YOUR DOOM!!!!"
Zim set the thing on the ground, and it opened up, lifting itself up in the air. It took out it's laser and pointed it at Dib.
Dib froze in his spot.
Gaz looked at Zim. "I thought you said you weren't going to kill him!"
"I won't! I shall send him into a parallel dimension! MUAAA HA HA HA HAAAA!!!!!"
Gaz blinked. "That's ok, I guess. As long as you don't kill him."
Dib was still vaguely lost for words. So he wasn't going to die. But he didn't want to be sent to some other dimension either!
Zim grinned and, before Dib could do anything, reached forward and pushed a small button on the thing.
Nothing happened.
Dib smiled and sighed with relief. It wasn't going to work! Zim had failed again! HA! Now, time for some good, fun TAUNTING.
"What's wrong, ZIM?", Dib asked. " Broken??"
Zim didn't respond, as he continued messing with the buttons on the device. Why wan't it working?!
Dib laughed out loud.
"Zim, when will you realize that you cannot win? I'll stop you at every turn!!"
Suddenly, a loud ringing BEEP cut through the air. Zim grinned, and began laughing maniacally. Gaz's eyes widened as she realized that it might be a good idea to run... NOW.
But before she could do anything, the device began shooting out purple sparks, a loud, odd noise was heard, and everything went black.
End Chapter
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Oooooooh! What's gonna happen?? O_O Erm.... yeah, this one sucked. XD
But, hey, I tryed. This is one of the important chapters, cuz it's when they get whoooshed away to the other dimension and... junk. The next two chapters will not have any of our characters in them. I shall introduce their... DOPPLEGANGERS. O_O Or whatever they're called... yep. Do not forget to review! For... obvious reasons.... O_O *points at the moose*
I'm not going to get a chance to update so often anymore... I was in Spring Break when I wrote the first 3 chapters, and now I have very little time in my hands. I'll update around twice a week or so.
Disclaimer: I do not own Invader Zim. I'd say more, but... THEY ARE WATCHING ME... o_o
On with the fic!
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Dib walked to skool. It seemed like a normal day... a perfectly pleasant day, which promised to be full of joy and happiness.
And anyone with a .001 IQ could see that this was not normal.
Dib looked around him in uneasyness. Things where never this... NICE.
It was so messed up, that it unnerved him, terribly. An odd feeling was suspended in the air.
It was early morning, and the city was covered in a thin layer of late morning fog. It did not seem as if the fog had intruded on the city, so much as if the city had intruded in the fog.
Dib didn't know how to explain it. All he knew was that he had better be careful today.
People kept looking at the short kid in black as he walked past. Of course, he didn't notice. He was always getting odd looks from everyone, and it was only to be expected now that he was darting about, stealthily, a paranoid look to his features.
But enough of this. Basically, Dib walked to skool, feeling rather paranoid.
He arrived late, as usual. He looked up at his frightening teacher and gulped.
"Sorry I was late, Ms. Bitters, but I was walking to skool, and there was the sun, and the birds, and the hobos on the street corners, all normal- like! And everything felt wrong this morning, and it felt like someone was watching me, and it was such a nice day, it felt weird-"
Ms. Bitters hissed menacingly.
"Enough if this, Dib! The same thing happened to me when I was your age. And then everything fell apart, it was all doomed from the beginning, just DOOMED... do you understand now, Dib??"
"No." he replied, suspecting that she had not been listening to his excuse at all.
"I didn't expect you to. It was all DOOMED from the beginning, doomed doomed dooooomed.... IN YOUR SEAT NOW DIB!"
Dib glowered lightly, but sat in his seat with the same resignation a stuffed moose has to the break-dancing music. (A/N: Eh?? O_o)
Anyhoo, Dib sat in his seat, but his gaze shot up immediately as he heard a small snickering coming from the other side of the room. He looked at Zim, and Zim looked back, an evil glint in his faux-purple pupils.
The rest of the class was spent with more lectures on how they where all just, 'doomed', and how they would grow up to be either a hobo or a pathetic member of society.
Time went on monotonously, a drab, gray existence. The students had fallen under an odd stupor of boredom, it felt to them that this was all there was, all there ever was, all there ever would be. Even Zim drowsed a bit, his green eyelids drooping, his attention dwindling slowly as Ms. Bitters conducted her evil work.
Just when it seemed they wouldn't last much longer, just when it seemed that indeed all was doomed to this gray existence, Zim's antenna picked up, through his wig, the single most glorious, most liberating sound on this planet.
The lunch bell!
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Dib sat down and poked at his food. He looked at Gaz,who was, as usual, playing her Game Slave.
"I think the lunch ladies hate us." Dib said as he watched a lunch lady menacingly glower at a child, and then drop a glob of gray on his plate.
"That's nice, Dib."
Dib didn't respond. He hadn't really expected any good answer from Gaz. He reached down into his backpack, and pulled out the vial from this morning.
"Today... will be the day when Zim finally meets his match! In THIS."
He waved the vial around, making the liquid inside it splash playfully about inside.
He put the vial away as he saw Zim get out of the lunch line, and head for his usual lonely perch in the middle of the cafeteria. Dib blinked and shivered a bit when Zim flashed him an evil, furtive smile. Could he know about the formula?
All throughout lunch, Zim kept that same secret smile on his face, and Dib grew more and more apprehensive. Finally, after 30 minutes of pure psychological torture for Dib, the bell rang again, allowing the students out into the playground for recess.
Dib gulped. This was it, and yet he didn't feel particularly good. He felt sick, what if it didn't work? But it was too late for that, he was determined, and besides, this was a good plan, it WOULD WORK.
Dib went to look for Zim. That was odd... he wasn't anywhere in sight! Dib stalked about, sneakily, searching for his enemy, planning to surprise him, attack, and then, when Zim was at his weakest, most vulnerable state, reveal him for what he truly was!
Of course, Dib didn't realize that ZIM was stalking HIM.
Dib turned a corner into a small, well hidden area of the playground. It was barely noticeable; he had not known of it before. He stopped as he heard a small noise... he slowly turned around and saw....
Gaz.
"Gaz! What are you doing here? You-"
Dib stopped. He had been about to say, 'You scared me'. He paused lightly, and then finished.
"...surprised me..."
Gaz didn't answer, only looked up at him briefly, and returned to her game.
"Fine. Ignore me then. Have you seen Zim? He isn't anywhere around- GAAAH!"
Dib fell to the floor as something hit him. HARD. He looked up, and saw Zim, standing right next to Gaz!
Gaz growled angrily, and paused her game. Her eyes opened threateningly, and she slowly turned to look at Zim and Dib. Then-
"WHAT do you all WANT?! I've been coming here for the past 3 years, and NO ONE has bothered me, and now, in ONE DAY, YOU ALL DECIDE TO JUST BARGE IN?!?!"
Zim stared at Gaz.
"I want nothing but to finally rid myself of the pest that is your brother. Now, please go away, as I need to... rid myself of the pest that is your brother."
Gaz's eyes returned to their narrowed state of normality, and she looked at Dib.
"What are you going to do? You won't kill him, will you? Because I can't let you kill my brother. Dad might notice."
The remark stung Dib a bit, and he dreaded Zim's response. He slowly stood up, and reached behind him to get the formula...
"I won't kill him- DON'T MOVE STINK BEAST!"
Zim lunged forward and pinned Dib to the wall. He reached behind him, took the vial and looked at it with interest.
"Give that back!"
"No. What is this?!"
"It's... soda!"
"What is this?!?!"
"Soda!"
"WHAT IS THIS?!?!?"
Gaz glared at Dib. "It's some sort of formula he made. Says he'll use it to finally reveal what you are... like that'll work. You're both idiots."
Zim glowered at the insult. "Enough of this! THE MIGHTY ZIM IS NO 'IDIOT'!! And now I have work to do!!! SO LET ME DO IT!!"
Before Dib or Gaz could respond, he reached back and pushed a spot on his PAK. Out came the thing he had finished this morning.
"Ta da!! Look, Dib-stink!! LOOK... AT YOUR DOOM!!!!"
Zim set the thing on the ground, and it opened up, lifting itself up in the air. It took out it's laser and pointed it at Dib.
Dib froze in his spot.
Gaz looked at Zim. "I thought you said you weren't going to kill him!"
"I won't! I shall send him into a parallel dimension! MUAAA HA HA HA HAAAA!!!!!"
Gaz blinked. "That's ok, I guess. As long as you don't kill him."
Dib was still vaguely lost for words. So he wasn't going to die. But he didn't want to be sent to some other dimension either!
Zim grinned and, before Dib could do anything, reached forward and pushed a small button on the thing.
Nothing happened.
Dib smiled and sighed with relief. It wasn't going to work! Zim had failed again! HA! Now, time for some good, fun TAUNTING.
"What's wrong, ZIM?", Dib asked. " Broken??"
Zim didn't respond, as he continued messing with the buttons on the device. Why wan't it working?!
Dib laughed out loud.
"Zim, when will you realize that you cannot win? I'll stop you at every turn!!"
Suddenly, a loud ringing BEEP cut through the air. Zim grinned, and began laughing maniacally. Gaz's eyes widened as she realized that it might be a good idea to run... NOW.
But before she could do anything, the device began shooting out purple sparks, a loud, odd noise was heard, and everything went black.
End Chapter
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Oooooooh! What's gonna happen?? O_O Erm.... yeah, this one sucked. XD
But, hey, I tryed. This is one of the important chapters, cuz it's when they get whoooshed away to the other dimension and... junk. The next two chapters will not have any of our characters in them. I shall introduce their... DOPPLEGANGERS. O_O Or whatever they're called... yep. Do not forget to review! For... obvious reasons.... O_O *points at the moose*