A/N: I made a few mistakes… First of all, I never finished my author's note… What I was going to say was that the words in italic and bold are for you to find out! Sorry about the screwy formatting as well. Also, I am sorry for this being posted so late. I blame my beta-reader! And another thing: Justin is my brother. He isn't some random guy who reviewed and tried to be funny by saying, "I love you, sis!"
Celestial Star Mali: Dib's slightly OOC to match the role of the main character in the play. It's kind of hard to fuse the two characters together, since they're not alike in almost ANY way.
Ashsema: Sorry, another mistake! I got this fanfiction mixed up with the actual play. There are only four dead people that come to visit Dib. Sorry for the confusion!
Chapter 2: Resistance
"You hated her."
"You wanted her to die."
"What did she do to you?"
"Poor, pitiful Dib."
"She can't just intrude on my life like that!" Dib argued. "She expects to take the role of 'Mom' as soon as she marries my dad. She thinks that she can just make me forget my real mom!"
Gaz nodded. "I do agree with you, Dib. But why did you kill her? So far, your reasons seem stupid to me."
"She was in the way."
"How?"
"She just…was, okay?"
"Tell us why."
Dib let out a sigh of frustration. "She was acting way too protective! She kept on wanting to know where I was going."
"Maybe because she cared?" asked Keef.
"Pfff… It's not like she was my mom anyway," Dib argued, trying to get them off his case.
"She was your parental unit, if I am correct, which I am sure I am," ZIM boasted.
"That was an odd sentence…" Dib criticized.
"You're getting off the subject!" Gaz said coldly. "We want answers NOW. We'll stay here until you tell us."
"We'll torture you."
"Tear apart your heart."
"Pluck your eyes out."
"We'll make you wish you were dead."
The word 'dead' echoed through the dark, cold, and hard jail cell. Dib jumped back. "What do you want to know?"
Zita shook her head.
* * * *
Dib walked out into the cold night. He pulled his trench coat closer to himself. He headed towards ZIM's house. So many times had he wished Irkens slept! That would make his job much easier.
With each step, Dib held on to his video camera even tighter. He saw ZIM's base come into view as he inched closer.
"Here we go, again," Dib muttered while sneaking by the security lawn gnomes. Dib had grown a lot since sixth grade, so it was difficult for him to be inconspicuous. His hair made it exceptionally difficult as well. Yet he refused to cut it, because he stated that it was his 'trademark' hair for when he became a famous paranormal investigator. Gaz snorted and rolled her eyes at this remark. Dib was a good six foot two now, being in 10th grade. Gaz, on the other hand, was five foot 5 and seemed much smaller than Dib because she slouched so much..
He hid in a bush, cramping his long, slender body together as tight as he could and listened carefully.
"I've done it!" he heard ZIM cackle. "I've done it! Now, to unleash this plan…"
Talk about good timing! Dib turned his video camera on and listened attentively.
"Now to fill a human's brain with…JELLY BEANS!" ZIM declared proudly.
Jelly Beans? What the-?
A bucket of jelly beans poured on to Dib's head and his body (which was crammed against his head at that moment- in a most uncomfortable position, might I say). He jumped up and saw ZIM giving him that evil glare of his. "Stupid, idiotic Dib! You think that I can't tell when you are near? FOOLISHNESS! No one can fool the mightiness that is ZIM!" He proclaimed, raising his fists up in victory and closing his eyes to emphasize the words he was saying. This gave him enough time to escape. By the time ZIM stopped rambling about his supposed 'greatness', Dib was already down the street. "I'll get you someday Dib!" ZIM yelled. "Remember, I AM ZIM!"
"Yeah, but I'm Dib. I'll get you before you can get me," Dib muttered.
When Dib finally arrived home, it was after midnight. Ignoring Kya's babbling of how late it was, Dib went up to his room and went to bed.
* * * *
"You're stupid. Do you know that?" Gaz said, clearly more irritated then before. "You're not listening!"
"Yeah, I am…" Dib replied. "You want to come get revenge for me killing you. That's what you're trying to say."
"No, Dib!" Zita said. "We want ANSWERS. ONLY ANSWERS."
"Answers? Okay then. I killed you because…I did," he said, rolling his eyes.
Gaz grabbed his shirt and lifted him up. Her eyes turned red and she stared into his eyes with a deep sense of hate in her expression. "This is no TIME for you to joke around and be an idiot! We NEED the answers. We won't leave until we get them!"
"We'll tear apart your mind."
"Your soul as well…"
"And we'll haunt you till your end… Wait, this IS the end for you, innit?"
Dib shook with fear. They really WERE serious. They wanted answers, immediately. All Dib could say was: "I don't know."
"What's not to know?" Keef asked. He was the annoyed one this time.
"I don't know."
"Yes you do!" ZIM said.
"No, I really don't."
"You DO, HUMAN!"
"We know."
"We know you know."
"We know you know we know."
"Okay, I'm not even going to TRY to say anything…"
All the deceased in the room glared at ZIM. He responded with a shrug. Once idiotic, always idiotic…
* * * *
"Dib, Gaz, UP! UPPY UPPY UPPY! We don't wanna be late now! Come on!" yelled Kya at six o'clock one Monday morning. Dib rolled over and pulled the covers over his head. Would that woman EVER shut up?
"It's freakin' SIX AM!" yelled Gaz, who was in bed also.
"That leaves you one hour to get ready."
"But skool starts at seven forty- five!"
"So? Better early than late!"
Dib was really starting to dislike Kya even more than before. She always woke them up at the earliest time possible. Dib and Gaz usually got up at seven and they were ready in less than twenty minutes. Dib procrastinated usually, making him late. That explained all the detentions he had received.
He refused to get up, along with Gaz, who was banging her head against her pillow at the time. Dib tried to ignore Kya's commands.
Yet her voice still rang through the house. Dib and Gaz finally got up a half an hour later, fussing as they did their almost normal morning routine. They insisted not to be driven to skool, amid Kya's annoying rants of how they should ride in a car instead of walking.
Gaz said that she needed the exercise because she was terribly weak (which was a lie). Kya gave in, yet she also insisted Dib accompany Gaz. Dib had no problem with her decision.
When they did reach skool, Dib was tripped by some popular football player. Dib ignored him and walked on amid the mocking laughs of the students. This was one of the reasons he preferred to be late. Stupid Kya… he thought as he trudged down the hall.
Yet one certain laugh did not cease. The treacherous laugh's owner still pointed. He grinned evilly. After getting hardly any sleep, being yelled at, and tripped all in one morning, Dib was furious. So, he did one thing to solve the problem: He tackled ZIM.
He swung his fists at the alien's face. ZIM defended himself and they both were fighting each other.
Dib kicked ZIM in the legs. ZIM punched Dib's head. Yelps and yells came from the two boys, who were drawing a large crowd on the floor.
"HUMAN! GET OFF OF ME, YOU STINK-THING!" ZIM screamed at Dib, who was not acknowledging the alien's distress.
Dib on the other hand was throwing in curses at ZIM he never even knew he knew. ZIM was hissing like a snake while fighting, which in Dib's opinion was seriously 'inhuman.'
"Excuse me."
Dib and ZIM stopped fighting and looked up to see who the voice belonged to. When they saw who it was, Dib gasped.
A/N: Yay, a cliffhanger! This is not the end. I'll work on chapter three right away, and hopefully get the next one up sooner.