Going Under, Final Chapter
Now I will tell you what I've done for you
Fifty thousand tears I've cried
"The bomb!" Gaz screeched. "It isn't at Bloatys'. Did you disable the drills?"
"Only one of them. The one at home isn't there," Dib responded through the crackly static of his walky-talky thingamajig.
"Gaz, we're not going to make it in time.…If these bombs explode and become giant robotic spiders..." He trailed off.
"O, come on." Gaz scoffed, not worried. "We're only short one bomb and one drill. What match is that for an Irken Voot carrier/"
"You underestimate the Irkens new technology." Dib replied bluntly. "We could be as good as dead now—"
Gaz stropped, catching a glimpse of a figure running past a building. She blinked and they where gone. Next thing she knew she was climbing back into the voot—
Then Dib caught sight of his mortal enemy, Zim.
But it was to bad he caught sight to late.
Zim grabbed Dibs ship with a robotic claw and shot at him. The ground shook violently, and Gaz looked up to see a giant, fat needle pressing into the earth.
"The drill!"
Jumping, she ran as fast as she could towards the beastly thing…Then she worked her best to try and disable it.
Anyway, so while that's all happenin', Dib is floating in front of the smoldering remains of a building wall. Unfortunately, ZIM hadn't hurt him very much, because next ZIM knew he and Dib where shooting and dodging lasers in one to one combat once again.
Screaming deceiving and bleeding for you
And you still won't hear me.
I'm going under.
"Holy crap!" Zai pointed hastily to the ships mingling in the air from a safe distance.
"HA! Booyah! Who was right?! Who was right about aliens!? I think it was me! BOOYAH!!!!!" He put a big rock on symbol in Eov's face, trying to rub it in. "Ha, ha, ha!"
She pushed his hand away.
"Okay, Okay. I was wrong about aliens. But who or what is fighting?"
Zai shrugged, and just watched with his two friends. Dib had Zim cornered, and was smiling like a maniac. His laser gun had evolved into a cannon, and was pointing directly at Zim where he was sitting in his Voot Carrier.
The cannon shot…
And Zim was under Dibs ship, leaving him to shoot at the air. Before Dib could turn, Zim had thrown him directly into a building, leaving a big ugly mark. It was caked with bloodstains, and as Gaz watched a couple of buildings away, tears flowed freely from her eyes.
She hurried over and held her dying brother close. Weeping. Gaz, the scary, strong goth girl—
Weeping at the mercy of an alien who held her life in his hands.
She let him lie down on the pavement, wrapping her arm cloth around his head. She was feeling dizzy still and her arm throbbed with pain, but it needed to be done. Or he would die…
She would be fine..
Yes, she would be fine…
Zims' cold red eyes where shut and Gaz glared at him as the trio moved closer to watch the fight.
"Zim!"
She wasn't sure how she'd been able to get into Dibs old voot so fast, or why everything around her was now on fire. Of course, Eov had always told her that even when she was a young girl, her supernatural gifts where great and controlled….She remembered walking around, smoke at her ankles…Posessed stuffed animals protecting her in her room…The necklace…the necklace…
She clasped her necklace hopefully, and pressed the button.
Zim dodged her shot, but it scraped into the side of his ship. At least he had not been hit directly.
The next laser he fired destroyed the Voot.
And Gaz was lying unconscious inside. Everything went black.
Don't want your hand this time
I'll save myself
Maybe I'll wake up for once
Not tormented daily defeated by you
Just when I thought I'd reached the bottom
"Gaz!"
Zai burst out of his hiding spot and grabbed the girl, shaking her.
"Gaz!"
Eovs' mouth was wide and she elbowed Squee.
"Whooooaaa. This is like a bad soap opera,. Isn't it?"
"My sentiments exactly. Who's' Zim?"
Eov sighed. "He's this kid who moved here years ago. He said he had something-nucleosis, a desease of the skin and always talked about ruling the world, and Dib always said he was an alien…I never really believe it though…A lot of kids where saying they where evil scientists of something-or-other. Our schools suck.
Sometimes I would only pretend to be a believer to be kind to Dib. Everyone treated him really bad…Is- Is that- Dib?! Gaz?!"
She put a hand to her forehead.
"Oh my god…I can't…It can't be…Thank the sky!"
Squee backed away unnoticed, clutching a creature he'd taken out of his backpack. He held it tightly, as if it held his life.
Squee, Run! I told you not to hang out with Eov, didn't I?! Didn't I?! But you never listen to me, Squee! Now she's going to feed you to her alien zombie Satanist friends or something horrible! Run, while you still can!
"I…Can't…"
He offered weakly.
Squee, remember what the aliens did to you when you where little? Do you really want to relive that?!
"I need to help Zai…" He decided, but was suddenly knocked back. He looked up and watched the giant piece of metal deject itself from earth, allowing hot Magma to pour out.
"HOLY MOTHER OF—Wait. If Zims' behind this…"
He watched the alien climb out of the cockpit and walk towards Dib..
He was holding something shiny and black…
A gun...?
Yes, a gun!
"I don't have much time," He whispered, climbing into Zims ship. "But since I don't know what these do, I'm just going to press every button at once! Here I go!"
And so he did.
I'm dying again
I'm going under
Drowning in you
Oo,
I'm falling forever
I've got to break through, I'm
Going under
Eov walked over to the drill. She had been performing spells to slow the sucking out of the magma, but it wasn't working well with the alien stuff on it. She was delaying, though, that was sure—
Dib groaned in a state of pain as Zim shoved him against the wall nearest. Zim grinned as he heard more bones crack, and brought the gun higher…
Zai rubbed the purple girls hair. "I'm so sorry, my love, my love…If you wake up…Every day will be happy, I know…Now I now that you won't leave me any more…"
He held her close.
"God, I miss you… Please wake up, Gazette… Please…"
Then he heard Dib screaming in pain as he made contact with the bricks.
He let Gaz rest gently on the floor, being sure to hold onto the moment. As he turned to help Dib, he saw something.
Slitted. Red. Eyes.
Those…Horrible…Red eyes…
And as Gaz very slowly came to, she saw it to.
Zai twitched involuntarily, walking to the area where Zim was standing with the gun.
Dib let a small grin cross his features.
So this is how it ends…
He heard the gun click.
Will they ever know how hard I tried?
Zim grinned. "Lights out…"
Goodnight..
The gun fired.
Blurring and stirring the truth and the lies
So I don't know what's real and what's not
What's real and what's not
Always confusing the thoughts in my head
So I can't trust myself anymore
Zai tackled Zim. Dib slumped against the wall, to weak to move. The gun fired into the air.
Then Zai grabbed the gun, and smiled as he stood above Zim. His foot was holding Zims head and binding it to the ground. He smiled, watching ZIM squirm with no avail.
"Well, the tables have turned, haven't they?"
He blinked, and heard himself begin stuttering. From the second Zai had seen his eyes, his memories had flooded to him in all the time it takes to be hit with a baseball. Everything pieced together.
"Agent…Agent…"
"Arachnid." He answered, looked the red eyed alien in…erm…the eyesShut up, I'm taking a shortcut cuz I'm thirsty. "Agent Arachnid. I'm sure we've met before. Well, I don't quite remember you. Actually, I never really caught your name. . . . . Mines really Zai! You really should know me…I mean, you see, you killed me. Observe, I'll prove it…"
"April 19th. I'm not sure what the year was—Do you remember? Anyway, so you broke into my daughters room. She was sleeping, just a kid….And you killed her. And then, you killed me. Do you remember? Or is this just another fucking game to you?!" He said it angrily as he readied the gun to Zims throat.
And in an instant, Zim had tripped Zai and had the gun again.
Zai grabbed the gun back, jumping onto a piece of broken building that lay flat on the pavement. People where outside now, running and screaming as the lost Spider Bot began to reign its doom. It crushed people, it cut them…It was killing and all anyone could do was watch. They where helpless. But they could have known. They could have…
They could have, but they chose not to. They chose not to listen to what they did not want to hear. They shut out anything but their own blissful
ignorance.
Then Zim grabbed the gun back, knocking Zai onto the ground next to Dib in the firey remains of the voot.
After wrestling for the weapon, Zai found himself with a shard of glass/metal he'd gathered from Dibs vootrunner crash.
The ground suddenly stopped quaking. Zim looked at the silent drill nervously. Zai tackled him.
"What's wrong ZIM?!" Zai whispered, pressing the glass a bit deeper at the aliens throat.
Zim glared.
"Move and I'll kill you."
Zai grinned.
"You already have."
I'm dying again
I'm going under
Drowning in you
Oo,
I'm falling forever
I've got to break through, I'm
Going under
Zim shot. Zai moved. He grabbed the gun, turned it to Zim and pulled the trigger.
Zim yelled out in pain, and Zai moved out of the way as his blood coated the pavement. "That's right. Die. Fucking DIE!"
Zai grinned like a maniac, watching him bleed and writhe in pain.
The spider robot fell as Eov uttered her last spell and Zai had only just enough time to wisk Gazette out of the way. Zim glared at Zai as he held his open wound.
He disappeared, much like Tak.
"This isn't over…This isn't over…"
So go and scream
Scream at me
Or forever wonder
I won't be broken again
I've got to breathe, I can't keep
Going under.
The smoke cleared. Normality slowly restored to Zais' shattered mind. He held Gaz in his arms, and although weak, she held him to.
Finally….
Finally….
The pain was gone.
I'm dying again
I'm going under
Drowning in you
Oo,
I'm falling forever
I've got to break through, I'm
Going under
"Z-Zai…"
"Shh. It'll be okay, Gaz…It'll be okay…"
Tears filled her eyes.
"Zai…I…I'm…Help…"
she took his hand. "Vigoratus opto meus patefacio vulnus ut mend….Lord, beatus mihi per conforto illae ache…My senior , beatus mihi per conforto illae ache. Vigoratus mihi , Servo mihi , Excito me…. Senior , EGO credo vos..."
He tried to repeat after her, but nothing happened.
"I…Guess…I'm…Losing…My…T-Touch…" She laughed weakly, then let Zai hold her head in his hands. "Gaz….It'll be okay, Gaz…I love you…"Zai held her close. Squee and Eov stood with each other after the emotional distress. Dib grinned as he watched the world around him, slowly coming to terms with his new dizziness. He had broken many bones, and could not breathe…
all he remembered was the ambulance. Seeing him made Gaz cry harder.
"He'll be okay…I love you, Gaz…From now, you'll be okay….You'll be okay…"
An amazing thing happened. Strangers on the street comforted each other, cried with one another, shared the pain of what had just happened.
They had to get many ambulances from many hospitals to help…And only 67 out of the 200 people in the accident even lived.
But it would be okay. .Zai promised her it would be okay. Tomorrow, they would go see Czenna…Together…
Together…Together…
"We'll be okay, Gaz."
Going Under…
Going under…
I'm going under…
"We'll be okay."
Going Under!