I gaped at the bottom of the hole in my back yard. There was a ship, an alien ship to be exact, in the bottom of the greyhound bus sized hole.
The ship looked familiar though. It was red and black. A symbol was on the side of it. It was all sinking in when I figured out what the ship was, why it looked so familiar, and that it should not be here.
Slowly I climbed down into the hole but not without some sliding. I lost my footing and slid the rest of the way down into the bottom of the hole but not before spinning around. My back hit the side of the ship with a ringing thud.
"Ow..." I whined and rubbed my back. "I have officially learned that sliding into a hole with loose dirt is a stupid idea."
I turned to investigate the ship. Everything onit was dented. I placed my hand on a section of the ship to see if I could get a better look at what was inside when it flashed. I stepped back as the lid/door of the ship opened with a whoosh and a slight screech of metal on metal.
I winced at the sound and then gaped at what and who I saw inside. It was an Irken. He was about as tall as me, at least it looked like it. A bluish green colored blood trickled down his face. For a second I didn't know what to do, but soon snapped out of it.
"Buddy you better have a pulse like us or you are really done for." I muttered to no one. Placing my fingers on the side of his neck I felt a light, steady throb. He moaned at the touch and winced a little.
"Don't move." I commanded. "You're hurt and I really don't need to have you die. I would feel really bad about that."
He stopped at once, like he did not really understand what was going on.
"Oy." I muttered and slapped my forehead. "This is gonna be really long and difficult." I got a better look at the situation by walking around the ship. It was stuck in the ground and was pretty beat up but he was more or less ok. At least on the outside, I had no clue if he was bleeding internally or what. I moved back over to his side and noticed the panels of the ship. They were on and blinking a red color.
'I hope to god that does not mean that it is gonna blow up.' I thought to myself.
"Computer?" I asked just for the heck of it.
"Yes." it replied with a little static.
"Computer. Give me the stats for the damage on the ship."
"Everything is better than it looks. It could be better but what you have is what you have."
"Oh great, a computer with humor." I muttered. "Ok. Computer give me a full diagnostic report of the damage and if I can move the pilot without harming him."
The computer gave a few clicks and then replied. "The pilot can be moved. There is no internal damage only minor external damage. The diagnostics report will take a while to complete."
"That is fine computer. Can you repair yourself? Or to some point?" I asked as I started to check the Irken to make sure how bad he really was on the outside.
"I can complete the major damage repairs, but a few have to be done manually." It replied.
"Good. Grrrr." I growled. I stood back and glared at the ship. "Computer please release the pilot's safety restraints."
"I've never been asked nicely to do anything before." The computer said and released them. "It is quite a change. Zim usually."
"Whoa. WhoawhoawhoaWHOA!" I shouted and stopped myself. "Go back a little. You said Zim, didn't you?"
"Yes I said Zim." It replied.
"Oy... it had to be my luck that a real Irken crashes in my back yard and it is Zim. What are the chances or that?" I asked shaking my head.
"The chances are..."
"I don't want to know." I said cutting off the computer. I went back to getting Zim out of the ship.
I groaned at this. It was impossible. I was never gonna get him out of the hole by carrying out. He was my size and probably a little lighter than me, but I didn't have enough strength in my upper body to lift him.
That is when I noticed a small glint of silver beside him. I touched it only to find that it was a robot.
"Oh my god." I said giggling. "This is GIR. Aww...he's broken." GIR had nothing wrong with him but he could be fixed as soon as Zim was ok. I placed GIR down carefully and leaned over Zim.
"Zim. Zim wake up." I said calmly. He didn't wake. "Zim.. come on. You have to wake up."
He groaned a little but didn't wake.
I sighed heavily, brushed my hair back over my shoulder, and slid my glasses back up onto the ridge of nose a little more. I leaned over again. "Zim. Come on. You have to wake up." I said again, this time shaking him by his shoulders.
"Wha?" he murmured. He opened his eyes a little. "What happened? Dib is that you?" he asked softly. He looked at me and gasped. "Whoa! You're not Dib!" he said and tried to move away, only succeeding in causing himself a little more pain.
"Well duh." I said and moved away to give him some room. I cocked my head to the side and looked at him. "I'm surprised that I was even thought to be Dib. I should be flattered to be considered a guy from a famous cartoon." I added a little hotly.
"Uh...sorry?" he replied.
"Ha! Don't say sorry for that." I said and grinned at him with my well-known Cheshire cat grin. He only winced at it. "And there is nothing to fear from me. If I can help it, no one is gonna get you or dissect you like a bug." I added with a shrug. "Anyway. I need to do a good deed for the week and I guess helping you get back to your home/dimension counts."
Zim looked at me and said, "Dimension?"
"Yep." I replied. "I sorta knew that there were different dimensions and I had a guess work theory that there could be travel, but that was mostly in my stories." I looked down and added in a bitter mutter, "It was always a story. Nothing ever is true here, not even the real truth."
I shivered and forced myself to loss that thought for the moment. I held out my hand. "My name is Shay, and I am so glad you're ok. Sorry I should have introduced myself before when I woke you up."
He took my hand and gave it a small shake. "I'm Zim." He said.
I nodded, "Your computer told me. You know staying out here with the chance of rain is not a good idea."
He shivered at that and looked at me.
He looked so lost and of course hurt. I knew what would happen if he was out in the rain so I held out my hand again.
"Come on. Both of us have to make it up that wall." I said with a smile.
He grabbed my hand and I pulled him up. To my surprise he was stronger and almost pulled me into the ship with him. I laughed at this and steadied myself. Zim looked at me a bit odd and then shrugged it off. I put my arm around his waist and he put his around my neck and we headed off behind the ship to find an area of the wall that wasn't so steep.