By animeninjaNIPPON
The next day at skool, Ms. Bitters had an announcement to make. "We have a new student," she grumbled, stepping out from behind her desk. "This is Kat." She gestured to the new girl standing next to the door.
Kat smiled nervously and muttered, "Hi."
Dib looked over at her. She had short maroon hair, amber eyes, and a black-and-red striped dress with black sleeves. On her back she had a magenta backpack. She wore black tights and long, red-and-black boots. For some reason, she looked strangely familiar…
"Tell the class a little about yourself, Kat," Ms. Bitters prompted in her usual demeanor.
"My uncle is the president of Krazy Taco," she replied. "And I have a cat named Mimi…and that's about it."
"All right then." Ms. Bitters straightened up. "Since what's-his-name stopped coming to skool, there's an empty seat next to Dib." She motioned for Kat to sit down.
At lunchtime, Zim and Dib sat separately, as usual. Zim sat alone, and Dib sat with his sister.
"There's Zim over there," Dib sighed, spying on the object of his affection.
"So?" Gaz was the only person who knew about the real relationship between Zim and Dib, but all the same, she didn't care.
Just then, Kat went over to Zim's table with a tray of food. "Can I sit here?"
"AWAY, foolish Earth-monkey!" Zim shouted, standing upon the table and brandishing a spork. "NOBODY is SUPERIOR enough to eat in the presence of the almighty ZIM!"
Kat eyed Zim weirdly, then picked up her tray and left. Zim jumped off the table and fell gracefully back into his seat. No sooner had the redhead disappeared from view than Dib felt a light tap on his shoulder. He turned around.
"Can I sit here?" Kat asked.
"Umm, OK," Dib answered. Kat put her tray next to Dib's and sat down. "This is my sister, Gaz – " He turned to his other side, but no one was there. "Gaz?"
"That's all right," Kat said quietly. "You can introduce us later." She poked at the mashed potatoes.
"Be careful of those," Dib warned.
Kat dropped her spoon and pushed her tray away in fear. Then she whirled around to face Dib with a smile on her face. "So, what's your name?"
"I'm Dib."
"I've heard of you…you're into all that paranormal stuff, aren't you?"
"Mm-hmm." Dib nodded.
"Oh my goodiness… ME TOO!" Kat's eyes grew wide and sparkly. Thus began a long, detailed discussion about Bigfoot, aliens, and "Mysterious Mysteries." They talked and laughed for at least fifteen minutes before Dib was hit in the head by a full tray of food. Kat gasped in horror as Dib fell to the floor, purple slime all over his trench coat.
He got up with his hand clasped firmly to the side of his head, using his other hand to wipe the slime off his coat. He spun around in the direction the offending projectile had come from and came face-to-face with Zim.
"What do you want, space boy?" Dib demanded.
"I WANT my Earth-foods back," Zim replied through clenched teeth. Dib picked up the empty tray, which Zim proceeded to yank out of the human's outstretched hands before stomping back to his table.
Dib risked one more glance at the angry alien. If looks could kill, then at that moment Zim would have had no trouble destroying the human race.
End of part three