Chapter 6
Are You Okay?
Me: Okay, no more fighting with Ali and Zim.
Gir: Aww.. Master and Ali are friends now.
Me: Yes they are. Please read and review!
I asked Zim if I could help with the voot cruiser and he told me I could fix the computer. I sang as I worked on it, "Hold on, but don't hold too tight. Let go, it's gonna be alright. Don't run away from what your heart is saying, so… Be strong, if that's what your afraid of. Come on, show them what you're made of. I know it's hard but you gotta keep holding on." Zim looked at me as I sang, "Ali?" I looked up, "Yeah, Zim?" He smiled, "You like to sing don't you?" I smiled back, "I always sing depending on how I feel." Zim had finished with the engine and started to help me with the computer, "When are sometimes that you sing?" I thought for a minute, "Well, I mostly sing when I'm happy. Right now, I'm just keeping my spirit up." He looked at me, "You are really worried aren't you?" I looked down, "He's my best friend and I'll risk anything to find him." I connected two wires and shocked myself. "Ow." I pulled my hand back grasping it. Zim looked worried, "You have to be more careful, Ali. Let me see." I held out my hand, "You have a small burn but nothing serious." It hurt so much that I had a few tears falling from my eyes, "But it hurts a lot." Zim just smiled, "Why don't you just let me finish fixing the computer. Then we will be able to leave." I just sat back and thought about Purple as I watched Gir and Lavender play outside of the voot cruiser.
I heard something in the distance, "Zim, did you hear that?" He turned around, "Hear what?" I got out of the voot cruiser and looked around, "It sounded like a low rumble in the distance somewhere." Zim came and stood next to me and the sound came again only louder, and this time he heard it, "Whatever it is Ali, there's more than one." Lavender ran up with Gir, "Mistress, in the forest part of the swamp there is a group of creatures heading this way. They know we are here." Then Gir said, "We're all doomed!" He didn't say it in his usual stupid way, he sounded scared. The rumble came again and we saw a tree fall over. "Zim, what do we do? The voot cruiser isn't ready to take off yet!" Zim ran to the voot cruiser and pressed a few buttons. He looked back at me, "It's got enough power to take us to another planet." I didn't hear him, I was looking in the direction of the forest, in every direction there were glowing red eyes and low rumbling sounds coming from every direction. "Ali, lets go!" I was too scared to move, Zim ran to me and grabbed my arm, "Lets go!" We ran toward the voot cruiser and I felt a jolt of pain in my left shoulder, I yelled and dropped to my knees. Zim carried me the rest of the way to the voot cruiser where Gir and Lavender were already waiting. Zim started it up and we raced off.
My shoulder hurt so much, Zim took a look and pulled out a small arrow. "it looks like a small arrow, at least you're not bleeding." I looked at him, "It still hurt." He went to the controls, "The closest planet is Zen." I looked at him, "Is it a friendly planet?" Zim turned to me, "Only one way to find out." We landed and everything seemed safe enough. We got out of the voot cruiser and I started to feel dizzy. Zim noticed something was wrong, "Are you okay Ali?" I smiled, "I'm fine." Then we heard somebody behind us, "What are you doing here?" I turned to see a young man who looked like a human staring at us. Zim turned around too, "We need to stay somewhere until our ship is fixed and this was the closest planet." The young man smiled, "We don't usually allow outsiders on the planet, but you two seem harmless enough." I started to get very tired and dizzy all of a sudden, "Zim….." All I heard was Zim yell as I blacked out, "Ali!"
When I woke up, I saw Zim standing with the young man we met earlier and I was in a bed. I felt too weak to get up. Zim looked really worried, "Glad you're awake, Tan said the arrow that hit you had something on it that made you sick." I could barely even speak, "Tan?" The young man walked up, "Yes, my name is Tan." He was about five feet tall and he had blonde hair and sky blue eyes. Zim helped me sit up as Tan offered me something to drink, "It'll help you feel better." I accepted it, "Thanks." I took a sip and it actually had kind of a fruity taste. I looked around the room and it was really no bigger than my own apartment back on Irk, nothing fancy pretty average. I just felt like going back to sleep, I laid back down, "Zim?" Zim turned to me, "Yeah, Ali?" I looked at him sleepily, "When is the voot cruiser going to be ready to fly again?" Zim smiled, "All we have to do is find a power source for the engines, then we'll be able to leave." Tan walked over to us, "I can help with that." Zim turned to him, "How?" Tan smiled, "There is an energy source on the planet that can power up any thing.' I smiled, "That's good." Tan looked at me, "You should get some rest. That chemical on the arrow will keep you from going anywhere for a while." Then I fell back to sleep and in my dream, my worry for Purple got the better of me. All I saw was a Vortian gun firing and Purple's lifeless body fall to the ground.
I shot up screaming, I was breathing heavily and I was sweating. Zim and Tan were gone, but a young girl walked into the room, "Are you alright?" She had long brown hair and green eyes that glowed like emeralds in the light. She was very motherly, she felt my forehead, "You're burning up." She gave me something to drink that immediately brought the fever down, "There that's better." As soon as I calmed down I asked, "Where's Zim?" She smiled, "Don't worry. Your friend went with Tan to find enough energy to power your ship." I sighed, "Ok, who are you?" She opened a window and a gentle, cool breeze blew in. She turned to me, "I'm Shana, Tan's fiancé." My eyes went wide, "You and Tan are going to get married?" She smiled, "Yes, in the summer." I looked down, "Wow." Then Tan and Zim walked in, "So, Zim do you think that'll be enough?" Zim smirked, "It's plenty." I looked at them, "Hey, Zim." He smiled at me, "Feeling better?" I smiled, "Much." Shana turned to him, "She still has a small fever, but that will be gone by tomorrow." I looked at her, "So that means we could leave today if we wanted to?" She smiled, "I don't see why not, but why the rush?" I looked down, "A very close friend of mine is in trouble and I'm trying to save him." Tan looked at Shana, "They could leave today, but there is something I think we should give them first." Shana smiled, "Right. I know exactly what you're talking about."
We waved good bye as the voot cruiser took off. "Good luck!" Tan called out. Shana smiled, "I hope you succeed!" I waved holding a bracelet, Zim had one too. I put mine on, "Do you think they'll work?" Zim looked at the bracelet that was around his own wrist, then at me, "I hope so." I smiled and said to myself, "Purple here I come!"
Me: Once again, they're off!
Lavender: Mistress is very determined.
Me: Yes she is.
Gir: Yay!
Me: Please review!.