Chapter 2

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Dib tore faster down the street. The readings on his laptop had shown that whatever had passed through the atmosphere had landed on the outskirts of town- only about half a mile away from his house. Nothing seemed different from any other night, though. All of a sudden, a thought ran through his mind. This could have been Zim; he used his ship all the time. This could be just a wild goose chase.Then again, Zim would be out of his disguise, and Dib had brought his camera, as if it were some sort of refelx to do so when something strange happened.It was kind of weird.Oh well,no matter.

He had almost reached the landing sight. It was just over a hill… A freakishly tall and steep hill. He even had to slow down to go up the blasted thing. Peachy. But this was worth it.

Dib finally reached the top, panting. He looked down over the hill and his eyes widened. Below him, a large, scarlet ship had crashed into the ground. It was a wonder no one had noticed it; the flames were at least 10 feet tall. But then again, this was on the outskirts of town- hardly anyone ever camearound here, especially at thistime of the day.Dib took his camera out andwent careeningdown the hill, nearly falling once or twice. He would finally have proof of Zim being an alien!

"I'VE GOT YOU NOW, ZIM!" He laughed, "I can finally show everyone that I'm not crazy!"

Dib finally reached the bottom of the hill, speeding towards the ship, slowing down, as he got closer. Those flames looked pretty big from where he stood… But that didn't ruin his plans of getting proof of Zim's… Alien…ness… Or something…

"You can just admit defeat, Zim! With all your equipment burnt, you can't even fight!" He yelled into the wreckage.

"Who's Zim?" A quiet voice replied from behind him. Dib wheeled around- no one was there.

"I'm down here…" The voice said, sounding a bit glummer. He looked down to see a little robot looking straight up at him with large, light blue eyes. He screamed in surprise and toppled backwards, falling over and hitting his head on a split pipe. Everything seemed to get blurrier as he heard a few words… In a different voice this time.

"-You weren't supposed to let anyone see you!"

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