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Earth's four solitary heroes(if you could call them that) stood motionless in the middle of the dark street,watching the ships fly overhead.They each had a weapon drawn of some sort,ready for battle.
"Why dont they see us again?" Dib asked.
"They're going after the spot with the largest concentration of life." Zim said. "The city.They've probably already landed."
"What are we gonna do?" Sam. No one had an answer for him.
"Wait a second..." Yin said,confused. "Zim,why are you worried about this? You're trying to take over the Earth right?Wouldn't you just be doing the same thing?"
"These Darks are not to be taken lightly. I fear for my own well being. And..." he paused for a second. "This planet is mine,and im not letting it go without a fight."
"Wonderful speech Zim,but we still dont know what we're going to do." Dib stated. "We're sitting ducks with no plan."
"I am not a duck!" Zim said indignantly. "Besides. Im sure I'll come up with something."
"You're sure you'll come up with something!" Dib turned to Zim with a familiar look on his face. "We need a plan Zim!"
"Im not following some stupid plan that some stupid earth boy came up with either!" Zim shot back. The two fell to arguing while Sam and Yin kept an eye on the skies.
After a while,they finally quieted down,and as the ships had long since all flown by,the heroes went and sat on the sidewalk.
"That was pointless." Yin deadpanned. "And we still dont have a plan."
"What time is it?" Dib asked.Sam checked his watch.
"3:30" He followed this with a yawn. "Man its late.Our parents must be pretty worried."
"Mine arent." Dib said,laying back to look at the stars. "Dad isnt home.He's been gone,investigating some farm in Mexico." Sam and Yin lay back next to him. Zim stayed up.
"Hows you dad tonight?" Sam asked Yin. She tried to shrug it off.
"He was still gone when I left."
"I'm sorry." he said.
"Dun worry about it."
"Mine were still asleep." Sam replied. After that,they looked up at the stars for a while. They seemed a lot closer tonight.
"Hey Zim." Yin said,sitting up a little. "What about your parents?" That seemed to catch him a little off gaurd.
"Oh.Umm." He thought for a minute. "I dont know. They might be dead."
"Dead?" Yin asked incrediously as she sat all the way up. "You dont even know if your parents are alive or not?" Zim did'nt seem to get it.
"Its a tradition on my planet that parents and children are separated at birth." He shrugged. "Young are raised in a facility by professionals."
"Why?"
"They are taught to invade.how to kill,how to steal.You know,the basics."
"Man,thats rough."
"Not when its what you're used to."
They fell silent for a while,stargazeing.
"Could you tell me something Yin?" Zim asked,his voice tinged with curiosity.
"Shoot."
"Why have you not tried to convince your umm..." He had to figure out what the word was. "Family. family that there is a blood thirsty alien living close by bent on world domination?"
"Why havent you killed Dib yet?" she asked back. "You have a perfect chance now.hes lying right there,half asleep." (Dib,actually,along with Sam,heard everything they were saying,but decided to leave it alone.) "You have a few weapons. Nows your chance to get rid of a threat." She handed him a gun she dug out of her bag.
Zim looked utterly bewildered.
"But..but I thought he was your companion." he said earnestly.
"A friend yes." she confirmed. "Now go on." Zim looked from Yin,to the gun,to Dibs 'sleeping' form.
"Why are you pestering me with this now?" Zim was stalling,and they both knew it. Yin grinned broadly.
"You're stalling Zim." She said tauntingly. "You dont want to do it do you?"
"I do so!" Zim said back a little too quickly. " Its just...the uh,time is not right yet."
"Yeah. You dont want to do it do you."
"Yes I do."
"No you dont"
"Yuhuh!"
"Nu uh!"
"This is stupid." Zim shoved the gun back at her. "What a traitor you are."
"No im not. If anything,im not a traitor." Yin replied. "I knew you wouldn't do it."
"I would so!" Zim calmed down a bit. "Just not now."
"You know,you and Dib arent that different." Yin went on.
"We are so very very different." Zim said.
"Not so.Think about it man. He's bent on saveing his planet. You're intent on being loyal to your planet. Right?"
"I guess." Zim would have already blown this girl to bits for being a nuisence,but there was something about her...she was ok.Didn't grind on his nerves as much as most people did.
"You're both about the same basic thing." Zim checked behind him to be sure the boys were asleep,then he relinquished.
"I guess. but i could never be friends with him."
"Why?" she asked inocently.
"We're on different sides. Totally against everything that the other stands for. I should'nt even be getting close to you. When I take over the world,ill have to get rid of you all."
"Why do you have to take over this planet?If you're going awol,why are you still doing your assignment?" Zim sighed.
"Its in my blood.I cant help it.Besides,I hate this pathetic little planet." He debated with himself for a minute,then added: "Sorry."
"Oh well.Does'nt mean I cant be friendly now. Just do me a favor."
"No."
"Kill me quick. I have a low threshold for pain." It was meant to lighten the mood,but Zim didn't seem too much happier.
They fell silent again,and eventually Yin fell backwards again,tired.
"What time is it?" Yin asked the air. She gently took hold of Sams wrist and shecked his watch.
"5:00."
The sun was beginning to peak over the horizon,tinging the sky orange.Yin yawned and shut her eyes.
"What do you think is gonna happen now Zim?" she asked sleepily.
"Get your gun." Zim sounded panicked. "Wake them up and get a gun!"
"What? Why!" She sat up,confused and shook Sam. Since neither of them were asleep,they had already gotten up because of Zims orders.
"Whats going o-" Dib fell silent and stared down the road,as did the others.
Silhoetted against the rising sun,they could see the hulking forms of a unit of what they assumed to be darks.
"Get in the bushes,quick!" Zim ordered and the rest obeyed without comment,and the four huddled in the bushes.
"Ow,this stupid bush has thorns!" Dib whispered loudly.
"Quiet human." Zim shushed. They huddled down into the underbrush and watched helplessly as the darks invaded the homes all up and down the street.They could hear screams and gunfire of some sort as the Darks killed whatever they found. Everyone,even Zim,seemed too shocked to react. Zim had never expirienced first hand what the Darks did to a planet once they landed.Irks werent this blunt.
"They're coming this way!" someone whispered urgently. Three Darks were indeed coming down the walk way to the house they were hiding in front of.
"Wait," Dib whispered after a second. "This is my house!"
Everyone held perfectly still as the darks walked by. They were having too much fun to notice a few little kids hiding in the bushes.
Dib held his hands over his ears and bowed his head,his eyes were shut tightly. He looked to be praying. Running footsteps could be heard through the house behind them,and crashes were heard too. After about ten seconds,Dib's freakishly large head snapped up.His eyes were dangerously wet. He sprang up and through the front door,his weapon of choice (It looked a little like an electric sword.) brandished before him.
"IM COMIN GUYS!"
"Dib!" Everyone got up and ran after him,brandishing their own weapons as they went.
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Ooh,heres the blood and gore I promised! I know it was boring...the next is mostly fighting though.