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Chapter ten- Just Another Dot
It's only been one day since Zim and Tak returned to Earth. They had picked up their kids from Kacer's and said they'd see them tomorrow; and now all four of them, along with Gir, Mimi and Minimoose, are standing on Dib's front porch, telling them good-bye.
Dib, Kacer and even Gaz stand at the doorway, listening intently as Tak explains, "Zim got a job offer on our home planet. . .so we're kind of leaving. Just thought we'd say good-bye."
Clox, Pin and Gir all latch onto Kacer's leg and none of them say a word, and Kacer leans down and hugs them.
Clox takes a step back and says, "Um, I forgot, uh. . .forgot to g-give this back. . ." he pulls out Pop-pop Bunny.
Kacer smiles softly.
"You keep it," she says.
Clox grins, his fangs sticking out more then ever, and hugs Pop-pop Bunny to his chest.
"BYE BIG-HEAD!" Gir shrieks. He's gone from Kacer's leg to Dib's head.
"Get off of me," Dib growls, but Gir ignores him, and continues to molest him.
"Bye Dib," Pin says.
"Guess you can't ever get me to sing with you, huh?"
Pin smiles.
"Nah," she says, "when I'm all old and everythin', I'll come back, 'kay? And then you'll sing."
She climbs up and kisses him on the cheek, who looks ahead in surprise, and then Zim reaches up and snatches his daughter away.
"Pin!" Zim snaps."Don't kiss him, he's toxic!"
"No, I'm not-" at that moment, Clox jumps up and bites Dib's hand. "NYAA!"
"Good boy, Clox!" Zim says as his son releases Dib's hand from his jaw, giggling madly.
"Hey!" Pin says defiantly. "If Clox can bite Dib, how come I can't kiss him?"
"Because seeing Dib get bitten is so much funnier. . . "
Tak turns from her family to Kacer and tries to tune everyone else's voices out.
"Well Kacer," she says, "you were really annoying at first. . ."
"Gee, thanks."
"Yeah, yeah. . . I suppose I'll miss you. You're not so bad."
They both grin.
"No hugging, right?" Kacer asks.
"Absolutely not."
Kacer laughs.
"Whatever Tak. I'll miss you."
"Uh-huh."
"Taaak," Zim says in a whiny voice, "I wanna go. I don't think I can stand being on this planet another second."
"Okay, hold on-"
"I wanna go now." He's tugging on her sleeve.
"In a minute, Zim." She faces Kacer again and smiles quickly, "See ya," and waves, "well, not really, I guess- quit tugging Zim! We're going! Geez. . ." she rolls her eyes, and collects Gir and her son, calls into the house, "Bye Gaz," who's gone into the living room.
"Whatever," Gaz calls back.
"Bye Dib," Tak says, and she takes Pin from Zim, "C'mon guys," and She, Mimi and Minimoose all start to walk away (well, Minimoose kinda just floats).
Zim turns and begins to leave. But then he comes to a halt, and whips around sharply.
"Dib!I" he snaps.
"Yuh-huh?"
"Just because I'm leaving doesn't mean you win."
Dib smirks.
"Heh. Sure, Zim. Tell yourself that."
"What do you mean by that?"
"Nothing."
"Are you trying to tell me that you think you won?"
"Interpret it anyway you want space boy. . ."
"Because you haven't! I'll come back one day just to show your enormously colossal head of meat that ZIM was never defeated by a dirty human thing!"
"I do not have an enormously colossal head!. . .of meat!"
"Do too!"
"Do not!"
"It's colossal and big!"
"That's the same thing!"
"Ha! So you admit it!"
"What? No-!"
Tak walks up and grabs Zim by the arm.
"Mark my words, Dib of human!" Zim shouts, as Tak drags him away.
"Which ones?" Dib asks.
"You haven't woin! I already told you!"
"I didn't say that! Which words do I have to mark?"
"ALL OF THEM!" Zim screams, although his voice is growing fainter as Tak drags him further down the street. Dib can make out Zim shaking his fist in the distance. "Mark all of my words of DOOM! Except for that one argument we had about tainted sausages. . .eh. . .you can forget that if you want. . ."
His voice trails off and then he dissapears from view.
Dib closes the door, irritated. He looks to Kacer, who's biting her lower lip.
"My best friend is gone. . ." she says sadly.
"Hey!" Dib says. "I thought I was your best friend."
"Yeah, but. . .you're not a girl." Kacer looks to Gaz who's playing the original GameSlave on the couch. "Hey Gaz, you wanna be friends?"
"No."
"Great! Let's go bra-shopping together!"
"I don't wear bras. . ."
Dib runs to his room, mortified.
"Your last chance to see Earth," Tak says. Her children and Gir press their faces against the window as their first home as they watch their first home gets tinier and tinier. And then it's just another dot in the sky.
Tak turns to Zim, who's piloting.
"You think we'll ever go there again?"
"Not if I can help it," Zim growls.
With a smirk, Tak says, "So I guess the whole 'I'll-come-back-to-show-Dib-he-didn't-win' crap was just an empty promise. . . " he doesn't answer, and she continues, "You've been miserable since we left. . ." a devilish smile slowly creeps across Tak's face. "Do you miss Dib?"
"I do NOT!" Zim snaps. "I just don't want him to think that just because I'm moving on with my life, that I lost to him! I didn't!"
"I know," Tak says. "Because you're moving on. . .so forget about him. He's out of our lives. He's not gonna be sneaking around our house anymore, taking pictures and trying to expose us. . ."
"Yeah. . ." Zim looks to the controls sadly. "It was fun chasing him out all those times though. . ."
"Yes, I'm sure it was." Tak pats his arm.
"We're finally going to Irk," she says happily, after a minute.
"Yup."
"And I'm happy for you, Zim. You finally found something."
Zim looks up. He smiles.
"I found something a long time ago," he says, squeezing her hand. Tak smiles warmly and he continues, pulling out a random potato chip bag from beside him, "STRESS CHIPS! They relieve 98 of your stress!" he strokes the bag fondly. "Ya know, I've been eating this stuff for years, and I just noticed how good they are!"
As he chomps on a stress chip, Tak clenches her fists in exasperation, then kicks Zim swiftly in the shin.
Pin and Clox whip around, laughing madly.
"Mama's beating Daddy up! Mama's beating Daddy up. . ."
"Once upon a time," Zim read, holding the book right up to his eyes, "there lived. . .er, a princess named. . .Rapoozle. . .? No, wait. . .Rapunzel. . . she had long, silky hair and ate nothing but dirt to keep a slim figure. . ."
"This is boring," Pin said.
"Is it really?"
Pin and Clox nodded.
"T-tell us you own made-made-up story!" Clox said, jumping on the bed in excitment.
"Um. . .I don't really have my own made-up story," Zim admitted.
"Make one up now!" Pin said. "It's easy! Just say 'Once upon a time'."
"Er, okay." Zim closed the book and placed it on the floor. "Once upon a time. . ." he glanced at Pin, who's pink eyes were wide in anticipation, "there was a mighty Invader named Pin. . ." Clox glared. "Who had a brother, a mighty. . .er, chef. . .named Clox. . .one day they both decided to take a ride in their father's voot cruiser and see how far they could go. . ."
Zim's story carried on for nearly an hour. His children had been listenting in rapt attention for awhile, but now they were tired and began to doze off.
Zim finished his story while tucking them into bed.
"And then when they finally made it home, Clox baked everyone a cake to celebrate. . .the end."
"No," Pin mumbled sleepily, her head rolling on the pillow, "you forgot ta say 'and they all lived happily ever after'. . ."
"And they all lived," Zim said.
"'Happily ever after', dun forget."
"Fine. . .and they all lived," he pulled the blanket covers up to Pin's neck, "happily ever after."
Pin turned so she faced her sleeping brother, and as her own eyes began to close, she yawned and whispered, "The end. . ."
THE END! of Blinfolded
It's. . . over. . . aw. . . you know what this means?
I have to start typing the sequel, 'Torches'. And the sequel blows.
Heh heh, not really. It's just very, very different from this one, needs major editing, and Clox and Pin get their own storylines (but so do Tak and Zim, so don't be too turned off), and for that reason, it is completely bombarded with fancharacters.Too many in fact.My brain hurt while writing it. And the whole thing takes place 17 years after this. Huge time gaps. I have my reasons. Anyway. . .
Thanks for sticking with me guys!
Keep a look-out for 'Torches'!
This is Pinky, signing out.
-la end