Fortune Cookie Says: Person who looks to cookie for advice needs help…
Welcome to Earth
"Talking"
'Thinking'
StressedRed and Purple lazily stared out the window of Zim's house. The grass was green, the sky was blue, and the people were too happy for their liking. Red had decided that he didn't like earth very much. He didn't like it because there was no one to boss around. Purple then decided that he didn't like earth because it was boring. They both missed their careless days of just floating around and doing nothing.
"I'm bored," Purple whined.
Red glanced at Purple before he turned his gaze back to the planet. There was nothing to do. They heard squeaking and turned to find Gir walking toward them in his dog suit. Gir threw open the door and walked to the edge of the street. Red and Purple blinked as they watched a car drive up. Gir smiled and jumped inside before the car drove off. Red and Purple glanced at each other before they blinked and sighed.
"This is insane," Red grumbled.
"I don't know…I like that shade of blue," Purple suddenly said as he motioned to the sky.
"You don't like anything…but then you like that stupid sky?" Red questioned as he felt an antenna twitch.
"I like it," Purple confirmed.
Red felt himself twitch before he banged his head against the window. He didn't want to be in this crappy base, with an insane Invader. His antennae perked up when he heard the floor open in the corner. Zim rose up from the floor in his bad disguise. Purple looked over and began to laugh.
'I can't believe he gets away with that disguise,' Red thought.
"I am off to school my Tallest," Zim announced as he walked over to the door. "The computer will aide you in anything you need."
"What's this school?" Purple questioned. Red's eyes widened and he shook his head at Purple hoping to shut him up. Purple was oblivious to the warning.
"School is a where human pig smellies go to gain some type of knowledge," Zim explained.
"What do you do at this skool?" Red questioned.
"I study the humans," Zim proudly answered.
"I want to go to skool," Purple suddenly said.
"Really?" Red doubtfully questioned.
"Better than staying here," Purple pointed out.
"But you were such a bad Invader," Red groaned as Purple scowled.
"Hey! I was not!" Purple shouted.
"You kept botching up missions," Red reminded.
"You will need disguises," Zim pointed out.
A knock at the door was heard and Zim walked over to it. He pressed his hand to the door and watched as it went transparent. Zim saw who it was and grinned. The door quickly went back to normal and he answered it.
"You're going to be late," Gaz greeted as she kept her eyes squinted.
"My Tallest need a disguise," Zim explained as Gaz let an eyebrow rise.
"Why?" Gaz questioned.
"I want to go to school," Purple spoke.
"No we don't," Red quickly said.
"Why don't you just give them a wig and some contacts?" Gaz questioned.
Zim tapped his foot against the floor as he thought about this. Gaz rolled her eyes and looked to her watch. They were going to be late again.
"It's a new school year, so just enroll them as Seniors," Gaz grumbled.
"I don't want to go to that filthy place," Red mumbled as Gaz glared at him.
"We never do anything fun," Purple grumbled.
'A Tallest spat,' Gaz thought as she watched them glare at each other.
"We sit around and rule…that isn't fun to you?" Red questioned as Purple frowned.
"Just get them disguises and let's go!" Gaz shouted as they both froze.
"I don't need you pathetic disguise," Red arrogantly said as he popped opened his gauntlet and quickly tapped in a code as his image was quickly replaced.
Red quickly turned off his hover belt and landed on his feet. He flexed his new number of fingers with a frown. Gaz's eyes slightly opened as she stared at his disguise. It was as good as Tak's. She wondered why Zim didn't try harder. Red ran a hand through his new hair and grinned, the hologram was close to being a living host. His black hair was cut very short to the point of being randomly messy with bit of spikes. His skin was pale and his eyes were a deep crimson. He picked at the material that covered his body in slight annoyance. Gaz noticed that his fingers still looked like claws. He wore a long sleeved black shirt that had gray and black stripes. Gaz took notice that he wore tight, long black pants with boots coming up to his knees. The boots were metal tipped and had buckles.
"Show off," Purple grumbled as he typed in his own code and turned off his hover belt.
Purple's feet touched the floor and his hologram quickly snapped into place. He blinked and looked down at his now human hands. Purple fidgeted in his new clothes hating how real they felt. His hologram hair was a bit longer reaching his ears in flat style. Purple frowned as he picked at his shirt material again. The shirt was a black tee shirt. His pants were also a dark black and his shoes looked like simple Invader boots. Gaz caught sight of his eyes and saw violet. His black hair also had tints of violet to it.
"Not that you're finished…let's go," Gaz grumbled as she turned around and left.
"We have to walk?" Purple questioned.
"No…we have to ride the bus," Zim answered.
"What's a…bus?" Red questioned as they walked out of the house.
Gaz's shoes squeaked as listened to them talk behind her. Zim was trying to fill them in on all the human ways. She snickered at the thought. She came to a stop at the bus sign and glanced back over at Red and Purple. They were both the average size of a human guy; about five foot nine inches. Gaz heard something explode and looked down the street. The bus was covered in dirt with broken windows spilling fumes out of the motor as it chugged down the street. It pulled up in front of them and the doors creaked open.
"What the hell is that?" Red shouted as he pointed to the bus driver.
Gaz closed her eyes even more and wished today was the day that the bus's brakes would suddenly die out. The bus driver glared at Red and Gaz frowned. Unfortunately, the driver thought Red meant her.
"They're new…and retarded," Gaz gritted out.
The bus driver snorted, but glared at them as they stepped onto the bus. Zim sighed and took a seat in the middle row. Gaz threw Purple next to Zim and pushed Red toward the window. He glared at her as she sat down.
"Next time you talk…try not to sound so dumb," Gaz warned without looking at Red. Zim and Purple blinked as they leaned over to watch Red's reaction.
"You can't talk to me that way," Red growled.
"Keep your voice down alien," Gaz warned as she motioned to the other students listening.
Red glared at her hard before he smirked and sat back against the lumpy seat.
"Soft threats…you're good," Red quietly said.
Gaz raised an eyebrow, but remained silent. The bus jerked and Purple dug his fingers into the seat in front of him. Zim gazed out the window as Purple began to gag. Gaz shifted her eyes to the other alien and then noticed why he was gagging. She figured he wasn't used to such rough travel. The bus slammed to a stop and Purple's face went flying into the seat. Gaz snickered at this.
"It's eating my face!"
Red raised his fake eyebrow and sighed. He now remembered why Purple never made it to Invader status. Gaz snickered as she stood up and walked pass the flailing alien. Red pulled Purple up and pushed him into the aisle to march. Zim couldn't help but snicker at this. The bus driver gave them one last dirty look after they got off the bus. She then took off down the street.
"Can you take them to the office Zim?" Gaz questioned him.
"Huh?"
Gaz squinted her eyes shut and gritted her teeth. She would never understand she went around him. Her hand shot out and smacked him. Red snickered at this and Purple watched in confusion.
"Take them to the office!" Gaz growled.
"But!"
"You're afraid?" Gaz suddenly questioned with a grin. Both the Tallest began to listen with renewed interest.
"Zim fears nothing!" Zim shouted.
"They why act stupid?" Gaz questioned.
"Zim has no need for such a simple task that can be done by human-filth," Zim rambled.
"So now I'm filth?" Gaz darkly questioned. Zim froze; he knew he said the wrong thing. "I'll take them to the office Zim, but I'll make you pay…oh how you shall pay."
Gaz pushed pass him and knocked him to the ground. She waved her hand for the other aliens to follow her.
"What would he fear?" Red questioned.
"You'll see," Gaz grumbled as she shoved her hands into her pockets.
The staff of Hi Skool wasn't the friendliest. They were a dark group that even made her shiver with a bit of fear. Not much was known about them, not even their names. The teachers that were normal feared them, the teachers that were insane worshipped them, but mostly they were feared. Gaz pushed opened the dark metal doors and stepped into the building. Red and Purple silently followed her. Gaz looked up to the sign on the wall and stared at the arrows. The sign with the word office was to the right.
"This way," Gaz sighed.
The skool tiles were black and dark green, the walls were painted with a fading shade of brown. They didn't bother with a ceiling. You could see the metal pipes and sometimes fell the dripping of water as it fell from some unknown pipe. They stopped at the edge of the hall and she looked left and then right. If you went right, you ended up in the dungeon, or the art hallway. Left took you to other side of the skool. Gaz turned left and made it to a dark brown door with a window in the middle. She walked over to the desk and hit the bell. Her eyebrow twitched at the annoying ring.
"Yesss."
Red and Purple raised an eyebrow at the human the stepped out from a cubical. His blue dress shirt was untucked and he wore an ugly yellow tie. He was bald and his left eye rolled a bit to the right as his right eyes glared at them. Purple grimaced at the sight of him and Gaz glared.
"I need to speak to a dean," Gaz replied.
"The deans are…busy," the man replied.
"But we have two new students," Gaz grumbled. The man frowned before he picked up the phone.
Red and Purple glanced at each other and he made little mumbling noises. A voice yelled at him and he growled. He slammed the phone down and pointed a shaking finger to the door on the left. Gaz frowned and walked pass the big desk and to the door. She pushed it open and walked into the dark room.
"Get going," the man growled.
Red glared at him and walked toward the dark room. Purple shrugged and just followed Red. The room was definitely dark and cold. There was a window, but the dark curtains held back all but a sliver of light. They could make out Gaz's short form as she stood in front of a desk.
"Please stand next to Gaz."
Red's eyes narrowed as he searched for the voice. The room appeared empty. The door slammed shut and Purple jumped closer to Red as they heard a lock. Gaz just kept her eyes squinted as she waited for the person.
"Welcome to Hi Skool."
Purple blinked at the voice. It sounded more sarcastic then anything. A figure shifted in the darkness and they watched as something moved behind the desk. Crimson eyes glared at them as they slid open. A squeak was heard as the figure sat down and crossed his hands on the desk. His crimson gaze turned to Red and Purple. They couldn't see his smirk in the darkness.
"I am principle Mekura and who are you?" His deep voice questioned.
"These are Zim's…cousins and they're moving here…they need to register," Gaz interrupted.
"I didn't ask you," the principle snapped at her. His crimson gaze turned back to the two unknown aliens.
"I'm Red and this is Purple…were bothers," Red replied as he carefully watched the principle.
"You wish to enroll…but I can't allow that without proper paperwork," the principle replied with another hidden smirk.
"But we don't…"
"We'll have our old skool transfer any data you need…it should arrive soon," Red interrupted Purple.
"Very well," the principle sighed.
Gaz listened as his fingers clicked against something. She could make out the shape of a computer. A click sounded and something began to print. Two pieces of paper were placed in front of Gaz. She glared at the paper and turned her sharp gaze to the principle.
"What do you want?"
"You will be Red's guide…but have your insane brother guide Purple," the principle answered as he glared at her.
"I don't have to do this," Gaz reminded as she snatched the two schedules.
"Yes you do Gaz…as long as you're in this skool…I own you," the principle replied as she gritted her teeth.
"Pfff…I've got nothing better to do," Gaz grumbled.
"Watch that temper Gazzy…you don't want another accident do you?" The principle questioned.
She spun around and faced Red and Purple. Her eyes widened and then she shook her head. Gaz marched to the door and quickly threw it open before she marched out.
Author's Note:
Been forever since I updated this fic...but I've been putting most of my effort into the Xenoseries that I am working on. I just posted Xenophobia.
Torn Together will be getting update a bit faster, I just have a lot of work and college.
Thanks to any one who reviews and sticks through my slow updates!