Fortune Cookie Says: Scarifies are made at the alter and they still are

Memories, Memoirs

"Talking"

'Thinking'

Stressed

Journal

She marched down the hallway with her brother in tow. Dib still questioned her about why he had classes with Purple. Gaz closed her eyes wishing that he would just shut up. Her hand pushed open the door to the office and she glared at the secretary. He glared back at her and Gaz moved to enter the Principal's office. Dib searched the office with eyes wondering why they had to come here.

"Why are we here?" Dib questioned as his eyes wandered to a painting of a man eating a child.

"Pff…mind your own business," Gaz snapped as she left him standing in the main room.

Dib turned his eyes to the secretary and noticed him chuckling at something. Dib looked over and noticed that he was squeaking a small pink bunny. Dib raised an eyebrow and turned his eyes to the door that Gaz had entered. She never liked helping in school, so he wonderedabout her reasons for being here. Dib heard another squeak and he took a seat in a far corner.

Gaz entered the office and leaned against the door. She wouldn't approach Mekura even if he paid her. His soft chuckle filled the air and he placed a small stone upon his desk. Gaz raised an eyebrow at this not seeing any point. Mekura reached out and tapped the stone three times. Her eyes widened when she saw an image of her brother. She quickly squinted her eyes and snorted.

"So?" Gaz coldly questioned.

"I want you to dome a favor," Mekura sighed.

"By favor…you mean I have no choice," Gaz reworded with a scowl.

"Quite the temper…nothing and everything like your mother," Mekura mumbled.

Gaz opened one eye and glared at him. She hated it when he spoke of her mother. She hated her mother to no end, but she didn't know if she hated Mekura or her mother more.

"If I was like my mother than I would be chasing down aliens…trying to make peace," Gaz mocked as Mekura chuckled.

"Your mother always did believe in peace…it was pathetic," Mekura spat as he reached out and tapped the stone again.

The image of Red and Purple appeared in the mini-hologram with them out of disguise. Gaz watched as the image rotated and she remained calm.

"I need you to watch their every move because I need the coordinates to Irk," Mekura explained.

"Then you really plan to go through with it?" Gaz questioned still not interested.

Mekura chuckled and said, "I will destroy the Irkens at any cost."

Gaz watched the image shift back to her brother. Mekura quickly closed the hologram and stuck itback in his desk. A click was heard and a small desk lamp was turned on. Gaz gazed at him with a scowl. Mekura pushed his deep forest green hair from his face and grinned at her showing her twosmall fangs. Gaz only scoffed, thisdidn't scare her, it couldn't scare her after she saw the real him.

"Why should I do this?" Gaz challenged.

"Because…I will finish the rest of your family off if you don't," Mekura calmly answered.

"What makes you think I care for them?" Gaz darkly challenged. "My father is never around…he's almost dead to me and I care nothing for my brother."

"When I searched for the downfall of the Irken Empire I found a flaw with you humans," Mekura spoke as he leaned back and knitted his fingers together. "All humans feel…their emotions are their downfall."

"I am not most humans," Gaz coldly reminded as Mekura chuckled.

"No, but you are held to the promise you made to your mother…do you remember her dying whisper? Can you still hear it…echoing in your head?" Mekura taunted as his voice lowered.

Gaz's eye twitched and she walked over to the desk. She leaned closer to Mekura and began to grin.

"Do you remember how she foiled your plans?" Gaz taunted.

She stepped away from Mekura's desk and took satisfaction in the dark scowl he wore. Mekura leaned across the desk and glared at her.

"You were there…you saw me kill her and I will do the same to your brother…you don't want anymore accidents do you?" Mekura taunted. "You will do as you're told."

"Pff…I guess so…I have nothing better to do," Gaz growled as she threw open the door and stomped out.

Dib opened his mouth to question her and she threw him out of the office. Her eyes were shut tight as they walked out of the school. She cursed Mekura repeatedly in her head.

"The buses left," Dib mumbled as he gazed at the empty parking lot.

Gaz ignored his oblivious statement and began her walk home. There were many things on her mind and she wondered why she cared at all. It wasn't in her nature to care for things.

'Stupid promise,' Gaz scorned, wondering if she only cared because of the promise.

Dib softly hummed something and Gaz looked at him from the corner of her eye. She remembered the soft tune, their mother used to sing it as she set up the telescope in the backyard.

"Stop it!" Gaz snapped.

"What?" Dib questioned.

"Stop humming that damn tune!"

"What is with you?" Dib questioned as he glared at Gaz.

"What's with me?" Gaz questioned. "Maybe it's the fact that my brother is going to be some paranormal loser like our mother."

Dib scowled at that and hid the hurt behind his eyes before he replied, "At least I'm searching for something…you just sit around angry at her and the world."

"You know what Dib? Go ahead and do paranormal studies like her…but you know what? I hate her…I hate the paranormal and any of that crap," Gaz declared.

Dib stood frozen to the spot as Gaz began to walk again. He sadly watched her and exhaled a breath.

"You may hate her…but she always loved you," Dib mumbled.

Gaz stopped and didn't bother to turn around. It was time to go along with the lie of how she died.

"Then why did she kill herself…why did she leave us if she loved us so much?" Gaz harshly whispered.

Gaz kept her eyes closed. She knew her mother didn't commit suicide within her lab. Gaz knew Mekura had poisoned her, and it was her mother who had erased all his data on Irk. Dib remained silent and Gaz walked on knowing that now was not the time to be emotional. She had a family member to keep alive, and she had aliens to spy on. Gaz shivered; maybe she was more like her mother than she thought.

'Protect your brother,' Gaz scowled at the whisper that still haunted her.

Gaz had gone to Zim's house without speaking a word to him. Dib scowled and entered his own him. The floating screenthat washis father greeted him.

"Hello son!"

"Hey dad," Dib dully replied.

"Tonight we're having beans," Membrane went on to say.

"Hey dad?" Dib suddenly questioned.

"What is it now?"

"Where's mom's stuff?" Dib questioned.

"Whose stuff?"

Dib scowled and replied, "Professor Ivi…where's her stuff?"

"Oh…it's in a closet down the hall and to your right. Why would you want that insane woman's stuff?" Professor Membrane questioned as a small roboarm reached up and scratched his televised head.

Dib rolled his eyes and said, "I'm doing a project."

"I have to go, I have to stop a radioactive rabbit from escaping," Membrane bid.

Dib raised an eyebrow at this and watched as his father turned around. The goggles around his eyes widened and all Dib heard before the television went blank was his Father screaming.

"No! I told you not to give it carrots!"

Dib blinked and pushed pass the monitor and up the stairs. He walked down the hallway and turned right. He came to the door and frowned a bit.

"I never knew we had this closet."

He turned the knob and was surprised to see the closet void of everything but a single box. Dib reached inside and pulled the box out. He dusted the cobwebs and spiders from it and pulled the top off. Dib coughed as dust flew around him. Waving his hand, he cleared the dust away and went back to gazing inside the box. There sat a bunch of journals, they were each labeled. Dib reached inside and pulled out the first journal. The pages cracked as he opened the book. His eyes scanned the first page.

Entry 1,

I have proceeded to set up the transmitter. I have launched the first of a set of small probes into space. They are no bigger than a tennis ball, but they are able to transmit messages great distances. It is my hope that my message is retrieved by something. I have been working on the project all throughout my pregnancy and seem to be making progress. My husband keeps telling me that carrying the baby is making me insane.

I believe that there is life out there...I know I can find it and hopefully find a way to change this depraved world. All I can do now is patiently wait for my message to be retrieved.

Dib softly smiled, he used to make fun of that project because her transmitter looked like tennis balls. Dib flipped over a few pages and began to read again.

Entry 23

It has been three years and I birthed my second child. My son adores his little sister and is constantly trying to show her the stars. I took them out to check the status of the transmitters and found that I had received a message. I couldn't believe my luck as I ran over the waves and searched to decode the message. I had found that after all my failures I had managed to make contact with a Vortian called Fara.

Entry 24

I have conversed with the Vortian Fara many nights and have discovered that there is a race that seeks to conquer the universe. It's amazing the things the Fara has talked of. She spoke of the many races and galaxies. Her Planet is the only place that she sees anymore, she believes that she should share her knowledge before she passes. I have explained to her my own motives and she agrees it would be wonderful to connect the races, though impossible.

Entry 123

I have not been able to contact my friend for three weeks now. I fear the worse has come to pass. Using the design plans she has passed on to me, I plan to build a better ship. I seek to reach the Galactic Council and introduce Humans to all the new life in space. In doing so, I wish to stop this race that seeks to destroy all the planets. Fara told me that they were called…Irkens. I believe these beings could be reasoned with and eventually come to a treaty.

Entry 167

My son has turned five and my daughter has turned four. The night of my daughter's birthday was the night that I made contact of the fifth kind. I ran from the house and came upon him. His body was damaged from the crash, but I have been able to tend to his wounds. I believe he is of a reptilian race due to the features he carries. He has no legs. He travels along a striped tail and at his waist, he becomes more humanoid. His eyes are long and oval like, but next to them are pits, I believe this is for thermal imaging. His mouth comes out a bit much like a snout of the sorts, and his fangs hang a bit over his lower lip. His structure amazes me to know end. His arms are much like human arms, but underneath each finger tip there is a type of substance that clings to any surface. I found that his skin is covered with thousands of black scales.

I can't wait till it awakes…

Author's Note:

Woot! Another update! The plot thickens and in doing so I must change to story description.
Anywho...I'll try to update soon since stress is becoming less

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