Stillicidium

(Mainly) From the Imagination of Amonl'isa

Ah, well, I was looking through my list of one-shot ideas, and I stumbled upon this one. Yay. The movie at the end IS supposed to be called what it is. So you know.

Story Four

When Piggies Attack!

Rain, rain, rain. It was raining. Why did it always rain? Why? Zim grumbled as he stared out his front window for what seemed like the millionth time. It wasn't that he liked staring out there, but it was one of those lazy days where even the best Irken invader, being himself, didn't want to go and plot doom over a tiny little rock and all it's inhabitants. Instead, he found himself watching the vile droplets fall from the sky.

Gir was watching TV near him, sitting on the couch and staring blankly at the screen. Every so often, if Zim paid attention, he'd catch an "I love this show," or an "Aww, look, the scary monkey had a girlfriend." Needless to say, these words scared him, a lot.

He had managed to drag himself away from the window, and lethargically pull himself into the kitchen. He didn't want to eat, he wasn't hungry. He wasn't tired, either, because Irkens never slept, well they did sometimes, but he didn't go into details. It was a very strange day, and he found himself refusing to shout out a chorus of "Zim" all day.

Though it wasn't long before he heard his doorbell ring, without warning from his computer. He grumbled, feeling he needed to upgrade it, and staggered to the door. He stood there, going over his options. Either you can see what they want, or you can slam the door in their face. Satisfied, he cracked open the Men's Room door.

On the other side, he was greeted by a girl. A girl with long, brown hair, glasses, and a beige-and-green outfit on. She was holding a blue umbrella, and looked strangely happy to see him. Of course, this girl, was none other than Bak.

"Good morning!" She said, still very happy. Zim only groaned out a small, "It's after noon."

Though she didn't hear him, and instead shoved a poster into his face. Now this poster was unlike normal posters. It was large, and it had a large piggy on it. Everything, including the writing, on the poster was large. Even the credits at the bottom. Though it was composed mainly of a small town on fire, and a large pig running away from it. In red, scary letters, it said "When Piggies Attack!"

"And what is this you are shoving in ZIM's face?" He found the strength to scream his name at least once, which was good enough for him. Bak's smile only grew wider.

"It's the newest movie! It's horror…I hate horror, but I thought you'd come see it with me." It was true, Bak did hate horror. But it was also true that Bak had a pretty good understanding of what happened at horror movies. You see, it goes along the lines of; Girl gets scared, guy stares at girl, girl gets scared-er, guy offers her popcorn, girl gets scared to the point she dive bombs guy, guy doesn't mind. And Bak knew, she just knew, that she would be finding something similar along these lines. Did she mind? Not at all…

The only question was would Zim go? Of course, she was by all means capable of forcing him to go, but it would ruin half the fun. And he looked so down, so utterly bored, that she figured he had no choice but to accept.

"Why do you want ZIM to see it with you?" He asked suspiciously, raising a brow. She thought for a moment, trying to come up with some on-the-spot excuse.

"Because I don't want to go alone."

Zim sneered. "Bak is scared to see it alone?"

"No!" She protested, glaring at him. Though his sneer remained, because he knew – or at least he thought he knew – that she was going to be scared of the movie. Though he contemplated the pros and cons to going with her. The pros were mainly things like the fact he'd get to learn more about human lives, and things. The cons were that he'd have to go see some stupid movie with Bak. He knew very well that there was something behind this idea. Bak didn't just come to Earth, pounding at your door, to see some movie with you. Oh no, there was reasoning behind this.

Though try as he may, he could not seem to figure out why she wanted him to go. So instead, his ego settled on the fact that she was scared, and needed somebody who was strong, smart, brave, handsome – or, not scared, - to see it with her.

"Aww, it's 3D! Come on, please?" Bak usually didn't say please very often. And when she did, you knew she wanted something…Bad.

"Zim doesn't know…" His brow was now raised suspiciously again, all signs of a sneer wiped clear off his face. "I guess I could go…Seeing as it would aid me in world conquest!"

Bak grinned, but kept herself from doing anything else as she dragged him out of the house, careful to share the umbrella with him.

"Wait, wait! Zim did not know you were going to take him now," He protested, walking reluctantly beside her because she had the umbrella. "Why are we going now?"

"Because the movie is starting soon and I already have tickets."

Zim didn't argue past that, because they were within a ten second running distance to the safety of his house, and if she were to move the umbrella, he was doomed. So instead, he went with it.

The walk took them to a large, dome-shaped building with a few rooms off of it. There were two domes within it, and although only one was visible, they were the two largest theater rooms. Bak and Zim climbed the stairs, handed the guy at the door the tickets, and walked right on in. The lobby was filled with people, and although the lines at the counter were short enough, it was still crowded. Attack of the Piggies! Was 3D, so a lot of people had come to see it. Besides, it was the first day the movie had come out.

Bak took Zim to the stand, and soon the line was completely gone. When they had arrived, they took a moment to decide what they wanted.

"Can we get…Two large sodas, Poop, please? Large popcorn, without extra butter…And some chips?" The guy behind the counter rang the items and got them promptly for Bak before they exchanged the money. Being Bak, she held the sodas while she handed the rather large bag to Zim. Needless to say, he was having some problems seeing over it.

When they reached the door into the first dome, where the movie was being played, the man standing there handed them two pairs of glasses. Now normally, there wasn't a man standing at the doors, but since it was 3D… Bak took them, since Zim really couldn't.

After a moment, Bak had found perfect seats. The theater was separated into three rows, the left row of the theater, the right, and the middle. She sat down in the middle row, the center row of that row, smack dab in front of the screen. Although she wasn't right in front of it, she had a perfect view. Though soon somebody had sat on either side of her, and she grumbled. Zim glared, handed Bak the bag, and dragged somebody out of the seat, tossing them over the back of it. Happy, he sat down. It took him a moment to sit down right, however, since the bottoms of the seats came down as you sat. Twice he fell on the floor, and once he caught himself. Only on the fifth try did he manage to successfully sit in the chair.

Bak placed the glasses on, and Zim raised an eyebrow, wondering what exactly they were for.

"What are these…glasses for?" He questioned, looking at them. Both lenses were different colored.

"Since the movie is 3D, it helps it stand out…" She showed him, motioning to the screen. "Just put them on."

He examined them for a few minutes, trying to figure out if they were worth it, or if they were a contraption the human-lice thought of to suck one's brains out. Though the lights in the theater dimmed quickly, and he found himself putting them on.

The movie started out fine. It was about this girl and this guy, and they went to this school, where they had these friends. And these friends had this pig, and this pig lived on this farm (See what I'm getting to?) and this farm was located on the edge of this town.

Now everything was fine, until the piggies started rebelling. It was a slow rebellion, but one none the less. In fact, the piggies were secretly meeting underground, and plotting their revenge on the humans. The movie quickly progressed, and Zim found himself scratching the air quite a bit, trying to get rid of the creatures in front of him, only to find they weren't really there. Bak leaned over and, quietly, explained that it was 3D, and that was how it was supposed to work.

It seemed not ten minutes later, Bak was staring in horror at the screen. Perhaps when she had read the R rating, it was for good reason. There was blood, guts, and…Who knew what everywhere, and although she had no problem with this, it was rather horrific. And not to mention, the suspense was killing her. Before she knew it, she had her face buried in Zim's shirt.

Zim looked down at her, and if his expression would have been visible, it held quite a bit of shock, horror, and 'Get-the-hell-off-of-me' in it. Though it took him a moment, but when he found his claws (they were in the popcorn bag) he shoved her off. Bak sat upright, took a deep breath, and continued watching the movie.

Ten minutes later?

Bak's face was buried in Zim's shirt, again.

Though this time Zim had given up, and just ignored the small Irken, and instead started watching the movie. After a while, he put his arm on her head. That was uncomfortable, so he moved it, where it was bent in a weird position. That didn't feel very pleasant, either. So instead, woefully, he put it around her just for the sake of having comfort in his arm.

Eventually the movie ended, and when it did, he removed Bak's head from his shirt. She blinked, stared, and then decided, very quietly. "I'll be right back, the movies over; I have to use the rest room."

So they went back into the lobby, where Bak retreated into the room marked for women. Zim waited outside by the little shelf that held all the straws and trash bins. Bak innocently walked in and stared in the mirror. She didn't have to really be in there, but she decided she would, for the hell of it all. She was just about to leave…when…

WHAM!

A giant piggy swung out of nowhere, causing the short little alien to scream. Zim, being outside of the restroom, heard it and rushed in. "Bak?" He shifted his eyes, looking around. At the sound of his voice, many of the female occupants of the room screamed rather girlishly and hid in their respective stalls. Bak was sitting on the floor, rubbing her head and staring at a piggy decoration, which had come undone from its perch on the wall. She cackled at it, trying to mask the fact that she was actually very unnerved by the fact that it had just come down like that.

A second passed before she realized that Zim was in the girl's bathroom, and she quickly ushered him out, following suit.

"You were worried, weren't you?" She asked, a small smirk crossing her face.

"ZIM was not worried!" She shook her head.

"Uh huh, sure you weren't…" She mumbled, throwing her glasses away. Zim had done so as well.

"Well, Bak was scared!"

"I was not!"

This continued on for a few minutes before Bak got a glorious idea.

"Want to sneak in to another movie?" She asked, grinning. Zim didn't quite understand it, but nodded anyways. Together, Bak searched the titles running over each room with skill before leading Zim into the room marked, 'How Suzy Met Paul.'