EXILE DIB:CHAPTER 3:STRANGE AWAKENING
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I honestly have no idea what to write here.
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It was dark. How odd. The last thing Dib could remember was being subjected to that horrible procedure. Now he felt tight, like he was wrapped in a straightjacket.
Wrong again, Dib.
Who was that? Where was he? Why was he thinking in the third person?
Because you're insane, Dib.
Dib most certainly was NOT insane.
Then why haven't you OPENED YOUR EYES yet?
He gingerly opened his eyes. There was a bluish tint to his vision, but that wasn't what freaked him out.
"AHHHHHH! HOW DID I END UP IN ZIM'S BASE!"
You tell me, I'm not psychic. Well, actually I can hear your thoughts, but there's nothing of interest in there.
Dib sat up, examining the room around him. The walls held nothing but a standard Irken workstation and a SIR transport tube. "How did I know that?"
I told you.
"I have to get out of here!" he said, at no one in particular.
"Understood sir!" said Computer, and the doors opened, revealing the endless tubes of the Irken med-bay. Dib walked out, mentally noting that he moved much faster than before. He began to walk aimlessly down the hallway, not eager about asking the voice for directions.
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Meanwhile, in the street...
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As always, it was smoggy outside in the Red City. But today, something was different. There was a low thrumming, which intensified to a roar. An Irken Spittle Runner appeared from the clouds of smog, It's ovoid body gently settling to the pavement, and it extended a sloped boarding ramp.
"Is this really Zim's BASE?" asked Tallest Red
"Yes, sirs!" said Computer. "Would you like me to show you around?" he asked.
"No, we came for FUN! OF COURSE! Come on, Pur, we have to do our duty as Tallest."
"I don't wanna!" said Tallest Purple from inside the ship.
"If you don't come down right now, I will activate the remote self-destruct!"
"EEEP! OKAY!" said Purple, and he practically flew down the boarding ramp. Of course, he literally flew, too, because he was hovering. But now's not a good time for semantics.
"MY TALLEST! YOU'RE HERE!" shouted Zim from the front step.
"YAAAAYYYY!" yelled GIR
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One introduction later...
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It was a tight fit with three Irken and GIR in an elevator, but after Zim was verbally beaten, Gir was literally kicked off. After that it was bearable.
"Welcome to the Main Control Room, my Tallest. Computer lives in here."
"Welcome to my humble abode." said Computer. Zim went over and whacked the speech synthesizer. "Thank you, sir. It took so much time to process speaking that way."
"You're welcome." said Zim.
"Sir, I have a status report. At 114ยบ38'67'' this morning, an Irken accessed my systems. Irken did not have PAK properly encoded."
"WHAT! WHO DARES ENTER MY BASE! COMPUTER, DISPLAY IMAGE!" yelled Zim
"Understood." An image came onscreen of an Irken with blue eyes, black clothing, and strange jagged antennae. He was currently walking down the hall aimlessly.
"Bring him to ZIM!" yelled Zim. The Tallest, meanwhile, had been looking about the room. Red had found the QAiSU.
"Where did you get a Quantum Ai Stabilization Unit, Zim?" asked Red.
"I ordered it from Callnowia. Why do you ask?"
"Because QAiSUs are illegal under Irken law."
"Why?" asked Zim.
"Because you could potentially use one to make a Control Brain."
"That's not what I used it for."
"What did you use it for?"
"It's coming here right now."
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A bit earlier, in the bowels of Zim's base...
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"Sir, you are ordered to come directly to the Main Control Room." said Computer. A wall panel opened and an elevator appeared.
"Why should I?" asked Dib.
Because Zim wants you to.
"That's not a good reason."said Dib
SILENCE! The arms on the robot extended and threw Dib into the elevator, which immediately began to ascend. Three minutes later, Dib arrived in the control room.
"Huh?" said Purple drowsily, as he'd been napping while Zim and Red talked.
"It's here! MY GREATEST CREATION!"yelled Zim. The elevator doors were still sealed, and nobody could see what was inside. They slowly swung open, revealing what was inside.
"There's nothing in there but the Irken from earlier." said Red, rather unsurprised.
"What about me?" yelled Dib. Computer extended an arm and scanned the elevator.
"Results: one Irken, PAK uncoded." said the scanner.
"COMPUTER! ACTIVATE MIRRORS!"
"Okaayyy." Mirrors extended from the ceiling, giving Dib a complete view of the elevator.
"Zim, you made me invisible!" said Dib.
"No, even better!" said Zim
He made you Irken.
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DUN DUN DUN! What will become of Dib now? Has Zim really turned him into an Irken? And how badly will the Tallest beat Zim for buying a QAiSU? Find out in the next, exciting chapter of Exile Dib!
Yes, I called it the Red City, mostly on account of it's color scheme.