EXILE DIB:CHAPTER 6:VOLCANIA MANIA
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The ship rumbled again, and began to veer to the side.
"That was the inertial compensators." said AVATAR. "In English?" asked Dib. "The ship is going to crash in about five minutes."
"Isn't there anything we can do?" asked Membrane. Dib shook his head, antennae drooping.
"Not without a functional AI core." said AVATAR. "Aren't you an AI?" asked Dib. "I wouldn't know where to start. I'm not coded for piloting." The group looked more dejected (except for Purple, but he was unconscious). "You have to try!" exclaimed Dib. A cable snaked out from his PAK, interfacing with the main controls. "SO MUCH POWER! I AM A GOD!" "Get over it, there are lives at stake, yours included." The ship rumbled again, and an orange glow appeared over the windscreen. Dib's antennae went straight up, and several panels began flashing red. "Oops, that'll be the entry plasma."
"That's bad, right?" asked Gaz, who up to this point had been silently brooding.
"Yep!" replied AVATAR cheerily. The ship pulled up, and the glow began to abate. Dib's antennae lowered for the moment. "Now we just have to-"
CRUNCH!
"-land." The cable retracted and Dib shook himself. "That was really weird. So what now?" "Now, we find out just where we are." The ship whirred, and an automated voice spoke out.
"LANDING COMPLETE, DEPLOYING BOARDING RAMP." A door in the bridge wall opened, revealing a vast desert wasteland.
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Meanwhile, on the Massive...
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"WHAT DO YOU MEAN, 'NOT FOUND'!" yelled Tallest Red at a random technician. The Massive was currently stopping for maintenance at Vorrt. Red looked out of sorts, and his usually snack-filled hands were empty.
"Sir, Tallest Purple is currently outside of scanner range, or more likely, he's dead." said the technician. Red refused to believe Purple was dead. They'd been friends since their smeeting. "Also, the Resisty are hailing. They apparently want more breaks for the Screw-heads." said the technician, relived he had not been tossed out the airlock.
"Eh, give em another 2 degrees." said Red, distractedly. Where was Purple? "Tell me his last location, then."
"Aboard the Spork's Revenge, my Tallest. The ship crashed a few minutes ago."
"Give me the black box recordings, then." said Tallest Red. The events of the last two minutes began to play out on the screen. Red saw Skoodge's message, and Zim attacking Purple. "Find me Zim. I'm going to kill him." hissed Red.
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Back on Volcania...
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"Where's your brother?" asked Membrane. They were dragging Purple out of the ship.
"I don't care." said Gaz.
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"Dib, you know you can never go back. Why not just accept your new life?" asked AVATAR. Dib was sitting on a sun-bleached rock, head in his three-fingered hands."Because I hated the Irken, and now Zim's done this to me." replied Dib. " Just think, Dib, about how everybody treated you on Earth." Dib recalled the days of bullying and criticism from his peers. He remembered his distant father and scary sister.
"Dib, that landing took a lot out of me. I'm going to have to temporarily shutdown. Just ask yourself this, Dib: Are you a human, or are you an Irken? Goodbye, Dib." And with that, AVATAR was gone. Dib sat there, not comprehending what AVATAR had said. "Am I human?" he asked himself.
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And I leave you there, dearest readers. Just for the record, this story is not RAPR, although there is later some AVATAR x Tak. Yay for embarrassing alter egos! Remember, anyone can review, even guests. So go do some of that, please.
Skarrch OUT! *BOOM*