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(Zim POV)

There was a small cave entering my vision. It would be our only shot at surviving. It looked just big enough for the three of us, and small enough to provide a sort of shield for us. I urged my PAK legs to go faster. I could feel the stomping close behind as we were being perused. I suddenly gasped when I realized something though. "G-Gir! Fly us as fast as you can into that cave! This is an order!"

"Yes Sir." Thankfully, his eyes beamed red, and in a half-second, The Dib and I were being vroomed into the cave. It was attached to the side of a giant crater wall.

As soon as we were all inside, Gir's lights beamed blue again. There was barely any room, so we were all pretty close to one another. We all sat ourselves down on our knees and huddled up tight, ... waiting. The only thing you could hear in that moment was out breathing. I glanced over at Dib's figure. His breathing was the loudest, most likely because he was the most afraid. A hueman like him has probably never seen a creature like that. As I'm aware, the most frightening creature alive on Earth currently was a Loch-Ness. At least, that's what I've gathered from Dib's ramblings at the skool. Poor Dib-thing. ...

Wait, poor thing!? What was I thinking? He's a hueman! I don't care if he's scared. In fact, I enjoy being the cause of his fear in most cases!

"You'll never find him."

"What was that Dib?" I had just barely heard his low whisper. Find, ... my brother? What the-

"I said, did you guys hear that." He spoke up a little louder. My eyes went to my feet. I swear that wasn't what he said. And hear what?

"Hear wh-"

*EEEERRRRRRRR!*

It was here. I shut my lids tight and sensed that Gir and Dib-worm had done the same. I knew what we were all thinking. Please hold up.

Our surrounding rock cover shook violently as the beast proceeded to beat on it and scratch at it. Tiny pebbles would occasionally fall from above and I could feel the dirt and stones beneath my bottom and legs shifting. I started to have thoughts fiercely flash through my mind.

How long would this haven hold? How long was this beast going to try for us? Would we be stuck here for a while? We're we going to die? Eaten or starved? Was this search pointless? *You're never going to find him.* What would become of the Dib? Why did I care? What does anything-" The banging stopped suddenly.

I peeled my eyes open and blinked. Did it finally leave? I looked up and noticed that Dib-stink and Gir were looking wide-eyed at me. ... No. They were looking past me. I gulped and slowly turned my body around to see what they were staring at. My antennas fell flat and my jaw went slack.

In the small slit of the opening that was the cave entrance, there was nothing but pure brown-grey surrounding a giant black pupil. It had its eye right up on us. I felt my spooch's rate increase slightly. It went on for about five minutes; just us staring at it, and it staring at us. Not a sound was made, not a movement was in motion. I wondered in that moment if Dibly's heart was going to explode soon. There was no way it wasn't pumping at a billion miles per hour. Kuff! Something happen! ... something good.

My, I guess prayer, was immediately answered. The eye blinked and slowly backed away. I peered through the opening and let out a relieved breathe. The beast hadn't left. It was just sitting outside waiting for us to come out now. But it had finally stopped trying to break in. And it had stopped staring at us. I turned towards the other two and Gir broke the silence.

"How long we going to stay in here?"

"Not to worry, Gir. As soon as that thing falls asleep, as I believe it requires plenty of it, we will make a move for the Voot and leave this forsaken place." God, I hope he falls asleep soon.

They both seemed satisfied with what I had said and the cave, once again, fell silent.

Those thoughts that came through my head earlier seemed silly now. The creature would need sleep, and I was thinking things about wondering if we might starve to death. Man, fear really DOES make one illogical. Who knows what a hueman like Dib-baby was probably thinking. He was probably thinking something like, 'Oh no! I'm going to die! Why won't the Amazing Zim do something to save me!' Ha. That would be quite humorous if that was what he was indeed thinking.

"Zim?" Speaking of Dib-baby ...

"Yes, Dib-monkey?"

"How many other planets do you think you'll search?" What a strange question, ... that I didn't have a certain answer for.

"Well, well search, ... as many planets as it takes 'till my figurative sibling is found."

"I see. Well, do you know how many other planets we'll probably search that are like this place. I prefer searching planets like the other two."

"I'm not certain. But Dib-baby, I must warn you, there are planets we may search that are FAR more frightening than this one. ... Perhaps you are REALLY regretting tagging along now?"

"... No. At least I don't think so."

He wasn't regretting it? I was sure that an encounter like this would have made him change his mind about any space adventure, but I guess not. Hmm, how interesting. But, when I think about it, The Dib-noise really is an interesting thing. He's far different from all the other huemans. He's actually intelligent, tough, determined, and I suppose he's definitely not as ugly as the others either. He really did make quite a worthy opponent. As a rival though, he was also annoying, pesky, and a hindrance towards my Earth domination.

"Dib, you're interesting."

(Dib POV)

.. Did he just say what I think he just said? And out of nowhere, too? How was I supposed to respond to that. ... Interesting how? What did he mean?

"Uh, thanks .. I guess. You're interesting, too." I swear I saw a tiny smile on his face. It was it for a second, but I saw it.

When I thought about it, he WAS interesting. Well one, he was a alien. So that was definitely a reason he was interesting. But, there were other reasons, too. He was determined, intelligent, and tough. Plus, he always looked, profound. He was quite a worthy opponent to have. Also, there was the fact that him and I were sort of alike. People thought us both something to laugh at. I was something to laugh at because apparently, being interested in paranormal stuff and perusing it was weird. I don't really know why Zim was a thing to be laughed at though. What is there to mock regarding a totally confident, loyal, and intellectual person?

Poor thin- Ugh! I really gotta try and stop thinking like that!

"Sleep." Huh?

"What do you mean?"

"Are you completely deaf? Don't let my one, measly compliment totally clog your brain matter, Dib-pig. Sleep. By the time you wake up, the beast will have,hopefully, fallen asleep by then. The time will go by much faster for you if you slumber. It always seems to when I do anyway."

Oh. That didn't sound like too bad of an idea actually. Infact, I could use some rest after all that shock from earlier. ... Was Zim going to sleep, too?

"What about you? Are you going to sleep?"

"I hope not."

Gir chirped. "Oohh! I wiiIillL! Sleeping is Fun!"

"You're never going to find him Zim."

"But, but, how can you say that?! The Tallest wouldn't lie to me!"

"I saw them up there. I saw their faces. I know that look. They're pulling a trick on you, Zim. A really, really cruddy one."

"N-no! They wouldn't. You're just a hueman! You wouldn't even understand what they could be thinking!"

"Come on, Zim! How dumb can you be! They don't care about if they're hurting your feelings!"

"What the heck are you even talking about?!"

"Just, listen, Zim! I care about you, okay?!"

"You, you .. You need to wake up!"

"This isn't a dream Zim!"

"Yes it is, dumb-ass! Wake up!"

"Wake up! Come on! We must go quickly!" I was shaken awake viciously by clawed hands. I fluttered my eyes open to see Zim giving me a stern look at my forehead. *Huff* He still wasn't looking at my eyes.

We gathered up Gir, and we all linked hands and gave each other knowing nods. We tip-toed out of the safe-haven. As soon as I met the breeze of the outside, my skin feathered with goosebumps. Some if them due to the chill of the nighttime, some of them due to my immense fear. We tip-toed a good ten feet and then came the hard part. Going past the monster thing.

We went slow. Incredibly slow. There was no way in heck we were going to wake this thing up. We were being SO quiet. We were getting really close! But, right before we passed the tip of the tail, the end, something terrible happened.

*Wwwrr* Are you fucking kidding me right now stomach? We stopped dead in our tracks. I could feel Zim tearing me apart with his glare and even Gir seemed displeased with me. I felt awful, but it's not like I could really control it.

My heart almost burst when I saw the creature stir. BUT, thankfully, that's all it did.

We were able to sneak past and make it back to the Voot. Everyone got in and we began to take off.

"We will visit plabet Gef next. ...There is edible food for you on that planet, Dib."

As we left the planet's atmosphere, I looked out the window, down at the planet. Right before we got too high, I saw a giant pupil surrounded by grey through the clouds. It was easily hundreds of times bigger than the other creatures eyes. "Tooth-tooth."

"What was that, Dib?"

"Huh, oh ... nothing." As I mentally vaulted the image of the guardian's eye in my mind, I thought to myself about how ... interesting this day was. I think my favorite part of it was, ... when Zim called me Dib.