Chapter 3
(In response to worried comments: Kib is not going soft. Day is his sister, and he loves her. He just hides it usually. Okay? Okay.)
Kay sat up, hearing a noise.
The clock showed it to be around three in the morning, and through the window she could see nothing weird, so what woke her up?
She turned to look at Dib, fast asleep next to her, his scythe-like hair falling into his face. She gently moved it out of his eyes, looking at his perfect Hyuuuman face without his glasses on. The glasses that usually never left his face instead lay on the table beside him, right on top of his Swollen Eyeball ID tag.
It was odd, both of them working for that underground team of paranormal investigators, what with them both being the Almighty Tallest. But no Hyuuumans had quite realized who the Irkens were. The only aliens they knew of were the Vortians, who had come in contact with them not long ago.
Her thoughts were interrupted by a flash of light outside the window, and Kay jumped at the sight of it. She quickly slipped out of bed and ran to see what it was. The world outside was unchanged, making her believe she had imagined it, but then she saw it- two Meekrobians floating near a tree below. She opened the window and climbed onto the window sill, then with one last look at her sleeping husband, she dropped out to the ground below.
She hit the ground hard, sending bolts of pain up her legs. Wincing, she ran over to the glowing, squid-like aliens hovering above the ground and bowed. "Greetings, noble beings of Meekrob. What have you come here for?"
"Greetings, Tallest Kay." The first one said. "I am Shlooghaaargel, and this is Falthoooooog."
The one he called Falthoooooog nodded and continued. "We have come to warn you of what is to come."
Kay blinked in surprise. The Meekrobians were beings of pure energy, and they had almost limitless power. Some said they could even tell the future. "What is it?"
Shloog seemed to shrug. "We are not sure. Perhaps you could tell us." He and Falth extended their tentacles to touch her forehead, and she suddenly was sent into a vision.
It was dark, and Kay held Dib's body in her arms. She watched the life drain out of his gentle, yet now also pain filled eyes, and her salty tears mixed with his blood. The redness trickled down from his forehead, and also seeped out of a deep wound in his somach.
"K-Kay…" He choked, red starting to ooze out of his mouth as well. "Help m-me. It hurts so bad…"
"It's okay, honey." She held him tightly to her chest. "Just hold on until Zim gets here. I can get you hooked up to a machine, and switch you to your Irken body. Remember that old thing?"
"From long ago, when we took over your empire." He laughed a bit, which turned into coughing. "Kay, I don't think I can wait much longer…"
"You have to, Dib! You can't die- I'm not losing you. Just hold on a little longer!" She held him even tighter, not noticing how much of his blood now covered her dress. "Just stay with me."
"I-" He winced suddenly and cried out in pain. Kay rubbed his back soothingly, trying to calm him down.
"It's okay, I've got you."
"Kay…" He said weakly. "I love you." And with that he let out a long breath, and his body went limp on her grasp.
It took a second for her to realize what had happened. "How- How could you?" She yelled in anger at a dark figure.
The figure just stood there, watching for a moment, then said in an oddly familiar voice:
"Good riddance."
A second figure came up and placed a hand on the shoulder of the first, and they looked down at Kay and the corpse.
"First Day, now my husband, you are determined to ruin my life!"
"No, Tallest Kay." The second figure said. "We are determined to end it."
The first figure moved over to her, his face still covered in shadows. "And this time, it will be slower than the others." the unknown man reached out and grasped her throat in both hands.
Kay suddenly snapped out of the vision, panting. Shloog and Falth hover before her, watching her with curiosity.
"When will that happen?" She demanded.
"We do not know. But it will happen." they began to rise. "Good luck, Kay."
She watched as they disappeared into thin air.
"Where did you go?" Dib asked groggily as Kay climbed back into bed.
"A couple Meekrobians wanted to talk to me."
"Mmm." He wrapped an arm around her. "What did they want?"
"Nothing really."
"Two members of an all-powerful race of aliens, who live at least three light years away, came to Earth at three in the morning for no reason?" He sounded skeptical. "What did they say?"
"Just…" She pondered what to tell him. "That they were passing by and wanted to say hello."
"Right." Dib still didn't believe her, but he left it at that. He sighed and leaned in to kiss her. "Goodnight honey."
Kay kissed him back and closed her eyes. "Goodnight Dib."
(OH NOES! DIBBY IS GONNA DIE? :O *screams* Anyway, fore-shadowing! XD This scene won't happen for a VERY long time, so keep waiting! By the way- this fic, "Children of the Tallest", will not be as long as "Fall of the Tallest" was. Probably only ten chapters, with the scene you just saw foreshadowed sitting at the end. Now, tell me what you think! Bye! ^_^)