A/N:
A/N: Well thanks for my first reviews on my first fic; well for this chapter it's going to be a lot of drama and anguish, very nasty stuff it's going to happen, including explicit violence, but nothing too violent or lethal for the matter; also there's some moments of explicit adult-teen situations and strong language. This chapter it's highly important for the story, since Dib attitude towards people and himself changes drastically. Well on the show.
-Disclaimer: Invader Zim and their characters belong to Nickelodeon and Jhonen Vasquez, and I gain non profit out of writing this story.
Misanthrope
Chapter 2
Killing Road
Upon entering on the great halls of High-Skool, the stench of disinfectant hit Dib nose; for obvious reasons, since this place was almost five times bigger than his old Skool. They used almost 10 gallons of disinfectant for the long halls, the big 400 class-rooms and the entire office building on the third floor.
Walking beside Lissa, ignoring the looks of everyone they entered classroom number 312, the glass on the middle of the wood door read, Physics class.
Dib loved this class, apart from using his mathematics skills; deduction was a high factor on this subject. Physics is the science of matter; its purpose is to understand how the universe behaves. Perhaps Dib didn't know how to treat most people or even the subject teacher, but that didn't mean he could understand things that surround him.
Sitting besides Lissa on the last table they turned to a tanned man on his middle thirties just entering the room, he was just dressed on a white collar shirt, black pants and leather dress shoes. His black eyes turned to the people gathered at the class-room.
"Hi class, today we are going to face the mysteries of the Electromagnetic Force; such interest". He made a pause.
"Well then let's get started, take some notes, a surprise exam could appear any day now". The class grunted in response, obviously not happy with this information.
"In physics, the electromagnetic force is the force that the electrom….
Dib didn't heard nothing.
He was submerged on his own mind; everything disappeared as he was thoughtful about his current situation.
He was grateful of having at least a sister; she wasn't very kind to him or treats him like the brother he was, but at least she was there. The next issue was his father; he didn't really hate him, he understood what was like sacrificing everything for the sake of others, including what was left of his family.
Dib sighed, but it really saddens him, he would do anything just for his father to come home, at least someday. Dib though that his father was like his old self, trying to cure a world where sickness was praised and only the dead learned something from this world while the living were an excuse to cover up weaknesses that lie within lies, following their lived script over and over again like an old movie.
Dib wanted to watch them drowning in their lies.
To hear them scream bloody gore as they realize that humans were a deceivement of their own species, doing something because told to, never wondering what was next to do, just waiting to be leaded once again into their own mindless self, and start over again and again.
He was sick of this entire group of people.
Lissa smiled sadly seeing Dib with an absent look on his face and deep in though. She has known him for 5 years now and she could read him like an open book; she knew everything of Dib, his flaws, what he loved, hate, despised and missed. Seeing him like that, sadness clenched her heart, she knew he was thinking of all problems of his life, from there to there his eyes were closing more and more until they formed a thin line, shrinking pupils and looking at nowhere in particular.
Of course she knew that he liked her; she apparently had been the only friend he ever had. He talked once about another girl named Taz or Tek, she didn't remember, but he said that in the end she was like everyone else, using him and then discarding him away like a mucus paper tissue.
When Dib was with her, he always gets sweaty, he acted in another way with her, and he wanted to do all things for her even if she could do them herself; always trying to please her. Lissa sighed contently; he really didn't know that it only pleased her to see him, to hear his voice…
Lissa glanced at him again; he was still thoughtful. She extender her hand and intertwined her fingers with his, Dib didn't felt anything until Lissa squeezed softly his hand, interrupting his internal reverie, he glance to Lissa, who simple smiled in response and squeezer harder his hand.
Dib returned the smile; it was in these moments that Dib was really glad he met her a long time ago.
"Lissa I--"
The professor voice was the only thing that broke their lovey-dopey moment.
"If you have finished your lovely cuddling, perhaps you could tell me what an electromagnetic force is?" His hands loitering at his back and glaring daggers at them.
Lissa swallowed and glanced at Dib who was staring at the floor.
"I though so, perhaps you could join me in a fine meeting with the principal after class, that would be most pleasant" Said the professor with a mocking face and laughing softly; some people snickered and laugh too at the situation.
When he turned around, he was highly surprised when he heard a voice.
"The electromagnetic force is the one responsible for practically all the phenomena one encounters in daily life" Said Dib with a mocking smirk.
He turned around sharply and slammed his fist on the table, Lissa flinched but Dib stared at him defiantly his arms crossed around his chest.
Just deduction. Dib laughed mentally.
"Very well Mr. Membrane" The scowl at his face turned darkly and his eyes screamed murder over and over again.
Lissa smiled at Dib, highly pleased with the expression on the teacher face.
The teacher glanced at them angrily; fucking kids, how the hell they dare to make a fool of me in the class I'm supposed to be the goddamn teacher in this shit hole. He smiled then.
"Well if you know so much about the matter Dib, why don't you and your friend here write a text of 10,000 words of how much you know of physics?. His expression full of pride, when Dib snarled at him with a savage glare.
"I want it on my desk the next class Membrane". He walked away highly pleased with himself.
Dib wanted to kill him, and wipe out that disgusting mocking smile. He grabbed the edge of the table and tightened his hands so hard around the table, that his knuckles were visible across his skin and turned chalk white.
Lissa grabbed his hand and squeezed with all her might; Dib snapped of his thoughts. She smiled again at him. Puzzled, Dib returned the smile.
They glanced at the teacher who was sitting on the desk and clenching a poor piece of paper in his grasp almost tearing it apart.
"Fine, Mr. Pelgus" Answered Dib with a smug smile.
The paper ripped out with an audible sound.
"Even so, I will get 14,000 words to make it more interesting, what do you say professor?" Said Dib with a cocky smiled directed at the teacher who was clenching his hands together almost breaking them apart.
"FINE!!" The teacher screamed.
Some people laughed and pointed at him, other just chuckle.
With a vein popping on his forehead the man just turned away, gathered his stuff and exited the classroom without muttering a single word.
"See, just deduction my dear Miss Hendgert. A smirk plastered against his face.
Lissa and Dib laughed together, their laughter mixing with the others.
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The next class was Biology, Dib wasn't outstanding on this class, but at least he maintained medium records on assignments and exams.
Lissa was in a group of outstanding people within the class; no more than six or seven people
Mrs. Josef was the teacher on biology; polar opposite of Mr. Pelgus; she was very kind, was highly understanding with her class and most of all, she really loved her students.
A woman sitting on a desk; on her middles twenties, she carried a dark gray business suite, red framed glasses upon her nose, curled dirty blond hair, her skin was a healthy white color, again polar opposite of Dib.
"Welcome" She said with a smile
"Today we are going to discuss the Greek philosopher Aristotle theories of life". As the class progressed Dib, began again zooming out, if it wasn't for the kick to his knee under the table, it would go on forever.
Dib looked at Lissa, who was staring at him at signaling him with her eyes to look to the board.
Dib sighed and paid attention to the lesson.
Lissa rolled her eyes at his stupidity.
The class went on with some kicks under the table and several grumps of pain.
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"FINALLY!!" Screamed Lissa as they left the room for the recess of fifteen minutes.
"What?!" Dib exclaimed surprised. "I was paying attention, didn't you see it?" He inquired.
"Yes, but gaining your attention was harder than been on class, I had to kick you at least ten times under the table smartass. She counters.
Dib frowned but didn't deny noting, since she was right and he had been zooming out more than the usual.
"You know I keep feeling that I forgot something" Said Lissa.
In that precise moment a low growling sounded, Lissa looked surprised at her stomach and laughed nervously.
"Well guess that remind you, didn't it?" Dib joked.
They joined hands and went to the large cafeteria.
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The cafeteria was a large place, counting with more than 80 large tables, for room of 15 people more or less. It counted with 3 kitchens, several tubular lines separating lines of people for each cooking place.
The food varieties were countless, Dib didn't know where they got the money to do all this, and even his old Skool served almost served the same thing everyday.
They got the same popularity chain-food policies here.
On the center of the cafeteria were 3 joined tables, in them all popular, jocks, rich boys and girls, prom queens, self-claimed cool, hunks, and supposal important people for the image of the school.
In other tables were filled with nerds, Dungeon and Dragon, Star Wars and Star Trek fans that were always on war of what was the best between them.
Other with intellectual and members of tennis clubs, checkmate and so on.
On the other side of the cafeteria stood the rappers and other types of Latin music lovers, including some Dj's.
On the contrary sides of each other were tables filled with punks, Goths, rockers and some thrashers united with other fans of metal.
The Emos were on the corner, outcast of this music groups they were picked endlessly for their homosexual and strange looks, the punks were all the time cutting their strange hairs and chasing them out of the cafeteria; the others just give the cold shoulders to them.
On the last corner were the outcasts, the living skeletons of the school, the ones with the feasting on the pain-taste sorrow made flesh-sweet of these people, some of them were so thin that they could almost hear their bones cracking, other just with faces twitching, some of them with large purple bruises on their skin and other just watching all around them nervously.
The most unusual ones were the quiet outcasts, when they were in that state of mind….well lets says that suicides were not news around here.
Other kids had told Dib that they were some school killing over the years, that the security had been tighten and large conventions of anti-bullying procedures had been released; but non of this had been working, the human was a deceivement of their own species after all.
The other tables were just filled with other common people.
Lissa and Dib continued walking until they sited between the thrashers and punks, the reason is because they got some known people between this groups; Lissa known some Goths, punks and rappers, while Dib known some thrashers, rock and metal fans.
You could say that they were ambassadors for each table, as they often fight broke out between tables.
They noted to each table leader, and Dib left out to bring some food to their table.
Lissa watched him go for a few moments until someone tapped her on the shoulder, she turned around to face Anna one of the rocker table's leaders.
She sited beside her, she was just wearing an old white Led Zeppelin shirt, blue jeans, black socks and some gray shoes.
"Hey Liss, what's up?" She said.
Anna has been one of her best and only true friends over the years, even older than Dib. While Dib didn't dislike Anna, they weren't on best terms and often argued about the most sillies of things.
Lissa didn't greet back.
"What's wrong?" Asked Anna worried about her friend.
There where some seconds of silence until Lissa answered back
"It's just……Dib, he got me worried all time with the way he behaves, and look at his skin... It's too pasty" She said looking at the line were Dib was formed and tapping his fingers around the metal surrounding the waiting line.
"C'mon Lissa, its just Dib, he always act like an idiot to himself and in front of anybody, it surprise that you still hand out with him" She said with a smug smile and a dismissive wave.
Lissa gave Anna an icy glare which she returned with a smirk.
"Or maybe you have feelings for him, uh?" Lissa looked away embarrassed.
"I...I...I really don't know what you're talking a-about. She muttered.
"You know, you are not fooling anybody, just yourself girl". Anna pressed. The fact that Lissa acted almost the same way when Dib was with her, all the time trying to impress each other, she sighed. Love is blind as they said then She thought bitterly.
Dib was almost at the table with two trays of food.
Anna looked at the approaching Dib and gave Lissa a gentle squeeze on the shoulder. "Don't let these worries get in your way, just tell him how you feel, you know he will like you back" With a measuring smile and a last look she returned to her table.
Dib placed a tray on front of her and sited besides Lissa with his own tray of food.
Upon checking her plate she just saw some meat, French fries but without dessert.
"What the hell happen!? Where's the dessert?" She asked annoyed.
"I ran with some troubles along the way. Dib replied with a frown.
"Goddamn it" Lissa cursed angrily.
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The next of the classes followed without accidents at all; well except for whistles directed at Lissa and Dib, pushing's, salivated papers for Dib's head and insults from time to time.
The fact they were annoyed as hell didn't change nothing as they dragged their anger with themselves walking for the entry of the abandoned area.
"Why you're always cowering from those assholes?" Lissa exclaimed with a hiss.
"You know the why" Said Dib with a tone that resembles a low growl and a dismissive wave of his hand.
Lissa ignored his answer. "Why can't you fight back, uh?" She continued pressing. "Why can't you break their asses? If there's a single fucking reason why you still let them pushing you around, to hit you, molest you, insult you, and even so you don't do NOTHING!!" She shouted.
Dib looked away enraged with himself.
She pressed him hard against the abandoned classroom wall door, there where now on the oldest part of the building, nobody came here.
Dib tried to get away but her arms to both of his sides and her penetrating glare told him otherwise. Shit why do I always get on this situations The though leaved some pressurized anger boiling inside Dib brain who could explode at any moment. Dib would choose his answer carefully before Lissa tore him apart.
"So I'm waiting, what do you have to say? She tapped her hands on his shoulders expectantly of a good answer.
A few minutes passed before Dib got the courage to reply back
Dib looked her in the eye. "I felt scared" He took a breath before continuing and Lissa listened to every word carefully. "When I was on school believing to save persons for a threat that wasn't there, there words didn't affect me; I just thought that the sole price was doing the correct thing and I didn't need praises and congratulations of anybody".
"What has changed then?" Lissa asked curiously.
He gave her a pleading look.
She continued pressure him.
"Is that so? What's your goddamn problem, what would your mother said?" She kept pressing.
"Shut up" Whimpered Dib.
"What would your mother said eh Dib? To see her son shivering like the coward he is, and what about your father I beat he hates you, I understand why he hates that shaking leaf of son he has".
She hated herself for this but it was the only way.
"Shut up" Continuously muttered Dib like a prayer.
"I know why your mother died then it was for not seeing his only son crumbling beneath the foot of others and seeing him like the weak little kid he is, she died because--"
"SHUT UP!!" Dib screamed with all his might and with a cry thrown a fist to her face.
She took a space backwards and closed her eyes in surprise; Dib caught himself and stopped his fist from mere millimeters from her face.
The pain she was expecting didn't came, she opened one of her closed eyes to find Dib fist hiding his face on her field of vision. The fist was withdrawn from her face.
The look of pure fury that Dib gave to her send cold shivers down to her spine and turned her legs into jelly, like a serial killer about to snap and kill the nearer thing around him.
"I don't meddle on lives of other people now, if they die or no it's not my problem, even if they pleaded me I'll just wait to see them die, got that?" The emotionless tone and his cold gaze paralyzed Lissa with fear.
This was Dib, the guy who has showed her kindness, friendship and perhaps more than any other friend she ever had apart from Anna, so where was he now? He was supposed to be a caring person.
This was not Dib; this was just the person who those cruel people have patched together from their ruthless actions over his life.
He was a loner before, but has changed, she...she changed him and Lissa wasn't going to let those monsters destroy everything they have accomplish together.
Compassion and concern battled with self-hate now; she relaxed and pressed herself harder against him and embraced him with all the force she could muster.
The reaction was instantaneous, Dib hug her back and began sobbing unrestrainedly against her form, and his howls of emotional pain cracked her soul in pieces as she cried with him. His shed tears mixed with hers as they cried together.
Lissa rocked him back and forth muttering I'm sorry over and over again, Dib began to calm himself but didn't let go of her. With his face on her hair Dib smelled her bittersweet smell; her scent of lilac flowers and jasmines.
"I'm s…orr.yy Di..b, fo…rgiv..e meee!" Her sobs rocker her body. "It was the o..nly way of snapping y..ou out" She keep shouting with mixed sobs.
She raised her head to look his amber eyes gazing back at hers, the hatred gaze she was expecting didn't come, instead she found a compassionate eyes looking at her.
"I know" Dib muttered.
"Liss, what I could have become without you?" He whispered at her.
The loving glance send butterflies into her stomach and an incredible warm spread to her body, if it wasn't for her hands across his shoulders she would have fall that's for sure.
They kept looking at each other until she felt that Dib face was closer and closer for an unknown reason.
The answer came to her with an electric jolt of pure electricity that rock her whole body as she felt Dib soft lips on hers.
Her eyes opened big as saucers as Dib kissed her with passion, eventually she relaxed on his arms and kiss him back. He felt a light pressure on his lips and opened his mouth to receive Lissa's tongue.
As their tongues battled for dominance they kept backing up until Lissa felt the hard and dusty brick wall. The pressure augmented on their bodies.
Lissa gasped in pleasure when Dib started to kiss and lick her milky neck
She moaned deliciously when he bite softly her neck and began his way down kissing her tenderly.
She removed her furred jacket and throwed on the floor. Dib immediately began rubbing her shoulders and kissing them. Dib trailed now his way up with his tongue leaving on Lissa hot spots, she gasped again as Dib began kissing her hungrily again, their tongues intertwined and danced furiously across their mouths.
She moaned again with Dib cupped and fondled softly her left breast, and the hand on her hip trailed down to her butt, raising her leg to his hip and held her there.
This time she roll over and pressed Dib against the wall, he smirked and Lissa leaned down to kiss him again as passionsly as before.
"Shit" Muttered Dib between kisses.
Lissa gave him a questionable look when she felt a hard thing pocking at her tummy. She glanced down and then at Dib who looked away in embarrassment.
"It's ok Dib" She caressed his cheek and give Dib a softly peck on his lips.
Lissa gave him a reassured smile before removing her body from his; she grabbed her jacket and settled on her shoulders.
Dib looked at her pleadingly. "Did I screw up??" His tone desperate with worry.
"No you didn't, it's ok… I kinda understand your hormones" Lissa said giving a grin and looking down at the big bulge in his crotch.
She understand because she herself was about to explode from the heat between her legs and kept pressing them together for no accidental spilling. She blushed at the thought.
"It's ok" She repeated giving a smile.
She held her hand to him and Dib toke it. Lissa kissed him lovingly before grabbing his goatee sharply and sending his face to her eye level.
Ignoring the hurting sounds coming from Dib throat, she looked at him and held firmly his dyed beard on her hands. "Well Dib I really hope this turns out to be a helpful lesson, don't you think?" She moved sharply his long beard from side to side.
Dib grumped on confirmation and kept whimpering with pain.
"What do you say? She asked again fetchingly with his goatee
"I say YES! Can you please let go of me you are tearing my brains out!!. She jerked Dib beard a few more times before release him causing him to fall on the ground.
He grumped in pain and gave Lissa a glare. She just smiled and offered her hand to staggering Dib tangled body to his feet.
"That hurt you know" Dib said rubbing his pained goatee.
"It was suppose to hurt stupid, now let's get out of here, I felt like in Sharon Tate house (1)"
They gathered their stuff and went out of the dusty room and exited the school.
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The walk from school to Lissa's house was a silent one; they didn't need to express nothing except happiness as they walked hand in hand the crowded streets of orange leafs.
As they walked the endless sea of auburn gave the couple a sense of tranquil and relaxation. Lissa sighed contently, she was very happy right now, the fact that the person who showed her that the world wasn't such a dark place was holding her hand and giving her loving looks and smiles. She felt like flying now and her lips still burned from the make out session on the dusty room.
It was not the romantic place she hoped for, but the view of non stop leafs falling in their paths was very romantic. She squeezed tenderly Dib hand and he returned the affection.
As they passed the streets, in the end of their path was a double cul-de-sac; Lissa's house was the middle one separating the two.
The house was very big for an A-frame constructed style house that had a triangular shape, a steeply sloping roof that extends to the ground on two sides, front and rear gables, two stories tall and big windows.
The roof was painted brick red, while the rest of the house was painted with a soft yellow tune that contrasted with the peaceful landscape and the beautiful hand crafted wood balcony and panels across the house that were made from a rich honey wood. These aspects made one of the prettiest houses Dib had ever seen on his life.
Lissa and Dib climbed the little stairs of fresh like wood, she inserted the skeleton key on the Victorian style door hole and they were in.
The house itself was like a different existence, yet virtually the same; the floor was made of the same honey wood, while the walls were made from dark marble and bright stones; the furniture was very beautiful. Just on the first floor they were solid wood pillars the kitchen was on the end of the floor, beside the constructed bar style kitchen was a large dining room table made of mahogany wood surrounded by eight tall and thin chairs made of the same material.
On front of the entry was a boardroom with two big white furniture facing a long version of the same model, in the middle was a table made of white pine wood.
There was even a Big-Ben replica beside the entry wall; apart from more paintings, family photographs and other impressive objects decorate the nice looking interior.
Lissa's house never ceased to amaze Dib, it was such a great looking place, she was very lucky that her father worked in a construction company in a high ranking position.
"So, where's your mom?" Dib asked.
"You know, the usual working at late on the hospital" She replied with a frown. "My pops it's still on a business trip 'till next week"
"So we are alone?" Dib smirked.
Intrigued by his expression she decided to kill her doubts. "What evil plans have you thought for today?" His grin widened.
"Well I can tell you if you want, but we have to be on your room" He said with a big almost cheerful smile.
Deciding to play along for now and acting like she didn't know anything she toke his hand and guided him to her bedroom.
To say that her room wasn't as impressive as the rest of the house was a big lie.
They entered the blackened tread solid plate door.
The room was twice as big Dib's room, with a large queen sized bed with a furred long black white wolf cover, some purple pillows, a big plasma TV was in the corner of the room suspended on air, an internal bathroom. The floor was made of the same wood as the house, light purple walls and a large high tech PC in a wood table on the left side of the entry door.
The place itself was covered from wall to ceiling with posters of all kinds, from metal music groups, movies, guitars, actors, and etcetera. She had a big set of nine pieces Tama drums on the corner.
Well at least I have a better PC he though. Lissa walked to her closed and putted her chained wallet and hood-fur jacket there.
Dib plan was push her on the bed.
When he turned around facing the bed Lissa kicked Dib on the bump making him fall on the big mattress. Dib turned around to demand an explanation. Big was his surprise when Lissa thrown over his form, the air on his lungs slipped away as Lissa kiss him furiously to no end as Dib hands were waving on the air madly and his muffled screams resounded through her lips.
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A tanned man was sitting in a restaurant table was drinking some coffee and reading a newspaper. It was Professor Pelgus; he was waiting for the arrival for the solution of all his problems, a problem named Dib.
For the moment that nuisance entered his class, it has been trouble not only for his reputation as a well respected member of the skool directive but as well at his nerves, they were tearing out of his brain and body, he couldn't think clearly when that stupid boy was there. Nobody respect him anymore, he has been teaching for more than ten years without accidents and achieve preparing entire generation of students for future careers. But what was this kid, it make him nuts just to see him there mocking him with his eyes and smile.
The little white cup was suffering a lot when he tightened his hands around it, small cracks began to appear. The little liquid container sighed with imaginary relief when he retired his choking hands. Another person was walking to his table, a young girl with shiny pink hair moving from side to side, a graceful walking form.
She was in company of two large muscled men just wearing black discrete clothing. She seated on the opposite chair of the table, her goons posing straight with crossed arms beside the table. She laid her slender elbows on the table and supported her chin, her eyes watching calculably his face. He shifted his weight and straightened his face.
Clearing his throat he hoped that negotiations were successful as he planned planed to do so.
"Good afternoon Miss Collins" He held his hand and she toke it.
"Shall we go to business then? And please call me Zita". A waiter came and leaved a fresh ice cold tea on the table. Zita drink it briefly before eyed him carefully.
"Yes, so you took my call after all". He loosened his tight tie a little. "I believe you can help me with my current issues, it is a current problem to you as well".
"Yes, that Dib has been must bothersome when his giant head first appeared on skool, blaring about aliens and conspiracies". She glared at him with a piercing look. "You want me to make him disappear right?" She inquired.
"That would be must pleasant, but no, I want him to suffer; and been scarred forever will be satisfactory, I want to ripe that smile of his face and crumbling like the fucking worm he is". His voice low with boiled fury and lips parted in a silent snarl.
Zita gave Pelgus an appalled look before replying. "Well of course suffering would be the correct course of action, but I have my plans for him too; he's crazy and he will be always the blabbering alien nutjob" She smiled sinisterly.
"I will deal with him tomorrow at school recess, don't worry you'll not be disappointed; if this works out Dib will be shipped out of our lives permanently". The professor grinned at her coldness response.
"Very well Zita, bring out the most violent guys you know of, I want him broken and without opportunity to arise again, you understand right?" She nodded.
"Well pleasure doing business with you, don't forget my payment professor. She left the table, her goons following.
Pelgus smiled wickedly. Just as he planed, negotiations were successful. Dib will be out of his life forever and perhaps a bright future could wait him on the end. Signaling for the waiter for the check and paying, Pelgus left the place, smiling to himself.
Unbeknownst to him, things will not be the bright path he hoped for.
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The sound of a closing door awake Gaz in the middle of the night. She rubbed her eyes and looked around the room. Dib's was on the house; she had a sudden need to jump with joy and another of strangled him to death. She tugged those thoughts in the back of her mind, her gameslave was straddled on the floor beside the couch but she didn't pick it up.
Almost tumbling with tiredness on the stairs, she went to Dib room. He was already on bed and didn't bother to change for sleep; hell he even has his boats still on. She frowned with grim annoyance.
Gaz walked besides the bed, looking at Dib. He looked very peaceful on sweet slumber, but was trashing on the bed like a ragged doll.
"Get up whinny, you have to change" She tapped forcefully a few times, but Dib mumbled something incoherent and shifted to the other side facing the wall.
Gaz huffed in exasperation; she was about to kick him to the floor when she stopped her self abruptly, foot on mid air.
She sighed and toke off his glasses, putting besides his night table. The next task was his boots. She pulled out a few times, but they refused to come out. It was like there were fussed with his foots. With a great effort and inhuman force she managed to pull out his boots and launched them to the opposite wall; with an audible thump and a dirty print on the wall they were on the floor. She pulled out his chained wallet and leather armband on the closed.
She managed to tug him on the bed covers before she could leave the room a pair of arms hugged her from behind and throw her at Dib mattress. She gasped in surprise, she turned around sharply to find a pleading eyes looking down at her.
"Don't go" Whispered Dib.
She sent an aggravated glare at him. "Shut up Dib and let me go if you know what's good for you" He didn't let go.
"Dib I'm warning you let go". She tried to push him, but that made him to augment the pressure on her form.
"Do you…..think often of mom?" She stopped struggling and looking at him, with that unexpected question sorrow clenched her heart. Of course she thought of her, all the time; the most loved person on the world. But now the only thing that was left for her was her brother. But she wasn't going to voice that.
The force of the hug began to decrease, Gaz took advantage of that and managed to pull her body out of his grasp.
She turned around and headed for the door.
"Please answer my question Gaz, wasn't she important to you?" Dib asked.
She stopped dead on her tracks. Without turning around she said the only thing that passed through her mind. "Go back to sleep Dib" She exited the room closing the door behind her and leaving a poignant Dib inside.
Friday, the last day of active class.
Dib leapt off the bed and took a shower, which strangely the water was hot and not ice cold as he expected; he dressed in a plain white shirt, boxers, his glass and went downstairs for breakfast.
Gaz was already there eating some pancakes with butter and maple honey. Dib mouth watered.
Making some latte coffee, he sited on the table and began to eat the sweetly food.
Dib clean up the table after eating, while Gaz walked out the kitchen. He still remembered the events of yesterday; the anger inside of him, he often snapped that way. But snapping at Lissa, it had never happened before.
But, he kissed her and she kissed him back; it has a meaning right? The way her hot lips and tongue felt against his own, their bodies were united with passion and the way Lissa was looking at him, it made him feel truly loved and not despised. I felt good for a change.
"What's up with you? Gaz voice broke his thoughts.
"Wa?" He stupidly said.
Gaz rubbed her face annoyed at his stupidity. "I said….you know what I don't care, this is what I get to try to be nice stupid idiot". She pushed him hard making him let go the dripping wet plates into the floor.
With a resoundable crash they were now broken into the floor. Dib glared at Gaz but she was already walking away.
"Clean that up" She said before stepping out of the kitchen.
Dib huffed in anger as he cleaned the broken dishes. It has to be this way all the time?, damn at least can we treat like siblings Gaz, I hope she learn someday how much I love her, but this is getting really frustrating. With the broken pieces already on the trash he left the kitchen and glared at Gaz already installed on the couch. She glared back and stayed there before Dib looked away and left to prepare for skool.
Entering his room he putted the same camo pants from yesterday, a Metallica old shirt, some white socks; looking for his boots he founded them on the floor with a giant dirty mark on the wall Goddamn it Gaz, putting them on he also found his chained wallet on the floor.
Frowning he tucked them on his pants and made him way downstairs were his bag was besides the entry door.
He felt Gaz glaring a hole through his head but didn't say anything and left the house.
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"SHIT!" Gaz screamed.
She did it again, what was planned to be a nice conversation for improving their relationship, was turned to another series of screaming and hateful glares
But again what was the reason of her anger directed to Dib, she admitted that sometimes he could get on her nerves most of the times. But he didn't do anything this time and she made Dib broke the dishes.
"Damn it" She cursed again. What was the purpose of trying to be nice after all this time? She has been bullying him since he was little. Always hitting him, molesting him and destroying his most craved dreams.
In fact remembering her past with him, Gaz felt that she didn't deserve to be in this house with him. Why she can't be the good sister that he had been wishing for all his life?
It was worth it?
Sacrificing the only wish on her life, to not die alone or just felt loved enough to love back. It was just the only wish she ever had; but….what now then. How Dib can come around to love her the way she want it if she was snapping at him all the time.
Meddle on this things right now would be not very good for her mind. The task now was tracing a new plan to show Dib the good person she could be……or not?.
This was after all a big step, never in all her life she would think of this, but as she grow up, her love for video games was not very satisfactory now,
Killing vampire and zombie piggies weren't as good as before, the value was decreasing with each monster killed at with each level passed. Often she could confuse dream with reality and think the lines separating them were blurred to the point that she couldn't no longer see where she was standing or how did she have gotten there.
It was worth it? Losing everything she could know off, every memory, every taste, and every emotion just for slaving herself for a pixel made reality; where problems weren't there and she could forget everything, her troubles and bad memories. The memory of her mother…..
Her father thought that just with this device she could entertain herself forever. It worked for 10 years of her life; getting version after version and killing again and again and again.
Gaz toke her necklace and stared at the chromed eye, it was shining.
Mother what should I do...
She made a decision. She went upstairs for her room, GameSlave on hand. She toke a metallic baseball bat. Gaz threw the GameSlave on the floor.
She gave a last look at the device that was glistering almost calling her back again and had her thumps on the buttons. She shook her head; there was no turning back.
Gaz raised the bat high over her head and with all the force she could muster, she brought down the bat over her GameSlave.
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The walk was always alone; when Gaz refused to come to skool anymore almost 2 months ago; Dib now felt truly alone on the journey.
But now he had Lissa. With their rapid strengthening relationship everything will be different now.
And indeed it was. Lissa was waiting Dib at the end of his cul-de-sac.
She waved and started to walk at his direction. She went faster and faster until she was already running to him. Dib stopped dead on his track and stared surprised at the auburn beauty running towards him; she jumped towards him at catch her on mid air, her legs hugging his form as he kissed her.
"Did you miss me? She said between kisses.
"Of course, where could be all the fun if I stayed sitting in a coach all day, I have to be entertained by something" She grinned.
"Well perhaps then I can be your boy-toy then, careful how you manage me, I'm very delicate". Dib hugged more.
"Oh I'm sure we could have much playing around here my dolly".
She skillfully rounder her body to his back and staggered to her feet. Dib smiled and held out his arm to her.
She took it and they were off again, together.
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A girl and two boys were in the male lockers.
"So you understand right?" Asked Zita
"Don't worry, I will break all his bones, if the fucker want so more then I will make swallowing this" Said a large boy signaling to a thin 5 inches knife.
"Yeah, we are going to break some eggs, cause… eh…to make lemonade you need to break eggs…I think" Said another as muscular as the other.
Zita nodded "Don't kill him, just beat him up".
"Don't worry, right Chunk?"
"Yeahhhh…..Torque, we will making some hitting, I like dogs, can you give me a dog?".
Zita huffed annoyed. "Just hit him you dump idiots, is that clear?".
"Sure, he will not be risen right?". Said Torque.
"Yes. And let it be that way, if you do this I could get anything for you as payment". The black haired beauty looked them in the eyes. "Don't screw this up" She added with a low tone.
They nodded. "I want to hit, I want to hit, can I hit you Torque?" The beefy kid exclaimed.
Torque smacked his head. "Don't be stupid, just do as I say".
"Go then, wait for him in the recess" Zita signaled to the exit door.
The boys nodded. "Bye Bye missy" Waved Chunk and they were out.
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Chemistry class.
Apart from Physics this was Dib second best class; the mix of chemicals, their smell; almost taste like, their uses, names, composition. The most amazing in this signature was that you could understand every molecule, every tiny space of matter, every atom.
You could understand the whole universe surrounds you and how the universe changes every day, just looking at a few key symbols.
The elements of life and death.
Since Dib was an expert on the class and Lissa well….not to well; they always teamed together in every experiment and class work.
Currently they were working in full gear; a white heavy lab coat, protection gloves and glasses. The current chemical the class was working in was H2SO4, a pure solution of sulfuric acid.
It was a very destructive solution, capable of dissolving skin and bones in mere minutes or hours.
The experiment was to destroy some fibers and sugars mixed together and then write down what solution was formed after. Dib and Lissa were about to finish the experiment.
The acids are not to play with; this could be a good advice for some jocks that were poring acid on Dib chair legs.
"Do you smell something burning?" Dib exclaimed.
Lissa just shook her head and continued writing notes. At ten seconds Dib chair began to tremble and eventually the extra weight made the chair to broken completely.
Dib hit the ground like a sack of potatoes, quemicals falling with him. The intense heat, even in the protection clothes was enough to send Dib flying to the emergency shower, smoking as he went running.
The hiss of the shower killed the entire dangerous blaze on his body.
"All you alright Dib?" Concerned Lissa checked on Dib to find must layers of the protection clothes burned.
But no burns were visible on his skin.
Dib huffed angrily and glared at the jocks that were laughing and snickering at him, even some of the other students gave him mocking smirks and joyful smiles.
"Dib, be more careful, the next time I wont response for accidents on the laboratory" The teacher gave Dib a warning glare. "You almost finished the experiment, but almost hurting yourself and almost your lab partner. The teacher took off his glasses to rub his eyes. "Dib you are expelled from this class until new appointment, is that clear Mr. Membrane?"
Dib shocked looked at the teacher. "But professor they….."
"No buts, please Dib get out of here I don't want to call the principal" Said the teacher signaling to the door.
"Fine, is that you want" Dib and Lissa gathered their stuff, not before they send the last hateful glare at the jocks that were waving off to them.
Dib snarled angrily and closed the door behind him.
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Recess time.
The lab accident had left Dib with a dreadful taste on his mouth and an angry expression plastered to his face as they walked through the hallways.
"I CANT BELIEVE THIS SHIT" Dib punched a metal locker. Lissa gave him a measured look. "C'mon Dib lets get out of here" Lissa gave a soft squeeze on the shoulder.
He felt an enormous wish to smack her hand away. Dib sighed defeated and decided to agree with Lissa.
"Well Well if is Mr. Gooey" Said a voice around the cornet. Dib turned around to face two of the worst person he ever had the pleasure to meet, Chunk and Torque.
Beside Sarah and Zita; this were the worst bullies on school and messed with him almost daily.
"What da ya want?" Hissed angrily Lissa making her way to face the two.
"None of your business cunt, I'm just wanna talk to Dib, we have unfinished business" Torque began walking toward Dib ignoring the savage glare Lissa gave him.
"Are we going to make lemonade Torque, I want to squeeze eggs" Chunk began to anxiously waving his hands on the air.
"Yes we are going to break eggs Chunk" Before Dib knew what hit him, a flying fist went to his gut making him fall on his knees struggling to regain his breath.
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING" Lissa jumped between and lay down with Dib to protect him. The par just throws her out of their way into the floor.
Cracking their knuckles together they lifted Dib by the scrub of his shirt and smacked him against the lockers.
Torque kicked him on the stomach, while Chunk held him by the arms. The blow was strong enough to crack two ribs. With his teeth clenched, a big gush of blood left Dib mouth into the floor.
"Hold him still Chunk" Torque grabbed Dib arm and fully extended it. With little energies left on Dib body, he looked up. Torque pushed Dib arm backwards and then pulled with all his force.
The result was what he hoped for. The arm was broken out of his socked with a resoundable crack.
"AHHHHHHHHHH!!" Dib screamed. It hurt so much; the pain blurred his vision. It was the worst pain he had felt on his whole life.
Torque dropped his hold, the arm felt limp on Dib side.
"STOP YOU ARE GOING TO KILL HIM!!" Lissa tried to hit Torque but he stepped out of the way and smacked her to the side.
"I wanna have fun too" Chunk exclaimed with great enthusiasm. He passed Dib wrecked body to Torque.
The commotion attracted many students, interested in a great show of violence.
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Students darted across the halls to the joyful occasion.
"They are kicking Dib ass" Shouted one.
"C'mon they're hitting Dib lets go see. A female one said.
The rest went following the others.
"Hey Zita what's happening" Asked Sarah, one of the person who hated Dib the most.
"Didn't you hear?" Zita exclaimed.
Sarah just shook her head. Zita sighed. "They are whooping Dib ass lets go and see it".
"Really!!" Sarah began to jump happily. "C'mon what are we doing even here" Sarah grabbed Zita by the arm and dragged all the way to the bloody scrap.
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Chunk smacked him with the back of his hand. Dib tumble to the side; Torque just put him on place again.
Some jocks hold Lissa by the arms restraining her to help Dib.
She continued struggling against their grasp. "LEAVE HIM ALONE YOU BASTARDS" Their hands clenched harder against her skin.
The students formed a circle around them as they cheered the beating.
Chunk punched him on the face, Dib nose exploding on blood as more came from his bruised lips.
Another to his gut, breaking more ribs. Another blow to the face; his face was bloody red as the blood poured freely from his wounds.
"Break eggs Chunk" Torque curved backwards Dib body smirking. Chunk complied and kicked Dib on the balls.
Dib whimpered as throbbing pain surged through his body. Chunk continued his abuse on Dib tattered body hitting more and more. The students cheered and applauded with each blow.
"PLEASE STOP" Lissa tried to release their hold, but their force was too strong for her.
More hits followed, exchanging hitting partners over and over again. Chunk decided to use the same trick Torque had applied on Dib arm. Holding his leg instead of his arm, he putted his Foot on Dib knee and pushed hard enough to hear another cracking.
"AHH! STOP!!" Dib pained scream fell on deaf ears. Torque dropped him to the floor and crouched close to his Dib who was clenching his broken arm.
"I promised Zita I wouldn't use this, but you annoy so I prefer to kill ya Membrane" Dib eyes widened in fear as Torque drawn a thin knife.
Some students saw the knife and stopped cheering; Torque showed the knife into Dib stomach five times. Dib gapped in time, his mouth opening like a fish out of the water. Blood poured down of his mouth like a fountain.
The others saw the bloodied knife in Torque and they stopped cheering in shock. They were expecting to see a beating not a killing.
"That asshole" Muttered Zita between the crowds, Sarah gasped when she saw the bloody knife.
The others stopped in surprise and a silent reigned beside for Dib raged breathing. The hold on Lissa arm reduced which she used to escape the jocks grasp. She putted her body over Dib, protecting his body.
"LEAVE HIM ALONE YOU FUCKING MONSTER!!" Lissa sobbed and checked on Dib's body, his shirt had a big bleeding holes, his mouth was bleeding, his nose, just…..everything was bleeding.
"C'mon Chunk we dib our job" Torque make his way out of the crowd, Chunk smirked at Dib and left.
"CALL AN AMBULANCE PLEASE" Lissa bawl, but the others were in a big shock to do anything. She walked to the horde and toke a cellphone from one of them and called an ambulance as quickly as she could, they say that they were going to take 7 minutes to make it there.
She checked again his body, he was breathing in gasps; the blood was bucketing into the floor.
Everything looked blurry, and It even pained Dib to blink. His stomach hurts, it hurt to breath, and his mouth felt like it was split on two. He spitted blood into the ground. The image of a teary Lissa appeared beside him, she was screaming but he couldn't hear anything.
It was the last thing he ever saw before plunging into darkness.
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Gaz was sitting on the couch watching some TV; the destruction of her GameSlave will gave her a new life, well at least she hoped that it was that way. Perhaps now she could receive the love she had been waiting her whole life. The phone ring interrupted her thoughts. She frowned, stepped out of the sofa and grabbed the phone with both hands.
"Yeah?" She asked through the receiver. They were some barely audible sentences as screams, sobs, whimpers. The last one left Gaz paralyzed.
Dib was almost dead in the hospital.
Gaz throwed the phone and bolted to the door and out of the house, leaving the door unlocked. Her brother was almost dead. Just the though made her feel to die with worry.
Please Dib, please be okay. Her eyes tearful and blurry with tears, as she sprinted to the hospital.
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Lissa was beside Dib bed; they had to operate him, closing his deep wounds. The doctors say that the knife hadn't touched anything vital, but that several ribs cracked had cute their ways and plunged into his flesh, he had a massive internal bleeding that almost ended his life. His face was almost all bandage up, even the bandages had some spots of dried blood. His abdomen was fully tied up in bandages. His arm was splinted up and the leg was suspended on the air by straps of cloth and a big piece of hard material beneath it.
The doctors said that her rapids actions had saved his life. But…..she felt guilty, she couldn't do anything…..she was too weak….she couldn't do anything. Lissa buried her face into her hands, her tears flooding out of her eyes like a river.
The operation gap was almost of two hours, Lissa thanked the doctors for there rapidly action of the doctors. There was so much blood……..
There were some crashes and screams outside, Lissa turned to the door that was smashed up and a darkened figured entered abruptly to the room. She was about to protest, when she stopped herself and looked at the figure.
It was Gaz.
She was covered in sweat and was painting heavily and gripped the door for door frame for balance and she regained her breath. Some nurse and orderlies tried to seize Gaz by the shoulders but Lissa stopped them with a dismissive wave of her hand. Gaz closed the door behind her and looked at her with a piercing glare.
"What happened?" Gaz voice was filled with worry. Lissa stared at her in shock; never in all her life knowing Dib sister expressing emotions beside anger; had she always pictured her as an uncaring one. But here she was, her honey eyes were fully opened and waiting for an answer; tears falling down her cheeks, but she didn't do anything to stop them.
"Tell me please what happened" She again called out for response.
Lissa gave her a measuring look before signaling for her to sit down. She related everything to her. The hits, the cheers, applauses, the bruises, the knife……the blood.
So much blood, there was too much. Gaz closed her hands into fist, her nails digging into her skin and drawing blood that purred down her hands.
Lissa finished her telling her who were to bullies who almost killed Dib. Gaz looked her with an unreadable expression on her face, her eyes into slits, almost in deep though. She stand out of the chair and left the room without muttering a word.
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"Dad, its me Gaz" She talked through the phone speaker. There were some stifled tones coming from the receiver. "Dad, its Dib he's in the San Antonio hospital…..he was attacked by some mob, he was operated". More muffled voices. "DON'T YOU CARE ABOUT YOUR SON…ABOUT US!!" She screamed. "JUST GET HERE YOU HEARTLESS BASTARD". Gaz slammed the phone shut, small's cracks showed in the poor object.
That bastard, the nerve of that man. Gaz hadn't been this angered in a very long time. Her father said that he was busy and science was calling to him. How dare he. Dib almost dying and he said that science was more important.
She entered the room again and sat on the chair, give Dib a last look and went to sleep laying her head into the wall.
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Gaz was awoke by the sound of the door closing. She looked up from her slumber to see Professor Membrane, the turtle neck and glasses down. He looked to her sleepy daughter and then to Dib who was heavily splinted and bandage in many parts. And then at Lissa, who he suppose was her best and only friend. He frowned.
"Gaz what happened?" The professor asked. Shock registered on her body. Their dad never called them for their first names; it was always son and daughter. She gestured her dad to sit in the other chair, Membrane complied.
"Dib was attacked by some bullies in the school, Lissa told me that he was beaten, kicked, broken bones in several places". Gaz took a breath. "And then he was stabbed several times on the stomach, he lost almost half of his blood and almost died…..Lissa called an ambulance and they got to operate him fast enough to save his life. She glanced at her father who had a lost expression on his face.
"I see, is he stable?" Membrane glimpse at her daughter with a look that resemble worried, but she wasn't sure……the thing she noticed was the clenched hands on the chair arms.
"Yes….he's stable, they are preparing some artificial blood right now to replace the lost one" The professor smiled at this information.
"Gaz…..I'm sor—"Gaz cute him off.
"Don't, you don't deserve that, where have you been the last months?, why hadn't come to home?. Membrane eyes stayed glued to the floor. "Is science more important than your own family eh dad?"
"I just want to make a better world for the only family I got left" His tone low and filled with sadness.
"Don't you see that?". The only way to make a better world for us is coming home with us, to be there for difficult times, when we need you" The professor sunk on his chair at these words.
"Very well daug…Gaz is that what you want?". Gaz nodded. "I will be there then…..in difficult times such as this. Her eyes lighten up little. "I will be several times on the house everyday…..and we will have a family holiday like the old times. We will be family again Gaz".
Membrane stand of the chair and made a motion to embrace Gaz, but she stopped him pressing her palms against his chest.
"Not yet dad. Gaz removed her hands and turned around without noticing the pained expression that passed through his face.
"Where are you going Gaz" Membrane inquire her daughter.
"I have unfinished business". Her emotionless tone shocked the professor. The door was clenched shut leaving the Membrane worried, a sleepy Lissa and a delicate Dib on bed.
Please be okay Dib. Gaz yearned as she left the hospital toward home.
A/N: This was a hellish writing; it was too damn hard to write. But Im happy with the results so far. Well I warned you about the violence didn't I?. Don't worry more to come, the next chapter will be even more violent than this one, maybe I will get to change the rating to M, since the violence will be too strong, including torture. Dib will get better, Professor Membrane will be again reunited with his children, relations strengthening and Gaz redemption. Stay tuned for the next chapter, 'till next week then.
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