My eyes opened slowly to see I was on a couch that was not mine. I sat up and rubbed my head. "What happened?"
"Minki shot you with a trank dart." Said a voice. I looked over to see Gaz.
"Oh... dang it." I hissed at myself, I failed.
"Don't worry about it though. The disease that she's using is virtually harmless to us. The common cold is very easy to catch but also easy to survive from." She explained,
"Where's Dib?" I asked looking around.
"Asleep. It's almost midnight. I finally convenced him to go to bed."
"How long was I out?"
"Just a few hours."
"Hey Gaz, where did dad put the-" I looked over to see Dib looking over at me. "Zim, your awake." I nodded, "Are you ok?"
"Yes, thank you." I said, it was a tad awkward to wake up in the house of my "frienemy" and his sister. "Where's Gir?" I asked looking around for the robot.
"He woke up a few hours ago and ran into the kitchen." Gaz said as Dib left for a room that I suppose was the kitchen. That's when Gir ran out happy to see me. When I thanked them for helping me I left. When I got home I began to dismantle the device that I had made hoping to help us. It was to hopefully stop the bomb by making it stop functioning correctly. But I wasn't able to use it.
"The common cold?" I whispered, at least my dream wasn't going to come true. Not today anyways.
It had been two days since we last saw Zim and Minki for that matter. Neither of the aliens had showed their faces. It was Monday and Zim was not in class. Though at first I thought that maybe he was just late for first period like last time but when he wasn't there for impact or lunch that's when I suspected something was wrong. I left school early, god forbid Minki was back and here to fix her mistakes and spread... Ebola across the globe. I knocked on the door to get no answer. Not even those stupid garden gnomes where attacking me like they always did. Then Gir opened the door he looked a little upset. Normally the small robot was always very happy no matter what. So of course I was a little shocked that he looked so sad.
"Gir? What's wrong? Where's Zim?" I asked without thinking.
"Master is sick." He mumbled, Zim? Sick? I thought to myself.
"Can I see him?" I asked after a moment of awkward silence. He nodded and without another word went back inside the house. I followed him to find Zim lying on the couch. His eyes were closed and his breathing was so slow I almost though he was dead. My heart stopped for a second until I realized he was asleep. I felt his head and my hand felt as though it was on fire. I went into the kitchen and got a rag and wet it. Then I took it and put it on his head. I sat there on the side of the couch almost on his feet. I sent a quick text to Gaz telling her where I was and what happened. I sat there for a few minutes watching the small green boy sleep. I also watched Gir doing random things. One of them caught my eyes. He was sitting at the table with a stuffed pig.
"Piggy, what happens if Master dies?" He asked hugging the pig. Tears streamed down his metal cheeks (though how a robot was able to cry I will never know). I looked back at the boy and realized he didn't have on his wig. Curiosity took control of my hand that, before I knew it, was reaching toward his antenna. The second my hand brushed against one of them his face turned an aqua blue and they twitched slightly. I rubbed it in between my thumb and fingers. A small moan like purr came out and I snatched my hand back. My face turned a bright candy red. I turned my head and looked down at my feet.
"Dib?" My heart skipped a beat at the sound of his voice. I looked over at him.
"Zim... Your awake..." I felt stupid, was that truly all I could muster to say? Wow.
"What are you doing here?" Zim asked slightly annoyed to see me.
"Well you weren't at school... I-" was worried about you? No! I can't tell him that! "I was just making sure you weren't plotting anything." I lied, then Gir ran over and hugged Zim still crying.
"MASTER I WAS SO WORRIED ABOUT CHUUUUUUUU!" Zim sighed,
"Gir, please..." Gir complied and let go of the hug.
"What exactly happened Zim?" I asked him, he looked back over to me.
"It was the sickness that Minki unleashed... I was infected as well."
"But it's just a cold." I shrugged,
"Maybe to you humans but the illness used is one of the biggest killers back on Irk. We call it "Two Months" because once you get it you only have 60 days to live." He looked away, then the door opened and Gaz came in.
"You know Dib when dad finds out about all the school days you've skipped he's gonna kill you." She said as she closed the door.
"This is not a house party! Get Out!" He hissed at us.
"See Gaz? You pissed him off!" I hissed at her silently. She just rolled her eyes and left. "So... are you going to..." looked over at him.
"Face it Dib, I'm going to die. There is no way around it." He sighed,
"There has to be some way to help."
"There isn't now please just go." I nodded and left with Gaz. I gave a look back but just continued to leave.
As I watched him leave a tear was able to escape. "Why" I whispered as more tears fell down my cheeks.
"Master! Your buzzing!" Gir shouted, I wiped my eyes and put my hand on one of my antenna. He was right they were buzzing. No... that's impossible. I haven't come in contact with an Irken in years. Well Minki but she didn't touch my- My thoughts stopped along with my heart.
"Dib." I spoke silently.
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