The Sicknes

Part Nine

Hours came and went as the storm begun late in the night had soon died down and became a soft drizzle. The sun was beginning to rise over the distant horizon. Colors of orange and red painted the clouds above the city as the sun continued its ascent into the sky. The Membrane household was very quiet, since it was still a bit early in the morning. As the day grew brighter, small bits of sunlight began to shimmer in through the nearby window, casting the room with dim light. Dib began to stir as he soon awoke. He soon opened his eyes, checking his bedside clock; which read 6:35 a.m..

Dib groaned as he closed his eyes again; as he still had an half-hour to sleep before he had to get ready for class; glad that it was a Friday and was hopeful that the day would go by quickly. Turning over to go back to sleep, Dib suddenly heard something tapping from outside his window. Dib tried to ignore it, but the knocks came louder. So Dib groaned as he rolled over onto his back to look at the ceiling. When the knockings came louder, Dib decided to get up and investigate what it might be. Opening the shades on his window, Dib gazed outside and was surprised to see a green and black dog hovering just outside his bedroom window. Knowing who it was, Dib opened the window.

"Gir? What are you..."

But he was cut off as the disguised little robot pounced on him from through the window, knocking Dib off the bed and onto the floor as Gir bawled his eyes out.

"Mary! Master gone! He missing!" Gir wailed. "He lefted me all alone!"

"Gir," Dib started as he got up again and placed the little robot on the bed. "Mast- I mean, Zim isn't missing." Dib said, after a moment. "He's here in the house." Dib explained, hoping it would calm Gir down, but was shocked when it made things worse.

"You stoleded my Master!" Gir screamed. "Give Master back!"

The little robot began to run around the room, throwing a tantrum like a five-year-old who didn't get the toy they wanted.

"Gir!" Dib shouted, trying to keep him quiet. "I didn't steal Zim." He said after Gir had finally stopped making so much noise. "Zim's fine. He's downstairs sleeping."

Gir stared at him for a moment.

"Okey-Dokey!" He grinned before running out of the room.

Dib sighed in relief, slouching a bit before he glanced over at the clock that now read 6:59 a.m. and sighed. 'So much for sleeping in a little more.' Dib thought grudgingly as he sleepily got ready for class. After doing so, Dib headed downstairs to find that Gaz was already near the door, ready to go. Zim was still laying on the couch asleep, with Gir snuggled up against him like a little kitten.

"Gaz, you go ahead," Dib said after a moment. "I'm gonna check on Zim really quick."

"Whatever." Gaz murmured and soon went out the door.

"Zim?" Dib said after a moment.

He reached out and placed a hand on Zim; pulling away in surprise at how hot the Irken's forehead felt. Zim moaned gently in his sleep. Dib went into the other room, coming back with a new icepack.

"Zim..." Dib said quietly, being careful not to wake the sick Irken and sleeping S.I.R. unit as he replaced the icepack on Zim's forehead.

"Don't worry, I'll find a cure." Dib assured him. "You'll be okay."

With that said, Dib gave a half-hearted smile before leaving the room and heading out the door. The day seemed to go by agonizingly slow for Dib as he continued to think of what he could do. Zim's fever was getting worse and he seemed to be getting even weaker as time went by. He needed to get information about the virus the Tallests had put into Zim's PAK and figure out how to make a cure before it was too late. Dib was suddenly snapped out of his thoughts when the final bell rang. He rose out of his seat and began to head for the door; when, he felt a sudden tap on his shoulder; causing him to turned around sharply to see one of his classmates standing there a bit confused. It was a young boy with dark skin and short black hair. His name was The Letter M.

"Dude, what's wrong with you?" The boy asked. "You're usually talking about ghosts, aliens, and seeing Bigfoot in your garage."

Dib didn't say anything at first.

"I don't know." Dib replied and began to walk away but was stopped by another student, a young girl with bright purple hair named Zita.

"I think you know that something's up." She stated.

"Yeah, why are you acting so weird?" Asked another.

"At least weirder than usual." Added a blue haired girl named Sarah.

"I... It's about Zim." Dib replied.

"What about him?" Asked another girl with blonde hair named Jessica.

"I don't want to talk about it right now." Dib stated, trying to leave, but the others blocked his path.

"Tell us anyways," Sarah demanded.

"Yeah, we're just wondering." Jessica added, crossing her arms.

"He's really sick, okay?" Dib snapped, angry that they wouldn't leave him alone.

"Oh, that's it?" Jessica asked a bit disappointed. "I thought it'd be something important."

"It is important!" Dib shouted hotly. "He could be dying right now!" It was then that Dib realized what he was saying.

"Dying? Really?" Asked Sarah, a bit shocked.

"That's probably why he's so green, because he's always sick." Zita said as Dib began to leave the room.

"And wouldn't that be something if he did die?" Jessica asked after a moment. "I guess there wouldn't be a green skinned weirdo here to be so annoying anymore."

That comment was the last thing Dib could stand as he came to a halt. Then the twelve-year-old spun around and gave the blonde girl a hard and angry shove; knocking her to the floor. Jessica landed on the floor, her eyes wide in shock as everyone else stared in awe. Dib having enough of this, ran into the hallway and took off down the road. As Dib ran down the road, he tried to process what had just happened. One minute he was worried and the next he had freaked out and just ran out of the school. It must have been what they had said that made him freak out, which never usually happens, since he usually ignores their harsh words. But he couldn't dwell on that at the moment. He needed to get to Zim's base and find a way to help Zim. And so, he continued his way down the road; headed toward Zim's base to see what he could find that could help him find a cure.

Well... Here's the next part :) And I have to say, I think that I might have over exaggerated that part with Gir -_-; Also, I think I made Dib a bit out of character ^^; But I still hope you like this part anyways :) Please R&R. Thanks :D