The Sickness
Part Fourteen
The sky above the city was filled with dark blackening clouds as small sounds of thunder filled the air. Dib's head was hung as he trudged home, keeping his gaze at the ground. It had been hours before he had decided to leave the woods since it was getting even more late than it already was. After some time passed, Dib finally made in home. Dib slowly opened the door and went inside. To his surprise, he saw Gaz sitting on the couch watching TV, or at least was trying to. She turned in his direction right as he came in.
"Well? Where's Zim?" She asked, in a tone Dib had rarely heard from her... Concern.
Dib sighed and looked at the floor.
"He's gone." He replied, not looking up.
"I'm sure you'll find Zim." Gaz stated.
"No I won't Gaz!" Dib snapped suddenly. "The Tallests took him!"
Gaz stared at Dib in surprise.
"If I hadn't said those things, he wouldn't have run off and the Tallests wouldn't have found him." Dib added, sitting down on the couch in anger at what he had done.
Gaz took a moment before she sighed.
"Well..." She stared. "If I hadn't made you freak out like that, you wouldn't have." She admitted looking away uncomfortably.
Dib looked back at her, a look of sadness returning on his face.
"It's okay, Gaz." Dib replied. Dib soon stood up again and began to leave the room.
"Where're you going?" Gaz asked, in a more annoyed fashion.
"Gaz, Zim is counting on us." Dib replied, turning around. "If we don't go after him, he'll die!"
"And how do you think we're gonna get there?" Gaz questioned, crossing her arms.
"Um..." Dib trailed off as he felt something hard and small hitting his back.
He turned around to see the silver and cyan S.I.R. unit punching at him angrily like a five-year-old.
"You hurted Master!" Gir cried as he continued to hit.
"Gir! Stop!" Dib nearly shouted.
"No!" Gir screamed. "You calleded Master those mean names and made him sad! You big Meany-Head!"
"Gir! I didn't mean any of the things I said." Dib replied, trying to calm Gir down. "I was just really mad."
Gir finally stopped and sniffled.
"You promise?" He asked.
"Yes, I never meant any of the horrible things I said before." Dib replied. And soon Gir calmed down.
"So, how do you think we're going to find the Tallests?" Gaz asked again.
Dib began to think for a moment. Just then, a thought came to his mind.
"C'mon. I've got an idea." Dib smiled.
He ran out the door with Gaz and Gir following close behind. Before long, they got to the garage. Dib pressed a button to open the motorized door, revealing a small ship the size of a Slug-Bug car and was a rusty and crimson red in color. Though the glass windshield was clear, it still had a pinkish tint.
"Ooh!" Gir mused in amazement.
"We're taking this thing?" Gaz asked crossing her arms again.
"It's probably the only Irken ship that we could use to get to the Tallests command ship." Dib replied.
"Zim probably has one too." Gaz stated.
"Well, we don't have time to go all the way to Zim's base." Dib replied. "And beside's, all the power's out. So even if we got there, we wouldn't be able to use his ship." Gaz didn't reply to that.
"Now c'mon, we have to get stuff we need for the trip." Dib said. "We have no clue how long it will take for us to get there. And hurry!"
With that said, Dib went inside to get some supplies for the trip, leaving Gaz to stand there for a moment.
"Since when did Dib get so bossy?" Gaz wondered.
And soon, she went inside as well, with Gir following behind her. After about thirty-five minutes, they soon had what they needed for a five day trip and had soon finished getting ready to go.
"Okay, so now that we've got everything, we can get ready to take off." Dib stated, getting into the ship with Gaz and Gir following suit.
"I just need to start the ship and figure out what we should do from there." As Dib said this, he pressed a button and the ship sprung to life.
"Ship running and functional." Came a voice from within the ship.
It sounded a bit feminine and had a thick British accent.
"Tak?" Dib asked, a bit shocked.
"You?" The voice barked. "What are you doing in this ship?"
"I need to take this ship to save Zim from the Tallests." Dib replied.
"What?" Asked Tak's voice. "Why are you saving Zim?"
"Because the Tallests took him."
"Why would they want Zim?" She asked.
"I don't know." Dib answered. "I just know that he's really sick and I need to need to get him the cure before it's too late."
As Dib was saying this, he strapped himself in as did Gaz and Gir.
"I don't know why you think you can just come and take this ship," Tak growled. "But you won't get away with it that easily."
"Look! I don't have time for this!" Dib shouted, losing his patience. "Zim is really sick and may be dying and he will if we don't get there in time!"
There was a moment before anyone spoke.
"Well?" Tak asked grudgingly.
"Set the coordinates for the Tallests' ship." Dib replied a bit more calmed down.
"Fine." Tak huffed.
And soon, the ship began to quake as it slowly began to rise off the concrete floor of the garage before floating out into the backyard. The ship made a low humming as the ships engines came to life and the trio shot up into the night sky. 'Don't worry, Zim.' Dib thought as they continued their ascent into the sky. 'Help's coming.' They all knew it may be a while before they would find the Tallests' ship and Dib could only hope they would get there before it was too late.
So here's the next part :D Sorry for the long wait ^^; But here it is :D I hope you all like this part :) I'll try to get more up soon :D Please R&R. Thanks :D
PS- I was thinking of doing another story after this one that has to do with a natural disaster :) Namely, a hurricane :O I know this might seem kinda weird but I was kinda watching Planet Green, and they were talking about hurricanes and stuff like that ^^; But anyways, I'm thinking of doing that next :) But I'll have to see ^^; Just so you know in case I was going to :D