The Sickness

Part Fifteen

Zim sat where he was on the hard metal floor of his cell; unable to move, due to the fact that he had been tied up a type of thick and tough rope in addition of feeling extremely weak. The young Irken continued to rest against the hard cold metallic wall of the cell. The Tallests' ship was just over many miles out of the solar system now and he knew it would be a long time before they would reach Irk. He let out a harsh and violent cough and felt something come up again. He swallowed thickly to try and keep the feeling down. He began to shiver as fever sweat cascaded down his face. He let out another harsh cough, the stinging burning in his throat starting anew with each violent cough. Zim could feel the nausea coming once again.

Turning his face toward the floor, Zim's eyes began to drift close, his vision becoming blurry as his headache became worst as well as the pain in his stomach and the aches and pains were increasing. He tried his best to keep his eyes open, but all attempts were failing. It wasn't long that he soon heard movement and a pair of voices from outside the cell. As the door to the cell opened, Zim refused to let himself look up.

"Hey Zim!" Sneered a cold voice, that Zim easily recognized as one of his captors. "You should be grateful that we're taking you back to Irk one last time." Red growled.

"Yeah," Added Purple, who had changed from his dirty uniform into another. "Think of it this way, Zim. You'll be back and everyone will see you before you finally decide to die."

"Yeah Zim," Red added with a smirk. "And then, everyone will see you for what you really are. Isn't that what you wanted, Zim?"

Zim didn't reply. He kept his eyes trained to the ground, still refusing to look up.

"Hey!" Purple shouted. "We're talking to you!"

"C'mon, Purple," Red started. "He's too dishonorable to listen to us. And besides, he isn't really that important anyways."

"Yeah," Purple smirked. "Once a defect, always a defect."

With that said, the two Tallests walked out of the cell, slamming the door behind them, leaving Zim to sit alone in the cold metallic cell as they walked away laughing. Zim shivered and let out another cough as he tried to choke back a sob that threatened to escape him. Meanwhile, Dib continued to gaze ahead out into the vastness of space as he, Gaz, and Gir; who had thankfully fallen asleep, continued their flight in Tak's old ship.

It had been hours since they had left the Earth's atmosphere and they could see other planets rush past the small ship. The twelve-year-old continued to gaze out the window as the trip seemed to be getting longer and longer by the minute. He was glad that the following day was a Saturday and that he hadn't had to go to school. He doubted anyone would've noticed his absence anyways if it were a weekday. Dib jumped suddenly as he felt a tap on his shoulder and turned around.

"Geez Dib," Gaz frowned. "What's with you being so jumpy?"

"I'm sorry, Gaz." Dib replied, turning back to the window. "I'm just worried about what might happen to Zim."

"Oh, so you do care about Zim." Gaz stated with a smirk.

"Please don't bring this up again?" Dib sighed, rolling his eyes.

"Just answer my question, Dib. Do you or don't you?" Gaz asked.

Soon, Dib sighed.

"Yes." He replied.

"What?" Gaz asked.

"I said 'yes', okay?" Dib snapped.

"Thought so." Gaz smirked.

Dib heavy-sighed and turned back toward the window.

"Dib, c'mon." Gaz started. "Everything will be fine."

"Yeah... I guess." Dib replied. "I just wish there was a way we could get there faster."

It was then that Dib got an idea.

"Hey ship?" He asked.

"What?" Replied Tak's voice, sounding a bit angry for some odd reason.

"Where is the Tallests' ship located?" Dib asked.

"You mean the Massive?" Tak asked.

"Yes." Dib replied.

At that moment, the computer screen in front of him sprung to life, and showed what looked like a map. There was a small red blip, which showed where Dib, Gir, and Gaz were. Soon, the map began to move and after a few minutes, landed on a small blue blip, which was where Dib assumed was the Tallests' ship or the Massive as Tak had put it.

"What's the shortest way to get there?" Dib asked.

Tak's voice sighed.

"You're always in such a frickin' rush." She said a bit annoyed.

"Hey, I'm trying to get there as fast as I can so I can help Zim!" Dib replied a bit hotly. "He's really sick and needs the cure. So just tell me what the faster way is so I can get it to him and he can get better."

"I think you should probably listen to him, Tak." Gaz smirked.

"Ugh! Fine!" Tak snapped. After a few moments, she spoke up again. "The green button on the left of the screen activates the ship's boosters. It should get you there in about a couple days at the maximum."

"Thank you." Dib sighed with a light smile.

"Whatever." Tak replied.

Dib then turned to his younger sister.

"You should probably hang onto something." He said.

Gaz nodded before bracing herself against the seat.

"Well, here goes everything." Dib murmured and pressed the button.

The rockets to the ship ceased for a moment and they began to absently float through space.

"This is the boost?" Gaz asked, a bit disappointed. "What a bunch of cr-"

The sudden blast of flames erupted from the ship's engines, causing them to take off like a jet-plane. The ship began to vibrate around them as they shot through the air. 'Hang on, Zim.' Dib thought as he clutched to his seat. 'We're on our way.' As the ship continued its journey, a bright blue streak seemed to trail behind it.

Here's part fifteen :D I know I just updated ^^; But I really wanted to get this next part done :D Anyways, sorry if it's kinda rushed :( And I think I might have over exaggerated -_-; I hope you're not mad at me for that T_T Anyways, I'm working on the next part and I think I'll have it up by tomorrow :D And I'm open to any ideas that you might have for the next part :) Just review and let me know what it is :D:D This is if you want to ^^; But anyways, I hope you're enjoying my story :D Please R&R. Thanks :D:D