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Epilogue
Dib yawned contentedly as he lay stretched over his captive. Zim was stuck beneath him with his arms strapped above his head. Dib had made the adjustment on the lab table when he realized he had no intentions of dissecting his companion, no matter how annoying he got. He couldn't help but grin at his own victory of the evening. He liked to remind Zim every once and a while that they were equals, after all.
Dib had foiled a few plots for world domination in the last year, but they both knew it was for show. The Tallest had not responded to Zim in quite some time, which was probably for the best with the alien's height advantage threatening to compromise their rule. Zim was still convinced he was the rightful ruler of the dirt ball Earth and was now biding his time to talk Dib into helping him out, rather than foiling him. Maybe if he promised not to kill too many of them... his human had the strangest soft spot for his moronic brethren.
Dib had a pretty shrewd idea what Zim was up to, but he would never admit it out loud. He was beginning to wonder why Zim was so complacent to staying on Earth, now that he didn't seem to care about impressing the Tallest anymore. He dreamed of exploring the universe and wondered how long it would take him to convince Zim to let him hitch a ride.
Both of their revelries were interrupted by the hiss of the basement door opening. Dib tensed up, as if to bolt, but realized there was nowhere to run.
One pair of amber eyes and one pair of crimson followed Gaz as she stormed past them, eyes glued to her hand held game. She opened up a few drawers until she found the right one and after digging through it for a second she pulled out some fresh batteries. With the skill of a master she switched the batteries in her games system without even turning it off and clomped her way back up to the doorway at the top of the stairs.
"You guys are disgusting." Gaz poked at a few buttons on the console next to the door and stepped through it. The basement walls rattled with the clang of the reinforced doors sliding into place. There was a much fainter click, and all of the lights went out at once.
Dib and Zim remained frozen, staring at the door they could no longer see. Finally, Zim broke the silence.
"WHY do you keep batteries in the lab, anyway?"
With a groan Dib got up off the table. There was a bit of a shuffle and the restraints around Zim's wrists and ankles snapped back, releasing him.
"Help me find the flashlight, Zim. I think she locked us in."
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Well, that's it.
Figured I'd post the last section and this at the same time.