Chapter 4: Objectives
A/N: This one's a bit shorter and slower, but I promise the next one will be faster paced again.
CupcakeTrue (Guest): Thank you! I've been waiting for a good review on what I can improve! Gaz WILL be a part of the game later on, though not physically inside it like Dib and Zim are. Gaz will be a big part of the story at the end, but for most of the story she won't be very involved, though I might change that. It is Dib and Zim centered, after all. She should make her first big appearance in the game in Chapter 12 (There should be about 24 chapters by the end, though that can change too. I can't know for sure yet.) It is a fast-paced story, sorry that it's boring though. I know I'm not good with humor (I wish I was) but I'll do my best to work on it.
And to another Guest (lookit): the link didn't come through. =|
Alright, I hope you all enjoy this chapter, and I'll update as soon as possible!
They rolled for a moment before stilling on the concrete floor. Dib groaned a little and got up while Zim panted for a minute. Dib decided to just let him lay on the floor and catch his breath, so the Paranormal Investigator began investigating the surroundings. All the walls were dark brown wood, and the doorway showed nothing but gray beyond the frame, as if the cemetery never existed. Dib shrugged it off and began inspecting the walls more closely. He didn't know what he was looking for, a light switch maybe? He doubted there would be one.
Dib ran his hand across the walls, and only when he came to the furthest wall did the cabin seem to respond. A TV screen lit up, one that hadn't been there before. Dib walked over to it. Everything was written in Irken…
"Hey Zim?" Dib asked. "I can't read this." Zim groaned. He tilted his head to look at the screen, but didn't get up. He saw it all up-side-down, but had no problem reading it.
"The button in the bottom left corner will change the language," Zim said before laying his head back down and mumbling something about a "stupid human."
Dib nodded and clicked the button and was pleased to see the words change to English. Dib saw a scroll option and boxes of various items that had prices on them in "Pig Souls." Dib noticed that there was also boxes of items Zim could purchase, and since they were working together in this, Dib could see it too. He scrolled through until he saw the most expensive item. It cost a million Pig Souls, and Dib's eyes widened when he saw it. It was his dimension ray! And Zim's most expensive item was the ray he'd had in the real world, too!
Dib noticed an instructions bar.
"Hey Zim," Dib said. "Listen to this. The objective of the game is for us to achieve the most expensive items in our item purchase lists, AKA your Irken gun and my dimension ray, and to beat the final level. When we beat the final level, we can access the GS4's Irken system and combine it with the ray guns again! We can get out of here!"
Zim hummed his understanding faintly, which made Dib turn to look at him in concern. There was a transparent, pink-tinted liquid on the floor, pooled around the green alien as it poured out of him. Dib frowned deeply and looked back at the screen.
'I thought I saw it in here somewhere…' Dib thought to himself. Finally he found the item he wanted, and luckily it was cheap. He purchased it with all the Pig Souls he had, which was only ten anyways, and the item appeared in his coat pocket. Dib pulled it out and knelt next to Zim.
"Have you fond the way to the next level yet, Zim-Stink?" Dib cocked an eyebrow.
"Zim-Stink?" Dib asked. Zim looked at him in confusion, then did a slow face-palm. "You've lost too much blood, Zim. This will help you." Dib opened the glass vile he'd pulled from his pocket and examined the contents. He shrugged and dumped it onto Zim's upturned face.
Zim coughed and sat up suddenly, wiping the liquid from his face. "STUPID EARTH-BEAST!" Zim screamed at him, and Dib was relieved to have Zim back to normal. After all, it meant better chances of survival.
"Feel better?" Dib asked. Zim inspected himself and stood up. He unwrapped his antenna and was surprised to find it healed, and his blood no longer coated the floor.
"Hmmm. Yes, now that you mention it, Zim does feel much better. Good work, Dib-Stink!" Dib sighed.
"All I did was buy a healing potion from the store. You should probably look at what you can buy with the pig souls you have."
"Yes, yes, yes. I will do that." Zim waved his hand dismissively and stepped up to the TV screen. He hummed as he looked through the options before deciding on one. He tapped it and an item began appearing. He grabbed it out of the air and Dib saw it was a dark purple sword, similar in shape to what Dib imagined the Knights of the Round Table used to use.
Zim handed it to Dib, and as soon as Dib took it into his hands the blade turned dark blue, signifying that the transaction between players had been made.
"There, now I won't have to worry so much about protecting your worthless hide," Zim said before turning back to the screen and selecting another item.
Two black pistols appeared and Zim snatched them from the air. "Twin pistols?" Dib asked. Zim shrugged.
"It's the closest thing they had to a ray-gun that I could afford, though now I'm out of souls. It's fine though because I can upgrade it as we go through the game. And with the souls you collect you can strengthen your blade. We just have to be careful to spend enough to be able to get through each level, but not spend so much that we won't have enough by the end to buy the ray guns."
Dib thought for a moment. "Hey Zim, what if in the next level we just hang around for a few hours and destroy pigs as they come? That way we can just collect all the souls we need in one level." Zim hummed.
"Good point. We'll try it."
A door opened to the left and the boys walked through.
A/N: Sorry this one's so short. I promise the next one will be longer again.
Not every level will have a TV Screen Shop for them to buy stuff at the end. This is the only chapter where the whole chapter is them buying stuff and viewing objectives. Call it a filler of you want.
I hope you're all enjoying it! Please review!