Running at full speed, it took them 7.31 earth minutes to reach the Membrane house. Zim didn't bother with the house and leapt over the fence, Kam following right behind. He had to stop Dib from taking off no matter what.
When they reached the back of the garage, where Dib had set up his work station, Zim skid to a halt. Neither Dib nor the ship was there.
"CURSES… That Fool!" Zim extended his communicator out of PAK. "DIB, You meat brained idiot! What on Irk do you think you're doing!?"
A static filled response came from the communicator, "Zim? How'd you get the Com frequency? I hadn't even programmed one."
"I programed it on Saturday! Now would you SHUT UP and come land that thing!?" Zim was hoping he hadn't been up too long. There were some major issues with the steering connections. If Dib didn't return soon he might lose control of the ship.
"No way, Zim!" Dib laughed, "It's working like a dream. I'll be back down after I run a few more tests."
Zim almost lost his balance when out of nowhere Kam grabbed the communicator. "YOU IDIOT! YOU DIDN'T EVEN UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU WERE BUILDING! YOU HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING IF IT'S SAFE!"
Zim stared at Kam in shock. He had totally forgotten she was there.
"KAM?! Zim you brought her with you!? But if she sees…"
Zim leaned back towards the communicator, which Kam was holding behind him. "Don't you think I know that you Fool!? Now come land that thing at once!"
The two heard a heavy sigh come out of the speakers, "Ok fine. You realize we'll have a lot of explaining to do after this don't you Zim?"
"I'll worry about that when the time comes." Zim pulled the communicator out of Kam's hands. "How far are you from your house?"
"I'm passing over the skool now. Hey! I can see Gaz!"
"Yes Yes, I know the view is outstanding for your tiny earth brain but PAY ATTENTION! How are the steering controls? Have they made any unexpected jerks or pulls in one direction?"
There was silence for a few seconds. "The steering..? It's been just fine. It looked alright when I took off. Why? Is something wrong?"
"Yes there were a few glitches I was going to tell you about later today since I didn't expect…" Zim heard a Beeping alarm through the com-system. "DIB? What's going on?"
"I don't know! Everything just started…" there was an explosion… then static.
"Dib? DIB?!"
"Zim! What happened?!" Kam was grabbing his arm. She was shaking.
"The control panel must have short circuited." Zim explained as PAK pulled out a video communicator. "There's no other choice! GIR! Bring the cruiser to my location! Hurry!"
"Zim..? What's going on? What do we do now?"
Zim slowly turned and looked Kam straight in the eyes, something he'd been trying to avoid. She was afraid. He wanted to comfort her, to tell her things would be alright, but he was down to his final option and Zim didn't know how it would turn out. One thing he knew for sure. He had to tell her. There was no other way.
"Kam… right now Dib is flying an experimental space craft. The materials are from earth but the design of the ship is not. It is from a planet called Irk… My home planet.
*Author makes a squeel of delight similar to GIR* Oh my gawd! I knew I had to put some preasure in there to push things forward but I didn't realize I'd back Zim into a corner! Well Actually by the end up last chapter I kinda figured out how things would end. Still not sure what Kam's reaction is going to be.
The two big questions: Will they make it to Dib in time? And how will Kam react?
