Dib was scared. Okay, that was totally understating what he was feeling right now. He was terrified, excited, and about ready to puke. Hundreds of theories ran through his big head. Where these creatures Martians? No, their eyes where colorful and their heads are more square, not round. But then again, who really knew what Martians looked like, if there even are Martians? Who defined Martians and decided they looked a certain way? Dib chose to just ask.
"Are you guys Martians?"
"Are we WHAT?" Red sputtered, "Is that some sort of Earth insult?" Purple got up in Dib's face, and pink tinted spit flew onto the human's glasses.
"Yeeaah, is that an insult? Huh? Is it?" His nasally (even though he did not seem to have a nasal passage) voice piped up, and Dib winced. The purple one's breath was smelly.
"Haha, uh…I was just wondering was species you are." He really did not want to make his captors mad. Dib had no idea what or who they are, what they are capable of, or what they wanted. Best case scenario he could get loose, and hijack the ship. They hadn't taken off yet so Dib assumed they had a reason for staying. Worst case, well, Dib tried not to think about that. Distract the aliens and work on his bonds. He couldn't exactly see what the material was, but he knew it was not rope or anything he'd gotten out of before.
Red left the prisoner to Purple, he had to make a call. Trotting back into the enclosed cockpit, he called the Tallest.
"Drone Red, reporting in." He saluted when his Tallests' images appeared.
"..." Purple stalled when Red left, suddenly at a loss.
"So.." Dib began, "What do you think I did again?"
"You, an inferior spy, got a lot of sensitive information!" The little alien stuck an accusatory finger in the human's face. His mouth was turned down in a tiny frown, and his big round eyes glared.
With a jolt, Dib realized this must be about the only alien transmission he'd ever heard. He chuckled to himself. So that's what this was about? The human did not even have a recording of that, he'd forgotten to turn the actual recorder on.
"Oh..yeeaaaah. That."
The irken sighed. "Do you have a name? Not that I care either way." Purple was tired of calling him "thing" in his head.
"Uh, Dib...Dib Membrane."
"What kinda name is Membrane?"
"Did you finally get there?" Zim laughed cruelly, relishing the glare the tiny irken gave him. Tak had always been Red's more favored Tallest. Zim was an ass, not that he'd say it out loud.
"Yes, my beloved Tallest. We have the creature who intercepted the transmission. This planet has little to no defenses, and I strongly believe it has no value whatsoever. My partner is …interrogating him as we speak."
"…Food service drone. Do you have any useful information?" Tak sighed and idly picked at her claws.
"Uh…" Red blanched. "Well. Uhm. Please wait one second my Tallest, I'll be right back." Flashing zippered pink teeth in a nervous grin, Red muted the transmission and literally jumped out of the cockpit.
"Purple! Did you get any info out of it?"
"His name is Dib, and he was the one who intercepted the transmission. That's all. He was sorta asking me questions and I got distracted." Red's partner's smile was guilty.
Shit.
"You know what? Drag him in there. Just let the Tallest asked him, our lives were gonna be cut short anyways." Red slapped a gloved hand on his face in defeat. Purple did what he asked, pushing the human in the cockpit and scurried the heck outta there. The Tallest scared him.
For a brief moment, Dib celebrated. Those idiots had left him in the cockpit, alone, with all the controls. The moment was over the second he realized all the words were in a strange alien language. He, of course, noticed the open transmission the second he was shoved in here, but chose to ignore it until just now.
"Are you done?" Tak narrowed her large purple eyes at him.
He nodded. "Who are you? What do you want?"
Zim scoffed. "Of course those drones wouldn't tell you who we are. I am the ALMIGHTY ZIM! TALLEST OF ALL THE IRKENS!" He jumped up again, shaking a fist in the air. Tak rolled her eyes, unimpressed.
"Of course, Tallest equal to me." She crossed her arms and looked directly at Dib, a soft smile on her thin green lips that promised something sinister. "And as to what we want, well, we want you. Do you see that small blue box under the chair?"
Hands and feet still bound, Dib ducked down and saw the box she was talking about. He could easily reach it with his foot.
"Yeah..? What about it?"
"Push it down."
It took him a few minutes, filled with snickering from Zim, but he finally managed to push it down into the floor. The second he did it Dib realized his mistake. The ship's engines started up and screams rang out from behind him.
"The ship just filled itself with fire. Those useless drones have been disintegrated. When the ship is in space again it will eject that part of the ship and you will enter hyperspace. In two days you will reach the Massive."
Dib's eyes widened in shock and horror. Those aliens had tied him up, yeah, but they had seemed harmless. He had not wanted them to die.
Suddenly this seemed a lot less like fun.
The ship took off and tallest Tak's chortling laughter was drowned out by the engines.
"Fuck."
As soon as she heard that weird ship thing start up, Gaz knew her brother was in trouble. How many times had she bailed him out before? Lost count. Time to do it again. With a scowl she shut her GameSlave and stood up. Walking up to the table where her cellphone was, she picked it up and dialed.
"Hey Dad? Dib's in trouble again."
A/N: ok lol for a sec I wasn't gonna continue this fic but I got sudden inspiration so I'll be putting it out as fast as I can type it. Leave a review maybe and tell me what you thought?
-poopcola (previously hideousnewgirl)