Hello fellow Humans! I'm really proud to present to you: the second chapter!
Now, for the Guest who wondered if Zim is like an animal:
Zim lives pretty much just like an animal, but he is much smarter than one, as he thinks and can use tools. He's more like a primitive human, living without any technology. If his race would get a few thousand years to evolve, they would probably live a more 'human' life.
I ... hope that made sense. Tell me if you're still confused. o_o
And thanks to Robert for pointing out that Zim seems a bit ooc. I'll keep that in mind in the future!
Chapter two:
Year 2024, January 23rd, Tuesday, 07:00am, Planet Irk, Aboard The Piggie
"... And then, it said my name!" Dib said with his mouth full of porridge.
"Uh-huh", Zita mumbled sleepily. It was too early for Dib's fantasies!
"Its name is Zim! It put its hand on its chest and said 'Zim', just like I had!"
"Be quiet", Gaz muttered. Dib shoved a spoonful of porridge into his mouth and actually silenced for a while. Everyone sighed gratefully.
Sergeant Mayor Bitters walked into the cafeteria.
"Children! Today is the day when the Humans will sign the peace treaty with the Vortians. You are all expected in the conference room at nine to watch the great event!" she said hoarsely, the slithered out again.
"Cool! News from home!" Dib exclaimed and ate the last of his porridge. He then hurried away to take a shower, seeing how he was still dirty from falling in the mud.
"Damn Dib and his happy morning mood", Torque groaned while rubbing his face. Everyone agreed. The only one who was happier in the morning was Keef, but he was always happy.
About an hour later The Piggie Crew were sitting in the conference room, expectantly watching as the President man from Earth signed the space treatie with the Vortian Queen. A fanfare of applauds and victory screams broke out from the loudspeakers, and soon enough the Crew members were all laughing and applauding too.
Mankind's first peace treatie with an alien race! Today, the Humans at Earth would be celebrating, this might save the Human race, after all! But, for The Piggie crew, everyone would soon be back to their normal schedule. But, right now, everyone were having a small celebration.
Dib grinned, and high-fived Zita. He patted Gaz on the back and lifted Gretchen high in the air. Keef gave him a big hug (that Dib hoped was just a friendly gesture, but you would never know with Keef), and Torque brofisted with him. Even Bitters seemed to stretch a bit with pride.
All in all, Dib did, for once, feel loved.
"Okay, children! Fun time's over, get back to your respective duties! Today Torque, Zita and Keef are going to look for edible roots in the dirt" Bitters interrupted after a while and everything went back to normal, except everyone were in a slightly better mood.
After the meeting with the Dib, Zim had decided the creatures weren't a threat, just loud and annoying. The Dib-creature could have captured him, but it had only looked at him. Pretty stupid indeed.
Zim still kept an eye on them as three of them dug around in the dirt and picked up roots, though. The Dib-creature was not among them today, but Zim didn't mind. Actually, he had noticed that it was much quieter without that particular creature around. Although the red-headed creature was quite loud too.
Then, speak of the imníaur, the Dib-thing came walking out of the handmade bird!
"How's it going guys?" Dib asked as he walked towards the lake, carrying to large buckets.
"This is pretty darn exhausting", Zita sighed, kneeling in the mud. It looked pretty hard to dig up roots and scan them to see if they were edible. For once Dib was thankful it was his turn to cook food.
"Yeah, but we've found a lot of edible roots, so it's going to be so much worth it!" Keef said.
"Keef's right! I'm so tired of fruits and berries", Zita said. She scanned something that looked like a carrot and threw it in a bucket of water. Oh right, buckets of water!
"I'm going to the lake to get some water, see you guys later!" Dib said and walked off.
Whistling happily, he walked through the jungle towards the lake. He stopped slightly at the turn that led to Zim's nest. Was Zim there right now? The small path that led there was created mostly by Dib, and was probably unnoticeable if you weren't looking for it.
Nah, Zim was probably watching him, like it had done ever since they arrived. It didn't seem necessary to look more at the nest itself. It had been just like a nest by vines and thin branches. Dib shook his head and continued.
Zim raised an antenna and followed the Dib-thing. The water hole, huh. How very interesting. It filled two ... things ... with water, then bent down to splash some in his face.
Oh, Irk's water was the nicest thing ever. A few years ago, all water on earth had become nearly too polluted to drink. Many Humans had gotten ill and the population had dropped by millions. Only richer people survived, Dib and Gaz were lucky their father were Professor Membrane. But, the water on Irk was clear and sparkling and felt so good to drink.
A rustling sound made the boy jump in surprise, and suddenly Zim was standing beside him, studying one water-filled bucket curiously. Dib let out a breath and put a hand to his heart.
"Geez, Zim, you scared me", he sighed. The alien blinked at him, then turned back to the bucket.
This creation was genius! It allowed the Dib to carry water to the handmade bird! If Zim could keep just one of these, he could use it to keep water closer to his nest! He attempted to lift the thing, but found it was very heavy and ended up falling backwards and spilling the water over himself.
Dib couldn't help but chuckle as the bucket fell and spilled its contents on the little alien. Ok, so Zim was actually pretty cute. Now when Dib finally could see him in daylight, he saw that Zim's clothing consisted of a big, pink leaf with a hole in it, where Zim's head poked out. It looked pretty much like a big poncho. Two thin vines were strapped around Zim's shoulders and attached to what looked a lot like a backpack made of woven grass. That was probably were he kept that sharp stone from yesterday.
"Wow, did you make that backpack?" Dib asked. Zim tilted his head and raised an antenna. Oh yeah. It was hard to remember that they didn't speak the same language when Zim seemed to think just like Dib himself.
Zim stood up and attempted to brush away some of the water. He kicked the bucket just show his spite, and were pleasantly surprised to see that it wasn't as heavy anymore. He picked it up and held it high above his head.
"Foolish Dib-thing! I now possess your water-carrier!" He grinned, then sprinted off into the forest.
"Wha- hey!" Dib exclaimed and followed, his bigger body getting stuck in vines and leaves. "Gimme that back, you thief!" He only got a glimpse of the fleeing form now and then in the thick jungle, but oh no, he wasn't letting that thief get away!
Dib slowed down and looked around. Great, Zim was gone! Now what? He'd totally hear from Bitters about how he had managed to lose the bucket.
"Zim! Get back here! I need that!" Dib called. He thought he heard the alien snicker at him, but that might as well be his mind playing tricks. Nothing else answered him, and thus he hung his head and dragged himself back to the lake.
"Victory! Victory for ZIM!" Zim exclaimed as the Dib-creature headed back, his big head lowered in defeat. HA! Pathetic creature! Zim sat down on the branch he had hidden behind and studied the bucket. Yes, this would surely become useful. The fact that he had angered the Dib made it all the more exciting.
Zim sneaked back to the Dib just to see it mutter to itself and stomp back to the handmade bird with the other bucket. Zim followed silently from the branches. When they arrived, Zim left the Dib and went to his nest with his little trophy tucked under one arm.
Year 2024, January 23rd, Tuesday, 01:00pm, Planet Irk, Aboard The Piggie
"Dib! For your incompetence you will be spending tomorrow cleaning the kitchen area!" Sergeant Mayor Bitters snarled at the boy. Dib ran a hand through his messy and sighed.
"But I didn't lose the bucket! Zim stole it from me! He probably has it in his nest by now! If you would just let me show you-"
"No! You're under house arrest for three days, and will spend the time doing research as the scientist I hired you as! Understood?" Bitters said without leaving any place for arguments. Dib sighed and hung his head.
"Yes, ma'am."
"Good! you're dismissed", She said and looked down at her holographic paperwork. Dib slumped and walked out of the office. Gaz was waiting for him outside and glared and him.
"Idiot", she muttered.
"It wasn't my fault! Zim stole that darn bucket from me!" Dib threw his hands in the air. Gaz grunted.
"Whatever. Make us food", she muttered with a demanding tone. Oh right. Dib had forgotten about that.
"Just great! I haven't even had time to think of what to cook! Not that there are that many alternatives. We only have fruits and now those roots!" Dib exclaimed.
"I want pizza", Gaz said. Dib looked at her incredulously.
"Are you serious? We don't have half of the ingredients! Our inventory of flour are running dry! And what are we going put on the pizza? We still haven't found any eatable mushrooms and no animals have gotten caught in our traps!" Dib said. Gaz glared at him again.
"I know you can't make a pizza, I just said I wanted one."
"Oh."
Dib slumped and dragged himself to the kitchen. Gaz sat on the kitchen island and brought up her GameSlave5. On the island stood two buckets filled with various kinds of roots. A little post-it note was tuck on them with the word 'edible' sloppily written on it.
"If I put a few roots in the oven, and make a soup-"
"No more soup", Gaz grunted.
"You're right; we've eaten a lot of soup since we came here", Dib agreed. He put one hand on his hip and the other on his chin," Maybe I could mush the roots into some sort of mashed potatoes..."
An hour later, the Piggie Crew got served grilled roots with fresh berries. Seriously, they needed to catch some meat or else they'd all suffer from scurvy soon. Still, the roots were a welcomed change after three days of fruits.
"I heard you got grounded", Zita said with a mouthful of food.
"Yeah", Dib sighed," Zim stole a bucket and now I have to face the consequences!"
"Y'know, this 'Zim' you keep talking about", Zita said," only exists in your big head." She smiled teasingly. Dib groaned.
"If I wasn't grounded, I'd show you his nest right now!" Dib said.
"Yeah, sure", Zita shrugged and finished her meal. She left the table, leaving Dib to his own thoughts. Most of them were directed towards Zim.
Meanwhile, said alien had just filled the bucket with fruits and balanced it on his head. The Dib-creature was tall enough to carry the bucket with the handle, but Zim found that when he imitated it, the bucket would touch the ground.
Balancing the bucket meant Zim couldn't climb. If he met a Taller Irken, he'd have no chance. His antennae were high on alert for any sound, but only the silent crickets from smaller insects could be heard.
Zim put it down beside his nest. Perfect! Now his food supply wouldn't be in the way when he slept, and he wouldn't have to search for food every other day. Zim took a pink fruit and flopped down in hes nest lazily.
Zim had already figured out how the flashing light worked. The was a circle on it, and when he pressed it, the light went off. When he pressed the area again, the light turned on. Zim estimated that the sole purpose of it was to blind the enemy. It would surely come in handy.
The Dib surely had a few useful devices. Zim pondered on this for a while, and decided to find out more about the creatures, before he made them leave. The Dib would come back soon enough. It seemed eager to communicate with Zim, and Zim guessed it could be useful to know their language. He grinned to himself.
TBC
I'm not really happy with the ending. Oh well :/
Also, about that 'speak of the imníaur' thing. It's like 'speak of the devil', except Zim doesn't know who the devil is. Imníaur is a creature I created once when I was bored.
What do you think? If you find something confusing, weird, misspelled or boring, just tell me and I'll remember that in the future!
Love Y'all!
/Saga