Part 9 (Ambush)

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Meanwhile, Zim was alone walking through a decayed forest. He had woken up twenty minutes ago, and was now searching for any sign of the others. Unlike the others though, he was confident that he'd find at least Dib or Gir. "This shouldn't be so hard, I've been on my own in all sorts of worlds." He said, full of confidence "This would just be another day in the park for Zim." He told himself as he smiled before he began to march instead of normal walking. However, he soon felt like something was following him. He looked around, but saw nothing. When he turned back around, he was met with a shadowy figure of some four legged monster, and it was around seven feet tall.

The creature glared at Zim as it made a distorted growl. "W-Who are you?" Zim asked. The creature had no time for questions, and swung it's massive claw at Zim, who barely dodged it. Four claw legs came out of Zim's Pak, before he frantically ran away, using the claw legs to jump from tree to tree. The monster chased after him at incredible speed, knocking some dead trees over in the process. Zim didn't realize at first that he was headed down a hill, and nearly wiped out. He landed on the ground with ease, only to see the monster charging at him from the top. Zim's four Pak claws fired bright green lasers from the tips, hitting the monster in multiple places, but the creature was unfazed, and kept coming. Zim got scared, and began to fire the lasers rapidly, but no matter how much he fired, the creature kept coming.

The creature lunged at Zim, who tried jumping out of the way, but was a tad too late. In result, he got a deep scratch all the way down his side, ripping his clothes. Pink liquid soon oozed from the fresh wound, as Zim fell to the ground in agony.

The next thing Zim saw, was the creature towering over him, glaring at it's helpless victim with it's soulless eyes. The creature opened it's trap-like jaws, as it inched closer to the Irken. Zim could swear that he heard footsteps in the distance, but ignored it. He closed his eyes, and prepared himself for an agonizing fate.

He waited, but pain didn't come. Instead, he looked up and saw two girls, one in light blue, and the other in yellow, kicking the horrific monster away, sending it flying. A third girl in pink joined the other two, before they all cast multiple bright lights at the creature, disintegrating it. Once all the lights faded, the three girls made their way towards Zim.

Zim panicked at first, but remembered that these girls just saved his life. He should show them at least a little gratitude. Zim waited until the girls were right in front of him, where the yellow one bent down and held out her hand. "You alright?" She asked, her voice sounding mature and elegant. Zim hesitated at first, but something inside made him allow the yellow girl to help him up.

"I'm just fine." Zim replied, sounding confident. "Thanks for saving my life." Those last words seemed to slip out. "I-I'm not used to thanking people..." Zim added awkwardly. "That's ok, at least you're safe." The pink girl replied with a bright smile, sounding cheerful and energetic. "Did you happen to see anyone named, Heart?" The blue one asked, sounding calm and graceful.

"Yeah, but we got separated. Does that mean you three aren't humans either?" Zim asked. The pink girl shook her head. "No, we're friends of Heart. We all come from the same planet." The yellow girl replied. "Well, I better get going and try finding my friends, so I'll see you later." Zim said before he began walking away. "Thanks again!" He called over his shoulder. A small branch brushed across the wound on Zim's side, causing a sharp pain to kick in. Zim suddenly dropped to the ground, clutching his side in pain.

"OH MY GOODNESS!!" The pink girl panicked as she followed the other girls to Zim.

"You're lucky that scratch was the only damage that creature caused you." The blue one said. "I-I've been in worse conditions." Zim winced as he got up. "You ok?" The yellow girl asked. "Yeah, I'm fine..." Zim replied sarcastically. "Eren, we should have him with us for a bit." The blue girl told the yellow girl. "I agree, Anna." Eren replied to the blue girl. "Do you agree too, Hannah?" Eren asked the pink girl. Hannah agreed before turning back to Zim. "You ok if we come with you?" Hannah asked.

"I guess so... I'm Zim." Zim replied, introducing himself. "I was curious, I fired my most powerful lasers at that creature, but they did nothing. Meanwhile, your bright attack completely destroyed it. Why is that?" Zim asked. "We actually learned their weakness not too long ago." Anna replied. "Not only do you have to attack them with your abilities, but you also have to be fearless, and hold nothing back." Hannah added.

Zim thought about that, doubting that he would be scared. He didn't feel scared until he realized his lasers weren't working on the creature, but even a little fear would make the whole attack fail. "I hear another one of those things in the distance!" Anna suddenly said as she quickly stood up. "You mean, that thing that attacked me, there's more of them?" Zim asked nervously.

"Yeah, we gotta go!" Eren replied, grabbing Zim by the hand before taking off with Hannah and Anna.

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