Day 1: It Starts

"…And that, you horrible children, is how one day, the world will end." Ms. Bitters concluded her discussion with the class. All of the children sat rigid and petrified in their seats, staring at their teacher with wide eyes. All except for Zim, who sat back with his feet on the desk, eating Fun Dip.

"Glad I asked," Dib murmured to himself. He raised his hand.

"What Dib?" Ms. Bitters hissed.

"Will this happen soon?" he asked. The rest of the class shushed him, not wanting to hear any more on the subject. "What, ignoring the facts doesn't change them!"

"Well since you asked, -" Ms. Bitters started, getting cut off when the school bell rang. The class relaxed visibly in their seats as they exited the classroom with an ominous cloud following them.

"Don't forget your essays on Nostradamus. They are due tomorrow at the door." Ms. Bitters called after the leaving children. Dib gathered his stuff and headed to the door unsatisfied. He would just ask his dad about all this "apocalypse" garbage.

"Eh? Who is this 'Nose Drama Moose' of which you speak?" Zim asked, finally zoning back into reality.

Dib sighed. "Nostradamus is a historical figure who predicted the end of the world. A lot of people believed his predictions would one day come true, which resulted in humans constant fear of the end of the world." He explained. "Not that you would know."

"Of course I knew of this, of course! Um, I was…uh…testing you! Yes, very good, you pass, now BEGONE!" Zim stated as he rushed out of the classroom.

"Yeah…whatever…" Dib muttered to himself as he left the skool.

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Zim walked along the hot sidewalk back to his base, and as he did so, he ranted.

"The end of the Earth? Not while I'm here! Me, ZIM! I must conquer this filthy dirt ball of dirt before that happens! How would I explain to the Tallests that Earth destroyed itself before I do? They would surely have me deactivated! I must come up with an ingenious, Dib-proof plan soon!" with that, Zim darted off down the block back to his base.

As he arrived at his door out of breath, Zim could hear a strange ruckus inside. It had GIR written all over it.

"GIIIIIIIIRRRRRRRRR!" Zim shouted as he pushed open the door, not even bothering to look at the mess before calling his SIR. He looked around and began to grind his teeth in sheer anger. The walls were colored on, except for the places where the wallpaper was curling from the putrid stench. It caused the air inside to be thick and foggy, full of surely poisonous gases. Most of the furniture was tipped over and ripped apart, leaving cushion-crumbs scattered across what used to be the floor. Trash was strewn carelessly everywhere along with dirt, broken crayons, curled wallpaper, small furry animals and many, MANY piggies.

"Yes, my master!" GIR shouted as he landed in a brief position of duty mode in front of his master. His eyes flashed red, and then almost too soon, glowed a bright blue.

"What on Irk happened here?" Zim yelled, gesturing to the mess inside. GIR looked at it with a look of complete idiocy before saying, "Uh…I dunno…heheheee."

"Well who do you expect to clean this mess up?" Zim asked with a revolted look on his face. He picked up a piece of the cushions with two fingers and dropped it in disgust. GIR sat there looking completely innocent of any crime done here.

"No matter," Zim stated as he hobbled around as many areas as possible without trash. "Computer! Tell Zim more about this…ending of Earth?" a screen appeared from the ceiling showing absolutely horrific images of volcanoes erupting, huge waves of (shudder) water flooding abandoned streets, the ground shaking and severed body parts scattered over a vast, desolate land.

"The end of Earth, also known to humans as the apocalypse, is a time foretold by many Earth figures in history. The entire planet will one day become unstable and eventually destroy itself from the inside out." Computer quickly summed up.

"Garbage! What a pack of lies, Zim has nothing to fear—"

"I REMEMBER NOW!" Gir cheered, interrupting Zim.

"GIR, please, I am trying to—"

"Me and Minimoose was tryin' to bake taquitos in tha oven when a rainbow came and hurt the wall! Then we turned into a giant fighting arena and punched a smile on Scary Monkey! Then he ranned away with rainbow and came back with a bunches of baby friends! Then we threw a baby party with lots of babies and PIGGIES!" GIR explained, and then ran out either screaming or crying.

"Why does Zim even bother?" Zim said to himself. He made his way over to the kitchen where the mess wasn't as prominent. He took his disguise off and opened the trashcan to go back down to his labs. He stepped in and commanded the Computer to take him down.

"Stupid filthy Earth lies. Why do they taunt Zim with such things? Does it amuse them? Well there will be no Earth ending! Zim will make sure of tha—AHHHH!" Zim's elevator came to an abrupt halt and sent Zim flying into one of the walls. Something was wrong. The power had gone out too, leaving the Irken alone inside the dark elevator. He was about to command for the power to reboot, but then things took a turn for the worst. The whole base began to shake back and forth. What was this? Zim could hear things falling and breaking in the floor above, leaving him to worry if the elevator would fall. Surely not, it was made of the strongest wire known to the universe; a simple shaking couldn't take down an Irken-built home. But the shaking continued for several moments, each one seeming longer than the last. Time almost paused for a moment while the shaking continued.

As the shaking finally stopped, Zim could still feel his out self quaking, shivering not from surprise, but from…ah, what's the word to be used here? Fear? Yes, fear. Zim was afraid of the earth shaking.

"C-Computer, what-t happened? W-why did o-our power supply r-r-run out? Why di-id the ground s-s-shake?" Zim shakily called to somewhere that he thought was above. No response. "Computer! Zim a-asked a—huh?" Zim cut himself off as he felt more tremors beneath him, and above him. He fell back down and wondered what kept happening.

But that did it. The "all powerful wire" that held the elevator snapped, and brought down the entire thing, including Zim.

"AHHHHHH! A-A-AHHHHHHHHHH!" Zim screamed as he fell what he assumed to be downwards in the darkness. Finally, the elevator collided with the basement floor, causing the Irken inside to black out while the tremors continued, unaware of the things about to happen.

(A/N: Okay, so, how'd you like the first chapter of Doominess? Well, I really need to change the name to thing story, so contest time! Whoever can come up with the best name for this story within the next three chapters will get a story (IZ fanfiction) of any kind by me. Other than that, please leave a nice comment, I love those, but if you feel I used incorrect grammar or was OOC, please feel free to tell me! No flames, I will simply extinguish them. Oh, and did anybody watch that Cyberbully show last night on ABC Family? I thought it was sad but had a nice ending, though I probably won't be able to watch Hannah Montana the same way again…Anyways, RxR! Keep you posted as frequently as possible)