When Darkness Falls

*Epilogue*

The ascending golden sun shimmered brightly as once the lavender pained sky and splash of crimson blaze on clouds continued losing their color. The light frost upon the ground seemed to glitter as the sun continued to rise. Dib Membrane was making his way down the semi-empty sidewalk, in somewhat of a hurry as he rushed to a particular part of the neighborhood. It had been two weeks since the incident in the woods and had been no more disappearances since then, to which Dib was completely relieved. It was long that he soon reached his destination. Dib began to slow his pace as he spotted the green oddly shaped house with a deep purple roof. In the yard still sat the eerie looking lawn gnomes that lined both sides of the sidewalk leading toward the men's room door.

Eying the gnomes a bit anxiously, Dib slowly began to take careful steps toward the house. Surprisingly, the gnomes hadn't attacked and Dib thought he was home free. That was until he took another couple steps and the robots soon sprung to life and began to fire. 'Just my luck.' Dib thought as he ducked and dodged the lasers that shot out from every direction but he soon made it to the door and gave it a few hard knocks, worried the gnomes might begin to fire again. After a few moments, the door swung open. Dib gazed in awe and relief as he saw a familiar form appear in the doorway.

"DIBBY!" The small silver and cyan robot squealed; a big smile on his face as he latched onto Dib with a big hug.

Dib had soon noticed there had been a few changes to Gir's appearance one of his arms had more of a three claw look as well as half of his body; which were made up of different types of metal, since most of the parts had been lost the night before the incident.

"Hey Gir." Dib grinned, happy to see the little Robot back to his old, happy, hyperactive self; despite the change in his appearance. "Where's Zim?" Dib asked at last.

"Oh yeah..." Gir said as he got down onto the floor. "Master's in the lab doin' stuffs." He answered.

"Gir! Came a sudden voice from inside the house.

Dib looked over in shock to see the one person he was looking for coming into the room.

"How many times have I told you not to..!" Zim trailed off as he spotted Dib standing in the doorway. "Oh it's you." Zim finished after a moment. "What brings you to Zim's mighty base, Dib-worm?"

Dib didn't answer for a second, soon he shook his head to rid his trance.

"Um... I just came to see you, since I haven't seen you since Slenderman tried to kill us."

"I had been working on Gir to bring him back, though his behavior had not changed as much as I had tried to alter his present actions." Zim replied.

Gir let out an overly happy giggle as he played with a little rubber pig he had pulled out of his head.

"To tell you the truth Zim," Dib began. "I kinda think that he's pretty much normal."

Suddenly, Gir let out a loud happy squeal as he ran around the room. Dib winced as Zim cringed at the noise.

"Yes... Normal." Zim replied finally, scrunching his face into what seemed to be the mix between a scowl and a pout.

Dib began to laugh.

"What's so humorous Dib-worm!" Zim shouted, a bit angry at the boy's reaction.

"Your face." Dib replied, still laughing a bit.

Zim didn't answer but turned and caught his reflection in the blank TV screen and began to chuckle at the sight of it. The two laughed a for a few moments but soon calmed down.

"Well, anyways," Dib began after a moment. "I just wanted to say thanks for saving me and that I wouldn't have stopped Slenderman without your help... So... Thanks." He finished with a smile.

Zim soon smiled as well.

"You're welcome, Dib." He replied. "And the same to you as well... But don't think this means I will be going easy on you when our truce is over with." Zim added after a moment. "I will not hesitate to use force against you."

"And I'll be here to stop you, Zim." Dib countered back boldly.

"This battle will continue," Zim said. "You can count on that. I will take over this infernal planet!"

"And I will be there to stop evil plans!" Dib shouted back and soon ran toward the door. "Cya later, Irken Scum!"

Dib then turned and ran out the door to head home.

"Goodbye, filthy Stink-Beast!" Zim shouted after him. "And... Frienemy." He added to himself as he watched him leave; a soft smile forming across his face.

THE END

And there you have it! :D So anyways sorry for the long wait ^^; But I had been gone for Thanksgiving and my laptop doesn't have Micro-Soft Word on it anymore so I couldn't really work on anything -_-; But anyways, I hope you enjoyed reading my story and hope to make more soon :) So, later days! :D:DPLEASE R&R! THANKS! :D:D