I couldn't just process what really happened,  was it a dream, no! It was reality!  I was probably up all night...aalllll night, till the moment I heard the birds chirp early in the morning,  "shoot" I said ...what happened last night? Then my sister enters the room saying " oh, I see you got up early,  good you're making breakfast! " Then she left , how do I tell I wasn't sleeping...what did kept me so busy...well here's what ACTUALLY happened-

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There I was - outside of the new house or should I say ...the Alien's Base of Operations!  Watching him laughing maniacally with his robot sidekick- but I knew I had to get home, it was late first ,then- I knew I needed proper research,  equipment, a bit of mystery solving music and of course my books- they always got the answer!  So i climbed back from my window,  the first thing I did was make a picture of the alien as quick as possible,  the human mind tents to forget the details easly after 45 minutes of the event it just lived, later brain tries to fill it with it's Imagination - I couldn't let that happen!  So I pulled out my papers and a couple of half-used colored pencils, most worn out by the continuous use for alien drawings back in 3rd grade- then my brain started to put things in order " first detail was the shape, I had to get the height right so I could identify the species- color of skin and outfit-gear? Robe styled- definitely not a Hyperspace race - it had to follow tradition...so ..it's a Kingdom or an Empire ! Eyes did not have pupils,  but seemed very Glossy and smooth, looks like a bug but it's not...I think? Antennae- probably good at picking up all vibrations and micro- sounds that the human ear can't pick , nose? Didn't seem to have...but it could have some short of pores that can act as a smelling organ - "fingers : 3" I said - his human suit may be a bit awful and poorly made- that means he's not very experienced,  probably its his first time doing a mission on Earth, if not other planets ! " Then my I could stay at ease,  I drew it out -then...I thought: " Operation Doom" ... could this really..REALLY  mean an Invasion?  My mind automatically made me look at me movie posters, the chaos,  the Adrenaline,  the doom...when I thought?  Or maybe I'm wrong?  I kept looking at them,  then my eyes focus on my sign " UFO zone" the little figures, then my art...a spesific piece I made back at 4th grade- an alien palm and a human palm - not everyone is a fanatic Alien-killer , Earth savior- no..not me..,all my life I was a stranger,  couldn't hang out with the others kids, sometimes even to my own sister I'm an outcast- a freak - even to my own world I'm considered an "Alien" , was this " Invasion " my ticket out of here? Of all the human social structure that slowly doom us till our 90s? If so....what awaits me out there? A wonderful world, many planets to explore?  Amazing creatures to be discovered?!


The thoughts slip my mind again and again- I caught myself saying out loud "who are you really Zim?" ....then ...I started puzzling the events again, counting the little things that happened closely to his arrival...

But morning awaits...and I'm tired -

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House kitchen
Maria playing with a console while waiting at the table " finally!  Come on I'm hungry! " keeps playing
Slowly going into the fridge " uugghhh..."
Maria paused the game , " what's wrong sis?...don't tell me y-"
I sign " yes I was up all night- not feeling very well."
She gets up " fine! You know what? How about we skip skool today?  Besides I've got this hard level to beat and I guess you'll need some sleep too-"
I jumped saying " NO WAY! We have to go to-"

Last thing I know was my eyes weer closed, probably fell at the floor, snoring away my final sentence-

Maria gets close " Oi sis...when will you learn you aren't a machine that doesn't require sleep to charge her batteries-"

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Too bad I've fell asleep,  I wonder what happened to Zim at skool that day ...