Chapter 4 - what really happened

ch.4

Dib found himself being thrown to the ground as the portal open a rip in the fabric of time and dropped him hard on the ground.Dib looked around at first concerned if it had worked or not but soon zims yells could be heard in the distance
"soon You will suffer the wrath of the irken army"
dib glanced down the street hidding behind the bushes that aligned the sidewalk 'what now' he asked himself had he been in such a hurry that he had no real plan.yes he had to stop himself but he couldn't be seen, the consequences of that could be disasterious.'of course' dib thought the solution was quiet simple 'all i need to do is make sure i miss' dib smiled 'all that would take is a quick trip'
before he knew it zim cam running past him his spider legs immediately emerging, starled at first dib regained himself to put his simply plan into action. his past self running by the gun aimed at zim and ready to fire, dib leaned his foot out from behind the bush to trip himself
at first it had seemed like it had worked as his past self stumble and fell to the ground the gun landing in front of him but just as dib was about the congradulate himself that same terrifying scream he had heard from zim the day came back.
It shook him so to hear this scream again and to know it wasn't just another nightmare, his eyes darted in zims direct seeing he had fallen just as before on his face.
His past self quickly got up running towards zim dib followed along side hidden in the bushes.past dib turned zim over on his back looking down at zim surprized and confused ."what..." past dib hesitated "what... happened"
dib was asking himself the same thing he had seen it himself it couldn't have been him that had shot zim.Suddenly that thought clicked 'it wasn't me' he thought to himself his eyes darted around to scan the are ahead. hidden in the shadows behind bushes near the far end dib could make out a figure who took of running.Dib glanced down again at zim and himself though it was barely any different than he had remembered
"zim I..." past dib begain "i don't know what happened"
zim glared up at him eyes even dimmer than dib had remembered his voice so much weakier than it had originally been before. his past self placed his hand over zims wound
'i can't watch this again' dib thought to himself 'i can't relive this memory again' dib darted up running in the direction of the figure he had seen. past dib didn't notcie to obsorbed in that terrifying moment to be aware of anything else.
dib had gone far enough away from the two by now and closer to the figure who ran faster at being chased
"hay stop it" dib yelled "come back here" dib turned the corner after the figure tackling him to the ground.Dib was immediately thrown off and rapidly looked up at him. Dib felt numb as he saw the face of the fugure before him 'this doesn't make any sense' he told himself 'how can this be'
dib stood up coming eye to eye with the person who was responsible for zims death.Dib was shocked he let it pass through him quickly though raising a questioning eye brow, the person in front of him imitating his every expression
"who....who are u" dib asked though he truely knew the answer
the figure before him relaxed his face a bit still seeming slightly confused but answereing dib non-the-less "i'm you" he said "from the future"
--------*to the readers:ok this is where it get kinda confusiing but try to follow me on this one.....atleast....i think i know what i'm talking about*-----
"that can't be" dib spat at him bringing forth as much logic as he could "i'm from the fututre"the dib in front of him raised an eye brow momnetarily but a look of realization filled his face and he sighed
"we can't both be from the future" dib said "unless we came back at different times"
"no it's not that we're from different times in the future" the other dib explained "where from different futures different realities all together"
"what" dib questioned briefly
" i should have for seen something like this" the other dib said mainly talking to himself "altering the past is a difficult thing" suddenly dib pulled himself away from confusion "why are u here" he demanded to know "why would....kill zim"
"dib please try and understand" the other dib asked almost pleading "what i've done here is for the best"
"for the best" dib repeated shocked and outraged "how can u say that when every moment from this moment on in my life has been a living nightmare"
the other dib looked sypathetic to him "i'm sorry dib" he said "i wish it didn't have to be this way but there's so much you don't know"
"and what could that possible be" dib demanded to know "what reason could u have for coming back here to kill zim" suddenly it was like the question came back to him in his head ....he was basically talking to himself here anyway....surely there was an explanation for why his other self had done this...one that was atleast worthy in the other dibs eyes
dib sighed "explain it to me"
"it's true" the other dib said "if today had gone unaltered by my prescence here then zim would have not been killed today"
"then why" dib asked sadly almost pleading for an answer
"understand that things got much worse after this in my time" dib said sadly "the worst you could ever imagine"
"are you saying..." dib hesitated for a moment "zim actually took over the earth"
"no" the other dib answered plainly "things would get worse ...yes...but mainly just for zim"
"why" dib asked again "what happens thats worse than this"
the other dib looked away for a moment his eyes blinked as if holding back tears and a haunting memory
"tell me" dib urged though he kept his voice low
the other dib glanced up at him allowing his thoughts to take him back to what had happened hoping that his alternate future counterpart would understand and trying to give him the basics
"it was a lie" he said "all of it"
"a lie" dib repeated slightly confused
"zims mission" dib said looking down not making eye contact "his leaders had lied and betrayed him"
"but why" dib asked almost annoyed at this constant response
"he was never an invader not really" dib said "nothing but a joke to his leaders and all of his people and they just had to let him know"
"they told him" dib asked
"they did more than that" dib said "they crushed him....shattered all his hope for admiration and respect....took away his pride....and finally"
"what" dib asked
"they killed him"

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