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Wail of the siren: Chapter one .
It was three the morning. Dib tossed and turned in his bed.
Fish… raw bloody fish.
Dib threw his covers to the floor.
MUST. EAT. RAW. FISH!
Dib slipped on his slippers and ran downstairs, not caring if his younger sister, Gaz heard him.
He desperately searched the fridge for raw fish.
They dug around in the drawers, until they finally found some raw salmon in the meat drawer.
They ripped open the packaging, and held the slimy, orange fish in their hand. They started ripping bits of meat off like a rabid dog.
Gaz had been trying to fall asleep, but was interrupted with the sound of her sibling running loudly down stairs.
Gaz went to investigate, she quickly walked downstairs, only to see her sibling aggressively eating raw salmon.
“Dib what the fuck?! Why are you eating raw fish?! That isn’t good for you!!!” Gaz gasped of disbelief as she glanced over Dib’s shoulder. How stupid is he ?! Gaz thought.
“I wanted to eat raw fish okay?!” Dib snapped as he chewed. He just wanted to eat his fish in peace.
Gaz always thought her brother was kind of weird. But not so weird he’d eat raw fish.
“Dib. You’re going to get sick if you eat that!” Gaz scolded, genuinely worried about her brother.
“I just wanted to eat fish damn it.” He said with a grunt.
“If you wanted to eat fish so bad then you should’ve cooked it dumbass. If you get sick then don’t blame me.” Gaz grumbled, heading back upstairs.
Once Dib had finished eating their fish, they went back upstairs after washing their hands.
One week after the “Dib ate raw salmon” incident, Dib went to the beach after school. He almost never went but he thought it’d be fun.
He somehow managed to convince Gaz to come with him.
Dib dove into the water, it felt nice and cool, it was refreshing, until his legs began to feel weird that is. He felt a sharp, agonizing pain in his legs. It was as if they were fusing together.
Dib looked down at his hands in horror. They were weird, green and scaly . And webbed to.
Like that of an otter’s paws with the addition of fish scales.
Dib let out a screech of horror.
What is happening to me?! Dib asked himself.
Wait. The lab.
Two weeks earlier
Dib was lurking in their father’s personal lab in the basement, they were looking at chemicals. “Dib. Why are you in here?! You’re gonna get caught!” Gaz said as she glanced over her sibling’s shoulder.
“Oh yeah? Then why are you in here?! Do you want to get caught to?!” Dib shot back, turning to face his sister.
“I went looking for you dumbass. I noticed that you were gone. I’m sorry for being worried about my brother!” She snapped.
Dib dropped the glass vile he was holding on the floor.
It shattered into little pieces.
The chemical had spilt on the two of them!
Dib had a frantic expression on his face.
“Oh my god! I am so sorry!” He said.
Gaz let out a sigh. “Damn it Dib.” She remarked, then leaving the room to wash off the chemical.
Ah shit. It was the chemical!!!!! Dib realized.
Dib swam to the shore.
“GAZ!! GAZ!!!!” He shouted frantically, “what?!” Gaz questioned with annoyance.
Gaz wandered closer.
She flinched. What the fuck happened to Dib?! Why did he have weird webbed hands and a weird scaly tail?!
“What the fuck happened?!” She gasped, a expression of horror on her face.
“I-I think it was that chemical from dad’s lab I had spilt on us….” Dib frowned.
“Ah shit! Does this means I’m a fish freak too?!” Gaz spat “probably!” Dib replied, Gaz stepped into the water.
She felt a sharp pain in her legs. It was like they were fusing together.
She flopped onto her back. She noticed she had the same weird scaly hands and tail as Dib, but instead of green they were purple.
“Damn it Dib.” Gaz sighed. How could her day get any better.
Keef sat in his boat.
He was fishing, he was planning on bringing some home to cook.
They had placed a large salmon in the bucket, they then began to fish again, they’d caught a tuna.
Keef turned around to place the tuna in the bucket, but something made a him flinch.
A strange, scaly looking hand reached in and snatched the fish right out of the bucket.
Keef let out a gasp of horror. He began to shiver.
Keef wandered closer to get a better look, but all he saw was bubbles and a strange fish like creature swim away.
What was that?!
Keef ran down the hall, shouting Zim’s name.
Ever since the florpus hole incident, Zim and Gir decided to stay on Earth, considering they didn’t have another choice. So Zim started to hang out with Keef again out of boredom.
“What?!” Zim said, annoyed.
“You’re not gonna believe what I saw!!” Keef said.
“What did you see?” Zim asked.
“It was a weird creature! It had this scaly hand and it stole my fish!” Keef explained.
“What was it?” Zim asked, now intrigued.
“I don’t know! It was webbed, strange, and scaly looking. It surely wasn’t human.” Keef began “it looked kinda of like a human and fish!” He continued.
“Are you sure you weren’t just seeing things?” Zim questioned, raising an eyebrow.
“I’m sure. I saw it with my own eyes.” Keef replied.
Dib was standing next to Gaz against the locker, he overheard the conversation between Zim and Keef.
Dib felt knots form in his stomach upon overhearing it. Gaz noticed the expression on her brother’s face.
“What’s wrong, Dib? You seem scared.” Gaz expressed.
“They saw me Gaz… I feel bad too.. I had no idea that was Keef’s fish. All I saw was a bucket handle and all I heard was the sound of a fish being thrown in it.” Dib admitted with a frown, slumping his shoulders.
“Dib you’re such an idiot! You have to be more careful! You could’ve been caught!” Gaz scolded. “You shouldn’t be stealing fish off fishermen’s boats! You should catch it on your own. That’s what I do.” Gaz adds, face palming at her brother’s stupidity.
“Thanks. I’ll remember that next time.” Dib replied, then walking to class.
Dib stared at the clock, hoping the day would soon be over so he could go home.
After many hours of skool later, Dib was ready to get out of there, excited for the three weekend. They ran as fast as their legs could carry them.
Dib walked beside their sister on the way home, they offered her their hand, and received an angry remark in response.
“I’m not a baby anymore Dib. I don’t need to hold my brother’s hand.” Gaz spat, “oh um.. okay…” Dib frowned, he should’ve been used to his sister’s coldness by now, but it still hurt.
Once the two arrived home, they both went upstairs to their rooms, knowing their dad wouldn’t be home in some hours.
Dib was dancing to Lemon Demon in his room, he was blasting it on repeat to his sister’s dismay.
“Amnesia was her name, she had beautiful eyes” Dib sang along then stopping. “Wait what?” Dib gasped, blinking several times. Usually his singing sounded absolutely horrible, but now it sounded heavenly?
Dib had a feeling he knew what him and Gaz were now.
Wait… are we sirens? Dib questioned, then whipping out his computer and making a quick google search.
Dib put “siren definition” in the search bar.
“Sirens are mermaid like creatures who have heavenly singing voices, which they use to lure sailors to their deaths. In most stories they are antagonists, but in some, they’re just misunderstood.”
That was the answer. He was right.
Dib ran to his sister’s room, he then knocked on the door.
“WHAT DIB?! WHAT DO YOU WANT?!” Gaz shouted, “I wanted to show you something!” Dib insisted, Gaz opened the door with a annoyed expression on her face.
“What do you want Dib? I was trying to make a pmv.” Gaz spat, “I figured out what we are.” Dib said “what do you mean? Isn’t pretty clear that we’re fish freaks?” Gaz replied, her voice filled with annoyance.
“We’re sirens.” Dib began. “They’re these mermaid like creatures but they tend to look more scaly looking. Like us. Not to mention they’re known for their heavenly singing voices.” Dib finished.
Gaz gave Dib an annoyed look. “Okay Dib. I don’t care. Just go away. I want to be left alone.” Gaz snapped. Dib nodded and walked out of the room.
He walked back to his room and began to his homework.
“Who thought it’d be a good idea to put letters in math?!” Dib complained.
Dib was so very confused, overthinking everything.
Dib finished his homework, not giving a shit if it was incorrect.
Dib crawled into bed after shoving his homework into his backpack, ready for a goodnight’s sleep, pulling his moth man plushies close, saying goodnight to each and everyone of them before drifting off to sleep.