Last chapter.
Epilogue
Dib sat at the counter of a diner the next morning. He didn't know what town he was in and he didn't much care. He just sat there, picking at the half-eaten omelet that he wasn't even sure he could pay for.
Zim had stopped talking. He was still there, but he wasn't talking, so that was good… in a way.
"So, what's yer name, stranger?"
Dib looked up and found the waitress who had waited on him leaning one hand on the counter in front of him. She was a heavy-set middle-aged woman with a stained pink apron and a bad perm. She was also trying to fake a southern accent for reasons unknown.
"Excuse me?" Dib asked, not quite hearing the question.
"I asked fur yer name," the woman replied. "Don' think I've eva seen ya 'round here 'fore."
"Oh," Dib murmured. He looked back down at his plate.
Who was he? He wasn't Dib, that much he was sure of. He wasn't sure who got credit for that, though. The night before he'd been sure he'd beaten Zim to it, but now he wasn't so sure.
Didn't mater, really. Either way he was just another John Doe wandering through life.
"John…" he whispered.
"'Scuse me?" The waitress asked. "Din' quite catch that."
"John," he repeated louder. "My name is Johnny."
"Well, please ta meet ya, Johnny," the waitress shook his hand then moved down the counter to take the order of an elderly man who had just sat down.
In Nny's head, Zim laughed for the last time.
It's finished. I'm sure everyone saw it coming, but oh well. Let me know what ya thought of it.
Thank you to everyone who reviewed and stuck with this thing. This might end up being the last time I post on FF.N unless I decide to finish A Tale of Two Nicktoons, but I don't seem to be getting much feedback on that and I'm just never in the mood to post. And I'm starting the second half of my senior year in High-skool that promises to be hectic. So,
Good bye (for a while at least)
HelgaGP
P.s. if there is anything of mine you would like me to finish, let me know and I'll make an attempt at it.