Dimension Travel REVISED
By The Sole Survivor
Chapter 1 – A New World"AAAAHHH, I hate this planet! I hate these humans, and I especially hate the stupid Dib-monkey!" An all too familiar voice screeched to the heavens in anger. The scream echoed throughout the city, making birds fly in different directions to avoid the on-coming danger.
Zeroing in on the cause of the sound, we find our favorite Irken Invader stomping quite literally down the sidewalk with his glove-covered hands clenched into fists at his sides. His zipper-like teeth were grinding terribly as he tried to reign in his fury. People in the houses nearby quickly closed and locked all doors and windows in fright. Children passing him screamed in terror and dived into nearby garbage cans.
Zim ignored them. "Stupid pig…meat bag of filth... He will pay for ruining my plans." Zim muttered out darkly, crossing his arms stubbornly and angrily eyed a squirrel scurrying out of a tree. He quickly ran forward kicked the squirrel out of his path, making the poor animal squeal in surprise. He continued to grumble out curses of doom on Dib all the way to the cul-de-sac where his base resided. He raised his lavender eyes to gaze at his home, only to pale drastically. He let loose a deep, throaty growl and slapped his forehead, running his palm down over his eye.
Smoke was pouring out of his make-shift windows in heavy grey clouds. Inside, even with the wig weighing down his antennae, he could faintly hear Gir screaming his robot head off in panic. Zim groaned and wearily rubbed his forehead with his eyes narrowed dangerously.
"Gir, what have you done?!" Zim yelled, barging into his home only to pause and raise an eyebrow. Gir was sitting in the middle of the floor with a fire extinguisher clenched in his arms, sobbing over the plate of overly cooked biscuits resting near his feet. The Irken blinked, turned to look outside for a few seconds as if to check it was indeed his base, and then turned back to his SIR unit. When Gir looked up at him and began wailing again, the Irken shook his head and waved his hand. "I really don't want to know."
"B-but, master…" Gir whimpered out before dropping the red canister and launching himself at the unsuspecting invader. "I burnt the biscuits! I killed the-e-em!" He screamed out, tears leaking out his eyes in an almost comical way. Zim sighed, rolling his eyes and patting the android's head for a few seconds before shoving him off.
"Yes, that's fascinating, Gir. We've got bigger problems than your scorched human foodstuffs!" Zim began treading to the garbage can in his kitchen to head to the lab when the TV in his living room suddenly came on. Gir turned and stared wide-eyed at it, waving quickly at the new face, his earlier dilemma forgotten.
"Hi, big-headed kid!" He squealed, grinning widely. Zim's eyes widened. He was glad he still had on his disguise as he ran back in the room with a glare…
…Only to stop dead in his tracks. The large-headed kid on his screen wasn't the Dib, but a new human entirely. The invader slowly eased out of his frozen stance and walked warily to stand beside the SIR unit. The kid on the screen smiled in a friendly way. Zim stared at the kid's hair; it looked kind of like the ice cream he'd seen humans eating.
"Hello, you're…Zim, am I right?"
"Who are you!" The Irken shouted, snapping his eyes away from the odd hairstyle to glower at him. The boy on the screen blinked and cocked his head before slapping his forehead.
"Oh, of course! I can't expect to know you before I introduce myself! My name is Jimmy-!"
"Who are you?" Zim shouted again, pointing his claw-like finger at the big-headed human, who raised an eyebrow.
"Okay, look, I'm just gonna tell you what's going on-!"
"Hey, big-headed kid, want some of my biscuits!?" Gir interrupted, shoving his plate of burnt biscuits near the screen. "They's gooooooood!" The SIR unit waved them back and forth before Zim stomped up and slapped them out of his hand.
"Enough Gir!" The Irken turned his attention back to Jimmy. "Tell me who you are, and what you want with me. I don't have all day." He crossed his arms and narrowed his eyes when the kid face-palmed, looking more aggravated by the second.
"Look, Zim I need your help. My name is Jimmy Neutron," He paused to give Zim a look to make sure he wouldn't interrupt him, and then continued, "I'm in a different dimension than your world. There's a dangerous threat in my world that could destroy all the dimensions that are near, including yours, and I need all the help I can get." Jimmy blinked when he saw a slow smirk make its way onto Zim's face, which turned into maniacal laughter that echoed off the walls and into Jimmy's lab. Gir joined in for the heck of it. The boy-genius raised an eyebrow and was about to cut off the transmission when the laughter stopped and Zim slammed his hands on his hips.
"I accept." He stated with a spiteful grin. "I'll offer you pathetic worm babies my services." Jimmy grinned back, moreover ignoring Zim's words or not caring either way.
"Great! I'll teleport you immediately!" Off-screen, he pressed a button. "See you when you get here." The big screen turned blue with swirling colors inside. Zim blinked and watched as Gir giggled, threw on his own disguise by some miracle and leaped through the hole.
"Pathetic fool…" He murmured. The invader's wicked grin came back and he hurried to his lab, picking out different weapons of sorts and putting them into his Pak. "This just may be my most brilliant plan for world conquest yet." Zim told himself smugly as he too jumped into the screen.
Right when Zim made contact with the floor on the other side, he got a real good look at his new surroundings and quickly lost his balance and fell flat on his back. "Ouch... Stupid, bulgy…" He muttered to himself and stood slowly. Finally, he looked up and froze. There standing before him were two other humans besides the Jimmy one. The Irken eyed them warily and crossed his arms, his eyes narrowing as he looked each one of them over for any type of threat. He would've felt more secure if Gir had been there, but the crazy robot was nowhere to be seen.
The one to the far left was tall, looking nearly as lofty as the Tallest themselves. He had messy black hair, blue eyes and wore casual human clothes. He moved his mauve eyes disinterestedly to the shorter one. He too had messy hair, but brown and wore a pink hat on top. When Zim's eyes traveled over the pink and green colored watch he had on his wrist, he paused and narrowed his eyes further.
"Zim?" Jimmy's voice broke through his concentration. He blinked and grunted in response. He could've sworn he saw eyes on the watch the young boy had. Shaking his head, he allowed his wicked grin to come back.
"Yes, I am Ziiiiiim!" He shouted, shoving his finger in the air. "I will destroy the—eh? I mean… help you save the worlds!" He caught himself, just barely. The invader's grin widened sadistically. These humans had no idea what they were getting into.
Jimmy cleared his throat. "Well, Zim, I'd like you to meet Danny Fenton and Timmy Turner." He pointed to the two he'd studied just seconds ago. Zim nodded his head in acknowledgement, but said nothing. Danny blinked and frowned before making his way to the small Irken.
"Hey." He muttered, easing down on his knees to Zim's eye level. The invader blinked in surprise. "You're not evil, are you?" He asked, his eyes narrowing slowly, making Zim freeze in his panic. Would he be found out so soon? Timmy tottered over too, surveying the frozen stance of the Irken.
"I think he might be in shock, Danny." Timmy reached out to poke Zim in the forehead when a black glove-covered hand grasped the small human's wrist quickly before he could touch him.
"No, don't be silly!" He laughed out vigorously, dropping Timmy's wrist in a matter of seconds and turned around. His forced smile was replaced with a grimace and he hurriedly wiped his hand on his uniform.
"Then…why are you green?" He heard Danny ask suspiciously. Zim's eyes widened as he quickly thought of an excuse.
He quickly turned and raised a finger. "It's…a skin condition!" Zim shouted half-heartedly, trying to sound as if it were a burden. He saw Danny had crossed his arms carefully. Timmy's gaze switched to his watch and he seemed to be conversing with the contraption. Jimmy glanced around suddenly.
"Hey, where'd your little…dog go?" He asked. The Irken shrugged. Right when Danny opened his mouth to question him again, the sound of the static from a TV echoed through the lab. The three humans exchanged a look before rushing off to what Zim assumed was the main part of the lab. He followed slowly with a bored expression on his face. When he got to where the rest were he saw them glaring angrily at a short old bald man on the screen. He wore some type of goggle glasses and a white lab coat. Zim raised an eyebrow at the old human.
"Well, good afternoon, Jimmy Neutron. Or should I say… good day to destroy the world, isn't it?" Professor Calamitus asked mockingly, toying with his glove-covered hands. Jimmy growled.
"We'll stop you, Calamitus! You won't get away with this!" At this, Zim rolled his eyes and goose-stepped to stand beside Timmy to glare at the man half-heartedly to play the part.
"And I might say that having some new friends won't stop you this time, Neutron! I've got a better weapon that even you can't defeat! Have fun waiting your demise. And to give you a bit of hope, it takes a full week for this contraption to charge up. Stupid machine… Just thought I'd tell you so you could plan something or another. I do like challenges." And with that, the screen went black. Jimmy sighed and ran a hand through his hair.
"Well guys, looks like I need your help more than I thought." He admitted and smiled meaningfully at the three 'heroes'. "Hey, Zim can you call your… assistant in here? I need to go over a few plans and ideas." The Irken gave the boy genius a deadpan look before merely stepping away a few inches.
"GIR!" Zim bellowed, making Danny, Timmy and Jimmy wince and slam their hands over their ears. Timmy's watch sparked a little bit, causing the boy to look down at it sheepishly. Seconds later, a blur of green and a flash of red burst in the room and suddenly Gir was standing in front of the invader. His eyes were red as he stood at attention.
"Yes sir!" He shouted back, his black arm up on his forehead. Zim gazed back at him before pointing to the ground sternly.
"Sit." He commanded, and just like that, Gir hit the floor and there he stayed. The android's eyes turned back to their normal cross-eyed stare and he giggled and stuck his tongue out. The other three stared with their mouths agape.
"Uh…"
Zim nodded in satisfaction before he caught the curious eyes. "He's eh… well trained, yes!" He called out quickly and crossed his arms. Nodding slowly, Jimmy snapped his mouth shut.
"Alright, now let's see… Since Calamitus has a weapon that we're not sure of, why don't we go over what we can do to help?" At this, his eyes wandered to Zim's for a split second. "If you need some of my gadgets, I can give you some that you can use." The Irken was about to say he had some of his own, but that would definately blow his cover. Instead, Zim scoffed and waved his hand.
"Zim needs no protection from your silly inventions." Danny narrowed his eyes and Jimmy raised an eyebrow.
"Oh really? How come?" The young Fenton boy asked skeptically. Zim quickly realized his mistake and his eyes widened. If he was trying to pull off a human with an illness, he was doing a horrible job. But before Zim could answer, a voice echoed from the corner of Jimmy's lab.
"I found you, Zim! Jumping dimensions won't save you from being dissected on a lab table!"
Zim groaned and slapped his forehead. Oh no…
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Wow, didn't think I'd ever be doing this story again.
But here I am, redoing it. Aren't you just jumping for joy? Anyway, hopes this goes with your taste more than the other one did. I reread DT and I was like, "Oh em gee, I really wrote like that??" So here is the new one. DT Revised. Enjoy and I'll hopefully be updating this one more frequently.
Disclaimer: I don't own IZ, DP, FOP or JN.