WARNING: Story takes a few years later.
Dib concentrated past his plate of lunch food that was now in front of him, looking past it on the far side of the lunchroom was his archenemy: Zim. Zim however was paying no attention to the eyes and stares of Dib; he was merely waiting the lunch period through with an occasion glance towards the clock for a check on the time.
Grabbing papers from his PAK he began to read through them, organizing them on day and class, finally done he placed in back in his PAK, the bell rang minutes later to Zim's enjoyment, Zim quickly entered his next class, which was some science class, their teacher was Mr. Andric, Zim glanced once at the still observant Dib who was watching him from the far side of the room.
Zim was only thankful that he was still able to keep away from the freaky earth child all the years he had been going to the Skool system, he turned his attention back to Mr. Andric who said," Alright class we are having seat change today, look at the schedule please and find your spots and your lab partners for the next quarter."
Zim hopped out of his chair, he was used to the occasional seat changing and headed over to the board, looking over it he found his name and noticed he was still near the right side of the class. Near the door, his antennae dropped as he saw his partner's name, he thought," No not him….." He sighed and turned around to sit in his spot.
A few seconds later he turned his head to the angry yet satisfied mumblings of Dib who took his seat next to Zim, Zim shook his head and faced the teacher again, Dib turned and said," I will show the world what you are, just you wait!" Zim merely rolled his eyes and tried not to listen to him while the teacher continued to talk.
"Now then how many of you have prepared for today's assignment and are ready to begin the next lab with your corresponding lab partner?" A few hands rose from the air, Zim and Dib's included, the teacher coughed into his hand and said," Well that is good for those of you who have studied, those of you who have not pleas come up here and grab a book, those of you who are ready meet me in the back after discussing with them what they're supposed to do."
There were only eight kids in the back for the moment, each with their partner, Zim turned and said," So Letter M human, when did you study the Tech Lab?" The Letter M turned and said," Well I wanted to catch up to the smarter people so I decided to study, what about you Zim, I know you usually do fine without studying?"
After the years of being stuck on Earth Zim managed to take his comments and outburst down in order to blend better, even Dib had managed to keep his ranting to a minimal, Zim considered only a few people "friends", he turned and said," Well I normally would not, but this subject intrigues me more than the others, I Zim of course will do fine."
Gretchen turned to Dib and said," Oh hey Dyyb How goesss the Paranormyyl stuff?" Dib turned his gaze from Zim and said," well I haven't done much in a while because of all the school work but I was real close last time….. What about you Gretchen, what have you been up to?" Gretchen shrugged and said," Ehh, not much just your normyyl day activityyyes, this is one of my favyyorite classes."
The others were talking but stopped when the teacher appeared, smiling he said," Well now that I am done with them let's get this started, ok this lab is much more complicated than the others, here you are trying to make a particle battery from these few items, the capabilities are there just not the creative look, now then this is also for science so please try to get it right, here is a list of the supplies you can use and here is the tools to put them together, good luck children."
The teams were each handed a complete list of all items in the area usable for the project, Zim quickly scampered off, Dib slanted his eyes and quickly followed him through the lab. Zim rounded a few corners and began to snatch up usable items, he was near an exit when Dib appeared, he jumped back in surprise but felt relief seeing only Dib.
He tried to pass him but Dib blocked his way, he said," What are you doing Zim, trying to build a death ray to destroy the Earth using these machines as your resource?" Zim shook his head and said," No I was planning on completing the assignment, now would you give me a hand lesser human, I could use it to find the table?"
Dib clearly not finished just stepped aside, Zim snarled for a second before continuing by, Dib smiled as Zim tripped over his foot, the items he carried now slammed against the ground and spun around the area, a few snickers were heard as well as laughing, a few people were sympathizing for him, Dib stepped over him and said so only he could hear," Could luck building a deadly weapon with broken pieces!"
Zim's left eye twitched for a minute, someone was standing in front of him by the time he snapped out of his glare, turning he noticed it was Gaz, Dib's little sister, shaking her head she said," Zim get up now, are you going to take that from Dib?" Zim questioned her question and asked," What do you mean, are you telling me to get him back, why would you want that Gaz human?"
Gaz gritted her teeth and said angrily," Because he broke my Game Slave while he was trying to get to his stupid show and he must pay, so you had better get him back for this so I can laugh at him and call it even!" Zim even being an alien felt scared of Dib's sister, it was a trait she always had, hopping up he quickly scurried and picked up his many items before returning to his table where Dib was.
Dib was smiling evilly at him for his mild prank, Zim smiled back and said," Thank you very much Dib-stink now it will be easier to put together." Zim began to extract the broken pieces while Dib had his glare returned on him, but soon fell as he watched him work on the battery, within minutes Zim had already had it working and was working on the outer section; a few people glanced over confused on how he got it to work.
The teacher was watching as well in amazement, Zim turned to Dib and said," Well are you going to help or sit there Dib-human?" Dib turned and began to hand him items and weld things as he directed, after half the class period Zim and Dib presented the strange battery to the teacher who was still stuck in awe mode at the sped they built it.
The teacher smiled and said," well aren't you two geniuses, this is brilliant, finally we have found an easier way to construct it, come with me boys we are going!" Zim and Dib asked simultaneously," Going where?" The scientist grabbed each of them by the wrist and tugged them along the hall; he shouted behind him," No time, we are trying to make it fast!"
The two were very confused as the teacher led them through the halls and to the outer region of the school, it was not until they were mere buildings away did they see where they were headed, it was a large black building constructed out of metal with no windows that could be seen on the outside, the car quickly halted at the gate and the teacher leaned out, he put in the secret code, scanned his eye and showed them his ID.
The gate's rang loudly and slid out of the way, the car quickly entered as the gates closed again, the car stopped outside the building and the three exited it quickly, the scientist tossed the keys to a nearby guard and ran by, the two following him quickly. The base on the inside was much more different then how it looked, there were windows on the walls that blended with the wall on the outside, there were glass floors that were super thick but you could see all the way down to a large metal bunker deep down.
Stopping there sightseeing the teacher dragged the kids to an elevator which opened automatically as he approached, entering it there were tons of buttons ranging from -25 to 30, quickly pressing the top button the elevator launched upwards and was therein minutes, the doors slid open and the three walked out, the two teens wobbled and quickly followed after the teacher.
A shorter man sitting down in a large chair spotted them and said," Well Pr. Andric what can we do for you today, haven't seen you here in quite some time, feels like forever really?" Mr. Andric smiled and said," Yes sir it has been a long time, sorry about the long wait but I have finally found it sir, the solution to the Particle Battery!"
The man's eyes widened quite some, leaning up more he looked at the two teens who were in front of them, one of them was about 5' 8 to 5' 10, he had short black hair that went up in a curl at the end, some hair was loose on the sides as well, his eyes were an unusual color he wasn't to sire what color however, his skin was a lighter green with hints of red where he was possibly sun burnt at, he was wearing a long red suit that covered his arms and stomach and went just passed his mid-way section, he was wearing black pants, black shoes, and a pair of black gloves.
Turning his gaze he looked at the other, the other boy was ranging from 5'10 to 6' 2, he has spikey black hair that was zig zagged back, but similarly had hair on the side of his face like the other boy, he was wearing a black jacket with two pockets on it, underneath it was a plain white T-shirt with a UFO crossed out on it, he was wearing black pants, and black shoes as well, he had almost pale skin for a small amount of sun burnt color to him making him look more tan then white.
Turning his focus back he said," Well one of these boys definitely looks a lot like our own genius wouldn't you say?" the teacher nodded and said," Actually sir that is Dib Membrane, he is the son of Professor Membrane." The man nodded and said," Well what are you waiting for, go ahead and bring them to the lab, I will meet you there shortly, got some things to work out."
The three nodded and quickly, the boss said," Wait one last thing, who might you be young man?" Zim turned and said," I am Zim, all show cower before my might!" The man laughed and said," I like that attitude of yours, let's talk later young man!" A car was tossed over, Zim shrugged and snatched it up, it was some kind of business card, the man said," call me to set up a meeting I want to talk to you about something young man."
Zim quickly caught up to the others who were waiting, Dib still glared at him but he didn't pay attention, entering the elevator Dib asked," so where is the lab?" The teacher said," Oh it's at the very bottom, on floor -26." Dib asked but there isn't a number -26?" The teacher smiled and hit a bunch of the buttons after another minute a secret compartment opened up, a red button was now present, the teacher smiled and pressed it.
The elevator dropped like a stone, throwing the two teens and the teacher up into the air, they floated for all a few seconds before they were tossed down again, the elevator pulling to a complete stop, the teacher exited and waited for the other two who spun out dizzy from the ride, pulling them again he tugged them to the end of the hall.
Pushing the door aside the three were met with a blinding light, after the light the sight before them was stunning, the lab was at least a mile wide, there were strange inventions all around, some active while others looked dusty from nonuse, the entire moment was ruined when they heard something hitting against metal and finally hit the ground.
Rushing over the three were now facing a tall man, his hair in a smaller zig zag, turning he spotted the three who were now in the lab, he said," What are you three doing in here, you are far too inexperienced to be in here, you might BREAK something!" The teacher said," Sorry Professor Membrane, just thought you would want to meet the boys responsible for finding out how to make the Particle Battery is all!"
Membrane was in the three's space immediately, he glanced at the two boys and seemed happy enough, he said," Well son is this the little green friend of yours from way back when?" He was rubbing his collar of the jacket, Zim smiled and said," Why yes, me in Dib have been buds for years, in fact it would have been impossible to have built the battery without his help."
Membrane nodded and said," So son, you and your friend were able to discover the boundaries between space and time to allow the machine to render Particles and move them, very good that means you must not me INSANE I knew it son, the experts couldn't keep me away forever, come son and friend we will go and show this to the world!" Zim said," Actually my name is Zim?"
Membrane nodded and said," Yes, yes that's nice, now then how are we going to rub it in those less superior scientists' faces?" Zim said," You can show it to them on national television and teat the battery out to see if it can rend particles." Membrane smiled and said," Yes of course, that is generous come Dib and Zim we will show the world the greatness of this device!" Without another word he quickly dragged them off to a secure area on the opposite side of the lab.