Dib shivered as the cool night air raked at his flesh. He groaned and zipped up his trench coat as he stared at the eerie green house that loomed before him, garden gnomes staring ominously at his lean form. He had planned this for weeks now as he had watched the little green alien, Zim, through his spy monitors. Zim was in dire need of rest, as he had told his small SIR unit in a rather boisterous manner, and Dib had taken this as an opportunity to sneak into his base and try to discover more of this alien s origin. Ever since the small green Irken had come to earth six years ago Dib had known little about him.
Although he would love to destroy the Irken, he was much more interested in finding out more about his species at the current moment. He stood outside of the wooden fence, trying to plot out a course through the garden gnomes. He thought for a few moments before an idea popped into his oddly large head. He drew a deep breath, staring at the gutter of the brick apartment building next to the alien s home, and ran for it. He leaped onto it and grit his teeth as he strained to get a good hold on the small metal tube. I don t need to be falling, He thought as he began to heave himself up the pipe and along the wall, Then Zim would defiantly know something is up. Dib grunted as he turned to look at one of the large metal tubes that ran from his enemies home, connecting to the larger brick building beside it. Carefully Dib reached out and grabbed a hold of the tube and struggled to climb atop it. Gaining his balance he began to tiptoe along the pipe until he reached the side of the ominous green abode. He reached up, standing on his toes and grabbed a hold of the shingles, pulling himself onto the purple roof. Treading Carefully he made his way across the purple shingles,searching for an entrance. Finally he stumbled upon a vent in the roof and knelt before it. 'Damn,' He thought as he examened the bolts on the small 3 foot vent, 'How am I supposed to open this?' He asked himself disdainfully. He huffed and tapped his boot along the metal vent, listening to the soft echo it made below. He pressed his weight on it a little more, and the metal let out a loud creak and crumbled beneath Dib's weight.
"Oh shit!" Dib squeaked ashe fell into the large vent below him. Metal clanged as his body hit the sides of the cold tube. Suddenly he hit cold metal floor with a thud, hitting his head in the process, knocking his glasses off his pale groaned and sat up, fumbling around for his glasses. After a few minutes he gained his composure, finding his loat opticals, and sliding them back into position. In an instance his world of blur turned clear and he became very well aware of what part of the irken's house he had fallen into. All the magenta machinary and the low buzzing and clicks... he was inside his rivals lab.
A small chuckle escaped his lips as he rose to his feet, 'This is easy,' He laughed as he took out his camera, "Better turn the flash on." He mumbled as he fooled around with the small nikon. Finally getting the ccamera to the desired settings he turned towards a small monitor about 20 feet infront of him, examening the many irken symbols that flashed on the screen. He smiled and took a few snapshots, although he couldn't read irken, but at this point he didn't really care much for that skill. Finally he was going to get away with exposing his nemisis. The Swollen Eyeball would get these pictures, then the FBI, and then his name would be known as the first person to discover an actual alien. A small smirk crossed his ruby lips at the thought, when suddenly a chill clawed its way up his spine. "It's cold in here?" He asked himself a little confused. The air around him felt warm and heated, so why then was he shivering? He contemplated this for a moment then shrugged it off. 'Must be the excitement.' he thought as he moved onto take photographs of yet another odd contraption.
He was nearly halfway through with inspecting this device when he felt cold breath down his neck causing his body to go rigid. "Hello, Dib-stink." A voice growled within the darkness behind him, "Why are you in Zim's base?"
Fear gripped dib.