hi peoples!i havent watched zim in forever,so forgive me if i get a few details wrong. everyone is in seventh grade (or around that age) in this one.This chapter probably wont be too good,the conversation may be bad,but i have to put it to explain things.it wil get better,promise.

The sound of insanely fast typing could be heard all through the house of everyones favorite irken invader,Zim.Down in his hi tech basement,he was pacing as Gir typed out his message to home.

"Dear tallests..." he began. "Im sure you will be proud to know that i am succeding in takeing over this pathetic little Earth town,and put trackers in almost every human dwelling here.As always,Im sending a few specimens along woth this transmission for your study-" a few little tubes holding some fast food were sitting by the console Gir was typing on. "-and i hope you get some interesting information out of them. Please send some ship parts,as Gir crashed my escape pod into a dumpster yesterday." Zim sighed and stopped paceing. "at least send me something showing that you got this transmission. Zim." He shook his head to clear it,and walked back over to Gir.

"Ok Gir,show it to me." Gir dutifully stepped out of the way so Zim could see.It looked something like this...

;lskdfhn hbta lwj4tm ;sf,msng bewta'r

q44589449digsohkguwaygevt8awhraj0fokcprjhsokgdzfbkvozkdtihvawxlfoljeriuahgjjhjvffdsw3shoih7tr4535wcvs42RBP,. /.

'KMNOIXHUMGHDRSGLGMKSAHbaoisbgyjvm. isuehariuhr9823tyf50982y8c9m,xqklaMX'LJT,APIN BRHCVBJKLESDFNJKCEME

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PIGGIES!

"GIR!What the Hell is this!"

"What you said master."

"Nonsense,move over." Zim quickly typed out his message and,after digitalizing the specimens,he sent it to irk.He then went over and sat on a chair with his head in his hands. Gir waddled over and plopped down on the floor next to him.

"Aww,Whats wrong master?" he pulled out a piggy from no where. "Want to play with the piggy?"

"No Gir. I dont want to play with the piggy." Gir loked confused. If a piggy could'nt cheer Zim up,what could?

"What DO you want then Zim?"

"I want to go home.Im sick of this planet."

"Im sure the tallests are doing what they can to fix the problem with the atmosphere." That was probably the most intelligent thing Gir had ever said,and Zim looked at him questioningly for a second before grabbing his tazer gun and warming it up.Gir reflexively put up his shield.

"I bet there isnt even a problem keeping me from going back." he said angrily. "They just don't want me." He shot at a huge mobile of the galaxy,wiping out a few astroids. "They never did." He shot at a random few planets,and Gir went around and cleaned up the falling shards. "I dont have friends there,and i dont have friends here."

"It will be ok zim. at least you've got me."

"Just you in an entire galaxy." Zim cranked up his gun to ful power and aimed at Irk. "And i've had it!" He fired,totally oblitherating the planet. "Im not going to be their toy anymore."

"Now master,Mabye you should think about this." Although Gir was still a complete and utter idiot,he had learned to put up with his masters mood swings,which had become more and more frequent as time pased.He knew Zim better than anyone,and usually knew what to say to help. But it wasnt helping this time.

"Ive been thinking about it since i got here.Ive had three years to think about it Gir!" He threw the gun somewhere behind him and sat back down. "Im done."

"Okey dokey sir,im right behind you." Gir said cheerfully. They were both left to their thoughts for a while,and Gir decided to play with his piggy to pass the time.Somewhere in the deepest,darkest,least used recesses of his small intelligence chip,a thought struck him.

"Master?"

"What Gir?" he said iritably.

"What do we do now?"

"I have no idea."

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Next door,Sam and Yin were walking to the front door of Dibs house.Sam had been an old friend of Dibs,and Yin had moved in a while ago. She had never really talked to Dib,but Sam,her boyfriend,talked about him a lot,them being best friends.

"Why did Dib want us both to come today,he doesnt even know me." Yin said,gazeing nervously at the creepy lawn gnomes on the neighbors property.

"He wanted to show us something." Sam said

"Should I be scared?" Yin said as they stood on the doorstep and knocked

"Just be ready for anything." Sam told her before Dib opened the door. "He can be kind of weird."

"Hey Sam." Dib said. "Come on in." He glanced at Yin as she went by.

"So this is the great Yin." Dib said,holding out his hand. "How do you do?" she shook his hand.

"Fine thank you." she said shyly. "So,Sam says you have something to show me?" Dib brightened a bit. with me." Dib walked around the corner to a stair case. Sam and Yin followed.

"I found it near a dumpster yesterday." he said excitedly. They walked into his room and he gestured for them to sit on his bed.His room was simple,blue bedspread,a few alien posters in his walls. His desk had a computer on it,and the website on the screen showed a detailed alien report. Dib opened his closet and pulled out what seemed to be a pile of scrap metal.

"What is it?" Yin asked.

"I think its an alien ship." Dib said.

"You think it's Zims?" Sam asked,then flinched when he figured out what he had done.Yin looked confused.

"Zim?That green kid in class?" Dib loked accusingly at Sam.

"You did'nt tell her?" Sam looked down at his feet.

"I didn't want her to think i was crazy." Sam protested. Dib sighed.

"Ok,let me explain..."

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Up on Irk,the Tallests were reading his transmission. They were in their own private meeting room disscussing yet again what to do with Zim.

"He is such a nuisence." Red said. "Why don't we just get rid of him?"

"That sounds good to me." Purple replied. "But we cant just bring him back.He might blow us all up.Why dont we just take over the planet? we could use it for summer homes or something."

"Yeah.we need a new planet anyway.From what he says,these 'Humans' seem pretty weak minded.It should be easy."

"Wait,we have a problem," Purple said. "We still dont have an army. WE cant take over Earth without an army."

"Hmmmm." they both contemplated this for a second. Then it hit them both at the same time.

"Darks!" they said. And it was settled. They called the messenger in and sent him to contact the Darks. A moment later,a representative came in.

"Thanks for coming overkill." Red said,inviting him to sit down.

"What do you want?" Overkill asked. "Don't waste my time."

"Ok.We would like for you to take your army and invade Earth for us." Purple said simply. Overkill smirked.

"Why should I help you?"

"We will pay you one million jaqs for your trouble." Overkill thought about that for a second. Converted into earth terms,jaqs are like five dollar bills,so the tallests were basicly offering him five million for the use of his army.

"Make it two and give me a third of whatever we get and you've got a deal."

"Done and done." Red said. They did'nt care what he asked,they just wanted Zim and everything that had to do with him gone.

"I want paid in advance." overkill demanded."

"You can have the money by tomorrow." Purple said.

"Thanks." Overkill stood up and shook hands with them both before walking out,something very different from what was planned running through his mind.

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While this was happening,Zim had decided what he was going to do.He did'nt like it,but it was for the best.

"I can't believe im doing this." Zim said to himself. "That stupid earth boy! Out of seven billion people,he's the only one who can help."

"Im coming too right?"Gir asked as he munched on a cupcake.

"Of course your coming Gir." Zim said as if it was the dumbest thing he had ever heard. "Go get dressed,I want to get this over with."

Gir put on his dog suit,and Zim dressed up and they both went next door to Dib's house.Zim stood on the doorstep for a while,trying to make himself do what he had to.Finally,he knocked on the door.

Gaz,who was sitting on the couch watching the angry monkey show,got up and opened the door.The two looked at each other for a minute,then Gaz told him to come in.When the door was shut,Gaz went to the foot of the stairs and yelled up to Dib.

"DIB! SOME WEIRD GREEN KID IS HERE TO SEE YOU!" she turned back to Zim,who didn't look too surprised at her actions. "He'll be right down."

Dib came flying down the stairs,with Yin and Sam in tow.

"Zim! What are you doing here?" Dib asked.

"Shut it Dib!" Gaz said. "I'm trying to watch."

"Could we go to your room Dib?" Zim said,glancing apprehensively at Sam and Yin. "I would like to talk to you."

"Umm,yeah." He said. "This way." The five of them walked up the stairs to Dibs room.once there,Zims eyes widened.

"Thats my ship!" He exclaimed. "Where did you get that?"

"I found it by the dumpster behind the school." Dib closed the door. "Now,what do you want?" Zim sighed.

"Ok Dib. I have a proposition for you. But first," he turned to Sam and Yin. "Who are they?"

"Friends." Zim looked apprehensively at the two.

"Well if they're as weird as you are mabye they can stay." Yin grinned at this. Zim smirked.

"At least someone here has a decent sense of humor."

"Yeah ok what do you want?" Dib asked again.

"I have a favor to ask of you." Zim looked him in the eye,and Dib looked right back.

"You,are asking me for a favor?" Dib snorted. "Why should I listen to you?"

"Look,I Hate you and you hate me,but right now we're both after the same basic thing."

"and what would that be?"

"You are trying to keep the earth safe,and I want to take revenge on irk."

"Why?"

"Apparantly,they think they can toss me to a pathetic little planet and I'll be out of their lives. Well,Im sick of it,but I cant travel because I have no ship."

"So,you're asking me to help you build a new ship for you?"

"And to help me take revenge."

"I say do it Dib." Sam said. "We always said we wanted an adventure. Mabye this is it."

"Listen to the boy Dib." Zim said. Dib still looked unsure.

"How can I be sure that you're not trying to trick me?" he asked.

"You cant." Zim said simply. "Either you help me or you don't,you'll have to trust me."

"You havent given me any reason to trust you." Dib said. "I can't." Zim looked defeated.

"Look,just think about it for a few days. I...ummm." Zim had to fight with himself to say this. "I really need your help."

"I'll think about it." Dib said.

"I'll take my leave then." Zim stood up. "Come on Gir." Gir,who had been sitting quietly this whole time,obidiently got up and followed Zim out the door.

Everyone was quiet for a while.

"So." Yin said. "Zims an alien?"

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yeah yeah,it kind of sucks.it gets better.