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Summary: Poor Zim finds out the truth about his mission and it may lead to an unlikely friendship.

The sky darkened and rain poured from the clouds. The lightning flashed while the thunder boomed loudly. Invader Zim sat in his base, his big red eyes full of tears, all he had wanted was a chance to show his Tallest what a great invader he could be and how much he could help them. Instead, when he had called in to report his progress he found out the truth. "Zim, don't you understand, you were banished there. We don't really care about that planet" Purple said angrily."Yeah Zim we were kinda hoping you wouldn't even make it there" Red added. "But I-""No Zim we don't want to hear it, you heard us."Then the transmission was cut, and Zim was left standing there in shock.

"Master, why you cryin' ?" GIR asked, his head tilted to one side slightly in curiosity. "GIR, our mission is a fake they just wanted to get rid of me" Zim stood up from the couch, " I'm gonna go for a walk GIR, stay and guard the house." Zim walked out into the rain not taking anything, not even his disguise. I can't believe it, Zim thought. I have no purpose in life, maybe I never have. Zim walked into a covered bridge and leaned over to look in the water, his tears mixing in the river. There he stepped down and walked under a tree trying to dry off and fell asleep under the giant oak tree, sobbing quietly.

Back in the Membrane household Dib sat by the window watching the storm raging outside."Stupid Zim and his stupid plans to take over the world." Dib said aloud to himself. He sighed tomorrow would be another day at skool, another day of trying to expose Zim as an alien. Dib laid on his bed staring at the ceiling before falling asleep.

The morning light streamed through Dib's window illuminating his room. Slowly, he got up, he was in no hurry to see anyone. One thought entered his head as he woke completely, today would be the day to expose Zim for what he truly was.

When Dib arrived at Skool, the first thing that he noticed was that Zim wasn't there and wondered what evil he was up to. The day went by but Zim didn't show up. Dib decided to go to Zim's house with his spy camera. The last bell of the day rang. "go home" their teacher ms.Bitters instructed them. The children complied and rushed out of the class room door. Dib rushed home to get the camera and ran to Zim's house. Once there, Dib found GIR coming home from the store. "INTRUDER!" the little robot shouted before digging in his bag for his scary monkey cup. Dib rolled his eyes. "Hey, could you put this camera in Zim's house for me?"Dib requested readying the camera. "Okay"GIR grabbed the camera and walked into the house.

Once at home in his room, Dib watched from his computer as Zim walked through the house, his head hung. Dib watched as GIR rolled around on the floor happily, oblivious to his master's sadness. Suddenly Zim seemed to see the camera, Dib panicked but Zim simply picked it up and took it to another part of the base where he sat it on a table and took a seat in front of it. "Well Human,"he began" You've been quite persistent over the three years we've been enemies. So you can understand that I have been tricked, there is no mission, I have no purpose in life Dib-monkey. There for, with no place in this universe to go, I leave it quite willingly" Having said this Zim took out a large knife and ended the visual transmission.

Dib felt a twinge of fear as he rushed out of his room and into the street toward Zim's house, hoping he wouldn't be too late.