Friends

Chapter 1

Shadow's first day on the job had been a boring one. First, he had to fix an interdimensional hyperspace portal in the Ben 10 universe, and then escort a nuclear hydrogen bomb from North Korea to Washington D.C. in the The X's universe. So far, he hadn't done anything exciting.

As he reported back to headquarters at the Elder's tower, he felt like taking a nap. He hopped onto the couch in his own personal living quarters. Before he fell asleep, he hoped something exciting would happen.

Meanwhile, in the Invader Zim universe…

Gir was sad. After Zim had replaced him with a brand – new S.I.R. unit, he had taken his possessions and left. All he had now was his toy pig, his waffle mix, and himself.

"Wellllllll, I least I still got my tuna!" exclaimed the malfunctioning robot. He then proceeded to flip open his boot rockets, and suck out the tuna paste inside. He didn't notice the figure approaching him as he joyfully sucked away.

"Hey."

Gir instantly turned around, foot still in his mouth.

"How would you like to help in the overthrow of the entire multiverse?"

Gir took his foot out of his mouth and said, "Will I get biscuitssssssss?"

"Um…yes."

Gir instantly switched to Duty Mode, stood up, and saluted. "Then I will be happy to help, new master."

"Excellent…" The mysterious figure gave a devilish smile.

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Shadow was fast asleep in his bed at the Elder's temple. The room he was staying in was kind of small, and didn't have much save a toliet, a sink, a mirror, and the aforementioned bed.

Suddenly, the door burst open, as one of the Elder's assistants walked in. "Hey Shadow! Wake up! You're needed!" yelled the assistant.

"Mmmmm…..five more minutes….."

"No, now!" The assistant then pulled a frying pan out of nowhere, and smacked Shadow in the head with it.

"Ow! Hey, what was that for?" said Shadow, now seemingly awake.

"To get you up! Now hurry, the Elders want you immediately!"

In the Elder's room, the air was tense. Every single one of the Elder's faces was grim.

Shadow felt a bit out of place with this atmosphere of imminent doom. "So, what's got you guys so worked up?" he asked.

Bugs was the first to speak. "An unknown person has taken someone or something out of its own universe."

"Okay….so?"

Mickey spoke next. "Since the object was taken, and didn't leave of its own free will, its native universe will slowly destabilize, and eventually be destroyed."

"That doesn't sound good." Replied Shadow.

"It's not. You must retrieve the object taken and return it to its own universe."

"Well, it's somewhat exciting, so I'll take it." thought Shadow. "Don't worry, I'll do my best, Elders!" He then left to compete his mission.