Hey guys here's a new story on one of my favorite old cartoons. So give it a read if you want and if you don't like it don't be a dick about it.
Zim's Base
In an underground base stood a small light green skinned alien standing at about three foot eight wearing a dark red outfit that fell to its mid thighs. Its hand and feet were covered in black gloves and boots respectively. On its head sat two antennae that were thin and black bending at an angle towards the back. It had large red eyes and zipper like teeth while on its back sat a small backpack looking device known as a Pak by its kind.
This alien was called Zim and he was an Irken, a race of aliens that's sole goal was to conquer the entire universe. He himself was an invader sent to a far out planet called Earth by his leaders the Tallest. And as the name implied they were the tallest of the Irken race standing roughly six foot one in height. This was because the Irken race based ones standing in society on how tall they were.
Currently Zim was standing in front of a large monitor in his underground base talking with said superiors named Red and Purple.
"My Tallest I have created a serum that when introduced to the smelly humans will destroy their immune system making them more susceptible to this mud balls various deseases and unable to combat the Armada when you come to add this planet to the Irken Empire!" Announced Zim proudly.
Now while Red and Purple were slightly impressed by Zim's plan that didn't mean they cared. It was a well known fact that the Tallest despised Zim and had labeled him a defective Irken. They had sent him on a supposed assignment hoping he would die in space so imagine their surprise when he actually managed to find a planet with life on it! Still the Tallest had hoped that Zim would have perished by now due to his lame brained schemes that always manage to backfire somehow. Well now they had enough of Zim annoying them and it was time for Zim to finally learn the truth and hopefully he'll kill himself in his depression.
"Well good for you Zim but unfortunately your plan has one fatal flaw... WE DON'T CARE!" Screamed Red making Zim jump back a bit in surprise.
"W-w-what? But my Tallest I-" Began Zim only to be cut off by Purple.
"Silence! We've had enough of you and your pathetic plans Zim! We thought sending you out into space would finally rid us of you but no! You managed to find a small worthless planet to invade when you aren't even a real invader!"
"B-but I am a real invader!" Zim tried to defend himself. When he said this though Red and Purple laughed cruelly and decided to hit Zim where it hurt.
"Oh please Zim, you really think we would make a defective irken an invader? We sent you out there to die but since that didn't happen we decided to tell you the truth so you would finally stop bothering us. So now as our final order to you we the Tallest order you to stay on that planet until the day you die and if you ever enter irken space you will be killed on sight. Tata!" Finished Red as the connection was cut.
Zim stood there in silence for a moment with his head down. Then his shoulders began to shake and what started as silent chuckling soon erupted into full blown laughter as Zim threw his head back and laughed happily. This continued for a few minutes before Zim calmed down and wiped an imaginary tear from his eye.
"Computer how was my performance?" Asked Zim with a smile.
"Excellent sir. What shall you do now?" Asked said computer in an obedient tone which was very unlike it's usual antics.
Not losing his smile Zim snaps his fingers and almost instantly Gir falls out of the travel tube rolling until he stops at Zim's feet. The small robot hops to his mechanical feet with a skip in his step and wearing a dumb expression on his face as he sloppily saluted Zim.
"Hi masta! Whatcha doin!?" Exclaimed the robot in a shrilly voice.
"Gir activate protocol 475." Said Zim simply as Gir lost his stupid look and his normal blue eyes turned red as he adopted a military like stance.
"What are your orders sir." Said Gir with a an emotionless voice.
"Prepare the chamber for our 'guest' while I go and retrieve him." Ordered Zim and with a final salute Gir left to complete his orders.
As Zim made his way to the tube that would lead to his house above ground he thought back on how stupid his so called 'leaders' were. They call him a fool and failure? Ha! How could he be a fool when he had single handedly fooled the entire irken race into believing he was a failure?
Even when he was just a mere smeet he was already smarter than all of them. It was during his smeet years that he had grown curious on the purpose of his Pak and despite it being against the law to remove it he had done so anyway. What he found inside broke his faith in the Empire forever.
The Pak wasn't meant to help his kind survive. It was more akin to a control collar that prevented any irken from ever going against the Empire and making them slaves in all but name save for the Tallest. If that wasn't enough the Pak also restricted growth so that any irken that wasn't a Tallest could never grow to surpass them.
Zim had quickly disabled these functions but knew that he could not let this cycle of servitude continue. The only way he saw to stop this farce was to take control himself but no one in the irken empire would side with him or believe him and he would be put to death once the Tallest found out.
So instead he came up with a plan that would take years but would practically ensure his victory over the Tallest. First was to act like a complete fool to the point that the Tallest would send him away unsupervised where he could work on his more dangerous projects without them finding out. That worked fairly well when he was sent to Earth and despite the few complications he had encountered while here everything had been going fairly well.
The human Dib though had become a major annoyance to him but Zim respected the humans resourcefulness. However he was a variable Zim could not have if his plan was to succeed. But to waste such potential was foolish as well hence why Gir was preparing a special treat for Dib and all that Zim had to do was retrieve him.
First though was to get rid of his ridiculous disguise.
Sending a mental command to his Pak Zim's form shimmered for a moment before it completely faded away to reveal the aliens true appearance.
Zim still had his light green skin and large red eyes but other than that he looked almost nothing like his previous self. For one his height had grown to a giant six foot eight making him a veritable giant by irken and human standards, his antennae had grown thicker at the ends now resembling two scythes and his teeth instead of being zipper like now resembled fangs giving him a savage like appearance.
But he also looked nothing like how the tallest looked as while their bodies appeared more mechanical and gangly with a hunched posture Zim stood straight with broad shoulders and wasn't gangly by any means. His body was lean with defined muscles that he had honed from hours of training in hand to hand combat.
His attire had changed as well, now instead of his red uniform he now wore a dark blue vest that left his arms bare save for the black gloves that were on his hands. On his lower half he wore black pants with silver armored pieces on his knees and black combat boots. Even his Pak had changed as instead of the grey with red holes it was now completely blood red with black holes.
Needless to say that Zim now looked nothing like his previous, pathetic self. Now he looked more like a true conqueror of races, a breed of Irken that put the current stock to shame. This made Zim proud to know he was a far cry from the rest of his race not only in terms of stature but also intelligence.
When the elevator stopped Zim stepped into his living room and seeing the plain look of his 'home' made him sneer in disgust. Living in such a place was appalling to him and he hated every single second of having to call this mundane place home. Even the outside made him want to puke up everything he had ever eaten. Thankfully all of that changes today.
Walking up to the thermometer Zim grabbed the dial and pulled it out slightly before giving it a few turns to the left and then the right. Once he had finished Zim pushed the dial back in with a click. At first nothing seemed to happen until the whole house began to shake. The usual green and brown tile floor of the house soon changed to black marble with the Irken symbol appearing in the center of the room. The whole room itself seemed to grow exponentially larger to the point the ceiling was over twenty feet above him. Then came the furniture, the simple couch, coffee table, tv etc. all disappeared only to be replaced with more elegant and modern décor.
As his home was making the necessary changes Zim made his way outside all while activating a hologram making him appear as an average looking guy that no one would look twice at. It was a serious upgrade from his previous 'disguise'.
After leaving his home it was but a few simple steps until he now stood at the door of the Membrane home. Smiling to himself Zim firmly knocked on the door and was answered with a certain female resident yelling at Dib to get the door. Zim couldn't help but chuckle at Dib's sister as her dark and sadistic attitude had always proven a good source of entertainment in the past for the alien conqueror.
Soon enough the door opened to reveal Zim's so called 'nemesis' in all his 'glory'. Even though they were now in highskool not much had changed regarding the earthlings appearance. Dib still wore his same outfit that he always wore only larger now to accommodate his now taller stature that came nowhere near Zim's true height and settled at five foot ten. Dib's head was still disproportional to his body but the boy now had a small scar over his left eye from one of their past scuffle's.
"Who the hell are you?" asked Dib with a raised brow as he didn't recognize the man in front of him.
"Oh just someone you know yet you don't." said Zim cryptically hoping Dib would get the hint which thankfully he did as his eyes suddenly widened in both alarm and anger.
"Zim!"
"Bingo." sang Zim before bringing up his hand and a puff of smoke was the last thing Dib saw as he fell backwards unconscious. This also revealed Dib's sister Gaz standing behind him staring at Zim with her usual 'cross me and suffer' glare.
Gaz had grown taller as well standing at six foot even and had gained a more curvy form that many a male, including Zim, admired. She had also allowed her hair to grow longer and fall in a cascade of purple to her lower back. She to wore her usual garb making Zim wonder if those particular set of clothes were all her and Dib owned.
"Why did you knock out my idiot brother Zim." demanded Gaz as her glare intensified but Zim wasn't the least bit worried as he had learned how to deal with the sister of his supposed enemy.
"Do you really care?" questioned Zim making Gaz pause for a moment before shrugging her shoulder and turning back into the house.
"Touché. Make sure to bring him back by dinner since its his turn to cook." said Gaz as she disappeared around a corner leaving Zim along with the still knocked out Dib.
"Well Dib its time for you to get a new lease on life cause soon enough you will be taking orders from me, and my overthrow of the Tallest will begin." said Zim as he smiled with sinister intent that involuntarily made the unconscious teenage boy shiver at the chill that went up his spine.
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