Sigh I'm probably digging my own grave writing a new story while in the middle of another. If everything goes to hell then I'll put this one on hold. I hope everyone enjoys this one as well as Alien Love, oh, and just to make sure everyone knows there will be no ZADR. (Zim and Dib romance.) On with chapter one, and don't worry, I'll still post a quote.

Current Music – Miss Murder by AFI

Quote – I'm not playing with you anymore!

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"Gah!" Zim could be heard screaming in frustration as he threw some kind of alien tool to the ground, it sounding hollow and useless. "Why won't it work?" He screamed in frustration. "I have applied everything in need yet it still will not function! Unlike the human's fake machines that send them to different dimensions, my grand Irken technology should triumph in comparison!" But it didn't.

Seven days in the making and Zim's project was as dead as GIR's brain, or whatever GIR had. Zim had made it to two days of skool, three chats with the Tallest and no encounter with Dib. This thing was really important to Zim…and he couldn't even get the wires in the right order.

GIR was jumping around screaming as usual, making Zim's claws clench together in a tight fist. There wasn't much he could do about the machine now so he decided to go up into the house portion of his base were there was sure to be peace and quiet.

Once Zim arrived in the living room he was greeted with about ten TV's blasting sound in every which direction. Zim's body shook with rage and frustration and a few seconds later he exploded. Zim lifted his hands up to the ceiling and screamed as loud as he could. He quickly ran to the door and opened it, ready to escape the very place that was quiet…

When he was greeted by Dib.

Dib stood there, shocked, as did Zim. And as they stood there, staring at each other, not a word reaching their lips, something happened. Dib made one simple move, the smallest and most unnoticeable thing that he could ever do, and within that one moment, Zim was out of sight.

Dib blinked. Simple as that, and within that nanosecond Zim was already walking down the pathway which lead out to the streets. The streets of a horrible human world where no Alien would be noticed, or welcomed.

Dib whirled around and ran after Zim, stopping him as he stepped in front of him. "Whatever you're up to Zim, it's over." Dib said, not sure what was going on, seeing that Zim had on no disguise and had said not one word to him.

"Move aside Dib-Monkey." Zim said as he pushed Dib away and kept walking.

"No!" Dib said as he ran back in front of Zim. "You're up to something and I'm going to find out what!"

Zim stared at Dib with hatred as his hand curled up into another fist. "Move, you horrible stink." Zim said calmly though there was a touch of anger in his voice.

"Or what?" Dib asked, a smirk upon his face. But as soon as that smirk appeared he felt a sharp pain in his left cheek. Before Dib knew what had happened he was on the ground and Zim was walking off, his hand still in a fist. "I guess that's what." Dib muttered as he watched the alien walk off.

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Two hours later Zim was walking up the path to his house, gripping the door handle and walking into his humble abode. GIR was seated on the couch, watching one TV as he looked to Zim. "Hello Master!" He said happily as he watched Zim walk in front of him.

"Hello GIR." Zim said, a bit back to normal.

"Where is you going Master?" GIR asked, hopping off his seat and hurrying behind Zim.

"Where else?" Zim asked, not at all in a mood for questions.

"Oh! The dimensionaly portaly thingy! I wants to come! I wants to come!"

"No GIR, you cannot come." Zim said as the end table lifted from the ground.

GIR watched his master as tears filled his eyes. "But…but Master…" GIR started, but Zim cut him off.

"Fine! You can come, but don't start screaming!"

"ALL RIGHT!" GIR screamed as he hopped in next to a very irritated Zim.

Zim sighed as they made it down into the 'basement'. Once the ride ended Zim and GIR walked over to the "dimensionaly portaly thingy". Zim stopped and placed his hands on his hips, looking at his invention from head to toe.

It was a rather small thing, with a door tall enough for Professor Membrane to fit through. It was a cylinder device that was glowing with strips of bright purple and red, and an antenna that seemed to be out of order. When working, this machine was supposed to shine with light, nearly blinding an average human like Dib. The antenna was supposed to be seen with electrical waves running through and around it, humming to life as the energy it gathered grew. And when there was enough energy and the correct sequence was punched in…

ZAP! Say so long to whom ever or, whatever, was inside.

"I just don't get it." Zim muttered as he looked around. "I do not know what is wrong! I have done everything! Made every detail exactly like it should be but still…GAH! Why can't I, Zim, figure this out?" Zim began stomping around furiously as he heard something from behind him.

As he turned around a bright light nearly blinded him, sending him a few steps back. "Wow! This is amazing!" Zim heard, the all too familiar voice like nails on a chalkboard.

"Dib! What are you doing here?" Zim yelled as he regained his balance.

"I knew it! I knew it Zim! I knew you were up to something!" Dib said with a huge smile as he looked to the device in front of him.

"You know nothing Dib, nothing at all." Zim's voice was unnaturally cool, calm, and collected. He wasn't melodramatic as usual and his face wasn't bent into a smirk.

"What's up with you?" Dib asked, an eyebrow being cocked as he watched Zim carefully.

"Just seven days of work, no rest, no food, nothing."

"Why would you do that?" Dib asked. "That's just stupid."

"You do not know the demands of war Dib, and those are not pretty times. This is only a tiny scratch compared to the gash that war can have upon you."

"You're doing this for war?" Dib asked, utterly confused at what Zim had just said.

"No, you fool! I am doing this for me, of course! This is just one more step towards dominating Earth and all it's inhabitants!" Zim was becoming more like himself every passing moment, and Dib wasn't sure he liked it.

Dib's fists clenched slightly. "So what do you plan on doing exactly?" he asked.

"Oh, nothing much." Zim said, backing up so that he was standing in front of the door of his device. "This here will send whatever is in it to another dimension, real or not! And you will be the first human to test it out!" Zim burst out into a hysterical laugh as his body shook with evil, happy, and…something else.

"Not likely Zim!" Dib yelled as he dropped his camera, running at Zim. Zim didn't notice what was happening before it was too late. Before he knew it Dib was on top of him and both were rolling around outside the portal.

GIR was screwing around with wires when the machine came to life. "Master! I fix it! I fix it!" GIR yelled happily as he jumped up and down, but Zim was too busy dealing with Dib.

As the two rolled for a spot on top, Zim threw Dib up against the key panel. Once Dib pulled free six buttons were pushed. Dib grabbed hold of Zim and both went flying in through the door. Each were rolling around on the floor when they heard GIR. "By Master! By Dib!"

"Bye?" Zim asked, looking around Dib, who held him against the wall. Dib also looked around, and soon each saw a door of electricity beginning to close. "What? It's operational?" Zim yelled as he pushed Dib away, running for the door.

Dib followed behind Zim, but each were too late. As they reached the door things began to shake. They began to loose balance as everything seemed to spin in all directions. "What's going on?" Dib yelled over the roaring sound of humming.

Zim didn't answer but just gave a death glare to the door. How could GIR be so stupid as too…wait, it was GIR, he was so stupid he could do so many things. Like taking pictures of Dib with the Megadoomer or letting Keef into the house or leaving the door and window open or…ok, too many times to recall. Zim shook his head to get back to the current surroundings.

A few seconds later things came to an abrupt halt. Zim and Dib were both thrown to the floor harshly and it took each a few seconds to gain their balance. Dib got up first, looking around expecting to see the purple and red interior of the horrible ride. But as Dib looked around he saw a terribly unusual place, one that seemed to deify everything he was taught. "Where are we?" He asked.

Zim stood up and looked around. "Somewhere…"