I do not own Invader Zim or The Venture Bros okay? I have been concocting this crossover idea for awhile. I mean if you think about it, Rusty could relate to both Professor Membrane and Dib in ways as he has both their roles, just Rusty is a little more apt to believe in the paranormal even though he has argued with Orpheus about it. Never has he said magic was fake, but that he could do better with science. Well Season 6 comes along and well, I can make it work so much better. And Zim can be as obnoxious a villain as the Monarch can be. But hey, just read on to find out. Enough of this A/N, on with the fic!

Dib looked up as the professor slammed the physics text book in front of his face. "Did you even hear a word I said all class Membrane?"

"No." Dib said as he rubbed his eyes. "I stayed up late last night... studying..." He didn't want to tell his Professor that he had been up half the night trying to contact any aliens out there. I wouldn't mind talking to Tak again...

"Yeah, that isn't what your roommate said. Said it was easier to share a room with his brother when he was practicing his band, Shallow Gravy or something stupid like that." Dib's physics professor said. "I would kick you out of this class but your grades won't allow for that. You're just too good. Like your essay on how interstellar travel could work. I have to admit my class may be beneath you."

"Well I have to go to my next class." Dib said as he slung his bag over his shoulder. This was his third year as a student at Stuyvesant University and he was getting tired of this roommate. He could relate to Dean of course, his father was the famous Dr. Rusty Venture, globetrotter and super scientist. While never intentionally a globe trotter, interstellar being his thing after he got Tak's ship flying again to try and stop some of Zim's plans, Dib knew how having a super scientist father could be. And from what Dean said, his own father wasn't that great at it. Although Dib had to admit, at least Rusty paid more attention to Dean than Professor Membrane did him.

Dib opened up the door to his dorm to find Dean sitting on his bed reading his textbook. "Your father called. Something about the internship assignments."

"Oh that." Dib said. "I am so not looking forward to that again."

"Come on, we got it made, just go home and spend some 'Bring your son to work' time and we pass that assignment with no problems." Dean said. "Last semester I think all I did was read Giant Boy Detective and my dad was so ecstatic about me interning with him that he signed the paper and I got an A."

"Well you don't want to be at my father's labs. All he talks about is 'REAL SCIENCE' and I am beginning to wonder how skilled my father he is. All I have seen him do is make a steroid toast and stuff with coffee bean blood." Dib said as he laid back in the chair. He then turned on the old TV in the room to find Marsha Backwood on CSPAN. "Is it just me or does Congresswoman Marsha Backwood talk like she doesn't know what syntax is?"

"You mean she ever did? She thought I was an illegal gardener when she stopped by my house." Dean said. "I just told her my dad was in Puerta Bajia and Buenos Tardes."

"Figures." Dib said. He was never that into politics, having to spend most of his free time trying to stop Zim.

"But no, this time there is a good reason. She got blown up and killed by a Jpad." Dean said. "My dad brought he back from the dead."

"WHAT?" Dib said looking over at Dean. "Your father, Rusty Venture, the one my dad said was a shadow of his father and a complete wash-up living off his father and brother's empire, can bring people back from the dead?"

"Yeah. He made Venture-stein for General Manhours." Dean said, as if this act of the pinnacle of Super Science was a casual affair. He was after all aware of the fact that his consciousness was put into a clone of himself after his previous bodies were killed 14 times before. Things like cloning and bringing people back from the dead were old hat to him, nothing new. "Are you sure that you aren't the one with the incompetent father?" Dean smirked.

Dib growled. Sure, his father kept calling his interest in the paranormal a phase and stupid, but Professor Membrane did harness perpetual energy, even if he never had it used at all. In fact the PEG Generator sat in the park unused and untouched for the past 10 years. His labs made a temporal displacement device where you could place things from the past with an object from the present and the like, but Dib could never recall his father telling him about anything that Rusty had attempted. Just because he didn't try to beat death at her own game, couldn't clone things, or anything like that did mean Professor Membrane was completely inept at being a scientist. He build Membrane Labs himself. The Membrane legacy had started with his father. There wasn't 3 generations before him to build on. From what Dib had seen of Dean and Rusty, that may have made things easier because you didn't have a standard to live up to. Somehow though, Dean's comment did sting Dib a little even if he didn't care much for his father. " Stuff like that, just isn't my dad's thing. He did harness perpetual energy."

"Yeah and then someone threw an ice cream cone at it and he screwed mankind." Dean taunted. "Sensitive much?"

"You sure you want to go there? Your dad isn't the most sane one in the bunch." Dib said.

"Yeah but he won't call you insane for telling him Zim is an alien. Which of course he is." Dean smirked.

"You know?" Dib asked.

"Zim isn't that great at hiding his alien identity. Trust me, I have seen all types. There as a 12 foot one that would have destroyed the planet if he wasn't killed by a shape-shifter that took the form of my grandfather." Dean said. "Trust me, whatever you have seen, I've seen it too."

Dib looked at Dean kind of annoyed. So you think you have seen more than me? That you can handle so much more? "You fix an alien spaceship all by yourself? After having to reset the personality download..."

"Can't say that I have." Dean said.

"Good." Dib smirked. "Because it takes a lot to get a engine that can travel at light speed and through wormholes to work. Irken technology is complicated."

"Irken?" Dean asked. "Annoying?"

"No, that's Zim's race and I captured an alien spaceship. Tak's." Dib smiled at her name.

"You like Tak or something? What's your deal with her?" Dean asked.

"I didn't say anything?" Dib blushed and in fact, he hadn't told Dean much about Tak.

"Other than you say her name at night, the way you talked about her there gave me a hint." Dean said.

"Triana!" Dib said back.

"Shut up!" Dean said.

"Well anyway, you want to see what working with my dad is like? How about I get you my position at Membrane Labs for the internship for the semester." Dib turned around. "Have a nice little time playing with stuff that would make Tesla blush!"

"Doubt it from what I've seen of your father." Dean said. "And you can intern at Venture Industries. Have guys in costumes chase you around. I could use some peace from that."

"Deal." Dib said shaking hands with Dean.

Meanwhile, a tracking bug jumped from Dib's shoulder and out the window back to Zim's base. It had been awhile since he made any move against Dib, figuring that he would drop his guard after awhile and using that he could destroy Dib. Zim could wait, he had the technology and time. Dib might even get bored of hunting aliens in college, although from what Zim could see, this would not be the case. After they graduated Hi-Skool, Zim acted like he was going to take some time off before college while Dib just went on to Stuyvesant University. Zim would come by the campus from time to time but there was just not anything going on that he wanted to take part in. Gaz had been hanging around him more often and she often used her time at his hideout to make better video games than that was out there. Zim watched the video playback of Dib and Dean's discussion "Venture Industries? So this is where you will be now Dib-stink?"

"What?" Gaz yelled as she headed into Zim's basement.

"Nothing, your brother will be doing his internship as you call it at Venture Industries and his roommate Dean will be doing it at your father's lab." Zim said.

"And? Dad'll love that. In the past few years he's been envious of Venture Industries. Dad'll try to get Dib to do some industrial espionage for him or try to get it out of Dean." Gaz said.

"I must go scout out this 'Venture Industries' for myself." Zim yelled.

"Where were you when we went there for a Skool trip a few years ago when J.J. Venture was running the place?" Gaz said. "I wasn't too impressed."

"Of course you wouldn't be, you're used to that kind of thing." Zim said.

"Well what were you doing that day?" Gaz asked.

"If you must know, your brother and I got into a fight on the way to Skool that day." Zim said.

"Still have that Jpad from Skool?" Gaz said. "That is the place that made them. Gave us all one as part of a grant. Your memory is really getting bad."

Zim looked around his labs for the Jpad he had gotten in Hi-Skool. He wasn't too impressed, the Irkens had made things like this centuries before he was even born, so Zim never even opened the box. He looked at the packaging with a picture of Jonas Venture Jr. holding a Jpad with interest. This tiny man made this thing and Dib would be studying under that tiny man. "Computer, what do you have on Jonas Venture Jr.?"

"He's dead. Been dead for a few years now. Seriously you are losing your grip. And you didn't have much to begin with. His brother Dr. Thaddeus S. Venture runs Venture industries now. And he didn't do too well before." Zim's computer said. "You two might get along. Both of you are epic failures."

"What!?" Zim yelled.

"Never mind." Zim's computer said.

At the same time, Gary and The Monarch sat down in the kitchen of their newly remodeled house. It had taken over 3 years and much money, which with Dr. Mrs. The Monarch as one of the Council of 13 of the Guild, they could easily afford. Gary had picked up a newspaper and read it over. The front page of the business section was all about the newly forming rivalries between Membrane Labs and Venture Industries in the consumer electronics market. It had been said that if you wanted out there ideas that you would never have thought of, back Membrane and if you want tried and true, go for Venture. "Membrane, isn't that guy who created that PEG generator?"

"Wish he would have activated it. Do you know how expensive our electric bill is?" The Monarch said.

"The Morpho Cave uses the most." Gary said. "I keep telling you, think about adding some solar panels or use the Cocoon's old antimatter engines to run this place.. Con-Ed is horrible when it comes to late fees!"

"Meh. You know I would have thought I would have moved up in the world of The Guild by now." The Monarch said.

Dr. Mrs. The Monarch came in and sat down at the table, pouring herself a cup of coffee. She sighed and turned to her husband with her masculine voice, "I keep telling you sweetie, you should try arching some other scientists. Show The Guild you deserve to move up other than by being married to me. New York is a different animal than what you are used to back in California. Look, that Membrane guy is up for an arch. Maybe you should try him for a little bit. He's a lot like Rusty from what I read." She said as she pushed the Guild's facebook to him.

"We've been through this before." The Monarch said.

"I know, but just think about it. I have a meeting to attend." Dr. Mrs. The Monarch said as she kissed The Monarch and headed out the door.

Once she shut the door, he picked up the Guild's facebook and looked at it. "Nice hair." The Monarch laughed.

"Oh you're one to talk. Eyebrows." Gary said.

"Shut up Kano." The Monarch said. "But maybe I should take my wife's advise here..." The Monarch said as he stroked his chin. "or maybe the Blue Morpho will just pay him a visit..."

So how was that? Good? Bad? Unusual? I am a huge Venture Bros. fan and seeing how Rusty is with Dean and Hank, I was reminded a little bit of Professor Membrane and how he reacts with Dib and Gaz and that gave me the idea. Not to mention Dib and Dean are just two of the most Adorkable guys out there. But enough of my fangirlness on those two (Although Itachi Uchiha gets more fangirlness than both of Dean and Dib combined.) But one thing is for sure, lots of early 90's one hit wonders when it comes to rock will be listened to. I mean The Crash Test Dummies Mmmmm Mmmm Mmmm at a funeral? Just remember to read (well you just did) and to review. Ciao for now,

otherrealmwriter

aka

Realm