Dibs Pov:

'Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep...' I awoke to my alarm clock going off, telling me it was time to get ready for skool. Although I was typically good at waking up, I didn't particularly feel like moving right now. I had been up half the night trying to prove Zims existence to the Swollen Eyeball for the billionth time with the same outcome of every other attempt.

Annoyed I wacked my alarm clock until it fell to the floor with a crash and the beeping stopped. I knew I had to get up and prepare myself for whatever horribly doomed scheme Zim would be preparing for today. For some reason Zims plans to conquer the earth never got any better. So after a minute of lazing around in bed, I got to my feet and stretched my stiff limbs.

Today was the anniversary of the 5th year since Zim had come to earth. Five years of constant fighting, hatred, and almost but not quite wins. Since Zim had come to earth I had grown a full foot and a half, putting me at 5'10", I was remarkably tall for an 11th grade. And considering how most boys kept growing until about their mid twenties, I still had time to grow. Zim however had only grown about 4 inches, making him stand at 4'8". Needless to say, I was over a foot taller than him, giving me the advantage of height... Even if he had the advantage of technology.

'Sigh.' Five years of pointless battle. He's never going to conquer earth, even without me he'd fail. Why do I even bother to keep fighting? I questioned myself, even though I already knew the answer. I was obsessed with him, he was living proof of all my paranormal investigations. I wanted to know everything about him. What makes him tick, how long he could live for, what he eats, whether or not he had certain... male body parts, EVERYTHING. Without him my life had no purpose, I'd just be another human drifting through this life without reason for being.

I walked over to my closet to grab some fresh clothes, I had been too tired last night to change into my pajamas, so the result of it was I slept in my rather uncomfortable skinny jeans and my favorite blue colored T-shirt with a face on it, which was now in need of washing.

Scanning over my choices, I pulled out a pair of normal black jeans with holes in the knees and a Navy colored T-shirt with an eye on it inscribed, 'Eye SEE You'. Skool started at 7:30. I glanced at my fallen alarm clock to check the time. 7:26... Crud, how long was my alarm going off!? I'm definately going to be late!

I quickly replaced the clothes I was wearing with the new ones and strapped on my combat boots. Before leaving my room I also threw on my black trench coat and placed my hight tech watch/camera/recorder/tracking device... thing, on my wrist. The second I was done I burst out the door in a mad dash, the last thing I needed was to be sent to detention by Mr. Bones for being late... for the third time this week... Joy...

Zims Pov:

Tomorrow was the mark of my staying on this filthy planet for 5 earth years. I had grown a total of 4 inches, which was an unheard-of amount for an Irken in such a short period of time. Now i was 4'8" which put me into the catigory of Officer. There were 5 catigories as far as status went, Smeet, Soldier, Officer, Taller, and finally, Tallest. 97% of the Irken population fell under either Smeet or Soldier. Needless to say, I was proud of my new found height. The fact that the Dib-thing had grown far faster and far taller than me didn't annoy me... that much... Though, considering how hyoomans got considerably larger at a faster pace than Irkens, it was understandable.

It was now 10 pm earth time and I was just clearing up my base from my last... not quite victory. But in my defense I got really close this time, if not for the Dib and his big head! My plan had been amazing, of course any plan I, Zim, made was amazing.

As I cleaned, it appeared to me that I had not yet reported to my Tallest of my new found progress regarding this thing called allergies, which apparently many of the pig smelly hyoomans had.

"Reporting in my Tallest!" I said as I turned on to their frequency. I attempted to have as much of the mess off screen as possible. As usual Red sat a bit more center screen while Purple sat a little behind him guzzling down some sort of snack.

"What is it this time Zim?" Red asked in a boorish tone, sounding rather unammused. It must have been my imagination, for who could resist the mighty Zim!

"I have need to report my most recent discovery regarding the hyoomans." I started. Before I could continue into describing what it was, I was cut off by Red.

"Wait, Zim, just stop right there. It has been FIVE years Zim, and you aren't any closer to taking over the Earth than when you started." In the background purple chimed in, "Yeah, five years!"

"Yes, I know but..."

"Don't. You know, it was funny at first, what, with you constantly reporting your 'finds', but now it's just annoying." Again Purple commented, "Yeah! Annoying!"

"B... But my Tallest..."

"No Zim. Stop. Don't you get it? We didn't assign you to Earth, we didn't even know Earth existed. We sent you out into unknown space to get rid of you. Honestly, we expected you to be dead, we HOPED you were dead, but then we got that first transmission of yours from Earth." My squeedlyspooch tightened in dispair as Red continued, "After talking to you that first time we decided to use you as a joke. We've been broadcasting our transmitions with you across all of Irken known space. YOU'RE the laughing stock of the entire Irken Empire!"

"Please... I..." I was at a loss for words, the only thing I managed to get out was, "What have I done wrong my Tallest?" To which Red answered...

"Everything Zim, you are a complete eye sore, your a defect." "And you stink!" Purple cut in, reminding me he was still there. Red cleared his throat and continued, "How you managed to survive your first Existence Evaluation or get off of Foodcourtia is beyond me. Now that your no longer entertaining and I have no intention of humoring you anymore I will warn you, if you ever come back into Irken controlled space, you will be erased on the spot. No one is coming to help you invade Earth Zim, Earth is worthless to us anyways. You are not to contact us again, and should you try, a viris will be sent to short circuit your computer and all of your other devices. Are we clear?"

"B... But..." I began stuttering, but was stopped in my tracks.

"ARE WE CLEAR!?"

"... Yes... my Tallest..." At that he cut the transmition.

...

"...sta! Masta! MAAASSSTTTAAAAAAAAAAA!" Girs yelling awoke me from my dark thoughts. It had been countless hours since Tallest Red had closed our transmition. I wanted nothing more than to die, but I couldn't bring myself to press the self-destruct button, instead I rubbed my wrist obsessively contemplating death and how it might feel. After all, I no longer had a purpose, without my Tallests or the Armada, there just wasn't a reason for me to be.

"I made waffles!" Gir sang cheerfully. "Also, your gonna be late for skool." He added almost as an after thought. I couldn't have cared less about skool, but then a thought popped into my head. I still had a reason to live, and that reason was to make the Dibs life miserable. I smiled to myself. That was my reason for being, and I was going to put everything I had left into it.

To be continued...