That night, Dib was doing what I told you he always does. Watching and listening to space on the roof of his house. The weirdo.
"I wonder if there's any NICE aliens out there somewhere." Dib wondered aloud. "I sure could use them against ZIM right now. I just KNOW he's been up to something ever sense that whole "Santa Happy Joy" plan." he stated.
Sounds from Gaz' video game echoed up to him from the open window below.
"If there were, they wouldn't help you, you're too annoying." Gaz shouted up to him.
"Someone might! Never doubt the universe GAZ!" he told her. "Somewhere out there, I'm sure there's an alien race that would help! I can't be the only one who doesn't like the idea of an Irken alien take over!" he stated with hope.
As he gazed at the clear winter night sky, shooting shots zipped through it, burning out in the atmosphere long before they could hit the ground.
"I sure wish wishing on shooting stars actually worked." Dib sighed.
"I wish you'd be quiet." Gaz told him, slamming the window shut.
Dib ignores her words and watches the shooting stars. He soon begins to wonder where they are coming from. No meteor showers were forecast for tonight he thought. Suddenly, a huge one appears and smaller fragments break off of it. Dib is quick to grab his binoculars and watch it crash just outside of town in the forest. He zooms in on the crash site, but only sees smoke raising from the trees.
"Wow! That sure landed close!" he exclaims. "I could probably get there and back before I freeze to death.." I calculated. "Nah. It's just space rock. Not worth it." he convinced himself.
The smoke was still raising.
"Nope. I'm not going. Not in this weather." he stated, looking away.
"What if it's an alien ship though?" he told himself. "What? Pith! No way!" he replied. "Do you really want to take that chance?" he asked himself. "What are the chances?" he asked back. "Well, that was a pretty big "rock" compared to the others you saw. What do you think?" he brought out.
"I've got to go check it out!" Dib finally said as he surrendered to his curiosity.
Dib quickly stuffs his things into his backpack and slides down the drainpipe, making it down less than a foot before hitting the snow.
"GAZ! I'm going to go check out the crash site! It might be an alien ship!" he yelled back at her in her room.
She looks at him through the window and breathes on it to fog it up, quickly drawing an X on the window with her finger.
Disappointed, but not surprised, Dib leaves her. He steps over the fence that just barley peaks through the snow, and quickly bounds over others towards the forest. He wondered just what he might find. Was it a ship? Or just rock? A beacon? A missile? A trap set by Zim? The possibilities were too vast!
As Dib pushed through the dormant bushes in the forest, he begins to hear the familiar sounds of broken technology. He quickly gets behind a tree and looks the crash site over carefully. It WAS an alien ship. Dib peered through the dark at it and recognized the shape. It was Irken!
"No way! It's Irken!" Dib shouts.
He immediately regrets it and covers his mouth when he hears, the also familiar, sounds of lasers cutting through metal. Laser fire from inside the ship cut a circle in its side and it is quickly blow off. A figure hops out of the ship through the hole and quickly glances around the area. Dib dares to get a little closer to see who it is, but the suit they wear hides their face from him. But not those signature Irken antenna he noticed.
Dib quietly reached into his backpack and pulled out a pair of alien cuffs he had bought just last week. These were better then the ones he had used on Zim once before, and he had planned to use them on Zim, but this was a better time to use them he thought.
Dib takes a deep breath, then pounces out from behind the tree!
"Surrender Alien-!" he yells out. "Hey... Where'd-?!" he gasps when he sees the alien is gone.
The Irken suddenly lands in front of him with its Sir Unit on its shoulder. Its bright red eyes lit up Dib's face in the darkness. The Irken walks towards Dib, making him step back in fear. He flinches when his back hits the tree he was just hiding behind. The Irken stops and lets the Sir Unit scan Dib.
"Just what do you plan to do?" the Irken asked him through their mask.
Dib looks between the cuffs and the Irken. He then shakes his head to clear his mind and stand courageously against the Irken.
"Listen Irken slime! I'm not about to let you escape!" he told them.
"Wait. How do you know I'm Irken?" they asked.
Dib pounces at the Irken in attempt to capture them, but they step out of the way and dodge him easily. Dib falls face first into the snow, but quickly gets up and faces the alien.
"You're not taking Earth! Not while I'm still breathing!" he proclaimed with hidden fear.
"Not the best choice of words.." the Irken told him. "And what makes you think I'm here to take your planet? I crash landed here!" they then state.
"I'll admit, it's a nice cover! But I know you're here to help Zim!" Dib told them.
"Wait Wait Wait. Zim? As in, Invader Zim?"
"Yes! But I'm not letting you get to him!"
The Irken tilts their head at him in confusion. Then Dib pounces at them again! The Irken jumps over him and lands on top of their crashed ship.
"Look, kid, I guess? I honestly just crash landed here. I'll be on my way as soon as I get my ship fixed." they told him as he got up out of the snow.
"Uh, Master. The ship is unrep-"
"Really? You're going to tell me that NOW?" they interrupted their Sir Unit.
"Whatever the reason, you're an enemy of Earth and Humankind!" Dib shout up to them. "Now get down here! Or are you scared I might catch you?" he taunted as he opened and closed the cuffs like claws.
Snow begins to fall. Setting the stage..
The Irken pulls out a blaster and vaporizes the cuffs with one shot. They then jump down and land right in front of Dib, nearly throwing him back off his feet.
"I might be stuck here Human, but being caught and studied is not on my to do list. If you plan to capture me it'll take more then what you got." they informed him.
Dib quickly loses the confidence he had.
"Now we're going to make a deal." they stated, holding their blaster at the ready. "You don't tell your people about me, and I don't destroy your world." they offered.
"So you are here to help ZIM!" Dib exclaimed.
"NO!" the Irken yelled. "You leave me alone to fix my ship and I leave you alone. GOT IT?" they stated, pointing the blaster right at Dib.
Dib takes his sweat time before answering.
"I.. guess." he reluctantly accepted. "But only for now! I'll be watching you.." he told them.
"That I don't doubt." the Irken replied as they put the blaster away. "Now if you'll excuse me, I have my ship to take somewhere out of sight and repair as quickly as possible." they stated.
"Remember." Dib said as he backed away into the forest. "I'm watching you.." he whispered. "Watching.." he said ominously.
The Irken turns to their ship.
"Watchi-"
"WOULD YOU JUST LEAVE ALREADY!"