Hey guys! I'm back from hell!

I have something to say before starting. I want to honor a friend of mine who just passed away. He has been with me in all bad moments for the last seven years. When I was happy or sad, he was there to me. R.I.P. My dear laptop.

So yeah… my laptop died. Literally. It won't turn on. Ever again. I was lucky to have all my data and works on a flashdrive but it's over for it. And it explains (mostly) why I'm so late for this release.

The other reason is that... I had a Blackout. Too much stress because of family problems, skool starting at the same time and other stuff complicated. Oh, and I was really sick. ON SUMMER VACATION! The universe just hates me...

Anyway... I'm terribly and sincerely sorry for this totally unintentional hiatus. As an apology, I will post the rest of the story in one go. (you've waited long enough ^^)

His laboratory was unexpectedly normal. No weird creatures in jar, no cage for possible specimen of monster or alien, no dissection table… only computers, screens and the remains of a spaceship in the center of the room. For weeks Dib has been trying to repair it but he's never been able to understand its mechanic.

"Aargh! It doesn't work. It doesn't work! IT DOESN'T WORK!" Dib shouted "No matter what I do, I can't make it work again! It's hopeless... I'll never be able to repair it..."

He kicked in an empty can that was lying near him.

"How does Zim manage to repair his gears while being so stupid!? Wait a minute! That's it! If the stupid Zim has the same technology as Tak's ship, he might have some sort of manual or something like that. I 'just' need to sneak in his lair. Easier said than done..."

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7:50 AM. Zim was near the skool's gate, waiting the human boy that tricked GIR yesterday. The stupid robot came back in the middle of the night, talking about a pizza and how cool Dib was. This was more suspicious than before and Zim was determined to confront the earthling and make him reveal his plans. He then spotted Gaz arriving, playing her game as always.

"YOU! The Dib boy's relative! Where is your brother?" he shouted at her.

"Don't know." she replied without looking "Already gone when I woke up."

And she continued on her way.

Zim waited for another 10 minutes before finally going to class but the boy was still missing. It was getting more and more suspicious. It needed more investigations.

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While Zim was stuck in skool, Dib was breaking in the alien's lab. The hard part was to pass the security on the outside. Once inside, it'll be a piece of cake. Dib decides to do an aerial approach instead of a frontal one. He climbed up one of the neighboring houses and entered trough the top window.

"Well, the hard part is done. That leaves the easy one." Dib said to himself.

He made his was to the computer room. The computer's AI immediately reacted, starting an intruder alarm but Dib instantly plugged his laptop in and sent his program. Originally, it was a spy virus he created to survey Zim's activity but, since the alien was so obvious about his schemes, he didn't judge necessary to use it and even thought about erasing it since it was useless. But now he was extremely glad he didn't.

The program spread rapidly through the system and found the file about flying engines. Dib copied it on his hardware and unplugged his laptop. He than made his way to the exit and came home, proud of his succeeded mission. Unaware of him, a silent alarm was still ringing in Zim's lair and it keeped sending an alert message to the Irken.

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Zim's alarm never stopped ringing for the rest of the day. He knew someone had broke in his base but ha was stuck in skool with no escape.

As soon as the last bell rang, he ran out of class and headed home. Without paying attention to his stupid robot servant, he went into his lair and found his computer hacked. Resetting the AI, he looked at the footage of the security camera. It was empty. Whoever invaded his hideout knew about his security system. Zim then proceed to scan the entire base and informatic system to find any anomalies. There, hiding into one of GIR's game file, he found a spy virus. Analysing it, he discovered his code and the files it had stolen. The alien linked it to the only person on this miserable planet who would dare to spy an Irken.

"So you wanted to know more about Irken's ship and their mechanics?" Zim said mischievously. "Well I can help you with that..."

Zim went back upstairs and yelled.

"GIR! PREPARE MY SNEAKING IN EQUIPMENT! WE VISIT SOMEONE TONIGHT!"

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Dib run off to his lab. The new information on his laptop will help him finally finish his repairs on Tak's broken machine. He will finally be able to fly and fight Zim more efficiently.

The boy immediately started his work. It was way easier with actual instructions.

A few hours of work later, the ship was fully repaired and as good as new. Dib looked proudly at his job, exited about all the new places in galaxy he would be able to explore. But time caught up with him as well as exhaustion. Dead tired, the boy went up to his room and collapsed on the bed. After so much hard work, he deserved some rest.

As soon as Dib fell asleep, Zim broke in his room. Silently, he scanned the walls to find Dib's lab entrance. He knew that the boy had one but never cared about it before. What threat a human child can be after all?

The scan revealed the hidden passage behind he bookshelf. Zim inspected it and quickly found the opening mechanism. In no time, he was in the laboratory, walking to the small spaceship. Pulling his tools from his backpack, he put on an evil grin.

"You're going to have the space trip of your live, Dib..."

That's it for the third chapter. Only one more to go. (Yeah... it's gonna be a 4 chapter story)