Ch.4

Intruder in the base

Author's note: So… Gir enters the story in this chapter. I say this because… well, if i'm honest, i'm not very good at writing the dialogue of the little robot. I try, and try, and yet he always seems a bit too sane. I can get his actions rather well, but his dialogue? …*cringe*

So if you have suggestions on how i can do it better, feel free to let me know with a review. For this chapter at least, you just need to put up with abbreviations, misspellings, and all sorts of other things vaguely related to how Gir speaks. Also, i'll probably swap between styles for it multiple times through this chapter. trying to get a feel for how to do it. If this bothers you, i apologize.

Zim didn't go to his classes that day. He didn't feel like it, and nobody was actually forcing him, so he returned home. Besides, he had far more important things to do back at the base. For one, he had to dismantle the wormhole generator and the temporal engine. He had considered trying the plan again without Gaz screwing it up, but after giving it some thought, he decided that there's probably a better way to conquer the earth. A planet full of stupid, filthy worm monkeys can't be so difficult to destroy, anyways. Zim sighs. He had been telling himself the same thing ever since he landed on this ball of dirt.

"Eventually, Zim. Eventually you shall take over this pitiful world. Once you do, you will be a h-" Zim was cut off as Gir tackled him to the ground, shaking in fear. "MASTER! MASTER!" Zim gets up, and looks at Gir. "What is it, Gir? Did they cancel your favorite show or something?" Zim shakes his head dismissively, walking to his base.

"I was in da basement… an' i hears a noise… an' i sees a thing…" Gir looks down, almost looking ashamed. "i gots scarred." Zim rolls his eyes, stepping into the house, and removing his disguise, and sitting down on the couch. "Gir, it was probably just one of the experiments. You are aware that i keep them down there, correct?" Gir shakes his head. "No, it wasn't one of those… it was like you! 'cept… it wasn' you."

One of Zim's antennae perks up in curiosity. "Eh? Like me? As in, an Irken?" Gir nods his head. Zim jumps up off of the couch. "THEY ARE HERE TO TAKE MY MISSION!" Zim runs to the elevator in the base's kitchen with Gir. "GIR! Quickly! Where in the base did you see the intruder?"

Gir looks down for a moment, then back up at Zim, a stupid grin on his face, His tongue sticking out of the corner of his mouth. He giggles a bit. "i dunno!" Zim growls a bit, then looks up slightly. "COMPUTER! Run a biological scan on the entire base! Search for Irken DNA, and exclude my own from that search."

Within seconds, the computer responded. "Sir! Two irkens detected on level four!" Zim sent the elevator to level four, and ran out into the corridor. Gir looked around, staying close to Zim, his single antennae drooping in fear. Zim walks around a corner, and hears a very familiar voice speaking. "Keep your head down! Maybe if he doesn't notice us, he'll leave…"

Zim walks towards the voice, and sees Skoodge and another, much shorter, irken with their backs to him. Zim clears his throat, and the two irkens before him jump, and quickly turn around. Zim growls, baring his teeth menacingly. "WHAT DO YOU TWO THINK YOU ARE DOING HERE?!" Skoodge backs up a bit, and the smaller irken looks like he is about to pass out.

Skoodge clears his throat. "Um… you see, after that training mission on Hobo 13, i… uh… i kinda… hitched a ride… um… here." Zim raises an antennae. "That was seven years ago. how come my computer never located you?

Zim's computer spoke up. "Sir… i detected them multiple times, i just didn't say anything, because… well, they ARE irkens. i just assumed you brought some new assistants."

Zim's eye twitches, and he turns his attention to the shorter irken. "And you, identify yourself, and tell me what you are doing here!"

The tiny irken cowers away from Zim. "i- i am Table headed service drone Bob, sir… just… just call me Bob, though. Back when you were sent to Hobo 13, the Tallests forced me to bet for you surviving, and when you did… well, i was on the ship that was heading for the sun. Skoodge saw me and brought me along on your ship… we've been living in your basement ever since."

Zim glares at the two. "I'm going to give the two of you until this afternoon to get the hell off of my planet."

They stare at him, confused. Skoodge clears his throat. "I'm sorry… get the what off of your planet?"

Zim realizes what he said, and waves his hand dismissively. "An earth phrase i picked up during my mission. You wouldn't get it. Now, go! pack your things, and LEAVE!"

Bob steps forward, and Zim glares at him. "Um… w-with all due respect, Zim, perhaps we could stay here? We could provide assistance, like your computer said, or something." Skoodge nods his head quickly. "Yeah! Like, service drones, or something. Honestly, it's better than nothing. Technically, we're deserters, so… if we return to the armada, we'll be killed, and no planet not under irken control will take very well to two irkens, so…"

Zim sighs, and rubs the space between his eyes. "I feel like i'm going to regret this, but… Fine… you can stay. I'll go get the disguise machine ready… i'll show you what this world is like tomorrow."

POV Shift: Tak

Tak wasn't sure how long it has been since she returned to the armada, ashamed by her failure to steal his mission. Well, she knew how long it was for herself, she just didn't know it has been for… Him. The single worst thing that ever happened to her. The person she hated more than any other.

There is only two things she can be thankful for in her life. One, the tallests decided not to send her back to dirt, and two, they let her keep MiMi. She had grown fond of the little SIR unit, and isn't quite sure what she would do without her.

Her current job is basically the same as what it was on dirt, janitorial service, but this time it was on the massive, which meant she can actually make a dent in the filth around her. Despite this, she still feels rage and hatred deep within her. Not at her surroundings, not at her job, but at Zim.

"Mark my words, you damned defect… i'm going to return."

Author's note: So… that happened. Kind of a throw away chapter, i admit, but i had to bring Skoodge and Bob in SOMEHOW. After all, they are my favorite minor irkens, even more so than Tak, and Skoodge was originally supposed to come into the show [in more or less the same way i wrote it here, which is a plus] if it wasn't canceled… so… yeah. also, while Tak does make her first technical appearance in this chapter, she won't be in the story until a bit later. For right now, she just has her own side thing going on at the end of some chapters.

As always, i shall see you all in the next chapter!

...Also, i still don't like how i wrote Gir. Again, i need help on that.