In this chapter, there's going to be a zombie outbreak! Although to be fair, Invader Zim humans were kind of like zombies to begin with. They're not too bright, with the exception of the named human characters in the series.
I figured maybe I could include more paranormal things in this fanfic than simply aliens. It's more fun that way. Zim and Tak will still be present in this fanfic though. Expect aliens!
Chapter 4: Zombie Attack
"Today you're going to be taking a test...knowing my students, you will all probably fail horribly." noted Ms. Bitters.
"That's really reassuring." noted Gaz. She actually did better on her tests than her brother did. It was rather ironic considering that her brother boasted about how smart he was.
Unlike her brother, she realized that Zim wasn't a real threat to Earth. Sometimes he would actually do something effective, but that was rare.
Ms. Bitters handed the tests to her students.
They all did fairly well, despite what Ms. Bitters was imagining in her head.
"You all passed? I don't believe it...well, you probably won't be so lucky next time." noted Ms. Bitter.
The students shrugged.
Afterwards, it was time for lunch. Naturally, Zim wasn't eating anything at the cafeteria. Earth food was poisonous to his species.
On the other hand, Tak was eating...a lot.
Specifically, she was eating human barbecue.
"You sure seem to enjoy eating that barbecue..." said Dib.
Tak figured she might as well since she was stuck in a human body for the time being. Just as water was no longer dangerous to her, she was now capable of eating human food without poisoning herself.
Much to her surprise, she found that she enjoyed eating the meat that she liked to use to torment Zim.
It was kind of ironic.
She had to admit, though she thought humans (for the most part) were stupid, they certainly made good food. She was glad that she had found a human that wasn't an idiot though. However, something told her that his sister was even smarter than Dib was.
Strangely enough, even though she had been transformed into a human, she still seemed to retain her Irken intelligence, considering how well she did on the test.
It was kind of weird.
Perhaps the potion that Dr. Membrane had decided hadn't been perfect.
Although, considering that Dib and Gaz were smart individuals, maybe the potion DIDN'T have an impact on your intelligence, even if you were an extraterrestrial.
Since she had barbecue on her fingers, she decided to shake Zim's hand.
"Aah! My hand!" exclaimed Zim, whose hand was now sizzling.
It was nice getting even with him after that fiasco involving her being exposed to a human potion.
But at least she could eat all the barbecue that she wanted. It tasted spectacular.
"I guess we know what Tak's new favorite food is..." noted Dib.
"You probably already know what my favorite food is." answered Gaz.
"There's not a lot to know about you. You like pizza, you like soda, you like playing video games, and you like tormenting me...that's about it." stated the boy.
"Really? Maybe I need to reevaluate my lifestyle..." answered the girl. Perhaps she could do more with her life.
Although, she lacked the enthuiasm to do so.
Tak considered scalding Invader Zim again, but she then noticed Faye drinking a milk carton.
She figured that since Faye had beaten up Mimi after she witnessed her attacking Gir, it wouldn't be a good idea to attack Zim while she was around.
She was a lot tougher than she looked.
Speaking of Mimi, she had managed to repair her robot following the incident. However, she hadn't recognized her at first due to her being in a now human state.
Still, she had explained the situation and Mimi had reacted accordingly.
Perhaps she could devise something that would turn her back to normal.
Then again, she wasn't sure how she could ask Dr. Membrane about becoming an Irken again. As far as she knew, he didn't even know that aliens existed...unlike his son Dib.
After class was over, everyone went back home.
Gaz decided to watch TV.
Apparently, a strange glowing meteor had landed in a cornfield.
"A glowing meteor? I suppose I should ask Zim about that..." stated Gaz. It was probably one of his crazy schemes...which was inevitably destined for failure.
No doubt her brother would want to know about it. Of course, he would likely assume that it was the work of aliens.
Although strange enough, he and Tak seemed to get along rather well. Perhaps Irkens and humans weren't such a different species.
Whatever had created that meteor, it would probably be best for someone not to touch it.
But knowing how stupid humans are, someone WAS inevitably going to touch it.
Meanwhile at the farm where the meteor landed...
A farmer noticed that his cows seemed to be acting somewhat strange.
For starters, they seemed to be frightened of something.
He wondered if aliens were trying to steal his cattle again.
He remembered the time when one of them tried to abduct his cattle using a UFO...but for some strange reason, the robot that was with him kept interfering.
He wasn't quite sure what was going on...but at least none of his cattle had been stolen.
However, as it turned out, there wasn't any UFOs in the sky this time.
Instead, there was a glowing meteor.
Curious, the farmer decided to touch the meteor with his bare hands.
His skin turned green and all of a sudden, his skin turned green and his eyes turned red...similar to Zim.
Also, he started to feel the urge to bite others.
He immediately left the farm to look for people to infect.
The next day...
Gaz sighed. Based on the disappearances that she had heard about in the news, somebody had touched the strange glowing meteorite.
Now something bad was happening.
She wondered if it was Zim's doing. Tak had already denied having anything to do with it. She was still eating barbecue.
She decided to knock on his door.
"Zim, do you know anything about the glowing meteor last night?" asked Gaz.
Zim shook his head.
Gaz was rather surprised.
Though Dib would probably assume that he was lying, it actually wasn't one of his many plans for world domination.
Gaz wouldn't put it past Zim to lie to Dib...but he most likely wouldn't lie to her. They just didn't share the same antagonism.
Now that he thought of it, why did a glowing meteor hit the Earth? Was it the work of aliens? If so, he would likely know about it, considering that he was an alien himself.
Curious, he noticed what appeared to be a human...however, he was green and seemed to be looking for something.
"What is up with that human? He looks ill!" exclaimed Zim.
"This must be the start of a zombie apocalypse..." noted Gaz.
It was just like the horror movies she occasionally watched.
Of course, she was rather surprised that the horror movies she watched were coming to life.
Luckily, since she liked to watch horror movies, it seemed that she knew how to handle the situation...at least to a certain extent. Perhaps these zombies were actually different from the ones in her horror movies.
Either way, it looked like she was going to have to barricade her house. It was only a matter of time before the zombies decided to break and enter in order to find more humans to infect.
She wondered if the pizza boxes she left lying around the house would be useful.
Perhaps her father would be able to devise a cure...and become more famous than he already was.
As it turned out, the zombies were biting Zim's parents, trying to turn them into more zombies for their undead party.
However, since they were actually robots, this was proving to be futile.
Perhaps being a robot had its advantages. You never caught illnesses...including ones that turned you into a hungry zombie.
Likewise, Gir had nothing to worry about as well.
"Look at all the walking dead!" exclaimed Gir.
"I'm not sure we should be so excited about that." stated Faye.
"Well, they do seem rather hungry..." noted the robot. Luckily, zombies didn't eat metal. If they did, he would be in trouble.
Meanwhile...
Currently, Dib was plotting how to deal with Red and Purple. Based on what he knew, they were ones in charge of the Irkens. If they were thrown for power, then the citizens of Earth would have nothing to worry about.
Zim loved nothing more than to gain admiration from them. Sometimes he actually felt sorry for him. However, he was a threat to his planet and he wasn't going to sit by while he came up with all sorts of crazy schemes that could potentially cause Earth harm.
Since Irkens didn't like water, he figured maybe he could splash Red and Purple with water until they surrendered to him. If they did that, he could get them to call off the invasion of Earth.
Fortunately, only two Irkens had shown interest in conquering Earth, and in one's case, she only wanted to do so because Zim wanted to do it.
Luckily for him, while he didn't think Zim could be reasoned with, it seemed that Tak could be reasoned with. It actually seemed like Earth would be a better place with her in charge, though until taking a closer look at her motivations, he thought that she was an even bigger threat to Earth than Zim was.
While splashing Red and Purple with water could work, that didn't mean that it would work. Chances are they had bodyguards for protection.
Another option was to poison their food supply. He knew from what Zim had taught him that Earth food could potentially be toxic to them. If they made them sufficiently ill, throwing them from power would be so much easier.
But of course, there was the possibility that Red and Purple could have another Irken taste their food to check if there was any tampering. Presumably someone who was short...like Zim.
Another option was to make it rain on Planet Irk, and then negotiate a surrender with them. Problem was, he had yet to learn how to make a weather machine. While he was by no means bad with technology (especially when you considered who his father was), it would take him some time in order to successfully build one. Chances are he wouldn't get it right the first time.
And even if he built a weather machine, he would need one that would work at a wide range if he really wanted it to be effective. It could still work, but it would take quite some time. And if Zim discovered it, he could potentially destroy the weather machine.
For now he would keep brainstorming ideas and decide which one would be most effective. None of them were bad ideas, but surely one would outshine the rest.
But unbeknownst to Dib, Tak had decided to pay a visit. She had some difficulty connecting with humans since she used to be an Irken, but Dib at least seemed to understand her. Despite being from different planets, they weren't exactly different people.
She discovered Dib's plans to overthrow Purple and Red.
At first, she was frightened. It was clear that Dib was a threat to her alien leaders, and that Red and Purple were in danger of being thrown in a dungeon, potentially permanently.
For a moment she considered warning the duo of Dib.
However, she did then remembered her experiences with Purple and Red.
Every time she saw them, they were busy munching on something...they didn't seem too concerned about the welfare of their own people, they were more interested in gorging themselves.
They also kept conquering more and more planets, even though they had enough planets at that point to support the Irken population a dozen times over.
The more she thought of it, the more Red and Purple seemed unfit to rule over their people.
Why were they in charge again?
Oh, that's right. The Irkens chose representatives based on their height. Red and Purple were the tallest of the Irkens so they both got to be the leader. Luckily for Tak, she happened to be one of the taller ones so she happened to be well-respected amongst her fellow Irkens.
And yet, they didn't allow her to retake the test, simply because Zim had unintentionally sabotaged her efforts. Could it be that instead of blaming Zim for what went wrong in her life she should blame Red and Purple?
She still thought Zim was annoying, but still.
The more she thought of it, the more she thought Red and Purple SHOULDN'T be in charge. They weren't making Irk a better place. They did encourage Irken discrimination for the sake of staying in power, after all.
Even Zim would probably be a preferable leader to those two.
Suddenly, she heard a loud gasp.
It looked as if Dib had discovered that Tak now knew what he was planning.
"H-how much did you see?" asked Dib.
"Everything." admitted Tak.
Dib screamed like a little girl.
Tak raised an eyebrow. Despite being female, even she did not scream like that.
"Please don't tell them! You can tell Zim, but don't tell anyone else!" shouted Dib.
Well, maybe she could tell Gaz. She wouldn't care...she didn't care about anything.
"What makes you think I'm going to tell them?" asked Tak.
"What?!" shouted Dib.
"To be honest, I'm not fond of Red and Purple. They could be using their power to improve the lives of the Irkens, but they only use their power to improve their OWN lives. i wouldn't be surprised if they've been embezzled our money." noted the girl. There had been an inflation in their prices lately. Not for their war weapons for conquering planets, but for everything else.
Dib noted that Red and Purple probably were corrupt. Perhaps their planet was only full of invaders because Red and Purple made it their way.
"I swear, those two are as gluttonous as a Smorgsabordian..." remarked Tak.
"I'm not sure what that is, but I think I get your point." remarked Dib.
"I suppose I can help...to be honest, I think the only reason they're in charge is because of their height..." stated the girl. There had to be a better way to pick a leader than that.
"Wait, Irkens are given authority based on their height?" asked Dib.
"Yes, they are." nodded Tak.
"You wouldn't happen to have a machine that can make things bigger, would you?" inquired the boy.
"I do, though I haven't had a use for it...wait a second." noted Tak.
Suddenly, she had an idea as to what to do.
"Now I get it...you're devising a way to take the Irken's cash, are you?" asked the girl.
Dib nodded.
"Well, if it means putting an end to the Irkens' war fund, then I'm in." stated Tak. She had grown tired of the Irkens conquering other planets at that point. The only reason she wanted to conquer Earth was because apparently Zim thought it was special. But, in reality, it was not. It was just a speck in the span in the galaxies.
"We'll also want a shrinking machine..." explained Dib.
"A shrinking machine? But don't the aliens want to be bigg-oh wait." said the girl.
For some strange reason, Dib and Tak had very similar wavelengths. They weren't unlike Red and Purple in that aspect, ironically enough.
By using a shrinking machine, the discriminating Irkens could find another way to discriminate against Irkens, because they loved discriminating so much.
This plan just might work...and since it didn't involve violence, the Irkens wouldn't expect a revolution.
They would simply need to disguise themselves as Irkens for the plan to work. Tak was still legally an Irken, but she still wanted people to recognize them.
"By the way, why did you come to visit? You didn't knock..." explained Dib.
"There's kind of a zombie invasion outside...we're smart so we need to protect our brains the most..." stated Tak.
"What?!" shouted the boy.
I could have given Faye a three-letter name like all the other Invader Zim characters (with the exception of Purple, one of the Almighty Tallest and Mimi), but I figured a four-letter name would be close enough. Basically it's an abbreviation of faith.
I figured she and Gir would get along. Although to be fair, Gir wouldn't be so sweet and lovable if he weren't made out of garbage.
And yes, Dib and Tak know how each other think.