Author's Note: Whoo Yooo! Another Chapter! That was quick! XD
It's A Wonderful Life, Yeah Right (or is it?)!
Chapter 7: Skoodge, the Rescue!
Zim was shocked to find Skoodge on Earth. Maybe he was banished here Zim thought but whatever the reason he had to rescue Skoodge to find out what happened to the world he once knew.
"I can't believe he got captured! I thought he was a lot smarter than that. Damn, I was captured plenty of times and was still able to escape." Zim said aloud running out of the woods. "Well, whatever. I'll have to bust his ass out. It's the Invader Code of Honor! At least I think it is. I don't remember if we even had an honor code." Zim got out of the park to his bus stop. Then the bus pulled up to the stop. 'What luck' he thought to himself and got on the bus. He showed the bus driver his transfer ticket and sat down. Zim was full of excitement that he had a hard time restraining his smile. This is the first time he actually got to go on an Invader related mission for long time. Zim was pleased. Then he pulled the bus cord up to his neighborhood and got off the bus. Then 20 minutes later he was at his front door. He was then greeted by Gir and Minimoose. Zim ignored them and wondered around the house looking for supplies to bust the cage open. Gir and Minimoose stared at each other then looked at their excited master.
"What cha doing?" Gir asked.
"Going on a mission to rescue Skoodge!" Zim blurted out without thinking. Then he covered his mouth. It was too late.
"Can I come too?" Gir pleaded.
"NO, Gir, I can't afford any distractions!" Zim said looking down on Gir. Gir started to cry.
"But….I" Gir sniffed. "I wanna GGGGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Zim covered his antennas under his black-haired wig for a about four minutes of Gir screaming his head off. Zim finally gave in and thought of a way to use Gir in his plan.
" Gir!Gggggirrrrrrrrrr!" Zim screamed back to get his attention.
"OOoooooooooo. Yes?" Gir answered him.
"Fine. You can come but you have to listen to me, understand?" Zim said to Gir.
"Do a do a do, what?" Gir looked up at Zim.
"Umph, never mind. Just let me gather some tools and we'll be off." Zim said. Zim pondered to himself what would be a good tool to unlock the cage. All he could think of that was awesome to use was lasers and that is what he found; a hand-held laser that he hid in the cushions of the couch, as for hid, I mean lost.
"Damn, good thing the safety was on or I would be in jail for the endangerment of four teenagers. Now to find something to carry Skoodge in, ah, my backpack!" Zim said as he dumped his ugly uniform on the floor with his notebook and pencils.
"Skoodge is so small, it would be like carrying a baby," Gir said sweetly to Zim.
"Na-huh!" Zim defended embarrassed at the comment.
"Ya-huh! Can I carry him." Gir asked his master.
"No you'll drop him!" Zim said putting his laser in the backpack and placing it over his right shoulder. "Time to look the part as well." Zim said going upstairs to his room. Zim opened his closet door and changed out of his oyster shirt into a black T-shirt and then found his black coat and put that on as well. Then he grabbed a different disguise for Gir to wear and stuffed it in his pack. It was just about evening.
"Now it is time to go to Dib's house!" Zim said walking down the stairs to get Gir's attention. "I'm sure he has lots of stuff for this kind of thing." Zim and Gir went out the front door leaving Minimoose behind. Minimoose squeaked and decided to watch some TV.
Zim walked over to Dib's house, went up the driveway and knocked on the front door. Prof. Membrane answered the door. He saw that Zim was dressed in all black and became curious.
"Zim, what are you doing in this hour of the night?" Prof. Membrane asked directly.
"I gotta bust one of my Irken Invader buddies from a bunch of crazy UFO convectors." Zim explained. "If I don't, he will die. Also, I need to borrow some stuff from Dib." Prof. Membrane looked at Zim strangely then said.
"Oh. Okay. Just don't stay out too long or you'll catch a cold and if you get caught ask for a lawyer and don't tell them anything, got it?" Zim nodded. "Okay," Prof. Membrane continued on. "Dib should be up in his room..."
"Thanks! See you later Membrane!" Zim said running up the stairs leaving Gir behind. Gir decided to roll on the front lawn.
"With his girlfriend." Prof. Membrane said finishing his sentence but it he was already gone. "You think he needs to know that part. Oh, well." Prof. Membrane thought to himself as he sat down on the couch with his daughter, Gaz.
"What is he up too?" Gaz asked her father.
"Don't know?" Membrane plainly said and continued to watch TV.
Zim reached Dib's room and opened the door. Zim was surprised by what he saw. Dib was on top of Gretchen making out, getting ready to take her shirt off on Dib's bed.
"What the hell do you think you're doing?" Zim screamed furiously embarrassed by what he saw.
"Oh, Dad!" Dib said getting off of Gretchen quickly. "I can explain. See, Gretchen had a stain on her shirt and…" Dib turned around and saw it was Zim with his arms crossed listening to his excuse. "Zim, it was just you!" Dib said relieved. "Get the hell outta here!" Dib said furiously throwing a pillow at Zim's head. "Have you ever heard of knocking?"
"Yeah!" Gretchen agreed pulling her shirt back down. "I was indecent!"
"Oh, never mind that now! I didn't see anything!" Zim said to Gretchen. "Oh, nice tattoo by the way. Butterflies sure are priceless!" Zim said quickly smirking a bit. Then Gretchen threw an even harder pillow at his stomach causing him to fall on his back. "Oww….Nice one!" Zim said atlas and got up.
"Yo. Dib! Can I talk to you in private?" Zim asked his buddy.
"No, go away!" Dib said pushing Zim out of his room.
"But, it is important!" Zim pleaded to Dib before he closed his door.
"More important than the time you told me to flush the toilet after I peed." Dib said annoyed.
"Even more important than that, it's Irken!" Zim then said seriously. Dib knew it was serious once Zim said that word and turned to his girlfriend.
"Gretchen, I am really hungry, can you make me some toast?"
" Sure, Dib!' Gretchen said politely. "What do you want on it?"
"Whatever you're having, I don't care." Dib said sweetly.
"Okay." Gretchen got up from the bed and left the room.
"Thank you!" Dib said smiling waving at Gretchen when she was about to go down the staircase. Gretchen waved back and went downstairs.
"Well, Zim," Dib said looking at his friend. "Talk to me."
"I went to the UFO Convention and saw that Skoodge was there captured by Mary's mother, so now I'm gonna bust him out."
"Why?" Dib questioned Zim. "Don't you hate those invaders?"
"No, I don't hate my own kind. I just hate those two!" Zim explained. "Besides, Skoodge helped me out plenty of time, I could at least help him once…" Zim finished feeling a bit embarrassed by what he said. Dib just smirked.
"Awwwww. Zim made a friend. How cute!" Dib said then he started laughing.
"Stop laughing!" Zim demanded. "Are you going to help me or what?"
"Yeah, yeah..." Dib said regaining the serious nature of the issue. "So what do you need?"
"Need something to disguise myself and to see clearly through the forest." Zim spat out.
"Okay, how about some night vision goggles and let's see..." Dib said rummaging through his closet handing him the goggles.
"Hurry up!" Zim said looking out the door. "Gretchen is gonna come in any minute now!"
"No she isn't." Dib said pleased. "My Dad's down there and she's carrying toast."
"Oh, yeah, right!" Zim said realizing what Dib meant. "The toast story!"
Down Stairs
Gretchen was carrying the plate of toast to the living room until she saw Prof. Membrane behind her staring at her plate. Prof. Membrane looked interested in what she was carrying.
"Did I ever tell you that I was the inventor of Super Toast!" Prof. Membrane said taking one of the toasts off her plate and holding it up in the air.
"Here we go!" Gaz said annoyed.
"Okay you can use my Dad's cloaking jacket. When you turn this button on, it will turn you invisible, but only for a short time because I forgot to replace the batteries." Dib explained.
"What do they take?" Zim asked thinking he might be able to find some.
"Four C sizes." Dib said.
"Damn!" Zim snapped.
"I know!" Dib agreed. "What are you planning to do with Skoodge once you rescue him?"
"I don't know?" Zim said. "Listen to what happen to him, get some information and I guess send him back to space."
"With, what?" Dib asked curiously.
"You Know..." Zim said grinning at Dib. Dib knew what Zim met by his remark and said in despair.
"Not Tak's ship!" Dib said hoping it didn't come to that.
"Yes, Tak's ship." Zim continued. "You had that thing for a long time and you still can't figure out how to fly it."
"It's because Gaz won't tell me!" Dib said in defense.
"I don't think she'll ever tell you." Zim said making Dib realize his situation.
"You're right!" Dib said. "I guess he can use it."
"Thanks, Dib." Zim said sincerely. "Alright, I will be back here with Skoodge tonight. If I don't come back by morning, I have been captured so you'll have to bust my ass out."
"Fine." Dib said displeased on what he had to do.
"I'm back!" Gretchen said catching both of them off guard. They looked at her amazed.
"Whoa, Dib, she's a keeper!" Zim said elbowing Dib. "She only was down there for 10 minutes."
"Yeah," Dib agreed. "The shortest time I been with the toast story was an hour. Gretchen, how did you escape my Dad's ranting?"
"Told him my ancestors invented the toaster, then he backed away in shame." Gretchen simply said eating one of the toast pieces. Zim and Dib both looked at each other, surprised.
