******Last Time*******

"Zim...You made me lose my page!"

"Change into that. We are going to a party."

*******Now*******

Dib perked up.

"What party?"

"A party is being held in honor of my conquest and position as the new tallest. We need to leave in ten minutes, so hurry."

Dib quickly tossed on the new clothes and looked in the mirror. He basically was wearing the invert of his earlier outfit. He had on a black shirt with Zim's symbol in red, crimson jeans with a black belt, and black shoes with red trim. Zim pulled something out of a box and motioned him over. He clipped what appeared to be two black studded braclets with Zim's personal symbol onto his wrists. Next he held out what appeared to be a matching collar.

"What the hell is that?!"

Zim attempted to put it on his neck.

"It's to show the others that you are mine."

Dib slapped away the thing furiously.

"NO, I am NOT some kind of pet to you!"

"I know! All this is meant to do is to let others know that you are my companion and that they are not to touch or harm you. It's to protect you. If they think you are just a randomly unclaimed alien, they will drag you off and do unspeakable things, even kill you. Now please, put the damn thing on!"

Dib simply nodded as the collar was fastened at the back. He was still terrified of these aliens due to the events here so far. Zim tosseled his hair and he calmed down a bit.

"Calm down Dib. I promise that as long as you keep these on your person and as long I am still breathing, I won't let anything happen to you."

The tension in Dib's body melted away and he let a small smile curl on his lips. The two walked the whole way in silence. Soon they arrived at a large ball room. Purple and magenta decorations covered the room and swung as the loud, blaring music made even the air vibrate. The room was packed with irkens dancing, drinking, and just having fun in general. Every one gave Zim a quick congraduatory shout before returning to their previous activities. Zim looked back at Dib.

"So, what do ya think?"

Dib smiled widely.

"It's just like a rave back on earth. Minus the glow sticks and party drugs of course."

"I'm glad you like it."

"Zim, so nice to see you."

Zim cringed at the voice. This went unnoticed by Dib who was looking at the newcomer warely. A female irken, about a foot shorter than himself, walked right up to Zim with a suductive smile. Even though she was quite beauitiful, her purple-eyed gaze made Dib's stomach churn unpleasantly. She pressed herself against Zim like she was glued.

"Hello Zim, Did you miss me, cause i most certainly missed you."

"Of course, Millie. Have you met my friend Dib?"

Millie looked at Dib with disgust evident in her eyes. Dib didn't like nor trust this girl. She knew Zim though, so he had to be nice. He didn't see Zim's cringe earlier. Dib stuck his hand out with a fake smile across his face.

"Hi, I'm Dib."

Millie looked at his hand as if it was diseased. She made no move to shake the offered hand.

"Millie. So Zim, I was thinking we should get together some time and...catch up."

Millie handed Zim a slip of paper with her phone number on it. She gave him a wink and after throwing a " See ya later" over her shoulder, Millie walked back into the crowd. Dib was pissed. A voice in his head told him that he was jealous, but he just shoved it aside. Zim could see that something was wrong with Dib, though he couldn't put a finger on it.

He was about to ask what was wrong, when a set of irken girls charged over and caught Zim in a death grip. Zim smiled and hugged back.

"Zim! Oh we missed you so much! Video calls were not enough."

"Sorry, but I'm here now. Girls, this is Dib. Dib, This is Scarlet and Heidi."

The moment Zim acknowledged him, Dib's anger disapated. Dib looked at the two alien girls. Scarlet was about a head shorter than Dib. She had piercing red eyes to match her name perfectly. Heidi was about 4 inches shorter than Scarlet. Dib was immediately fascinated by her. He had never seen another irken like her. Irkens had pink, red, or purple eyes and slightly bent antennae. Heidi had bright blue eyes, like Gir, and curled antennae. She seemed really odd and out of place, and yet, Dib was sure that she would be someone that he would trust in a heartbeat. Scarlet smiled mischeviously.

"Oh, so this is the one that you...mmpff."

Scarlet's mouth had been frantically covered by both Zim and Heidi. Both glared at her. Dib was left to wonder what she was going to say. Heidi scolded Scarlet before smiling and walking over to shake Dib's hand.

"It's so nice to finally meet you. I apologise for my mate's rude behavior."

"Mate?"

"Yeah, Scarlet is my lover. I can understand if that bothers you."

"NO, no, not at all! In fact, I'm more relieved than anything. I was afraid of being shunned for my own sexual preference here. I'm actually bi."