Chapter 11:

Three days later, Tak was in the kitchen taking a meatloaf out of the oven when the phone rang.

"Honey, could you get that?" she called out to Dib.

Dib was in the living room with Mimi in her robot form. Dib was giving her a bath.

"I'm busy cleaning Mimi," Dib said.

"I'll get it Dad," Dak said. He picked up the phone. "Hello? No. Oh." He turned to Dib and held out the phone. "It's for you."

"Figures," Dib said, then dried off his hands and grabbed the phone. "Hello? Gaz, it's you."

"Is Zaz at your house?" Gaz asked on the other line.

"No," Dib answered, "Why?"

"Well," Gaz said, then paused, before saying, "She ran away."

Dib didn't say anything. Instead he dropped the phone.

Two Days Ago:

Gaz and Zim had spent the last few days putting up missing posters for Zaz. The reward was $1000000 but although it was a false reward no one had seen her. Gaz had gotten worried. Zim got worried about Gaz. She had stopped playing video games and eating pizza just to find Zaz. They even when to the police.

"Not to worry," the chief said, "Our guard dogs will find her easily. They maul apart anything they see."

"But they won't maul apart Zaz?" Zim asked.

"Oh no, they will," the chief replied, "But the good news is they'll leave her face for you to hang on your wall."

"Why do we even have police?" Gaz asked as they left.

Now:

Both families sat in the living room of Zim and Gaz's house.

"Don't worry," Dib said, "I'm sure she'll be okay. Besides, whenever kids run away from home they usually phone their parents to know they're fine. So I think that phone will ring right about..."

The phone rang.

"Now," Dib finished, then Zim picked up the phone. "Hello?" he said.

"Is this Zim?" said the voice on the phone.

"Yes," Zim answered.

"I have your daughter right here. She's really some irken."

Irken? Zim couldn't believe what he was hearing. "Who is this?"

"You'll see," the voice said, "If you want to see her one last time follow these cooardinates." The phone printed out a map. Dib pulled it out and read it.

"This leads to an old bit of land just out of town," he told them.

"Meet us there, or else," the voice said, then a dial tone was heard. Zim lowered the phone.

"Someone's got Zaz," Zim said, "and he knows she's irken."

"Is she okay?" Gaz asked.

"I don't know," Zim said, "He wouldn't let me speak to her."

"We can't just wander over there," Tak said, "What if it's a trap?"

Dak stood up with a determined look on his face.

"Mom," he said, "Since I met Zaz I've never stopped watching out for her. Plus, this is your chance for you and Uncle Zim to resume your invader duties."

"But I'm not an invader," Tak said, "The reason I retired was because I stopped trying to become one. The only way to do it was to hurt your uncle, and I couldn't do that anymore."

"Tak," Dib assured her, "You're more of an invader than any irken who even has the uniform."

This made Zim sigh and turn away. They all looked at him. Gaz walked over to Zim and put her hand on his shoulder.

"Zim," she said, "Zaz needs us. Put on that uniform and let's go get her."

Zim got a determined look on his face.

Hours Later:

Tak deactivated her disguise and put on a purple outfit with a reddish-purple chest. She had bright purple arms and black gloves. Her bottom half was purple tight pants with darker purple cloth over the front and back. She wore high heel boots with pointed toes.

In the bedroom, Zim removed all his human clothes and opened the wardrobe, where an adult sized invaders uniform was hanging. He put it on.

Soon they were all ready to rescue Zaz.