Zim trotted down the stairs and stopped in front of the giant television screen while Gaz and Aneera waited upstairs and watched what happened. Zim stood in his "I am superior!!" posture with his hands behind his back and his back straight.
"Computer, send a transmission to the Tallest." he ordered. The computer did as it was told and sent the transmission directly to the Massive. The screen was black for a minute, then the Irken symbol appeared and letters were blinking under it, it probably said 'Connecting' or 'Sending'. After about a minute or so of that the Tallest themselves were glaring at Zim from the Massive.
"Hello Zim, what is it that you want this time?" Red asked in a rather bored voice. Aneera and Gaz looked at each other, then back at Zim.
"Well sirs, it is to my great pleasure to inform you that Earth has been destroyed once and for all. I trust that you are pleased by this." As Zim said this Red and Purple's eyes grew to the size of dinner plates and their jaws dropped to the floor.
"You did WHAT!? I don't believe this... you actually... in only two... how did you do it?" Red was the only one that could speak. Purple was so worried that Aneera would start getting depressed and she wouldn't ever talk to anybody. He hated to see her so upset.
"Well, I did manage to persuade Aneera to help out a little, with her powers and all." Aneera growled and shot Zim a horrible look of disgust. There was no way she would ever let that happen, not even if she was being mind controlled.
"I take it that it wasn't very easy, she doesn't seem to be all that happy about it. Well I'm sure she'll get over it by the time she's back here on the Massive." Red said reassuringly.
"Uhhhhhh, sirs, may I ask a small favour?" Zim was fidgeting with his hand and he turned to look at the two girls, then back at the screen. After a moment's consideration Red nodded his head and let Zim proceed.
"Well, I was wondering, if that we could stay here for a while. We both are very exhausted and flying in a one person Voot Cruiser doesn't really sound very enjoyable at the moment." Zim was now sounding a little nervous, but tried his best not to show it.
"Well, I supose so. How long do you plan on styaing there? We do need Aneera to be back here soon." Red stated.
"Well, sirs, I'm not really sure as to how long we'll be staying. But I will let you know when we are ready to leave Earth." Zim was a little less nervous, but still nervous.
"I guess we could let you stay for a while, just make sure you let us know when you're coming back." Red said and cut the transmission.
"Woowww... That actually worked. I thought they'd start interrogating you or something." Aneera said as she slowly walked down the stairs with Gaz following behind her. "So, what do we do now?"
Zim thought for a moment. They did have a lot of spare time and there wasn't much to do. He finally shrugged and said, "Whatever we want I guess." Gaz snickered and put her hand up to her mouth.
"What? What did I say?" Zim wasn't sure as to why Gaz was laughing at him at first, but then he gave it a little bit more thought. "You know? You need to go home and mind your own business for once!" Gaz started to laugh now but Aneera still didn't get it.
"Okay fine! I'll leave then, just make sure you two don't fall toomuch in love with each other." and with that, Gaz was out of the house and running home.
"What was all that about? All you said was that we could do whatever we wanted, how is that-... Ooohhhh, that's... That's, wow. Ummmm, what doyou want to do?" Aneera was starting to blush but for once she didn't really care. Zim was too though, so it wasn't that bad.
"Well, we could always play video games." Zim suggested. Aneera gave it a thought, then decided that there was probably nothing better to do anyway.
"Sure, why not?" The two made their way down to the underground arcade. When they entered the lift Aneera turned to Zim cocked her head to one side.
"How long are we going to be here anyway?" she asked. Zim pondered it for a moment.
"I don't know, a year or so I guess, why?" Aneera looked away from him and stared at the ground for a moment.
"We have a whole year, what are we going to do with all of that extra time?" The lift stopped and they stepped out and began to walk around.
"Well, maybe we wont be here for a whole year, but we might. I'm still not sure yet." Zim said while he looked around for a specific game.
Aneera nodded her head and smiled quietly to herself. Sometimes she wondered how he had gotten as far as he has in life. Then again, most of it was by accident.
The week went by very slowly and nobody did much. The day was usually spent by watching movies, working on small little trinkets or just playing in the arcade. They still had at least two months left of summer break and they were running out of ideas to keep them busy. Zim occasionally hung out with Dib while Aneera stayed home with Gir, but she quickly ruled that out (Gir tends to be very hard to babysit).
This particular day, however, proved to be more exciting then the last eight had been. Today, things were going to get a little more interesting.
Zim was sitting on the couch watching "Is It Real? Vampires" on the National Geographic Channel. He actually found the show particularly interesting. He himself had been weighing the pros and cons about vampires for a while now.
Gir sprang up to him and yelled. "Hi Master!! What cha doin'?" Zim was about to answer the little robot but Gir just proceeded, "Guess what? Minimoose and me were down in the lab and we saw some papers down on the floor!" Gir then dropped the small pile of papers in Zim's lap.
As Zim was examening the papers he found that they were actually blue prints for a demonic S.I.R. unit, weird. "Gir, where did you say you found these again?" he asked. He recognized the handwriting almost instantly, but still wanted to make sure.
"I found them in a waffle!" Gir screeched, Zim stared at him, nothing he said made much sense. Zim continued to flip and re-flip through the papers, Zink's handwriting was all over it. She must have been designing a new model for the military or something.
"Computer, where did Gir finds these blue prints?" Zim asked, still not looking away from the contents in his hands.
"Uhhhh, I think he found them on the, ummmm, fourth level down. Isn't that the-" Zim interrupted his computer.
"The inventing room, I know. Which means all of these must be completely accurate. What was she going to do with a S.I.R. unit like this?" Zim stood up and started to pace around the room. "Maybe she was just bored. No, maybe, it is for the military. Or maybe it's a custom made robot, but she only makes those for close friends. This is just plain weird, who would want a demonic S.I.R. unit anyways?"
Aneera's bedroom door opened and she tiredly stepped out and stood at the top of the stairs. She quietly yawned and began down the steps, keeping her eyes open only as much as she had to. Her movements were slow and her antennae were flat against her head but they were all crooked.
"Good morning sleepy-head!" Zim called, she only yawned in reply. When she got over to him Aneera looked over his shoulder at the blue prints. She studied them for a moment, thought nothing of them and plopped herself on the couch. "What, no 'Good morning sweetheart' or 'Did you sleep well'?" Zim asked looking at Aneera and folding his arms.
She stared at him for a moment before she replied. "Are you on something?" Zim scowled and laid his antennas back against his head in annoyance.
"Well fine! Be that way!" he hollered, leaving for his labs. As he began to lower down into the floor Aneera began to laugh so hard that she couldn't breathe right. Zim only shook his head and soon he was out of sight.
After riding the lift down a couple of levels it stopped and Zim stepped out. He wondered around the room for a minute, he almost forgot why he had come to the level.
Why had I come here again? Let's see, ummm... hmmm... oh yeah! now I remember! I have to make something! But how am I going to make that? That's part of human culture, I don't know much about it much less how to make... whatever those things are called. I know! I'll ask Dib! Surely he can tell me!
Zim stepped back into the lift, rode up to the ground floor and made his way out the door. He didn't even bother to say anything to Aneera, but she was used to it so she didn't realize that it had anything to do with her, much less the rest of her life.
Zim ran as fast as he could down the street towards Dib's house, hopefully he would be able to help. As he ran around the corner he could see his house off into the distance.
The house was the same it has always been, seriously, it needed a paint job. Zim didn't really mind that it was the worst looking house on the block, in fact, the only thing that he found annoying was the energy field around the front lawn.
He raced along the sidewalk and up to the front door. He slowed down and caught his breathe before he rang the doorbell. He waited for a moment for someone to open the door, but it didn't.
Oh come on! He has to be here, he just has to be!!
Finally, the door swung open and Dib was standing right in front of him. Zim threw his arms around his neck for a quick hug, then grabbed him by the shoulders and practically started shaking him to death while screaming "I need your help!"
"Jeez Zim! Calm down already!" Zim realized what he was doing and let go with a sheepish smile. Dib fixed his glasses that were askew and straightened out his shirt. He then looked at Zim and crossed his arms. "Now, you were saying that you need my help. What exactly do you need help with?"
"Well," Zim started. There had to be some place where they could go and talk in private. "Can we go to your room first, this is kinda personal." Dib sighed and lead Zim upstairs and into his small room. They walked in and closed the door behind them, that way Gaz wouldn't bother them.
"Okay, what's your problem?" Dib asked as Zim sat down on the bed next to him.
"Well, I kinda wanted to know about something." Zim said fidgeting with his fingers. His eyes darted around the room for a second, Dib sighed again and Zim stared at him for a moment.
"Well? I can't help you if I don't know what the problem is." he explained. Zim just kept on staring at him for a long while before he responded.
"I want to know about... ummm... human marage." Zim answered quietly. Dib's eyes doubled in size and his mouth fell open.
Aneera: Weeee!! Chapter 21!! I wanna play blackjack now...
Zim: Why would I want to-
Aneera: Hit me!!
Zim: Excuse me?!
Aneera: Yeah!! Perfect 21!!
Dib: Awww I lost!!
Zim: one... two... three... okay, I'm good! Not really.