Well, here we are. After I almost gave up, I managed to make one of my absolute favorite chapters of this story. Basically, it's chapters like these that make the story worth writing.
The gang was still in Zim's lab in the form of a pile on the floor.
"Who are these things?" Zim asked.
"What gives? You're not that alien Dib told us about!" Patrick said, as Dib rolled his eyes.
"YOU!" Jenny immediately got off the pile, and launched herself towards Zim, holding his neck in her hand.
"Jenny, what are you doing?!" Dib said.
Jenny launched Zim against the wall, holding his neck against the wall. Zim tried to fight back, struggling to get out of her grasp.
"What do you know about the Cluster?!" Jenny asked.
"Who is this Cluster you speak of, foolish android?!"
Jenny pulled out the buzzsaw out of her hand.
"Don't play dumb with me! I know all about your races' affiliation with the Cluster!"
"What on Earth are you talking about?" Zim asked.
"Jenny, put him down!" Dib said. "I know these Clusters are your arch enemies, but you can't kill him!"
Zim immediately used his claws to shock Jenny, and sent her flying back.
"That was just a warm-up!" Jenny told Zim.
"Dib, you have brought more of these humans, and…" he saw Spongebob and Patrick. "Sea Mutants to my lab!"
"I'm a mutant?" Patrick sniffed his armpit. "Aw man, I have a dumb power!"
"Listen Zim, we know all about the Irkens helping the Clusters out for this invasion."
"You come and intrude my personal quarters, and fill me with such LIES?!"
"Now look here Irken!" Jimmy said. "I've done simple scans, and my data claims that the technology those Clusters are using originate from your race's own weapons!"
"And what do we have here? A small little big-headed boy trying to be a genius?"
"DO NOT. CALL ME. SMALL." Jimmy responded, now angry. "And for the record, I am the greatest boy genius my universe holds! One that could easily take you down!"
Zim came closer to Jimmy's face. "You dare challenge me?"
"I've defeated hundreds of aliens in my universe, Irken!" Jimmy said. "You'd just be another victory."
"And you'd just donate a human organ to add to my collection of relics, puny genius!"
Both of them were staring face to face with each other.
"But seriously, what are all of you talking about? My race isn't partaking in any invasion on Earth!"
"You mean, you don't know?" Dib responded.
"Don't know what?!"
"Goddard, play the footage!" Goddard's screen turned on, which showed live news feed of a city getting obliterated by Clusters inside mech suits.
"WHAT?! How can this be?!" Zim said. "Those are the Irkens weapons! They're on my future property!" Zim immediately turned to his screen.
"What are you doing?" Dib asked.
"Contacting my masters!" Zim responded.
…
Back on the Massive, the Tallest were watching a Gladiator game while sipping drinks, which involved an invader screaming her head off, as she was running from a giant scorpion, whose tail was a laser.
"Shouldn't we worry more about the war?" Purple asked.
"Nah, it's just a bunch of useless species fighting over a cookie." Red responded. "Besides, our invaders our slowly defeating those lesser races from the inside!"
"Oh yeah." Red continued sipping his drink. "Wasn't there something else we were supposed to worry about?"
However, the Gladiator game was cut off, as Zim appeared on screen. "MY TALLEST!" Both of the tallest screamed, and then stopped. "I mean, hello fellow invader Zim." Red annoyingly replied.
"What is this I'm hearing about these so called Clusters, using our races' technology to conquer my planet?!"
"Zim, we have no idea what you're speaking of!" Purple replied.
"According to my new human prisoners, our fellow Irkens have given the Clusters their weapons!"
Meanwhile, in the back, Spongebob was astonished by the Tallest, while Jimmy and Jenny were shocked at seeing the two.
"Should we do something about these Tallests?" Jenny asked.
"Relax, I don't think they're after Earth." Dib said.
"They're not?" Jimmy asked. "Well, that's odd."
Red felt annoyed at this. "Let us discuss something in private, Zim." The two turned over again, and gave another conversation, both sounding annoyed at each other. Then, they turned over, now looking happier.
"Zim, we believe that these Clusters have stolen our military weapons!"
"Oh yes, and for your next mission, you must seize their entire race from your planet!"
"It will be my honor, my Tallest. For no one will take Zim's future prize! I will not fail you too!"
Zim turned off the screen.
"Alright, Zim dies, I get your snacks for a week!"
"Deal!"
Back at the base.
"So your race isn't helping with the invasion?" Jenny said.
"Actually, was it just me, or did those "Tallest" sound a little suspicious?" Jimmy asked. "They sounded as if they weren't telling the truth!"
"These Clusters think they can steal from my Tallest, and take my planet?!" Zim said. "Well, we'll see about…wait a minute, I just realized, how did you humans even get in here?"
"You didn't let us in?" Dib asked.
"Actually, I don't recall doing so…"
"Then who…"
"WHA HA HA!" GIR jumped through the lab, and landed on Goddard. "GIDDYUP PIGGY!" Goddard was howling as a desperate cry for help, as GIR rode on him like a horsey.
Zim groaned in annoyance. "GIR, you let the enemies into our lab again!"
"I let the who in the what?" Goddard threw GIR off his back, as he slammed the other robot against the wall. "BUCKA-TACO!" he laughed.
"Wow, I already like this guy!" Patrick said.
"Um, what is that?" Jimmy asked.
"That's GIR. He's supposed to be my SIR unit." Zim said. "Or should I say as you puny humans understand…?"
"Your robot assistant?" Jimmy asked.
Zim had no response. "Yes?"
Jimmy laughed. "You actually constructed that thing?"
"No, my Tallest gave me him. You see, fudge hair, SIR units are to retrieve information about the planet and their inhabitants and to my wonderful masters, he's a special unit." Jimmy turned to GIR, who was busy blowing Patrick's belly button, who was laughing.
"A TACO!" GIR said as he pulled a taco out of his head, and started eating it.
"Oh he's special alright!" Jimmy responded.
"And kinda adorable!" Jenny said. GIR then had his eyes on Jenny. At that moment, something clicked with him. "PRETTY LADY!" GIR said.
"Um, hello?" Jenny said. Then, GIR passed out on the ground.
"Ah, maybe robots can love after all!" Spongebob said.
"Have you ever tried improving his A.I?" Jimmy asked.
"Already tried that. It failed horribly." Zim said.
"Why don't you let Jimmy do it?" Spongebob asked. "He seems like a genius!"
"Why would I let a human get their filthy hands on my robot, sponge-thing?"
"Don't bother, Spongebob. Besides, I never affiliate with robots or machines that are programmed to destroy!"
"What about the nanobots who almost deleted the world and then sabotaged your father's toy?"
Jimmy turned to Carl. "Do you always have to do that?"
"Wow, you actually pulled that off?" Zim said. "Maybe I should consider having you fix my assistant." Both turned their heads towards GIR.
"Would you like a waffle?" GIR asked Jenny, with the specific food in his hand.
"Um, no thanks."
"AHHAHHAHHA!" Jenny quickly grabbed the waffle, and stuffed it in her mouth, as GIR grinned.
"Forget it, Zim. I would never assist any villain, especially if they're world-dominating attempting aliens!"
"So be it!" Zim said, as he was using his gloves to form lasers, while Jimmy got his Tornado Blaster from Goddard.
"Say the word, and I'll get rid of him!" Jenny said, pulling out his weapons.
"Wait!" Dib said, calming the two down.
"Drop your weapons this instant!" Spongebob said. "What is this violence is going to solve?"
"Oh brother." Dib responded. "Guys, I hate Zim as much as you do, but he might be our only hope for defeating these Clusters. BESIDESIFTHERESANYONEKILLINGHIMITSME."
"Yeah, and besides, what if Zim isn't really the bad guy?" Spongebob said.
"What?" Jimmy asked.
"Zim might be an alien, but I bet somewhere down there, he has a heart of gold!"
"Is he really doing this?" Dib said.
"He is." Jimmy said.
"You should just let him have a chance! Maybe he's just misunderstood on this planet!" Spongebob said.
"Spongebob, I've been after Zim for a while now!" Dib said. "The only thing I will ever understand from him is that he will stop at nothing to get this planet!"
"Please don't do your friendship stuff right now, Spongebob!" Jenny said.
"But Jenny! You already know what it's like to be misunderstood!"
"Oh no! Don't you ever compare me to that alien again!" Jenny said. "I'm a superhero programmed to save the Earth! He's an evil villain who wants to take over Earth! You're comparing apples and oranges, Spongebob! Especially if the orange isn't ripe!"
"Can we stop this?" Dib asked. "We can't be fighting about this now!"
"That's right!" Spongebob said.
"We have a world to…" COUGH. "What was that?!" Zim asked.
"Show yourself, intruder!" Zim said. Out of the shadows, was someone completely unexpected.
"I'm not an intruder!" Skrooge said. "It's me, Irken Invader Skoodge, Invader Zim!"
"Skoodge?! What on Earth are you doing in my lab?! Last time I saw you, you were on Hobo 13!"
"I found a way off the planet, and crash landed here!"
"You've been in my base the entire time?!" Zim asked. "Against the Tallest's orders?!"
"Well…yes."
Zim paused. "Get out of my base!"
"Please don't kick me out, Invader Zim! It's scary out there!" Skoodge replied. "Worse than any other planet I've conquered! The adults are all filthy and disgusting, and the children love to bite things! Worst of all, there's water everywhere! BURNING. ACID. WATER!"
Jimmy chuckled. "You Irkens are afraid of water?"
Spongebob laughed. "There's nothing to fear about water, pal! See?" Spongebob squeezed water out of his body, and it hit Skrooge, who started screaming on the floor. "Whoops, sorry!"
"And I thought that was just a myth fabricated by some weird movie director!" Jimmy said.
Skrooge came up from the floor with a burn mark. "Besides, I've already made friends with your little flying creature!" MiniMoose, Zim's other helping machine came flying out of the shadows.
"NYA!"
"Minimoose? I forgot I had that thing!"
"How cute! It's almost as if the network wasted good potential!" Spongebob said.
"I don't have time to deal with you, Skoodge!" Zim responded. "I have to save this filthy planet!"
"Well, I'm not joining you!" Jimmy said.
"Count me out too!" Jenny said.
"Guys, now's not the time to be splitting up!" Dib said.
"Jimmy, Jenny, we're supposed to be a team!" Spongebob said with puppy eyes.
Jenny sighed. "Fine. But if he betrays us or pulls anything funny, I won't hesitate to get rid of him!" She pulled out a gun from her back.
"I promise, I won't let him pull any stunts!" Dib responded. "I already know most of his tactics."
"Come on guys, we have a lot of…" At that moment, Goddard was biting Patrick's butt.
"Bad doggy! Bad doggy!" Patrick said.
"Goddard, stop it boy!" Carl said, chasing Goddard.
Then, GIR handed Jenny a flower. "For you, pretty lady!"
"Wow, thanks, I've never…" Jenny looked at the "flower". "What is this?"
"I made it myself!" GIR replied. The flower consisted of a sticky popsicle stick, pedals that were really dried bird excrement, and the middle was a smiley face button, with the entire thing covered in dirt, worms and peanut butter. Jenny gave a fake giggle, while being disgusted by it.
Jimmy then walked up to Skooge. "Listen Irken, I mean Skooge, do you happen to know anything more about these Tallests? Is Earth really not one of their targets?"
"No it's not." Skooge responded. "To them, this whole planet is weak and your technology is seen in their eyes as inferior!"
"What? That is a complete load of nonsense! I bet we can take these Tallests down with my own technology!"
"Please human, don't get in their way! You've already seen what their technology looks like out there! Be grateful your planet isn't one of their thousands of targets!"
"Thousands of targets? They're after other planets too?"
"They've conquered many of them, including me!"
"We have to do something about them! They can't keep doing this to planets of other innocent lifeforms!"
"What can you do?! If you, human, came anywhere near them, they'd eliminate you, with their own bare hands! It's best to leave this whole conflict alone! Trust me! Besides, you should just leave those stupid, selfish jerks alone! I was a good Invader just like the rest of them, but then they wanted me gone, because...I wasn't tall!"
Jimmy took this in his mind. "Oh Einsteins, you will not believe how much I can relate to that statement!" Jimmy said. "But wait, if they don't want Earth, then why did they send Zim to conquer it?"
"They didn't!" Skooge immediately covered his mouth.
"What did you say?"
"Nothing, I didn't say anything! Nothing about them hating Zim!" Skooge covered his mouth again. "Please don't tell Zim!"
"Tell me everything, and I won't say a peep!"
"NYA."
"Get out of here!" Jimmy swiped MiniMoose away.
"Sorry, this is between the two of us!"
Meanwhile, Zim was ready to take off on his ship.
"Well, I'm off!" Zim said.
"Zim, where are you going?!" Dib asked.
"I'm going to kill this Cluster! What else?"
"But we're supposed to go with you!"
"I never agreed to join you fools, especially with that putrid android and that fudge-haired kid!"
"You need us, Zim! I know your big mind is telling you otherwise, but you really do need us for this!"
"They are my enemy too, you know!" Jenny said.
"Come on, Zim! Look into your heart!" Spongebob said, as Dib and Jenny shook their heads in annoyance.
"I am not going to have you all.." BANG. A loud noise was heard.
"What was that?" Jenny asked.
Back to the conversation.
"It all makes sense! That crazy robot, those Tallests not wanting Earth. Zim is a pariah!"
"Please, you cannot tell Zim any of that!" Skoodge said. However, Jimmy was smiling. "Why are you smiling?"
"Because, I have the ammo I need to take that Irken down!"
"You promised not to tell him!"
"It's alright, I won't mention your name!" BANG. "Leapin Leptons!"
Carl was trying to get GIR off his back, from a piggyback ride. BANG. "Earthquake!" Carl screamed. GIR started running in circles.
"What's making that racket?" Zim asked. A platform moved him to the top, as he went to his little observatory, and saw what was outside. It was a giant round robot with spider legs, and inside, was Smytus and a few other Cluster guards.
"ZIM AND THE JAILBREAKERS! Come out wherever you are!" his voice boomed from the Spyder's microphone.
"It's Smytus!" Jenny said. "He's found us!"
"Oh, I'm not putting up with this!" Zim jumped off the observatory, and landed in his Voot Runner.
"Wait Zim, you can't leave!" Dib said.
"Enough, Dib! I am not joining your little faction of pathetic "heroes"! Besides, if this Smytus thing wants me, then I'll give him to me, and ELIMINATE HIM!"
"No!" Zim took off in his Voot Cruiser from the roof, as he now flew towards Smytus' robot Spyder.
"Now count me in!" Jenny flew out of the base. Now it was just the BB duo, Dib, Jimmy, Goddard, Carl, Gir Skoodge and Minimoose.
"We have to follow them, guys!" Spongebob said.
"I still have spaceships tucked into my Hypercube! However, I'm still not interested in helping that Irken!" Jimmy said.
"Forget you, then! I have ships at my own house, and if you take us there, we…"
A loud bang was at the door.
"Dib!" Gaz said.
"Now you have no choice! Pull out your ship!" Dib dragged Jimmy's hand to where another ship was at.
….
Zim flew towards the back of the Spider, ready to attack. However, Smytus gave an attack cry, shooting a giant laser at the Runner. Zim turned to his left, narrowly avoiding the attack.
"So, Irken Zim!" Smytus said. "You've come to surrender!"
Zim talked into a microphone. "Not in your own metal dreams, Cluster!" Zim shot his beams continuously at the robot.
"That's Commander Smytus, the DESTROYER OF WORLDS!"
"Yeah, yeah, whatever, not like I heard that dumb nickname before! Now give the Irkens back their weapons!" He made multiple shots at a missile launcher, which blew up. "The ones you and your filthy race stole!"
"We didn't steal any of your races' precious weapons!" Smytus replied, as he used another missile launcher to shoot at the Runner. "The Irken Tallest leaders gave it to us in exchange for our services, who by the way, also sent us to destroy you!"
"YOU'RE LYING!" Zim replied, as he dodged the missiles, making each one hit the Spider. Everyone inside the spider fell to different sides.
"I am not!" Smytus replied. "The Tallest stand by the Cluster! Now, I must finish their request!" Smytus launched out many metal arms out from every side of the spider. Immediately, the arms started attempting to grab Zim's Runner, which he tried to fly away from. However, one of the arms grabbed the Runner, and started to slowly crush it. The Runner's windows started to crack, as the arm sank deeper and deeper.
However, now the arm that was holding Zim was ripped in half, along with many other arms. The "culprit" behind this attack was Jenny. "Robot girl!" Zim said.
"That wasn't for you, Irken boy!" Jenny said.
"XJ9! How delightful! Now I have two targets to get rid of all at once!" Smytus said.
"Not even in your dreams, Smytus!" Jenny replied.
"Hey, I just used that comeback!" Zim said. "You dare steal my comeback?!"
"Shut up." Jenny responded.
Both Jenny and Zim started to fire at Smytus' Spider. Jenny sawed through every metal arm, while Zim continued shooting missiles at the ship, blowing up different areas and parts.
"THAT IS ENOUGH!" Smytus screamed, as he pulled out two bigger arms, which grabbed the Runner and Jenny. "I've waited far long enough for both of your demises! Now for the final…"
A spaceship passed by Smytus, hitting the Spider in the back. The sounds of screams were heard in the back. "What on Cluster Prime was that?!" Smytus cried.
It was Jimmy's bus ship from the Intergalactic Showdown trip, which for some reason, CARL WAS DRIVING. Though Spongebob, Patrick and GIR were having fun in the back.
"I got this guys!" Carl screamed.
"Why did you even let him get behind the wheel?!" Dib asked.
"He wouldn't stop complaining!" Jimmy responded. "Why did you even think you could handle this, Carl?!"
"Please, I wanted to do something for the team! Plus I thought I could actually fly this thing without any prior knowledge!" Carl said. "JUST LIKE THE JEDI GIRL!" The ship was flying towards the city now.
As Smytus was distracted, Jenny blew out of the metal arm, shot at the main cockpit of the Spider, causing a giant explosion, and climbed onto where the Runner was. Jenny punched the windshield open, and grabbed Zim.
"Get your hands off me, robot girl!" Zim responded.
"Stop complaining!" Jenny responded. "You're lucky I'm not going to drop you from this height!" As Jenny carried Zim, they both flew away from the dropped Spider. Smytus got up, and growled in anger.
Back in the city, Carl was still out of control of the car. "I can do this, guys! I really can!" Carl responded.
"Well then, get us out of the city!" Jimmy cried. Carl took a very sharp turn left, which sent GIR and Patrick flying towards the window. Now, the ship was under a tunnel, which caused every car on the bottom of it braking, crashing, and even flying in the air. One truck crashed, releasing dozens of wild animals, including a few elephants, many bears, and even a goat, which all started shooting lasers around the cars and its' surroundings.
"Forget this, Carl! You're not suited to drive this ship!" Jimmy said.
"Let me do this, Jimmy!" Carl responded, as they both fought over the wheel.
"We're heading into downtown!" Dib cried.
They then crashed into a giant building filled with offices, destroying many of the mini offices. However, none of the employees seemed to cared, and continued doing what they were doing, probably because of their lack of caring for life. One even looked down the hole, walked near it, closed his eyes, and then threw his printer down the hole. He happily walked out of the hole's range, but then an eagle carried him off the building and dropped him, while he was screaming.
"Whee!" Spongebob said. "It's like a theme park ride!"
"Which one?!" Jimmy yelled, as he winked to the reader, while still in fear.
The two boys then made the ship chop the head off a Bloaty statue, which sent a gigantic flood of grease flowing through the city, sending every civilian and car plunging to whatever direction it was heading.
Followed by the ship crashing into an electric billboard…which Gaz immediately jumped onto, standing inside the hole.
Then, Carl almost crashed the ship into a movie theater, which he quickly turned away from, but the wing hit the shark promoting the new "SHARK MOVIE 33!", which almost hit a crossing civilian.
"The shark still looks fake!" said the civilian. But then, the shark used it's tongue to grab the civilian and launch it into its stomach.
Now, Carl had full control of the wheel. "Alright, now I got this!" Carl said, as he happily drove the ship.
"This is why I never let anybody control my ships!" Jimmy said.
Meanwhile, Jenny was flying with Zim towards the ship, which Sara spotted in the air.
"Zim is with that stupid robot! What losers!" Sara said.
However, Jenny then spotted the ship. "There you guys are!" Jenny said. "Now, we can finally get out…" WHAM! Carl rammed into the robot and the Irken. "OH NO!" Carl shouted. "Are you guys ok?!"
Jenny was now annoyed as she stared at Carl from the windshield. "LET US. IN." she said.
"That'll do." Carl pressed a button, opening the side door. "NO CARL, NOT IN THE..!"
The side door was now open, sucking plenty of air outside. Everyone of the toons inside the car held on to their seats. Goddard was almost sucked out of the ship, but he grabbed on tightly by the sides of the door with his two metal hands. Jenny immediately got out of the way of the windshield, grabbed onto the door, and made it in with Zim in his hands.
"Next time, I'M DRIVING!" Jimmy shouted at Carl.
"You fools! I could've ended that Cluster!" Zim said.
"Shut up, Zim. At least be grateful we saved your life!" Dib responded.
"Well now, the gang's united again!" Spongebob said. "But wait a minute, where's…?"
Spongebob heard a scream downtown. "It has to be!"
Squidward was running on the road, away from the killer mutant animals, the grease flood, and the scout girls selling cookies.
"GET AWAY FROM ME, YOU HORRIBLE FREAK!" Squidward screamed, as he was running away from an android with Membrane's face on it.
"It's for the good of Science!" Membrane responded, as he continued shooting lasers at Squidward. "All you have to do is succumb to the multiple painful amputations!"
"It's Squidward!" Patrick said. "Wait, he was gone the entire time?"
"Do we have to save him?" Jenny asked.
"We never leave anyone on the team behind!" Carl said. He then immediately turned the ship down towards Squidward, and dove towards him. The ship's tip rammed into the screen of the Membrane droid, as Spongebob pulled Squidward into the ship.
"Alright, Thank you, and I'm never stepping foot in this universe ever again!" Squidward said.
"Now, we can finally go to Miracle City and meet with…" ZAP. Smytus' Spyder was up again, still shooting lasers. "Get back here you Jailbreakers!" he boomed from the ship.
"I hate this bug so much!" Zim said, and then he pushed Carl out of the driver's seat. "I must get rid of him!" He drove near the bug again.
"Zim, are you crazy?!" Jimmy said, grabbing the wheel.
"What are you doing, Fudge-hair?!" Zim responded. "I'm trying to exterminate this Smytus guy!"
"This ship doesn't have any defense systems!" Jimmy said.
"What fool has a spaceship without any weapons?!"
"I won this ship on a game program! You're asking me!"
The ship kept turning side to side, as the two were fighting over the wheel. Meanwhile, all the toons on the back kept hitting the windows.
Eventually, Patrick was on Squidward.
"Oh no, not a moron!"
GIR started riding on Squidward's head.
"WHEE-HEE!"
"COME ON! Not another moron!" Squidward responded.
Smytus jumped out of the Spyder's windshield, has he had his giant gun with him. He aimed for the ship as it kept moving side to side.
"I'm about to complete my task, Queen." Smytus said. However, at that moment, the Spyder got hit again.
"Now what?!" He turned around, and saw Skooge writing Minimoose, who was now shooting missiles.
"Get away from Invader Zim, you Cluster!" Minimoose started firing large missiles at the Spyder, completely obliterating it, as it sent Smytus flying off of the Spyder.
Jenny had to settle the two from fighting, by using her giant hands. "Stop fighting like brats, and blast us out of here!"
Zim immediately sat in the passenger seat. "I hate you!"
"I hate you more to an infinite negative degree!" Jimmy responded, on the driver's seat.
The ship then flew forward and straight for once.
Meanwhile, Minimoose kept firing his missiles, and after one more, the Spyder was immediately turned into nothing but scraps.
"My Spyder!" Smytus said. Immediately, Skooge flew looking at the ship. "Go get them, Zim!"
However, he was immediately grabbed by Smytus, who had a very strong grip. "Where did those fools go?! TELL ME IMMEDIATELY!" he started choking Skooge, but then, MiniMoose gave him a little shock, knocking him out.
"Let's get back to the base before the children arrive!" Skooge said, as they both ran to where they were going.
"Well, next stop. Miracle City!" Jimmy said, as they flew the spaceship out of the wrecked city, which still had to face laser shooting animals. Meanwhile, Gaz saw the ship fly away, as she stood on a nearby hill.
Next time, we're going back to the sisters.