Gaz and Dib were walking to their house. Dib couldn't stop thinking about Zim. He just got captured by Sizz-Lorr and is going to Foodcourtia.

"Zim. Gaz, I need to tell you something." Dib said.

"What?" Gaz asked as she was playing her game.

"I was right about the alien abduction!"

"What are you talking about!?"

"Zim! He was abducted."

"Zim?"

"Yes."

Gaz put her game down. "But he's an alien. Why would an alien be abducted by another alien?"

"He was abducted by an irken. An irken named Sizz-Lorr."

"Oh well. He's dead."

"Gaz!" Dib screamed. "I have to save him! He's my best friend. I've got to help him."

"Well where is he?"

"Foodcourtia."

"What is Foodcourtia?"

"It's an irken food court. Zim was banished there after he ruined Operation Impending Doom I. Now come on! He's in danger!"

"So how are we going to save him? We can't just take a ship and travel there."

"Sure we can. We still have Tak's ship. Or we can take Zim's."

"But I thought it was made out of garbage."

"Then we'll take Tak's. Come on!"

Dib and Gaz ran to their house. Once they got in, they were greeted by Gir.

"Hi Dib!" he yelled.

"Look. We have to leave now." Dib said.

Minimoose squeaked.

"Zim's in trouble. He's captured!" Dib explained.

Gir gasped.

"Now let's go!" Dib screamed. He, Gaz, Gir, and Minimoose were on their way out until Professor Membrane stopped them.

"Where are you four going at this hour?" he asked.

"Dad, I have to take a ship to an alien planet." Dib explained.

"Okay. Have fun. Gaz, go with him. Make sure he doesn't do anything embarrassing."

"Alright." Gaz said.

"Come on!" Dib yelled. Dib and his team went outside. They went into Tak's ship. Dib started it up and flew off with Gaz, Gir, and Minimoose.

Meanwhile, on Foodcourtia, Sizz-Lorr was holding Zim and took him to Shloogorgh's Flavor Monster, a restaurant on Foodcourtia.

Sizz-Lorr dropped Zim on the floor. "Get up Zim and start cleaning Booth 12 again!" Sizz-Lorr ordered.

Zim sighed. "Again?"

"Yes! Go!"

Zim got up and started cleaning the booth. "Look, can I just leave?"

"No Zim! This time I'm watching you. You won't be able to escape from me this time Zim! And don't start with the secret mission like last time."

"Look! I know that I'm banished and my mission is a lie. So can you set me free so I can go back home on Earth?" Zim asked.

"No!"

"What if I need a break?"

"Oh I'll give you a break. When you take one, you'll be in this tight cage and only I have the key!"

"I can still use my PAK to escape."

"That's not happening Zim. The cage is very strong. Not even the weapons in your PAK can break it."

Zim sighed and kept working. Two hours later, he needed a break. "Okay. I'm done. Can I have a break now?" he asked.

Sizz-Lorr looked around and saw that the place was spotless. "Yes." Then he grabbed Zim and threw him in the tight cage. "You have thirty seconds."

Zim sighed and put his hands over his eyes.

Back in space, Tak's ship was heading to Foodcourtia. Dib was driving, Gaz was playing her game, and Gir and Minimoose were looking out the window.

"Does this ship have a radio?" Gir asked.

"Are you kidding me? You've been asking me that for five minutes. What did I tell you?" Gaz asked.

"No?"

"Yes Gir. There is no radio."

"Aw."

"Man. How long does it take from Earth to Foodcourtia?" Dib asked.

"I don't know. I'm not on Foodcourtia."

"Don't start with me Gaz. We've got a long way to go." Dib explained.

Back on Earth, Tak found out that Dib had her ship. "So Dib took my ship! How are we going to get it back!?" Tak asked.

"Meteors." Skoodge said.

"Meteors?"

"Yeah."

"How will that help?"

"We can throw meteors at them." Skoodge explained.

"Good idea Skoodge, but won't that hurt my ship?"

"Not to worry. I'll fix it. I am an engineer you know."

"You're an engineer?"

"No. That was a joke."

"More like a lie. Now Skoodge, do you have a ship?"

"Yeah. I do, but it's not with me." Skoodge explained.

"Fine. We'll make one."

"Okay."

Tak and Skoodge made a ship and went into space. Tak was driving and Skoodge was on lookout.

"See them?" Tak asked.

"No." Skoodge answered.

"Fire!"

"But I don't see them."

"Just go!" Tak screamed.

"Okay." Skoodge fired some meteors.

Back in Tak's ship, Gir kept demanding for a radio. "I want a radio!"

Dib couldn't take it anymore, so he took his phone out. "Okay. Fine. Take my phone and put some music on, but don't blast it."

"Okay!" Gir yelled. He took Dib's phone and started blasting the music.

"I said don't! Oh never mind. Just don't put it too…" Dib saw a meteor and gasped. "Meteor!" he screamed.

"What?" Gaz asked.

"Meteor!" Dib repeated. "Gaz, there are meteors coming this way and I can't steer around them."

"Alright, fine. I'll take the wheel, but don't touch my Game Slave." Gaz took the wheel and dodged the meteors.

"Yay! Meteor showers!" Gir yelled. Minimoose squeaked.

At Shloogogh's Flavor Monster, Zim was the tight cage and he was daydreaming.

"Zim!" Sizz-Lorr called out.

"Huh?"

"Your break was over fifteen minutes ago! Get back to work and scrub the floors! There's a mess in the restrooms." Sizz-Lorr unlocked the cage, grabbed Zim, took him to the restroom and slammed the door.

"This is horrible. I rebelled against the irkens and now I'm punished by Sizz-Lorr! An irken!"

"Stop talking Zim!"

Zim sat down on the floor and put his hands over his eyes again. This time, he was crying.

Meanwhile, Gir was singing Radio Ga Ga while Gaz was still dodging meteors.

"How many meteors are there?" Dib asked.

"I don't know Dib. Just don't touch my game." Gaz said.

"I'm not even touching your game."

"Good."

"Just keep dodging the meteors!"

"That's what I'm doing Dib!" Gaz yelled.

"Good!"

"Are you trying to repeat what I just said!?"

"Yes."

"Don't!"

"Okay." Dib put his hands up. Gaz growled at him.

"Don't worry Zim. We're coming!"

Meanwhile at Tak and Skoodge's handmade ship, meteors were coming out of it.

"They won't get Zim that easy. Skoodge, fire more meteors!" Tak ordered.

"Yes Tak!" Skoodge pressed a button, but there were not more meteors. "What?"

"What happened? Where are the meteors?"

"There are no more."

"Curse you Dib!"

Gaz saw that there were no more meteors. "Okay. The meteors are gone."

"Thanks Gaz." Dib said. He and Gaz switched places.

"I'm hungry!" Gir yelled.

"Gir, I told you to eat earlier." Dib explained.

"No you didn't! You made us run out of the house!" Gaz corrected. "You do realise when we get back home, you're in trouble by Dad."

"Gaz! I don't have time for this. We need to rescue Zim. I hope he's alright."

Zim was depressed. He was cleaning. He took his work hat off and his antennas were down.

"Keep going Zim!" Sizz-Lorr yelled.

Zim shook his head and kept working.

Three hours later, Dib finally made it to Foodcourtia. "We're here."

"Okay. Now let's grab Zim and get out of here." Gaz said.

"It's not that simple Gaz. We need a disguise. We need a disguise. We don't want the aliens to know that we're humans." Dib explained.

"Fine."

"Plus, we don't know where Zim is."

"I get it."

"Can I have a disguise too?" Gir asked.

"No." Dib answered.

"Why not?"

"You already exposed yourself on Earth." Dib explained.

"How about the moose?" Gaz asked.

"It's an alien moose."

"What about food?" Gir asked.

"Alright. We'll get some food. I guess we'll be like Zim when he eats human food."

"Come on. I'm starving."

"Alright! We'll go. What restaurant?"

Gir pointed to Shloogogh's Flavor Monster.

"Shloogogh's Flavor Monster. Hmm. Sounds weird, but okay. Maybe someone will know where Zim is." Dib landed the ship and went into disguise.

Gaz also got into disguise. "So now what?"

"Shloogogh's."

"Fine."

Dib, Gaz, Gir, and Minimoose went to Shloogogh's Flavor Monster.

"Zim, work the register!" Sizz-Lorr ordered.

"Sure." Zim put his uniform on and walked to the register. He sighed sadly.

Dib, Gaz, Gir, and the moose came into the restaurant. Dib looked around. "Look at this place Gaz."

"Wow. How are we going to invade this place?" Gaz asked.

"We're not invading! We're saving a friend!" Dib corrected. "There's a table. Let's sit. The faster we eat, the faster we can leave and find our friend." Dib sat down at the table.

"I think this is a fast food restaurant."

"Oh."

"I want food!" Gir screamed.

"I'll order." Dib got up and walked to the register. "Hi. There's a table of four of us."

"Alright. I'll set you up." Zim said sadly. Neither of them realized who they were talking to because Dib was in an alien disguise and Zim was working, but Dib heard the irken's sad tone in his voice.

"Hey, are you alright?"

Zim sighed. "Yeah. I'm fine."

"Okay." Dib walked to Gaz. "He'll be right over."

Gaz looked at the irken that Dib was talking to at the register. "Not that I care or anything, but why does he look sad?" she asked.

"He sounded sad." Dib said as he, Gaz, Gir, and Minimoose sat down.

Zim brought four drinks over and four menus.

"Thanks. What kind of food do they have?" Dib asked.

"Oh you know. Normal alien food." Zim answered.

"Like what? Sorry, we're kind of new here."

"It's fine."

"Can I ask you something? Why are you so sad?"

"I'm banished here for the rest of my life."

"What happened?"

"I destroyed a very important mission for the Irken Empire."

"Was it Operation Impending Doom I?"

"Yes and I never said goodbye to my good friend. I'll be back in a few minutes." Zim walked away.

Dib leaned over to Gaz. "Okay Gaz, something's up. Did you see that irken who gave us those drinks? He was very short."

"So? A lot of aliens can be short." Gaz explained.

"Yeah, but he was exiled because he ruined Operation Impending Doom I. There's only one irken who would destroy that plan. And did you hear that he didn't have time to say goodbye to a friend?" Dib asked. He drank whatever was in the cup and spit it out. "That is not water!"

Gir drank the liquid. "Hmm. Nice taste."

"Okay. Operation Impending Doom I I understand. That could be Zim, but the friend part confused me. He could have a bunch of friends." Gaz said.

"Shh. Here he comes." Dib drank the strange liquid again and spit it out. "Why did I do that again?"

Gaz shrugged.

Zim walked over and he was holding a pad. "So what would you like to eat?"

"Wait a minute. Did you say that you didn't have time to say goodbye to your friend?" Dib asked.

"Yes, but that's not important right now. I'm only here to take your order."

"No wait."

"What?"

"Any chance, was your friend's name Dib?"

"Yes. Wait, how did you know? Could it...no. That's not possible."

Minimoose squeaked and Zim heard it. "What was that? It sounded just like...no! It can't!"

"It sounded like Minimoose?" Dib asked.

"You know Minimoose?"

"Yeah. One more question and then we'll order. What is your name?"

"I am Zim."

"Zim...Zim…" Dib gasped. "ZIM!"

"Yes?" Zim asked.

"Oh my god! It's you!"

"How do you know me?"

"It's me, Dib!" Dib yelled.

"Dib? No. Dib's a human, not an alien."

Dib slowly took his disguise off. Zim gasped. "Dib! It really is you!" Zim screamed.

"Yeah!"

Dib and Zim hugged each other.

"We found him Gaz!" Dib yelled.

"Gaz?"

"Who else would I be?" Gaz asked.

Gir saw his master and waved. "Hi!"

"Gir! Wait, what was that squeak?" Zim asked. Minimoose squeaked. "Minimoose!" Zim hugged the moose.

"Zim! No hugging the customers!" Sizz-Lorr ordered.

"Sorry." Zim let go of Minimoose.

Dib got up from his seat. "Hey Sizz-Lorr! Leave my friend alone!" Dib yelled.

"Who are you and how do you know Zim?"

"I'm Dib and Zim is my friend! Now let him go!"

"No! He is banished here and will work here for the rest of his life. There's nothing you can do that will change my mind."

"Gaz?"

Gaz got up and walked over to Sizz-Lorr. "You let Zim go now or I will replace your eyes with rabid weasels."

"You don't threaten me." Sizz-Lorr said.

"Is that so!?" Gaz jumped onto Sizz-Lorr and started to attack.

"Get off!"

"No! Dib, grab Zim!"

While Gaz was attacking Sizz-Lorr, Dib grabbed Zim's arm.

"Hey! Alien, let Zim go!" Sizz-Lorr yelled.

"I am not an alien." Dib took his disguise off. "I'm a human! Gaz, come on!"

Gaz jumped off of Sizz-Lorr and she, Dib, Zim, Gir, and Minimoose left.

"Get back here!" Sizz-Lorr started chasing them.

"Quick! Get in!" Dib yelled. He, Gaz, Gir, Zim, and Minimoose ran into Tak's ship.

"See yah filthy irken!" Zim yelled. Dib drove off and the ship left Foodcourtia.

"Curse you Zim!" Sizz-Lorr screamed.

Dib was heading back to Earth. Zim looked at Dib. "Thanks for saving me." Zim said.

"Anytime Zim."

"You know Dib, when we get back home, you're in trouble by Dad." Gaz explained.

"Yes Gaz. I know." Dib flew to Earth.

Once they got to Earth, Zim jumped off the ship. Gir and Minimoose went off the ship and went to Zim's house.

Dib walked off the ship. He and Zim fist bumped and hugged.

"Thank you so much Dib."

"I would do anything for a friend."

"Come on Dib!" Gaz yelled. She was in Tak's ship.

"Okay, but wait. Mind if we speak to the tallest first?"

"Sure." Zim answered. He and Dib went into Zim's base. Zim called the tallest.

"Now to see what those filthy irkens are up to in their filthy ship!"

"Yes! Let's do this!" Dib yelled.

In the Massive, an irken found a transmission from Earth.

"Earth." Purple read.

"Okay. Let's see what Tak's been up to." Red said and he pressed a button.

Zim appeared on the screen. Purple screamed.

"Zim!?" Red asked.

"Hello filthy irkens! It is I, Zim! Did you really think you'd seen the last of me!?" Zim laughed.

Purple gulped.

Dib appeared on the screen. "You've got a lot of explaining to do alien freaks!"

"I'll destroy you!" Zim screamed to the monitor. Then he signed off.

After he signed off, Gaz walked in. "Come on Dib! I am not going to wait in that ship for hours!" Gaz yelled.

"Okay Gaz. I'm coming." Dib explained.

"I'll see you in a week." Zim said.

"Bye Zim." Dib and Gaz left. Zim sighed in relief and walked away.

When Gaz and Dib got to their house, Professor Membrane was annoyed.

"Son, daughter, where have you've been? You've been gone for three days."

"Three days?" Dib asked.

"It felt like hours." Gaz mumbled.

"I know."

"Well?" Professor Membrane asked.

"Dad, I had to go to an alien planet and save Zim." Dib explained.

"Son, that paranormal thing of yours is out of control."

"But Dad…"

"No. Son, for the rest of this week, you are grounded."

"But it's our spring break."

"To your room. Gaz, take his laptop and unplug his computer."

"Sure." Gaz said.

"Daughter, one more thing. Do you want to take a ride with me in a few minutes?"

"Sure. Can we go to Bloaty's?"

"Sure thing."

Dib walked upstairs to his room. Gaz followed him, took his laptop, and disconnected his computer.