Disclaimers: I do not own Invader Zim

Author's Notes: Hey guys here we are again with another chapter! Thanks for reading and please enjoy.

(Back with Dib…)

"Dad!"

He was plummeting towards the earth at an alarming rate, and all he could think about was that this was a stupid way to die! He closed his eyes, thinking of all the things he would never get to see, and all the things that would never be. Zid, Zib, and Zii would never be born, his family would once again be broken...

"Got you!"

His heart lurched as the sensation of free fall left him as abruptly as it had begun. Dib opens his eyes slowly to see his rescuer looking down on him with the biggest scowl possible.

"Seriously Dib? I can't leave you alone unsupervised for five seconds, can I?" Zim hissed in disappointment. "What if I hadn't made it in time? You would have been a human pancake!"

Dib wants to punch him for taking so long, but at the same time he's just glad that Zim is finally home. So, he settles for being happy, and kisses the Irken as they descend slowly towards the earth.

Zim relaxes into the kiss as his nerves settle. He was really trying hard not to think about how close he was to losing Dib just now. Their ship had reached the planets orbit only moments ago, and Zim had decided to continue to the Earth's Surface alone. Thank Irk he had, otherwise Dib would be a goner right now.

The two pulled away as they landed. They were just out of town, which was probably for the best. If they wanted to face Tak and win then they would need a plan, still Dib was reluctant to dive back into action just yet.

"Took you long enough." He joked.

"Sorry, I was busy building an army." Zim retorted.

"Really? Me too." Dib teased. "And I bet mine is bigger."

"Impossible mine is-" He stops a few feet away Tak's ship has landed, along with the AI's who were helping hold the broken compartment together. "Yeah, well size isn't everything."

Dib laughed, it felt good. "I really missed you." He admitted.

Zim smiled as he looked down at Dib, wait down?

"Did you get...taller?" Dib asked.

"Hu." Zim looks thoughtful and with a sneer he rests his arm on Dib's head using him as a head rest. "It would seem I have."

"Jerk." Dib grumbled, even though he knew this was coming eventually he thought he would have more time. His hair wasn't nearly long enough to pull off the ponytail look.

Zim snickered as his own ship lands close by. For a moment he considers pulling away from Dib but decides against it. He was done pretending to be something he wasn't, this was him; whether the world liked it or not.

"My Taller!" Skoodge was racing over at a speed that was quite impressive for his pudgy form.

"Taller hu?" Dib asked.

"Yeah, it's somebodies crazy idea of a joke." Zim spat.

"I'll say." Lard Nar smiled as he reached them. "Bout time you showed."

Zim smiled and offered his old friend a hand. "Sorry, it took so long."

Lard Nar took his hand and gave it a firm shake. "Better late than never, Trawl here was convinced you'd never come."

"Well, I've been wrong before." Trawl admitted. "So, what now?"

"Well, I was thinking of conquering the Irken Empire." Zim admitted.

"Really? Is that all?" Dib jeered.

"Dib!"

Dib turned to see his family stampeding towards him. His mother is the first to reach him, she wraps her arms around him and gives him a big squeeze. "I thought we lost you."

"Don't scare us like that." Gaz growled as she joined in.

Tears welled in his eyes as Peg, Luna, Moon, Clembrane, and his father joined in.

"You's grounded forever." Clembrane told him.

"Brothers can't ground each other." Dib managed to choke out.

"You heard him Mr." Professor Membrane lectured.

"You really scared us." Moon whispered, looking up at him sadly.

"I'm sorry." Dib told her. "Next time I'll buckle up honest."

"You better!" Luna warned.

Meanwhile, Skoodge has reached Zim, he is hunched over panting. "My Taller, the-Tallest are very-close." He gasped.

"Very good Skoodge." Zim cleared his throat grabbing everyone's attention. "Okay you can all plot my demise later, but first we need to deal with Tak."

No one tries to argue so Zim turns to Dib as the rest of his comrades approach. "How bad is it?"

"Tak has enslaved the human race!" Dib answered bluntly. "But we have a plan, we just need Mimi."

"We also need the weapon." Siri cuts in as she and the AIs approach. She goes into battle mode as she notices Skoodge.

Skoodge cowards behind Zim. "My Taller, they're-"

"It's alright, he's with me." Zim assures her.

Siri relaxes and bows to him slightly. "My Taller, I trust the correcting of the Lineage and her Siblings went smoothly."

"Yes, though you could have clued me in on your plan." Zim scowled.

"You were not ready." Mrs. Bitters answers simply.

"We must hurry, Irk approaches; may not get another chance." Titan warned.

"But the pieces are back at the docks." Peg pointed out. "And Tak will no doubt try to get in our way the moment we step into town."

"We will handle Tak." Zim decides. "Siri you and your siblings take the rebels to reclaim the docks."

"Understood." Siri moves to follow the order at once, her siblings follow.

"We will go with them." Mrs. Bitters says to Annabel, Dark Booty and Richard.

They nod and give everyone a quick hug goodbye.

"Be back soon." Richard promised.

Anabel hugs her husband. "Be safe."

"Don't worry Honey I think that robot will find me more of a challenged this time." Prof. Membrane assured her.

"Annie, we need to go." Dark Booty calls after her.

Annabel looks to the kids. "Be safe, I love you." She gives them all a quick embrace and then takes off. She fights back the tears as she goes, hoping against all hope that this wasn't the last time she saw them.

Dib was thinking the same thing when Luna stepped forward.

"We're coming with you." She says to Zim.

Zim smiles. "As you wish." He stops as he feels a tug on his uniform. He looks down at Moon. "Yes?"

"I'm sorry, he was broken." Moon pulls Gir out from behind her back, she looks ashamed and sad.

"MASTER! Yous is back!" Gir exclaimed happily. "I'd knew you'd come."

"It's good to see you too Gir." Zim chuckles and kneels down; opening up his PAK. "Fear not, I always keep a few spare limbs." He pulls them out and sets to work.

Moon tenses, the Irken she blamed for everything was so close to her.

Luna moves in, she has yet to tell her the truth, she deserved to know that Zim wasn't.

Moon closes her eyes and takes a deep calming breath, trying to gather her nerves. She stops as she smells a familiar sent. A sent that long ago meant safety and warmth. She opens her eyes as Zim finishes with Gir.

"There, all done." Zim declares proudly. He winces as he notices Gir's still dented head. "We'll fix that later."

"OKAY!" Gir goes in for a hug, but to everyone's surprise Moon beats him to it.

Zim stiffens at her embrace.

"Ahh, Little Bluey!" Gir hugs them both.

"Moon?" Luna asked.

"I remember you." Moon whispered. "I remember your smell..." She looks up at Zim. "Why?"

Zim relaxes and pulls her away. "Later." He promised.

Suddenly Tak's ship jumps out to attack.

"Zim, your butt is the worst of them-"

Zim grabs Moon and maneuvers them both out of range.

"Ship NO!" Dib yells.

Tak's Ship ignores him and goes to strike again.

Skoodge steps in front of Zim protectively. "Those who threaten the Taller are to be eliminated!"

"Taller?" Tak's ship pauses, and then she scans Zim quickly. "Taller Zim, I see..." the ship takes a steps back. "I still hate your butt."

Zim cracked a smile. "Noted."

Moon looks to Luna. "I want to help."

Luna nods. "I think that's a great Idea, and I think I have the perfect role for you, for us." She looks to Peg as she spoke. "It's not enough to get Mimi, we need to get everyone to hold hands again."

Peg looks concerned. "But how do we get them to listen to us, Tak is controlling them."

"You, Tak's ship." Zim said to the Ship. "Can you override an order from your master?"

"If the command is coming from you yes." The ship answers.

"It is." Zim says.

"Understood." Tak's ship opens its door. "Hop in and get a move on!"

Peg looks to Gaz.

"Go, we've got Tak." Gaz assumed her.

Peg embraces her. "Be safe."

"You too!" Gaz said.

Peg gives her a quick kiss before getting in the ship with Luna, Moon, and Gir. "Be careful." She whispered as the ship took off.

Zim looks around at his remaining forces and stops on Clembrane. "I'm guessing Tak's handy work."

"I'm his brother!" Clembrane exclaims as he gives Dib a big squeeze.

"Tak clones my dad and used him as a prison guard." Dib explained as he struggled to get free.

"But I is on your side now." Clembrane assured him.

Zim smiled wickedly. "Excellent." Starts to give the others their orders. "SGT. Hobo 678 you and the others will be our back up."

"Understood." SGT Hobo nods.

"Skoodge, how long until the Tallest arrive?" Zim asked.

"No more than 30 minutes My Taller." Skoodge answers.

"That doesn't give us much time." Insectus points out the obvious.

"The Throbulator looks forward to battle!" Throbulator screams.

Uma pulls out a tracking device of some kind. "Tak is close." She reports.

"How close?" Bangy asked.

"2 miles east of the Town's Center." Uma answers.

"Then that's where we're headed." Dib said looking to Zim.

Zim nodded. "Troops move out!"

(Back with Annabel...)

Getting to the docks was a lot easier than she had expected. Sure, there were a lot of robots wearing Membrane Labs Logo T-shirts, but the Ai's mowed them down with easy.

Richard was surprised that they didn't have any more EMPs, but perhaps Tak didn't think she'd need them. The female Irk was so sure of herself that she didn't believe she needed a backup plan, of course that was her obvious downfall.

"We must hurry!" Siri ordered as they pushed their way into what was left of Warehouse 13. She and the AIs took the lead as they went to the hiding spot where they all hoped the weapon would still be.

For a moment Annabel is afraid it won't be there, it's possible that Tak had already took it. But she didn't need to fear. The pieces were assembled in the Panic Room where they had left them and the AIs each helped in moving it outside.

Assembled the weapon was a sphere quiet similar to how the AI's appeared in stasis, only smaller. Siri taps away at the sphere, pressing a sequence of buttons. Finally, she looks to Mrs., Bitters "It is ready Mother."

Mrs. Bitters nods. "We need to get it as close to the ship as possible." She states.

"And then what?" Annabel asked

Titan steps forward. "We must wait for the command." He tells her.

"Command?" Jinx looks confused.

"Taller Zim must give the Signal." Sue tells him.

"Signal?" Lard Nar asked. "What signal?"

"Krum-Hai!" The AIs spoke as one. "With this one word the true war will begin."

"Nice to know the war hasn't even started yet." Jinx ticked.

Lard Nar smiled. "It's almost over my friend." He promised. "We are so close."

Trawl wanted to believe his cousin, but this war had been raging for so long, it was hard to truly believe that it would ever be over.

Pudge checks his communicator. "We have 20 minutes to get in position."

And with that the team is moving again, their plan get the weapon to a safe place while they waited for the enemy to fall into their trap.

Their destination: The Membrane Residence.

(Back with Peg...)

Nothing stood in their way, the Membrane bots as Peg had dubbed the just ignored them. She assumed that was because they were in Tak's ship, and Tak was still unaware that her ship had survived the crash let alone was back online.

"We are here." Tak's Ship reported as they made it to the stage where Tak had addressed the world leaders nearly a full day before.

Everyone exits the ship, and they survey the damage. Most of the equipment is singed from a recent fire.

"Ship can you repair this?" Peg asked.

"It will take some time." The ship answered.

"Take it." Luna tells her as she looks at the membrane home, still standing. "We've got some supplies to gather."

"Understood!" The ship starts working as the girls race inside, time was running short, but they knew what they needed.

"Got it!" Moon grabs the Laptop and smiles. "Looks like we get to sing our song after all." She tells Gir.

"MMMM!" Gir agrees.

Peg runs into the basement and comes out with a few weapons including Luna's crescent blades.

Luna takes them and smiles as she feels the strength of her people fill her. "Gir, you protect Moon, no matter what." She orders.

"Understood Bluey!" Gir's eye turn red as he salutes her.

"You ready?" Peg asked them.

"Ready." The answered her in unison.

Peg smiles and leads them back outside.

(Back with Dib...)

It didn't take them long to find her, in fact Tak looked smug as if she had been waiting for them.

Tak smiles wickedly as she sees Zim "Well, well, well. Looks like you've finally gone full traitor." She jeered.

"Tak we can do this the easy way, or the hard way." Zim reasoned.

"Please Tak listen to him." Skoodge insisted.

"You too?" Tak looks disgusted. "How many defectives are in our ranks? Never mind." She waved the question away. "I will eliminate all traitors of the Tallest."

"Even if said traitor is your Taller?" Dib challenged.

Tak scoffed. "Taller?! You must be joking."

Zim smiled. "Afraid so."

"Nonsense, you must tricked the brains like last time." Tak argued.

"Invader Tak, your need for revenge has blinded you." SGT. Hobo 678 stepped forward. "Listen to your commanding Officer and stand down.

Tak growled. "This isn't about revenge! This is about getting what was rightfully mine!"

"You're right." Zim admitted. "I wronged you, stand down and I will make it right."

"You can make it right by dying!" She screamed. "Mimi, Membrane Bots Attack!"

Suddenly, several Membrane Bots came charging n from all sides with Mimi at their command. Oh yes, she knew they were here the moment they arrived, and she had planned this little ambush.

"Well, we're dead." Dib joked.

Prof. Membrane however, had grown very serious. "Why are you wearing those shirts?" He asked the robots. "I never hired any of you!" He used his cannons to vaporize hundreds of the enemy to dust.

The robots freeze as if stunned, Tak looks a bit started by the fire power herself.

"It's over Tak, just give us Mimi Tak and we can get the planet out of here before the Florpus comes."

Tak's features go dark once more. "Never, I'll die before I submit to defective trash like you."

"This will not help you." Zim tells her. "You think the Tallest will reward you for your efforts? You think you can win their favor?"

"Once they see how much of a fraud you are they'll be begging me to take your place." Tak hissed.

She lunges for Zim, and they engage in furious combat, it's obvious that Tak is not pulling any punches. No, she wants to kill Zim and she will not stop until that lust is satisfied.

"Zim!" Dib goes to his aid.

"No, Get Mimi!" Zim orders.

Skoodge is the first to answer the order, he goes to tackle Mimi, but she dodges him with ease.

Dib gets in a fighting stance with his father by his side.

"I got your back son." Prof. Membrane assures him.

Dib smiles and shouts "Charge!"

(Back with Peg...)

Tak's Ship had just finished the repairs as they stepped out, and the four took the stage.

"Okay Ship override the command." Peg commanded.

"Understood." The Ship sends out the override and soon several towns people gather around them, their restraints were gone and their Membracelets were normal once more.

"Everyone, you need to hold hands again!" Luna shouted.

"And why should we listen to you?" Mr. President Man asked. "You're with this alien machine!" He pointed at Tak's ship.

Luna turns off her human disguise. "Because not all aliens are bad." She tells him, the humans gasp as she continues. "Listen, several aliens have been helping protect this planet for years. I am an Alien of the Swollen Eyeball, and if you had listened to them, you would have known of the real threat years ago. This planet could have been better prepared."

"Is that true?" A woman asked Mr. President Man "Did they try to tell you."

"You don't understand." Mr. President Man tries to shrug off the blame. "It just sounded so ridiculous."

"Well how ridiculous does it sound now?" Peg challenged.

"Look younger lady-" Mr. President Man began pointing at Luna.

"That's Queen Luna to you." Luna tells him. "Now if you want your planet to survive than you all have ten minutes to hold hands."

That got people moving, all around the world people heard Luna's command as it was podcasted over the International airwaves.

"How is holding hands gonna solve anything?" Mr. President Man shouted.

"It's peace day." Moon says as she opens the laptop and plays their song. "And Peace is Nice!"

"Peace is Nice, Peace is Nice

Peace is Better than, Chicken and Rice!

Peace, Peace, Peace

Nice, Nice, Nice

Peace, Peace, Chicken, Chicken, Rice, Rice, Rice."

Peg knew that the bracelets wouldn't work unless everyone was thinking happy thoughts. "Come-on everyone sing with us!"

Everyone looks unsure but start to sing.

"Peace is Nice, Peace is Nice

GIR's peace song is being broadcasted worldwide.

Peace is Better than, Chicken and Rice!

Peace, Peace, Peace

Nice, Nice, Nice

Peace, Peace, Chicken, Chicken, Rice, Rice, Rice"

"It's working!" Moon exclaimed as a blue energy field began to form around the world.

"Peace is Nice, Peace is Nice

Peace is Better than Chicken Rice

Peace, Peace, Peace

Nice, Nice, Nice

Peace, Peace, Chicken, Chicken, Rice, Rice, Rice"

"Keep singing, The planet will jump soon!" Peg yelled. She only hoped she was right.

(Back with Dib...)

The team dives for Mimi, but to their surprise she's not attacking, instead she seems to be playing keep away.

"She's stalling our efforts!" Uma declared as she tries but misses the target.

"She's too fast, how do we pin her down?" Insectus asked.

"I could use my EMP, but it might hurt Skoodge and Zim!" Dib said as he too misses their quarry.

"Perhaps if you lower the frequency." Skoodge suggested.

It was worth a try, Dib fiddles with his watch and suddenly Mimi switches her plan from defense to offense.

Dib froze as Mimi's blades strike for his head, but his father is there, one of his cannon hands blocking the blow with ease. "Not so tough now, are you?" He asked before he delivered a sucker punch.

Mimi goes flying.

"We'll cover you." Prof. Membrane takes the lead. "Everyone, Keep Mimi away from my Son!"

"Right!" They answer and charge.

Dib turns a few nobs, trying to lower the EMP to the right range. He would only get one chance at this, if he fired and the charge was still too strong...he forces himself not to think about it. He turns a few more nobs and runs back into action. "Got it!"

Bangy, who was just about to strike the Sir unit steps back, giving Dib an opening.

"Skoodge, get out of range." Dib orders.

Skoodge obeys as the others bocks Mimi in.

Dib aims his watch and fires, Mimi jumps out of the way, but Dib had expected this move and moves the watch to follow her movement. The EMP pulse hits Mimi dead on and she shuts down.

Skoodge runs back up and grabs her, reprograming her before she can come back online.

Meanwhile, Tak and Zim are still deep in combat. Tak's Pak legs are like daggers, slashing at her target.

Zim however keeps his weapons tucked away, choosing to dodge her blows.

"Fight me you coward!" She screams lunging again.

Zim simply dodges, he knew she wouldn't listen, Tak was blinded by loyalty, and only one thing would get through to her.

The Tallest, their rejection was the only thing that would make her see the truth, so as risky as it was Zim drew out their battle until they arrive.

"Done!" Skoodge says as Mimi comes back online.

"Sir Unit Mimi reporting for duty." She says as she salutes.

"Mimi, we need you to get in position to teleport the planet back! NOW!" Dib orders.

"Understood!" Mimi takes off into space.

Tak screams more enraged now than before. "Why do you keep trying?" She shouts at Zim.

"Because, I'm tired of living in a world that forces us to tear each other down." Zim answers honestly. "We are nothing but a disease of mass destruction, trust me Tak this path leads nowhere but devastation. If this keep up, we will all lose!"

"You are just weak to see the great vison of our leaders." Tak screamed.

"No, I am not, you are the one who is blind, and I will prove it now." Zim states and he snaps his fingers.

Tak screaks as Clembrane comes out of nowhere and grabs her in a headlock.

"Let me go you baboon!" She yells, trying to kick him off but its no use. She made the clone stronger enough to hold down Zim, if need be, and invertedly she had made him strong enough to stop her as well. "Put me down and destroy them."

"No, they, my family. And that guy, it's like looking into a mirror." He gestured to Prof. Membrane.

"Oh, I don't know about..." Prof. Membrane stated.

"I should've known you'd fail me!" Tak screamed but stopped struggling as she sees something in the distance.

Dib sees it too. "Oh no." He whispers.

The Massive had arrived...

-To Be Continued