Arm: :yawns: I don't know how we managed to wake up at 6 in the morning to type this, but we did.
Leg: Oh, shut it. You know it's because we're worried about our dogs Simon and Merlin. :punches a pillow nearby: Damnit! Why did Merlin have to chew through his leash and get away? And why does Simon have to follow him once Merlin's instincts tell him to run?
Arm: We'll never know. But we can type up chapter four to our fic so we don't keep the people waiting…
Leg: Good idea.
Betraying the Rivalry: Chapter Four: The Plan
Zim walked home from skool, whistling a tune. Today in skool went better than he had planned, if you don't include the part when Ms. Bitters yelled him at again. He somehow managed to become his rival's friend, and along with that he had someone who would help him with his plans to get back at Red and Purple. Yep, today somehow managed to become one of the better days of his life.
"Hello, Gir," Zim greeted the android happily. He forgot all about what Gir had done this morning.
"Hello!" Gir said back. He hugged Zim before going back to the couch so he could watch TV. Zim even hugged him back, surprisingly. Boy, Zim was never this happy in his whole life.
Zim followed Gir to the couch and placed down his things on the floor. He wasn't at all feeling bad about being banished. Zim couldn't remember a time when he seriously felt this good. Maybe when he first became an Invader was close, but he definitely wasn't happier then than he was now. He watched Digimon with Gir (it was somehow becoming his favorite thing to watch), and simply relaxed.
Dib was at his computer, trying to figure out how the hell everything had happened. Yesterday Zim was depressed because he was banished (for a second time), and today he opened up to him, his rival?
Dib shook his head. He had no idea Zim was working for jerks. Red and Purple probably disliked anyone that was shorter than them, and if he had been reading between the lines correctly, Zim had to be the shortest of his kind. He wanted to get back at the two for being mean and unfair to Zim almost as much as Zim did.
That was another thing. What went over him and Zim that caused them to become friends? Zim probably wanted to end the rivalry because he knew Dib could help him in his plans to get back at the "Almighty" Tallest. But it was he who went out and asked Zim if they could be friends, not Zim. He noticed that they still remained competitive with one another.
Dib got off his computer. He needed to see if his dad would let him leave the house. Normally his dad wanted to keep his kids in the house because if something were to happen while he was experimenting.
"Dad?" Dib called out, waiting to hear his dad say he to be quiet because he was making something.
"What is it, son?" Professor Membrane asked, looking up from his (children's) chemical set.
"Can I go over a friend's house?" Dib asked, carefully dodging the tiny explosions going off around him.
"Sure, son. Now hurry along, I'm a bit bus—" Professor Membrane was cut off as the mixture in front of him blew up in his face.
Dib rolled his eyes. Sometimes he wondered how his father became a Professor (none the less a scientist) in the first place. "Thanks dad," Dib said as he walked out of his father's lab, lightly shutting the door to it behind him. He knew he could set off another round of explosions if he were to make a loud noise.
Zim strode over to his toilet, just as the doorbell rang. Zim hoped it wasn't another sales person. "Gir! Can you get that? And put your dog costume on!" Zim shouted from the kitchen.
" 'Kay!" Gir shouted back at him. He got off the couch, holding onto his Brainfreezy, and opened the door. "Hello. Wanna come in?" Gir asked the person on the other side of the door.
"Um, hi, is Zim here?" Dib asked Gir. He figured it to be Gir because he knew dogs don't talk.
"ZIM! It's for you-oo!" Gir shouted towards the toilet.
Zim wondered who in the world could it be. Who on this pitiful planet would want to visit him? Duh, Dib! "Give me a moment, Gir!" Zim shouted from his lab. He put his human disguise on as quickly as he could as he exited the lab.
Dib was lead into the house by Gir, who began talking the poor boy's ear off. Dib patted Gir's head without thinking. The costume fell off of Gir's body, because Gir forgot to zip it up.
Zim walked over to Gir and fixed the disguise for the android. "He forgets to zipper himself up a lot… I'd give him a different costume, but he likes this one so much," Zim explained to Dib.
"Oh…." Dib looked over at Zim and nearly laughed. Gir was laughing at Zim already,
Zim narrowed his eyes at the two of them. "What?" he asked both of them, putting his hand on his hips.
Dib stifled another laugh. He liked it when Zim looked confused. "Just look at yourself in a mirror," he managed to say finally.
"Don't tell me, my hair's messed up, isn't it?" Zim asked them. The two of them only managed to nod. Zim took off his wig and tried putting it back on the right way. Zim hoped he got it right this time and looked at Dib and Gir to see their reactions.
"You know what, Zim, why don't you just take the disguise off? You know I know you're an alien," Dib told him.
Zim looked at him and wondered if he should take off his disguise. He decided to take it off. Besides, Dib proved to him already that he wouldn't say anything to the government about him. Gir took that time to walk back to the couch and start flipping through channels.
"Hey! It's the Scary Monkey Show!" Gir stated excitedly.
"Does Gir always act that…simple?" Dib asked finally. He ignored the feeling he got when he saw Zim without his human attire.
"Gir's more than simple. He can be smart and serious whenever he wants, though," Zim answered. "But, 99% of the time he acts like this," Zim said before heading into the kitchen.
Dib followed Zim without thinking. "Oh. He seems pretty cool though," Dib stated.
"Yeah, he can be…when he isn't annoying the hell out of me," Zim said with a small smile. "So, Dib, what brings you here?" Zim asked finally.
Dib looked around the kitchen and saw the toilet. He tried to ignore that. "Just wanted to get away from my house. It's always so boring there," Dib explained. "Zim, why is there a toilet in your kitchen?"
"I don't know. The computer put it there, but it's an entrance to my lab," Zim answered as he sat down at the table. He motioned Dib to follow. "The other is in the trash can," Zim continued. "I've been thinking about those plans, and there' one that really sounds promising. Thing is, we need to get everyone on Irk to see it happen," Zim said right out.
"Really?" Dib asked, very interested.
"Yes. You see, the Almighty Tallest are more than friends," Zim said with a sly grin.
"Oh, sorta like Gaz and that damn GameSlave of her's?" Dib asked. He was making a bad joke, and he knew it. Zim just went along with what Dib had said.
Zim just continued and ignored Dib's statement. "But, here's the thing, most people on Irk don't know that Red and Purple are romantically involved.
Dib got the basic idea of the plan. "I get it. Basically, you want to catch them doing something that would mortify them for life if anyone found out about it," Dib said.
"Yes, exactly. Another problem is the fact that the ship Red and Purple are on is very far away from Earth. It could take weeks or months to arrive on it. I'd send Gir to get pictures or a video tape recording, but I don't know if I can trust him to do the job," Zim told him.
"I understand why…. Can't you upgrade his programs or something?" Dib asked.
"I tried upgrading him, but he just seems to become even more independent and stupider," Zim explained.
"I see…. Maybe we can get that Jazz character to get a video recording for you?" Dib suggested.
Zim shook his head. "I don't want him to get in trouble. The Almighty Tallest will banish him if they found out he was involved in our plan, and I don't want him to go out of his way," Zim explained.
Dib smiled at that. Zim didn't want to see his friend get hurt. "I completely understand, you don't want him to go through with that," Dib said finally.
"Though, we can create an android much like Gir to take pictured of the Almighty Tallest for us. We can get Jazz to take it up to the ship they're on, he is going to be here in about 2 months to bring me my things. They'd never be able to pinpoint him for it, and he would never get in trouble that way," Zim explained.
"I like the way you think, Zim," Dib complimented. Zim blushed lightly at that, he just wasn't used to compliments.
It was decided. Zim and Dib would work on the android idea, but they decided they should start working on it the next day, since Dib had to go home. On his way home, Dib hoped that whatever he had gotten himself into wouldn't cost him later on.
Arm: We got it out on our promised date! Yeah!
Leg: Part five won't be up by Friday, we're going to be going to Downey Park, if it doesn't rain. So it should be out on Saturday at the earliest. K? Bai bai!