Okay. I'll make this short and sweet. Anyone who asked to be in this fic got in. Unfortunately, I could not find descriptions of everyone, so if you don't have a description, that's why. If anyone still wants to be in this fic who I haven't included yet, feel free to volunteer. Oh, and thank you to Authoress and Invader ZaiFae, who have informed me that the past tense of 'smite' is not smitten, but is either 'smote' or 'smited'. And, since my computer spell check keeps telling me that 'smited' is not a word, I'm gonna go with 'smote' as the correct answer.
K'Rin's ship…
"Okay guys. If my calculations are correct, we're almost there."
Dib looks out the window. "Are you sure? I don't see any Internet companies out there. Bigfoot maybe, but no Internet."
The ship is flying over wilderness. All that can be seen in any direction are trees.
"Sure I'm sure," K'Rin says confidently. "Uh, at least I think I'm—Yaaahhhh! What was that?!"
Something magenta in color streaks past K'Rin's viewport. The wind from its passage makes the spacecraft shake dangerously.
The thing begins to double back. This time, Dib and K'Rin are able to identify it as a Voot Runner.
K'Rin glares out her viewport. "Zim! I'll get him for that one." She contacts the pilot of the Voot Runner via viewscreen. "Zim! What do you think you're—Hey! You're not Zim!"
A female Irken has appeared on the screen. She has blue eyes, curly antennae, and is wearing a black trenchcoat.
"Nope," the pilot remarks cheerfully. "I'm Saturnia, from ffn. My Internet connection went all wacked, so now I'm gonna go doom my provider. Who are you?"
"I'm K'Rin. And I'm on my way to smite my ISP too!"
"Really? Wow! This is either an amazing coincidence or a very clever plot contrivance!"
"No kidding."
"Hey, K'Rin?" Saturnia questions, after a moment, "You wouldn't happen to know the exact location of this Internet company, would you?"
"Uh, according to my high-tech tracker device thingy, it's located in that little shack down there."
"Oh. The one that the disgruntled mob of fanfic authors are waving their torches and pitch forks at?"
"Yep, that's the one."
Saturnia and K'Rin land their ships near the shack. Zim's Voot Runner is already parked nearby. Zim is nowhere to be seen.
"Hmmm," K'Rin remarks, "I wonder where he got to." She powers down her ship, then addresses Dib, Gaz, and Gir. "Come on guys, let's go."
"I'm staying here," Gaz tells her. K'Rin opens her mouth to argue, but shuts it again when Gaz informs her that, should K'Rin interrupt her game again, Gaz will put K'Rin off of solid food for life.
"Fine," K'Rin concedes, "Dib and I will go. You can stay here with Gir."
"What? Why aren't you taking the robot with you? It's ruining my concentration."
Gir is currently running around in circles, screaming. "Wheeeeeeheeeeeee!"
K'Rin points. "*That* is why."
K'Rin and Dib exit the ship. Saturnia is waiting for them outside. Dib eyes the rampaging mob of fanfic authors warily. "Who are they?" he asks nervously.
"They're your fans," K'Rin informs him.
"Oh. Great."
Saturnia and K'Rin approach the people in front of the shack. "Did your Internet get cut off too?"
"Yeah," Chaos Shadow replies angrily. "But we can't get inside to do anything about it."
"Don't you guys have anything to break in with?" K'Rin asks.
Invader ZaiFae joins the conversation. "Good question. I'll ask. HEY GUYS!"
The mob pauses.
"DOES ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING WE CAN USE TO BREAK IN?"
Several objects are waved in the air, including a crowbar, a rolled up newspaper, and a Twinkie.
"Hey you! With the crowbar," K'Rin yells, "Come here!"
Invader Abs pushes through the crowd and hands K'Rin the crowbar. She uses it to wrench open the door. Inside, it is dark, musty, and smelly.
"Are you *positive* we're in the right place?" Dib questions K'Rin.
"Of course we are. This is merely the inconspicuous façade of the obnoxious ISP's headquarters. All we need to do is find the terribly cliché secret entrance that will lead us to the real headquarters."
"If you say so."
K'Rin, Chaos Shadow, Saturnia, Invader Abs, and Invader ZaiFae begin searching the shack.
"I think I found it!" Chaos Shadow yells.
The others hurry over to see. The back of a small closet has swung around, revealing an opulent gold elevator.
"You're right," Invader Abs comments. "That *is* terribly cliché."
Chaos Shadow, Saturnia, K'Rin, Invader ZaiFae, and Invader Abs step into the elevator. The door closes smoothly behind them. The elevator starts its descent automatically. The standard annoying music begins to play. After about ten seconds, K'Rin's eye begins to twitch. The other authors try to back away, but can't because the elevator's too small. Luckily, the elevator chooses this moment to stop moving. The door slides open. Invader ZaiFae screams in horror.
"Aaaaaaaahhhhhh! Noooooooooo!"
Mwahahahahahahah! I made a cliffhanger, I made a cliffhanger! Now, you have no choice but to wait in agonizing suspense for the next chapter. Fear my awesome power! Soon I shall rule you all! Mwahahahahahahah-Ahhhhhhhhhhh! *slips on a Twinkie and falls over*
