Here we go with chapter five. I finally got around to uploading it ^_^.

Disclaimer: I don't own Zim. I don't own anything save for this pitiful story and my even more pitiful characters.

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CHAPTER FIVE-- The First Night


I was, for once, using the auto-pilot to make a smooth silent landing. As the ship landed, I started pushing buttons that controlled the settings. I made it so that the Hologram Projector and the House Drill would activate as soon as we landed.

The ship landed roughly, bouncing OIR and me into the air and almost through the metal shell. I shook off the aftershock and pushed a button to make a door open in the side.

"Ooh, I like the door!" OIR said, going to the panel that housed the door control buttons and playing with them.

"OIR! Get away from the door control panel!" I ordered. OIR went red with the order and backed away, leaving the door in a closed position. I pushed the open button and hopped out of the Voot Runner.

"OIR, get out here." I commanded softly. OIR followed my orders and exited the ship. The Voot Runner activated the Hologram Projector, which was an Irken invention that would disguise me using holographic technology.

The selection screen was hand-held, so I picked it up. I scanned through some of the pre-made choices of human disguises to find none of them to my liking. Instead of choosing one of them, I picked up my point pencil and drew a sketch of what I wanted my disguise to look like. When I was done, I set down the selection screen.

"Computer, I have made my decision. Activate the clothing stage." I ordered, standing in between the two halves that would create and attach my projector.. They rumbled and shook for several minutes before shooting the projector into my arm. A push of the button would activate my disguise, so I pushed it.

I looked down at my new disguise. I was wearing my normal Irken dress, except for a color change which I had specified. It was now green instead of maroon.

"Hold up a mirror!" I commanded OIR. The robot got back into the ship and emerged holding a small hand-held mirror. She held it up in front of my face.

"Wow, it looks better than I thought it would." I commented, staring at my new face in the mirror. My skin was still green, but I had ears and a nose, two eye thingies over my eyes, a pair of glasses, and blonde hair.

"OIR, it's your turn." I said, scrolling through all the pre-arranged kitty disguises. I stopped on one that showed a cat with short fur, white legs, chin and stomach, dark brown on the back, and grey spots everywhere.

Once the hologram was activated, OIR looked down at herself.

"Wow, I hardly recognize myself." OIR marveled. "I barely even recognize you."

"Oh, come on." I said, "Let's get on with making our house."

"You should make it all purple and pretty." OIR suggested.

Almost instinctively, I ignored her remark. I instead examined every other house on the street. "OIR, we have to fit in with the street. We don't want anyone to get suspicious."

"Okay, make it a dark color. I would prefer you to make it purple, though." OIR sounded a little disappointed, so I ended up consenting.

"Fine. I'll make it a dark purple." I sighed.

"Yay!" OIR yelled.

I quickly sketched a house that looked exactly like every other on the street, specified the colors, and planted the house-designer in the ground.

"Now we just stand back and watch our new home created itself." I said, scooping up OIR and going out into the middle of the paved street.

Only a matter of minutes later, a tall, purple house towered in front of us.

"Look how pretty it is!" OIR crowed.

"Never mind that." I said distractedly. "Let's just worry about nobody noticing the house that's been suddenly erected here."

"If the humans are as dumb as you said they were, we haven't got a problem." OIR reasoned.

I had to raise my eyebrow at that. "Wow, you do have some brain-power." I marveled.

OIR's reply was a vacant stare. "Maybe I was wrong." I said, opening the front door of the house and going inside.

The front room looked a lot like the ones shown on the caps back in the Voot runner. My ship was now stored safely in my secret lab, so no humans would find it. The living room had shabby, green carpet, a red sofa, and a small television set. The dark purple walls of the room were bare, aside from a carefully concealed view-screen.

Even though I had no idea what a television was used for, I saw that it was a common thing throughout a human's home. OIR would most likely find it's uses our for me.

"I think we had a good arrival." I said. "Not the best possible, but pretty good."

"Well, I think we could have made the house red." OIR said, just now adding her second thoughts.

I smacked myself in the head. This was going to be a long time that we were to spend on Earth together.

A very long time.

"Starting tomorrow, our main plan is going to be a mix of blending in and finding Zim." I informed OIR.

"Yes, ma'am." it said, "What can I do?"

"You can just sit here and watch over the base. I will be going out to that skool tomorrow to meet Zim. I don't think he'll like me being there, but I've got to contact him." I said, already starting to make plans.

"Can't I go to skool tomorrow too?" OIR pleaded. "I don't want to stay home alone."

"I don't think you're allowed to go to skool. Did you see any Earth animals at the skool?"

"No." OIR admitted sadly. "Why wouldn't they allow animals, though?"

"You're staying here, end of topic." I finalized.

"Okay. I'll stay here." OIR agreed, though she looked disappointed.