Author's Note: Well here it is, another chapter pulled from the depths of my mind (it's scary back there). Kind of a slow start and not much humor until you get to the part about GIR (*chuckles*). Anyway, stuff finally happens and progress is made!

Disclaimer: Guess what! I'm not Jhonen Vasquez! I don't own this stuff, you can sue me but I only have 33 cense. You can keep my brother as collateral if you want.

Ryan: Oh ha ha.

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Zim looked around. So far he had only been going down a very long hallway. Zim had of course heard the legend of Tallest Red Drix and the never-ending hallway on the distant planet Kyaz, but he had never believed them. However this particular hallway was testing his skepticism very very thoroughly.

Finally he came to a door. Totally fed up with the maze already Zim grabbed the doorknob and flung it open deciding to let whatever would happen happen. Nothing happened. Instead he just entered a room that looked suspiciously like his classroom back on earth. He looked around noticing that there were about 6 entrances, possibly more if he checked for hidden ones. Hmmming to himself he tried to decide what direction to take. Then suddenly metal covering started sliding down over the openings. Crap! He was being timed! He sprinted for the closest door and jumped through, barely missing being squished.

The new room looked like the inside of a cave. The walls were made of stone and almost looked natural. In the middle of the room a great chasm opened up, looking over it looked bottomless. Zim decided he didn't want to find out. Fortunately a rickety looking rope bridge spanned the chasm.

Zim peered across the gap to the other side of the cavern; he could only make out two exits. Instinct told him not to trust either one, but what could he do. He was counting the seconds in his head but he had no idea how many seconds he was supposed to count off. Deciding he'd rather not find out what would happen if he were to get trapped in one of these rooms Zim sprinted across the bridge. Zim looked at one door then the other, he couldn't decide. Instinct told him that no maze could be this easy. Looking up he noticed a ledge jutting out from the wall, an easy to scale wall. In a second Zim was on the ledge and diving through the door.

He was in another room now. He found a door that would send him more or less straight ahead and sprinted for him, counting off in his head the whole time. He got through the portal this time ahead of schedule. Zim was feeling confident. He completed three more rooms, the third being the hardest with moving platforms that dropped as soon as he touched them and various sharp things falling from the sky. Had he been there, Dib probably would have pointed out how much like a video game it was. But Dib was not there and Zim very rarely played any sort of human games so the observation went unmade. Anyway, Zim made it to the door he wanted without to much trouble and was still feeling extremely confident that he was making progress and that the next room would be one of that last. Confident until he realized the next room was the one he had started in.

A surprised 'hmmph' was all he could manage to say as he skidded to a halt and studied his surroundings. This was not at all what he had suspected. Perhaps, he reasoned, he had gone as far forward as he could and the portal had sent him back to the beginning. He was already beginning to picture the lay out of the maze in his head. A minor set back. He laughed it off.

"Foolish Snorkans!" he yelled aloud. Getting no response he continued with his boasting. "You dare challenge ZIM! I'll be out of here and back on Earth plotting global conquest in no time. And while I'm at it, I'm sure the Tallest would appreciate some samples of you teleportation techno….stuff!" More insane laughter followed this declaration, and then Zim remembered the time limit and sprinted for the door to the cave room. Still laughing he headed for the rope bridge and ran smack into a wall. Muttering some unclean things Zim took a step back and looked around. This was NOT the cave room.

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GIR happily walked into the house and plopped down on the couch leaving the door wide open. The little robot didn't notice at all as insects, bugs and other 'things that should to remain outside' wandered into the house, instead he started slurping up his chocolate bubblegum brainfreezy. He did notice that his master was not yet home and was about to go down to the lab and look for something that might help him find Zim when he suddenly remembered seeing something.

"I'm gonna watch the 'Scary Monkey' show!" yelled GIR happily. He jumped off the couch sending cushions in all directions. Squealing with delight he turned on the TV and plopped down on the floor. Of course the only thing on was commercials, that's 80% of what's on TV anyway. But GIR was not disappointed, as far as he was concerned commercials were the best part. And this commercial was particularly interesting.

Announcer: Learn to be a doctor in you free time at home while juggling two jobs, five kids, and TV time. In no time you'll be working in a respected medical institute making thousands of dollars. Yes! It can be done, thanks to a wonderful program put together by Ima Quack in Utah. Now you to can be a professional doctor.

GIR: Oooh, would I get to wear one of those coats?

Announcer: You can ever wear those nifty white coats!

GIR: *squeals in delight*

Announcer: Just talk to one of our proud pupils!

Proud pupil (24 year old blonde lady in a white coat and pink shirt standing in what is obviously a physician's office): Hi, my name is Patricia Sludgecakes and I'd like to tell you about my experience with Ima Quack's brilliant program.

GIR watched fascinated. These people sure were nice and those coats did look cool.

Patricia: I was working part time in a tattoo parlor while raising my 3 year old quintuplets and juggling a career as a dog groomer, but I really wanted to be a doctor. So I decided to go back to college. But then they wanted me to take all these useless courses like Literature and Medical science, so I called the toll free number at the bottom of the screen. They sent me they're very informative booklet and I filled out the coupon in the back. And now I'm working as a physician in a major medical institute making big bucks helping people. Infact, I just finished with one of my happy patients a few moments ago. *The lady smiles charmingly as a guy stumbles out from behind a door and collapses screaming about his spine in the background, the scene quickly changes to a blue screen with writing*

Announcer: Just call the toll free number at the bottom of the screen, that's 1-800-666-IMA-QUACK, and we'll send you our booklet with the coupon in the back to get your diploma. Call now and we'll even find you a job working as a physician in your area. All you have to do is call the toll free number, 1-800-666-IMA-QUACK, and have your credit card ready!

"I'm gonna get me one of them coats!" yelled GIR as he ran to the kitchen and took the toilet entrance to the lab. He grabbed a fake credit card Zim had made and ran back upstairs. Grinning happily he jumped on the couch, making the cushions bounce again, and grabbed the phone. Quickly he dialed the toll free number.

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Dib ran screaming down a tunnel, a large boulder rolling after him. He was in desperate danger of being squished if the irony of such a classic dilemma didn't kill him first. To make a long story short he made it to a gap in the floor, which he somehow managed to jump saving his skin for now.

"That was….easy," gasped Dib as he tried to catch his breath. Eventually his breath did come back as well as his ego. "That was no problem at all," he said confidently as he started off down the tunnel. He had been going through tunnels and passageways for quite a while now and he was beginning to get the hang of it. He tried to keep to a straight line but more often then not it wasn't his choice as to which path he took, as the boulder had inevitably reminded him.

He continued walking down the narrow path he was on until finally he came to a large cavern. The cave like setting continued as it had sense he taken a right turn in the first room he had come across, after that it had been all caves. Dib was sick of caves he wanted to home. But that wouldn't happen until he beat the Snorkans at there own game.

"Alright, I'm ready for a challenge," called Dib not quite as loudly and boldly as he had intended. As if on cue a crack opened in the cavern wall and something started clanking towards him. Dib swallowed nervously, he'd done it this time. Whatever it was it was definitely, large, metallic and….cute? Dib's jaw dropped as something that looked like an oversized robochi stepped out into the cavern.

"This is a challenge?" he said as the thing started to yap at him. Bending down he picked up a pebble and threw it at the little toy robo dog. The thing made a synthetic growl and suddenly its eyes turned red. "Uh-oh," muttered Dib as an all too predictable transformation scene started to take place.

"Alright," said Dib peering up at the robotic three-headed wolf creature that was now glaring down at him. "This is a challenge." The thing fired off various lasers sending Dib scurrying for cover.

"To much of a challenge!" screamed Dib as he dived for cover.

AN: Wow, that was a lame ending! Still very short. Review it anyway, somebody has to have a suggestion on how to improve this! By the way, do those "Learn to be a doctor in your spare time!" commercials disturb anyone else?