Chapter
2: Just Another Stupid human Pest.
Realizing what had once happened here, Zer shuddered. This. This WAS once Zim's house. He looked around, as Sir watched the tape. Was this really right? Was he in Zim's hometown? Was that boy the descendant of Dib? All fell silent, except the tape of Gir running around Zim. Zer felt an odd feeling of pity, for what happened here 2000 years ago. Zer stepped over too his slightly unusual robot, and turned off the TV. "C'mon, Sir. This isn't a place for us." " Watch you talkin' bout, Master?" Zer looked over at him, and then left the lab. Sir followed. He stepped outside and looked around. Everything was like an awful memory. This could very well have been the last thing Zim saw, and if he remained here, he could meet the same fate. He sat down, and Sir quickly joined him. Zer thought about what to do. He could stay here, and have his life constantly threatened, or he could leave, and be known as a failure on planet Irk. He had no choice. He had to complete his mission.
The next day, Zer went back to the skool. When the bell rang, the students sat down, and Mr. Zinteck introduced Zer to the class. He then sat down, an expected everyone to be staring at him, but, to his surprise, only one kid was, and it wasn't Dib, so he really could care less. He sat there, and waited for the teacher to end his talk of mindless rot. "Stupid human education." Zer said to himself, then the lunch bell rang. He noticed the pink haired girl following him, but he ignored her.
In the lunchroom, there were other children looking like Zer, except they all had ears. This made Zer feel a little bit better. Zer sat down with what appeared to be some kind of green blob of nutrition. He heard another lunch tray slam down next too him. " Hi, Zer!!! I'm Saje!!! So, where are ya from?" Zer looked at the pink haired Girl that had dragged Dib away the day before. "Um… Hi?" He said. He didn't really want to talk to the human Girl. "Ya know, I came from Indiana!!!" Zer didn't even know were, or what that was. "Well, um… I'm from… earth." Saje looked at him, confused. " Hey! You want me too show you around the neighborhood?" " Um… no." Zer was getting frustrated. "Well, ok. You can just find your own way around." Zer impatiently waited for the bell to ring, and when it finally did, he ran out, When he got home, Sir ran up to him, very worried. "What is it, Sir?" "Timmy's in the well!! Hurry!" Zer ignored him, and began to walk to the lab, when he heard a knocking on his door. " Who is it?" Zer yelled. No answer. He opened the door, and was jumped on by Saje. "Were gonna have so much fun today!" She screeched. "What? I didn't even give you my address!! How'd you get here?" "I barrowed my brothers alien tracking device!" Zer shuddered, and backed away from her. " I'm still not sure why it tracks the people with green skin. Oh well, it worked!" Zer sighed in relief. "Oh! Where'd you get the doggie?" "Doggie? I have no…" He looked around, and sure enough, Sir was wearing a dog costume. " Um… this is Si…" " My Name Is Lassie!!" "No." "Um.. Buttons?" "Dogs don't talk, so shut up…" "I KNOW!!! I'M CUPCAKE!!!!!!!" " FINE! Saje, This is cupcake." "How cute! Can I take him for a walk?" Zer would have said no, but Saje was already holding the leash with 'Cupcake' on the other end. "Fine. Let's go." They left the house.
Zer realized that Saje was going to continue being a pest. He didn't know why. " She's just another stupid human." He said too himself. They walked up the street, Saje pointing out every detail. " That's my mail box, and that's Ked's mailbox, and that's a car!" "I know, Saje. I'm not that dumb." Saje hushed. " Um… you want to go get something at the café?" "No. I despise Human food, I mean… Um… Café food. Yeah. I hate café food." " But they make really good cupcakes!" Sir turned and yelled "CAFÉ!!! I WANNA CUPCAKE!!!" Zer took his leash. "That's it! Were going home. I don't have time to learn were everyone's mailbox is!!! Lets go!" With that, the duo left, and Saje didn't bother to follow.
Zer went back too the lab, and dug around in the hole in the wall. He felt many tapes, and pulled them all out. He intended to watch every one, hoping for a hint of what really happened to Zim, or Gir. He pulled out about 20 security tapes, a tape of the scary monkey show, a tape called P.E.P., and some other various taped cartoons. He popped in every tape, but the last tape was dated 3 weeks before Zim's disappearance. None of them helped. After a couple Day's of TV, he'd gotten through all the tapes. Often, he heard a light tapping on the wall as Zim was talking. He thought about shooting the wall to stop it, but realized what little good it would do. Then he had an idea. He left upstairs. Sir, like he had been doing a lot of recently, was watching TV. "Sir. Do you have a lazar installed in you?" "Um… let me check. *Starts humming the Jeopardy theme* yep." "Good. C'mon Sir. You have work to do." They went to the lab together. Zer pointed to a wall near the hole. "Blow it up." He said. Sir did as he was told. In an instant, the wall was desinigrated, and a large room was revealed. " Yes! I was right! This IS Zim's Lab! It wasn't destroyed!" "Is that your final answer?" Said Sir. Zim's lab was never destroyed. Zer's lab was built right in the middle of it. Zer stepped in and looked around. He quickly found what he had hoped for. A log of Zim's mission. Right up until the day that the tragedy took place. There were many things lying around the ruins. Gadgets and gismos, and a bunch of stuff about Dib. He looked around a little, and then sat at an old desk to read the first few pages of the log. Nothing new. Just Zim talking about how annoying Dib was. Zer was happy to have found these ruins, but along with happiness, came great depression. Zim's home. The place Zim lived, worked, and died. Zer looked at the faded memories. He pitied the failure, Zim. After he read a few pages, he shut it, and stepped out, only to hear the obnoxious tapping. He and Sir stepped up to the wall were the tapping was coming from. Something was there. He hit the wall, and it stopped. Zer typed up his findings on the computer until he fell asleep.
