Chapter 4

Chapter 4: Proven Enemy.

The next day at school, Zer decided to ask about Dib. He was a little nervous, wondering if Gir would be ok with Sir, but he realized how long he had lived, and his fears faded. He approached a short, orange-haired kid. "So... is Dib your friend?" He asked. "Yeah right! Nobody's friends with that alien fanatic!" Zer looked to him sitting at his desk. "Really? He doesn't look that interested in alien life." "Yeah. Ever since you came, he's been workin' on somethin' he doesn't want anyone to see." Zer just assumed that Dib didn't care about him.

As soon as Zer got home, he went to go fix up Gir. He would have transmitted the tallest to tell them, but he didn't have time yet. He feared for Gir's life. Gir was still humming. He couldn't think about anything except the thing he had been thinking about for 2000 years. Zer lifted him to a table. "Gir? Can you talk to me?" Gir just continued humming. " Oh… I hate to do this, Gir. If I'm going to fix you, I need to shut down your system. Ok?" Gir didn't respond. Zer opened the hatch on Gir's back, and flipped down a switch. Nothing happened. "Hmmm. Gir, I don't think your turning off any time soon." Gir slightly turned his head, and his mouth slightly gaped. "Well, lets at least get this trash costume of you." Zer slipped off the tattered rag and chucked it toward the trash. Gir's metal body was slightly rusted and bent up. Zer pulled out a bucket of oil, added some rust remover, and set Gir inside it. "Now Gir. I'll be back in an hour or so. You need to stay here." Gir watched him go up the shaft.

Zer left to go find Sir. He was outside the window, staring at a near by tree. "Sir? What are you looking at?" "There's sand in the potato salad." Zer looked at him, than tapped him on the shoulder. "Wha… Oh. There's someone in the tree!" "Sir. There's nobody in the tree." Just then, a branch fell down. Sir looked up just before something dashed into a hole. "Squirrels?" A voice said from behind. Zer looked around to see Gir standing there looking to the tree. "Well, at least you can walk. Before you come outside, you have to ask. You're not well enough to be walking around on your own. Ok?" Gir continued to look at the tree. "C'mon, Sir. Gir. We need to go inside." Gir didn't budge. He looked at the tree, occasionally asking "Squirrel?" "Gir. It's just a little rodent." "Or a human." Sir added. Zer picked up Gir and they went back inside.

The next day at skool, Dib and Saje were both gone. Nobody had seen them. Zer went through the day without Saje's constant torment. When he got home, Saje once again pounced him on. "Saje! What are you doing in my house!" "Just looking for evidence." She replied. "Evidence of what?" "Like you don't know." She said, as she ran off. Zer dusted himself off, and went to go find Sir and Gir.

They were playing in the oil that Gir had bathed in the day before. Zer let them do what they wanted. He was just glad Gir was properly functioning. As he read Zim's Log, he figured he would make more progress if he started near the end. Since he wanted to know what happened to Zim, this made more sense. He opened it up to the last 2 pages.

Log…that pathetic loser Dib is starting to worry me. He has been gone from skool for nearly 2 weeks. I fear he is plotting something against me. His sister, Gaz has been attending, but she refuses to tell me anything. I suspect she is now on Dib's side. Yesterday, I saw Dib for the first time in weeks. As he walked by my fortress, a vicious smile spread across his face, and he boldly shouted, "See ya soon, Zim!" and began to laugh. I'm still not positive what he meant by this, but it was threatening nonetheless. I don't think someone as pathetic and annoying as Dib could harm me, but there have been several times that he has come close to his goal. Stupid human water. The loser is forcing me to take extra precautions.

Zer looked around, and noticed a dead bolt lock on the door. "Nice precautions, Zim." He muttered to himself. He shut the log when he heard his robots both scream. "What is it?" They looked at him. "Scary monkey is dead!!!" Gir shouted. "Yeah… and so is my block of Swiss cheese!" Zer looked at them, and went back to read more. Once again they both screamed. "What is it now?" "I saw something!" "Me too!" The Sir's said. "There's no-one here! Now stop screaming!" He shouted. He went over to read, and then remembered that he had not once transmitted to the tallest. He walked to the computer, and typed some keys. In a few moments, the tallest appeared. "Zer? Is your mission going well?" "Better then you think! You'll never guess what I found!" "What did you find, Zer?" Said tallest green. Just then, Gir ran up to Zer and jumped to his head. "Good timing." He said. "Oh my g… is that…" "Sure is. Gir. The one and the same. I found him in Zim's old lab!" "Zim's old lab? You found it? But… But… That's impossible! It was destroyed!" Purple said. "Well, apparently not. You see, I…" there was a camera flash, and Zer turned around to see Saje. "Dib's gonna love me for this!" "Talk later! SAJE!!! GET BACK HERE!!!" "Missions going better then we thought, eh?" Said Purple to Green. "Do you think he's doomed?" "Yep. I say he's dead in 2 weeks." They didn't have much confidence in Zer. "Wanna go get a chili dog?" "Sure." They ended transmission as Zer ran after Saje.

Saje ran inside the house and slammed the door. She stepped out to the couch were Dib was sitting. "Got your picture of Zer. You want me to go get it developed?" "No thanks. I'll do it myself." Dib said. He left up the stairs, and Saje sat down on the couch. Saje had her proof. Her and Dib were against Zer. They new.