Chapter 3

The Intruder

As the clock in Ms.Bitters' classroom struck three, the skool's hallways were suddenly flooded with kids eager to get home, consistring it was Friday. Dib, on the other hand, stayed in Ms.Bitters' classroom in detention. He was still shaking over what happened at recess with Rogue. He hasn't said a word since then. He was thinking of how she grabed his arms from behind, and slamed him to the wall. And those creepy words she said to him:..."I'm like fire, get in my way, and you'll get burned!" 'I knew it! I just knew it!!' He thought still shaking. 'Rogue is not normal! Shes so cold, and, Man with a grip!' He then begain to break out in a nervous sweat. 'She doesn't have ears...the only other person around here like that is.............

~Meanwhile, Zim was walking down the sidewalk going to his house, trying to think of a good way to get back at Dib for K.O.ing him at recess. "That rotten Dib." Zim said to himself. "First that disgusting human food fight, then the kickball." But he then smiled at the thought that Dib was in detention, he didn't know why through. "Still..." He said. I get so much pleasure humiliating him like he does me."

Zim finally got to his house, plotting on what to do to Dib on Monday. He seem to have already forgotten about how that new kid Rogue kept staring at him almost all day. As he opened the door to his house, he expected to see Gir watching T.V., or running around the livingroom or something, but he wasn't there. It was unusually quiet. "Gir?" Zim said a bit confused. "Computer, locate Gir!" The house's computer made a couple clicks and beeps and then announced, "Location: The Lab" "WHAT?!!" I told him NOT to go down there!!" Zim yelled. "Computer! Take me down to the lab immediately!" The computer then opened an hidden elevator under Zim and took him down to the hidden underground lab. Once there, all Zim saw were rubber piggys and mooses covering the whole lab! Zim's face turned red hot with anger. "GIR!!!" Zim screamed. Gir's head popped up from a huge pile of rubber piggys and mooses from the corner. "WELCOME HOME MASTER!!!" The little robot yelled, waving at him. "Gir, what did I tell you clearly before leaving this morning?!" Zim said angerly. Gir stared at his upset master for a moment, then said, "Oh! Oh! I know! I know! Ummmmmm............I forget!" Zim growled and slaped his forehead. "I told you NOT to come into the lab! The lab is NOT a playroom for your rubber toys!" Zim yelled. Gir's smile disappered and tears started forming in his round light blue metal eyes. Zim noticed he hurt his feelings. He sighed and said in a little more softer tone, "Look, Gir, jusr don't do it again, Ok?" The little robot immediately perked up with a big smile. "OK!" He said cheerfully.

"Alright, now...," said Zim. "I want you to pick up all this mess right now." Gir saluted him and skipped over to the control panal and pressed a button, activating a huge vacuum tube on the wall, sucking up all the rubber toys up to the upper house. Gir then jumped in the tube himself and got sucked up to where all his precious rubber piggys and mooses were. Zim heared him squealing, "WEEEEE!" all the way up.

After that, Zim took a deep sigh, removed his human disguise, and started going to work in the lab. He had a rough day and was looking forward for some peace and quiet.

Meanwhile, in the upper part of the house, Gir happily played with two of his rubber toys, smaking them together, pretending they were kissing.

However, right outside the house, a lone figure stood watching Gir playing through the window. Somehow, this figure got pass all the outside secrurity, and was getting ready to strike, at anytime.

~As night fell, Zim was still working in the lab. For the first time in a while, Gir hasn't made a pip in hours. Zim desided to take a short break from his work. He sat back in his chair and closed his wide red eyes. He begain to doozes off with all the quiet, but then suddenly the intruder alarm goes off, making Zim jump in his chair. "WARNING! UNKNOWN INTRUDER! WARNING! UNKNOWN INTRUDER!" The computer repeated. Without any hesitation, Zim got out of his chair, wiped on his human disguise ( just incase ), and took the elevator up to the house. At first, thought it might be Dib in some stupid disguise, but when he got up to the house, nothing looked disturbed. The front door wasn't opened or anything, nethier were the windows. Zim walked over to the door and opened it. No one was outside, or on the front lawn. Confused, Zim shut the door and then said, "Computer, I do not see any intruder anywhere." He then noticed something was missing. "Wait a second! Wheres Gir?"

He suddenly heared a very light muffled sound coming from behind the the sofa. Out came Gir, wiggling like a worm, all tied up and gagged! The little robot was able to stand up and hop torward his master. He then started to hop up and down, trying to tell Zim something.

"Gir, what are you doing?" Zim asked, thinking Gir was just playing. Gir shook his little head "no", still muffling through the gag, trying to talk. Zim suddenly realized this was no joke!And this was why Gir was so quiet the last couple hours! He finally took the gag off Gir and then asked, "Gir, quickly, who did this to you?!" Gir thought for a quick moment then answered, "I don't know." "You don't know?!" said Zim. Gir then said, "I couldn't see it." "What do you mean you couldn't see it?!" Zim said getting a bit irritated. "I couldn't seeeeee it...", Gir said, extended his round robot eyes at Zim,"...because it was moving too fast." "Moving too fast? So there WAS a intruder!" Zim said. "Gir, did you at lest see where the intruder went?"

Before Gir could answer, the computer interupted saying, "WARNING! UNKNOWN INTRUDER LOCATED IN LAB!" "THE LAB!?!?" Zim yelled. "Computer! Take me down there right now!" As the elevator begain to take Zim down, Gir was able to wiggle out of his binds and followed his master down to the lab.

When they got there, the lab was quiet, like no one was around, but Zim was not about to take any chances. He motioned Gir to keep quiet. As they both carefully walked deeper into the lab, Zim's antennas sightly twiched under his wig as he tryed to pick up any vibrations of any moving thing nearby. Gir closely followed behind him. Zim then made a sudden stop, causing Gir to bump into him. Zim turned and made a "shhhh" sound to him. His antennas were picking up a light swift vibration coming from the lower levels of the lab. They headed for a nearby elevator that lead to those lower levels. As they were being lowered, Zim's antennas twiched faster and faster as they gotten closer to the sourse of the vibration.

The elevator stops, and the doors open. There was bearly any light, making it very hard to see, but Zim now knew for a fact that the vibs were coming from that floor. Zim whipered to Gir, "Activate your lights." Gir saluted and turned on the flashlight beams in his eyes. The moment he did, Zim felt his antennas twich really fast, picking up a very swift vibration that moved from one end of the room to the other. Suddenly, the vibration stoped.

"There!" Zim said pointing to where it stopped. Gir looked in the direction he was pointing, lighting up that area. And there stood the same figure, that unknowned to them, was watching through the window earlier. Zim immediately recognized the inturder. It was Rogue.

TO BE CONTINUED........

RogueStar: Now I know some of you just HATE ciffys like this, but don't freak, I'm working on chapter 4 as we speak! (Hey, that rhymes! Cool!) Anyway, get ready! Chapter 4: Rogue Revealed, will be done soon! I hate to tell you all this, but this story is FAR from over. There's alot more to it then you think.~.^