After getting up and rubbing her pizza box stabbed eye, Tak took to pacing again. At last, she stopped, turned on her heel, and stared at him. 

"Okay. We're going to use Zim's own technology against him."
                Dib blinked. That would be… something. He'd been in Zim's base a maximum of two times, and neither for particularly favoring circumstances. Despite devoting a large amount of his time to breaking into Zim's lab, he'd had a perfect loosing streak. Obviously, he'd love another chance to peek around – while it may be old news to Irkens, it far surpassed any other setup on Earth. However, he knew that getting in wasn't going to be easy.     

"How am I supposed to get into Zim's lab?" He questioned. Tak lowered an eyebrow and shook her head. 

"Oh, no, you wouldn't be in Zim's lab at all. I'm going to use his resources to create an antidote while you and your sister create a distraction."
Dib blinked. He wasn't sure he liked this idea. Could he trust Tak to only create the antidote, not use the time as create-another-demonic-scheme-to-kill-earth-and-prove-myself-time? Put quite simply, no, no he couldn't. But what choice did he have?  

"Okay, fine. Let's go." He turned and headed to the door. Tak made a quiet ahem, which caused him to turn around. 

"Aren't you forgetting something?"
Dib blinked, and looked around, and began to check his pockets. Tak rolled her eyes dramatically and pointed simply to the living room, where Gaz was actively ignoring them. 

"What, Gaz? You think she's going to help?" He let out a brief laugh at the idea. No, his sister loathed him, there was no way she was taking time out of her Saturday to help him. Tak nodded quite seriously.  

"We need her," she said, "besides, she'd be useful for… eh… physical force."
Dib stared. Well, she did have a point. With a shrug and an internal wince, he called to his sister. 

"Dib, go away or I'll be forced to destroy you," was her blunt reply. Dib blinked and looked at Tak, shrugging. Tak gave him an incredulous look, as if to say you're scared of your own sister yet you'll challenge an Irken? and so he tried again.                 

"Gaz, we need your help to save Earth and… stuff."
Gaz raised an eyebrow, and Dib was pretty sure she did the physically impossible by keeping one eye on the GameSlave and the other on him. 

"Do I look like I care?" 

"Gaz, we –"
Dib was cut short by an impatient sigh from Tak, who stepped boldly into the living room. Pathetic, she thought, even human means of manipulation are inferior to that of Irkens. Doing a swift survey of her 'opponent', Tak noticed Gaz's possessions. Irkens were good at coming up with spur-of-the-moment bargaining tools. Gaz opened one eye again, one eyebrow raised suspiciously.             

"Don't make me destroy yo—"      

"Help us and you'll get all Zim's left over slinkies."
Gaz blinked. Casting a sideways glance to her silver slinky, slumped carelessly over a pillow, she blinked. There was a slightly tense silence, before Gaz replied:

"Okay."
                Tak grinned to herself, turned on her heel, left the room and headed to the door, but not before whispering "watch carefully – you might learn a thing or too" to Dib as she passed. Dib blinked. Egotism must be an Irken thing, too. Zim certainly had it in excess. He shrugged and waited for Gaz to pass him before shutting the door. He needn't have waited, however, because Gaz slammed it loud enough behind her. Dib winced at the loud bang that accompanied it snapping shut. He was just glad it missed his face, this time.

A/N: Wow I haven't updated in a long time, so here you go. XD Please review? Pleaaase? I'm a sucker for reviews. X) Again, sorry if Tak's out of character. I have no real idea if she's egotistical or whathaveyou, but I figure that any race after complete universal domination must have a wee bit of an over inflated ego to begin with and it probably runs in the species. Yep. Anyways, R/R. =D I'm gonna start the next chapter right now, so it should be up today or tomorrow.