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" And that's why we have to go to Irk and break out Zix to get the cure." Zim said. He had just finished explaining the current situation to Dib. Dib had a worried look on his face. Even though he could never be with her, Dib loved Ari dearly. He had already decided he had to go. " I want to see her before we go." He said. " She's very ill. I don't think we should.." Dib cut Zim off with a death glare. Zim got the point. " Fine. Follow me." Zim led the way back to the house. The way there was silent. Neither had anything to say to the other. Zim hated that he had to travel with this human for a whole day to get to Irk. ( I know Irk is six months away but lets think hyper speed) . but sometimes you have to do things you hate. In this case, it was a life or death situation. When they finally reached the house, Zim stopped. " Ok, look, Ari probably isn't awake yet, so don't disturb her. She needs as much rest as she ca get." Dib just looked annoyed. " I'm not stupid, Zim. Its not like I'm going to go in there and make her do the damn hokey pokey." Zim clenched his fists. " LOOK DIB! If we are going to be in a ship together for a day, we can't argue like this or we'll end up killing each other." Dib whispered under his breath " Wouldn't that be tragic?" Zim ignored this comment.
They entered. Ari was lying on the big pink couch, folded out to be a bed, with her head propped up. Dib ran to her and kneeled down. He took her hand and stroked it. " Oh Ari, I didn't realize things were this bad. Now I see I have no choice but to go to Irk. No matter, I'd do anything for you." Dib kissed her hand and Zim growled. " Come on we have to start getting ready." With that, Zim and Dib went down into the base to prepare for the trip. As Dib was loading some blankets into the voot cruiser, he asked " Zim, how exactly are we going to break into this prison?" Zim just simply answered " By knockin gout the guards and stealing their uniforms." Dib just raised an eyebrow at this. Usually Zim's plans were irrational and made no sense. He guessed that Zim could be serious wen he needed to be. Another thought struck Dib's mind, " What are we going to eat?" Zim pulled out a lick a sticks. " I hope you like Strawberry Banana Fanna flavored lick a sticks and Irken cola." Dib just sighed. They finished up packing in about an hour. Dib wiped the seat from his brow. " Well I guess we better get going. It'll only be a day, right?" Zim nodded. He then turned around to face Dib. " Look, Dib, even though I basically can't stand your smelly guts I appreciate the help." Dib sneered " Gee, thanks." He said sarcastically. He noticed the I was just trying to be nice look on Zim's face and changed his tune. " Sorry Zim, I knew you meant that to be a compliment and your welcome but I'm not doing this for you, I'm doing it for Ari. But if you'd like, we can be friends." He held out his hand. Zim looked hesitant, rembering the bologna incident, then shook his hand. No needles this time. Dib really DID want to be friends. " Well, time to go. GIR!" he yelled. " YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWW" The little robot came from no where and fell on Dib's head, then stood and saluted Zim " Yes my master?" Zim snickered while Dib rubbed his sore head. " Gir, we must go now. It will only be a few days. Promise me you'll take good care of Ari." Gir smiled " I pwomise." Gaz had also agreed to look after her, and was currently upstairs playing her gameslave. " That's a good Gir." Zim gave him a lollipop, and he skipped off upstairs. " Well, lets get this over with" He said, and with that, Zim opened the roof, and they boarded the cruiser. Zim buckled up and Dib copied. Zim spoke " Ok, when we take off there will be a MASSIVE amount of g forces pushing down on us. It is essential to travel at high speed to get through earths atmosphere without dieing A HORRIBLE FIERY DEATH!!" (O_O) Dib had a look on his face like o_O . " Ready?" Zim asked, and Dib nodded. Zim pressed a button and they took off like a bat out of hell. Both of them had their faces smooshed against the seats, teeth bearing and drool flying. This continued for about ten minutes and then KERPOW! The cruiser stopped as abruptly as it had started, throwing Zim and Dib out of their seatbelts and into the windshield. The computer loudly stated the obvious, " NOW OUT OF EARTHS ATMOSPHERE!" They slid off and hit the floor with a thud. Dib rubbed his head and yelled " JESUS ZIM! THAT FREAKIN HURT! I THOUGHT PUTTING SEATBELTS ON WOULD PREVENT THAT?!" Zim looked sheepish. " Yes, well, Gir must have toyed with them. Those usually work." Zim was lying, because they had never worked. He had a flashback of the planet jackers incident and the crashing into his house in plague of babies. He smiled widely. Dib just glared at him. " Come on, lets go do what we have to do." Zim nodded and they continued on into what was on Earth the night. Later on, Zim was piloting the ship and noticed Dib had fallen asleep. He then remembered Ari laying helpless at his base. He had finally figured out that invaders, like everyone else, needed somebody to be there for them, and Ari did just that. She always stuck up for him when he was being bullied, comforted him when he was sad, and cheered him up when he was angry. He owed this favor to her. They only had about four more hours to go until they reached Irk, and then the real plan would begin.
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When Dib awoke, he saw the back of Zim piloting the ship. He wasn't exactly ready to greet Zim just yet. It felt odd to be awake, since it was still dark, but his watch said 8:00 AM, so it was really morning back on earth. He had had a strange dream about insane gingerbread men attacking him with candy canes. It had been quite disturbing. He decided to break the silence " Are we there yet?" Zim turned around. " Ah, good morning Dib worm. No, we aren't there yet, but soon we will be. Only about 10 minutes to go. I have to look around for a place to park the cruiser for easy access incase we get chased." He looked back over. The computer boomed " NOW ENTERING IRK'S ATMOSPHERE." Dib was amazed at the sight he saw. There were tall, almost sky-scraper like buildings, cruisers like Zim's flying through the air, scooter like devices monitoring the 'streets' and tons on little green aliens. " Wow!" He gasped. Zim chuckled. " Welcome to MY home, Dib. It IS rather impressive. It hasn't change d much in the last few years, of course, what is there to change? We already have the best technology in the universe." They swooped through the city, looking for some cab or taxi that could get them to the prison without looking suspicious. Dib was curious about this " Why can't you just fly the cruiser to the prison?" Zim looked annoyed " Because only public transportation vehicles or military vehicles are allowed through the gates. Duh. " Dib sighed. Zim stopped suddenly. Dib flew forward. " GEEZE! WILL YOU STOP THAT?!?!" Zim ignored this " A Taxi! I must use his services!" Zim got out of the cruiser and ran to a short, chubby irken much like skoodge, leaning on a taxi that looked like a corvette. " You! Can you take my accomplice and me to the prison. The Irken answered " My name is Bloch, and no, the prison isn't on my route." Zim growled. " Very well." He climbed back in the cruiser. " We will have to try again." He told Dib. He started up the cruiser again, and after about two minutes, he saw a beautiful, tall irken female and stopped abruptly. Dib was yet again flung into the front seat. Dib sighed, and Zim once again hopped out of the cruiser. He reached the girl, " You! Can you escort my accomplice and I to the prison?" He looked up at her, she was almost as tall as the tallest, with green eyes and was dressed in a strapless black dress that came to her knees and boots like a normal invader and a chocker necklace with the irken symbol on it. Her face was almost identical to Tak's ,save the eyes. He recognized her, she was one of Ari's friends. Ari had transmitted messages to her through Zim's base before. Her name was Bree. She looked down on Zim. " Ah, Zim, long time no see. What brings you here?" She smiled, and Zim tried to ignore the beauty of it. " It's a long story, all I have time to say is that Ari is sick and in order to get the cure for her I need a ride to the prison." Bree gasped. " Oh my, poor Ari. That explains why I haven't heard from her. Oh, of course I'll give you a ride." Zim smiled " Thanks, but its not just me, I have a companion in the cruiser." They glanced over to see Dib peeking from over the edge of the window of the cruiser. He ducked as soon as they spotted him. Bree giggled " He's kind of cute for a human" Zim rolled his eyes. " Well go get him and I'll take you guys to the prison." Zim did just that., running to the cruiser. Dib was in theprocess of scratching his bum when Zim intruded. Zim overlooked this " Come, Dib, we have a ride to the prison." Dib looked over at Bree, who was putting her helmet on. " I hope shes a better pilot than you. Who is she anyways?" Zim crossed his arms. " Her name is Bree, shes Ari's best friend. Shes a technology engineer. Now come on, we're wasting time." Zim grabbed Dib by the arm and yanked him out of the cruiser. Zim figured he would steal one of the ships from the prison to get back home. They boarded the motorcycle-flying-thing and took off. Riding through the streets of Irk wasn't as glorious as Dib imagined it. It was just like New York City, except for the styles of buildings. Their were homeless Irkens, smeets roaming the streets, and gangs of unruly teens running about. Dib spoke " Gee, I never knew Irken society was so much like my own." Zim looked around " Yes, Dib, there are suck things as poverty and suffering on this planet. As much as I like to think the Irken race is superior, I realize that instead of taking care of our planet we just keep taking others and they end up in the same state of disarray." Dib was surprised that Zim actually talked about his races faults. Usually he was talking about how superior they were. It was funny how tragedies always brought people closer together. After about 30 minutes they arrived at the gates of the prison. Bree took off her helmet " Well, good luck boys." She kissed them both on the cheek, making Dib turn an interesting shade of pink. They had nothing but the clothes on their backs. " Well Dib, its time. If we don't live through this, just remember that in the end we were friends." They shook hands and walked towards the gate.
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" Great how are we going to get past that?" Dib said loudly. "Shush!" Zim hissed. He nodded towards the two guards in front of the gate " You will convince the guards to follow you to the other side of the building where I'll be waiting with my organ remover. I'll steal their brains and we can steal their uniforms and pass ourselves off as guards." Dib looked annoyed " Why do I always have to be the distraction?" Zim pushed him out from behind the dumpster they were hiding behind. Dib casually walked over to the guards, noticing Zim running behind a motorcycle thing unnoticed by all but him. He wasn't paying attention, and almost walked right into the pointy end of an irken spear. He looked up at the guard. " Uh, hi!" Dib said. He now had his chance to say all the insults he had always wanted to say to Zim but never got the chance to. " You know your pretty ugly for an alien, and woo do you stink! I left my underwear on for a week once and it kind of smells like you do." The irken growled and jammed his farther against Dib's chest, while the other guard was laughing. " And you have the IQ of a dirt clod!" The second guard starts crying and the first one jabs him with his spear " Irkens do not cry, it a sign of weakness, and we are the most powerful empire in the UNIVERSE!" He clenched his fists. Behind him Dib laughed and said " Oh yeah, you guys are real superior. I bet it takes four of you just to screw in a light bulb." Dib could see a fire in their eyes. He had done well. " Well see ya!" he walked away the guards naturally chased him. He ran and turned the corner. A few seconds passed then two bright flashes and the sound of a camera came from around the corner. Zim stood with one brain in his hand and Dib with the other. Dib looked at it, cringed, and immediately threw it over his shoulder. We hear the sounds of trashcans falling over and a yowl from a cat. Zim spoke " Now for phase two!" Dib looked confused and scratched his butt " Um, what happens inn phase two again?" Zim smacked his forehead. " For the last time stink meat, we will clothe ourselves in these uniforms and pose as guards and sneak in and free Zix." Dib had his finger up his nose and Zim made a face like O_o and Dib put his finger down slowly. " Uh, ok. Lets do it then." Zim put on the breastplate and helmet of the guards outfit as did Dib. It was just a tad small because of Dib's enormous landing pad size of a head that is disturbingly large. Zim chuckled at this. Dib took the first guards spear and speared Zim in the rear with it. Zim took the other spear and was about to hit Dib with it like it was a baseball bat, then he remembered what they were there for. " ARGH! Stop wasting time! We have to get the cure for Ari soon! Come on!". Zim ran inside the prison and Dib followed.
Upon entering they saw vast numbers of cells stacked upon each other like hotel rooms. There were hover crafts and other space vehicle doo hickey things fly around with guards on them. Zim spied the line of unused hover crafts and leaped on one. Dib got on behind. " What do you think your doing, Dib?" Dib looked annoyed. " The controls and labels are all in Irken. Your going to have to let me ride with you." Zim sighed. " Fine, just don't get too comfortable." Dib looked nervous, but shook out of it. " I wasn't going to." Zim decided the best way to find Zix was to just cruise around until they saw him. Zim started the hover craft, and they descended. They flew by each cell rather quickly, but slow enough so Zim could get a good look at the inmate. He saw Irkens, Vortains and all kinds of other aliens within the cells. One cell contained a rather peculiar looking fellow who was tall and very skinny, almost emaciated. The two strands of hair on the top of his head somewhat resembled antennae. Dib decided he would rather not save this rather scary looking human. Zim became distracted, and because he was not watching where he was going, he rammed into another guard. Dib hid behind Zim. The guard bellowed " Hey watch where your going! I.( the guard had to look down a bit to meet the eyes of Zim) I don't recall ever seeing a guard in here so lacking of height." Zim's eyes burned with rage but he knew he had to keep his cool to prevent being caught. " Yes, well, I'm new. My name is uh..( Zim glanced over to the right to see a guard snacking on some Pez candy out of the vending machine) Pez! yes, that is my name, I am called Pez and I am looking for the prisoner who goes by the name of Zix. " The guard looked uninterested. " Yeah whatever. What do you need to see him for?" Zim thought quickly " He has a letter." The guard raised his eyebrow. " Fine, whatever. He's in cell #666 ( oooo spooky) Now leave me alone." The guard flew off." Dib wiped the sweat from his brow. As soon as he did this, zim took off again. Zim mumbled under his breath " 600.640..660..Ah ha! 666!" Zim threw on the brakes, jolting dib against him. " Watch what your doing human!" Dib rubbed his head " It wasn't my fault! You're the one who..Hey!" Zim walked off onto the ledge where prisoners were led to their cells. Zim peered inside. Zix was lying on his bed, his hands under his head and one leg up. He glanced over. " Ah, visitors." Zim grabbed the bars of the cell and found to his surprise that the bars were electric. He cursed " DAMN IT! My hand!" Zix sat up. " Yes, the bars give a rather nasty shock, Zim. Of course, it shouldn't bother you any, since your brain has already been fried." Zim looked surprised. " Yes, I know its you under that mask, Zim. One could recognize your annoying high-pitched voice anywhere. Now, pray tell, what brings you here to see little old me?" Zim looked around cautiously. " I can't tell you the whole story, but to sum it up Ari has the irken flu and you're the only person I know with the medical skills to cure her." Zix laughed a harsh, evil laugh. " Well, well. Your telling me that after you destroyed my ship and crew, landed me in this stinking prison, and stole my escape pods that I should be inclined to help you out? HA! But I'll humor you. Suppose I agreed, what would I get in return?" He leaned against the wall all cool-like and crossed his arms. Zim whispered " Your freedom." Zix raised a would be eyebrow at this. " Well, I suppose that's reward enough. Being around these prisoners with the IQ's of lawn gnomes is starting to get to me. But sadly, even if you do break me out, I have no chemicals to mix a cure with, thanks to you ridding me of my labs. However, I did bring a suitcase full of miscellaneous items with me, I could see what I have. But you must break me out first." Dib had become bored hearing them talk, and was off in llama (that's right, I said llama) land. Zim said " That's a stupid idea, what if you don't have anything in there? I'll have freed you for no reason!" Zix laughed " I assure you I have at least one of the four ingredients needed to make the cure. You have my word." Zim looked hesitant, but decided to go through with it.
Ok, I was going to make this chapter really long but to save you from too much information in one chapter I'm splitting it up. One more thing, reviews encourage me to write, people. I haven't got one in a while so I haven't updated in a while. READ AND REVIEW!! PLEASE!
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" And that's why we have to go to Irk and break out Zix to get the cure." Zim said. He had just finished explaining the current situation to Dib. Dib had a worried look on his face. Even though he could never be with her, Dib loved Ari dearly. He had already decided he had to go. " I want to see her before we go." He said. " She's very ill. I don't think we should.." Dib cut Zim off with a death glare. Zim got the point. " Fine. Follow me." Zim led the way back to the house. The way there was silent. Neither had anything to say to the other. Zim hated that he had to travel with this human for a whole day to get to Irk. ( I know Irk is six months away but lets think hyper speed) . but sometimes you have to do things you hate. In this case, it was a life or death situation. When they finally reached the house, Zim stopped. " Ok, look, Ari probably isn't awake yet, so don't disturb her. She needs as much rest as she ca get." Dib just looked annoyed. " I'm not stupid, Zim. Its not like I'm going to go in there and make her do the damn hokey pokey." Zim clenched his fists. " LOOK DIB! If we are going to be in a ship together for a day, we can't argue like this or we'll end up killing each other." Dib whispered under his breath " Wouldn't that be tragic?" Zim ignored this comment.
They entered. Ari was lying on the big pink couch, folded out to be a bed, with her head propped up. Dib ran to her and kneeled down. He took her hand and stroked it. " Oh Ari, I didn't realize things were this bad. Now I see I have no choice but to go to Irk. No matter, I'd do anything for you." Dib kissed her hand and Zim growled. " Come on we have to start getting ready." With that, Zim and Dib went down into the base to prepare for the trip. As Dib was loading some blankets into the voot cruiser, he asked " Zim, how exactly are we going to break into this prison?" Zim just simply answered " By knockin gout the guards and stealing their uniforms." Dib just raised an eyebrow at this. Usually Zim's plans were irrational and made no sense. He guessed that Zim could be serious wen he needed to be. Another thought struck Dib's mind, " What are we going to eat?" Zim pulled out a lick a sticks. " I hope you like Strawberry Banana Fanna flavored lick a sticks and Irken cola." Dib just sighed. They finished up packing in about an hour. Dib wiped the seat from his brow. " Well I guess we better get going. It'll only be a day, right?" Zim nodded. He then turned around to face Dib. " Look, Dib, even though I basically can't stand your smelly guts I appreciate the help." Dib sneered " Gee, thanks." He said sarcastically. He noticed the I was just trying to be nice look on Zim's face and changed his tune. " Sorry Zim, I knew you meant that to be a compliment and your welcome but I'm not doing this for you, I'm doing it for Ari. But if you'd like, we can be friends." He held out his hand. Zim looked hesitant, rembering the bologna incident, then shook his hand. No needles this time. Dib really DID want to be friends. " Well, time to go. GIR!" he yelled. " YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWW" The little robot came from no where and fell on Dib's head, then stood and saluted Zim " Yes my master?" Zim snickered while Dib rubbed his sore head. " Gir, we must go now. It will only be a few days. Promise me you'll take good care of Ari." Gir smiled " I pwomise." Gaz had also agreed to look after her, and was currently upstairs playing her gameslave. " That's a good Gir." Zim gave him a lollipop, and he skipped off upstairs. " Well, lets get this over with" He said, and with that, Zim opened the roof, and they boarded the cruiser. Zim buckled up and Dib copied. Zim spoke " Ok, when we take off there will be a MASSIVE amount of g forces pushing down on us. It is essential to travel at high speed to get through earths atmosphere without dieing A HORRIBLE FIERY DEATH!!" (O_O) Dib had a look on his face like o_O . " Ready?" Zim asked, and Dib nodded. Zim pressed a button and they took off like a bat out of hell. Both of them had their faces smooshed against the seats, teeth bearing and drool flying. This continued for about ten minutes and then KERPOW! The cruiser stopped as abruptly as it had started, throwing Zim and Dib out of their seatbelts and into the windshield. The computer loudly stated the obvious, " NOW OUT OF EARTHS ATMOSPHERE!" They slid off and hit the floor with a thud. Dib rubbed his head and yelled " JESUS ZIM! THAT FREAKIN HURT! I THOUGHT PUTTING SEATBELTS ON WOULD PREVENT THAT?!" Zim looked sheepish. " Yes, well, Gir must have toyed with them. Those usually work." Zim was lying, because they had never worked. He had a flashback of the planet jackers incident and the crashing into his house in plague of babies. He smiled widely. Dib just glared at him. " Come on, lets go do what we have to do." Zim nodded and they continued on into what was on Earth the night. Later on, Zim was piloting the ship and noticed Dib had fallen asleep. He then remembered Ari laying helpless at his base. He had finally figured out that invaders, like everyone else, needed somebody to be there for them, and Ari did just that. She always stuck up for him when he was being bullied, comforted him when he was sad, and cheered him up when he was angry. He owed this favor to her. They only had about four more hours to go until they reached Irk, and then the real plan would begin.
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When Dib awoke, he saw the back of Zim piloting the ship. He wasn't exactly ready to greet Zim just yet. It felt odd to be awake, since it was still dark, but his watch said 8:00 AM, so it was really morning back on earth. He had had a strange dream about insane gingerbread men attacking him with candy canes. It had been quite disturbing. He decided to break the silence " Are we there yet?" Zim turned around. " Ah, good morning Dib worm. No, we aren't there yet, but soon we will be. Only about 10 minutes to go. I have to look around for a place to park the cruiser for easy access incase we get chased." He looked back over. The computer boomed " NOW ENTERING IRK'S ATMOSPHERE." Dib was amazed at the sight he saw. There were tall, almost sky-scraper like buildings, cruisers like Zim's flying through the air, scooter like devices monitoring the 'streets' and tons on little green aliens. " Wow!" He gasped. Zim chuckled. " Welcome to MY home, Dib. It IS rather impressive. It hasn't change d much in the last few years, of course, what is there to change? We already have the best technology in the universe." They swooped through the city, looking for some cab or taxi that could get them to the prison without looking suspicious. Dib was curious about this " Why can't you just fly the cruiser to the prison?" Zim looked annoyed " Because only public transportation vehicles or military vehicles are allowed through the gates. Duh. " Dib sighed. Zim stopped suddenly. Dib flew forward. " GEEZE! WILL YOU STOP THAT?!?!" Zim ignored this " A Taxi! I must use his services!" Zim got out of the cruiser and ran to a short, chubby irken much like skoodge, leaning on a taxi that looked like a corvette. " You! Can you take my accomplice and me to the prison. The Irken answered " My name is Bloch, and no, the prison isn't on my route." Zim growled. " Very well." He climbed back in the cruiser. " We will have to try again." He told Dib. He started up the cruiser again, and after about two minutes, he saw a beautiful, tall irken female and stopped abruptly. Dib was yet again flung into the front seat. Dib sighed, and Zim once again hopped out of the cruiser. He reached the girl, " You! Can you escort my accomplice and I to the prison?" He looked up at her, she was almost as tall as the tallest, with green eyes and was dressed in a strapless black dress that came to her knees and boots like a normal invader and a chocker necklace with the irken symbol on it. Her face was almost identical to Tak's ,save the eyes. He recognized her, she was one of Ari's friends. Ari had transmitted messages to her through Zim's base before. Her name was Bree. She looked down on Zim. " Ah, Zim, long time no see. What brings you here?" She smiled, and Zim tried to ignore the beauty of it. " It's a long story, all I have time to say is that Ari is sick and in order to get the cure for her I need a ride to the prison." Bree gasped. " Oh my, poor Ari. That explains why I haven't heard from her. Oh, of course I'll give you a ride." Zim smiled " Thanks, but its not just me, I have a companion in the cruiser." They glanced over to see Dib peeking from over the edge of the window of the cruiser. He ducked as soon as they spotted him. Bree giggled " He's kind of cute for a human" Zim rolled his eyes. " Well go get him and I'll take you guys to the prison." Zim did just that., running to the cruiser. Dib was in theprocess of scratching his bum when Zim intruded. Zim overlooked this " Come, Dib, we have a ride to the prison." Dib looked over at Bree, who was putting her helmet on. " I hope shes a better pilot than you. Who is she anyways?" Zim crossed his arms. " Her name is Bree, shes Ari's best friend. Shes a technology engineer. Now come on, we're wasting time." Zim grabbed Dib by the arm and yanked him out of the cruiser. Zim figured he would steal one of the ships from the prison to get back home. They boarded the motorcycle-flying-thing and took off. Riding through the streets of Irk wasn't as glorious as Dib imagined it. It was just like New York City, except for the styles of buildings. Their were homeless Irkens, smeets roaming the streets, and gangs of unruly teens running about. Dib spoke " Gee, I never knew Irken society was so much like my own." Zim looked around " Yes, Dib, there are suck things as poverty and suffering on this planet. As much as I like to think the Irken race is superior, I realize that instead of taking care of our planet we just keep taking others and they end up in the same state of disarray." Dib was surprised that Zim actually talked about his races faults. Usually he was talking about how superior they were. It was funny how tragedies always brought people closer together. After about 30 minutes they arrived at the gates of the prison. Bree took off her helmet " Well, good luck boys." She kissed them both on the cheek, making Dib turn an interesting shade of pink. They had nothing but the clothes on their backs. " Well Dib, its time. If we don't live through this, just remember that in the end we were friends." They shook hands and walked towards the gate.
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" Great how are we going to get past that?" Dib said loudly. "Shush!" Zim hissed. He nodded towards the two guards in front of the gate " You will convince the guards to follow you to the other side of the building where I'll be waiting with my organ remover. I'll steal their brains and we can steal their uniforms and pass ourselves off as guards." Dib looked annoyed " Why do I always have to be the distraction?" Zim pushed him out from behind the dumpster they were hiding behind. Dib casually walked over to the guards, noticing Zim running behind a motorcycle thing unnoticed by all but him. He wasn't paying attention, and almost walked right into the pointy end of an irken spear. He looked up at the guard. " Uh, hi!" Dib said. He now had his chance to say all the insults he had always wanted to say to Zim but never got the chance to. " You know your pretty ugly for an alien, and woo do you stink! I left my underwear on for a week once and it kind of smells like you do." The irken growled and jammed his farther against Dib's chest, while the other guard was laughing. " And you have the IQ of a dirt clod!" The second guard starts crying and the first one jabs him with his spear " Irkens do not cry, it a sign of weakness, and we are the most powerful empire in the UNIVERSE!" He clenched his fists. Behind him Dib laughed and said " Oh yeah, you guys are real superior. I bet it takes four of you just to screw in a light bulb." Dib could see a fire in their eyes. He had done well. " Well see ya!" he walked away the guards naturally chased him. He ran and turned the corner. A few seconds passed then two bright flashes and the sound of a camera came from around the corner. Zim stood with one brain in his hand and Dib with the other. Dib looked at it, cringed, and immediately threw it over his shoulder. We hear the sounds of trashcans falling over and a yowl from a cat. Zim spoke " Now for phase two!" Dib looked confused and scratched his butt " Um, what happens inn phase two again?" Zim smacked his forehead. " For the last time stink meat, we will clothe ourselves in these uniforms and pose as guards and sneak in and free Zix." Dib had his finger up his nose and Zim made a face like O_o and Dib put his finger down slowly. " Uh, ok. Lets do it then." Zim put on the breastplate and helmet of the guards outfit as did Dib. It was just a tad small because of Dib's enormous landing pad size of a head that is disturbingly large. Zim chuckled at this. Dib took the first guards spear and speared Zim in the rear with it. Zim took the other spear and was about to hit Dib with it like it was a baseball bat, then he remembered what they were there for. " ARGH! Stop wasting time! We have to get the cure for Ari soon! Come on!". Zim ran inside the prison and Dib followed.
Upon entering they saw vast numbers of cells stacked upon each other like hotel rooms. There were hover crafts and other space vehicle doo hickey things fly around with guards on them. Zim spied the line of unused hover crafts and leaped on one. Dib got on behind. " What do you think your doing, Dib?" Dib looked annoyed. " The controls and labels are all in Irken. Your going to have to let me ride with you." Zim sighed. " Fine, just don't get too comfortable." Dib looked nervous, but shook out of it. " I wasn't going to." Zim decided the best way to find Zix was to just cruise around until they saw him. Zim started the hover craft, and they descended. They flew by each cell rather quickly, but slow enough so Zim could get a good look at the inmate. He saw Irkens, Vortains and all kinds of other aliens within the cells. One cell contained a rather peculiar looking fellow who was tall and very skinny, almost emaciated. The two strands of hair on the top of his head somewhat resembled antennae. Dib decided he would rather not save this rather scary looking human. Zim became distracted, and because he was not watching where he was going, he rammed into another guard. Dib hid behind Zim. The guard bellowed " Hey watch where your going! I.( the guard had to look down a bit to meet the eyes of Zim) I don't recall ever seeing a guard in here so lacking of height." Zim's eyes burned with rage but he knew he had to keep his cool to prevent being caught. " Yes, well, I'm new. My name is uh..( Zim glanced over to the right to see a guard snacking on some Pez candy out of the vending machine) Pez! yes, that is my name, I am called Pez and I am looking for the prisoner who goes by the name of Zix. " The guard looked uninterested. " Yeah whatever. What do you need to see him for?" Zim thought quickly " He has a letter." The guard raised his eyebrow. " Fine, whatever. He's in cell #666 ( oooo spooky) Now leave me alone." The guard flew off." Dib wiped the sweat from his brow. As soon as he did this, zim took off again. Zim mumbled under his breath " 600.640..660..Ah ha! 666!" Zim threw on the brakes, jolting dib against him. " Watch what your doing human!" Dib rubbed his head " It wasn't my fault! You're the one who..Hey!" Zim walked off onto the ledge where prisoners were led to their cells. Zim peered inside. Zix was lying on his bed, his hands under his head and one leg up. He glanced over. " Ah, visitors." Zim grabbed the bars of the cell and found to his surprise that the bars were electric. He cursed " DAMN IT! My hand!" Zix sat up. " Yes, the bars give a rather nasty shock, Zim. Of course, it shouldn't bother you any, since your brain has already been fried." Zim looked surprised. " Yes, I know its you under that mask, Zim. One could recognize your annoying high-pitched voice anywhere. Now, pray tell, what brings you here to see little old me?" Zim looked around cautiously. " I can't tell you the whole story, but to sum it up Ari has the irken flu and you're the only person I know with the medical skills to cure her." Zix laughed a harsh, evil laugh. " Well, well. Your telling me that after you destroyed my ship and crew, landed me in this stinking prison, and stole my escape pods that I should be inclined to help you out? HA! But I'll humor you. Suppose I agreed, what would I get in return?" He leaned against the wall all cool-like and crossed his arms. Zim whispered " Your freedom." Zix raised a would be eyebrow at this. " Well, I suppose that's reward enough. Being around these prisoners with the IQ's of lawn gnomes is starting to get to me. But sadly, even if you do break me out, I have no chemicals to mix a cure with, thanks to you ridding me of my labs. However, I did bring a suitcase full of miscellaneous items with me, I could see what I have. But you must break me out first." Dib had become bored hearing them talk, and was off in llama (that's right, I said llama) land. Zim said " That's a stupid idea, what if you don't have anything in there? I'll have freed you for no reason!" Zix laughed " I assure you I have at least one of the four ingredients needed to make the cure. You have my word." Zim looked hesitant, but decided to go through with it.
Ok, I was going to make this chapter really long but to save you from too much information in one chapter I'm splitting it up. One more thing, reviews encourage me to write, people. I haven't got one in a while so I haven't updated in a while. READ AND REVIEW!! PLEASE!