Chapter 2

Dib reached Zim's base about an hour later, having walked at a pace rightly comparable with a turtle. No use rushing the upcoming tirade. But, he at least had semi formulated plausible means by which to convince Zim to tag along.

Not wanting to experience the burn of lasers as he walked up to the door, Dib decided upon the large rock beside his boot. He heaved it at the large front window before ducking behind the fence, awaiting the sound of the opening door.

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Zim, who was presently watching a documentary on nuclear warfare jumped at the sound of the window being hit with a rather impressive force. He sat on the couch for a long time, running the possibility that it was a grenade through his head, until the computer spoke.

"Security Breech!"

"Computer, identify the assailant!"

"Its that stupid, big-headed meat-child." The computer replied, imitating Zim's label of Dib.

"Oh, that annoying little earth-monkey!" Zim made his way to the door.

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Dib, having waited for a response for the better part of half an hour, had decided to step into the yard to make Zim aware of his presence. He wasn't surprised when this brought a quick reaction from his alien nemesis. The door flew open.

"What do you want now, dirt filth!" Zim screamed, highly annoyed.

"Oh, I don't want this, Zim, believe me..." Dib was looking distastefully at Zim through narrowed eyes.

Zim looked perturbed, but waited for the human to continue.

"You see..." Dib hesitated, analyzing what he was about to say. It had to sound convincing. He almost grinned at the absurdity of what he had decided to say.

"My family is going on a camping trip this weekend." Zim was giving him an "And I care, why?" look.

"So my father suggested that I bring you along." Dib shuddered.

"What?! Like I'd ever have anything to do with you and your FILTHY family, worm baby!" Zim spat. "Stupid HUMANS!"

Dib almost grinned. Almost. "That's just it, Zim. My father currently believes you are human, despite all that I've said..."

Zim was smirking now.

"Although he did agree that every HUMAN likes to go camping. Therefore YOU should, as well. As a matter of f act, he even agreed that if you refused my offer, the possibility of you being an alien is quite high." Dib watched Zim carefully.

Zim frowned at Dib, considering. The Dib-human's father was a well- respected scientist. To let him discover the truth would serve as his immediate downfall. Just what was this 'camping' anyway?

Dib watched Zim's thought process as the expressions played across his face. Clearly, his plan had worked. Zim didn't realize he could have merely bypassed the whole thing by saying that he and his family already had plans. Then again, he didn't HAVE a family...

"Ok, Earth stink. I will accompany you and your family on this 'camping' thing." His words were laced with venom.

"Right. See you tomorrow. We'll stop by to pick you up in the morning. Hopefully your gnomes will be turned off, you wouldn't want to give the impression you needed to protect your house THAT badly...?" he turned the corner and walked home.

Zim stood on his doorstep, staring after Dib. Why had the human invited him anyways? Was there a chance of exposure while 'camping'?? he went inside and made his way to the lab, set on finding out what exactly 'camping' was.

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more to come, I just wanted to finish this first part so the fun can begin!

if anyone has any suggestions or desires for this story, just let me know and i'll probably write them in as i go. i've got a great one already...what's camping without a lake? : P