By animeninjaNIPPON
The following day, Dib got dressed (complete with trench coat, which Zim had accidentally left behind) and ate breakfast as usual. He wasn't very happy – the data disk had messed up his computer so badly that he needed to replace the hard drive, which wouldn't be cheap. He was actually considering giving the disk back to Zim – that stupid thing had caused Dib nothing but grief from the moment he stole it. But he still had no idea what was on the disk, and for all he knew it was the final puzzle piece Zim needed to conquer or destroy Earth.
Zim was growing more powerful every day, it seemed, or else he was good at pretending to. Dib couldn't take anymore chances. He had just decided to go out and track Zim down when he heard a knock at the door. He reluctantly opened it.
It was Zim, right on cue. "I want my data disk back." He was so tired of risking his life for the sake of the stupid disk that he was tempted to let Dib have it, but it was the principal of the thing – it belonged to Zim!
Dib could see that Zim would rather be doing anything else but fighting over the accursed disk, and Dib himself felt the same way. He sighed, knowing that to win any war one had to sacrifice a few battles. "Hey Zim, I have an idea."
"Oh REALLY?" Zim narrowed his eyes.
"Yeah. I'll give you the disk back – "
"YES! Victory for ZIM!" Zim marched forward into the house, but fell back against his enemy in a giggle-fit.
Dib pushed him back. "I'll give it back ON ONE CONDITION."
Zim sobered up. "Yeah?"
Dib swallowed hard. This was the only way he could safely monitor Zim and prevent him from carrying out any more evil plans. "You have to hang out with me until skool starts again."
"Hang out?" Zim repeated in confusion. "What is this 'hang out' you speak of?"
Dib shrugged. "You know, like… go where I go and stuff."
Zim came closer and resumed his "altered" state of mind. "Heehee… who's the REAL winner here?"
Dib looked down at the alien, who was beginning to feel Dib through his shirt. "So… is that a deal?"
"Yes, yes," Zim muttered, "deal!"
End of part eleven