By animeninjaNIPPON
Dib walked out of a café with a relieved sigh. He went down the steps and studied his surroundings. Bizarre, colorful flowers were planted in random locations throughout the busy little town. Two pleasantly round ladies stood gossiping in a corner. For the most part, nothing out of the ordinary. "I'd better get back to the boat."
When he returned to the place where the King of Red Lions was docked, he noticed three things: first, everyone was gone. (Well, that was a given.) Second, a nearby mailbox was jiggling like one of those dancing monkeys on TV. Third (and most importantly, time seemed to stand still. Dib grew nervous. This certainly wasn't like any place on Earth…
"Hey! King of Red Lions!" he called. "Where is everybody?"
"I don't know," it replied. "Out on the island, somewhere."
"'K, thanks!" Dib ran off before pausing to wonder, "Am I going insane?"
Meanwhile, Gir was enthusiastically chasing the real live piggies roving about the island. Zim intended to stop him, but was trapped in a dead-end conversation with to mischievous girls.
"We know a secret," they declared.
"A secret? WHAT secret?" he demanded anxiously.
"Oh, we wouldn't tell you," the blonde said.
"Not even for ONE RUPEE," hinted the brunette.
"RUPEE? What is this RUPEE you speak of, foolish worm baby?"
"We're good girls. We won't tell."
"Not even for TWO RUPEES!"
"GAAAH!" Zim screamed in frustration.
"GAAAH!" mimicked a higher-pitched voice behind him. He turned around, glaring coldly, but his expression widened into a blatant shock as he jumped aside just in time to avoid being trampled by Gir and an angry horde of pigs. As Zim got up, dusted off his outfit, and straightened his wig, Gir turned around and ran to him for protection – followed by the pigs. "MASTER! HELP ME! THE PIGGIES ARE EVIL!"
Zim broke into as fast a run as his legs would allow, thus leading the mob into the center of the town.
End of part six