By animeninjaNIPPON
Link could see the shore of the first island on the brim of the horizon. He sailed on, full speed ahead, as Gaz browsed through the items that Tingle had to offer. Gir hung off of the side of the King of Red Lions, his dog ears and tongue flapping in the breeze. "WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"
Suddenly, the ship jolted. Link almost lost his balance, but Gir was sent flying into the distance, landing somewhere on the Triangle Island. Link turned in the direction the attack had come from. Just as he suspected, the little boat and its crew were surrounded by Octoroks.
"All right!" Dib exclaimed, grabbing his camera. "I've gotta get pictures of this!" He zoomed in, not realizing that a purple tentacle was reaching around his waist. "Just wait'll the Swollen Eyeball Network sees these – EEEK!" An Octorok picked him up and lifted him high into the air. His camera fell from his weak grasp, landing at Zim's feet.
"You stupid Earth-monkey," Zim spat, picking up the camera, "did you THINK your smelly HUMAN devices could stop the likes of the ALMIGHTY ZII – IIM!" Without warning, he was lifted up to share the same fate as his enemy.
Link readied his boomerang, taking careful aim at the menacing sea creatures around him. With one swing, he succeeded in doing damage to five of them, but as soon as the 'rang returned to his hand he was blindsided by a sixth Octorok and knocked off the boat.
"Gaz! Help me!" Dib cried as the Octorok slammed him into a rock. His sister heard his cry for help but was too busy enjoying his plight to do anything. "Some – oof! – one – ow!"
She watched him hit the rock two more times, then decided to redirect her concentration back to the Tingle Tuner. "Hmm, bombs…" She pressed a button, and a green emblem appeared beneath her feet. She pressed the Tuner's D-pad, and the emblem moved. "I wonder…"
"Oh no! This is the end!" Dib lamented. "CURSE YOU, ZIM! THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!" He closed his eyes and braced himself for impact. Then, something went poof. "Huh?" He opened his eyes and fell six feet until he hit the water.
Link, still dripping from his fall in the ocean, took out all the other Octoroks but one – the one that held Zim captive. As Dib swam back to the King of Red Lions, Link helped him climb aboard. "Thanks, you guys," Dib mumbled. The elfin boy nodded and smiled.
"I was aiming for you," Gaz snapped.
Link took aim to finish off the last Octorok, but Dib protested. "Don't bother with Zim! He's an alien! He'll – " He paused for a moment in devious thought. "He'll fall into the water…"
Without further ado, he grabbed the Tingle Tuner from Gaz, saying that he needed to borrow it and he'd give it right back. She tore it away from him. "I know how to use it. You don't."
"Make something attack Zim," he pleaded. He pointed to the item on the top right of the screen. "Use that!"
Gaz groaned, but purchased the "Kooloo-limpah!" anyway.
The Octorok went away…and Zim, protected by a magical shield, floated back to the King of Red Lions.
"Oh no!" Dib smacked his hand against his forehead.
"I thank you, Earth-stink, for your unintentional assistance," Zim said arrogantly. "Now, WHERE is GIR?"
As soon as everyone (except Gir, of course) was accounted for, Link sailed the last mile to the coast of the first Triangle Island.
End of part ten