By animeninjaNIPPON

As soon as the King of Red Lions got close enough, Link and company jumped onto the shore. There wasn't much shore, as the entire island was only about ten by fifteen feet in size. It climbed upwards in form and looked like a layered cake. Dib and Gaz sat on the edge of the top "layer" as Link approached the stone statue that made up the center of the island.

"I wonder how many episodes of 'Mysterious Mysteries' I missed," Dib pondered sadly. He had seen the sun rise only once since he came to that surreal green-hued world, but it seemed like weeks since he had last seen home.

Zim was on the other side of the island, looking for his missing sidekick. "GIR!" he shouted. "I COMMAND you to get over here!" He glanced around, then paused briefly to listen for a response, but the only answer he received was the gentle crash of a wave against the shore, millimeters away from his boot. The subtle motion was enough to cause him to jump, and when he did, he saw a light green figure wash up in front of him.

"Oh NO!" He ran to the slumping figure. It was obviously Gir – well, the outside of him anyway. His "dog" costume was unzipped, and there was no trace of his true robotic form. Zim groaned and looked out to the sea. "GIR! Get back here, NOW!"

Silence, save the waves.

Zim sighed, looking back at the empty dog suit. "He was a good little minion, if at times somewhat stupid…"

Dib, for lack of anything else to do, watched as Link placed Din's Pearl into the effigy before him. The statue lit up and –

"GAAAH!"

Dib turned his head to see where that sound had come from. "Zim! What are you doing?"

Said green boy was pointing to the statue. "What IS that?"

"It's a statue." Dib sighed in annoyance.

"EVIL STATUE!" Zim reached into his PAK and pulled out what looked like a laser gun. "Prepare to be DOOMED!" He aimed the laser at the statue, but a sudden gust of wind sent him flat on his backside and the laser flying out towards the open ocean.

Link gave Zim a disapproving look as he put away his Deku Leaf. He then sat down on the top ledge and pulled out his bottle of Elixir Soup – he was famished and worn. No sooner had he uncorked the bottle than Dib and Gaz stared up at him with wide, hungry eyes.

The elfin boy couldn't let them starve; it wasn't in his nature to ignore those in need. He looked through his spoils bag to see if there was anything he could use for cups, but found nothing.

"Hey Zim, do you have anything in that alien backpack of yours we can use to put that soup in?" Dib inquired.

Zim merely laughed. "Help a STINKBEAST like YOU? NEVER! AHAHAhahaha…" His laughter subsided as he felt the presence of a green elfin emblem over him. Before he could react, a bomb fell from the sky and knocked him over the ledge.

He picked himself up, along with the wig that had fallen off his head, and rose from the smoke. As he readjusted his wig, he peered over the top of that top ridge and came face-to-face with Gaz. "I'm hungry," she seethed, "and I need something to eat out of. I know you have things in that backpack I could use."

"Heh…" Zim presented the purple-haired girl with four cups and saucers that he managed to swipe from the café on Windfall. She took them without gratitude, and he scowled after her.

"Stupid HUMANS," he mumbled, climbing up to sit on the ledge. "Eating their smelly pig-food and rolling around in their filthy – huh?" His rant was disrupted by a soft push against his shoulder. A green sleeve extended next to his arm, offering a cup of Elixir Soup.

"Don't bother with him," Dib called out, sipping his soup. "He can't eat human food. He's an alien."

"WRONG, Dib-monkey!" Zim snatched up the cup and downed the soup in one gulp, letting the empty container slip from his hand and crash to the ground when he finished. Dib dropped his empty cup as well – he was incredibly shocked that the food hadn't burned the alleged alien. Zim, too, seemed surprised that the foreign food that would normally injure him not only did no damage, but sent a new wave of power surging through his Invader veins. "Er – yes, I am HUMAN!"

Dib shut his gaping mouth. Gaz picked up the Tingle Tuner and browsed through the multitude of special little extras. Link went back to the King of Red Lions and beckoned for the others to follow.

As they packed into the little boat once again, Zim glanced yet again at the island for a sign of his missing helper, but Gir was nowhere to be seen.

End of part eleven

AN: Sorry for the lag in updates – I'm back in school again, so I have less time to write fanfics. Plus, my brother deleted my Wind Waker file… And don't worry about Gir, he'll be back…I hope.