By animeninjaNIPPON

"I thought we got rid of all the Irkens," someone in the crowd said.

The octo-alien stopped screaming and regained his senses. "Whether or not she's the last of her kind, knowing how the Irkens reproduce, we can't take any chances." He nodded to the guards, and they dragged Tak away as she screamed, "The Irken Empire will rise again!"

Once she was hauled off, all eyes and such turned to Dib.

The human ambassador took a breath. "She tried to take over Earth once," he explained. "She wasn't technically an Invader, but she was a lot better at it than Zim. But she was thrown to the outer edges of the universe, and presumed dead."

"So," the octo-alien mused, "you knew her?"

Dib remembered back to the day he met Tak, started hanging out with her...and found out she was an alien. "Not really." With a swish of his cape, he turned away.

"Meeting cancelled!" called the president, banging a gavel.

Back at his space palace, Dib made himself a bologna sandwich while singing the Doom Song that Gir had taught him. He took it into his parlor to eat while he watched "Mysterious Mysteries" on his giant-screen plasma TV. Before he could take one bite, his computer-phone rang. Grumbling, Dib dropped his sandwich on the couch and ran to the computer. Fortunately, he was able to get it before the third ring.

Gir came into view on the screen. "Hi, Dib!"

"Hi, Gir," Dib replied, not exactly sure why the little robot was calling him. No one in his terrestrial home had contacted him in two years - his dad was too busy and his sister was too...jaded. He had called them whenever he had the time, but it wasn't the same.

"Is my Master coming baaack?" he asked innocently.

Dib sighed. "No. We've had this conversation before."

"Master doesn't like it when I talk to you."

"Well he's not here anymore."

"YAY!" Gir jumped up and down on Dib's former bed. "Now we can be BEST FRIENDS!"

"Sure, I guess..." Dib felt uneasy as he watched Gir wreck his former room. "So, how's Gaz and my dad?"

"Gazzy won a CONTEST!" Gir squealed.

"Really? What kind?"

"She got a game...it's BIG...like your head."

"My head is not big!" Dib cried instinctively.

"Dib...why do you live so far away?"

"'Cuz I work for the galaxy now. I fight for the common good!" He raised his fist into the air as a sign of pride.

"Does Tak do that too?"

"WHAT?" Why the sudden interest in her? Had the whole universe found out about the scandal at the Intergalactic Headquarters? "Why are you asking about Tak?"

"'Cuz she's right behind you!" Gir collapsed on the floor in a fit of laughter.

Dib reached for his hand mirror, pretending to fix his collar. He caught a glimpse of something green in the background, and it spoke to him. "No need to pretend you don't see me, human."

End of part two