It had started out as a normal enough day. Zim and Tak were enjoying some Irken Lickin' Stix while watching their favorite movie (Aliens), which was quite satisfying, even though the human managed to escape.

Then the giant, fat, thing burst through the ceiling.

"AHA! I found you again!" The thing shouted at Zim, before grabbing him and shooting up through the ceiling.

Tak blinked a few times, but then shrugged and went right back to watching the movie.

Meanwhile…

"You were a fool to return to the same place as before! You should have known that I would track you down as soon as the Foodening was over!" The thing, known to Zim and all of Foodcourtia as Sizz-Lorr, bellowed down upon him.

"Fool! I will escape again from you! Did you not learn your lesson last time you kidnapped me?" Zim shouted, boastful…successfully hiding his nervousness. Foodcourtia was the one place in the universe he hated more then Earth, and Sizz-Lorr was the only being he hated more then the Dib.

"That's what you think, but I have upgraded the security around Shloogorghs." Sizz-Lorr removed his goggles and glared down at Zim. "I don't think that we'll be having anymore escapes." And then he grinned, throwing Zim into a cage. Zim recognized it from last time, as there was a dent in one of the bars that had been made when Sizz-Lorr had thrown him in last time.

But then Zim grinned, because what Sizz-Lorr didn't know was that now he had an actually competent sidekick. Surely, Tak would be able to come and get him.

The transmitter emerged from his PAK, and disregarding what Sizz-Lorr had done to him the last time he tried to send a transmission.

Tak's face appeared, and Zim was somewhat confused that she was nonchalantly drinking an Irken soda. He just shrugged it off, and started talking.

"Tak! Listen to me- I'm being kidnapped to Foodcourtia. Take the Voot Runner, get your ship back from Dib, anything! Just get me out of here!" He ordered, in hushed tones.

Tak stopped drinking and sighed. "Zim, I won't be coming to help you."

His eyes widened for a moment, then narrowed and hissed, "What was that?"

"You heard me."

"Why in the name of Irk not?" He demanded, as loud as he dared.

She looked at him, and shook her head. "Don't you get it? I was just trying to steal your mission from you Zim. Understand? I was never really helping you. And now that you're gone, I'll be able to destroy the Earth in peace." Tak grinned, and Zim finally realized that it was a sinister grin, not a sincere one. "Oh yes, one more thing." And with that, she screamed as loud as she could.

Sizz-Lorr re-emerged from the main room. "What was that?" He saw the transmitter. "AGAIN? You didn't learn your lesson last time?" Zim's antennae lowered, knowing exactly what was coming…

The following scene was deleted, for violence that was far above the rating of the fanfic. Sorry.

On Earth…

For the past few days, Tak had been busily preparing her Doomsday device for which to destroy the Earth. Or rather…she would have been, if she had been able to concentrate for more then a second. Every time she tried to focus, the eerie quietness of the house made her loose her train of thought. Even though GIR was still here, and Minimoose and Mimi, the house seemed so…empty without Zim.

"NO!" She said to herself. "Zim's the whole reason you're here in the first place! This is what you were waiting for all along! So quit thinking about how much you miss-" Breaking off suddenly, she started to think. Was it true? Did she miss Zim? No…that was stupid. Why would she miss that egotistical, sociopathic, dramatic, stupid, noisy…

But no matter how long she went on reciting Zim negative features, she still couldn't get him out of her mind. Thinking of him up there…in Foodcourtia…it reminded her of when she was on a Janitorial Squad on Planet Dirt.

At last, she just couldn't take it anymore. If anyone was going to ruin Zim's life, it would be her! She was going to go and get Zim out of that place, and bring him back!

For a minute, she considered bringing along the robots, but somebody needed to watch the base.

"Mimi, Minimoose, you two are in charge. Make sure GIR doesn't break too many things." She warned, and she headed outside, activating her hologram. Mimi waved a reluctant farewell, and turned back to the madhouse that was their base.

Tak sighed, and trudged towards Dib's house. Although she could have easily piloted Zim's ship, she knew her own best, and felt that for a mission like this she'd need the very best of equipment.

Later…

Dib looked up from Mysterious Mysteries as the doorbell rang. Gaz wasn't here, and of course Dad wasn't here either. Well, it was a repeat. He might as well answer it.

"Coming," He called, as the doorbell was rung again and again. "I said I'm coming!"

When he finally opened it, he had to blink a few times to comprehend what he was seeing.

"Tak? What the heck are you doing here?" He asked, blinking in confusion.

When she answered, she was impatient and somewhat irritated. "I need my ship, Dib. Where is it?"

"It's in the garage. But it's kind of…confused." Dib answered, shaking his head. But Tak didn't listen after the word 'garage'. She just stormed into it, and was not very shocked when it tried to claw at her.

"All unauthorized intruders will be decapitated." It droned at her in her own voice. Then it shifted to a more Dib-like voice. "An alien! I must capture it and perform an autopsy!"

Tak simply sighed, and said, "Emergency Shutdown, activate." The ship shuddered and became still. "Give me ten minutes with this thing, I'll have it back to normal."

Dib simply stared as Tak perform feats of mechanical genius. When she was finished, she jumped in. "Thank you for your assistance, Dib. Now I must be off." Activating her ship's engines, Dib finally snapped out of his paralysis.

"Wait!" He shouted, leaping into the cockpit. Tak was stunned, and for a moment she did nothing. That moment was all it took for the ship to launch itself into space. She glared at Dib, who grinned in a somewhat triumphant, somewhat sheepish way.

"I don't like you."

A/N: Well? Was it worth the wait? I hope so, as I wanted it to be extra-good for all of y'all patient enough to bear with me through my vacation.

THANK YOU!