A/n: Yay! I love you people SO much! It makes me happy when you all review like that . Well, here's the next chapter. Enjoy!

Disclaimer Thingy: If you don't read these, good for you... I do NOT own the characters from invader Zim... I DO own Kalli

Chapter 8

Calling the Tallest

Zim had given up his search for Gir at 8 PM. It was 1:42 in the morning, and Zim was recovering from his last "tweaking" session. His mind became more and more clear by the hour so by 1:45 he was clear enough to freak out about his mission updates for the tallest.

They must be so worried..." He thought out loud. But as soon as he reached the lab, he had the strangest urge to eat. He ended up making 2 trips to the kitchen before placing his transmission.

On the massive, tallest Red and Purple were snacking away when one of the technicians declared that they were receiving a message from Earth.

Back at Zim's base, Zim was waiting for his leaders to answer while eating nachos. As soon as the screen turned on, he was off.

"My Tallest! Hey! My tallest! Over here!" Zim began waving his arms in the air while yelling.

Somewhere in space, the tallest amazingly managed to endure it. However Red knew that if someone didn't stop him, Zim could go on forever. He was about to say something when his fellow tallest stopped him.

"Why are his eyes glazed over like that?" Red looked at the large screen. Sure enough, Zim's eyes were glazed more than any donut(sorry, I couldn't resist the temptation). It gave the irken an eerie, and almost frightening look about him. Red brushed his thoughts aside and was about to stop Zim's shrill cries but was, surprisingly, beaten to it.

"ZIM! What the HELL are you doing! I can hear you from my house!" Red and Purple looked in the background to see the girl that they had watched just a few days earlier.

"Sut up Casey! I'm talking!" Zim yelled back.

"It's KALLI! And STOP yelling!" Kalli almost screamed her request at the alien. Zim was about to yell back at her but was interrupted in mid-breath.

"Zim" Purple started, "who's that girl?"

"Hm? Oh! Her... She's my new neighbor Cassie."

"Kalli!" Kalli had had just about enough of Zim.

"Yeah, yeah, whatever!" Zim waved her off and Kalli gave him a death glare in response.

"Awww... Zim's got a girlfriend!" Purple began to tease the small alien. Red only chuckled a bit while purple was pretty much rolling on the floor in fits of laughter.

'What's wrong with me?' Red asked himself but was brought out of his thoughts when Zim began yelling back in his defense.

"What!" Zim looked disgusted, "Why would I, ZIM, ever want to date someone like her!" Kalli narrowed her eyes and backed into the shadows of Zim's lab.

"I mean come on, who would even want to get close to that PIT-I-FUL HUMAN!" Zim began to laugh. It was just about to give Red a headache when Kalli came out of nowhere, it seemed, and began wailing(as in beating him up... if you were confused ) on Zim.

"Sorry, Zim isn't feeling... Well!" Kalli gave a fake smile, "Sorry to waste your time." Kalli then dragged a now unconscious Zim away.

When the tallest figured out that Zim wasn't coming back for a really long while, they cut the transmission.

"That was... Special." Purple said before leaving the bridge to take a break.

"Yeah" Red said as he followed him out. "And what was up with Zim? He didn't look well..." Red continued.

"Who cares!" Purple began to laugh.

"You know, you're right!" Red started to make fun of Zim with his colleague.

A/n: Woo-Hoo! Another chapter down... The next part is a sub-chapter, so it'll be up soon, if not already. So please keep reviewing for me! This is One Black Balloon, signing off!