Warning! This story is going to be very long! If you cannot stand long stories then do not read. If you do not like stories about incompetent aliens that no one likes then do not read this. If you cannot stand reading about the imminent destruction of Earth and enemies having to unite to stop the greater threat then DO NOT READ!!!

Thank you, that is all…

Invader Zim- The End?

Chapter 12

She had been gone for a while. Tak. The Irken had gone up into space and she had yet to return. Kim wouldn't let Zim go up and look for her seeing as he seemed to still be sick and she would not take the chance of losing the only Irken that they had left. Zim was vital to saving the Earth and if he were to disappear as well it would not be suitable for the fate of mankind. As well as the rest of the universe.

Gaz sighed. She was sitting in the lab again. Zim was across from her. Dib and Kim had taken up the hobby of changing guard shifts. They had decided that if Zim were the best chance to save the world he would have to be guarded.

The Irken had explained to them what he had heard the Bludgeons saying on the ship. He had told them how they were ordered not to come after him unless they had captured the other 10 Irken invaders. He did not, however, tell them of his hopes that the Tallest were still alive. Although the fact seemed near impossible it was the only thing that he really had left to hope for save for the wish a Gilarkian SnaggleBoar would devour that Dib. The Tallest had been on the Massive fleet ship. He knew that because they were always on the fleet ship. They were always plotting the next planet that was to be conquered. He had seen the inside of the ship and it had been completely destroyed. There was no way they could have survived and yet he couldn't help but think that they had. It racked at his cranium and he tried desperately to shake the thought for Zim knew that finding the truth later on to confirm what he suspected as being false would only hurt him more. But, alas, he could not dislodge the feeling that his leaders were still alive from his mind. He merely went on with that thought as Dib and Kim talked to one another and as Gir shoved a series of wires into his head.

Zim watched as the robot pressed the button that activated the machine. He was coated in a blue void that enveloped his small, metallic body and lifted him up and off of the ground. Zim watched his sir unit swing around on the wires. The rays of stupidness came dangerously close to him but he moved away and had Gaz move too. Dib and Kim watched with interest as the robot smashed into a part of the lab and allowed many differing pieces of equipment to fall to the floor making clanking noises.

"Gir, stop messing with the power amplifier…"

The little robot pulled the wires out of his head, crossed his arms and frowned at his master. "But I wanted to explode."

"Didn't I tell you before? Exploding is not a good thing."

Gaz leaned in close to where Zim's ear should be. "Your little robot isn't very smart. How'd you end up with him?"

"He's a special model given to the me by my leaders… Although when I looked at his brain I found paper clips… and a button."

Gaz snickered.

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Dib sighed and looked over at Kim. "So? Cough it up. I know that you know something that I don't."

"What are you talking about?"

"I know you know what happened to Zim. Cough it up."

"I have no idea."

"Come on Kim. I could see your face when you looked at that thing." He pointed to the small device that she had tucked away in her pocket. She looked up at his scowling face and his crossed arms. "I know that you are aware of more than you're telling Kim. Now tell me. You can trust me. I promise that I won't tell."

She sighed. "No Dib. It's not that. You're an amateur and you're not yet ready to deal with the information that I have."

"I'm the amateur? What about you? You couldn't even retrain your anger when Kita said that you were just like me."

"Oh ya? What about you then? You let Zim live here on Earth for four stinking years! You couldn't even stop him from initiating his plans! I bet you don't know that he set off panic in Paris not too long ago. Did you know that?"

Dib was silent for a moment. "Oh ya? While we're naming off the latest I find you too be a little bit too bossy and you're always sticking your nose in where it doesn't belong!"

Zim and Gaz were off in the corner.

They had stopped their chatting and were now listening to Dib and Kim as they argued. It was much more entertaining than watching Gir playing with the power amplifier, yet again.

Gaz smirked once more. "This should be interesting…"

"Oh? I'm too bossy? Well then you must be way too cocky! You blab about all this stuff from your past about how you saw the Sasquatch and stupid stuff like that! Who do you think you are?"

"I'm Dib! Who do you think you are?"

"I'm Kim!"

"Are you thinking of what I'm thinking about?"

"I'd be damned if I wasn't!"

Dib grabbed Kim around the waist and flung her around so that he had her in his arms and so that he was the only one that kept her from falling to the ground. His neck bent and his head came down as hers went up.

Then their lips locked and they shared in the moment.

Zim and Gaz went pale over in the corner.

Gir looked up and let himself down out of the power amplifier's ray. He stepped forth a few feet and placed his hands on his metallic hips. "I didn't see that coming…"

There was a bleeping sound coming from Kim. She ignored it. They stayed in their position until they ran out of breath and then broke off. Dib wobbled a little bit and Kim looked at her watch. A bleep then came from Zim's Voot cruiser, which was down in the lab for a few extra repairs. The Irken rushed to his shop and pulled the lid of the cockpit open. He peered inside and frowned. Gaz walked up beside him. There was a blinking blue light on the scanner. Zim growled deep in his throat, Gaz had never heard him do that before, no one had. "It's still there."

Kim lowered her arm. "But I can't pick up Tak's signal. I can't pick up where her ship is."

"Maybe it was blasted out of range."

"Maybe…"

Dib felt a sinking feeling in his heart. Tak? Gone? She couldn't be gone. She was much too strong to be knocked down by some stupid Bludgeons. Dib had never actually seen a Bludgeon but he knew that Tak would be able to stand up to twelve and live through it to tell them and brag. She was a very strong Irken, much stronger than Zim in his eyes, and she looked to be an excellent fighter. He looked up to her, hoping that he could be as strong as she was… Just not as vengeful and wicked. Dib shook his head for a second. What am I thinking? He focused his mind back to the matter at hand. He had missed a little bit of what the others had said but he found that it was fairly easy to catch on to what they were speaking about again.

"We should do something to try and contact her."

"But if the ship is out of range we may not be able to."

"You may not but I can. In case you haven't noticed I have a whole base full of communication technology that we can use to our advantage against the twins." Zim smiled in his depraved manner and crossed the room to the computer board.

Gaz followed suit.

Dib had noticed that Gaz had been following Zim a lot more than she had him now. Then again, she never followed him all that much. He was usually the one following her. Maybe she had finally taken an interest in catching him now that she knew that he was an alien. Maybe she was getting ready to catch him after she earned his trust. It seemed to Dib that Zim was starting to trust her a lot more than he would have any other human. But, then again, Dib had doubts about her not knowing before now. He knew that his sister was smart; she had gotten that from their dad, as had he. But she tended to direct her smarts into something else; her iniquitous ways. With her brilliant mind she would often thwart him or do something that did not agree with what he was doing at that time. She seemed to have a knack for that. Regardless, Gaz was gaining Zim's trust and if he came too close he would not be able to take the surprise attack that Dib would send towards him. Kim may not have wanted to reveal the existence of aliens to the world but Dib did and he knew that some day he would.

"Computer."

"What?"

"I need to speak with the Irken, Tak. Contact her for me at once."

"I'll need a little more than that."

"I can't give you any more. I don't have any more."

"Then I can't get her."

"What? You dare go against me?"

Gaz pushed Zim out of the way and looked at the computer console. Zim tried to speak but she held her finger to where his nose should have been and glared at the computer screen. "Let me make this perfectly clear… We need to find Tak or else there will be no more pizza and I can't take life without pizza."

"I've never had pizza and I still can't process your request."

Gaz glowered at the screen. "Fine. Let me tell you what I'll do if you don't try to get, and do get, Tak." She placed her fingers on the keypad and began to type so quickly that no one could see what she had done.

The screen flickered for a moment but what she had typed did not show up.

There was a buzz and a few clinks and then the computer terminal spoke up. "You wouldn't!"

"I would…"

"Uhh… Fine… I'll see what I can do…"

"What you can do had better be contact Tak."

"Uh, ya. That's what I meant…" Then the computer went silent as it tried top find the Irken in the deep darkness of space.

Gaz turned around and stared into her brother's eyes. Then she looked to Kim and, finally, Zim. She had purposely skipped Gir's eyes for they were filled with stupidity that she was not in a mood to deal with at that moment. "Now, it's only a matter of time…"

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There was a blinking at the computer terminal. It hadn't taken the computer far too long to find the ship. Perhaps a half-hour. Regardless, Zim rushed to the screen and flicked the light button. The light flashed once. Twice. Then the screen showed an awful lot of space.

Zim's mind was reverted back to the day before when he discovered the remains of the Massive fleet.

Tak's eye looked into the screen. She backed up a few feet and stared in at everyone. The Irken female placed her hands on her hips and glared at them. "It's about time you tried to contact me. It's taken me forever to fix this stupid communication plate. Then, when I finally have it fixed, the calls stop. You guys really have to work on your timing skills, you know that?"

"Yes, yes, fine. Are you alright Tak?"

"I'm surprised that you ask but yes. I am fine. I hit a spot of trouble a little while back but I'm perfectly fine now."

Dib felt himself breathe out.

"Anyway, I'm heading back to Earth. I want you all to meet me in the west end park alright? And you won't need any disguise, Zim."

Gaz spoke up. "But that place is always crawling with people."

"… I know…" Tak smirked and stared in at the perplexed faces that looked at her. Zim raised a brow and his left eye lessened in height. Gaz crossed her arms and glared at Tak, analyzing her features. Dib was standing close to Kim. They had each take on a fearless pose even if they had nothing to fear from Tak. She found great satisfaction in their expressions. Her smiled faded when she saw the unchanged Gir and she flipped black to reality. "Just meet me in that park in exactly one hour. Don't you dare be late. Trust me, you won't want to miss this." She then clicked the button and the screen showed black again.

Zim turned to the human around him. "Eh… We'd best be off…" He walked down the hallways of the base, striking his legs high into the air as he walked with his usual pride.

Gaz walked behind him, ready for if his legs were to give out. He wasn't as well as he led them to believe and she knew it.

Dib strode next to Kim. He kept his hands in his pockets and his mind directed to the nature of this meeting.

Kim starred at no one and, instead, forwarded her interest towards the device in her belt. Dib suspected something. Perhaps it was the correct time to tell him. She wondered if Zim knew.

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Tak turned away from the terminal. Her Sir robot stood at attention next to her. Se could hear constant bickering coming from behind and she frowned with anger growing inside her. But she would not release it.

Tak turned to the black, shadowed characters that stood not too far from her. The first was leaning against the back thrusters. She imagined the thrusters, accidentally, igniting and frying his behind. But she ignored the motivation to do so. The second figure was standing not too far from the first one and he had his arms crossed with frustration.

She sighed and walked over to them. "We're going to Earth."

"Earth?" The one that was leaning looked down at her. His voice was rough but it sounded like that of an adolescent. Perhaps a subsequent teen even. "Isn't that where Zim is?"

Tak nodded.

"Ok," came the high, childish voice of the second, "so how far is it?"

The female Irken pointed behind him. He looked around at the, slowly approaching, blue and green orb. It was beautifully covered with clouds. He cringed at the sight of it. Tak said: "That is Earth. That is where we are going."

"Well I haven't ever seen Earth before so I didn't know that was it."

Tak rolled her eyes and leaned against her ship. When they reached the Earth's orbit they would have to climb into the locker that she had located on the colaberation of metal in order to be protected since leaving the planet's surface had depleted her shields. Her Sir unit had helped her to install small jets on the opposing side of the mass so that they progressed with a little more speed.

It was still slow.

They had an hour to go.

Tak rubbed her closed eyes.

The two bickered with one another.

She had forgotten how annoying they were.

Earth steadily approached and soon they would land.

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Brooke: Chapter whatever up! This was going to be longer but I decided to add en extra chapter to my storyboard. This way I'll reach my goal for sure.

Jack: Ya, but it's only 25. Once you reach there you'll go one to thirty and then whatever and you'll continue like that until you're done with your story.

Brooke: … Is there a problem with that?