Chapter 2: Zimmy!!

In Zim's Base

Vick was sitting upside down on the couch next to Gir (No smelly human suit on, mind you) watching TV. Zim was down in his lab talking to his Tallest to verify that "Invader" Vick was legitimate.

"Hey!" Vick flipped off the couch. "Gir! I've got someone you might wanna meet!" With a wink, Vick reached into her skool bag, and pulled out a sleeping robot, nearly identical to Gir. "This is Chic!"

Chic was much like Gir, except, she had tiny angel wings and a monkey tail. Her sleeping form was so CUTE!! It was almost sickening. Really… Moving on now.

"Chic! Wake up!" Vick whispered.

The little robot opened her green eyes. "Chic! Reporting for duty!" She said happily. It was obvious that she really liked working for Vick.

Vick nodded and said, "Today's mission is to make friends with Gir!" She chirped happily. She figured that the two would hit it off right away.

The small robots ran about happily, chasing each other, rolling around on the floor, laughing, baking cake, and any other activity that they could think up to do.

Vick smiled and decided to take a peek and see what her 'Master' was up to. She dashed to the trashcan and, as she called it, threw herself out. She fell down into the lab area. "Zimmy's not here…" She rushed over to the elevator and went down one floor. "Zimmy!" She shouted.

"What was that?" Tallest Purple asked quickly. "Did someone just call you 'Zimmy'?"

Vick rushed over to Zim and hugged him. "Zimmy! I found you!" She giggled. She let go, and looked up at the screen. "Hiya, Pur! Hey, Red!"

The Tallest began to laugh heartily. "Zimmy?!" It seemed they would never quit. Until, of course, Zim cut the transmission.

"How could you do that to me!?" He shouted angrily. "Now the Tallest think I'm a joke!!" He folded his arms and glared at Vick.

"I'm … sorry…" She whimpered. She slunk to a corner of the room, and crouched in the dark, as if fearing that Zim might hurt her if he found her.

Zim gave her a curious look. "What are you doing?" He asked calmly. His voice gave no hint toward hostility or anger.

Vick quaked and shook. Memories of harsh superiors filled her mind, and clouded her judgment. She couldn't even hear Zim speaking to her because of her reminiscing her old life.

"Vick?" The sound of Zim's voice snapped Vick back into the real world. He was standing over her with a concerned look on his face ((rare of him)). She looked up at him, blushing.

"I-I'm sorry, sir. I…" She suddenly got up and stood at attention. "I-I mean, Vick, reporting for duty, Master." She tried to play it off as if she HADN'T just hid in a dark corner of the room like a scared puppy, and had totally spaced out while her superior was trying to talk to her.

There was a long pause. Neither of the two Irkins said a word.

"Uh… Are you okay?" Zim said finally.

"Er…" Vick blushed even more. It wasn't like her to be so air headed. It was pretty embarrassing to her. "I'll be fine." She relaxed more. Perhaps it was Zim's kindness.

((Hold on folks, "Zim's kindness". Take a look at that sentence. Go back, and read it again. Again. One more time. Eh, once more for good measure. I am almost POSITIVE that you will NEVER see the words "Zim" and "Kindness" in the same sentence again unless the words " –ignored the fact that the FILTHY hu-man had just shown him-" were between them, and if the words "-and continued to destroy Earth." Came after them.))

Zim gave her one more curious look, and then dismissed the incident. The two jumped into the elevator at the sound of glass shattering shouting, "Gir!!" "Chic!!".