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Chapter 5

3 on 3? Yeah Right

Kloof was surprised. He'd had no idea that Gir became this much more powerful in duty mode. Kloof was able to block Gir's rapid punches, but he was unable to counterattack, and he knew sword fighting techniques from seven different planets. Gir was screaming about the mission, attacking with all he had. Kloof parried more punches, then dodged to the left. Gir stumbled forward from his own attacks, and Kloof took the opportunity to slash Gir across the back. As Gir wheeled around to face Kloof again, Kloof lightly kicked the ship controls. The Squidge gunship slowly began to ascend.

"You are not to escape!" Gir screamed, as he began firing laser eye beams at Kloof. Kloof deflected the beams, causing them to hit the ship's refrigerator, which promptly exploded, showering Gir with sparks and snacks.

"My fridge!" Kloof cried. "I had ENCHILADAS in there!" As Gir wiped the spicy goodness from his face, Kloof dashed forward and slashed Gir's face. One of Gir's eyes broke open, and smoked a little, but Gir was still able to knock Kloof to the ground.

"For the EMPIRE!" Gir jumped on Kloof and began punching his face. Kloof dropped his swords, grabbed Gir by the head, and tossed him out the airlock.

"No free rides, Gir! Bye-bye!" Surprisingly, Gir engaged the jets on his feet, and zoomed back up towards the still-open airlock, roaring in anger. Kloof grabbed a sword, leaned out the airlock, and sliced the air, sending out a shockwave. The wave was perfectly aimed, and sliced Gir's legs. The jets sputtered and died, and Gir fell back to Earth, shrieking until he smacked Dib's new ship. Then he hit the ground and finally shut up. Kloof closed the airlock. It's time to go. I need to tell Lard Nar what's going on, he thought.

Zim lashed out with his spider legs. Reapir blocked the legs and punched Zim in the chest. Zim managed to kick Reapir as he fell, but it wasn't a direct hit and didn't really damage the robot. Zim growled as his mechanical legs lifted him back into the air. He was stronger now, but Reapir was by no means weak, and he was lightning-quick as well. Reapir attacked again with a series of fast kicks, but Zim blocked this time and threw Reapir back into the electric fence surrounding the yard. Reapir twitched and jumped out, still sparking a bit.

Hmmm… an IDEA! Zim thought. He stood on his own legs, and reached the spider legs into his shadow. They popped out around Reapir and began to scratch and grab at him. Reapir grabbed two of the legs, and ripped them loose, throwing them at Zim. Zim yelled and lost his balance, falling into his own shadow. He reappeared right in front of Reapir, who sucker-punched him in the face. This robot is so fast and strong! How can I beat it! Zim thought desperately. As Reapir leapt at him again, Zim escaped through his shadow, reappearing behind Reapir.

"You're going DOWN, foolish robot!" He grabbed Reapir from behind and suplexed him. Then another bolt from the Pak flashed across Zim, and he screamed. Reapir kicked Zim into one of the poles generating the electric barrier around Dib's house, and Zim's Pak touched the pole and began to glow white-hot.

Dib screamed and rolled, dodging another pink beam. Minimoose squeaked and began charging another. So far, Minimoose hadn't hit Dib, but Dib was getting tired, and Minimoose wasn't. It was only a matter of time before the cute antlered weapon of destruction nailed Dib.

"Hey, moose-thing! My brother owes me a pizza!" Minimoose turned. Despite appearances, Minimoose was programmed with enough scanners to know the threat Gaz and her furry pink P.J.s actually posed. Minimoose turned and fired the ray at Gaz.

"Gaz, no! It's a coma ray!" Dib cried.

"So what?" Gaz held her Gamethrall between her and the beam, and began pressing buttons madly. When the beam touched the alien handheld game system, it dissipated harmlessly. Gaz began pounding out button combinations even faster, and several small cables shot from the back of the Gamethrall. They plugged into Minimoose, and began to visibly siphon energy from him.

"Squ3ek!" Minimoose jerked loose of the cables and flew out the window, back towards Zim's house. The cables retracted into the Gamethrall, which began to glow slightly.

"That was…cool." Gaz quickly checked her Gamethrall to see what it had downloaded from Minimoose. Then she powered it down and looked at Dib, frowning. "I saved your life. I expect you to pay me back on the pizza…this week."

"Okay, Gaz. Right now, I need to see how the Reapir Unit is doing." A lightning bolt flew through the open window and hit a ceiling fan. The fan began to spin so fast that Dib and Gaz were blown out the window. Reapir grabbed them and deposited softly on the ground. Reapir was then knocked back by another bolt. Zim was laughing maniacally, his body aglow with electricity.

"I, ZIIIMMM, will soon be ALL-POWERFUL!"

"Does that answer your question?" the very P.O.ed Gaz asked her brother.

End of Chapter

Thanks to anonymous reviewer ME!! aka Linda for the idea to have Zim manipulate electricity. It is a good power, BUT, will it be enough to take on Dib, Gaz, and Reapir? Tune in later this week and find out!