Finally another chapter to this. I know it's not very far ahead of the other but, it's a chapter nonetheless. But progressing slowly isn't a bad thing. :)

Stepping out of his space cruiser, Zim looked around. That wasn't exactly the landing he had hoped for and unfortunately knew it would draw attention to the site, which meant he had to act fast. With a compact technology he had developed for his cruiser before he had left, he pulled out remote with one simple red button on it. He was about to press it when Gir began tugging on his leg.

"Mastah, let me do it! Let me!" The little robot began to plead. Zim looked down at him and quirked a brow momentarily before answering "No". Sure it was just one little button but, if he knew Gir, which he did, he knew the robot would most definitely mess something up.

Gir slumped onto the ground and began to make crying noises. Zim gave him a not so gentle nudge with his boot. "Stop that!" He ordered as he pushed the button and his ship folded up multiple times into a little block, of which fell into Zim's hand, where he proceeded to shield it away in his pocket.

In his other, he pulled out the same green and black dog suit Gir had warn so long ago. "Quicky, put this on." He ordered as he slung it onto Gir. "Yes Mastah!" Gir said with glee as he slipped into his old outfit, zipping it up. "How do I look?" He looked up to Zim.

Zim blinked a few times. "Very handsome Gir now let's get going…" Zim kneeled down to attach the leash to Gir, and began pulling him along as he walked.

"Dib" Bridget called out as she pushed Dib gently. "Dib!" finally she exclaimed and gave him a hard slap to the shoulder, which did in fact bring him out of his trance. He shook his head and looked back to her. "I'm sorry, what?"

Bridget shook her head with a sigh. "What do you think that was?" She asked curiously. "A shooting star maybe?"

"Maybe…" Dib muttered, still half way paying attention. Bridget stared in the direction the mysterious object came from before a large smile spread across her face. "Let's go check it out!" She exclaimed.

Dib turned to her immediately and shook his head rapidly. "NO!... I mean… No… What if it's radioactive or something? It wouldn't be safe you know…" He stammered, which baffled him even because even though she knew what Zim was, he still didn't want her to see him. It was as if… He wanted to keep Zim to himself. He blushed deeply at the thought.

Bridget narrowed her eyes suspiciously. "Mmhm." Her features formed into a devious smile, leaving Dib to quirk a brow. "What?"

She let out a giggle before she answered. "You think it's him, don't you?"

"I uh… Um… I… It's possible." Dib tried to shrug as if he was uninterested. But it only fueled Bridget's fire. She snickered.

"That's okay. Go see your boyfriend. Wouldn't want to get in the way of you guy's reunion now would I?"

Dib's face flushed a deep red. "B-BOYFRIEND?! WHAT THE HELL?!" He asked, heart beating rapidly now. "He's not my boyfriend!"

"I understand. I'm sure the two of you have a lot of hugging and kissing to catch up on…" She trailed off but before she could say anything else, Dib interrupted her, angrily.

"Are we ten?! Stop that! It was never like that. He was a friend at best! I don't understand why you have to turn nothing into something and just keep on and on and on with it!"

Bridget recoiled, surprised and shocked by his sudden outburst. Her eyes welled up with tears. "I… I was just joking… I… I'm sorry!" She turned to run away. Dib reached out to grab her, only a little too late. She was already out of his reach.

Dib held his head down and sighed. He immediately regretting how he handled things and going into work tomorrow was going to be really awkward to say the least.

He could feel his body flare up with heat, knowing at all eyes were on him now from that outburst. He stuffed his hands into his pockets and too his leave from the wandering eyes. He didn't need their judgment either.

"Mastah, are we going to find the human boy?" Gir asked as he skipped alongside Zim.

Zim looked down at him as he easily made his way through the streets, his disguise almost the same as it was all those years ago. Simple contacts and a black wig. This time however, under his clothing he had little things attached to his chest, much like the things one would have to wear for their vitals to be monitored. Only, these when activated gave Zim the appearance of fair skin, rather than his usual green.

"No Gir. Not yet at least. I will have to sit up a lab and find out his coordinates. It has been a long time and we can't even be sure he is still here." He answered as he analyzed the building of the once familiar town. Some had changed, some was gone but the common ones seemed to still be in place.

Gir tilted his head, stopping slightly until the leash jerked him forward again and he kept pace. "Dib human is still here… Dib human has no life outside of here." Gir said rather morbidly, eyes changing to a bright red. Zim stopped and looked down at him for a long time. "That's uh… That's rather dark and unlike you Gir…"

And just like that, Gir's robotic orbs switched back to their ocean blue and a smile spread across his metal face. "Gir only speaks the truth." He closed his eyes into happy slits. Zim raised a brow at his weird little companion. "Oookay… Remind me to check your system and statistics when I do set that lab up…" After all, it had been some time since Gir was properly analyzed.

"OKAY!" Gir saluted him happily. "Are we gonna buy a house this time?" He asked.

"No Gir… We need earth monies for that and you know what happened the last time I tried to earn earth monies…" He shook his head.

"Aww… Okay." Gir began to sulk as he walked beside Zim.

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