Chapter 9-What is Zim?
"I'm sorry, who exactly is 'Zim'?", Dexter asked, trying to help up the disheveled boy, who was losing his mind with pain.
"Zim….Zim….He's going...to….Zim…", the boy muttered incomprehensibly before drifting into unconsciousness.
"Darn", Dexter snarled, "He's out."
Marco looked around, "What now?"
"I say we find this Zim guy and kick his butt!", Finn suggested.
"Ditto on that", Jake nodded.
"We do not know what we are dealing with here", Jack turned with the others, "I suggest that one of us must return to the world above and get the child to safety. The rest must regroup with the others and prepare for battle."
"Well, none of us can go", Dexter pointed out, "We're all needed here."
That's when an idea perked into both of the adults' heads, as they slowly turned towards Marco.
The young boy gulped, "Wait, what?! Are you serious?!"
Jack said, "Mr. Diaz, out of all of the people here-"
"Are you telling me that you dragged me all the way across the multiverse only to kick me out on the big mission?!"
"Well, technically, we didn't invite you or the princess", Dexter pointed out.
"Mr. Diaz, would you rather let the boy die?", Jack glared down at the boy.
Marco was split on this. He knew that he couldn't just let the boy shrivel up and die, but he has spent days with this crew preparing to do this one mission. How can he just be thrown out at the last minute AND leave his best friend behind?! But..he couldn't let the kid perish.
Jake looked over at Finn, frowning, "Dude, I..I don't think I can let him do this."
"I can't either, man", Finn whimpered, lifting his hand up, "Hey, Mark. You don't have to do this."
Marco looked up, "Wait, what now?"
"I'll go", Finn said, "I'll take the kid."
"Mr. The Human, don't be absurd", Dexter frowned, "You're more valuable AND stronger than Mr. Diaz...no offense."
Marco winced, "Finn, you don't have to do that."
Finn sighed, "Marco, I know Star needs you and you need her-"
"What about me, man?", Jake asked, frowning.
"C'mon, Jake, I know you can do this without me for a few minutes, man", Finn smiled desperately, "I mean, it's not like much can happen."
"Mr. Human, I forbid y-", Dexter's mouth was covered by the samurai, standing tall and looking at the young warrior.
Jack spoke, "If you believe that you must-"
"He doesn't have to!", Marco protested, "I can do it on my own, bro! I'm good!"
"Dude, you and Star are the ultimate duo! You can't break the duo!"
"Listen, polar bear head, if Star wants me to stay then I'll stay! If not, I have to be the one to go!", Marco shouted, "Right, Star?"
With no response, the boy turned around, his eyes widening when he realized something was wrong.
"Star?!"
The boy was gone.
And so was Star.
…
The creature in front of them was bug-like, with pale green skin and enormous purple eyes. Antennae twitched above his oddly-shaped head as his yellow, sharp, crooked teeth shined and his small, impish fingers wriggled. He wore a bright, purple uniform with a grey, metal object attached to his back.
The team shivered, slightly humored by this pathetic creature but also genuinely creeped out.
Steven was the only one not afraid, a great grin on his boyish face. He slowly walked forward, ignoring Kim, who was trying to grab onto his arm to protect him.
"Hi there, Zim! My name's Steven!", he smiled, reaching his arm out to greet the stranger.
"AWAY!", Zim snarled, slapping Steven's hand away, "Filthy gem."
"Hey!", Steven frowned, "No need for any of that!"
"What are you?!", Dipper shrieked, "What is this?!"
"What did you do to our grunkles?!", Mabel shouted, grabbing the creature by the collar of its suit. The creature was surprised and a little frightened, clawing at her in anger.
"Oh whoa", Mabel mumbled, "Is..is he just swatting at me?"
Out of nowhere, a blast of ice soared over Mabel's shoulder, colliding with Zim and freezing him to the wall. Phineas lowered his gun and slowly walked forward to the alien.
"Well, that was easy", Phineas shrugged.
"Who are you and what do you want with the portal?!", Kim shouted.
"I am Zim, one of the grand invaders of the Irken empire!"
"Irken?", Phineas asked, "What's an Irken?"
"And are they as short as you?", Dipper asked.
"My people are a grand force to be reckoned with!", the alien bragged, "We have conquered planets across the universe, demolished entire species, towered over the likes of-"
*SLAP!*
Mabel swiftly slapped the creature across the face, stunning it for a minute. The others snickered, surprised. The alien however, just looked at the girl in confusion.
It stuttered, "D...Did you...Did you just-?"
Zim cried out in pain, "OW!" *SLAP!* "OW! STOP THAT!" *SLAP! SLAP!* "WHAT ARE YOU-?!" *SLAP!*
"WHERE" *SLAP!* "ARE" *SLAP!* "MY" *SLAP!* "GRUNKLES?!"
"STOP! STOP IT!", the creature shrieked, "YOUR DEVIOUS TORTURE IS TOO MUCH! I'LL DO ANYTHING! ANYTHING!"
"ANSWER THE QUESTION, BUGGO!", Dipper shouted.
"THEY'RE IN MY DUNGEON! I NEED THEM!"
"Why do you need them? This some sort of alien slumber party?", Phineas asked.
"No, those are less torture-y", Steven spoke up.
Zim flinched, "I need their knowledge! Everything they have on the creatures of the multiverse! Their strengths, weaknesses, everything!"
Dipper rolled his eyes, "Geez, what is it with monsters and my grunkles?!"
"What do you need the knowledge for?", Kim asked, "An invasion?"
"YES!", the alien smiled deviously, "When I took my first supply, when I gained insight on your little agency, I knew I had to find a way over to you! See what your people could create!"
"How'd you reach us?", Kim questioned.
"The supply of knowledge, my first. He had one of your teleporters", the creature snickered, "Poor idiot didn't even know what it was!" Another slap soon followed. "STOP THAT!"
"So what?! You're gonna suck at our grunkles' brains and bring your buddies to conquer the world?!", Dipper snarled.
"WORLDS, YOU FOOL! We are going to conquer entire worlds, all of them! The multiverse is ours for the taking and by the giants above, we shall take it!", Zim laughed maniacally, his tongue waggling with laughter.
"Let those guys go!", Phineas ordered the monster.
"Pfft! I don't have to do anything for you!", the creature snickered.
Mabel slowly lifted her hand into the air, a pissed-off look on her face. The alien flinched, struggling to get out of the ice.
"YOU'RE TOO LATE NOW!", Zim screeched, "That screen up above, it's from an Irken prisoner ship! Already returning back to the homebase!"
The twins eyes widened, realizing what was happening. Mabel quickly grabbed the thing's antennae and began to pull on it in anger, tears beginning to flow down her eyes.
"YOU'RE LYING! YOU'RE LYING!", she screamed.
"STOP IT! STOP IT! I'M NOT LYING, YOU FOOLISH LITTLE GIRL!", the creature screamed, "THEY ARE TO BE TAKEN BACK FOR MORE DATA EXTRACTION!"
"More?", Steven whispered fearfully, scared by this alien. It was almost like being back on Homeworld, emotionless and uncaring beings everywhere. At least Homeworld had some good gems so maybe there were some good Irkens, but from the way that this...villain was talking, Steven didn't think there were any.
"Where's the device?! The teleporter?!", Kim shouted, lifting her gun up.
"Back on my world", the Irken smiled, "We're almost done, you insipid morons! And when we are, we are going to command entire universes to do our bidding! All in a matter of months!"
Dipper was on the verge of vomiting. He was so sickened by all of this that he couldn't even move a muscle. Kim slowly walked towards the creature, her gun pointed right in between its eyes.
"You're coming with us, you over-grown cockroach", she snarled, completely willing to kill this one.
The alien squirmed in the ice it was encased in, less out of fear and more out of humor.
Out of nowhere, the sound of beeping and gears was heard in the darkness behind the team. The sound of quick footsteps was heard, coming towards the group.
"Uh, what is that?", the gem squirmed.
"Oh nothing, just my deadly, murderous, attack system", the alien sarcastically grinned.
"Say what now?", Phineas asked, turning to his brother with fear.
Out of the darkness, something silver and metallic walked out. Its round feet stepped forwards as its body swiveled around absent-mindedly. Its turquoise eyes shined out in the darkness, a small antennae wiggling over its head. A dopey smile covered its face, a wire sticking out of the thing's mouth like a tongue.
Zim cackled with laughter, "YOU ARE ALL DOOMED! DOOMED!"
Mabel was the first of the recruits to finally say something, "Awww! IT'S SO CUTE!"
…
Panting was heard through the tunnels of the laboratory, as Star ran with the young child in her arms. She knew that the others wanted to take on the task, but she knew that they needed to be here. I mean, yeah, sure she could alter reality with the wave of a wand and whatever but...Marco knew karate?
Whatever, doesn't matter why. All that matters is that she had to get the kid to safety.
The bad news: every single tunnel every turn looked the the exact same. The princess turned around, trying to search for an exit, but there was no way of telling where the team entered.
"Uhhhh, forget it, this way!", she squeaked, running forward.
As she darted through the grand chasm, a clicking sound was heard from the sides of the walls. Nervous, she kept running, hoping that she could sense if something felt familiar.
The clicking sound suddenly grew louder, the little girl turned around, jumping back in fear when she saw what was behind her. The same tubes and prongs that attacked the team earlier darted straight for her, clearly ready for a rematch. This time, there were no bases that she could shoot at as the things began to clog up the tunnel.
She gasped in fear as she ran forward with the boy in one arm and her wand in the other. She fired beams of pink light at the prongs, knocking them off one by one, only for them to slowly grow right back.
She picked up one of the communicators Dexter gave her and tried to pick up a signal, "GUYS?! GUYS, ARE YOU THERE?! FINN?! MARCO?!"
…
"I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU TOOLS LET HER GO OFF!", Marco screamed as his group ran as fast as possible, weapons in hand.
"HOW DID YOU THINK WE WERE GOING TO STOP HER?!", Dexter argued.
"OH, I DON'T KNOW! YOU'D THINK THE GENIUS SCIENTIST AND THE SAMURAI WARRIOR WOULD NOTICE THE MISSING GIRL?!", Marco sarcastically shouted back.
"...He's got a point", Jack shrugged mid-run.
"COME ON, WE NEED TO SAVE HER!", Finn shouted, jumping onto Jake's back. The dog grew in size, picking up the others and running forward.
"LOOK AROUND! THERE HAS TO BE SOME SIGN OF HER SOMEWHERE!", the karate expert shouted.
"LOOK, DOWN THERE!", Finn pointed down at the ground. The dog came to a halt, letting the others jump down to the ground. Marco and Finn ran and stopped when they saw what was on the ground.
"It's one of the lollipops I gave Star!", Finn explained, "She had to have gone down this way!"
"Well, come on!", Marco ordered, "We can't waste anytime!"
The boys kept on running, the large dog picking them up mid-run.
…
The short robot waddled towards the recruits, looking as though it had no idea why it was walking in the first place. Its eyes blinked randomly as its head swiveled around the place.
"Oh my GOSH! Look at its little eyes!", Mabel smiled, turning to the alien, "How much for the robot?"
Suddenly, the robot opened its mouth, speaking in a high-pitched, childlike voice, "HI-LOO! Beep-beep!"
"Aw, what a cute little guy!", Steven chuckled, "I just wanna hug it!"
"Hi, I'm Mabel!", the little girl smiled.
"Mab-Mab-eel! Mabel!", the robot sang, "Wait, like syrup? Syrup?"
The alien began to frown, "What th-NO! NOT SYRUP, GIR!"
The robot, called Gir, smiled, "Syrup? Like for waffles? WAFFLES! WEEEEHOOOOWEEE!"
"NO! NO WAFFLES, GIR! STOP TALKING AND KILL THEM NOW!", Zim shouted, struggling to get out of the ice "AND GET ME OUT OF THIS!"
"WA-FAAALLLSSS!", the odd thing shouted, falling onto the ground and wiggling around on it.
"Uhh, how are we doomed exactly?", Phineas tilted its head.
"Maybe it explodes?", Dipper shrugged.
Kim stared at the thing for a minute before simply sighing, swiftly lifting her gun and firing the thing right in the head, watching it fall on its back.
The others stared at the body of the thing, their eyes wide with surprise and their mouths practically on the floor. Even the alien was silent with shock.
Kim simply shrugged and put her gun down, blandly stating, "I'm not paid enough for this."
Out of nowhere, the robot swiftly jumped back on its feet, still smiling, "Beep-boop!"
"YAY!", Mabel and Steven smiled. Dipper and Kim merely groaned.
"Okay, whatever. You're still coming with us", Kim frowned, reaching for the alien when…
*SNATCH!*
Out of nowhere, the robot stretched his hand forward and grabbed the agent's rifle right out of her arm. He smiled, twirling the thing around in his arm.
Suddenly, as he twirled it around, the rifle randomly fired, the recruits ducking in cover as beams of light began striking the room.
"HOLY SH-!", Dipper screamed, "WHAT IS THIS THING?!"
A beam hit the floor right next to Steven, causing him to form his bubble by instinct. One of the beams struck the pink sphere and flew straight at Zim, who screamed as the blue light soared right at him.
It crashed straight into the frigid ice, which crumbled to the ground, the Irken falling to the floor. He quickly stood on his two feet and raised his arms in the air with victory.
"Freedom! FREEDOM! HAHAHAHA-OH MY GOD!", he screamed that last part when a laser beam soared right above his head, "GIR, KILL THE INTRUDERS!"
The robot stopped twirling the gun and suddenly stood in attention, his eyes glowing red and his voice becoming harsh and stern, "YES, SIR!" In less than a second, his eyes were once again blue and his childlike laughter returning. He began firing the gun randomly, crashing the screens and causing the recruits to scream with fear. The alien began darted across the room, making a getaway.
"STOP HIM!", Kim shouted out.
"HOW?!", Dipper pointed out. He was so confused and distressed. He thought that he knew what he was getting into, taking down an armada ready to take over everyone, but somehow...he always pictured it being easier.
"STEVEN, SHIELD!", Dipper shouted out, but the shield around the gem's body and the fear coursing through his mind stopped him from hearing the boy's order.
"GRAPPLING HOOK!", Mabel shouted out, firing her hook at the alien as it ran. Zim screamed, hiding behind Gir as the harpoon soared forward...and stopped mid-way as it ran out of length and dropped to the floor.
"HAHAHAHAHA!", the alien laughed, "SO LONG, YOU APES!"
It grabbed the robot and began to dart into the darkness. The recruits quickly got up and got their weapons out.
"AFTER HIM!", Dipper shouted.
…
Star ran as fast as possible, the prongs snapping at her heels. She screamed whenever they were close to her and fired whatever spells she could memorize at them.
"SHOOTING STAR EXPLOSION! RASPBERRY PANZERFAUST!", she screamed out at the top of her lungs, explosions being heard behind her, but for every tube she destroyed, a new oe popped right back. The strain of the boy in her arm began to wear her down and without her spellbook, she was having trouble remembering certain spells.
"C'MON! THINK!", she shouted to herself as she continued to run forward.
"STAR?!"
The princess gasped, hearing a familiar sound, "MARCO?!"
"STAR, ARE YOU THERE?!", the young boy said, the sound coming from up ahead.
"GUYS, I'M HERE!", she shouted out, running faster. As she tunneled through the cave, she finally saw the yellow hue of a giant dog up ahead. Her group of recruits began running towards her, weapons out.
"RUN, DUDES, RUN!", she shouted out.
"Are you kidding me?", Dexter mumbled under his breath, firing his rifle pointlessly at the prongs.
Marco got into a fighting stance, "Don't worry, Star, I got-"
"CHAAARGE!", Finn shouted as he and Jack rushed forward past the princess and began hacking at the tubes. Jake rose up and tried to clog up the tunnel where the tubes were coming from, the sound of screeching metal filling the air.
Dexter walked forward to confront the little girl, "WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?! DO YOU JUST HAVE BUTTERFLIES IN YOUR HEAD?!"
Star stepped back, angered by him, "Hey, man, I was just trying to save this lil' guy's life! I couldn't just wait for-"
"YOU COULD HAVE JEOPARDIZED EVERYTHING FOR YOUR OWN SELFISH NEED FOR ATTENTION!", the scientist yelled, "IS THAT WHAT YOU WANTED?!"
The princess frowned, stuttering with fear as the man's words hit her, "I...I just wanted to.."
"HEY, CALM DOWN, FLATTOP!", Marco shouted out, "WE KIND OF HAVE BIGGER PROBLEMS!"
They were interrupted by a sudden tremor vibrating across the room. They turned to see that Jake clogging the tubes was causing the entire chasm to shake from the stress put on it. The walls began to crack as did the floor. The dog groaned under the strain, sweat dripping off his large head. The warriors slowly backed away, swords in hand.
The mass of prongs flying around like black tentacles and the lights flickering on and off around them caused Jack to sweat with stress, bringing back memories of insanity and chaos.
Bringing back memories of...him.
"JACK! WE HAVE TO GO!", Dexter shouted out, running forward to get his friend out of the way.
"He's here...he's here", Jack stammered clearly going through another one of his episodes.
"HE'S NOT HERE, JACK! HE'S NOT HERE! Listen to me, we have to go! NOW!", Dexter shouted, trying to bring the man back to his senses. Desperate, Dexter swiftly slapped the older man, waking him out of his daze.
"COME ON!", the scientist shouted, directing the others to run to the other side of the cavern.
"JAKE! GET READY TO LET GO!", Finn shouted, running to Marco and Star. He quickly dove under the two and lifted them both over his shoulders, carrying them as if they weighed nothing.
The large dog quickly jumped back and shrunk down in less than a second, allowing the horde of tubes to come crashing through and destroy the cavern. The dog quickly grabbed his friends and ran forward.
…
The alien and his robot dashed through the area, purple light reflecting off of them. The robot was glitching around, laughing as sparks flew off of its body. The Irken stopped at a closed door and tried to remember the code to open it.
"GIR! Remind me the password to this cursed thing!", Zim ordered.
The robot whirred, "I don't know!...Weeee!" It started banging its head as it laughed, the alien growing impatient.
"COME ON, WHAT WAS IT?! WHAT WAS IT?!", he shouted as he tried to open the door. The robot pushed him out of the way and studied the lock.
Out of nowhere, it began to bash its head on the lock, the alien quickly grabbing it and pulling away.
"YOU IDIOT, YOU'LL BREAK THE STUPID-!"
Suddenly, the door opened, Gir apparently having gotten the password. The alien slouched his shoulders, a look of shock on his face.
"...Gir, you genius", he complimented the machine, who was still laughing insanely. The alien grabbed the robot and dragged him inside the room.
It was a small round room, pink lighting everywhere. In the middle of it was a small ship, round with large engines covering the back of it. On the front of it was a clearly home-made portal shooter made of a toilet paper roll and some matches, small portals inside of it.
"INSIDE THE SHIP!", Zim shouted. Before the alien could even step inside, he felt something grab his shoulder. He slowly looked up to see the green-haired scientist, Ferb, looking down at him, a laser gun in his hand.
The alien shrieked, swiftly jumping onto the human and grabbing the gun out of his arm. He pointed the rifle at the boy and lifted him up by the neck.
When the recruits arrived, the alien held the scientist at gunpoint, clearly ready to make a bargain.
"STEP BACK OR THIS MEATSACK DIES!", he shouted.
"FERB!", Phineas shouted, "LET HIM GO!"
"First, let me leave and then you can have your buddy back!", the alien snarled.
"Oh please", Kim snickered, lifting her gun up, "I've been doing this for years. Don't think that this will stop-"
"NO!", Phineas shouted, pushing the agent back, knocking her rifle out of her hand.
Mabel quickly ran up and fired her hook at the alien, who swiftly turned the freeze setting on the gun, freezing the hook in mid-air.
"WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS?!", Steven shouted out, "WE'RE ALL ALIENS HERE! CAN'T WE JUST GET ALONG?!"
"...", the alien shrugged, "Naw."
He quickly fired the rifle, freezing both the agent, the young girl, and the hybrid. Phineas looked over with surprise, pulling his rifle out and preparing to fire at the alien, only to have the alien throw his own rifle right at his head, knocking him down.
The alien and the robot ran into the spaceship, setting up for launch and preparing to ditch the earth. The ceiling of the room opened, sunlight coming through as the ship slowly lifted up into the sky.
…
The dog ran as fast as possible, trying to gain a scent as to where they entered the room. Behind him, tubes and wires reached out to kill the group, as the recruits sliced and shot at whatever came towards them.
Marco grunted as his nunchucks barely dazed the machines coming towards him. He looked over and groaned when he saw Finn effortlessly slicing the prongs coming at him, Star laughing at his side as she launched every spell she could think of.
"WOOO-HOOO!", Finn cheered, "C'mon guys! Woo-hoo with me!"
Star chuckled, cheering the same phrase, "WOOO-HOOO!"
Marco's heart raced as she saw her laugh alongside the warrior, sweat dripping off of his forehead as he looked away from the fight at hand and gritted his teeth in anger.
And in that moment, he felt a massive prong slap the side of his head, sweat and blood flying through the air as he was flung off of the dog.
Before he could fall off, he grabbed the dog's fur, hanging on for dear life.
"Uhh, GUYS?!", he shouted for help.
Star turned around and gasped, "MARCO!" She quickly ran forward, struggling not to lose her footing on the dog's back. She reached down to grab her friend but every step the dog took nearly caused the two to fall.
"MARCO, I'M COMING!", Finn shouted, appearing behind Star and reaching down to help his friend.
Marco frowned, "OH COME ON! REALLY, DUDE?!"
"WHAT?!", Finn shouted, "I'M TRYING TO HELP, MAN!"
"I DON'T NEED HELP FROM YOU OF ALL PEOPLE!", Marco stubbornly shouted, "ME AND STAR TOTALLY GOT THIS!"
From the front, Jake yelped when he saw an enormous chasm in the middle of the cavern. He gulped and continued to run forward head-on.
"Um, Mr. The dog?", Dexter gulped.
The large dog swiftly leaped over the chasm, his legs out and his body ready for landing. Unfortunately, it was at this moment that fate decided 'Hey, let's have Marco Diaz fall of the jumping dog'!
And that's what happened. The young boy screamed as he lost his grip and began falling to the ground. He braced himself as he prepared for the long fall down.
"MARCO!", both Finn and Star shouted. Quickly, the warrior of Ooo jumped off of the dog, holding onto the animal by the hairs. He reached his hand out as he swung forward, swinging towards the falling child.
Before it was too late, Finn snatched the boy's hand as they soared through the air and eventually crashed on the other side of the cavern.
The dog crash-landed, dust and dirt being thrown around as the dog tried to keep himself steady and not flip over. Star, Jack, and Dexter held on tightly, feeling the wind nearly pull them off. Finn and Marco were able to let go before the crash, tumbling down on their own as they were surrounded by dust and chaos.
The dog began to shrink down, rubbing his head in pain, "Y'know, I've been thinking. We really need a paycheck for this thing."
"Same thought here", Dexter groaned, "Everyone alright?"
The two boys coughed, Marco's jacket torn from the fall and Finn's hat turned all the way around, his blonde hair being visible.
Marco turned to the boy and groaned in pain, "You...you saved my life…"
"Yeah...I guess that's kind of the job..", Finn smiled, rubbing the bump growing on his head.
"MARCO!", Star ran forward, hugging her friend, "OH MY GOSH! I thought you were dead! Or crushed by Jake!"
"No, I think the only thing crushing on him is you", Jake snickered, receiving a pinch on the ear from Jack.
"I'm fine, Star", Marco laughed, "Thanks to...thanks to Finn, I guess."
"You guess?", Star chuckled.
"Is the boy okay?", Finn asked. Right when he said that, the boy suddenly fell to the ground right next to him, still unconscious.
"Nevermind."
Suddenly, another tremor was heard, the cavern shaking once again. The team looked up to see the cavern they just ran out of begin to light up, the sound of the tubes returning again.
"Why can it never be easy?", Jack groaned.
"This is gonna suck", Dexter sighed, too weak to even fight.
The group began to flinch, shuddering as the noise grew louder and tubes drew closer and closer when…
*CRASH!*
Before the tubes could even exit the cavern, the entire area sunk straight down into the chasm below, the sound of the earth crumbling and rocks tumbling downwards being heard everywhere. More dust began to rise as the group slowly got up.
"Oh no", Dexter whispered, "Come on! We don't have much time!"
"What is it?!", Star asked, picking up the boy.
"Nothing much", the scientist sighed, "Just the entire place going down."
…
The alien cackled as its ship flew through a series of tunnels, ready to reach the sky and escape.
"FINALLY, GIR, FINALLY! WE CAN FINALLY RETURN BACK TO OUR RIGHTFUL HOME! WE CAN FINALLY DITCH THIS PATHETIC BALL OF MUD! I CAN FINALLY BE A HERO! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
"YAY!", the robot cheered, sitting in silence before saying, "Doom song time!"
"Oh no", Zim rubbed his eyes in frustration.
"Doom doom doomy doom doom!", the robot sang annoyingly, causing the alien to grit his teeth. He pressed a few buttons on the ship, allowing the portal to be fired and a portal opening up.
"Time to go", he smiled menacingly.
"HEY!" Suddenly, Dipper appeared on the windshield, having jumped onto the ship before it began to lift up.
Zim screamed, "GET OUT OF HERE, YOU IDIOT!"
"S-s-top right n-now!", the boy stuttered.
"Or else what?", Zim asked, confused.
"...I...I don't know, honestly", Dipper gave up.
"You know, I read the stuff that my darling supplies gave to me!", the alien smiled, "And I honestly thought that you would be the big threat to look out for! But look at you. Your species is doomed and when I'm done with this Earth...yours is next."
Dipper looked down with complete fear, unable to move or even say anything. Using that moment, the alien quickly pushed the brake of his ship and zoomed forward, the young boy flying off of the ship. He screamed as he fell on his back, feeling broken and hurt.
Zim laughed as he soared straight into the portal, which closed behind him.
Dipper looked up in the sky with fear, the words the alien told him resonating in his head. From behind him, the other recruits quickly climbed right out of the ground through the exit Zim used.
They looked up in the sky and put two and two together, realizing what happened.
"Dipper, are you okay?", Mabel asked worriedly, running to his side.
Dipper slowly began to mumble, "I failed, Mabel...I fa-"
Suddenly, the earth began to tremor beneath them, the recruits barely being able to keep their footing.
"What's happening?!", Steven screamed, "Oh my god, CLUSTER ATTACK?!"
They turned around and saw the other group of recruits busting right out of the house, tumbling onto the front yard.
Dexter ran forward, shouting, "RUN! IT'S GOING DOWN!"
"What's going down?", Kim asked.
"THE HOUSE!"
Suddenly, the house began to shake at an insane frequency, tumbling within itself and sinking downwards into the Earth. Dust and dirt flew everywhere, the sound of machines and bricks filling the air. The odd house in the middle of the street simply sunk downwards into the planet.
The group stared in silence, astonished by what they just watched. Helicopters began to fly towards them, ready to pick them up and ready to attack if needed.
Dexter turned around and looked at Kim and Dexter, "...WHAT...HAPPENED?"
"...The mission...it…", Kim stammered, trying to come up with a way to get Dipper out of any punishment from the scientist.
Dipper realized what was going on with Kim and knew that he had to come forward.
"The mission failed, Dexter...it failed."
Dexter stared at the young boy and sighed, turning his back to him and walking forward, "In the chopper. Now."
The recruits looked at one another, disappointed with themselves and each other. Slowly, with looks of sadness on their faces, they walked away from the house and into the choppers. Dexter made sure that the medics came to the unconscious boy's help, the choppers slowly beginning to lift up into the air.
Leaving behind the team's first and greatest failure.
Well, that didn't go so well. =(
More to come soon enough! Hope you like it and please review!