Idk this story is trash but I'm having fun writing again so whoever reads this I hope you enjoy reading. Also I'm sorry the chapter names suck I'm too lazy to come up with something good lol.

I must have fallen asleep again but this time when I woke up Dib was still there, and he was asleep as well. Josh had disappeared and the tv was off. Actually, it seemed like all the lights were out in the house as well as on the streets. There was still a sliver of sunlight left, but it would probably be gone soon.

"Dib, wake up." I murmured, shaking him softly.

"Huh? What? Ghosts?" Dib jumped up.

"Calm down, it's just me. Ghosts?" I said with a smirk.

"...shut up." he replied. "Hey, it's so dark. Where are the lights?"

"I think the storm must have caused the power to go out or something." I said as I stood up and yawned. "It's not even nighttime yet though, I think we have flashlights somewhere." I began to make my way towards the kitchen. Once I got in there I tried to find the sink, I think we keep the flashlight in the cabinet underneath there.

"Katie, I have to tell you something. It's very important." Dib said suddenly from behind me.

"I'm all ears, what's up?" I said as I opened the cabinet and pulled the flashlight out. No batteries though, figures. I began searching through the drawers.

"Don't get mad at me but... I think this has something to do with Josh." he said.

"What? The power outage?"

"There's something... off about him. He's just-"

"Dib. Please, don't. I know you and Zim are jealous or something but there's nothing wrong with Josh. He was my best friend for five years. He stopped me from doing something I'd regret and I'm thankful to him for that. He's a good friend." I said sternly, I found some batteries and crammed them into the flashlight. I turned it on and shined it at Dib who was now pretending to be interested in the patterns on the counter.

I sighed, I couldn't even stay mad at him for two minutes. I was still slightly annoyed but this just made me want to go see Zim. Which logically makes no sense since he's probably the person who annoys me the most, but I had a sudden urge to go see him.

"I'll go see if your clothes are dry." I said.

"Do you want me to leave?" he asked, a hint of sadness in his voice.

"No!" I said quickly. "No, I definitely don't want that." I heard him breathe a sigh of relief. I took his clothes out of the dryer and handed them to him. "Just put your normal clothes back on, I want to go see Zim and you have to come because you made me upset." I handed him the flashlight as well. "I'll wait outside, just come out when you're done."

We parted ways and I went outside, it wasn't raining anymore, but it was very dark out. There weren't even any stars or a moon in the sky. Dib came out within a few minutes, I was very glad to see him back in his normal clothing. "Okay, to Zim's we go!" I announced, linking arms with Dib as we walked towards Zim's house.

As we got closer to Zim's house an ominous feeling rose in my chest, something felt wrong. I began running, pulling Dib with me. "Katie why are we running?" he asked.

"Something's... wrong..." I explained. "I don't know what, but I just know that something is." I didn't even knock when we got there, I didn't have to. The door was already open, the gnomes on the lawn weren't moving. "Zim! Gir! Hello?" I called into the house, it was dark and eerie inside. "The lab maybe, but how could we get down there if the power is out?"

"Doesn't he have some alien technology? Shouldn't this all be powered by that?" Dib asked.

"I guess, but it doesn't seem like it's working either. Something else took the power out, it wasn't the storm." I said walking towards the elevator. "Okay so whatever is causing the power to be out is also affecting Zim's technology. So maybe it's some other alien force? But what?" I said, pacing the floor in Zim's kitchen.

"You're kind of adorable when you're being smart." Dib commented.

"What?"

"Nothing."

"What do you think is going on?"

"I think that the alien force is definitely a possibility."

"Can you get us down to the lab?"

"Do you even have to ask that?" he walked over to the elevator and pried the doors apart, then he began messing with buttons and such, eventually getting the elevator running.

"How did you... actually never mind. I don't need to know." I said shaking my head as Dib smiled triumphantly. When the elevator reached the lab I grabbed Dib's hand and ran out. "Zim! Gir! Hello?!" I called frantically. After a moment I spotted movement and pulled Dib as I rushed over to see Gir and Zim tied up.

"Zim what... are you okay?" I asked kneeling down and untying them. Zim held his head for a moment and looked up at me.

"Kat-human?" he said.

"Yes. What happened?" I asked, shining the light at him. "OH! Zim you're hurt!" I said, looking at a large bump on his head. "And... what's wrong with Gir? What's going on?" I asked, my heart felt like it was beating a million miles a minute.

"Katie, calm down. You're shaking." Dib stated, putting his hand on my shoulder. He was right, I was shaking. Zim stood up and gently took the flashlight from my hand, walking over to some weird technology looking stuff. Dib put his arm around my waist and led me over to where Zim went.

"Someone infiltrated my GENIOUS base and knocked the mighty ZIM out." Zim announced. "They messed with my computer, which is the cause of the power loss which seems to be affect Gir as well." he added.

"It's affecting the whole neighborhood. Can you fix it?" Dib asked, he sounded genuinely worried. I had buried my head in Dib's shoulder for comfort, his arms wrapped around me.

"Don't be stupid, of course I can fix it. I am ZIM!" Zim replied, I could hear him pressing a lot of buttons. We all stood there for a few minutes in silence, Zim typing away at something. Dib gently drawing circles on my back with his finger, while I idly tugged at the collar of his jacket.

Suddenly the whole lab lit up and I lifted my head looking around.

"Zim, you did it!" I said excitedly.

"Of course, Kat-human. I am extremely intelligent and powerful!" he said confidently, clenching his fist. I smiled and rolled my eyes, finally having calmed down a bit. I heard movement from somewhere behind us.

"KATIE!" Gir said, running over and hugging my legs.

"Gir, you're okay!" I said happily.

"Gir! I need to see your video feed from right before you powered off." Zim demanded. He opened Gir's head and pulled out a chip of some sort. He put in into a slot and the computer screen lit up with a video footage.

A guy with a mask came in, he whacked Zim with a bat and headed into the elevator down to the lab.

"Gir! Why didn't you stop him!" Zim said in exasperation.

"I was eating a waffle!" Gir admitted, sounding pretty sad. I placed a hand on his head and Zim shook his head.

"Well this doesn't help. We have no idea who that is." Dib said flatly.

"What was his motive... I don't..." I said in confusion.

"There's nothing for us to work with here." Dib said. Zim was holding his hand to his head again. I pulled out of Dib's embrace and walked over to Zim.

"We should put some ice on that." I said, taking his wrist and gently lifting his hand so I could look at the bump.

"I don't need your human healing methods. I can heal on my own." he stated stubbornly.

"Ice isn't going to heal you, it'll just help stop the pain. Dummy." I said shaking my head. "Come on, you two. Actually, Gir put on your disguise you're coming, too." I took Zim's hand and started walking back towards the elevator. Gir put his disguise on, he and Dib followed us to the elevator.