Tak glared at Zoreick and aimed her gun. "Ready, Zanna?"

Zoreick chuckled. "I have come not to harm you, but have come for someone." he said calmly.

"Who?" Zanna growled.

Zinny clung to Dib tightly. She stared at Zoreick, her cool personality replaced by fear. "It's okay." Dib whispered.

"Him." Zoreick pointed to Zib. "You are not taking my son!" Zanna hissed. Zib's tail was curled around himself.

Zoreick snickered. "Your son...my grandson...since I created you."

"That's slightly scary." Tak looked at Zanna.

"This isn't good." Dib muttered.

Zoreick snickered. "She never told any of you? While she claims Zell was the closest thing to a father for her, it was my technology I made that created her. The normal way of creating smeets couldn't take the DNA Zanna had, so the Tallests came to me."

Zib growled. Zanna sighed.

"Daddy, I'm scared." Zinny muttered.

"Me too." Dib said.

"Well, this is new." Tak muttered.

"Now,give me the boy and I'll be on my way,no one will get hurt." Zoreick said, reaching out at Zib. Zib suddenly turned to a fox wolf like creature with black stripes and orange fur and bit Zoreick. "GAH! LITTLE RAT!"

"That's no way to treat your grandson." Tak smirked. "And for once, I agree with Zanna." She pointed the gun at him. "Leave and I won't kill you."

Zib was growling. He still has his glasses, even in this form. Zoreick growled and grabbed Zib up by the scruff of his neck. "Fire at me and you hit the boy." he said. Zanna hissed.

"Zanna?" Tak looked back at her. "What do we do?" Zanna thought for a moment, then smirked. Her tail lashed out, wrapping around Zoreick's ankle and pulling, causing him to fall over. Zib sruggled out of Zoreick's grip and ran behind Dib again.

"Nice." Tak smirked then looked back at Zoreick. "Now, leave, and I won't shoot."

Zoreick glared. "I'll leave this time, but I will get that boy!" He said, and swirled around to go to his ship. Zanna turned back and Zib did too. Zanna noticed Zoreick was limping.

"Now that was a problem." Tak said. "How?" Dib asked. Tak looked at Zanna. "Do you think he'll try to take over?"

Zanna shook her head. "Zoreick was never really interested in ruling or power."

"Then why does he want Zib?" Dib asked.

"Same reason he wanted me when I was created. To have a creature that can be used to destroy anything in his way." She said.

Zib whimpered."But I don't wanna be evil! And that guy was scary! And his hand tasted like dirt!" Zib said.

"Funny, evil people always taste like bacon to me." Zinny said. "Anything in his way of what?" Tak and Dib asked.

Zib looked at Zinny. "Everything prolly taste like bacon to you, that's all i've seen you eat." Zanna shrugged. "That's the one thing I don't know."

"Not true! I like sausage!" Zinny said.

"Well, we're going to find out." Tak stood up.

Zanna sighed. "Can we get out of this bayou first?It stinks....." She said.

Zib looked at the water again. "Momma,theres something in the water...it's big..." he said.

Zanna sighed."it's probably a fish sweety." She said,and Zib shook his head.

"Let's see what it is." Dib walked over to the water.

Zib made a squeal noise as a three-eyed spike tailed mutant alligator lashed out of the water, crawling out of the water and over to Zib. Zib stared at it, then looked at Zanna and Dib.".....Can I keep it?

"I couldn't have hads a normal son." Dib rolled his eyes.

Zanna laughed. "You're not exactly normal yourself, DibDib." Zanna smiled then looked at Zib. "Are you sure it's not dangerous?.....well, if you take after me with this kind of stuff, then it shouldn't matter." She said, remembering her own old pet rat-monkey. Zib smiled and petted the creature,it purred.

"He takes after you in everything." Dib sighed.

Zanna rolled her eyes. "Dude, everytime Zib and I would go somewhere new, he'd claim to see Bigfoot." She said,giving Dib a 'he gets that from you' look.

Zib frowned. "I did see him!"

"Bigfoot is real!" Dib said, triumphant.

"This is so cute, but if we want to make sure Zoreick doesn't try to take Zib, we need to get out of here." Tak said.

Zanna rolled her eyes at dib and looked back at Tak. "Where are we supposed to go?" She said. Zib was petting the creature still.

Tak smiled and held up the teleporter Dib had taken. "For once, I'm glad you steal."

"That was only because you stole all my stuff!" Dib protested.

"Otherwise you would've escaped. So, we'll teleport back to the capital and figure out how to stop Zoreick." Tak explained.

"Okay." Zanna said.

Zib looked at Zanna hopefully."Can Jabberjaw come?" He said.

Zanna giggled at the name Zib had given his creature. "Well....."

"As long as it doesn't bite me." Dib said, then walked over to Tak. "Yay, I love teleporting!" Zinny said. "She takes after you." Dib looked at Tak.

Zib grinned and followed Dib over to Tak, Jabberjaw following. Jabberjaw's tail was wagging.

"Ready?" Tak asked.

"Teleport, teleport, teleport, elehort!" Zinny sang. Zanna and Zib nodded. Jabberjaw made a purr noise.

Tak turned the teleporter on, and they disappeared. They reapeared in front of Tak's ship/base. "Welcome to my humble home." "BACON!" Zinny ran inside. Zanna looked at the base. Zib blinked. Jabberjaw stood behind Zib.

"Humble is the last word I'd think of you." Dib teased. "After polite." Zanna seemed lost in though.

Zib looked around. Jabberjaw made a whimper noise when he saw no water. Zib frowned. "I think Jabberjaw needs a tank."

"Let's get inside." Tak looked up. It had started to rain. Zanna looked up at the sky then rushed inside. Zib didn't seem affected by the rain as walked inside, followed by Jabberjaw.