It is 2 weeks after Halloween, and much to Dib's chagrin, everybody soon forgot about it. He was hoping to use the incident on Halloween to expose Zim, but no dice. The rest of mankind seemed too stupid or too stubborn to notice. The students and other people who were once zombies were given a couple of days off for a mysterious influenza case that just appeared out of nowhere. Gaz only continued reading book after book after book. One day in chilly November, Zim finally decided to ask Gaz about this, so he walked up to her in the cafeteria and said,
"Hello, Gaz." Gaz looked up from her book in surprise to see the green alien standing before her. Gaz whispered, "Hey," then tried to get back into her book. But Zim wasn't giving up so easily. "So, what book are you reading?" he asked, sitting down next to her, much to Gaz's annoyance. Gaz showed him the cover, then went back to reading. Zim sighed and said, "Look Gaz, if this is because I threatened you with that beer..." But he was interrupted when someone down the hall cried, "STAY AWAY FROM MY SISTER, ZIM!" Both Zim and Gaz groaned as Dib pushed his way through the crowd of students to get to the two. When he got there, Zim tripped Dib, which caught Dib off guard and he only fell to the floor. The entire student body then proceeded in pointing and laughing at him. Gaz facepalmed, walked over to Dib and helped him up. "You," she said to him, "are hopeless." Dib ignored Gaz and turned to say something to Zim, but he had already left, and when he did, so did the student body. The older teen sighed and picked up his stuff.
Later on, somewhere in space...
The Armada had been having no luck at all in conquering other planets. And it was either the invaders or the planets' fault. The Tallest Red and Purple decided to blame both. Somehow, word spread about the invading aliens so defense has risen tremendously. The invaders that were sent to conquer the planets for some reason always managed to get caught before they could really do anything. Red and Purple were sitting in their comfy chairs, worried.
"Ugh, we haven't conquered ANY planets lately! I'm getting bored from not any conquering whatsoever!" Tallest Red complained. Tallest Purple, on the other hand, was munching away on some snacks and only replied,
"Well, as long as we have snacks, we're good." Tallest Red did a facepalm. Sometimes his fellow Tallest was completely hopeless. Suddenly, they received a transmission. "Oh good," said Tallest Red, "Maybe some good news." Purple only shrugged. However, both were shocked to see Zim at the other end of the transmission. Purple dropped his snacks.
"Z-Z-Zim?" both Tallest cried in surprise and aghast. Zim smirked and replied, "Yes, oh Tallest, it is I, Zim. Happy and healthy and, most importantly, alive." Tallest Red almost lost it. First they weren't conquering any planets, and now they have to deal with Zim? A thought came to him. "Wait a minute," Red said, "Didn't we destroy your PAK and have you executed?" Zim only laughed. "True, my PAK was destroyed, but as it turns out, I don't need it to live! And you only assumed I was executed when a spy told you that I was dead." Red and Purple exchanged glances. Then they turned back and Purple asked, "Well...okay...but where have you been all this time? Surely we would have found you by now if you were still alive." Zim yawned and explained, "Only with my PAK could you find me."
"TAQUITOS! AND A CLOWN WITH NO HEAD!" shouted a certain blue-and-gray robot from behind Zim. Zim only sighed and pushed GIR back down from the screen. Then he said, "Well, I'd love to continue to chat with you guys, but I believe a few friends of mine have caught up with you. By the way, look behind you." Curious, both Tallest looked behind them only to see members of the Resisty tie them up. Red looked the the transmission of the victorious Zim and cried, "ZIM! YOU BETRAYED US YOU...YOU...BASTARD!" Zim only smirked as the Tallest took them away. Lard Nar laughed evilly at the retreating ex-Tallest and said to the transmission Zim,
"Thank you, Zim. The Resisty could never have conquered the Irken Empire without your help." Zim nodded his welcome and Lard Nar continued, "As promised, you may have the Irken Empire as its new Tallest, so long as you keep your empire away from the other planets and just be satisfied with your own." Zim nodded and said, "Of course, Lard Nar, as is our agreement. However, I have unfinished business on the planet where I am on right now. It would please me if you were temporary Tallest of Irk until my business is done and I can return home." Lard Nar, surprised by this, said in response, "Well, I would be honored to, but what business is it that you must attend to?" Zim shrugged and said, "Oh, revenge." Then, Zim cut the transmission.