Disclaimer: I own nothing from Invader Zim. (Wish I did.)
A/N: Hello, and welcome to the second chapter of this story. I'd like to thank all of you who reviewed, it made me rather happy. Speaking of which, someone asked if this would be a multi-chapter fic, and it is. Let me assure you now, that this chapter is not the final chapter. There's still more to go. Now remember, this is a Gir x Mimi fanfiction with some Zim x Gaz. That said, by all means read this if ya want to! (Maybe review?) Enjoy!
Chapter 2
"Chirp! Chirp chirp!"
Mimi awoke to the sounds of birds chirping outside, smiling to herself. 'What a nice sou…..' Mimi's thoughts were interrupted by a loud noise.
'BZZZZZZZT!' a laser activated outside. "SQUAWK!" the bird released its final sound, an explosion following directly afterward.
This all reminded Mimi where she was. 'Right….I'm at Zim's base, with Gir.' She thought, her memories coming back to her.
Gir's taco decorated covers fell from her as she sat up. 'And I slept in Gir's bed….' Mimi thought in embarrassment, features turning crimson. 'Where is Gir?' she questioned, looking about the room, failing to see him anywhere.
"Gir?" Mimi called out, not wanting to be alone in the 'enemies' base.
"Mimi?" Gir responded, poking his head out of the refrigerator. "MIMI!" Gir yelled once he noticed she was awake, waving one arm frantically.
"Good morning Gir," Mimi said, proceeding to ask him what really was on her mind, "Why are you in the fridge?"
"Oh! Well, since you liked the pizza so much, that means that you'll like waffles too! So I got waffles." Gir announced, holding up a bunch of frozen waffles.
"Okay, but why did you have to climb in the fridge?" Mimi asked, only receiving a blank look from Gir. She noticed that a layer of ice accumulated on Gir, and was currently melting off. "And just how long were you in there?" She asked.
"I dunno." Gir responded, shrugging his shoulders as he put pans on the stove, haphazardly throwing waffles on said pans.
Mimi noticed Gir pull some soap out of the fridge. "Why do you have soap?"Mimi asked, seeing no point in its being there.
"For the waffles!" Gir answered.
"What?"Mimi laughed, "Gir, you don't use soap to make waffles!"
"Really?" Gir asked, surprised.
"Really. Here, let me show you how it's done." Mimi volunteered, jumping off the bed and walking over.
A few minutes later…..
"Gir, don't you think you've had enough?"Mimi asked, marveling at how many waffles Gir ate in such short time. 'Where does it all go?' she thought to herself.
The robot in question stood up dramatically, "ENOUGH IS NEVER ENOUGH!" Gir declared, turning red for a moment, sitting back down to eat MORE waffles. "I heard that in a movie once!"
Mimi gave him an exasperated look. You see, Mimi had only eaten two waffles, but Gir had made more…..then some more…..and, of course, some more. Currently, he was on his sixteenth waffle.
Suddenly, Gir gained a look of realization. Mimi, if she could, would have raised an eyebrow. "HEY! Mimi, I gots some movies from the movie give-away place!" Gir exclaimed.
"Are you referring to a movie rental?" Mimi asked.
Gir shrugged his shoulders.
"Besides, Zim could, possibly, see me if I went to your living room." Mimi explained, donning a defeated look.
"NU-UH! Zim's at skool, so we can be anywhere we want!" Gir revealed, smiling. "So, wanna watch 'em with meeee?"
Mimi formed a genuine smile. "Sure, Gir. I'd love to."
"YAY!"
And with that shout, Gir grabbed Mimi, and they wasted half the day watching a variety of movies.
At Skool…..
"FOOOOODFIIIIIGHT!" announced a random child, head seemingly flying off with the yell.
Zim's eyes widened in horror. He then looked at Dib, whom was smirking, having started this fight of foods.
…..BUT not just ANY food…..
…..It was meatloaf day.
"NNNOOOOOOOOO!" Zim screeched, narrowly escaping a few well-aimed meatloaf missiles aimed for his head, knocking the boy walking behind him out cold. He activated a pair of special goggles he had made himself, just for this emergency situation. These goggles had the odd ability to discern where there was the least and/or absence of meat.
Not finding anything at first, he began to panic. He couldn't dodge forever! Then, he found his saving grace. A spot COMPLETELY DEPRIVED of any meat.
Zim moved faster than lightning, sitting at the table within milliseconds of discovering it. He smiled smugly.
Gaz raised an eyebrow. 'Did someone sit next to me? It was probably just Dib.' She thought, turning her head, surprised to find Zim smirking. "Zim? What are you doing here?" Gaz asked, curious.
Zim turned his head in surprise, as if he had not known there was someone there. "WHAT? WHO….oh, it is just you, Gaz." Losing his threatening tone once he realized who it was. "Well, to answer your question, I am avoiding those meat-death chunks," Zim shivered as he said this, "and there appears to be a distinct lack of them here. Why?" he asked, curious.
"Because everyone knows better." She answered, looking back down to her game slave.
Zim had an idea.
"So, you are never bothered, including the immediate area around you?" Zim asked, a growing smile on his face.
"Yeah, pretty much." Gaz answered, looking back at him, noticing the irregularly large smile. She arched an eyebrow.
"VERY WELL!" Zim yelled, almost everyone diverting their attention to Zim. "I will grace you with my presence, Gaz, every school day from now on!"
There was a moment of silence.
"GAZ HAS A BOYFRIEND!" the child who had shouted food fight announced, even as everyone in the cafeteria began talking about this new development.
Gaz turned to Zim, her gaze murderous.
"Gaz, what is the mat…." Zim was cut off by a punch to the face.
"YAAAAY!" Gir yelled, clapping his hands repeatedly in happiness, satisfied with the movie's ending.
"I liked that one!" Gir declared as he hopped off the couch to put the DVD back in its case.
"Yeah, I liked it too." Mimi agreed. It was true that Mimi really liked the movie. It was titled "Wall-E" which was about two robots saving the Earth, and falling in love in the process. It made her think. Could two robots really fall in love? I guess they'd have to know what love is….. 'I didn't even know about 'love' before Earth.' Mimi thought. The reality was that irkens didn't really know about love. It was a forgotten feeling due to the birthing of irkens through technologically produced smeets, eliminating the need for organic reproduction, that, and the irkens' conquest took up almost all of their thoughts. Along with snacks. Because of this, the data concerning 'love' was never uploaded to the various SIRs' CPUs. Thus, Mimi's confusion with the subject. 'It doesn't matter. Stuff like that doesn't matter to me anyway…..' Mimi thought, looking at Gir dancing all the while.
The reason Gir was dancing was not unlike Mimi's problem. The 'weird feeling' Gir kept on having was acting up again, after watching that movie, so, naturally, Gir decided dancing randomly would help the situation. For some reason, it didn't.
That's when Mimi remembered something she had to do. "Hey Gir, there's something I have to take care of, so please don't interrupt me." Mimi said.
"Okie-doki!" Gir replied, now upside down, balancing on his head.
With that, Mimi left to Gir's room, closing the door behind her.
Directly after, Zim entered through the front door, looking very much disheveled.
"You're all dirty!" Gir announced.
"Really?" Zim asked, looking at himself. "Oh well. Gir, you remember the Gaz human, right?" he continued, fixing Gir with a questioning look.
"Oooo! I like her!" Gir said, smiling while flipping himself upright.
"Right. Well, Gir, it would appear I am now her 'boyfriend,' though I am unaware of what that would mean, so…." Zim was interrupted.
"Oh! I gots somethin' that'll help!" Gir said, switching the TV from the DVD setting and turning it to a specific channel. "Watch this for a bit!" Gir instructed, leaving to go to his room, thinking that by now Mimi was done with whatever it was she had been doing.
As Gir was walking away, Zim gave him a questioning glance, turning his head back to the TV. "Let's see what this arrangement implies. Perhaps it will help me learn a human's weakness?" Zim asked himself, grinning smugly, completely confident in himself. The next thirty minutes contained large amounts of screaming.
A few minutes earlier….
Mimi shut the door behind her, pulling the communicator Tak had given her out of her storage compartment, immediately pressing the button Tak had told her opens a communication channel.
The screen on the device was fuzzy for a few moments before it became clear, revealing Tak. "Master." Mimi acknowledged, saluting.
"Mimi, how are you doing over there?" Tak asked.
"It is acceptable." Mimi responded, dutifully.
"Good. Is Zim aware of your presence?" Tak continued.
"No. He is oblivious." Mimi replied, responding immediately to each question.
"Is Zim's idiotic robot making sure to make Zim not discover you?" Tak inquired.
"….Affirmative." Mimi said, hesitating at Tak's referring to Gir.
"So everything is going well?" Tak asked, just to be sure.
"Yes." Mimi said.
"Alright, I would say more, but we need to make this quick. Be safe. Alright?" Tak commanded.
"Okay." Mimi responded.
"I mean it." Tak emphasized. "Goodbye." With that, the communication channel closed.
Mimi sighed, somewhat disappointed the discussion had to be so short. After all, Tak was her master. Mimi jumped when the door opened, quickly stowing away the L.R.S.C.
"Hey Mimi! Are you done with whatever it is you was doin'?" Gir inquired, barging into the room immediately, smiling widely.
"Yes, Gir, but don't you think you should offer a little forewarning," Mimi stated, glaring, "what if I hadn't been done with what I was doing?" she finished, looking at Gir expectantly.
He thought for a moment, "But…..you were done." Gir said.
"Well, what if I wasn't?" Mimi countered.
Gir retaliated, "But you were done, so it's okay!"
"No it isn't!" Mimi shouted, frustrated.
"Yeah, it is." Gir continued.
"Nu-uh!"
"Yeah-huh!"
"Nu-uh!"
"Yeah-huh!"
"Nu-uh!"
"Yeah-huh!" Gir said again, clapping his hands in amusement.
"Nu…..whatever….." Mimi suddenly deflated, noticing that Gir just thought they were playing some kind of game, and that the 'game' would continue as long as she responded. "Why is Zim screaming?" Mimi asked, picking up on his cries of agony, deciding to change the subject.
"OH YEAH! See, master's gettin' all squishy-mushy with Gazzy! Do you 'member her?" Gir asked, going right along with Mimi's subject change.
"Yeah…..yeah, I do." Mimi responded, recalling her short and all-around unpleasant experience of being soaked in soda due to 'Gazzy'. "I'm not sure I really like her…." Mimi mumbled, arms hugging herself. 'It took DAYS to get all that out of my inner circuits!' Mimi thought.
"Don't worry! She's reeeeeeeaally nice once you get to know her!" Gir declared. (A/N You all know how Gir exaggerates things…Gaz doesn't do 'nice'.)
"I don't know…." Mimi responded uncertainly.
Gir looked at her. "Don't worry! If anything happens, I'll protect you! That's a promise!" he finished with a smile.
"Thanks…..Gir." Mimi smiled gratefully, surprised he would make such a promise for her sake.
Gir was about to respond before, "AAAAAHHHHHHHH!" Zim's terrible scream of horror was heard.
"Why does he not just turn the TV off?" Mimi asked no one in particular, an annoyed expression overtaking her face.
"Cause of this!" Gir announced, showing her a few remotes and ON/OFF switches that appeared to have been ripped out of their various housings.
"Why did you do that?" Mimi asked, shocked by Gir's actions.
"MASTER NEEDS TO LEARN!" Gir yelled triumphantly. Another loud scream was heard.
"Can you stop him?" Mimi asked, hoping he would.
"Okay!" Gir replied, moving to the door. "Stay here!" Gir requested before disappearing through the doorway.
Gir waddled into the living room to find Zim on the floor, making loud noises of disgust. "Hey master! You okaaaaay?" Gir asked, even as he turned off the TV with one of the various remotes he had taken.
"Gir…I am NOT OKAY!" Zim yelled, "That was disgusting! They were slobbering over each other's faces!"
"Maybe it's fun." Gir retaliated, always the optimist.
"W-Why would you say such a thing?" Zim asked, appalled.
Gir paused for a moment, "Weeeeeeell…..have you ever tried it?"
"WHAT? I AM ZIM! I HAVE….." Zim stopped himself, only now registering Gir's question. "No…..I haven't….BUT! THIS DOES NOT MATTER! ZIM HAS NO NEED TO ENGAGE IN SUCH DISGUSTING ACTS!" Zim yelled throughout his entire announcement. "Now, I am going to the lab to research this further, without your help." With that Zim flushed himself down the toilet.
Gir looked at the toilet for a moment, before performing a 360 turn and walking back to his room. "Master likes Gazzy!" Gir declared to himself, reaching such a conclusion due to the bot's screwed up train of thought.
On another planet someplace…yeah…..
A bluish colored alien walked from his home, ready for another day of honest, hard work.
…..But, was completely eradicated by a beam of death the next instant.
…..Originating from a giant ship referred to as 'The Massive'.
"AH HA HA HA!" Purple laughed in delight, almost dropping his popcorn in the process.
"I don't think he even NOTICED!" Red surmised, also holding back laughter.
"I bet he thought, eh he he, thought that he would be all alive, and then he exploded!" Purple laughed.
"Hope he's got laser insurance!" Red announced, breaking into another round of laughter.
"Y'know, this job is really great….like, really great." Purple stated, suddenly calm.
"Don't I know it!" Red agreed, still recovering from his laughter.
"There's just one downside….." Purple said, gaining a distasteful look.
"NO! Don't mention Zim or….." A beeping noise interrupted Red, signaling a call.
"A transmission from Earth, my tallest." A drone revealed.
"Zim." Both Red and Purple said in unison, dread filling their voices. The screen then switched to show Zim's lab, with, of course, Zim standing in front of it.
"Greetings, my Tallest." Zim said, dipping his head slightly as a show of respect.
"Zim." Red said with disdain, unnoticed by Zim completely.
"What do you want?" Purple followed up on Red's greeting. "See, we've got some people to laser…." Purple trailed off.
"It seems I am now the 'boyfriend' of a human female on this planet, and I wish to explain to you my BRILLIANT plan in full detail!" Zim announced.
"Oh great…." Purple said, sarcastically.
"Okay," Red replied begrudgingly, "Let's hear it…." With that, Zim began what would be a very, VERY lengthy speech.
"Let's go down to the lab!" Gir yelled. Only an inch from Mimi's face.
"Why?" Mimi inquired with a half-lidded expression.
"'Cause I want to have some fun with you!" Gir replied.
"What's so great down there that we can't do here?" Mimi asked. "Besides," Mimi continued, crossing her arms, "We might run into Zim. What then?"
"Don't you remember?" Gir asked, "I said I'd protect you! So don't worry!" He announced, attempting to strike a heroic pose.
"And I can't tell you what we're gonna do till' we get there! It's a surprise!" Gir explained.
"Well….I don't know….." Mimi said, uncertainly.
"Please? I really want you to be happy….." Gir said, his eyes becoming downcast.
Seeing that look, Mimi couldn't refuse. "Ah…..I guess…..for a little bit." Mimi said, smiling a little.
Gir beamed. "HOORAY! Let's go!" Gir proceeded to grab Mimi's hand and drag her to the elevator.
Once there, Gir quickly turned to press the button that would take them to the appropriate floor.
"So….." Mimi said, smiling at Gir, "Care to tell me what we're doing?"
"Its gotta be a surprise!" Gir declared, standing firm.
"Hmph!" Mimi pouted, crossing her arms.
"HANGAR REACHED" the computer sounded, elevator doors opening.
"Hangar? Gir, why are we…." She was about to finish, before noticing Gir was already running to the voot cruiser. "Hey! Wait!" Mimi shouted, running after him.
Mimi caught up quickly, noticing Gir sitting in the cockpit, pressing buttons. "Gir, what do you think you're doing?" Mimi asked.
"This is the surprise!" He elaborated, "I thought we could go to space and watch the stars together." The voot powered on.
"But Gir, don't you think…." Whatever Mimi was going to say was lost as she was suddenly pulled into the ship.
"BLASTOFF!" Gir yelled, the ship's engines flaring up in a brilliant display of purple light…..
…..Before promptly propelling them through the floor, deeper into the base.
"AND THAT, MY TALLEST, IS ZIM'S AMAZING PLAN!" Zim finished, his explanation complete.
"THANK GO-I mean, good, Zim." Red replied, Purple letting out a huge sigh of relief.
Red continued, "If that is all, then we'll be on our…." Suddenly, a large explosion was heard, the screen filling with smoke and debris, while the tallest looked on, obviously confused.
When the smoke was cleared, a very battered voot cruiser was revealed, Zim lying on the floor. Then, Gir walked on screen, looking down at his master. "Master? Are you okaaaaaay?" the SIR asked.
"Gir….." Zim said dangerously. "WHAT DID YOU DO?" Zim began chasing Gir in circles around the ruined cruiser, yelling angrily, all the while Gir screeching in amusement. It was at this time a disoriented Mimi decided to stumble on screen, looking about slowly. First, she noticed Zim chasing Gir, Zim not noticing her due to the extreme focus he had on Gir. She stared for a few more seconds, before turning her head to the screen and looking at….
The Tallest.
"Eh?" Mimi mumbled, still slightly out of it. Mimi stared at the Tallest for a few more moments, and they, in turn, stared at her. Both parties utterly confused. "WAAAAAAH!" She screamed, now coming to her senses, running out of the room immediately without a second thought.
Zim continued chasing Gir.
"W-Well then….." Red mumbled, thinking this must have been the most interesting call they had gotten from Zim so far. He then cut the transmission. "Wasn't that Tak's SIR?" Red asked Purple, turning to him.
"Meh." Purple mumbled. "Who cares? Just forget it."
"Sounds good!" Red replied, both Tallest resuming the spectation of a race's total annihilation.
'You've got to be kidding!' Mimi thought, "First the big-headed human sees me, now the Tallest too?" She yelled, frustrated. "Maybe they won't tell him…all I can do is wait and see….." Mimi surmised, calming down. She took in her surroundings.
"Where am I?" She asked herself. "I'm lost." She stated matter-of –factly.
"DAMN IT!" Mimi screamed, stomping away angrily, without a clue as to where to go.
'Doom doom doom doomy doomy doom doom…..' Gir thought to himself, mentally singing the doom song, outwardly appearing to be listening to Zim's agonizingly long lecture.
"….do you understand?" Zim asked, having finished his lecture.
Gir's eyes sparked in realization. "Uh-huh! Yeah! 'Course!" Gir replied, "Can I go now?" he pressed, concerned as to where Mimi had gone.
"I suppose," Zim approved, looking away for a brief second, "Just make sure-he's gone." Zim sighed, having looked back. "That little robot…." Zim said wistfully. "No matter. Computer! Search: Relationships." Zim ordered, turning back to the screen.
"Doo doo doody doo…." Gir hummed as he walked about, turning a corner after having searched for about 10 minutes. "Maybe this door!" Gir said, pushing open a door with a sign above it, reading: HOUSE BRAIN.
10 minutes earlier….
Mimi pushed open the door cautiously, quickly scanning the large room. "No one here…..good!"
She walked to the edge of what appeared to be a pathway along the side of the circular room, extending all the way around. There were what appeared to be power conductors situated on the pathway, concentrated electricity constantly between them. In the middle, a lone platform with an interface planted on it were seen, a brain-like device situated on the dashboard. (A/N This is the room in which Zim replaces the house's 'brain' and Gir 'becomes' the house, in the episode "Invasion of the Idiot Dog Brain.")
"Ooooo….this is unexpected." Mimi smiled mischievously, jetting over to the platform. "If Zim does find me, I can make the house ignore me…." Mimi said to herself, opening the holographic interface and hacking into the system. "Time to go to work!" She announced, implementing new subroutines into the computer's system, which took a few minutes…..
Gir looked into the room, the door making an audible swishing noise.
Gir heard a gasp in the direction of the middle platform, followed by Mimi quickly turning to face Gir, eyes red, prepped for battle.
"Oh," Mimi said, realizing who it was, "Gir…..its just you." She stated, relaxing.
"What'cha doin'?" Gir asked, eyes fixed on Mimi.
"Nothing." The robot in question replied, jetting over to stand in front of Gir. "Just waiting for you." Mimi smiled, tilting her head. "Tell me you know the way out of here." She pleaded.
"You came to the right guy!" Gir responded, grinning proudly.
"Robot." Mimi corrected, still smiling. "Care to escort me back up?" Mimi asked, pointing a finger to the ceiling.
"Sounds fun!" Gir announced, grabbing Mimi's hand and 'escorting' her back to the elevator.
Once there, Gir pressed the button for the top level, the doors closing behind Mimi and himself.
There was a moment of silence before, "Mimi?" Gir called out.
"Yes?" Mimi responded, turning to look at him, finding he was looking away, as if ashamed.
"Um, about today…." Gir hesitated.
"Go on." Mimi encouraged, curious as to what Gir was so serious about.
"Well…..sorry. You got lost because of me….." Gir sighed, "We didn't even get to look at the stars….." He finished, looking down.
"Gir, its okay!" Mimi said punching his shoulder playfully.
"You're not mad?" Gir asked, looking at her confused.
"No!" She replied, giggling. "Why would I be?" She asked, smiling.
"'Cause Zim might've seen you." The malfunctioning SIR replied.
"Ah, but he didn't!" Mimi responded. "Besides," she continued, "You've kept me hidden from Zim all this time, and I'm grateful for that."
"But…" Gir tried to protest.
"Also," Mimi interrupted, "We can go see the stars together some other time!" She finished, grabbing Gir's hand. "Sounds good, no?"
Gir's face became cheerful again, "Sounds great!" He shouted, hugging Mimi, who in turn, blushed deep red.
It was then the elevator chimed, signaling the end of their ride. They quickly made their way over to Gir's room.
They relaxed for a while, Gir opting to pull out a Game Slave and play for a bit. "You wanna play one?" Gir asked, holding another of the electronic devices out to her.
"I'd rather just watch you play. Can I?" Mimi asked.
"Yup!" Gir replied, enthusiastically, sitting down against the wall. Mimi sat down directly next to him, leaning against his side and tilting her head to get a better view of the screen.
They sat like that for about an hour, Gir pausing the game to look at the clock.
"11:00 P.M." Gir stated. "Mimi, are you tired?" He asked, turning his head to look at her face.
"Hmmm?" Mimi mumbled, her half-lidded optics looking back at him. (A/N Optics are the same thing as eyes for robots.)
"That's a 'yes!'" Gir declared, both bots getting up, Gir turning off the lights and jumping into bed, proceeding to pat the spot next to him and gazing at Mimi expectantly.
"I don't have a choice, do I?" She asked, referring to sleeping in Gir's bed.
"Nope!" Gir replied.
"Alright…." Mimi sighed, too tired to argue.
Mimi climbed into bed next to Gir, Gir immediately cuddling with her.
"G-Gir!" Mimi exclaimed, her face made crimson because of the contact. She then noticed he was already asleep. Despite her embarrassment, she smiled.
"Just because this is a mission…." Mimi said to the empty, darkened room, "it doesn't mean I can't enjoy it." She finished, wrapping her arms around Gir, falling asleep as well.
"REALLY?" a fist slammed down on the keyboard of a very large computer. "Computer, are you SURE this is right?"
"There is no doubt, ma'am." The computer responded dutifully.
"I can't believe…..out of all the places my ship could've crashed…it just HAD to be in DIB'S DAMN BACKYARD!" Tak screeched in anger.
"It could be worse." Tak's computer droned.
"How?" asked Tak, still pissed.
"I don't know." Tak's computer answered.
"GAH!" Tak yelled, frustrated. "NOW I need a plan to get it back. Just fantastic…." With that thought in mind, Tak got to work.
Mimi woke up to a sizzling noise. "Mmmm?" She mumbled, her systems yet to have booted up completely. She soon focused on Gir, who appeared to be cooking something. "Gir? What are you making?" Mimi asked lazily as she removed the covers from her frame.
"Bacon n' waffles!" The bot responded proudly.
"Do you always make waffles for breakfast?" Mimi asked as she rubbed the dust off her optics.
"Is that bad?" Gir asked worriedly.
"Not at all. I like waffles." Mimi replied, smiling.
Gir quickly gained a huge smile. "YAY! I like waffles too!" he declared, stating the obvious.
"I never would've guessed." Mimi said sarcastically, before asking, "What is bacon, exactly?"
"It's a food lots a people have with breakfast. They're like ribbons, only yummy!" Gir explained.
"You've eaten ribbons before?" Mimi inquired, giving Gir a questioning look.
"Yeah. But they're really bland! I ate a whole lot of them too, 'cause I thought if I ate a lot, There'd be more flavor, but it didn't work! Still untasty! I don't think you'd like 'em." Gir guessed.
Mimi laughed at the thought of Gir eating so many ribbons.
Gir had no idea why he liked hearing Mimi's laugh so much. He felt strange whenever he managed to make her laugh. Not in the bad way, but a feeling of happiness greater than that of the first time he took a bite of a waffle. He pondered this for a few moments before a ringing sound interrupted his thoughts. "Yay! Food is done!" Gir announced, putting an even amount of food on two plates and walking over to where Mimi sat on the edge of his bed. "Here ya go!" Gir offered her one of the plates.
Mimi took the plate gratefully, "Thanks a bunch, Gir!" She smiled at him, looking down at her bacon the next moment, and proceeding to take a bite. "Mmm! Its good!" She declared, eating the rest of it.
"I knew you'd like it!" Gir claimed, another of his wide smiles overtaking his face. "Oh yeah!" Gir exclaimed, as if remembering something.
Mimi looked at him, "Is something wrong?" She asked.
"No, I just remembered Zims at Skool right now, so we can go watch movies! You want to?" Gir asked.
"Definitely! But, what about the food?" Mimi asked, pointing at her plate of sustenance.
"We eat it while we watch!" Gir elaborated, jumping off the bed and running to the TV, food in hand.
"Oh….why didn't I think of that?" she asked herself as she set off for the TV and Gir.
Zim walked to the Membrane household, feeling awkward and out of place as he did so. Why? He was carrying some 'flowers' which, according to the internets, were essential for the boyfriend to give to the girlfriend. "Why are these plants so important, anyway?" Zim asked no one in particular as he arrived at the Membrane house. Apparently, it was also important that if both people in the relationship were in the same school, they should walk there together every morning. Hence, his reason for being there.
"This is for the mission." Zim reminded himself. He reached out and rung the doorbell.
Surprisingly, the father membrane appeared, whom Zim recalled having a pleasant conversation with on one occasion.
"Oh?" Professor Membrane looked surprised. "What are you doing here so early?" He inquired politely.
"I have come to give this offering to Gaz!" Zim announced, "and to escort her to this world's learning facility!"
"Ah, I see. Gaz! Dib's foreign friend is here to see you! Please hurry down." Professor Membrane requested. "If you'll excuse me, I would like some coffee. Wait over there if you like," the professor gestured to the couch before heading to the kitchen.
Zim waited a minute before he heard footsteps coming downstairs. "Dib's friend? What friend? He doesn't have any…" Gaz stopped guessing when she spotted Zim on the couch. "Zim? What the heck are you doing here?" Gaz asked, surprised the irken even set a foot in his enemy's home.
"The mighty ZIM is here to give you this offering in honor of our new relationship." Zim revealed, holding the flowers out to Gaz.
Before Gaz could shove the flowers down Zim's throat, her father returned. "Oh! So that is what you are doing here? You are now courting my daughter?" Professor Membrane happily deduced.
"Wait! Dad, he's not…" Gaz tried to protest.
"Well! Gaz, you should have told me!" Professor Membrane declared, "Such good news. Dib's foreign friend, please take good care of my daughter."
"You can count on me." Zim said, snapping a salute.
"Excellent! Now, I'm going to be late to saving the world….WITH SCIENCE! So I must be going. You kids have fun!" With that, he was out the door and gone.
"Gaz, let us be off as well!" Zim announced, grabbing her hand and pulling her out the front door. She was about to stuff the same flowers from earlier down his throat, but was interrupted yet again.
"ZIM! What do you think you're doing?" Dib asked Zim after bursting through the front door, pointing an accusatory finger at the irken.
"Going to school." Zim said matter-of-factly, turning to walk to school.
….But Dib jumped in front of him, pointing that accusatory finger yet again, "Oh no you don't! Not without telling me your plan first!"
"HHMMMM!" Zim recoiled dramatically, Gaz still glaring daggers at him.
"Don't act innocent! So just because I take Tak's ship, you take her robot?" Dib asked.
"What are you saying sniveling earth-monkey?" Zim inquired, genuinely confused.
"Last time I was in your base! Tak's robot was there! Mimi! That's what the name was!" Dib smirked, thinking he had just figured out Zim's big secret.
Zim thought to himself, 'Tak's SIR? In my base?' He then recalled when he was chasing Gir. 'YES! THAT'S RIGHT! I SAW THAT ROBOT WHILE I WAS CHASING GIR!' Zim's teeth grinded together. He had thought it was just his imagination, but now! Gir had deliberately been hiding it, most likely. A spy! In his base!
"What do you have to say to that, Zim?" Dib asked.
"I WILL HAVE NO SPIES IN MY BASE!" Zim yelled in rage, startling both Dib and Gaz.
The next moment, Zim was running back to his base.
"What just happened?" Dib asked in confusion.
"Who cares?" Gaz responded, uncaringly.
Meanwhile, Gir and Mimi sat in the living room, watching movies.
A/N: Well there you have it! That's a cliffhanger, right?
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