A/N: MORE CROSSOVER FUUUN! :D

Ch 4: And We're Off!

Zim was terrified, he looked to the man and saw that there would be no way to lie his way out. "Zim barely knows anything! I just started listening, and all I heard is that you are getting 2,000 bottles of something from the skinny scary human, and that you're going somewhere Curtis doesn't really want to go to!" he spoke with a whispered yell.

Erik could tell he knew something but wasn't telling. He felt it would be unnecessarily rude to shake him again but he needed to keep his fellow vampires safe. He shook him again, lighter then before. "You know something else about us, don't you? Tell me. Now."

Zim felt slightly less frightened then before by how much less violent the man was compared to his previous outburst, but he decided to tell him everything before he made good on his earlier promise. "I know that you, Curtis, Darren and Carrot-Crepsley are blood drinkers." Zim flinched and closed his eyes half expecting Erik to kill him. What happened instead was probably even more frightening.

He started laughing. Zim had never before even seen him smile so this was even scarier then being dissected with a rusty spoon. "Carrot-Crepsley?" He asked after he got over his laughing fit, though he was still trying to suppress giggles. "Why carrot?" He said before bursting into laughter again.

"Because his hair resembles that of the Earth vegetable...?" Zim said cautiously. Erik set him down as his laughter became too much for him to handle. He fell on to his bum then rolled off of the tent to the ground still laughing. Some of the people in the other tent began stirring around and getting up. Very quickly they were all out of the tent, looking at Erik who was still on the ground holding his sides in the middle of a wild fit of laughter, with tears streaming down his face. Then up at Zim, who was very quickly snatched up by Curtis.

After a few minutes Erik had calmed down, and he could properly breathe again. Until he looked up to see Mr. Crepsley right in his face. He burst into another even worse fit of laughter.

"Okay, what's wrong with him?" Curtis asked the green alien he was holding.

"Erm," Zim looked over to the orange haired vampire with fear, "Zim just explained that Zim calls Mr. Crepsley, Carrot-Crepsley, because his hair resembles that of the Earth vegetable..."

Curtis gave the alien a look that seemed to be somewhere between confused and incredulous. Soon though his eye twitched and a smile grew before he, too burst into a fit of uncontainable laughter. He heard more snickers come from his other side where he could see Darren falling to his knees and holding his sides. Johnny was also standing there and out of respect for the fire haired vampire was holding his breath to contain his laughter...then his chest exploded from the pressure and he was left as a mess on the floor before his ribcage was mended and he rose back up to continue holding his breath.

Meanwhile Crepsley stood there with an annoyed look on his face, though you could tell from his shaking shoulders that he was trying to keep it in. Poor Zim on the other hand was terrified that all of these usually serious people were acting like daranged five year olds on crack.

After they had all settled down enough to breathe again Erik told the others what Zim knew and they decided he was no real threat. Therefor they didn't have to threaten him but just told him to keep his mouth shut.

At the moment it was the morning after Zim had found out the secret of the vampires, who were all changing into different clothes and getting ready to leave for some reason.

Zim decided he could probably get some answers from the Squee and snake-boy. He found them a few tents away from him, and Squee looked more pale then usual. As Zim approached he could see why-Nny was standing next to the boy who had a needle in his arm.

A terrifying thought crossed Zim's mind at that moment, He's trying to kill him?! But the thought struck him as odd and incorrect and he was quick to remember that they were immortal. So he stood at his distance and continued to observe the odd scene. Evra was holding a pile of cookies and a pitcher of water, and after Johnny was done taking the blood he gave Squee some of the cookies and poured him a glass of water. As soon as Squee finished his snack his color had fully returned.

Squee was then given the food and water as Evra inserted the needle into Nny's arm, and began to draw the blood. Zim wasn't certain how long he was standing there but it was long enough to see Johnny give 30 pints of blood. After the 31st pint was attached to the tube he left.

He was just aimlessly wandering around the camp when he picked up a commotion coming from a different area.

He quickly made his may into the area all of the excitement was coming from. He didn't notice anything strange except for a short round man in a yellow suit who was wearing rain boots. There was much chatter from the other Cirque members, much of it aimed at the short man.

Soon all of the vampires were there as well, the air around them hostile but subdued. Mr. Tall arriving shortly after, calming the crowd, and asking the question that was on everyone's mind.

"Hello, Desmond. For what reason do we owe the spontaneous visit?"

"I have a request for a few of the newest editions to your Cirque." He smiled and looked straight at Zim. "They've got to go on their little trip together."