Chapter 6

Dib walked into the living room drinking a Poop Cola. He sat down on the couch next to his sister.

"What are you watching?"

"Meh." His sister had the remote in her hand and flipped between channels, not finding anything on television interesting. She stopped on the news channel where a man in a neat suit with black hair was giving a report.

"And so, Mr. Nuzzles the giant panda bear escaped from the zoo and ate all the bamboo decorations at the nearby Chinese Restaurant." The reporter had on a big smile for such an unusual topic. "And in other news, the world's cutest creature appeared in our local town inside of Sooper Mart."

Dib spit out his mouthful of cola as the picture of the panda eating a chair changed into a live broadcast.

"Hey! Watch it!" Gaz growled, trying to stay away from the stickiness.

"Sorry!" The boy wiped his mouth and watched the reporter continue.

"Everyone in town is gathering around to see the most adorable thing ever! Right now it's on Main Street and all the citizens are coming to see his precious little face and obey his every command!" On the screen, it showed Zim wave into the camera with a big smile on his face.

"I gotta go Gaz!" Dib exclaimed. Her went upstairs, grabbed some supplies, and ran out the door.

"Hmm…" The girl changed the channel.

"There he is!" Dib maneuvered through the large crowd in the center of town. Over by a nearby park bench were two girls, one hideous with green hair and one had blonde hair. On the bench were Zim and Mini Moose. They were both placed on fluffy pink pillows. Gir was running around the bench in circles and cheering. Around them were piles of gifts and sugary sweets and junk food. The little smeet was eating a marshmallow as people came over to him cooing about how cute he was. The boy gagged. He was an alien menace trying to destroy all mankind! He's not cute!

Finally he made it to the front of the crowd.

"ZIM!" Dib yelled.

The smeet turned to him and gasped.

"DIB!"

"You won't get away with this Zim!"

"I already have, Dib stink! As you can see, your pathetic human race is already obeying my every command, and it's all because I am the cutest thing on the whole planet!"

"You're not cute! You're disgusting!"

"LIES!" The smeet yelled. "Watch this!" He looked at the girl with blonde hair. "I need you get me a filled water pistol!"

"A water gun? Of course cutie pie!" The lady cooed. She waved at a large buff guy, who handed her a big squirt gun, and she gave it to Zim. The smeet proceeded to fire it at Dib, who ended up knocked over by the powerful spray of water.

"YAH!"

"MWAHAHA!" The Irken cackled.

"Aw, how adorable! He's having a water gun fight!" The green frizzy haired girl said.

"Aww…" The crowd of people all smiled in unison.

"Oh, real cute!" Dib growled, his wet scythe like hair falling in front of his face.

"See? Even you admit it!"

"I was being sarcastic!"

"LIAR!" Zim fired the water gun again.

"Stop that!" The boy yelled. The little smeet just giggled and ate another marshmallow.

"Fine! If that's how you want to play, then it's my turn!" Dib got out an anti-alien gun and aimed at Zim. The alien cried out and put the bag of marshmallows in front of him as a shield.

"Hey! You're scaring him!" The blonde girl yelled.

"But he's an alien!" Dib cried out.

"Yeah, leave him alone!" A guy in the crowd yelled. All of the people started shouting and went to grab Dib.

"What are you doing? He's an alien! He was sent from his own planet to destroy us all!" The boy protested as two large buff guys grabbed him by his arms and legs, holding him so his body was stretched out like a starfish.

"We caught the mean big headed boy who tried to hurt you!" One of the men said.

"I'm not being mean! I'm trying to save you all! AND MY HEAD'S NOT BIG!" Dib yelled.

"What should we do with him, Sweetie?" The other guy asked.

"Hmm…" Zim put his hand to his chin. "Yes, I know exactly what to do with him! Hold onto him! When we gather enough humans I can use him for my experiments." He grinned.

"NO!" Dib cried out.

"HOORAY!" All the people cheered.

"Yes, it is a new day for Earth! We'll finally be able to rule over this filthy planet! Perhaps being turned into a smeet was a good thing after all!" The smeet stood up. "If I contact the Tallest and explain this plan to them, maybe they'll understand! Alright Gir, we're going to head back to the base soon! Prepare yourself for victory!"

"You mean we're winning?" Gir stood up and smiled.

"Yes Gir, we're winning! It will be victory for ZIM!"

"YAY! I love you!" Gir went over to the Irken with a bright big smile and gave him a hug.

"Aww…" All the people cooed.

"Oh brother." Dib rolled his eyes.

"Hey! I want a hug too!" Some guy at the front of the crowd said.

"Me too!" A young woman added.

"Same here! I want hugs!" An old man nodded.

All of the people started coming over to Zim with their arms outstretched.

"What are you doing? Get back!" Zim yelled, aiming the large water gun to defend himself, but the humans just came closer, trying to grab onto him and chanting the same word over and over again: hugs!

"Aww! They all like you!" The robot next to him smiled.

"No! Everything is going wrong!" Zim flattened himself to the back of the park bench until his PAK made it uncomfortable to lean any further. "Stop! Obey me!"

It didn't work.

"We have to get out of here!" Zim dropped the super soaker, hopped onto Mini Moose, and held onto his antlers. "Go Mini Moose! Get us back home!"

"Nya!" Mini Moose squeaked.

The little moose sped off into the sky, a group of people trying to grab them and some running after the two, but the tiny moose was surprisingly fast. Gir just waved and zoomed off using his rockets, singing the whole trip home.

"Aw…" All the people sighed and moaned sadly, upset their little friend left. The two buff guys dropped Dib on the ground and everyone went home.

"Humph." Dib stood up, brushed himself off, and headed straight for his enemy's house.

"Great! Just great! When I thought there was actually a bright side to this everything went wrong!" Zim growled as he threw Gir's doggy disguise on the floor. "That was your fault Gir, by the way. Thanks a lot."

"YAY!" Gir smiled, not understanding the sarcasm.

The smeet glared and went over to the couch. He sat down and thought for a moment. Perhaps if he waited a while, everyone would forget about wanting to give him a hug and just be glad he returned. Then maybe they'd obey him once more.

His thoughts were interrupted by a knock on the door. It burst open and Dib jumped inside.

"What are you doing here, Dib stink?"

"You thought you could get away back there, didn't you? But your plan backfired Zim! Now it's just you and me!" He pulled out his alien gun and aimed it at Zim.

"You're lucky I'm not in my normal state right now, Dib! Otherwise I'd destroy you, crushing you into itty bitty specks of stinking human!"

"But you're not! So HA!" Dib fired the gun. Zim pulled up one of the couch cushions to block the attack. Dib fired again, so this time the alien jumped out of the way.

"GIR! Protect your master!" He yelled.

"WHOO!" Gir cheered. He ran into the kitchen, pulled out a tray of muffins, handed them to Dib, and went to watch TV.

"Okay then…" The boy tossed the tray of baked goods aside. "HI YAH!" He continued to fire at the Irken, who kept dodging his attacks left and right.

"AH! GIR! MINI MOOSE!"

"Nya!" Mini Moose went over and landed next to Zim.

"Quickly! Use the dooms day device! Or some kind of defense system! Mini Moose! Hurry!" The smeet cried out.

"Nya."

The Irken picked up the moose and aimed so its face was pointed at Dib.

"MWAHAHA! It's over Dib! Prepare to meet your moosey fate!"

"You're going to use a MOOSE to stop me?" Dib asked. "HA! That's pathetic! Your robot is useless and your only other defense is a moose?"

Zim squeezed one of Mini Moose's nubs. Suddenly the eyes began to glow red and Mini Moose went up in the air.

"Nya!"

A large explosion emitted from the moose, scorching most of the furniture in the room, knocking over the couch and most of the things in the base, and leaving Dib covered in soot. The boy's hair was all blown back and the tip was lit aflame. He coughed a bit and stared at Mini Moose.

"Okay…I'm…I'm just going to go home now…" He went outside and ran out of Zim's lawn before the gnomes could hurt him.

"Excellent work Mini Moose!" Zim smiled.

"Nya!"

"Gir, that was terrible." The smeet frowned at his servant, who also seemed blackened by the explosion.

"Oh…okay." The robot went back to watching TV.

"Now, we need to clean this mess up. COMPUTER! Start the base instant repair and tidying!"

"Whatever." The electronic voice replied. Soon mechanical arms began to stretch out of the walls and put all of the things back together, scrubbing away ash and making sure not a single bolt was out of place.

"Perfect." Zim sighed. "Now, what to do next…" The Irken tapped his foot and looked around. "Ugh…why can't all the materials for the cure be here already?"

"Nya." Mini Moose squeaked and sat down on the couch. Zim joined the moose by perching himself on the cushion next to his moose. Then he looked at the TV. The angry monkey show was on. He glared.

"That monkey…"

He fiddled with his fingers and looked outside. Should he take a paste bath? No, the sky looked pretty clear and he didn't want Gir to give him a bath again. He'd be fine for a while. There had to be some way to kill time.

"Computer, how are all the experiments?" He asked.

"All experiments are in stable condition. No changes in any since last time they were checked."

"And nothing is broken? No spy bugs or anything?"

"No." The computer sounded annoyed.

"Hmm…" Zim leaned back with his head on the arm of the sofa. Gir turned around, looked at Zim, and giggled.

"What, Gir?"

"Nothing…" The robot smiled.

"Hmm…" The alien narrowed his eyes and stared back at the robot until it went back to watching TV. Then he closed his eyes and relaxed.

Gaz looked up from her video game at Dib, said nothing, and went back to slaying vampire piggies. Her brother went upstairs, took a shower, and hopped onto his computer. He opened up a window and started some research. Then he pulled up another window and began to type a message.

Agent Dark Booty,

On today's news, they reported the world's cutest creature being sighted today. It happened to be a younger version of the alien I've told you about many times. If you can find an article or a video of it on the internet, you'll see what I was talking about. I know its location and I will try to capture it and bring it to you for studying. Please call me back and let me know if you find any news about the so called 'cute creature'.

Agent Mothman

Dib reread his message a few times and did a spellcheck. Then he sent it to the Swollen Eyeball and hopped out of his chair. He picked up a backpack and filled it with a few things: a large blanket, alien gun, camera, and a helmet. Then the boy put it on his back and went downstairs.

"I'm going out Gaz."

"Again?"

"Yeah. But don't worry! I'll be right back!"

"We're having leftovers for dinner. I WILL finish the rest of the pasta if you don't come back and get any."

"Okay Gaz." The boy opened the door and headed outside. "I'm ready this time, Zim!"

Late update is late! But I added cover art. This chapter was kinda rushed too, but I hope you all like it! Thanks for all the reviews on the last chapter! REVIEW PLEASE! You all rock!

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