The first person to answer the question correctly was ClockwerkOrange. Here is your cookie. *Hand's him something that looks kind of like a cookie*
If you are still wondering at the answer, wait a few chapters. I'll put it in somewhere, eventually.
Ok, you don't even want to know how the idea for this chapter got started. But I will tell you anyway. My friend's sister told my friend that there was an episode of IZ where Gir went into Sleep Mode and had a dream (which is part of the dream described in the chapter, so I won't say it here) but she LIED! So I am using and expanding on the idea. Yea me.
IZ Quote! "I had a sammich in my head!" ~Gir (Mortos der Soulstealer)
"Congratulations, class, you are now Hi-Skoolers. You will be forced to continue your horrible existence here at the Hi Skool." Ms Bitters told the class. "Now go home."
The class filed out of the room. Kids talked to each other in little groups outside.
"I can't believe we're still stuck with Ms Bitters for Hi Skool," Jessica complained.
"Yea, and who're brilliant idea was it to cancel summer vacation?" Zita asked.
"And why do we have to start Hi Skool so late?" Katelyn chimed in. "I heard that it used to start in 9th grade or something."
The girls continued to talk. Zim and Dib walked out of the Skool, staring each other down. Zim reached behind him and Dib heard his PAK open. Dib took off in the other direction. Zim snickered. Then he and Gaz made for the dark ally behind the Skool for a little alone time.
Zim ran into the room where Kae was overseeing some of the experiments and marking their progress.
"Kae, something's wrong with Gir." He said.
"Oh, it can't be that bad. He's a robot, he'll be ok." Kae didn't even look up.
"He's not eating the tacos Minimoose got him."
That got Kae moving. "Where is he?"
"Up in the house."
Both Irkens ran up to Zim's house. Gir sat in the living room, unmoving. An untouched bag of tacos sat next to him. Minimoose looked at his friend, a worried expression on his purple face.
Gir looked strange. His eyes weren't the usual bright blue. Instead they were dark and almost grey. He didn't move, and he didn't speak, but the machine Zim had hooked up to him said he wasn't malfunctioning any worse than usual. Kae called Ris into the room.
"Ris, analyse Gir's condition."
Ris looked Gir over for a few seconds. "Analysis complete." She said. "Gir is in Sleep Mode."
Kae and Zim looked at each other, both silently asking the other what Ris meant by 'Sleep Mode.'
"Ris, define Sleep Mode." Zim ordered.
"Sleep Mode: when a SIR unit shuts down its conscience thought and remains motionless for a usually small amount of time in order to recharge once every couple of years. Later models do not go into Sleep Mode." Ris explained.
"How long will it last?" Kae asked.
"Can last between 30 minutes to 48 hours." Ris answered.
"Is there a way to tell how long Gir will be like this?" Zim said.
"Negative."
"Great" Zim muttered under his breath.
Then, Gir began to change. The blue square on his chest expanded until it was as wide as it could go. Then the blue faded away and it went fuzzy.
"What's going on?" Kae said.
"Gir is having an advanced function that allows him to see a series of mental images and emotions that occur during his Sleep Mode and are being displayed on his monitor." Ris stated.
"We're seeing his dreams." Zim translated. "Neat."
"Wait, so we are going to be watching Gir's deepest thoughts like you would TV?" Kae asked. Ris nodded. "I'll go make some popcorn."
Kae walked into the kitchen while Zim, Ris, and Minimoose sat down in front of Gir. Popping noises were heard in the kitchen, then Kae came back out with four bags of Irken popcorn.
Gir's screen began to change. It showed a land made entirely of cupcakes. There were even happy cupcake people. Dream Gir ran into the picture and frolicked happily in Cupcake Land. He smiled and danced and stuffed his face.
Kae, Zim, Ris, and Minimoose munched on their popcorn, staring hypnotized to the screen.
Gir smiled and laughed in his happy, cupcakey world. Suddenly, They sky darkened. The cupcake people scattered. Gir ran away and hid. He was terrified.
The group stared in awe, gasping at the sights.
Giant evil muffins invaded the planet. Cupcakes ran and hid, but muffins always found them. Before long, there was only crumbs left, scattered across the world. The muffins left. Gir watched the whole thing from his hiding place.
"I am never going to eat another muffin again," Zim said. "Ditto," Kae stated, eyes wide.
Gir ran back to his world. Everything was ruined. He sank to his knees and cried out in horror. "NOOOOOOOOO!"
There was a crash as Dib broke the window. He jumped in. "I have you now, Space-Boy, and, uh, Space-Girl!" He shouted. The Irken group shushed him. Dib was surprised by their reaction. "Hey, what are you doing?" he asked.
"Gir's in Sleep Mode and his dreams are being projected on his torso," Kae answered. She didn't look up.
"Gir's dreams? I have to see this." Dib sat down behind Kae and stared at Gir's screen.
He was still in his ruined world. He sat and cried, until a rubber piggy fell from the sky and landed next to him. The crumbs disappeared. Gir squealed and hugged the piggy. More fell from the sky. He laughed and ran in circles.
"Whoa." Dib said.
The piggies came alive. They danced with Gir and ran with him. He was happy again. All was alright with his world.
"First cupcakes, then muffins, now rubber piggies." Zim said. Minimoose squeaked.
A large purple portal of doom came out of the ground. The piggies were slowly sucked into it, one by one.
"My space-time object replacement device." Zim murmured.
"You built one of those?" Dib asked. "Wow, Zim, even I didn't think you were that stupid."
"Ok, you two, I wanna see this, so shut your sound holes before I shut them for you," Kae threatened.
Gir ran around in a panic. He tried to save the piggies. But he couldn't. Then a big metal boy of doom came up out of the ground. Gir screamed and ran. The metal boy followed him.
"Good job, Dib, you mentally scarred Gir in an alternate reality." Kae said. Dib just stared at the screen.
Gir didn't have anywhere else to run. He was backed up against a wall. The big metal robot boy walked up to him menacingly.
Everyone tensed. Gaz walked in the room. "What are you doing?" she asked. No one answered. She walked behind them. "Are those Gir's dreams? Ok, I'm staying." She sat down.
The robot boy started dancing. Gir laughed and danced with it. Then it disappeared. He ran back around his world a little longer.
"Hey, can I have some popcorn?" Dib asked. "No," came the reply. "Can I?" asked Gaz. Zim handed Gaz half of his. Gaz stuck her tongue out at Dib.
Random food rained down from the sky. Gir screamed in delight. Then a giant karaoke machine came out of the ground. Gir ran up to it and started singing.
Everyone lunged for some ear plugs.
After singing karaoke, Gir saw something that looked like a ghost. He must have seen it on TV. He tried to catch it.
"But that't my job!" Dib said.
"Nobody cares, Dib," Gaz snarled.
He ran around chasing the ghost. Gir finally caught it and ate it. Then he ran to a restaurant. Everyone there was a giant weenie. They cheered when he entered. Sparkles fley around the room.
"Weird." Gaz said.
"It's Gir," Kae explained. "What did you expect?"
Gir tried to catch the sparkles. Then he ate some of the waffles one of the weenie waiters was bringing out. They were shaped like donuts. Gir ran onto the stage and began to dance. Everyone clapped and cheered him on.
No one could have moved if the house was on fire.
His backup dancers came onto the stage. They were all in chicken suits. When Gir saw this, they morphed into real chickens and Gir chased them around the stage. When he caught them, he dipped them in mustered and ate them.
"I will never look at that little robot the same way again," Minimoose squeaked. There were a few murmurs of agreement from the group.
Gir walked outside the restaurant again. Everything disappeared. Only Gir remained, standing in a world made of brownish stone. The ground was level, and went in all directions as far as the eye could see. Gir stopped moving.
The doorbell rang. Nobody moved to answer it. Screams were heard outside. "Hey! I can see you in there! Open the door! I'm the Pizza Guy! I'm on a schedule!"
The ground began to shake. A crazy smile widened on the insane robot's face.
"Just open the stinking door already!" The Pizza man cried. No one moved. Not even Gaz.
Popcorn rained down from the sky. Gir laughed. He opened his mouth to the sky. Then he jumped into a pile of popcorn like a child would a pile of freshly raked leaves.
The Pizza man kicked open the door and started shouting at the group. Gaz picked up Gir's bag of tacos and chucked it at the man. It hit his head hard and he fell like a rock.
Small holes appeared in the ground. Tacos jumped out and started dancing. Gir shoved as many as possible in his mouth.
"So much food." Zim said.
"Great, now I'm hungry," Kae muttered.
Now real piggies ran into the world. Gir yelped happily and jumped one a really big one. He rode it like a horse.
"Ris, is there a way to wake up Gir?" Kae asked, just wondering.
"Negative." Came Ris's reply.
"I gonna be a Mongoose now!" Gir cried. He turned into a mongoose. And mimicked a squirrel. Everything around him disappeared, and squirrels replaced them.
The Pizza guy woke up and really looked around for the first time. "Aliens!" He screamed. Then he noticed that no one seemed to care. "Hey what are you watching?" He sat down behind the group.
Zim walked into the picture.
Zim stared, horrified.
Zim walked up to Gir. "I love you, Gir! You are the best SIR unit ever." He said. He had a goofy smile on his face. Gir jumped onto his master's head.
"Hey, can I have some pizza?" Gaz asked the Pizza guy. He hands her the box.
"I luv you, too, Masta!" Gir shouted. He hugged Zim and then jumped down. He ran over to a stove (that had just magically appeared) and made Zim some waffles.
Everyone 'awwwww!'-ed at Gir. He was so cute when he was trying to make Zim happy.
Zim happily ate the waffles. Then he started dancing with Gir. He shouted, "Dance like a Monkey!"
Zim groaned. Everyone else suppressed giggles.
Zim and Gir stopped dancing, and Minimoose floated in. He squeaked and gave Gir a Suckmonkey. It was the size of a skyscraper.
"Gir is completely insane." Zim said. There were a few mumbled 'uh huh's.
He finished his drink and sat down on the ground. Then he looked up very fast. "I just remembered something!" He exclaimed.
No one could resist the power of Gir. He was so cute and happy. No one could look away.
"Masta said I could get the moon after he taked over the Earth!" Gir started bouncing up and down. "I want da Moon now!"
"You promased Gir the moon?" Kae asked.
"Yup." Zim said.
"Sorry, Ris, I guess you can't have it." Kae said, glancing at Ris. The robot looked a little sad.
The planet Gir was on changed to look like Earth. Zim ran onto the screen and shouted, "Earth, you are now MINE!" Everyone on the planet said, "Zim taked over the Earth."
Zim smiled. Dib frowned. Zim stuck his tongue out at Dib.
Gir launched himself into space and onto the moon. He laughed in delight. Cupcakes and rubber piggies ran onto the moon. He smiled even bigger and ran around. "I'm gonna explode now!" He shouted. Then he exploded.
The screen fizzled out, then turned light blue again. Then it shrank back to the normal size. Gir's eyes went back to their usual cyan. He smiled, springing back to life.
"Hi's everybody!" He shouted. "Did you see my sleepy thoughts?"
"Yes, yes we did, Gir." Zim said, a little shaken. Everyone began to stand up and stretch.
"How long was Gir asleep?" Dib asked.
Kae looked at the clock. "About 5 hours."
People looked around. It was dark outside. Someone moaned.
"Wait, you're aliens!" The Pizza guy shouted. Everyone turned to look at him. He started freaking out.
"Yes! They are aliens!" Dib cried. "Wait, when did you get here?"
Ris walked behind the Pizza guy and wacked him on the head. He passed out.
"Great," Kae muttered. "Now I have to wipe his memory."
"You can erase people's memories?" Dib said, startled.
"Yup."
"So, why didn't you just wipe mine?"
"We did. Three times now." Zim said casually.
"What!"
"We would completely erase it, but your brain would liquefy in the process, and a body with brain leaking out its ears would be suspicious." Kae said. "And people would notice if you just disappeared."
Dib wasn't sure whether to be happy or horrified.
"Gir, would you like to go make some waffles?" Ris asked.
Gir happily squealed. Him and Minimoose ran into the kitchen.
"Wait, you can talk?" Dib exclaimed.
"Affirmative." Ris stated. "But not like you do. Do you ever shut up?"
"Well, I guess now I can go back to saving the world and stuff." Dib said, ignoring Ris's comment.
"Why?" Kae asked.
"What do you mean why?"
"Why save a world where no one likes you?" She asked.
"Because it's my world, and I don't want it destroyed."
"We're not destroying your world, Dib-Beast, you are." She said. "Have you ever taken the time to walk the streets and count all of the trash you see? You have vehicles that produce so much carbon dioxide that your atmosphere is thickening at an alarming rate. Your water supply is being polluted, your planet's species are dying out, you cut down vital plants so you can make tooth picks. You have a flirken Cesspool in the center of your town. I've done a simulation on this planet: if things don't change dramatically very soon, the Earth will be uninhabitable within the next hundred years. And humans are too blind to get up and change things. So we're changing things for them. Would you rather the planet be a wasteland or a useful place for another species that needs it? Humans are the ones destroying the Earth. Irkens are saving it. " Kae let the info sink in. "Chew on that, Dib."
Dib just stared at the Irken girl in shock. He could not deny that logic.
"The truth hurts, doesn't it, Dib-monkey." Zim said mockingly.
Ris then pushed Dib out the door and slammed it in his face.
"Well, I'm going back to the lab. I want to run a few tests on Gir and see how much he's changed." Kae said. She walked into the kitchen.
"Want me to walk you home?" Zim asked Gaz.
She smiled. "What if Dib sees us?"
"Filthy slug." Zim cursed under his breath.
Gaz smiled again. "I'll be ok walking home by myself. There's no need to be overprotective." She headed over to the door and walked out. Zim watched her leave from the window. Then he went into the kitchen. He was craving waffles.
Ris was the only one left in the room. She looked down at the camera she had stolen from Dib. Then Ris ran over to the TV and hooked it up. She sat down to watch Gir's dream again.
I had a massive mind block while writing this. Gir's dream never seemed long enough, so I had to keep adding more stuff to it. Originally, it was just the cupcakes and muffins part in the beginning. And then after I finished the first draft, I reread it and realized I made Gir serious. So I had to rewrite most of the chapter.
Oh, by the way, I'm going to be doing some stuff for the next few weeks, so I'm not sure is I will be able to post as much. And then after that there is Skool. But I will try to find time in my very busy schedule.
One more thing. I would just like to thank everyone who actually takes the time to read these author's notes each chapter. Have a Spider Ring *hands you a cheep spider ring worth 2 tickets at an arcade*
I have nothing else to say. That is so unlike me. I usually never stop talking/writing. My Pak must need an update.