Chapter Five: Rerun
Warnings:...silly chapter :) very silly

The moment they touched down to the ground, Dib jumped out of the ship and seemed to hug the very Earth itself. To Zim, though, it looked like Dib merely tripped and fell flat on his face. "What, tired of space travel already?" Zim teased, stepping out after him.

"No, just getting away from your bad driving," Dib commented, grinning.

"My driving isn't bad!" Zim yelled, playing with his projector and looking away.

"Is to."

"Is not."

"Is to."

"Is NOT."

"IS TO."

"IS NOT!"

"IS TO!"

"Shut the hell up or you're both doomed to change Miz's diapers forever!" Tak yelled, exiting the ship and stepped past them. Dib and Zim exchanged playful glares before following the disguised Tak. She had the same basic holograph she used to have, except for a few small changes.

"Hey, Tak, how come you're blonde now?" Dib asked curiously, staring at her.

"Yeah, and why are your hair thingies longer?" Zim asked, poking her hair.

"Hair thingies, Zim, really?" Dib asked, still questioning how well Zim retained information.

"YES, it's a technical term, I don't think you would know it," Zim said, trying to looked high and mighty.

"Sure…." Dib murmured, "Anyway, why the changes, Tak?"

Balancing a map and carrying a slightly disguised Miz, Tak looked over her shoulder at them and grinned. "Skoodge says I look good this way!" Tak announced.

"How would you guys know that? Unless you played around with the holograms…" Zim mumbled.

"It's called role-playing," Tak said, still smiling. Dib blushed, knowing where this would lead, but there was nothing he could do. "It's this thing humans do where they pretend to be other people!"

"Why?" Zim asked, "It doesn't make them any better than the pathetic little humans they already are." For some reason this made Tak giggle; then again, everything made her giggle, so not much surprise there.

"Well, see," Tak explained, "They do it before sex-"

"Can we not talk about this?" Dib asked, knowing that the two Irkens combined could talk about the most embarrassing things and not even realize it. The world would simply explode.

They both gave Dib a curious glance before continuing. "And it's supposed to heighten their senses or something," Tak said, looking at the map again. "Like pretending to be other, more exciting people, makes them have more pleasurable sex."

"Have you indulged in this, Tak?" Zim asked, only a scientific person like him could ask that with only innocent curiosity in mind.

She shrugged. "A little, Skoodge likes it a lot more." Dib covered his ears with his hands.

"Don't wanna hear this. Not gonna hear this. Am not hearing this!" He started chanting.

Again, neither paid him any mind. "Is it fun?" Zim asked.

"Yeah, I guess. Hey, look, just the place I was looking for," Tak said, she pointed to a tall building with a glass front. Somewhere in Zim's mind, the place was familiar, but he couldn't remember what.

"Why are we here?" Dib asked, watching the aliens closely.

Tak smiled and wrapped her arm around Dib's much to his and Zim's disapproval; Tak nodded to Zim and he got the message. Walking slowly, he caught Dib's other arm. "Now, Dib. I know you want to go off and save the world, get revenge, and whatever," Tak said, smiling happily at the suspicious Dib, "But seriously, you're not doing anything until that arm of yours heals. Right, Zim?"

"Uh, sure," He said, not wanting to get doomed for not agreeing.

"Wait, so this is a…"

"Yup, it's the best hospital available," Tak said, leading them to the front doors. A huge red flag went up in Zim's mind.

"Oh yeah…." Zim mumbled, face palming. Of course, this was the place Inx and Skoodge had forced him into. He wondered if that idiot human was still there.

The face palming did not go unnoticed. "What's up, Zim?" Dib asked, momentarily ignoring Tak's tugging.

"N-Nothing…" It was better if Dib wasn't warned. It had been an annoying place to be when Zim was confined here, but now Dib was here, and he was the one being confined, not Zim. So, nothing to be worried over. Dib shrugged and went back to ignoring Tak.

The inside of the place was a lot bigger and shinier than Zim remembered, probably because half the time he was here he was drugged up or half-insane. "Hey, Zim…this place look…familiar at all?" Dib asked.

"Um, sort of," Zim answered. Dib kept looking around, like he was figuring something out.

"Hi!" Tak said loudly to the receptionist, "We're here to check in this guy, gun shot, technically laser shot. He was trying to be the hero, you know how boys are in the war and all. Oh and don't worry, he's human. So are we, by the way! All human. Did I mention he was being a hero? He got shot trying to save his sister and stuff. We're all human by the way…." The poor receptionist looked completely overwhelmed by Tak's hyperactive overload of information.

At the desk, Zim had a staring battle with the jar thing of pens. They were all mocking him, he just knew it. "Zim? Don't," Dib said softly, knowing Zim's intentions.

"But…"

"No…"

"Grr…"

"Rawr…"

"Oh. His name's Dib! Mine's Tak, which is a human name by the way!" Tak said, being worse at fitting in than Zim. Which was odd, usually she was the better invader. It must have been the pin in her pak making her act oddly.

Suddenly, ignoring everything else…Zim heard the fast click of heels on linoleum. This made another, bigger red flag pop up, but this time he remembered why. Hiding behind Dib, Zim hoped the passing doctor wouldn't spot him. "Who do we have here? Victim of war, huh?"

"Is that what it says?" Dib asked, Zim could pretty much feel heat coming off Dib. He wasn't a victim of anything.

Looking away from the clipboard, Doctor Cuddy looked towards Dib, taking in the sight of him. "Hey, who's that hiding behi-" She stopped mid-sentence as Dib stepped aside to reveal Zim, who waved nervously at Cuddy. "You, Sir, are in trouble."

"Zim? What'd you do?" Dib asked, peering at Zim, knowing he had to have done something bad before. He just hoped they wouldn't have to pay too much for it.

"Um…" Zim backed away lightly.

But at this small movement, Cuddy jumped at him, "Oh no! You're not running away again!" She said sternly, grabbing him by the shoulders. Dib sighed and held the bridge of his nose, of course Zim did something to these people.

"I'm not! I'm better now!" Zim said nervously.

"House! Get your ass down here!" Cuddy yelled, loudly. On the other side of the room, Tak still bored the receptionist to death, oblivious to the mild drama just a few feet away.

To Be Continued….

Nah, Just Kidding. Continued Right Now…

"What?" House called down, "Are we finally going to have sex on the front desk in front of all the employees like I asked? It's not Christmas yet, Cuddy."

"This is serious!" Cuddy yelled, her eyes practically lighting on fire, well, a dull fire.

Between the both of them, Zim had no idea what to say. "Um…I'm better now…"

"Sure you are," Cuddy said, unbelievingly.

"I am!" Zim defended.

"He is," Dib added.

"What's going on?" House asked, appearing nearby.

"Our little runaway just came home," Cuddy told him, brandishing Zim in front of her.

House didn't move, or really react at all. "Cool beans," He said with faux enthusiasm.

"Beans? I like beans!" Tak said, off subject. The receptionist sighed in relief and quickly hid under the desk.

"Cute kid," House commented.

"Thanks, he's not mine," Tak said happily.

"Of course, he's not," House sighed indifferently. Tak walked over and noticed Cuddy had her hands on Zim.

Handing Miz over to Dib, Tak crossed her arms. "Get your hands off Zim, human," Tak growled.

"Human? You're human too, aren't you?" Cuddy asked, confused.

"Um, yeah. Of course, I am!" Tak said, getting distracted. "Yeah, we're all just human. It's what we all are, human, yup!"

"Sure, you are," House mumbled, eating a TikTak.

"Oh! Can I have one!" Tak said loudly.

"No," House said, staring at her.

"Oh. Okay. Hey, why are you touching, Zim?" Tak asked.

"Were you paying any attention at all?" Cuddy asked, loosening her grip on Zim. He had the impulse to run away, but knew that Cuddy would definitely lock him up somewhere if he did.

"No, I guess not," Tak admitted, blushing a little.

"Wow…that pin must have done more damage than I thought…" Zim mumbled to himself.

"Huh?" Tak asked.

"Nothing!" Zim said quickly.

"So why are you here?" House asked, staring at all three of them, now.

Tak and Zim both pointed at Dib noiselessly. "He's human," They said in unison.

"You know," Tak said, blushing, "Not that we're not human!"

"Cause we're totally human!" Zim said, covering as well.

"I mean, what else would we be?" Tak asked.

"Certainly not aliens!" Zim said. They both laughed nervously. Dib pinched the bridge of his nose again and wished this would just be over.

"Well…fine," Cuddy said, finally letting up and pulling her hands away from Zim. He quickly retreated to stand next to Dib. "You're in charge of them, and you'd better not screw this up!" Cuddy said, pointing at House. She picked up her clipboard, at which point House bent to look up her skirt, and she walked away, back to her other duties. House kept watching her butt as she left.

It suddenly got very quiet and very awkward. "Have fun since you were here?" House asked, just so it wouldn't be quiet.

"No, not really," Zim answered.

"Whatever," House said, he got himself another TikTak and started walking away. "Come with me if you want to live…" He said in a deep, creepy voice. "Just kidding, but really, come with me…if you do wanna live…oh. Guess I wasn't kidding." He laughed at himself a little as they followed him.

Pretending to be Gaz had never been so much fun, Kita found she could say anything she wanted to her leaders and they actually liked it. "And is this game supposed to be…this awkward?" She asked.

"I think so…" Purple mumbled, spinning the little decider thing.

"It says your left hand has to touch the red spot," Red informed, laughing at Purple's bad luck.

"Aww, dangit," Purple sighed, stretching to reach the little circle. Kita giggled. From the back of her mind she remembered that she had a mission, that these two had to go down. And then Purple fell and brought Red down with him. Kita remained standing. She giggled, okay, the mission could wait 'til later.

"I win again. This human game 'Twister' is very amusing," Kita said, giggling. "I WIN stupid heads!" They both grinned at her and blushed. Sure,they made her life a living hell, but hey, who could stay mad at those faces?

It didn't matter that Dib wasn't complaining, they'd filled him with feel-good drugs before coming. But he knew on the inside...he was scared. Sure, he was playing with the TV remote and flipping aimlessly through channels...but on the inside...he was quacking. Just shaking with fear while laying back easily in the hospital room. Or Zim was paranoid and thinking Dib was more hurt than he actually was. Technically...he had two laser burns. The one on his shoulder that was still pretty raw, and then the one from when Zim had shot him in the leg, thinking Dib was a delusion, and that one was almost healed.

Oh, the remarks that were made when that wound was explained. Zim threw House the most vengeful glare he ever had before. They were both in Dib's room, why House was still there he didn't know. "Oh, burn, ouch, that hurts. Don't you think I built up an immunity to your glaring when you were here before? It was like glaring was the only thing you were capable of," House said snidely.

"Well, now that the Irkens fixed me, I'm capable of way more than that!" Zim shot at him, attempting to threaten him.

"Oh, like what? Keep in mind, your little boyfriend needs me around, so don't go hurting people with that piercing glare of yours," House said sarcastically, ignoring the Irken comment. Dib ignored them both, choosing not to argue with them.

"ZIM!" Someone screeched down the hallway, and for once it wasn't Gir. They all looked to see a sweet innocent looking girl running down the hallway.

"Inx?" Zim asked, just before she smacked into him, forcing him to the ground in a hug. "Yup…you're Inx."

"Inx?" Dib echoed, leaning over to see her on the floor. "I haven't seen you in so long! What's up?"

"What's up is that I missed you guys like crazy, and this stupid Irken Invader left and DIDN'T CALL ME!" Inx glared daggers at Zim while practically throttling him. As Zim tried to explain why he shouldn't be killed…again…House and Dib laughed at his expense until Inx lost her steam and returned to hugging.

"Cute girl," House commented, "That stupid...other Irken left her here when he took his little army somewhere...I don't know. Point is, she's been hanging around here. But now you guys can take her with you."

"Zimmeh..." Inx mumbled, hugging him more. Zim growled, but to no avail, she just rubbed her face against his.

"...That's cute..." Dib pulled out his cell phone and took a couple quick pictures of the scene.

"HEY!" Zim yelled, seeing what Dib did.

"I can't help it, I need some incriminating evidence," Dib laughed.

"Pff..."

SOMEWHERE DEEP IN SPACE WHERE NO ONE REALLY CARES TO LOOK

"Master, all upgrades completed. All capacitors running at full capacity," The computer stated, matter-of-factly.

A giant pod in the middle of the room slowly began to open. A small bit of mysterious fog started rising for no apparent reason. "Good…I have long awaited this day…" A very lean man stepped out of the pod, as if awakening from a long slumber. "I have long awaited the day that some sort of technology would be able to shake the bloody time-space continuum and free me from the trapped Gallifrey."

"What should we do now, Master?" The computer asked.

"Now?" The creature stepped forth into the world and set it's eyes on its surroundings. "Now we conquer."

"You sound like an Irken…" The computer murmured quietly. The creature only laughed at such a comment.

"To you, I would," It said.

"What are your orders, sir?"

"My orders? Hm, let's see. How about Earth? Dandy little planet, last I saw," The creature stated, beginning to pace. "So…interesting…" It began to tap now, a four-beat rhythm. Tap-tap-tap-tap. Tap-tap-tap-tap. Tap-tap-tap-tap. It drove the computer unit mad. "We will go there…cause some mayhem, maybe become Prime Minister again, and find The Doctor…I will show him who is Master…" The creature grinned and flipped off the picture of Earth on the computer screen. Internally, the Computer sighed, this guy really seemed Irken, even if he was a Time Lord.

"DiiiiiiIIIiiiiiIIiib," Zim hissed, crouching on the floor, just out of Dib's view over the side of the bed.

"Huh?" Dib called out, disoriented. The drugs in his system made him very fun play with, Zim discovered.

"I want you to do something DiiiiIIiiiB," Zim called, silently moving around the bed to make it seem like the sound was coming from all directions.

"Wh-What is it..?" Dib asked, voice laced with fear.

"I want you...to write a...a..."

"A what?"

"A bad romance..." That day while Dib was sleeping, Zim had also listened to Lady Gaga.

"Why?" Dib asked.

"Because...we're caught in one..." Zim hissed playfully, "DiiiIIiiIiiIB, I want your love...and your lover's revenge..."

"N-No!" Dib cried out, taking Zim by surprise, "I-I...I have a lover...and he's not a ghost!" Zim internally laughed at the ghost thing, and beamed at Dib's loyal response. "Bring back Zim, you bastard!" Dib yelled.

"Okay, just close your eyes and he will appear," Zim called out in a deep vocie.

"O-Okay..." Zim heard Dib move and decided game time was over.

When he rose over the edge of the bed to end the game, he caught sight of someone in the doorway. "You're sick, you know," House told him, watching lethargically.

"I don't care..." Zim said, climbing over the edge of the bed to sit with Dib, who was very happy that his Zim was back. House shrugged. "How long were you watching, anyway?"

"Long enough to see how evil you are..." House commented.

"Whatever," Zim grunted, not caring now, he was in Dib's arms, annoying House didn't matter.

"Oh yeah, Zim, someone's here to see y'a," House said, like he just remembered, and an old face appeared.

"Hey, Zim...Dib."

"Are you sure?" Kaito asked. His usual frown was on his face as he looked at the lowly gypsy.

"Yes, yes. I did it myself...can I please come back?" Nikki asked.

"Depends...little girl," Kaito said darkly, "Can you do the proper work?"

"Yes," She replied. The light reflected off her golden earrings brightly.

"Can you do it properly?" Kaito asked.

"Yes!" She answered desperately. "I even poisoned him! His body was out of whack for a while, but it's implanted in him now."

"Good," Kaito said, "You finally did something right." Nikki's eyes shone with hope that she would be spared. "But still..." And that hope dulled. "I'm giving you a partner, someone we fished out of the Irken Empire prison, just for this assignment."

"The prophesy must be fulfilled," He said at the other side of the room.

"Oh no, I am not working with him," Nikki denied.

"You heard him, the prophecy has to be fulfilled," Kaito said, starting to grin, "Do you wish to upset the balance...do you really want to meet The Enders...?" Chills visibly went down Nikki's back and she fell to her knees.

"N-No...Please...No...I'll work with him...we'll fulfill the prophesy..." Nikki said, half-pleading.

"Great," The gypsy said happily, grinning, "So good to see you again...sister."

Nikki made a sarcastic face at Zayn and pretended he was someone else.

"I trust that you two will get the job done,"Kaito said, smiling at the gypsy siblings. "Zayn, with your knowledge of every possible future and past. And Nikki, with your...curse abilities...?"

"Hell yeah!" Nikki burst energetically.

"Then why don't you ever curse your enemies, like Zim or Dib, or Gaz...?" Kaito asked, thinking her stupid for not using her gift.

"Cursing people makes my nose itch..." Nikki mumbled, scratching her nose lightly.

"Of course..." Kaito murmured, resisting the urge to face-palm. The gypsy boy in the corner remained silent and smiling, entertained by whatever visions of the future he was seeing at the moment. He looked at Nikki and grinned evilly.

"So..." Dib mumbled.

"Uh-huh..." Zim sighed.

"This is nice..." Dib breathed with ease.

"Uh-huh..."

"Why did we never do this before...?" Dib asked.

"Uh-huh..."

"...Zim?" Dib asked, turning to see Zim in a luxurious state.

"Uh-huh..."

"Yeah..."

"Uh-huh..."

"MmHmm..." Dib agreed.

"You guys are so stupid..." Inx mumbled, watching them with interest.

"It's like they've never heard of a vibrating bed before..." House commented, eating some popcorn.

"I know, right..."

"...are you sure they didn't do something else while they were here...?" House asked, implying something.

"I'm sure...I've been watching," Inx said, stealing some of House's popcorn.

They'd shown the bed to them in the hopes it would keep Zim from messing around and being loud. And it had worked...they'd been occupied for ages...just laying there. "If only there was something to keep you busy, now..." House mumbled.

But Inx didn't take offense. "Yeah," She sighed in agreement.

"HI!" Tak yelled, suddenly appearing behind them. Inx jumped, but House didn't appear to react at all.

"Why am I suddenly being followed by aliens...?" House asked no one in particular.

"Have you guys seen my giant, poisonous, three-headed spider monkey anywhere?" Tak asked innocently.

"What?" Inx said in a very high voice, suddenly freaked out.

"No," House said in monotone, not caring, "Now stop following me."

"I'm just kidding, silly! There is no spider!" Tak said, Inx looked relieved.

"And I was so worried..." House said. Does the sarcasm need to be explained?

"Aw, well, don't be worried, Housey. Everything's okay," Tak said, rubbing up against House, who looked away and frowned more than usual. Inx giggled at the nickname.

"Sure, now get away from me...and stop following me..." House grunted.

"Dib?" Zim asked, finally speaking in words.

"Uh-huh?"

"...Why are strange people watching us?"

"They're not strangers...we know those people..."

"They're still strange...they're still watching us..." Zim pointed out.

"Good points...then, I don't know why..." Dib said.

"If we start to have sex, do you think they'll go away?" Zim asked. They lost House right then and right there, he just walked off.

"Maybe," Dib said, "It will have to have a lot of violence and whips and chains..." Inx blushed and ran out of the room to find Mini-Moose.

"And maybe then we'll...we'll...Hell, Tak, what would make you leave the room?" Zim asked.

"Wanna just join in the massage bed thingy?" Dib asked, almost in a groan.

"Sure!" Tak said, climbing on the bed that had more than enough room for all three of them.

...

whether there was a threesom on the vibrating bed, or they merely enjoyed a massage, I leave that up to you, trustworthy readers.

The Master is one of my favorite character ever...I have absolutely no idea where he will come into the plot, but I had to include him. He'll make his own way.

Also...I remembered stuff! Ironic,seeing as it was very late at night whenever I worked on this...lol R&R thank you!

PS. Princess-Of-Your-Doom95 HAPPY BIRTHDAY! I just got done writing this chapter when I read your comment. Just in the nick of time, eh? Yeah, well, hope this is on (or near) your birthday, Zim wishes you many more happy moon cycles :) sixteen, such a cool year, have fun, drive safe, Peace XD