Dib waited impatiently for his "Partner" to arrive, even though they had had one night without fighting didn't mean they were friends, Gaz was sitting down near him, playing her Game Slayer. Zim appeared around the corner in a jog, he slowed down and walked to them, Dib noticed that Zim had increased a bit in size, shaking the thought aside he asked," Alright are you ready for today?"

Zim nodded his head and said," Yes I am ready Dib human, I would have no other way then to be ready, now what is it your father needed the mighty Zim for?" As if on cue Professor Membrane seemed to appear from nowhere, he said," Wonderful now that Zim is here as well we can begin the next part of brilliant plan… Now then Zim are you familiar with Time Space Fields?"

Zim felt a sudden da ja vu moment and remember the Tallest had asked about them as well, Zim snapped form his thoughts and said," I have heard of them, why?" Professor Membrane smiled and said," Well if my theory is correct which it is, the Battery you fired off the other day sent a very powerful Space Time rift or field, the effects can be cataclysmic if we don't have the right protection, I was trying to see if you can use the Particle Battery to create a shielding system?"

Zim rubbed his chin, he said after processing what he said and replied," Well I suppose it would be possible but the arrangement would have to change to a beam instead of a shockwave, otherwise you may create a second rift, you will want a constant beam." Professor Membrane nodded and said," My thoughts exactly Zim, Dib would you please come here for a moment?"

Dib approached his father, Membrane bent down and whispered," Your little green friend sure knows a lot about this stuff….. it makes me wonder…. Could he be German, a lot of great science has come from Germany you know, or there scientists I should say." Dib shook his head and said," Dad trust me Zim is not a German, he is far worse!"

Membrane stood up and pressed the button on his jacket, he said," Simmons please send down the Battery pieces I required earlier." The button buzzed and he waited patiently, in another minute or two the large doors opened, a strange cart full of items was wheeled in, Zim's eyes widened he asked," Why is there so much stuff for the Battery?"

Membrane surprised said," To build the mega Battery of course it will probably take a lot of force to create the shield, therefore a larger battery!" Zim shrugged and accepted the argument since there was no real winning with Professor Membrane, he usually found a way to take the credit anyway. Membrane snatched a few pieces and threw down a blue print; Zim was rather impressed with the unique design in front of him.

Dib approached and asked," Dad what are me and Gaz going to do while he helps you with that thing?" Professor Membrane turned and said," I'm glad you asked Dib, you and Gaz are going to survey outside signals, we need to know if anyone else is affected by the time wave." Gaz slumped off of her chair and walked to the exit, Dib slowly followed afterwards.

Zim said," the Dib human will learn his place, I Zim am clearly the superior one." Professor Membrane laughed and said," Almost as funny as Gaz, well Zim let's get started!" Zim sighed and turned back to the table, slowly pulling the parts together and following the Blueprint that was lying over the nearby table, Membrane was tracing out the design and was adding pieces to certain areas.

Zim noticed that the professor was arguing with himself and mumbling, he heard," Oh my poor insane son, at least you are a scientist and have gone into designing like me." Zim couldn't help but listen in, anything to give him an edge on the humans, Membrane noticed Zim staring at him, he turned to him and asked,"" May I help you Zim?"

Zim glanced around the room, finding nothing to answer with he said," So what is your deal with the Disgusting Dib beast?" Membrane slouched down and said," Oh I'm afraid he is more like me then he even knows, it all started on Christmas morning when I was a child" Zim added," Christmas that was interesting all right."

Membrane continued," I awoke happy and rejoiced, you see Zim, and I had asked Santa for 12 crates of Utonium 238…. Do you know what I receive…?" Zim shook his head, Membrane shouted," I received a pile of socks, I have cursed that jolly fat man out and that is when it began, my fall into insanity, luckily I had science to keep me preoccupied, but Dib poor insane Dib has nothing of the sort to keep him from his insaneness, all that Mystery stuff is making it worse."

Zim shrugged and said," Well it seems that is a family trait, I don't know much of the Dib human so this was beneficial to me, Membrane where does the recoil device go?" Membrane pointed to an access point in the underside of the device, Zim inserted the coil device and screwed it into the Particle Battery a sudden hum was heard as it began to glow to life.

Membrane clasped his hands together and said," It works, the Battery works! Mwahahahaha!" Zim glanced at Professor Membrane and said," So now what, we finished the Battery is there something else we are supposed to do?" Membrane scratched his chin and said," Well there is a project I'm working on but…. Nah you will be perfect come Zim let me show you my newest invention!"

Before Zim could argue with the man, Membrane snatched his arm and tugged him across the lab, there was a large access coded door in front of them, placing his eye on the scanner he then moved to his hand, plucking a hair from his head he placed it in the scanner at the bottom, finally the hatch released its grip and the door opened, Zim was shoved in first followed my Membrane, the door shut before he could take a look around.

Membrane clapped his hands and lights flashed on, Zim covered for a moment before looking again, his gaze was now set on a very tall robot suit, it looked surprisingly (not too surprisingly if you have seen The Membrane households appliances) like Membrane himself, however it was much larger, it had two claw like arms that seemed to be able to shoot out like a piston form the middle, there were tank like treads on its feet that could enter and leave the feet.

Membrane smiled and said," Isn't it just marvelous, it is one of my top projects and It has taken a few years to complete, so Zim what do you think?" Zim smirked a little and said," Well it certainly impressive to most pitiful Earth technology, it is overall not bad." Membrane nodded and said," So do you want to help me finish it?"

Zim seemed surprised by the question, sure he had helped with the Battery but did he really trust Zim enough to let him help on the project he had been working on for so long, Zim shook out of his thoughts and said," well if the Mighty Zim is needed then I shall help you Earth Monkey!" Membrane turned back to the robot, he quickly ran off towards it, Zim followed after him, Membrane said," come on Zim, why don't I show you the main control room, I'm sure it will be very interesting, you seem to like technology!"

Zim was actually impressed with the inside much more than the outside, the entire thing was lit with a dim red color, similar to his own shirt's color, it reminded him of his favorite kind of color, looking around he could see all the switches, buttons, toggle switches, and little gadgets that were around and placed according to their use.

Membrane sat in the control chair, a digital system appeared around him as he pressed buttons on the screen, some of the buttons Zim was looking at actually began to light up, Membrane flipped a strange switch and said," Zim do you think you can give me a hand over here, this thing actually takes three people to drive, but can handle with two."

Zim was truly testing this man's level of Intel, was he truly offering Zim a chance to look at his technology and fins out things that could potentially help to defeat the humans, or was the man just more trustworthy then he made out to be, Zim rolled his eyes in disgust of the request but secretly did want to know more about the robot.

Zim began to rapidly press the buttons instructed, even though he was not use to the machine he was able to learn more about what did what very quickly, Membrane merely took small notice of his fast learning and continued to point and instruct, when the robot finally took off the ground the ceiling above them opened revealing a blue sky.

Membrane was piloting the robot, turning his attention to Zim he asked," so Zim what exactly do you and Dib do as friends, I didn't have many friends so I want to know what it's like?" Zim was confused about the question, he thought," Didn't Dim explain how where not friends?" Looking at the professor he could see the serious interest behind the man's glasses.

Zim sighed and said," well me and dib usually play after school, sometimes In the rain, which I hate, sometimes he comes over and tries to "hangout" with me." He was clearly lying as best he could while trying to sound truthful using real things that happened, the professor however didn't even catch on, he merely sighed and said," Well at least he has a friend, it seems so long since I talked to someone like me, you Zim are a lot like me in a way, we both are geniuses, but I never had a friend, you're lucky for that Zim."

Zim wasn't sure how to respond, he could care less for humanity, but he did have a feeling that even though he shouldn't care, he did feel bad for the man, apparently he had not had a good life at all, at least Dib kept him preoccupied, all this Membrane guy had was science.

Membrane finally landed the robot, the two exited the room, two people looked very impatient, Dib and Gaz were both glaring at the two, Dib asked," What took you guys so long, we have been waiting so long for you to return?" Zim said," nothing simple human Dob, we were merely testing a few bugs with a project is all."

He winked quickly to Membrane who, even being one minded most of the tie, understood the bluff, he said," Yes the Battery works with complete success on our part, so how goes your little assignment then?" Dib snatched the readings form a nearby table, he said," Well a few other places were affected by it, some were caused blackouts but I am sure you can get them online easily, there was another signal as well but it…."

Membrane slanted his eyes behind his glasses he said," but?" Dib glanced to Zim hoping he would get the message, he whispered," your guys?" Zim nodded in response and said," nothing Professor Membrane, it is just a call for me is all, I'm sure my uncles want to know what is happening." Membrane shrugged and said," alright, why don't you three take a break and go talk to them, but you will not leave from each other's sides, you three are now partners meaning all will be informed on what your life is going through, do I make myself clear?"

His voice was stricter than before, the three quickly nod, Zim trying hard not to want to hit him for commanding him like that, but he needed to hang with the human so he lost his guard, nodding Membrane quickly disappeared. Zim turned and said," alright come back to my base, I will re contact the Tallest."

Zim threw the door to his base open, the other two entered behind him, Dib closing the door quietly, Zim smacked a button on the wall and his disguise fell off, hitting another one a screen appeared from the picture of a monkey behind his couch, Two beings appeared on the screen, each still a bit shook at Zim's height.

Red said," Alright Zim listen carefully because I have little time to talk about this, the Control Brains only want the most told to those who are involved, and all Tallest are; now listen got it!" He sounded upset and spooked; Zim nodded his head and waited for their response. Red said," Alright Zim, we think we know the cause of your sudden, Ehh Growth Spurt…."

Zim leaned in carefully, the two humans who had been listening also leaned towards the screen, Purple asked," Um Zim who are they?" Zim hissed angrily and said," two annoying humans who already know I am Zim, or Irken, and I could care less if they saw me in my regular form since they already have, now what were you going to say!"

Red could tell Zim wanted to know and was interested at his snappy tone, sighing he said," alright well let me tell you a little story shall I, it was some time back, our history doesn't say much about it because most of it was removed from the data, now the rule back then was a ruler named, Almighty Tallest Aneor, he was an efficient and wise Irken who led to many conquered planets, but not compared to now day standards of course…. But there was one other Irken who was growing at a surprising rate, he reached the Tallest height rather quickly and soon was passed him, the Brains as you know instantly or pretty much instantly put him in charge. The rule of Aneor was over, and the rule of Quantrex began," Zim cut in," Don't you mean Almighty Tall-" Red interrupted quickly and said," Don't you dare say it, no I don't mean that and I will tell you why, at first Quantrex was good at leading the Irkens, from what the Control Brains told us he became convinced he could lead without them and he began to make his own orders, the Control Brains say he was 6' 4 or so when he started being Tallest, he had reddish eyes and wore a similar suit, but as he was last seen by them, he was ranging from 9' 8, had black eyes and his suit had grown ragged and old, no longer clean and kept tidy like all others, his reign of Irken history, from what we know, was only known as The reign of the Devil Tallest!"

Zim scratched his head, he had never heard of this being before why did they hide it, Zim asked," What was it he did so bad, what was his title if not Almighty Tallest Quantrex, and what does he have to do with me and my growth spurt thing?" Purple was snacking like usual still looking ahead of him at the screen, he still felt uncomfortable about the situation.

Red continued and said," All right let me try answer all of those best I can, First off he was not an Invader Zim, he was a destroyer, he didn't conquer planets like intended, instead he wiped them of all life and killed thousands of Irkens who disobeyed his command, unlike all other Tallest, who are called Almighty Tallest, he was called The Devil Tallest Quantrex, And what we have feared since the destruction of our first Impending Doom when you blew up all the Invaders and killed hundreds, we feared that when he left he must have had a secret formula of his own blood and genetics placed in the computer, only to be used on a certain Irken who it could sense would be worthy, so Zim pretty soon we think your eyes will start to darken until there black, we think you already have the fiends corrupt mind of evil, not to mention from records you both state your name and how amazing you are, and lastly you will become a destroyer yourself….. Now Zim we may me just over thinking it but this could be the case for all of this, but…. Is that a message from Invader Skoodge Zim, on the screen over there?"

Zim turned around, a signal from Skoodge's ship appeared, sighing he opened the communicator, the two Tallest looked as well, Skoodge had blood running down his neck, he said weakly," Zim, please I need… need you to tell the Tallest my location, I don't have much… much time before he-" Skoodge went silent, blood dripped down from his throat, there was three metal claws sticking out of his chest, painfully they were ripped out, being pushed aside, the screen now showed a towering being, he bent the camera up, a dark smile came across his face.