Breaking into a department store wasn't hard for him. He felt he got the system down pretty well so as not to raise any alarms at all as he tiptoed to the section he needed to head to. Passing by the girls section, he eyed some stuff he could see her in. Stuff that would be perfect after the apocalypse. Something she will allow him to finally take her out in. He could dream as he tried to be an expert in this lone retrieval of his. No one knew he was gone. No one knew his secret mission. He wanted to surprise his queen as he found the shoes section knowing she needed something like combat boots. While there were some nice shoes there, they were more for prissy type girls. Not for her, so he kept searching until he saw something close to his want. Thick heel at least. Seemed sturdy. Finding her rather small size, he let out hysterical excited giggles that made his eyes bug out even more then before.

"Oh I can't wait to see your face light up when you see these my queen."

"Is that what your calling yourself now?"

Pupils shrunk as he heard that snarky question asked. He was taught to defend himself by Dib and he was the superior gamer. Iggins tried to remain tall as he tried to locate the source of the voice. "Well... No."

A tall and slim shadow came into view holding a weapon out against his hip as he chuckled. "Superior gamers know not to leave their weapons just lying elsewhere where the enemy can get them."

Puffing his fat chest out, Iggins was going to remain brave. "So I made a mistake."

"I would say a critical error, Iggins." The shadow stepped closer allowing him to see a smidgen of Zim's face. "Tell me about your strategy in getting out of here."

"I won't say. That is my secret."

Zim eyed the box in his hands. "Ohhhh, so no cheat codes for me then? What a pity."

Iggins tried to determine if he could truly wrestle the gun out of his hand, while maintaining control of his box, but as he thought of this he stepped back. "There's something wrong with you."

Waving his free hand in the air, Zim's response was in the simple, "La de da da da, stinky dirt child. Tell me, ugly worm child, you don't look like you wear size 5 1/2 shoe in a woman's."

Sticking his chin out, Iggins declared, "Well if you must know, it is to a girl who is both scary and perfect at the same time. She may act like she hates me, but I know how women act, and she wants me."

Zipper tooth on display, Zim laughed loudly as he clutched his stomach area. "Oh you are making my squeedly spooch hurt right now. Oh please say more. I beg you."

"She doesn't want me to be with any other woman but her." Iggins continued while he continued laughing. Perhaps the ugly alien will loosen up his grip as he keeps laughing.

Leaning against the shelf nearest to him, Zim continued laughing. Eyes almost fully closed. "You are the funniest human I have ever encountered."

Iggins knew he was distracted now making him reach for the gun, but getting shot right in the big toe instead. Screaming out, he watched how Zim ceased his laughing, straightened up, and was still aiming his own weapon still at him. This suddenly reminded him of someone else as he stumbled back watching Zim study him carefully with a very impassive face on him.

"You think someone of her caliber would ever want a worm like you?" Zim questioned shooting him in his other big toe. "Look at you. Fear in your face. At least she is brave to fight. You think she wants someone like you?" Aiming the weapon he shot it near his head enjoying him scrambling up and running out of there as best as he could while still holding on to that box. The twerp won't go too far since the place was surrounded.

Iggins was mostly sliding along the floor as fast as possible. His feet felt both numb now even as the adrenaline was coursing through him. The last time he was chased to the point he thought he would die in an elevator was when Gaz was chasing him all those years ago. Iggins almost threw up thinking of something coinciding with one another. Iggins almost felt like looking behind to see if it really was her chasing him, but he was also afraid to.

Zim heard the panting, he saw the stupidity of this human as he slid along in the open. He doubted that either of the Membrane's taught him. As much as couldn't stand, Dib at least he knew well enough. Gaz was always cunning. Zim enjoyed following him. Biding his time until he was curious if he was behind him. Zim started of things he could do with this smelly thing once he had him on the ship. Torture was a big yes. If he truly did something to her, he will make him pay. If not and she just said it to get on his nerves, he'll still do it because it just meant she didn't care enough about him in the first place.

"So... I'm getting bored now watching you crawl along." Zim almost laughed when he squealed in fright. "How hurt is she? There was a significant amount of blood on the scene so it had to be enough to destroy her shoes for you to be out here."

"I won't tell."

"You will or I'll chop your feet off right now." Taking one pak leg out, he stuck it into his shoulder making him cry out in pain. "Yes, yes, it hurts. Now tell me or I'll make it worse."

"Dib doesn't want her out on patrol. He doesn't want her on her feet until she is healed. She was hurt badly." Iggins cried out.

Bringing up his wrist communicator, he indicated he needed some guards inside to carry a prisoner out. "You truly squealed like a little piggy, Iggins. A fat ugly smelly piggy. She would hate you for that." Seeing his guards run in, he pointed down at him.

"What about her shoes? I gotta give her some new boots." Iggins cried out as he was hauled away by his feet.

For once, he'll allow Dib to run an errand tomorrow that will give Gaz some new boots without interruption. Might as well allow the two best rebels to keep operating for a while longer.

Meanwhile, Red and Purple were somewhere's else other than the bridge speaking in private. "You know as much as I didn't like the idea of him becoming a Tallest, I have to admit I'm glad of it." Red honestly said as he picked at some of his fabric.

"Yeah, same here. At least he does the heavy lifting and we seem to reap the rewards." Purple agreed chortling with glee. "He has made our job surprisingly easy."

"Remember what a screw up he was before? Who knew that his new height actually increased his intelligence some and lessened the annoyance down."

Observing the planet below him, Purple's mouth downturned. "While this place may have snacks on it, it really isn't too useful in the long run."

"He's here for one thing and then we'll be gone. For me it'll be good riddance to this place after."

"Red, you don't think it will take as long as it will for him to finally take over this planet, will you?" Purple chewed on his nails in agitation.

"Doubtful. He has the Armada behind him. He can't lose." Red assured him.

Zim headed back to Earth not too much later. He was lucky to have spotted Iggins while still out on patrol. He wasn't careful. The one's that were always careful, he had to keep an extra close watch on them. The boots that idiot wanted to grab for her wouldn't of lasted her a month with all the heavy running she has to do. The boots she had before, he remembered her having for years. Same exact scuff near the front. Very heavy construction for all the times she kicked people, including himself. The girl knew what she wanted for boots. Knew what would deliver the most hurt. If he knew this, Dib did as well.

So for what felt like hours, he kept a watch on him near some outcropping of stores that would cater to someone like her. The sun hadn't risen still, and a figure in head to toe black was keeping from the street lights along with another, as he made his way slowly to one of those places. Zim knew it was Dib. Years of watching him, he knew his movements. He was far more careful then that idiot now in his ship. Zim knew Dib would keep his firearm in hand at all times.

Watching him disappear inside, Zim made his way to that location after informing his soldiers of his intent. Red and Purple wouldn't do this. Zim felt it was too boring to stand around a bridge all day. Ruling is fine, but he still craved his action.

Slipping silently into the back, Zim spotted his extra man with his back turned. Shaking his head at his ignorance, Zim knocked him out, and laid him on the ground silently. He'll allow him to even keep that dolt. Glancing around the corner, he saw Dib placing two different pairs of boots into his pack. Zipping it up and slinging it over his back, Dib quickly aimed his weapon towards Zim.

Clapping, Zim smirked at him, "At least you are more alert then the last moron who went to get boots for your sister."

"What the hell are you talking about, Zim?"

"Just someone who wanted to get in good with your sister by wanting to return with some fresh shoes for her. The idiot left his weapon several feet away from when he stopped to look at shoes. Funny how he claimed how she wanted him." Zim said chuckling. "Some superior gamer he was."

Dib cocked his head to the side. "Yeah, Iggins has always been delusional when it came to her. I guess like you."

Zim shrugged. "So says you. Anyhow! That dirt child is up there now. I can't wait to torture him some more."

Readying his weapon to fire, Dib sneered. "You are such a monster, Zim."

"Eh."

"What do you want with my sister? Did you do what you did to her just to piss me off more? Well I have news for you, alien scum, it worked!"

Firing his weapon, he missed Zim when he moved to the side quickly, and knocked his weapon out of his hand with one of his pak legs. Dib, who was not a stranger at fighting him hand to hand, began doing so as they started to punch and wrestle one another. Dib did notice that he was making moves to just defend himself and not actually attack him when Dib kicked him away from him .

"Oh Dib, what I do with her shouldn't concern you."

"C-Concern me?! Are you serious? You took over our planet! You are enslaving and killing our own people off. You took advantage of my own sister. I don't know if you know this, Zim, but when it comes to her especially, it does concern me. It concerns me a whole lot!" Very quickly, he went to grab his weapon again to aim at him to find him gone. "COWARD!"

"I allowed you to get what you needed for your sister. No one will attack you while you are doing that." Zim responded before sliding his own unconscious man in Dib's view. "He's alive, just knocked out. Later Dib. Next time it won't be so friendly."

Dib ran over to Brian's side to check his pulse to find he was just knocked out. Very gently, he patted his cheek to wake him up. "Come on. Time to wake up buddy." He did this until his eyes snapped open. "You think your good to stand up on your own?"

"Fuck, I hope so. Did you get the number of the bus that hit me?" Brian wondered hazily as he leaned on Dib to stand up. "Shit man, when did you get so tall?"

"Uh, middle school. Okay let us get you standing on your own." Stepping back, he watched as Brian steadied himself before giving the thumbs up. "Okay, let's go back."

Outside, Zim and his troops had the perfect opportunity to track Dib back to his hide-out, but it was like he learned something from ghosts themselves in how to disappear. He will have a future date in finding them.