(A/N: Salut, mes copains! Enjoy the chapter!)

Dib and Tak hadn't made much progress. Doing his best to avoid his house, Dib led Tak into alleys, empty lots and other places you wouldn't find an alien spaceship if you were ever looking for one. Finally, Tak had grown tired of searching.

"Dib," She placed a hand on his shoulder."Let's take a break."

"Oh! Okay!" he stammered. A warm feeling filled his chest whenever Tak put her hand on him, which wasn't often.

The two sat down on the sidewalk to rest in awkward silence.

"You...wanna...get some food?" Dib eventually asked.

"Er, Earth food isn't quite my thing."

"Then what DO Irkens eat?"

"Chips, sandwiches, doughnuts, cookies, you know, snacks and stuff."

"Oh...neat!" Dib stood up."There's a doughnut place down the street. Let's go!"

"Yeah, okay."

So, Dib and Tak strolled down the street, completely unaware of the fact that Zim was watching them intently from atop a nearby building.

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"Six chocolate doughnuts, please."

"...aren't you that kid who came charging in here with a stake last week screamin' about 'vampire doughnuts'?"

"YES..."

The guy shrugged, snatched Dib's money and handed him the box with the half dozen doughnuts inside.

As Dib and Tak turned and walked away from the counter, Tak giggled.

"Vampire doughnuts?" she teased.

"Hey, they could've been!" Dib replied blushingly.

"You're kind of famous around here, huh?" she asked, scooting into a seat.

"Haha, infamous is more like it..." Dib muttered nervously. Tak just smiled at him as he sat down across from her. There, he opened the box of fried dough circles and they dug in.

Meanwhile, up on the rooftop of the doughnut shop, Zim was kneeling near the edge with GIR clinging to his head. He had been able to use his PAK legs to scale the buildings and follow Dib and Tak there. Now if only he could spy on them unseen...

"GIR!"

"You want summa my SuckMunkey?!" The robot pulled a drink out of nowhere and waved it in his master's face. He snatched it.

"No! GIR! Listen! You must lower me above the window," he noticed GIR's sad expression and sighed."THEN you can have your filthy drink! But keep it down!"

"Mm-hmm!"

Luckily for Zim, Dib and Tak were sitting fairly close to the window. Dib's back was to it, and there was no way Tak would be able to see past his head, so they were well out of sight.

Slowly, GIR lowered Zim in front of the window, gripping his waist and ankles. Eventually, he was able to see Dib and Tak, and told GIR to hold on there. As people passed by, they were bewildered by the sight of a green dog lowering a green child in front of the window of a doughnut shop.

Zim put his head to the glass and tried to hear what the human and Irken were saying. Unfortunately for him, GIR got bored quite easily. He groaned in impatience, nearly dropping Zim, who was about fifteen feet off the ground.

"Can I have my SuckMunkey nowww?!" he whined. Zim, who was still holding it, shushed GIR.

"NO! And I said keep it down, they'll notice us!"

"MWEHHH~" THAT strange noise escaped GIR's mouth as he tried to grab for it.

"No, GIR!" Zim pulled his arms up...which was really DOWN, in an attempt to keep the drink from GIR.

"Gimme!"

"NO! NO, GIR! STOP TICKLING ME, AHH!" Zim kicked GIR away (GIR Kicked Count: 2), which caused the Irken to fall off the roof. Although, just as he was about to get very hurt, he used his PAK's spider legs to catch himself. GIR leapt upon him and took the SuckMunkey, drinking greedily from it. Zim simply rolled his eyes and raised them back onto the rooftop. They peeked in through the side window, which was higher.

"Egads!" Zim said in surprise.

"Whazzat?" GIR looked up from his now empty cup.

"The Dib...his filthy cheek meat is red!" replied Zim, pulling himself back up."IS HE GOING TO EXPLODE?!"

GIR looked down through the window for a few seconds and came back up, a bashful grin on his green puppy face.

"Awww, he blushin'!" cooed GIR, squishing his cheeks."I think he likes herrr!"

"TELL ME MORE!" Zim grabbed GIR by the zipper and shook him.

"Uh, well...UHHH...HUHHH..." GIR grunted. As he thought, Zim released him."OH! When a head pigeon and a death bee love each other VERY much...oh wait, wrong one...er," GIR noticed Zim staring at him with angry impatience."Weeell, when a boy likes a girl, then THAT happens!" he finished.

"A boy...likes a girl...?" Zim looked down at Dib again real quick."...ehe...ehehe...EHAHAHAHAHA! AHHHHAHAHA!"

This earned the stares of many more passersby. Finally, Zim finished cackling.

"Oh, how wealthy!" he cried, smirking."The Dib-human, enamored with Tak. Isn't that HILARIOUS, GIR?!"

"Hehehe, yeah!" he giggled."It's a laugh AND a bag of Poopcorn!"

"GIR, you are SO naive," chuckled Zim. GIR smiled back at him."Oh, well...now that this is out of the way, let's get on to the next act of EVIL against the humans! If I prolong its execution any longer, I'll probably break out in a rash."

So Zim got on GIR's back and they flew to the destination of their plan.

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Tak returned to Zim's base to find MiMi and Minimoose watching TV. She sighed heavily at the sight of her elite SIR unit watching ads for Acne Blast.

But, being in a good mood, she didn't scold her for it. She switched off her disguise and walked over to the two robots.

"Is Zim here?" she asked.

MiMi shook her head.

Bored, Tak sat at the dining table. It had been hard to get Dib away from her, since he offered to walk her home to make up for the fact that her ship had not been found. Of course she had to refuse and then hurry out of his sight.

She was making a mental note to pay Dib's house a visit when the door slammed open.

Zim and GIR stepped in, holding a large tan burlap sack. Zim cleared his throat.

"Salutations!" he greeted, wearing that overly enthusiastic grin of his.

"What took YOU so long?" Tak asked suspiciously.

"We didn't do anything out of the ordinary!" replied Zim in a friendly manner."Just had a long walk with my puppy, GIR!"

"Yeah!" agreed GIR, his tail wagging as Zim petted him."We weren't kidnapping anyone! OW!" he cried, for Zim had scratched a bit too hard.

There was a silence as Tak stared at the two and they stared back.

"Who's in the sack...?" she finally asked, pointing to it.

Zim groaned and opened it. Tak's jaw dropped.

(A/N: Cliffhanger, WHOO! I've been WANTING to do a cliffhanger! SO! Who do you think is in the sack, huh? Is it Gaz? Is it Professor Membrane? Is it Ms. Bitters?! YOU DON'T KNOW!)