(A/N: WHOOOOOOOOOO, CHAPTER QUATOOOOOOOOORZE! BADABABABA I'M LOVIN' IT!)

When Zim entered his lab, he groaned. Skoodge was using his stuff again.

"I hate Mondays..."he grumbled.

Skoodge turned around."It's Tuesday, Zim."

"Same thing!"

"Hey! I know something that'll cheer you up! The Tallest actually called YOU this time!" Skoodge gestured toward the big screen."You didn't answer, so they left you a message. You want me to play it?"

Zim remembered his vision and shuddered.

"Guhh...I don't feel like talking to them right now..."

"WHAT did you just say?!" Skoodge asked, shocked.

Zim looked over at him, and his eyes widened."Right...that's right! I am letting my imagination get the better of me! Hahaha! Funny. Play the message, Skoodge."

Skoodge pushed a button on the dashboard, and the video message played. The two Tallests appeared on the screen.

"This is a recorded message!" announced Tallest Purple.

"They know that!" Tallest Red shoved his companion."Ahem! Attention, all invaders! And Zim."

"H-He's our 'special' little invader!" Purple quickly clarified. (A/N: Trying to keep up the charade, you sick bastard?)

"Yeah, uh, yeah," Red waved dismissively.

"Aww..." Zim blushed and clasped his hands together, smiling lovingly.

"Yeah..." Skoodge nodded.

"Okay, so...this is a recall on all the ships that we gave out," Red folded his claws behind his back.

"As it turns out, they are highly explosive when out of fuel," continued Purple.

"And we're not talking tiny explosions..."

"Hohoho, NO..."

"WE'RE TALKING DESTROY THE CITY EXPLOSION!" they finished together.

"..." Zim stared wordlessly.

"Ahaha! Oh, OH, I've wanting to do that all day!" laughed Purple.

"Nailed it!" Red gave Purple a high-five. Or I guess a high-two, in their case."So, if YOU have one of the Voot Cruiser models, we highly suggest you bring it back before it explodes."

"Then you can trade it in for one of these new ones!" Purple moved out of the way, revealing a shiny, new ship. It basically looked like Tak's, except a bit larger, and it was, of course, newer.

"Mhm. Have a nice day!" With that, Red ended the transmission.

"Wow. Today is just AWFUL," Zim deflated.

"Hey, it can't be ALL bad!" Skoodge smiled encouragingly.

Zim put his hands on his hips."Oh, yeah? What makes you say that?"

Just then, GIR came down the elevator. And he wasn't alone.

"MiMi's here!"

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Dib hadn't fully thought it out at first, too much shock, I guess, but Tak was missing, and he was determined to find her. Then he would deal with Zim, and maybe even come clean about Tak's ship. The problem was, he didn't know where to look. So, he was IN Tak's ship, trying to see if there was something in there that could track her down.

Unfortunately, there wasn't. Dib felt a pang of regret. If he hadn't erased Tak's personality from the program, he might have been able to find her. But he knew it was for the best.

He had to get over her.

Dib let out a deep sigh, shut down the ship, and went inside.

(A/N: ...wow. That was boring. Let's get back to Zim, shall we...?)

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"And here we are!" GIR concluded his explanation.

"Okay, that made NO sense," Zim turned to MiMi."Why don't YOU explain?"

MiMi hesitated, but then she switched off her cat disguise. Once she did so, she gestured toward her mouth area sadly.

"Hmm...perhaps you can type what you mean to say," Zim marched over to his computer as MiMi perked up. She followed him over and he got out of her way.

Zim read aloud as the SIR unit worked at the keyboard.

"'I have returned to regretfully inform you of a recent incident. My dearest mistress, Tak, was captured by a human. She and I were unable to stop this man, but I believe she is in...acceptable living quarters," read Zim."'Luckily, I was able to escape, but we must retrieve my mistress. I would be forever thankful if you would assist me in this endeavor.'"

MiMi finished her revelation and turned to Zim with pleading eyes.

"Ah..." Zim sucked his teeth. (A/N: I don't like phrasing it that way, 'cause it sounds gross, but I had no other way to express it.)"Well, MiMi, I really don't see any reason to help you, I'm afraid."

"But what about the lifeclock bombs?" questioned Skoodge.

"Eh, the what?"

"The lifeclock bombs, remember? The ones you put in yours and Tak's PAKs rigged to explode and stuff. She could be in trouble, therefore, you are in trouble."

"Ghhh! I hate it when someone other than me is right!" Zim stomped his foot.

MiMi typed: "Your ship is there as well."

"Well, THANK YOU for giving me all the more reason to go!" Zim praised MiMi sarcastically. He started putting on his disguise. GIR and MiMi did the same.

"Can I come?! PLEEEEASE?!" Skoodge begged them.

Zim looked at him quizzically."Are you willing to sacrifice your dignity and/or life for the fate of this operation, the need arise?"

"...sure!"

"Then yes. Now you just need a- -what?!"

MiMi had interrupted Zim by tugging on his tunic. She ran over to the keyboard and typed: "I can make a holographic one for him."

"Um...alright, then! Go do that!" The two walked away as Zim continued yelling."And GIR and I shall remain here and...do something! Else!"

GIR smiled.

"I want some cheese!"

(A/N: Ahh, sorry if it's short. I'll update again soon. Inspiration kind of struck me suddenly and I got to work, so...I hope you liked it, even though not much happened...

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