Chapter Notes

Disclaimers: I do not own Invader Zim

Author's Note's: Yes The Action is coming!

(Present day)

[Location: In a boat, in the middle of some ocean]

He absolutely, without a doubt; hated this planet!

Why the place needed so much water was beyond his understanding. "Hey watch it!" Zim hissed as some of his fellow students began to shoot water around with those infernal water guns of theirs. It wouldn't have been so bad if the wind over the ocean wasn't causing the sprays of water to fly in his direction. Of course, his class mates didn't pay him any mind, and soon another mist of water covered him from head to toe. He growled, and applied more glue to his exposed skin; only to be hit by more water as the ocean spray greeted him. "I hate this planet!" he voiced openly.

"Then why not do us all a favor and leave?" Dib asked from beside him.

"Silence worm!" Zim hissed, applying more glue. "One day I will conquer this world, and then it will be you who is hating this planet!" he vowed as he looked down on him menacingly.

It was moments like this when Zim was looking down on him with that wild look in his eye that made the boy truly fear the monster before him. And yes, he was indeed looking down on him. It was hard to believe; but somehow Zim had finally managed to become taller than him! Dib couldn't remember when it happened, but one day Zim had grown at least 2 inches taller than himself. It wouldn't have been strange to him had it happened gradually. After all most things, do slowly get bigger. But it would appear the alien was different in that department too, for Zim seemed to have gotten taller overnight! One day he was a foot shorter than Dib and then the next, he was two inches taller!

It was moments like this that reminded Dib how little he really knew about the Irken race. After all Zim once told him he was nearly two hundred earth years old, and most living thigs on earth stopped growing when they hit 20 human years. So, to start growing again after almost two centuries of being dwarfed was something Dib just couldn't wrap his head around. And then of course there was the "increased height equals power" scenario. Dib didn't really understand why Irkens associated height with power, but they did, and now that Zim was suddenly taller, he couldn't help but feel a little paranoid about it all.

"What are you staring at?" Zim hissed. "Your enjoying this aren't you!"

Dib simply rolled his eyes, as the fear he was feeling evaporated into annoyance. However he knew there was no sense in arguing with the guy. "Why don't we just go down below with everyone else so you don't keep getting all wet?" he asked.

Zim knew that 'down below' meant going down below the deck to where the glass bottom part of the boat was. In all honesty, they should already be down there, but the boat was too small to fit the whole class down there at once; forcing the students to take turns. "There's still too many of you down there." Zim hissed. "Besides, that glass doesn't look like it would last very long against the rocks. Honestly I'm surprised this boat hasn't sunk already!"

Dib shook his head again, it was moments like this that made him doubt that Zim was really as dangerous as he pretended to be. Then again if they were floating in an ocean of acid instead of salt water he himself would probably be acting like this too. "Fine stay up here, but I'm going down there so I can take my notes!"

Zim watched the boy stalk off, and out of sight, he rolled his eyes. "Stupid human." He hissed.

Dib walked over to a set of stairs and descended them to the glass bottom below. The room wasn't so crowded now, but he still had to push pass a few kids who were just hanging out on the stairs. Once he was finally through the crowd he walked up to the window like glass and began to take notes about what he was seeing. 'Some sea weed, rocks, sand…' Dib rolled his eyes. No wonder no one was actually taking notes; there was nothing to see! Of course, once that thought left his mind fate decide to correct it. Dib looks up from his notes just in time to see the water below him go blood red.

Suddenly a commotion begins. "Oh, my gosh; guys there's a dead whale on the water!" a girl comes running down the stairs screaming!

"A dead whale no way!" a boy named Mike said from beside Dib.

"Let's go check it out!"

Dib stood there frozen in shock as his classmates ran back up to the deck to see the whale, he was too focus on the blood red water to move. Why? Because he could have sworn he saw something move threw that bloody water.

And there was only one creature that came to Dib's mind… Shark!

(Back with Zim...)

He wasn't sure what was so amazing about a dead animal, but the humans seemed to think it was so cool! Zim rolled his eyes. 'Human's so easily amused.' he thought.

"Captain Hale!" His teacher, Mrs. Wade yelled towards the boat's captain over the wondrous shouts of her students. "Shouldn't we be getting further away from the whale?"

The Captain shook his head. "Sorry miss we're the only boat out this way." he said. "I have to investigate so I know what to tell the life guards back on shore." he explained. "This big one is going to attract a lot of sharks."

"That's what I'm afraid of!" Mrs. Wade said eyeing the large black, and white whale.

"Mrs. Wade look I see one! I see a shark!" Keef called out pointing towards the water. Of course, his words only caused more chaos from his peers. They all were screaming and pushing trying to get a look.

Zim pushes his way out of the madness and decides he's better off down below with Dib. He heads that way hoping to be free of them all. He reaches the stairs and starts down them. "Hey Dib I swear you humans are so-" he never gets to finish his sentence for at that very moment the boat's glassed underside hits one of those famous rocks Zim had mentioned earlier, and it cracks.

Dib's eyes widen as the crack spreads across the glass, until finally it gives way to the pressure of the water. Salty reddish, blue water begins gushing in slamming into Dib, which slams him into Zim. Zim hisses in pain as the Dib smacks into him, along with the water which wastes no time to break down his fragile body. In a matter of seconds the whole bottom half of the boat is submerged, and the waves of the ocean slosh the two enemies around on a seemingly endless ride. This causes Dib to suddenly realize what it was like to be inside a washing Machine. His lungs were screaming for oxygen, and every time he bumped into something he swears it was a shark about to swallow him whole!

Zim felt nothing but pain, but he also knew that he had any hope of survival he'd have to find a way towards the stairs. He forces himself to move around blindly grabbing Dib's arm and forcing him to move with him. Sure he could leave him to die, but he already promised the boy would live to see his victory, and that was a promise he planned to keep.

Dib allowed Zim to pull him along blindly, both of them reached their hands out for the rail of the stairs, it felt like an eternity, but they finally found them. They each grabbed a hold of the rail and used it to pull themselves up towards the deck, it felt like an endless climb, but finally Zim broke through to the surface. Dib's own head followed soon after and he gasped for air.

"Zim, Zim are you okay?" he screamed looking around, he felt no real concern for the alien, it was just a natural thing to scream out to someone in a disaster like this. Dib gasped most of the small boat was under water now, and Dib could only hope his classmates managed to get on the life boat, because none of them were in sight.

"I'm fine worm." Zim hissed, though he wasn't really sure if he was.

"What do we do?" Dib screamed, waves crashed around them.

"We have to get to shore." Zim said as if it was obvious.

"How?" Dib screamed.

"We swim for it!" Zim snapped as if it was obvious.

"Can you even swim?" Dib asked.

"I'm doing it now aren't I?" Zim snapped.

It was then that Dib realized he could no longer touch the deck of the boat, it was gone! For a moment fear over takes him, but thankfully for him; Zim wasn't going to give him much time to dwell on it.

"Dib which way?" Zim shouted.

"What?" Dib asked.

"The shore!" Zim snapped. "Which was is the shore?"

Shore? Dib looked around frantically, but he can't see the shoreline over the crashing waves.

"Dib?" Zim's tone was harsher now as he recognizes the lost look on the boy's face. He doesn't know!

"I don't know! Okay!?" Dib screams.

"Perfect!" Zim hisses, he was going numb which wasn't a good sign.

"Isn't there something in your PAK that can help us?" Dib asked, hopefully.

Zim thought for a moment, perhaps he could use his PAK legs, if he could reach the ground below them he could probably be able to look over the waves and see the shoreline.

"Zim?" Dib's tone was more hopeful than annoyed.

"I'm thinking worm!" Zim snaps.

Dib watches as Zim's PAK legs come out, raises him up above the waves. Zim looks all around them, they've seemed to have floated far enough away from the dead whale to not have to worry about the sharks, but it would be wise to move away from it, not towards it. Finally, he sees what appears to be a shoreline, but it is quite a ways off, he frowns.

"Is something wrong?" Dib asked no doubt he sees the look of disappointment on his face.

"I think I see the shoreline." He says pointing in its direction. "But I'm not sure where we are, and it's very far out."

"Will you make it that long?" Dib asked, again he does not care about the Irken, it's just instinct to ask.

Zim wasn't sure, so far, the glue seemed to be prolonging most of the water from settling into his skin, but he didn't know how long it would last.

"We'll have to swim for it." Dib said.

No answer.

"Zim? Are you listening to me?" Dib snapped.

"Yes, Dib I hear you." Zim said bluntly.

Dib freezes as Zim reaches down to him. "What are you doing?" he asked.

"We'll get there faster if I carry you and I walk with my PAK legs." Zim reasoned.

His reasoning made sense to Dib, this way Zim wouldn't get more water on him, but that meant he'd have to let Zim carry him bridal style to the shore.

"Come on Dib." Zim orders.

"What if someone sees you?" Dib asked dumbly.

"Since when do you care worm?" Zim hissed in annoyance, he was losing his patience very quickly.

"I'm serious Zim." Dib argued.

"As am I! Now come here!"

Dib tensed as Zim bent down further and picked him up in his arms.

"Relax Dib I won't drop you!" Zim assured him as he began to move closer to what he hoped was the shoreline.

Dib couldn't speak, he was too busy focusing on the fact that he and Zim were touching! They had never been this close before.

Zim looked down at the boy in his arms, he was shivering no doubt due to the cold wind slicing through the air around them. He forced himself to move faster, but the crashing waves made even the fastest movements very slow. However, Zim was determine to make it, after all it wasn't just the Dib's life that was hanging by a thread! "We're going to make it!" Zim promised out loud.

Dib shivered at his words, for he couldn't tell if Zim was actually convicted by his own words. And that small fact scared him, A lot!

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