Author's Note: I figured I could write about Invader ZIM, mainly because I felt like doing something different today, and I felt like doing things that were better for me…And sometimes I want to have a good time writing as well.

Chapter 1: Alien Secrets

Dib's POV

I held my breath as Zim kept on looking at me, it was almost like a romantic stare. I needed space…Zim has been thinking about destroying things and he has always wanted to get revenge on me, but deep down I feel like that it is much more than the usual fighting and the usual battles.

"Ugh, I wonder if Zim is going to finally get rid of me…Or if we are just going to have another fight like always," I said to myself, Gaz was right behind me, so I didn't know if she could hear me.

"DIB!" She yelled. "What are you doing?" I was confused about what she was talking about, but then I noticed that I had the TV up way too loud. It was probably why she was so stressed.

I realized now that this whole thing with Zim is getting out of control—I need a break, and I need a break soon. I want to keep on fighting Zim, and I want to get my planet back. But, sometimes it can all be a bit too much.

Everything has been fine for the past few weeks, dad is working on a new invention. I don't even know anything about it, and I don't know what he is going to do with it when he is finished. I look into his office sometimes, and see him working. But, he never comes out anymore.

Dad always tells us that we should wait to know until it is the right time, I get the feeling that it has something to do with my human friend. I look at dad and he looks back at me. "Son! I didn't see you there! Is everything okay?" He asked, for the first time I wanted to talk. I wanted to tell him what was on my mind, but I just couldn't bring myself to let it out.

He would probably just call me crazy, and call me insane again. I have a field-trip with skool next week. I don't know where it is, but Mrs. Bitters says it is somewhere that will make us rethink our very existence. I wouldn't be surprised if it's a museum or something.

I closed the door behind dad as I could tell he was getting a little bit worried, and I could tell he was probably not wanting to talk. I looked over and noticed that the sun was going down. Sunsets in this town are pretty, I had to admit it.

My mind kept on thinking about all the things that could go wrong, and all the things that could happen. I knew I needed to have some help, and I knew I needed some help with this plan I had. But, it's not like Gaz would ever help me.

I needed someone else to help me…Someone with the right techniques.

Zim's POV

"GIR! When is the machine ready?" I asked, as my robot servant came closer, holding up a big time travel thing.

It took me about two hours in human time to come up with the idea. I am going to catch the-Dib off guard this time, I really am. I don't know what I was thinking when I decided to make a big plan. That Florpus thing was not even my fault, I wanted to have a good time taking over earth, but instead it turned into a giant Florpus hole, and it almost destroyed the whole planet.

Nothing could've prepared me for what was going to happen. I looked over at GIR and noticed he was nowhere to be found. "GIR!? Where are you?" I asked, suddenly sounding scared and worried.

GIR is actually my friend, and not knowing where he is, is making me nervous and scared. I haven't seen him in a while now, and I haven't seen him since this morning. Something is definitely going on, and something really bad is going to happen.

I kept on wandering around my base, trying to look for the little robot, when all of a sudden I found something. It looked like something that could help me out with phase III. Phase II was good, but now I needed Phase III. Dib almost lost, and Dib almost was taken over.

But, he had to have his dad in on the whole thing. I still don't know how they managed to escape space prison! Something inside my mind was telling me that I should do something.

Something that would stop Dib forever, and make him pay. I need my revenge and I need it now! GIR came over to me and noticed that I was stressed, he looked over at me and smiled.

"Don't worry, Master, we'll get Dib eventually!" He said.

He clearly was trying to make me calm down. As much of an innocent mind as GIR has, I think I should tell him what I am working on. His little robot brain probably won't understand it anyway, so I doubt it is going to make him lose his innocence.

Besides—He doesn't even have innocence anymore, I remember when he lost it for the first time. It was a dark and scary day, literally.

..

FLASHBACK

It was after skool when all this happened. I was coming home from the boring academic house with GIR, when all of a sudden we saw a body on the ground. It looked dead, GIR went over to touch it.

"GIR! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" I asked, in a bit of a panicked tone. "That human is dead! It's gross to touch a dead 'human' now Dib is going to think that I did something!" I wanted to run. But, I couldn't.

GIR didn't listen to me, and he went on to touch the dead human. My eyes were not ready, I wanted to look away, but I couldn't. That robot is going to get sick! I wanted to sprint over to him, and take him away from the dead body.

But, I couldn't. Instead, I let him touch the body, and it was almost…sweet in an Irken kind of way. I looked at GIR and he looked back at me. "Master! Look! I found his bones!" He said.

That was when it came…That was when it hit me, I dragged GIR over to where I was and kneeled down to his level. "That was very…unsanitary of you, do you have any idea how long that dead human has been there for? It could have diseases or it could've gotten something from being on the ground!"

The robot looked at me, trying not to cry. It realized I was right, GIR hugged me and apologized. I accepted his apology. I just didn't want him to feel bad, and I didn't want him to get sick from touching the dirty human.

It probably did have diseases, and it probably did have dead body stuff. My mind was fighting battles, and my mind was fighting with itself. Thinking of what to do next. My first thought came to my head.

'You should go over there and take GIR away from the dead body! Not only will he get sick from touching it, you know how you love his cute, innocent mind, imagine what would happen if he saw that?'

'I think we should go…GIR is probably going to be traumatized, although he has seen you rip a kid's eyes out.'

At that moment, I grabbed GIR and walked away from the disturbing sight of the human body. It was now rotting into human flesh.

..

I shrugged and gagged at that memory. But, GIR is okay now, he just needs to get his mind off of the fact that I wouldn't let him touch a dead human. He is probably going to keep on thinking about this whole thing.

What do I have to lose? Now all I have to do is get revenge on Dib..And make him pay once, and for all.

Dib's POV

Dad is not going to believe this! It's not like he believes anything I say, and it's not like he even cares. But, I care…I care too much about what could happen to planet earth if Zim gets a hold of it, and what could happen if he destroys it.

Nothing could've prepared me for what I saw next. Dad was in his lab, doing some science, and then out of nowhere.

I see it, Zim… In the distance waiting for attack, he is waiting for me, patiently for my return, and patiently for me to show up and for me to come back. But, what Zim doesn't know. Is that I might not come back, I might be plotting my own revenge of Zim and myself.

END OF CHAPTER 1

AUTHOR'S NOTE: This chapter took me a while to write, not only because I had to figure out what to write about, but it was also because I haven't written anything in like…forever. The last time I wrote a real fanfiction was in 2023, and I also wrote a lot during COVID.

COVID was the time when I would write the most, mainly to get my mind off of everything that was going on. And it took time away from my day. Like it is doing to me right now, I am in college right now, and I plan to go through all of my fanfictions from before.

Just to see how bad of a writer I was, and to just see how much I have improved…if I have. But, deep down I know there is some improvement to be made, and deep down I know I made that improvement over the years.

I hope you all enjoy my first fanfiction in a while! And please be sure to read and review as well!

Thanks! :) Also, I do not own Invader Zim, it belongs to the creator and Nickelodeon.