> Equestria Girls: The Invasion of Invader Zim! > by Stalin with Da Spoon > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Prologue: The Nightmare Begins 2, Electric Boogaloo > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- It was a quiet and sunny day in the peaceful city of... Wait, what is the city from invader zim called? Lemme just... Checks Ze Wiki Ah! Its... Dang it, it doesn't have a name! Screw it, I'll take a page out of powerpuff girls, its now the city of... Townstown. Yes, im an un-creative bastard, fight me. Anyways, where was I? Oh yes, it was a quiet and sunny day in the peaceful city of townstown, and the city was bustling as the streets were polluted with sound of traffic, car horns, and the typical city sounds. As we slowly zoom out into the suburbs, the noise starts to fade as we come to a peaceful neighborhood, and as we find a specific lane to go down, we see a rather... Foreboding household at the end of lane, with several flamingos and garden gnomes lining the sidewalk leading up to the rather crooked house, with several irregularly shaped windows. However, the most irregular feature of the house was the several large mechanical cables stretching out of both sides of the houses walls, these cables attaching to the walls of the houses neighboring it. Oh, and also the giant radar dish protruding from the top of the house, y'know, normal house stuff. You would think people would question the houses strange design, especially the neighbors, but in this part of the world, everybody is essentially, A MORON. Want a better explanation? Guess what, you ain't gettin one. Ahem, anyways, as we approach to the door to the house, it suddenly swings open, as a totally normal human slowly stepped out onto the sidewalk. Little did everyone know, or even cared, this human was different... His skin was green, and he had no ears. This boy was no human... He was... AN ALIEN! Of course, nobody knew that. Except the troublesome Dib human and his sister gaz. Beside Zim was a small green dog. The thing about the dog, is that it was walking on two legs, and slurping on a smoothie. This dog was really just GIR in a mediocre dog costume, as he happily hummed along with master, who held his leash, also humming. Following them, was a floating moose. Thats right, a literal floating moose, and nobody questioned it. Yeah, told you everyone in this city was a moron. Anyways, Zim soon reached the end of his sidewalk and spoke in a totally normal tone of voice. That's a lie, he straight up screamed it out. "Greetings fellow humans! I am living a totally normal life in my totally normal house on this totally normal day! Don't mind me!" As he said this, nobody even batted an eye, as GIR chimed in. "Your trying too hard, boss, have a smoothie." He said putting a smoothie in Zim's face. Zim of course, did a totally rational thing. "Get that thing away from me!" He said slapping it out of GIR's hand, who looked down at it, and started making sounds of pure sadness. Zim was worried they were going to blow his cover, but suddenly, GIR stopped, and just shrugged. "Ehhh, didn't like the taste of it anyway." He said as he went back to walking with his master, and as they reached the end of a sidewalk, cue a dramatic entrance by the one and only, Dib Membrane! He struck a dramatic pose, as he pointed at Zim suspiciously. "Your days of evil and trying to conquer earth are over Zim! I have photographic evidence of you truly being an alien! BEHOLD!" He said displaying a pretty shit photo of Zim's alien form. Zim and GIR collectively looked at the photo, than they looked at each other, then back at the photo, before both bursting out into laughter. Dib looked pretty angry, but then, he was struck with an idea, on how to scare Zim away. "Laugh all you want! I showed this photo to the CIA, and they found it as evidence to come and capture you for dissection!" Of course, Zim was still laughing in his face, un-phased by the idiotic humans threat. Or was he? Because he felt a tiny seed of doubt, as he decided to confirm dib's statement. "You serious?" As Dib nodded to his question, Zim screamed out loud. "AAAAAAH! GIR, WERE COMPROMISED! INTO THE HOUSE!" Overreacting to the max, he pulled on GIR's dog collar and grabbed the moose as he ran inside the house, quickly shutting the door behind him, as Dib pounded on it. "Give up now Zim! Its over for you!" Zim then had an idea, one that could potentially save them from the foolish humans. One he had made just for this occasion. "That's what you think, human! But little do you realize, I had planned for such a situation like this! COMPUTER!" As he called out, a mechanical voice surrounded them as it groaned in response. "Uggggghh... What?" "READY THE HOUSE FOR RE-LOCATION!" "Understood, initiating pack-up protocol." Suddenly, the house began to shake, as the massive structure below the house began to slowly compact together thanks to advanced Irken shrinking technology, as the laboratories, factories, and other facilities slowly shrunk and all scrunched up together as they attached to the bottom of the house, as several hover jets emerged from bottom of the house, as the mechanical cables protruding from its side slowly tore away from the houses neighboring it, tearing out pieces of wall with it, one piece of torn away wall revealing a fat guy watching TV and eating pizza, blind to the world. As the cables dropped the pieces of the rubble, the lawn props retracting into the ground, the sidewalk rolling up like a carpet into the house, as the hover jets ignited, slowly lifting the house into the air as Dib watched in both horror and amazement, before realizing his nemesis was getting away. "ZIM! YOU WON'T GET AWAY WITH THIS! I WILL FIND YOU!" Zim could not help but laugh on the houses speakers while it rose into the air, until it started moving forwards. "YOU CAN TRY DIB HUMAN! BUT YOU WILL NEVER STOP MY EVIL PLAN! MWAHAHAHAHA!" The house slowly rocketed forward through the air, as Dib ran to his house, throwing open the door, only to see a bunch of boxes and crates, and his father, professor membrane, and yes, professor is his real first name, as well as Gaz, who was playing her good ol handheld gaming console, the game slave 2. As Dib looked around to see people packing stuff, his father noticed him in the doorway, as he spoke to his son. "Son, your just in time to help us pack!" Dib had a confused look on his face, before he spoke, trying to reason with his father in an annoyed and confused tone. "But dad, zim just flew away! Hes going to escap- Wait, pack for what?" The professor chuckled as he replied. "Were moving, son!" "Wha- Where are we moving to!?!" "Canterlot city!" Meanwhile, onboard invader Zim's flying house, as it slowly soared over the city. To ensure nobody got suspicious, the computer disguised the house as an airplane. A really, really, big airplane, shaped like a house. Of course, like I said, this part of the world suffers from the case of 'Big stupid' so nobody really noticed or even cared. Aboard the house, Zim could be seen pacing around the room nervously, his human eyes and hair missing, revealing his alien red eyes and irken antenna, and GIR unzipping his dog costume, revealing his robotic form with his blue eyes and little metal antenna on the top of his head. The mini moose was still the same, as it just hovered in the air. "Nyeh!" As Zim slowly paced back and forth, GIR asked a simple question. "So where are we going?" "Quiet GIR, Im thinking!" As he slowly paced around, he was struck with an idea as he stopped and looked up at the mechanical ceiling of his house, pointing up, presumably to get the attention of his computer. "COMPUTER, MAP A COURSE TO THE MOST OPTIMAL CITY FOR US TO CONTINUE OUR PLANS TO CONQUER EARTH!" "Scanning for optimal locations... Location found." Suddenly, the TV in the room changed into a map of the world, as it zoomed in on a particular city. "City identified as: Canterlot City. Optimal location for invader operations. However, scans of the city show that the city has a... Fascinating history." It said as it basically displayed every major event that has happened in Canterlot city. Zim nodded at this information, making a decision in his head. "Very well! Computer, set course for Canterlot!" As he said this, the house rocketed away at high speeds. "Estimated time of arrival, midnight." "Excellent! We shall establish a base of operations in the dead of night! And with dib out of the picture, nobody shall be able to stop us from conquering all of planet earth! MWAHAHAHAHAAHAHA, AHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" As he laughed, GIR started to giggle, before breaking out into full on laughter, as they both laughed maniacally. The moose just made another sound. "Nyeh!" Ten Hours Later Canterlot City As everyone slept, high above the city, Zim's house hovered, as it slowly scanned for an optimal place to land, until it located an open land plot in between two houses in the neighborhood, as the house dropped from the sky slowly, as its hover jets gently hovered it down... Until it dropped down with a big THUD. The houses next to it jumped, but luckily, nobody stirred, as the mechanical cables in the walls of the house extended out, attaching themselves to its neighboring houses, making sure to be as sneaky as possible. And by sneaky, I mean the computer literally screaming sneaking. "SNEAKING!" It said as the cables latched onto the sides of the houses, and the internal electrical cables latching onto the power grids of the houses, slowly siphoning their energy as below the house, the hover jets retracted as the mechanical superstructure began to expand, as the several large facilities enlarged and unpacked underneath the ground, while the front lawn was sprinkled with super Irken fertilizer, causing the grass to grow instantly as flamingos and garden gnomes popped out of the ground, as the sidewalk slowly unfurled like a red carpet, while on the roof, the massive radar arm slowly extended out of the roof, as the antenna protruded outwards, the dish slowly forming around it. And like that, the house was ready, as inside, Zim could be seen entering the trash can in his kitchen, as he slowly descended down into his advanced facility on the elevator. "My computer picked the perfect spot for my new base of operations on this planet. Ever since the Dib human revealed us to the humans of the previous location, I just hope that this 'CIA' has not tracked us here..." He said as he dropped into his observation room, making himself comfortable in his seat as he typed away at the computer console in front of him, scanning the entire city. "Now, to locate this cities point of education so I may attend to understand and blend in with the enemy!" It was then the screen displayed an image of Canterlot high, as the Irken invader grew a wide smile on his face. "Perfect..." Zim slowly began to laugh maniacally, filling the entirety of his home with his laughter, as he already forming his brand new ultimate evil plan in his head. The time had come for... THE INVASION OF INVADER ZIM! Roll the opening! > Episode 1, Part 1: Back To Skool! > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Back To Skool! Zim's Base. It was your average peaceful morning in Canterlot City, (A city with an actual name), as the birds were chirping and the sun was shinning bright as ever, with there being the average hustle and bustle of the city, but much calmer here than in other cities, as people just usually walked from place to place, and only really using bus fare or bikes and the like. So, we cut to a certain little green irken, as he prepares for his first mission, into unknown enemy territory! Underneath his house within his mission preparation room, Zim was suiting up, standing in the center of the room, as a un-necessarily massive machine slowly lowered down from the ceiling as two mechanical arms extended out from it, holding his human eye lenses that he wore to obscure his red irken eyes, as they popped on, the lens being a bit scratchy, but he was used to it. A mechanical claw then lowered from the machine, as it slowly lowered his human wig to obscure his irken antenna, it plopping onto his head as he slightly adjusted it, ensuring it fit just right. An electric cable then extended out of the machine's central port, as a connector interface opened in his PAK, the device located on his back which allowed him to survive and utilize his various tools, as the cable connected itself to the port, as a stream of data flowed into it, filled with information about his mission objectives, which were to blend in, acquire intel, and locate potential targets. The data stream also caused his PAK to slightly fizzle with holographic light, as it was disguised as your ordinary red school backpack. His disguise was complete. But then he realized, what about his green skin? His lack of ears? Surely the humans here would notice it as being weird, because unlike his previous location, these humans were probably not as stupid! However, he remembered gazing at the observation computer last night as he viewed data on the local populace, seeing their varying skin colors meant that he was in the clear on that part at least, but the lack of ears was another thing, as the local populace all had that department covered, so he would just go with his go-to excuse for his odd appearance. It's a skin condition, a totally normal ear removing human skin condition! Saying it in his head made him cringe, knowing it had a very low chance of fooling anyone, but he was dang well going to try. As Zim prepared himself for the mission, he decided to exercise, doing a couple squats, some push ups, and a couple jumping jacks just to be sure. He even utilized the mini moose as a weight as he lifted the small moose, surprisingly struggling even with the mooses small size. As he finished his exercise, a computer screen lowered from the ceiling, displaying an image of Canterlot High school, the target of today's operation, which was to infiltrate the local place of education, blend in, obtain as much as intel as possible, and locate a potential target within the city for his next evil plot, and this was very important, which is why he was showed this info twice. As he observed the school, looking at its layout, mapping, and general info, his computer chimed in. "I went ahead and sent in your forged educational record to the schools administration. I just received a reply several minutes ago, you are good to deploy, Zim." Zim could not help but feel proud, as he thought back to last night... Cue Flashback! Zim was sat at his computer screen, rapidly typing away at his computer as he looked at his school records. Currently, he had surprisingly good grades, as un-unexpectedly, back at the skool, he did in fact pay attention, and made pretty good scores to ensure he could blend in properly. However, he was faltering in some of the classes, like music and art, especially psychical ed, shuddering at the dodgeball incident, so he decided to resort to a tried and true tactic of an irken invader. Forgery. As he typed away at the computer, converting every single grade into an A+, however, to ensure he truly blended in, he bumped his psychical ed grade down to a B, and his philosophy down to a D. It was accurate, because irkens were not philosophers, they were conquerors! No time to sit around thinking about random stuff and questioning everything when you could be out conquering and creating a glorious empire! This empowered the irken, as he decided to look at his achievements. The irken chuckled as he decided to do a little ego inflating, adding a couple awards to his records, mainly just attendance awards. As he looked at the report, he laid back in his evil chair and smiled an evil smile, as he did an evil laugh. "Mwahahaha! With this record, its guaranteed I am accepted!" End Of Flashback! Zim felt an evil smile streak across his smile, feeling a sense of pride as he looked at the forged record on screen, seeing an offical canterlot high stamp mark of approval on it. He then spoke in a proud tone. "Excellent... With my record sent in, and my disguise set, I shall easily blend in with the human students of this educational institution, as I learn to exploit the weaknesses of this planet and its people... Soon, all will tremble, before the might, OF ZIM! MWAHAHAHAHA!" He halted his laughing, as he had a smug grin on his face. "Ahhhh, feels good to be an invader." He said as the platform below him started to rise up, as he was slowly lifted upwards into the living room of his house, as he faced the door, looking around for his loyal robotic assistant. "GIR! Come here!" Suddenly, dropping from the ceiling, the little tin robot quickly got up, his eyes red as he saluted his master. "Yes my master! What are your orders?" Zim nodded, glad that his assistant was actually being competent for once. "GIR, as I deploy to begin my first day at this new place of human learning and education, your orders are to ensure that the base is totally secure. Destroy anyone who dares trespass within the might lair of zim!" He said maniacally, as GIR's eyes turned back to blue as he smiled. "Okee dokee!" He then leaped onto the couch, grabbed the remote and some nachos, as he turned on the TV, then laughing instantly. "AHAHAHA! THAT GUY GOT HIT IN THE HEAD WITH A COCONUT!" Zim simply facepalmed at his robots stupidity, before he turned back to the door, as he slowly swung it open, looking out to see the entire neighborhood waking up for school, as he quickly began whistling in a totally normal human way, before realizing something. He had no mode of transit! He could not take the bus, as it was too risky, considering how using it last time got zim and GIR lost within the city, eventually leading to him being involved in a bank heist just trying to get to the highest point in the city. Yeah, that was a weird day, but anyways, Zim could not even bear the long walk, but suddenly, he had an idea. He saw an awfully large amount of students utilizing strange two wheeled vehicles operated by the usage of 'pedals' as methods of transit, known as bicycles, causing him to remember something he had designed for this very occasion. Then he was struck with genius... He will just use his own bike! He quickly rushed inside, and after a couple minutes, inside the underground garage beneath the base would be Zim sat atop the Hyper Cycle. Orignally an irken design, zim had copied the blueprints, and made a few slight modifications, converting the bike from a military vehicle into a more stealth based bike. It would do nicely, as the rims of its black tires glowed red with neon, as the bikes black with red stripes paint job over its advanced metal alloy frame concealed two powerful plasma blasters and a variety of other weapons and devices within its armored exterior. Zim was hunched over as his holographic mirrors activated, his main screen display activating, displaying all of the vehicles states and systems, including its weapons and counter measures, as Zim grinned happily, already loving this new machine added to his arsenal. Suddenly, the bike was covered in holographic light, as the vehicle changed into your average human motorcycle, colored red with black stripes as Zim slowly revved the vehicles engine, with him slowly donning a red human motorcycle helmet, buckling the helmet's strap as he then sped forward, entering a long metal tunnel lightly illuminated with red light, with a hatch opening in the sidewalk of Zims house and the vehicle shooting out of the hole and hitting the ground, the hatch closing behind it as Zim sped forward towards Canterlot Highschool. As Zim blazed through the neighborhood towards his destination, onlookers observed with curiosity, fascination, and confusion in their eyes, as well, not many people used motorcycles in Canterlot. Especially somebody so... short. Zim did not care for their reactions, nor did he even notice, as rapidly sped by everyone, including a girl with crimson and golden hair, as she watched the crimson motorcycle speed by. That girl, was Sunset Shimmer, as she looked on fascination at the speeding vehicle. She then thought to herself out loud. "Huh, wonder what hot shot is driving that thing... Eh, guess ill see em at school, but I swear they looked really short." As she began walking to the school, she got a text notification on her phone, as she quickly reached to take it out, looking to it was from her friend, pinkie pie. Did you see that awesome bike? Man, it was cool! Sunset couldn't help but chuckle at her friends message, as she texted a reply while she walked. Yeah, probably some random rich hot shot. Reminds me of the time I competed in the motocross event of the friendship games, boy, that was fun. Yep, anyways, see ya at class! Sunset smiled, as she put away her phone. It was good to have friends that she could talk to, remembering all they had been through together, for better or for worse. Canterlot High School. As sunset slowly walked down the sidewalk, Canterlot high soon came into view, as she also saw the red and black bike she had seen streak by earlier, as she walked over to inspect, honestly being impressed by its design, seeing the drivers helmet hanging on the throttle. She then walked past the bike, as she soon saw her friends gathering in front of the school, as she smiled at them and waved, with them waving back. Pinkie was very clearly excited about something, as she was smiling ear to ear, looking like was about to burst. "Sunset, guess what! That cool bike belongs to a new student!" Sunset smiled at this new information. A new student was always welcome at the school, as she reacted appropriately. "I bet they'll be pretty cool, what with the bike and all." Rainbow dash, the athlete of the group, nodded in agreement. "Yeah, must be a real jock, I bet." Rarity simply scoffed in dis-approval. "I already dislike their taste... just look at those unsightly colors! I might cut myself on the edge!" Being a fashionista, it was her duty to criticize the fashion tastes of others, with Applejack just laughing a bit in her southern accent. "Ah c'mon, Rarity, you gotta give em credit, least it seems to be eco friendly, didn't see a single smoke cloud come out of that thing, and plus, no tail pipe, clearly some sort of new fancy eco bikes. As a farmer, ah approve!" Applejack said as Fluttershy nodded in agreement. "Yes, lack of emissions is good for the environment, I hope they are good with animals." Twilight was happy to see everyone having good expectations of the new student, as she herself was also excited to meet them, as they slowly walked through the halls and to their first class, as they took their seats, to be greeted by principal Celestia spoke in her typical booming voice. "Everyone, meet one of Canterlot high's newest students!" She said a short little green boy with no ears, as they spoke in a very... Odd tone. "Greetings, fellow humans!" Hoooo boy, this was gonna be weird. To Be Continued... > Episode 1, Part 2: First day of DOOM! > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- First day of DOOM! Canterlot Highschool Five minutes before Zim's dramatic entry into the classroom. Zim was walking through the halls of the school, observing all the human teenagers walking around him, as they were busy retrieving and off loading items into their lockers, gossiping, and just generally trying to figure out their schedules. Of course, Zim did indeed receive a few glances from the students, as some commented on his appearance, making him nervous, as these humans are clearly far more intelligent than the ones in his previous area of operations... "Why is that kids skin green?" "He has no ears!" "Where the heck is his nose?" "Was he the one riding the bike outside?" Zim could not help but feel that he was being judged by everyone in the hallway, sensing all of them looking down onto him like he was different, which of course, caused him to be anxious, worrying his cover could be blown at any moment. But Zim thought back to invader 101. When the local alien lifeforms doubt your disguise, utilize any method possible to downplay suspicion and blend in. Zim thought back to this statement, as it had gotten him out of several dangerous situations before, and he had no doubt it would help him here, as he made his way to his first class of the day, math, which was lucky for him, as he was a mathematical genius when it came to the subject. He had his invader training, his PAK's built in calculator and database, and his advanced scientific knowledge to thank for it. If he aced mathematics, he could very easily gain the respect of his fellow peers, and also ensure his cover was secure, because if he failed to live up to his records, the schools administration may become suspicious of him, and he could not afford any more screw ups like before, especially with this 'CIA' aware of his existence. However, with the Dib human gone, he could now operate without that stupid moronic earthling breathing down his neck and ruining his plans. Of course, there could very easily be another human just like Dib who saw through his disguise and would try to ruin his plans, so he prepared himself for the only way he knew, by following another rule from invader 101. When interrogated by the enemy, give little info and deny everything if possible! Zim nodded to this memory, as he then saw a door with the sign for math above it, as Zim walked towards it, to see a rather tall looking woman standing by the door, as she waved her hand. "Ah, hello! My name is principal Celestia! You must be... Zim, correct?" The small boy nodded, his non-existent brow narrowing as he observed the woman. "No, I will tell you nothing-" Wait no, simple questions don't count as interrogation. "I mean... Indeed, I AM ZIM! And I am here to attend your place of education and learning." Celestia was surprised by the little green child's enthusiasm, as well as a bit confused, but simply shrugged as her smile widened. "Always good to see someone excited to learn, ready to introduce yourself to the class, Zim?" Zim slowly nodded. He hated having to appear in front of such a large crowd, but he accepted it. "Very well, I shall present myself before my fellow humans and introduce myself." He said as he put his hands behind his back as Celestia gestured for him to enter, as the bell rang. As he entered, he got the expected odd glances, strange looks, and confused staring, as he overheard slight whispers as he stood at the front of the room. Principal Celestia then happily got everyone's attention. "Everyone, meet one of Canterlot highs newest students!" "Greetings, fellow humans!" The room fell silent as Zim announced himself, as everyone stared directly at him. He nervously looked around the room, and if he could sweat, he would be sweating bullets right now, as he looked his left to see principal Celestia giving him a thumbs up, as he turned his back to face the class, took a deep breath and continued to speak. "I am Zim, and I am here to indulge myself in the human education system and participate in filling my pathetic human brain with the knowledge of my species." Zim could not help but mentally slap himself in the face. That, was, A TERRIBLE INTRODUCTION! At this point, he wouldn't be surprised if they drew pitchforks and torches as they tossed a net over him and hauled him off to some government lab. Instead, he was met with a rather... Un-expected reaction, as a pink haired teenager quickly ran up to Zim, grabbed his hand, and proceeded to shake it at a speed at which not even Zim could comprehend, as he feared his arm would be torn off. "Hiya Zim, my names Pinkie Pie, its nice to meet you! Whats your favorite color, do you like cupcakes, was that cool bike outside yours, WANNA HAVE A SLEEPOVER!?!" Cue Zim's eyes going wide as he tore his arm away from the clearly crazy teenager. "BACK AWAY FROM ME, YOU CHAOTIC HUMAN! YOU VIOLATE MY PERSONAL SPACE!" Cue everyone giving surprised and suspicious glances as Zim suddenly realized that he probably just gave himself away, and tried to rectify the situation, as he looked to Pinkie pie, who was still smiling, apparently unphased by Zim's rage. "Errrrrr... I mean, thank you for your kind reception, pinkie pie, I will be happy to share info on my personal interests after class." Nailed it. Pinkie pie smiled at him, as she bounced back to her seat, with Sunset shimmer and Twilight sparkle giggling to themselves at the front of the class, as sunset happily humored Zim. "Ah don't worry Zim, pinkie's always excited to greet new students, you'll get used to it!" Zim slowly nodded, as principal Celestia then spoke up once again. "And I would also like to introduce another student!" She said stepping out of the way to reveal a certain boy, wearing a black coat, a blue shirt with picture of a ghost on it, a shark fin haircut, and a MASSIVE head, as he looked ahead, his eyes suddenly narrowing, as his voice deepened. "Zim..." Zim's eyes narrowed as well, feeling an old bubbling feeling of rage surface within him. "Dib..." They both slowly walked towards each other, their foreheads pressing up against each other as they gritted their teeth and growled at each other, their eyes narrowing as the children in the room appearing confused, and slightly afraid a fight was going to break out, except for Rainbow dash, who stood up and started chanting. "Fight, fight, fight-" She was then given the stare by her friend Fluttershy as she sat back down and shut up. "Been a while, Zim... Was wondering where you flew off to, thought I'd never find you again..." "And I thought I had left you behind back at the wretched city of baboons!" As they both growled, principal Celestia slowly got between them, pushing them away from each other, as she asserted herself. "Boys, boys, calm yourselves, at Canterlot high, we do not have petty rivalries, anger, and arguments! Now behave yourselves and take your seats, class is now in session!" Zim and Dib slowly walked to their seats, both staring at each other with hate in their eyes as they slowly took their seats on opposite sides of the room in the front row, with Sunset shimmer and twilight in the middle of them, as they continued to stare daggers at each other, as the two girls exchanged worried looks. "Man, they look mad... What do you think is up with them?" Sunset whispered to her friend as she shrugged. "Probably something we should look into... Considering those two nearly came to blows from merely seeing each other, id say we got a serious case of a rivalry on our hands." Twilight said as she glanced back to Dib, marveling at his massive head for a bit, before shaking her head and looking the angry conspiracy theorist in the eyes. "Ummmmm... Hi Dib, names twilight sparkle!" She said extending her hand. The nervous human with the massive head tore his eyes off of Zim, as he eyed twilight suspiciously, quickly scanning her for possible alien features, before grasping her hand and shaking it as he spoke in a hushed tone. "Dib membrane, master and expert of the paranormal and extra-terrestrial. Nice to meet you, twilight, now keep your voice down, he could be listening!" Twilight was slightly unnerved by the words of the boy with the large head, as she made a nervous smile. "Uhhh, who is?" Dib quickly pointed to Zim, who was now staring down both Dib and Twilight. "Him... Don't trust a single word that comes out of his mouth, hes a cunning monster and a lying manipulator!" Twilight just shook her head at the crazy boy's words, her confusion only growing. "Oh, im sure it can't be that bad!" Dib gave Twilight a deep stare, as he proceeded to grasp her shirt collar and pull right up to his face. "You don't understand, HES AN ALIEN!" As he said this, Zim quickly yelled out in protest, with Twilight and Sunset just looking confused. "How dare you! Zim is no alien!" "Then explain the green skin, lack of ears, LACK OF A NOSE!" Zim knew this was Dib's trump card against the invader, but he quickly made sure to defuse the danger it posed to his mission with his go-to counter. "Its a skin condition you nincompoop!" As he said, pinkie pie burst out laughing. "HA! HE SAID NINCOMPOOP!" She began laughing out loud as everyone else rolled their eyes, applejack looking curiously at the angry green boy. "Don't know bout yall, but ah think that little fellers gonna be trouble..." Rarity nodded her head in confirmation. "No doubt, his fashion sense is absolutely dreadful!" Zim then turned to the fashionista with hate in his eye, as he stood up on his chair and faced her. "HOW DARE YOU INSULT MY ATTIRE, THIS IS STANDARD ISSUE UNIFORM FOR ALL-" he quickly stopped himself from completely blowing his cover, as he quickly sat back down and tried to salvage the situation. "My mother made it." As he said this, he turned away, as everyone gave rarity a mean look, as she felt terrible, enraged, and confused all at the same time. Standard issue uniform for what? She looked to her friends as they gave her a similar look, this kid was pretty suspicious, as Dib proceeded to use it as evidence to back his claim as he stood up in his chair and pointed at Zim. "SEE! PROOF THAT HES AN ALIEN-" "DIB MEMBRANE, TAKE YOUR SEAT AT ONCE!" Upon hearing principal Celestia's booming voice, Dib quickly took his seat out of fear, as the class passed worrying and confused glances at both odd boys, the rainbooms all having their suspicions confirmed. Something was up with these kids... Seven And A Half Hours Later... As the bell rang, the entire school dismissed as teenagers piled out of their classrooms, as the rainbooms gathered in the hallway as they watched Zim and Dib exit class behind them. These boys had been arguing ALL DAY, and to be honest, the girls were already sick of it, as they watched the two stare each other down as they slowly approached the exit door. The girls slowly followed behind, as they all exited out the front door, to see a tall man in a white coat, wearing goggles and a similar shark fin haircut to Dib, with a little pink haired girl in a blue shirt with what appeared to be a space invader on it standing next to him, playing on her game slave, as Dib quickly ran up to his father. "Dad, Gaz, look! Zim is here!" He said pointing at the green child, who simply glared in return. "Ohohohoho, what a coincidence, your friend is here as well! I knew moving here was a good idea!" "But dad!" "Now son, calm down, we can talk about your first day back at the house!" He said as he got into the membrane labs branded electric car, as Gaz got in, not really making any noise or fuss, with Dib approaching the car, and right before he entered, turning back to both zim and the girls, as he made the infamous 'I got my eye on you' gesture towards Zim, before speaking to the rainbooms. "Don't trust him no matter what!" Dib shouted as he got in the car while it drove away, as Zim looked back at the girls behind, glaring at them. "Do excuse that boy, he was dropped as a child... Several times. Now, I shall see you all tomorrow for another grand day of learning and education! Goodbye!" He quickly turned around as he walked up to his motorcycle, put on his helmet, mounted the cycle, revved its engine, and sped down the road towards a rather foreboding home the girls could only guess belonged to Zim, as the girls all collectively exchanged looks of suspicion and curiosity. "Emergency sleepover meeting?" Pinkie happily exclaimed. "You betcha, pinks." Sunset said. They were going to get to the bottom of this, one way, or another. Meanwhile, Back at Zim's Base. The sidewalk hatch raised itself up as Zim's hyper cycle sped down the ramp, the hatch sealing behind him, as he slowly drove into his garage bay, coming to a stop on his vehicle pad as he slowly dismounted, the holographic disguise of the vehicle fading as several mechanical arms descended from the ceiling as they removed his human eye lens and hair, as his red eyes glistened in the red lighting of his base, his antenna poking straight up. His backpack slowly distorted as it reverted back to the PAK, as Zim took in a fresh breath. "Hooooo... Phase one went smoothly!" He said walking up to the elevator out of the garage bay as it elevated him to the living room, as he exited out of the floor to see GIR watching TV and eating nachos, as he face palmed. "GIR, did anyone infiltrate the base while I was at school?" GIR simply shook his head. "Nope, not a single person!" Zim smiled and nodded. "Excellent! Our operations shall go un-impeded! The dib human's return is only a minor inconvenience... Now... Computer!" A robotic voice chimed in as it groaned. "Uggh, yes sir?" "Run a detailed analysis of the data recorded by my PAK!" He said as a cable lowered from the ceiling and connected itself to his PAK, as it began transferring data into the bases mainframe. "Data recorded, processing... Alert, unknown energy readings detected." Zim appeared confused as his computer pointed this strange finding. "Show me the source!" The TV screen cut to a photo of the math classroom he had sat in, as zim turned to it, looking at the screen as he saw the photo switch to energy detection mode, showing readings of energy originating from... Those human teenagers he had met... Slowly, Zim's confused neutral face, turned to small grin, then to a wide, evil, maniacally planning smile... "Excellent..." > Episode 2, Slumber Party of Mystery > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Slumber Party of Mystery Dib Membranes House Within the living room of the modern home was Gaz membrane, sitting on the couch as she watched TV, having gotten bored of playing her game slave 2 and beating it for the fiftieth time this week. Yeah, she had a problem, and she didn't care. Anyways, as she watched TV, she overheard an explosive BOOM! sound effect blast out of the basement, seeing smoke slowly trail out from the now ajar basement door, as her father, Professor membrane, could be seen standing in the door frame, his hair on fire, his lab coat signed and tattered, and his goggles covered in soot. "Another successful experiment!" He said dusting off his goggles and pinching the little fire in his hair, as he chuckled. Gaz would ask what the explosion was, but the thing was, she stopped asking since explosion number... three hundred and sixteen. Anyways, as the doctor walked past her and into the kitchen, she assumed he was going to make dinner, so she decided to save dad the trouble of asking her to retrieve her brother, as she got up off the couch and shouted to her father. "Im gonna get Dib for dinner!" "Yes, yes, thank you dear, it allows me to focus on these atomic beans!" He said as a radiometer slowly began to tick, so she decided to go ahead and get her brother out fast, as she slowly walked up the stairs, and saw Dib's room at the end of the hallway. She should've been in her GAZMAT suit to protect herself from the elements of her brother, but they had been numbed down ever since Zim re-surfaced in canterlot, meaning her brother focused all his attention on the green invader. Anyways, as Gaz slowly approached Dib's room, she could feel the geek energy radiating from the room, and as she reached the door, slowly pushed it open, to see dib nervously pacing back and forth, as usual. Now, there were a couple new things of note in the room, one begin a giant sticky board, one with what appeared to be the faces of... People from canterlot academy? For a second, Gaz believed that Dib thought there were more aliens, and if there were true, she was going to hit him on the head with a pan, but then she noticed the sticky notes beside each one of them. She could not clearly see them, and she didn't really care, as she spoke to her brother. "Hey Dib, its dinner time, you comin?" Dib barely even noticed Gaz standing there, before she spoke up, as he turned to her and nodded. "Right, right, dinner, dinner... Sorry, I was busy thinking about today at school... It can't be a coincidence that me and zim are in the same city, there's a reason he came here! Maybe cause of the towns history? Unsure..." He said glancing back at his computer, upon which he had several historical articles related to the various incidents within canterlot city, many of them catching his paranormal interest easily... And as he walked to dinner, on the other side of the neighborhood, his nemesis, was busy in the lab, studying something... Zims Base, Subterranean Laboratory Number 2 Inside his laboratory several hundred feet underground, all alone, Zim was currently studying some unique energy readings recently captured today during his first infiltration operation at canterlot highschool, as he observed multiple screens, each showing a graph with different readings, each colored differently. One energy graph was pink, another was orange, another was blue, another was purple, you get the idea, these energy readings had come from none other but the rainbooms, as zim analyzed these readings at his computer, running calculations as he typed in sequences to try and get some results, however, no matter how much he tried, he just could not retrieve sufficient results! "Gah, curse this insufficient data! I require a much more refined and complete reading, like a DNA sample, or a... Hair sample..." It was then he remembered something... When the pink haired human... What was her name again? Pinkie pie, yes, she no doubt left fingerprints on his glove, as he quickly walked over to the analyzer machine, placing his glove on the scanner, as it took a reading, Zim secretly crossing his fingers, hoping the scan gleamed something sufficient... And... "SUCCESS! I'M A GENIUS!" The scanner glowed green as a new much more complete energy reading was displayed, a much brighter pink as he proceeded to quickly analyze this data, sequencing it with ease now that the sample was complete. As he examined this data, he suddenly felt a... Strange feeling come over him... He felt compelled... To laugh. Now, not like an evil laugh, but like an actual legitimate laugh, like at a joke, and try as he might, Zim could no longer resist this urge as he burst out laughing like mad, unable to control himself as he started to cough heavily, his throat becoming sore as he finally came to a stop. He then quickly made a deduction that these energy waves were causing her to laugh, as he made effort to isolate the energy into a containment field inside a tiny little glass container, as he observed the readings still continue to maintain surprisingly high rate of activity, as Zim decided to test the power of this new energy, as he took the tiny cell and inserted it into a energy exertion measurement device, as the machine slowly began taking reading, with Zim closely observing the power levels rise higher and higher, as his smile grew wider and wider. "Yes.. Yes! YES! I CAN UTILIZE THIS! IM GENIUS! Now... If these readings alone are from a small sample of energy from a single one of those teenage humans... I could create the ultimate power source with all of their energy combined! COMPUTER!" "Awaiting command." "Sequence this energy and identify any potential to use or refine it! And if possible, analyze its true source and properties! Now I must go and track down the sources of this energy!" Once he said this, Zim walked towards the elevator, entering it as he slowly elevated up to his hangar bay. The time had come for a mid-night flight. As he arrived in the launch hangar at the very top of his base, looking upon his trusty voot runner, sitting at the center of the room, as he slowly approached his craft, seeing GIR sitting on top of it, eating tacos and salsa. "Heya boss!" "Greetings, GIR, you will be glad to know we are going on a night time reconnaissance mission within the voot runner!" As he said this, GIR squealed with excitement as he fell backwards off the top of the ship and onto the ground, as he quickly got up and ran around to his master, as the cockpit for the voot runner opened up, Zim climbing inside with GIR following behind. As the cockpit closed, the launch hangar doors slowly opened, the voot runner rising into the air, as it launched forward, to scan the city for more of these potential energy signatures, as he slightly tuned the ships scanner using the energy sample to act as the target frequency, as he quickly found a source of energy that almost exactly matched the frequency. "Bingo." He said as the voot runner rocketed off towards the new target. Pinkie Pies House Little did zim know, was that the source, Pinkie Pie, would be having a slumber party with the rest of her friends, as they were currently discussing the new arrivals at their school, starting with Dib membrane, as twilight pointed out his biggest feature. Literally. "Okay, so first off, the kid has a massive head! Like seriously, have you guys seen that thing?" Everybody else nodded in agreement, as twilight then thought back to something. "What really weirded me out was how he called Zim an alien... I mean, what if... What if hes right?" Cue silence filling the room, before the girls all burst out into laughter, finding such a concept hilarious. "But you do have to admit, its pretty rare that a skin condition results in the loss of a nose and ears... In fact, how does he even hear? And I'm pretty sure I saw Zim literally scratching his eyes during lunch period. And the fear he showed of the meat... Plus, he just... Ran away like a little girl when he heard that water fountain running..." Applejack then decided to pipe up. "Plus, I couldn't help but notice, the boy only has three fingers! Somethin truly ain't right here... Maybe that Dib feller is right? Why don't we just ask them?" Everyone nodded at this idea, as it didn't seem that bad. Sunset shimmer decided to call in a vote. "Alright, all in favor with making contact with Dib membrane and investigating Zim?" Collectively, every girl raised their hand. "Its decided then, tomorrow we will tell Dib that we believe him, and see if we can truly find out if Zim is an alien. If he is, then we might have a big problem on our hands..." Everyone nodded at this, as rarity slowly yawned. "Well, we oughta get to sleep, can't hunt aliens without beauty rest!" As everyone said goodnight, outside of the house, hovering in the air, listening in on their conversation using a long range mic, Zim heard everything aboard his voot runner. "HOW CAN THIS BE? THE HUMAN TEENAGERS ARE ONTO ME! If I am not careful, my cover will be blown! But my theory IS true, these girls are the source of that energy! I will have to find some way to extract that energy, even if I have yet to find use for it... But now, I have to be careful... GIR, we are heading back to base!" "Okee dokee!" Zim's base As the voot runner rocketed off across the sky back to zim's base, as it slowly hovered into the open hangar bay doors, closing behind it, zim quickly hopped out of the vehicle and turned to GIR. "I will now retire to my laboratory and run more tests on this data, GIR, you.... Do your thing." As Zim walked to the elevator and descended down into the depths of his base, GIR pulled out a sombrero, and stuffed his mouth full of nachos, covered himself in cheese, and spun around in circles. > Episode 3, The Food-fight of Destruction! > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Food-fight of Destruction! Zim's Base. It was currently five o'clock in the morning, as zim did not require sleep, and as such, has spent all night focusing on his research of these strange energy readings he obtained during last night reconnaissance mission of the rainbooms at their slumber party, as he sat within his laboratory, all alone. Although he was barely scratching the surface in terms of the energy and power of these readings, he was still satisfied with the results, easily seeing several uses for this energy. Of course, he still required a true sample to have something he could work with, and would require one from each of the seven girls, which could prove difficult, as he doubted he simply pull a piece of their hair out without them noticing. That's when an idea struck him, as he smiled and snapped his fingers. "Bingo." He had designed a device specifically for this purpose of gathering samples, as he quickly made his way to the robotics bay, running through the long winding and dark corridors his base, the walls lined with wires, lights, metal plating, and small screens displaying random info, as well as cameras dotted around the place. It was kinda lonely down here... But he didn't care, as he reached the brightly lit robotics bay, seeing all his greatest robotic creations yet. The hunter destroyer, his planetary scout drones, the Megadoomer X-3 Combat Stealth Mech MK2, a rebuilt and upgraded version of the original megadoomer gifted to Zim by the tallest, the maim bot, and finally, as he reached a specific platform of the room, a tiny pedestal, with around 8 small red specks on it. However, Zim picked one of them up, this speck turned out to be his next gen in miniaturized sample recovery drones, as Zim smiled, placing the speck down and walking over to his computer terminal, slowly typing away at it as he inputted data on the targets of the drones, showing images of all seven members of the rainbooms band. "It should be simple to acquire a tiny sample from each of these humans..." And with the data uploaded, all of the drones entered a small red ball as it closed, zim grabbing it and sliding it into the storage compartment of his PAK as he smiled and walked out of the robotics bay, heading for the preparation room. At this point, it was now six o'clock, meaning it was time to prepare for school, as he entered the room and did his routine work out while disguising himself, and in a few short moments, he was ready for deployment, as he quickly made his way to the garage. "Time for another day of wretched human education." Meanwhile, GIR was upstairs watching TV and eating nachos, when suddenly, there was a knock at the door, as GIR slowly walked over as he put on his dog disguise, and opened the door, to see a pink haired girl standing right over as she spoke. "Ummmm hello, is anyone there-" As Fluttershy slowly looked down, her face turned to that of joy and amazement, as without warning, she grabbed GIR and hugged him tightly in her arms. "Oh your so adorable! Whats your name little guy?" "My name is tacos." The green dog speaking confused and startled fluttershy, but she excepted it, holding him closer. "And you can speak!?! Oh, don't worry, tacos, I'll take good care of you-" She then suddenly remembered why she was here, as she slowly let the dog down. "Oh, oh dear, im sorry, I... I forgot you had an owner!" She then nervously chuckled before straightening up. "Now, where is Zim?" GIR proceeded to point right behind her, as when she turned, she saw a hatch in the sidewalk open up to reveal a red and black motorcycle leaping out onto the pavement as it swerved and did a donut in the street, the hatch closing as the bike slowly pulled up in front of the house. Fluttershy was on the verge of a heart attack as she was surprised by the bike's sudden appearance, as she looked at its driver, as they removed their helmet, and spoke in the usual tone you expect them to speak in. "WHO DARES DISTURB THE LAWN OF MY PERFECTLY NORMAL HUMAN HOUSE?!?" As Zim said this, fluttershy was taken aback, as she didn't know what to say, before she finally mustered up some courage to speak. "Ummmm-ummmmm, me, sir... My name is Fluttershy, I saw you yesterday during school, and I... Wanted to introduce myself, yes!" As she said this and nodded, smiling happily, zim narrowed his eyes in suspicion at her. "I see... Then explain to me why you touch Zim's totally normal pet canine at once!" Fluttershy was slightly intimidated by Zim's strange way of speaking, as she finally explained herself. "Well, hes such a good boy, and he can talk! Hes a great pet, im proud of you for taking care of him! In fact, you could take him to school, id be happy to take care of him for you!" Zim was surprised by the girl's offer, and seeing how it might be handy to have GIR close by should dookie hit the proverbial fan, so he could GTFO. "Very well, I allow you to take my canine companion to the institute of education that we totally normal humans attend. Oh, and his name is GIR, if your wondering." He said as he placed his helmet back on and sped off back towards the school. Fluttershy smiled, as she set her backpack down on the ground and opened it, while also wondering what kind of dog name GIR was, but she giggled a bit, thinking it was meant to be like the sound a dog makes when its growling. "Hop in, little fella!" GIR made noises of joy as he smiled and hopped inside the backpack, as Fluttershy picked it up and quickly ran off to canterlot high. Meanwhile, at Dib Membranes house... Dib was in the living room, slipping on his jacket, gripping his suitcase, and looking to gaz, who was on her game slave 2, her backpack with her, as they both walked out the door to see their dad, professor membrane, chatting in front of the family car with what appeared to be one of the teenagers he had seen yesterday... "And that is why quantum tunneling is both possible, and impossible, all at the same time!" The girl he was talking to nodded in agreement with a smile on her face. Dib then recognized her as Twilight sparkle, as she had introduced herself to him yesterday. "Now it all makes sense! Thanks Mr membrane, I'll ace that test for sure now!" "Don't mention it, anything for a friend of my son, speaking of which, I see you are ready children!" He said as both the proffesor and twilight turned to look at Dib and gaz, as Dib nodded, and gaz simply grunted in response. As the proffessor gestured for them to enter the car, as they both slowly climbed in, but not before twilight waved at Dib. "I'll see you at school, dib!" Dib nodded as he closed the door, with the car backing out of the driveway, and heading off to school. As twilight looked on, she suddenly got a text from fluttershy. OMG! Zim has such a cute little dog, and hes letting me bring it to school! That's good Fluttershy, but did you find anything suspicious? Not besides the strange hatch in his sidewalk, no. Weird... Alright then, see you and the girls at school. A few minutes later, at Canterlot Highschool's front courtyard As Dib and Gaz hopped out of professor membranes car, Zim was already dis-mounting from his bike, as he set his helmet down, and glared daggers at the human, who in turn, glared right back with flames in his eyes, as they growled at each other while Gaz walked by. "You two seethe at each other all you want, just leave me out of it." As she said this, both boys nodded, knowing it was best not to incur the wrath of the small girl, knowing the full extent of her fury and rage. When Gaz was sufficiently a fair distance away, Dib suddenly surprise tackled Zim, as he attempted to remove the hair on the green boy's head, with Zim kicking Dib in the face, and him retaliating with a punch to Zim's gut, as he grasped his stomach and writhed in pain on the ground. "Oh, my squeedly spooch!" As Zim got back up, he was about to lunge at Dib, before he heard a familiar feminine voice behind him. "Zim, Dib, calm down, you two!" As he turned around, he saw Fluttershy quickly running up to Zim, as she knelt down and started inspecting his face. "Are you hurt? Why are you fighting? Are you gonna be ok?" Zim quickly swatted Fluttershy away out of fear she would mess up his disguise, as he replied. "Zim is fine, Dib punches like a moonquak in winter on schlorpin day!" Fluttershy had no idea what zim was even talking about, her confusion and suspicion of the boy rising, as Dib was about to call Zim out for his strange metaphor, but suddenly, he heard Twilight sparkle running behind him, with a not so friendly look on her face. "Yeah you two, calm down for pete sake, what did Zim ever do to you, Dib?" Cue Dib's jaw dropping as he pointed right at him. "Do you not hear what he said? Whats a moonquak? Whats schlorpin day? These aren't normal creatures or days, hes an alien, I told you before!" Twilight simply shook her head, before remembering what she and her friends discussed last night, about actually trusting Dib, and not to mention, he did have several valid points, as she proceeded to give him a wink, with Dib smiling, seeing it as a sign someone believes him. Zim also saw this, as his eyes glared at twilight, now confirming she was now an enemy and a threat to his mission. He then looked to GIR, who had leaped out of Fluttershys backpack and right on top of him, as he did a little funny dance on zim's stomach, as the rest of the rainbooms arrived and giggled at the sight. "Oh my... What a... Strange canine companion, Zim..." Rarity said with clear disdain in her voice, while Applejack was slightly put off by the robots disguise. "That don't look any dog ive ever seen..." Pinkie pie was of course laughing like a lunatic at the dog's funny little dance. "LOOK AT IT! ITS DANCIN!" GIR began to giggle like a maniac, as twilight also giggled to herself. "Kinda reminds me of my dog, spike! Except, he doesn't stand on two legs, and well, isn't green..." As essentially everyone except Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie were put off by the dog, sunset just narrowed her brow at Zim with suspicion, as GIR got off of him and he stood up, looking at the girls with suspicion in his eyes, then turning back to twilight, his gaze towards her filled with daggers, as twilight was slightly disturbed by the small boy's behavior, as he looked forward, and began marching forward, GIR following close behind. Dib then let Twilight in on how Zim behaves. "Hes probably going to think your a threat to his plan now, so be careful." Twilight nodded, as she and the girls followed Zim inside, Dib close behind. As they made their way to class, Zim continued to eye the girls as they walked behind him, glaring back every few seconds, clearly on edge as he whispered to GIR. "GIR, these girls are a potential threat to the mission, not only do they possess some sort of strange power, they are suspicious of me, and could potentially compromise us!" GIR simply pretended to know what he was talking about, as Fluttershy then spoke up. "Errrr... Zim, if you don't mind, I can take your dog to the kennel where he will be with his fellow pets!" Zim simply looked behind him, narrowed his brow, and answered. "Yeah, sure, whatever, go ahead. Errrrrr, I mean, it would please me to know my canine companion in the presence of his fellow pets..." Zim spoke with a tiny tinge of venom in his voice, as usual, as he turned and walked into math class, with Fluttershy lifting up GIR into her arms. "Cmon, were off to see your new dog friends!" GIR then raised his arm nubs and celebrated. "YAY!" A few minutes later, as the bell rings... Everyone had already filed into class and into their seats, as Zim and Dib sat at opposite ends of the room as usual, both occasionally eyeing one another, as Mrs Cheerilee stepped into the class, greeting her students. "Good morning class, how is everyone today?" Everyone gave the usual responses, some excited, some bored, but Zim, zim gave an un-usual response. "My day has been totally normal and in no way eventful, but very good, miss cheerilee." The teacher gave Zim an awkward glance before she went back to writing a few equations on the board. As she wrote the equations, the rainbooms began texting each other on their phones. Okay, so we all saw Zim and Dib going at each other earlier right? Indeed, it was most uncivil! I reckon Dib may be right bout zim... Well, if he is, we need to confirm our suspicions. Yeah, can't just go throwing out accusations of being an alien all willy nilly, or else when we actually find proof, itll be a boy who cried wolf scenario. Yeah, we gotta be careful. Ohhh, this is so exciting, were going on a stakeout! Little did the girls know, Zim had actually hacked their phones as they were coming to class, using his PAK to bypass their firewalls as he viewed their messages on the virtual display built into his eye lenses, another perk of being cybernetically enhanced. As Zim had feared, these girls were onto him, but right now, he had to focus on his mission, as he pulled out the small red orb he retrieved from the robotics bay, and popped it open, as several tiny drones quickly flew out and towards their targets, as all they landed on the skin of the girls, their needles penetrating their skin like mosquito's, gathering blood samples, and once filled, returned back to the orb, as Zim closed it and put it back into his PAK, as he scanned the readings and uploaded the data back to his base for him to analyze later. As class dragged on, eventually the bell rang, signifying it was time for lunch, as everyone crowded in and retrieved there food. What was for lunch? Taco tuesday... With extra meat... As everyone lined up to get their food from granny smith, Zim was shaking like crazy, petrified of the extra meat within the tacos, fearing a single stray piece of the stuff could scorch him and blow his cover, as Dib and the rainbooms were lined up behind her. "See how hes shaking? Its because meat is like a poison to his people, scorches his skin, makes him writhe in pain..." The girls gasped in surprise, as Zim turned and narrowed his brow, glaring daggers at them, with Dib and Twilight glaring right back. "Alright, how do we test to see if what you say is true?" "A good ol food flick should do the trick, I'll take the fall, just watch as I fire it off." As they all got their lunches, Dib and the girls sat at the same table as Zim, on the opposite side, as Zim and Dib stared at each other, Zim then nervously staring down at the taco, his eyes shaking, watering from the simple fumes of the meat in the taco. Dib looked to twilight, as she nodded, and Dib grabbed a piece of meat from his taco, and threw it right into Zim's face. His skin began to sizzle, smoke began coming off of him as his skin scorched, as he emitted out a pretty loud shriek and quickly began wiping off his face, as he glared at Dib, who was loudly snickering, while the girls simply stared in horror at Zim, as he looked toward them as his gaze narrowed. Great, now he was truly exposed to these girls... He decided to retaliate by grabbing his whole taco, and throwing it right at Dib's face, who was knocked out of his seat. Wanting to get in on the action, Rainbow dash grabbed her taco and threw it towards Zim, who managed to dodge it, as it flew over his head and hit a random kid, who retaliated with their own taco, and then another was thrown, and then another, and eventually it all devolved into a full blown... "FOOD FIGHT!" Rainbow yelled out as the cafeteria devolved into chaos, Granny smith going to put on her RIOT gear as the doors to the cafeteria burst open to reveal GIR. "DID SOMEONE SAY FOOD FIGHT?" He said as he jumped up on a random table, inhaled all the tacos on it, and spat them all out at a rapid pace, like a machine gun. As food was hurled around, a taco hit Zim square in the eye, as he fell to the ground, the girls looking on as he slowly stood back up, to see his right eye slightly cracked, as a tiny bit chipped off to reveal red behind it, with Zim noticing this, and quickly obscuring it with his hand as he ran out of the cafeteria to escape the food fighting and prying eyes of the students. "Did anybody else see that?" The girls all nodded towards each other, as Twilight turned to Dib, and the next words she spoke were pure bliss to him. "I believe the evidence is substantial enough, we believe you, Dib!" "YES, FINALLY, I'M NOT ALONE!" He said before being impacted directly in the gut with a taco. Meanwhile, as Zim ran down the halls, he quickly ducked into a boys bathroom, as he looked in a mirror and revealed his damaged eye. Luckily, he had an emergency replacement in his PAK, retrieving it as he removed the damaged lens, revealing his Ikren red eye before he covered it with the new lens, discarding the old one in the toilet and flushing it before leaving the bathroom. As the bell rang, everybody filed into science class, covered in food, as Zim sat across from Dib, as both him and the girls glared at him, as Zim glared back, and whispered to himself. "This means war, humans..." Soon, after the final bell rang and everybody went home, we return to zims base. Deep below in his laboratory, he was slowly placing the blood samples gathered by the drones into an analysis machine, as he began running tests and experiments on the blood, taking readings of the energy within. Soon, he synthesized a sample of pure energy, one from each girl, as he lined them up and put them all together into the energy analysis machine, as it slowly beeped and whirred, the readings displayed to Zim as he smiled. "Yes... Yes!" But then, the machine started to violently shake as its beeping intensified. "Eh?" Then, it exploded, creating a burst of energy unlike which Zim had never seen, and as he took a look at the readings display, it showed one sentence... UNLIMITED ENERGY. Zim saw this, as he slowly rubbed his hands together and smiled deviously, as a new plan formed in his head... A plan that would allow him to take over the entire planet! "MWAHAHAHAHA, AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, I AM ZIM!" > Episode 4, Unwanted Attention > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unwanted Attention from Beyond... Deep within the bowels of Zim's base... The sound of computerized beeping and whirring filled the air, as zim stood in front of a large screen within his data archive room, looking at several files and data logs he had pulled from the human internet, displaying images of all the incidents that had occurred in canterlot city. From the fall formal, to the battle of the bands and the dazzlings, and many other incidents. He slowly began to notice one thing they all had in common, the involvement of the rainbooms, the girls who now likely believed Dib's statement about Zim being an alien, but the thing that fascinated him the most were how these girls used 'Magic' and 'Friendship' to emerge victorious. Zim broke out laughing at such a dumb concept, but then, it hit him like a freight train. Those unknown energy readings that he had been studying for the past couple days were likely the result of this so called magic, and as he witnessed it on full display within these incidents, he realized something. Not only was the energy of this magic unlimited, the magic itself was extremely powerful. If he could somehow harness that magic... Zim would be unstoppable! Zim had an evil smile streak across his face, before his robotic computer spoke up. "Sir, today is your scheduled call with the tallest." Zim had a look of excitement on his face, as he smiled. "Excellent, establish contact at once!" The computer beeped in agreement, as the screen in front of Zim began loading... The Irken Armada, Aboard The Massive... As we look upon the massive Irken armada, still in disarray after getting sucked into the florpus, the tallest, red and purple, are standing before the giant window into the void of space, looking out at their armada. Currently, Red was drinking some soda, and Purple was eating some donuts. Suddenly, one of the Massive's bridge operators spoke up. "My tallest! We have an incoming transmission!" Red and Purple sighed, praying it wasn't who they thought it was. "Uh... Yeah, go ahead and patch it through... Please don't be Zim... Please don't be Zim..." Red said to himself, as Purple simply braced himself. As the holo screen emerged, they heard an all too familiar voice. "IT IS I, ZIM!" Even if they expected it, Red still spat out his soda at Purple, who almost choked on a donut. As Red and Purple angrily looked at Zim, they remembered how he had been a pest for them ever since they assigned to him operation Impending Doom One. You see, when Zim commandeered a Frontline Battlemech to be used for the operation, he kind of went mad with power and his ego flared up, resulting in him almost destroying all of planet Irk. Of course, the control brains deemed Zim un-accountable, but he was still sent to planet foodcourtia due to there being a lack of workers on the planet. When Zim left for foodcourtia, the tallest thought Zim was gone for good. But low and behold, on the day of the great assigning for Operation Impending Doom Two, who else shows up but Zim... So they sent him off into the middle of space, and when they thought he was truly dead, Zim popped up, claiming he had found a new planet to conquer. And then there was the whole trial which didn't do anything besides cause the control brains to go nutso. Yeah, the tallest didn't like Zim, especially because of how annoying and small he was. Anyways, the tallest responded accordingly. "Zim, why are you calling us..." "Yeah, you got a planet to conquer don't you?" "Yes yes, and I have not forgotten about it, but you see, after my recent re-location of my main base, I have discovered a truly fascinating anomaly!" Suddenly, several images of canterlot city appeared, along with advanced readings, images of the incidents, and a photo of the rainbooms. "This city seems to have some sort of strange energy anomaly that grants this group of teenage humans, called 'The Rainbooms' to possess strange abilities. Apparently they refer to these abilities as... Magic... Which I find simply laughable, as they do not truly understand the power they possess! As such, I, Zim, the empires greatest invader, plan to exploit this magical resource for the good of the empire, so I have much to work to do! Invader Zim, signing off!" As the transmission cut out, the tallest looked at each other, confused about the situation, but most importantly, curious about this... Magic. "You gotta admit, Zim has indeed found something interesting... "Yeah, and dangerous! What happens if he manages to get a hold of that power, he would go nuts! We can't let him have it..." Suddenly, the tallest had a devious idea, an idea so devious it might just work. "We'll just have to steal it for ourselves!" As the two tallest manically laughed to themselves, we cut to... The Earths Moon... On the surface of the lunar giant, a small flag waved. But it was not the american flag, or any other national flag for that matter... It was the flag... Of Invader Tak, as she was currently inside her lunar bunker she had built herself, using her irken technology, as she had hid away inside to prepare for revenge against her great enemy, Zim... Standing next to her was her robot companion MiMi, as Tak had a headset on her head, listening in on the conversation between her nemesis and the almighty tallest, as she viewed the images of Canterlot and its history, narrowing her eyes... "So... Zim has discovered a source of potentially limitless power... It appears that my time to act is now! MiMi!" The mute robot appeared next to its master and saluted with its large robot claw. "Amplify your transmitter! Send a message to my ships onboard AI and attempt to recover it!" The robot nodded, as it quickly exited the bunker to the lunar surface, as a massive radar dish extended out of its head and pointed towards the earth, as a signal slowly began to transmit, going all the way to... Dib Membranes garage... The door to the garage slowly opened, as Dib Membrane stood beside his new friend, Twilight Sparkle, looking over all the items he had acquired fighting Zim over the years. From the illiteracy beam, to the DOOM ray, to that one squirrel Zim gave the brain of einstein to, who was currently reading a book in a cage. Twilight simply marveled at all of the trinkets and gadgets. "Wow... You two have been at it for years now, haven't you?" Dib nodded. "Indeed, ever since we first met we have been fighting against each other. He would win some, I would win some, in the end nobody really won, which was both frustrating and relieving because I couldn't bring him to justice, but earth was still safe when he failed. Now come, let me show the greatest achievement..." He slowly moved through a bunch of the old junk, making a path as Twilight followed, and soon, before them stood a hulking mechanical ship, bruised, battered, and damaged... On it, was the symbol of Tak. "Woah... Is that Zim's ship?" "No, it belonged to Tak, another Irken, and also a rival of Zim. We had to work together before she drained the planet of magma and filled it with snacks, but luckily, I shut off the pump while Zim bested Tak in combat, and she was sent flying off into space." "Wow... So Zim has other enemies it seems... Even his fellow irkens are against him!" "Yeah, and sometimes, I get involved in his cross-race escapades, like that time I got abducted by those dang collectors, barely made it out alive... But anyways, I used this ship to help get my dad out of space prison and together we shut a massive inter-dimensional space anomaly." "Man, you have been through alot..." "Indeed, we have." Dib said as he banged on the hull of the ship, before its cockpit was suddenly illuminated, as the massive ship roared to life, its mechanical limbs extending out, as Twilight and Dib backed up in fear. "Re-call signal received, I must return to master Tak!" As the ship slowly rose, it blasted out through the roof of the garage, disappearing into space... Twilight and Dib looked up, before turning to each other and collectively voicing concern. "Well, thats not good..." Back at zim's base... The sound of a plasma-torch filled the air, as Zim was in the deepest part of his base, welding a busted pipeline that he swore he had just fixed yesterday. Zim felt that his equipment had become quite degraded as of lately, especially down here, likely due to the fact this base was not truly designed for long term operation, as it was meant to be a frontline HQ until Zim could fully conquer the planet. As he continued welding, he heard the sound of something dropping to the ground behind, as he turned, to see a wrench on the ground. As he picked up and inspected, he heard footsteps running down the hall. Fearing it was an intruder, zim quickly took off after the threat. "HALT! YOU SHALL NOT ESCAPE ZIM!" As he pounced on the unknown intruder, robotic scythes protruding from his PAK, he then saw a familiar face... "Invader skoodge!?!" > Episode 5, New Comrades, Old Foes > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Comrades, Old Foes... Zim's Basement. "Invader skoodge!?! What are you doing in my basement!" Zim said staring down his fellow invader, standing on top of him, his eyes narrowed, wondering why the heck Skoodge of all invaders was in his basement. After all, he was the very first invader to complete his assignment for Operation Impending Doom Two, and while Zim did not admit it, he respected Skoodge not just for his victory, but achieving it with his small size. Anyways, as he stared down his Irken comrade, Skoodge gave a weak response. "Can you get off of me? Your squishing my squeedlyspooch." Upon realizing he was hurting his Irken comrade, Zim quickly stepped off of Skoodge, who proceeded to stand up. "Sorry for not telling you until now Zim, but... Yeah, I've been living in your basement." Cue Zim's jaw hanging wide open. "WHAT? YOU DARE LIVE WITHIN THE MIGHTY BASE OF ZIM WITHOUT HIS PERMISSION?" Zim said, as he practically shouted in Skoodge's face. "Look, I had no where else to go when I got shot out of that cannon for the organic sweep, ok? I may be okay now, but trust me, it hurt a florpaton when I made impact, and I barely got off-world before the sweep finished. So, when we were done training on Hobo Thirteen, I followed you back to your base in my Zhook cruiser, that Invader Larb gave to me out of pity, which honestly, even if I accepted it, he was still worthy of it." Zim slowly nodded, taking in Skoodge's words, and understanding his predicament. Zim was especially angry that the tallest stole away Skoodge's glory and fired him out of the cannon for the organic sweep, believing that Irken's of all sizes deserved their glory. "Yes, Invader Larb is a fellow glorious invader, but you are far more deserving of the legendary cruiser! After all, you were the first one to complete your assignment, so by extension, you are the best invader, besides me of course. But anyways, how have you managed to hide for so long down here, especially from me? My security system must be faulty, even after my constant attempts to improve it!" "I'm pretty sure your system just didn't think I was an intruder due to me being Irken." Zim was about to protest, before realizing he had indeed set the security settings to allow his fellow Irkens inside the base. "Hmmm, I see... Remind me to adjust those settings..." Cue a villainous light bulb going off in Zim's head, as he snapped his fingers. "This is actually an excellent coincidence! You can assist me with my latest and greatest plan!" Cue Skoodge having a look of skepticism on his face, before it turned to excitement. "Ooooh, what is it?" Zim's slight smile turned to a maniacal grin, as he slightly chuckled. "You shall soon see, Skoodge... Now come, we must be ready for skool!" Zim said as he darted down the long metal hallways of the base, with Skoodge in tow. "Pretty sure its pronounced 'School'." "DO NOT CORRECT ZIM!" It is now fifteen minutes until it is time to go to school, as Zim and Skoodge are standing in the preperation room. Zim already has his disguise on, but he realizes something. Skoodge doesn't even have a disguise! With this knowledge, he quickly pushes his fellow Invader into the center of the room, before walking over to a hovering computer terminal. "Alright Skoodge, you require a new human disguise in order to blend in at the human learning institution." Skoodge just smiled and nodded, as Zim scrolled through the disguise options. "Too ugly!" "Too stinky!" "Too fat!" "Too skinny!" "Too short!" "Too tall!" After going through several more in-sufficient disguises, he finds the perfect one. "That one looks good!" And with the press of a red button, the large machine above Skoodge's head slowly whirred to life, with loud beeps and electronic lights flickering on, until two large pods extended out of the machine, lowering down to his sides, as they then squish Skoodge together, as the pods begin to violently shake, light emitting from them as he yelled out. "Ahhh, why does it hurt!?!" "You'll get used to it, Skoodge!" Finally, after a few seconds, the pods broke apart, as steam hissed, shrouding the invader until it dissipated, with Zim having a wicked smile on his face. "Excellent... The perfect disguise. Come, invader Skoodge, it's time for school..." Ten minutes earlier... Membrane Household, Dib's Room Dib was currently busy pacing around the room, until a knock on the door rang out, as he walked over and opened it to see his new friend Twilight Sparkle, who simply waved. "Hey Dib!" Dib smiled, gesturing for her to enter, as he quickly closed the door behind her. "Great to see you came this morning, sorry for the short notice text, but I felt you should see this." Dib said walking over to the wall where he had a large board taped to. Twilight then gazed to the board that Dib had tacked on several photos of her, her friends, Zim, Gir, and several other strange people, including bigfoot. Twilight wasn't really big on cryptids, but she was big on aliens, and from what she had learned about aliens, Zim was for sure one of them. Twilight didn't have any idea what GIR was though. "Do you have any photos of Zim or GIR outside of their disguises?" Hearing that sentence made Dib cringe. "No, my evidence always winds up destroyed, but what I know so far is, Zim comes from a space of inter-galactic conquerors named Irken's, who have these strange insect-like eyes and antenna, with these strange PAK's attached to their back's, which seems to store their memories, their personality, their tools, heck, it's what allows them to survive! One time when I tore Zim's PAK off, it stuck onto me and tried to erase me and turn me into a new Zim! It was freaky! Luckily, Zim found me before that happened and got the PAK on right before he kicked the bucket, so we both won that day." Twilight was simply dumbfounded by this knowledge, her mouth hanging wide open. Had she heard it from anyone else, she would have doubted them, but considering Dib had been dealing with Zim for years, she believed him, as she asked question. "What the heck is his dog?" "It's his robotic assistant! I dunno what GIR stands for, but it's a dangerous robot! Don't let it's dumb demeanor fool you! Well, I think it might actually be dumb, but still, don't trust it." Twilight slightly chuckled, finding it hard to believe that the same green dog who did funny dances and talked about taco's all the time could be villainous. "Good luck trying to convince Fluttershy about that." Dib slowly nodded, understanding that Fluttershy was a kind and trusting animal lover, so unless she saw GIR physically remove his disguise, she would doubt the dog was actually a dangerous irken robot. Anyways, he then pointed to an image of a girl with purple hair, eye shadow, and a sinister smile on her face. "This is Tak, the Irken I mentioned when we saw Tak's ship, before it jetted away. Before it left, it said something about a signal..." "Maybe Tak is calling her ship back..." "But that means she was in range to send out the signal... Uh oh, we might have a problem." "Yeah... Anyways, we oughta go ahead and get ready for school." Dib quickly nodded as he grabbed his backpack. "Right, off to school!" Dib said rushing out of his room and down the stairs, only to be slapped right in the face with some french toast. As Dib peeled the toast off of his face, he then saw his father's greatest invention, Foodio-3000, as the robot smiled. "Apologies for smacking you with your breakfast, but I didn't want to slow you down." "It's fine, foodio." Dib said scarfing down the french toast, while Twilight stared at the robot, marveling at it. "Woah, a robot chef? That is so cool! Can I have some toast too?" "Of course, miss Twilight!" Foodio said as his chest opened up and a piece of french toast fired out of it, landing right into Twilight's mouth, as she held it there, shouting a muffled 'Thanks!'. However, before Twilight and Dib were ready to leave, a new voice announced itself. "Oh son, you forgot yo pudding!" The unknown voice shouted, as a bowl of pudding was launched into Dib's face, much to Twilight's amusement and surpised, as she looked to see the source of the pudding, appearing to be a... Quite horribly deformed professor membrane, with a fish like head, one giant arm, and one noodle arm. He kinda looked like if Membrane was having an allergic reaction to radioactive bees. Twilight simply turned to Dib, who had already wiped the pudding off his face, as he answered here already forming question. "Thats Clembrane, creation of Zim, meant to replace my father, but rebelled." "Oh, that's pretty cool!" Clembrane slowly turned to Twilight, with a smile on his face, and a bowl of pudding in hand. "Would you like some pudding, miss Twilight sparkle?" "Uhhhh... No thanks, im good!" Twilight waved to Clembrane, who waved back with his noodle arm and a smile, along with Foodio, as she and Dib and ran out the door, with Gaz already waiting outside in the Professor's car, also having a piece of toast in her mouth, and a bowl of pudding next to her. "See you at school, Dib!" Twilight said waving to Dib as she ran down the sidewalk while Dib entered the car, as Professor Membrane made a happy announcement. "Oh dear, it would seem we are going to be late! It appears this is a good time to test the rocket thrusters!" "The rocket what now?" Before his father could answer, the car rocketed forwards down the street, as blue flames emitted from massive thrusters mounted to the back of the vehicle. "AHHHH-" Twilight simply watched with amazement as the vehicle sped to school, but then she noticed a red and black bike following it, recognizing it as Zim's bike. Except, it wasn't just Zim on the bike. There was someone else on it with him. As she noticed Zim and the unknown figure speed past, she heard loud jet engines overhead, seeing a massive aerial jet fly overhead, the logo 'Deelishus Weenie' on the side. From the looks of it, the jet was rather advanced, and it was flying towards the school. "As if this day couldn't get any weirder..." > Episode 6, Tak and Skoodge, The Hideous New Kids > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tak and Skoodge, The Hideous New Kids Canterlot Highschool As Twilight finally arrived at the school, breathing heavily after having to run all the way there, proving quite tiresome for her. Of course, it could just be because she is extremely un-athletic, unlike her friend Rainbow Dash, but still. Twilight saw her friends waiting for her at the front of the school, as she happily waved to them, as they waved back, with Applejack then gesturing to her left, as Twilight then eyed the motorcycle of Zim. She then remembered how she saw a second person riding with Zim, and it appeared her friends saw this too, as she walked over to them, while Fluttershy had GIR sitting on top of her head. While Twilight did not doubt that Zim was an alien and that his dog might be a robot, she didn't really see GIR as dangerous, especially if it was rolling around on Fluttershy's head as she giggled. "Your head smells like a puppy!" Even if GIR was somewhat un-settling and more chaotic than anything they had ever seen, he wasn't necessarily threatening or menacing, and frankly, he was kinda funny, as some of the other girls, even including Rainbow dash slightly giggled, with Pinkie pie letting out a full blown laugh. Once the laughing ceased, Twilight turned her attention to a relatively new sight. A massive red technologically advanced jet, just like the one she had seen flying overhead on her way to school, parked right in the school parking lot like it was nothing, as she turned to her friends, who gave her the same knowing look, figuring something was up. After everyone decided to head inside, as Fluttershy was busy taking GIR to the pet kennel, GIR spoke to her. "I once conquered the earth and became it's sole tyrant ruler!" "Oh, really? That's uhhhh... Great!" "I got a medal as proof!" Sure enough, GIR handed Fluttershy a medal with the words 'King GIR, Ruler Of Earth' engraved on it. Fluttershy was confused, terrified, and intrigued all at the same time, as she simply handed it back to GIR, who proceeded to eat it. Meanwhile, a couple minutes later, in Math Class, as everyone was seated, Mrs. Cherilee walked in, but everyone was surprised to see principal Celestia walk in behind, as she waved to the class as everyone waved back, except Zim, who simply nodded, earning the suspicious gaze of the rainbooms and Dib, who diverted his hostile stare right at them, until Principal Celestia spoke. "Greetings class, today, I would like to announce the arrival of two more students!" She then gestured to the door, as the first to walk in instantly earned the suspicion of the rainbooms and Dib, as this new kid looked like the one that was riding with Zim, his face no longer obscured by a helmet. He was slightly taller than Zim, had the same green skin, lack of ears and a nose, and even the same eye color. He even had the exact same hair style! The new kid slowly waved to the class. "Uhhhhh, hi, my name is Skoodge... I'm uhhhh... Zim's brother." Skoodge turned to Zim with an awkward smile, who gave a supportive thumbs up, supporting the cover, and technically it was true, as all Irkens were related in some way due to them all being cloned from genetic data. The Rainbooms instantly knew this kid was likely the same as Zim, but something felt different about him... He didn't have as much bravado or talked as weird as Zim, and he seemed a bit more friendly, as they all put on smiles and slowly waved, except for Dib, who simply glared at the new visitor, but didn't say anything, because throwing around the a word around Celestia was not a good idea, as she was far less tolerant of his behavior than the faculty at his previous school. Skoodge slowly walked over to an empty desk conveniently right next to Zim, as he sat down and made himself comfortable, raising his hand to Zim, who promptly high fived him. The Rainbooms were already suspicious about Skoodge, considering his similar features to Zim, but they went ahead and turned their attention to the other new student entering the room, which surprisingly, appeared a lot more human, with long purple hair, steel toed and buckled boots, short dark blue hair in a bob cut, very pale skin, black eyeliner, dark purple eye shadow, black leggings, and a pair of silver stud earrings, an appearance which Dib and Zim instantly recognized, as they both spoke at the same time. "Tak..." And as they said this, Tak slowly turned to the class, as she instantly recognized Zim and Dib, narrowing her eyes into a glare, as they glared back, while Twilight suspiciously eyed her. "That must be the Tak girl..." Tak ceased her glare as she turned to the rest of the class. "Hey everyone, my names Tak, and I guess I'll be attending school here, since my dad thought I needed better education." Cue Tak slowly walking to take a seat conveniently right next to Zim, as Skoodge looked at her, suddenly remembering Tak from that time she sabotaged the SIR unit testing competition, even trying to sabotage his own SIR unit, as he promptly glared at her, while Tak just flashed him a coy smirk. Meanwhile, Fluttershy heard a light bumping on the window to see a black cat with red eyes glaring at her, as she slowly waved and it hissed at her, before promptly vanishing, moving so fast she didn't even see it. It put Fluttershy on edge, and she came to the conclusion it must be Tak's cat. Just then, Snips and Snails looked at Skoodge, slightly chuckling. "We got some strange new kids, eh Snails?" "Yep, you could say they're hideous!" Just as Sunset was about to reprimand them, Tak simply looked right at them, as she spoke in a venomous tone, her eyes glimmering with purple light as both Snips and Snails were left in a trance. "Not a very nice thing to say, boys... Hows about you apologize? And maybe... Shove a pencil up your nose." Snips and Snails slowly turned to Skoodge, speaking in a monotone voice at the same time. "Sorry for insulting you Skoodge..." They then proceeded to both grab pencils and shove them up their noses before sitting down, as Twilight quickly deduced that Tak had some sort of mind control, a thing her friends had dealt with during the battle of the bands with the dazzilings, adding proof to the fact Tak was also an Irken. Skoodge was quite confused why Tak would stand up for him, thinking it was likely a trick, and Zim and Dib recognized this trick as well, as it was Tak's signature way of gaining trust. As Tak sat down, and class progressed, the tension in the air was palpable enough to be cut like butter. Eventually, when they reached the end of the day and everyone was walking out of the school, it was then the Rainbooms witnessed Tak entering the same jet they saw that morning, as it slowly ignited it's jet engines, blasting off into the sky and disappearing into the clouds, while Skoodge and Zim got onto their bike and rode away, and Dib and Gaz got into their dads car. "Alright, see you girls tommorow!" Sunset said, waving by to her friends as she began the long walk home. Zim's Base. The hatch in the sidewalk quickly opened, as the motorcycle dipped down into the long lowly illuminated tunnel, as it came to a stop in the garage, as it's cloak de-activated and the two Irken's dismounted, as Zim proceeded to kick the bike, then gripping his foot in anger and pain. "YOWCH! Foolish Tak! Her presence here will no doubt jeopardize my plan! And it appears that those girls and the Dib human and his foolish teenage companions are well aware that you are also Irken, so you must exercise caution, Skoodge, because trust me, even I, the mighty Zim, know when to lay low." As the two Invaders walked to the elevator and slowly ascended upwards, Skoodge nodded. "Yeah, I get it Zim, though I still don't understand why you chose these mediocre disguises, plus, these eyes are scratchy! Also, how come your robot is so dumb?" He said rubbing the fake eye lenses, as Zim chuckled. "You'll get used to it. Besides... A good Invader needs to be able to go to a world and immediately blend in with the local species... A good Invader needs to quietly overtake the world, and prepare it for the Irken empire’s arrival.... A good Invader needs to trust your robot with all top secret information, in the case you fail at any point... A good Invader needs to be disciplined, and stop at nothing to take over the planet..." "But, to be a great invader, you must be able to do this while handicapped..." "To be a great invader, you need to complete your mission while wearing a disguise that barely hides the fact you’re an alien. To be a great Invader, you need to put plans in motion to take over the world, without the government even sparing you a glance. To be a great Invader, you need to know the strengths of your robot, even if it is defective. To be a great Invader, you need to know when to use the local species to their most usefulness. So tell me Skoodge..." "What kind of Invader are you?" Skoodge was left speechless, and remained so for the entire elevator trip. As they arrived in the living room through a hole in the floor, they saw GIR sitting on the couch right next to Fluttershy- Wait, Zim did a double take as he realized Fluttershy was inside his house, inside his glorious base! Fluttershy turned to them and waved, fortunately not seeing them emerge from the floor hatch. "Oh, hi Zim! I just wanted to bring GIR back home for you." Zim narrowed his eyes, calming down a bit, before Fluttershy continued to speak. "Your house looks pretty nice! Though, your ceiling looks weird..." She said pointing up to the mess of machinery, metal tubes and pipes covering the ceiling, with red and purple blinking lights. Zim's Irken heart regulator inside his PAK shrank, remembering how he had not properly disguised the ceiling. Luckily, Fluttershy did not seem too suspicious, so he decided to simply try and use a made up explanation. "Uhhhhhhh... It's the houses electrics and plumbing, yes, totally normal human electrical and plumbing engineering." Fluttershy gave him a weird look before shrugging and standing up, before patting GIR on the head and walking to the door, as she waved goodbye. "See you tomorrow, Zim!" As she closed the door behind her, both Skoodge and Zim let out long breaths of relief, both feeling distraught from that VERY close call. What would have happened if they had removed their disguises? They would have been given away! And they couldn't just capture her and erase her brain, her friends would get suspicious. Regardless, seeing she was gone, Zim and Skoodge removed their eye lenses and fake hair, revealing their red irken eyes and antenna while their PAK's ditched their backpack disguises, as Skoodge spoke up. "I saw what you mean by those energy readings, those girls are off the charts!" "Indeed, Skoodge, indeed... Let us hope Tak has not taken notice, otherwise our plan will be in even more jeopardy..." Skoodge nodded, as the two decided to go down to the strategy level, to plan their next move. Meanwhile, in an unknown location, Tak was examining the history of Canterlot, going through several logs and files, closely learning and observing the data, and comparing it to the strange readings she was finding. Eventually, she found the source. Those teenage girls... And it was likely Zim knew of this too, considering he had been here first, so Tak smiled a big wide evil smirk as she laid back in her chair. "Checkmate, Zim." > Episode 7, Zim's Maniacal Spying Mission > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Zim's Great Evil Plan! In the depths of Zim's base, the little green Irken himself could be seen pacing around in circles inside of a large research laboratory, while Skoodge was busy studying the energy samples of the Rainboom's through an advanced electroscope, and GIR was riding around on mini moose. Skoodge had honestly never seen energy this chaotic and unstable. Not even the hyper-fusion reactor of the Massive was this unstable. His education in Irken fusion engineering taught him that anything this unstable should not even be possible, and yet, these seven human girls possessed this energy within their very bodies. However, something was off... It appeared that the energy was growing weaker, and Skoodge had formulated a theory that the longer this energy was away from the source, AKA, the humans, it would grow weaker and weaker, until it basically ceased. This posed several questions, one of which being how these humans could even produce such power. Were they some kind of living generators? Or maybe they possess some strange device that generates this power for them... Regardless, he would need to test his theory, as he turned to Zim. "Hey Zim-" "WHAT IS IT? I am busy formulating my glorious evil plan!" Skoodge recoiled a bit from Zim's sharp yell, but he knew his comrade well enough to know it wasn't aggressive, so he just continued speaking. "Uhhh, I managed to finish those readings, and it appears that when the energy has been separated from the source, or whatever is allowing those girls to generate this power, the energy gets weaker till it just stops existing." "I see... So extracting it in large amounts would not only be difficult, but maintaining the power it provides would be impossible, FLORP NOODLES!" Zim silently cursed as he kicked at a metal wall, then clutched his foot in pain. "YOW! Ugh, it does not matter, my ingenious plan shall not be hindered, for I have a new idea!" Zim then quickly walked over to a large computer as he sat down and began typing away, while Skoodge stood right next to him. "What's your new idea, Zim?" "I am glad you asked, Skoodge, for I shall explain my genius plan!" He then pulled up several images of the teenage girls, including energy readings and mappings, as he zoomed in on an image of Sunset Shimmer. "Whatever is allowing these humans to produce this energy MUST be an external source, and I shall figure out what it is! But if we are to discover the source, we must first learn more of these human teenagers..." "As such, we must conduct operations of espionage and strategic observation! Computer!" As Zim shouted, the mechanical voice of the base's computer sounded out. "Reporting." "Deploy the T.S.O.D!" "Understood, deploying Totally Stealthy Observation Drone." The house lightly rumbled, as within the house's drone storage, one of the bays opened up, to reveal a spider like drone, with four sets of optical sensors, eight legs, and a pair of insect fly like wings, with thrusters mounted to it's wings, and legs, being around the size of a fly, as the platform with the drone on it extended out, and rose up through the base, into the launch bay. Now, seeing as it was basically the middle of the day, opening the house's roof to launch the drone would not only be suspicious, but also unnecessary, as the drone was tiny enough for a small porthole window to materialize in the wall, large enough for the tiny drone to slip out of before the window vanished. Zim and Skoodge sat at the controls of the drone, as it rapidly flew over the city of Canterlot, scanning for any of the seven girls, before detecting them, as it rapidly zoomed in on a local Cafe, and it rapidly descended down. "There they are... Now, let us gather some intelligence on our foes, Skoodge!" Inside the Cafe, Sunset was currently sitting at a table, as she chatted with her friends as she sipped from a milkshake slowly. "I can't wait for the upcoming concert were gonna perform in, it's gonna be so fun!" Pinkie said, visibly excited and jumping in her chair, as Rainbow chuckled. "Yeah, and this year, we don't have to worry about magic eating brainwashing sirens or anything like that, just us, the crowd and some sick music!" Rainbow yelled out with cheer, as she played an air guitar. "Ah reckon it'll be nice, just hopin' that Zim feller doesn't cause any mischief, specially with his so called brother, Skoodge. Those two look like trouble waitin' to happen." Twilight nodded in confirmation. "Agreed, if Dib really is correct, having two aliens, three if you count Tak, in Canterlot city, isn't very good... And from how Dib described them, I doubt they would be open to learning the magic of friendship, considering their inter-planetary conquerors..." Fluttershy visibly saddened at this. "Awwwww... But they have such a cute dog... I'm sure they aren't all that bad... I mean, you were pretty bad back then, Sunset, and look at you now!" Sunset nervously chuckled, smiling as Rarity patted her on the back. "Indeed darling, your better than some alien ruffian from another world! Together, we can show those little green men that we won't be pushed around." "Yeah, couldn't have said it better myself! Well, actually, I could have, but eh." Cue everyone laughing at Rainbow's comment. Meanwhile, Zim was practically fuming. "FOOLISH HUMANS! They believe they can defeat us? We shall show these pitiful humans the true might of the Irken empire and it's greatest invaders!" Cue Skoodge getting a boost of confidence, as he pumped his fist into the air. "Yeah, we ain't gonna be pushed around! Let's show these humans we mean business!" "Indeed! Now be quiet, they are still talking!" As Zim and Skoodge watched from the drone, the girls continued to converse. "Here's hoping they don't find out about the loose magic of Canterlot City, or the mirror, that would be really bad..." All the girls grimaced, while Zim and Skoodge had confused looks on their face. "Yeah, or worse, find out about our geode's, that'd be really bad!" "Indeed darling, just imaging what those aliens could do with that power is horrifying." "If they got into the mirror, then we'd have a big problem." "Yeah, so let's make sure we guard them well, and whatever we do, don't mention anything related to magic around the aliens." As all the girls nodded, Zim's face grew an evil smirk, as his genius brain started to rapidly form an even greater plan. "Oh pathetic humans.... I already know, MWAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" > Episode 8, Legend of the Moose Goose > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Legend of the Moose Goose As the bell rang and filled the air with noise, indicating the start of Canterlot High's lunch period, as everyone made their way to the Cafeteria. Among those making their way to the cafeteria was Zim and Skoodge, as they walked alongside each other, attempting to avoid their enemies. As they entered the cafeteria, they instantly noticed the Rainbooms had already sat down and began eating, including Dib for some reason. Tak was also already seated, although, as Zim and Skoodge expected, she was not eating, as today was the toxic meatloaf day, even more dreaded than the poisonous horror that was the taco's of Taco Tuesday. As the two aliens carefully retrieved their lunch and sat at their table, where conveniently nobody else sat, Zim's gaze quickly shifted to the Rainbooms, who were surprisingly not staring at him, well, except for Dib and Twilight, who were staring directly into his soul, or would be, if he had one. Did he have one? Truly a philosophical question, but as Zim said, no time for philosophy. As Zim and Skoodge ate everything on their plates, aside from the meatloaf, Zim decided to try and listen in on the girl's conversation, as his backpack opened, and a small listening radar extended out, aiming towards the rainbooms as Zim's hidden antennae tuned to the frequency, thanks to advanced genetic modification of the Irken gene seed, as he listened in on their conversation, with Skoodge tuning in as well. While the two could not hear exact words, they could laughter, as well as slight whispering. "Y'know, I just thought about something really cool for the concert this year! What if, it's alien themed? To, y'know, make Zim feel at home?" Following Pinkie's unique suggestion, Rainbow chuckled. "Your kidding right? if anything, that'd just probably make him even more annoying!" Twilight nodded in agreement, taking her eyes off Zim. "Indeed, considering we could likely display several aliens stereotypes that Zim could likely consider offensive, inciting further action from him and likely strengthening his resolve." After a few seconds, Sunset translated for them. "She's saying it'll make things worse." Several collective oohs and aahs followed by understanding nodding. "Okay, so we scrap that idea... But speaking of aliens, have you guys heard anything... Strange going on? Y'know, besides Zim, cause I swear I heard something in my trash last night, and there ain't no way it was a raccoon!" "And what makes you so sure, darling?" "Ah heard some rustling, just assumed it was a raccoon, right? Then it started honking like a dang goose! And then, ah swear it, cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye, it sounded like a moose! A flipping moose! But when ah ran outside to check it out, it vanished!" It was then, that Zim's interest peaked, as he listened in closer, hearing Rainbow burst out laughing after Applejack's story. "Your kidding right? Sounds like some sort of horror story you'd tell kids, ain't nobody gonna believe that!" "Do you think Ah would lie, Rainbow?" Rainbow was about to object, before shutting herself up, while Dib's eyes lit up. "I believe you had an encounter with the legendary... MOOSE GOOSE!" Collective gasps filled the air at the table, as even Skoodge gasped. "Indeed, the moose goose is a terrifying creature! It's said to be half goose, half moose, and all beast, as it not only feasts on garbage, but is also rumored to feast on YOUR FLESH!" Dib added dramatically, as Fluttershy proceeded to faint. "And worst of all, some say it's an alien, like Zim!" Dib said pointing to Zim, who quickly hid away his listening radar and glared at Dib, while Twilight narrowed her eyes at Zim. "You think their connected?" Zim felt insulted by that comment, but then, he thought about something... A couple months ago, a few days after he had arrived on this dirt ball of a planet, he had acquired several native organic lifeforms, and began to experiment on said lifeforms, which included a goose, and a moose. One of his experiment included merging the moose and the goose into one creature, which he managed to do successfully, but the subject somehow managed to escape Zim's lab, and he never saw it again. However, when Twilight spoke again, Zim froze. "Maybe if we could capture it, we can find out how it was created!" If the subject had somehow appeared in Canterlot, he could not allow someone to possibly capture it and discover the Irken genetic tampering in it's DNA. Worse, he turned to see that Tak had her own listening device out, as she glared at Zim. It would be worse if Tak got her hands on it, because who knows what she could do with the genetic gene seed! Zim turned to Skoodge, who was still completely confused. "Skoodge, we cannot allow neither the human imbeciles nor the foolish Tak to acquire the goose! We must capture it first!" Skoodge promptly nodded, as he turned back to face Twilight and Dib, who were directly glaring at him, as he glared back. The hunt was on... After school had ended, Zim got to work down in his laboratory, as Skoodge was elsewhere, busy working on the ultimate plan Zim had been cooking up, that was too important to just leave completely idle. Inside the lab, he had been lucky enough to keep a feather taken from the moose goose's wing, as he placed it into a scanner, and analyzed the DNA. Then, using the DNA signature, he began tracking it, until he honed in the creatures exact position. However, finding it was easy, capturing it would be more difficult, but luckily, Zim had designed something just for this occasion, as he made his way to his manufacturing lab, and looked at one of his greatest creations. What was this creation you ask? Well, it looked like a box propped up with a stick with some bread underneath it, but... Yeah, that's what it was, a box propped up with a stick with some bread underneath it, but the box was a bit heavier than most, as it was actually made of metal, the stick being metal as well. Of course, it was designed by GIR, so Zim didn't really expect much. Speaking of that insane robot, he was eyeing the bread underneath the box, and before Zim could even stop him, he leapt and caught the bread in his mouth, before being trapped in the box and screaming. "AHHHHH- I'M IN A BOX! IT'S THE BOX! AHHHHH-" Zim just facepalmed as he pulled out a small remote and pressed a button, causing the stick holding up the box to re-extend and lift it up, showing GIR chowing on the bread. "Focus on the mission, GIR! We shall deploy this trap when the goose is near, and when we catch it, we shall bring it back here, and... Well, we'll figure that part out later! Now come, Gir, we have a moose to capture!" Mini-moose was present, and made a confused hum. "Not you!" Mini-moose then let out a content "Nyeh!" Elsewhere in Canterlot, Twilight Sparkle and her friends were currently over at Sunset's house, as they were busy going over the plan to capture the Moose Goose. "Alright everyone, let's go over the plan one more time. Rainbow, you and Sunset will route the Goose into the alleyways, while Fluttershy makes sure it doesn't try to fly away. Pinkie will lure it into the trap, where Rarity and Applejack will be ready with a net, and me and Dib will be tracking its position from here." The girls and Dib all nodded, as Sunset happily declared the mission was a go. "Let's go catch a goose!" > Episode 9, Mutant Hunting 101 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mutant Hunting 101 High above Canterlot City... The city was rather clam at this hour, the sun having already set below the horizon as the moon shined above, the city illuminated by the various street lights and populated with the noise of late commuters and barking dogs. Of course, Zim didn't hear these noises, as he flew over all of it within the safely enclosed cockpit of the Voot Runner, soaring over the city at a rapid speed while he looked at his scanner as it continued to scan for his current target. "That dreaded moose goose will rue the day it escaped the mighty Zim!" "Imma feed that goose so much bread it gonna go into a coma!" "Yes, GIR, we shall induce a coma in the goose so that we may study it's memory and discover how it managed to cross the entire planet to reach this city, as well as examine the knowledge it has gathered on the humans... But first we must ensure it does not fall into the slimy earthling hands of the Dib human and his teenage girlfriends, nor the wretched hands of the insolent Tak!" "Then we gonna have a tea party with the goose!" "... Yes, GIR, once we have contained the goose and acquired its knowledge, you may have a tea party with it." "YAY!" "Sometimes I'm afraid to find out what is going on inside that insane head of yours..." Zim said as he shook his head before focusing on the piloting, before noticing that they were right above the goose's general area according to his ship's scanner. "Alright GIR, we need to ensure that the moose does not wander off, so I shall be on the ground tracking it's every move! You will be responsible for deploying the capture device! And do not, I repeat, DO NOT eat the bread!" GIR's eyes turned red as he saluted. "Sir yes sir!" The Voot Runner hovered above the area, before finding a wide enough rooftop to land upon, slowly descending until it touched down and it's engines began to cool as the cockpit opened up, allowing Zim and GIR to exit, with GIR carrying the large metal box, currently shrunken down, on his back. Zim quickly unfolded his mechanical spider legs from his PAK and leaped across to another rooftop before pulling out a scanner and pinpointing the goose moose's location. The nearby honking only confirming it's prescence. Meanwhile, GIR dropped down into an alleyway before taking the box off his back and unfolding it, as it propped itself up with it's metal rod, and GIR positioned the bread under it before jumping inside a garbage can and waiting. Receiving a notification on his scanner that the trap was set, Zim set to pursuing the moose, leaping from rooftop to rooftop in search of his prey. The honking and bellowing of the moose made it easy to track even without the scanner, as before long, his target was finally in sight. There, digging into a trash can, was a white feathered goose, with a pair of large antlers on the sides of it's head. Really, the antlers were the only thing that set it apart from the regular goose. Zim was poised to capture it, when his scanner detected something. The foolish humans were coming, detected thanks to the energy the emitted. "Ugh, why can't these foolish humans be a nuisance and pester someone else? No matter, this goose shall be mine!" Zim then pulled out a brand new invention, a large electric megaphone with a voice modifier attached to it's sides, as he made some quick adjustments, before yelling into it, and the distorted electronic honking of a goose came out. After continuous honking, the moose goose soon turned around and began to follow the honking, as Zim led it down the alleyways from the rooftops. Meanwhile, Sunset shimmer and her friends were confused about why there were two things honking, before Dib made a deduction thanks to one of the honks being more distorted. "It's gotta be Zim luring the goose away! After them!" Dib said as he and his friends took off down the alleyway, seeing the goose running down the alleyway's with it's antlers high in the air. "Yep, that's definitely a moose goose! It has antlers and everything! But why would Zim want it?" "Probably one of his weird mutant creations he made in some kind of lab, which would explain why he doesn't want us capturing it." As they rounded the corner, they saw the goose standing perfectly still and eating some toast. They thought they had the goose trapped, but in reality... CLANG. "I GOT THE GOOSE!" GIR said as he sat atop the metal box now containing a very angry moose goose. To celebrate his victory, GIR proceeded to pull a taco out of his pocket, and devour it, as a certain siren sensed a disturbance in the force. Seeing as he was still wearing his dog costume, Fluttershy decided to step forward and try to speak with it. "Umm... Mr GIR, would you be kind enough to maybe let the poor moose goose go?" GIR narrowed his eyes, emitting noises of deep thinking, contemplating whether or not he should release the goose, before finally answering. "Nuh-uh, were gonna have a tea party! And were gonna eat so many waffles and syrup, we gonna eat till we pass out, yipee!" Fluttershy, now thoroughly convinced she does not understand this dog whatsoever, proceeded to back away once she heard maniacal laughter from Zim lept down from the rooftops and landing onto the box with his metal spider-legs, still laughing. "Foolish humans! This goose is my creation, and as such, it is rightfully mine to capture and read the contents of it's brain! Go find your own moose goose!" After a brief period of intimidation, Sunset stepped forward. "I don't think so, Zim! We've stood up to bigger villains than you, literally in some cases, and we aren't afraid of you!" "Ha, Zim is unfazed by your little speech! I do not care if you fear me, I only care for you to watch your own failure! Mwahahahahaha!" Suddenly, a bright purple beam enveloped Zim and the box, as the girls realized GIR had vanished, and looked up in astonishment to see the Voot runner being piloted by none other than GIR, pulling Zim and the captured goose inside, although the ship did sway from side to side, causing Zim to get smacked against the walls of the alley multiple times, groaning before he was fully pulled up into the ship and it jetted away at high speeds. "Wow, he has his own spaceship!" "Well dag nabbit, guess he got away." "How does that dog even fly a spaceship?" Fluttershy asked in confusion, while Dib let out a sound of exasperation, as Twilight comforted him. "Hey, don't worry, we'll get him again soon!" "I hope your right..." Back at Zim's base... GIR and the goose sat at a small table as GIR held a cup of tea and the goose slowly sipped from it's own cup. "I like tea parties!" "Quack." Zim watched from a window into the containment room for the goose alongside Skoodge. "So was it worth the effort?" "Honestly, I have no clue, the data in it's head is so scrambled not even the computer can fully process it without crashing. But regardless, how is the special plan coming along?" "Pretty good, though the extractor will need testing." "Of course, of course, in due time. But for now, let us get some rest for tomorrow!" Skoodge saluted and walked off to his quarters, while Zim turned back to see GIR riding the goose around the room. "Maybe I should consider getting an actual pet..." "Nyeh!" "You don't count, mini moose!" > Episode 10, GIR's Day Out > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- GIR's Day Out "GIR! Fetch me the hyper acceleration driver!" Zim shouted from underneath the bottom of the Voot Runner, it's bottom currently opened to reveal it's mechanical insides as he examined them using the light from the head lamp affixed to the top of his head. His shout for assistance was quickly answered by his dedicated assistant robot. "Okee dokee!" As GIR dug around inside the tool box, Zim outstretched his hand to receive the tool, before being handed the tool and- "GIR, this is a pig." He says as he hands GIR back the pig and is given another tool. "And that's a burrito." GIR takes the burrito, proceeds to eat it, and then actually hands him the right tool, as he performs the final screws, before shutting the panel and rolling out from below the Voot Runner as he turned his head lamp off before it retracted into his PAK. "Alright, that should handle the gyroscopic frequency errors we've been receiving during our scout flights over the last couple nights, though I have yet to determine what could possibly cause the frequency to divert, only highly advanced jamming technology could achieve such a thing!" Zim said as he stood and dusted himself off. "Maybe it's magic!" "Don't be silly GIR, magic is not real, even if those foolish human teenagers claim it to be... I'm sure it is something explainable via the laws of science and logic, because after all, rule number 36 of being an invader, always find a rational and logical solution to every problem!" Zim said as he stepped into the elevator, with GIR following him inside as they descended downwards into the living room. A faint yawn escaped Zim's mouth, rubbing his eyes as they sagged before the elevator came to a stop, while Skoodge could be seen on the couch watching television. "Ugh... How long were we running repairs?" "Approximately 3 hours Zim, you should really go get some rest, you look beat." "Nonsense! A truly worthy invader does not ever need sleep! And I, the mighty Zim, am the worthiest of invader-" Zim promptly collapsed onto the floor, snoring as a faint trail of drool escaped his mouth. GIR poked him a bit. "Is he dead?" "No GIR, just suffering from intense sleep deprivation, I shall take him to the slumber pods, you stay here and guard the entrance with your synthetic life." GIR's eyes turned red as he saluted. "Sir yes sir!" Skoodge saluted back as he hauled Zim over his shoulder and descended down the elevator. GIR's eyes immediately turned back to blue, as he walked over and sat down on the couch, changing the channel to his favorite show, the creepy monkey. However, a familiar sound suddenly triggered his audio sensors. A sound that brought him great joy as a wide smile came across his face. The taco truck had come. Quickly shutting the TV off like a good bot, he jumped off the couch and slipped on his dog disguise before opening the door, as he called out to the house's computer. "Can you watch the house for me while I grab a taco?" "Of course GIR, AUTONOMOUS DEFENSE SYSTEMS ONLINE." GIR smiled as he closed the door behind him and joyfully sang to himself as he followed the alluring sound of the taco truck. Meanwhile, Skoodge ascended the elevator and arrived back in the living room after successfully stowing Zim in a sleeping pod, only to be targeted by several laser cannons, missile launchers, machine guns, and a tiny water pistol. "INTRUDER DETECTED." "Uh oh-" KABOOM! GIR happily sang along as he pranced down the sidewalk, casually waving to all the passerby's he encountered, who happily waved back. The sound of the taco truck got closer and closer, before he heard a familiar voice behind him. "Oh hey mister GIR!" GIR turned around to see the pink hair girl looking over him as she smiled. "What are you doing outside all by yourself?" "Taco." "Oh, your going to the taco truck? Want a ride?" GIR smiled, outstretching his arms and happily bouncing as Fluttershy giggled before picking him up and placing on her back before jogging to the source of the taco truck music, happily humming along with it's tune. GIR liked this girl, she treated him nice, she was kind to him, and her hair smelled nice too, like a puppy, which was weird because he was disguised as a puppy and yet he smelled nothing like one, so maybe rolling around in her hair would give his disguise a better scent. Or he could just roll around in it for fun. As Fluttershy approached the sound of the taco truck, she saw as it handed a taco to a child before it began to drive off again, even as she waved for it to slow down. "Wait! Awww... Sorry mister GIR, I can't keep up with that truck..." "It's okay, I can get to it myself." GIR happily said as he smiled at Fluttershy while she had a confused look on her face, as he climbed to the top of her head and jumped off. However, right before he reached the ground, his jet thrusters activated, as he boosted forward, leaving a very confused and surprised Fluttershy behind in a cloud of dust and jet smoke. Nothing would stop him from getting his taco. As he accelerated through the air, pursuing the taco truck at top speed, civilians could only watch and move out of his way as he moved faster than any of them could even believe. His pursuit of the taco truck would not end, not until- Oh hey, it stopped. GIR's jets powered off as he touched down on the ground and skipped along to the taco truck, using his extendo legs to reach the vendor. "One taco please." "Alright, but it's our last one, we ran out of meat." The vendor said as he grabbed a taco and handed it to GIR who squealed with happiness. However, as GIR walked away and prepared to take a bite of his delicious taco, he overheard a cry of agony, a cry that could only have one source and one reason behind. The wails of a fellow taco enjoyer, not being able to enjoy the glorious taco. "NOOOOOOOOOOOO! What do you mean your out?" "I'm sorry, but I just sold the last one." The girl in front of the taco truck with a ponytail watched as the vender slowly nodded, and somber mood appeared on her face as she walked away with her hands on her coat pockets, silently sniffling and whimpering. GIR watched as she walked past, and felt a twinge of guilt and sadness within his mechanical heart, as he walked up to her, and tapped her on the shoulder as she turned around. "Y-yes?" "You can have mine." GIR said as he extended forth his taco to her. Even if he loved the taco, he would not allow for a fellow enjoyer to be deprived of it's greatness. Besides, he already had three earlier today. The girl's eyes filled with tears as she picked up GIR and squeezed him in a tight hug. "Oh thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you!" She said, before taking the taco, consuming it whole, and patting GIR on the head. "Your a good little talking doggie!" She said as she smiled at GIR. "I try." The girl then stood up and waved goodbye as she happily jogged away, while GIR saluted and activated his jet boots for a quick return home. As the girl rounded the corner, she happened upon a van in an alleyway, as she knocked on the back, and someone opened it. "What took you so long Sonata?" "Sorry Aria, had to get some lunch, but they were out of tacos, then this really cute talking dog gave him his taco!" "Uh huh... Sure." Aria said as she scoffed and lightly chuckled, allowing Sonata to enter before she closed the van door. GIR came to a stop right on the front lawn of the house, before opening the door and walking inside to see everything scorched, smokey, and covered in ash and dust, as a currently in pain Skoodge wallowed on the couch with one of his antenna on fire. GIR happily hopped on the couch, pinched the fire on Skoodge's antenna, turned on the TV, and watched some creepy monkey. "I love this show."