Chapter 1 The Nightmare Begins Again The huge robot fist was coming down on the weak helpless, Dib. "Goodbye, Dib, take this for ruining all my other plans! You'll be first to fall for your weak, filthy, disgusting, planet! You should be honored." taunted Zim. "You'll never get away with this, Zim! You will get caught!" Dib shouted weakly. Zim laughed as he launched the robot's fist again and targeted Dib. GIR watched from a distance as he was eating a cupcake and singing the doom song. "Finally, my rival dead and gone! Irkens will always prevail!" Zim smiled. And he sent the fist speeding down. "The Earth is doomed." Thought Dib, thinking it was the last thing he would ever think about. He closed his eyes and waited for the end. All of a sudden, Dib felt his body being jerked away by someone. The fist came down, but not on Dib. The strange figure jumped onto the robot. "Humans, they just don't know when to give up." Zim sneered. The figure pushed a few buttons and jumped off. The figure helped Dib up and told him that to hurry away. With all of his aching muscles and bones, he got up and put his arm around the figure and ran. Suddenly, Dib saw the robot blow up in a huge explosion from afar! "How did you do that?" Dib gasped amazingly. "It's called a self-destruct code. It works all the time. Come on, I'll help you get home, you must feel really tired." Said the figure. "Thanks." Dib looked at his hero. Or heroine. It was a girl. She had long black hair and glasses with the same trench-coat and shirt as Dib except her shirt was red. She wore a necklace with a gold amulet on it. Maybe, just maybe, Dib thought she was pretty. They soon neared Dib's house. They stopped at the stoop. "Thanks for saving me, I really owe you one." Thanked Dib. "No problem." She replied as she tossed her hair and started away. "Wait! Don't go! Don't you want to come in for awhile." Dib asked anxiously. "That's okay." "You hurt yourself on your arm! It's bleeding! I'll fix it for you!" he pointed. "I'll be fine, it'd really okay." She smiled at him sweetly. Dib blushed. "Wait! What's your name?! Will I ever see you again?" "I assure you, we will meet again, real soon. Goodbye, Dib." She said and started walking away. Dib sighed dreamily, and went inside. She walked to an empty area of land. She took out a sketchbook and a sparkling pen. She drew a house and a robot that looked like a woman. She drew another girl. Then she wrote something. She looked up and walked toward the house in front of her. She went inside to meet a robot that was very realistic cooking and a girl who was watching TV. She went upstairs and laid down on her bed. "I wonder if I'll make friends with Dib, like I've always dreamed of doing. Will he like me? Or will I still live in my loneliness? Will I stop Zim from invading Earth?" She thought. She brushed her long raven black hair and cleaned her glasses. She changed into sleeping clothes and turned off the lights . . . The skool bell rang and class started . . . Dib walked into class and whom did he see? ZIM. "Zim, you survived, let's say, the little explosion." Dib laughed. "Of course, I did. Irkens are let's say, IVINCIBLE! And once I find your little friend who caused the explosion, I'll probably return the favor!" "Be quiet everyone!" yelled Ms. Bitters. "Today we have a new student. Her name is Kree." Dib didn't look up. He was too busy drawing a picture of Zim on an autopsy table. "She looks like Dib." Ryan laughed. So did the rest of the class. Hearing the comment, Dib looked and stared widely at her. She had black hair and she wore glasses. She looked exactly like the girl who saved him. "Hey, wait a minute . . ." "Kree, if you have anything to say, say it now, because after this moment, I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ANOTHER SOUND FROM YOU!" Ms. Bitters hissed. "Hello classmates. I hope to make friends with you," Kree looked at Dib and he blushed. "And maybe find out a little more about you." As she flashed at Zim. "You may take your seat next to Dib. Today's lesson is about natural disasters and eventually how it will destroy us all. We are absolutely doomed . . . Doomed . . . DOOMED . . ." "I believe we've met, Dib." Kree grinned. "Yeah, last night. Thanks again Kree." Dib smiled. "I don't mean to rush you at all, but you did see the alien in the robot last night, right?" "Yes." "Well that alien is that kid over there!" Dib pointed to Zim. "You don't think I'm joking or I'm crazy, right?" "No, I believe you. I actually know quite a bit about Zim. I already know that he's an Irken Invader and wants to be Lord of all Humans. It's quite easy to tell he's an alien. He's got green skin with no ears. No other human have that qualities!" "Whoa, how'd you know all that already?" "I catch on quickly. It's a talent. So I'll help you stop Zim from invading the Earth." "Um, one question, Kree. What is Irken? I've heard of the word irk and irked, but what is Irken." Kree smiled. "I forgot you didn't know. Irken is the species Zim is. Most surprisingly, Irk is the name of the planet Zim comes from." "Oh. Well that makes a lot of sense. Zim is an irk, himself." Dib joked. Zim raised his hand. "Yes, Zim?" Ms. Bitters rolled her eyes. "I have a desperate need to use that restroom, may I go?" Zim asked. "Go ahead." She replied. The bell rang. It was lunch time . . . . "Listen, Kree, do you want to sit with me?" asked Dib. "Sure, love to." Kree replied. Dib and Kree walked to the table where Gaz was sitting. "This is new. You've never brought anyone to sit with you before." Gaz commented. "Come to think of it, I think you've never had any friends before." "Well I don't see you with anyone. Anyway Gaz, this us Kree. She's the girl who saved me and she believes me when I tell her about the alien." Dib explained. "Oh, well that explains everything." Gaz rolled her eyes and went back to playing her Game Slave 2. "Well don't bug me or I will be forced to destroy you!" "Don't mind her. That's my sister, Gaz." Said Dib. "She thinks I'm crazy, too." "That must really stink." "I know." Gaz turned to Kree again. "Do I know you? I know I've met you somewhere, sometime." Said Gaz. "Come on Gaz, she just moved here. Of course you've never met her before." Dib told her. Gaz glanced at her one more time, and began playing her Game Slave 2 again. Lunch was over. Soon, recess was too. Back in class . . . "Ms. Bitters, may I use the restroom?" Asked Zim. "Go, but hurry up." "Ms. Bitters, don't you realize that this is Zim's 7th time to use the bathroom, today? Dib questioned. "8th." Kree corrected. Ms. Bitters ignored them and went on with the lesson. 10 minutes passed. "My business is done!" yelled Zim when he came back. "Well, it was quicker than the last time you went." "Oh no the last time he said that- This could only mean one thing-" Dib started. "Trouble." Kree finished. 1 minute passed. All of a sudden . . . "Attention students! Tomorrow your test scores will be posted up." Started the announcer. "Test scores? What test scores? We never even took a test this year!" Dib shouted. "The ones who pass it will be kept in their class." The announcer continued. "The ones who fail, will be placed in a special computer class." Then it stopped. Then, a quiet voice was heard singing "Doom, doom, doom, doom, doom, doom, doom. Doomie, doomie, doomie, doom." "Zim is definitely behind this!" Kree whispered. "Wait, I have a plan. Can you come over after school?" asked Dib. "I'll be there." The bell rang again, and everyone ran out. "Zim, anything you want to confess?" Dib glared. "It's a little obvious that GIR was speaking into the speakers." Kree added "What? How do you know about GIR! You just got here!" Zim yelled. "Whatever you're plotting, Zim, we'll stop you!" Dib shouted. "We'll? That's a new one! You and Kree! Ha! You can hardly ruin my plans alone!" Zim taunted. "Actually, when you tried to ruin Dib's history by replacing things with piggies, send his Dib and his class to a room with a moose, destroy Dib's brain, tried to roll Mars over the Earth, and plenty of other times, Dib ruined your plans!" Kree added. "How did you- I'm going home! I'll find out your secrets, Kree! Just you wait!" Zim sneered and walked away. "Come on, let's go to my house." Urged Dib. Kree and Dib walked out of skool to Dib's house. "Here we are." "You've got a nice place." "Thanks, come one, let's go to my room." They ran upstairs to Dib's room. "So, what your plan?" Asked Kree. "Well, tomorrow we'll pretend to be absent and sneak in early to check our scores. Then, we'll look in the computer lab for clues." Dib explained. "Sounds good to me. Let's do it." "Will you have any trouble pretending to be absent?" asked Dib. "No, it will be very easy actually." Kree replied. "Good, I'll meet you at the skool bulletin board, okay?" "Okay." The next day . . . Dib snuck past the teachers and ran to the bulletin board. Sure enough, Kree was there. "Hey, what's up?" Dib asked. 'Nothing much, except this." Kree pointed to the scores. "Does it seem normal that every kid in the grade failed except Zim?" "Wait, lemme see that thing!" Dib ran to the list. "Oh my gosh! Now he's really done it!" "I'm going to investigate. You coming?" Kree asked. "Count me in!" Dib exclaimed. "And is it me, or does it seem to be a huge coincidence that the special computer course class is right next door?" They opened the door and found themselves in a long hallway. There were two doors, one at the end of the hall to the right, and one to the end of the hall on the left. Nothing seemed that suspicious. It looked very normal. Dib and Kree walked to the one on the left. Just as they opened the door, two huge claws each holding a small, round, silver disc tried to place it on the backs of their necks. Kree karate chopped one claw as Dib dodged the other. They both escaped the wrath of the claws and managed to grab the silver discs. "Well, we made it in one piece." Said Dib. "You look around here. I'll go to the door on the right." Kree explained and she went out the door and walked into the room on the right. Dib walked around. It seemed normal, nothing but rows and rows of computers. There was a manual and a floppy disk next to every computer. "I'll just take one, just in case." Thought Dib as he snatched the floppy disk. "No one will ever notice . . ." Meanwhile, Kree found herself in some kind of meeting room. There was a stage in the middle and a huge computer on it. It also had a large chair with chains on it, too. Right next to it was a gun on a table. Kree picked it up and carefully aimed it at the window. She shot it and a laser ray melted all the glass cleanly on the window. She shook her head disappointingly. "This could definitely kill . . ." she thought. She took out a pad and pen and drew a gun that had flowers coming out of it. Then, another gun appeared. She switched it and held the laser gun. All of a sudden, she heard the doorknob jiggle. Kree held the gun close to her chest. Slowly, she aimed the gun and fired when the door opened . . . The laser hit the doorpost. One inch away from Dib's head. "Hey! Watch where you aim that thing!" Dib shouted. "It's called a "false attack". It wouldn't be a fair fight if you shot them or attacked them by surprise." Kree explained. Then she took the laser gun and snapped it like a twig. Dib watched, wide eyed. "How'd she do that?" Dib thought in amazement. Just then, they heard footsteps approaching the door. "Come on! Out the window!" Kree motioned. They both jumped out the window and started running towards Dib's house. The door opened. It was Zim. He scanned the room, and seeing that no one was in it, he closed the door. He went to the computer lab. He scanned the room. No one. "Nothing and no one will stand in my way. Not even Dib or his new freak friend Kree. I will be lord of all humans!" Zim smiled, and he walked out of the room to Ms. Bitters class. Dib's house . . . "Okay, let's take a look at this disk." Said Kree. She put the floppy disk into the computer. It downloaded instantly. "Strange, most programs take the longest time to download." She thought. The screen was coming clear and a figure was there. It was Zim. "Hello, earthling scum. I am your all powerful future lord and ruler, Zim. You will obey me and spread my virus to everyone you know! Now go! Obey the fist!" Zim ordered and laughed evilly. And then, the message ended. "That's it? How could a message affect anyone?" Said Dib. "I don't know, but we're going to find out. Come on, let's go back to skool." Kree started. "But we just escaped from skool! Why do we need to go back to skool?" exclaimed Dib. "We're going to computer class." Said Kree. Dib stared at her blankly. "Okay, okay, we're going to investigate, but this time, we'll watch the process." Kree slung her backpack around her back. "Ready?" "Ready!" They slipped pass the skool grounds guards, tiptoes away from the teachers, until they reached the computer classroom. No students had come yet, so they walked into the computer lab. "Okay . . ." Dib started. He looked around the room. "There are no places to hide in this lab! We'll be caught for sure!" "That's where technology kicks in." Kree smiled. She pulled something out of her backpack that looked like two joysticks with a red button on both of them. They were connected to each by a long piece of wire. "Push this button and hold it down." She instructed. Dib did as he was told. Nothing happened. "Okay, so what was that supposed to do?" Dib asked. Kree pushed down her red button. "Look into the mirror behind you." She instructed. Dib turned around. He expected his reflection, but he saw nothing but his surroundings. "What the . . . How . . . I can't believe it! I'm invisible! Where did you get this thing?! Even my dad can't invent something like this!" Dib exclaimed. "That's not important right now, someone's coming." Dib watched as a girl from his class, Mary, came into the doorway. All of a sudden, the claw came out with the silver discs! It took one and stuck it into the back of Mary's neck. She walked to the computer and inserted the floppy disk in. She watched the message with Zim in it and just sat there. More and more kids came in going through the same exact process. Kree was writing in her notebook. She was taking notes and would look up every now and then, just to watch. Dib watched too. He leaned over a bit so he could get a better view. Just when he stood up, he tripped over Kree's foot, dropped the joystick and it smashed to the ground. He and Kree became visible again. "Looks like we have some intruders." Sneered a voice. They look toward the door. It was Zim. "Human slaves, obey me! Capture the intruders! He ordered. Suddenly, all of the students in the room stood up. They walked closer and closer to Dib and Kree. Soon, they cornered them. "Dib?" Kree asked. "Yeah?" "Do you know a little bit of karate, Tae Kwon Do, you know, martial arts?" "A little bit." "I think we should use it right now, on the count of three. One . . ." Kree started. The zombie students stepped closer and closer. "Okay, forget the counting, let's just attack already!" Kree shouted. Kree and Dib went to a knife hand block position and kicked. They punched a few in the front and the zombie students backed away. "Jump!" Dib shouted. Dib and Kree jumped over the students and ran to the door. They locked the computer lab and panted and took a breath. "Okay, so how are we going to stop Zim? Zim's got complete control over the entire grade!" Dib exclaimed. "Well, thanks to observing the process, I've figured out a plan." Said Kree. "You see the silver discs are like a TV. There is a "remote control", which in this case is a master computer. The master computer or Zim tells the TV what to do. Our classmates are doing what Zim is telling them to do. They're just like robots. That means we can delete the information Zim is giving them, and the control of the silver discs!" "That's pretty logical. So we have to find the master computer, and then delete the program. Where are we going to find the master computer?" Dib questioned. "It's already been done. I've found the master computer. It's in the middle of the meeting room." Kree declared. Both walked over to the second door and went in. They looked around and saw the computer. They didn't see Zim picking up the gun on the table . . . "Don't move! Or I'll shoot!" Zim ordered as he pointed the gun towards them. Dib froze as Kree continued to walk around the computer, inspecting it. "Kree, this is a laser gun." Zim glared. "Oh really? Shoot it! See if I care!" Kree grinned. Zim aimed it carefully at her, and fired. Dib ran to block her out of the way. He got hit instead- by a flower. Kree smiled. "Thanks for saving me anyway. It's the thought that counts." "What? How did this happen?" Zim gasped angrily. "Oh, that's not your gun." Kree opened up her backpack and took out a gun. "This is your gun!" Zim froze. "Wow, she's good." Dib thought. "Now I want you to go on the computer and delete the program for controlling our classmates." Kree ordered. Zim obeyed and finished the process. He handed her the discs and floppy disk for the master controls. Dib smiled triumphantly. "We did it!" he thought. Kree smashed the disk and discs with her hand. Then, she thought for a moment and pointed the gun at Zim. "She double crossed me! I can't believe it! I thought humans were too stupid to do that!" Zim thought worriedly. "Zim, are you afraid of, WATER?" Kree pulled the trigger and Zim was soaked with water. Dib burst into laughter, Zim glared at them and jumped out the window and went home . . . Mission #1: Accomplished
Go to the next part- |