\u201cSo, the war between you and Tak is over and you\u2019re the victor,\u201d remarked the Doctor. \u201cStill, calling ANY war \u2018Great\u2019, it just\u2026yuck!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSave your insults for people shorter than us, Doctor!\u201d snarled Zim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWill you depart Earth or not?!\u201d growled the Doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAre you threatening me?! If so, you haven\u2019t a leg to stand on! As I said, Earth was kept OUT of the crossfire! I even behaved when Dib and Gaz vanished!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2026Dib and Gaz Membrane?\u201d asked the Doctor. \u201cThey vanished in your-?\u201d A nasty theory formed in her head. \u201c\u2026Oh no!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat\u2019s wrong with you?\u201d asked Zim. \u201c\u2026Oh yes! You still care for the worthless inhabitants of this rock!\u201d The Doctor snapped her thoughts back to the current crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI warn you, Zim! Earth has colonies ready to defend the cradle of their civilization!\u201d she declared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI think even the shortest Irken can handle the humans\u2019 primitive ships!\u201d cackled Zim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI very much doubt that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThere\u2019s no UNIT to stop me, Doctor! And no Zygons, as you said! These creatures that replaced the human stink will be excellent slaves! Earth shall become Foodcourtia II!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt most certainly will not!\u201d argued the Doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou\u2019re in no position to tell me what can and can\u2019t be done!\u201d Zim then grinned wickedly. \u201cBut I\u2019m nothing if not merciful,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019ll give you forty-eight earth hours to prepare this planet properly. Otherwise, I conduct the Organic Sweep and sterilize all life!\u201d He turned to his subordinates. \u201cWe\u2019re leaving!\u201d he ordered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYes, my Tallest!\u201d replied his underlings. One of then pressed a button on his wrist and the three Irkens vanished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2026Dib and Gaz Membrane,\u201d muttered the Doctor. \u201c\u2026And their disappearance is recorded in history. \u2026Drat.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Doctor returned to Tysar, noticing that two people were gone. \u201c\u2026Tysar, where are the Squid Sisters?\u201d she asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThey went to the Inkopolis News Station,\u201d replied Tysar. \u201cSpecial announcement about the Irken Invasion. They overheard everything and wanted to calm the people down, assure them that you wouldn\u2019t surrender the Earth to the Irkens.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAnd they\u2019re right, because I won\u2019t,\u201d said the Doctor. By then, the Squid Sisters returned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe just got off the phone with our agents,\u201d said Callie. \u201cThey\u2019ve delayed our concert until this crisis is dealt with.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Captain also reassigned our mission to his successor, the new Agent 3,\u201d continued Marie. \u201cWhat do you need us to do, Doctor?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFirst off, we\u2019ve got forty-eight hours to deal with the Irkens and see if my hypothesis is true,\u201d replied the Doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDoctor, Zim said that two humans vanished from his time,\u201d said Tysar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDib Membrane and his sister, Gaz,\u201d explained the Doctor. \u201cI really hope that the chronal surge didn\u2019t grab them and plop them here. Because if their disappearance was recorded and they were never found\u2026then we can\u2019t bring them back.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d asked Tysar. \u201cY-You mean that bringing them back would\u2026damage time somehow?!\u201d She then started thinking about her own situation. \u201c\u2026Would that mean-?!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFor you, I don\u2019t know,\u201d sighed the Doctor. \u201c\u2026But I WILL check your timeline when this adventure is over. For now, we need to see if Dib and Gaz are in this time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Aboard the Irken Flagship, the Massive<\/em>, Zim was in his office, indulging in some snacking. As he snacked, the computer in his desk beeped. \u201cOh, what is it now?!\u201d he complained. A spider-like robotic leg then grew from his PAK and tapped the computer. His new SIR unit, titled XIR (X-treme Information Retrieval), appeared on screen. \u201cWhat is it, XIR?\u201d he demanded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMy Tallest,\u201d said XIR, \u201ctwo humans have appeared on the Massive<\/em>. All physical indicators point to their names being Dib and Gaz Membrane.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYour sensors must be faulty!\u201d scoffed Zim. \u201cThere\u2019s no way they\u2019re alive after all this time, even accounting for their disappearance!\u201d He then slurped on some soda through a straw as XIR continued its report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe are currently interrogating the two humans\u2026but the one that looks like Gaz is as scary as her! And the male that looks like Dib has as big a head as him!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMY HEAD\u2019S NOT BIG!\u201d protested a voice. Zim spat out his soda in surprise. That was Dib\u2019s voice!<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cTELL THE INTERROGATORS TO STOP!\u201d ordered Zim. \u201cI\u2019M CONDUCTING THIS ONE PERSONALLY!\u201d He got up from his desk and strode out of his office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Zim arrived in the interrogation room to see two humans, roughly his height. One was a woman in a black skirt and shirt with purple hair and an expression that cowed many Irkens. The other was a man with glasses, slicked hair, and a black trenchcoat. \u201cIt can\u2019t be!\u201d protested Zim. \u201cDib and Gaz vanished millennia ago!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYeah, well you can blame Gaz here!\u201d snarled the man as he nodded his head angrily at the woman. \u201cShe stole UNIT property and took advantage of a chronal surge!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThat was a Cyberman\u2019s chronal net and you know it!\u201d retorted the woman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt\u2019s UNIT property and YOU know it!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cENOUGH!\u201d shouted Zim. \u201cXIR, did they have a chronal net on their person?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe scary woman had it, specifically,\u201d replied XIR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cXIR?\u201d asked the man. \u201cWhat\u2019s the X stand for?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cExtreme, what else?\u201d asked Zim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c\u2026Z-Zim, extreme starts with an \u2018e\u2019 and-.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt\u2019s MY updated SIR unit and I get to name it!\u201d snarled Zim. He then calmed down. \u201c\u2026So, it IS you, Dib, Gaz! \u2026Gaz, why would you steal a chronal net?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cTo take advantage of the chronal surge,\u201d replied Gaz. \u201cI was hoping to get a place where I could finally get away from humans, but now I see from your systems that the whole damned race spread out to the stars!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c\u2026I mean, yes, it IS annoying, but YOU belong to the human race-.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAND I HATE IT! I hate having to be part of a race that\u2019s so idiotic! All I want to worry about are video games and pizza and people always get in my way about that! I want to crush the human race and any others that would get in my way! You have the tech needed to crush them, I have ideas on how to do that!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cGaz, wait a minute!\u201d protested Dib. \u201cYou\u2019re selling out the human race of this time!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMore like the Cephalo-sapiens, but humans too,\u201d remarked Zim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c\u2026Cephalo-sapiens?\u201d asked Gaz. \u201cLike\u2026talking squids and octopuses?!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAnd live their lives exactly like humans of your time.\u201d Gaz couldn\u2019t believe what she was hearing! \u201cThere IS a future I have planned for it, though,\u201d offered Zim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAnd what\u2019s that?!\u201d demanded Gaz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cLike us Irkens, you lot enjoy fast food, especially that\u2026pizza, I believe it\u2019s called. How would you like it if you helped me make Earth into Foodcourtia II?\u201d Gaz arched an eyebrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c\u2026What do I get for helping you?\u201d asked Gaz. \u201cNot that I\u2019m really objecting.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cJoint rule of the Irken Empire,\u201d replied Zim. \u201cA PAK to make sure you live as long as us, an entire empire at your command, and all the hedonism you want to unleash. What do you say?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c\u2026One slight change,\u201d said Gaz. \u201c\u2026I want to fire the first shot for the Organic Sweep, Tallest Zim!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDone, Tallest Consort Gaz!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c\u2026Consort?\u201d asked Gaz, a little disgusted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cJust a title, no real meaning. It\u2019s just something we have to use when an alien helps rule the Empire jointly.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c\u2026No romance involved?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cNone whatsoever. Friends at best.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c\u2026I think we can work out a friendship.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cGAZ, YOU TRAITOR!\u201d shouted Dib.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOrders, my Tallest? Tallest Consort?\u201d asked XIR. Zim undid Gaz\u2019s restraints and nodded to her, indicating that she should decide Dib\u2019s fate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThrow my big brother in the brig,\u201d she ordered. \u201cWe\u2019ll deal with him when Earth becomes Foodcourtia II.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhile you\u2019re doing that, inform the Control Brain Monitors,\u201d ordered Zim, \u201cthat a PAK for Gaz needs to be made.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYes, my Tallest, Tallest Consort.\u201d XIR saluted and dragged Dib away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Back in Inkadia, the Doctor was working on a machine. It looked like one of the spawn points usually seen in Turf Wars. \u201cDoctor, what are you doing?\u201d asked Marie. \u201cThat\u2019s a decommissioned Spawn Point!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAnd it SHOULD work as a transmat,\u201d replied the Doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDoctor?\u201d asked Marie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI checked the TARDIS historical databanks on the Irken Empire,\u201d explained the Doctor. \u201cAll my research agree with Zim in that he defeated Tak and won the Irken Civil War two thousand years before the Flood that eventually gave rise to you lot. \u2026So why is he only attacking now? Questions, questions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYou\u2019re not planning on going up into an Irken ship, are you?!\u201d protested Marie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSorry, Thal overhearing that last tidbit, along with Callie,\u201d called Tysar as she arrived. \u201cMarie DID draw the wrong conclusion, did she?!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cActually, she didn\u2019t,\u201d replied the Doctor. \u201cSpecifically, I\u2019m going onto the Irken Flagship.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDon\u2019t be absurd!\u201d protested Tysar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDoctor, there\u2019s no way you\u2019ll survive that!\u201d agreed Callie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cCallie and Tysar are right, Doctor!\u201d urged Marie. \u201cThey\u2019ll shoot you on sight!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSee, the thing is, I have some research to conduct,\u201d replied the Doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDoctor!\u201d protested Tysar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cZim chose this moment to fulfill his \u2018mission\u2019 of conquering Earth for the Irken Empire when he already won the Irken Civil War!\u201d insisted the Doctor. \u201cNow, either we dither here and hope against hope that help from the human colonies arrive before the Irkens conduct their Organic Sweep or I beam myself onto the Massive<\/em> and make their job easier while getting information along the way!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cBut what if the Irkens just blast you to plasma?!\u201d argued Tysar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWell, at least I will have tried,\u201d said the Doctor. 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