96Hey everyone! Well its been a long time coming but I finally FINALLY finished this chapter! And let me tell you, it wasn't easy :/ especially since my computer caught a virus (TWICE) resulting in the loss of my work and having to constantly restore it to a previous save point. Needless to say I got frustrated but once I was able to work on another computer, it became much easier to finish the ending. Was just as well as I was able to write more then I original intended and add a little excitement into it. Will let you all know that since this is the last chapter, I decided to indulge in slightly more 'fluffer' interactions between Zim and Gaz so again, if they're OOC, blame the fangirl in me.
And now, without further ado, the final chapter of Video Games of Doom.
Chapter 15: The End Game
Dib woke up some time later to find himself laying on a cold, tile covered floor. "Ugh...what happened?"
He sat up and squinted through the darkness before realizing he was in some sort of dimly lit hallway. Standing up woozily, Dib leaned against the wall with one hand and rubbed his sore forehead with the other.
"Last thing I remember, I was trying to stop Zim from sucking my sister's face off..." Dib said adjusting his glasses. "Just where am I exactly?"
As Dib glanced at the wall, he realized his hand was leaning against a thin metal door that had a small combination lock on it. In fact, the whole wall was lined with thin metal doors on both sides, which were wedged in between bulletin boards, water fountains and pictures of children hand-prints painted to look like turkeys.
"Wait. I'm at…skool?" Dib asked out loud. "No. That's not right. If I were in skool right now, I'd be running into-"
"You are late. Present hall pass!"
Just then, Dib heard loud footprints behind him and quickly turned. Two hallway monitor robots appeared and stomped their way over to Dib who quickly backed away from them.
"Oh no, not again!" Dib exclaimed covering his face. "Please don't send me back into the scary room!"
"MUWHAHAHAHA! Foolish Earth boy!"
Hearing the familiar voice, Dib looked up at the robots, which had stopped in place and leaned downwards. The chest plate on the first robot then opened up, revealing the face of a certain cackling green alien.
"Zim!?" Dib exclaimed.
"Hello Dib!" Zim said grinning evilly. "Hope you had a pleasant nap!"
"What's going on!? Why am I at skool? How did you get inside the hallway robots?"
"Hehe, foolish Dib. I'm not INSIDE the robot." Zim said, his face glitching as the camera zoomed outward, revealing himself sitting on a living room couch. "This is merely a projected image. Right now you're seeing me through a monitor, which is currently being filmed from the comfort of my own base. As for why you're here well, hehe, that requires an explanation. You see thanks to your constant stupidness and your subsequent crashing of my ship, my gaming system was destroyed, meaning Gaz and I couldn't finish our match. So we tried coming up with ways to continue our battle while also dealing with your annoying insolence. Luckily, I, ZIM! Came up with a solution that takes care of both problems at once."
"I think you mean 'we' came up with the solution you jerk."
Suddenly the other robots chest plate opened, revealing a similar monitor with Gaz on it, who appeared to be sitting on the same couch, leaning back with one arm behind her head as she casually ate a slice of pizza. "Sup?"
"Gaz! What are you still doing at Zim's place? Why aren't you trying to escape? And, where did you get that pizza?"
"Um, pizza guy, duh." Gaz said taking another bite. "GIR got us a good discount on several large pies."
"I BLEW UP A DELIVERY VAN!" GIR exclaimed, appearing at the corner of the screen with several smoldering pizza boxes. Quickly he rolled up one of the pies and shoved the whole thing into his mouth.
"Besides, I need something to nibble on if I'm gonna spend the next hour or so blasting your sorry butt." Gaz said finishing up her slice.
"Wait what?" Dib asked.
"Alright, alright, fine! We BOTH came up with the idea for the game we're about to play." Zim said with reluctant annoyance. "Admittedly it is a perfectly fitting game. It's called…'Find the Dib.'"
The robots then stood up and readied their blaster guns, causing Dib to quickly back away.
"As you can see, I managed to hack into the skool's security systems, meaning not only can I control the robots, but I can monitor your movements as well. The object of the game is to see which one of us can track you down and annihilate you first." Zim explained. "The rules are simple. You have the entire skool building in which to hide and beg for your worthless life, not that it'll do any good. Oh and don't bother trying to escape. We've locked all the doors and windows and filled the vents with flesh eating scorpions. So if you value that organ sack you call flesh, I suggest you do as we say and get moving."
"That's not fair!" Dib argued. "Don't I at least get a weapon or a head start or something?"
Zim let out a mocking laugh. "Ha! I'm afraid not you smelly, big headed-"
"Sure why not?"
Both Zim and Dib looked over in surprise at Gaz, who had grabbed another slice from GIR before continuing. "We'll give you a five minute head start. You can use the weapons you have stored in your locker."
"What!?" Zim exclaimed.
Dib blinked twice. "Wow, um, thanks Gaz!"
"Eh heh, could you excuse us for a second?" Zim asked sheepishly before turning off the camera.
Back at the alien base, Zim jumped off the newly refurbished living room couch and walked up to GIR, who was seated on the floor attempting to shove another pizza pie into his mouth.
"GIR, go to the other room and do something stupid for a while. The superior beings need to talk."
"Mmm Kmmayy!" GIR said with a full mouth as he saluted Zim and rushed off toward the kitchen, crashing into the wall before screaming his way over into the next room.
Zim stood before the TV screen and cameras, hands on his hips and glaring angrily at Gaz, who continued to nonchalantly eat her pizza.
"What?" She asked with a full mouth.
"Just what exactly do you think you're doing? Giving him a head start, allowing access to his private weaponry? I thought the object of the game was to destroy Dib, not help him out!"
Gaz swallowed her pizza. "Relax. It's all part of the plan. First we pretend to show him mercy, then we-"
"Irkens do NOT show mercy, pretending or otherwise!" Zim argued. "Irkens destroy their enemies and take what they want, WHEN they want it!"
"Irkens are also idiots that blow things up without thinking, if you're any indication." Gaz replied as Mini-Moose floated over, handing her a can of Fizzy Poop which she opened and took a quick swig from. "I mean think about it. If we chase after him now, the game will be over in five seconds. Totally boring if you ask me. BUT, if we give him a head start, then the real fun begins. We can hunt him down like a wild animal, taunting him, make him all nervous and paranoid, maybe possibly shoot one of his limbs off. It's all about giving him that small glimmer of hope that he could possibly escape, before we swoop in at the last moment and blow that arrogant smirk off his face...and hey, if none of that works, we can always set up a ton of booby traps in the hallways to maim him instead."
Zim looked at Gaz in amazement. "That is the most awful, sadistic thing I've ever heard spoken by a human being in all my time on Earth…IT'S SO GENIUS!" he rushed forward and hugged her affectionately. "I love the way your horrid little mind works."
Gaz smirked as she stroked the top of his head. "I knew you'd see it my way. So...shall we then?" Zim looked up and nodded vigorously.
Back at skool, Dib tapped his foot impatiently as he waited for Zim and Gaz to return.
"Man, what's taking them so long? Do they really expect me to wait around for-" Dib paused. "Hold on! What am I doing? I should be escaping right now!"
As Dib was about to make a run for it, he felt a giant robot hand close around him and lift him up. He then found himself staring back at the faces of Zim and Gaz, who reappeared on the monitors.
"Okay stink breath, we'll be generous and allow you a ten minute head start, as well as full access to your locker." Zim relented. "But before we let you go, you should know that we set up some 'obstacles' for you along the way. If you manage to get past those in one piece, let it be known that when we do find you, there will be no holding back from your complete and utter annihilation!"
Dib glared back determinedly. "That's fine with me! Cause once I get a hold of my weapons, you're the one who'll be facing utter annihilation! Then I'll escape this place and free Gaz from your control, once and for all!"
"Pff. Good luck with that." Gaz scoffed as she took a sip of soda.
"The time starts now." Zim said dropping Dib to the floor. "Good luck Earth stink."
Dib stood up as he rubbed his aching backside, glared hatefully up at Zim, then turned and ran off, disappearing around the corner.
"Ten….nine…..eight…" Zim counted to himself.
"What are you doing?" Gaz asked.
Zim did not respond and continued to count down to zero. Once he finished, he began moving his robot in the direction of Dib's locker.
"Wait, where are you going?" Gaz asked. "The ten minutes aren't up yet."
"Ten minutes? I thought I said ten seconds?" Zim asked in a fake surprised tone. "Oh dear I must not have been clear enough…"
He then smiled evilly at Gaz, who realized what he was doing and smirked in amusement. "Oh you are bad."
"You know I am." Zim said, making his robot stand to the side and gesture forward. "Evil Earth geniuses first."
Gaz chuckled and moving her robot forward so that both were now stomping off together in search of Dib. She then scooted closer to Zim, leaning her head against his shoulder much to his delight.
"So um…we never made it clear what the winner will get when they destroy Dib." Gaz pointed out.
"What do you mean?" Zim asked. "Winner gets bragging rights, as per usual."
"Well yeah but, we can't exactly use the same conditions as before. I think we should…renegotiate a bit."
Zim arched an eyebrow. "What did you have in mind?"
Gaz paused before sitting up and smiled mischievously. "How about this. If I destroy Dib first...you have to be my slave for life and pledge your eternal loyalty to me."
Zim turned sharply. "What!?"
"You heard me." Gaz said, now keeping a straight face. "If I win, you have to stay by my side, do whatever I say, pay for all my stuff and constantly worship me, no matter what I do or say, regardless of whether or not I'm right. In exchange, I may just do the same for you."
"But, I, wha- Hang on…isn't that the definition of an Earth relationship?" Zim asked, feeling confused.
"No. Relationships involve affection and pet names. I'm asking for obedience and an authoritative title. If you plan on hanging around me, you better be prepared to do whatever it takes to make me happy forever…or at least till I get bored with you and move on."
"Why you wretched, filthy, horrid little-" Zim was about to get angry but noticed the sly smirk that threatened to take over Gaz's face. Realizing what she was really getting at, a small smile crept across his face and chuckled in amusement. "Very well then. In that case, I have a condition of my own. WHEN Zim destroys Dib first, not only will you be his slave, but you will also allow Zim to call you his love pig."
"What?" Gaz asked in disbelief.
"In public." Zim added, smirking evilly. "And you will cater to any and all earthly couple activities I decide to subject you to."
Gaz glared at Zim. While her initial instinct was to be angry, she found herself strangely unbothered by the thought of Zim taking her out on dates and calling her pet names. In fact, she found some of it strangely...endearing. She also noticed the mischievous smirk on his face, as if he were daring her to fight with him.
Deciding to take the high road, she smirked back in amusement and held out her hand. "Alright then, I'll take that gamble. Whoever loses shall become the winner's slave for life, complete with eternal affection and total obedience. Deal?"
"Deal." Zim said shaking her hand, feeling oddly pleased with the terms.
"Although, you may wanna re-pick a title for me." Gaz added. "Something that sounds less gross then 'Love Pig'."
Zim paused as he thought over her suggestion. "What does your species call their significant other?"
Gaz looked at Zim and blushed slightly to his surprise. "Well, at this stage… I guess you'd probably call me your girlfriend or something lame like that and I…would probably call you my boyfriend."
"Ugh, those titles sound boring." Zim groaned. "Isn't there anything more mighty or fear inducing you can call me?"
"Hmm." Gaz thought to herself. "Can't really think of anything suitable to call a servant. But you can call me master if you want."
"What the-Zim is servant to no master!" he declared. "I demand you pick another title! How about, 'Grand High Warrior' and 'Demanding Wench'?"
"Excuse me? I think lackey is more suitable to you and Earth Overlord for me."
"Never! Super Doomy Irk Commander and Grouchy Sidekick sounds much better!"
"How about errand monkey and puppet master?"
"How about no?"
Both paused before their tempers flared up and thought about more alternate titles.
"What about…" Gaz thought. "Partner?"
"Partner?" Zim asked.
"Yeah. It's a neutral term, may or may not mean romantic, plus it puts us on equal levels."
"Hmm…Very well. Partner it is then. And perhaps...Ruthless Invader in secret?"
"I can live with that." Gaz smirked. "Partner."
Zim smiled a little before GIR burst into the room from the kitchen holding up a giant jar of mayo. "I'mmm back! Whoo wants extra sauce on their pizza?"
As Zim had implied, getting to his locker wasn't easy. Dib had to run through laser grids, jump over spikes, dodge falling buzz saws, and even outrun a pack of rabid hamsters in order to get to the hallway where his locker was. Finally after leaping through a wall of flames, Dib was within range of his locker.
"Ugh…uhh…finally." Dib gasped as he breathed heavily. "I'm only five steps away from…OH COME ON!"
Looking down the hallway, Dib was flabbergasted to find that the floor was completely covered in lava.
"How did he even get the lava in here?" Dib wondered out loud. "What the-?"
Looking toward his locker, he noticed there were a bunch of small platforms that seemed to be floating in midair above the lava. They appeared to be leading toward a small patch of floor in front of his locker, the only spot not covered in lava.
"Ok this is weirdly convenient..."
Seeing there was no other way over, Dib took a few steps back and ran forward, leaping into the air and landing on a floating platform. Just as he managed to steady himself, the platform lurched below him and started to crumble. Dib immediately leaped off before it disintegrated and landed on another platform, which also began crumbling away.
"Oh cut me a break already!"
Quickly Dib leaped from platform to platform, somehow managing to jump across all of them before finally landing safely in front of his locker.
"Whew! Made it, surprisingly. I'll have to question the possibility and physics of all this later though."
Dib managed to get his locker open fairly quickly and began rummaging through his weapon collection to find something suitable.
"Not this…not this…aha! Perfect!" Dib said holding up a giant blaster gun. He then put on a helmet and lowered the visor, activating the targeting system. "Oh yeah! Zim is going down now!"
Not a moment too soon, Dib heard loud footsteps and was outraged to see the robots emerge from around the corner.
"Hey that wasn't ten minutes!"
"Oops. Guess my watch must've broke." Zim shrugged. "Oh well, TIME TO IMPLODE!"
Both robots then started blasting Dib, who ducked behind his locker door and was barely able to dodge the shots. Behind him, one of the blasts struck a water fountain, causing water to gush from the wall and over the lava, cooling it down till it hardened into rock. Seeing his new escape path, Dib rushed toward the opposite side of the hallway and turn back to shoot the robots with his blaster.
"Ha! You'll never take me alive!"
"That's the point you idiot!" Gaz called out as she went to shoot him in the face and barely missed.
The three continued to fire at each other, with Dib jumping around and managing to dodge the robots with surprising agility. He even managed to shoot the robots a couple times, gradually damaging their armor and slowing their movements. However his luck didn't last as he soon ran into a dead end, the two cornering him as their readied their blasters.
"You're mine Dib!" Zim said, holding up his blaster.
"No, he's mine!" Gaz said, knocking him aside to get a clear shot.
As the two continued elbowing each other, Dib was secretly warming up his blaster to its highest setting.
"He's my arch enemy so I will be the one to destroy him!" Zim argued, his robot pulling Gaz's into a full nelson.
"I was his arch enemy since before I was born!" Gaz argued back as she struggled to get free.
"Hey guys, where'd the Big Head go?" GIR asked, popping up at the bottom of the screen to look around while he licked up a slice of mayo covered pizza.
Both stopped arguing long enough to notice Dib had disappeared from sight. They turned around in time to see Dib stand behind them with his blaster at the ready.
"Eat laser you jerks!"
With one shot, Dib blasted through both of the robots torsos, causing them to power down and collapse to the ground.
"YES! I did it! I defeated both of you!" Dib declared victoriously. "Looks like your plan backfired Zim. As if you could take me down that easily. Now watch as I make my escape right in front of you! HAHAHAHA!"
As Dib ran off to find an exit, the robots began to glitch and dissolve into a static mess.
"Ugh! Curse that repulsive sneak! Now I have to reset the coding and adjust the settings all over again."
Zim then pressed a few buttons on his controller, selecting a menu where he re-added a few enhancements to their robots, along with a couple extras. He then brought up a control screen that read 'Start again?" and pressed the button, causing their robots to disappear and re-spawn into brand new robots.
"I enhanced our robot's firepower and armor endurance. Should be more resilient this time around, especially against that blaster of his." Zim explained. "Seriously, what were you thinking giving him access to his weapons? You know that foul, big headed, eye breather always has some sneaky way of getting ahead."
"I'll say. I forgot about that targeting helmet he built last week. Wait, why'd you add that in anyways?" Gaz asked.
"Well I WAS trying to make it realistic." Zim said rolling his eyes. "Besides it was in his locker along with the rest of his primitive Earth junk."
"Pff, whatever. This round stunk." Gaz said, throwing down her controller and folded her arms in annoyance. "We should've just blown him up from the start."
"Fret not my devious Earth companion, for I, ZIM, have another trick up my sleeve." Zim said as he picked up Gaz's controller and held it towards her. "Shall we redeem ourselves with a second round then?"
"Please. I don't want to end the night with an embarrassing loss like that." Gaz said, taking the controller from Zim. "Seriously though, if he wasn't in the simulation chamber right now, I'd totally headbutt him into oblivion again."
Drawing their guns, the robots set off in search of Dib again.
"So…how long do think it'll take Dib to figure out the entire thing is a game?" Gaz asked.
"Probably a while. He does have a stupidly thick head after all." Zim said.
"I'll say. It's been ten years and he still thinks our neighbors hairy kid is a BigFeets clone." Gaz snickered.
"It's just as well. We can get far more amusement out of watching him flail about on the security camera."
Zim then pressed a button on his controller, causing a small screen to appear on the corner of the monitor. Zooming in, it showed Dib inside the simulation chamber wearing gloves along with a large helmet on his head, jumping about as he wielded invisible weapons and letting out occasional bursts of laughter.
Gaz snorted in amusement. "Wow what a loser. And he doesn't notice anything outside the helmet?"
"Of course not. I designed the helmet for deep immersion and to block out all outside distractions."
Gaz grinned. "We should totally go in and smear stuff on his face later."
"I already got the rancid mayo and dog doody on standby." Zim said proudly.
"Ohhhh…dats what dis was for?" GIR asked, holding up the jar full of green fuzzy mayo. He paused, then continued slurping away at the contents.
"Ah well, least we still have the dog doody." Zim shrugged.
"Heehee, doody." GIR giggled to himself.
Gaz chuckled as well as she tucked her hair behind her ear. She then glanced sideways at Zim and leaned over to plant a kiss on his cheek.
Zim felt his face flush and his spooch tighten as she snuggled against him and smiled happily. He then took one hand off his controller and wrapped it around her shoulder, holding her close while he continued to play with one hand.
After some searching, the two finally came upon Dib who was trying to force open the front door of the skool.
"Stupid door, why won't you budge?" Dib said, groaning under the strain.
"Halt. Present hall pass to your doom, you big headed barf can!"
Dib stopped and was surprised to see the hall monitoring robots back along with Zim and Gaz's faces.
"What the-? How did you-? Ugh never mind! I'll just beat you again like I did last time!" Dib then readied his weapon like before and prepared to fire. However Zim head up his new blaster and instantly disintegrated Dib's gun to ashes.
"What? No way! How-"
"Oh did I mention we got upgrades?" Zim said showing off his new weapon. "You know how games are Dib. Defeat your enemies in the first round, fight stronger ones in the next. It's a good way to keep things interesting."
"Then I should get better weapons too by that logic!" Dib debated. "At least to make it fair!"
"Don't worry, you'll get an upgraded weapon too." Gaz said. "They're just on the opposite side of the school in the music room. Good luck getting to them. You can have a fifteen minute head start this time."
"Don't you mean fifteen seconds?" Dib asked skeptically.
"Oh, well if you insist." Zim said smirking. "Fifteen…fourteen…"
"AHHHHH!" Dib screamed as he ran back down the hall in the direction of the music room.
Gaz let out a snort of laughter. "Man, I love how easily you're able to mess with him."
Zim smirked. "And I love how easily you're able to make him believe your lies. Weapons in the music room, good one…"
"Hey, I had to give him false hope somehow." Gaz shrugged. "Although, how about this time, we actually give him the fifteen minutes head start? So he has time to find the weapon that doesn't exist?"
Zim raised a skeptical eyebrow. "There you go showing mercy again. Should I be worried?"
"Please, this is all part of my plan to mess with him." Gaz explained. "That aside though, I really do kinda owe Dib one…"
"Owe him one?" Zim asked.
Gaz nodded. "I mean, if it wasn't for him, you and I wouldn't be sitting here together like we are now…right, partner?"
Zim thought for a moment and smiled. "Yes I suppose your right…partner." He then began tapping buttons rapidly into his controller, causing the screen to glitch a little.
"What are you doing?" Gaz asked.
"Adding a weapon to the music room." Zim said as he finished putting in the code. "I too owe the Dib a debt of sorts for making my stay on Earth much more interesting, constant annoyances aside. Not to mention...sending me someone who vastly improves the quality of my existence on this dirtball planet."
Gaz smiled and leaned over, hitting the pause button on Zim's controller before taking it out of Zim's hands.
"Hey! What the-? Give that back!"
Gaz did the same to her own and set the controllers aside before turning back to Zim, who gazed curiously upon her and blushed as she slipped her hands into his.
"You know Zim, I've been thinking…we've been spending all this time together, destroying creatures, fighting side by side, messing with my brother…and its made me realize something…"
"What's that?" Zim asked as Gaz leaned closer to his face. He closed his eyes, waiting for her to kiss him, but instead she stopped just short of his lips and smirked.
"You are without a doubt…the worse invader ever."
Zim's eyes snapped open in shock and he scowled angrily at her. "What!? How dare you degrade Zim! Why I outta-"
Gaz then put her hand over his mouth and leaned in close to whisper. "Which is why, no one will ever see it coming when we manage to conquer both of our planets."
Zim gazed in bewilderment at Gaz as she removed her hand from his mouth. "Uhh…come again?"
"You said it yourself. Neither humans nor Irkens think highly of you, nor do they take you seriously. It's the same thing for me. Which means they won't see it coming when you and I launch a coup to take over Irk and the Earth. It'll take some time to plan and a lot of resources of course, but if we do it right, we could take both planets by surprise and have them within our grasps within a year or so. You have the technology, I have the ideas. You can build the weapons and create an unstoppable army; I'll come up with battle strategies and distract my stupid brother from ruining them. Together, we will make the whole universe bow down and respect us."
Zim stared at Gaz aghast. "Are you seriously suggesting we overthrow my Tallest, take over Irken rule and use the resources from Operation Impending Doom II to enslave Earth and eventually the entire universe?"
Gaz smirked and nodded determinedly.
Zim's eyes sparkled with amazement and he responded by grabbed her and kissing her fiercely. Gaz wrapped her arms firmly around him, the two falling backwards onto the couch as they fought for control over each others lips. After a few moments of intense kissing, Zim broke away, breathing heavily as he looked upon her.
"You do realize if we do this, we'll be committing universal treason of the highest order?" Zim asked. "If we're caught or our plan fails, we'll be executed and our corpses publicly flayed across several star systems."
"Pff. And your point?" Gaz scoffed.
"No point. I just wanted to make sure we were on the same page is all." Zim said, smirking down at her as he ran his fingers through her hair. "I love how diabolically committed to evil you are…partner."
Gaz smiled and slipped her hand over his, nuzzling against it. "And I love how you embrace the evil within me…ruthless invader."
Zim felt his insides leap with joy and pressed another kiss to Gaz's lips. Gaz reciprocated, kissing Zim sweetly and wrapping her arms around him, holding him close. She did however pause briefly to ask a question.
"So now that we're both on board with this universal domination thing, when did you want to get started? After we finish the game?"
Zim stopped briefly to think before getting an idea as he looked over to GIR, who had somehow gotten the jar of Mayo stuck on his head and was trying to pull it off with the help of Mini-Moose.
Inside the music room, Dib had spent the past fifteen minutes searching frantically for the weapon Gaz had spoken of.
"Come on, come on! They're gonna be hear any minute! Where is that- AHA!"
Dib then spotted a giant sledgehammer under the piano and pulled it out. "Well, it may not be a blaster, but at least I can do some damage."
Just then the doors burst open and Zim and Gaz's robots stepped inside. Only it wasn't their faces being displayed on the monitors.
"We're heeeeeere!" GIR said cheerfully, his head still stuck in a jar of mayo.
"NYAH!" Mini-Moose squeaked.
Dib gasped and tightened his grip on the sledgehammer. "You two!? But, where are Gaz and Zim?"
"They's taking a snack break to do some sciencey stuff!" GIR explained. "Now it's our turn to blows you up!"
"Nyah!" Mini-Moose squeaked in agreement.
Dib clenched his grip on the sledgehammer. "Well I don't care who I fight. Cause your both going down! AHHHHHHHH!"
Dib then lifted the sledgehammer high and charged at GIR's robot, slamming the hammer hard against its leg.
*SQUEAK*
Dib paused and was shocked to see that the sledgehammer was actually a giant inflatable hammer.
"Oh come on!" he said smacking the hammer uselessly against the robot's leg, until the Mini-Moose shot a laser through it causing it to deflate.
"Oh poop." Dib then ran off screaming while GIR and Mini-Moose gave chase.
Meanwhile in the underground lab, Zim and Gaz were watching footage of the game on the dual monitors and laughing in amusement. One screen showed the game while the other showed GIR and Mini-Moose sitting on the couch while operating the controllers.
"Haha! Look at him run! He's like a frightened little gopher, only with a big head instead of big teeth." Zim pointed out. "By the way, which one am I again?"
"You're Mini-Moose. I'm GIR." Gaz replied.
"Ha! Then my victory is all but imminent!" Zim declared.
"Don't celebrate just yet." Gaz smirked. "GIR may be stupid, but he's also stupidly lucky."
Sure enough, a big blast was heard followed by a scream from Dib.
"Woohoo! I blasted him right in the butt cheek!"
Zim let out a harrumph and turned away. "He still failed to destroy him. Give it time, I'm sure Mini-Moose will catch up. In the meantime, we should get started on our plans."
Gaz then followed Zim over to his work table. It was covered in dozens of rolled up blue prints Zim had designed since coming to Earth. He also had all his tools out as well as several alien-esc devices used for building.
"So all of these are your plans for taking over Earth?" Gaz asked as she opened one of the blue prints.
"Yes, and what glorious plans they are! Each one more fiendishly evil and cleverly constructed then the last! Why the mere concept of some of these plans would bring the bravest of Earth worms crying to his knees in fear!" Zim declared.
"This plan involves covering the world in chocolate pudding. And this one filling the Earths atmosphere with cheeto dust." Gaz said she glanced at a couple of the blue print. "And this one involves stuffing everyone's chimneys with taco meat...wow you use a lot of food in your plans."
"Eh? Oh those the food based earth conquest plans. There's animal based ones to your left. That one there involves robotic sheep. Imagine, torturing the world by smothering everyone in scratchy wool that shoots lasers beams when you sleep!" Zim said excitedly.
Gaz stared at him skeptically. "Yeah...why don't we put all this in the maybe pile...as in maybe we'll burn this in the furnace later. Seriously Zim, all these plans are awful."
"No they're not! You just don't yet see the geniusness of my genius work yet!" Zim snapped back.
"This plan involves using a million hairdryers to heat up the Earths temperature so the world will spontaneously combust." Gaz threw him a dirty look. "Logic of that aside, I thought you were trying to conquer the Earth, not destroy it?"
"Okay so that one was a little extreme, but is still doable. I do have a phase two that involves gluing the exploded pieces back together."
Gaz rolled her eyes in annoyance. "Yeah okay, how about instead of destroying the thing we're trying to take over, we THREATEN to destroy it? That way the government has no choice but to cater to us and we can get access to money, tech and resources we couldn't get otherwise? For example, you can say that you're going to use your 'hairdryers' to melt the polar ice caps, that way they cause a rise in water levels that could flood the entire world."
"Bah! That's a stupid idea! Why would I threaten to destroy something for material gain-" Zim then paused as he thought for a moment as his eyes widened in comprehensions. "Ohhhhhh...oh that's good. You're good."
Gaz smirked. "Now you're getting it."
Just then they heard a loud explosion and immediately rushed over to the monitors.
"GIR report!" Zim demanded.
"We blew up the big head kid!" Gir said, waving the controller around and gesturing to the TV screen, where Dib laid in a smoldering crater, his clothes tattered and smoke emitting from him. He let out a loud groan as his limbs twitched and a tooth fell out of his mouth.
"Aww, he's still moving." GIR frowned in disappointment before instantly perking up. "Oh well! You guys wanna blow him up now?"
Zim thought for a moment then shook his head. "Nah. We can always destroy him tomorrow. For now, just unplug him from the simulator and stick him in a test tube or something for the night."
"Okie Dokie!" GIR saluted, gesturing to Mini-Moose before they started leaving the room, smiling at the couple and giggling. "Have fun you two! And let me know if you see mah bunny rabbit around!"
Zim rolled his eyes as he turned off the screen. Gaz then walked up to him looking skeptical. "You do realize we have skool in the morning right?"
"Pff. Please. You and I are beyond the need for worthless skool!" Zim declared. "Once we finish destroying Dib, we can get started our ultimate plan! Operation overthrow the tallest and use the armada to take over…the planets and…universe…thingy...yeah, the names gonna need some work."
"Hmm...I guess I can see your point. Still we'll have to go to Skool sometime, if only to avoid suspicion."
"Yes I suppose you're right. But I don't think an extra day off will hurt anyone...besides Dib that is."
Gaz let out a snicker. "Tell you what, whoever manages to destroy Dib first in tomorrows game, gets to pick the name for our plan. I like Operation Super Mega Death Strike myself."
"That name is so cool-! Da, I mean. I could come up with something better." Zim said smugly folding his arms.
Gaz smirked and shook her head. "Well then...shall we get started on the plans, my soon to be Tallest?"
Zim felt pride swell in his chest in hearing the title she gave him and squeezed her hand slightly as he bowed to her. "By all means, future Overlord of Earth."
Gaz beamed at Zim. Sharing a brief kiss, the two got started on their blue prints, as they began their soon to be ultimate conquest for world domination.
THE END
And with that, a story I started about 7 odd years ago has finally come to an end. :) Hope you all enjoyed! Thank you to everyone who read, reviewed, followed and favored this story. Your support truly means a lot to me. I can honestly say it was a fun experience getting to write from a purely villainous perspective for once and I hope to do it again one day.
With that said, I shall now return to my other stories already in progress. I may or may not return to writing Invader Zim and if I do, it may just be short segments.
Also, A Happy Beleted Birthday to Invader Johnny. Thank you so much for your reviews and words of encouragement. ^_^
Now if y'all excuse me, I have a MIGHTY NEED to get back to some writing ;)
With love, efram
