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Dib Membrane mused as he thought of the vents of the Florpus event a year ago as he looked outside of the moving bus from a window from the woods of Oregon.

Since the whole Florpuse fiasco, Zim vanished without a trace. At first, he thought he once again was sitting on a toilet laughing maniacally the whole time just so that he once again turned himself into a smelly blob of fat and disgust that couldn't even move out of his chair and made even Gaz, her no-bull attitude scary sister scream in repulsion, but no, even his house has disappeared. The state of his body back then was so bad that his dad Professor Membrane had to put experimental drugs in his drinks during his very intense days of workout which did work, maybe a bit too much.

A year ago…

"I don't call feeding Dib what is basically STEROIDS a REALLY good idea Dad," Gaz told her opinion in her typical bland tone to her father as they ascended from the stairs.

“No worries, daughter of mine! My serum has none of the undesirable side effects of- “

He stopped whatever he was gonna say when he saw the result of his experimental serum. His son was now grossly disfigured into a mountain of impossible and disproportionate muscles as he was exaggeratingly giving huffs with his eyes and threatening to get off his eye sockets as he was lifting weights.

Okay, maybe lacing his son with an experimental muscle-building serum hadn’t been one of his greatest ideas.

"You were saying?" Gaz urged his father to continue with an even more deadpan tone.

"I'm….," slowly he walked away "I'll have to do some more…SCIENCE STUFF!" He then raced down the stairs to make an antiserum with such urgency that he managed to break a record for the fastest antiserum ever made by man.  

Fortunately, he wasn't too adversely affected by his sudden reversion from being "Too-In Shaped". 

 Good thing at least the common populace does think the whole Florpus thing did happen because if it was otherwise, he would have really lost faith in humanity. Oh sure, there were a few who thought that was fake, but again there will always be Flat Earthers and those who think the Moon landing was fake so it is not like anyone would take them seriously. To think he is compared to them.

The event was called the Zero Days.

Unfortunately, it is believed that the whole Earth being transported to the other side of the universe was some grand cosmic phenomenon rather than alien intervention but hey, better than his dad's profusely denial of any of that really happening, if that combined with being stuck in an alien prison hasn't been through his head then it was clear to Dib that his father for all his genius had a very thick skull. Oh well, at least he actually tries to spend time with his kids rather than simply give them online contacts through a moving monitor like before. Who knew losing your hands to experimental sharks could change a person's perspective on his life and his relationship with his family? It is true they say, you never truly know the worth of something, until you nearly lose it, bonus point: he now has a very metal robotic hand, not every child can claim that their parents are cyborgs equipped with fusion cannons in their hands. Still, even though his father did say he was always proud of him despite many times trying to discourage him from paranormal research, he always felt there was a rift between them.

As he was musing, he looked around the bus and its current inhabitants.

Gaz was still playing with her Gameslayer, no surprise.

Zita was talking with Jessica and the other girls.

Keef was still 24 hours all-too-cheerful like he was high on Smile Dips or something.

Gretchen caught staring at him before she hid her face behind her notes, he wondered why.

Mr Elliot remained the same all too bubbly teacher that made Gaz sick in her stomach.

Miss Bitters, still wearing her distasteful look like a vulture on her seat, clearly not wanting to be here. Thinking about it, maybe Miss Bitters is not human, or a normal human after all considering she can slither around with an unnatural grace like a shadow.

So nothing has changed. Then without a warning, Dib saw something big and hairy in the woods which he then tried to get a better look at; however, the moment passed. He wondered if it was a bear or hopefully a Big Foot considering the place they were going was Gravity Falls, one of the biggest hotspots of weirdness in the world. His father decided to send him and his sister to a Summer Camp as a way for them to become more socialized and a way to further discourage Dib’s passion for supernaturals by seeing a place that supposedly is like a knock-off of West Virginia. Jokes on him the fact that the destination for the summer camp was Gravity Falls was all enough reasons for him to agree with the trip. That, and the absence of Zim who he totally didn’t miss was driving him crazy.

The bus stopped, the door now was opened, and after this, Miss Bitters got up to announce in her usual disdain. "Alright you little midget wastes of oxygen, we only in this nowhere of a town because your enslaved adults were willing to pay for it and other countrysides were too expensive so don't get separated or," her aura got darker "Someone will die of- "

"-of fun!"

Miss Bitters's scowl got even bigger, staring daggers at Mr Elliot for interrupting her with usual detest which made the children other than the Membrane snicker, not a full chuckle because they were still too afraid of the old crone.

Unknown to Dib, after that bus stopped and after he and the other kids were no longer near the road, another bus was coming, and inside was a green-grinning boy in a weird red suit, grinning, sitting next to some green dog suit which everyone assumed was a kid in it.

"Hehe, excellent! With Dib-worm gone on his summer exile, no one will stop my diabolical plan to conquer this mudball once and for all!"

"OOOH, I wanna meet mommy!" Gir uttered in excitement.

"You don't have a mom unit!"

Gir then began to cry until was shut by Zim pushing a taco in his mouth, which he began to happily munch, after so long the alien Invader learned how to deal with Gir to not suffer another ear-deafening cry from the deranged Sir Unit.

He began shaking his hands together grinning "And now…The INVASION OF THE FALLS PHASE 1 HAS BEGUN! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Zim cackled madly with a classic villain pose, only to realize later that everyone was staring at him apprehensively like he was a lunatic.

He feigned a cough, "It was to check my vocal cords."

Immediately, when the bus' door opened the passengers left outside in a hurry.

During their visit to the town and passing by a few of Gravity Falls's colorful cast including some guy named the Mattress King who… well is the owner of a Mattress store, and some goblin-human named Toby, who Dib then accused of being one just for his sheer ugliness. Though rude surprisingly this time his classmates didn't condemn him, but instead laughed as the goblin man gave a depressed sight and moved away(though he gained the ire of Zita and a few others, considering even before Zim, Dib had an unsavory attitude in calling others freak in front of everyone whether it was true or not which gained him no favors).

As they walked, they stopped at an Ice Cream place where Miss Bitter said to "Keep the black holes of their parent's money, time, and lives on hold to get a break" and then gave one of her moans on how everything is doomed, the said black holes of course being the Skool children.

After a very painstaking line for the ice creams, Gaz finally got a multi-flavored one which she began to lick until some brunette girl, probably one of the inhabitants of Gravity Falls on her way somewhere, hit her accidentally causing the ice cream to drop on the ground.

"HEY!" In outrage, Gaz with gritted teeth, jumped and pinned the surprised girl on the ground "That was my ice-cream you brunette buffoon!" Gaz growled at the intimidated girl who had a sweater with a Shooting Star sign on it which she found stupid considering it was summer.

"Sorry!" The girl apologized.

"You're gonna be more than sorry!" Gaz then held her up with surprising strength with one fist ready, until the girl brought out a grappling hook of all things, which she shot, leading to the hook hitting Gaz on her head sending her flying away a meter with a wail of pain coming from the purple-haired girl. 

The Skool children stopped whatever they were doing and stared in surprise at this turn of events.

While all this was happening, Dib was completely oblivious as he was far more interested in catching cryptids than getting ice cream with a binocular and zooming its camera. He found a black mass which he zoomed out revealing to be the giant butt of some motorbiker

"Pheg! No!" Dib shuddered in disgust.

Next was Manly Dan in a wrestling contest with a bear as his sons cheered for him.

"Definitely No."

Toby Determined again, who secretly was being a peeping tom with a telescope to his creepy crush on Shandra Jimenez as she was filling a report on an incident involving the sightings of the 'Manotaur' trying to use one of the biker gang's motorcycles only to crush it by his weight. Whatever that even is, probably a made-up parody of Minotaurs like Bee Vampires(though he was still certain Bee Vampires are real).

"Maybe a candidate." Human or not, Toby was a freak no doubt.

"No." He groused, he was hoping to catch something really weird, but by this point, this was becoming disappointing.

The next target he accidentally zoomed on someone's red skirt, he was embarrassed and nearly took off his binoculars before realizing something.

"Hey, I saw that skirt before." He concluded, he zoomed out to see who is the wearer, it just couldn't be who he was hoping/not hoping simultaneously to be-

 Weird red dress, the green skin, the wig, the hey contacts, a green near him, he was-

“Zim!” Dib gasped under his breath, he quickly began to follow the green menace and put his binoculars in his pocket.

Gaz groaned in pain feeling a huge bump coming out of her head pulsating as she nuzzled it she got up with a newfound anger "Where is she!? I'm gonna rip her a new- !" She looked around but the girl who dared to shoot a grappling hook at her was nowhere to be seen.

"Ugh! The nerve of the people of this hicktown!" She snarled at the coward then looked back at her Skool mates "What are you all looking at!?" Not wanting to anger the infamous and scary Gaz further the Skool kids began to pretend to not see her, not their fault of course as it wasn't common for someone to get the high ground on Gaz.

The girl Membrane, as she was glaring at them, then found out someone was missing "- Dib? Dib? Where's that idiot?" She looked around and saw no sign of her brother. In hindsight, she should have expected that her brother would get himself lost in a place famous for cryptid sightings, he is like an 8-year-old in a candy shop here.

"Weirdo probably went to search for Mothman around here, that's what." Jessica the blonde queen bee of the Skool gave her disparaging comment.

"First of all Jessica: only I get to belittle my brother, not some blonde bimbo," Jessica wanted to object with a scandalized look but was too afraid of Gaz who had a rather fearful reputation in Skool "Secondly: You're in my way." The said blonde bimbo quickly moved away on her way not wanting to risk her wrath.

She looked around to see where her brother got himself lost to make sure he wouldn't cause another atypical mind-numbing adventure, where everything stupid happens for the stupidest of reasons. She couldn't find him anywhere as she looked around, she at first wanted to ask Mr Elliot or Miss Bitters before remembering it wouldn't do any good.

She spotted a couple of teens a bit older who were a female black goth with a bit of purple-dyed hair and a pale-skinned male emo walking together. She found their sense of fashion to be too edgy and childish and that's coming from the gal who used to have a skull necklace.

"You! The pale weasel and the I Don't-know-who-and-I don't-care she is!" She snapped her fingers to get their attention who frowned at what they were called. 

"Have you seen a boy with glasses, who is obnoxious and has a big head?" 

"You mean the noxious twerp who came in and has a weight problem."

"Yes."

"We can see her, she is in front of us, though most of the mass is not in her head." The emo jeered earned a laugh from his girlfriend and himself while the said noxious twerp was giving them a death glare for this and for basically calling her 'fat'(though she does think maybe eating pizza too much has made her fat deep down but she would never admit it just as Dib would never admit that his head is big).

Gaz lost whatever patience she had with the grappling hook girl, so she grabbed the emo by his collar, much to his shock, and snarled at him like an angry animal. "You will tell me where my idiot of a brother is or I will break every finger you both have for being a disgrace to us emos and goths, before feeding you to the very Sharks that ate my father's arms!"

Robbie gulped in fear, feeling the aura of dread radiating from Gaz like a dark star, Tambry wanted to aid her boyfriend but she was also scared by this scary creature in the form of a girl, especially when she gave a glare telling her to 'stay put!'.

"He- he w-we-went to the Mystery Shack's direction- "She did not know where this Mystery Shack was as she had never been to this place so she roared at his face.

"WHERE EXACTLY IS IT!??!"

Valentino stammered even harder and pointed to a direction "T-t-that wa-way!"

Afterward, Gaz dropped him to the ground making him fall on his butt, and walked in the shown direction.

'I swear Dib if you're doing one of those inane adventures invoke demonic pigs or Vampire Bees or that Curse you put on me once that would inevitably lead to something stupid, I'm gonna chain you in your bed through the whole summer!' She promised in her mind as she marched away.

Dib followed Zim while trying to be discreet which somehow worked on Zim and Gir despite everyone giving a few stares at him weirdly as he made unneeded and poorly copied subterfuge spying moves.

Zim told Gir to wait outside, probably as a backup for his next nefarious scheme. This capybara man was wearing an eyepatch and black attire with a staff which had an 8 ball on the top with an old man in sailing clothing near the door to a shack.

"What are you supposed to be? Some little green man from space?" the gruffed man asked suspiciously.

Zim nearly shrieked at how accurately the elder human hit "What? NO! I mean…it's just a skin condition! Totally normal human sickness because of…genetic disorder disfigurement because my mom unit drank a mutagenic can while I was inside her disgusting biological tube!"

The rodent man then tried to calm him "Woah, it's okay Hambro, no- "

"I'M NO DIRTY HAM'S BRO!" The green boy objected with a snap.

"It's just an expression dawg."

The old human despite not buying into it gruffed "Whatever, I'd rather not risk getting sued for harassing a kid for his skin color anyway." He then moved away back to the Shack. The Capybara man, like a Capybara, then acted friendly and gestured to Zim to come inside.

 Afterward, Dib inconspicuously walked with his head down near the collar of his coat and came inside the Shack, inside was a redhead teen with a blue pine tree hat with boots on the table reading a magazine on the cashier place with no care in the world, a boy approximately as the same age as him with a trapper hat talking with another man which looked like the gruffed man and a girl who also looked like the boy sewing a sweater, either twins, a genetic heritage, or doppelgangers and Dib, being Dib, thought it was the latter but he had a more concerning priority of stopping an invasion, than being worried about a possibility of doppelgangers replacing the whole world's population. On his way, he snatched a Pines hat to look more inconspicuously. As he did, he heard talks between the members of the humans and their doppelgangers, except for the rodent man, seemingly talking about their green visitor.

“ -Pff! Last I checked, no skin condition turns you green, and let's not forget he doesn't even have a nose or ears." The boy huffed.

“Maybe he’s a Kappa dude?” the redhead hypothesized.

“Kappa needs water to survive, I think he’s an alien."

Dib's jaw nearly hit the floor so that not only for the second time they weren't fooled by Zim's disguise but also thought he was some paranormal creature with the boy in question hitting the nail.

"An alien from the stars came to spread the enlightenment of love and peace!?" The girl's doppelganger seems to have escalated. Dib cringed because that's not the words he would ever use to describe Zim.

"Meh, I think you'll just overthinking things." The gruffed man commented unenthusiastically. Which nearly made Dib sigh in depression, if only for not what came next.

“Grunkle Stan, after everything we saw, do you really think aliens are a far cry? Do I need to remind you there's a literal spaceship buried under Gravity Falls?" Dib nearly made choking sounds learning from the boy that there is a crashed alien vessel here.

“I’m just saying not everything involves otherworldly junk, he’s probably a mutated frogman drinking too much radioactive waste.”

Okay, not a hit on the mark but still a major improvement from thinking that Zim is just some disfigured human back home.

"That's not how radiation works Stanley," The doppelganger of this Stanley corrected him.

"You know what poindexter? How about a bet? Five boxes if I'm wrong and Mabel gets to do cosmetics on me." The girl seemed excited by that prospect who he guessed to be Mabel

"And if you're right?" The boy with an eyebrow asked.

"Then you two knuckleheads have to wash the dishes for a week."

"You're on, old man!" The boy shook hands with him with a grin.

"I'm so going to take a picture of you when you inevitably lose the bet." The redhead teen grinned.

As he was listening carefully, he hit someone on the way when he moved backward 

"I'm sorry I-" he tried to apologize as his snatched hat fell only to meet face to face with the very green menace he was chasing, both staring at each other in shock for a pregnant 5 seconds with eyes coming from their eye sockets till Dib regain his composure and pointed his finger at him "ZIM!" His declaration of his nemesis caught the attention of the others, yet they did not care.

Zim also pointed his finger accusingly at him "YOU! DIB-STINK! How did you figure out Zim's location!?! 

"I didn't! This is where the Skool sent us for a summer trip!" Dib responded.

Zim deflated realizing the convenience "..Oh, sometimes Zim is frightened by his own brilliance." Then Dib readied his handcuffed paranormal investigator tool to handcuff him.

"I'M GONNA HAVE YOU RIP-OPENED ON A DISSECTION TABLE YOU GREEN FREAK!"

Zim snarled overdramatically "NEVER SMELLY MONKEY! YOUR EYES AREN'T WORTHY ENOUGH TO WITNESS ZIM'S GLORIOUS ANATOMY!"

Then, both of the mortal enemies began to battle each other with a cry for the fate of Earth.

Their duel was downright comical, unbefitting of an Irken Invader and the son of a renowned genius, locked in a slap fight, swinging at each other pathetically.

The Pines just stared at this idiocy. They know a fight between people who have too high an opinion of themselves when they see it.

"This is just sad," Wendy noted deadpanely.

"Oh, children fighting pathetically! I can sell this!" Stan was recording this using a camera, Ford in response put down his recording camera in disapproval earning a look from his twin that said 'What?'.

Poindexter then came between them to stop the fight being the responsible adult he is "That's enough with you two." 

"HE'S THE ALIEN INVADER! He should be the one stopped!" Dib urged him.

"DON'T interfere with Zim and his nemesis's business running out of grease ape!" the egomaniac Invader protested.

"AND YOU!" Zim dramatically pointed at Dipper.

"Me!?" Dipper in surprise gestured his hand to himself not expecting to be called out.

"You'll pay dookies for being the friend to encourage the encouragement injecting it on Dib's humongous head!"

The only thing Dipper could utter in his utter confusion was "Dookies?" 

"I guess I'm not the only one cursed to attract freaks of nature bro." Mabel couldn't help but muse.

"GIR!" Zim shouted the name of his robot. Then, a hole in the wall was made, throwing merchandise away from an explosion.

BOOM!

A small figure showed up, Everyone looked stupefied by this totally fake green dog that was standing bipedal with his eyes never blinking

“Hello! Hi Mary!" Whatever that thing was greeted bubbly, the Pines did not know who it meant by Mary was Dib but that's like the lowest weirdest thing they have to worry about.

“Uh…is that dog…green…fake suit thing supposed to be some fake taxidermy Chupacabra?" Soos wondered with a scratch on his head.

"This is officially getting too goofy." Wendy exasperatingly announced.

"DESTROY THE DIB-CLONE AND HIS UNITS!"

To the Pines's surprise again this time the bipedal dog ripped off its clothing, revealing a small robot with glowing, narrowed red eyes who then walked with heavy steps making Ford instinctively try to reach his blaster, before its eyes changed color to Cyan and un-narrowed looking at Mabel's sweater.

"Oooh! What's that?" Gir with a friendly tone pointed at Mabel's in-work sweater, after which Dipper instinctively went between them.

Mabel smiled "You like this? It's a hobby of mine, I make sweaters."

"Oooh! Can I?"

"Sure!"

Dipper tried to object "Mabel, I'm not sure that's a good idea-"

His sister then shhhed him with a finger on his mouth "Shhh! I just finally found someone who appreciates my art, Don't ruin it."

Zim was frustrated by his robot unit's disobedience "No GIR! DESTROY! not make friends!" 

Briefly, Gir went into his duty mood, before Mabel showed her finished sweater which had a taco painting on it.

"Oooh! I love tacos!" Gir went back to his friendly mood.

"For a disguised murder machine, you sure are friendly." The Pines girl giggled.

"I was a mongoose!" The Sir unit said dumbly.

Dipper tried to find the right word with such an egregious statement "You...You really aren't."

Gir overdramatically opened his mouth in shock with both hands on his metallic chins reminding the Pines of the poster of a film about a kid torturing a bunch of thieves in his house.

Zim's frustration reached a new peak "GIR! Stop going native! Obey your master's- !" Before Zim could finish, Dib used the distraction to hit him on his back resulting in something dramatic.

The jig was up, Zim's contact lens and the wig fell revealing magenta-colored bug eyes and two antennas the Pines now stared at the alien in incredibility while the said alien froze where he stood like a deer on headlight until he let out a dramatic howl to the sealing with his hands up.

“NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!”

Dib jumped in excitement at his victory “HURRAY! VICTORY FOR HUMANITY! LET’S END THIS MENACE ONCE AND FOR ALL! "

The Pines stared at this before, to the surprise of both Zim and Dib, acted normal and no longer seemed surprised despite having a literal extraterrestrial in front of them.

Stan chuckled “Ha! Good thing I wasn’t gonna get sued for harassing a skin-diseased kid!"

"Yeah, though Mister Pines, you just lost the bet." Ramirez reminded him.

"Ah dang it!" Stan grumbled in a mixture of irritation and pride as he gave a 5 dollar to his great-nephew while his great-niece looked at him smugly.

"That's what you get for betting against the kids." Ford amusingly stated that his twin reciprocated with a huff.

Mabel with a hopeful tone began to ask the insectoid "Are you here to teach us the secrets of love and peace?"

The said insectoid seems repulsed by that insinuation with a hard pass "NO!"

"Aw." The Pines girl pouted.

"ZIM CAME HERE TO ENSLAVE YOU DIRTWORMS FOR THE GLORY OF THE TALLESTS!"

"Taller what?" Wendy tilted her head "And do you have a volume control problem dude?" annoyed by his outbursts.

Dib was befuddled by these lackluster reactions “Wha- why- why what- why are all of you just standing there!? The alien is here!" He gestured with both of his hands.

"Believe us when we say this dawg, we saw way weirder and dangerous things," Soos answered.

“Weirder? Like what!? Deceitful Shapeshifters? Egomaniacal Psychics? Interdimensional Eldritch horror?" The Membrane boy rhetorically questioned.

“Yes.” All of them said at the same time, making the Membrane boy sputtered in surprise.

Stan then clarified "Believe us when we say it kiddo, Zimmy boy here is no real threat compared to what we have been through."

"EH!?" Zim was insulted at not being taken as a serious threat in indignation "WHAT DO YA MEAN ZIM IS NO THREAT YOU EXPIRED HUMAN GOAT! I HAVE KNOWN- " the said Zimmy boy went on a full rant using words like "Piggys" and insulting the human race so fast and loud that it sounded like a screeching harpy.

Wendy bent a bit to ask the Membrane boy “You sure this green milksop is a genuine threat to Earth dude?"

“Yes! He tried to send me and my classmates to another dimension with a Moose in it! And hijacked Mars and nearly road-killed Earth with it!"

Wendy and others just stared at him blankly at the nonsense they just heard, even by their standards it was just plain weird for stupid reasons "...so he's just a weirdo."

The paranormal agent sputtered out again "B-bu-but…!"

" -I HAVE YOU KNOW ZIM WAS SO GIFTED THAT HE CAUSED A BLACKOUT WITH HIS AMAZINGNESS IN HIS ALMIGHTY INCEPTION IN HIS SMEETY CENTER!- "

Dipper rolled his eyes with a dry humor "Yeah, because that screams competence." Making Zim screech even harder.

“B-but he was the one who caused the ZERO DAYS!"

Immediately, the temperature went down sub zero when the Pines heard and the fallout could be seen as the Pines looked at him in disbelief.

"I'm sorry…what?" Ford tried to ask for more clarification just to make sure his ears weren't hearing things wrong from old age.

"He was the cause! He punched a hole in reality by transporting Earth to the other side of the galaxy just so that his stupid Tallest on their way could subjugate us making that trans-dimensional rift!"

“YOU DID WHAT!?” Ford with outraged shouted at Zim, who winced at his volume and stopped his rant immediately, he met callous people like a certain sociopathic scientist during his travel across the multiverse who disregarded the consequences of their actions by playing with powers not meant to be tampered with in their recklessness before, but this alien may have just taken the cake.

Zim's military instinct to have someone taller than him being outraged at him made him a bit rigid by standing in a military fashion which did not send any good implication on how Irken Society works “Eh, it wasn’t so bad…”

Dib choked “YOU NEARLY KILLED US ALL YOU BUGS FOR BRAINS! I had nightmares about when my molecules were being rearranged inside that Florpus Hole!"

Gir seems to recall that memory fondly “WEEE, that was Fun! Let’s do it again!"

"So not just incompetent, he's a dangerous idiot," Mabel said what the Pines thought in apprehension.

Zim had enough of being ridiculed "OKAY! Zim had enough of his credibility as an Invader gets squashed by damn stinky apes!" In a fit, he grabbed his blaster pointing at the Pines only to then get snatched by Mabel.

"Catch!" She threw it to Dipper, who then tossed it to Soos, then Wendy, then Stan as the alien raced from one person to another trying to get his sci-fi gun back. Grunted in frustration, Zim activated his robotic spider legs and followed the one who had his weapon which was Mabel who ran upstairs.

"GIVE BACK ZIM'S BLASTER MISERABLE VERMIN!"

"Dude! He has spider legs!" Soos exclaimed.

"My sister!" The Pines boy exclaimed as well.

Everyone quickly followed them up with Ford being the first to react, as he was the closest, with his triangle-shaped blaster barrel ready.

Mabel was pinned back near the window of her and her brother's room, the alien with spider legs looking at her with menacingly sharp teeth from cheek to cheek, his magenta eyes glowing sinisterly, for an incompetent alien invader he can get scary when he wants to, as Mabel found out. Before she could react, one of his spider legs caught her stolen blaster right from the trigger part and returned it to Zim's right hand while making her stagger with a yelp. "Oops." She realized after.

"Nowhere to RUN DIB-CLONE GIRL!"

"I don't even know what a Dib clone is!"

Before the Irken could do anything, a blue blast hit one of his spider legs making him yelp in surprise as he nearly fell only for the other one to be shot as well making two of his four spider legs non-functional and him falling on his back. When Zim tried to get up to point his blaster, he saw the barrel of Ford's weapon pointed at his face and the rest looking at him threatening including Stan with knuckles, Wendy with an ax, Dipper with a magnet gun, and Dib grinning maniacally with handcuffs due to this turns of events with his glasses reflecting light which also made Mabel wonder if this person is just as deranged as Zim. He has been outgunned and outnumbered, time for his robot minion.

"GIR! ASSIST YOUR MASTER!" The alien invader commanded his robot who flew from downstairs, passing the caught off guard group with two thrusters on his legs and came between his master and the group with glowing red eyes. 

"Yes, Masta!" The robot said this time with a serious mechanical tone, that was until his optics caught something, that thing would be Waddles who walked between the groups' legs with Dib nearly tripping himself being startled by the coming of the domestic animal

Gir's eyes went friendly so as his mood "Oooh! Piggy!" It then moved toward it.

"Grrh! You may have turned my servant against me! But this will not be the end of it!" Thrusters began to come out of his pack as he flowed backward toward the window "Mark my words, mark the words of ZIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIM!" He passed the window, breaking its glass, and flowing away into the sky.

The Pines looked at the dramatic exit as the flying alien soon became a dot in the sky, only then to fall into the woods as he screamed due to his thrusters failing and hit a couple of branches during his fall. "I'M OKAY! DESTROY YOU NEXT TIME!" from the distance the alien shouted before disappearing into the woods.

“And here I thought Gideon was melodramatic." Stanley couldn't help but say, the group relaxed with Ford putting down his blaster.

"Alright then, I suppose you, young man, can explain what's going on?" Ford looked at the shy boy with glass as everyone came down the stairs.

"Well, I'm uh, my name is Dib Membrane I'm- " he was cut short by Dipper who uttered suddenly.

"You are Professor Membrane's kid!?"

"You're a fan?"

"Well I wouldn't say that, but I do admire his contribution to science like his invention of prosthetic limbs for the disabled!"

'Only because it was convenient to him when he lost his arms to the sharks.' Dib silently thought. For all his father's genius, he can sometimes think of useless inventions because in his eyes all inventions are a contribution to science like the Super Toaster invention in his eccentricities.

"So…I think you have some questions…"

"Uh-huh. Yeah, we do dude!" Wendy uttered.

"Who's bug eye?" Dipper asked.

"And who's gonna pay for the damage!?" The conman Pines demanded nearly making his twin roll his eyes.

"So uh….That alien was Zim, he is an Invader sent by the Irken Empire to conquer Earth, I've been in battle with the menace for so long it may as well feel like decades, though honestly I do not know why he was here after disappearing for a whole year."

Stanford speculated "Gravity Falls is a nexus of anomalies and weirdness, perhaps he heard of it and came here to unlock its secrets for his own agenda."

"So it's all true? This place is like the West Virginia of Oregeon!?" Dib asked hopefully.

"Yeah, recall when we said aliens are not even scratching the surface dude?" Wendy added in.

Soos continued "In fact, we have all manner of weird things: Unicorns, Manotuars, Gnomes, Mothmen-

"THERE'S A MOTHMAN SIGHTING HERE!?!?" Dib with stars in his eyes inquiring nearly jumping out of his skin at the existence of his favorite cryptid here as they finally reached the stairs.

Ford chuckled, "As a matter of fact, he owes me money," Then he remembered something. "Oh I forgot my manners, my name is Stanford Pines." He and Dib then began to shake hands.

"My first Six handshake!" Dib exclaimed.

"This is my twin, Stanley."

"Hey." Ley unenthusiastically gruffed

"My great niece and nephew Dipper and Mabel."

So twins are a genetic heritage in their family, good, the doppelganger conspiracy is no more. 

Mabel shook his hand eagerly "Hi! Hopefully you're not a pile of gnomes pretending to be a handsome cutie" making her brother roll his eyes.

'Am I being hit on!?' Dib thought in bemusement, in truth none of the girls in his home could even stand being in the same seat as he was except his sister. Though there was Gretchen who for some reason kept looking at him secretly from far away and every time he gazed back at her she looked away pretending otherwise, he wondered why.

"And I'm Wendy Corduroy, if the flannels didn't give away I'm a lumberjack born,"

"And I'm Soos! The current owner of the Mystery Shack." The gopher man greeted him.

"Uh…question: if there really are cryptids here and you'll seem to be well-experienced paranormal investigators," Dib gestured around to the attractions which most definitely were fake and offended his pride as a paranormal investigator "Why use fake attractions?"

"There are people who would try to exploit it if they find Gravity Falls' weirdness is more than just mere folklore and last time we tried, a couple suffered a mental disorder." Stanford reasoned which Dib gave a "huh." He necessarily didn't agree but could understand the reasoning.

Dipper winces at being reminded of that time he captured a Gremloblin, a creature that just staring at its eyes would make any unfortunate victim face their deepest fears.

Gir interrupted their talk "Piggy is so squishy!" He happily chirped as he hugged Waddles.

"Back to our green friend: should we worry about his tin can minion?" Ley points out the elephant in the room

Dib replied "Eh, as long as he is kept entertained, he won't be a problem. Though I warn you to not let him be near your pet or any animal without supervision."

"I ate a badger once!"

"…that's probably true." Dib gave a clap on his hands while Mabel was staring in worry at Waddles just to make sure he wouldn't get eaten "Speaking of Zim; what did he mean by ‘you encouraging me’? I never met you before?"

Dipper shrugged "Beats me, I never met you either, though I remember I once online met a guy in a chat with similar interests in the paranormal who got so depressed that I- uhhh!" 

Realization hit both of the boys as they stared at each other with widened eyes and then they grinned like they were old friends.

"Agent Mothman!?" 

"Lord Tyrone Pines!?"

Dipper and Dib respectively pointed at each other. A surprise but a pleasant one.

"Uh, is this some nerd bond I don't get?" Ley confused asked.

"WE MET!- "Both simultaneously said before they stopped, Dipper gestured to Dib to continue.

"We met online in a chat when I was having a depressed episode, this guy stopped me from giving up on paranormal investigation!" 

"Nah, it wasn't nothing, all I did- " he was humbly saying otherwise and was then cut off when his sister intervened. 

"You had an online friend, and you never told me!?!" Mabel felt insulted that her brother never told her that he was socializing on the web.

"Well, I wouldn't call- "

Stanford then reasoned with her "Come on Mabel, your brother deserves some privacy," Mabel wanted to protest before Ford reminded her of something important "Also, you took your eyes off our robotic guest with Waddles." Mabel, realizing he was right, quickly went to check on Gir and Waddles.

"I let you two catch up, I'll talk to you about the Zim alien later," Ford said, and then Soos went away.

Ley then announced "Welp, nice knowing ya, but I have to taste my great niece's new coffee reception, hopefully without dinosaur toys." He shuddered as he went to the kitchen, not before he ordered Wendy "And go back to the cashier post Corduroy!"

"You're no longer the boss of mine!" The Corduroy reminded him in her objection

"Oh right…bad habit." Stan then moved back to the kitchen

Dipper elbowed Dib "Sisters, am I right? You love them but can be overbearing at times," 

"Oh tell me about it." Agent Mothman agreed.

"Your sister is also energetic and obsessed with glitter?"

Membrane nearly laughed at that “Oh I wish! My sister is like the complete opposite of yours. Sometimes I wonder if she really is my sister or a demon spawned from the deepest pits of Hell!"

Cleak!

The door to the shack violently opened, revealing a displeased purple monster with an icy glare that made even the cool-headed Corduroy feel unease as she looked at who had come in.

"DIB! GET YOUR BUTT OVER HERE!"

"Speak of the devil…" Dib muttered under his breath.

The loud screech of the door was enough for the Stans and Soos to return thinking that it was Zim again with Stan holding a cup of coffee which thank God didn't have a dinosaur toy in it.

"Can't you people stop wrecking my Shack!?" Ley grunted in irritation.

Ford then corrected him "Technically, it's Soos- "

"No one asked you to auto-correct everything poindexter!" He snapped at his brother.

Gaz then marched toward the peeped Dipper and the gulping nervous Dib "And who're these losers? What are you doing with a Gopher-pirate man and a one-dimensional ginger Mary Sue?" He gestured to the adult Ramirez and the teen Corduroy.

Soos wasn't offended at all. "Hehe, I get that a lot."

The same can not be said of Wendy "Mary Sue? Who do you call a 'Mary Sue' you little purple painted Emo-ish, Female Robbie knockoff of a gothic mean girl cliché city girl dulled up as a hollow doll!" She snarled.

Dib was slack-jawed that someone dared enough to insult his scary sister who then looked back at her betraying no emotions, Wendy slowly readied herself for a fight.

Except that never came as Gaz smirked: "...Okay I admit, she's pretty cool."

Wendy blinked, she did not expect that reaction leaving Dib's jaw even slackier.

Gaz coldly greeted someone "You!" She meant Mabel who also traded icy glares

"No, YOU!"

"No, YOU!"

"No, ME!"

"NOT you! Me!" 

"You both met!?" Dib shook his head to Mabel and Gaz as they traded.

"Yes." Gaz in her displeasure confirmed.

"It was a heartwarming meeting." Sarcasm was dripping from Mabel's voice.

"So heartwarming it caused global warming." Gaz joined the sarcasm as well.

The sarcasm was so strong it made Soos back a bit while Ley was being entertained by this Mean Girl situation with Wendy giving an eyebrow.

"Gaz, can you please?" Dib with a sigh begged his sister to not start a fight.

"You tell this bouncy hick girl before she dropped my ice cream and then shot a freaking grappling hook on me!" She pointed at the bump on her head.

"Only in self-defense!" Mabel protested.

"Nuh uh!"

"Yuh uh!"

"Nuh uh!"

"Yuh uh!"

"Nuh uh!"

"Liar liar hands on fire!" The Pines girl put both hands on her hip after she taunted in a mocking tone and the glare contest intensified

Dipper interjected with a frown "Hey! That hick girl is my sister! Also, really? All this is for an ice cream?"

Gaz explained further "It was multi-flavored and I had to wait in a very long line for it!" That didn't make it any less petty.

"Then just buy another one, geez." Both boys said at the same time in irritation until they stared at each other for saying the same thing in amazement.

"Great minds think alike!" Dipper stated in pleasant surprise.

“Did we just become best friends!?" Dib now reached an epiphany with stars in his eyes gasping, making his sister gag.

“Oh joy, there’s two of them now." Gaz unenthusiastically commented, not thrilled by this turn of events.

Mabel's reaction was the opposite of Gaz's, being glad her brother is making friends with her fangirl zeal “I don’t care! It’s precious!”

The bromance reached a halt when Soos recalled something "Wait, who watches over Waddles and the robot dude?" which made everyone immediately look around until they saw Waddles and Gir who without everyone noticing were playing outdoors on a grassy field for a scene that they would not forget any time soon.

"PIGGY FLY!" Gir then opened his mouth impossibly wide open and devoured the oinking Waddles fully making Mabel's eyes shrank in horror while others except for Gaz and Dib felt like their eyes were gonna pop out of their eye sockets with Soos's jaw fell, Stan spitting out his coffee from a cup, Wendy had the very expression of 'I'm not paid enough for this!'. Gaz wore a grim visage like she saw something like this happening before and Dib was wearing an expression that said 'Oh no'.

LAUNCH!

Waddles screamed like a pig as it got launched from Gir's head to the sky like a rocket.

"WAAAAAADDLEEEEES!" Mabel wailed the name of her pet to the sky as she fainted falling back while Dipper was quick to catch her from her back as others except for the Membranes were still staring at the sky not being able to comprehend what just happened.

Dib groaned and fixed his glass "Welp, I did warn you."

The Membranes and the Pines did not know then, but the arc of their lives thanks to their meeting will be changed and not just them, but as the Universe and Invader Zim.

Chapter Text

Waddles survived…physically at least, psychologically? He stayed shaken for half an hour by the experience. Soos gently carried the trembling animal away to the Shack, followed by the others, except the young Pines and Membrane after making sure Waddles would survive.(which involved running around the shack with hands up in hope of catching the swine like running ostriches which ended in Waddles falling on Stan's hands causing its ass to hit his face to his disgruntlement and whine, it was pretty funny) stayed around to ensure there would not be a repeat performance.

The girl Pines with hands on her hips was glaring and at a sheepish Sir unit with his hands locked from the back.

"Bad Robot! Bad! You don't eat someone's pet and launched them up!" She lectured him harshly while Gir made the face of an embarrassed dog that got caught by his owner which led to him begin making tears in his eyes with his mouth fluctuating like he was on the verge of crying which caught Mabel off guard.

"What, no way!" She shook her head.

The blue eyes intensified.

"Not working! Not working at all!" Despite what she said, her tone said otherwise as she tried to look away.

One drop of tear came down.

"Nuh hu!" She shook her hands, she gave a careful glance and seeing Robot on the verge of crying finally broke her wall.

"Alright! I won't punish you, but you are banned from playing with Waddles!"

Gir immediately from crying went cheerful like it was nothing "Okie dokie!" The Sir Unit then walked away happily back to the Shack.

Gaz wasn't impressed by seeing this "Seriously? You got offed by Gir's crocodile tears?"

"The eyes have power!" Mabel objected.

"For weaklings, yes."

The Pines girl squawked in offence and spat acid "Oh! Go to heck, purple dyed bim!" 

"It's NATURAL Beverly Hills Brat!" The purple Membrane snarled. By this point both girls were closer to each other and any moment away from going physical.

"DEMON SPAWNED SHE DEVIL!" Mabel snarled with frowns like thunder.

"STINK PIG LOVING BIMBO!" Gaz growled with her teeths like a snarling tiger.

The Membrane and Pines boy glanced nervously and awkwardly, seeing their sisters at each other's throats not knowing what to do to stop them from tearing each other like feral cats. They stayed that way until they finally reacted.

"Pheg!"

"Pah!"

The glaring Membrane and Pines respectively said and seized their aggressive posture, stopped their glaring contest and went away.

Dib in bewilderment uttered.

"What…just happened?" 

Dipper who held his own Pine Tree sigil journal giving him his answer "It's a female mystery, don't try to understand it." He then continued drawing a painting of Zim with menacing teeths and bug eyes on 4 of his spider bot legs. Dib took notice of that.

"What's that?"

"It's my journal of all things weird I learned off, that and what I learned from Great Uncle Ford."

"Can I give it a look?

"Sure thing."

The Membrane boy, after borrowing the journal fastly switches pages with a thirst for knowledge, analysing anything his eyes could see and incredulous of things he saw. Gnomes were real! Unicorns are real and huge jerks! There is an entity called Hide Behind that pranks on others! There is a small civilization in the Mini Golf place!?! And why are the Minitaurs called 'Manotaurs'? There was just so much he wanted to read and learn, but chose to gently give it back to its author like he was giving a religious text.

"Incredible…. You did all this by yourself!?" He in awe glanced at his new and only best friend who humbly rejected.

"Not by me, I had my sister, great uncles and my friends to-

He was cut short before he could finish "I met paranormal creatures before and consider myself a professional, but YOU, make my life's work look like an utter joke!" Dib babbled in amazement.

Dipper thought he was taking offense "I'm sorry if I-”

He read the situation mistakenly as the big headed boy once again cut him off "Dude! Why didn't you publish your findings by now!? You have a gold mine of supernatural knowledge!"

The Pines boy shrugged "Is not like anyone would believe it, at best they would think of it as some fun mockumentary."

Dib wanted to reject that notion, before recalling how much he was made fun of, and left being alone for having an interest in esoteric things as he hummed "Mhmmm, I should make Journal myself, why didn't I think of that before!?" He slapped himself "I would get a Nobel prize for it!"

"I'm sure it would sell out like wildfire." Gaz blandly commented in a dried voice.

"Oh! If only Skool and my father saw my true potential!" The Membrane boy moaned dramatically which made the Membrane girl roll her eyes, the Pines noted that Dib had a flavor for dramatics like the Alien Invader.

"Skool?" Mabel inquired about that pronunciation.

"It is the name of the school I have back home." The Paranormal investigator elaborated.

She was dumbfounded by such an odd choice of name so as Dipper who said "Skool? Your School is called Skool but with k?"

Gaz with a sigh responded "Don't ask us why it is, that school our dad sent us to is freaking weird."

Dib continued where his sister left "How it never got closed by health care inspectors or any of the standards for that matter is worth investigating." And then changed the topic.

"Anyway you said there you leaned some from your great uncle?" He asked Dipper.

"Yes, in fact his journals were the ones that inspired me in making my own journal."

"Until we decided to throw them into the Bottomless Pit.” Mabel answered not knowing she was gonna receive an intense outbursts reaction from Dib for that.

Dib in utter outrage of what he just heard cried out and leaned close "YOU THREW THEM OFF A CLIFF!?!?" 

The twins flinched at the sudden change of volume.

"Oh great, he's in a nerd rage mood." Gaz asserted in annoyance.

Dipper corrected him "It wasn't a cliff, it was a Bottomless Pit-

Dib grabbed both of his shoulders and got too close to his face with intensity "But WHYYYYY!?!?" The fact that such treasure of paranormal knowledge got lost forever intentionally has made the truth seeker inside him rage on. 

Mabel came in to save her brother from the explanation "Those books caused a lot of trouble and Grunkle Ford didn't have the heart to burn his own work, so we just tossed them to wherever the Bottomless Pit ends." 

That did not calm the outraged Membrane, it had the opposite effect "That's-!”

"Just-!" A screeching voice not belonging to either Membranes or the Pines was also heard joining Dib.

"STUPID!" Both Dib and the voice shouted in dismay. Realising that it wasn't anyone of the present company that were joining one with Dib, they glanced at the source of the voice.

It was Zim who was monitoring them in the bush until he revealed himself when he got out of his cover to share the Membrane Boy's nerd rage with both hands up now frozen like statue, seeing that he made an oopsie.Feeling the stares everyone was giving him he chuckled nervously.

"Ehehehe, Zim goes to fight you the other OTHER day!" His thrusters activated and this time he flowed away for good.

A few awkward moments were between the Pines and Membrane.

"The fact that he knew of us contacting online means Zim was spying." Dipper noted.

"I really need to upgrade the security of my account." The hair spiked boy concur.

Gaz gagged in disgust and anger at the implications and made a fist "Pheg! that green bug better not stalk me too if he knows what's good for him!" 

After processing the disturbing implications that Zim may also have supervised their internet search history, Dib decided to change the subject as he glanced back at his best friend.

"So…there really is a UFO in Gravity Falls?"

"How did you know that?"

The Membrane boy sheepishly told the why with two fingers aligned to each other "Well… I overheard you with others, was there an alien infiltration here as well?"

Mabel chortled "We wish! Try having Armageddon by an eldritch triangle god!"

That left Dib frozen at what he just heard, gears began to work in his big cranium, processing the fact that there was an apocalypse and not related to Zim made him exclaim high, result? An explosive exclamation that warped the air from the sheer sonic wave.

"WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!?!?

The Pines winced at the high volume as the shout was so high that the birds flew from the trees they were sitting in.

Deep in the woods lies Zim's new base of operation in the form of a dome shielded by grass and vegetation to hide it well in contrast to his previous base of operation which used America's proudness on a culture of freaks and oddities to hide as a very strange looking house. Indoor it was the almost replicate of the previous base; however, smaller and the weird Monkey photo is gonna be blasted with a burning hole at the centre from a raging Irken.

BLAST!

A red beam coming from a weapon coming from Zim's Pak ruined it with a smoking hole leaving it began to burn lit on fire until the new base' anti-fire hazard protocols put it down with an automated fire-extinguisher.

"CURSE YOU Gir for betraying your master to the dirty worms!" Zim bellowed up to the ceiling ranting and ranting that Gir went 'Native' and a traitor to the Irken Empire.

"To THINK you would choose these…these inferior life forms I was supposed to conquer, after everything I did for you!" He howled in a dramatic pose, just then a floating small Moose came in.

"Nyah." It could only say that and yet the Invader seemed to understand what it meant perfectly.

"Not you minimoose! You're my most obedient minion! You're good in Zim's grace!" He told his other minion with a satisfied nod.

"Nyah." It chirped happily.

Without any warning, three small humanoid goats swarmed at a surprised Zim who nearly shrieked.

"UNCLE ZIM!" The three smaller hairy humanoids with small goat horns jumping on him began to hug him as Zim seethered in repulsion of such open form of affection. "Unhand me! Stop squishing me!"

They were the offsprings of prisoner 777 which he gained for extortion as he would say. Vortians to be exact. That race used to be allies to the Irken Empire during the reign of Tallest Miyuki, until her demise resulting in them being blamed for her death and being betrayed, though this is the Irken Empire we are talking about, who considers all other species to be inferior so it probably was inevitable.

 "COMPUTER!" Zim as he struggled to push the alien children off him called out.

That was when the base's AI, with a bored tone, answered his master's call completely non-enthusiastically "Ugh, yes?"

"I thought I told you to keep the hairy smeets entertained!" He finally managed to push the three hellions away.

"Uh, did? Otherwise we would have another 'Cheese Ball of Doom' on our hands."

"Nyah!" The flying moose objected, considering he has no hands.

"I don't have anything against those who don't have hands!" The AI protested at the notion that he discriminates against those with hands.

Zim ignored their bickering and shuddered at the memory, let's just say…as he found painfully Vortian kids, if not entertained properly and getting bored for a long period would go on a…phase. That tube which he used to keep them there with a big button that said 'ERASE CHILDREN' wasn't the only thing the three goat babies broke during their rampage. 'So much cheese...!' He thought as he repulsed in displeasure, it did not help that Gir before that tried to educate them on how to make cheese from squids' inks.

It was also another reason why he after that incident no longer have them contained in some cage or prison, though as much as he revile at the idea of being called an "Uncle" he does find a certain fondness in having those who genuinely admire him and being able to shape younglings into perfect Elite Invaders(though he would rather get swallowed by a Black Hole to ever admit that to anyone.)

Minimoose went to entertain the energetic children with a chippy "Nyah!" Moving the children away to leave Zim enough space to think and strategize.

"Drat! No matter where on this pitiful planet, the Dib Stink keep on my nonexisting tail like a Camelian Leech!" He moved left and right on a militaristic movement "And these Pines have proven more competent than expected of the entire human vermine race! But again…." He stopped moving and gave a scared gaze, like he expected an intruder to come in, "Better dealing with them than being sent to Area 51 where other non-terrestrials get OPENED AND CARVED and Then!" His eyes then looked haunted with a snap of his neck "Then! put in a glass of Amino acid to be gazed upon by their filthy and unworthy eyes!" He shivered with his hands grabbing both of his arms like he was feeling cold.

That was when the Computer felt the need to interject "Haven't we hidden like an entire year after our base was attacked by human military? Not to mention we self-destruct our- "

Zim cut the AI off in indignation "OUR!? IT WAS MY BEAUTIFUL BASE!"

"Whatever, 'your' base you set in self-destruct to wipe all traces and had the old Voot Runner used for our escape and hide on the dark side of the moon for some time as you giggled like a lunatic, while spying on the Dib human, slowly morphing into a blob of fat fused to his chair- " momentarily showed the video of Zim giggling madly as he looked at earth through a telescope to Membrane House.

"Oh yeah, it was cathartic." Zim fondly recalled spying on Dib, taking joy in seeing him in the process of becoming miserable and purposeless.

"Until the user 'Lord Tyrone Pines' gave him some encouraging words making you to throw a tantrum from seeing your arch-enemy no longer morphing into a hideous fleshy blob to the point you tracked down the one who I quote-" the Computer began to quote Zim's exact word by showing a video of an infuriated Zim "ZIM WILL FEED THAT WRETCHED INSECT ENOUGH KATS TILL HE DEVELOPS AN ASTHMATIC CRISIS IN HIS BLADDER!" The video feed shut off back to the expressionless monitor with beeping lines that only go up and down from vocalization "(Which is not how asthma works and please don't do that.) By marching to eliminate him with no plan, no research on who the target is, as the said target also has family units and allies that turned out to be even more competent and deranged paranormal investigators than the Dib." It then showed random pictures of the Pines from Dipper with a taser fighting a giant bat while two cops cowered behind him to Wendy arrested for vandalism with handcuffs on her back by two cops both of their faces are pixelated while showing a group of teens with pixelated faces seemingly cheering for the vandalist and the wall near had the yellow giraffe of a triangle with an eye, two jail pictures showing the worried Ford holding his serial number while in the other was Stan giving pose with one hand holding his serial number with a grin like it was picture day, a restraining order from the Corduroy brothers against Mabel who had a deranged look with both pupils one up and the other down and giving a raspberry and Soos greeting a group of tourists to the Mystery Shack with an article that said 'Human or Gopher-men?'.

Zim grunted in annoyance with hands shooing him "Yes, yes. Must be the best day of your sad existence to prove Zim wrong." He dismissed "But WROOOONG!" He then contradicted the Computer who sighed. 

"It was also because Gravity Falls has secrets! Secrets for Zim to use in his mission! Eliminating the Dib-clone was only phase 1 of 3 phases!"

"And what is phase 2?" The AI in a deceptively casual tone snarked. The green alien then tried to speak, his mouth kept gaping as he tried to think of something to say with a claw on his head scratching.

"You didn't plan that far, did you?" The artificial being wasn't even surprised by his master's lack of oversight and it was certainly not the first time

Zim did not appreciated his subject's attitude as he made a loud outburst with a finger pointed at the ceiling "DOOON'T question the wisdom of Almighty ZIM!" 

"Whatever." The Computer relented with apathy, knowing his advice and critics were rarely appreciated. "Do I have to expect a depressing episode now that the annoying Sir unit is no longer here to ruin your plans?"

"NONSENSE! Zim will not miss that rusted bucket of random circuitry trash!" Zim denies that by shaking his head repeatedly "If anything, I won't have to worry about him ruining my INGENIOUS plans to take over this dirtball!"

Time would tell if he really meant it or not.

"I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!" Dib shouted out as he paced, "I can't believe there was a localized apocalypse by interdimensional horrors and you people managed to save the day and get credit for it!" After explaining the Weirdmageddon which they were at first reluctant to tell about Bill Cipher considering the grief that Dream Demon gave the Pines family if it weren't for Dib's infectious excitement and not stopping in nagging them to explain further. 

"I just can't believe it! I'm soooo jealous of you both!" He excitedly said to the Pines, Gaz nearly facepalmed as his brother always did not know when to shut up evident by the Pines baffled by that egregious statement.

"Hey hey, it's not as grandiose as you make it." Dipper protested with a frown.

"Trust us when we say, it messed us up, hard." Mabel grimely added.

Dib was too excited to pay attention "What other world in danger adventures did you have??” He then babbled "Did you go to space too!?"

"Actually, we have never been to space." Dipper answered his question.

"Oh I have so much to tell you!" And so he began to tell them of his experience of going to space with zealous glee.

Dib was insatiable in learning of their adventures, even Gaz decided to join in only because she didn't have her Game Slayer because apparently she’s too addicted to it. So the patriarch of the Membrane family banned her from that until the end of the summer trip, to her displeasure. So out of boredom and also because knowing her brother he would misinterpret or omit some embarrassing details and she was gonna get a kick in correcting those in exchange the Pines would learn of theirs.

Even though the Pines are used to facing strange and weird stuff, even they had to admit some of the things the Membranes told them didn't make any sense: like turning to bologna by bologna DNA? bologna is a food product, unless he meant pig DNA there is no such thing as 'bologna DNA'. They would have a much easier time believing if it was by magic. 

These were some interesting times.

"WHYYYY HAVE YOU BETRAYED ME GIIIR!"

Zim really did mean what he said; he definitely did not just wallow, certainly wasn't sitting on the couch eating snacks to fill the void he was feeling(sometimes with even their packages unopened which he didn't care or was oblivion) and absolutely wasn't missing Gir to the point he was weeping, anyone who thinks that has puny brain matters.

"WHYYYYYYYAAAAAAAH!" Another ear-blistering wail was vocalized as he ate his snacks while Minimoose came near him and nuzzled in its attempt to comfort him. 

"Nyah"

The Computer whined from hearing Zim having a depression episode, if it had ears it would be sure that their drums would bleed from the almighty wails of the 'Almighty Zim' "Ugh, this is even worse than when you turned into a literal pile of cheesy misery."

After exchanging stories of their adventures and to the male Pines and Memebrane's horror exchanging embarrassing stories by their respective sisters who have finally found one thing to find commonality in which is making fun of their brothers, They decided to go to the location where Skool children are planned to stay which is a motel. There, the tour given seemed to be long over and it was near lunchtime, there were no signs of the teachers except for the Skool children playing and walking in the courtyard of the motel.

Suddenly, the kids stopped whatever they were doing and froze as they were, with some gasps being heard, as if they saw something very spooky, which turned out to be true as the Pines and Membrane will find out.

A shadowy figure slithered behind the Pines and Membranes which caught their attention.

Mabel yelped and Dipper came in front of her infront of the scary crone that hissed like a snake while Dib became stiff in contrast to Gaz who kept her calm and stoic posture. There it was, Miss Bitters, the crone fossilized she-demon in all its glory looking at the startled group with the scowl of a vulture and looking so old that she may as well be as old as dinosaurs.

“You’re late.” Miss Bitters hissed.

Dib swallowed and spoke “We- I- we’re-”

“I don’t care if you were trying to find the swage Loch Ness or decided to harass another hairy boy as ‘Big Foot's kid’.” Miss Bitters cut him short coldly “But losing children would be a bad image for Skool so next time ask permission before going out or the next term you will spend time in the Underground Classroom.” she said with a grim visage the last part.

Dib became pale at hearing that, the Pines knew by his look of fear that whatever it was, it was not good.

"And that includes all of you." the Skool kids noded frantically at the threat also mortified.

“Y-yes Miss Bitters!”

“As it may.” The Crone then with unnatural elegance slithered away like a shadow. "And the same is true for you Gazele!"

Gaz wanted to object before the scary teacher walked(or rather slithered) away. 

There was a pause leaving everyone silent until Mabel was the first to say “I’m pretty sure your teacher is not normal at all.”

“Remember when I said our school is freaking weird?”" Gaz reminded them.

"Who are they?" Sara, one of the Skool kids asked and pointed at the Pines.

Dib gave a dramatic introduction "Meet! My, NEW FRIENDS!" He pointed at the Pines who felt slightly uncomfortable with the attention they were given.

"Who, unlike you narrow minded lot, actually appreciates my insight into the paranormal!"

The Skool students murmured with each other.

"Dib? Get friends?" Zita stated in genuine surprise and blinked, the very concept of that was incomprehensible to her.

"I'M YOUR FRIEND!" Keef enthusiastically got his hand up with something so infectious that Mabel thought he was some alternate male version of herself back during the first summer.

"No you're not Keef." Dib refuted him.

"Awo." Keef with a deflated face looked down.

Jessica snarked by channelling her inner karen "Of course you would find friends with people who rather spend time chasing hocus pocus than pursuing real academic endeavours."

A sly smile crept on Dipper's lips instead of outrage. "Oh I don't know, not everyone can afford it, maybe the chain of the world should check her privileges." The last word hit her like a shockwave gaining everyone's attention. 

Jessica was taken back by that retort before she regained control over her composure and decided to try to change the topic "Well…I think you have no idea who you're befriending with the big headed freak and the unholy purple fatty!"

"My Head is not- !"

"I'm not fat- !"

Both male and female Membranes respectively tried to protest; nevertheless, Dipper continued to roast Jessica.

"And what? Big people shouldn't be proud of who they are?" The Pines boy's sly smile became a sly grin as he added, causing others to give a collective "OOOOooooh!" To the blonde's ever increasing dismay as her tactic backfired.

"NONO! I mean- ! I'm just saying they should visit a doctor! He- "

"A 'he'? Why do you think it has to be a 'he'? Do you think women can't do it?" That caused the Skool students to wince at such sharp retorts while Jessica now hyperventilating.

"I- BU- THA!- STOP CANCELLING ME!" Jessica cried out before she then began to run away as she screamed in dismay. Leaving everyone bewildered looking from where Jessica was to the Pines who gave a twin smug satisfaction.

"Wow, I'm actually impressed." The purple haired Membrane with eyes wide really meant what he said.

"You're officially the coolest person I ever met!" Dib after commenting on that then fell on his knee in an act of procrastination with his hands down. "Teach me your ways oh great wise sage!"

Dipper gave an eyebrow at that statement, 'Is this what it feels like to be in Wendy's shoes?' He wondered as Membrane's admiration of him reminds him of his own admiration of Wendy. To be honest, he did not expect his retorts to work at all or to sound cool; he just felt like he had to put the Queen Bee in her place.

Chunck snorted in mockery "Bah! These pipsqueaks don't look tough! All bark does not bite!"

This time it was Mabel who retorted back

"Oh, like you who is the very definition of 80s stereotype to fed his own insecurities by bullying those weaker than you, ya Smelly-sick looking- brutish-worm for brains-unseasonable jacket wearing-Lummox-thick headed-toxic masculine pretending but secretly chicken- secretly puppy loving-insecure-air headed-stereotypical jock of a CLOD!" Mabel finally finished her long rant of insults causing everyone except Dipper and Gaz to gasp aloud at this. Chunk began breathing rigidly like an angry bull, his breathing becoming more and more intense with his eyes out of his eye sockets with visible veins in rage ready to explode like a volcano on the girl who made insults after insults on him while the said girl and her brother were ready for a confrontation.

Then something completely unexpected happened catching everyone off guard who was crying with both hands on his eyes "IT'S TRUE! I LOVE PUPPIES!" He then ran away as he wept in tears leaving Mabel blinking in confusion, not the reaction she was expecting.

That left the Skool children looking in utter disbelief of what just happened and then again looked back at the twins too dumbfounded to say anything. Even Gaz disgruntledly developed respect for the Pines.

"Who are you guys!?" Poonchy blurted out what the Skoolmates were thinking.

Mabel after getting out of her confused state decried with an air of finality.

"Mess with the Pines, you get the needles!" 

After saying that she swiped with both of her hands in x formation. Afterwards, the Pines Twins decided to leave as Dib swiped his hand to say goodbye "See ya later!" 

If that demonstration on Jessica wasn't enough, the fact that Dib's new friends managed to make Chunk the bully cry caused the Skool students to mentally add to never mess with these guys because these Pines absolutely have needle leaves sharper than swords.

While Dib and Gaz were ascending up stairs The Membrane boy began fanboying with his far less enthusiastic sister by leaning near her. "Aren't they so cool!?" 

"Ugh." At least it is a step up from Zim or cryptids and conspiracies she thought, didn't mean she was gonna enjoy her brother's babbling still.

"And THIS place! I can't wait to uncover its mysteries!"

Said too soon, Gaz groaned and hit her face on the wall, repeatedly until it developed cracks.

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It was a nice day, Dipper has to admit he is a bit chippy as his sister noted. Sure he does have friends but having someone as a friend who is the same age and also shares his passion for paranormals? Most people he knows that are into those stuff are in their 50s. No offense to Great Uncle Ford of course.

His new friend Dib can be a bit intense, but it’s nothing he hasn’t handled with his grunkles. He soon regretted underestimating the Membrane boy once he went to some abandoned house during daylight for something he asked, he didn’t explain why but from what he gathered he sounded excited in finding something.

Dipper enters the abandoned house and sees something ghastly "Hey Dib, how's- WHAT?!" He squawked at what he was seeing, which was Dib with a maniacal grin with the light reflecting on his goggles with a surgical knife glinting from its blade and a scared gnome with duct taped on a table who only managed to make muffing sounds from the tape on his mouth.

"WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU’RE DOING?! FREE HIM IMMEDIATELY!"

The Membrane boy was ignorant of his command and horrified reaction "Hey partner! I've found this thing eating in the dumpster! We can publicise our findings on him together after studying his anatomy!"

That did not make the situation any better.

"WHAT'RE YOU DOING WITH THAT GNOME!?" He threw his hands.

"Uh, vivisection? How else we gonna-"

"WE!? Nonono, there is no we! Free him!" He gestured to the trapped gnome.

Dib raised an eyebrow as the maniacal glint was lost because he was confused as to why the Pines boy wasn't excited by the prospect of documenting a supernatural creature. If anything he seemed aghast by this, "I do not understand, you look as if I was vivisecting a human being."

Dipper choked at that statement. "That would imply he isn't a conscious sentient living being or that he doesn't feel fear or pain just because he isn't human. Is that what you mean?" He narrowed his eyes judgmentally as Dib began to comprehend why his best friend was horrified.

"Do you know what kind of people hold such views? See other sentient species at best as nothing but means to end? Oh right, the IRKEN EMPIRE!" He shouted out with his hands up.

The big headed boy winced at that, he wanted to object but from what he knew of the Irken Empire he knew for a fact that other sentient beings at best are just means to an end or at worst insects to pesticide. 

The Pines then glared at him suspiciously "Be level with me. Would you give the same treatment to me if I wasn't human?"

Membrane squirmed at that glare, he tried to think of something to defuse the situation, he couldn't think of anything so he just said what he first thought awkwardly "Eeeh…probably?"

Dipper's face deflated and began bridging his eyes as the Membrane stood there awkwardly knowing he gave the very wrong answer.

"Just…free Jeff before he suffers a heart attack!" He pointed at the gnome who surprisingly no longer shook or squirmed in fear, as Dib found out why so when he freed the little bearded man.

"And you humans wonder why we live hiding away from you." Jeff huffed and walked away, sharing Dipper's distaste.

Dipper after rubbing his head then said in an air of finality "And no vivisection on sentient beings, not even Zim, or else we can't be friends!"

"I…" Dib sighs with a finger before it comes down in defeat and looks down in shame "Fine."

Gaz was now playing Game Slayer inside the Shack, she didn't want to be in this "Hack of a roadside trap" as she would call it, but the banning was going to soon end and as much as she hated it, she rather spend in one of Dib's nonsensical adventures than with other Skool Children, the motel which had no wifi with access to only local channels and at least the Pines aren't 'drooling zombies' as she would describe her Skoolmates or spending time with Miss Bitter the Crone Dinosaur who is one of the few people who can actually intimidate Gaz or Mr Elliot that bubbling crackhead.

"Argh! Stupid banning system dad made!" Gaz snarled at her Game Slayer and put it back in her pocket.

Mabel, who was near her, took notice.

"Wait, how are you banned from playing Game Slayer if you still have it?"

"My dad had the genius idea of putting a timer on it for an hour for every day I use it and believe me," she said, glaring at the monitor of the Game Slayer "I tried to remove that stupid program."

It showed the cartoonish figure of her dad moving a finger left and right in 'ah ah ah! You didn’t say the magic word!' expression.

She then growled "And, why are you even here? Want another round with your Grappling Hook?" as she pointed at the bump on her head

Mabel saw and told her the reason why "I think we started on the wrong foot."

"Try the wrong head,” she sneered, making the Pines roll her eyes.

“Oh for the love of Sally- just take this as a peace offering!” She held Waddles and showed them to her.

At first Gaz was gonna say something mean and rude until she saw Waddles in front of her face as she then held her. An alien feeling dawned on her as her eyes sparkled ‘Is this what it feels like to find something cute?’ She internally wondered.

She only had it for a minute and already decided that Waddles is worth it.

“I will kill for you, I will kill everyone and then myself if anything happens to you.”

The Pines girl gushed “Aw! We are now best- “ she tried to hug Gaz who visibly changed mood and repulsed away and threatened her with violence.

"Hug me and I'll knock your teeth out with one punch.” she gestured with a fist which said enough to backaway.

‘Baby steps…’ Mabel was not gonna quit trying to be friends with her.

Things were now tense and awkward between Dib and Dipper as they were now in the Mystery Shack, each one trying to think of a way to break the ice. 

'Oh what do I do? What do I do??' He thought and thought in worry on what to do, Dipper was the only best friend he ever had who didn't mock him for his interest and he did not want to lose him.

‘Maybe I was too harsh on him? I mean, from what I’ve heard of his ventures, his experience with supernaturals is not exactly stellar, dammit why am I so ITCHY on this!?’ Dipper being Dipper was thinking in circles in his mind.

Both Boys at the same time opened their mouths and tried to say something only to stop seeing the other was trying to speak as well, they went silent only to try again.

“I- “

“Well I- “

Dib and Dipper tried respectively but the Pines boy then said something else as he felt a sharp pinch on the back of his neck "Ow, I feel..OOOOH!" His eyes began to dilate and he stood there motionlessly.

The Membrane boy wasn’t sure to react so he replied unsurely

"Uh, buddy?”

No reaction, he shook his hand up and down near his face "Dude? You're okay?”

“WOO YEAH!” 

Dib yelped at the sudden outburst which got everyone's attention, Dipper began walking like a drunk toward Wendy who looked away from her magazine “Never stop your Lumberjack training, oh who am I kidding when you have the genes!”

“Uhm, thanks dude?” Wendy didn’t know how to react to that “Are you okay?”

Dipper in response jumped up on the cashier table “Never better! This is how I’m feeling!” He grabbed both of her cheeks and did something that made everyone slack jawed.

MMMMWAH!

He gave a very long kiss.

Afterward, Wendy's mouth gaped in shock with a slight blush on her face at what Dipper just did, not being able to comprehend what just happened. The Pines boy giggled at her reaction and spirited away like he was high on a smile dip to the outdoor dancing.

Everyone looked incredulous at what just happened. But none as incredulous as Wendy who could only utter "...Whot!?"  

Gaz gave an eyebrow at what she saw "Someone is in high spirits." 

Stan gave an exhausted sigh and bridged his nose “Okay, I’ll bite. What is it? Possession? Shapeshifter? Mind Control disc? Is he on drugs?”

Things got stranger, Stan then began dilating his eyes and then changed mood quickly who then was being seen stealing everything in a possessive manner from merchandise to even objects he already owned while keep chanting with a crazed frenzy.

"MINE! mine! Minemineminemine!"

He was currently greedily holding merchandise and other assorted junk putting them in the kitchen turning it into some sort of holding nest place akin to a stealing crow's nest.

Mabel weirded out by this as this was weird even for Stanley asked cautiously "Uh, Grunkle Stan?"

Stan's head snapped back toward her and then sprinted toward her fast, taking her by surprise as he then snatched Gaz's Game Slayer.

"Hey!" The purple haired girl objected in anger.

"Mine!" The conman hissed and then raced away to his nest.

Gaz gritted her teeth and tried to walk toward the old thrive with her fists clenched until he was stopped by Dib and Mabel respectively holding her.

"Gaz don't- !"

"He's my Grunkle!"

The Purple Membrane seethed and pushed their hands away as once again this week people dared to insult her "I swear if I don't beat someone's ass once a while, everyone would forget who I am!"

The big headed Membrane was gonna say something to Ford who was also befuddled by this only for him who seemed in a hurry pushed him away and raced with a condescending tone.

"Outta the way young man! I have more important and universally saving things to do than babysit!"

Mabel by this point was losing herself as she shouted to the heavens "WHAT'S HAPPENING!?"

"Beats me dude!" Wendy commented sharing his incredibility as well with all that was happening, until she gave a yawn

"I feel suddenly... .so tired." After saying that, to their alarm Wendy fell on the cashier table with an audible bang.

Mabel peeked at her to see what happened "Wen? Wen!?"

"I feel so tired that I can't move a muscle…" the Corduroy muttered in an exhausted tone.

Unfortunately, this day was gonna get weirder as Soos rushed in and broke the vending machine and then began eating the snacks without even wasting time to unopen them, gorging himself on them in a barbaric fashion that would make a bear's eating look eloquent.

As it wasn't bad enough, soon Gir showed up hearing to commotion to see what was going on 

"Heyoo! Mr Gopher man is eating his meal! Let me join too!" and Gir being Gir, thought all of this was some game. So the deranged Sir Unit then joined the eating as Dib and Mabel repulsed audibly.

Gaz showed her disgust with her teeths "I've officially lost my appetite." 

Dib gagged and shared his sister's disgust "I think I'm gonna be sick…!" He went green and held his mouth from the coming bile to not throw up.

Mabel then recalled her brother was not present "Where's Dipper?"

Her answer left unanswered as realization hit the big headed boy "Wait a moment…"

Pointed at the ever hungry Soos who was now chewing on a neck pillow from one of the merchandise

"Gluttony."

Then pointed at the half-asleep Wendy

"Sloth."

Next to Stan who still kept saying "mine!" Profusely who was stealing everything he was seeing, even the skeleton of that weird unicorn turtle which the Pines used as a table.

"Greed."

Subsequently, he pointed at Ford who was now making a mathematical equation about how the world would stop spinning if it weren't for him.

"Pride!" He concluded with widened eyes "These are the 7 sins! They're cursed!"

And Mabel also concluded recalling how Un-Dipper Dipper acted "And Dipper must be Lust from how cocoey he acted!" She slapped both hands on her cheeks before then frowned and left it "But why is Dipper getting Lust? I'm the twin who had a disastrous summer romance last year and went on a Boyz Crazy mood, that restraining order from the Corduroys's muscular, well made and delicious looking bodies…" her tone briefly to that of a hungry shark that just tasted blood making Dib alarmed by that change of demeanour enough to step back before the Pines reverted back "can attest that."

"I don't think the curses come by themselves, they must be through a mean…" Dib while pondering he also silently thanked whatever merciful grand power that rules the cosmos that Gaz never had a Boyz Crazy phase, because he was sure it would end in broken bones and an even more ill-tempered and horrifying Gaz that would turn their lives into a horror flick.

"But where is Envy and Wrath?" He put a hand on his chin, his answer soon came from the growling sound of a purple beast.

"GRRRRRR!"

Dib and Mabel glanced with the first saying "Uh oh."

Gaz was growling like a wild animal and fisted her hands very hard. "I'M SO MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD!" she roared so hard that high heavens could hear it and resulting in Dib scared and with a yelp hide behind Mabel who cautiously pointed her grappling hook in alarm "D- don't do anything stupid, I'll shoot you again!"

Gaz with heavy and gradual stumps walked each step made the wooden floor screech as she came closer with madden eyes.

"I- I uh mean it!" Mabel's grip on her weapon shook a bit, she was starting to see why Dib was scared of his little sister.

The said little sister walked menacingly with heavy steps until her pacing got faster causing Dib to squirm and Mabel to tighten her hold on her projectile weapon to her chest.

The former shouted with his eyes closed and hands in a defensive position "Don't hurt me!"

Luckily for them, Gaz changed course and repeatedly smacked on a wooden wall, blowing out all her pent up frustrations on the poor wood to the point that it cracked as she growled, after this she stopped and breathed rigidly.

Membrane boy opened his eyes and carefully came near her like he was coming near an injured wild animal "Uh…Gaz? Are you okay?

"I'm LESS ANGRY now…." She huffed and puffed "I'm in control now…"

"How did you do that?" The Pines girl inquired in surprise on how she managed to control herself.

"Because I'm angry all the time!" The purple haired girl growled.

Then, Dib saw something glinting from an opened window which made him react fast "LOOK OUT!" Dib pushed the Pines away in nick of time as a dart missed him and hit Waddles from its back making it oinked in exclamation.

Afterward, the pig looked at the humans oddly which followed by it then tried mimicking standing up on both legs each attempted failed as he keep falling on all 4

Mabel gushed with both hands together "Awww, he's trying to stand on both legs!"

"I guess, Waddles is envious of others being bipedal?" Dib titled his head.

They looked at where the dart came and saw the brief moment of something moving, Dib had an idea.

"GIR! Catch the rainbow pug outside!" He pointed to the window.

Gir stopped eating "Ooooh, I LOVE PUGGY!" The crazed robot then activated his thrusters and moved fast to the outdoors through the open window, the sound of a familiar screeching could be heard and then there was a floating mini-moose which floated around.

Mabel uttered in befuddlement of seeing the strange creature "A…mini-moose?" Not knowing how correctly she guessed its name.

"Zim!" Dib uttered in certainty. The group went outside of the Shack, on their way an adult woman that was Soos's wife came in greeting them.

"Oh hi Mabel! I just came back from Portland- " her greeting reached an immediate end when she saw Soos acting like a hungry gopher on a half-opened fridge, Stan in a mad frenzy stealing any object he could touch, Wendy moaning how tired she is as her head was on the table side way and Ford finishing his madding equation which had a bunch of mumbo jumbos from earth being flat equals a triangle with one eye to Abraham Lincoln being a T-Rex and the World on the side of an giant Axolotl with a crazed dishevelled look to prove to everyone in the shack.

 "And that's why I'm always right and you all social media addicted troglodytes should listen to me without question!"

"WHAT IN THE- !" Melody shouted in shock until Mabel interrupted her.

"Oh hi Melody! Don't worry, they are just cursed with 7 Sins!" She said cheerfully as she with two other kids Melody didn't recognize moves passed her before she could protest, leaving her to handle this mess as she saw.

'I knew this was getting too normal…' she internally groused.

Outside they saw a certain green alien bug struggling to get Gir off him "OFF ME TRAITOROUS TRASH COMPACTOR OAF!" seeing the humans he gave a spiteful growl "MINIMOOSE!"

"Nyah." The floating creature squeaked.

"ACTIVATE YOUR DARK ENERGY WEAPONRY!"

Just then, Minimoose glowed purple and opened up into multiple pieces cackling with a purple energy and charging, clearly pointing at the meddlesome humans while Zim closed his eyes with a grin. One of the humans that was Gaz was too angry to care so she took a random rock on the ground and hit it at Minimoose with a loud bang, after which the Minimoose stopped charging and reverted back to its original form looking sad.

"Nyah." You didn't need to understand its catch phrase to know that it basically translated to it having its feeling hurt.

"Eh? Minimoose? Why there isn't any big boom?" Zim opened his eyes and met three hairless primate monsters glaring at him hatefully this time much closer to him, the purple demon Gaz who looked even more murderous than previous times that he saw her mad, the disfigured big headed mutant Dib and the Female Dib-Clone Mabel making Zim jump out back and exclaimed.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAH!"

"What did you do to my best friend/Bro!?" Both Dib and Mabel demanded with seethe simultaneously while Gaz kept barking with foams at him like a rabid hound.

 Zim quickly made a defiant statement “NEVER! Zim will not spill his squeedily spooch!”

Mabel in confusion gave a weird look “don’t you mean your guts?”

“ZIM HAS NO SMELLY BLADDERING GUTS!”

Dib informed Mabel of her confusion “He may actually mean that his biology is so weird that he melts by mere water which is like 75 percent of this planet.” 

The Irken felt offended and elaborated “Nonsense! It is not water but your disgusting pollutant chemicals which you apelings fart out, how you wretched vermines ever managed to set foot on your moon before melting by your warming stupidity on your only planet is beyond- “ he immediately stopped talking when he realized he just spilled out his weakness and Dib was taking notes quite literally.

“Wait no! ZIM WILL NOT REVEAL IRKEN EMPIRE’S SECRETS!” He brought his blaster only for it to be swiped away by a very angry Gaz who then held him by his collar and slammed him to the nearest tree.

Zim squirmed from seeing Gaz's rabid look and tried to reason his way out "Eep, have I ever mentioned that Guerrilla warfare suits you?"

“GRAAAAH!”

“AAAAAAAH!”

Gaz gave a savage growl as Zim screeched in fear knowing this was going to be very painful.

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A bit of bright-pink was on his mouth which they guessed was Zim’s alien blood.

“Alright, Zim will tell…” he gurgled and signed with hands up in surrender.

Mabel seemed to be playing with Mini Moose as the flying moose seemed chirped by her presence.

Zim, outraged by sewing another of his minions under clutches, Mabel expressed his outrage.  

"What Trickery is this!? How do you keep turning my minions against me!? ANSWER THE GLORIOUS ZIM'S QUESTIONING!” 

Dib ignored his questioning and demanded answers.

“What did you concoct this, Space Boy!?”

“Like Zim will– !” Gaz’s growl made him squirm so he relented and answered “I made a deal in an underground pocket in exchange for mushrooms to a group of little hairy humans with stupid looking hats.”

“The Gnomes, the Crawlspace!” Mabel deducted.

“Do you know any way to reverse the curse?” the Membrane boy asked.

“Like as if Zim would– !!!” the green alien gurgled from how tight Gaz’s hold on him became.

The big headed boy smirked.

“Careful Zim, my sister is in an even worse mood than she usually is.” 

“ Grrrgk , the only way to do that is by extracting the curse and destroying it . I’m the only one with the knowledge, you can’t afford having me vivisected!”

“Like if I can anymore…” Dib mumbled under his breath which Zim gave an eyebrow.

“Eh?”

“ Fine. You help us curing my friend and the rest, but we will settle this once it’s over.” Dib pointed a finger at him as he narrowed his eyes.

“With pleasure.” Zim hissed in agreement.

Dib puts his paranormal handcuffs on him “And don’t try to melt it with plasma or something, it’s made of titanium bug boy!” 

“You guys really don’t like each other do you?” Mabel noted their hostilities.

“Yes.”

Both Dib and Zim confirmed at the same time.

“Until you reach the friendship trop~ “

Both Zim and Dib respectively huffed in disagreement.

“As if! - oh please! - Stars go cold before I befriend the big headed beast!”

“My head is not– !”

“But you do care about Gir don’t you?” Mabel was not deterred as she then cheekily formulated a response to that .

Zim gave a loud snort.

“Ha! All Gir ever did was ruining my plans and fill my exquisite genius with his inanity! Him leaving, if anything, is a good turn for Zim’s plans to take over Urth!”

“If so, why did you never get rid of him before?”

That actually made Zim sputtered as he couldn’t think of another deny.

“Well eh, I, Eeeh…” he kept trying to think something until Minimoose snitched at him 

“Nyah.”

Dib blinked in surprise at what he could translate out of Minimoose, especially the way it moved and mimicked a sad looking face to convey the message.

“Did Minimoose just say you cried over Gir’s departure?”

Zim went full defensive and denied that while giving Minimoose stink eyes.

“Uh NO! To even imply Irkens can care beyond serving the Glorious Tallest is preposterous! You heard wrongly with your imagination of your meaty human brain!- ” 

Gir let out an ear blistering squeaked that derailed everyone’s thoughts “MASTA CARES!” faster than anyone could process launched himself on Zim with a hug who repulsed like he was being hugged by a skank as he raged.

"OFF ME! GET OFF ME TRAITOR! I HAAAAAATE YOOOOOU!" He cried out at the Sir unit utterly oblivious or ignoring what he said.

"Awww, I love you too!" His hug got tighter to the point that Zim said "GHGH!" Felt his eyes on the verge of popping out of his eye sockets like a plush toy from how tight the hug was while Mabel gushed at seeing this though Gaz being Gaz gagged at this affection.

Pacifica Northwest saw a lot of weird things; Lumberjack ghost, One Eyed Triangle Demon, her father’s orifices switched and a literal Apocalypse and yet, meeting Dipper the typically socially nervous and self-conscious and sarcastic nerd who is overly cheerful and friendly is probably taking the cake.

“Hi Pazzy! Normally I prefer redheads but damn the way you flow your blonde hair around puts gold hair in the same status as it, so kudos!”

The Northwest looked at him weirdly, for some reason he acts like Mabel which is very Un-Dipper of him.

“Uh, are you alright?”

“Oh weee! Never felt better! and nice ass!”

Slap!

Pacifica's eyes came out of his eye socket and her entire face grew redder than a tomato as she looked in disbelief of what Dipper just did, which is slapping her ass as she gaped at him like a fish out of water.

Dipper giggled and sprinted away, the only thought going through her head was ‘ ...What!?’

The semi-functional gang searched around for Dipper with a lot of constant bickering between Zim and Dib, a drawback in having both handcuffed together as they walked following the road to the urban area, it was amusing at first but now it was just annoying on what is the best way to track down Dipper.

“Your oversized head is full of bad meat!” Zim said in opposition.

“No, it's  good!” Dib for once didn’t object about his big head but instead his brain.

“You blubbering condescending blubbers from Dookidia!”

Flush

The audible sound of Mabel drinking from a straw connected to a slushy she got during the way stopped their bickering as they looked back at Mabel who said something that made them united.

“Why can’t we use a spoon by Earth's magnetism to direct it?”

“SPOON!?” both shouted at the same time in absolute ire at such an unscientific method..

“And Listen here !- why you heretical mammalian filth!! - Not scientifically impossible!” And they continued sputtering in outrage at her while she drank from her slushy with a satisfied look in one of his brain-over scheming scheme in her new project of making Zim and Dib become friends by making them agree more and more on things even if it means herself being the target of their ire.

Gaz just had it with her barely contained Wrath finally get the better off her as her knuckles fisted hard and she roared at them

“EVERYONE SHUT UP OR I’M GONNA PUT WHAT’S LEFT OF YA ALL IN A PIZZA BOX SENT TO MY CLONE DAD TO MAKE PUDDING OUT OF YOU ALL!” That shut them good and decided not to test the already testy Gaz in any further in fear of her making good on her promise.

After a few moments of awkward silence Mabel decided to break it by awkwardly commenting “I really hope Dipper hasn’t talked to every single girl he feels attracted to, speaking from experience from a gal who had her crazy mood, it is not a proud memory to be fond of.”

But as they walked Dib blinked at what he was just seeing and even cleared his goggles to make sure he was seeing right.

"I don't think you need to worry about that."

The gang looked and what they saw: 

And lo behold there was Dipper who was surrounded by girls around him flustered.

Zita, Sara, Aki, Peyoopi and Penny and even Jessica were all around Dipper with hearts in their eyes. A good chunk of Skool girls were, you could say, enchanted.

It wasn't just Skool girls though, Pacifica and Candy were also ogling at him as well and somehow that also included every girl Dipper hit on during that embarrassingly stupid-dumb-braindead-we-don't-talk-about-it idiotic roadtrip a year ago as well(the fact that it was Ford’s own suggestion to take that accursed and cringy road trip while Bill was still haunting around after finding the Unicorn hair for defense says a lot on how stupid the whole thing was to the point that the Pines decided to automatically ignore that ever happening).

Interestingly, Gretchen was one of the few girls who weren't attracted to him as Dib noted not seeing her around Dipper.

“So, he’s a himbo now.” Gaz stated in her typical deadpan tone.

Mabel's wide eyes stood there before blurting out with both hands in outrage "ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?" She furiously threw her finished slushy to a trash can.

"Huh?" Dib asked for clarification, outrage in envy was not the reaction he expected.

"My bro is defeating me in my own game and he never dated anyone before!" The Pines Girl commented in frustration that her brother seemed to be a far better flirter of the opposite gender than her.

Gaz gave an eye roll at that.

The peace was soon devolved into a full on fight between the girls as they compete on who gets to have Dipper as their boyfriend who just stood there grinning.

Sara held Dipper possessively.

"HE'S MINE!"

Only to be punched away by Zita

"DIPPER IS MINE!"

Peyoopi then jump in in a threeway fight.

"DIPSTER!"

The fight then turned into a full out brawl with Dipper in the middle not caring that he was being stretched like a rope game grinning like an idiot.

Pacifica snarled at Jessica.

"HE'S MINE CITY GIRL MIDDLE CLASS HAG!"

Jessica growled.

"NO, MINE BEVERLY HILLS WHINY SPOILED BRAT!"

Both blondes were now trying to tear each other's hair.

Candy spoke in her native language as she was in a tug of war with the Corn Maze Girl.

"Geuneun nae kkeoya! geuege meonjeo banhan salam-eun balo nayeossseubnida!(HE'S MINE! I WAS THE ONE WHO HAD A CRUSH ON HIM FIRST!)"

Corn Maze Girl retorted back.

"GO BACK TO KOREA, YOU OBSESSIVE FREAK!"

The gang just stared at what was happening and couldn't believe it.

The Membrane boy exasperated to the sky "And I’M still the crazy one?!" 

Zim sneered in disgust.

“Blegh, you humans and your disgusting mating urges! Us Irkens replacing biological production is another reason why we’re superior to all lower life!”

Afterward, the gang went into the catfight event as the girls were too busy fighting on who gets Dipper to make sure he doesn't get torn apart with Gaz knocking him unconscious with a punch.

“GAZ!” both Dib and Mabel exclaimed at what she did.

“What? He got the Lust infection, he would probably try to flirt with me and I would have done way worse than knocking him cold with my barely controlled Wrath.” they couldn’t fault that logic, as much as they wanted to protest.

"HEY! THEY'RE STEALING OUR DREAM BOY!” One of the girls noticed them.

Mabel said in urgency.

"Time to blow the gas!" as she with the help of Gaz carried the unconscious Dipper.

So they ran fast away from the Boy Crazed girls following after them like a hungry pack of piranhas.

On their way passing, the Skool boys saw this happening and were feeling very insecure about it.

Tae uttered in amazement.

"How is he doing that?"  He meant Dipper.

Torque Smackey brought a better question.

"A better question: How are Dib friends with a gigachad like him!?"

Mabel would have laughed her ass off hearing her brother being called that if she and the others weren't carrying the Playboy Dipper away as fast as they could from the Boy Crazy girls. On their way they passed a parked van owned by Robbie drinking pitt cola who immediately upon seeing that spit it out this car’s mirror.

“ HOW!? Just HOW!? HOW IS HE HAVING SO MANY BROADS FOLLOWING HIM!?!?” He exclaimed not being able to believe that his used-to-be-but-not-exactly-bros-either enemy has managed to outdo him.

Tambry, who’s sitting near him in the driver assistance seat, gave a glaring look at her boyfriend who, realizing his mistake, chuckled nervously.

Zim, who was seemingly taking note of all this with a puzzled look asked "Is this normal human behavior?"

Gaz snorted "It absolutely is not .'' She then snatched him with Dib as they yelled, as did Mabel on Minimoose and Gir, all hiding in an alleyway in a turn as the girls mistakenly thought they continued their run.

“THERE THEY ARE!” Unfortunately one of them caught them and so they were ready and had no choice but to fight, with Gaz in particular wanting to blow off some steam until Mabel saw a car in Bud Gleeful’s car shop and thought of committing Auto-theft as she gave a smirk very similar to Stanley whenever he wanted to commit a crime especially against the Gleefuls.

“Uh question, can anyone drive?”

“Nyah.” the flying Moose answered negatively.

“I can’t.” Dib shrugged.

“Don’t look at me.” Gaz same also.

“OOOH! I can drive!” The deranged Sir Unit upped one hand volunteering, knowing Gir Mabel decided to ignore him.

“Then no, what about you?” she asked Zim who felt insulted by the mere indication that he can’t drive.

“Foolish Dib Clone Girl! Almighty Zim rode spaceships that travel through space and war machines to exterminate the enemies of the Irken Empire! There’s no way your primitive contraption you call a vessel would match- “

Moments later…

“TURN, TURN!” Dib in particular screamed as it turns out Zim was a terrible driver, now they managed to run away from the girls and are currently in their way toward the Mystery Shack they have to deal with Zim’s deranged driving like a hell mobile high on smile dip violating every driving rule possible with Dib having the unfortunate fate of being sat in the assistance seat due to the handcuffs while the girls and robots were behind them in the back.

Zim did turn but in the wrong turn to the left causing a few residents screaming and running from crashing.

“NO OTHER TURN!”

“MAKE YOUR CLARIFICATION CLARIFIED  DIB WORM!” Zim hissed at all the constant ordering.

Gaz uttered under her breath with gritted teeth. “I knew these idiots would be the death of me.”


Gir was enjoying it like a dog as he had his head out of the window enjoying the wind. “Weee masta is an excellent driver!”

“No he isn’t.” Mabel holds her mouth now feeling green thanks to the slushy she drank and the breakfast.

On their way they splashed dirt water at Toby Determined.

“Sorry!” Mabel apologized as they passed through.

“I don’t mind.” He said, like he is used to this happening to him.

Preston and Priscillia were currently being photographed by a photographer on a view for a magazine and just then the car passed through them and dirt showered all over them just when the photo was taken.

“Sorry not sorry!” This time Mabel didn’t regret this as Preston in anger put a hand up toward the wayward car before it got out of his range.

“DAMN YOU PINES!” he cursed.

Naturally, the police hearing about a stolen car causing mayhem were on their tail, led by Blubs and Duralnd.

“Eh?  Human arbiter force?” Zim Noticed the police car from the stolen car’s side mirrors.

“Put the car down for the crime of thievery and violating every holy law of driving!” Blubs ordered the car to stand down by a megaphone.

Dib who felt resigned sat his head back at the seat.

“Welp, guess this is it, though I would rather be in prison than being in a car driven by Zim.”

“NO ONE ARRESTED THE GOD OF SPEED THAT IS ZIM!” Zim had other plans and ordered Minimoose “MINIMOOSE! CHARGE THE CAR!”

“NYAH!” Minimoose chirped and then produced a purple flow that then surrounded the whole car that made everyone but him and Gir alarmed, especially the big headed boy.

“Wait what are you DOIN- !!“

BOOOOOM!

Purple flames exploded from the car’s exhaust pipe, as it ran at super speeds away from the Police, leaving a trail of fire.

The sheriffs looked awestruck by this with Blurbs uttering.

“Well damn.” 

Inside the car, no one was having a fun time as everyone began screaming. Well not everyone, as Gir was laughing with mad child giggles, Minimoose was happily chirping and Zim was enjoying the rush.

“HAHAHAHAHA!” The insectoid alien laughed maniacally as the humans screamed for their lives with Dib, who felt stuck on his own seat from the sheer speed, pleading with the alien.

“ZIM ARE YOU INSANE!? SLOW DOWN BEFORE YOU GET US KILLED!”

“HA! What’s the matter worm? Afraid of a little speed?” Zim mocked and continued to laugh, enjoying the schadenfreude of seeing his enemy scared who then frowned and couldn’t take it anymore so he tried to take control of the driver’s seat, a move Zim did not appreciate as both bickered and fought over the control of the wheel. “GET OFF YOU BIG HEADED MORON! You will doom us all!”


“MY HEAD IS NOT BIIIIIIIG!” Dib in a newfound rage shoved Zim who still holding the handler resulting in the car to take an instant swing and then jumping thanks to the sheer speed and falling on the ground the worst part being the car still moves even being upside down on the ground front the sheer speed as sparkes lit up from the connected friction between the road and the car’s seal. 

Now ZIm has joined the screaming match whereas Gir, thinking this was some demented game, begins to scream with the group as sparks flow around.

Suddenly, Zim’s screech changed to an evil chilling laughter.

“HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!” Dib looked and saw instead of Zim was a red demon with goat legs, yellow eyes, white hair with striped black-and-white horns on the head, wearing a tuxedo and bow tie. The Demon looked at the Membrane boy and laughed again making Dib scream even harder.

With the sparks gone, now instead of the demon was the still screeching Zim as the car finally shut down and stopped as it looked like it was going to crash at the Shack before finally the friction and burning fuel so fast finally stopped the car just a few inches away.

For minutes everyone just froze there with haunted looks now knowing why there is such a thing as a speed limit with Mabel deciding that maybe when she grows up she should never get driving tips from Grunkle Stan. Well, not everyone shared the same opinion as the crazy robot standing with his head on the ground giggled like an over excited child that just experienced a rollercoaster.

“Weee let’s do it again!”

“Let’s not. ” Gaz responded.

Now the only thing left was removing the curse.

The gang of semi-working misfits got out of the car that had landed upside down.

Gaz who dragged the unconscious Dipper and then left him on the ground.

“Okay, now we have the boy scout…CURE ME FIRST!” she roared at the self-proclaimed geniuses.

That startled the cuffed duo as Zim began drawing a circle around on the ground using a small concentrated plasma beam to draw.

Unknown to everyone, Zim was secretly during the whole time trying to unlock the cuffs using a small robot to subtly unlock its lock.

Even though he thought he would never say it, Zim had to admit Membrane Tech is impressive compared to the rest of dirt worms that inhabit this toxic backward cesspool of a planet or else he wouldn’t have much difficulty unlocking it, though he is confident it will be unlocked soon enough.

When the circle was finished he then coughed a bit and said “If you please.” He pointed to Gaz to enter the circle, she looked suspicious at him before doing as he said not before Dib threatened him.

“If something happens to my sister I will- ”

Zim cut him off with a hand pushing him.

“Yes yes, blah blah, you will hunt me down or something, I fear more your sister to double cross than you so have none.” Dib wanted to retort back but decided to just let Zim do his work, afterward he chanted a few words.

“suS era sniS rof esruC ehT esreveR ,sniS esreveR.”

Then suddenly a red form of energy got out of a gasping Gaz that began swirling around the ritualistic circle like an angry flying fish.

“I feel…less angry now.” The girl Membrane stated her state of being and she moved out of the circle.

Mabel clapped both hands together.

“Now It’s time for my- “

“Oh Wee!”

That sudden Un-Dipper voice made them cringe as Dipper, no longer unconscious, came in with a stupid grin.

“Speak of the devil…” Dib said as he saw Dipper drunkenly coming in.

“Iiiii like you…” he pointed at a frowning Gaz. ``You don’t give a crap, tough as nail as Wendy and you surely aren’t bad looking with your purple short hair and hourglass body.” She gave an eyebrow at that and was going to say something when with no alarm Dipper rushed toward her and kissed her.

"NOOOOO!" Dib and Mabel shouted their lungs out, fearing for Dipper’s life considering who he was kissing. Flabbergasted by this, Gaz had her eyes going wide before finally Dipper stopped kissing her, risking the anger. When the kiss stopped Gaz’s face went full emotionless and was hard to read while Dib and Mabel held Dipper and put him away into the circle and then were between him and the purple girl and were very nervous at what her reaction would be with her waiting would put them even more nervous.

"Hmm, just because you're a good kisser, I won't beat your ass." Gaz commented blankly. 

The duo's jaws fell down hard at such an anticlimactic reaction while Zim gave a tilted head and then uttered the words and a blue energy began leaving the gasping Dipper who nearly fell on his knee and breathed out “What…what happened? Why do I feel…colder?” He confusedly remarked until his senses came back “Oh God, please don’t tell me I acted like an absolute flirtatious idiot.”

Mabel teased.

“You sure? You seem to be an absolute ‘gigahchad’ making girls fight over you?” making her brother groan as Mabel continued while helping him to get up. “I mean can you believe I used to be a Boyz Crazy girl like them?”

“Yes.”

Mabel’s face went down deadpan, her brother didn’t waste a second to bluntly answer her on that.

Zim interrupted in “Now you monkey heads are cured there is no need for- .” He got stopped when DIb pushed him toward him with the handcuff “Not so fast! You still have other people to un-mess!” Zim hissed with his worm-like tongue. 

The gang went inside the Shack and were met with a chaotic scene

Stanley made a nest made of junks, gewgaw and knickknacks keep uttering.

“MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE!”

Wendy still had her face stuck to the cashier table groaning on how tired she felt.

Stanford was a disheveled mess, making a whole interconnect of photos connected by red lines together on a board from UFO to Bee Vampires and Professor Membrane with market made antennas on his head made with questions mark asking ‘Human or Alien?” filled with deranged writing and talking he is the only one who sees the truth of the universe and is gonna make a cult devoted to himself.

Waddles still trying to stand bipedal which Mabel found adorable.

Soos was standing like a literal gopher and was eating a chocolate with his mouth openly chewing it with Melody trying to get his senses back.

“BAD SOOS! BAD!” she saw the group returned back with some people she wouldn't recognize “Oh Thank God you’re back- uh, why is he all green?” He noted one of the strangers had green skin which caused Dib to thump at the cashier loudly and exclaimed in complete release that someone else other than the Pines also recognized that is not common for humans to have green skin.

“THANK YOU!”

Zim on other hand was surprised and was starting to wonder if humans that live in Gravity Falls are somehow smarter than the average human or the humans he fooled by his ‘Amazing Disguise’ are simply more idiotic thanks to all the pollution in their drinking water in city areas.

Melody wasn’t done questioning weirded out by the other strangers. “And why is there a fake dog and- “ The said weird dog waved a hand on her “Is that a floating MOOSE?”

“Nyah.” it said.

Dipper interrupted her questioning “It is not the right time for questions now, we have to bring them in to remove their curses!”

Zim had other ideas. “Eh, once I cracked a few things, I don’t no longer need them on the circle.” a strange device that looked like vacuum cleaner then started working and causing the Sin curses to leave the those cursed from their bodies leaving them disoriented with Envy was green, gluttony was orange, Greed was yellow and Sloth light blue as the energies left their bodies went outdoor and got stuck in the ritualistic circle.

“It’s sentient energy so I just extracted them like any form of energy.” the de-cursed people who were disoriented by feeling their energy sucked fell and groaned.

All the humans of the group look dumbfounded at Zim.

“You couldn’t do THAT before the whole time!?” Dib nearly shrieked at the green bug who simply shrugged.


“Where’s the fun in that if it means tormenting you further?” He gave a smug smile that oddly looked like a possum.

Dib looked like he was gonna suffer an aneurysm as he silently gasped with a mix of emotions passing his face in a blink as he finally uttered “You…jerk.” increase the smugness that was radiating from him.

But then Dipper realized something.

“But where’s Pride?” 

"Yessss…." They heard the throaty voice of Zim as his smile turned into a visible sinister grin with his sharp teeths visible, they looked back and saw his head toward the glad until his head come up with an audible snap of a zombie with her wig and eyelids falling revealing his red bug eyes and antenna which caught Melody off guard seeing the reason why the green boy with no nose or ears was weird "Zim feels invincible…" he said with no intensity or bravado that he usually does, but an eerie contentedness while his body was glowing with violet lines of Pride and since he finally managed to unlock the handcuffs and got himself free from it which give Dib the chance to back away with others.

Then, two spider bot legs came out if his pak and stood up which then followed by many many tools coming out of his pak; two more spider bots up in the air, a communicator, a multi-missile launcher with multiple missiles, thrusters, two blasters, microscope, clawed arms, robotic tendrils that moved and fluctuate as they were up in a menacingly display, a chainsaw, laser cutter, an organ harvesting device, a flamethrower that shot flames, sharp weapons, shield generator and more and more things came out of the pak as Zim stood up on his spider bots like he was ascending up to another plane of existence.

As they stared in terrified awe of seeing so many weapons and limbs coming out of the Pak with Melody getting between the alien Invader and the kids, Dib’s scientific curiosity made him ask.

"Uuuh, how does he pack so much?" 

"I!" The two higher up spider bots hit the ground with an audible crack of the earth making them stagger backward.

"AM!" The two blasters glowed up toward the sky.

"ZIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIM!" The Blasters fired magenta toward the ceiling shooting holes while he shouted victoriously, said victory stopped when a ham thrown at his head causing him to lose conscious by a returned Gaz who scoffed “Whiner.” 

"...Where did you even get a ham?” Dipper’s question was left unanswered as he and the gang heard the unmistaken voice of Wendy howling in utter dismay.

"WHY THE HELL AM I WEARING A DIAPER!?!?"

Melody winced at that “Yeah…I had to resort to desperate measures to make sure she wouldn’t mess herself up being so slothy.”

These were indeed interesting times.

Chapter Text

“Uh…” Zim looked confused and he realized something; the red sky and land were familiar because this was Irken, the homeworld of the Irken Empire and here he was on the top of a hill. He touched his face feeling different. 

“I’m tall! Wait, I’m now taller than the Tallest!” He was indeed tall, tall enough he had the entire Irken race in front of him kneeling, even Tallest Red and Purple. Zim felt such an epiphany he looked around and declared himself as the tallest in the universe.

In a moment of pure joy and bliss Zim roared and called to the Universe to see his greatness.

“LOOK AT ZIM’S GREATNESS UNIVERSE! TALLEST ZIM THE TALL IN THE TALLY! HAHAHAHAHA!”

Of course it was all a dream.

“Hehehe…” a bit of drool was coming from the unconscious Zim hanging by chains to the roof as he was chuckling while still asleep, Dipper a bit weirded using the stick of a broom to poke at him, a few pokes was enough to get Zim slowly awake.

“Ugh, light blinding, head woozy…” He looked around as his eyes tried to adjust to the light.

“Oh my iching antennas…Zim you fool, first step is…admit…you got a problem..” from what he could gather he was in some underground lab as he looked around “Oh thank the Tallest they aren’t here to see it…but where the Cloud Pigs am I? Looks like a primitive lab…chains and hymuens!?” He saw the Dib Clone and his family units around him and then the old grease monkey one with goggles holding a syringe as he gave it a few ticks with a few clicks with his fingers and then Zim recoiled as the syringe was injected by the old human into him.

“Ugh! they touched me, I feel so dirty!...Okay okay, urge for violence, blasters now!” He tried activating his weapons on his Pak and yet the weapons as he tried to get looked struggling to get out until the tools began to retract back to the Pak, he tried and grunted with his teeths grinding and it was the same result like something was preventing him from blowing up the monkeys. To make this even more humiliating there was his mortal enemy with the Pines.

Dib was wearing an almost unhinged grin that put even Zim in unease sitting on a chair with one leg on the other, both hands sided together and his goggles reflecting the light.

“I trust you’re comfortably tipsy, space boy?” he disingenuously asked, making Space Boy hiss like a trapped insect animal.

“What did you do to my PAK mud worms!?” from what he saw there was only the Pines and the Membrane kids including Gaz who was glaring holes at his skull.

Ford gave him his answer as he showed him the empty syringe. “I injected you with nanites to hack your Pak, you can’t activate your weapons unless you are allowed.”

“You…SULLIED MY IRKEN PERFECTION!?” the insectoid alien in outrage shouted.

“You’re at our mercy buddy!” Stanley who was near his twin grinned mischievously until he turned into a frown as he locked his arms together “And you better have the moolah for the stolen car and the damages you caused all over or it’s toilet cleaning for next century for ya!”

Zim recoiled at the prospect of being hacked and turned in servitude to the inferior race in the latrine job as he struggled futilely to get out of his chains.

“Where!? Where are my minions!? MINIMOOSE! GIR! SAVE YOUR MASTER FROM THE LATRINE SLAVERY!” he shouted out calling for his masters and none came to save him.

Dib couldn’t help but dump salt on the wound as he sniggered.

“Minimoose and Gir are currently having a Tea Party with Mabel.”

“TRAITOOOOOORS!” the bug alien cried out in dismay at his situation.

Zim’s cry reached up to the Shack with his minions who were currently having a tea party with Mabel on a pink toy table with the other guests being toys, puppets of various animals and Mabel herself pretending like he was drinking real tea from a cup.

“Hehe. masta is enjoying the tea party too!” Gir giggled hearing the dismayed voice of his master.

“I hope he is.” Wendy who was reading a magazine on the cashier place snarled as she hid her face using it, still embarrassed at the fact that she messed herself when she was infected by Sloth.

Zim lashed out and struggled to get out of his chain as he was floating and grunting “NO! MY PLAN WAS PERFECT! How could this happen!?!” He still couldn’t believe this situation as he dramatically anguished being the drama queen that he was.

Stanford decided to elaborate for his alien prisoner as he put the empty syringe in a trash can.

“I also extracted the Pride curse while you were unconscious and destroyed it with other sins, apparently your pride was so big that it got attracted to you.”

The purpled haired girl snorted “Just ‘big’? Try: over bloated.”

The big headed boy couldn’t contain his excitement in seeing his arch enemy at their mercy “Oh Oh, I’m- “ he immediately changed that when he recalled the Pines’ help as well “ We’re gonna be so famous when we show you to the world!”

The Irken immediately shrieked in terror.

“NO! NOT THOSE MONKEY PAWS GOVERNMENT THUGS! THEY CAN’T HAVE ME AFTER MY GENIUS PLAN OF RUNNING THE RUN OUT FROM THEM AND RELOCATION!”

The Membrane boy, surprised by this reaction, inquired.

“Wait what? Explain!”

“I don't owe you big headed worm any explanation!”

“MY HEAD IS NOT- !”

Gaz interjected so that there won’t be another pointless argument about her brother’s ‘Head Size’ by saying “Like it or not bug face, you’re at our mercy so either explain why you disappeared and showed up here or we let old man here to have you as his slave.”

Dipper smirked and pointed at Stan with a thump.

“And trust us, my great uncle would love having free work force and someone to use as a dummy attraction.” 

Stanley’s eyes were glinting with greed as he was rubbing his hands together “Ohhoh, free labor with no pay! I won’t have to even worry about being alleged to child labour when there are no laws about using ETs as laborers like last summer!” He then was now acting like a super villain with both hands in an act of washing each other as he talked to himself.

“And the best part: suckers would pay big bucks to see the newest attraction, oh I can see it! The Mantis Man HAHAHAHA!- ” he opened both hands clawed up and crackle greedily before he stopped himself due to the staring he was getting by everyone which included the unimpressed look of Dipper, Gaz and Stanford, Zim backs his head up seething in disgust at the idea of being used as a slave labor and a glorified tourist attraction and Dib giving an eyebrow.

He feigned a cough with hand and changed the subject “So, gonna reconsider bug guy?”

“…Fine! Zim will tell!” Zim spat venom and cursed a few in his Irken language “the REASON why the Amazing Zim disappeared from his current location is because after the Florpuse Hole thing- “

“All of which is your fault by the way!” Dib interrupted, making Zim suppress the urge to curse him as he glared at him.

“-As Zim was saying before his monologue is interrupted by a certain monkey with a HUMONGOUS HEAD- !” Dib gave a raspberry at that “- accursed Earth authorities went after me and somehow saw through my genius disguise! So I had decided to relocate and what better place than some backwater nowhere filthy country town that is not even on map with too many freaks living there to see who is the alien one.”

“Maybe laughing maniacally without a disguise while riding on a very tall walking throne that shoots burning peanuts can get too much attention.” Dib, unimpressed, informed him.

“SILENCE! Must you interrupt Almighty Zim’s perfect speech by constantly criticizing me!?!

“Where’s the fun in that if it means tormenting you further?” The big headed boy oozed with smugness as he said that.

The Alien this time had no reply seeing his own words which he said to Dib on why they had been on a goosechase came back to haunt him while Stanley snickered at that as he continuously opened and closed his mouth until he remarked.

“…I hate you.”

“Love you too buddy.” that immediately caused Zim to cringe in repulsion.

The conman Pines laughed so as Dipper and Dib, even Stanford gave a small chuckle while Gaz gave a smirk with Zim giving death glares at everyone.

“Not very bright for an extraterrestrial, are you?” Ley asked in feign innocence, making Zim hiss at him.

Dipper wasn’t convinced entirely, he suspected there was more.

“But why didn’t you call the Tallests? Couldn’t you get help from them?”

“Yeah, my partner raises a good point.” Dib concur with Dipper.

Zim did not answer, he gave a poker face as in as he awkwardly tried to give an explanation that was clearly fake “Well…eh…I…they’re Tallest of course! They have much more important things to worry about than a meager invader like me- ”

“You lost contact with them haven’t you?” the purple haired girl concluded in her stoic tone and derailed him. There was a pause for a moment which then was interrupted by giggles of Dib.

“Hehehe…hahahaHAHAHAHAHAHA!” His giggle turned into maddening laughter as he continued to wheeze like a lunatic.

“Uh, Dib?” Dipper felt a bit worried as others, even Gaz felt a bit uneased by her brother’s sardonic laughter.

The big headed boy clapped his hands hard enough that it ringed round the basement “OH FANTASTIC! ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC!” he came closer to Zim as he continued to rant.

“The so-called ‘greatest invader evah!’ sent his own leaders to a grizzly demise, how does that feel!?”

Zim reeled back with a hiss like an injured cornered animal.

“Stay Back!”

Membrane boy unfettered sneered as he was close to him face to face “Or what!? What are you gonna do? Steal my organs!?” he then circled around him like a shark as he unleashed years of frustration in capturing Zim.

“If you can’t invade, what are you good for Irken, what are you good for??”

The green alien wasn’t going to sit idly being mocked “I’m still an Invader of The Irken Empire!”

“That be?” the big headed boy in feign ignorance asked.

“Urth will be conquered for the glory of the Irken Empire, even if (which is a BIG if) the unthinkable happens the Control Brains would simply choose a new Tallest.”

“Face it bugs for the brain, they are never gonna come! Your Tallest is dead! An ENTIRE FLEET of Irken Armada  sucked into the Florpus Hole forever lost, all thanks to its ‘Greatest Invader’!”

Zim in furry roared “YOU LIE! What would a failure who can’t even convince his own bigger failure of a species to recognize your ‘greatness’?”

In a moment of great epiphany a grand revelation came to Dib as he stood still  lost in his smile. Zim thought he was victorious and he was gonna boast until he said something that caught him utterly off guard.

“...So are you.” Dib’s voice was half whispered.

Zim snapped his head with antennas at Dib’s direction moving to what he just heard “What did you say to me?”

“You and I are the same…” Dib once again began giggling like a man who just found out that the Universe is made of cheese with a hand dragged on his face in a mixture of disbelief and psychotic laughter of a nihilist.

“Guess we are both failures to our respective species, HAHAHAHAHAHA!” He gave another crazed laughter, normally Zim would screech out but he was too creeped out by Dib’s unstable reaction to say anything already feeling even less safe by now, though he wasn’t the only one as Dipper felt immediately concerned even more for the mental anguish of his friend, Gaz grimaced and also oddly cringed a bit, like she remembered a memory of something that his current self would cringe at. That and the Stans shared a twin look at each other with Stanford feeling like he should research on Dib’s history because he clearly been through a lot and what he would find in future would cause both Stans in the future to absolutely despise Professor Membrane, with Stanley even readying a list of swears to say to the man in person as the Professor will soon find out to his scientific horror for how scientifically impossible is for a person to suffering all the said curses which also involved goats and a spoon.

Ford faked a cough feeling like he needed to intervene before things got out of hand.

“Well, good news for you is that: we don’t plan to reveal you to the public.”

“Eh?” Zim gave an eyebrow.

“We don’t??” Dib also was taken back by this look at Ford in surprise as he stopped his laughing.

“I had suspect government activities since Zero Days suggesting there is something related to Extraterrestrials and until verified, we can’t let Zim be captured. Aside from the fact that they could care less about ethics and would vivisect and experiment on him like how they did to Roswelvet aliens defying sentient rights.” Dib awkwardly scratched the back of his head considering he nearly to vivisect a gnome just today if not for Dipper stopping him 

Zim was baffled by this and asked.

“Why would you want to help your planet’s rightful conqueror?” 

“Don’t get me wrong, I do rather have Earth not being invaded by an expansionist colonial hostile empire, but I also don’t trust any of our planets’ governments to responsibly use alien technology.” he swung his right hand a bit to gesture at the point.

 “Beside, ignoring morality there is no way the authorities would let the existence of aliens go public and likely would end in any person associated to be disappeared from the face of the Earth to keep it hush hush.”

Dib’s stomach turned and nearly facepalmed himself so hard that his glass would have broken. Of course the officials would deny the existence of aliens despite knowing, that’s conspiracy theory 101! And even if he managed to convince them that the crazy kid with a giant head really face off against an alien invader they would rain down on him and his family and threaten to be hush or else… he couldn’t believe he was grateful that any authorities he called in the past saw him as just some crazy ufology kid who spent too much time on conspiracy board.

“So here’s the deal…we keep your secret and not leave you at their mercy and you will stop any plan in conquering Earth.”

Zim snarled at such terms “You think I would agree with such terms!? This is extortion!”

Ford nonchalantly nodded “Yes it is, don’t forget I have my nanobots in your body so if you try to threaten my family or Dipper’s friends, I can put you on life support with a command.” He snapped his finger making his point very clear to the reeling alien while Stanley was grinning feeling proud of his twin.

“Oh extortion! I Knew you had it in you poindexter!” He slapped his brother from the back of his shoulder making him stiff and then also added to Zim’s ever growing frustration.

“And you’ll pay for the damages!”

“...Fine!” The insectoid alien spat like venom knowing he was at their mercy, oh when he gets out of his predicament he is so, gonna feed the Pines enough kats to develop asthmatic crisis.

He sighed as he recalled something else. “I suppose I should tell you about the three children I have for extortion because they would go rabies if they get bored and trash my beautiful base.”

Everyone stood there frozen by this unexpected information for 11 seconds “...YOU HAVE WHAT!?!?” Ford, Ley, Dipper and Dib shouted at the same time so loud that Zim was stiff while Gaz looked with a blank stare.

Interesting times indeed.

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As in turns out, Zim did had three kids for extortion; from an alien scientist belonging to a race called Vortians who were subjugated by the Irken Empire, obviously no one thought Zim should take care of children and until they see what they should do with them they decided to take them. Zim contacted his new base and told its computer to not destroy the humans who were planning to come in which Dib understandably was mistrusting of his word until Stanford revealed to him that the nanites also monitor his vital organs and there was no sign of the Invader lying.

Dipper had a private talk with his sister.

“He’s…he’s not in the best of mental health, I saw him having a mental breakdown when Zim was being interrogated.”

Mabel, concerned, nodded. “Maybe he needs more socializing?”

“You saw his classmates, they hate him!” Dipper disagreed, after learning how hard Dib’s life was both in house and school he and his sister decided to never whine about their own home and school life feeling petty.

“No not those jerks broseph, I mean with us.”


“Us?”

“Remember? Tonight is Summerween.”

“I don’t think Trick or Treat would magically cure years of neglect and abuse.” he matter-of-factly responded.

“Oh don’t be silly! I mean bring him to hang with Wendy and her friends, do things that don’t involve constantly obsessing with Zim.” she gave a brief glace to Dib who was now watching Zim like a hawk with the latter hissing at him with his worm-like tongue.

“I don’t exactly call Dib a social creature.” 

“Dib is already admiring you, following you like a lost puppy so it shouldn’t be hard.”

That was when they heard a snort who they gaze back and saw Gaz bored not being able to play with her Game Slayer thanks to the limitations Professor Membrane gave her in order to encourage her to socialize who caught on what the Mystery Twins were saying and after her snort then said “My loser of a brother has a tendency to rub people the wrong way with his intensity, you think it is because of believing in aliens that gets him bullied? Don’t be surprised if your friends start hating him once he accuses one of them of being Bigfoot’s nephew or something.”

Mabel rolled her eyes and looked at the Membrane girl with a frown  “Like you were any help, sister of the decade .” she sarcastically added.

“What’s that supposed to mean? ”The purple haired girl’s tone became dangerous which normally deterred anyone but Mabel was not anyone.

“Considering how often I see Dib being fearful around you by just displeasing you and from what I heard from him you aren’t a very good sister, Miss Petty.” Gaz’s teeth grinded “If you weren’t busy eating junk food and playing video games and tried to take some interest in your brother’s life, maybe you wouldn’t gain weight from your edgy act, emo sloth. ” she said the last part smugly.

Gaz snarled, enraged by her accusations. “Why you tacky piece of- !” she nearly came near her and Mabel took a defense to hit on and it nearly resulted into a brawl with Dipper not knowing how to stop this if it weren’t for a plot twist.

Splat!

Suddenly, the cake that was on the table exploded revealing a grinning Gir with his arms open and declared with mania “It’s MEEEE! I WAS THE CAKE ALL ALONG!”

That stopped both girls from barking at each other as both stupefied looked at the insane robot as everyone else.

“...I was wondering where the cake came from.” Stan put her right hand on her chin.

Ford faked a cough to announce “So in interest of- “



“THE CAKE WAS A LIE! MEEEEEE!” Gir pointed at himself as he announced loudly and cut Ford off.

“NO ONE CARES GIR!” the Irken growled at his Sir Unit.

“As I was saying: Me, Stanley and Melody are going to Zim’s base to take the three kids away from their captivity.”

“Wait, why is Melody coming?” Dipper asked.



“My husband is having a stomach ache with all the things he ate.” Melody with a sympathetic look informed them.

“Uuuuugh…my stomach is so full as a filled mummified fish….” that was the agonizing moan of Soos from upstairs on his bed.

“And while Zim has contacted his base to lower his defenses, I don’t trust to bring him with us, for all we know his computer could hack and neutralize the nanites, so can you keep a watch on him while we're out?”

“You’re on it Grunkle Ford!” Mabel gave a thumb up.

“Nyah.” Minimoose said with its famous catchphrase.

“Oh I’m not taking my eyes off him, sir.”  Dib assured.

“Please, call me Ford.”  Ford wore his coat and went on his merry way “I'll see you later.”


Melody followed Stanford and Stanley before leaving, Stanley then called to the group “And if the little bugger tries anything, abuse him into doing latrine work!”

Zim hissed with his sharp teeths as Stanley went out laughing.

Mabel had one of her Mabel-ness ideas as she clapped her hands gaining attention of her brothers’ eyebrows.

“Oh group activities! We can teach our alien residents to love Earth and its customers!”

“The what? ” Dib was hoping that he was hearing her wrong as he cleared his right ear.

“Minimoose can stay here watching Soos and Waddles, do you object?”

“Nyah.” the floating small moose replied.

“Problem solved.”

“Is she serious?” The big headed boy looked at the Pines boy, who gave a tired look.

“Unfortunately.” From Dipper’s reply and tone Dib figured out this wasn’t the first of Mabel’s hairbrain ideas.

Zim did not find the idea of mangling with humans appelling, in fact he found the very idea of it repulsive as he openly sneered in disgust.

“Eh? NA-UH! NO WAY! ZIM WILL NOT PARTAKE IN IN YOUR PATHETIC HUMAN RITUAL OR ELSE I’M NO PROUD IRKEN INVADER!” he locked both arms and closed his eyes.

Minutes later…

“I hate this planet.” Zim hissed under his breath as he was pulled in by the humans’ inane plan in turning him native with his disguise on.

From Zim’s point of view as he got to the outdoors he saw another group of hideous humans. A fat one who he was sure he could easy dominate as his slave, the pale skin malnutrition who likely suffers a skin disease who for some reason dyed his hair with fake black and one in particular gave Zim the urge to do horrible experiments on him, another female with partly purple hair which unlike Gaz’s wasn’t natural and she could guess he can turn her into a mindless slave by taking advantage of what humans call ‘social media’ and two buffoons who seem to be chuckling at some stupid joke with each other.

There was also the red one Wendy as well who’s warm and friendly expression after greeting the Pines twins dropped the moment she saw him “Oh it’s you.” Her friendly demeanor changed, icy seeing the alien that was the cause of her humiliation.

Zim either ignoring the icy tone or being oblivious then bowed with his head a bit

“Greetings, Bipedal Orangutan. Zim came in to partake in your…repulsive affection ritual.” He then gave a gag feeling dirty from saying that. 

“I feel honored.” the redhead dryly added

“You should be, it’s a privilege to be in Zim's presence!” Zim remarked, it was hard to tell if he was ignorant of Wendy’s tone or did know and spat back as Corduroy’s glare got harder.

Robbie, who took notice of the new arrivals, asked with a frown.

“Who’re they?”

Mabel chipped in “Glad you asked! this is Gaz.” she pointed at the purple haired girl who gave an unimpressed look and Robbie and Tambry squirmed slightly under her gaze as they met the purple Membrane before.

“This is her brother Dib.” She introduced the big headed boy.

“Uh, Hello..?” Dib was not used to meeting new people who didn’t immediately dislike him or ignored him awkwardly greeted with a hand.

“That’s Zim, the green boy with skin disease.” She meant the strange green boy with no nose.

“Zim will enslave you all as Service Drones once I get out of this pitiful extortion!” Zim spat out with a threat.

Mabel whispered to them with a hand near her face “He’s actually an alien with a case of grumpiness.” 

“Wait! You guys believe he’s an alien? And you’re just shrugging it off!?” The Membrane boy in disbelief exclaimed.

“Well yes? Is not the weirdest thing we heard or seen.” Thompson shrugged with both hands.

“He is still a major improvement over the ageist ghosts or the triangle antichrist as far as we saw.” Tambry still had her eyes glued to the phone.

“Definitely.” Robbie agreed with a grunt.

Dib stammered not being able to believe what he just heard “Bu-bu-bu-bu…! But that’s- THAT’S STUPID!” he cried out with his hands dragging on his face rather violently while Dipper patted on his back.

Mabel then finally reached to Gir “And this little puppy is uh…”  Looking at Gir she realized no one gonna believe Gir being a puppy considering there are no green dogs, dogs don’t stand on two legs and the disguise made Gir look like a cosplaying child "Well, technically he’s a robot disguised as a dog, that’s Gir.”

The insane Sir Unit shook his hand “ Hehehe, you’re white as vanilla cream!” He pointed at Valentino and then he bites Robbie’s right hand making him exclaim and recoil and push the Sir unit away also surprising others

“AH! WHAT!? WHAT THE HELL?!” Thankfully he didn’t lose his hand, un-thankfully it was that his right arm was now dripped in saliva.

“Ruby tastes like expired yogurt!” the deranged Sir Unit madly giggled.

“Don’t even ask how he knows what expired yogurt tastes like.” Gaz informed them with a deadpan look, Gir’s diet is the type of knowledge that should remain hidden.

“He ate a baby once.” Dib added in.

Zim corrected Dib “The baby survived unharmed. Eh, mostly…” he shook a hand to make his point. “He’s 80% harmless when he is not on Duty Mood.”

“He had my head cooked!” Dib exasperatedly cried out.

“It was a time loop! Everyone went a bit insane by the inanity of repeated time! Even the mighty Zim went loon!”

And now everyone else but Zim and the Membranes was looking at Gir with apprehension by this point with Robbie in particular feeling unsafe being near the insane robot who now tried to get close to Robbie making him reeled back.

“Get me away from this robo-freak!”

Gir in respond giggled madly thinking their reaction is some deranged game.

“Uh, ignoring the deranged dog-child robot here…” Lee decided to change the subject as his face changed from apprehension to amusement when he turned to Dipper.

“Never knew you had it on your Doctor Funtime.”

Dipper raised an eyebrow.

“The what?” 

Robbie then looked at him with a frown.

“How did you do it?”

That served to confuse the Pines boy further.

“I’m not sure what you’re talking about guys.”

Tambry smirked.

“Should we continue calling you Doctor Funtime? Or you from now on: Doctor Chad? ” She showed her phone to him and it showed Dipper during his time cursed by the sins now becoming famous with girls asking for his phone number or where he lives to ask him out for a date.

“Oooh God…” Dipper rubbed both of his on his face concealing his flushed embarrassed face as he groaned.

Mabel pouted at seeing his brother is more successful to be a bachelor than her.

“No fair! How come you get all the attention but me a summer's worth of romance is not!?” 

“I was cursed! I was under a curses’ influence!” The Pines boy sputtered with his face flushed even harder.

“You saying you regret kissing me, lover boy ~?” Wendy teased, reminding him of when he kissed her, making Dipper freeze where he stood recalling that.

“WHAT!?” Robbie exclaimed and looked at Dipper as if he just grew horns.

“For a self-conscious nerd, he kisses good.” Gaz grunted and annoyed admitted.

“OOOOOOOH!” Lee and Nate cheered with a roar.

What followed was an even redder Dipper profusely apologizing profusely to Wendy who looked very amused by his reaction while Nate and Lee jeered with Nate saying “Nice dude!” And high fived him, Tambry smirked and Robbie’s jaw hit the ground from utter incomprehension.

Zim titled his head becoming confused by all this, he wasn’t the only one though as Dib was also confused by this banter.

“What kind of cruel bantering is this? On Irken such was to distill maximum humiliation not…whatever this is.” Zim failed to find a word for this.

“I’m confused, it’s like mocking yet it is friendly?” Dib asked Mabel who gave him and Zim a sympathetic look knowing they weren’t used to seeing friendly bantering, just condemnation.

Stan, Melody and Ford now reached Zim’s base deep in the woods which looked like a dome using earth covering it to make it look like a hill and the said door had its automated door half opened with an ominous pink glow coming from the entry.

“You sure Zim said he turned off his defense system?” Melody unsure inquired about Stanford who looked at it with a curious glance.

“I did, if he was lying the nanobots would have detected it, this is someone else’s work.”

They reached the entry with Stan opening the automated door from both sides completely with a grunt using both of his hands and when they entered, they were in for a surprise.

“What the- !?” Melody, shocked, put a hand on her mouth.

“Holy moly!” Ley whistled at what he saw.

The place was wrecked: furniture upside down, knickknacks all over, the fridge was half open with its food now spread across and more concerned there were slash and bite marks all over the place with the TV broken and a big monitor was hanging up with the other side toward the down sparking at times.

Stanley huffed with an exasperated tone and asked his twin  “Who do you think it was?”

“I don’t know, could be the government agents so we have to be on alert.” Sixer readied his blaster on his hand so did Stan with a revolver.

Giggle

They looked around but saw no one or anyone who made sounds of childish giggles which made them unease.

Suddenly, the computer starts to work with the sound of electricity sparking and glitching.

“Czjslqlqkqu Chiiiiild- ren….iwiq8q19q restlesss….”

It then shut down with another spark.

There was now silence as everyone stared at the glitching computer who gave the ominous message until Stanley asked.

“Is it too soon to go back?” 

The group of dissidents were now in a convenient store which was now stocked with Summerween merchandise and it was 17:00 in the evening so they decided to look around and see if they find any makeup or costumes and this store was incidentally the same place the twins bought shopping stuffs with Stan and Soos in the previous summer for the Summerween. The non-Fallers of the group were confused.

“I thought Halloween is next season?” Gaz gave an eyebrow as he looked at a melon shaped like a Jack-o'-lantern. 

Wendy butt in as she was looking around “It’s Summerween, like people of this town loved Halloween so much that they knocked the holiday off, though there was the whole ‘Never Mind All That’ act which nearly banned Summerween if it weren’t for the protests and-  “

“SUMMERWEEN!?” The obnoxious sound of Zim was heard as he then walked with heavy steps, jumped on a shelf and held Wendy by her collar with both of his hands, an action that surprised her.

“SUMMERWEEN!? You primate hillbilly screen worshiping hairless monkeys made another holiday to celebrate that cursed Halloween!?!” Zim screeched loudly in outrage and Wendy to her immense displeasure could feel drops of salvia on her face.

“Get off me!” The redhead pushed Zim away and glared at him as she continued to speak “What’s your beef with Halloween anyway? “

“Zim despises beef! And tell that to the giant headed baby with an entire realm of nightmares in his humongous head!” He pointed at Dib who winced at the memory of that traumatizing Halloween.

Dib answered the look he was getting from Dipper and Mabel “It’s a long story.”

“Or the Halloweenies who drool around like necrotic brain-eating fungus vessels demanding sweets and taking it away as they wear ritualistic dresses to instill fear in their preys, knocking at the door incisively!”

Mabel, taken aback by such a graphic description and slightly offended since she and her twin used to do Trick Or Treat, gasped “That’s uh…that’s the most disparaging description of Halloween I ever heard.”

“Do you mean zombies or Trick or Treat kids?” Wendy sarcastically asked.

“ I know what I said!” the Irken snapped, then jumped down and dragged both sides of his face with his hands in a dreadful comprehension. “Oh the Summerweenies..!” he walked away as he looked haunted with the face of a man who just learned that the world was gonna end tonight.

“Is he always like this?” Wendy inquired the Membrane boy who scoffed.

“When he isn’t?”

“Believe us sister, he is a walking sack of insanity and crazy stupid.” Gaz snorted.

“GIR! STOP  EATING THE MELONS!” Zim’s sound was heard from away.

“Aw!” Gir whined.

“Case in point.” Gaz said matter of factly.

Afterwards, the gang with the stuff they bought reached the cashier's place where a woman was checking the stuff with her laser scanner until she noticed something that being one of the teenagers Nate was putting in a box of drinks that certainly were not Pitt Cola.

“May I see your certification?” She asked Nate suspiciously, Nate seemed caught like a deer on headlight and tried thinking of something.

“Well…If you see- !”

“Certification? CERTIFICATIONS!?” Zim shouted in indignation and jumped on the retail counter table surprising everyone including the cashier as Zim pointed at her accusingly. “Do YOU have a certification you WORTHLESS DRONE UNIT!?!”

The woman stared at him and everyone thought she was gonna threaten to call the police until she unexpectedly cried out in dismay.

“NOOOOO! I LIED ABOUT CERTIFICATE JUST SO THAT I CAN HAVE FREE BOOZE!” she hiccuped as she put both hands on her face.

Zim sneered in contempt.

“You disgust me! Take our money now and leave us be!” Zim threw his money at the counter violently.

Later: the gang was outside of the mall looking stupefied

“...that was something.” Tambry stated, not being able to believe what just happened.

Lee chuckled.

“Oh man you fried her! From now on we will call you Bug Boy!” 

“Eh? No one calls me that!” Zim objected as she was trying to open a bottle he got which served to amuse Wendy’s friends further. “And stop mushing my wigs!” his fake hair was now being caressed playfully by Nate.

“Why did that cashier gal ask for certification for these?” Gaz asked which caught Wendy who realized and silently cursed Nate, while it is true that Wendy and her friends are still minor just two years older than the Pines twins she was not comfortable in them seeing her and her gang buying the drinks which she thought as ironic considering all they and herself had been through last summer. He was trying to formulate a response before Mabel beat her to it.

“Wait, is this one of those ‘Bad Drinks’ Mom and Dad warn about?” the Pines girl asked with both hands up and down two fingers each.

“I thought Trembley banned bringing them in Gravity Falls?” the Pines boy gave an eyebrow.


Corduroy sighed in defeat recalling they were too smart to be fooled “Yes they are, well duh? You think bars would be even a thing here if anyone gave a rat's hair about these stupid and silly laws that lunatic of a president wrote?” 

“I don’t recall a president named Trembley?” Dib, confused, asked as he titled his head.

“It’s a long story.” Mabel answered him which made him sighed.

Gaz hearing all of this and while they were talking decided to try one not being one who give much thought on “Give me that.'' She took one bottle and took a sip.

“Now wait!” Wendy’s warning came too late as the Membrane girl started spitting out.

“Blah! That tasted like Death and Gasoline having a love baby!” her face contorted in disgust as she continuously spat she gave the bottle to Dib to hold who upon smelling it was disgusted in displeasure.

“How do you even stand this?” The Membrane boy asked the redhead teen.

“I mean my father made his own moonshine so compared to those it is pretty tame...” she scratched the back of her head.

With no warning they heard the sound of Zim though this time a bit different

“I’mmm tahpooo a bestaoooh evaaah

 Invading….pluto…” they looked back and saw Zim walking like a drunken man with his tone off “Which isissss….totally a planet!”

Wendy then looked at her other friends “What’s with him? Nate…”

“I didn’t give him one!” Nate with his hands up said.

“I didn’t do anything either.” Lee said the same thing.


“Green Freak just went suddenly like that!” Robbie quickly answered with a hand pointed at the Irken.

“Oh great, Bug Boy is now drunk.” Gaz uttered with her deadpan face.

Dib noticed a bottle Zim was holding looking like he was gonna drop it so he tried to take it to examine, which Zim at first resisted; however, he was too dizzy to put up a fight so Dib took the bottle and was flabbergasted by what he saw.

“Ginger Ale? wait, your race gets drunk by drinking ginger ale??” It was indeed a bottle of ginger ale.

“Then what do- “ he hiccuped “-da get on whot’em eh?”

“Uh…alcohol dude?” Robbie answered with an eyebrow looked at the alien in disguise weirdly

Zim giggled at that like he just heard something stupid.

“You shurimp hair chimpenzzzzzie uyse medication for recreation?” He tsk tsk and shook his head “Stupid stupid hymuensssss and their low grade metabolism.” he took a few dizzy steps.

“Are you…even legal to drink it?” Dipper questioned which the drunk Zim huffed.


“I’mmm of course! I’m 16 Irken YEEEErS which in Earth time frame makes mighty Zim ooOolllder and wiiiiiser than all you pathetic mud worms.”

“Masta is wise!” Gir cheered.

“You’re anything but wise.” Dib with an unimpressed look told Zim.

Zim blow a raspberry at the annoyed Dib like a petulant child and then he fell to the ground causing everyone to immediately come for his aid.

The Stans and Melody were now through a secret passageway which led to the underground laboratory. The lights were dim with some down so they had to use flashlights and the libratory environment filled with strange alien tools, architectures and tubes all around so as broken panels serve to only add to their growing agitation: dissection table with signs of red blood on it, surgical alien tools tossed around, tanks with organs some alarming looked like human organs while others did not, an aquarium that had a strange still living squid attached parasitically on a human skeleton, anatomical structure maps of Humans, Vortians and other alien races including a drawing showing a creature that was shapeshifting itself into a chihuahua that was called a Morphic(which Stanford dearly hoped there is no such alien on Earth with malignant intent recalling his experience with the Shapeshifter), a normal table upside down attached to the roof with numerous dolls on it stitched on it as well, a set of machineries with scalpels, injectors, a saw and surgical tools connected to a machine and there was a torn open cage that was titled ‘The Snarl Beast’.

Stanley as he looked around wondering if this place can be used as a freakshow to scare costume looker in morbid curiosity to a jar of bubbling green liquid with a brain and two eyes, the two eyes blinked causing Stan to immediately look away.

‘Nope, nah, that wasn’t blinking! I’m just imagining things!’ he internalized with himself as he shuddered and walked away.

Giggles

He looked back in a rush but saw nothing, only a blur of something moving fast. “Hey poindexter…” he called his twin.

“What is it Stanley?” Stanford replied.

“I don’t think we are alone here.” 

They looked around now in alert.

Giggle

They turn back and see a haunting sign painted by randomly colored crayons that says ‘I EaT BreakFast!’

“I…don’t understand.” Ford was more confused than nervous “What do you think it means Stanley?” He looked and Stanley disappeared , leaving only his revolver and flashlight still rolling on the ground.

“He…he was just near me!” Melody starts to panic.

“Stanley? STANLEY!” Ford called his brother but no replies as he pointed his gun around and no sign of him so he turned back to Melody with a serious face “Melody, listen to me! We must- !” Before he could finish he yelped as he felt something on his left leg which then caused him to drop on the ground and dragged fast into the darkness while Ford as he roared tried to shot his blaster on his assailant only to be proven futile as he was continuously dragged ro darkness with only the blue light of his blast briefly illuminating slightly until he was dragged so far and his shootings and roaring stopped, the only thing left was his flashlight which got dropped during all this.

Melody petrified stood there frozen “S-s-tanford? Mr Stanford?” She meekly asked and nothing answered her.

Giggle

That childish giggles again made her jump out of skin looking back but saw no one. She looked around erratically and saw nothing though she could swear there was something with a shadow behind one of the labs’ tubes.

As she looked with a flashlight she saw a set of goat-like legs that made her pause in dreaded anticipation and when she brought the flashlight up she saw the being: it was a small bipedal pink creature with yellow irised goat eyes with long goat horns, a snoot and herbivore teeths and it then looked back at her by turning its head 90 degree and its expression changed from an animalistic goat-like to that of a cruel gremlin. “NAAH!”

Melody cried out and backed away only to see another goat monster at her right prompting her to try to run at her back only to see another. The three little beasts surrounded her.

“What are you!?”

“What are ya!” The three mimicked and laughed in mockery with distorted childish voices.

‘S-s-stand back!”

“Stand back!” they mockingly repeated and laughed.

She with one hand holding her phone threatened them.“I will call the cops, I’m warning you!” 

The middle one spit out a sheriff badge as the three at the same time said.

“SEND MORE COPS! COPS YUM YUM!'' They continued to giggle and it turns out one of them was wearing either Blubs or Durland’s hat.

Melody gave a blood curdling scream with both hands on her cheeks so loud that it reverberated across this lab of horrors.

Chapter Text

“TUBES!” Zim declared his answer loudly as the group walked by startling everyone Including Thompson who nearly suffocated by a candy he was eating, Robbie nearly jumped while Dib facepalmed and Gaz looked with a gag.

“WET GESTATING TUBES ALL ACROSS THE SUBTERRANEAN SYSTEM OF THE PLANET FILLED WITH MOIST AND JELLY MULTIPLYING OUR GLORIOUS RACE TO SPREAD OUR GREATNESS ACROSS THE STARS!”

Everyone looked at Zim appalled by his answer while he had mistaken their appalled with awe standing with a dignified stand.

Tambry looked with a wrinkled nose and said what everyone thought sarcastically  “That is…the worst thing you could have said, thank you.”

“Please stop talking about it…” Mabel had a hand on her face as she cringed hard.

Bug Boy didn’t take the hint “YOU sure? I can- “

“Yes yes, we got way too much!” Gaz snapped and shut him up.

Dib sighed and looked at Dipper. “I tried to warn you to not ask him how his species procreates.”

Dipper grimley nodded, in hindsight he should have expected such an answer when he asked Zim after he was no longer drunk on how his species procreate considering he showed his disgust to how the ‘inferior races’ procreate.

“I can never date again .” Mabel mumbled to herself as she walked with everyone. “And I thought Grunkle Stan’s ‘birds and the bees’ talk was horrible.”

Dib gave a big ha “Ha! You never met our father.” 

“And this is how humans shoot DNAs at each other during the mating ritual in order to create embryos to parasitically feed off the female carriers!”

Gaz and Dib simultaneously shuddered at that memory.

“He spared no details.” Gaz grumbled with a grim visage.

As the group walked in the woods, Robbie caught something shiny. It was a golden amulet with green jewelry at its center sitting near a tree. He curiously grabbed the amulet from its chains and looked at him and said “Hey guys, look at this stupid thing.” He then put the thing around his neck while others took notice of it. “It looks stupid! I bet it's worth a lot of money to sell.”

Dipper and Dib who were the most inquisitive were the first to notice a small green hue coming from the jewelry which made them widen their eyes and cry out “WAIT– !”

Too late, the amulet glowed green and shot a green shockwave that caused everyone to be thrown away and knocked unconscious, at least unconscious for some moments.

“Aw, the heck…” Wendy woke up and caressed her head and noticed something off, her hands were bigger and her nails she could feel were sharper thus she looked at her hand and saw why. “What…!” her hands were no longer human but hairy with claws canine-like she dragged herself on the Earth to the river that was near her and what she saw made her jump back in shock.

“Whoa! What! Hell!?” Instead of her own reflection it was that of a humanoid canine with brownish-red fur and a snoot wearing her clothes and soon she concluded that humanoid was her, she was a werewolf.

Another groan was heard which she recognized as Robbie who got up. “Ooooh, I’m gonna feel that…'' except he was also changed now looking like a corpse barely having any flesh, mostly skin with his skull’s nose apparent and eyes swollen. When the emo and the lumberjack saw each other they with widened eyes looked at each other.

“ROBBIE!?” Wendy exclaimed.

“WENDY!?” Robbie sputtered.

“You’re a ghoul!”

“You’re a furry!”

“I’m a Werewolf!” the redhead lost her cool and growled with her newly sharp teeths making Robbie startled back with a yelp especially after Wendy who was angry held him by his collar giving him a good look at her teeth “WHAT MADE YOU THINK GRABBING RANDOM OBJECTS IN GRAVITY FALLS OF ALL PLACES WAS A GOOD IDEA!?”

The emo ghoul now feeling unsafe shuttered “I-i-I uh…to make a joke?”

“MORON!” She drops him on the ground after she roared.

They then hear murmuring of someone.

“Why are there toilet papers all over me!?” They looked back and saw Lee wrapped around with ancient-looking bandages as he tried to take them off.

“I think you’re a Mummy, Lee.” Thompson said who looked like a-

“Thompson?! You look like Frankesten’s monster!” Lee exclaimed upon seeing Thompson who was now larger, looked like he was stitched together parts of his body, was green skinned and had these screws circling around his head.

Thompson looked at his hand and began to cry out “Oh no! I’m an undead monster!”

“My legs!” Dipper was now half human while the other part was deer “Aw! ow! Why did I have to turn into a cervitaur with 4 weak legs!?” His lower half was the body of a deer like a centaur but deer not horse and was struggling with having 4 legs and kept falling.

Mabel’s transformation was more unfortunate “I can’t…breathe..!” She was a mermaid with her fish part being red with orange flippers and was contorting on the ground like a fish out of the water.

“MABEL!” Dipper came near his sister and pushed her to the river nearby

Nate, who got up exclaimed from seeing Gaz’s new form “Yahoo!”  he reeled back only to see his skeleton hand “Oh no! I've changed too!” Nate was a living skeleton.

Gaz took a look at her own changed body and grunted “Oh great, I’m a gremlin.” She said as she looked at her right clawed hand indeed was a purple gremlin with red eyes and sharp teeths.

“Oh sweet! I'm a mermaid!” Mabel excitedly swung her tail around the water.

“Has anyone told you, you’re too chirpy for your own good?” Gaz sarcastically told Mabel who paid no mind.

“Uuuuuh….” that voice belonged to Dib

“Ow… my brain never felt so mushed since that Brain-Eating parasite…” and that one belonged to Zim

The remaining group looked back at where Dib and Zim got up and they were slack jawed by what they saw. Even Gaz’s eyes went wide from what she saw.

Dib and Zim confused as they got up, turned back to each other and saw each other; somehow they just switched species with Dib now an Irken with a Pak and blue eyes still wearing his trait jacket whereas Zim now was human with no sign of his PAK having actual human nose and ears with pinkish human pigmentation.

Both for moments stared at each other in shell shocked before their screaming begins “AAAAAAAAAAAIIIEEEEE!” They both screamed their lungs out, jumped back and pointed at each other. It was so loud that it could have been heard across the woods.

“What dumb sonava biscuit casted that!?!?” Wendy blurted out.

And that was when the panicking started.

“This isn’t happening! This isn’t happening! 

This isn’t happening! This isn’t happening!- “ Dib who was now an Irken, now freaking out, was in a fetus position and kept repeating himself desperately hoping that all of this was just a nightmare.

Zim in complete dismay cried out seeing his Irken perfection replaced by repulsiveness of humanity as he looked at his new form from a river’s reflection which he quickly left to see.

“NOOOOO! MY BEAUTIFUL BODY!” he cried out in dismay to the sky.

Tambry, now a white ghost who was freaking out, quickly updated her status on her phone.

“Status update:I’m freaking out!” 

Gir was the only one very pleased by this change as he announced with cheers.

“WEEEE! I’M A REAL BOY NOW!” Gir was now a goblin with long ears, green skin and reptilian eyes jumping up and down like a deranged child.

It didn’t help that each of their new bodies has new quirks.

“I CAN’T SEE A THING!” Lee shouted as he tried to open the bandages around his eyes.

Dipper kept falling each time he tried to stand up.

Thompson was having an existential crisis “Oh no! I’m Frakenstein’s monster!' ' and considering his newfound size each of his heavy steps was earthquaking in the near approximation of him.

The Ghoul’s right arm dropped due to the deterioration making the emo scream in terror “MY BODY IS FALLING APART!!!” Robbie cried out holding his disembodied arm.

Everyone continued to cry out, panicked and ran around only with Gaz standing there looking deadpan and Gir thinking all of these is some sort of sick game jumping and joining the shout match.

Zim bellowed out his utter dismay “I KNEW WE WOULD TURN INTO SUMMERWEENIES! ZIM FORESAW THIIIIIIIS!” he as he bellowed out to the sky was on his knees on the ground with a hand fisted up.

Wendy, seeing all of this, took a deep breath and shouted at everyone to stop panicking “LISTEN TO ME!” thanks to having Manly Dan’s genes and being a werewolf her announcement was loud and commanding, making everyone stop whatever they were doing.

“Not freaking…WE ARE CHANGED INTO FREAKING MONSTERS!” Robbie snapped only to then be smacked in the head by Tambry to snap him out which comically caused his right swollen eye to fall making him yelp and then knee down to take it back.

“Panicking won’t do any good, Dipper can you deduct anything on the amulet?”

“Allow me.” The Pines boy took the amulet off Robbie as he re-attached his arm and eye.

Dipper looked around the paranormal amulet as Mabel and Wendy and there was a tap behind it which wrote ‘G. Gleeful’,

“ Gideon.” Wendy, Dipper and Mabel snarled at the same time as they knew who it belonged to.

“I thought he supposedly reformed!” The Pines girl angrily stated.

“Apparently, bad habits are hard to leave.” Dipper coldly muttered.

Thompson groaned “Aw man, I thought he went cool!” that caused a few eyebrows at him.

“I’m sorry but who is this Gideon character?” Dib lacking context asked.

Gir had his crazed assumption “OOh! Maybe he’s piggy with great hair!”

“He is an absolute pig.” Mabel mused with venom in her tone “He’s a loser who couldn’t take ‘no’ for an answer and gave everyone a lot of grief over it, me and my fam included."

“And here I thought Robbie was a simping incel.” Wendy remarked with distaste.

“HEY!” Robbie did not like that assessment of him.

Tambry snapped at her boyfriend “Oh shut up you! We wouldn’t even be in this predicament if it weren’t for you!” The ghoul now looked abashed by the glare he was getting from his girlfriend and others and Gaz was making a slithering motion around her neck to send her message which made the Valentino boy shrink a bit.

“And you did spend time in dug graves with my friend’s picture moaning how you were the victim.”

“Seriously?” Dib, perplexed , asked Robbie who refused to answer that.

Gaz with a condemning cold glare said “Pathetic.” making Robbie feel like he was being trashed by the principal. “Sounds like Dib’s stalking behavior over Zim.” Gaz couldn’t but jape at her brother’s expense making him look at her with betrayal.

Zim agreed with the purple Membrane “Indeed the Gaz beast is right, Dib worm does have an unhealthy obsession with Zim due to his greatness.”


“Oh sit on a cactus, Bug Boy!” The Membrane Boy hissed at Zim.

“ZIM WOULD SIT ON A CACTUS WHEN HE WISHES TO STINKY HEAD!” The Irken like always didn’t understand human sarcasm.

Dipper interrupted before Dib and Zim started bickering at each other “Hold on a sec…you and Gideon are friends!? Since when!?” he looked at Thompson with bewilderment at what he meant, something Wendy’s gang also found baffling.

“Yeah, why that creepy twerp?” Robbie inquired.

“I’m allowed to have other friends you know.” Thompson locked his arms “At least he doesn’t coerce me into being the group’s clown.” he spatted, before any of Wendy’s gang could retort, Zim gave a growl of indignation with his now real human teeths.

“THIS giddy human will REGRET invoking the wrath of ZIM!”

“Get in the line Zimmy boy.” Mabel bristled with a flap of her tails

Wendy motioned with her hands as she fummed “Oh I’m gonna tear that shrimp a new one once I get my claws on- !”

“WAIT!” Everyone looked back and saw Zim who was locking both of his legs and looked very grim.

“Zim has a…mighty need.”

“A need?” Dib repeated what he said.

“Zim feels this strange urge to deflate…like I got too heavy…like I have so much to do.”

Dipper and Dib looked at each other knowing what ‘need’ Zim was talking about.

Flush

That was the flush of a public toilet and a moment later Zim came out who looked haunted by the experience, he dared not to look at his result with very visible utter disgust and grim seen on his face as if he was staring at abyss itself and it decided to stare back with the ugliest form possible.

Dib couldn’t stop asking how he felt with a smug smirk“So…how was that for a human experience? Did you have so much to do?”

“I hate you all.” Zim snapped, making Dib laugh at his expense and annoy Zim further, didn’t help that Dipper was trying hard to control his laughter, while Mabel and others openly laughed and even Gaz gave an amused smirk.

Oh Zim really really loathes this backwater town.

They were now near the town, fortunately since it was Summerween no one bat an eye and thought they were simply wearing costumes thought to be very realistic looking.

There were  Melons in the shape of Jack O’ lanterns around the house, Halloween decorations and burning paper-maches of a yellow triangle with one eye in the town square which made Dib noticed.

“What’s with the yellow triangles with one eye? Is it some freemasonry or illuminati celebration?”


Lee answered him, “That’s Bill dude, and it is anything but a celebration of him.” the Membrane Boy supposed that would explain the ritual involving burning the triangle figures, it wasn't reverence but revile.

“He doesn’t look…particularly threatening.” The Membrane boy had to admit despite the description the Pines Twins gave him, seeing Bill's full appearance looking like a Nacho with one eye and a hat did not look threatening at all, but again appearance can be deceiving as he found out the hard way.

“I thought there was a ‘Never Mind All That’ crap about it?” Gaz questioned as she gave an eyebrow.

Wendy replied with a huff “Yeah it was stupid, because surprise surprise ignoring the issues and threatening with tasers would have ended in full on riots.”

“Yeah…it was so bad that the mayor had to dissolve the ‘Never Mind All That’ act to prevent a full on riot.” Dipper continued.

“Robbie and my stooges excuse of friends once even made a cult around Bill with Robbie literally painting Bill around because it was ‘edgy’.” She moved two fingers of each of her hands up and down to exemplify that making Robbie scratch the back of his head in embarrassment, even he couldn’t defend himself over that.

Zim, growing curious of this Bill creature, asked further “This Bill creature is reviled and feared that much?”



“Dude, he once switched the orifices of someone for a laugh even though the said person kinda deserved it.” Nate meant that time Bill switched over Preston’s orifices for a laugh.

“And he once made a throne out of frozen human agony, including some present here.” Tambry finished by mentioning that event as well while gesturing at herself and some of the present company including Robbie whose grimace reminded that he was used as a glorified couch.


Zim had conflicted emotions, from what he heard this Bill creature almost won and was the closest ever to dominating Earth even more than himself and even after his demise he is feared as a mythical demon to get such a reaction from the humans of this backwater town as he thought in envy though he would never admit that while on the other hand he oddly felt…relieved? Probably because he gets to do the Earth dominating instead of some interdimensional nacho that’s why! No way it is because of some sort of twisted ‘attachment’, although he had to admit that the idea of making a throne out of these sorry excuses of a civilization was appealing to him ‘Why I never thought of that? A throne made of agonizing hymen worms is worthy of Zim!”

While Zimmy pondered, the group walked and reached Gideon’s house.

Inside Gideon’s room, he found the joy of fanfiction writing which made him so engrossed that despite wearing a Dracula costume and wanting to join the Summerween like all ‘Normal’ kids; however, he stayed there losing the concept of time as he wrote with an almost deranged gleeful enthusiasm “And then! Her heart beaten like a drum, blood flushed over her face as the handsome boy held her like a twig!”

CLEAK 

The door to his room violently opened revealing a very pissed off variety of monsters making Gidoen screech like a chihuahua.

“AAAAH!”

“What did you do this time!?” Both Dipper and Mabel said at the same time menacingly and clearly very tired of Gideon’s crap, that with their monstrous appearance was enough to freak Gideon out so as others’ appearance all glaring or in some cases snarling at him or in case of Gir looking at him with a demented glee.

The Gleeful boy raised his hands in surrender “I swear I wasn’t making a fanfic about me and Mabel becoming a couple! Her name is Lebam and the fact that it is the reverse of Mabel is a complete accident!”

Mabel and Dipper raised eyebrows at the same time while Gaz faked a gage.

Before anyone could say anything Zim accusingly with a dramatic fashion pointed at the Gleeful boy “YOU!” Gideon looked confused and looked at the only human of the group who for some reason wore a pink skirt.
“YES YOU! THE HUMAN-CHIHUAHUA HYBRID!” Zim came at him with heavy steps as he still pointed accusingly at him and seethed.
“HOW DARE YOU TO SULLY MY IRKEN PERFECTION BY BECOMING ONE OF YOUR MUD DWELLING PARASITES!?” He erupted in Irken wounded pride.

“I DON’T EVEN KNAW WHO THE HECK’ YOU SUPPOSE TO BE!” Gleeful exclaimed in indignation with a hand on his chest. “And why are ya wearing a skirt? If it is a LGBTQ thing then I’m sorry if I cause any offen- “

“IT’S A UNIFORM GIDDY BOY!” Zim screeched in outrage.

 “I didn’t do anything! Also, hiya Thompson!” he greeted Thompson who upon seeing him awkwardly said “Hi.”

“Then care to explain this?” Dipper with a neutral tone held the amulet and showed him the amulet as he held it by its chains.

Gideon looked at the object as realization hit him “Oooh….right, guess that explains a lot.” He muttered with a sigh  “It was- AH! MY HAIR!” he shrieked, feeling a part of his hair was taken with a push by someone, that someone being Gir ``What's the matter with ya!?”


Gir chirpped in responded “For my collection, hehehehehehehe.” he giggled madly making Gideon reeled back in disturbance.

Dib informed him “Yeah, he does that sometimes, ignoring the now real deranged Pinochio.”

“He tried to eat my hand.” Robbie deadpan said.

“He ate a baby once.”  Zim nodded.

“He cooked my head.” Dib continued with the same blank expression as others.

“He made me dance and then kissed me.” Gaz after recalling that then gave a gagging expression “He tasted like a rusted garbage can and expired Nachos.”

The Gleeful looked with even more apprehension toward Gir until he began to explain “So you see, funny story; It was one of my convoluted plans in taking over Gravity Falls which I left when I decided to go straight, that thing couldn’t destroy so I left it in the woods hoping that it was lost for good.”

“Maybe try burying it underground ten feet down next time.” Mabel growled, and she had a transparent water tank attached to her head like a helmet just so that she can walk on land and having a fishtail instead of two legs is very hard.

Gideon pleaded “Mabel my light, I swear I didn’t know this would happen! This guy Iggins from whom I got the amulet- “

Gaz upon hearing that suddenly her thoughts derailed and her sharp fingers creaked at the unfortunate wall with a loud screech.

“Iggins?” she uttered, it was more a statement than a question and she was visibly was not happy as she got close to a now nervous Gideon.

“The fudging IGGINS!?” Gaz snarled with her sharp teeths and held Gideon by his collar giving him a close look to her angry reptilian eyes and predatory teeths making him gulp. It didn’t take the Pines Twin a genius level of intellect to comprehend that this character also had an unsavory history with the Membranes.

“Eh? Who's this Iggins?” Zim didn’t recall.

“What kind of name is that?” Nate found the name to be odd.

“Sounds British.” Lee commented.

“Ugh, they make the worst foods.” Tambry noted with a ‘blah’.

Dib then reminded Zim “Iggins? That weirdo who was arrested for loitering and with bulging eyes?” the alien Invader still didn’t remember until Dib rolled his eyes and said “That classmate from when you schemed for School’s election?”

“Ah.” Zim now recalled.

Dib then continued as he said in surprise, “Never thought of him as the guy who would also be into paranormal stuff.”

“Actually now that I think about it, I think I once saw that weasel fly, thought it was my eyes playing tricks.” Gaz recalled from her memories after she left Gideon’s collar.

“Was that guy a needy crush who couldn’t take a no?” Mabel wondered asked Gaz while Gideon felt like he needed to defend himself only to then slouch in defeat.

Gaz grumbled “I wish! Lying sleazy rat lied his way to get the last Game Slayer after annoying me for hours in the line boasting how he is the ‘Best Gamer Ever!’”

Wendy uttered unimpressed by this “Gee man, petty much?” That caused Gaz to give Wendy a small glare which the Corduroy girl was unfazed by, making it especially frustrating for the purple Membrane.

Tambry on the other hand had a different opinion “No no, I actually agree with scary.”

Mabel shrugged “Eh, from what I heard from Pacifica, Gamers can be very intense , it is like knighthood chivalry but more screaming at each other.” Gaz did not know if she should be happy or furious that she is being agreed upon with the Pines girl and the girlfriend of that sorry excuse of an emo who just nicknamed her.

Mabel then had a thought which gave her a mischievous grin, making Dipper who knows his sister well enough to say “Here we go…”

The Pines girl then gave his idea “Well, we are now monsters of the night so why not have some fun? We terrorize Iggins into turning us back; we also terrorize those ‘Skool’ losers as well!”

“Ohoho that’s diabolical. Zim approves!” Zim approved with an evil grin, liking the idea of terrorizing those simpletons for all the harassment he got back in Skool.

Dib wasn’t on board with that idea “I’m not sure…”

“No offense dude, but your classmates sound like asses.” Wendy told Dib bluntly.

“Real poop heads.” Mabel supported Wendy’s claim.

“You do realize you would get paid back for all the bullying you got from your classmates right? You can even claim ignorance and call them crazy after the whole ordeal.” Gaz also added in, that actually made Dib pause as he recalled all the torments he got from Skool making him change his opinion quickly.

“...screw it, I’m in!”

“What about you fellas?” Mabel asked the rest.


“If it means not being a walking dead that keeps dropping parts of himself then yes.” Robbie grumbled as he could swear parts of him fell as he walked around.

“Yeah, I might as well get some fun in it.” Tambry agreed.

“You know we’re always in for a good prank!” Lee concurs and then he and Nate high fived at each other excited for scheming a new prank.

“Then it’s settled then onward!” The Pines girl declared as she went out and then followed by others.

“Oooh I bet his bulging eyes taste like jelly!” Gir beamed wondering what Iggins’s eyes taste like.


“Please don’t.” Dipper blankly told the deranged Pinochio.

Gideon was still in his room awkwardly not knowing if he should join in or not. The only one who hasn’t followed was Thompson as he stood there making this even more awkward. “I..I think I should go,”

“Yeah.” Gideon agreed.

“Bye.”


“Bye.”

Thompson went and joined after the awkward goodbye as Gideon then slouched on his chair with a tired sighed no longer in the mood to write his fanfic, the silence was stopped by the sound of his father coming from the other side of the house.

“Giddy, what happened? I thought your friends were supposed to come and take you to the party they talked about.”

“PA!” The Gleeful boy pouted at his gullible father, now he knows how the group managed to come in.

Chapter Text

In the Zim’s new beautiful base, screams could be heard of a female human upon encountering three goat-looking Gremlins reverberating across the hallway.

Inside, a very scared Melody who was breathing shaken was running from the said goat gremlins, on her way she jumped inside a half closed container. She as he was inside from the half closed door looked and saw the three little monsters stopped looking around, one of them the one with the Sheriff hat got dangerously closed only for the sound of something clunking distracted all three.

Clank!

They upon hearing that thinking that was their newest prey rushed in to see where that was as they giggled maliciously. That made Melody exhale loudly in relief, her relief was short when someone behind her came, held her and her mouth making her struggle and tried to cry out especially considering what grabbed her behind was some human mannequin with a disturbing smile.

“Calm down, female human! you'll alert them to our presence!” the mannequin said in a rather robotic voice that didn’t seem to belong to it, Melody did as she was told by shutting down and stopped struggling, the mannequin then gently removed its hand from her mouth and its hold on her and then moved back. Now that Melody had a better look she could confidently say the mannequin robot humanoid was even more disturbing than she thought, it was some sort of robot supposedly made to look like a male human adult with a pipe on his mouth and from the looks of it, it suffered decay with its fake skin some parts wearing off like damaged paper and had clanking robot hands.

“I have managed to distract them, hopefully their timer will be done and revert back to their natural form.”



“Who..who are you?” she carefully asked

“I’m this bases’ computer, the Vortian offsprings damaged parts of my interconnected circuitry so I had to use one of Zim’s roboparents in order to communicate with you.”

“Vortian offsprings… those are the kids!?!” Melody nearly shouted in exclaim at the revelation.

“Yeah, they got bored so they changed to their feral form. And don’t worry, your other human companions along with the arbiter forces are fine…ish, though likely traumatized.”

“You telling me… all of these were because they were…BORED!?” Melody choked at what she just heard, unable to believe the absurdity of what she was hearing.

“Yeeeeep.” the Computer rather blankly told her.

“But- what- how- WHY!?'' She desperately tried to comprehend all of this.

“Vortian ancestors used to have a predator that specifically feed on their youngs, thus they developed this self-defense mechanism as a deterrent for whenever one of their offsprings were kidnapped, so imagine how my Irken masters found it the hard way when they tried separating their youngs from their biological parents, a whole concentration camp revolt happened because of that with zero Irkens survive the onslaught!”

Melody felt almost hysterical and was gonna press further only for the Computer to stop her as he looked to the other side to its right.

“Ah, they seem finally tired.”

The robo then moved and got out which Melody wanted to object but the Computer simply gestured her to follow it.

They got out and as she followed the robo they reached a room where they saw what the Computer talked about. Inside the room was the three goat gremlins; however, they were different, their horns got smaller so as their size and their intimidating visage was no more looking cute as they slept on each other, Melody would have found it adorable if she wasn’t so baffled by such an anticlimactic end.

MMMPH! MUUF!

That draw her attention and she looked and gasped at what she saw; a table having pots kettles and cups around on the said table like it was a tea party except for some reason having bananas, fruits and veggies inside the pots with toys around on the seats from plushi to teddy bear and a car toy and there were lo behold the Stans and the sheriff as well tied and their mouths closed by a fabric mumbling unintelligently to Melody to free them and they looked utterly ridiculous; Stanley had a head dress with makeup on his face looking like a maiden, Stanford was dressed as a blue princess with a tiara even and Durland and Blubs looked like a British cops with even their long hats.

As Melody looked and tried to absorb the hilarity and insanity of all of this asked rather reluctantly “This…happened before?”

“The offsprings going rabid part or the part they kidnap humans to play with them?” the Computer asked for clarification.



“On second thought, I don’t even wanna know.” Melody groaned in exhaustion and sat back on the ground, she was not made for crazy adventures.

Mmmfffpf!

“Yes…yes, I will untie you.” Melody still on the ground feeling drained, stated.

The gang were now behind a bush observing the motel place where the Skool mates reside which was now decorated with Summerween jack o’ melons and decorations with the Skool kids themselves outside to celebrate.

Dib was grinning almost deranged, no longer having any doubt in this plan and Zim was barely containing his evil giggling as he held his hands like a cartoon villain with hands rubbing.

“Ohohoho I can’t wait to take my revenge for all the humiliations and suffering I had to get just to infiltrate this cesspool of a rock, Zim will enjoy this!” He tried to get out before he was stopped by Mabel.

“Love the enthusiasm but you can’t go there to scare them.”


“Eh? Why so Dib Clone Girl?”

Instead of the Pines girl it was Gaz who answered him with a snort “In case you forgot Space boy, you’re a human now, nothing scary about ya anymore.

“My condition IS scary!” the Irken stated in outrage.

“Yeah, scary for you.” Dipper commented.

“Sorry green man, but you’re no longer scary material.” Wendy intervened. “That also reminds me, Dip and Mabel are still half human so you can’t come in too.”

“Why not!?” Mabel whined.

Her brother was the one who elaborated to her “Because Mabel, in case you forgot we are the most human looking with only our lower half changed.”

Mabel with a pout resigned and locked her arms, not liking that she is not gonna be a part of the fun.

Zim, ever the thick skulled egomaniac he was, was not having it “I show YOU scary! I show you all scary!” He then marched away from the bush to the open environment with determination for a futile effort.

“Zim wait, don’t be stupid.” Dib and Zim to stop.

Gaz told her brother to not bother “Let him go, he’s just gonna embarrass himself.”

“I know that feeling.” Thompson sighed as he too was subjected to embarrassing situations making his friends wince a bit.

Zim jumped on a table taking the people around it by surprise as he then did an over exaggeration of a human how  “RAAAH! AAAH!” He made sure to show his now real human teeths hearing once that mammals considering showing teeths as a sign of aggression from a documentary “BEHOLD THE HORRORS OF HUMANITY!” the used to be Irken then opened his mouth by using his hands hold it gape to show all of his teeths and then start moving his jaw as in he was trying to bite something.

To ZIm’s surprise and to the gang’s unsurprised look none of the Skoolmates were scared of him, some either ignored him while others looked at him oddly.

“Are you even trying dude?” Brian with his perpetual Bored face said.

“Eh?” The Invader stopped and puzzled by this lackluster reaction.

“That’s the best you can come up with to scare us? Doing nothing in your get up after disappearing for a year?” Jessica sneered.

“What are you even supposed to be? You look like a mis-gendered femboy with a school girl uniform out of an anime.” Poonchy wondered with an odd look.

“IT’S NOT A SKIRT! Why does everyone keep saying that!?!?!” Zim was beginning to be irritated that everyone kept saying his uniform is a skirt.

“Is okay, we accept you the way you are.” Zita said, the fact that she seemed genuine only made Zim more baffled and angrier.

“You do look less ugly with cosmetics now that you changed your look.” Gretchen in genuine support told him, making him foam at this point.

“ZIM’S PREVIOUS FORM WAS BEAUTIFUL!” He snapped in indignation.

What followed was Zim screeching at the apathetic and clueless Skool mates as the gang saw, it did not help that he then attempted to scare them again by making faces and monkey moves with his ‘horrible human form’ as if it was a chimpanzee trying to intimidate a bunch of his own kind, Zim should have learned that for how closely related chimps and humans are they are not the same thing.

Gaz, unimpressed, said “This is just sad.”

“Tell me about it.” Tambry agreed.

“Well, can’t say he isn’t anything but determined.” Dipper noted blankly.

“What was the definition of insanity again?” Dib sarcastically added.

Wendy sighed “Oh for Lumberjack god’s sake- “ She then jumped out of the bush and roared.

ROAR!

The Skool mates upon seeing a werewolf suddenly came and gave a mighty roar causing them to cry out in shock and terror and ran away.

And that was the clue to start the terrorizing as the gang came from their hiding place to do with the first that came after Wendy being Gaz who was purple gremlin managed to scare the Skoolmates further with a low growl and her mere reptilian appearance. 

Zim willfully ignoring that Skool mated were scared of others, not him gloating “Who’s the scared worm now!?”

Dib awkwardly worked his Irken legs to walk to follow others and asked Zim.

“Zim! How do I do the thing?”

“The thing? ”

“How do I activate the spider legs?”

The Invader scoffed “How do you activate your biological legs and arms? That way Dib Worm!”

Taking his advice, Dib frowned and concentrated and then 4 robot spider legs came from his Pak which caused him to go up and make him startled and walk awkwardly, not used to having his body above the ground and having 4 extra limbs to stand on.

Finally getting the balance, Dib then announced himself loudly.

“I AM uh…DIZ!” Zim’s expression went blank at that “I CAME TO CONQUER AND MAKE A COUCH MADE OF FROZEN AGONIZING HUMANS!” Dib then moved with his mechanically limbs and scared a bunch including Peyoopi, Spoo and Carl who were now running away from the spider mantis alien.

“I WILL HARVEST ALL YOUR ORGANS AND REPLACE THEM WITH BALONEYS!”

Zim glared knowing his arch enemy was mocking him, seeing this as a shot at him he decided to periodically move his limbs and return the favor.

“Ooooh look! I’m a big headed stupid human larva who likes ghosties and has an unhealthy stalking obsession with an absolutely fabulous and mighty alien invader!”

Predictably, Dib was more enraged by the assumption that he had a big head than all the other things.

“MY HEAD IS NOT BIIIIIIIIIIIG!” and when enraged, two blasters came in from his Pak and shot blasts, one causing a series of jack o' lantern melons to explode while the other set Melvin’s witch hunting hat on fire making him exclaim.

“NOOO MY HEAD SMELLS DELICIOUS!” Melvin runs and jumps inside a pond to not get burned.

Dib stood awkwardly understanding what he unintentionally did in his outrage “...Oops.” he simply said, funny enough, that made the Skoolmates more terrorized than his Invader Zim act.

Inside one of the rooms, Mr Elliot rushed to Miss Bitters’ room and uninvited he rushed and opened the room.

“MISS BITTER!” he cried out.

“ Yes?” a venomous female voice answered and Mr Elliot screamed at what he saw.

“AAAH!” He screamed and tried hiding his face as he saw the most horrible thing possible, Miss Bitters in a towel with a green wax on her face and there were leeches around her face as she was sitting on a couch reading a book titled ‘Spoil the Child, Spare the rod.’.


“This better be good.” she hissed back.

Mr Elliot managed to regain his composure then said what he had come to say  “M-miss Bitters! Something terrible is happening to the children!”


Miss Bitter briefly hummed and listened with her ears and indeed she heard children screaming ”Hmm, music to my ears.” Miss Bitter went back to read her book, apathetic to what was happening outside.

Mr Elliot gasped at her lackluster reaction then began to speak “Miss Bitters, as a teacher like me you- “ before he could finish Miss Bitters took one of the leeches on her face and throw it at him which it then began to suck on Mr Elliot’s neck making him scream in panic and run away as he tried to get the blood sucker out until he hit the wall and fell unconscious.

“Thought he would never shut up.” Miss Bitters turned the next page as he stated apathetically.

Back outside, somehow, Torque Smackey and Wendy Corduroy were now on a table doing a ‘who is the strongest’ match by matching their strength with hands holding each other trying to put each other 's hands down. After much grunting, Wendy became victorious as the winner by putting her opponent’s hand down being the stronger, making Torque cry out in dismay.

“NOOOOO!” 

Gir who was now a goblin with his teeths laughed like a lunatic following a very scared Tae as he was running away with his dear life. “AM GONNA EAT YA! AM GONNA EAT YA!” 

Thompson kept apologizing as he unintentionally was wrecking stuff thanks to his size and strength though unheard from the screaming and running Alex and Blobby.

Zim desperately made crazed looks with his eyes and mouths to get anyone scared “Fear me! Fear the hideousness of my eyes!” He then had his pupils up to make it look like his eyes went pupil-less with hands up moving slowly like a zombie. 

One of the running Skoolmates stopped midway and immediately changed 180 from scared to unimpressed and said to Zim “You’re just embarrassing yourself.”

The Letter M deadpane stated after which he then reverted back to a scared mood and screamed as he ran away.

Zim’s shoulder slouched down as he looked defeated, looking around as others had far more success in terrorization than him, making him grumble. Zim might find his position scary, but other kids would look at him like he's an idiot for trying to scare them as he is.

Robbie and Nate the ghoul and the skeleton step up behind him and pat him on the back, causing Robbie's arm to fall off 

“Ah damn, my arm!” Valentino groaned at his right hand that fell again.

Penny upon seeing this screamed at seeing this gory detail.

“I got it dude.” Nate announces and pulls his own skeleton arm off and uses it as a reacher to pick it up for him.

Penny screamed again and this time she fainted.

Seeing that Robbie and Nate managed to scare someone to the point of fainting without trying only made Zim sour, further making him hate his human form, as if he needed more reason to hate his repulsive mammalian body.

A couple of girls including Alex, Jessica and Sara shaken and panic-stricken they hide in a corner looked around and just when they thought they managed to make the monsters ignore them-

“Hey,” -They looked and saw a ghost passing through the wall which then quickly changed its face into a demonic form with mouth overextended and eyes as black as the void and then screeched with a howl.

“HEEEEEREEEEE!”

The girls screamed and ran away thus Tambry reverting back giggled holding her noncorporeal stomach as she wheezed at their reaction.

Just then Chunk got out of the bathroom seemingly oblivious to the whole thing, the moment he saw the ghost “Auuh!” Chunk immediately faints and drops into unconsciousness from just seeing the ghost making Tambry confused and surprised.

Dipper and Mabel who were watching the mayhem unfolding with Dipper commenting “Looks like they are having too much fun.”

Mabel uttered “Now I wished I was changed to something scary like the lagoon monster or something.”

Dib was having the time of his life, who knew chaos and being feared can be so liberating? And the fact that he was doing it on his Skoolmates who he received constant scorn was the cherry on top. He on his rampage turned a table upside down with his spider legs and to his surprise Francine, a shy girl who he rarely heard ever speak instead of running and screaming like a normal person jumped into his arms and declared with a flustered face.

“Please take me to your planet and make me your slave!”

Dib immediately yelped, weirded out and dropped her to the ground, his mood now ruined.

“I no longer want to be an alien anymore.” he muttered with a killed mood. 

As he thought sourly, he noticed someone who was sneaking out toward the woods and that none other than Iggnis who then noticed the look he was getting from Dib and ran.

“HEY!” Dib shouted and raced toward him, others seeing Dib racing and the one who he followed was Iggnis; they stopped terrorizing the Skoolmates and followed him and followed them as well with Tambry looking in disgust of Dirge’s webbed toes which she had the displeasure of seeing thanks to weaning sandals moved upon seeing the chase, Zim gave an eyebrow at the chase then moved wishing he still had his Pak to use its jetpack or spider legs finding his human legs weak and Gir with his mouth wide open on Keef’s head trying to devourer him fully which, disturbingly, Keef seem not minding that and still being jovial like always removed his mouth from his head and joined the chase while shouting with glee “I GOT DIBS ON HIS EYES!”

Iggnis panted as he ran and seeing the mantis green alien with menacing blue eyes following him with stretched spider bot legs and the legions of a diverse cast of monsters behind tried to run further. The chase ended in the woods, Iggnis could no longer see Dib, thinking he managed to out run him, stood with hands on his knees as he inhaled deeply, but then he met with the snarling face of the werewolf making him jump back with a yelp and from behind he saw the ghoul with his swollen eyes and then tried the other way only to meet with the glinting blue bug eyes of the aliens and soon he was surrounded from all sides by monsters including what looked like a centaur but with a deer half instead of a horse half with antlers on his head and a mermaid with a tank filled with water.

“Iggins.” Gaz greeted him with a cold growl.

Iggnis noticed the purple gremlin’s tone was familiar “Do I…know you?”

“It’s me, Gaz the ‘inferior’ gamer.”


Iggnis looked surprised to find out the gremlin was Gaz only to then laugh “Ha! How fitting a sore petty loser dame has matched with what she truly looks like inside!”

“Hey! That’s my sister you’re talking about.” Dib objected angrily.

“And we have a frenemy thing going on between us, so only I get to insult her!” Mabel gave her absurd statement proudly which momentarily baffled everyone.

Zim came near with a venomous look at the one responsible for his current predicament and threatened him colorfully “YOU will reverse Zim back to his glorious form or my servant will have your oversized eyes gouged and then put on an ice cream for feasting!”


“Ooh! Good idea masta! Good use for the eyes!” Gir adored his master.

Iggnis now was feeling even more unsafe with the crazed goblin wanting to eat his eyes.

“His eyes indeed are hideous.” Zim commented about Iggins’s bulging eyes.

Dipper showed the amulet as he held it “Do you know how to change us back?”

Iggnis looked and recognized it and in recognition said “Aaaaw! I remember this one, don’t worry it is just a special incantation doing- AHA!” He snatched the amulet from Dipper and before anyone could stop him he wore the amulet which caused a green glow making Iggnis grow bigger which caused the gang to back off. Horns came, dorsal plates grew, eyes became reptilian, canine teeth were replaced by daggered teeth, wings came from his back, his skin became scaly and soon the transformation completed, he was now a red dragon the size of an elephant with yellow reptilian eyes. “Just like that!” the dragon roared and spat fire to the sky as everyone gazed.

“Nice job dumbass.” Gaz told Dipper, this was not gonna be as easy as the gang thought.

Chapter Text

The dragon that used to be Iggnis threw its tail making the gang disperse or duck to not get hit. Wendy jumped with her fang ready only to then be tossed away by the dragon’s right hand causing her to also give wolf’s yelp. 

“WENDY!” Dipper and Mabel shouted her name.

“Bastard!” Tambry hissed and then tried to do ghost stuff by possessing the dragon, for a moment it actually worked as the dragon growled in confusion and kept punching itself as it and the Ghost fought over the body’s control which was enough time for others to run toward the scaly creature.

While Dipper went to check on Wendy, Dib dashing toward the dragon with his spider legs activated a grappling gun that shot a fishnet which shot at the dragon, it wasn’t big enough to take it wholly as it only took the dragon’s right claw.

“Lee! Use the bandages!” Dib shouted to Lee who did as he said by taking one of his bandages and using it like a rope, circling around the dragon’s left claw. The dragon finally got his control over his body and shoved Tambry out from its body with a roar, then Mabel shot her grappling hook which hit the dragon on its head making it shriek in pain and the hook reflected by the smack to jump up and then come down over the dragon’s snout which the Pines girl took the advantage by swinging the rope and make the hook spin thus the dragon’s mouth was shut before it had the chance to breathe fire.

The Dragon tried to move; nevertheless, the bandage and the net on its front limbs caused it to drop which was followed by Wendy with the help of Dipper got up both nodded to each other and they rush with Dipper using his head with his new antlers hit at the dragon’s head, leading to a head lock between Dipper and Dragon, both grinding their teeth while Wendy with a wolf’s growl hopped above its head and began punching it with an onslaught and thanks to being an orange werewolf no longer a human with only her red hair being the only thing that left her already lumberjack strength only got enhanced making each punch powerful enough to break concrete. 

To add more pain to the dragon, Gaz lept and with a savage kick hit it on its left leg and his right leg was then bitten by Gir making the dragon growl in pain. 

Robbie and Nate tried to join in after much reluctance in facing a dragon; however, they then fell apart with Nate losing his right leg detached from the rest of its skeleton body causing him to trip and hit Robbie which led to Robbie de-attaching his right foot as well and fall with Nate.

Having enough, the dragon shoved Dipper away with a push on its head, freed its front hands with from the net and bandage, next used its own hands to free its jaw while its tail swung around behind him, which hit Gaz away into a tree making her grunt and the foot that was still being bitten by Gir stomped the ground making Gir lose his grip and fall back. 

The dragon now freed, roared and its two wings began to flap to take off.

“STOP HIM! He’s getting away!” Zim ordered the gang to do so thinking himself as the one in authority, the rest were too busy to care about his delusion.

“Not on my Grappling hook.” Mabel retracted her hook and then shot again, this time getting stuck on the dragon’s dorsal plate from its tail.

Subsequently, as the dragon started flying she could hold the grappling hook as she began feeling like she was no longer on the ground as she was moving side by side.

“OOH! WOAH! SNAAAP!- !” she exclaimed loudly, seeing this Dipper rushed in and with the now re-assembled Robbie and Nate, Lee, Wendy and Gaz went helping her in keeping the dragon grounded.

Zim in the typical Zim fashion instead of helping was trying to encourage morale.

“PUSH! PUSH THOSE STRAWS! PUSH THOSE STRAWS! PUSH IT LIKE YOU WANTED NOTHING MORE IN YOUR MISERABLE LIVES UNTIL IT SQUEEEEEAK!" To top it off, he made weird gestures with his hands which only served to make things weirder.

“STOP MAKING IT WEIRD!!!” Robbie in dismay howled, everyone but Zim and the ever oblivious Gir was now feeling dirty.

Eventually the dragon overpowered the ground and it took off flying away by rocketing while the gang hung for their dear lives(In some cases unlives) on the grappling hook’s rope still connected to the dragon.

Zim starred as the dragon and others flew away “Well, that happened, they didn’t want it enough.” He looked away and saw Gir on all four eating grass.

“GIR!”

The goblin got up, spat the grass in his mouth and cheerfully said “Yes masta!” he saluted as well.

“Follow the scaly beast and carry me! Human legs are too average for my superior being!” he gestured to his human legs with both hands to make a point.

Gir did as he was told and carried Zim on his shoulder while Zim locked his arms and looked dignified being carried on shoulders by Gir who didn’t mind it at all, despite no longer being a robot Gir still was ridiculously strong despite his small size and he was fast too.

Back in the sky, the gang were shrieking.

“I DIDN’T THINK THIS THROUGHHHHHAAAAHH!” Mabel screamed when on the way the group passed a few tree branches, afterwards they now wooden with leaves and branches with Mabel screamed out. “WHOSE IDEA WAS THIS!?

“MAAAAABEL!” Everyone else shouted on who was the obvious perpetrator of this situation.

Meanwhile, they saw Tambry following them despite not holding on the rope, in fact she was floating.

“HOW ARE YOU FOLLOWING US?!” Thompson cried out.

“Duh, I’m a ghost.” Tambry answered matter-of-factly, her matter-of-fact face changed when she saw what was on the way “WATCH OUT!”

They looked and saw that was, that being the dragon with a swing flow up higher and spinning around in its attempt to drop the unwanted passengers away.

Some yelled when they lost their grip including Dib who then activated his spider legs but couldn’t reach and thought he was done for until his sister grabbed his right front spider limb while with the other hand with the help of Wendy holding on one of the dragon’s dorsal plat.

“I’VE GOT YOU IDIOT!” Membrane girl shouted, Dib seeing others that being Lee, Thompson and Mabel were falling and screaming he used his other spider legs to grabbed them, though  his spider limbs didn’t have claws or hands but a sharp tip so instead he used them to slam them in uppy position for them to grab which they did.

“Where’s Dipper!?” Mabel asked in immense worry and they comprehended that Dipper wasn’t there and they thought he fell only to see him now on the dragon’s snoot, likely during the swinging and flying and then dropping a few altitudes Dipper with a dumb luck managed to fall and grab right on the Dragon’s snout. The said scaly beast was not happy glaring at Dipper who nervously waved at him thus the dragon opened its mouth spitting fire while shaking his head trying to get the pest off or burn him as the Pines boy held on to his dear life.

Dib, seeing his best friend threaten, roared “GET OFF MY PARTNER!” blasters came and he shot at the dragon burning holes at its wings making it unable to fly and howl in pain.

With the holes still burning on the dragon’s wings it caused the fire breathing flying reptile to fall, no longer being able to fly and as it howled in pain everyone exclaimed at this development.

“PREPARE FOR A BAD LANDING!” Wendy shouted to everyone to get ready.

Indeed it was a bad landing as the dragon fell on the streets of Gravity Falls’ town with the people around seeing a literal dragon was falling down, dispersed and running to not get squished.

Subsequently, the gang dropped as well with some rolling around on the ground  making the group groan in pain as they tried to get up.

Valentino got up and blankly stated with an annoyed dead look.

“And just like that, I feel like whatever animosity I used to have on Dipper should have been put on a brat far more deserving .” He scorned finding a new hatred for this ‘Iggnis’ guy. Just then, his right hand fell off “Oh not again!” The emo whined as he held his now disarmed hand.

Nate was even worse “Wish it was only dismemberment my problem is now, I’m split in a million pieces!” Nate groused and indeed being a skeleton he was now in pieces with all his bones separated from each other.

As the group struggled and got up with Thompson and Lee helping to re-assemble Nate back with a little help of himself, so did the dragon while roaring in hostility toward them.

“Ah this sucks.” Lee in exhaustion sighed seeing the dragon now up and ready for another round.

Dipper who was helping Dib to get up looked and saw the amulet now around Iggnis’ neck so they shared twin looks at each other knowing what to do.

“We have to…get the amulet off.” Dipper noted.

“Iggnis used it to turn into a dragon by commanding it, I don’t think that jerk’s would deserve to be a dragon.” Dib deducted.

Lee snorted in agreement “Yeah dude, otherwise emo dead inside over here would become a valiant emo griffin instead of a walking dead.”

“Yeah, why not ridicule me while we are likely to be Dragon kebab food.” Robbie was annoyed that even in this situation he was being shot at and sneered.

That was when Tambry reached “Oh thank digital heaven, I thought you guys were goners!” she sighed in relief despite being a ghost with no physical form.

“Yeah, we aren’t doing hot here anyway, screen addicts.” Gaz grumbled as she spinned her right arm a bit.

“Says the gamer who had to get a time limit by her daddy.” Mabel jested which Gaz did not receive well.

“I swear, if we survive you blubbering pompous sweater manic, I will- !”

“Can we stop bickering while there is an elephantine problem in the room!?” Wendy ended the bickering with a wolf bark gesturing at the dragon who now got up and breathed fire to the sky in intimidation.

Afterwards, it with its fangs and claws ready dashed toward the group on all four prompting the group to yell and charge at him as well with Wendy with her ax, Robbie with his disarmed arm, Dipper with his deer horns, Dib on his Spider Legs, Mabel with her grappling hook and funny enough Nate though in his case it was his lower half while his head and upper bodies were still scattered on the street.

The two sides reached and it was a brawl, Iggnis with his tail turned the half down moving skeleton body of Nate into dispersed bones so as Robbie, though in his case into many body parts of his rotten corpse body. 

“AW COME ON!” Robbie whined now sharing Nate’s predicament now was a disembodied head.

“Welcome to the club dude.” Nate grumbled.

Tambry went with a dash and was trying to try in possessing Iggnis again but the dragon had enough of her, she was a ghost and he couldn’t physically hurt him yet when she tried to do so the amulet this time seem made an invincible barrier that turned green upon contact and pushed her away with a surge of green electricity as she fell and due to her intangible tossed deep in the ground, not to mention despite being a incorporeal being she felt pain and was knocked down for the moment.

Lee having bandages around was stuck with the bandages stuck on a bush on his way making him useless in this fight “Oh man…” He groaned, it wasn’t even just one, a lot of his bandages were stuck at the bush and he now had to get them out, being a mummy is not as great as the ancient Egyptians thought.

Thompson being a Frankestein’s monster was super strong and was actually able to hold Iggnis back only for the dragon to heat up his own scale making him cry out and leave the lock struggling as Thompson tried to keep his hands cool down.

Wendy managed to cause a slash on the dragon’s right arm but not fatal so the dragon in response smacked her with the said arm away making Wendy let out a wolfish groan.

Gaz was caught by the dragon’s left arm and the dragon looked at her particularly with malice, she struggled and even bite but it was no effect and the dragon was opening his mouth now smoking with fire ready to burn her to ashes.

Just then, Mabel shot her grappling hook which stuck on the amulet’s chain, with the help of her brother they pushed and managed to rip the chain and take the amulet away. The fire breathing beast was caught off guard and Gaz used his surprise to snatch the amulet mid-air.

“CATCH!” the purple gremlin tossed it away making the dragon in response throw her away and jump to catch it; nevertheless, his hands were too big so it slipped away and as it fell to Thompson who caught it and then passed it by throwing it far to Dipper seeing the dragon literally was jumping at him making him cry out in surprise and at the same time duck to not get squashed, the flying amulet Mabel tried to get but it only hit her tank making it reflect back and thus get stuck on Dipper’s right deer horn.

Dipper before even having the time to grab the amulet seeing the charging scaly beast his deer instinct kicked in and ran fast and in doing so he swung his horn and by doing so the amulet was once again thrown away at Dib’s direction who was following. “CATCH IT!” Dipper shouted to Dib and he in response jumped his spider legs to catch the amulet, unfortunately the Dragon by one flap of his wings managed to dash fast and grabbed both Dib and the amulet from one hand to another.

Iggins, now tired of this fight, could have breathed fire and killed them all but nooo he wanted to personally break them and toy with them and for that they continue being pests. He decided that play time was over and thought killing Gaz’s brother in front of her was a good way to take revenge so he opened his jaws of sharp teeth getting closer to the panicking and grunting Dib who was struggling desperately thinking he was doomed.

“HEY!”

Someone dared to interrupt making Iggnis to look at his right seeing Zim sat on a tired and panting Gir who then fell on the ground from front being a robot not familiar with the fatigues of an organic body; however, Zim still sitting on the exhausted threaten the scaly beast with his secret weapon pointed at him “HE IS MY ARCH ENEMY TO DESTROY! GET YOUR OWN REPTILIAN FIRE BAT!” Zim with a stick threatened and declared, the dragon looked and he was amused at the absurdity that he, a fire breathing mythical monster is being threatened with a stick by a mere human.

GREHEHAHAH!

He let out a  growled that sounded like laughter, there was no way a mere human with a stick would threaten him, he was the greatest gamer in the world no way-

The stick Zim threw and it hit right on his right eye.

Growl!

Iggnis growled in pain and in doing so he unintentionally tossed the amulet which Zim saw and quickly jumped and rolled over in doing so to reach faster. Despite his inferior human body compare to his Irken form he was still an Invader trained in the academy to be Irken Empire’s weapon trained in grueling simulations, hazardous environments and facing dangerous flora and fauna in Irken gladiator pitts so, despite his now human limitations, he managed to muster enough to reach and take the amulet before it was dropped to the ground.

“ZIM! Order the amulet to change Iggnis back!” Dipper shouted to him, Dragon seeing this, snarled and started heating its mouth to spat fire on Zim, but the almighty Zim reacted fast and as he held the amulet with his left hand he ordered it to work.

“BY THE POWER OF THE TALLESTS, I SPITE AT THEE!” Zim’s command was done as the amulet charged with a green hue and shot a blast of green energy hitting the dragon.

“ AAAAAAAAAH!” the scaly beast screeched with a deafening howl as the green energy enveloped him like electricity.

“HAHAHAHAHAHA!” Zim in contrast was laughing maniacally as he held the amulet like a mad scientist taking pleasure in his experiment victim’s agony.

The scales changed mammalian, the size was shrinking, the wings were reverse growing and the reptilian eyes turned human-looking as the dragon shrunk and changed until the green glow finally gave way, leaving a disoriented Iggnis now back to his human form who then fell back knocked out by this sudden burst of energy.

Dib, now free of Iggnis’ hold on the ground on four in bafflement, looked at Zim as Zim came closer to him.

“You…saved me… why?” utter disbelief came as he couldn’t believe his mortal enemy was willing to save him.

Zim came down on his knee with an uncharacteristically serious and sagey expression and said the reason why “Mmm, Monke.” that caused Dib’s face to go down and stupefied, making Zim wheeze in laughter as he pointed a finger at his deadpan face.

“Bwahahaha! BRILLIANT! THAT WAS BRILLIANT!” He kept laughing with a finger pointed at Dib enjoying how he flat footed Dib making him sputter and then grumbled as he locked arms with a glare at Zim.

Mabel was coming with Dipper and others, she was the first one to congratulate him “You did it! I knew there was good in ya!” Zim hissed at that response which she paid no mind to.

Tambry who has returned to the depths of Earth complimented the Invader “Not bad, not bad at all.”

Wendy shoveled Zim’s hair playfully to his annoyance “You’re not so bad after all Bug Boy.”

“It’s lord Zim, your future ruler Tall Orangutan!” Zim spat which the gang found adorable to his vexation.

Robbie, still trying to re-assemble himself, called the gang “A little help, please?” 

Wendy, Thompson, Tambry and the now freed Lee came to help him, though they were not gonna enjoy touching dead tissue.

Dipper, along with Dib recalling Zim still holding the amulet looked at Zim a bit worried that he would do something, Dipper gradually came trying to keep his neutral expression and asked “Uh, Zim? Would you mind giving me the glowing hazardous artifact to me?”

Zim paid no mind and still stared at the green amulet still glowing as possibilities came around his mind on what he can do with it, he could turn the entire human race into pathetic worms in the truest sense, make a legion of monsters to do his bidding in his conquest of this mudball and even better! The Tallest would want this because with this they can turn every sentient race they come across into true Irkens! Oooh a universe where only Irkens exist as the only sentient race as they show other repulsive xenos the glorious chance of becoming Irkens themselves! Oooh the possibilities- ! 

Wait a moment…as long as the amulet exists and if its secrets are attained, there will always be a possibility of this knowledge to be used against his supreme race and turn the whole Irken Empire into disgusting lower life just like himself becoming a victim of this thing! And even if not, the Irkens as a race would no longer be unique and thus deprived of their right to gloat over the inferior races, what kind of Irken Zim would be if he did that!?!?

“Here, take it and get away with it!” Zim immediately reacted and threw the amulet to Dipper’s hand who in surprise catched it while doing so, nearly dropping it.

Groan.

A groan was heard belonging to someone, that someone being Iggnis who no longer unconscious got up having the mother of all headaches, he as he got up met with the glares of the gang of monsters.

“ Grrrrrr! ” Gaz growled with narrowed murderous reptilian eyes glared at Iggnis.

Robbie now re-assembled fisted one hand.

Wendy was making noises with her knuckles as she growled wolfishly.

Tambry looked like an avenging ethereal banshee screeched and morphed demonically.

Thompson uncharacteristically looked serious with a deep frown.

Dipper made the sound of an angry elk.

The re-assembled Nate was holding his detached left arm with his right arm and was gonna use it like a bat.

Lee looked with menacingly dead eyes.

Mabel was shaking her head with a grim look that said ‘You're goofed.’

‘Oh dung.’ Iggnis understood that he indeed was goofed as the shadow of the coming monsters came on him.

Moments later…

“Hurry up dude, I don’t think I can’t have bandages all round my body anymore!” Lee pleaded with Dipper who with little to no success kept trying to order the amulet to change everyone back with no success.

“THIS inglorious form is seething Zim maaaaaaad!” Zim was tearing his human hair as he hissed.

“WHY HUMANS HAVE SO MANY HAIR ON THE HEAD!?” Zim cried out in bruised Irken supremacy.

“I’m trying, but it doesn’t seem to work.” Dipper kept trying and ordering it so he decided to change strategy and focus on it, harder, harder and now harder as his face wrinkled and made grunting noises.

Gaz cringed at the face Dipper was making and ordered him “Stop it, you look like you’re having a constipation.” that made Mabel snicker while Dipper looked blankly.


“Maybe it needs an emotional discharge to do so?” Dib hypothesized.


Robbie scoffed “Well you better work fast, because I think I lost a couple of pounds during all this with parts I didn’t know I had.”


“Gir likes being a real boy!” Gir cheerfully added.

“No Gir! You’re already a pain to my existence, Zim does not need an organic defected SIR unit to worry about!” Zim snapped at Gir.

“Aw.” 

Wendy was feeling weird as she struggled to articulate the words for it “I don’t think I can hold much longer dude…I think…I’m having these predatory instincts demanding me to hunt and howl in the pale moonlight and…” She then sniffed at Dipper.

Sniff 

“I feel hungry, and you smell appetizing…” Wendy said in tranced manner and alarmingly she look like she was drooling wolfish with predatory teeth visible while Dipper not only blushed but also his deer senses went on full alarm as he froze like a deer on headlight feeling the gaze of a hungry predator and taking him every self control not to run like a deer, it an experience of… conflicting emotions.

Gaz snapped her finger near Wendy’s face getting her out of her animalistic trance.

The Corduroy as she blinked in confusion asked “Huh? What was I saying again?” Her question was not answered as everyone was looking at her in apprehension except for Gir who was oblivious to all of this and Gaz still having her straight face.

That was enough of an emotional discharge for Dipper as he panically ordered the amulet “Change back, NOW!”

A green wave came and reverted everyone back to their original form.

“YES!”  Wendy cheered.

Dipper sighed in relief.

“I’M BACK BABY!” Mabel cried out in relief


“We’re back!” Nate was glad to no longer being a skeleton


“Woohoo!” Lee cheered and high fived with Nate.

“I will never make fun of ghosts ever again.” Tambry was happy she was back in flesh, not an incorporeal specter.

“OH thank God I didn’t miss any pieces of myself!” Robbie sighed in relief as he checked around his body.

“Gir is a fake boy now!” Gir now a robot wearing his fake green dog clothes cheered with hands up.

As everyone cheered that they were back to normal, Zim in huge relief held around his original body as he checked and made sure he was indeed back as an Irken and then guffawed “OOH THANK THE CLOUD PIGS! ZIM MISSED YOU! ZIM WILL NEVER TAKE YOU FOR GRANTED!” He then began kissing his own fingers, arms, shoulders and continued kissing every part of his body which he could reach, finding a new appreciation for his Irken form.

The Membranes gagged at the sight of Zim’s narcissism.

“Ah sick!” Dib expressed his disgust and reeled back his face wrinkled hard at that with his teeths visible.

“There’s self love, and there’s self love. ” Gaz, sharing her brother’s disgust, started with grinded teeths and they were not the only ones as the others looked appalled and cringed hard.

Fortunately, Zim stopped doing that as a development came as clapping sounds came in, town residents came in near and they were clapping and cheering at them.

Wendy’s gang predictably were enjoying this attention and exaggerating a few details so did Mabel, the town residents found Gir adorable and mistaken him as young kid cosplaying as a dog instead of a real dog or a robot wearing clothes and Gir indeed too was enjoying the attention, Dipper and Dib awkwardly shaking hands not expecting this and ZIm was the one who was confused by all this especially why he seemed to be at the center of the attraction.

“Eh? What’s going on? Why am I being surrounded?” Zim was puzzled that humans seemed to form around him with cheers.

Mabel snorted “Isn’t it obvious Zimmy? You’re a hero now.”

Those words rang inside Zim’s mind like an echo in a deep cave as a horrible realization came to his mind.

Purple dramatically gasped with a hand up on his face while the other hand pointed accusingly.

“Oh what a tragedy! Such betrayal! Our greatest Irken has fallen so low in becoming the primitive’s champion!

The crowd gives a collective gasp with Zim in the middle of the trial now looking very worried about his life.

Red angrily dripping with betrayal snarled “You broke your oath to us and the Empire, for that you are to be PUNISHED!” 

“Nono my Tallest WAIT, THIS IS A MISUNDERSTAND- !” Too late, the machine plug plugged on his Pak and held him up and whatever technobabble de-programing it did caused Zim to become a drooling vegetable after a brief electrified tremble.

Red in a distasteful tone then ordered what Zim’s punishment will be “Now, you gonna get back to your re-exile on Foodcourtia for the rest of your sad existence as a mindless delivery drone in the most greasiest and unhygienic allies- “

ROAR!

A giant worm came down from the pit and ate Zim wholly and went back to the abyss that it came from.

Neither Purple or Red reacted only with Purple saying “Oh wait, never mind that works too.”

That imaginarily caused ZIm to get out of his trance and to his immense horror, he was currently being moved by Wendy’s gang as they cheered for him along with the other residents of the town from his back like a rock star.

“UNHAND ME! STOP PRAISING ME! I’M YOUR DOOM NOT YOUR SAVIOR! NOOOOO!” Zim cried out loudly in dismay as he was being cheered and taken by the masses.

Dipper, seeing this commented “Welp…guess universe has an ironic sense of humor to make Zim the invader working for an evil galactic empire seen as hero, is that right Dib?” He glanced back and saw the Membrane boy not responding. “Dib? Dib??”

The big headed boy looked like he was on the verge of tears as if he just received a religious epiphany. 

“This is the closest thing I ever had for a thank you.” He sniffed and slightly hiccuped. And to make it even more awkward he then out of nowhere hugged the surprised Dipper and cried on his shoulder hard.

Dipper absolutely had no idea how to deal with this as he was completely stupefied by this, the only thing he could think of doing was patting Dib on his back.

‘Ooooh man.’ the Pines boy thought.

It did not help that everyone could see this, Wendy was smirking and with Mabel being amused and was whispering in a low tone teasing “broooomance!” and then taking a picture so did Tambry, Wendy gave an amused smirk with an eyebrow and Gaz looked like she expected this to happen with a expectled look betraying no emotions.

Gir came in and asked Dipper for the amulet “me, me, let me destroy it Harry!” He mistaken Dipper’s name with Harry just as he does with Dib calling him Mary. 

Dipper, still being used as an emotional hug by Dib, sighed and gave the amulet to Gir who then devoured it wholly.

Afterwards, Gir suddenly inflated with the sound of an explosive from his inside, but whatever oddity that was his robotic anatomy prevented that as he then reverted back normal with green smoke coming from his mouth and caressed his own stomach “Yummy!” The amulet was no more.

On the other side, Iggnis now wrapped in bandages naked with only his underwear was hanged from a light lamp street with a red glove on his head to make him resemble an ugly featherless rooster struggled and muffled unable to say anything with his mouth tied for the public to see and to make it even more humiliating there was sign on his back that said ‘Kick Me!’ which encouraged a bunch of Summerween kids to kick him with sticks like he was a human pinata to Iggnis’ utter dismay.

Back in the motel….

“Tch, now that’s just crazy talk.” Dib tsked with a haughty tone and replied making his Skoolmates utterly flabbergasted when Dib supposedly came in and heard them talking about monsters coming from the woods and terrorizing them and not believing it.

“I mean, all types of paranormal creatures in the same place at the same time in a knock off Halloween? Forgive me but that sounds more like a fanfiction made by an overly imaginative dude.” he shrugged nonchalantly adding more to the growing stupidification and soon immense frustration of his Skoolmates.

Zita’s befuddlement soon turned into an annoyance as she looked at him with a defeated look and sighed  “....you’re enjoying this aren’t you?”

“A bit presumptuous based on no evidence don’t you say? And they call me crazy.” Despite Dib’s poker face, smugness was radiating from him enjoying the schadenfreude of no longer being the ‘crazy paranormal conspiracy obsessed guy’ of the Skool. Even Gaz was giving an amused smirk.

It was clear for the Skool students that this was payback from the Membranes for all the mockings they received from them to their immense exasperation and worse? No one else would believe them so unless they wanted to also be called crazy they couldn’t do anything, they did tried to get help from the teachers but Mr Elliot was found fainted from seeing a leech feasting upon him so he didn’t see all of that and Miss Bitters said something along the line of  an indifferent grunt and “Everything is doomed, so why it even matters?” but more detailed and a lot more nihilistic.

Jessica twitching snarled and pointed at a very not so inconspicuous Zim “But what about him!? He just showed up after a WHOLE YEAR disappeared to who knows where in the middle of the monster attacks! He was there!”

Zim, less subtle in showing his smugness, denied that with a wave of his hand.

“Nope! Don't recall it! You probably mistaken me for my uglier hideous cousin Dimmy! Or Dim was it? Who by the way is an absolute freak!” He then half whispered to Jessica “He has stalking syndrome.” Jessica growled in vexation and shoved the very satisfied Zim away as she moved away so as the rest of the defeated Skoolmates.

Dib knew Zim was doing a shot at him by using the first letter of his name instead of his own, while insulting him but he was enjoying the schadenfreude too much to care.

Any person who says Revenge doesn’t feel great is a loser.

‘Best. Halloween Knockoff. EVER!’ He thought as he beamed, as traumatic as changing species and nearly getting killed by a dragon, those pale in comparison to finding real new friends, being finally appreciated and getting back at his Skoolmates.

Chapter Text

10:00…

‘I. Hate. This muddy excuse of a planet.’

That was just one of Zim’s many thoughts this morning about Earth and its inhabitants and his hatred only grew ever since he found himself in this accursed town.

Ever since he set foot on this backwater town he has been humiliated, beaten, bamboozled, his plans were undone, had his Irken perfection sullied just last night and worst of all: he was enslaved by the very race he was trying to enslave for the Irken Empire in a twist of irony. All because of the Pines.

Turns out these ‘Pines’ were even a bigger pain at his superior Irken back than Dib ever was, he never thought he would face humans even more competent and annoying than Dib Worm and yet here was, doing latrine duty in service of his new masters in the Shack cleaning the floor with some hairy contraption with Stanley lording over.

Stan then recalled something “Wait, that’s too big for your shortness.” He takes his brush away while nearly objecting to being called short until he sees what he should be used to clean instead.

“Here, always start small.” Stanley then gives a toothbrush to Zim to use in cleaning.

Zim stared at the toothbrush and then glared at Stanley who didn’t even try to hide his self-gratifying smug face both knowing it would take a long time using a mere toothbrush.

Zim really couldn’t decide which of the Pines and their honorary members he hated the most; the Dib Clone, the Rodent Man, the tall Orangutan, the Dib Clone Girl or that Grease Ape who somehow had access to technologies that humans haven’t developed yet. 

But THIS gruffy Gorilla man was becoming a likely contestant on who he hated the most.

Pacifica was currently having breakfast in the Northwest’s new house since their Mansion was sold to Fiddleford McGucket.

The Northwest girl slightly blushed recalling when Dipper kissed and flirted with her, she should be mad at him as he also flirted with other girls and had her and others fight each other like dogs over a piece of meat while he was taken by Mabel with some goth, a green skinned freak with no nose or ears and a big headed boy in a tacky jacket.

Oh she was still gonna give him a hard time, but she won’t deny it was super flattering being the first girl she flirted with(to her knowledge).

It was Dipper awkwardly being hugged by the same big headed boy she saw and was patting him.

‘Gravity Falls’s Paranormal Couple?’ was the title of the article.

SPITE

She spits her tea upon seeing that from her phone which coincidentally hit Preston on his face who in indignation reacted.

“PACIFICA!”

Pacifca didn’t mind her father’s outrage as she stared as her hand trembled in rage which only grew bigger as she scrolled down seeing the gossips, her face wrinkling and finally the pressure built up and got out like a coming volcano.

“I’M GONNA SUE HIM!”

Her shout was heard even from outside, as whether she meant Dipper or Dib? Maybe both.

12:30…

Zim looked strained, hours of cleaning every inch of the bathroom with a toothbrush and then afterwards that damn Gorilla pestered him with meager jobs unfit for an Irken Invader from cleaning the hallway to moving spin breaking crates of junk, spraying the corners with anti-bug spray which he painfully found out is an effective chemical weapon against Irkens when he accidentally sprayed it at himself thanks to throttling that thing at a wall in frustration of his undignifying position making him to cough violently when the spray can upon hitting the wall sprayed a bit on him and shoo-ing those horrible winged mammalians called bats from the attic.

No, the sound that was heard in the attic definitely wasn’t the screams of a veteran Invader shrieking like a human female over not one but a group of territorial flying rodent in the darkness of the attic unlike what the resident Ape’s wild imagination concluded, he firmly will deny that from happening.

Exhaustion even for his superior Irken body finally came as he groaned, put the broom which he was using to clean around near one of the Shack’s exhibits and took a rest. He wondered where Gir and Minimoose those traitorous minions of his are, likely they are suffering their due for betraying him to these monkeys.

Back at 10:07…

The Pines were currently eating breakfast which included waffles made by Gir with the help of Mabel.

Of course, there were apprehension that Gir’s waffles may be dangerous to consume knowing him or take Mabel’s suggestion in putting plastic dinosaur toys in it like her Mabel Juice, fortunately to their surprise and relief and the waffles were normal and tasted good.

Stanly at the table with his mouth still full complimented Gir “For a lunatic rust bucket, you sure do know how to make waffles!”

“Thank you! I'll try!” Gir chirped as he was cooking waffles.

“I’m just glad there’s nothing suspicious or hazardous about it.” Dipper commented as he held a piece of the waffle with a fork.

Mabel who was with Gir helping in making the waffles said “Have a little faith broseph, Gir may not look like it, but he is an artist like me!”

“Nyah.” Minimoose, who was floating around the kitchen, said one catch phrase.

Unluckily for Zim, Stanley passed him and told him to continue cleaning after patting his head with a newspaper he had carried “Hey! No rest time until I say so, Bug Boy!” Zim hissed at him and snatched his broom with force and continued cleaning dust.

Oh he was gonna do terrible things to that decrepit worm when he gets free of his enslavement.

Wendy in the cashier's place reading her magazine, her eyes still fixed to what she was reading with her legs lazily on the cashier table, said “If it makes you feel better dude, I had it way worse during my first day working here.”

Zim did not like being pitied so he snapped.

“Zim did not ask for your pity-party lanky orangutan!”

“Whatever dude.” the redhead dispassionately replied and switched to another page in her magazine while Zim totally not annoyed by her apathetic reaction huffed.

That was when Melody, who was leading a bunch of Vortian kids, Melody had a bit of apprehension after that scary night; however, with the alien children no longer in their… defensive mechanism she was much more at ease with them and she had to admit the children were growing on her.

Stanley, passing by muttered to himself with his head shaking, something along the lines of ‘psychos getting smaller and smaller…’ recalling that humiliating and scary night due to the alien kids.

Before Melody led the extraterrestrial offspring to the other side of the shack she remembered she didn’t even know their names so seeing Zim brooming with a scowl she decided to ask “Uh…do you know what their names are Zim?”

“Eh?” Zim glanced back and seeing the Vortian kids he replied as he pointed at them one by one saying their names “Zam, Zom and Zem zimmy the second.”

Melody, not satisfied with the answer, asked again “Do...they have real names?”

Zim was offended by that question with a wave of his hand “What’s wrong with being named after the Almighty Zim?? It’s a great honor!” 

“Yey, we love uncle Zim!” Zam chirped which Zim nodded, before Melody could protest about it Mabel showed up whose face immediately lit up seeing the Vortian kids.

Mabel took an immediate liking to Prisoner 777’s children, unsurprising to anyone.

The Pines girl kneels while the goat humanoids come near her “Hi little guys, how are you doing?”

“We’re been good friends with Aunt Melody.” Zom replied.

“She taught us why forcing humans to play with us against their will is bad!” Zam added in rather cheerfully.

Melody couldn’t help but mutter with herself in whisper so that no one hears it “(Poor Sheriff Durland and Blubs looked so pale from fear when I found them…)” 

Mabel asked about them with Melody “You didn’t bother Aunt Melody did you?”

“Nah.” Zom shook his head.

“No.” Zam gave the same response.

“Aunt Melody is nice!” Zem said.

Mabel responded happily “Good, very good. For your good behavior you get to have waffles for a week!”

“Yay, waffles!” The three kids cheered.

Subsequently the children followed Melody who led them to the other side of the shack with Mabel getting up.

“Why am I not surprised that you named them after you?” Someone else said it and that someone was Dib who just entered the Shack and to Zim’s eternal irritation as he glanced at him he seemed very smug seeing Zim being used as free labor and there was also his sister typically wearing an uninterested face playing with her Game Slayer.

The Invader was not the type to leave a slight at him unresponded “At least Zim doesn’t grovel like a fresh smeet around a mechanical baby transporter!” The ironic part was that that did happen to Zim during his incubation thinking of a robotic hand that carried him as his parental figure which he would never say that to anyone. Definitely didn’t scream Smeethood issues.

“What’s that supposed to mean?” Dib raised an eyebrow at that statement about him.

“Does this sound familiar?” Zim gave a fake cough and then changed his voice high pitched and waved his hands around making a mocking imitation of Dib

“ Oooh, I, aaah! You’re so amazing Dipper! I wish my head was small as yours, then no one would call my head big!

“I don’t sound like that bug weirdo!” Dib snapped in denial, Gaz snorted, making Dib slightly blushed in embarrassment.

“That’s exactly how you sound Dib-worm, everytime you’re near Dipper or one of the old geezers you fawn over them like they are divine beings made manifest, It’s pathetic .” Zim emphasized his disgust at Dib’s hero worship. 

The Membrane boy frowned and retorted back “That’s rich from the suck up who keep sucking at his Tallests and doesn’t have any hobby beyond pleasing them.”

“For YOUR RECORD, Zim does have other hobbies!”

The big headed boy looked at him sidaway unconvinced “Uh huh, name one not related to world domination.”

Zim then opened his mouth to say it, but then said nothing and next he opened his mouth again only for nothing to come and this happened the third time as he realized he indeed couldn't come for a remark “...”

“I thought so.” The Membrane boy unimpressed duly noted.

That was when Ford came in greeting “Dib? Are you there my boy?”

“ Yes Doctor Stanford ?” Dib’s tone immediately changed like an Christian who was in the presence of Jesus himself.  

“Me and my Great Nephew are going on an expedition to Crash Site Omega, I was wondering since you have an interest on extraterrestrial and paranormals you would- “

Dib grinned ear to ear and there were stars in his eyes to Zim’s visible seething disgust while Gaz cringed, which was followed by him abruptly cutting Ford short and nodding his head furious “YES! OF COURSE I WILL COME!”

Stanford, amused by the young man’s enthusiasm, chuckled “Now now young man, we may find ourselves in trouble with the ancient ship’s security system which still has semi-active drones.”

Dib was unconcerned by that “Oh please! That’s nothing compared to Zim’s House’ gnome security! And I’ve been in more dangerous environments than that, also did I tell you I've been to space?”

“You can tell me about it during the trip, I would even tell you about some of my adventures across the multiverse.”

Dib’s interest immediately piqued “You traveled the multiverse!?”

“Yes, it is a long story I will tell you during the trip, now come.” He gestured to him to follow him which Dib practically did and so they went outside of the Shack.

Zim did not hide his disgust in seeing his mortal enemy’s hero worshiping, though he at least now knows how and why the Pines seem to have access to technologies that humanity has to yet develop if what Stanford says is true as he pondered now even more curious to learn the Pines’ secrets.

“Bleh! I won’t never get used to Dib being this happy.” Gaz gagged and shook her head.

“Zim concurs.” Zim agreed with Gaz.

That was when the Membrane girl’s timer was up as her Game Slayer locked with the cartoonish face of her father showing up on the screen making Gaz vent in frustration “Gah! Stupid time limit!” she then put the Game Slayer down in frustration.

“Where is Dipper!?” a beverly hills voice Gaz heard that she found annoying came. She looked with an eyebrow and saw a girl wearing purple with blonde hair who looked angry.

Mabel who looked back recognized the blondie as she came and greeted her “Pazzy! It’s been a dog’s age, I haven't seen you!”

“You saw me just 4 days ago.” Paz scoffed at that though there were hints of amusement.

Mabel snorted that “Time is a concept for workaholics.” She then decided to change the subject as she wanted to know why Pacifica seemed agitated over something related to her twin. “So, what twisted your fuse?”

Pacifica then showed the reason for her agitation by shoving the screen of her phone “I took today’s shore off, for THIS!”

Mabel instantly upon seeing the picture of Dipper being awkwardly hugged by Dib and the gossip fell into a fit of laughter.

“Oh I’m definitely gonna show this to broseph once he shows up!” she wheezed to Pacifica’s annoyance.

Gaz once again raised her eyebrow at seeing this gossip “And they say nothing moves faster than the speed of light…

Pacifica, taking notice of this purple haired girl pointed at her with a thumb and asked, “Who’s this, are you the Shack’s doorbell girl?”

“ Stop pointing your sausage at me. ” The purple girl snarled with a low threatening voice that made the blonde girl take her pointing finger off in unease by her tone and cold glare, feeling as if her finger would have been bitten off by this purple predator if she wasn’t fast enough and even reeled back a bit.

“Don’t worry, she won’t bite, most of the time.” the Pines girl jokes, making the Membrane girl grunt.

Paz, not amused continued on her rant “First Dipper played with me then with a bunch of nobodies like a playboy and then he had the GALL to become a thing with this tacky styled big headed wimp!? I didn’t even know Dipper swung that way!” 

That was when Wendy no longer reading her magazine leaned on her cashier and asked “Geez, green from envy much Paz?” Wendy’s question was more a dry comment than a question.

“You stay out of it, laborer!” Paz snarked with an accusing finger at Wendy.

Wendy rolled her eyes at that in amusement.

Mabel waved her hands and then patted her on one shoulder “Paz, Paz. While I find your jealousy exciting my inner shipping, you have nothing to worry about Dipper and Dib being a thing, they’re just friends. In fact, Dipper doesn't even swing that way! Believe me.

(Though there was that time he gave CPR to a Merman…)” He whispered that last part with herself which Pacifica caught only a few parts like ‘Though’ and ‘CPR’.

Thus she demanded the Pines girl say “What was that?

“Nothing!” the Pines girl quickly shrugged that not wanting to create more unnecessary drama for his brother. “Also about the whole bachelor phase thing? He was cursed by lust.”

The Northwest girl looked at Mabel deadpane and flatly informed her “Uh huh, that’s called puberty Mabel.”

‘Wha- NO! EW! I meant he was literally cursed by the sin of Lust!” she shook her head as she clarified hastily in repulsion.

Before Pacifica could say something she jumped back at the surprise of seeing something absurd.

“WHAT by my perfect skin is that !?” she exclaimed.

They looked and saw Minimoose floating and passing by saying “Nyah.”

Mabel seeing the reason for Pacifca's surprise, explained to her “Oh right, I forgot to tell you, we have an alien and his adorable companions as guest in our Shack.”

“Why the hell is there a flying mini-moose!?” the blonde Northwest sputtered.

“That’s actually their name.” the brunette Pines answered her question,

Pacifica looked stupefied and was gonna retort until she did something that made her pause. It was an green insectoid alien with antennas and red eyes looking frumpy grooming around while small pink humanoid goats were annoying him by peaking on him like very young mischievous infants.

Zim looked at Pacifica feeling her stared and snarled “What’re you staring at Bleached Pig? Never seen a dignified Irken Elite cleaning dust before!?”

The Northwest girl blinked repeatedly at that and flabbergasted, this day was just getting weirder and weirder.

“...the fact that I’m not even as shocked as I thought I would be from seeing a bug man with three small goat men means I spent too much time with you, Pines.” she told Mabel exasperatedly.

“That’s the perk of spending time with Pines! Never a dull week.” Mabel jested, making her sight and rubbing her nose.

“At least Dipper kissed me first…” She muttered to herself out loud unknowingly.

“What was that?”


“NOTHING!” Pacifica quickly said a bit too loud, slightly blushing.

Gaz then got an insidious idea came in her mind making her smirked evilly, a way to get even with Mabel  and before Mabel grinning and teasing Pacifica she replied the first.

“You sure rich brat? He seemed very intense when he kissed lumberjane over here.”

That caused Pacifica to immediately squawk loudly “WHAT!?”

Mabel scowled as she looked at Gaz who was giving a self-gratifying smile and Mabel knowing this was done to get one over her.

“Hey! Don’t get me involved in your rivalry, not cool dude!” Wendy protested at being included in this drama.

“The fact that she was the first one he kissed and me the only other girl he kissed should tell your dumb blonde brain that he doesn’t like refined girls.” she came closer and said to all those taking enjoyment in seeing Pacifica’s expression breaking and then she went for the killing blow and told the final nail in the coffin near her ear. 

“And oh, he was a very good kisser.”

That is when the audible sound of a snap was heard as Pacifica’ mind decided to go for an extended vacation in her mindscape while one of her eyes twitched furiously.

“Uh…Paz?” Mabel waived her right hand in front of her face to get a reaction.

Her expression was still blank and didn’t react, until her expression fell into fury and began walking with heavy steps toward the excitement.

Mabel followed her “Paz, PAZ!”

“FORGET SUING, I’M GONNA MURDER YOUR BROTHER!” the Northwest shrieked in jealous rage. Before following Pacifica, Mabel gave a dirty look to the smirking Gaz until continue following her.

“Told ya I would pay you back.” Gaz locked her arms enjoying the schadenfreude.

Stanley who saw this whole fiasco was now feeling immense pride for Dipper “Ah, still 13 and he is breaking hearts.” he actually shed a tear due to how proud he was which he wiped.

Zim still gazed with a deadpan as he was being annoyed by the alien goats and contemplating his new and oh-so wonderful life.

13:38….

Dipper, Dib and Stanford reached Crash Site Omega and then…complications happened.

Dib was as excited as a high sugared-charged kid in a candy shop at being inside a crashed UFO that his immediate reaction was squeaking so loud that it could be heard across the half of the crashed spaceship which promptly alerted a big load of security drones.

Even with the life endangering situation, Dib was still taking photos on every inch of the ship in a frenzy so high that he made Mabel’s typical ‘Glitter’ mood look tame in comparison.

“THIS IS THE BEST MOMENT OF MY LIFE!” Dib declared loudly as he was being carried by Stanford who with Dipper where running from the hoard of security drones that were shooting blasts at them with the Pines often returning fire with Dipper’s magnet gun and Ford’s blaster whereas Dib was not paying any mind to the rains of deadly blasts coming toward them.

17:17…

Zim was now doing an experiment to study human behavior in order to exploit their weakness and devise a form of psychological attack.

Dib Clone Girl, the ever naive gullible fool actually agreed to be a part of Zim’s experiment saying something about “Proving him why humanity is beautiful '' or something preposterous as that.

Mabel was seated on a chair with electrodes attached to her right wrist while Irken contemplatively looked at the data he was getting from the screen of the device.

“Ow- hehe- it tickles!” Mabel exclaimed and giggled.

Irken looked at the monitor contemplating with a hand on his chin “Hmmm, your conductivity is unusually high.”

That was when the sound of Stanford was heard coming upstairs and entering the room after knocking and then opening the door. He looked very tired from all the running and there were a few burnt marks around his coat dodging the shots from the alerted security drones of the crashed alien vessel.

“Mabel? There was something that I- '' his words cut off upon the shock of seeing his great niece on a contraption that looked like the electric chair used on death sentenced convicts.

His shock gave an immediate panic “WHAT BY HOLY AXOLOTL ARE YOU DOING!?”

Mabel, not even worried about her condition, even greeted him a bit.

“Hiyo Grunkle Ford! We are doing that ethically dubious experiment involving shocks on why people fell prey to charismatic fascists! 

“WHAT BY CAESAR'S GHOST THAT IRKEN IS DOING!?” Normally Stanford was a calm and collected person, but excuse him for losing his cool seeing his great niece plugged to some electrocutioner-looking chair device that occasionally sent electricity coursing her  as he demanded Zim.

The said Irken was one who answered his question with a dramatic declaration “The Almighty Zim has learned that you humans tend to flock around Charismatic leaders so he plans to see exactly how that works, how your brain functions in following charismatic leaders to dominate your pathetic excuse of a civilization!”

Ford baffled and now agitated blurted out “You...you are trying to recreate the Stanford Experiment?!? ”

Mabel, ignorant of what the Stanford Experiment really was, thought it was named after her grunkle.

“Oh, I did know there was an experiment named after you!”

“I didn’t sweetie and thank God for that.” he then frowning walked near, and took Mabel off from the contraption and the metallic helmet that was on her head to the Invader’s protest.

“Hey! I was not finished- '' before he could finish his sentence he yelped when Ford grabbed him off the ground and pushed him to the wooden wall looking at him with an intense glare.

“I saw how you conduct your experiments in your base and I don’t approve .” The cold glare that he was giving made Zim feel like maybe using this six fingered human’s grand niece was not a good idea when he is being enslaved by the said grease monkey and have nanites in his bloodstream which for all he know could detonate and blow him into a gory mess if they wish to.

“You will cease all of your experiments or I will send you to a dimension of blenders where every part of your body gets blended and then mixed together like a milkshake from inside and OUT.”

The only human that ever managed to make Zim squirmed was Gaz and now there was a second one who’s already tall stature towering him with the threatening cold look that spoke of years of experience surviving and facing wars and hazardous environments made him feel like an newbie back at the military academy getting the ire of a veteran drill sergeant.

“Y-yes my talles- I mean sir!” The Invader sputtered and stood rigid in military stance, even saluting.

Stanford still narrowed eyes then dropped Zim who landed with both legs.

“See that you remember it.” He gave one last warning before gesturing to Mabel to follow him. “Come Mabel.”

Mabel did and before following him she gave an apologetic look to Zim and then followed her great uncle.

Just as they were going out, Gir came out passing them to visit his master and also heard something about a milkshake.

“Oooh, I like milkshake!” Gir obliviously chirped to Zim’s annoyance.

Sometimes Zim wondered if he really is as insane as everyone makes of him for still keeping that faulty Sir Unit.

19:52…

Zim groaned as he had his face on a pillow in Mabel and Dipper’s bed which he used to scream in absolute frustration so that no one could hear him.

He is enslaved, humiliated, turned into a glorified labor force and is unallowed to conduct his experiments. He felt like he was gonna get maaaad . He needed something to keep his genius mind busy.

Television briefly worked until he got tired of watching humanity’s idiotic form of entertainment which for some reason Minimoose and Gir liked.

He also tried keep his mind busy by trying to figure out how to get rid of the nanites in his body to get free by sneaking into the secret laboratory underground; however, the Pines anticipated that and he had a rather ‘electrifying’ revelation  when he successful put the right codes on the vending machine to enter that place where the Pines keep their advance tech only to get electrified the moment he put a step on the stairs by the nanobots inside his body. It did not help his ego that Stanley was there laughing at him being electrified.

Thus, he has to find an alternate means of getting out of this humiliation imprisonment, one thing for sure he was so gonna make the Gorilla-looking Pines to suffer in particular for using him as a service drone and bossing him around, maybe have his brain replaced with a lamp light that would increase his monkey intelligence significantly as he bitterly thought.

As if the universe decided Zim didn’t suffer enough, Dib with Dipper entered.

“Oh Zimmy boy, you look terrible .” Dib taunted with a gratifying smile.

“Go away and paddle around a bee vampire or something Dib-worm…” Zim still had his face connected to the pillow mumbled.

“It’s not the same as revealing you to the world, but I could get used to seeing you high in spirit.” the big headed boy japed receiving another groan from the alien. 

Dipper felt this was needlessly cruel of Dib “Hey now dude, no point in beating someone when he is already down.”

“Go easy on him of all people after all I've been through? Sorry bestie, No way I’m gonna go easy on that egomaniacal bug!” 

Dipper sighed, he understood Dib and Zim held animosity together but honestly their back and forth bickering was beginning to become tiresome, he couldn’t recall one single moment whenever Dib and Zim where together they didn’t throw insults at each other, if only there was a way to make them mellow out a bit.

Suddenly, an idea lit in his head, what if that can be possible by having the two channel their hostilities in a competitive manner? He couldn’t believe he was gonna try having them mellow their hostilities a bit, something usually Mabel does whenever she was in one of her ‘Match-Making’ moods. 

“How about we play a game?”

“Eh?” Zim took his head off the pillow and looked at Dipper questionably.

“What?” Dib was taken surprised by that looked at Dipper 

“You know, there is a board game I have with a fantasy setting premesis, I have that now so we can play it together.”

The Membrane boy hastily objected “ No way! I’m not gonna play a game with green freakazoid over here. “ Zim hissed at being called that.

“The winner has gloating rights.” 

That took Dib’s opinion a 180 degree change “...On second thought I would join in with Zim!”

Zim was not convinced and found this attempt to coerce him pathetic “Ha! Like as if the Almighty Zim would entertain playing your primitive game- oh it has math!” his interest immediately piqued at seeing math and took a closer look.

Dipper found it ironic because usually math is the thing that discouraged people in playing tabletop games, but again Zim was an alien so likely the norms for a species that achieved space travel was much different, still this was Zim so maybe that’s just Zim being…Zim.

Zim’s interest turned into disinterest as he sneered “Meh, math is primitive like the rest of this cesspool of a civilization. Barely worthy of Great and Mighty Zim’s time.” he then turned away and walked away.

Dipper think of something to goad him and then recalled Zim had a big ego and a pride as fragile as glass so he smirk slyly “Oh yeah, sorry for trying to invite you to such primitive game, for interstellar races our primitive games are too much for their superior intellect.” He then shrugged nonchalantly.

Zim’s head snapped back glaring daggers at the sly smirking Pines and then got closer to Dipper with a long step meanwhile Dib who by now saw what Dipper was doing sniggered a bit.

“You dare to question Zim’s intellect!?” the Irken got closer and snarled with an accusing finger pointed at him which was only an inch away from touching his nose.

“I have you know I graduated at the top of the class in strategy Apeling pup! I was so brilliant that even my teacher couldn’t comprehend it!”

Sometime back in an Academy on Irk…

Zim hastily uses the big holo-screen of the class that teachers use for showing and demonstrating equations or clips furiously tinkered with her fingers touching the holo-screen.

“ -Photonics plus neutronic plant veggie plus dark matter zero zero one can multiplied into antimatter snacks and then directed and redirect in a feed loopback paradox back to the future and the past simultaneously in the minus temperature turned back which in reality is not time travel and added anti-chronitons squeezed together to make the ultimate equation in making the enemy plant frozen and melted at the same time which brings white hole singularity and the birth of a new galaxy with daturgic allergy!”

He finished and showed the board with excitement and expectancy, which for some reason included a planet looking like a swiss cheese, a few flying Snarl Beasts, a nacho with one eye and a top hat and a telescope that was eating itself like the infinity symbol.

Every single student and the teacher just stared gaped at the sheer insanity they saw on the written screen.

Including Zim’s fellow classmate Skooge who looked like he was gonna have his brain turned into mush by just trying to comprehend just half of the absurdity and Red and Purple who had their jaws wide open.

“...what…” was all Purple could muster.

Present, 23:49….

Mabel was sleeping in a separate room since Dipper with Zim and Dib. She was glad that Dipper now has friends, well yes he does have friends but not the type who share his nerd interests like how Grenda and Candy share many of her interests.

Hopefully, this would also decrease the hostility between Dib and Zim and would bloom into friendship.

“RESPECT LORD MOXIWILLIAM AND KISS HIS IRON BOOTS!”

The unmistakable loud declaration of Zim was enough to open her eyes in a snap.

“NEVEEEER! THE INSURGENCY ALLIANCE WILL NEVER SURRENDER TO YOUR IRONED RULE NECROMANCER!” 

And now it was Dib.

Dib and Zim really needed to learn how to control their volumes as she thought irritatedly.

“THAT’S LORD KING NECROMANCER MOXIWILLIAM TO YOU PEASANT LOW CLASS!”

“TELL THAT TO MY FROSTBITE ATTACK!” Dib throws his dice for a magic attack.

“PREPARE YOUR SOUL BLADDER FOR AN IMMINENT RELEASE!” Zim throws his dice as well.

It seems they are enjoying D&D & More D a bit too much as they are now channeling their intensity in this game becoming very immersed in the game to the point that it was near midnight and they haven’t lost their energy not even a bit.

Dipper during all of this looked a mixture of apprehension and amusement seeing as Dib and Zim were taking the game too seriously.

This was somehow the best and worst idea he ever had and whatever this would result in, he was sure it would not be dull at all.

In the outside of the Shack, Mabel grumbled as even moving away in outside to sleep she could still hear Dib and Zim overdramatic nerd fight, she did not even care that there was a wolf biting on her leg as of currently.

“I’m starting to see why Dipper hated my sleepovers.” she pouted with herself with her arms locked at the ironic twist of fate.

Chapter Text

Mabel with strained eyes sat on the couch having a one mile stare and Gaz also sat on the other side of the couch had a similar expression as well.

“It’s been 4 decades, Gaz.” Mabel uttered with a sense of Doom “4 decades of constant Boys Night and loud nerd raging with lack of volume control over and over until- “

“It’s been 4 days, pixie girl, but yeah it feels like decades.” Gaz finally responded with a sense of gloom.

Ever since Dipper introduced Zim and Dib to his board game, the three had 4 days straight of Guys’ Nights. At first it was just Dib and Zim who were channeling their rivalry in this game with no sense of volume control but then on day 2 Dipper who, supposedly the one trying to mitigate the competitiveness of those two, joined the louding.

By the Cloud Pigs when Gir and the Vortrian kids joined in on day 3… there was no single good night sleep for Mabel, she now fully understood why Dipper hated her Girls Night Sleepover as much as she is happy for Dipper finding new friends and saw this as an improvement on Dib and Zim’s animosity.

You would think since Gaz doesn’t sleep in Mystery Shack she would be fine but nooo, every day since then it was Dib or worse he and Zim together taunted on who won the game ‌, who was the top and geek stuff she had no frame of reference. She couldn't believe it but she came to prefer the paranormal talk and Zim’s next ‘Evil Plan’ slightly more than this.

It wasn’t just them though, Stan kept complaining about not having a good sleep due to how loud they were and when Ford went to tell them to lower the volume he instead joined them!

Speaking of the big headed boy and the alien invader, they were currently behind them having an inane argument like always.

“- I’m just saying, as you yourself said, Wyverns and Dragons are two different things!”

“YOU’RE LYING!” Zim accused Dib of lying with a pointed finger.

Dib with a flat look that said ‘I’m done with this nonsense’ brings an audio recorder and plays it “Oh please! Wyverns are on two legs with winged arms dragons are on all four, is not Dookie science!" The audio ended as Zim stared gaped.

“You…taped it?” the alien asked rather meekly in disbelief while his pointed finger fell down.

Dib drily replied “Do you have any idea how many times you used that same tiresome dookie excuse whenever you contradict yourself? Of course I would tape it.”

Zim stood there frozen until, he made conflicted expressions in his face and erratically gestured his hands like he was imagining strangling Dib or tearing his own fake hair and then his own antenna knowing he has been flatfooted until he finally exploded up to the ceiling and cursed “CURSE YOUR HUMONGOUS HEAD AND ITS EVER GROWING INTELLIGENCE!”

The Membrane boy smirked “You do realize you just complimented me, right?”

Zim once again froze, finding out he made an error only to then snap back “YOU’RE LYING!”

Dib’s response was to play his audio recorder again “CURSE YOUR HUMONGOUS HEAD AND ITS EVER GROWING INTELLIGENCE!

That was when the Irken finally lost it and tripped his own fake hair with a shriek “ YEAA AAAAAH !- !” 

A shriek so loud that Wendy in the cashier place reading her magazine then dropped it and closed her ears.

“Nyah.” Minimoose’s simple sentence as he flowed across the Shack’s rough translation was ‘If Master wasn’t an Irken, I would say he is suffering Constipation’.

Melody while playing with the Vortrian Kids glanced back at where the shriek was.

Soos simply replied as he came out of the bathroom “Hehe, this is why Mr Pines taught me to never use the same swear word.”

Dipper, while writing in his personal journal, looked back.

Gaz and Mabel still stared without turning their eyes over.

“I can see the future, I’m gonna kill them both and then your brother.” the Membrane girl uttered softly and then tried to get up making Mabel stop her by waving a hand.

“Wait! What if…we give them a taste of their own medicine?”

The purple girl stopped and sat back with an inquisitive look “I’m listening.”

Mabel shouted to Stanley “Grunkle Stan! Is it okay to have Girl’s Night?

The conman Pines got up from snoring on the table with a list in his hand and a pen“Huh? What? Has the wall street fallen again? Sure….” he then fell back to sleep again, Mabel misinterpreted that as a yes or maybe she knew that and used it as an excuse.

“Thanks Grunkle Stan! Also, whatcha doing with the list?

That actually made him get up from his half-sleep and quickly hid the list behind his back.”

“I’m trying to…add new words to my list.” he said rather failed and quickly walked away before his grand niece

What he did not tell them was a list of swear words because he thought that man deserves not just typical swear words but ones with creativity and plans to then give him his special dinner: Knuckle Sandwich! 

Even Stanford, the normally calm and collected Pines, felt the urge to commit a dark ritual so that he could cast curses at him or shake him rather shockingly with his electric gloves!

Needless to say, when the Stans researched Dib and Gaz’s father they were outright furious at the man. Seriously; what KIND of father only visits his children physically ONCE a year!?!? Or you know, use robots to project his ugly mug instead of physically himself being there when they are in trouble or have a birthday instead of physically himself being there since EVER!?

For all the faults the Stans’ father Filbrick had at least he wasn't a neglectful snob who would send his OWN child to a mental asylum just over his interests!

Not to mention for some odd reason they couldn’t find anything about Dib and Gaz’s mother which sent some bad implications to the Elder Pines specially with Professor Membrane’s track record by this far.

Oh sure, from what they read, that incident where he lost his arms to sharks had given a big wake up call to spend more time with his children, treat them better and be supportive which was even more evident from what they learned from interviewing the Membrane kids, but that doesn’t mean they won’t strangle that man when they see him!

“A ‘Girls’ Night’? Your scheme is making a gender switch version of the boys’ night?” Gaz sarcastically commented.

“Sue me.” The Pines girl blow a raspberry “Besides, knowing my own friends Grenda and Candy they are very loud and we can make them jealous by bringing more girls like Paz, Wen, you– “

“Stop the part about a ‘me’ part, because there is no ‘me’.” Gaz interrupted with a shake of her head.

“Aw come on, why Gazzy Girl?” she whined.

“First of all: Call me Gazzy Girl again and I will throttle you, Secondly: Me and ‘Girls’ ‘Night’ don’t mix well, every time I spend time with other girl skoolmates I either get bored to death or resort to violence on a karen.”


The girl Pines scoffed “Well, most of your skoolmates are poopheads frankly speaking, though I am inviting that girl Gretchen was it? As well.”

The Membrane girl raised an eyebrow “And why specifically her? What’s so special about her?”


“Well, as a fellow outcast she is least likely to be a mean girl and…” The PInes got closer and whispered in Purple girl’s ear.

“Oh really?” Gaz’s expression turned savagely hearing that tidbit of information.

Mabel with a barely contained giggled turned her head up “Really.”

Later, near the night…

Yes, Mabel knew Gretchen had a crush on Dib. It wasn't even rocket science to figure that out, even Gaz herself was surprised she didn’t notice that though that's likely because she just didn't care.

Due to Gaz being rather intimidating, she was sent to go get Pacifica while Mabel went to get Gretchen using her sociable charms to get her and lo behold being the natural social butterfly she was, she managed to get her.

Gretchen as she walked with Mabel rather nervously asked “I uh…never had a girls’ night, what if I mess up?”


The Pines girl snorted “That's the whole thing about Girls’ Night, sharing awkward secrets and having a laugh, besides…” She then grinned. “Dib is in the next room and we can talk about how to get him.”

Gretchen blushed and immediately tried to deny that “Wha-wha-what gave you that impression?”

“Oh please, with how obvious you were I bet my pet pig that the whole Skool knows about your not-so subtle crush on the big headed boy.”

As if the Devil himself just got summoned by speaking his name, Dib showed up denying the size of his head rather loudly “MY HEAD IS NOT- ! oh hello Gretchen.”

“H-h-hi.” Gretchen nervously greeted back and Dib seemed oblivious on why she was nervous though he titled his head.

“Put me down you purple troglodyte!” That was the sound of Pacifica as she protested while she kept hitting at the back of Gaz who wasn’t phased at all carrying her on her shoulder. “I will have you sued to oblivion!” The Northwest hissed a threat which Gaz didn’t care about and then put her down.

“Mabel? What’s going on?” Pacifica demanded upon seeing.

“Good seeing you Paz! Now all that's left is calling my girls.”

“For what?”

“Girls Night silly!” the Pines replied chippy.

“You sent this emo troll to kidnap me for a slumber party!?” the blonde girl was outraged at that.

Gaz frowned at being called an emo troll.

That’s when Mabel looked confused “Wait what? Gaz forced you?” 

“No I was willingly being carried by the freakishly strong goth shortstack,” the blonde tartily and drily said with sarcasm dripping from each syllable while Dib rolled his eyes like he expected his sister to do something like that.

“Did you just call me short and fat, you spoiled blonde!?” Gaz hissed at the blonde who then in reaction reeled back akin to someone feeling threatened by a growling dog.

“And what on Earth are you even wearing??” Pacifica upon seeing Dib’s choice of clothing asked.

“It’s my paranormal investigation coat!” Dib rather indignant touched the right collar rather protectively.

“But… why?” The Northwest girl couldn’t comprehend that.

“Why do you wear like a 40s era with your hair style?” The Membrane boy retorted back.

“Hey! At least my hair is not as tall as the Empire State!” she snapped back, pointed at him .

“Whatever” Dib remarked while the blonde Northwest pouted, he by this point realizing there is gonna be a Girls’ Night simply shrugged to Mabel in response “Sure, no problem we simply would do our Guys’ Night in another room while you girls do your own.”

That caused Mabel to be surprised and glanced back at him considering other rooms beyond her and her twin’s room are occupied or in case Ford's laboratory is banned from partying in “What other room?”

“Soos with Melody and the Vo- um their children in his granny’s house.”

Meanwhile the triplet aliens were soothing anarchy all around, fortunately not in their monstrous form but rather the way children are causing chaos.

The triplets were covered in children clothes to hide their extraterrestrial nature and two of them were currently playing on Soos’s shoulders while the third was kept poking at Melody’s right cheek.

The couple looked exhausted to the point they didn’t even care that the children were poking fun at them.

“Help Us.” Melody begged for help from granny on how to raise children once granny opened the door.

Melody and her husband wanted to have kids but after seeing how handful they are, maybe start a family a few years later.

“So we can simply play in Soos’s room.”

Gretchen whispered to herself over the fact that Dib is gonna be close “He’s gonna be very close.” making Gaz gagged.

Mabel tried to hide her uncertainty; she didn’t expect the boys to be able to continue their Boys’ Night at the same time as the Girls’ Night; nevertheless, she improvised “Suuuure, knock yourself out!”

“Thanks.” Dib smiled and then walked away to the outdoor of the Shack.

Gaz turned back to Mabel questioning “So what now?”

“Now? We have to also add a new member…” looked with a mischievous glint at the inside of the door where Wendy bored sat her face on the table with a hand

She could feel their gazes and so she looked back “Uh, why are you two looking at me like that?”

30 minutes later….

“What is your intention with my brother?” without even saying pleasantries she cut to the chase as she with everyone else circled in the slumber party in Dipper and Mabel’s room in the Shack.

Wendy while drinking a Pitt Cola coughed on her drink at such an appropt line of questioning.

“Oooooooh!” Candy and Grenda oooh-ed at the same time while Gretchen flat footed with a face that screamed ‘Oh Dookie’ stammered.

“I uh- oh- uh d-don’t hurt!” Gretchen shields her face in fear, fearing Gaz is gonna be one of those ‘Very Protective’ sibling types.

The Corduroy after a few coughs with a hand on her chest finally hoarse “Damn it gal, you don’t do half-measures do you?”

The Membrane girl ignored Wendy and replied to Gretchen slightly annoyed “Oh relax Gretchen, who my brother’s love life is his own, I’m already involved in his paranormal obsession I do NOT want to get involved in his sob opera as well.”

Gretchen no longer shielding her face then nervously answered her question feeling everyone staring at her and  fidgeting slightly“W-well you see, despite not understanding half of the things he says. I-like how confident he is and he never quits even when the odds are stacked against him. Is not just him being smart or… well, kind of a nerd. I find that really admirable.” Becoming slightly more confident she explained further “I mean, he stands up for what you believe in, no matter how strange it seems to others. There’s something special about Dib. He’s not afraid to fight battles, even when they seem impossible, don't give up, even when it feels like the whole world is against him. That takes guts. He reminds me that it’s okay to be different and to stand out. To embrace who you are, quirks and all.”

Everyone became silent staring at her; Candy and Grenda was currently gushing so did Mabel, Wendy smiled as that description reminds her a lot of Dipper; honesty if it weren’t for the fact that Dipper was still 12 back then and 2.5  year age gap is glaring between a 15 and a 12 she would have considered him as boyfriend material he is ten times more of a man than most of her exes and Pacifica? She now felt self-conscious as that is exactly how she felt toward Dipper, he was the one who encouraged her to get out of her parents’ shadow and showed her to stand up.

The goth Membrane was flatfooted, but she didn’t wanted everyone to see that so she decided to try to be dismissive

“....That is some sappy level crap I ever heard.” Gaz stated plainly causing Grenda and Candy to glare at her so did Wensy and Mabel “What? It is cheesy as heck.”

Grenda growled “You’re lucky my boyfriend is not here, he’s a baron and I can ask him to blacklist anyone.”

That made the Membrane girl scoff.

Pacifica meanwhile was still introspecting.

Meanwhile in the Boys' room; Zim was standing in front of a chalkboard, covered in scribbles and strange mathematical equations. Dib is sitting at a desk, looking skeptical while Dipper awkwardly stands off to the side.

The Alien Invader points dramatically at the chalkboard “BEHOLD! the incontrovertible proof of the stupidity of the human race!” starts writing furiously “As you can see, the formula for human intelligence is woefully inadequate, barely registering above the lowest forms of life on your pathetic planet!

Dib rolled eyes expecting Zim trying to prove humanity’s stupidity using math “Here we go again with your crazy alien nonsense. None of that makes any sense! Where are you even getting these numbers and equations from?”

Zim turned to Dib, eyes narrowed “Silence, foolish human! The numbers do not lie!” he points back to the chalkboard “This equation clearly shows that the average human brain functions at a mere fraction of its potential, dooming your kind to a life of mindless servitude to your Irken overlords!”

Dipper raises hand tentatively trying to defuse the situation “Uh, I'm not sure I'm following this... How exactly does this prove that humans are stupid? It just looks like a bunch of random symbols and numbers to me.”

The Irken whirls around to face the Pines Boy “You DARE question the superiority of Zim's mathematical prowess?!” He turned back to the chalkboard, muttering “ These puny human minds could never comprehend the complexities of Irken science.” While scribbling furiously.

The Membrane boy stands up, glaring at his mortal enemy done with his nonsense “That's it! I'm not listening to any more of this nonsense. Humans may not be perfect, but we're certainly not as dumb as you're making us out to be!”

Said mortal enemy waved a hand dismissively “Bah! Your pitiful protests only serve to prove my point. The sooner you accept your place as mindless drones, the easier your transition to Irken rule will be.”

Dipper sighed, trying to intervene “Guys, maybe we could just... calm down and try to understand each other?”

That did not work and his plea was left unanswered as Zim and Dib continued to argue, ignoring Dipper's attempts at mediation while the Pines rubbed his nose.

 The girls are now sitting around until Mabel comes back excitedly holding up a bottle of sparkly blue nail polish “Look everyone! This one is called "Galactic Glitter"! Perfect for our alien-themed nail party!”

Wendy applies a coat of neon green, she wasn’t much for cosmetics but occasionally she did albeit rarely “Honestly, Mabel, if I can’t have tentacles on my nails, it’s not alien enough for me.”

“I want mine to look like a supernova!” Grenda added in.

Candy dabbing pink polish on Grenda's nails liked her friend’s idea “Ooh, I love that idea! Can you imagine? Supernova nails lighting up the galaxy!”

Pacifica rolled her eyes playfully and commented with faux haughtiness “As if the universe could handle my sparkles. They’d just explode!”

“Speaking of explosions, did anyone see that weird spaceship land behind the Shack the other day? What was that about?” Gretchen leaned over to grab a silver polish while saying that.

Probably just another one of Zim’s ‘superior’ plans gone wrong.” Wendy grinned and jested.

“Come on, Gazzy! Don’t be a space troll! We need an extra pair of hands for the glitter!” Mabel turned back to Gaz with a bright smile.

The Membrane girl shook her negatively “I have no interest in painting nails. If I wanted to waste time, I’d boot up my game and obliterate something.”

The Pines girl leaning in closer to her “ But think of it this way! It could be a fun way to relax! Besides, I bet you could totally pull off a ferocious black with skull designs!”

The purple girl in response pushed her glasses of her Game Slayer up “I’d rather pull off a new high score.”

 “Come on! Don’t you want to show everyone that you’re as tough as you are cool?” The Northwest girl jeered, making the purple girl frown.

“Yeah! It’s like leveling up in real life!” Candy nodded fervently. 

“Nail art is like strategy! You just have to find the right approach!” Gretchen reasoned with her.

“And trust me, girls, Zim would hate those nails! It would totally throw him off his game!” Wendy told her.

Gaz contemplates and seeing that it’s true that Zim is such a narcissist that he would take issue, she  finally relents “Okay, okay, but only if you promise not to use any sparkles.”

Mabel victoriously put a hand up “YES! No sparkles for Gaz! We’ll go for something dark and cool!”

“Just like your soul!” The Corduroy girl teased.

“ I heard that.” Gaz deadpane stated.

“Okay, let's paint some power into those nails! Alright, who's ready to go on the ultimate nail adventure?” Mabel announced with a chuckle.

As they all giggle and chatter excitedly, Gaz reluctantly begins to join in, if only to prove she can outshine them all even with painted nails.

While the boys was watching one of the horrible movies Dipper watches with Wendy, Zim decides to get the other two to join his ‘Invasion efforts,’ promising them power and glory under Irken rule, definitely was not one desperate ditch attempt in getting out of his imprisonment or that he actually enjoys their company nah ah, he only goes with them in Boys’ Night to show the superiority of Irken Species not because he actually enjoys playing Board Games with them or to distract himself from the horrible fossilized gorilla that is keep bossing him around.

The insectoid alien raised his arms theatrically ”Behold, pitiful Earthlings! I, Zim of the Irken Empire, have come to offer you a choice!”

Dib rolled his eyes, he expected the alien to try another hairbrain scheme even during the slumber party  “Oh great, just what we need. More of your crazy schemes.”

Dipper half-interested, munching on popcorn “What are you offering this time? Free snacks?” recalling one time he tried to bribe the Pines with snacks, apparently Irken Snacks are famous for being delicious so much that literal wars were waged at that.

Zim smirked knowingly “No, Dib-Clone! Power! Recognition! Wealth beyond your wildest dreams if you join me in my glorious conquest of this pathetic planet!”

The Membrane boy sarcastically commented “Yeah, because nothing screams “recognition” like being a minion of an alien overlord.”

The Pines raising an eyebrow, genuinely curious “But... what kind of power are we talking about?”

Zim leaning in closer, a bit too close for Dipper's comfort “Imagine it! You, Dipper, wield unimaginable energy capable of controlling the fate of humans with the knowledge of cosmos in the tip of your hands! And you, Dib, untold knowledge of the cosmos at your fingertips! No more mockery, no more jeers at your expense finally the human race acknowledging your brilliance! Together, we can bring the true order to Earth!”

The big headed boy crossed his arms, skeptical knowing that this was likely an attempt of trickery “Yeah, right. What’s in it for you, Zim?”

The Invader grinning mischievously elaborated “The joy of conquest, of course! But more importantly, I would have two brilliant minds by my side. Think of the fame! The glory!” The Membrane was not impressed knowing it was a lie, the most important thing for him is pleasing his tallest not having two ‘Inferior Beings’ at his servitude.

Dipper looked thoughtful for a moment that made Dib worried that he might actually consider it “Wow, that’s... kind of tempting. But you know what’s tempting? Is to be proved that everything me and my family did are justified.”

Zim gleaming evilly vocalized in triumphant “YES YES! EMBRACE IRKENDOM!”

“Which now does because the Irken Empire is a fascistic authoritarian hellhole!”

“YES!-- wait what!?”

Now it was Dipper’s turn to smirk slyly “Now that I think about it, your plans always end in disaster.”

Zim caught off guard, sputtering “B-but! I offered you— “

Dib interrupted with a cackle “And we realized you were just trying to trick us into helping you conquer Earth, but that means we’re justified in stopping you again! ”

Bug Guy waved his hands frantically “No, wait! I can make you powerful! You will be feared! Respected! You will— "

The Pines boy grinning remarked “Feared, sure, by who? You can't even conquer a snack table without failing.”

The Membrane boy now standing up conceded with Dipper “Exactly! Your “mission” is a joke, Zim! And we’ll make sure you stay out of our way!

“Besides, even if you win. Then what?”

Zim raised an eyebrow in confusion “Zim does not understand?’

“Say you conquer Earth, will that bring happiness? You equalize your happiness with success, once you achieve it life will be pointless.”

The Invader gaped as if the Pines just told him that the universe is made of cheese, before he could give an angry screeching reply, Dipper continued.

“Remember Bill, that chaos demon that terrorized my family and the town? For all his powers in the end he was a little man who was lashing out even when he nearly ended reality as we know it.” 

Zim defeated, crossing his arms with a huff “Your refusal only makes me more determined! Someday, I will succeed!”

Dipper laughed “Sure, we’ll be waiting for your next epic fail!”

Dib noded “We’ll be right here, ready for the next movie night.”

The final scene of the movie ends as the human boys watched while Zim still grumbling about his failed attempt to deceive– ahem recruit them, definitely was not feeling his pride wounded that they rejected his offer or that he actually felt disheartened that they didn’t took his offer no way Irkens don’t feel squishy things for inferior life forms. 

Dipper and Dib share a laugh, focused on the movie once more while Zim grumbled like a grumbling cat.

Mabel tries to get the girls to play party games like Truth or Dare or Spin the Bottle, but Gaz refuses to participate, much to Mabel's dismay.

 Mabel's slumber party was in full swing. The girls were sprawled on blankets and cushions. Snacks are everywhere. Mabel stands up, clutching a bottle and beaming.

Mabel declared “Alright, ladies! Who's ready for some epic party games? First up: Truth or Dare!”

Grenda holds a hand up and then points at Pacifica ”Ooh! I’m in! I dare Pacifica to eat a whole jar of pickles!”

Pacifica’s face crinkled “No way! That’s disgusting!”

Wendy laughed “ I dare you to do a shot of pickle juice instead!”

“Yes!” Grenda cheered.

The Pines girl clapped excitedly “And then we can spin the bottle!” she held the bottle up as she continued “But first, we need Gaz to join in!”

The Membrane girl sitting in the corner, staring at a game console stated disspassionately “No thanks, Mabel. I’d rather fight a horde of rabid squirrels.”

The Pines pouted “ But Gazzy, it’ll be fun! Come on, don’t be a party pooper!”

Gretchen added in “Yeah, Gaz! We need your coolness to level up the fun!”

Gaz deadpan replied “My “coolness” is not a currency you can spend on your ridiculous games.”

Mabel grinned mischievously “Oh come on! What are you afraid of? Are you worried about the boys in this game?”

The Northwest girl snickered “You know, Mabel does have some... experience with boyfriends…”

“Oh please, like a billion!” Mabel nodded eagerly. 

“And the most freakiest of them that rivals Corduroy’s epic failed romances.”

 “HEY!” Both the Pines and the Corduroy took offense to that.

The other girls cackled hoarsely at that.

Gaz rolls her eyes “Please. I’m way too intimidating for the boys.”

The Pines scoffed playfully. “Intimidating? Pfft! Oh, please! The only thing intimidating about you is your ability to cheese off anyone in a 10-mile radius!”

“I take that as a compliment.”

“Come on, Gaz! If you’re so intimidating, why not show us your, like, seduction skills?”

The purple girl visibly uncomfortable showed her distaste expressively “What? No way! I’m not playing ‘seductress’ with you all!” 

The Pines girl grinned devilishly “What’s wrong? Afraid I might like it?” she teased.

“Oooh!” Grenda, Candy and Gretchen giggled.

“No! That’s not it! You’d just be... I don't know... laughing or asserting dominance or something and making things REALLY not PG!” Gaz defensively snapped back.

The redhead girl chuckled, “Sounds like you don't have any experience either, Gaz.”

“That's not the point! Ugh!” The Purple girl actually flustered to everyone’s amusement. The normally stoic Membrane was embarrassed. Oh she would get them all over this.

“So, here’s the deal! You gotta seduce me or we will continue talking with Gretchen about her crush on your bro about the juicy details in front of you!” Mabel said playfully as she bounced.

“You wouldn’t.” Gaz narrowed her eyes, she was not used to being the one being teased and she was not a fan of it while Gretchen panicked.

“Oh come on! Don’t leave me hanging here! I'll rate your performance!” the sweater girl blinked to the Membrane’s vexation.

“I feel like this will be the ultimate plot twist!” Paz giggled.

“If Gaz can’t handle this, how will she handle, like, actual crushes?” Wen rolled with laughter.

“Ooooh, Gaz’s first real seduction attempt!~” Grenda in a sing-song voice announced.

Gaz gritting her teeth seeing that she was surrounded and finally relented begrudgingly “Ugh, I can’t believe I’m saying this… Fine! But ask me to do this again or tell anyone else and I will throttle you!”

“Yay! Take it away, Gaz!” Mabel cheerfully agreed

The purple Membrane stood up, arms crossed, deadpan “I can’t believe I’m telling you to... “ cleared her throat “‘seduce’ you.” Her face visibility cringed as if she ate something foul.

“I’m ready!” The Pines girl’s eyes sparkled which made the Membrane girl groan.

“Mabel, go ahead. Get lost in space!”

“What? Was that supposed to be sexy?” Mabel laughed  

Gaz waved her hands with an expression of gagging ”No! It was meant to be an escape plan! Ugh!”

All the girls burst into laughter, and the friendly banter continues as Mabel drags Gaz into the game, all while Gaz shook her head grumbling, though secretly there was a reluctant smirk from her that took herself by surprise.

‘Am I…enjoying being humiliated!?’ the purple girl internally was shocked. Oh Cloud Pigs, they are infecting her dark heart with friendship!

“So, who's next? Let's keep this party going!” The Pines asked.

“I’ll pretend to be Mabel while she seduces Gaz!” Candy enthusiastically held a hand up.

“I seriously need a new game console…” Gaz grumbled with herself. Just what the heck she got involved herself into?!

“At least it wasn’t less smooth than when Paz called Grunkle Ford hot.” Mabel sniggered at that memory of Pacifica’s first time seeing Ford and wondered out loud why Stan suddenly looked better before everyone found out that Stan and Ford are twins.

“NOW WAIT A MOMENT!- “ Before Pacifica could finish her objection everyone snickered, leaving the blonde girl sputtering.

Dipper, Zim, and Dib are huddled in a dimly lit room, surrounded by snacks and scattered video games during their Boys' Night Slumber Party. The atmosphere is tense with a mix of lighthearted banter and underlying rivalry.

Dipper decided to ask Zim out of curiosity “So, Zim, I’ve been meaning to ask… why do you want to conquer Earth so badly? I mean, what’s the big deal about this planet?”

Zim narrowed his eyes, suspicious of the Pines“Why do you care, human? It’s none of your pathetic business! My plans for Earth are beyond your comprehension and in service of the Tallests!”

He shrugged and replied “I get that, but is it about your leaders? Or just… power? Like, what do you actually want from all of this?” that took the alien invader aback until he snarled with a glare.

 “You think you’re clever, don’t you? Asking questions as if you’re some sort of expert on alien affairs to exploit my weaknesses!

Dib, grinning, joined the conversation “This is actually pretty funny, Zim. Dipper’s got you on the ropes!”

The insectoid alien snapped back, defensively “No! I’m not on the ropes! I— I just—” He paused, looking caught off guard. “It's … it’s about proving my superiority! The Irken Empire must see me as a great Invader, not as a mere… lowly drone!”

But aren’t you already more powerful than most? I mean, you’ve got technology we can only dream of. If you really wanted, you could just live peacefully, right?” The Pines boy   asked while leaning in, genuinely curious

Zim defensively crossed his arms with a face that showed disgust at that notion “Peace is for the weak! I am destined for greatness!” He pauses, his voice softer “But… It's hard. It’s hard to be seen as great when everything around you is just… disappointing.”

The Membrane boy’s  eyes widened, mouth agape in shock “Wait, did Zim just… show vulnerability?”

The Pines nodded and slowly came near the alien, “I didn’t mean to—”

The Irken snapped back to bravado “Enough of this frivolous chatter! You will never understand my struggles! You think this is easy? Just wait until I conquer the Earth!

“I mean, I wasn’t trying to upset you. I just wanted to understand.” he held up his hands in defense

The Invader gesture wildly “Understand? Ha! You, a puny human, understand ME? There’s nothing to understand! I am Zim! Fear me!

“Sure, Zim. Fear is totally what we’re feeling right now.” Dib smirked.

huffed, a mix of indignation and hurt Zim declared “Just you wait! My time will come, and then you’ll see who’s truly superior!”

Dipper sighed, leaning back and assured him “Right, sure. But you know, it’s okay to want more than just conquest. You don’t have to live up to anyone else’s expectations.

The line blinked rapidly, momentarily thrown off “Expectations? I… I am Zim! They are my Tallest! But… maybe…” his voice trailing off as if he just learned a new concept.

Dib whispers to Dipper “Did we just break Zim?”

Zim heard that snapped back to full confidence “NO! This isn’t over! You’ll all be crushed beneath my mighty boot, and then you’ll regret this conversation!” he dramatically posed.

The Pines chuckled “Okay, okay, Zim. We’ll be waiting!”

The night continues, a blend of humor, rivalry, and unexpected moments, with Zim occasionally slipping back into defensiveness, but the fleeting vulnerability lingering in the air. It was both surreal and oddly comforting for Dib.

‘Wait a minute…am I pitying my mortal enemy!?’ Dib thought in surprise.

The girls are gathered and surrounded by snacks, hair products, and an array of makeup. The atmosphere is cheerful, with laughter and chatter filling the air as they prepare to give each other makeovers. Gaz is sitting on the couch, arms crossed, watching them.

Mabel excitedly said, then told “Okay, ladies! Let's get this makeover party started! Who’s first?”

Wendy holding up a few hair dye options informed “I’m thinking we should go for some punk-inspired looks! What about neon colors?”

“I don’t know, Wendy. Pretty in pink has always been more my vibe.” Pacifica said as she flipped her hair. 

“But punk is sooo cool! Imagine all the edgy selfies!” Candy bouncing on a bed said.

“I’m down for whatever! Let’s get wild!” Grenda opinionated with a rather enthusiastic tone.

The Pines girl predictably knew what she wanted “Ooh! I want glitter and stars! Can I do bright purple, too?”

Wendy starts styling Mabel’s hair, adding in colorful streaks and a few sparkles. The other girls gather around, excited to see the transformation.

Gretchen switching between colors trying to see what to choose ”I think we should try some spikes! How about that, Grenda?”

“Yes! Let’s do it!” Grenda grinned.

As the chaos unfolds, the Membrane remains on the couch, observing quietly. The Pines girl notices her lack of participation.

She tilted her head and called the purple girl “Gazzy! Aren’t you going to join us? We could do something super fun with your hair!”

“Thanks. I’m good with my usual style.” Gaz shook her head as a no.

“Come on, Gaz! Just one little change. Life’s about mixing things up sometimes!” Wendy raised an eyebrow.

The purple girl sighed and responded a bit defensive “I just don’t want to. I like how I look.

“But we want to see how amazing you could be with a little flair!” Pacifica pouted playfully.

Gretchen noded “Yeah! Just a hint of punk! It could be fun!”

Gaz nearly snapped but then decided to neutral “I get that you all love experimenting, but I just… I feel comfortable with what I have.”

The girls exchange glances, considering Gaz’s perspective.

Wendy gave a gentle smirk and responded “That’s totally fair, Gaz. But why not just let us try a little something? You can always wash it out!”

The Membrane girl hesitated, looking at all the excited faces “I don’t know…”

“We promise it’ll be fun! Just a temporary change, like a little adventure, but without traumatizing plot twists!” Mabel encouraged.

“I mean, you can always go back. No pressure.” Pacifica shrugged with both shoulders.

Gaz considers for a moment, then rolls her eyes, realizing they're not going to let it go. “Fine . Just no frills, okay?”

Excited cheers erupt from the group as they rush over, ready to give Gaz a fun twist without losing her personal style.

“Yes! Let’s get you something awesome but still… you!” The Pines girl conceded.

As they start to apply some subtle colors and edgy elements to Gaz's style, laughter fills the room, and Gaz feels a warmed sense of belonging as they all enjoy the moment together.

‘ The warmth…make it stoooop!’ Gaz internally screamed as his dark heart was infected by the warmth.

Gir bursts into the Boys’ room, carrying a plate of tacos and said chirpy “Master! I made tacos! Fresh from the kitchen!”

Zim eyed the tacos warily “Gir, what did you put in these...creations of yours?”

Gir giggles in response “Only the bestest ingredients! Taco seasoning, cheese, and some...other stuff!”

Dib narrowed his eyes in suspicion which was shared by Dipper considering it was Gir, sure Gir made delicious waffles but just learning that the deranged robot once cooked Dib’s severed head in that time loop incident made him very hesitant.

"Other stuff"? Yeah, I'm not touching those. Knowing you and Zim, they're probably toxic or filled with alien parasites or something.” Dib commented.

Dipper shifted uncomfortably and uttered, “I don't know, guys. They might not be that bad. Gir seems proud of them.”

Zim scoffed at Dipper’s sentiment “Nonsense! Gir's culinary skills are...questionable at best. There's no way those tacos are safe for an Irken elite such as myself to consume.”

Gir bottom lip quivers looking at the verge of crying “But Master...I made them just for you!” The SIR unit holds the plate out pleadingly.

The three boys stare at the tacos, hesitating knowing when Gir cries he cries he cries EAR DEAFENING LOUD.

Dib sighed in resignation deciding to be the first, it wouldn’t be the worst thing he ate anyway ”Alright, fine. I'll try one, just to prove you two idiots wrong.” he gingerly takes a taco  and slowly he opens his mouth very hesitantly preparing for the worst thing he ever put in his mouth.

The Membrane boy takes a bite, the other two watching him intently as if they expect him to suddenly burst. Suddenly, his eyes go wide.

Dib finally said “...Whoa.” 

Zim disbelieving demanded for answers “What? What is it, Dib-thing?”

Dib looked at the taco in amazement “These are actually...really good.”

Dipper eyebrows raised in surprise “Seriously? Let me try one." He took a taco and ate it “Huh, not bad at all!”

The Irken gaped at them in shock that not only they weren’t vomiting their own organs out by now, but also finding it delicious “Impossible!” He snatches a taco and inspects it “These couldn't possibly be edible. Gir, what sorcery have you performed?!” He whirled back at his SIR unit and demanded his minion for answers.

Gir giggled happily “I just used my bestest cooking skills!” he shoved a taco into Zim's mouth to his startlement.

The invader chewed slowly, eyes widening in shock as the flavor hit him.

Zim swallowed, speechless for a moment. “...This is actually...quite delicious.”

The insane robot  squealed with joy, dancing around the room as the three boys stared at the surprisingly tasty tacos in disbelief. “It has beef bits in it!”

“YOU’RE LYING!” The alien invader shouted and accusingly pointed at him.

After the Boys, Gir came for the Girls as he made tacos for them as well until he left(In his dog costume of course).

Late at night, the girls gathered for spooky stories. Gaz actually got into this, telling a chilling tale that leaves the others shaken.

Gaz leaning forward, her voice low and intense “Alright, listen up. This is a tale about a shadow that lurks in the corners of our world, waiting for the right moment to strike…”

The others lean in closer, eyes wide with anticipation. Gaz weaves a chilling story about a mysterious figure that haunts the woods, stealing the souls of those who wander too far from the path. Her delivery is gripping, leaving the others visibly shaken.

Grenda whispered “That’s so creepy, Gaz!”

Pacifica nodded in agreement , a bit unnerved. “Seriously , I’m never going camping again.”

Wendy rolled her eyes.

Just as the tension reaches its peak, Mabel bursts into the room, her usual bright demeanor replaced by an unsettling grimness. The girls gasp, taken aback by the stark change in her appearance.

The Pines girl held a crumpled note, her voice shaky. “Trust me, that’s nothing compared to what me and my brother’s went through.”

The purple Membrane raised an eyebrow, she never saw Mabel the normally bubbling girl like this ever before.

The room goes silent when the Fallers go quiet recognizing the note; Pacifica looked scared, Wendy had a grime visage that barely concealed her rage, Candy was holding Grenda for support and Grenda was visibly snarling in fury.

That only left Gretchen and Gaz who could tell whatever this was, this was serious.

As Mabel unfolds the note, revealing chaotic handwriting that looks like it was written by a deranged psychopath that sends a chill down everyone’s spine. 

Gaz’s eyes widen in surprise as Mabel’s expression darkens further. Gaz, the dark goth who faced the madness of alien invaders and whatever paranormal thingy that Dib got her involved in, was genuinely intimidated by this Bill though she didn’t visibly show it.

As much as she gave Dib a hard-time, she rather not imagine her stupid and sometimes self-destructive brother getting possessed by a demented dream demon and that would after his done would suicide his body and damn his consciousness to drift as a bodiless spectre.

Mabel, her voice trembling, informed “ It's from Bill Cipher. He wrote this while possessing Dipper before... He… he wanted to kill him and make it look like a suicide, leaving Dipper trapped in the Mindscape.”

The girls exchange horrified glances, the weight of Mabel's words sinking in. Gretchen’s skepticism begins to waver as she processes the implications.

“Wait, what? Who is this Bill?” Gretchen voiced shaking.

The Pines’s gaze drops, her voice barely above a whisper as she mutters to herself, her self-deprecation cutting through the tension.

Mabel with a haunt only thought out loud f “All of this… just to impress a creep who loved puppets more than anyone else…”

Gretchen’s heart races as she recalls the strange occurrences in town, the triangular symbols and objects that she saw during Summerween. She while not outright discount the possibility of paranormal was a cautiously skeptic yet that before she and other Skoolmates getting terrorized by a variety of monsters and she could tell that Mabel’s hurt and haunted look seemed too genuine to be a fake. Her mind races with memories of the locals' stiff expressions when asked about them, their eyes darting away or giving dirty looks as if the topic was taboo.

With a quivering she asked “But… that triangle with the eye… I’ve seen it everywhere. People act weird when it comes up.”

“I will tell you someday later.” Wendy told her by leaning close to her ear and whispered seriously.

The boys were now in a prank war when the alien challenged his nemesis.

 Zim was using alien tech and summoning Minimoose and Dib and Dipper countering with more grounded methods. This led to some hilarious hijinks while Gir is there giggling at the show readying for a playful showdown between Zim and Dib. Gir sits in the corner, bouncing with excitement.

Zim was holding up a small triangular device, a mischievous glint in his metallic eyes “Behold! My latest invention! With this, I shall summon Minimoose to wreak havoc!” which was basically a cannon that used Minimoose as cannonball. Which did not impress the human boys.

Dib rolled his eyes “You always say that, Zim. What’s the catch?”

 “No catch! Just pure Irken genius!” The Irken boasted.

As the Invader activates the device, the air buzzes with energy, and Minimoose bursts onto the scene with a loud "Nyah!" Gir's eyes light up with delight, bouncing up and down.

“Yay! Minimoose! I love moose!” The insane robot cheered, no longer having his dog hood head on his head.

The Pines, trying to stay grounded, quickly sets up his own prank—an elaborate series of obstacles that Minimoose will hilariously trip over. He was already good at making over-complicated schemes and Wendy and her gang taught him one and two about making pranks. “Alright, let’s see how well you handle this!” The Pines boy jeered.

As Minimoose attempts to navigate Dipper’s obstacles, the scene quickly descends into chaos. Dipper bursts into laughter at the sight of Minimoose tumbling and the ensuing mess. Gir joins in, cackling at the antics.

Just as Zim prepares for his counter-prank, the triangular device begins to hum ominously. Sensing trouble, the mood shifts making the alien frowned “Wait, no! This wasn’t supposed to happen!”

Suddenly, the device glows brighter, and Dipper’s gaze lands on its triangle shape. His laughter stopped and his heart raced. Memories of Bill Cipher flood back; Weirdmageddon, his cruel laughter, watching his own body possessed and violated wearing a grin cheek to cheek with yellow eyes with slit pupils, his friends turned into carpents showing painted faces of them screaming, him holding him and his sister while counting out rhymes on who he should kill his one eye glowing red and switching between Shooting Star and Pine Tree. A wave of anxiety crashing over him. He stumbles back, breathing heavily.

“No, no… not him…” The Pines’s voice shook.

Gir tilted his head, watching Dipper’s distress with wide eyes and then obliviously cheerful ly asked “Why does Jamie look like a fish out of water?” he mistaken his name as he mistaken Dib’s name.

Dipper’s panic escalates, as he struggles to ground himself amidst the chaos. Just then, Dib bursts into the room, sensing something amiss.

The Membrane boy upon seeing that immediately dropped his smile and ran over “Dipper! Partner! What happened?”

The Pines tried to catch his breath, his hands shaking as he pointed at Zim’s device.

The Pines’ voice trembling replied “I… I saw the triangle and… it reminded me of Bill.

The Membrane’s expression shifts from concern to understanding as he kneels beside his friend, placing a reassuring hand on Dipper’s shoulder and saying firmly “It’s okay, Dipper. Focus on me. Take deep breaths. It’s just a prank.”

Dipper nods, his breath hitching as he struggles to ground himself. The deranged SIR unit, still blissfully absorbed in the chaos, attempts to help by bouncing around and inadvertently knocking over obstacles in a fit of giggles and still oblivious as he sang “Fish out of water, fish out of water!”

Dib gently shakes Dipper’s shoulder, urging him to re-center his thoughts.

“Look, it’s just Zim being Zim. There’s no danger here. Just us.”

Dipper takes a deep breath, focusing on Dib’s steady voice. The chaos around him fades slightly as he finds grounding in his friend’s presence. Gradually, he calms down, where Gir’s antics, once overwhelming, begin to look more like a silly spectacle.

Finally regaining his composure he thanked his friend “Thanks, Dib. I just… I didn’t expect that.”

As the tension eases, Zim huffs in frustration, his device emitting sparks before shutting down entirely and grumbling “It was supposed to be a perfect plan!”

Dib said to Zim “ Maybe next time try something less triangular?”

The group return to their playful atmosphere, with Gir racing around, proclaiming himself the ultimate party moose.

Dipper shakes his head, managing a smile, thankful for friends who help steer him back to calm waters, even in the midst of chaos.

The girls were now a pillow fight using pillows to throw at each other or as melee and currently the tops were Mabel and Wendy, the only one not joining in was Gaz. She had already agreed to do a lot of girly things, she was not gonna join this absurdity.

The Pines girl was trying to bringing the Membrane in by pesting her “Come on Gazzy– ‘

“No.”

“But–

“NO!”

“Pleeeease?”

“I’m not wasting feather for a stupid– ” Before the purple gamer could finish a pillow hit her right on the face, that’s when suddenly everyone stopped what they were doing as Gaz’s expression remained blank until the pillow that hit her face dropped.

“It was her!” Both Pacifica and Gretchen said at the same time pointing each other in blame.

The goth Membrane inhaled deeply with a low threatening voice “So…you chose DEATH!”

That's when the pillow fight spiraled out of control when Gaz joined in. By the end only Gaz and Wendy remained both too stubborn to give in.

Mabel regretted her decision in involving Gaz way sooner than that point.

Boom!

  splat

“HAHAHAHAHAHA!”

The sound of something exploding was heard and the cackling of a certain megalomaniacal Invader.

Pacifica spat a feather, tilted her head up as she was on the floor and asked “What was that!?”

“What did those idiots do now?” Gaz groaned expecting that to happen.

The girls rushed to the boys’ room and what they found left them baffling, except for Gaz who was used to this by now.

It was as if a pie exploded with cake matter all over and covering Dipper and Dib while there was a certain skin-diseased green boy laughing maniacally in triumphant being the only one not covered in pie.

“BWAHAHAHA! ZIM HAS WON THE PRANK WAR!”

The obviously fake dog that everyone back in Skool thinks is Zim’s little brother or cousin wearing a dog costume stopped licking its cake covered paws and looked at the girls.

“Helloooo!” 

“Is that…a flying mini moose ?” Of all things, Gretchen exclaimed about the flying moose.

“Nyah!” Minimoose confirmed that its name was Minimoose

“That’s uhm an experimental drone! Don’t mind that!” The Pines girl told her to not mind that with a lie which technically was not a lie since Minimoose was a drone just that she omitted the fact that it was an advanced drone made by an alien.

“Gaz!? you…are you wearing makeup and painted nails!?” Dib exclaimed in disbelief about the mere fact that her goth and dark 

sister used makeup and cleaned his goggle to make sure he was seeing it right.

“GAZE UPON ZIM’S VICTORY! FOR I’M THE KING OF PRANK WARS!” the disguised alien with a hand up declared, making almost everyone roll their eyes.

“Talk about a prank going too far…” Wendy muttered, not knowing whether she should be impressed or exasperated seeing Zim predictably taking things overblown.

“Hi- hi.” Gretchen upon seeing Dib nervous greeted Dib with a stutter and slightly blushed while Dib was none the wiser.

Wendy rolled his eyes, if she thought Dipper was dense in not finding out that she heard him very clearly when he kept whispering love declarations on her then Dib was taking the cake ironically enough considering the situation and since it’s been like 2 years and he hasn’t found out by now.

Suddenly, from the pile of pie remains came another boy who came out “Hi!” a certain redhead boy came out of the pie goo who has the bad habit of stalking Zim which in typical Zim fashion found it flattering until finding it creepy rather cheerfully greeted.

“Who’s he?” Pacifca gestured at the redhead boy in puzzlement.

“ Keef? What’s he doing here?” The Purple haired girl was also confused with a tilted head.

“Believe us, we tried to get rid of him.” Dib grumbled with a soured face.

“And someone was squeaky about my method of getting rid of him.” Zim locked his arms as he grumbled.

“For the last time, no organ harvesting!” Dipper snapped at the huffed Zim with crossed arms.

“I’m Zim’s best friend!” Keef proudly announced, no one know how they should react to that with the Membrane girl wondering if this boy is brain-dead to consider Zim as his best friend but again she seen Dib and Zim bicker like an old married couple and there was this odd…well she wouldn’t call friendship but rather a sort of strange commodity between Dib, Dipper and Zim.

The Pines girl sighed and turned to her brother “Welp, guess my plan to make you jealous is now off the hook with my Girls’ Night.”

“Wait…you were jealous? And afraid that I replaced you?” Dipper was surprised.

Mabel shook her head and admitted “ I know, I know. It was stupid! I’m a dumb dumb!”

“What gives it away? The Wolfman fantasy novel?” Gaz sarcastically sneered recalling when Mabel read that novel in the slumber party while Wendy cringed remembering that as well, both Gaz and Wendy cringed so hard at the very problematic romance novel with a side of stupidity that their face threaten to developed wrinkles with Gaz feeling her IQ was dropping by just hearing that trash.

‘Why that novel oddly sounded like the story of my love life…?’ The Corduroy thought bitterly.

The Pines girl briefly gave a dirty look to the Purple Girl before glancing back and elaborated. “I was afraid that you were replacing me and yes I know it was stupid but…you spent a lot of time with Dib and Zim and I felt kinda left out.”

“You’re right, that's stupid.” Dipper’s sudden remark took her and everyone by surprise and then Dipper smirked slyly “Zim is even more annoying than you and too easy to tease.”

“HEY! THE MIGHTY ZIM IS NOT TEASABLE ” Zim insulted and exclaimed in indignation which made Dib and Gaz snort making him even more annoyed while Gir giggled.

“Oh you!” Mabel laughed and playfully punched Dipper on his shoulder.

Later…

And Slumber Party continued this time with Boys and Girls and what a night it was.

Gir chewed on Pacifica’s hair to her shrieking objection, everyone went on a betting pool when Gaz and Wendy were test each other’s strength by fist to fist strenght measurement contest on who was the strongest whixh after 30 minutes ended in a tie, Zim and Dib bickered a lot, Candy and Grenda finding Gir cute were caressing him like a pet to his enjoyment, Gaz nearly went physical when Pacifica made comments about her being fat which she immediately apologized rather hastily partly genuine and partly because she rather not have someone who matches a Corduroy in strenght angered, Gretchen made many failed attempts that Dib was oblivious to which made Wendy pat Gretchen on her back as she looked down while Pacifica tried to make advancements to Dipper too was oblivious making her eyes twitch in frustration and bend a spoon she held by her hand when she was eating yogurt and Gaz was there smirking in amusment at how oblivious the two nerd boys were, Minimoose just floating around giving its signature phrase, Zim tried to get rid of Keef by unethical means which was immediately stopped to his frustration, Keef and Mabel were talking like two sugar rushed kids about random stuffs that freaked out the non-Fallers a bit, Grenda was warned by everyone familiar with Gir to NOT bring her pet lizard near him making Gretchen wonder what that was about, Mabel showed her pet pig one of the very few things that Gaz considers as precious‌, Candy tried to flirt with Zim only for Zim to outright gage and remind her that he is by Earth Calender older than any living human on Earth disencouraging her and also Zim laughed like a mustach twitching villain like always over inane stuff that made everyone roll their eyes until he uintentionally slipped that he secretly spied on the Pines family and their allies before his confrontation including Wendy in her own room causing Wendy to go after him with an ax while Zim screeched in fear and tried to use Dib as a human shield.

Overall, it was quite an eventful and memorable slumber party that miraculously didn’t end in anyone losing an organ.

As of currently, at 3:02 AM, there was now a dance party music, with Mabel and Grenda showing off their best dance moves.

 Gaz just sat in the corner and very reluctantly joined in, instead of singing like others was playing guitar with her fingers furiously in Rock style.

Gir was drumming on drums.

Others were singing: Candy and Grenda because why not, Mabel obviously, Dipper considering his liking for disco girl, Wendy was high on spirit, Pacifica only because Dipper was in it, Gretchen was very nervous to sing until she got the courage when Dib joined in, Minimoose for reasons , Dib because Dipper was in it and surprisingly Zim when he was goaded into showing that his singing is superior.

“ -We knocked on Evil Triangle’s door!”

“We fell in the Cackling Florpuse.”

“But we’re still alive!”

“‘Cause in Gravity Falls, summers come and go!

“We’ve seen better times!”

“But at least we’re still alive!”

“We hit rock bottom!”

“We knocked on Evil Triangle’s door!”

“We fell in the Cackling Florpus!”

“Nyah nyah nyah!”

CLEAK!

The door suddenly opened and hit Minimoose stopping everyone dead on track and glanced back but from the very tired, frustrated and red sleepless eyes of Stan, if he knew he hit Minimoose he didn’t care not much.

“Um, is it just me or does the old man look even worse?” Pacifca wrinkled in disgust.

“IT’S 3 GODDAMN MOOOOORNIIIIIING! ” He roared, finally losing patience for the constant loud night activities so he roared loud that the group flinched back except the ever oblivious Gir.

Outside of the shack from a mile away, was a shadowy figure sat on the branches of a tree with devices near her, her dark baleful purple eyes illuminated in the darkness of the shadow and night gazing hatefully toward the Shack and there was a demonic cat with red eyes hissing and it shifted and slithered around her like a shadow only to then stop near its master with his form dissipated revealing a small humanoid figure with red eyes devoid of emotion glowing in the dark and was then pat once and twice by its master on its head.

“Patience.” 

The master of the smaller humanoid leaned forward, her face revealed by the moonlight shining showing that of an alien insectoid with a small visible implant on her head and square-curled antenna snarling with inhuman teeths.

“For soon, Zim and his human allies will pay.”

It was none other than Tak and her robot minion Mimi, plotting their revenge.

Chapter Text

In Abuelita’s house, Melody dropped on the nearest couch and exhaled deeply.

“God…I have never been so tired in my entire life!” Melody groaned.

“Same here honey.” Soos, exhausted from being on the couch near Melody, joined in.

It took A LOT of effort to put the three alien kids to sleep with how hyperactive they are even with the help of Soos’ granny and considering they did this not by turning into their gremlin mood and just in a typical way Kids can suck the energy out of the adults it was an achievement. 

“Sweetie? Remember when we talked about having children?” Melody asked his husband.

“Yes?”

“I think we should wait at least 4 years until we know we aren’t ready yet.”

“No problem dude.” 

Just when they decided to postpone having children after seeing how truly challenging it is for the time being. Suddenly the sound of something shattering was heard and children woke up.

“SLEEPOVER! YAY!”

Both adults groaned loudly with their heads hitting the back of the couch.

Stan rubbed his eyes very tired and it was very late in the night, since it was dark he had no choice but to accompany the Membranes, Zim and their Skoolmates back to where the rest of the Skoolmates are to his displeasure. The annoying part was that Zim was under house arrest in the Shack but decided to accompany Dib anyway just so he had more time sneering at him which would have led to another inane argument if it were not for Stan giving them dirty eyes.

“Ugh, it’s late at night! Why are you two staying until 3 freaking am!? Didn’t you learn anything about leaving weirdos alone after dark?” The conman Pines grumbled.

Dib adjusting his glasses protested “I’m not a weirdo! There was…important things to do!”

Gretchen still was looking at Dib with flustered eyes to Gaz’s disgust, she did not need to see that.

Zim crossed his arms and made his complaint to the Elder Pines clear “And I am Zim! The greatest warrior in the universe! Your lack of respect for my superiority is… infuriating!”

Stanley rolled his eyes knowing they were just messing around and then somehow ended up singing “Save the drama for your mom, green bean. I just need to get ya kids back before I fall unconscious from sleep deprivation!”

Suddenly, Miss Bitters materializes behind Stan with a menacing shadow and hissed in her usual eerie tone making the Skoolmates a bit tense, except for Keef of course “ What’s this? A late-night rendezvous with… childish interlopers?” she hissed almost like a snake.

“Great. Just what I wanted in how to end tonight on a high note—a creepy teacher and two losers.” Gaz drily commented.

Gretchen stopped herself from crushing for a moment and was visibly sweating in fear.

“I’m really not in the mood for her scaring me into oblivion.” The big-headed boy whispered to the disguised Irken.

“Oh, she’s far scarier than any Irken Warlord.” Zim nervously on one of the rare occasions agreed with his nemesis with a nod.

Conman Pines turns around and practically jumps back upon seeing Miss Bitters so close and almost stuttering “ Whoa! Didn’t see you there! You, uh…” He got a better look at this demonic hag who then turned on him like a predatory owl that was looking at its prey, he began to understand why the kids called Miss Bitters scary as his mouth became dry. “look… good… at this hour?”

Scary Teacher gave the most ghastly grin the Pines and the Kids had ever seen. She slithers closer to him to his discomfort “Oh. Your rugged exterior is positively delightful in the moonlight.”

Stanley tried very hard not to cringe, feeling if he just expressed his facial features wrongly, Miss Bitters would tear his face.

“Wow, Old Man. You’ve really got a way with the ladies.” The Purple-haired Membrane raised an eyebrow, while revolted she was also amused by this turn of events.

Dib and Zim on the other hand exchange horrified glances, each of them wishing they could teleport FAR away from what they were thinking was going on.

Stan tried to excuse himself “M-misss! It’s too late at night and I don’t wanna bother so I’m just- “ Just when he tried to turn away, Miss Bitters once again slithered, blocking his path. She took a step closer and revealed her intentions ambiguously. 

“Oh, but why rush? The night is young, and you have so much… potential…”

The Membrane boy definitely did not like where this was going “No, no, no! This is wrong on so many levels!”

Zim, sharing his dismay pointed “Why is that beast attracted to him, Dib Monkey?! He’s a mere… dirty man-gorilla!”

“Maybe she has a thing for desperation and expiration.” The Membrane girl mockingly added.

The Elder Pines nervously took hold of his collar and gulped “I-I think there’s some potential in finding a very, very quick exit! Uh… how about we just get to be friends, huh? Very FAR friends!” He then slowly backed away, not daring to turn his back as if he were facing a tiger.

Miss Bitters, still grinning ghastly, and calls after them said in a haunting sing-song “ Come back soon! I have endless time to share, just like all my ex-husbands before they passed away!” she added menacingly and ambiguously.

Stan couldn’t take it any more so he did the sensible thing, he ran in a fit of panic “CODE 618!” He shouted and ran very fast.

“We need to leave! Now!” Dib yelled.

Zim grabbed his nemesis and ran “Yes! To safety, away from the terror of morning romance!”

“Yes! Let’s go! Before this gets even weirder!” The big-headed boy agreed frantically with the Invader as both made haste.

“We’re doomed.” Gretchen who also was running sighed.

The only one who didn’t run was Keef oblivious of everything and Gaz leaned back, still amused. “ Don’t forget to send me a postcard from your romantic getaway!” She jeered loudly at the running Pines.

Tomorrow Morning….

Another morning, another typical spat between Zim and Dib who wasted no time about their board game strategies. Soos and Melody today were not here tired from taking care of the triplets so they stayed in Soos’ granny’s house.

“HA! Dib-Stink, I expected you to expect my expected attack!” Zim gloated.

Dib gloated back “Aha! But I expected you to expect me that I expect you to expect!”

“But I expected you to expect my trap to expect it and expect my expected attack and expecting my counterattack as expc- “

“You guys have issues.” The Corduroy girl grunted deadpane cutting him off as she was in the cashier's place with a hand holding her face in boredom. This spatting was entertaining at first but now it was just mildly annoying.

“How dare you cut off Mighty Zim’s glorious speech, Greeny Buffalo Check Orangutan!?” Zim growled at Wendy for cutting her off which she responded with an eye roll.

The Membrane boy tried defending his not-so issue “But to defeat my enemy I must study my enemy, then become my enemy, the moving with my enemy, then wear my enemy’s clothes, then– “

“We get it, we get it! Stop making it weird!” Gaz snapped at his brother to not make it weird, passed by and smacked his head to not make it weird. The Corduroy girl meanwhile wore a face that said ‘Are you serious?’ at this eccentricity.

“Zim for once agrees with Dib the stinky, except for the creepy part…” Zim bleached at Dib then continued “And speaking of…GIR!” he loudly called his SIR unit yet no trace of him came “GIR! stop fumbling with whatever Giry thing you are doing!” Yet no answer which made him irritated and confused so he called back again “GIR!” 

He called him more yet no sign of him was, later he searched for his minion yet no sign of him. Soon everyone but Gaz joined in realizing this wasn't one of Gir’s shenanigans he really had disappeared.

“GIR! GIR! Where are you Gir?? Master promises to reward you with burritos.” Zim looked around as he called his minion. “Hmm, strange, that usually works. You Dib Clone Girl! Have I seen my minion?”

“I'm as lost as you Zimmy.” Mabel shrugged who was also looking for Gir checking under the table.

“Even weirdly, there is no sign of Minimoose either.” Ford who also joined in as well uttered.

“Can’t Bug Boy track them down or something? They are your ‘Minions’ after all.” Stan, looking inside of a box asked.

Zim immediately rejected that by insulting him “Foolish Fossilized Gorilla! Of Course, Zim would put a tracker on his own creations! Yet…the tracks don’t work which means either those two scrapheaps damaged themselves- knowing Gir it won’t be much of a surprise- or…someone has kidnapped them and knew of the trackers.” he concluded.

Ford nodded grimly “I was afraid of that, the Shack is filled with security if there was an intruder they would have picked up, I know it because I designed them which means somehow very competent and skilled did so.”

That likely speculation sent everyone a bit on edge because whoever it was could have hurt them if wanted to.

“So…what should we do, Great Uncle Ford?” Dipper inquired.

“I called Mcgucket to come, he is an expert on robotics so he would know how to track alien robotic tech. In fact…” Stanford looked at the clock watch of the Shack “He should be here by- “

SLAMMED!

The door suddenly slammed open making everyone but Gaz and Ford startled as they looked back. The non-Fallers didn’t know what they expected from this supposed robotic expert, but a hillbilly with a hillbilly accented with a long white beard and green goggles was not that. 

“Howdy fellas!” There it was Mcgucket in his all hillbilly glory greeting. Zim was bleached at the sight as he always found human facial hair disgusting and this human had a long bear that reminded him of an alien caterpillar, Gaz raised an eyebrow, Wendy nearly dropped her magazine and Dib was surprised.  “You won’t believe what I just stumbled upon!”

Stan, without looking up, asked “Let me guess, another ‘mysterious’ fungus that makes you see visions of pancake donkeys?”

“No, no! This is serious! I found a signal!”

“A signal you say?” Ford was piqued in interest.

“Yeah and- “ Fiddlegord stopped what he was saying and stared at Dib oddly and leaned a bit closer “Huh…your head is…small.”

“Uhhh, thanks?” The Membrane boy, having no idea how to feel about that, replied.

“Who's the hillbilly?” Gaz inquired.

Dipper was the one who gave a summary as he gestured “That’s Mcgucket, He’s the local inventor Grunkle Ford talked about.”

“Why does the decrepit goat look like a homeless unproductive member of your society?” Zim titled his head, recalling one of his disguises as a homeless man.

That caused the Fallers to wince or glare at Zim with Stan smacking his head.

“Hey!”

And Stanford looked guilty.

“He had uhm an… unfortunate period.” The Pines boy elaborates awkwardly.

Gaz nearly snorted if it were not for Mabel and Wendy giving her a look that said ‘Don’t you dare snort about it!’.

“ANYWAY what was the signal you talked about?” Stanford asked his old friend not wanting to muse on how he had a hand in his friend going on a downtrodden spiral.

“Oh right! I located an indecipherable signal last night! It was identical to one before that raid on the power plant.”

Every but Fiddleford then suspiciously looked at the disguised Invader who saw their looks refuted their suspicion “Don’t look at Zim, I can't claim credit for it. You put me in house arrest. Besides, why would I kidnap my own minions? And by the way, I am not a kidnapper! I am a conqueror!” the insectoid alien crossed arms in indignation.

Whatever you say, Zim. But if you’re involved in this, I’m going to make sure everyone knows.” The big-headed Membrane, still suspicious of him, told him that he in response blew a raspberry at him with his worm-like tongue, such a mature reaction from an Elite Invader.

Suddenly Dipper snapped his fingers, recalling something “That’s also when the new cryptid was seen after the raid.”

“What do you mean partner?” Dib glanced back at Dipper asked.

“Apparently there were first-hand accounts of the sighting of a Wampus Cat stealing machinery and breaking into a power plant stealing energy coils.”

“Wasn’t that thing supposed to be in Texas?” Dib confused, said.

Mabel snorted “And Unicorns were supposed to be from Europe yet here we have them.”

“Unicorns are REAL!?” Dib exclaimed as he turned back to Mabel.

“Yeah, and they are massive jerks.” The Pines girl bitterly answered.

Wendy then shrugged “Welp  I’m down for some mystery hunting, I’m beginning to get bored. Dipper, you want to team up?”

Dipper brightened up with that “Yeah, I’d love to! But I was hoping Mabel would come too…”

“Aw, I would, but I have plans with my friends to do a “Gnome Fashion Show.” It’s going to be amazing!” The Pines girl chirped.

“ A ‘Gnome’ Fashion show?” Gaz raised an eyebrow at the Pines girl.

“Yeah, though for some reason they banned Dib from ever coming there.”

Gaz gave a knowing look at Dib who awkwardly scratched the back of his head as he nearly vivisected a gnome if it were not for Dipper stopping him.

“Okay, Wendy, let’s go check out that Wampus Cat sighting then.” The Pines boy responded to the redhead Corduroy.

Stanley clapped his hands and announced the plan “Alright, so here’s the plan! McGucket and I will investigate those signals. Dipper and Wendy will track down this Wampus Cat, and Zim and Dib…”

“Wait, why do I have to be stuck with Dib Worm?” Zim hissed in protest.

“I don’t want to be stuck with you either, Space Boy!” Dib also shared Zim’s displeasure.

The Membrane girl rolled her eyes “You two are going to have to deal with it. And I’m going out alone before either of you idiots blow anything up.”

Mabel  grinning mischievously offered her a reason to stay “I’ll give you Waddles for a day if you supervise them!”

That actually made the purple girl reconsider “ Fine. But if the Mystery Hack blows up, I’m not responsible.”

“What am I, an insane pyromaniac!?” Dib squawked that he was considered as much of a hazard as Zim.

“Alright, it’s settled! McGucket and I will check out the signals, Dipper and Wendy are off to find the Wampus Cat, and Zim and Dib… well, good luck with whatever you’re doing.” Stanford declared.

“Let’s go find that signal!” McGucket announced.

Dipper turned to Wendy “Ready to go?”

“Always!” Wendy eagerly accepted.

And so, everyone left leaving the Membrane siblings and Zim with Dib and Zim not finding each other’s company desirable.

“This is going to be the worst day ever.” The Invader grumbled.

“Tell me about it. I wanna find the Wampus Cat with my best friend! not be stuck here suffering in your presence!” Dib whined wishing it would have been him instead of Wendy.

“Hey! It is a great honor to be in Almighty Zim’s presence!” The Alien objected in indignity and from then they began arguing with each other again while Gaz ignored them and played her Game Slayer, only for the one-hour limit to reach.

“GAH! Dammit Dad!” Gaz cursed her father for putting the damnable time limit on her game and grumbled “This better be worth it…”

“ ‘It’s I ZIM! Behold my magnificence and weep, also roll over 40 times!’ “

“ ‘Oh ah nooo my BEAUTIFUL body! Zim’s perfection is sullied and had to suffer a human experience in the bathroom!’”

Both Dipper and Wendy laughed out loud after they respectively mimicked Zim.

“Not that I have a vendetta against the green guy, he’s something but MAN he needs to take a chill pill!” The Corduroy girl snorted.

The Pines boy agreed with her “Yeah, though as much as I like Dib he didn’t exactly help in him being ‘Chillax’ either.”

“Dude, I don’t think I've ever seen a day where they won’t bicker at each other like an old married couple.” she mused.

The Pines boy snorted with faux horror “Don’t let Mabel hear that, she may get ideas on her Shipping obsession.”

Wendy chuckled at that “Yeah…God I can’t believe Mabel basically drugged Robbie and Tambry into getting together!” She recalled the Love God incident. Dipper told him about the portion later on.

“Good thing the portion only lasts one hour or else I doubt even Grunkle Stan would be leeway about basically violating free will.” he exasperated, the whole thing was stupid, though he wasn’t the only one sharing that sentiment.

“Yeah, by My ancestral Lumberjack ghost I CAN’T believe I threatened Tambry with violence over dating Robbie of all people!” she gagged spelling the name of her ex “I honestly don’t know WHAT I was thinking of dating that edge lord.”

Suddenly, Dipper’s phone which he bought after the first summer beeped and vibrated in his pocket, he brought it out and saw it was coming from Great Uncle Ford. He accepted the call “Hi? Wait, what’s going on?” He asked this time a bit louder as something was interfering which piqued Wendy’s interest. Dipper then put on his loud speaker for Wendy to hear it as well as this seemingly concerned her as well.

“Back zzzr-  mystery Shack- zzzzzkrrrh attacked!- ZZZGRRR!- “ 

“We have to go!” Dipper turned to Wendy with a serious face and then both began running fast back to the Shack.

“Well, that was a bust!” Mabel grumbled as he walked back, she checked the ‘Gnome Fashion Show’ and she was disappointed. Turns out Gnomes had a rather narrow view of fashion as most of their clothes, while different in texture and color were basically the same and even the same long and tall hats. Oh well, at least she got to give them a few tidbits though for some reason when she mentioned one of her ideas was inspired by the coat Dib wore the Gnomes were very tensed and politely rejected her offer, strange she had to ask Dib what he did that deserved such reaction.