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Operation: GALACSIA, Chapter 8

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You know what I really like about FanFiction over YouTube? If there’s something you regret putting in your story, a little editing and BOOM! It never existed! Anyway, it’s time to head into the next dungeon, where we learn a new ability, then fight the first phase of our boss.

Chapter 8: The Rocky Relationship of Tak and Zim


It was a peaceful morning in Cleveland, Virginia. Mr. Uno stepped out of his home to retrieve the morning paper. At the same time, his next door neighbor was retrieving the morning paper as well and happily greeted Mr. Uno. “‘Mornin’, Mr. Uno!”

“Ah, good day to you, Mr. Bobbington! Wonderful weather we’re having, eh wot?”

“It sure is, Mr. Uno! Say, I haven’t seen your son in a while. Where is he?”

“Hmmm, why, I don’t recall having a son. Just a few children that come over to play up in that tree house.”

His neighbor gave a weird look. “Okay, well… have a nice day, I guess.” With that, the two adults went back into their homes.

Once Mr. Uno was inside, he gave an angry expression. Mrs. Uno came in and asked, “So, Dear, how was getting the paper?”

“I can’t take it anymore, Dark Blue! Another minute of hanging around with these adults and I’ll turn to dust in an instant!”

“Oh, calm down, Brown! Dimentia said we could come to the base as soon as all of Nigel’s friends have been decommissioned!”

“But why do we have to hang around here? Has Dimentia even thought this whole thing through?” After speaking, they heard a strange beeping sound coming from the TV. “Ah, speak of the space devil!”

“Let’s go see what she wants, dear.” With that, they walked over to the TV, switching it on, showing none other than the figure of Dimentia.

“So, Uno clones, how are things down there?”

“Terrible, Dimentia!” answered Monty Clone, or Brown. “I can’t stand these adults anymore! When can we return to base?”

“Patience, Brown. As soon as decommissioning time comes for Nigel’s friends, you can return as simple as that!”

“But it’s hard enough pretending to be decommissioned adults. Why must we pretend to be decommissioned adults who don’t remember their son?”

“So, that the scientists don’t have to worry about his parents going crazy over losing their son out of nowhere.”

“But the longer we keep up this charade, the more suspicious people will get! His cousin, for instance, has been visiting here every now and then asking if he’s home. We kept turning her away, but she’s only getting more desperate. At one point, she tried to climb in through the window of Nigel’s old room, looking for clues that he was here. Now, every time we hear a knock at the door, it’s either Number 10 or some guy in tights riding a horse, trying to sell us… unspeakables.”

“Don’t worry about her. I had a feeling that reporter would start investigating her cousin’s disappearance, so I thought I’d let Number 11.0 in on the GKND as well to keep her from digging too deep. Of course, he has no idea what we’re really doing.”

“But are you quite certain 11.0 will keep the secret? He is as much as a reporter as Number 10 is.”

“He WILL keep the secret. Especially if he knows what’s good for him AND Number 10.”

“Yes, well, even so. Why can’t we just let everyone in on the GKND? I mean, it’s not like they’ll go through all the trouble of trying to find our base.”

“Because if Nigel’s friends know he’s serving in a higher power of KND, they’ll all be happy for him, which means they won’t be sad wondering where he is, and if they’re not sad, then we won’t be able to fill the fountain with-”

Dimentia’s sentence was cut short when they heard a knock at the door. Brown walked over and answered it. At the door was a man in tights on a horse. “Excuse me, sir,” the man said, “would you be interested in-”

“NO! Get out! Get the HELL out of here!”

TROJAN MAAN! With that, the man on the horse rode off.

Brown walked back over to Dimentia on the TV and said, “Sorry about that. You were saying?”

“Never mind. On to the subject of why I called. According to my Magiblots, there’s been some snooping around down there by our friend from… the other side. And I fear he may be up to something that could cost us dearly. You haven’t noticed anything suspicious, have you?”

“Not as far as we can tell, dear.” Replied Dark Blue.

“Just be on the lookout. I get the feeling he may be trying to get close to Nigel. Or even Jirachi.”

“Don’t worry, Dimentia. We’ll keep our filthy adult eyes peeled!”

“Good. For right now, I need to get a drink from the fountain. Living for thousands of years has its downsides.” With that, the clones saluted and the TV switched off. The Uno clones went back to pretending to be adults.

The shadow being, who listened from behind the TV, snuck out through the window and took off for space. Once he was far above Earth’s atmosphere, he drew out his sword and said to it, “Exor. They’re on to us. We better watch our backs from here on, lest we meet up with a terrible fate.

His sword, Exor, replied, “I can think up the worst possible fate: being your sword.”

“Ohh, can’t you be dramatic for once?”

Planet Secco (Play the “Dry Dry Ruins” Theme from Paper Mario.)

Dungeon 2: Secco Ruins

Mission: Get to the center of the ruins and find the Star.


Nigel, Ava, and Dib entered the crumbled ruins. Their first room was a small, dark corridor with several columns lined up by the walls. Tiny sandfalls spilled through the ceiling, and cracks were everywhere. They stepped across wobbly platforms over a small pit of quicksand, where Moldorms jumped out at them. Dib beat away the worms with his mech fists easily as the three made it across to a metal, Irken-designed door at the end of the hall. "This door might not open without Irken clearance." Ava said.

"No problem! Leave it to me!" Dib exclaimed as he proceeded to pound the door with his fists, successfully breaking it down.

"I am so glad we added you to the group." Nigel added as Dib smiled proudly.

The three appeared in a large room with a huge chasm of darkness, but several walkways and platforms hovered over the abyss. There were also a few metal pipes letting out steam. They walked down a staircase along the side of a wall that led to the bridge to the first platform. However, two Dryans rose out of sand pits, wielding spiked ball-and-chains as they launched them at the operatives. Dib grabbed both of them and yanked them away from the Dryans. The sand people pulled out swords and attempted to strike, but Ava and Nigel kicked their knees, grabbed the Dryans, and hurled them over the edge.

Ava and Dib held onto Nigel as he shot his G.R.A.P.P.L.U.H. onto a stalactite and pulled them to the next walkway. When they tried to walk forward, a bunch of Tetramites came out of the hole in the wall up ahead. The three quickly grabbed onto a metal pipe that was hanging a few feet above them. The pipe stretched across the walkway, so the three kept their grip as they climbed across the pipe, just inches from the Tetramites' grasp. When they reached the other side, Nigel's friends held onto him as he latched his G.R.A.P.P.L.U.H. onto the pipe that was above the next platform over the pit, evading the Tetramites' reach.

They crossed a bridge that led to a hallway that had a narrow sand river along the side. The three kept going until they reached another bottomless chasm. "Looks like a dead end." Pointed out Ava, not seeing any way across.

"There has to be some way across." Dib replied. "There's no other way."

The two began to hear music coming from a distance. They looked to the left to see the mariachi band riding in an old Egyptian coffin, going down the sand river. "And so, we have our heroes caught between a rock and a hard place as they are clueless as to how to cross the impassable abyss. Will they find a way, or is this the end of their journey? Stay tuned after this to find out."

"But this isn't the end of the chapter!" replied the owl with the horn.

"That's not what I meant. What I meant was… THIS!" The mariachi band screamed as they went over a sandfall, falling into the endless abyss, while still playing their music.

As Nigel and Ava watched the owls fall, Dib looked across the abyss and noticed a large, tall pole on the other side. "Hey, guys! Look over there! That pole looks big enough to be a bridge! If I can knock it over, we might be able to get across!"

"But that thing's HUGE! How are we going to knock it over? Especially from way over here." Ava asked.

"Like THIS!" with that, part of Dib's mechanical arms became a golf club, and a small, blinking golf ball came out of the arms. Dib placed the ball on the ground in front of him and stood where he was facing the pole. "Get the angle just right and…" Dib hit the ball with his golf club and it flew over to the other side, hitting the bottom of the pole and exploding. The explosion caused the bottom of the pole to crumble, allowing it to fall towards the pit with the top side landing on the other side, creating a bridge. Dib got up on the fallen pole and smiled knowing his plan worked. "I call it a Golf Bomb!"

"Great plan, Dib!" Ava said as she and Nigel climbed onto the pole.

"Finally, some praise!"

After they crossed the pole-bridge, Dib had to smash down another metal doorway. They came to a dead end where the path continued above the wall, but Ava simply tossed her swords into the wall, allowing the three to use them as platforms to bounce up. Ava called her swords back as they continued over a pathway. On the right of them was a huge pit covered in cobra snakes. "There always has to be snakes, doesn't there?" Nigel asked.

"Ooh! This is my new chance to try out my new Parsel Speaker!" Dib said as he placed headphones over his ears and aimed a satellite device down at the snakes.

"One day: I'm gonna get outta this dungeon and sssee what's out there!" a snake exclaimed determinedly.

"But there'sss nothing else out there beyond the wallss! It's all endless sssand! You heard what happened to the oasis monster."

"What kind of god would make a planet with only one topographical feature? I will see what's out there, as sssoon as I find a way out of thiss pit. Ahh, but slithering around in circles is sso fun. I think I'll be here a while."


Dib put the device away as Ava remarked, "Well, that helps."

"There are some stalactites up there we could probably knock down." Nigel said, pointing at a row of lined-up stalactites on the ceiling. “Wanna whip out that Golf Bomb, Dib?”

“Um, that might not be a good idea. Those stalactites are a little too small, so they might just shatter.”

“Then we’ll need to knock them down with a little less force. Let’s try in here.”

The three entered a nearby mechanical door to a large, dark, circular chamber with a sandpit in the center. They walked down a mini staircase as the door sealed itself with metal bars. They focused their attention on the center as the sand began moving, and a huge Pokey wrapped in white like a mummy emerged from the pit. The Pokey Mummy spun around as it unleashed waves of its wrapping, catching the three operatives. The mummy tried to drag them down into the sand pit, but Ava cut free with her swords, then released the others. The Pokey Mummy threw its wrapping again, but Dib caught a strand this time and pulled hard on it until one of the sections of the Pokey was torn off.

When the section was unraveled, a swarm of Desert Mites crawled out. They began crawling all over the operatives to make them itch, but Ava did a spin attack to shake the ones off of her. Nigel and Dib were captured by the Pokey’s wraps again, but Dib broke himself free as he grabbed the wrapping of the mummy and pulled on it until another segment was unwrapped. Soon, it was only his head left. Dib immediately walked over to the single loose strand on its head and pulled until the mummy was fully unraveled.

When the dust dissolved from the Pokey, they watched as a yellow Wisp shaped like a triangle came out of it. The Wisp shot into Nigel’s body as he began to glow yellow. “I wonder what this one does?” Ava asked.

“I have an idea. Let’s go back outside.” They left the chamber back into the room with the legions of snakes. Nigel looked up at the stalactites and yelled, “DRILL!” He spun around until he was the form of a yellow drill, digging beneath the ground and making his way above the ceiling. He drilled through the ceiling above the stalactites and caused them to shake, and they soon fell from the ceiling and stuck to the ground, making a path for them to cross. Nigel returned to his friends as the Color Power ran out.

“Impressive.” Ava said as they jumped across. “But how can you see when you do that?”

“Must be built-in mole senses.”

When they entered the next door, they were in a room that was totally filled with sand. Ava looked at the M.A.P. and pointed out, “There’s a door buried under the sand.”

“Too bad I didn’t install a digging function in these.” Dib said.

Nigel noticed the cracked wall on the left and walked over to toss a grenade. The wall blew open and released another Drill Wisp, which flew into Nigel’s form. “Let’s see if I can do something. DRILL!” He spun into a drill and dug through the center of the sandpit, digging his tunnel further beneath ground until he dropped into a much lower room.

From upstairs, Dib and Ava watched as the sand slowly drained down Nigel’s hole like a whirlpool. “He did it!” Ava exclaimed.

Down below, Nigel’s room was quickly filling with the sand. “’Course, that might not’ve been the best idea.” He hurriedly looked around the lower chamber and saw another cracked wall. He tossed another grenade and blew the wall open, freeing another Yellow Wisp. He became a drill and dug beneath the wall to begin drilling his way back up to his friends. Ava and Dib watched as Nigel popped back above the ground, and the three entered the next room.

Inside, they saw two Irken children staring into a bucket of Desert Mites. “Hehe! I’m totally gonna scare Invader Scylla with these bugs!” The Irken holding the bucket snickered.

“Shouldn’t you be saving that for the GKND?” Ava asked from behind.

“Yeah, yeah, but in case they don’t come, I wanna scare- WAAH!” The Irkens jumped in fright, accidentally dropping the bucket of bugs. The bugs crawled toward the operatives as the Irkens pulled out ray guns and started shooting. As Nigel shot them back, the Desert Mites began crawling over him and making his skin itch. Ava sliced away the Poison Mites coming at her before running to attack the Irkens. Still shaking from the itching, Nigel hurriedly pulled out his Z.A.P.P. and shocked himself, destroying all of the bugs under his clothes.

After the Irkens were knocked out, some SIRbots suddenly dropped from the ceiling, readying for combat. Dib ran to throw punches at one of the robots, who swiftly avoided as another jumped and kicked him across the head. “These robots are tougher than GIR.” Dib said to himself as he grabbed the foot of a robot before it could kick him. He threw it against the floor and smashed its head. Nigel tossed a N.I.N.S.T.A.R. at another robot, who jumped to the side, but the shuriken came back from behind and still sliced him. When a robot jumped to kick at Ava’s head, she fell back on purpose and caught the robot between her legs, then flipped to smash its head on the floor. Nigel faced the last robot, whose eyes glowed yellow, and smirked as he whipped his Z.A.P.P. and destroyed it, releasing a Drill Wisp.

Nigel became a drill and burrowed beneath the ground in search of something useful. A group of Irken Drillers were also underground, detecting the operative’s presence and beginning to chase him. Nigel swerved around the underground and avoided the Drillers, digging behind them and drilling through them from behind. More Drillers were sent out, but some of them accidentally rammed each other as they all chased Nigel. One of the drills dropped a card, which Nigel dug by and picked up.

When he returned above ground, they approached the door that was sealed with bars and slipped the card through a slot. The red light above the door blinked green as the bars slipped open. In this next room, they appeared along the ledge over a bottomless chasm, with a wide wall on the other side. Dib studied a scanner on his wrist and spoke, “That wall is weak at a few points. Just one hit with the Golf Bomb on each of them should be enough to weaken it.” The bigheaded human stood on the center of the ledge and readied his Golf Bombs. He focused aim on the upper center part and swung, successfully striking it. “One down.” He stepped to his left and took aim on the wall at the very right, and sent his bomb to blow it up. “Two.” He then turned and aimed at the lower left corner, proceeding to whack his Golf Bomb and blow up the whole wall. “Three for three! Have a mice day!”

When the wall crumbled, they found that several Irkens troops were on the other side. The Irkens got into turrets and began to blast the operatives from their safe distance. “Grr! But we’re still not across!” Nigel grunted as he dodged the Irkens’ fire.

“Look, there’s a Cyan Wisp in that capsule!” Ava shouted, noticing the capsule on the other side.

“Okay, one last swing.” Dib said as he readied another Golf Bomb. Nigel tried to distract the Irken turrets by shooting at them, allowing Dib to focus his aim and swing. The bomb flew over and broke the Wisp free from its capsule. The cyan alien flew over and entered Nigel’s body.

“LASER!” Nigel became a laser and zipped across the chasm. He quickly tossed a few grenades to blow away the Irkens before running to flip a lever. A metal bridge extended for Ava and Dib to cross, and they did so as Dib hurried over to swipe a turret from an Irken. The bigheaded boy excitedly began shooting around the area, quickly wiping out any Irken soldier.

Once the area was cleared, they walked to yet another metal door, which Dib had to break open. It led to a hallway that extended to the right. “We should be getting close to the center.” Ava observed.

“Be ready for anything team.” Nigel warned as the trio started their trek down the vast corridor.

As they passed down this long hallway, Nigel and Ava attempted to explain the whole quest to Dib, who took some time to fully understand. Once they were finished, Dib took the time to explain his conflict with this “Zim.”

“Zim’s been trying to take over Earth for about a year or so now, but so far, his attempts have been less than successful. Either by his foolishness or by my superior intelligence!”

“That explains the big head!” Ava joked.

“Yes, well,” replied Dib annoyed, “despite the fact I’ve been saving everyone from certain doom all this time, I’m not exactly the most popular kid in Doomsdale. Probably because everybody’s so oblivious to the truth. I mean, come on! How could anyone be fooled by Zim’s ‘disguises’?”

“Why’s your town called Doomsdale?” Ava asked.

Dib shrugged. “I dunno. Probably because it’s so gloomy compared to the rest of the world.”

“It couldn’t be as gloomy as Endsville.” Nigel replied. “That place is a gloomy wasteland. And real creepy, too.” Nigel shivered remembering his last trip to Endsville.

Eventually, the three made it to a large door with an Irken symbol on it. “You think the Star’s behind that door?” Nigel asked.

“Looks like another job for my mech arms.” Dib figured.

“Well, we better be careful. There may be something waiting on the other side.” Implied Ava.

“The three of us can take ‘em!” exclaimed Nigel. “Galactic Kids Next Door: LET’S GO!” With that, the three charged to the door and broke it down. (‘Course, it was mostly Dib.) (End song.)

On the other side was a large room with a statue of what looked like a sand goddess, meditating and holding flames in her hands. The group walked forward, staring at the statue. “Where do you think the Star is?” Dib asked.

“Closer than you think!”

The team looked around to find the source of the female voice until Dib pointed to the top of the statue and shouted, “UP THERE!”

The group looked up to see a female Irken with purple eyes and armor standing on the head of the statue with a SIRbot with purple eyes. The two leaped down from the statue, landing a few feet in front of the heroes. Dib recognized the Irken to be none other than…

“INVADER TAK!”

“Dib, you know this girl?” asked Nigel.

“Tak is an Irken invader that once came down to Earth to steal Zim’s mission. She was stopped in the end, but we weren’t sure of what happened to her.”

“I’ll tell you what happened!” replied the Irken. “After my plan to suck the Earth’s core dry was foiled, I made my way back to Planet Irk, where I acquired a few weapons and upgrades for my SIRbot! I was going to head back to Earth to get my revenge on Zim, but decided to take over Secco instead! It appears I’ve made the right choice as I found a Star Piece!”

“Where’s the Star Piece?!” Nigel exclaimed.

“That’s not important. What is important is this: the Tallest have assigned me with a mission. A mission to destroy you, Nigel Uno! Three months in GKND and you’ve already caused my Tallest enough pain! Therefore, your journey has to end here!”

“You’re forgetting one thing, Tak: there’s three of us and only two of you!”

“I’ve noticed. Luckily, I’ve prepared for just such an occasion. Allow me to introduce my robot, FIR! (Form Identity Robber!) Now, show them what you can do!” Fir saluted and walked over to Ava, scanning her body. In an instant, she transformed into an exact replica of Ava.

“This dress looks SO much prettier on me than it does on you!” FIR wittingly replied in Ava’s voice.

“HEY!”

“So, your robot can take forms. Big deal. We’re still gonna kick your butt!” exclaimed Nigel.

“Well, we’ll soon see about… Huh?” Tak stopped mid-sentence as she felt the room begin to shake. The ceiling above Tak exploded and two screaming figures came plummeting down. Tak screamed as she was crushed by the two figures. Once the smoke from the impact cleared, the two figures revealed their selves to be Zim and GIR.

Zim hopped up, noticing Numbuh 1, and shouted, “Now, Number 1! Prepare to face screaming temporal doom at the hands of ZIM!”

“ZIM!” Dib exclaimed.

“DIB?! What are you doing here?!”

“I’m here to stop you, Zim!”

Tak recovered from Zim’s landing and looked at him angrily. “ZIM! What are you doing here?! You’re supposed to be banished!”

“I’m here to please my Tallest by destroying Number 1!”

“Destroying Number 1 is MY mission! Now, get out of here before you ruin everything!”

“SILENCE! I didn’t come all the way here tracking Number 1 with these sunglasses I stole from Sector V for nothing!” he exclaimed as he pulled out the aforementioned sunglasses.

Numbuh 1 gasped, recognizing the sunglasses as his own, which he entrusted to Numbuh 5.

“Just go away, Zim! You nearly ruined my life 50 years ago and I won’t let you ruin it again!”

“NEVER! I WILL destroy the human and I WILL prove to be a better invader than you!”

The trio, along with GIR and FIR, kept their positions and stared as the two Irkens argued. “Something tells me these two don’t get along very well.” Guessed Nigel.

“HEY!” Dib exclaimed catching the Irkens’ attention. “Are you two gonna fight us or each other?!”

Zim and Tak exchanged glances before turning back to the heroes. “Very well then. I will destroy you!” exclaimed Tak.

“Not if I destroy them first!” Zim replied as they readied their battle poses, along with the robots.

“Looks like we have a 3 on 4 fight.” Nigel pointed. “How is this going to work?”

“I can take Tak and Copycat easy!” exclaimed Ava confidently.

“I’ll deal with Zim. I have a few questions for him.” Said Nigel.

“Guess I’ll take Gir.” Dib replied. “He shouldn’t be too hard.”

“Sounds fair to me!” Zim replied. “GIR! Attack the bigheaded one!”

“YES, MY LORD!”

“Come, FIR! Let’s show this white alien what we’re made of!” ordered Tak, drawing out her own two swords.

“YES, MA’AM!” saluted FIR, still in Ava’s form. With that, the three heroes and four villains were engaged in battle. (Play the “Egg Breaker” theme from Shadow the Hedgehog!)

Sub-boss: Invader Tak and Invader Zim

Ava was striking as fast as she could with her swords at FIR, who only mirrored her every move. She was struggling trying to defend herself from both, FIR and Tak. Dib was trying to punch GIR with his mechanical arms, but GIR easily slipped away from him. After a few more dodges, GIR’s arms turned into missiles and fired at Dib. Dib was luckily able to dodge the incoming missiles, but was surprised to see that GIR could do that at all. “Since when does GIR shoot missiles?!”

“Since the Tallest sent over upgrades right before I started this journey!” replied Zim, while dodging Numbuh 1’s attacks.

Numbuh 1 was trying his best to attack Zim, but to no avail due to his heavy astronaut suit. He tried shooting Zim with his blaster, but the Irken dodged every shot and kicked the blaster out of Numbuh 1’s hands and up into the air. Zim caught the blaster, and smashed it in half.

“HA HA HA HA! Foolish human! You’re weak! Just like Sector V was before you! It’s a wonder why they haven’t all been decommissioned yet!”

Anger filled Numbuh 1’s expression as he screamed and ran towards the Irken and successfully dealt a few blows on him. Eventually, he got worn out, and Zim slipped away from his grasp.

“A lucky shot, Human. But I’m still in command here! No one can defeat the wrath of ZIM!”

Numbuh 1 looked over to see that Ava was worn out as well and was about to be struck by Tak. Numbuh 1 smirked as he thought of an idea. “You just may be right about that, Zim! In all my years as an operative, I have never seen anyone so skilled at combat!”

This caught Tak’s attention. “WHAT?!”

“I mean, really.” Nigel continued. “I wouldn’t be surprised if the Tallest nominated you for ‘greatest combat skill’!”

Dib looked at him strangely and realized where he was going with this. “Yeah! I’ve been fighting him for about a year or so, and I’ve never been able to defeat him! He certainly is a good invader if I ever did see one!”

Zim smiled triumphantly. “Glad to see you all recognize my greatness!”

“Now wait just a second!” Tak exclaimed. “Zim couldn’t fight off a bee! I’m the better invader!”

“I don’t know, Tak.” Replied Nigel. “I don’t think anyone could be as good as Zim right here. You’re just second rate!”

“NO! I AM the better invader! ME! ME! ME! And I’ll prove it!” With that, she shoved Nigel out of the way and ran for Zim. The two Irkens then began to duel with each other.

“Go, Master!” GIR cheered.

“Oh, please. Zim couldn’t handle himself against a fly!” FIR remarked, still in Ava’s form.

“No one talks about Zim that way!” With that, the two robots began to beat on each other as well. FIR turned back to her normal self to make it seem more even. The three heroes just stood and smirked as they watched the two rival groups beat each other.

“Well, that went easier than expected.” replied the bald Brit.

Tak slipped behind Zim and kicked him against the wall, and as she charged to kick him again, he turned around and shot his plunger gun in her face. As she tried to pull it off, Zim slide-kicked Tak off her feet. Zim was suddenly tackled by FIR, but GIR shot over and kicked FIR away. Zim spared a glance at Tak before looking to Nigel, then running to attack the bald Brit. Nigel was tackled away, but he kicked Zim off before pulling out his N.I.N.S.T.A.R. and tossing it at Zim, doing a few strikes. Zim recovered and charged at Nigel, locking arms with him. Tak finally pulled off the toiler plunger and grabbed Zim from behind. She threw him to the ground before glaring at Nigel, but Zim got up and tackled her again.

“Alright, that’s enough!” Tak exclaimed, stopping the fight as she threw Zim off. She sheathed her swords and pulled out a remote from her pocket. She pushed the remote, causing the statue to slide to the left, revealing a secret passage. “This was just a minor setback. I have a back-up plan that will destroy every one of you! Come, FIR!” FIR saluted and followed Tak into the secret passage.

“Hey! Wait for me!” exclaimed Zim, running after her with GIR by his side.

“Come on! Let’s go after them!” exclaimed Nigel. And with that, the trio followed the Irkens into the secret passage, prepared for anything that may come their way.

Tak and FIR were hightailing through the long corridor of the secret passage, with Zim, GIR, and the heroes hot on their tail. With Zim close behind her, Tak shouted, “Get lost, Zim! Can’t you see by now that the Tallest don’t care about you?”

“You’re wrong! The Tallest DO care about me! Just as they care about all kids!”

“While the Tallest may care about all other Irken children, you’re the one they can’t stand! To them, you’re just as annoying as those GKND! You don’t have what it takes to spread adult tyranny!”

“NO! I DO have what it takes! And I’ll prove it once I destroy the human and retrieve the Star Pieces!”

“While your determination is admirable, I can’t risk you ruining the Tallests’ plans. So, I have to destroy you along with the GKND. And I have the perfect monster for the job!” Tak said as she and FIR ran faster through the hall.

“COME BACK!” Zim shouted, trying to catch her. The GKND operatives (and Dib) chased after them closely behind. Finally, they saw a light at the end of the tunnel and when they reached it, they ended up in a huge, circular room with paintings of Irken soldiers and robots on the walls. There were also rails that spiraled around the room upwards until they reached a complete circle at the end. A large, sandy whirlpool with a gigantic skeleton demon was in the center.

The skeleton had horns on its head and some of its bones appeared to be missing and replaced with mechanical ones. In the skeleton’s rib cage was a large glass container, and on its head was some sort of device with cords connecting to the central container, as well as two circular slots on the top of the head. The skeleton appeared to have a stem that went down into the sand pool.

The gang, along with Zim and GIR, stopped as they noticed Tak and FIR sitting on the head of the fossil. “HA HA HA!” Tak laughed. “Don’t think you’ve beaten me yet! Like all good invaders, I have a Plan B! Check this out!” With that, she pulled out that same remote from before and pushed it. The device on the skeleton’s head began to glow red, along with the skeleton’s eyes. The skeleton began to shake and rise up, towering over the gang. “It’s amazing what you can do with old, broken fossils, is it not? All it took was a few mechanical bones and a life support pack to turn this baby into the ultimate fossil! I call it: Skelbot! And now for the real kicker!” With that, she snapped her fingers and Skelbot reached his hands and dug around in the sand until it pulled out…

“THE STAR PIECE!” The heroes and Zim shouted.

“That’s right! And now I’ll show you what these Star Pieces can do!” Tak said as the Skelbot shoved the Star Piece into its mouth, swallowing it and sending it into the central container. “HA HA HA! Now I’ll show you that Skelbot is the strongest weapon in the Irken arsenal!”

The gang backed away in slight fear of the massive half-robot fossil. Dib turned to Zim, holding out his hand, and asked, “Hey, Zim: what do you say we put aside our little struggle and fight this thing together?”

Not really seeing any other option, Zim replied, “For now, Human!” taking his hand and shaking it. The Skelbot roared, as it was ready for battle. (Play the “Stallord 1” theme from Zelda: Twilight Princess.)

Boss fight: Skelbot

The Skelbot smashed his hand to the ground attempting to crush the heroes, who dodged out of the way just in time. Zim noticed a rail coming out of the ground that went up into the spiraling rails. He ran and hopped onto the rail and began to grind upwards with no trouble. Tak noticed this and yelled, “STOP HIM!” as Skelbot turned his head and breathed fire on the rail in front of Zim. Before Zim could be burned, he drew out his goo gun and fired goo at the monster’s mouth, blocking its fire, allowing Zim to continue grinding.

Soon, Zim grinded to the top of the room, where the rails just made a complete circle. At this point, the goo melted off Skelbot’s mouth and it prepared to shoot more fire at Zim. Zim quickly drew out his grappling plunger and fired it to the top of Skelbot’s head, allowing it to haul him over. Once he was on its head, he struck the life support pack, causing it to shut off. “NO!” Tak screamed as the Skelbot fell over, knocking her and Zim onto the safe foothold where the heroes were. The four of them ran over to where Tak was and dealt some blows on her, damaging her armor. Meanwhile, FIR was busy fixing up the life support pack and got it up and running again. Tak hopped back onto the head as the fossil rose up again.

Once it was up, Skelbot looked over to the rails and shattered them, preventing anyone from using them to reach its head. Afterwards, Tak whistled and a few doors opened up on the walls by the ceiling and some SIRbots, carrying two capsules, one with a Yellow Wisp and one with a Cyan Wisp, and placed the capsules onto the spots on the Skelbot’s head connecting to the life support pack. Tak laughed as the Skelbot gained more power.

“What do we do, now?” Ava shouted.

Dib thought for a moment and said, “I have an idea! But I need you guys to distract him, so I can get around to the back!”

“Okay. Let’s do it!” Nigel replied as he and Zim began shooting the front side of the monster, while Dib ran as fast as he could around the large room to get behind it, running by GIR, who payed the fight no mind, as he sat where he was drinking a smoothie.

Once Dib was perfectly behind the Skelbot, he drew out his golf club and golf Bomb and took careful aim at the head. He soon hit the Golf Bomb with enough force to send it flying and destroying the capsule containing the yellow Wisp. Tak gasped as the Wisp flew down towards Numbuh 1 and into his body.

The bald operative began to glow yellow as his body began to spin and turn into a yellow drill in an instant. Afterwards, he dove into the sand pool and began to drill underground. Tak saw this and Skelbot fired a few drills from his mechanical stem, which dug into the sand pool, searching for the bald operative. Numbuh 1 drilled his way through the underground, avoiding any drills that came his way. He soon came in contact with a weak spot in the Skelbot’s stem and drilled through it. This caused the Skelbot to nearly lose balance. Afterwards, Nigel shot out of the sand pool and reverted to his normal form.

“Looks like it’s just about finished.” Dib said.

“I bet I could finish it if I had that Cyan Wisp.” Nigel replied.

“Okay, you distract it and I’ll hit it from behind again!” With that, they repeated the same process, with Dib destroying the capsule holding the Cyan Wisp with his Golf Bomb. The Wisp instantly flew to Nigel’s body.

“LASER!” Nigel shouted as he became a cyan laser and bounced around the room, making Tak dizzy. Nigel kept bouncing until he shot into the central capsule holding the Star, causing the entire monster to explode. The explosion sent Tak, FIR, and the Skelbot head flying into the air and landing into the center of the sand pool. They quickly sank into the sand upon impact. (End song.)

The Brown Star Piece was simply floating in midair above the center of the sand pool, completely unguarded. “IT’S MINE!” Zim shouted as he drew out his plunger grappler and prepared to fire at the Star Piece. Just as he was about to fire, the Skelbot head came flying out of the sand pool with Tak on top and FIR on the bottom, with her rockets activated, carrying the head.

Tak immediately grabbed that Star Piece and said, “HA HA HA! You didn’t think you’d defeat me that easily, did you? I’m down, but no WAY I’m out! Now then…” With that, she opened the life support pack like a lid and placed the Star Piece inside. The pack started glowing red once more and the Skelbot head began flying on its own, and FIR flew to the top of the head, knowing she didn’t need to carry it anymore. Tak then pulled her remote once more and pushed it, opening the same doors the SIRbots came out of. Instead of SIRbots, sand falls came out and a hole appeared in the center of the sand pool. “I’d love to stay and play more, but I’m afraid you’re all about to become just more fossils for archaeologists to dig up! Smell ya later!” Tak said as the Skelbot head flew down into the hole.

The safe foothold where the heroes were standing then collapsed and the group began to slowly slide into the hole along with the sand. “Quick, GIR! Activate your rockets!” Zim ordered to his robot.

“Can’t. I’m out of fuel.”

“WHAT?! How could you be out?! We restocked before we came here!”

“Yeah, but I needed room for the muffins.” GIR answered as he took out a muffin and began to eat it. Zim swatted the muffin out of his hands and threw GIR to the ground on his back. He hopped onto the robot and began to use him as a sled as he slid down into the hole.

Dib’s backpack then became two skis which he hopped into. Two ski sticks came out as well, which Dib used to slide steer his way down the hole leaving Nigel and Ava behind.

“HEY! What about us?!” Nigel shouted. He and Ava stood wondering what to do until they heard music playing in the distance. “Hey, is that…”

“LOOK!” Ava pointed to one of the sandfalls and Nigel looked to see the mariachi band coming down the fall, riding in the same coffin from before. Nigel and Ava exchanged happy glances as they noticed room in the coffin for the two of them. They immediately ran over and hopped in.

“Good evening, passengers.” Spoke the band leader. “This is your captain speaking, reminding you to keep all arms and legs inside the coffin at all times and watch out for any incoming hazards. ‘Cause it’s gonna be real bumpy where we’re going!” With that, they all screamed as they slid down the sandy hole, with the mariachi band still playing their music. (Play the “Stallord 2” Theme from Twilight Princess.)

The gang, along with Zim and GIR, ended up in a long tunnel, sliding down a speeding sandy river. They were catching up with Tak and FIR, who were riding the flying Skelbot head, while at the same time avoiding all sorts of hazards, like rocks or large poles. Tak looked back and freaked when she saw her enemies chasing her. The Skelbot head turned around and began firing fireballs at the group. Tak took out a machinegun and began shooting at the team, but they were able to dodge every shot.

As they got close, Nigel tossed shurikens at the floating fossil, damaging it. Eventually, the life support shut off, letting the head fall into the sandy river. The gang made their way over to the head and started laying blows against the life support. “NO! That’s a delicate device!” The head sparked to life and shook the heroes off of it. It sped ahead of them all again as they narrowly swerved around rocks. Tak began firing her machinegun at stalactites, causing them to fall down.

“Gyaaaah!” Zim screamed when a stalactite fell for him, knocking him and GIR into the sand.

When Nigel and Ava’s coffin drew closer to the flying head, Ava hopped off of Nigel’s hands and flipped onto the head, striking the life support with her swords. The device shut off, and the head fell into the sand. Dib skied his way over and got onto the device, his skis turning back into mech arms as he proceeded to beat it away.

“STOP! You’re going to-“ Tak shouted, but to her dismay, the life support was seriously cracked and damaged. At this point, the pack was starting to crackle and spark. “Nooo! My beautiful Skelbot!”

“Hey, what’s that?” Dib asked, pointing up ahead. Everyone looked to see a light coming up. The next thing everyone knew, they were shooting out of a hole in the wall in the middle of the desert and landing in the sand. (End song.) Nigel and Ava, in their coffin, landed smoothly with the mariachi band. Dib landed on his face, getting sand in his mouth, and Tak and Zim got their heads stuck in the ground from the land.

The Skelbot head landed shortly after and exploded after a few seconds, releasing the Star Piece, which shot toward the sky and headed toward the Star Sanctuary. FIR pulled Tak out of the sand, and Tak looked at Numbuh 1 and said, “You were lucky this time, Number 1. But luck is like ice cream. It can’t last forever. Next time we meet, you better be ready!” With that, she pushed that same remote, summoning her ship, which she and FIR hopped onto.

Nigel walked over to Zim. He pulled the Irken out of the sand and held him up by the shirt collar. “Alright, Zim. What did you do to Sector V?!” he asked angrily.

“Relax, Human. I merely put them in a sticky situation. They should be out by now, but I don’t think they’ll be ‘Sector V’ before long!”

“What are you talking about?!”

“I’d love to answer your question, but I have somewhere to be!” Zim kicked Nigel and broke free from his grip, hurrying away. “Come, GIR!”

“Okee!” GIR dashed over and jumped onto Zim’s back.

Zim activated his jetpack and flew off as he shouted, “Until we meet again, humans!”

“I’ll catch you eventually, Zim!” Dib vowed. “Wait, why didn’t he use that before?”

Ava looked at Nigel and noticed his upset expression. “What’s wrong, Nigel?”

“N…Nothing. Hey, what do you think Zim meant when he said… my friends wouldn’t be ‘Sector V’?”

“I’m sure he’s just trying to mess with your head. I mean, if what you say is true, then nothing should be able to stop your team, right?”

Nigel gave a small smile. “Yeah. You’re right.”

“HEY, LOOK!” Dib shouted. The two looked to where he pointed and saw a black and grey ship that looked like an Irken’s. “MY SHIP!” Dib shouted once more as he ran over to his ship and started hugging it. “Good old S.S. Dib!”

“How did it get all the way out here?” Ava asked, walking over to the ship with Nigel.

“Who cares! We have a ride back to our ship!” Nigel beamed.

“Alright, then.” said Dib, getting into his ship. “Let’s get going!”

Zim’s ship

In space, Zim and GIR were back in their ship, and Zim was looking at a beeping device in his hand. “Foolish Dib! Using an inferior tracking device to… TRACK me! And following me all the way up here!” Zim crushed the tracking device with his fist, reducing it to rubble. “Try and find me now, Human!” He then looked to see his ship was running low on fuel. “Running low on fuel. We’re getting close to Planet Coruscant. Come, GIR. Let’s go refuel there! And maybe we can find some weapons to use against those GKND!”

GIR was just happily sucking down his smoothie. “I wanna eat some waffles!”

“Rest well, Nigel Uno. For you must be prepared the next time you encounter Zim!”

“Yeeaah, ’cause we about to bring some cookies.”

Star Haven

Back in the Star Sanctuary, Dimentia was sitting on the edge of the Fountain of Dreams, with her feet in the water, and looking at her mirror. Her mirror showed visions of the sad expressions of Sector V, Numbuh 10, Lizzie, and Rachel. She focused her attention mostly on Rachel. “Ah, the miserable humans. How they cry. Their tears flow like sad chowder.” She looked over to the Brown Star that rested on its pedestal, then looked to the fountain water that crawled onto her body and seeped into her skin, causing a few wrinkles on her body to vanish. “And it keeps me so alive!”


The Skelbot is based off the Stallord from Zelda: Twilight Princess. This is the first time the mariachi band has any significant importance. Later in the story, they’ll have a much major role.
I'm already confusing myself in these rewrites. XD

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I rewrite all the time,so i know how you feel :)