Rated PG for language
Disclaimer:
MTV Networks owns Daria.
Jhonen Vasquez owns Invader Zim.
Sam Johnson and Chris Marcil wrote the Daria episode “Depth Takes a Holiday.”
This fanfic is written for entertainment purposes only, and no copyright infringement or plagiarism is intended.
(Back in part one, Ms. Bitters exiled Zim, Dib, and GIR to Lawndale after Zim handed in his essay. We now continue the adventure from where it left off...)
Zim: NOOO!!! Not Lawndale again! I thought I would never have to return to this place!
Dib: Dammit, Zim! Because of your bad essay, now we’re stuck in another dimension!
GIR: WHERE ARE MY TACOS?? (He cries.)
Zim: Forget your stupid tacos! We have to find a way out of here!
GIR: I know a way.
Dib: You do? WHAT IS IT???
GIR: Get me some tacos, and I’ll tell you.
Zim: No, GIR! We are not here to get tacos!
GIR: You’re right.
Zim: Hmm?
GIR: I feel like pizza instead!
Zim: RRRRRRGGGHHH!!!
Dib: Oh, just get it, Zim!
Zim: Fine!
(So, they go to Pizza King and get some pizza.)
Artie: Here’s yer pizza! Say, green kid, you look like you have synthetic skin. Did the aliens capture you, too?
Dib: He IS an alien! And that “dog” is actually his android minion!
Artie: Oh, sure! (He leaves.)
Zim: Nice try, Dib! My disguise is foolproof.
(Zim spots Daria and two others eating pizza at another table.)
Zim: Hey! There’s the smart one who I met earlier! Maybe she can help us!
(Dib and GIR follow Zim to Daria’s table.)
Zim: Hello! I am Zim, a normal human worm baby.
Jane: (to Daria) Is this the kid who came over to your house yesterday?
Daria: Oh, boy. You two again? Who’s your friend?
GIR: A piggy!
Dib: I am not a pig!
Tom: Is it me, or does Lawndale get weirder every day?
Daria: No, it’s been weirder than this.
(Short flashback of the Daria episode “Depth Takes a Holiday” at Pizza King.)
St. Patrick’s Day: We thought we might find you here.
Guy Fawkes Day: Shut your gob, you little...
St. Patrick’s Day: Shut up, you British wanker!
St. Valentine’s Day: Soccer riot!
Daria: (getting up) Hey! I’m sorry, but I can’t help you. If they don’t want to go back to Holiday Island, I support their choice.
St. Valentine’s Day: But then there’ll be no Christmas, or Halloween, or Guy Fawkes Day.
Jane: No Guy Fawkes Day?! What?
(End flashback.)
Daria: You’re not trying to get someone back home, are you?
Zim: Well... sort of. We’re trying to get ourselves home.
Jane: Let me guess. The way to your home is through a Chinese restaurant, right?
Dib: Do you know how to travel to other dimensions?
Tom: No, just outer space.
Zim: Really??
Tom: No.
Zim: Crap!
GIR: (to Daria, Jane, and Tom) Can I have the rest of your pizza?
Daria: <sigh> All right, we’ll see what we can do to help you.
(The next day, Zim, Dib, and GIR go to Lawndale High School with Daria and Jane.)
Daria: For the final time, no, we don’t know how to send you back.
Zim: I thought you said that you’ll help us! DO NOT INCUR THE WRATH OF INVADER ZIM... oops.
Jane: Invader Zim?
Dib: Yes! Zim’s an alien and he’s trying to take over the Earth!
Daria: Better him than the current leaders of the world.
Zim: Yes! FALL UNDER THE POWER OF THE IRKEN EMPIRE!!!
Jane: But not for long, because you’re trying to leave Lawndale.
(Zim becomes disappointed.)
Zim: Aww, darn!
GIR: I know a way to get home.
Dib: Tell us!
GIR: No!
Zim: Tell us, or I will destroy you!
Daria: Come on, Jane. We better get to class.
(Daria and Jane leave.)
GIR: No, wait! Come back!
(Zim, Dib, and GIR run after Daria and Jane, and into Mr. DeMartino’s class.)
Mr. DeMartino: Now, CLASS! Which WAR did yellow journalism help to CAUSE? Kevin!
Kevin: The Persian Gulf War?
Mr. DeMartino: AAAAAARRRRRGGGGHHHHH!!!
(Zim raises his hand.)
Mr. DeMartino: Yes?
Zim: Mr. DeMartino, I have a MIGHTY NEED to use the restroom!
Mr. DeMartino: Oh, all right.
(Zim heads to the restroom.)
Zim: Okay, I’ve got to think. Hmm... Oh yeah! The SIR unit comes equipped with a type of instant matter transmission. The problem is, will GIR comply with my commands?
(At lunch, Zim is discussing his plan with Dib, Jane, GIR, and Daria.)
Zim: ...and with the help of GIR, we can get home!
Dib: Good plan. Except for the fact that your robot is totally STUPID!
Jane: So you didn’t need our help at all?
Zim: Well, the thing is, his transmission system relies on the close presence of several living beings. Some sort of power supply, I guess.
Daria: All we need to do is gather a bunch of people? Okay, we can do that...
GIR: YAY!
Daria: ... for a price.
Dib: How much?
Daria: One hundred dollars.
Jane: For each of us.
Dib: How about fifty each?
Daria: Seventy-five each is our final offer.
Zim: Deal!
(Later, at the Morgendorffer home, Daria, Jane, Tom, Mystik Spiral, the Fashion Club, the Three J’s, Upchuck, Mack, Jodie, Kevin, Brittany, Andrea, Zim, Dib, and GIR have gathered by the couch.)
Quinn: Daria, this had better be worth five bucks.
Jane: (to Daria) You offered everyone five bucks?
Daria: It was between that and blackmailing them, but that conscience I don’t have was acting up.
Zim: GIR! Activate your matter transportation and transport us home!
(GIR activates the transportation, and the three end up at Dib’s house.)
Gaz: Dib! You messed me up when I was on the last level!!!
Dib: At least we’re home.
Zim: Mmm-hmm.
Jodie: Umm, not to disturb you or anything, but we’ve got a bigger problem here!
(Zim, Dib, and GIR turn around, only to find that Daria and company had transported with them!)
Zim: GIR! You were only supposed to transport Dib, yourself, and me!
GIR: Oops! Sorry!
Dib: Oh no...
TO BE CONTINUED...
ALTER-EGOS:
Zim as Ganondorf
Daria and Jane as the Men in Black
GIR as Zelda
Dib as Link
Tom as Dib
Mr. DeMartino as Cid (from Final Fantasy VII)