Accidental Portal Travel

Chapter Five

"And this is our room, my beds on the right, and Dipper's is on the left." Mable explains as she opens the door to the attic, showing the Irken their room. Gir runs in, dragging Dib on the ground as he pulls him into the room before letting go of the wires around the boy's body and jumping on the bed. The little robot takes off his onesie and opens his compartment in his stomach revealing a stack of waffles and a purple noseless mini moose. The moose floats out of the compartment as he squeaks. 

"Minimoose!" Zim shouts in relief at seeing someone else familiar.  He runs over to the two robots and hugs the purple moose, signing in the comfort of having another minion there. 

"Omg, he's so cute!" Mable yells as she runs over to her new friends. Dipper walks over while watching Dib to make sure he didn't do anything.

"Now that everything has calmed down, how about we all introduce ourselves formally and tell each of our stories?" Dipper suggested as he watched his sister pet Minimoose while Zim held him. Looking over at Dipper Zim lets go of Minimoose and clears his throat only to be interrupted by the robot beside him. 

"I'm Gir! Do you want some waffles?" Gir introduced himself as he ate his waffles. 

"Gir is my friend, he was given to me by the Tallest when I had first started my mission four Earth years ago." Zim starts to explain his story, feeling that he could trust these humans. "Irkens are an imperialistic race. My kind has been conquering other plants for a long, long, long, long, long, loonnnnngggg time now. We are a tyrannical species, our goal is total universal conquest. Irkens have been traveling further and further from our home planet, Irk. They travel on the Armada. I don't really remember anything about being on Irk anymore, it's been so long since I've been there." Zim has a dazed look in his eyes as he stares at the wall across from him. Dipper and Mable listened closely to the Irken, taking note of his emotions. Seeing how stiff his posture is, his eyes have a fearful and sad look in them. Dib however was listening in hopes of finding out something to help his conquest on stopping Zim, wishing his hands were free to take notes on this.

"The Armada is a vast fleet of Irken vessels. You don't want to stand in the way of the Armada. They'll stop at nothing to complete their mission. After being on Earth for two human years and after the Florpus occurrence... Zim had an... incident, that had opened my eyes to what my race was. After it, Zim had decided to live on Earth peacefully." Zim finishes explaining before looking at Gir and Minimoose, the few he could depend on, who were looking at Zim in sadness knowing the incident that had happened.

He looks over at the humans, feeling an emotion that he was starting to get used to, scared.  He was scared that these humans that he just met would fear him, thinking he was an enemy like Dib still does, that they would bring back the government agents that were once here and turn him in. Fearful that he would have to run away, escape into the woods he saw surrounding the shack, into an unknown place, far away from home. The Irken hadn't been the same since two years ago, he was feeling more emotions and growing more mature, but with the growth he had done he had realized the wrongs his race had done and started to see things for the way they were. Along the way, he had started experiencing things in life he wouldn't want to forget. When Zim finally looked at the humans he can see their soft smiles pointed at him, a calming look on their faces. 

"It's nice to meet you, Zim, I'm Dipper, this is my twin, Mable. Our parents sent us to this town called Gravity Falls for the summer to get fresh air and bond with our uncle. Since coming here we've been dealing with the paranormal of this town and solving problems along the way. We're 15 years old, about to turn 16." Dipper introduces his sister and him as he stares at the little Irken, hoping to be able to calm his nerves. Dipper sees the Irken start to calm down a little as he stares back at the human, seeing his face void of fear or hate. 

"I love unicorns, sweaters, and boys! I'm looking for a summer romance this summer while we're here." Mable jumps into the instruction with a bright smile on her face. "Though Pacifica is pretty cute." The young girl whispers to herself. 

"I can't believe you guys are falling for this!" Dib interrupts their little moment. "Come on, he's an alien invader! I've been fighting against him for four years! Zim's not just going to stop, he has to be stopped!" Dib yells trying to persuade the other humans, who look at him in dislike. Hating the way he talks about their new friend. "Help me expose him, show people the truth! No one will be calling me crazy ever again when I give them proof of alien life! I bet they might even name the autopsy video after me!"

"Enough, no one is going to help you. You're in a different dimension for one. For two, you're in a town full of different creatures and we don't just go experimenting on them. We treat them like we would human beings, unless they attack us." Dipper tries to explain to Dib the difference it is in their dimension while whispering the last part. 

"We should get to bed. Um, do your race sleep?" Mable questions Zim while getting ready for bed. 

"The pak on my back keeps me from having to, but Zim does like to sleep. It's a luxury for my kind, though many don't like it as much as others." Zim exclaims showing off his pak to the humans. Dib winces while looking at the pak, remembering how Zim's soul was transferred into his body, while almost killing him.

"There are some air mattresses in the closet by the door we can blow up." Dipper proposes as he points over to an entry way by the door, covered in a blue ragged cloth. "I'll blow them up for us." He goes into the closet, grabbing two air mattresses before starting to blow them up with a pump.

"Are you guys going to untie me?" Dib wonders looking at the twins. They both look at each other before looking at Zim and his two minions. 

"No, I think it would be safer to keep you tied for now. At least till we know you won't be trying to harm Zim and his friends." Dipper exclaims while he finishes one air mattress, putting it across the room, furthest away from them before starting on the next one. "You can sleep there tonight. We'll get you a blanket and pillow from the closet in a second." Dib grumbles as he struggles to get to his feet without his hands. Once up he walks over to the mattress and sits down, Mable grabbing two blankets and two pillows. One for Dib and the other for Zim. Giving Dib one of each before giving the others to Zim. She then walks out with her pajamas to get changed in the bathroom.

"Here you go, Zim." Dipper puts the air mattress down after finishing blowing it up, putting it beside his bed in case something happens.  Zim walks over and starts to make his bed before lying down, Gir and Minimoose lying down with him under the blanket. Dipper smiles at the alien and two robots before Mabel comes back. He leaves with his pajamas to get changed too. Once both twins are ready for bed Mable turns off the light and they say goodnight to each other before starting to fall asleep.  

"Computer." Zim whispers, being as quiet as he can while trying to connect the A.I. with the audio communicator again.

"Yes." The computer answers back, the signal still weak and quiet. 

"Make sure the house is safe till we get back, okay." Zim orders as he gets his pak ready for sleep. The good thing about paks is that they are their own sentience life form and can protect him in case something were to happen while he sleeps. 

"On it." The computer declares before the audio communicator goes quiet once again.

"Good night Zim." Dipper mutters as he watches the alien start to fall asleep. 

"Good night."