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| - "Ten Minutes To Doom" by Rob Hummel FADE IN: EXT. SKOOL FRONT YARD - AFTERNOON OVER BLACK: Zim: (V.O.) "Ughh... Whuh? My lifeclock? Why? Lifeclocks don't come on unless.." EXT. SKOOL FRONT YARD - AFTERNOON Zim snaps awake, frantic. He reaches around to feel his back. Zim: (CONT'D) "AAAAAAAGH!!! My PAK!! IT'S GONE!!" Zim: (SHOUTING INTO CROWD) (CONT'D) "GIVE ME BACK MY PAK, DIB! I need it to LIVE! Without it I can only survive for ten minutes and the countdown has already started! I am NOT going to expire on this filthy planet because of youuu!! " (Zim notices that the crowd is staring at him)"Ehh...forget all that 'need my backpack to live' stuff. Yeah. Um, it's just that... uh... it was full of sandwiches, and I love sandwiches." Behind a nearby pillar on a raised part of a nearby building, Dib has overheard the whole thing. He cradles Zim's PAK like it's taken on a whole new meaning. Zim can be seen below. Dib: (TO HIMSELF) "This thing's even more important than I thought. Oh hi, Screamy." SCREAMY, a happy-looking kid, walks by and stops in front of Dib. Immediately after speaking, Dib covers his mouth in horror of what he has just invited. SCREAMY: (AT THE TOP OF HIS LUNGS) " HI, DIB!! HOW YA DOIN!??!!" Dib: (WHISPERING LOUDLY) "No, Screamy! SHHH!!! Don't say any-" SCREAMY: "HOW COME YOU'RE WHISPERIN', DIB!?!! HUH, DIB?!! HUH?! I LIKE YOUR NAME: DIB!!!" ZIM : SCREAMY! Where did he go? Where did the little thief run to?!" SCREAMY: "I DUNNO, BUT HE SURE DID RUN! AH YOU SHOULDA SEEN'IM! LIKE A GAZELLE! A GAZELLE I SAY! WOW, I SURE WISH I-" ZIM : "Come on, Screamy, think! THINK LIKE NEVER BEFORE!! WHICH WAY DID HE GO?" SCREAMY: "LET ME THINK! LET MEE...UHHH!! UHHHH!!!" SCREAMY thinks about it. He thinks reeall hard. ZIM is insane with waiting for SCREAMY. The strain of thinking is too much and the top of SCREAMY's head explodes. Black smoke pours out. ZIM drops a moaning and twitching SCREAMY to the ground. ZIM: (FURIOUS) "NOOOOO! Feeble humans!" INT. SKOOL SECURITY OFFICE - CONTINUOUS ZIM : "Quickly! My backpack's been stolen! Everything that I am is in that PAK! My memory drive, my charging cell, my atmospheric processor! My ZIMNESS!" ZIM: (CONT'D) "Heh. It also gots my baby brother inside!" SECURITY OFFICER : " SWEET DONKEY! My baby brother was taken away in my backpack once, too! What can I do to help?" ZIM : "I need to find the thief Dib!" SECURITY OFFICER: "I'm not really supposed to tell you this, but you kids are implanted with a homing chip so we can find you at all times..." SECURITY OFFICER: (CONT'D) "Ha! Found him..." INT. SKOOL: DIB: I need to speak to Professor Membrane! This is his son. What do you mean he's busy? This is important! Well, tell him I'm coming to the lab, I have something he'll wanna see..." INT. SKOOL SECURITY OFFICE: SECURITY OFFICER: East wing, near the exits! DIB: Torque? Zim called you a dookie-weenie and says he's gonna beat you up. Look, here he comes now! TORQUE: Deenie-woookie? DIB: No, no, no... a dookie-weenie. TORQUE: Dookie... TORQUE (CONT'D): WEENIE?! THAT HURTS MY FEELINGS! TORQUE yells and pounces on ZIM, growling and moaning while ZIM screams frantically. DIB watches from the side. DIB holds up ZIM's PAK. DIB: You're going to make me very famous, little alien backpack. I just hope... What the-? EXT. SKOOL - CONTINUOUS Dib gets dragged off into the streets. Shortly after, ZIM bursts out of the Skool's front doors, having escaped the beating, with Torque not far behind. TORQUE: " TAKE IT BACK! TAKE BACK THE DOOKIEWEENIE!! Ahhhhhhh!" ZIM runs into a crowd of pedestrians, ditching Torque for the moment. ZIM stops to catch his breath against the leg of a standing pedestrian. ZIM : " So... weak... No! My body shell... is already starting to deteriorate! My amazing intelligence... draining. Must reconnect with brain." TORQUE: ZIM!" Beat. Another beat. Finally, ZIM's fist shoots out from between two folds of flesh on the SUMO WRESTLER. Triumphant music plays. His face pops up, gasping for air. He flops to the ground. He looks up to see Torque, a block away. Torque doesn't see ZIM. ZIM looks around. He's running out of time. He spots GAZ playing a NINJA FIGHTING video game in an ARCADE. ZIM : "The sibling. Maybe she could... No! An INVADER needs help from no... helper!" INT. CITY BUS - CONTINUOUS Dib, sitting on the bus, getting many stares, has finally contained the wild PAK, holding it tight against his chest. The PAK suddenly stops struggling. Dib looks alarmed, then relaxes, glad the resistance is over with for now. DIB: " Well, I guess I wore this thing out. I... huh?" He tugs at the PAK and finds that it's stuck to his chest, attached by two strong cables that seem to actually go INTO him! He rolls around on the floor, pulling at the thing. He eventually calms down. DIB: (CONT'D) "Okay... don't panic... Dad'll know how to get this off. I just have to get to his lab... and then take over the filthy Earth." INT. VIDEO GAME ARCADE - CONTINUOUS The arcade has no front wall and Gaz plays a game nearest the sidewalk. A half-dead ZIM wobbles dangerously, riding the doggy he found earlier like a horse. The dog stops and ZIM flops off to the sidewalk, lying face-up. Gaz stares at him then gives him a lazy kick to the side. He quickly shoots upright, then immediately goes more slack. His eyes look off in two different directions. His speech is slurred and almost incoherent. ZIM : (all one stream of words...) "Dibsister! Dib stole my backpack and he takes it to your father's lab for experimenting on it and if I don't get it back soon, I won't live no more filthy earth human." GAZ: "You're not making any sense." ZIM: (EVEN MORE SLURRED) "Backpak have brain thing make ZIM act like ZIM. Need PAK to think stuff." GAZ: "Oh yeah... That's MUCH better." ZIM beats his head against the wall, knocking his eyes back into alignment. Gaz turns her head at the sound of her game (that she had been ignoring since ZIM arrived) ending. ZIM sees the GAMESLAVE 2 poking out of Gaz's pocket and snatches it while she's distracted. He stuffs it into his pocket. ZIM : He also stole your Game device and wants to experiment on it too!" Gaz searches her pocket. She looks furious. GAZ: Where did you say he was going?" ZIM has started to go wall-eyed again. ZIM : Can't tell you... have to SHOW you... ZIM weak... need Dibsister to carry." INT. MEMBRANE'S LAB - CONTINUOUS MEMBRANE and another scientist stand next to each other. They have identical workstations, each with a brain in a tray. Next to each of them stand inactive robots with empty heads. A tense crowd of lab technicians watches. One of them holds a stopwatch. Membrane completes whatever he is doing to HIS brain before the other scientist and stuffs the brain into the robot on his side. The robot springs to life. ROBOT: I am FOODIO, the robot that will end world hunger. OFF I GO!" DIB : "Dad!" PROFESSOR MEMBRANE : How did you get in here, little boy?" DIB : "Dad, it's me, ZIM! I mean DIB! I want you to have a look at this! NOW LOOK, FILTHY HUMAN! I mean... dad."He gestures towards the PAK on his chest. PROFESSOR MEMBRANE : "Son, I don't like to get involved in your fashion matters, but that big metal shirt of yours is-" DIB : IT'S NOT A SHIRT! It's taking over my inferior human mind! You have to analyze it! I'm sure you'll be amazed. Dib activates the spider legs to show off the technology. PROFESSOR MEMBRANE : "FASCINATING! Perhaps just a quick look." EXT. STREET LEADING TO MEMBRANE LABS - CONTINUOUS ZIM: (REALLY OUT OF IT) ...hurry....there don't be enough time left...life...draining...ZIM.." INT. MEMBRANE'S LAB - CONTINUOUS Membrane uses some scanning tools and probes on the PAK. DIB: It's some kind of parasite! Get it off before... I AM ZIM! Hurry, dad! It's doing something to my brains!" PROFESSOR MEMBRANE : I've almost got it off of you here..." EXT. MEMBRANE LABS - CONTINUOUS Gaz zooms past the guards, riding ZIM like a horse. ZIM looks exhausted and drooly, and then confused. INT. MEMBRANE'S LABS - CONTINUOUS DIB: Careful... Dad, do you know what this means? This device... it IS ZIM. It's his brain and his life support. That means his body is just.... something to carry his PAK around. It's... I AM ZIM AND I WILL RULE YOU ALLLLL!!!" Gaz bursts into the lab. PROFESSOR MEMBRANE: Gaz! Your brother wants to rule us all! We have to stop him!" GAZ : "Yeah, yeah. He stole my GameSlave, and now he's gonna PAY." ZIM flops through the door, looking barely alive. He drools sick goo. The counter is down to about thirty seconds. ZIM : "...give up, Dib...ZIM here now...prepare for...Floooooooog. ZIM FLOOOOOOG!! DuuhhhhHHHhh... " Dib does some quick work on the robot brain, laughing evilly all the while. He plops the brain into the robot and the robot comes to life, looking insane and spooky-like. ROBOT #2: "I AM DESTRUCTIO! THE ROBOT THAT WILL END ALL LIFE ON EARTH! OFF I GO!! " Destrucio smashes through a wall and runs into the city. Dib rubs his hands evilly, enjoying his work. PROFESSOR MEMBRANE: "Noooooo!" ZIM: (WELLING UP SOME STRENGTH) "Dibsister! Attack!!" GAZ : "Give me my GameSlave back now and I'll let you keep ONE of your limbs, Dib." ZIM : "BLUUAAAAAGH?!!" ZIM: (CONT'D) I AM ZIM!" ZIM: (CONT'D) You have no idea what you were toying with, Dib. Your filthy human body chemistry isn't compatible with the PAK. It would've destroyed you! You're lucky I defeated you. HAH!!" DIB: "OH NO! I MUST STOP DESTRUCTIO!" Dib runs out to stop the monster. Membrane is alone in his ruined laboratory. He shakes his head sadly. MEMBRANE : "That boy and his friends..." Torque : "DOOOOOOOKIEEEEEWEEEEEENIE!!!"
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