Winter Wrap Up

"Irk doesn't have winter?" Dib asked, aghast. He had been living in Zim and Zee's base for a few months, and was shocked when they said they had to leave.

"No snow?" Nebula asked, his eyes wide.

"Not like here." Zim said, packing away a few uniforms. "Of course YOU wouldn't know, as you are," he shuddered. "Half HYUMAN."

Nebula rolled his eyes.

"Is it cold?" Galaxy asked.

"Very." Zee said, struggling with a screaming Lil' Zin.

"I DON WANNA GO TO IRK! I WANNA STAY HERE!" She screeched.

"Little help?" Zee panted to Zim. He ignored her.

"What's it like?" Dib asked.

"I expect you'll find out soon enough, EARTH-STINK." Zim said, now packing piggies.

"What? How?" He asked.

"You are coming, are you not?" Zim asked confused. Dib, Nebula and Galaxy grinned at each other.

"Zin, please!" Zee cried, the little Irken now trying to climb away on PAK legs. "You'll get to see F-Zin!"

"Well why didn't you say so!" Zin said, retracting her legs and skipping away. Zee groaned and flopped into Isidar.

"Auro-pilot please. This will be a long ride..."

"WE GET TO SEE THE SIR TWINS AGAIN!" Nebula and Galaxy screamed in her antennae.

"Shut UP! Nebster, Gallia, go sit with Zin." Zee groaned.

She was rewarded with an eight-hour long Irken Winter carol, screamed at the top of their voice boxes by the Irken twins and Zin.

They arrived on Irk, and Zee literally kicked the smeets out. She swore in Irken as she lifted the bags out on her own, while Zim whistled and pretended not to see them.

"Whoa, look at the snow!" Galaxy said, pointing to a purple snowflake.

"Yes, it is artificial and made of the purest acid." Zim said, catching one on his finger. It melted on his glove. Dib however, looked scared.

"ACID?" He sprang back into Isidar. She threw him out in a few seconds, and he was covered from head to toe in a shiny, skin tight suit.

"This will protect you." Isidar said grumpily.

"Step-Momma! Daddy!" A voice cried. F-Zin bolted over the frozen ground and glomped her parents. Zee stumbled and fell over on the ground, and Zim struggled in her grasp.

"Momma!" Galaxy and Nebula cried, leaping onto her.

"Me!" Zin cried, jumping on her head.

"Enough fun people, let's get to work." F-Zin said, shrugging the smeets off of her.

"Work?" Nebula groaned.

"Of course! How else will spring get here?" F-Zin said. She pointed behind her and the smeets craned to see.

Irkens of all shapes and sizes were manning giant machines and zooming through the air on jetpacks.

"What are they doing?" Dib asked.

"Winter Wrap Up." Zee said, struggling to stand. "Irk isn't an organic planet, it needs to me manipulated. So, we change the seasons ourselves."

Dib, Nebula, Galaxy and Zin beamed at each other.

"Three months of winter coolness,
And awesome doomsday bombs," F-Zin said, leading them all to work.

"We've kept our toes-sies warm at home,
Time off from work to play," the SIR twins called, divebombing the group.

"You never work!" Zee cried as she dropped the bags.

"But the food I brought is runnin' out,
And we can't eat in this cold," GIR said, falling out of the sky onto Zee's head, gnawing on a frozen corndog.

"And even though I love my boots,
This fashion's getting old," Nikki said, walking out from behind a giant purple machine wearing sparkly black boots.

"The time has come to welcome spring,
And all things warm and green," Zin said, jumping onto Dib's head.
"But it's also time to say goodbye,
It's winter we must clean," the Irken twins sang, catching flakes on their tongues.
"How can we help? We're new, you see," Dib and the smeets sang as they ran to see the giant machines.

"What does every Irken do?
How do I help without a PAK?
I haven't got a clue!" Dib cried.

"Winter Wrap Up! Winter Wrap Up!
Let's finish our holiday cheer,
Winter Wrap Up! Winter Wrap Up!" The Irkens cried as they zoomed through the air.

"'Cause tomorrow spring–" Zim cried.

"–is here!" F-Zin interrupted him, making him growl.

"'Cause tomorrow spring is here!" The Irkens called to them.

"Bringing home the Irken troops
A Jetpackers' job begins," F-Zin said, strapping on a jetpack and zooming into the air, guiding incoming Voot's to the ground.

"And clearing all the gloomy skies,
To let the sunshine in,
We move the clouds,
And we melt the purple snow," She called, now zooming through violet clouds so that the hot sun melted the snow into acid. Dib helped in surprise when some slush hit his foot, but his suit protected him.

"When the sun comes up
Its warmth and beauty will glow!" The SIR twins and F-Zin sang as they zoomed through the air.

"Winter Wrap Up! Winter Wrap Up!
Let's finish our holiday cheer
Winter Wrap Up! Winter Wrap Up!
'Cause tomorrow spring is here
Winter Wrap Up! Winter Wrap Up!
'Cause tomorrow spring is here
'Cause tomorrow spring is here!" The Irkens sang as many more Voot's landed, followed by the Massive.

"Our cozy homes hibernate
Under the snow and ice," Nikki sag as she manned a giant machine. It dug into the surface and the purple roof of an Irken house was seen.

"We wake up all their heat sensors,
So quietly and nice," Zim said sarcastically as he drilled through the dirt. He pressed a button on the roof and the house popped out of the ground, heat blazing from it and melting the snow around it.

"We help them gather up their food,
Fix their homes below," Nikki said as she led Irkens to their houses with snack baskets. They waved goodbye as they stepped through the doors.

"We welcome back the invaders," Zim called as a small Irken fled in terror from their home. Zim had rigged it with booby traps for intruders, and defective SIR units were chasing him down the road.

"So the Smeeteries will grow!" Nikki and Zim cried as a full Smeetery popped from the ground.

"Winter Wrap Up! Winter Wrap Up!" The Irkens sang.
"Winter, winter" Nikki called in the background.
"Let's finish our holiday cheer,
Winter Wrap Up! Winter Wrap Up!" The small Irken ran, squealing into Zim. Zim growled and threw him back to the SIR units.
"Winter, winter," Nikki continued, ignoring the Irken's squeals if pain.
"'Cause tomorrow spring is here
Winter Wrap Up! Winter Wrap Up!" Irkens sang from their roofs and from their windows.
"'Cause tomorrow spring is here
'Cause tomorrow spring is here!" The SIR twins zipped through the air, giggling and knocking Irkens off their houses.

"No easy task to clear the ground
Plant our tiny beads." Zee sang as the Tallest walked to the ground. Purple and Red took out two identical remotes and Zee followed. They pressed the buttons and tiny beads flew through the air, landing on the frozen dirt.
"With proper care and sunshine
Everyone it feeds," the beads grew into snack stands, with soda, nachos and donuts. Hungry Invaders flooded the stand, eager for food.
"Nachos, donuts, exotic pies,
Colourful frosting too,
We must work so very hard," Zee said as she and the Tallests strolled along, repeatedly pressing the buttons.

"It's just so much to do!" She, Red and Purple whined.

"Winter Wrap Up! Winter Wrap Up!
Let's finish our holiday cheer
Winter Wrap Up! Winter Wrap Up!
'Cause tomorrow spring is here
Winter Wrap Up! Winter Wrap Up!" The Irkens cried, their mouths full of snacks.

"'Cause tomorrow spring is here," the SIR twins cried.

"'Cause tomorrow spring is here!" The Irkens replied.

"Now that we know what they all do
We have to find our place," Dib and the smeets sang, looking at all the Irkens work.
"And help with all of my heart," Dib said.
"Tough task ahead we face," Zin said.
"How will we do without a PAK," Dib asked. "Help the Irken way,
I wanna belong so I must
Do my best today,
Do my best today!" He cried, bolting after the Irken twins as they ran to see the snacks.

"Winter Wrap Up! Winter Wrap Up!
Let's finish our holiday cheer
Winter Wrap Up! Winter Wrap Up!
'Cause tomorrow spring is here
Winter Wrap Up! Winter Wrap Up!" The Irkens cried around them.

"'Cause tomorrow spring is here
'Cause tomorrow spring is here
'Cause tomorrow spring is here!" Dib and the smeets sang.