"NO, GIR!" Kyt shouted in horror from the other side of the Chemistry lab. She had left him alone to talk to the teacher for less than a minute, and turned to find him doing... THIS.

"DON'T YOU DARE DROP THE BANANA IN THAT!"

"BUT KYTTIE! NANAS HAVE MAGIC IN THEM!" Gir pouted, his strangely colored eyes widening in a pleading way. Kyt raised a finger at him, "DON'T DROP THAT BANANANA! Put it down."

"But!"

"Butts are for pooping!"

Gir then smiled, then giggled, and then burst into laughter. Despite their yelling, no one looked up until now. The boy laughed and laughed, doubling over on the table with the half peeled fruit in hand. Kyt watched blankly, holding in a smile. She could not encourage the little robot more. Finally, from the ground he had fallen and rolled around on, he sat up, wiping away tears. "Doody."

Many of the guys chuckled and the girls either giggled or whispered gross or did both. Shaking her head, Kyt went back to her seat. This was the only class she had with just Gir, and it always proved to be the funniest class. She often looked forward to it, especially when the world seemed to frown upon her. Which it wasn't as much now. It's been getting a lot better now.

She was still upset about the loss of her mother and the fact that no one could find any leads, and Tak's bullying didn't help. Zim was stepping up more since the Talent Show but he still acted strange and had been growing further away from Kyt. It made her upset in a strange way, but she kept up through Gir.

Talent show. Kyt smiled, the song Dib had written for her playing through her head. And the kiss they had shared. Suppressing the urge to giggle and squeal at the thought of her first kiss, she continued to look through the formula they had been given. She took her time to explain things to Gir, who caught on rather quickly much to her surprise. Then she was snapped out a focus by the sound of her name.

"Kyt Lucifine?"

The way the person said her name so carefully, made her think of the chubby police officer that had shown up at her house the night of her mom's death. She turned around to look at the doorway. It wasn't a police officer, just a normal student(Keef, she believed. She had seen him several times following Zim obsessively in the halls) holding up an office slip. She stood up and wiped her hands on her lab coat, "Yes?"

Keef looked at her and blushed, like many others did. She never really took notice. He walked over, handing her the note, saying, "Someone is in the office for you, I guess."

"Oh?" Kyt said in a soft tone trying to think of who would be there. It wouldn't be her foster mom, she was working. She looked to Gir, putting her goggles down around her neck, "Behave."

The robot boy saluted, his eyes briefly flashing red, "Sir, yes, sir!"

Kyt smiled and walked out, but not before yelling at Gir to put the banana down. ("Aaaeeeewwweeee...") She followed the carrot-colored haired boy down the hall. She hadn't really been in the office before, except to be called in by the counselor to talk about her mothers death and how it affected her. She had only nodded through the whole speech he delivered to her about grief and loss. And still her mind wondered. Who could be there for her? She expected some officer for more questioning or something like this had been a big prank. She knew it wasn't. Maybe, they had caught who had killed her.

As they entered the office, Kyt kept her eyes focused on the ground, her hand on her chest over the necklace. She heard the awkward voice of her principle, "Kyt. Please, to my office."

He lead her down a short hall way and into the room at the end, shutting the door behind them. Kyt looked around, it was a small office, very orderly with a few pictures on the wall. Behind the desk was a window opened wide. Kyt looked to the two chairs that sat opposite of the big principle chair behind the desk. She froze then, and stared at who occupied one of them.

There was a young man, seeming to be in his early twenties. If he had been standing he would have stood about as tall as Dib, but his build was slightly muscular. His face was on the verge of becoming chiseled-ish. Light tan skin as if he was born from the sun. He was a beautiful creature. It was none of these things that made Kyt stop and stare. It was his light blond, nearly white hair that was cropped short and spiked. It was when his eyes locked with hers and showed the same look of absolute surprise. Warm, light-filled brown eyes.

Her mother's eyes.

Kyt felt her heart pick up pace at his familiarity. She didn't understand this. The happiness that flooded through her, the sudden comfort...

The principle cleared his throat and the boy snapped out of it. He gave her such a smile that nearly made her cry, "Hi, Kyt. I'm Ari."

She continued to only stare at him, and after a long silence the principle suggested she sit. She sat, still watching Ari. Slowly, she turned to the principle. "Miss Kyt... You may not have known this but the Talent Show had been recorded and put on television. Locally, meaning the city got to watch it. Several performances were put up on websites. We got a call from this young man... Saying he was your older sibling."

Kyt turned her head to look at him, finding that he was staring at her, too. She didn't doubt him. How else could he have those familiar eyes? And the same snowy hair? They both broke into a smile, the same beautiful smile. Despite the smile, Kyt felt dozens of questions arise in her mind. Ari looked to the principle, "Is it all right if I take Kyt to lunch?"

"Sure you can." But then he continued to speak. Neither really listened. He quit blabbering when the lunch bell and both arose, thanking him. The two scurried out, and Ari dug keys out of his pocket. "Where do you wanna go?"

Kyt paused, thinking as quickly as possible, trying to keep away any awkward silence. "Actually, I gotta go tell my friends that I'm going out to eat. And take this junk off."

She gestured at her white lab coat, latex gloves and goggles. Then she remembered she had left Gir in charge of himself, "And make sure Gir didn't make a mess!"

Ari watched as his newly found younger sister bolted off down the hall. Her long hair flying and flaring out behind her like wings. His eyes followed her as she turned the corner. He cursed under his breath, and sauntered after her. He was happy to see her again... But he knew, he could lose her again in a heartbeat if he made a wrong move. He knew she was crushed by their mother's supposed death, and it saddened him to know that.

When he reached the room Kyt had vanished off into she was to be found with a white haired boy with strangely colored eyes. The color of copper after being left exposed to the elements. He had yellow goo all over him, and was yelling happily about bananas and waffles. Ari stared at him, the behavior clicking in his brain. Gir. This is Gir?

He raised a brow, leaning against the wall as Kyt scolded him while cleaning up his mess. Gir sat on a stool, goofy grin plastered on his face. "Ari, this is my friend, Gir. Gir this is my ... My older brother."

Gir seemed to analyze him under that playful gaze. Ari nearly shuddered. Gir let out a joyful scream and ran off. The boy blinked, and looked down to the female, green-eyed version of himself. "Are all your friends like that?"

She shook her head, gathering a notebook off a nearby table, "Only Gir."

"Where to now?"

"Dib and Gaz. Wherever they are."

Ari bit his lip in thought, Dib and Gaz.  Huh... Them...He said to himself.

He seemed lost in thought as his younger sister lead him down a semi-busy hallway into a large room bursting with students. He followed her through the throng of Hi Skoolers, feeling things squish under his shoes. He decided it was best not to look.

She tapped a black haired boy on the shoulder, and he turned around instantaneously, like some sort of cautious animal. Looking at his face, Ari blurted, "Dr. Membrane?"

They looked at him strangely. Ari blushed, because on further inspection his hair wasn't quite the same and his skin wasn't nearly as pale. And he had glasses. "This is Dib.. And that's Gaz."

He glanced up to see a brooding girl, with deep purple hair. She widened one golden eye to look up at him from their narrowed slits. He gave a wave, and she simply snorted.

So these were the two Membrane's children? How intriguing. Ari clasped a hand on Kyt's shoulder, ignoring the jealous look from Dib. The hell? "Nice to meet you both. I'm Kyt's older brother." -Dib relaxed - "Ari."

"You have an older brother?!" Dib questioned, looking wide eyed at Kyt. The surprise was childlike. Kyt nodded, then shrugged, then shook her head, then quickly nodded again, "I didn't find out until twenty minutes ago... He wants to take me out to lunch."

"If that's fine with you." Ari blurted in, then looked away. What was his problem? He shouldn't be so nervous, but seeing the things at risk... All the things at risk depending on him and Kyt. And Kyt didn't even know! It was all on him... Ari got a sudden chill. A chill so familiar it made him start to breath a little faster in fear. As calmly as he could, he scanned the crowd of students at tables and standing around, or making their way to, their tables. Among them, he met those lifeless eyes.

He tightened his jaw giving the softest of nods towards Tak. And Zim. His eyes narrowed at Zim in anger. Had that idiot never been 'born' and had had his Pak terminated he wouldn't be in this situation! No one would... He wanted to send his puny green body into flames.

"Ari! They said they don't care. Helllooooo." Kyt waved a pale hand in front of his face and blinked several times. "Oh, my bad. I'm just tired. Long drive. Let's go."

He watched as Kyt planted a soft kiss on Dib's cheek and he whispered something that caused her to blush. He raised a brow. Then felt eyes looking in their direction. He looked up to see that vile creature, Zim, staring at the two a fire burning through his human-eye contacts. This time he raised both eyebrows. 

What was the hell going on?

~¥~

Kyt lay in bed silently, her eyes staring blankly out her window. She stared at the stars, fuzzy and kinda blotted from the city's pollution. Her thoughts were too deep for her to even begin to comprehend.

Her mother was gone, and now in her place is some godly-looking young man claiming to be her older brother. But she knew it wasn't a claim: it was true.

He had explained it all to her as they ate their overly greasy burgers and fries at a fast food restaurant.

"We had a falling out... After dad left I was crushed. You were just a little baby then. But he kinda just up and left, and after that mom... Lost it. I love her, but I.. Couldn't take it. I begged and pleaded until they could take me into foster care or something. She managed to keep you. Then I never bothered to contact her again, which I now regret." He had said this with distant eyes. They ate in silence until he drove her back to school. They discussed all the paper work, how he had felt seeing her on the television screen.

The whole time, though, it seemed like there was something more. Unmentionable. But she didn't ask, too happy to have someone of blood back in her life.

She thought over all her life. Her moments with her mom, and the times she had been ignored at school. How much she had wondered why nobody else seemed to have any relation to them. She went over when she had first moved here and now. Tak's painful bullying, but now Zim was stepping in. He was being her friend again. Something about that made her feel just a little lighter.

Thinking over all of this, she didn't notice she had been up all night until the first rays of sunlight started to peek out from the night sky.

She watched the sunrise, a thought pushing its way into her mind. For something made of chaos within itself... It seemed to resemble so much hope, especially in darkness...

~¥~

"Zim will not quit!" The Irken screamed as he ran throughout the 'lab', throwing strange tools and small machinery at Tak, who was chasing him.

"You idiot!" She screeched, "Do you not realize what your doing could put us in jeopardy?! MIMI!"

At the call of her name, the red eyed SIR Unit seemed to appear before Zim, wrapping her long metallic arm around his thinly body. She lifted him slightly off the ground, moving him towards Tak. Tak regained her breath and snarled, "Do you not wish to come back to Irk as a superior Invader?!"

"No Invader can best Zim! I am the greatest there will EVER be!" Zim let out a dark laugh, the thought of someone being better was rather hilarious. Tak rolled her eyes. "But this could put you to the status of utter worship. Do you not see, Zim?!"

MiMi slowly released him as Tak put her claws on his shoulders. She ran her hand along the back of his neck. Zim felt sick. She whispered close to his face, making him think of an annoying human bug crawling along his flesh. "Do you not wish to be worshipped?"

He paused. Worship would alter his status in his favor. He pulled away from Tak and paced to a different room within their underground lair. He looked up to tubes filled with glowing blue liquid,making them look warm, but in reality it was chilling to the bone to touch. Even the glass was usually freezing. But the goo wasn't what he was so intently looking at. It was the body within, curled up slightly like a wormbaby in its mothers womb(this made Zim want to gag, hyuman bodies were disgusting in nature).

Her long dirty blond hair floated around, her elegantly sharp featured face bowed down slightly revealing two small horns. Her naked body was pale, with a few strange markings here and there. Tucked against her skin were thin, white membranes that almost just seemed to be part of her skin but he knew they were not. Other than that, she seemed so very human.

Zim felt his heart squeeze at the resemblance he could see.

But this is what could bring him to universal glory. He turned his head away, but this was never as important as Kyt. He gave Tak a smirk, "Of course I do."