Hello! This fic was an idea that has been poking at me and telling me "write me…" in a creepy tone. Who was I to say no? Also, I will like to point out that any grammar mistakes in the characters dialogue is completely intended, because the Boov speak like that. There is also reference to the short film 'Almost Home', which also starts Captain Smek and the Boov in this story. Disclaimer! I do not own the Boov! Adam Rex and DreamWorks do! BTW, J. Lo is Oh's original name in the book.

Like Father, Unlike Son:

The Boov were raised in incubators when they were born and a nanny will take care of a batch until they were old enough to go on their own. Their parents were never wed. It was more like 'take a mate, have a baby, keep the population number stable and then move along'. This was actually a sad truth now that the Boov knew better. It was sadder that some of the parents were in love but did not married for fear of making a mistake. Nor that it was a Boov costume to get married anyways. Just after a pair of Boov announced their engagement last month, all the Boov started to question if their ways of raising the young and their relationships were supposed to be like that. After celebrating the first Boov wedding, the couple announced they were expecting a baby Boov and they would raise it.

This is where the decision of finding their relatives started.

Now that meeting the humans have opened their eyes, many have wondered which of them could be related. So the idea was brought to the Big Brain Boov, who took it to Captain Oh.

You could all guess to where that lead to.

All Boov that were interested in knowing their relatives were required to give in a blood sample so they could find a match. Said match will be waiting in a specific room on the mothership so they could get to know each other. Or just bump into each other by chance. Many have joined and many more were currently getting to know better their mimoms, midads, sisters, brothers, uncles, aunts, and that really old grumpy grandpa that can't be left out of the family. But the true magic of all this, was that the Big Brain Boov will just give the room number and you had to go there. No picture, no name, nothing. It was all surprise!

And boy what a surprise Oh got.

You see, like all his people, Oh was also interested in meeting his relatives. But there was one problem. He wasn't sure if his relatives will see him for who he really was (since he's captain, duh!). He was walking in direction to his assigned room. He was nervous and happy at the same time, quickly turning into an orange/ yellow color. Wherever he went, he could see Boov reuniting with their relatives and getting to know each other. In no time, he was right in front of the door. Just on the other side, one or some of his relatives awaited. If they couldn't believe who he was, he just had to tell them his real name.

He slowly opened the door and found that inside was only one relative. That relative was…

"Smek?"

Smek turned around, quickly turning white out of shock. "Oh?"

Oh closed the door behind him. "I… I… I can't believe it. Are you some uncle of mine?" He gasped. "Are you my grumpy old granpa?"

"What? No! And apparently, I'm your mydad, but that is not the possible!" Smek turned yellow with frustration. In this historical reunion, only the parents were given some information about their kids, just in case.

"Maybe the computer made the mistake…"

Smek laughed, turning purple again. "Definitely, because I knew my son's name in the birth of date of him! His name was-"

" J. Lo. His name was J. Lo." Oh looked at Smek for confirmation.

Smek glared at Oh, turning red all of a sudden. "And how were you supposed to know that? No Boov knew I had a child. Let alone his name."

"Because J. Lo is my given birth name."

Smek turned whiter than paper. No, that was not possible. J. Lo , his son, couldn't be Oh. He was just… he was just so… so Oh! He was the Boov that took his captain position away from him! (Not that it hurt anymore, but it was a really bad scar to his ego).

"That… that can't be." Smek sat on the floor. "You… you can't be." He suddenly turned blue. "I saw J. Lo as a baby Boov…"

Oh just stared. He had no words for what was happening and was just as confused as Smek was. The turns and twists life made, right? He was not sure how to react. Happy or sad, sad/mad? He imagined this encounter will be all hugs and happiness, but not… dull. And to think that the Boov sitting right in front of him had given the order to erase him once. Yet again, neither he or Smek didn't know their blood relationship.

Smek, however, was battling with himself. The Boov were never (in the past) supposed to get attached to their offspring, therefore, none knew who their relatives were. But as captain, he had other 'privileges' (which basically just consisted on going above everybody else). He had actually carried J. Lo in his arms. He grew attached. Not by much, but he did. He was anxious on seeing him again. But he didn't expect his son to be the very same Boov he had given the order to erase. The very same Boov he kind of rivaled with. But that wasn't what bothered him. He loved J. Lo, but he kind of hated Oh. And yet, they were the same Boov. He was torn apart in what to think of him. Embrace him and accept him, or just keep on going like this meeting never happened. He really wanted to do both.

And at the same time, he didn't.

Long minutes of awkward silence passed by and Oh decided to finally break it. "So, um… how did you exactly saw me as the a baby? Boov weren't allowed to be attached to their children by then."

Smek sighed and stood up. "I was already the captain. I just broke a few rules." He stared at Oh's eyes. 'His mother's eyes…' he thought.

Oh smiled awkwardly. "Well, maybe we could put the our differences to the side…"

Smek looked at the floor. 'He was really looking forward to this, wasn't he?' He asked himself. "Sure, I guess." He looked back at him. "What do you want me to call you?"

Oh shrugged. "I do not do the caring. For too long I was 'Oh' that I was not 'J. Lo."

"Alright… Oh."

Oh smiled. "Do you, by any of the chance, know if we have more relatives?"

Smek pondered on it for a moment. "We might. I do know I had a brother. But I think he died in one of the dangerous searches for a home planet. A carnivorous unicorn ate him, if I am the correct."

Oh winced.

"And then a giant worm ate the carnivorous unicorn that ate my brother."

Oh winced even more, turning a bit yellow.

"Which, of course, was swallowed whole by a ginormous ugly looking bird."

Oh just stared.

"Who was also-"

"Ok! Stop the telling of your brother's death. It is quite the unceasing."

"I believe he had children though. By the way, the bird was eaten by a flying, ginormous pig the size of a mountain."

Oh decided to ignore the last statement. "So I might have the cousins?"

Smek nodded. "Yes, unless they were also eaten by carnivorous unicorns. Or a chimera."

Oh stayed silent at the memory of the planet of the chimeras. The Boov vowed to never return. Ever. They even made a ceremony to prove it. There was also the planet of the apes, but that was another story no Boov liked to recall.

"What about my mymom?"

Smek looked at him. "What about her?"

"Is she alive? Is she pretty? Is she like Mrs. Tucci? Is she like the smart? What does she likes to do? Does she know my name too?"

Smek held up his arms. "Whoa, whoa. One question at the time!" He sighed. "I don't think she's alive. She went into a scouting mission in one the planets we went, but she never returned. She was very pretty, the prettiest of all the girls I ever laid my eye on. I haven't met Mrs. Tucci, but she was terrible at cooking anything. She even burned the water, if that is possible." He chuckled and so did Oh. "And you asked if she was smart. Let me tell you, she was the best spaceship engineer we had. She also designed the bubble pods we use."

"Really?" Oh asked in wonder. The bubble pods were an amazing invention.

Smek nodded in a dreamy look. "When she presented that invention, it was also the time I met her. She liked to build stuff and see what will happen if she used gravity thingies to turn off the gravity in our brains."

"Did she figured it out?"

Smek shook his head. "In fact that was one of the seven mistakes she ever did. She almost exploded another Boov's head."

Oh gasped. "Who was the other Boov?" Oh asked worryingly.

"He was Tony. That is why he is a little crazy on the head." Smek explained. "She had a nasty temper though. She will turn the fiercest shade of red you could see, it was like she was on fire herself. I once made the mistake on telling her that her inventions, aside from the bubble pod, were never going to work. That I could better. I guess I let my ego get the best of me. And you know what she did?"

"What?"

"She gave me a black eye. I was not seen in public for a week. She, apparently, found it hilarious. Twisted sense of humor she had." He laughed.

Oh laughed. His mymom sounded like an amazing Boov with faults and flaws like any other. Smek looked at him. "And she knew your name because she named you and she loved you too much to let be raised by another Boov. She grew too attached."

Oh looking at Smek with wonder. "She sounds like the fantastic."

"Yeah, that and so much more."

Then, Oh asked a question Smek did not expect. "Are you sad/mad that I'm your son?"

Smek looked at him in the eye. "Of course I'm not, it's just… I guess I am shocked. I did always wanted to meet you and I know your mymom would have adored you on sight…"

Oh's smiled grew and he turned a bright orange. Smek's eyes widened. "No! Don't go all orange on me!" He was surprised when Oh pulled him in for a hug. But then again, he shouldn't have been. He was Oh. The happy and friendly Boov. His son. Smek hesitantly surrounded Oh in a hug. He was finally hugging his son. His son. And no one could take this moment away from him.

"Hello?"

Except if another relative decided to step into the room. Both Boov broke apart and stared at the newcomer.

"Kyle!?" They asked.

Kyle jumped in surprise. "Smek!? Oh!? What are you doing here!?"

Smek rolled his eyes. "We're here to deliver you to the chimeras!" His horns stood up proudly in the air as he looked down at Kyle with an evil grin on his face.

Poor Kyle threw himself all over the floor, covering his head. "No! Not the chimeras! Not the—wait." He realized something very important. "Did you just played a joke on me?"

Smek and Oh laughed. Kyle turned yellow with embarrassment. He was carrying a paper sheet with something written on it. "So, I'm guessing we're somehow the related."

Oh nodded.

Kyle asked again. "But wait, how are you two related?"

Oh was about to tell him when Smek stepped in. "I'm his mydad."

Kyle looked at Smek and Oh like they had grown fourth set of legs. "What… But that is the impossible! You two are too different and… look a little alike."

Smek and Oh looked at each other, searching for any physical appearance they shared. Kyle explained. "Well, not much on the physical form, but in your mannerisms now that I think about it. Oh, remember when we were at Tip's house and we were playing at imitating others?"

"Yeah?"

"Remember when you imitated Smek? Do it again!"

Oh pulled out an uncurler hair thingy from his pocket, held it over his mouth like a moustache and imitated Smek's proud horn like tentacles. He also tried to imitate his voice as best as he could. "Hello, I'm Smek! I am captain of the Boov and I rub it on your face! Now shush!" Oh and Kyle started to laugh like complete idiots while Smek deadpanned, turning a little bit red on the face. "So you were mocking me all this time behind my back?"

Kyle answered before Oh could. "No… well, yes. Most Boov do." He added in a whisper. "But that is another story. What I'm trying to tell you is that he looked too much like you."

Smek nodded. "I guess…" He turned to look at Kyle. "But back to the point, how are we related?"

Kyle held up a paper. "The Big Brain Boov are giving these to all Boov who have a dead relative, but are linked by blood by a living one. This information I have on my sheet is about my mydad. He apparently died in the search for a home planet. He was eaten by a carnivorous unicorn that was later eaten by giant worm that was eaten by a giant ugly looking bird that was eaten then by a flying pig the size of a mountain. What?" He asked at the looks he was getting.

"That was my brother."

"I'm your NEPHEW!?"

"And that was my uncle."

"I'm your COUSIN!?" Kyle took a deep breath. "This is weird."

"I know." Oh said.

Glad you all enjoyed. Review to see how I did! I might continue this if I have the time. BTW, J. Lo is Oh's original name in the book.