Aaron woke up and got dressed in a pair of black jeans and a gray hooded jacket. Aaron's short hair was a dark gray color and his eyes were light blue. He was eighteen years old, a senior in high school, and lived with his mother; his father had left when he was a baby. Aaron finished getting dressed and went downstairs where his mother sat a plate of eggs in front of him. She always insisted that he should eat as he was a growing boy. The weird thing for Aaron was that he never seemed to feel full or gain weight for that matter.

That wasn't the only strange thing about Aaron. One time, he woke up with frost in his hair. When he asked his mom about it, she just told him that it must have been really cold that night and quickly tried to change the subject. She would do the exact same thing when he would ask about his father; all she would tell him is that he was a plumber.

Aaron finished his breakfast and getting ready for the day as he grabbed his backpack and bike as he made his way to school. Aaron walked down the hall with his head down trying not to draw attention from some jocks who were hanging out by his locker. Aaron opened it only for one of them to slam it shut. "Hey there, Aaron." He said grinning menacingly grabbing his shoulder.

Aaron grew angry and several students who gathered around to watch shivered. Aaron's mother had him taking gymnastics since he was a little kid, and along with all of the martial arts classes that she enrolled Aaron in, he had become very acrobatic and alert. Aaron grabbed the jock by the arm and threw him as several more of the jocks attacked him. Aaron quickly climbed up the lockers and leapt from them tackling one of the jocks. He then stood up and kicked the other one in the side followed by several punches knocking him to the ground. Aaron stood up and brushed himself off; he looked at the jocks that he beat up and saw that they had frost on all of their clothes. All of the other students were shivering as Aaron pulled his hood up and walked off.

After school, Aaron walked out of the school only to be confronted by the same jocks as well as several more plus the rest of the school who was expecting to watch a fight. "We're going to make you pay for earlier." One of them said clenching his fist.

Aaron knew that he could not run, and he also knew that he was way outmatched for this fight. "Let's go, cowards." Aaron said removing his hood. One of the jocks ran at Aaron who threw him back. Two more of them ran at Aaron throwing punches that he easily dodged. Aaron waited until he had an opening and punched back knocking both of them to the ground; Aaron looked at his fists and saw that they were covered in ice. Aaron saw another one of them pull a switchblade from his pocket. Aaron ran at him and it looked like that he ran through him; the boy was encased in ice as Aaron looked behind him to see the boy standing there.

The students gasped when they saw the student encased in ice. "Freak!" "Go back to whatever planet you came from!" "Ice freak!" were only a few of the slurs directed at Aaron as he put his hood up and grabbed his bike before riding off. Aaron parked his bike outside of his house and stormed inside as he slammed the door shut.

"What's wrong honey?" His mom asked standing there.

"What am I?" Aaron asked staring at her with his blue eyes.

His mother sighed. "I knew that I would have to tell you eventually. Let's go sit in the living room." She said motioning for Aaron to follow her. Aaron sat on the couch while his mother went over to a cabinet and pulled out a black metal box with a blue dot on the top.

"I take it Dad wasn't a plumber." Aaron said looking at the box.

"He was a plumber, but not the kind that you're thinking of." His mom said putting her finger on the blue dot causing it to open. "But before we talk about your father, let's talk about your grandfather."

"What happened to him?" Aaron asked.

"Your grandfather comes from a species of alien called Gourmand. He was a criminal smuggler who brought illegal alien technology to earth. He was on the run and ran in to your grandmother's house to hide. She protected him from the police, and he greatly enjoyed her cooking. You see, Gourmands possess the ability to eat large quantities of food and other substances and regurgitate blasts of energy. I'm only half Gourmand which means that I possess this ability, but you are only one quarter Gourmand meaning that at best you can eat, and handle most things that you eat." His mother said holding up a coffee mug and swallowing it, and then shooting a blast of energy at the wall.

"Okay, so I can eat a lot. What about the ice?" Aaron asked growing a little impatient.

"Your father comes from a race of creatures called Necrofriggians. He was a plumber which is the term for the intergalactic police. I met him when I was a teenager and he was still looking for your grandfather. At first, I flirted with him to distract him from looking from your grandfather, but then I grew to like him. Eventually we fell in love and had you." She said holding up a picture with her and a blue creature standing next to her holding a baby with faint gray hair wrapped in a blanket.

"That's him?" Aaron asked taking the picture from her.

"Yes. You can keep that picture." She said as he put it in his pocket and he wiped a few tears from his eyes. "Your father also wanted you to have this." She said handing him a black and green badge. "That's a plumber badge. They help you locate plumbers in the area, and it functions as a universal translator."

Aaron took the badge and put it in his pocket. "Some plumbers recently contacted me. They told me to tell you about this new place called Under Town located in Bellwood. Your father actually left you a few things before he left. He told me to give you this after I told you everything." His mother said handing him a key and a card with something scribbled on it.

"Thanks, mom." Aaron said hugging her. "After I graduate high school, I'm going out on my own." Aaron said with his mind clearly made up; his graduation was in only a week.

"I'll still be here for you." She said hugging him before Aaron went to his room.