It's been a week, but the update is finally here! (Does jig) This chapter ends with one hell of a teaser, so you'll be in for a surprise. This chapter sets up the plot a little more, other then Skye just hanging with the gang. Since there was no biography last time, I'll give two in apology.

Disclaimer: I own nothing but my original characters (Skye, TJ, Element, Karen, Mike, Boss, Skye's roommates at their squat, Mike Halen, Luke, or any of the other Halen Gang/family.) Do not use without permission, but I honestly don't think anyone in their right mind would want to do that. Giggle. I don't own Zim or Tallest Purple, or any other affiliated characters. I am not JCV. Wish I could see him in person, but I am not him. Therefore, I don't own him or his stuff. It would be kind of weird to own him. It would be a like a Soubi-Ritsuka thing without the romance…

At six o'clock that night, Skye and TJ went to the address in Saois that Isha had given Skye. It looked like a mansion, but it might just have been big. TJ kept his arm tightly secure around Skye's waist as the large front gates opened up. Skye was a bit intimidated, but he didn't want TJ to know and worry. A man in a suit met them as they walked up the walkway towards the house.

"Evening." He greeted. "Are one of you Skye?"

"I am." Skye confirmed.

The man smiled. "Excellent. And you?"

"TJ." TJ responded.

"Welcome, then, Master TJ, Master Skye. I shall bring you to the Tallest."

"Master?" Skye whispered.

"It's what the help to rich people call them." TJ shrugged.

"Servants." The man corrected.

"Whatever." TJ rolled his eyes.

"Uh…do you have a name?" Skye questioned the man.

"Joshua."

Come to think of it, Skye hadn't seen his Josh since he told him he wanted to quit.

"Could I call you Josh?" Skye wondered.

"Uh…if you'd wish, sir."

"Cool."

"You know someone named Josh or something?" TJ wondered.

"He was in charge at my squat before I left." Skye admitted. "I wonder how he's doing."

TJ shrugged. "I'm sure he's alright." He answered.

"I hope."

Josh pushed open the doors to a large room. A table sat in the middle. Isha was sitting at one end with his parents, playing a video game. The Tallest were whispering back and forth.

"Master Halens?" Josh wondered. "Master Skye and Master TJ are here to see you."

Isha scowled when he made eye contact with TJ. Tallest Spork and Tallest Miyuki smiled. TJ bowed and Skye followed suit.

"Why are you here?" Isha nodded at TJ.

"I'm not letting him alone near you." TJ scowled.

"I'm content with my boyfriend, thank you very much."

"Isha, please." Tallest Spork rolled his eyes. "You too, TJ."

"Have a seat, boys." Tallest Miyuki offered with a smile.

Skye and TJ complied, sitting next to one another at the opposite end of the table. Josh bowed and left, seeming to know he wasn't wanted.

"Alright." Tallest Spork began. "We know very little about the world of prostitution and pimps and stuff of the like, but it is a growing problem."

"And not the prostitution itself." Tallest Miyuki seemed like she didn't want to offend Skye. "But more and more doctor's reports are coming on with patients who have come in injured by their Bosses."

"We want to crack down on the problem and hopefully save some of the hookers from being hurt."

"Um…could you please not use the word 'hooker'?" Skye wondered softly. "I kinda hate it."

"Oh, yes, of course. Sorry." Tallest Spork flushed. "Did you know that?" He looked to Isha.

"Maybe." Isha responded, though he didn't seem to be paying attention to what was being said.

"Isha, I just got some terrible news." Tallest Miyuki winked at TJ and Skye. "The Intergalactic DDR Championship Preliminaries have been canceled. They may not even have a competition at all."

Isha sat up straight and put his game to the side. "No way!" He whined. "Zim and I have been practicing for months for the prelims!"

"Your mother's just trying to see if you're listening, son." Tallest Spork chuckled. "The Prelims aren't canceled yet."

Isha scowled. "Whatever. I'm going." He stood and left without another word.

"Sorry." Tallest Miyuki told TJ and Skye. "He's a good boy, but he's a bit…"

"Pissy?" TJ offered.

"Yes, pissy."

"So do you know anything about that, Skye?" Tallest Spork wondered.

"No one I know's been hurt."

"You got slapped." TJ argued.

"It wasn't like I got a broken bone or nothing, TJ." Skye stated. "I think they mean the more violent stuff."

"This could be a step in the direction of your Boss becoming abusive." Tallest Spork ended their slight squabble. "What did he strike you for?"

"Not telling him I was taking a few minutes off of work when I went to the hospital to check on Zim once."

Tallest Miyuki scribbled something down on a legal pad, but Skye was too far away to see what it was.

"Would he be at his residence right now?" Tallest Miyuki questioned, tapping her lip with her pen.

"I don't know where he lives, only where he works." Skye shook his head.

"Where would that be?"

"47 Lakewood Avenue." Skye stated. "Uh…Seoul City."

Tallest Miyuki nodded. "Alright." She stated. "What are his hours, would you know?"

"We have to be there at seven in the morning, latest, and have to give our money to him by nine at night."

"Nine at night?" Tallest Miyuki wondered. "You're out there pretty long then, aren't you?"

Skye shrugged. It was nothing new to him. He knew his schedule was awkward compared to other people's, but he was used to it.

"Do you know anyone else that works for him?" Tallest Spork wondered.

"Everyone in my squat, yeah." Skye answered with a nod. "There are other people too, but I don't know the majority of them."

"Have any of them reported being hurt? Or come in with a bruise?"

"Not that I've noticed." Skye shook his head. "But they could be hiding it. No one wants to get into trouble. There are…consequences."

"Consequences?" Tallest Miyuki cocked her head to the side. "Like?"

"Nothing's said out loud, but it's implied." Skye answered. "I've never been punished, other then being hit, but others have, I'm sure. I'll probably know what they are if I see him again. I haven't been back in a long time."

"Since he hit you?" TJ wondered, grasping Skye's claw in his.

Skye nodded.

"Would you be willing to do some undercover stuff?" Tallest Spork wondered. "We need to take him down from the inside."

"Seriously?" TJ scowled. "You think that's safe? He could get hurt. He said he hasn't been back in a while."

"We'll send some undercover FBI agents with him." Tallest Spork informed. "We're not naïve."

"Seems like you are."

"TJ." Skye whispered. "Be nice, come on."

TJ didn't say anything for a moment or two. "Sorry." He muttered at last.

"It's alright, TJ, you're just being protective." Tallest Miyuki assured with a smile. "So Skye? What do you think?"

"I could I guess, but…" Skye paused. "Are you sure you can get some undercover officers to accompany me?"

"Of course." Tallest Spork stated.

"Then yeah. I'll do it."

Skye and TJ sat in a booth at Elemental Power with Element and Zim a few hours after their meeting with the Tallest. Zim was watching them as they sat, not saying anything. "Are you okay?" Skye wondered.

"Huh?" Zim responded. "Yeah. Are you two a couple, now?"

Skye and TJ nodded.

"Yay!" Zim clapped his hands together.

"Don't be so depressed, Zim." Element chuckled.

"Don't worry, I'll be better later." Zim joked. "But yay, you two, really."

"Thanks." TJ and Skye spoke as one.

They looked at one another, causing Zim and Element to chuckle.

"Glad to see you guys are enjoying yourselves." Mike stated.

He stood there with Karen, an open can of beer in his left claw.

"Sit." Zim ordered. "Don't be so grouchy for once."

Mike scowled. "Watch yourself kid."

"You watch yourself." Element ordered.

Mike took a sip of beer.

"Ignore him, he's drunk." Karen rolled her eyes.

"So are you." Zim informed.

"Yeah, I know." Karen giggled. She didn't seem as edgy. "About time, you two." She nodded to TJ and Skye. "Grats."

"Thanks."

"So what's going on with my aunt and uncle?" Zim wondered.

"Tallest Spork and Tallest Miyuki?" Skye wondered. "I'm doing this undercover thing with them and…"

"I wouldn't say too much, Skye." TJ warned. "You don't know who's around."

A teenage boy in a black hoodie walked up to the Boss' desk an hour after Skye had met with Zim and company in the bar. The Boss looked up.

"What?" He sneered. "You got a complaint, go and bother someone else."

"I have information." The boy answered.

The Boss raised an antenna. "What is it?" He wondered.

"Someone is going to betray you. To get you locked up for good."

"Yeah?" The Boss responded. "Who?"

"I don't…I can't tell you that." The teen answered. "But I can tell you this. There are going to be spies all throughout your ring here. You'd best be on your guard."

"Who are you?" Boss wondered.

The kid slapped a fifty on the counter. "I owe you this for the day. I'm off tomorrow." He answered. "You'll find out who I am soon enough. I promise you that."

The kid left his Boss' chambers smirking to himself. Skye wasn't going to go very far under his watch.

Something didn't seem right when Skye walked into Elemental Power. The usually busy bar was almost vacant. They weren't closed, seeing how the door was unlocked when he got there, so where was everyone? Surely Zim hadn't gotten sick again…had he?

"Hello?" Skye called out. "TJ? Zim? Miz? Element? Anyone?!"

No one responded. Skye shrugged and walked across the dance floor towards the back room. He wouldn't be surprised if Element and Zim were together in back and just didn't want to be disturbed. He lightly pushed the door to Element's office to find it unlocked and empty. When it opened, he walked in. "Hello?" He wondered. "Anyone here? Guys?"

No response. Skye left the back room and walked out to the dance floor and was met with a gun.

"Who are you?" A voice wondered.

"Uh…Skye. Who are you?" Skye wondered.

"Seoul PD. You have ID with you?"

Skye shook his head and put up his hand to block the light from the flashlight another cop held on him. "Sorry. I can be here, though. I'm friends with Element and the others." He informed. "I'm just looking for everyone."

"They're not here." The officer with the flashlight told him. "Did you break in?"

"No. The door was open when I got here." Skye answered. "I assumed someone was here, at least Zim or Element."

"Zim Halen?" The cop wondered. "My step-brother hangs around this dump?"

"Step-brother?" Skye repeated.

"Yeah. My dad married one of his dads a while back. They split."

"Sorry."

"Zak, come on, man." The cop with the flashlight addressed the other one. "We're not here to tell him your life story. We got a call about a break in."

"Break in?" Zim wondered from behind them. He walked up to Zak and hugged his waist, since he couldn't reach more. "Hey bro."

"Hey." Zak put an arm around him. "You know this guy?"

"Yeah, we're friends. He's okay." Zim answered.

Zak put his gun away. "Good enough for me." He stated. "I've gotta get back to work. If he's all that's here, we should go." He hugged Zim goodbye. "See ya."

"Alright, bye!" Zim waved. "Bye Officer Pensky."

The other Officer smiled. "See ya, kid." He started to leave. "By the way, I think you've grown."

"Really?" Zim's eyes lit up at that.

Skye couldn't blame the little guy.

"Yeah." Officer Pensky ruffled Zim's antennae before leaving.

Zim walked over to Skye. "The doors were open when you got here?"

Skye nodded. "Yeah." He answered. "Sorry. I shouldn't have come in."

"No, you're fine. We're cool."

Skye smiled softly. He hoped Element felt the same if he found out. "Where is everyone?"

Zim shrugged. "We closed down the bar for a couple days for personal reasons. Everyone's out doing their own thing."

"Oh. Why'd you come here, then?"

"The police station called me." Zim stated. "Someone called and reported a break-in and they couldn't get a hold of Element."

"So they called you?"

"Oh, that's right. You don't know." Zim smiled. "I co-own the place with Element. I get paid to play for Seoul University and I lent him some money once." He shrugged. "The bar started out in the basement, so my money helped by this place. I co-signed it."

"Really? That's awesome! I had no idea."

"I thought I told you. Sorry." Zim shrugged.

"It's okay. I-"

A loud crash in the back room cut him off. Zim hushed him and pulled a gun from his pocket. "Follow." He mouthed.

Skye nodded and followed Zim towards the back of the building. Zim pushed one of the doors open with his toe and peered into the room. He didn't see anything, so he went in. Skye followed him all the way, wishing he had a gun.

Zim flicked on the lights. "Whoever's in here, come out!"

No response.

"Maybe a rat or something knocked it over." Skye whispered.

Zim shrugged. "Could be, but rats don't break into doors."

"Should we be investigating on our own?" Skye wondered.

Zim didn't have time to answer when someone came out from the back.

"Luke?"

There's the teaser! What's gonna happen next? Only I know. And you will after the next update! As promised, here are two more biographies, provided by Nbld. Thank her with digital cookies!

Name: TJ Summers

Age: 27

Lives In, With: Apartment, no one

Hates: Luke, Element and Zim dating, Kevin Hayfield, the Harper gang

Likes: Partying, that Skye said yes, drinking, soccer, pissing off Luke

Hometown: Seoul Irk (We still recognize that Seoul is in Korea. And we still pronounce it as Say-ol')

Friend-Crush: None

Significant Other: Skye Kilsman

Eye color: Ruby

Brief biography: TJ was bborn to a neglectful father and a mother who loved him to death. Not being able to please his 'old man' led TJ down a path of destruction. He founded the Summers gang when he was just 11 years old. Having known Miz Halen from kindergarten, his friend became his second in command a few years after joining the gang. When Miz's brother Zim had been born, TJ knew somehow that he would become an important part of the gang: and he was right! After losing to the Hayfields, the current Harpers, TJ stepped down from power and left Miz to rule in his stead, changing the gang into the Halens.

Name: Angela 'Angel' Halen

Age: 28

Lives In, With: Small house, Miz Halen

Hates: Zim getting sick, the toll Zim getting sick pulls on Miz, the life of a rich Irken

Likes: Raising Jake, being with Miz, hanging with Zim when Miz is in prison

Hometown: Seoul Irk (We still recognize that Seoul is in Korea. And we still pronounce it as Say-ol')

Friend-Crush: None

Significant Other: Miz Halen

Eye color: Violet

Brief biography: Tired of living the life of the rich people of Saois city, Angel wanted to meet someone who could take her out of that life and into a moe exciting one. After graduating high school and becoming a nurse, fate led to Angel meeting Miz Halen after having his younger brother, Zim, and a patient. Miz was just what Angel had been looking for and she fell instantly in love. They hooked up once Zim was released and got married after five years. She is now the proud mother of her and Miz's son, Jake, and doesn't miss the rich life she once lived. She quit her job after they married so she could have a child.