Dib looked curiously down at Cypher, who had now taken a seat next to him and was staring up at him with innocent eyes. The little jackal robot that obeyed Kais every command...nearly flawless advanced technology...he could just...

"Well, hello..." He grinned, put his hand out to touch the little robot, and was met with her snarling fangs. Cypher was standing up, snarling and snapping furiously with red eyes to protect herself from this security breach. He withdrew his hand quickly, and she returned to staring at him innocently with blue and gold eyes. He shivered, looking warily down at her in her docile state.

"Should have known. Kai wouldn't-Hey!" Dib jumped up as Cypher yelped loudly, then got up and began dashing towards the door.

"Come back here you piece of junk! Kai will kill me if you get lost!"

He took off down the empty halls after her, catching up only when she collided with the principals office door. He sighed, panting hard from running, and walked over to the whimpering robot now frantically and desperately clawing at the door.

"Cypher...whats-" He was cut off as a bloodcurdling scream rang out from the inside of the office.

I made my voice fall silent as the blade thing was viciously ripped back out of my shoulder, readying itself for another shot.

"Three...times...now..."

The frightening cloaked principal; growled in frustration, and I laughed weakly.

"Your just making this more painful.."

"Toobadthen..." The blade swung at me from behind, sinking its mark into my spine. I screamed again as it sliced one of the interfaces cords, and my vision went blurry and black. The barbs on my arm dug in deeper to my interface, and I felt weak. Blue electricity pulsed through me from the walls and it neutralized my though process. I couldn't fight. My interface sputtered out one last saving grace.

"Powelevels...criticarelay?"

I hissed. "Relay." The interface sparked, and a powerful surge of electricity raced through my body and back into the cords. I was released, and the doors swung open. Without hesitation, I dived out and kicked them shut, letting the blade from my arm slide out. I was panting, very weak, bleeding, out of disguise, and Dib was in my way. I was having a very bad week. I hissed, and raised my blade to my face, advancing towards him as Cypher tugged on the back of my uniform. He backed up.

"Geez, are you okay?...Kai? Whoa!" He jumped as I swung the blade. My knees buckled, and I fell forward, quite unconscious once again. Man, this was happening alot here.

Dib stood silently, staring at the unconscious irken on the ground. He shook his head, glancing around the hallways to make sure nobody else was there, then sat down on the ground in front of her.

"Well...now what do I do..."

He turned to Cypher who was licking Kais shoulder. On a second glance, it appeared that the robot was applying some kind of gluey paste over the wound, and that it had stopped bleeding. Dib shuffled slightly closer, and was met once again with snarling from the overprotective robot. He looked down at Kai, not moving much at all save for slight breathing.

Here was his proof. Okay, so it wasn't Zim...but she was irken. Unconscious. Unable to try and kill him. His daydreams of glory came back, but they still missed a key part. He wanted to prove Zim was an alien. Not Kai. Kai wasn't the one who was trying to destroy his planet. She was hiding here. Shed even tried to help him get at Zim and that Larx guy. So they had caught him...she still tried. But, she was irken. She could prove that he wasn't crazy. That paranormal investigation was real science. But...He sat still, staring at Kai for a little while longer as Cypher fixed up her wounds. She made a small whimpering sound as the scary interface on her arm sparked.

"That thing seems to be hurting her quite a bit..." He leaned forward, and went to pry off the interface. As soon as his fingers touched it, Cypher attacked his hand. This time, she managed to sink her teeth into his skin, and he made a quiet whimper. She didn't draw any blood, and backed away in front of Kai, growling.

"Don't try it, human."

"Would you relax! I'm trying to help her."

"Don't. Touch. Her."

Dib sighed angrily. "Look. Shes out of her disguise, bleeding, and being badly shocked by that...thing. Do you want some government agency to come and get ahold of her?" Dib looked down at the robot, not letting on that that was his original intention. Cypher sighed and backed away.

"Now how does this thing come off..." He wrapped his fingers under the sides, and tried to wrench it sideways. Kai whimpered again, and Cypher growled. Dib let go.

"Okay then. It stays on." He looked around, getting to his feet. "How the heck am I going to get her home? And where is her home?" His eyes fell on a pink overcoat, glasses, and had hanging on a coat hook in the nearby janitors closet. He wandered over and stared at them with a curious look in his eyes. Cypher pinned her ears back as he brought them closer to the unconscious irken.

"Why do I get the feeling she wont be pleased?..."

BACK ON IRK

"So. Do you think he caught her?"

"Pur, would you please stop asking!" Red looked over from the cupboard that was a few feet above his head, towards Purple, who was pacing in front of the transmission screen. He turned his attentions back to a bag of chips, and began trying to reach up for it.

"Well, its just that she can come and kill us. And if were dead...well, we cant eat doughnuts anymore. Or those twinkie things."

"Pur, shes not...going to...kill us. We let her...in last time...remember?" He stopped hopping up trying to reach the chips. Purple looked over at him and sighed.

"You know, you can hover up and grab those. Its not that-"

"No, I'm good. I...can reach...the-oww..." He hopped up, and smashed his head on the corner of the cupboard. Dropping to the ground, he stood and watched as Purple hovered over, grabbed the chips, and began to eat them. Hissing slightly under his breath, he got to his feet and walked over, snatching the bag away. Popping a chip in his mouth, he smiled.

"Relax, Pur. Larx is completely capa-Hey!" He tackled Purple as he grabbed the chips away. The two rolled around on the floor, completely oblivious when the transmission screen flicked on.

A cupcake and syrup covered Larx sat in front of Zims transmission screen, bound to a chair with rope and a very terrified look on his face. He tried to make muffled noises through the tape that held his mouth shut, but it didn't attract his Tallests attention. Defeated, he hung his head and blue eyed gaze. After the strange human child had snuck into the base, Zim had blamed him for the intrusion. That horrible... defective! He was an assistant Tallest! He was second in rank! He...couldn't move.

At the sound of the screen being turned off, his antennae perked up and he opened his eyes. Gir, the sweet looking SIR that Zim had been given, now stood in front of him. He began to scoot the chair back, shaking his head and murmuring in fear. The little robot walked up to him, holding a dripping pink cupcake. This was the last of the twelve, as Larx had been forced to eat them all, but he suspected the SIR had more foods to give to him. Gir pulled off the tape, and Larx immediately tried to protest.

"No! Pleas, no more mumph!" He whimpered and cringed as the pink blob of dough and icing was shoved into his mouth.

"Cuuupcaaake..."