Disclaimer: violence, language, angst, and possibly hints of yaoi.
Chapter 11
welcome home
Kim was so nervous and couldn't stop fidgeting or smoothing down her hair. She couldn't believe she was about to meet him. After years of waiting he was going to keep his promise. There was a fluttery feeling in her spooch and she tried to hide her squirming but to no avail.
Everyone from the city had gathered when they heard that Professor Membrane was going to be there. He stepped forth and Kim grabbed his arm before he could leave her behind. "Professor?" the word was so meek and quiet he barely heard her over the crowd. "Hmm?" he stopped and looked at her waiting for her to continue. She screwed up her courage quickly and plunged ahead into what could be the biggest mistake of her life. "I have a confession Professor. I-I'm not entirely human you see a-and my half-brother i-is on board that ship." She looked away and removed her contacts quickly, looking up at him with large violet eyes.
Professor Membrane only smiled and took her hand and led her to the front of the crowd, pointedly ignoring the whispers of the crowd as everyone saw her eyes. When they reached the front of the crowd a platform with two beings lowered from the ship and they stepped off with confidence. Before either of them could say a word she did what they'd agreed upon to identify each other. She sang a line from the song that said more than anything else about their family. "I don't want to live like my mother, I don't want to let fear rule my life."
the shocked look on Nar's face said enough. It was a most curious way to be greeted by the strange looking Irken. Before he could inquire about it Lie replied with the next line of the song. "And I don't want to live like my father, I don't want to give up before I die." Nar looked back to the violet eyed Irken and watched her expression turn to one of pure, overwhelming joy as she squealed and threw herself at the Irken standing next to him. "Big Brother!" She practically screamed it as Lie let out a joyous laugh and caught her, spinning her around before hugging her tight. "I made a promise through that wall and I keep my promises Baby Sister."
She smiled and buried her face in Lie's neck. The professor spoke up then. "That's more obvious than the old 'We come in peace' line." He chuckled in good humor. At that Dib, Gaz and Zim all finally broke out from the crowd. Zim's disguise had been discarded along the way and he looked at the scarlet eyed Irken that looked almost exactly like him. "Two questions before the negotiations begin." His eyes narrowed into slits as he said it. "First, are you half Irken? And second, who is your father if indeed you know him?" the crowd looked at the distrustful Irken and many wondered what relevance the questions had, if any. Lie only smiled and answered the queries. "I'm full Irken, and my father's name is Zim though I've never actually met him."
Zim's eyes almost bugged out of his head when he got the answer. "Bu-but I'm Zim!" he stared in disbelief at what could only be his son. After a while he walked over and looked Lie over and eventually gave up enough of his pride to shake Lie's hand. "Welcome home then." He said with a smirk. Both the leaders looked at each other for a moment before moving away from the family of Irkens to negotiate.