Whoa…. So many reviews. I'm shocked that so many people like it.

Anyway I kind of lied, I didn't get to Sen showing her feelings to Dib, but they will happen soon enough.

I'm so sorry that this chapter is later then the others. A lot of things kept happening.

"I know a song that will drive you insane…"-We fight amust ourselves, guessing who said this one.

Nova was dazzled by the bleak inerter of the kitchen. Greasy stains covered the walls. 'All most reminds me of home.' Nova smiled to herself and settled herself next to Sen who was reading a fairly large newspaper. She heard a ding and Gaz held out in front of her a plate of soggy, grease filled pizza with sausage. Nova was a little wary of it but a growl from her gut made her change her mind. She picked it and, and by habit, folded it while she ripped off a piece.

"Mmmm. Chicka it's good!" Nova soon took another bite and oddly let her feeling warm. The cheese and tomato sauce also leaving a nice taste in her mouth.

"If you like pizza then you should be able to eat other foods here. I know Zim won't eat any of it cause it has water in it. Water doesn't hurt you right?"

Nova was just finishing the last slice bit of pizza. This also happened to be the crust. It had some how stayed crunchy. "Hm? Yeah, water doesn't hurt me. Our old planet used to be crawling with it. That was until the first MI's found out it could hurt them."

"What happened? Your old planet is Irk right?"

"Yep chija, our old planet was Irk. What happened was that they built a giant laser that could turn water into some kind of gas. They aimed it at any and all water sources, and just like that we lost all of our water. That's one of the reasons why it's humid and muggy on Irk. Not that I spent any time there."

"Wow. They built a giant laser and now it's humid there? But if it's humid won't it hurt them since it still water vapor?"

"That's the thing. The entire vapor had formed one giant black cloud. The thing is that it moves all over the planet, when it gets to a city all the MI's hide in their buildings, hoping that their de-misters won't fail in the building. It happens more often now then 50 years ago. It's not a really pretty sight, seeing them run around like that."

"What do you mean 'it's not a pretty sight'?"

Nova glanced at Sen, seeing that she wasn't moving from her paper, went on. "The vapor gets into micro-sized cracks in their Paks and leaks into the main core system. When that happens, well, they go insane really. Smoke comes from their Paks as the Core System shuts down from over heating. When that happens all their thoughts get jumbled into one big mess. Thanks to that nothing makes sense to them and run like crazy madmen trying to make some kind of sense of it all. They usually run until blood leaks out of their mouth from lack of oxygen and nutrients. They die after five hours when the internal bleeding starts, but most cases they don't know where they're running and get themselves killed before they get that far."

Gaz was silent as Nova let it sink in. "That's some way to die. I'm glad you don't have a Pak."

Nova had some how found where Gaz had hidden the Chinese food. She twirled chop sticks with ease as she spooned some noodles into her mouth. "Yeah, I'm glad too. But first Gen. NI's have tons of risks too."

Gaz looked a little mad as Nova ate the noodles but shrugged it off. She wasn't going to eat them anyway. "Let me guess, you're a first Gen.?"

Nova smiled. "How ya guess? But yeah, I'm a first Gen."

Gaz smiled also at the sarcasm. "I don't know. But what are your risks? I want to know so that I might not lead you into something that could kill you. Also what's a first Gen.?"

Nova had by now eaten half of the noodles and continued with her chop sticks. "Well a first Gen. is basically a first generation of a family line of an NI. I'm the first of mine not only that but the only one. We were planed to be MI's but we were stolen from the hatcheries before we could be implanted with Paks. Sometimes we get the Paks before we're taken but can be usually be taken off without any problems. Sometimes we get the holes implanted and are stolen before we got the painkillers."

"Your one of the two right?"

"Yeah, I got the holes but not the painkillers when they took me. I remember screaming when they ran with me. I nearly gave them away but they don't blame me, I was only a few minutes old at the time."

"Yeah I can imagine that. But what are your risks?"

"The risks include infection to those who got the holes, which is every first Gen. The holes broke the skin but it can't heal, leaving the flesh exposed and ripe for infection, but we have caps that block the holes. They also carry anti-bodies to fight off any infection if we get any. Then there's the link threat."

"The link threat? What's that?"

"We might not have Paks but we can still be hooked up to one or to a machine. It's very painful and after the experience many kill themselves from the pain. I'm talking from experience here."

Gaz flinched at the sound of it. Only guessing how painful it must be to have something cling from your back. "Is there anything else I should know?"

"Not really, those are the main two. It's the infection that happens most, also tends to be the most lethal. So we tend to check our caps every Unizel or so."

"Unizel?"

"Oh, it's a month in human terms."

"And that is…?"

"It's old Irken. We NI's use the old version of the language of Irk."

"Why not the newer version?"

"Have you heard some of the words? Their down right stupid! 'Finky' means 'dirt' in the newer version while in the older version 'Da'rai' means 'black, rich, soil'. Which one sounds better to you?"

Gaz didn't even pause. "Da'rai sounds much better. Seeing that you're actually talking about soil, not something that could be used for insults."

"That's our point! But now we're hoping to be able to call it Ioain since that's the planet we NI's call home now."

The two talked like this for most of the night with Dib listening to everything that Nova said. It was perfect to use against Zim and prove that aliens were real. That was until Sen was behind him.

"I do hope you won't use any of this that would endanger my Master. If you do there's nothing stopping your head from flying away from your body!" She leaned in his face, her once cyan eyes now a blood red. It was easy to tell that she had no feelings for Dib.

"I would never! She's a friend! I won't go against her!" He cried and protested.

"Ya, I'll believe you when Purple says something smart. Just stay away from her or you'll be having a date with my rusty knives." Sen then sauntered off and returned to the talking girls. Both laughing at some joke.

Dib took this time to run off to his room. From there he downloaded all of the data he had gained from the talk.

As he hit the send button to alert the rest of the Swollen Eyeballs of his data. He couldn't help but feel he had lost all chances of being friends with Nova.

Oh, poor, stupid, Dib. This is where the down fall starts for him. Senny doesn't like Dib at all.

I planed on this being longer but I have been working the chapter too long so I had to rush through the end.

There is a song that will leave you thinking of nothing but coconuts. Trust me, many of my friends sing it when there are awkward silences between us.