Kim wiped her forehead and took a deep breath. "That should hold for a while."

Cobra turned his head to look at the bandage on his shoulder. He hissed and nodded in satisfactory. Kim smiled and sank slowly to the floor, leaning against the wall. Cobra stood up and walked over to Kim. He lay down next to her, resting his head in her lap and hissed softly. Kim smiled down at the alien and stroked his smooth head. Kim closed her eyes for a moment and didn't even realize as she drifted off into sleep.

Kim opened her eyes slowly to see sunlight streaming in through the window. She stretched her arms over her head and yawned. She suddenly realized something was missing and finally realized that Cobra was gone. She sat up quickly.

"Cobra!" Kim called out.

She ran outside and then sighed in relief. Cobra was sitting out in the middle of the yard, looking like an overgrown dog, gnawing on some unrecognizable animal. He looked up when Kim walked out and hissed happily, blood dripping down his mouth.

Kim rolled her eyes. "Wipe your mouth."

Cobra cocked his head to the side and studied Kim. It shocked Kim to realize that he was trying to understand what she was talking about.

"Like this," Kim said and she walked over to Cobra.

Getting down on her knees in front of Cobra, she used her bare hand to wipe some of the blood away from Cobra's mouth. Cobra hissed and his tail swung back and forth. He lowered his head to his front leg and wiped his mouth on his leg. He then looked up at Kim with his mouth open slightly. Kim smiled and nodded.

"I wish I knew more about you," Kim said as she watched Cobra return to the carcass. Suddenly, Kim snapped her fingers, "That's it!"

Cobra hissed in annoyance at the sudden noise and shook his head. Kim ignored him and got to her feet. She remembered about a government building that Greg had mentioned at one time. It was supposed to be secret, but Greg had heard of it from one of his patients who had worked there. He had been dying and had given Greg a message to transfer to the building. Greg had told Kim about the building and she had even gone with him when he went to deliver the message, but he refused to tell her more about the message. She wasn't sure but if there was any place that would have information on Cobra's kind, it would be that one.

"Come on Cobra," Kim said and she started walking forward.

Cobra looked down at the remains of his breakfast before hissing and rising. He trotted after Kim but slowed down as he came up alongside her. He hesitated when he saw Kim walking up to her mini-van. He hissed and lowered his body into a crouch.

"You're going to have to get in. Otherwise I'll leave you here," Kim said.

She wasn't sure how well Cobra understood her, but he rose and walked over to the car. Kim opened the sliding door and Cobra climbed in. Once he had gotten into a comfortable position in between the seats, Kim shut the door and walked to the garage door. She grabbed her car keys that were hanging on a silver hook and ducked inside her house to grab a sweatshirt before walking back to the car. She hopped into the driver's side and started the car up.

Cobra hissed with uneasiness as the car moved forward but he eventually calmed down and placed his head on the ground. Within minutes he was breathing deeply, fast asleep.

Kim didn't think she would remember the way there, but as she continued driving, she recognized the beaten up path that led off deeper into the woods. She slowed down and turned on to the beaten path. As the car regained speed, Cobra raised his head and looked out the window. He hissed in excitement but Kim couldn't tell what excited him.

Kim parked the van out of sight of the building to avoid detection. She and Cobra snuck up to the side of the building and Kim began to look for a way inside. Cobra suddenly bumped Kim with his head and looked up toward an open air-duct. Kim smiled and walked over toward it, Cobra following behind. Cobra wrapped his tail around Kim's waist and lifted her into the air. He set her down gently inside the air duct and then jumped up behind her, landing gracefully.

"Okay, I know you can sense things," Kim said, "I want you to try to find a computer room of some kind, someplace where they'd keep all their files."

Cobra cocked his head to the side and then nodded slightly. He tilted his head from side to side for a moment. He focused for a while longer, and then shook his head swiftly as if trying to shake off a fly.

"Can you find it?" Kim asked.

Cobra nodded and quickly squeezed past Kim and led the way through the air-ducts. After a while, he stopped in front of a grating and peered down into the area beyond, making sure it was safe, before head butting the grating and sending it crashing into the ground. Kim held her breath, sure that someone had heard the crash, but nobody showed up. Kim sighed and waited as Cobra dropped down to the ground. She stuck her head out and saw that the air-duct was at least five feet off the ground. Cobra had already taken note and had raised his tail up toward Kim. As soon as Kim grabbed his tail, Cobra pulled back and lowered her to the ground.

"Okay, let's see if we can find something," Kim said and she walked to the nearest computer.

Sitting down, she touched the start button and the computer hummed into life. Cobra came up behind her and placed his head on Kim's shoulder. A small box popped up and a little curser blinked within. Kim froze; she didn't consider that she would need a password. She placed her hands gently on the keys and thought about a possible password.

Suddenly, Cobra hissed and took off. Kim jumped slightly as she felt Cobra leave her shoulder. He was gone for only a second, but when he returned he was dragging a man by the collar.