Hi! I'm Day Membrane. I have a wonderful family, and everyone loves me! Especially my bruder. He is so nice! But… He is kinda weird… Well, I am too, but he is so strange sometimes.
Last night I went in his room. I was scared cuz the lightning was outside and scaring me. And so I went in my bruder's room to see if he could make it go away.
He was asleep, so I would have left. But I saw something up on his desk, written in Irken. Without a PAK to translate, I could not read it as well. But I could read a couple words- 'Kill the Hyuuuman scum.'
What funny words! I had not ever learned them before. 'Kill' was the weirdest of all. I decided to ask my mommy about it when she woke up.
That's when I felt a hand on my shoulder, and I turned to see Kib squinting at me in the darkness. "D-Day?"
"Hi bruder!" I whispered.
He smiled a bit and pulled me away from the desk. "Let's not read that, okay? It's a secret."
"Oh. Okay."
Kib reached out and felt for his glasses, then slid them onto his face. "Now, why are you in here?"
"I'm scared of the storm."
"Come here." He gave me a big hug. "It's fine. The storm can't hurt you, okay?"
"I know, but can you make it go away?"
My bruder nodded and took me into my room, where he messed with a few buttons. Mommy and Daddy told me what it was once- some kind of shield that blocks sound from coming in. Almost instantly the thunder and rain noises stopped.
"Is that better?" Bruder asked.
"Yup!" See, I told you I knew he would make it stop. I sat down on my bed and he started to leave. "Um, Bruder?"
"Yes, Day?"
"What does the word 'Kill' mean?"
He looked a little scared of something. "How much did you read?"
"Thwee words." I was confused. "What's wrong bruder?"
"N-Nothing. Just, don't tell anyone."
"I only read 'Kill the Hyuuuman scum.' I know what the Hyuuumans are, but what is scum and kill?"
"I'll tell you when you are older." He shut the door, and I went to sleep.
I love my bruder so much. Even when he is being weird, I love him. An' I don't think he would ever hurt me!
Kib put the plans away. "Irk, that was close! If she had understood that, everything would be over." He picked up an unopened envelope sitting nearby. "Here's that letter from Uncle Red. I should read it…"
He sat down and read it. Mostly, it just went over the original plans. But there- near the end- no… No! That wasn't… No!
"My dear nephew, there is one more thing. You must do away with ALL threats to my rise to power. Which means your sister. But, as she is half Hyuuuman, that should not a be a problem, right?"
Kib stared at the words in horror. Then he looked out the window at the rain falling to the ground. Kill Day? How could he bring himself to perform such a horrible act?