<span style="font-size: 200%; line-height: 116%;"><span style="font-style: italic">Kit</span></span><br/><br/>Kit only glanced up at Zim when he fell out of the ventilation system. She shook hr head and sighed. Hmm... spying. Why would he need to hide to spy on these pig-beast humans? They were clearly oblivious of his species, save for the Dib-human who didn't seem to be at lunch today. Kit was utterly confused about Zim's apparent need to conceal himself so fully.<br/>Then Kit thought about it. Maybe he really did knowâ€”or at least suspectâ€”that she was Irken. She shivered at the thought, looked away from Zim as he loudly declared himself to be up to something â€œnormalâ€. Kit didn't buy that story for a moment. She was caught off guard when Zim showed up next to her, pretended to eat one of the disgusting peas off her plate.<br/>Kit had expected the boy to leave once everyone looked away from him, flinched when he began talking to her. Oh shit... he knew. How...? She was wearing full disguise... She hadn't slipped up in speech, nor in body language. That scanner thing... he must've checked her DNA or something. Oh damn... What could she possibly say now...? She quickly thought of possible replies, calculating the outcome of any word she could speak. Her heart rate increased and she finally picked a response.<br/>â€œWhat are you talking about...?â€ she asked, looking him in the eyes. Her expression was more knowing than her words let on. She giggled quietly, spoke up again. â€œI'm human... enough. But, Irken Zim, I'm fully aware that you aren't. Don't worry though; your secret's safe with me so long as you return the favour.â€ Her voice was quiet as to not alert the other students of the conversation. She smirked. As long as he didn't tell the Irken empire about her, she wouldn't expose him to the humans. It was as simple as that. It may have been two-way blackmail but at least it seemed workable. Zim couldn't be that dumb; he had to know the humans would dissect and experiment on him if they caught him doing... whatever he was here to do.<br/>Kit thought about her words. â€œHuman enoughâ€. Well that wasn't suspicious at all. As long as Zim didn't ask the Tallest, Likely the same Tallest serving when Kit's father brought her to the planet, she would be terminated immediately. Knowledge of her existence leaked into the general Irken population, no amount of her father's willpower could save her from the wrath of the Tallest.<br/>Kit was terrified. She didn't show it, but she was nearly to the point of shaking in fear. Her own life wasn't something she enjoyed gambling on, and that seemed like what she was doing. Gambling on her life. Whether or not Zim announced her less-than-human secret was completely up to him. Her stomach churned in apprehension thinking of the possible consequences of Zim finding out her secret. Going to this school may not have been the best choice in the world...<br/><br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic"><span style="font-size: 200%; line-height: 116%;">Xena</span></span><br/><br/>Xena smiled at Dib's apparent happiness at being offered help. She listened to Dib speak about Zim, starting to clean the room a bit. It would make sense considering the way the boy usually spoke, his skin, his attitude, the way he referred to humans as a series of derogatory names. It made sense, Xena didn't think Dib was crazy or stupid. She believed him. Besides, Dib seemed like a nice, smart boy. He didn't come off as the type to lie or make totally unjust accusations.<br/>While cleaning the classroom, Xena came across a pile of unorganised encyclopedias. She quickly alphabetised them, slipped them into an empty shelf after dusting it off with a tissue she found in a box sitting under the shelf. The room wasn't terribly messy to begin with, which was good. It wasn't a whole lot of time before the back of the room was mostly clean and she walked back up to stand in front of Dib again. He seemed to stare for a bit, then spoke. She thought about his question, decided she could have a little fun with the answer.<br/>â€œWell, I like not eating meat, playing the ukulele, drawing pretty pictures...â€ she attempted to make herself seem as peaceful as possible, paused as if to think. â€œOh! And I like ghost hunting. The really dangerous kind where people can get hurt and you see real ghosts, not like the fake Internet videos. It's just kinda an adrenaline rush to interact with the dead, Plus the risk involved isn't bad, either,â€ she added to her reply. Xena cutely held her hands behind her back, trying to look as innocent as possible. â€œIn fact, I was gonna talk to you after your ghost presentation last week, but I'm kind of shy... I didn't know if you'd think I was weird or dumb or something,â€ Xena told him shyly. She wasn't afraid of talking to him anymore, as she felt she knew his demeanour a little better.<br/>Xena thought back to the last few ghost hunting trips. Those had been the best, as she and Nathaniel were at the time trying to make her last few days in that town her best. Certainly creepy, but it got her adrenaline going. She giggled aloud, remembering, and was slightly embarrassed when she realised she'd done so.<br/>Looking to the clock, Xena was surprised to see almost twenty-five minutes left in the lunch shift. The room wasn't all that dirty, and the cleaning she had already done made it look a lot neater. Well, at least she had someone interesting to talk to during the wait.