This story is not connected with my earlier crossover Brains Collide.
One day during lunch Raj was looking over a piece of a meteorite that crashed on the outskirts of Pasadena.
"You decided to work through lunch? Take a break buddy have some lunch," Howard said.
"I can't this piece of the meteorite that landed outside of town is fascinating," Raj said while looking through his microscope.
"How 'fascinating' is it?" Sheldon asked.
"Fascinating enough that I been partnered up with another astrophysicists from another university," Raj said.
"Good for you that you're working on a project with someone other than Sheldon," Leonard said.
"Leonard," Sheldon said.
"Yes?" Leonard asked.
"Perhaps we should partner up on an experiment," Sheldon said.
"Oh no, isn't it enough we live together?" Leonard asked.
"Come on, don't you want to be recognized for actually making a contribution to science?" Sheldon asked.
"With you who is one accident away from being a super villain?" Leonard asked.
"Don't you remember the last time you two worked together?" Howard asked.
"Oh boy scientist smack down," Raj said.
"The university gave you a nice lab," Howard said.
"It's a lot nicer than yours Howard," Sheldon said.
A man walks into the lab.
"Raj have you found anything out about the meteorite?" The man ask.
"Almost Billy these are my friends Howard, Leonard, and Sheldon," Raj said as he points each one of them out.
"Greetings, I'm Billy Craston, I'm partnering up with Raj trying to find out as much as we can out the meteorite," the man said.
"I am starting to think the meteorite came from another galaxy, perhaps it went through a black hole," Raj said.
"Do you have any idea what galaxy?" Billy asked.
"No not yet," Raj said.
Billy looked at Howard and asked, "Do you not like to eat in the lunch room?"
"Usually we do eat there, but I been trying to get Raj to take a lunch break," Howard said.
"Also the four of us are close friends we always have lunch together," Leonard said.
"Well let me know, if you find anything else," Billy said.
After Billy left Raj said, "Do you know if the meteorite did go through a black hole, before it got here, what it could mean?" Raj asked.
"That we found something else my mothers cooking can pass through?" Howard joked.
Raj looked up from his microscope and said, "No, but if we took any of your mothers cooking up into space we might end up with small pieces of food floating through space," Raj said.
"Wanna bet?" Howard asked.
"Anyway, we might be able to prove that inter-dimensional travel is possible. Maybe even get this, prove string theory!"
"If we did take my mothers brisket up into space, who knows we might colonize new life," Howard joked.
"Proving string theory and perhaps creating a new galaxy with inhabitants made of beef? "I could train them to be just like me YIPEE!" Sheldon said.
"First of all, Howard was joking, and second, the chances of anything evolving from his mom's brisket could take longer than your lifetime," Leonard said.
"You're right on that, but proving string theory! Take that Leslie Winkle! Move over I want to look at the piece that could get me my Nobel Prize!" Sheldon said.
"Your Nobel Prize? It would have Raj and Billy's names on it not yours," Leonard said.
Acting like a little kid, Sheldon pushed Raj out of the way causing Raj to bump into Howard. Sheldon's child like behavior caused Howard to spill his cup of noodles. Some of the liquid landed on the table while some of it landed on the microscope. The rest of it covered the meteorite and the slide it was on. Sparks flew from the microscope as Billy walked back into the lab. Suddenly the sample glows orange.
"Oh crap, from my experience we need to run away," Billy said.
Howard, Raj, and Leonard ran out while Sheldon just watched the sample glow.
Billy stands in the doorway and said, "Dr. Copper."
Leonard walks to the doorway and said, "Come on Sheldon we have no idea what is going to happen."
"What can happen the microscope shorts out? Howard can fix it. If he can fix it that proves it doesn't take a genius to fix a microscope," Sheldon scoffs. "Besides I want to see what happens," he said.
"Did Sheldon cause the sample to short circuit?" Howard asked.
"Dude it's a piece of a meteorite from space, not one of your invention. Not to mention he dissed you again," Raj said.
"I'm use to his dissing me," Howard said.
The microscope starts to shake violently as the glow gets bigger and brighter. The glow covers the microscope as thick gray smoke fills the room. Sheldon is blinded by the light before a beam hits him in the chest. He let's out the loudest scream that anyone ever heard, before him the sample, and the microscope vanishes. The smoke alarm sounds causing Howard, Raj, Billy, and Leonard to look into the room to see Sheldon, the sample, and the microscope gone.
"Aw heck what am I going to tell his mother?" Leonard asked.
"She lives in Texas, how will she know he's gone?" Raj asked.
"Boys, I think we entered into a national news story. Not to mention I think the joke Leonard keeps on telling about Sheldon being one accident away from being a super villain just happened," Howard said.
"We don't know that, he might be like the flash," Raj said.
The sprinklers came on.
"It's not lightening and we can rule out Sheldon becoming a real life Spiderman because their aren't any radioactive spiders here," Howard said.
"I hope the explosion did not cause any harm to your friend. We have no idea what the meteorite can do to a human," Billy said.
"What are we going to tell someone from the university, the news, and Homeland Security?" Leonard asked.
"I'm not talking to Homeland Security, they might pin this on me and try to deport me," Raj said.
"You forgot how many people don't want to deal with Sheldon I say we keep our mouths shut and see how long it takes before anyone notices him gone," Howard said.
"I give it tonight when the girls sees us and not him," Raj said.
The four of them stood there while everyone else ran out of the building. As the smoke started to clear the four of them saw there was no other damage to the room.
"At this point, I don't think this is news worthy so we don't have to worry about Homeland Security," Howard said.
"It's news worthy alright, it's a missing person's case," Raj said.
Raj, Howard, and Leonard turned around to see that Billy left.
"What do we do now?" Howard asked.
"I guess I can take my lunch now although I don't think I'm in the mood to eat," Raj said.
"Howard and I could go back to work," Leonard said.
"Look on the bright side Leonard, you don't have to follow the roommate agreement and Sheldon will never know," Howard said.
"I could, but if Sheldon ever comes back he might know if I sat in his spot or didn't follow the agreement," Leonard said.
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