Three Wishes
"What's this?" Roy said out loud, looking at the weird something-or-another on his desk. He brushed it off, vaguely wondering what else he would find under his piles of unfinished paperwork. The thing was DUSTY- it looked as if it had been sitting untouched for years. Or longer.
The cloud of dust coming off the object mixed with another cloud, this one of strange smelling blue smoke.
"WHO DARES AWAKE ME?!" The booming voice made Roy jump, cutting through the stale air of the office like a lightning bolt. The smoke gained substance, forming into the basic shape of a human being. "I, ZORBO THE GENIE, AM FAR SUPERIOR TO YOU PATHETIC WEAKLING!!! AND YET YOU HAVE THE NERVE TO WAKE ME!!! I WAS HAVING A DREAM ABOUT A BUNCH OF SUPERMODELS, FOR GOD'S SAKE!!! ARGH!!! COULDN'T YOU HAVE LET ME SLEEP TWO MORE MINUTES?! TWO MINUTES! IS THAT SO MUCH TO ASK!?"
Roy waited until the genie had cooled down before he had the courage to speak up. "Um...If you don't mind me asking...Where did you come from?"
Zorbo sighed. "Look, I know it's not something I should be explaining to someone so much younger than me, but if you're gonna ask, I might as well, right? See, when a mommy genie and a daddy genie love each other very much, they-"
"That's not what I meant!" Roy yelled. "I meant- Oh, never mind! Look, you're a genie right?! So don't I get three wishes or something?!"
Zorbo paused. "Huh. Yeah, guess you do. So, what do you want?"
Ed stared at Hawkeye, confusion evident on his face. "Uh...Hawkeye...Why are you...Wearing that?" he asked hesitantly.
"Hmm? Oh, this? I'm not sure, really," she said cheerfully, gesturing at the tiny miniskirt she was wearing in place of the practical pants that were usually present. "I just woke up this morning and REALLY wanted to wear it! Weird, huh?" She laughed. Ed nodded, not quite sure how to react.
"Anyways, the Colonel wanted me to give this to you. He said he doesn't need it any more." She handed him a strange, foreign looking object.
"What is it?" he asked curiously, examining it warily.
She shrugged. "He didn't say. Well, I'll see you later. The Colonel wanted to talk to me. Bye!"
Ed watched her leave, then turned his attention to the item in his hands. He peered inside with one eye closed, then brushed off some of the dust on the outside. There was a crack of what sounded like thunder, causing Ed to shriek in shock and drop the strange something to the ground. A cloud of blue smoke appeared, gradually forming into the shape of a person.
"I," a huge voice called loudly, "AM THE MIGHTY ZORBO! I AM AN ALL POWERFUL GENIE, PATHETICALLY RESIGNED TO OBEYING YOUR EVERY COMMAND! WHAT DO YOU DESIRE, SMALL MORTAL?"
"DON'T CALL ME SMALL!" Ed yelled. He glared at the genie. "I'LL SHOW YOU! YOU KNOW WHAT I WANT?! HERE'S WHAT I WANT!"
"Hi, big brother. Where have you- WOAH!" Al's eyes, the only moving part of his face, widened as he took in his brother. Previously two feet shorter than him, that distance had closed seemingly overnight and was now more like six inches.
"Y-you grew..." he muttered weakly. "...A lot..."
Ed nodded, beaming. "Yup! Isn't it great?! Anyways, I got you this. I think you might like it."
Ed tossed a strange shaped something into Al's giant hands. Al looked at it curiously. "What is it?" he asked.
Ed shook his head. "You'll see. Just be patient."
As his brother walked away, Al examined the dusty thing he was holding. There really WAS a lot of dust...
He brushed it off gently, surprised that the cloud that formed around him was not gray and dusty, but blue and powdery, with form...
"I AM THE GREAT ZORBO AND- Oh, forget it. I'm sick of this."
Al stared curiously at the sighing, slightly overweight heavenly being. "Huh?"
"Look, I'm a genie. Get it, kid? So, what do you want?"
"Thanks, big brother!" Al said, giving his brother a hug.
"Huh? Oh, you're welcome..." Ed muttered vaguely, not looking up from his book.
"I LOVE my new kitty!"