DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the Invader Zim characters. They are the property of Jhonen Vasquez, creative genius extraordinaire. Also, any name-brand substances or products that I may end up mentioning within are the property of their respective owners...
I got the idea for this fic from CryingChild's "Dib Gets Sugar High!". I just thought it would be funny to see Membrane freaking out because all the coffee is gone ('cuz that's probably what he LIVES on, ya know...) Also, I just like annoying Membrane...this is pretty evident if you've read my "Zim VS The Skeep" fic...I plan to annoy him even more in that...BTW, the coffee is gone because Dib drank it all (see CryingChild's ficcy) You are now about to witness the dramatic effects of caffeine withdrawal coupled with EXTREME sleep deprivation...
"When the Coffee Pot Runs Dry..."
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It seemed like just another very-average morning. He ventured out of his lab that morning, as he normally did, to make sure that his children were up and milling about, as they usually were. Also, he needed his usual morning cup of coffee to keep him going. Sleep was something that he never took faith in...it was really SUCH an inefficient practice...
Membrane proceeded to the kitchen, where he nearly tripped over his children, who had run in and started chasing circles around him, or it was more that Gaz was chasing after Dib for whatever possible reasons she had come up with THIS time... "Gaz, MUST you torment your brother so early in the morning?" Gaz froze in place for a moment, regarding her father with a very blank look.
"Yes." She answered very matter-of-factly, before taking off after her brother again. Membrane just sighed and shook his head, and continued in his quest for caffeine. He opened the cupboards where the can of coffee usually sat waiting for him every morning, only to be greeted by the site of an empty cupboard. The Professor suddenly felt himself becoming unusually jumpy...He was experiencing what some of us morning-people like to call "Mother Hubbard" syndrome...
"Kids?" Membrane called out in a wavering voice. His naturally energetic children bounded into the room and stopped just short of toppling him over.
"Yeah, Dad?" Dib asked innocently.
"Where is the coffee?" Membrane's hands were starting to shake slightly...
"Dib DRANK it all..."Gaz watched her brother out of the corner of one eye as she started up her GameSlave.
"I......DID?" Dib looked confused for a moment.
"YEAH......then you tore out of the house like a rabid chimp hopped up on goofballs..." Gaz turned her attention back to her game.
"You mean......coffee all GONE??" Membrane cocked his head, and spoke in an eerily hushed tone as he stared out into space.
The two siblings froze in their morning banter and stared up at their father. This was VERY odd...
"Coffee is no more? Coffee has CEASED to BE????" Membrane's eyes went wide behind his goggles. He visibly cringed, and hunched up his shoulders. He knelt down to face his children on eye-level, and grasped the collar of Dib's trench coat. "Did the DOG steal it...?" He spoke barely above a whisper, and his eyes darted around the room frantically.
"Uh......" Dib looked over at his sister, who could only shrug in response. Even she was so weirded out by her father's behavior that she was actually forgetting about her GameSlave...
Membrane relinquished his hold on Dib's coat, and stood up suddenly. He began to dart about the room nervously, like some kind of giant, deranged park squirrel, opening and closing ever cupboard and drawer in sight. When he had gone through just about every food-storage unit in the immediate vicinity, he stopped dead in his tracks, rolled back on his heels, and deliberately landed square on his ass with a tremendous "THUMP!" The whole room seemed to shake from the sheer force of the landing...
Membrane sat in the middle of the floor with an entirely vapid look on his face, staring out into nowhere. Dib and Gaz alternated looking back and forth from each other to their father, then finally mustered the courage to approach the stunned figure in the middle of the room.
"Dad...?" Dib slowly approached his father and tapped him lightly on the shoulder, incorporating the same caution as one might use when handling a volatile substance...
"CAFFEINE!!" The Professor screeched, then jumped up and ran from the room.
This outburst so startled Dib that he stumbled backwards and fell onto his younger sibling, who promptly smacked him upside the head.
"C'mon! We gotta follow Dad!" Gaz grabbed her GameSlave, then roughly pulled her brother to his feet.
"Why?" Dib inquired as he followed his sister, rubbing the sore spot on his face where she had slapped him.
"Just BECAUSE!" Gaz didn't even bother to look back at her brother, but instead continued following her father out the front door of the house. "We gotta make sure he doesn't do anything CRAZY! Last time we ran out of coffee, he ran over the mailman! And he wasn't even in a CAR!!"
Dib thought for a moment as he was running. "I don't remember that!"
"You were off chasing after ZIM...What is WITH you and that guy, ANYWAY? Do you LIKE him, or something?" Gaz was somehow following her father and playing her GameSlave at the same time.
Dib's cheeks flushed red. "Um, NOOO... He's an ALIEN, REMEMBER??? I'm just trying to stop him from ENSLAVING THE HUMAN RACE!!!"
"Uh huh..." Gaz ignored her sibling's rebuttal. "I still say you like him."
Dib turned red to his ears. "NOW WAIT JUST ONE DAMN MINUTE...!" He began, before Gaz stopped dead in her tracks. Dib suddenly forgot about the previous conversation. "What is it, Gaz?"
The abnormally angry little girl suddenly looked genuinely afraid. "He just ran into the 'Toys B Us' store..."
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Well, there's the first chapter! What do you think? Insane, yes? I'm planning to have MUCH more insanity ahead....heh heh heh.... Please give me reviews! The more reviews I get, the more inspired I am to write!!! ^_^
I got the idea for this fic from CryingChild's "Dib Gets Sugar High!". I just thought it would be funny to see Membrane freaking out because all the coffee is gone ('cuz that's probably what he LIVES on, ya know...) Also, I just like annoying Membrane...this is pretty evident if you've read my "Zim VS The Skeep" fic...I plan to annoy him even more in that...BTW, the coffee is gone because Dib drank it all (see CryingChild's ficcy) You are now about to witness the dramatic effects of caffeine withdrawal coupled with EXTREME sleep deprivation...
"When the Coffee Pot Runs Dry..."
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It seemed like just another very-average morning. He ventured out of his lab that morning, as he normally did, to make sure that his children were up and milling about, as they usually were. Also, he needed his usual morning cup of coffee to keep him going. Sleep was something that he never took faith in...it was really SUCH an inefficient practice...
Membrane proceeded to the kitchen, where he nearly tripped over his children, who had run in and started chasing circles around him, or it was more that Gaz was chasing after Dib for whatever possible reasons she had come up with THIS time... "Gaz, MUST you torment your brother so early in the morning?" Gaz froze in place for a moment, regarding her father with a very blank look.
"Yes." She answered very matter-of-factly, before taking off after her brother again. Membrane just sighed and shook his head, and continued in his quest for caffeine. He opened the cupboards where the can of coffee usually sat waiting for him every morning, only to be greeted by the site of an empty cupboard. The Professor suddenly felt himself becoming unusually jumpy...He was experiencing what some of us morning-people like to call "Mother Hubbard" syndrome...
"Kids?" Membrane called out in a wavering voice. His naturally energetic children bounded into the room and stopped just short of toppling him over.
"Yeah, Dad?" Dib asked innocently.
"Where is the coffee?" Membrane's hands were starting to shake slightly...
"Dib DRANK it all..."Gaz watched her brother out of the corner of one eye as she started up her GameSlave.
"I......DID?" Dib looked confused for a moment.
"YEAH......then you tore out of the house like a rabid chimp hopped up on goofballs..." Gaz turned her attention back to her game.
"You mean......coffee all GONE??" Membrane cocked his head, and spoke in an eerily hushed tone as he stared out into space.
The two siblings froze in their morning banter and stared up at their father. This was VERY odd...
"Coffee is no more? Coffee has CEASED to BE????" Membrane's eyes went wide behind his goggles. He visibly cringed, and hunched up his shoulders. He knelt down to face his children on eye-level, and grasped the collar of Dib's trench coat. "Did the DOG steal it...?" He spoke barely above a whisper, and his eyes darted around the room frantically.
"Uh......" Dib looked over at his sister, who could only shrug in response. Even she was so weirded out by her father's behavior that she was actually forgetting about her GameSlave...
Membrane relinquished his hold on Dib's coat, and stood up suddenly. He began to dart about the room nervously, like some kind of giant, deranged park squirrel, opening and closing ever cupboard and drawer in sight. When he had gone through just about every food-storage unit in the immediate vicinity, he stopped dead in his tracks, rolled back on his heels, and deliberately landed square on his ass with a tremendous "THUMP!" The whole room seemed to shake from the sheer force of the landing...
Membrane sat in the middle of the floor with an entirely vapid look on his face, staring out into nowhere. Dib and Gaz alternated looking back and forth from each other to their father, then finally mustered the courage to approach the stunned figure in the middle of the room.
"Dad...?" Dib slowly approached his father and tapped him lightly on the shoulder, incorporating the same caution as one might use when handling a volatile substance...
"CAFFEINE!!" The Professor screeched, then jumped up and ran from the room.
This outburst so startled Dib that he stumbled backwards and fell onto his younger sibling, who promptly smacked him upside the head.
"C'mon! We gotta follow Dad!" Gaz grabbed her GameSlave, then roughly pulled her brother to his feet.
"Why?" Dib inquired as he followed his sister, rubbing the sore spot on his face where she had slapped him.
"Just BECAUSE!" Gaz didn't even bother to look back at her brother, but instead continued following her father out the front door of the house. "We gotta make sure he doesn't do anything CRAZY! Last time we ran out of coffee, he ran over the mailman! And he wasn't even in a CAR!!"
Dib thought for a moment as he was running. "I don't remember that!"
"You were off chasing after ZIM...What is WITH you and that guy, ANYWAY? Do you LIKE him, or something?" Gaz was somehow following her father and playing her GameSlave at the same time.
Dib's cheeks flushed red. "Um, NOOO... He's an ALIEN, REMEMBER??? I'm just trying to stop him from ENSLAVING THE HUMAN RACE!!!"
"Uh huh..." Gaz ignored her sibling's rebuttal. "I still say you like him."
Dib turned red to his ears. "NOW WAIT JUST ONE DAMN MINUTE...!" He began, before Gaz stopped dead in her tracks. Dib suddenly forgot about the previous conversation. "What is it, Gaz?"
The abnormally angry little girl suddenly looked genuinely afraid. "He just ran into the 'Toys B Us' store..."
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Well, there's the first chapter! What do you think? Insane, yes? I'm planning to have MUCH more insanity ahead....heh heh heh.... Please give me reviews! The more reviews I get, the more inspired I am to write!!! ^_^