Nigel looked over the table. Shelby was punching Wing, Otto and Laura were having an extraordinarily technical conversation about HIVEmind, and Franz was trying to convince a girl in the Political/Financial stream that Argentblum chocolate was the only thing worth eating. Nigel watched for a while. In that time, Shelby started tickling Wing, Laura and Otto began a heated argument over something or other, and Franz was offering the girl shares in his father's chocolate company. "...you will smile!" he heard Shelby giggle.
"...I say that a parallel array would be the only way to..." yelled Laura.
"...but Susn!" Franz pleaded. "You have not been tasting our chocolate!" Nigel smiled, delicately sipping his mineral water and gazing at the remains of his meal. He had previously planning to have a quick lunch and return to his lab, but it wasn't every day that he could get lunchtime entertainment, so he had decided to stay. Now, he was hungry. Quite hungry. The small amount of salad that he had eaten would not give a guinea pig a satisfying meal, he decided. He looked around, grinning evilly as a thought struck him. Otto, Laura, Shelby, Wing, and Franz had barely begun their meals. He really shouldn't... But he was, after all, a Darkdoom. His family had earned the name for much more than stealing some food from a few preoccupied friends. Personally, he could not figure out why his friends seemed dead to the world, but it was time that they learned to be more careful when a Darkdoom was was nothing. Nigel reached over to Franz's plate and casually swiped a chocolate eclair. He smiled as he bit into it, feeling the crisp crust collapse into his mouth in a cloud of sugar, clearing the way for a stream of cream. Real cream. Yellow and smooth and sweet, so sweet. The mound of molten chocolate dripping around the edges wasn't hurting either. Taking a swig of water to refresh his taste buds, he reached a hand out for Otto's french fries. The oblivious albino was so deep in his conversation with Laura that he didn't even hear Nigel coming. Nigel snatched the french fries and stuffed half a dozen of them into his mouth. Deep fried potatoes with just the right amount of salt. Nigel chuckled to himself, fully aware that it was usually Franz who did this kind of thing, not him. Maybe he really was starving, Nigel decided. He had never realized that french fries were so delicious. As he leaned across the table, fully prepared to snatch Shelby's milkshake, he suddenly heard Otto's voice behind him.
"Hey! Where are my french fries?" he heard the albino ask. "Nigel, have you seen them?" Nigel bit back a smile. Franz, however, brought back to the world by the mention of missing food discovered his own sad plight.
"My eclair is being gone!" he cried. "Nigel, have you been seeing it?"
"No." Nigel replied. "That's terrible, though. Actually, now that I think about it, I do think that I saw this suspicious-looking Henchman stream boy by our table. Maybe he stole your food. Anyway, I'm off to my lab." Nigel left quickly, trying not to burst into laughter at the sight of Otto's shocked face. It was best, he decided, not to stay for too long. Sooner or later, Otto was sure to notice an incriminating container of french fries beside his plate. Sure enough, he heard shouts in the distance. Otto was yelling his name quite ferociously, and the voices were getting closer... Nigel ran the rest of the way to his lab, locking the door behind him.
It was well after midnight when a disgraced and bedraggled Darkdoom slunk out of his lab and back to the room he shared with Franz.
So... would you consider reviewing? With constructive (or unconstructive) criticism? Especially since it's my first fanfiction?