Chapter 4
Dib's truth
Dib drove his car to his father's lab building. Tak held out a white object to Dib "Cigarette?" she asked. Dib shook his head "No, I only smoke once but that was it. My fathers not only making a new medication that prevents the usage of smoking, but it completely rejects smoking hazards like black lungs and cleans them." Dib then stopped in his fathers parking garage and said "Wait here." Tak promptly sat down once again and lit her cigarette. Dib ran as fast as he could into the elevator. He looked at his watch not to tell the time, but to kill some time. As the doors opened he scrambled to the "Employees only door" he swiped his card through the scanner and the door replied "WELCOME BACK DIB MEMBRANE." The door unlock and opened as Dib ran up to another door that said "Membrane Family" he swiped his card through the scanner and the door opened for him. He quickly ran into his lab and saw many packages there from the SEBN. He unwrapped one and it was more guns, another package had new equipment, and the newest package was a tiny cam recorder. Dib fit all of this into two suit cases and one backpack. As he left his room he saw his father tapping his foot. "I saw the gun with water bullets, what are you up to my son?" Dib was more afraid of his disapproving of Dib's story. "I'm trying to kill an alien that wants to destroy us all." Dib's dad shook his head "Son, when will you grow up and work with me on REAL SCIENCE!" he said proudly as he always said "REAL SCIENCE!" Dib said "Because what I am doing is real." Dib was about to walk out but his father Pulled out a remote end pressed a button. "MIAN DOORS LOCKED PROFESSOR MEMBRANE." He sat in a chair and said "Please son we have to talk." Dib reluctantly sat down across from his father. "Son I'm getting worried about your irrational behavior about things that don't exist." Dib gripped the arm chairs and replied "Yes they do. I have studied it with the Swollen Eyeball Network." Dib's dad stated "Ah yes, your imaginary organization." Dib got up and said "Dad they are real! I can call them right now!"
Dib's father shook his head and replied "Dib I know you think these things are real, but they simply are not why don't we just do REAL SCIENCE together?" Dib got up and yelled "Dad not everything in this family must revolve around REAL SCIENCE! I don't have to follow in your footsteps." Dib put his backpack on and he headed for the door to use his override. "Yes you do…" Dib's father muttered. Dib spun around lightning fast and said "What was that?" Dib's father became silent but Dib ran over to him. "Tell me again." Dib demanded. Then Dib's father said "Yes you do have to follow in my footsteps! You are my clone!" Dib gasped and repeated his fathers word "Clone?" Dib's father became silent and replied "Yes, I knew I wouldn't last forever, so I made cloning available to the world by cloning myself, the scientists thought they could use cloning to bring back dead men or famous people. Then you were born, everything was a success, I then decided call you after me, Dib Jr. However you became obsessed over the paranormal and you started to act nothing like me, we considered the project a failure. I decided to keep you unaware of the cloning until now." Dib turned around and closed his eyes Professor Membrane said "You were supposed to fill my boots and continue to give knowledge and new technologies to the world." Dib remained in silence before he asked "Dad….," he thought then corrected himself "Membrane…" Professor Membrane walked over to Dib before he asked "What am I….?" Professor Membrane said "My son." Dib then filled with fury, turned around with tears running down his face. "YOUR SON, YOUR SON? HATE TO BREAK THIS TO YOU 'DAD' BUT YOU JUST SAID I WAS YOUR CLONE, A FAILURE." Professor Membrane replied "You are not a failure." Dib screamed back "OH YYEAH TELL THAT TO GAZ, SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE YOUR ACTUALLY DAUGHTER THAT YOU WERE GOING TO KILL FOR THE TESTING OF BIRTH CONRTOL AND ABORTION PILLS! SHE WAS A FAILURE TOO! DOES EVERY SCIENTIFIC FAILURE BECOME YOUR FAMILY MEMBER?" Professor Membrane was going to say something but Dib had already gotten up, snatched the remote, unlocked the door, and ran to his car with his packages. "What have I done?" Professor Membrane asked himself.
Tak watched everything through her sniper's x-ray vision and eavesdropping device. "My Tallest." She said in disbelief. Then the elevator doors opened and Dib walked hastily with his new packages. He threw them into the back and sat in the driver seat. "Cigarette?" Tak asked once more, then he knew she knew too. "Sure." Dib said lighting it and pooping it in his mouth before blowing out smoke.