Author's Note: Libraries are fun! I can upload stuff from them! Hee hee…now I should probably continue writing the Tall Meets Tall fic…if you haven't read it please go do so! It's funny! So I've been told anyway…Since Nny plays a main role in this, there is bound to be cursing! WHOO! Er…just joking…*shifty eyes*

Disclaimer: I don't own Johnny, Squee, Dib, Gaz, Professor Membrane, Zim, and any other Jhonen characters ya hear??

When Comics and Cartoons Collide

Chapter Two: Problems



Dib opened the door to his house and Gaz walked in, pushing Dib over. She immediately went to the fridge, where she pulled out a cold piece of pizza and stuck it in the microwave.

Todd walked in after her, then Dib, who had been busy muttering and brushing himself off.

"Todd, shouldn't we call your parents first?" Dib said, closing the door behind them.

"No, they don't care." Todd sighed.

Dib looked at him oddly.

"Okay then, um, usually I plot on how I'm gonna expose Zim, but I suppose I can take a break from that today." Dib said.

"It's a miracle." Gaz jumped up on the couch with her now hot pizza and turned on the T.V.

Dib looked at her, annoyed. He noticed Todd was also looking at her.

"Todd come on!" Dib jerked Todd away from his train of thought.

The two boys went up the stairs.

"So where are your parents?" Todd asked when they reached his room.

Dib was still angry about the way Todd had been looking at his sister.

"My dad is at work." He muttered.

"What about your mom?" Todd said.

"My dad is a famous inventor. You may have heard of him. Professor Membrane?" Dib told Todd, totally ignoring his last question.

"Um, nope." Todd said, letting his backpack slide down to the floor. It fell over and Shmee tumbled out.

Dib looked at the teddy bear.

Todd looked down and quickly grabbed Shmee and stuffed him back in the backpack.

"That, was a stuffed animal, wasn't it?" Dib said, raising a brow.

"Please don't make fun of me." Todd said shamefully.

Dib really didn't know what to say.

"You're an odd kid you know that?" Dib said finally.

Todd didn't say anything.

Dib and Todd watched each other for a while, I suppose trying to guess what the other was thinking. Of course, they couldn't, even if they did guess, they would both be deathly wrong.

A scream from downstairs made them both jump.

"Gaz??" They said in unison, and ran down the stairs. As they were running they heard a window crash.

When they got down the stairs they saw a strange sight.

Gaz was throwing random things at a guy who was standing in the living room. It was like they were playing dodge ball except instead of a ball it was utensils, blenders, remotes, food, and a squirrel.

"HAVEN'T YOU EVER HEARD OF A DOORBELL??" Gaz screamed, chucking a goat that I don't even wanna know where she got at the man.

The guy dodged the goat, ran up and grabbed the girl's hand so she couldn't throw anything else, but she bit his hand and ran off upstairs.

Dib and Todd moved out of the way as she passed.

"Damn! With a girl like here who needs a guard dog!" Johnny commented.

"What are you DOING here??" Todd screamed.

Johnny looked at Todd.

"I just wanted to get better aquatinted with your new friend…" he said.

"WHY ARE YOU STALKING ME??" Todd yelled. Johnny seemed to have taken a large interest in his life now that he was older…and actually cared. He really didn't want a homicidal maniac following him around, and it was strange how he only started doing it the last couple years(was that a confusing paragraph or what??).

"Stalking you?? I'm NOT stalking you!" Johnny yelled back.

"Then why are you here??" Todd asked quite loudly.

Dib backed up the stairs, he really didn't want to be a part of this…Gaz however, had come back down the stairs and was watching with interest.

"I can't believe you follow me EVERYWHERE now! I mean, I'm afraid wherever I go, whoever I talk to, they will be dead the next day because YOUR there following me!" Todd continued.

"Are you saying I kill everyone I see?" Johnny asked.

Todd looked at Nny with surprise.

"No…no I'm not." he said quietly.

"You think that because I kill people, I must kill anyone, that because they are a human, I must kill them. I'm very sorry to disappoint you Squee, but that isn't quite how it works." Nny said.

Dib stared. The weird kid with the teddy bear in his backpack was right, this guy does kill people. He looked over at Gaz, who was watching with a bowl of popcorn. Where did she get a bowl of popcorn??

"Yeah, maybe so. But killing ANYONE is enough to freak me out. I must have seen more dead and mutilated bodies than Vietnam soldiers because of you!" Todd accused.

"Fuck, it's not like I do those things in front of you on purpose!"

"What about when…"

"That was different." Nny interrupted, "I was…I was giving you an anatomy lesson."

"That has got to be lamest excuse for mutilating a man in front of a little boy that I've ever heard." Todd said, disgusted.

"Okay, so I did it on purpose. That guy pissed me off. He was going to do a horrible thing to you. Is it so wrong for me to get mad at that?" Johnny asked.

"Even if he was, you just being there would have stopped him. You didn't have to rip his brain out of his head!"

Gaz munched noisily on her popcorn, Dib felt sick.

Nny and Todd stared at each other in silence for a while, a long while. Gaz started get bored.

"You think your life is so bad don't you Squee?" Nny said finally.

"I'd say it is." Todd said back.

"And it's ALL because of me isn't it?"

"…yes." Todd said hesitantly.

Nny pulled a knife out of his boot.

"Then why don't you rid yourself of your problem?" Nny said, handing the knife to Todd.

Gaz stopped in mid-chew, and stared. Dib gawked.

Todd looked at the knife. He wished Shmee was there. He would know what to do. But, he had to make this tempting decision on his own.

"Well Todd?" Johnny said.

Todd's head shot up at the sound of his real name being uttered by Nny.

"What? You think I never knew what your name was?" Johnny smiled, "it can all end right here. No more screams during the night, no more crazy people following you home…" Johnny coaxed.

Todd's hands were shaking, the knife in them. He held his head, covering his ears.

"Shut up!" He yelled, and threw the knife at Nny's feet.

Johnny picked it up and put it away.

"I'm here," Johnny started, "to make sure you don't end up like me..." Johnny walked calmly out the door, "and, your doing rather well." Nny walked away, laughing.



Was I OOC? I dunno, I'm always worried about that. I mean, I don't own any issues of Squee(please remember Squee is older in this so what I DO know may have been ignored due to that) and Johnny is what I'm mostly scared about being OOC with. Being OOC with Johnny should be a mortal sin! WAS I? WAS I? TELL ME IN A REVIEW! Yes, must have reviews, lovely reviews, they pay me to get reviews, which I use to buy more JTHM comics and maybe one day Squee!, I Feel Sick, and the whole gang! Yes…review…in short, R&R please! ^_^

Next Chap: Enough of Todd's problems, now it's Dib's turn to share his troubles when Zim comes up with another plan for world domination, will Todd help Dib fight for the Earth? HUH? WELL?? WILL HE??