Story 6: No Shuteye
By: Conan 16
Author's Note: Yeah, I know it's been a long time since I updated. But you know, school and studies come first...Unfortunately. Well, here's my new story
After a long day topped off with crime fighting, there's nothing a super family wants to do more, than to go home and crash in their beds.
Dash and Violet went off to their rooms, and Helen put Jack-Jack in his crib.
Then she went to hers and Bob's room, and collapsed on the bed.
"Man. A day of housework, followed by an evening of stopping a dangerous criminal." She mumbled into the pillow.
"Yeah. Who'd of thought a guy in a foam hotdog suit, with a cardboard cutout mask of Wonder Woman would have been so hard to beat?" Bob asked pulling off his shoes.
Helen just replied with a muffled "I dun know." She was really tired.
Bob stood up, and went to the bathroom that was attached to their bedroom.
Helen was just about to fall asleep.
'Gargle' 'Gurgle' 'Gargle'
She shot up.
"What was that?"
'Gargle' 'Gargle'
She heard it again.
"Bob..." Helen said.
Bob looked out the bathroom door with a mouthful of rinse.
"Breah?" He asked.
"Do you have to do that?"
"Brorry honny. Buh breah." He gurgled.
Helen just shrugged, and laid back down.
The gargling from the bathroom finally stopped, and it was nice and quiet.
Just as Helen was about to fall asleep again.
"BEEELLLCCHH."
"Oh my word! Bob we're under attack!" She cried jumping out of the bed.
Bob started to laugh.
"Sorry hon, that was me." He said with some more chuckles.
Helen grumbled a little, and got back into bed.
Later, Bob finished up in the bathroom, and finally jumped into the covers. He fell asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow.
Helen laid their staring at the wall. Her eyes started to get heavy as she slowly went to sleep.
Helen started to dream that she and Bob were on a romantic cruise. They were dancing to their favorite song, and everything was perfect.
"I love you Bob." Helen said.
"I love you to." Bob replied.
"Hey! I got something for you." He reached into his pocket.
"Oh, Bob! What is it?" Helen asked excitedly.
"It wouldn't happen to be that five carat diamond anniversary ring I always wanted. Is it?"
Bob pulled a giant stick out of his pocket.
"A stick? What for?"
Bob started poking her.
"Just for fun." He said as he continued to poke her over and over again.
Helen woke up, and the poking still continued. It was Dash.
"Dash...What's wrong sweetie?" She asked tiredly.
"I can't sleep." He replied.
Helen sighed and got out of bed.
They reached Dash's room, and he climbed back into bed.
"Dash, did you try the counting sheep method?" Helen asked through a yawn.
"That never works for me." Dash replied.
"C'mon sweetie, just give it a try."
Dash sighed.
"Ok. I'll try...One." He was out like a light.
Helen went back to bed. Bob was snoring.
She tapped on him.
"Honey. You're snoring." She said.
He didn't respond.
"Honey! You're still snoring. Turn on your side."
Bob finally answered as he turned over, but he went the wrong way, and rolled right on top of Helen.
Helen stretched her arm out from underneath Bob, and tried to move him. No luck. So she tapped his shoulder.
"Bob, wake up!" She shouted, but her voice was muffled by the sheets.
Helen let out a frustrated grunt.
"Forgive me for this hon." She said, as she punched him across the jaw.
Bob shot up and out of the bed.
"Bomb Voyage, you frog mouthed sissy! You hit like a girl!" He cried.
When he looked around and saw no one. He went downstairs to get some warm milk.
Helen, who was completely flat, stood up. She stuck her thumb in her mouth, and blew real hard. The pressure brought her body back to it's regular shape.
"Whew." She sighed, as she pulled the covers over her body.
Then she heard mumbling from the hallway. It sounded like Violet.
Helen groaned.
"Of all nights." She said.
Frustrated, she threw the covers to the side, and got up to stop her sleepwalking daughter.
"Vi! Wake up honey." Helen said.
"I need to find it mom." Violet replied.
"Find what?"
"The thing...The thing I need."
"Violet, you're still dreaming. Come on, let's go back to bed." Helen said grabbing Violet's arm.
Violet yanked her arm free, and started to pull the desk drawers out.
"Violet! Wake up honey! You're making a huge mess!" Helen cried.
It didn't work very well.
Helen thought for a moment. Then she got an idea.
"Vi, Tony's here, and your still in your pajamas."
Violet's eyes shot open, and she started to blush.
"Ohmygosh! Where is he?" She asked.
Helen laughed a bit.
"Go back to bed honey." She said.
The crisis with Violet over, Helen was heading back to the room, when she ran into another family member in the dark hallway.
"Dash? What are you doing up?" She asked.
"Going toilet." He mumbled. He was still half asleep too.
"Oh, ok." Helen said, and she went back to her bedroom.
She laid back down. Bob hadn't returned from the kitchen yet, but she didn't care, as she finally started to doze off.
"Dash no! Not in the shower!" Helen heard Bob cry.
She let out another frustrated grunt, as she climbed once again, out of bed.
After that crisis was over, and everyone was back in their own rooms, Helen finally fell asleep.
She slept for about half an hour, and then.
"Noooo!" Bob cried.
Helen shot up.
"What's wrong honey?" She asked frantically.
"He's gone!" Bob cried. He sounded very upset.
"Who's gone!" Helen asked.
"The one who sleeps right here!" Bob replied pointing to the middle of the bed.
"Bob, no one sleeps there." Helen said, Then her husband's tone changed.
"Don't touch! These are the diamonds!" He said wrapping his hands around a lump in the blanket.
"Excuse me?" Helen asked confused.
"These diamonds are mine! Get your own." Bob said.
"Bob what are you talking about?"
"Forget the diamonds! Just be careful." Bob got close to Helen.
"And keep an eye out for the little one." He whispered into her ear.
"Huh?" Helen was still confused.
Bob was silent for a while.
"Bob?"
"I was talking in my sleep again, huh?" He asked. He sounded like he was back to normal.
"Only a little bit." Helen replied. Then she yawned.
"Geeze it's 3:00 in the morning, and I've hardly gotten any sleep!"
"Why's that?" Bob asked.
"Well, everyone seems to be having a restless night, and I'm somehow in the middle of it." Helen replied.
Bob was snoring.
"You didn't hear a word of what I just said huh?"
Waving that off, Helen rested her head on her pillow, and covered herself up.
"At least Jack-Jack isn't a problem." She mumbled.
Then from the other room. Jack-Jack started crying.
Helen sighed.
"That's what I feel like doing."
Morning finally came.
Bob shot out of bed.
"Man I slept good!" He said as he stretched.
"How about you honey?" Bob turned to Helen, who was still fast asleep.
"Honey? You're still asleep? C'mon you've had all night to sleep."
Helen stretched her arm out and grabbed Bob. She pushed him out of the room, shut the door, and locked it.
Bob shrugged.
"I guess Helen isn't a morning person."
The End
Author's Note: Ahh, sleep. That sounds mighty fine right about now. It's late and I'm exhausted. Online schooling may have it's positive features, but man, you fall behind and you live to regret it. Anyway, I hope you like this story that I wrote on a caffeine hype, and I hope you read my other story for "The Incredibles," it's my last shot at an Action/Adventure fic. See ya, and goodnight.