without hamburgers?
Hey, everyone! It was definitely time for some humor in this story collection. It's a little shorter than the others, but it's short and sweet. I have one reply first, and then we're going right on to the story!
PurpleNicole531: Thank you so much for your awesome reviews! The feedback you gave was very helpful and I'm glad you enjoyed the chapters. I might as well mention, the idea for the Douglas story I mentioned last chapter seems to, by popular consensus, be in demand, so I'll probably end up doing it sooner rather than later!
This little chapter takes place before the Bionic Academy, but it's not really all that important. Anyway, enjoy!
What is the world without hamburgers? Prompt from Asori.
"Chase!"
It was a full-blown scream, and Chase jolted up from his chair as the elevator door slid open and his older brother tumbled out.
Adam tripped and sprawled across the floor, letting out an oof and lying there for a moment before scrambling back to his feet. "Chase!" he yelled again, facing the wrong way.
"What!" Chase yelled back, molecularkinetically flicking Adam in the back of the head.
He looked confused for a moment and then turned around, face brightening when he saw Chase. "Hi, Chase! So I was talking to Jessica today at school, during lunch? They were serving some sort of mystery meat again I guess, and—"
"Adam," Chase interrupted as calmly as possible, annoyance bubbling under the surface as he realized that this isn't an emergency, "your point?"
Adam frowned. "I wasn't pointing." He held up a hand, palm forward and fingers flat. "My hand was like this the whole time."
Chase resisted the urge to facepalm. "No, Adam. I meant, what did you need me for?"
"I was getting there, but you interrupted!" Adam huffed. "Now I have to start over! Where was I?"
As he muttered to himself, Chase sighed hopelessly, sinking back into his chair. I'm never getting out of this.
"Oh, right! So I was talking to Jessica today at school, during lunch? They were serving some sort of mystery meat again I guess, and then she asked me…"
Twenty minutes later, Chase's elbow slipped off the desk and he started back to full consciousness.
"… and then we asked lunch lady Phyllis if…"
Adam was still talking, and Chase could only try to send out a silent signal to a merciful anyone to come save him.
"… but then lunch lady Gladys started butting in…"
The elevator doors slid open, and Leo walked in, frowning deeply at the scene. Chase would have jumped for joy, but he was still sitting.
Adam didn't notice. "And then Principal Perry posed the important question, so I had to ask you, Chase: 'What is the world without hamburgers?'"
Chase closed his eyes. "That was the question? The question you had to come down and interrupt my work to ask me?"
Adam made the duh sound. "Of course, Chase. Keep up. What is the world without hamburgers?"
Chase opened his eyes, looking straight at Leo. "I'm going to punch something, and I'm going to punch something right now."
Leo stepped back into the elevator.
I hope you guys enjoyed this little rare bit of my attempts at humor! Again, thanks to Asori for the prompt, and for pushing me to write something out of my usual comfort zone.
I'm going to update Simulation very soon, and another chapter of this should be up in a few days, as well.
Thank you all for reading! Reviews are, as always, welcome, as are more prompts.