What If They Were Competent?

by Mr. Chaos

The Stipulation: One chapter a day. 500 words or less. Every episode of Rugrats. The Challenge: What if the adults on Rugrats were actually good parents? Watched their kids? Thought ahead? DIDN'T think it was fine for babies to nearly die every 5 days? Tommy is about to have a very different life with Stu and Didi actually using their brains.

247. Dil Saver

Dil Saver

Dil fussed as his Grandma Lulu put him in yet another outfit. While at first it had been fun to play dress up with her it had gotten rather boring that she just kept changing his clothes.

He really missed Tommy. And thinking about that made him sad that he had hurt his brother when he'd gotten mad at Yucky. He hadn't meant too! He knew not to boop Tommy anymore! But he had missed Yucky and now his brother was gone! Gone forever!

~MC~MC~MC~

"Look guys!" Tommy declared, pointing at the computer. "My wish made Dil turn into a… a… I don't know what that is."

"It's a compuber, you dumb baby!" Angelica declared. "My daddy and my mommy both have one!"

"Dil is in the compuber?" Tommy asked before narrowing his eyes. "And I'm not a baby anymore, Angelica! I'm a big kid!"

"Fine fine, you dumb big kid," Angelica said waving her hand dismissively. "And he isn't in the compuber that's just a picture of him! No different than the picture Aunt Didi puts all around the house of your dumb bald head."

"Oh," Tommy said, rubbing his scalp, the other babies all nodding. "Are you sure?"

"Remember when you thought Dil was turned into a lamp because it had his rattle next to it?" Angelica pointed out. "Or when you thought he'd turned into an ice cream cone. Or a pillow."

"Huh," Tommy said. "I guess I do think Dil turns into lots of things."

"Careful guys," Stu said, coming into the room. "The computer isn't a toy…" he ushered the babies out of his office.

~MC~MC~MC~

"Seriously," the creator complained, "they did that story line 3 times. Dil's a watermelon, Dil the computer. Dil's a doll. Admittedly before I came around the little potato had no personality…"

~MC~MC~MC~

"Hey Dil!" Tommy said as his grandma put Dil back down in the playpen.

"Tommy!" Dil said in relief, reaching out for him… only for Lulu to pick Tommy up.

"And now lets try on the new clothing I got for you!" she declared, Dil's shoulders slumping as his brother was taken away. And that's when he vowed to NEVER boop anyone again!

~MC~MC~MC~

"Alright, that's done, let's-"

Melinda caught the Creator's arm. "In this season there are three stories per episode."

"…mother f-"