15 Minute Ficlets: Word #25

Once Gibson entered his lab, he excitedly pulled out a small piece of equipment. It was a square shape and had many controls on it. Gibson placed it on his desk and pressed a few buttons. The result was not what he expected. His face filled with frustration and he yelled to his teammate.

“Otto!”

Moments later the green monkey peeked into the laboratory, smiling. “Hi Gibson!'

“Otto, can you please explain what this is.” Gibson held up a chocolate chip cookie in front of Otto's face with an annoyed expression.

Otto laughed. “Gibson! You're the smart one! You gotta know what a chocolate chip cookie is! You're funny!”

“I know very well what it is Otto, thank you. However, I'm quite curious as to why it came out of my proton analyzer when I activated it.”

“Neat! My tweaks worked!”

“You 'tweaked' my proton analyzer into a... cookie maker?”

“Yeah! Isn't it cool! It can make peanut butter ones too! Wanna see?”

“Otto! This is my only proton analyzer! I need it to learn more about those specimens we got from the formless on Aregas 4 yesterday! I can't be without one!”

“You only had one of those?”

“Yes!”

“Well then why didn't you say so? I built 2 of those things this morning. Lemme go get them. Ha, you only had one. That's silly.”

“I suppose it is when you live in the same robot as somebody who constantly messes with your equipment.”

Otto went to go get a new proton analyzer. Gibson rolled his eyes as he ate the cookie. “Huh, not bad at all really.”