Lullaby-Chapter 2

...“What are you trying to do son? And why are you playing in my lab?” Professor Membrane asked with his hands on his hips. Dib groaned and placed his father’s gravity stick aside. The gravity stick was an invention created by Membrane and two other scientists in the Membrane labs. Its use was to alter gravity without having to be in space. If someone were to be zapped by it, he or she would start floating away until zapped again. “I’m not playing around in here dad! Playing is for kids who don’t think an alien is out there trying to destroy Earth! Right now I’m decoding a sleeping gel formula that is written in another language,” Dib explained as he pointed to the computer in front of him.

...“So you are. What are you doing with my gravity stick then? You know you’re supposed to ask me before touching any of my lab equipment.” Dib picked up the gravity stick in his hands and looked it over before saying, “I considered zapping Zim with this so he’d just float away and Earth would be saved from his clutches.” Membrane tore the gravity stick from Dib’s hands in one swift motion and glowered at him. “This was not meant to be used as a toy! It’s not a water gun! Besides, it has backfired on several people. Poor, poor Frank…” Dib lowered his voice and asked, “What happened to Frank?” His dad shook his head sadly and walked out of the room. “Oookay…that idea went down the drain,” Dib muttered.