Title: Not What You Think
Author: argentum_ls
Fandom: My Secret Identity
Rating: G
Word Count: 300
Summary: Andrew and Kirk need to pick up something from Dr. J's lab.
Badges: Applicable for the Yulegoat and SBIGTTS badge for a story told in dialogue only.


“Did he say where he left it?”

“He said it was on his workbench. His...workbench that has about a hundred different projects on it and chemicals and electronics that...don't look very safe. Um, don't touch anything. Kirk!”

“What?!”

“You're breathing all over the glass. If your mouth was any closer to that...whatever it is...you'd be eating it.”

“What do you think it does? This doesn't look very science-y. Are you sure Doc hasn't switched to modern art?"

"Positive."

"Dude, this is wild. It looks like something I made in Kindergarten. It even has crayons and macar—Ow! What did you do that for?”

“I said not to touch anything. Dr. J's inventions can get...a little weird. Trust me.”

"What do you mean by 'weird'?"

"They don't always work the way they're supposed to."

"That sounds like a story."

"You have no idea."

“If it's so dangerous, why is he OK with us poking around in his lab while he's gone?”

“We are not poking around his lab. We're here to pick up the one thing he forgot and then we're leaving, and everything else had better be exactly the way he left it.”

“Andrew, Andrew, do you really think I'd just take one of his inventions? Moi?”

“....”

“Fine. I'll behave.”

“The day you figure out how to do that, I'll know you're ready for all—Ah, found it! No wonder Dr. J forgot it; it's so small. I'll just run this over to the hotel...”

“You're going to run a hundred miles? There something you want to tell me, bud?”

“It's...just a saying. Look, I'll catch up with you later, OK? Dr. J said he needed this right away. And, Kirk?”

“What?”

“Put it back.”

"Aw...!"

"It's better if you don't know, Kirk. It's better if you don't know."