Hydrogen for President | Page 9

Oxygen: But Hydro, you’d make a great leader!

Oxygen: You’re so ambitious! You’re the star of the cheer team, aren’t you? I see you going to the gym every day for two hours before dinner practicing flips! Every single day, even on weekends! I bet you practice in the morning too before I’m even awake! You’ll do anything to be number one! Y’know, everyone thinks you’re this cute little gas, but you’re actually
Hydrogen: Cute?!

[Hydrogen steps towards Oxygen and jabs a finger in his face.]
Hydrogen: Did you just call me cute?!
Oxygen: Huh? No, I said—

[Hydrogen grabs Oxygen by the collar and rises into the air as a wave of celestial darkness washes over them.]
Hydrogen: I AM NOT CUTE! I AM THE COSMOS! FEAR ME!!
[Nitrogen and Carbon stand in the background, trying not to laugh.]