Grease monkey Chapters 1-3
#1 of Grease-monkey
Grease Monkey Tech X Rev fan fiction Author: Pyry Cole Well... in short, Tech and Rev from Loonatics Unleashed, are one of my favorite cartoon couples in the realm of fan fiction, so, I'll take a crack at writing one myself. This is also the first chapter of my first fan fiction, though I'm not asking anyone to go easy on me... I would like to hear suggestions for how I can improve it, or what you want to happen in the next chapters. I think it's pretty obvious, but I'll state it anyway. The Loonatics are not my characters, and are not used with the permission of their creator(s). * * *
Let the story begin! Chapter One: Tender Feelings. A beam of light filled the room from a side window, illuminated by the dusty air in the garage. It was a cold winter's day in the Loonatic headquarters and Tech had been up all weekend working on his new creation. No matter what he tried he couldn't work out how to contain the power source for the team's new ship. The previous designs were good, but at times, nowhere near fast enough for some missions. At other times they just wouldn't have the right tools handy when working far from the tower, Ace was nearly killed almost a month ago, because their jets just did not have the proper facilities to take care of any grievous injuries, so they had to fly him all the way back to the tower for surgery. As pleased as Tech was with his the ship he was building, nothing he put in it could fill its impressive power requirement while meeting its mass limits. It seemed that if he was going to finish it, he would need to construct one of his earlier designs for a graviton rift chamber, but somehow he still had a problem figuring out how to stabilize the potentially dangerous spatial rift it could generate. Unbeknownst to our furry friend, there was a pair of eyes that had been watching him for hours. A shadowy figure was tucked off in the corner, its gaze fixed on him, rarely breaking. It was a familiar blue feathered roadrunner sitting in a chair on the other end of the garage, Rev Runner. Tech never seemed to notice him, though whenever tech would lock himself in the lab or the garage, creating some new widget, with his attention focused on entirely making something amazing, Rev would often be somewhere in the room looking at tech with starry eyes. He couldn't stand to see tech in so much stress. The coyote hadn't eaten or slept for a few days now, and Rev's gaze turned from one of a dreamer, to a look of concern. Tech muttered to himself "Wire thirteen B goes to... wait, that's not right!! Why can't I do anything right? I just..." "Just... don't" he yawned tiredly. Suddenly tech's lack of sleep caught up with him, he started to faint while working on one of the ship's control panels atop a ladder. Rev saw him falling from the other end of the room and sped to the rescue, so fast that he left the chair and nearby desk completely overturned. Papers and blueprints were sucked into the wind tunnel he created. "Nonononono!" Rev yelled as he sped across the garage, "Don't-worry-tech-buddy-I-got-ya-I'm-not-gonna-let-ya-hit-the-floor -I-won't-let-ya-down-I-can't-let-ya-down!" It seemed like even with his speed he was going to be too late, and they found out that tech can't generate if he'd gone too long without rest or food, from an unfortunate accident that broke his hand, well, until he finally took a break. However, this was going to be far more serious. But as luck would happen, Duck quacked down to the bottom of the ladder in the nick of time, having seen the event unfolding as he opened the door. "What would you do without me?" Duck said smugly... "Tsk tsk tsk... Dog breath really has to stop doing this... it isn't too good for him." He continued, as he handed tech over to rev and started doing pointless hero poses. "Now go put sleeping beauty here to bed, I've got more important business... Have you seen my copy of Mummy Ninja Moon Raiders Five? I hope slam didn't get a hold of it, I only got it yesterday." In response Rev only sighed, shook his head, and zipped off to the bedrooms with Tech in his arms, his thoughts weren't quite on words right now, though he wanted to thank Duck, but Rev knew that even a pea brain like him might think something's up if he tried to thank him for saving someone he would have saved anyway, being a teammate and all. Once they were at the door to Tech's room he hesitated a moment before opening the door. He'd always wanted to go inside, but never had a good reason. The door came open with a whooshing sound and Rev took the first few tentative steps inside. Tech's room was littered with gadgets and widgets of all kinds, as he tread deeper into the room with the coyote still in his arms, he noticed the bed was so full of things that it was nearly impossible to see the mattress underneath. "This-can't-possibly-be-comfortable-with-all-this-junk-here- and-to-think-I-thought-slam-was-messy." Rev thought aloud as he touched his hand to the lumpy misshapen bed. And so he thought, to him self this time "I have a better idea!" Rev ran off towards his room, taking Tech's pajamas, and Tech himself with, luckily he didn't run across anybody. Once inside his room, he put the unconscious Tech on his bed, stripped him down to his underwear, and put the pajamas on him. Finally he tucked his furry friend in under the green velvety covers. "Night pal.... I-hope-you-like-the-bed-I-know-you-can't-hear-me-but-still-I-gotta-say-I-love-you-I-really- do-and-that's-not-gonna-change-even-if-ya-want-it-to-anyway-I-really-really-really-really -really-really-really-want-you-to-be-happy." Rev said as he tucked Tech in, giving him a quick kiss on the cheek, since he didn't think he'd ever get to again, or that his team-mate would feel the same way. "Nighty... night... my... love" He whispered, trying very hard to speak at an uncharacteristically slow pace. * * *
Chapter Two: More than you know Just as Rev finished talking, he was startled by the sound of the door sliding open, and flipped around as fast as he could to see Lexi standing in the doorway. For once Rev was at a loss for word, "uh, hi" he waved at her with his fingers and a cheeky fake grin. "I think we should talk, come with me" Lexi said. he shuddered and let loose a flurry of words as he usually does, "Why?-what's-going-on?-is-something-going-on?-I-really-hope-something's-going-on-well- you-know-unless-it's-something-bad-we-don't-want-anything-bad-to-be-going-on -because-that-would-not-be-very-good-would-it-huh-huh-huh?." "Hah, nice try Rev, but you know" she responded, pointing to her ears "These aren't just for decoration." Rev lowered his head, blushing, "well-then-you-know... what-do-you-know-exactly?" "Everything you said in there... For starters", she said, putting her arm on his shoulder as they strolled down the hall. Rev gulped as if he was trying to swallow a tire and looked at the pink hare, "for starters?" "Oh, yeah, I don't even need super hearing, OR psychic powers to see it. I've pretty much known, or at least was pretty sure I was right, for a few weeks now. Naturally, the guys are a bunch of ... guys, who wouldn't notice a yak in the living room. But I've seen it, I've seen it a lot, the way you look at him, the almost musical note on your breath when you talk about him. This just confirms my suspicions, don't worry... I won't tell the guys." She said, trying to assure him. "Truly?-really-really-really-really-really-really-really-truly?-please-don't-tell-them-please -please-please-please-please-please-oh-please-I-don't-think-I-could-take-it." The frightened roadrunner pleaded. "Don't worry speedy, really" Lexi chuckled "I promise." As they reached the end of the halls, Rev let out a sigh of relief. What did she know that he didn't? He noticed after a while, that they had gone a pretty good distance. In fact... he had never really been to that part of the tower. "Hey-Lexi-where-are-we-going?-I-don't-think-I-have-been-here-before- and-this-is-kinda-creeping-me-out-things-are-getting-dark-and-strange-and..." "Whoa there, just ... slow down... I have to show you something special." She cut him off. "I really shouldn't be doing this... I told him I wouldn't let anyone know about it... but I don't really think I can just sit back any longer." Lexi finished. She tapped opened a hidden panel on the dark, metallic walls, revealing a small blue keypad locking mechanism. She entered a series of numbers, which seemed rather familiar to rev... he couldn't place where he'd seen them before, but he just knew he knew them. Suddenly, the hum of machinery could be heard, and slowly, a very thick door started to open before them, it must have been one of the thickest blast doors in the Loonatic headquarters. But, why was it a secret? "Uh-um-um-um-um-um-Lexi-this-is getting-a-little-scary-for-me-so-if-you-don't-mind-I'm-just-going-to-Hyurgk*choke*..." Rev prepared to run off down the hall but Lexi grabbed him tightly by the neck, preventing him from running off. "Trust me you NEED to see this" She affirmed. The door finally stopped going down, the loud sound of rotating gears stopped, and through the doorway, which had just previously looked like just another section of wall, lay a room, a rather large room, and inside... well, Rev couldn't believe his eyes. The room was filled completely, with... him. Everywhere he gazed, there was something... shelves of merchandise modeled after the young hero, action figures, Tee Shirts, Holograms, Trading Cards, any bit of Rev Runner merchandise one could imagine was in that room. At the wall was a very large computer. Lexi started it up, and before his eyes, he saw its operating system even seemed to be modeled after him, even using his voice for navigation and diagnostics. Suddenly he remembered the number... it was his birth date, it took a bit of time to come to him for some reason. Lexi pulled up some documents on screen. "Okay" she said "You're probably not going to believe this... then again, if I were you, I wouldn't be able to believe it /before/ seeing this. Take a look" Rev, a bit alienated by this whole thing approached the monitor, and started to scroll through the documents. "No-way-No-way!!!-you-have-to-be-kidding-me-right?-this-is-just-way-too-much-he-didn't... I-mean-how-wouldn't-I-notice?" he began to blather. "It's true" Lexi assured "It's all real and I'm pretty sure it's how he really feels too... Read this one, it's my favorite." "Accessing Directory Desktop/Documents/Poems/Blue_sunrise.Txt" Blue Sunrise When people get sad they feel blue. But blue is the happiest color for me. Nothing can match what I see in you. A brush of your feathers and I feel free. The world is big, but you're all that I need. My best inventions aren't as pretty as your emerald eyes. For you, a billion times I'll bleed. If it means I can wake up to you, my blue sunrise. ~ Tech E. Coyote Tears began to well up in Rev's eyes as he looked over to Lexi and gave her a big hug. "Hmm.... I didn't think his poem was THAT good" she jested. "Well... now I told you, whatever you choose to do is in your hands, but I'm pretty sure there's someone else that deserves that hug buddy." After Rev regained his composure, he and Lexi spent a few more hours talking together, about various things, the roadrunner learned a lot about Tech that, surprisingly he didn't know, like... his favorite flower, who knew he had a favorite flower? They also talked about some other favorites he shared with Lexi, that he hadn't shared with Rev yet. "So... how-did-you-find-out-about-this-place?" he asked. "Well, one day in particular, Tech seemed a little down... I decided to try and cheer him up, while trying to learn more. I eventually pressured his secret out, it was still about a month before he decided to show me this room, he's very protective of it. You see, when I first heard about his feelings and stuff, I felt really bad for him, because at the time I was actually pretty sure that you wouldn't feel the same way at all, but at least I was there to comfort him." "Well-thanks-this-was-really-great-I-love-ya-Lex-I-really-truly-do-well-of-course-not-that- way-but-you-already-knew-that-right?-well-anyway-I-gotta-get-going -Tech-is-gonna-wake-up-any-minute-now-and-I-want-to-do-something-nice-for-him-so- I-think-I'll-go-make-the-guy-a-quick-breakfast-in-bed-ya-think-he'll-like-that-well -nevermind-of-course-he'll-like-it-he-hasn't-eaten-in-two-days-this-is-gonna-be-great!- just-me-and-him-alone-with-a-hearty-breakfast." Rev said and then zipped off toward the kitchen. Rev opened the common room doors, finding Duck contentedly mashing buttons on his controller, playing his copy of Mummy Ninja Moon Raiders Five. Naturally he became obsessed with that game in particular, ever since he learned that he was an unlock-able character in it. Rev started making a good old fashioned breakfast, with toast, pancakes, and eggs... the works. As he carried the tray over towards his room, he tripped over a basher ball that seemed to roll right into his path, as if specifically to stop him. He dropped the tray, and was almost certain everything had spilled when he heard it all hit the floor. However, when he opened his eyes, he let out a sigh of relief, as the food miraculously survived this laser targeted assassination attempt. He got up, dusted himself off, and grabbed the tray. Before he started back towards his room, he noticed Slam standing in one of the doorways along the hall, eyeing the food on the tray. Rev hadn't much time to think, he needed to distract slam away, so he could safely get the breakfast to its intended recipient. "Go-long-slam-buddy!" he yelled, sacrificing a piece of toast, throwing it deep into slam's room, then making a break for his own. What he didn't see, was when slam caught the toast in his room... "Gyaawugha-toast-blufga" he ravenously munched it down in one bite, however, even He didn't seem too pleased with the taste. * * *
Chapter Three: Affirmation Tech opened his eyes, slowly starting to rise from the comforting pillow beneath him. He can't remember the last time he slept like that... this room was unfamiliar to him, it was far less cluttered than his, and the mattress wasn't the same uncomfortable mound of lumps he remembered. The room was rather nice. The walls were a creamy mint color. The covers on the bed a soft blue, and the bed itself sat atop the room's plush teal carpeting. Hanging from the ceilings were some model planes, tech noted with intrigue, that they were all models of planes he had designed himself. On the walls were a few posters of the team, as well as some small shelves with Loonatics Paraphernalia, action figures mostly. The coyote once again noted, with some humor, that the figures of him were more prominent among the collection. The most interesting piece of merchandise, was sitting in the corner, a Tech E. Coyote Plush toy, about the size of a small child. Tech called out tiredly, "hello? Is anyone here?" sitting in the bed still, he thought to himself '... I wonder who owns this room, and why I feel like the main attraction.' Then there was a familiar whooshing sound as the door slid open, almost startling Tech out of the bed. To his relief, he saw Rev standing under the doorframe. Then he started his familiar prattle. "Oh-look-at-that-it-seems-my-timing-was-just-about-perfect-well-anyway-it-was -pretty-darn-close-wasn't-it-I-mean-it-doesn't-look-like-you've-been-up-long-have- you?-if-so-sorry-to-keep-you-waiting-oh-by-the-way-I-made-you-breakfast-I-figure -since-you-hadn't-eaten-in-two-days-you'd-be-hungry-so-I-made-pancakes-eggs-a- slice-of-toast-slam-got-a-hold-of-the-other-one-man-would-you-believe-I -tripped-on-a-basher-ball?-I-tell-ya-those-guys-should-watch-where-they-leave- stuff-so-anyway-here's-some-food-tried-my-best-to-make-it-good-and-well-here-ya-go." The roadrunner blabbed as he walked over to the side of the bed and set the tray down in front of Tech. "Huh? You didn't have to go through all this trouble for me." He responded, picking up the piece of toast. "Well-of-course-I-did-buddy-I-mean-what-are-friends-for-anyway?-it's-not-too-much- trouble-besides-you-need-food-ya-had-a-really-close-call-in-the-garage-but-duck -saved-ya-in-the-nick-of-time." Rev responded. "Thanks... I guess, so this is duck's room?" Tech said, sounding a little crestfallen, biting into the toast, and soon after, regretfully chewing and trying to force it down, not wanting to make Rev feel bad. "Duck's-room?-of-course-not-it's-mine-silly-he-handed-you-off-to-me-said-he-was-busy- lookin-for-something-so-I-went-to-put-you-to-bed-but-your-room-didn't-look-at-all -comfortable-I-mean-talk-about-crowded-I'd-rather-sleep-on-a-pile-of-rocks-but- that's-just-me-so-do-you-like-my-room?-I-hope-you-don't-mind-that-I-put-you -in-your-pajamas-you-seemed-awfully-tired-and-well-I-like-sleeping- in-my-pajamas-don't-you-feel-the-same-way-I-mean-they're-nice-and-soft -and-soft-and-nice-and-generally-feel-a-lot-better-than-those-uniforms-or- that-lab-getup-I'm-sure." He rambled. Tech let out a sigh of relief, and swallowed another bite of the eggs, choking them down as they slithered passed his tonsils. He thought to himself 'Yeesh, this stuff is terrible!'... "That's okay and thanks, again", Tech jested. He perked up a bit at the fact that not only did the room not belong to Duck, but it was claimed by his crush. However, he decided that he'd probably never let Rev make food for him again, what wasn't burnt, was underdone or slimy. It was a nice gesture, but for the most part, he made a nightmare of a breakfast. "So... what's with the model planes?" Tech said in an obvious attempt to get the roadrunner's attention off the fact that he hadn't finished his food. "Well-you-probably-noticed-that-they're-your-design-I-mean-it's-pretty-obvious-I-just-like -collecting-them-you-know-they're-really-really-really-cool-man-I-wish-I- could-make-something-that-cool." Rev continued his prattle, as tech discretely reached into his pajama pocket, and pulled out a tiny device, and used it to suck the food off his plate while the roadrunner was distracted. "Yeah-here's-my-favorite-one" He pointed to a larger model with mostly-glass wings. "The-XR-6250-Eagle-Commissioned-by-Hypersound-Aeronautics-Circa-2767-designed-of -course-by-Tech-E.-Coyote-of-course-you-already-knew-you-built-it-the-coolest-part-is- the-transparent-ethertitanium-sections-that-help-bridge-it-together-and-keep-it-from -shaking-itself-apart-they're-harder-than-diamond-lighter-and-thinner-than- aluminum-foil-but-of-course-you-knew-that-too-you-DID-make-it-after-all-as-well-It -was-powered-by-the-Gravitec4450-thrusters-which-worked-by-manipulating-mesons- which-filled-the-propellants-in-the-ship-with-virtual-particles-that-fused-the-atoms -together-in-unstable-forms-to-make-energy-during-both-fusion-and-fission-it- produced-a-whopping-7,000,000-pounds-of-thrust-MAN-that-is-SO-cool!! -but-I-guess-you-knew-that-too-since-you-designed-those-too-heck- one-reason-I-like-it-so-much-is-because-you-made-every-system-every-part-every -choice-every-bolt-every-screw-every-nut-every-inch-heck-you-pretty-much- made-it-by-yourself-I-wish-I-could-do-that-it's-so-awesome-too-bad-there-was -only-one-made-since-it-was-so-expensive-and-the-test-pilot-made-it-implode- before-people-saw-what-it-could-do-was-a-real-tough-break-for-you-I'd -imagine-funny-how-I-never-saw-anything-else-of-yours-that-used-GT- type-generators-I-really-thought-those-were-awesome!!!!" Rev finished his little monologue about the plane and looked back to tech, who was wide eyed at the moment. "That's it!!" Tech said "Gravitec thrust generators! It makes perfect sense! I'd kiss you but...mmph!" He was cut off by a beak being shoved against his lips and hands on his shoulders. Rev withdrew, leaving a very startled coyote sitting in the bed. An awkward silence descended upon the room for a few minutes, and then Rev started up his usual chatter, this time sounding more nervous. "Oh-my-I-don't-know-What-came-over-me-I'm-so-so-so-so-so-so-so-so-so-very-very -sorry-I-shouldn't-have-done-that-I-really-shouldn't-it-wasn't-right- please-please-please-don't-hate..." This time it was the roadrunner's turn to be interrupted by a pair of lips. After the second lip lock Tech withdrew and told rev "Well, now we're even. Besides, why would I ever hate you? Duck, sure, but not you." He continued, "I think I should actually tell you something... this is hard for me get off my chest, and I hope you won't react too badly, I... I have feelings for you, strong ones, and I don't just mean our friendship. I hope you can forgive me, but I think you deserve to be told by me." Rev struggled to talk slowly, "So... it's-true... you-do... so... what's-to... forgive? I... love, you-too. You're my" He paused, searching his mind for words,"... my grease-monkey." Tears of joy welled up in Tech's eyes, as he gave the pinned bird a huge hug. He had no idea that Rev would actually feel the same way, in fact, to him, the odds were astronomical! Rev countered by leaping into Tech's arms, causing them both to fall back on to the bed. The two spent the next hour or so just sitting there cuddling, in the reverent silence, inhaling each-other's scents and holding tightly, letting out nearly a lifetime of feelings.