The Moon Child

Chapter 8

Po' s PoV:

"So you are really the dude who went kickass on the rogues? That's so cool man" Chris complements me and continues hogging up his fifth burger. Good goddess where does he put those into. I nod while drinking my ginger ale. We are currently seated at the pack diner. It's run by this old couple who used to run a food joint back in the human city. Now they retired and handed over the family business to their kids and started this diner for the pack members within the pack lands. The truth is, this place is amazing and the food's worth killing for.

"The thing is I'm trying to convince Po that he should join the pack. The Alpha and the elders want him to. But grumpy over here has not made up his mind yet." Penny says as she dips her fry into her vanilla and chocolate chip ice cream before popping it into her mouth. "God goddess that's gross girl!" I say scrunching up my nose. "Waaat this, man you got to try this combo....its bomb in your mouth. Totally aw...shumm...." I can't make out the last words as Chris stuffs his mouth full with fries and ice cream. "No thanks, think I will pass that." I say cringing a little. "I dare you tough guy." Penny has a mischievous glow in her eye as she dips a fry in the ice cream and waves it in front of me. Chris joins in double daring me. I look at the duo waving the frys near my face like crazed lunatics. Yup these two are made for each other. I let out an audible sigh, "ok I give up you looneys." I close my eyes and open my mouth and bite into the despicable fry expecting the worst. But somehow it didn't taste so bad. As a matter of fact I quite enjoyed the burst of flavors in my mouth. It's just a different taste, new and rebellious. "OK... its not that bad. But...a big BUT... still I prefer my fries dipped in hot sauce." I say,squirting some sauce onto my plate.

I think we spend another half an hour more there before Penny and I decided to head out for the garage to check on my Harley. Hope my baby is fine. Before leaving I promised Chris I would drop by the gym after I check on my bike. He high fived me and started off into a jog in the opposite direction. I notice the look in Penny's eyes. Something is off. I wonder what. Should I ask her....no, may be not. It's not like we are BFFs now. Still I wonder. I shove my hands deep into my pockets and take an interest on the pebble next to my feet. "You ready to go?"she asks me smiling. Some how the smile just doesn't reach her eyes. I let it slip and begin walking with her while she starts off into non stop chatter to which I occasionally throw in a comment or two. It's good to see her fall into ease with me.

A short walk later we reach in front of a huge workshop. There is the typical smell of grease, machine oil and petrol, the sound of roaring engines, the clattering of tools, yup this is very much a typical garage. I have always felt at ease when surrounded by vehicles and machines. Maybe cause I spent a hell lot of my time in places like these. "So here it is. The pack workshop. Come on in. Sure you will get answers about your bike here." Penny animatedly speaks as she skips along inside. Once inside I'm taken aback by the shear size of this place. And all the more by the kind of beauties resting their engines in here. Every damn car from every possible era seams to be here. A few people were working on different stuffs here and there. As I walk by all of them, I notice a brunette with her hair pulled back with a bandana and covered in grease and oil working on once of the cars. And that's when I notice that right there before me is a magnificent old beauty. By goddess that car is something. I get drawn to it like a bear to honey.

"1968 Impala sports coupe, 327 horse power, two speed, V8 engine, custom made." I let out a whistle as I approach the black beauty. The woman looks up startled by my intrusion. "Looks like somebody knows their machines." Says a hulk of a man who pulls himself from under the car. I grin widely," Sure do. I love anything with wheels and engines. Spend quite a lot of time helping in the garage. I'm Po by the way." I hold out my hands. He wipes his hands and shakes mine. " Good to see a fellow car lover. I'm Ace and this beautiful woman is my mate Queen." he says kissing the woman on her cheeks and hugging her. " Ace and Queen? You aren't messing with me right?" I ask and I notice how they both grin back at me shaking their heads.

Queen notices Penny and disentangles herself from Ace and goes to hug her. "Hey Penny dear. How are you and how is Sarah? I have been meaning to come over for some time." Penny pulls back a little. "I'm fine Q. Aunt Sarah wanted me to invite you over for lunch tomorrow. She and some other ladies were planning on heading to the mall for shopping. You know for Kimberly' s wedding." And she goes on talking as both of them head towards what looks like an office. Before leaving Queen turns around and," You boys have some fun while we ladies enjoy some quality time together. In case you get hungry come on in I will brew up a fresh pot of coffee and there are blueberry muffins." Penny waves at me and I wave back.

"Women.." Ace shakes his head and chuckles." Hey you want take her out for a spin? " he asks me throwing the keys at me. "Hell ya!" I shout out and rush over to the ride. Once we both are seated in I gently start the engine. "Listen to her purr." Ace patted the dash board contently like how a horse owner pats down a champion stallion. I slowly roll out of the garage into an open field behind the building. "Come on man give some more leg. Let's see how far she can be pushed." And those words are music to my ears.

A couple of rounds around the field later we bring her back in. Ace is pretty awesome. He has an engineering degree and works for the pack's research development sector. And in his free time he works here as his hobby. The more I get to know this pack and its members, the more intrigued I get of it. They are the largest pack up north and developmentally advanced and really wealthy as compared to any of the nearby or even far of packs. It's almost as advanced as the capitol where I had grown up. We get out of the car and I toss the keys back to Ace. "So kiddo, is there anything you are specially interested in to come to my humble garage?" He asks me. I scratch my head sheepishly, "Ya kind of. You see Penny tells me that this is place to come to if one needs to find their ride. When I was kind of welcomed into the pack lands my bike was kind of left behind. And I kind have a feeling it was brought back here." Ace drops what he is good and looks up at me. "Wait...so you are telling me that you are the Omega Oliver's kid? The one that saved Ben?" I nod a little worried. Word sure does travel fast in this pack. "Oh...hoho...man that's cool kid. When I heard about you I was really hoping to meet up with you." he says giving me a man hug and a heavy pat on my back." Come on I will show you where your ride is. Trust me she was taken care of." He says leading me to another section of the building. Here there's a whole array of bikes again of all makes and models.

"Here she is, Harley Davidson 1978 Electra Glide. Air cooled engine, four stroke, 45° V-twin. Some ride she is. Oh by the way, I took some liberty of fixing her nearly damaged telescopic fork suspension in the front. " Ace says literally drooling over it. I have to say she looks really good after being taken care of by Ace. "Thanks a lot Ace. You think you could give me the keys?" I ask hopefully. To this he shakes his head and says," No can do kiddo. Alpha's orders. Wish I could help you there. You are a nice kid. I'm sure you will get her back soon." Some how I kind of expected that. I sigh loudly," its ok. Thanks any way Ace." Just then Penny and Queen walks in.

"So you two boys have a good time?" Queens asks us. Ace grabs on to her and pulls her in for a hug. "We sure did babe." He replies. "We better get going." I say when Penny comes to stand next to me."But dear you didn't have anything to eat." Queen whines out. " Its ok ma'am. I just ate any ways and I kind of promised Chris I would drop by the gym." I try to console her. "No can do honey. No boy goes starving to the gym on my watch. I'm gonna go and pack you a muffin or two. Eat it on the way." Says Queens while heading back. I try to protest and Ace jumps in telling me I should just let it pass as once she made up her mind there's no stopping her. I ask Penny to wait outside while I get my muffins.

A bone crushing hug and a kiss later I head outside searching for Penny. Funny, I don't see her anywhere here. I can hear a faint sound of someone crying. I tense up a little and sniff the air. It's Penny. Oh goddess is she hurt. But who can hurt her in a few minutes I was away. I call out her name while following her scent. I see her leaning on a tree crying. On seeing me she quickly wipes away the tears. I approach her," are you ok Penny?" She looks up at me her face all flushed and eyes all flooded. "Penny" I gently call out and she just hugs me. I freeze for a moment and then console her. I try to cox her into telling me what's wrong. But she just shakes her head and pull herself away from me. After saying that she needs to head home she leaves me walking alone to the gym. Some how I feel greatly disturbed.

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