Gotta go fast

Chapter 13

"No Ben if you do it that way you risk rupturing the cable" the young man watched as his best friend took his tool from his hand and demonstrated how to do the job more efficiently than how he was previously doing it. "If think you're so smart Birch" he joked nudging her Luna gently.

Luna laughed as she handed him back the tool "Get it right Benny. I'm just talented, it's either that or you just weren't paying attention when you were learning this stuff and now you're just approaching it the same way a ten year old would"

"Now see here is the problem I have with you two working together" Jack approached the youngsters.

"Come on Jackie I just showed butterfingers how to do his job, I'm helping you out here" Luna moved away from the two going back to the car that Jack had her work on. The front had been jacked up so that she could lay on the floor and fix it from underneath. She loved that he two friends had called her in because they had a lot of work to do and not enough employees to do it, she was thankful for it considering that it gave her something to do and it put her mind off Knock Out a bit.

She felt Ben kick her foot as he walked passed to collect another instrument that he required. She couldn't help but laugh. She missed being with Ben so much his time was always taken up with either working or his girlfriend Kelly that they never had time for each other anymore. It made the youngsters miss the old days when they were still in education.

She continued to work quickly knowing that the jobs that the mechanics had coming in were simple. Reaching out from under the car to the tool box she felt around for the instrument she was looking for, seconds passed before she found the small spanner at the bottom of the box. Why is it the thing you're looking for is always at the bottom? She brought it out and began tightening a small bolt that wasn't tight enough. She replaced the plating and cleaned it off before rolling out from underneath the vehicle. As she stood up Jack came over to her with a piece of paper in his hand. "Birch I need this car and the one Ben's working on done by your lunch break which is in 15 minutes" he told her looking up from the sheet.

"Well car number one is ready for you Jack. Want me to help Ben?"

"You're done already but that's your third today. How are you getting them fixed so fast?" he inspected the car himself to make sure that it was up to standard and he found that it was even better. "Some of us just have a knack for the stuff" she said it loudly for her friend to hear while his head was in the engine of his own work. "I heard that" he mumbled holding up his hand.

"See this is why I could use you here Luna, I'd get so much done..." Luna quickly took the paper from his hands to assess what needed to be done with Bens work.

"And you would have so little to do too. Believe me Jack you are doing a great job by yourself, I don't need to be anything more than extra pair of hands" handing the paper back she walked over to ben and the car he had his head in. Luna knew what he had done and what he was doing and could see that he needed her help otherwise he would never meet the deadline. Taking a large wrench out of his tool box she joined him in his work but she didn't dive into the engine like Ben seemed to have done. "You know Benny some vehicles don't like their mechanicals being tampered with" He gave her a small glance that seemed quite confused by what she had just said.

"What does that mean?" She chuckled as she reached in and within did his job for him. "It means that you don't have to stick your nose in the engine"

"Show off" he mumbled as he stepped back and stretched. When he was done Luna stood back and waited for Ben to try the ignition but instead of whirring to life it remained dead. Luna was disappointed there must have been something she missed. Ben stood beside her bewildered at what could be wrong with it now. As he went back to inspecting the engine Luna took to inspecting the floor and beside the car she found something very interesting. Picking it up she hit Ben on his side with the long black wiring that she had found.