Alternating Current chapter 5

A/N: I do not own any characters from the Pixar movie Cars. I do own my own characters; Rafael, Fluke, Linda, Agneta, Voltz, Titania, Fahrenheit, Maximo, Sleipner, Galvani, Faraday and Louis.

I do not own Sønnico, I just work for them. Any likeness to real persons or events are just a coincidence, and a product of my imagination; NOT REAL.



Alternating current

By: Little Red Toyota



Chapter 5:



Fahrenheit was not too pleased with having to work with Sleipner. He had asked Fluke if he couldn't get someone else to help him. But according to Fluke everyone else was occupied, so it was Sleipner or nobody. And he could not do the work on his own, it was too heavy. He snorted and looked sideways at the Hiace driving beside him. Sleipner didn't look any happier, as he returned the stare.

"Deal with it, Fahrenheit… you weren't MY first choice either…" the young Hiace hissed.

Fahrenheit lifted his hood arrogant as they arrived at the building site. It was just for a few hours… just until they had pulled that cable through all the floors… if Sleipner was busy working, he wouldn't have any chance to hit on him. He nodded to himself.

Silently they started working. Fahrenheit went up one floor to grab the cable and pull it up, while Sleipner stayed downstairs to feed the cable while Fahrenheit pulled it.

It was done faster than Fahrenheit had expected. Maybe it was because none of them wanted to spend more time than necessary together with each other. Anyway, just two hours later, they were both on their way back to the HQ.

"Thanks for the help, homo…" Fahrenheit muttered when they came into the lunchroom and Sleipner was heading towards the wardrobes.

Sleipner turned around with a hurt look. "Why do you always have to be so mean to me?"

Fahrenheit was caught off guard, he drove close to Sleipner and hissed. "I despise you… and one day… I'm going to get you…"

"Wh… what do you m…mean?" Sleipner stuttered, scared by the threatening behavior of the Navara.

"I'm just telling you to watch your back….." Fahrenheit growled and flipped out his pocketknife, holding it up towards Sleipner face.

Sleipner closed his eyes, feeling how his whole body was trembling in fear as the tip of the knife scratched his paint with a shrieking sound.

Fahrenheit felt an extreme satisfaction seeing how the gay coward shivered and whimpered right in front of him. He lifted the knife to stab him, when he felt a sudden blow towards his side. It sent him flying into the row of tables. He screamed in pain and frustration.

Voltz was standing towering over him with a slightly pissed look. "Stop it! Right now!" he growled as he picked up the knife Fahrenheit had dropped and held it towards Fahrenheit's windshield as if he would trust it straight into his eyes.

Fahrenheit whimpered. "Please… no…." to his shame he felt tears rolling down his hood. How humiliating!

Voltz put the knife away, instead he grabbed Fahrenheit brutally and threw him into the glassdoor leading to the backyard. "Ops… I forgot to open the door…." He growled as he grabbed the Navara again, opened the door and sent him rolling down the stairs until he hit the asphalt at the bottom. "If I catch you menacing Sleipner or anyone again, I swear I will not go easy on you………." Voltz said and slammed the door shut. The glasswindow shivered in its frame, almost breaking.

Sleipner stood in the middle of the room, looking surprised and shocked. Of all cars, Voltz was the last one he had expected to help… He watched the Mitsubishi as he turned from the door and headed towards the storage-room.

"Voltz…" he shouted before the older car reached the storage-door.

Voltz turned to him, with the same stoneface he used to have.

"Thanks… I owe you one." Sleipner said and smiled shy.

"Don't think about it… I just wanted an excuse to kick his ass after that prank he pulled on me last week. This was a perfect chance." Voltz pushed the door open and drove through.

Sleipner looked down. He remembered that prank. Fahrenheit had put dogshit in Voltz food in an unattended moment, and Voltz hadn't noticed until it was too late and ended up really sick. Fluke had gotten between the two trucks before they had ended up fighting. After that, Fahrenheit and Voltz had been guarding one another like wolves waiting for an opportunity to attack. None of them wanted to be the first to lower their guard.

Sleipner shook his hood as he drove to the men's room to have a shower. He locked the door just in case. He had no guarantee that Fahrenheit wouldn't make another attempt on hurting him. That guy was insane…



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Fluke sat in his office, he hadn't gone home yet. The rest of the building was probably empty by now. Only Sleipner was probably left, he lived there after all.

His eyes were fixed on a chimney on a nearby building. From this side of the HQ, the view was not much to brag about. His window was turned to the backyard, and all he could see from there was the messy area with cabledrums and ladders, trashcontainers, and the huge green wall of the building next door. But the sky was just as blue here as on the other side of the building. He looked up, following a seagull with his eyes until it disappeared.

His thoughts were at his sister. Titania had showed up at work with dents and damaged paint numerous times the last weeks. He had tried to talk to her about it, but everytime, she managed to slip away like a slimy fish…

He wished it was something he could do to help, but as long as she didn't even want to talk to him, there was not much he could do.

With a sigh, he got up, stretched himself and drove to Sleipner's room, knocking on the door.

Sleipner lit up as he saw who was outside. "Hello, Fluke!"

"Hey, man… I just wondered if you wanted to join me for a beer? Just you and I."

"Sure!" Sleipner drove outside and locked the door behind him. He looked sideways at his boss. Fluke looked worried, it seemed.

They drove into a nice, cozy pub not far from the HQ and settled down at a table in the corner. They sat there, watching some couples dancing in the dim light.

"We don't have much luck in love, you and I…" Sleipner blurted out without thinking. He blushed and glanced sideways at Fluke.

Fluke just nodded. "I guess not…" He took a sip from his beer. "It's not that I don't get attention from the girls… but I am not wanting to just get laid… I want something more."

"You've had many girls before?"

"More than I am proud of…" Fluke looked down, embarassed. His previous girl-stories were something he really wanted to forget. "I want something serious… someone that can challenge me, and not just do as I want all the time, and talk after my mouth. Someone who is not afraid to be herself around me. Someone who is not faking anything."

Sleipner nodded. "I think that's what everyone wants deep inside."

They sat in silence for a while, just drinking slowly and watching the life around them.

A gang of young cars came into the pub, it was easy to see they were drunk. They threw some nasty comments to some other guests, before they settled down at a table, ordering drinks.

Sleipner leaned towards Fluke. "Look… I found this in the storage yesterday. I think it can help us with that key-mystery." He held a note towards him.

Fluke took it, reading through it as good as he could. "Hmm… You think this is the church we're looking for?"

"Definitely… I've done some research, and this was Sønnico's first costumer ever. It fits perfectly with the previous riddle, telling us that we had to go back to the start, right? Maybe it wasn't the first HQ it meant?"

"The very first costumer…." Fluke mumbled. "It could be…"

"It's worth a try, right?"

"Absolutely… I think you're on to something here." Fluke looked at the note again. "Piperviken church…."

"I'm going to look up the address tomorrow, so we can go there and look for the door."

"That's a goo…." Fluke was interrupted by a loud, angry scream from the other side of the room. A girl was trying to fight off two of those who just came in, they were touching her everywhere, throwing rude comments. The girl looked familiar somehow…

"Hey…" Sleipner muttered. "Isn't that your Agneta?"

"She is not mine…"

Fluke was already on his way to the table. Sleipner put his beer down on the table and followed in case he needed help.

A young BMW was holding Agneta in a tight grip while licking her body.

"Eww! Let me go!!" she struggled to get away.

Fluke grabbed the youngster and lifted him up. "Hey, kid… that's no way to treat the ladies!"

Agneta watched them while wiping a tire on her body to get the drool off.

The BMW threw out a straight tire, right into Fluke's eye. It caused the Hilux to twitch in pain and close his eye. "Learn to behave, kiddo!!" he growled as he slammed the youngster into the wall.

Agneta whimpered and backed a bit in suprise as she saw how Fluke threw the other car like a piece of paper. With big eyes, she fixed her eyes on the two aggressive cars.

The BMW threw another punch at Fluke, causing his lip to bleed. Then he poured a beer over him.

"Ok… I've had enough of you!" Fluke punched him back, sending him flying into a nearby table. The liquid ran down his body and made him smell faintly of beer.

Agneta's eyes widened and she almost whimpered on behalf of the young car. The BMW crawled back up on his wheels and grabbed a chair, slamming it into Fluke's roof with all his strength, knocking the big truck down on the floor.

"Ahh… man…." Fluke rubbed his roof as he stood back up, grabbing the youngster and throwing him over a small wall separating the tables and the dancefloor. The BMW crawled back up and quickly drove out of the pub in a hurry, whimpering.

Agneta looked up at Fluke, fascinated that he has been fighting to protect her. "Wow… thank you, Fluke…"

"No problem…" Fluke pressed a tire against his roof. It hurt badly now, the headache felt like someone was inside him, pressing and knocking to get out.

Agneta saw how much it was hurting, and drove over, putting a tire on his side. "Can I help you? I… owe you…"

"I'll be fine…" Fluke moaned and gritted his teeth against the pain. "I just need to shower… I smell like a brewery…"

"We can go to my hotel room… it's close to here, and you can take a shower." She offered.

"I'll go anywhere as long as I can clean myself…"

"Ok… come on…" she took his tire and started driving to the exit.

Fluke just followed, keeping his tire pressed against his roof.

Agneta opened the door to her room, and her eyes fell on the blue skyline in the bed, sleeping with the TV on. "Shit… I forgot…"

"Oh… you share the room with someone? Ahh… my roof hurts…" Fluke pressed his tire harder to his roof, gritting his teeth.

"Yeah… we had to. It was a water-leak in his room, and there was no other place he could stay…" she drove over and poked the sleeping car. "Tengai… wake up!"

When she didn't get any reaction, she splashed a cup of water into his face.

Tengai opened his eyes and coughed, wiping the water off. "Agneta? What the hell??"

"Get up! You need to go!"

"Huh? What? Where?" then he felt the smell of beer. "Eww… what stinks??"

"Very funny… I know how much I smell…" Fluke mumbled.

Tengai pulled the blanket over himself, hiding from the unknown car. "Agneta! I am sleeping and you invite others?!"

Agneta rolled her eyes. "Listen… we need the room alone. I would appreciate it if you could…. " she pointed at the door.

"Hey! It's my room too! I was sleeping peacefully until you interrupted!" Tengai protested.

"Please?" Agneta begged unpatient.

"No!"

Agneta turned to Fluke with an annoyed sigh. "Fluke… could you…?"

"Hey, blue boy… Get out of here, ok? I just need five minutes to shower." Fluke said.

"Just take your shower! I don't need the bathroom yet…"

"Tengai!! Get out!!" Agneta pushed his back, but didn't even manage to move him one inch.

Tengai just turned his face to the wall and pretended like he was sleeping.

Fluke drove over and wrapped the skyline up in the blanket, then he lifted him up and carried the struggling car out into the corridor, placing him gently on the floor outside the room. "Don't worry, kid… it won't take long."

Then he put the "do not disturb" sign on the doorknob and locked the door. Tengai stared pissed at the door, then he drove down to the reseption to ask if any of the rooms were free now.

"Thanks, Fluke… he can be such an pain in the ass…" Agneta smiled and showed him the bathroom. "You can take your shower now…"

"Thanks… I really need it…" Fluke turned the water on. For a while he just stood there, letting the water run over his body.

Agneta watched him a bit shy. She bit her lip. "You… you want me to help you?"

"You would?"

"You helped me… it would only be fair that I help you in return." She smiled as she drove into the shower with him.

Fluke closed his eyes in enjoyment as the hot water ran over his body, making his wounds burn. Agneta stroked him gently with a soft tire, trying to clean the wound on his lip. He didn't dare to move, in case it would scare her away. So he just stood there, enjoying the soft tire on his sore lip.

Agneta held his bumper between her tires, studying his lips to see if the wound was clean. "You… you have a… cute mouth…"

"Really? Thanks…" Fluke said with his eyes closed. His roof still hurt so bad he was almost not able to feel happy about her compliment.

Agneta saw his painful expression and stroked his side. "Hey, Fluke… wanna rest in my bed a little while? I can get you some aspirin…"

Fluke swallowed hard, trying to ignore the pain. "Sounds great…"

She stroked his side, cleaning a wound while the water ran over it. "Is this ok?"

"Yes… it just burns a bit…" he said, resisting the urge to lean on her.

"I'll put some bandages on it, while you rest…" she nudged him playful and blinked. "Be a strong guy!"

Fluke smiled by her comment as he turned the water off, and then drying himself with a towel. He caught a glimpse of himself in the mirror. "I really look like hell…"

"It's ok… this idiot hit you with a chair…" Agneta said, helping him to dry his back. "Come on… Take a rest on the bed, I'll go find you an aspirin."

Fluke laid down on her bed, watching her.

"Here you go…" she handed him a pill and a cup of water.

He took it and swallowed it down and smiled weak to her. "Thanks for letting me shower and for being so nice…"

"That's the least I could do… who knows what that guy would have done if you hadn't kicked him out?"

Fluke took her tire in his. "Agneta…"

She blushed and looked up at him in surprise. "Y…yes?"

"I'm sorry for tying you up the last time we met…"

Agneta thought back to that night, and then squeezed his tire. "It was heavy… but I think I will forgive you…"

"I'm glad…" Fluke laid down, resting heavy on her bed.

Agneta laid down beside him. "You deserve to rest now… how do you feel?" she put the blanket over him.

"Like I've been hit by a semi…"

"Aww…"

Without thinking, she gave him a quick kiss at the side of his hood. Fluke twitched a bit in surprise, not able to control himself, he gave her a quick, soft kiss on her mouth.

She backed in surprise, but smiled. Then she pulled the blanket over them both, closing her eyes to join him taking a nap.



To be continued….