AN- I don't own any of this. If I did I won't have to be doing science fair.
Rachel sighed as she absentmindedly pushed a strand of hair out of her face. She was currently waiting in the car at a gas station. She and Hood were going to a crime scene in their new case, a scene that could only be reached by a lengthy two day road trip, and that is if you didn't stop in a hotel. Or too many rest stops, Hood is surely getting on my nerves; this has to be his fifth rest stop today. As if a road trip in the Nevada desert isn't enough, no, I have to put up with an annoying scientist who can't hold his bladder. They were in Nevada because in one small-secluded town there had been several cases of drowning. Now, that wouldn't be unusual in a larger city, but this town was so far out that is was the only water source for a hundred miles. Plus there was the fact that the town was in the middle of the longest drought they ever had. The FBI was called when the cases of drowning got into double digits. All of the bodies were found two miles from the town so it was clear that they could rule out drowning in a bathtub.
Finally Hood was getting back into the car. "Sorry, Rachel," said Hood as he stepped back into the car.
"Well, try not to let it happen again soon, okay?"
"Yeah, okay."
Then it lapsed back into silence. In fact, their entire trip so far had consisted of silence and Hood's rest stops. They still had a day and a half to go, but it still was getting really long in the car with nothing to do. She was considering asking Hood to drive after another hour or so when he spoke up.
" How hot do you think it is out there?"
"About a hundred, I guess." Well, it was summer, so it was a educated guess.
"The thermometer in the car says 110 degrees."
"You just added to my list on how this trip sucks." She was going to add more to that thought, but him being who he is asked another question.
"If it's 110 how hot do you think would be enough to fry the radiator?"
She hadn't thought of that, if the weather was too hot, the car couldn't run. She had no idea at what temperature a radiator fries.
"I don't know."
"Well, judging by the stream that's coming from the hood I guess about 110"
"Oh,shit!"
There was a steady steam of smoke coming out from under the hood of the car. The car began to sputter and it came to a complete stop in the middle of the dirt road in the middle of nowhere.