Journey of Falling
Chapter 1 - Wedding Request
Crusher was sound asleep in his part of one-story the garage, in which he shared with Pickle, and he was snoring loudly like always. The dark blue monster truck usually slept in pretty late; after all, with no family or jobs to worry about, you often had that privilege.
Though, Crusher did have one alarm clock, and when it had a reason to wake him up, it wasn't going to let him sleep in anymore.
"Crusher? Crusher? Cruuuuusherrrrr?" Pickle sang to try and wake his roommate, but to no avail. So, when shouting his name didn't work, Pickle tried a different tactic and went to the kitchen to grab a pot and a pan.
When he returned to his sleeping friend, he put on a pair of ear muffs and banged the pot and pan together rapidly, immediately waking Crusher with a screaming start.
Crusher even went stiff as a rock and flipped over on his back like a fainting goat, but when he realized it was only Pickle, he was as ornery as a bull.
"Pickle!" Crusher huffed as he stood back up, and he angrily towered over his smaller roommate.
"Now, now, I know you're mad for waking you up like that, and I'm sorry. But you needed to get up really soon because Blaze and Rain told me to," Pickle informed while removing the ear muffs and putting the pot and pan back in the kitchen.
"Why?" Crusher yawned.
"I dunno. All they said was 'We need a HUGE favor from you and Crusher, Pickle. Do you think you could go get him and bring him over?'."
"A big favor, huh? Man, Blaze is gonna owe me double after this."
With that, Pickle lead a rather tired Crusher out of their garage and through the city, as Pickle also said they were going to meet Rain and Blaze at Blaze and AJ's.
It's been nearly a year and a half since Rain and Blaze became an official couple, and a lot has happened since then; Gabby and AJ both turned thirteen, Starla and Stripes fell in love with each other too, and after years of growing up together as close friends and finally realizing their true love, they eventually got engaged, and they couldn't be more happy together.
But Stripes and Starla weren't the only happy weds; nearly a week ago, Blaze finally proposed to Rain, and she said yes!
So, as excited as their friends were, they helped them to prepare for their upcoming wedding…though, Crusher wasn't as eager to have anything to do with it since he still had SOME feelings for Rain, and even though he saved Blaze didn't mean he instantly became his friend. Crusher still loathed Blaze greatly, and it would remain that way for all he cared.
But the only reason Crusher wasn't being rude is because, as mentioned before, he still cared a lot about Rain, and he would still do(almost)anything for her.
So, despite being really tired, Crusher followed Pickle to Blaze and AJ's place to see what Blaze and Rain needed. And when they arrived, Pickle eagerly knocked on the front door.
Eventually, AJ answered the door himself, and he smiled at Crusher and Pickle.
"Hi, AJ!" Pickle greeted happily, and then turned to Crusher, "say hello, Crusher."
"Hi," Crusher muttered dryly.
"Glad you guys could make it. Hold on, I'll get Blaze," AJ said while holding his index finger up to signal them to wait, and then he retreated back into the garage, "BLAZE, THEY'RE HERE!"
Pickle and Crusher barely waited another thirty seconds before none other than Blaze finally sped up to the door, and he smiled at them both brightly.
"Oh, thank goodness you guys are here! I have a BIG favor for you," Blaze sighed in relief while exiting the garage and closing the door behind him.
"We're acutely aware of that," Crusher grimly informed.
"Ignore him, Blaze. What do ya need us ta do?" Pickle brushed Crusher's negativity.
"Well, as you know, Rain and I got engaged, and our wedding is coming up. So, we're inviting EVERY friend to attend," Blaze explained.
"But…?" Crusher questioned with suspicion.
"But not all of our friends are here in Axle City; I asked an old friend of mine if she wanted to come to the wedding too, and she said yes…except she lives in my childhood town, Motormoros, and I need you guys to get her."
"Motormoros?! But that's MILES away!" Crusher exclaimed with shock.
"Which is why I've asked Swoops to take you."
"But why do WE have ta get her?! Can't she come on her own? She's got Swoops ta keep her company, doesn't she?"
"Yes…but Swoops said he's never been to Motormoros, so he doesn't know the way."
"Ooh, ooh! Crusher and I do!" Pickle pointed out, "we can show him the way."
"Great!" Blaze cheered.
"So, what if we know the way? Why can't you or your other friends go?" Crusher argued.
"They're all busy. Rain and Darington are busy helping Clyde with the buffet, Stripes and Starla are working on setting up the decorations for the ceremony, and Gabby, AJ and Zeg are passing out invitations to all our other friends and families."
"What about you?"
"I'm helping Rain with supervising."
"Of course you are," Crusher grumbled in defeat.
"Please, Crusher, you and Pickle are the only other friends we trust with this," Blaze begged.
"Aww, shucks," Pickle giggled sheepishly.
"We are not friends," Crusher stated grimly.
"Friends or not, Rain and I would REALLY appreciate it," Blaze pleaded.
"Blaze!"
The boys all turned their heads to the voice, where they saw Rain driving down the street, and she immediately embraced Blaze.
"Oh, Crusher, Pickle, you're here! You're going to go with Swoops to pick up Tiana, right?" Rain asked with hope when she saw Pickle and Crusher.
"A-actually, I don't know if Crusher and Pickle were up to-," Blaze as about to make Rain aware of the bad news, but Crusher suddenly cut him off.
"Don't be silly! We'll be more than happy to fetch…this 'Tiana' for you," Crusher cut in with a smile, but his expression soon changed to shock when he realized what he just said out loud. Curse his lingering feelings for Rain!
"Oh, you will? Thank you so much, guys," Rain thanked sweetly while giving both Crusher and Pickle hugs, but when she hugged Crusher, he immediately froze and blushed.
"Ahem!" Crusher awkwardly cleared his throat and pushed Rain away, not really wishing to get so attached with Blaze around, "y-yeah, um…no problem."
"Thanks again, guys. Swoops will be waiting for you at the Monster Dome when you're ready to go," Blaze informed with a smile.
"We're ready ta go now! C'mon, Crusher, let's not keep Swoops waiting!" Pickle called while driving off, and Crusher sighed and rolled his eyes while reluctantly following…but he figured it was all for Rain, and that was good enough for him.
"And send Rain our best regards when you get to Motormoros!" Rain called as she and her fiancé smiled and waved.
Wow. A LOT has happened, huh? So, since so much has changed, I'm gonna break down a few things.
First and foremost, yes, I totally ship Stripes and Starla, and they have gotten engaged. But now, we've got another wedding on our hands. Yay! Second, I know AJ and Gabby are actually 8 and 9 years old in the show, but let's pretend they're thirteen in this series, ok? Ok. Third, Motormoros is a city inspired off of Matamoros, a city in Mexico. And last, but not least, this story focuses more on Crusher, and he's going to get a little surprise at the end of this story:3
So, you huge Crusher lovers(like me), I hope you will enjoy this story.
Until the next chapter, I'm TRikiD, bye-bye!