Previously titled 'Whoop, Bad-Ass'; just a random idea from a convo with Valkyrie4Ever that seemed too good to keep to ourselves... Plot-Bunnies are welcome in reviews!
Enjoy!
Kenspeckle Grouse was a serious man. Very serious. He could exert his pure passion for seriousness on almost any subject, and so, it was no surprise for the crime fighting trio to look at Kenspeckle in horror, when he burst out laughing when Tanith walked into the room announcing proudly the purchase of her 'MTT Turbine SuperBike'.
"What?" She said self-consciously, "Do I have something in my hair?"
"You know," Kenspeckle said once he calmed down, "You will never get insurance on that!"
"Huh." Tanith said, unconvinced. "And how would you know?" She asked, hand on the hip and eyebrow raised.
Kenspeckle airily waved a hand, "I do know about these things..."
"...Because?" Tanith led him on.
"Well." Kenspeckle blushed. "I do happen to be something of a motorbike fan..."
Valkyrie hid a smirk, and if Skulduggery could, he would have raised an eyebrow.
"You, a motorbike fan?" Valkyrie asked.
Later that day, Valkyrie nudged Skulduggery from behind the dustbins.
"What?" He asked, half asleep.
"It's Kenspeckle..."
The man emerging from the theatre looked nothing like Kenspeckle, and Skulduggery had to squint to see what Valk meant.
The man wore a leather jacket and leather trousers, with boots that had spikes coming out the back. The man had a white beard which was plaited, and under his arm he carried a helmet.
"What does his t-shirt say?" Asked Skulduggery.
"I think... Bad-Ass." Valkyrie replied, somewhat unsure.
"Oh."
Kenspeckle walked up the pavement a little way, then stopped in front of a Harley-Davidson.
Skulduggery claimed the winds, so they could hear what Kenspeckle was saying.
"Now that's what I call a bike." He muttered. "Stupid Tanith, huh! A Turbine SuperBike!" He gave a short, barking laugh as he buckled his helmet.
Valkyrie looked at Skulduggery, "We did capture all those remnants didn't we?"