Author's Note: Let the fun begin...

Chapter Two: Impulsive.

"Geez Tech. Couldn't you have put up a 'Do Not Enter' sign or something?" Lexi peeked between her fingers as she entered the med-lab.

As Lexi entered, Tech reached for a medical gown to dress himself, but to his dismay he had forgotten to order some new supplies. Instead, he removed the bed sheet from the examining table and fiddled around with it to cover himself.

Lexi watched as Tech draped the sheet over himself. His build had really taken her by surprise. For someone who was constantly in his lab, working on all sorts of gadgets in his spare time, he was quite fit. His body structure resembled Ace's for the most part, except that Tech was more on the slender side and wasn't as well toned, but the definitions of his muscles were still obvious. She giggled on the inside from her observations. Tech tossed the sheet back onto the bed once he changed into a pair of shorts and an undershirt.

"Lexi?" Tech waved a hand, "Are you alright?"

"What?" She quickly shook her head, "Yes. Yes, I'm alright. The question is how are you doing? You took a really big hit earlier."

"I'm fine." He confirmed and took a seat on the table, "I was just doing a self-inspection to be sure."

"Hey Tech, what's this?" Lexi eyed the notebook that was lying on the workbench.

Tech tried to reach for it, but it was already in Lexi's grasp. She flipped through several pages, noting that there were many photos of Tech accompanied with long detailed descriptions of them.

"It's a medical journal," He replied with a sigh, "It's like the charts they keep in the hospitals to keep track of client progress. You wouldn't really be interested." He extended his hand out for Lexi to return the journal.

"Wait," Lexi was still going from page to page of photos and descriptions, noticing that Tech had indeed undergone many changes since the meteor hit in 2772.

"You probably think it's silly,"

"It's not." Lexi assured him as she handed the journal over, "I actually find it interesting." She commented while taking a seat beside the canine.

"You really think so?" Tech beamed as he set the journal beside himself, "I'd like to think of it as a self-study, like an experiment if you will. I want to know how much my regenerative powers can handle."

Lexi frowned, "You didn't take on that molten blast just for the sake of science, did you?"

"What?" Tech now had a disgruntled look on his face.

"Well, you just said you wanted to see how much your powers could take." She reiterated.

"Yes, I did say that,"

Lexi sighed, "I wouldn't want you to seriously hurt yourself because you pushed your limits."

"I don't intentionally try to inflict harm onto myself if that's what you're thinking." He got up from the table and gave her a stern look.

"All I'm saying is for you to be careful out there-"

"Lexi, I had to protect you 'cause Ace couldn't. He was too far and couldn't have made it to you in time. Ace also doesn't have regenerative capabilities, so even if he did, he and you wouldn't even be here right now. I took that blow for you both, Lexi! I did it for you!"

Both of them froze.

"You what?" Lexi blinked, stunned at the coyote's sudden outburst.

"I…" he was speechless

"I don't know what that blast did to you," Lexi rose from where she was sitting, "but you need to get a hold of yourself!"

Tech sank back down onto the bed, trying to catch his breath. He scratched his head in frustration, shocked at his own behaviour. For a genius, you can be quite stupid…

"Tech…" she placed a hand on his shoulder.

He placed his hand on top of Lexi's, part of him wanted to push it away and the other wanted to keep it in place. They both sat silently for several minutes, until Tech decided to speak up.

"I shouldn't have said anything at all," He paused, "I'm sorry."

Lexi waited for him to continue, her heart still beating rapidly from Tech's outburst. She gathered her thoughts together to prepare herself for what Tech was about to tell her. Tech sighed to himself and continued.

"It's just that…" he trailed off yet again.

"That what?" her patience was beginning to tire.

"You know what? Just forget it. Forget we ever had this conversation." Tech shrugged off Lexi's hand from his shoulder. He stood up and quickly began to head towards the doorway. Tech had almost made his exit, but Lexi blocked his path by spreading her arms across the doorframe.

"Tech, you can't just forget this as if nothing happened," she leaned in closer, "Emotions don't have regenerative capabilities like you!"

He remained quiet as he and Lexi were face to face, both eyeing each other starkly. Lexi stood firm, determined to not let Tech pass until he explained himself. Tech on the other hand softened his look.

"I'm sorry," he looked down.

"You've already apologized but you sti-"

"No, I'm sorry for this…"

Tech advanced forward and brashly pressed his lips onto Lexi's. The kiss, completely throwing the bunny off guard, caused her to release her grip from the doorframe as she fell into his embrace and grabbed onto him for support.

Realizing his act of impulsiveness, he swiftly broke away. The two remained stationary at the doorway. Lexi held her fingers to her lips, unsure of what to think of what befell between her and her comrade.

"Why?" she softly whispered.

"I- "

The elevator chime sounded off as the doors slid open, Tech whirled around to see the metal doors slide apart as the second unexpected guest stepped into the med-lab.

" 'Ey Tech, how ya doin'?" Ace jovially walked over to where the two were standing.

Tech nervously chuckled, "I'm alright,"

"We're all goin' out to grab some grub, 'cause Slam's totally annihilated da fridge yet again," Ace jested, "Ya comin'?"

"Where to?" he asked.

"We dunno yet. Any suggestions?"

"Not really, but I don't think I'll be joining you guys. I'm probably going to rest here, but I suppose you can bring me back something nice."

"A doggie bag?" Ace grinned.

Tech's face twitched.

"I'm kiddin'!" The male bunny laughed. "Well, da rest o'dem are waitin' downstairs, ya sure ya don't wanna join us?"

The coyote waved a hand in front of his face, "Go on without me."

"Suit yaself," Ace shrugged as put an arm around Lexi.

Lexi weakly smiled and walked with Ace into the elevator pod. She gazed at Tech as he slumped over onto the workbench. He turned his head to see the two disappear behind the elevator doors.

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"Man, I am starvin'!" Ace said in amusement as his stomach growled.

Lexi watched the levels count down on the digital screen.

"Lex, ya feelin' ok?" Ace asked, with a worried look on his face, "Ya look as if someone died."

"Huh?" her attention was obviously somewhere else.

"You sick or somethin'?" he put a hand on her forehead.

"No," she replied, "I don't think so."

Ace pouted as he watched the digital screen count down the levels until it reached the ground floor. The two stepped out to meet with Rev, Danger and Slam.

"Where's-Tech? I-thought-he'd-b-" Rev asked, looking for his friend.

"What took so long?" Danger interjected.

"Tech's staying back here at HQ." Ace replied.

"I'll bet he's just going to work on his inventions again," Danger rolled his eyes, "I guess that's one less to split the bill with."

"Let'im be, he needs da rest anyways." Ace shrugged, "So, we jettin'?"

"Ace, I think I'm going to stay back as well," Lexi responded.

"You are?"

"Yeah…"

"Well, I guess it's just the four of us," Ace sighed and then turned to Lexi, "You take care o'yaself, 'kay?"

Lexi nodded and waved to the four as they left the base. As soon as they were out of sight, she headed to her quarters and fell back into her hammock.

Tech, what have you done?

Please R&R :)
KJ