Love in Racing
Chapter 4: Fullfilling Dreams
Kevin stood there in the basement about to turn the power back on when something familiar hit him. Shaking the feeling off "And Kevin said let there be light!" As the lights slowly fluttered to life Kevin felt King Bowser's lips upon his own. Kevin wasn't scared or even upset leaning forward he began to kiss the king back as their tongues danced around each others mouth a loud crack snapped the silence. Kevin bolted up right in his bed "Great, what a nightmare," he mutter holding his aching head. Another knock came from the wooden door that had awaken Kevin from his slumber "Come in!" He shouted and a servant koopa slowly enter. The servant poked his head in "Come on I wont bite just make it quick I got a ton of work after leaving here," the servant nodded holding up a silver platter with a couple of aspirins and a cup of water. "King Bowser wish for you to join him and his obnoxious kids for breakfast. Breakfast should be ready in fifteen minute," Watching Kevin pop the pill he nearly choked on them by what the servant called the koopaling. Kevin got out of bed and rummeged through some old clothes he brought just in case something like this were to happen. The servant looked away as Kevin was still in his boxer grabbing clothes "May I leave sir?" "Can you wait for me to pop in and out of the shower I don't know where the dining hall is," Kevin replied.
After a well deserved shower the servant and Kevin walked to the dining hall with his head felling better Kevin burst through the doors shouting "Through the double doors away!" With an awkward grin he waved to all the koopalings there was one person missing, Bowser. Taking a seat they waited for Bowser to arrive "where is King Dad? I am starving!" Roy piped up "Well you look like you could lose a few pounds tubby! Why not skip a meal or two tub tubs," The table erupted in laughter Lemmy was laughing so hard that he feel out of his seat "Who said that!" Roy roared furiously. All claws point to Kevin, with a look of shock thinking no one would rat him out Kevin pointed to Morton. "He said it not me!" Kevin lied as he tried to plead innocent. Roy turned to get out of his seat then Bowser walked in with a "Good Morning children! And Kevin," Bowser sat at the opposite end of the table as Kevin "Good morning Kind Dad," They all sang in unison. The servants quickly made there way around the table handing everyone their meal a servant slid the plate in front of Kevin nodding in silence thanks he stared at the plate then up at the others. Watch all the koopalings scarfing down their eggs bacon and toast he made eye contact with Bowser with the flash of Kevin's dream surfacing like a submarine the two looked away. With a fork in one hand Kevin sees Iggy's hand crawling towards his plate slamming the fork centimeters for Iggy's hand Kevin stare at the koopa "Never try to steal my bacon!" Kevin growled and with that it was the opportunity the rest were looking for. The questions rushed in like children late for school. "Do you know how to fight?" Roy asked "Do you like rock and roll? Morton chirped "Do I look pretty?" Wendy asked "Can you paint?" Junior asked "Can you hurry up and fix my lab?" Bowser scowled and before Iggy or Lemmy could ask "Would you brats SHUT UP! You don't need to bother our guest like this," Slumping down in his seat he stared at Kevin who was now shoveling scramble eggs into his mouth. Kevin smiled and began to answer the questions in the order they were received "I have a black belt in Karate also I spent a couple of years in boxing, so I can hold my own. I love rock and roll my two favorite band are Red Hot Chili Peppers and Rage Against the Machine. Wendy there is no need for all that make up you look like a clown. Junior sorry buddy I cant paint pictures I only paint cars." Stuffing the last piece of toast Kevin bowed greatly muttering thanks for the meal he runs off to finish his job. Poking his head back in the dining hall "Oh Wendy, Lemmy and Iggy told me to say that so pummel them not me," scooting off Kevin goes to find Ludwigs lab.
After a few seconds of walking Kevin turns his head to the sound of shouting there was a figure in the distance Keivn's muscles tensed up ready to run from the freakishly manly Wendy. Put to ease he hears Ludwig crying out "Hey you didn't answer my question!" With a sly smirk Kevin step aside bowing gently "Well then show me the way". Walking through the labyrinths of hallways they made it to the lab. Ludwing and Kevin had to pry the sliding doors open just to get in. Unlike the rest of the castle Ludwig's laboratory was completely ran on eletricity. Turing on a his head mounted flashlight Kevin searches the room examining test tubes filled with strange liquids jars filled with what Kevin could imagine is organs from several species he quickly looked away as the sound of impatient foot tapping filling the darken room. "Well can you fix it?" Kevin glared at Ludwig, but the expression was lost in the darkness. "Well Ludwig Rome wasn't built in a day, so you think I can fix your lab in the matter of seconds," Kevin explain "What the hell is Rome?" Ludwig asked irritatingly as Kevin was about to turn around and explain he thought it would be faster to just to fix it and get out. Spying the circuit breaker box it was just as Kevin suspected "Geez guys or emmmm koops can you give me challenge?" he asked not thinking anyone heard`him. Ludwig was still standing there waiting for Kevin to finish until he heard what Kevin said "What is that suppose to mean?" Ludwig asked rudely. Kevin's smile at Ludwig with a raised eyebrow the koopaling he could see the toothy grin, but not the human behind the lever the lights began to flicker after a few seconds the lab was completely lit. Kevin look at a Go-Kart in the middle slowly sauntering to the vehicle Kevin ask "You going to enter the Mushroom Amateur Cup?" Placing his claws firmly on his hips "Well yeah idiot why else would I have a Go Kart," Ludwigs voice had that thick German and Kevin couldn't help but to surpress a chuckle. "Well Go Karts are awesome! Well I will leave you to your poorly tuned Kart," Kevin smiled as he patted Ludwig's shoulder and walked off. Shaking his head in confidence "Hey what do you mean poorly TUNED I Am genius!" He shouted hoping Kevin heard.
Kevin heard Ludwig but he didn't care. All Kevin needed to do was find Bowser the thoughts of their basement mishap filled Kevin's mind "Damn it all! This is going to haunt me forever," He spoke to himself "This place haunts my dreams too," Kevin jumped three feet in the air being startled by the servant he didn't see. Straightening out his shirt and clearing his throat "uhhh humm Yes it does indeed are you headed to Bowser," The servant nodded "Well then lead the way! Onward to adventure! And Money!" Kevin shouted pointing in the air, the koopa servant couldn't help but chuckle. The two made their way through various hallways and staircases they finally made it to Bowser's study the koopa servant gulped heavily knocking on the door. "It is about time come in come in!" Bowser growled through the door. The servant began to shake violently, Kevin rolled his eyes and snatched the bottle and glasses off the platter "Go! I'll take care of him!" He yelled in a hush tone "I am waiting you know how I hate waiting!" Shouted the Koopa stepped in holding the two glasses and a bottle that was name Crown Koopa "Ohh! Kevin you got everything that I asked for. I even wanted to talk to you," Placing the items on the table Bowser motioned to a sit where Kevin flopped down in a rather large chair. Bowser shuffled some papers around quickly stuffing an envelope into his desk "Pour me one," Bowser said looking at the bottle Kevin smiled as he open the bottle and poured the liquid into the glasses. After Bowser cleared his desk the King grabbed a glass "A toast for new friends and new prosperity of the Dark Lands," "Also a toast for all the hella cool surprises that are in store for us," Bowser chuckled at Kevin's toast "I'll drink to that," Lifting their glasses high into the air Kevin figured out what the liquid was a potent alcohol. Cough lightly Kevin looks up to see Bowser laughing heartily "I can see how you can breath fire now! Anyways everything is fixed I haft to get going to other jobs sooooo yeah here is your..." Kevin was interrupted as Bowser threw a large bag of coins onto the desk "Okay then Kevin it was a pleasure to have you here, and there is a bit more for keeping your mouth shut about the basement incident," Nodding in silent agreement Kevin picks up the hefty bag before leaving Kevin hands Bowser a piece of paper "My personal cell in case you can't reach me at the shop have a good day King Bowser," with a gracious bow Kevin walks away.
After leaving the castle Kevin's day seem to be simple with minor repairs on his plate he finishes early. Stopping slowly in the garage Kevin then turns his attention to the kart that was left abandon by it's previous owner. "Well let's see engine looks fair maybe a new set spark plugs and piston rings and it should be good," as Kevin diagnosed his new kart the engine was already left in pieces in a neat and orderly fashion "Now I know this is going to need a stronger drive train and I will haft to fabricate a manual gear shift," Kevin had no love for automatic vehicles they were always heavier slower and wasted more fuel that they needed to run. With most of the kart dismantled Kevin walks to the phone and browses the Koopa pages, after a few seconds of searching he then dials a number "Yes Koopa Corp I need to place an order," Pausing for a moment listening to the sales person on the phone. Looking at his large bags of coins "How will I be paying? You accept coins on delivery right?"
Author Note
Now I we are at the end of the forth chapter, and I am really surprised how many people have actually read this. Thank you so much for reading my story. Now next time in Love in Racing qualifying begin! Let's roll out!
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