By Mutitoon90
Chapter Four: The Cupid Problem
Luna's friends went home because of their families. Mimi was excused since she called her mother earlier and told her that her cousin, Rev, was there. The Loonatics were enjoying the guestrooms that the Red Wolf clan provided them. Ace took the pullout couch in the living room, Lexi took the party room mercy bed, Duck, Rev and Slam have their own room, and Tech took the library mercy bed. The six heroes were ready to sleep.
Meanwhile in Luna's room, Mimi started a talk.
"Come on, Lulu!" Mimi exclaimed, "We know that you like him!"
"Who are we, Mimi, 'cause I don't see anyone else here." Luna said near loud.
"You know who I mean: Kelly, Rebecca, Lizzie, and me!" The roadrunner replied.
"Well, they're not here." The wolf argued, "So, you're out of luck."
"Come on-"
"Mimi, I don't need any help with my love life!" Luna exclaimed quietly, so she would not disturb the household.
"Please!" The roadrunner begged her friend.
"Mimi, I know you! You think you can play Cupid whenever a guy comes into my life!" the red wolf exclaimed softly.
Mimi continued to beg as she grabbed Luna's leg.
"No!"
"With a cherry on top."
"Not even with chocolate sauce, whipped cream, sprinkles, and a cherry."
The bird gave up; whenever Luna said those words, she was quite serious. She released the leg.
"Okay, I wouldn't mess with your love life." Mimi announced to her friend.
"Good to hear." The wolf said with a grin on her face. She started off to her bed. Mimi went to the pullout couch.
With a mischievous grin on her beck, Mimi said under her breath, "I'll mess with Tech's."
The next morning, Tech was awakened but the scent of bacon and pancakes.
"Now, that's cooking!" He said to himself.
He got out of bed, dressed himself in a dark green shirt and black jeans, and hurried into the kitchen. He entered the kitchen, saying, "I sure hope that Mrs. Red Wolf doesn't mind if…"
He bumped into a robed Luna, who was walking back to the oven she was cooking on.
"Ow!" Both canines said in unison.
Tech got up and offered a hand to help her on her feet, but Luna refused and picked herself up.
"Thanks." The wolf said to Tech.
"For what exactly?" The coyote said, thinking she was being rude.
"For being a gentleman."
Luna's words surprised the intellectual canine.
"Hi-guys!-Whatcha-up-to?"
Rev entered the kitchen. Tech and Luna regained their composure and stepped back from each other.
"Tech, why do you go out and see how damaged your vehicle is." The she-wolf suggested.
"I think you're right." The coyote said, nervous about how Rev would see Luna's compliment.
As soon as Tech left the room, Rev started to interrogate Luna.
"What's-going-on-between-you-and-Tech?"
"Nuttin'" The wolf said and returned to the stove to finish cooking.
The roadrunner, however, refused to be ignored.
"Come-on-Luna!-I-know-you-very-well,-almost-as-good-as…"
Luna turned to Rev and gave him the sarcastic 'Did-you-figure-it-out?' look.
In an unusually slow speed, Rev asked, "Mimi again?"
"Yep."
"Oh, boy." The roadrunner said in the slow rate he set.
"I know." The she-wolf said as she grabbed a random cup from a cabinet.
"I remember the times she would try to get me a date." Rev said as he sank into a chair.
"Everytime a guy walks into my life, she decides to play Cupid." Luna ranted as she poured some coffee into the cup she grabbed.
"No joke there." The bird agreed.
The red wolf carried the cup to the table and sat it there before she sat herself in another chair, asking herself, "What am I going to do?"
It was a few seconds when Rev perked up his head.
Luna, who knew Rev like a distant cousin, knew well enough what the male roadrunner thought.
"An idea?"
"Yep.-Is-there-any-'hard'-question-you-know?"
Luna grinned.
Later in the morning, Willie, Lizzie, and Rebecca came to Luna's house. Kelly could not be there because she had to work at the Moonshiners.
The Loonatics enjoyed the breakfast that Luna made as well as her friends.
"This is great." Ace said before eating another bite of the pancakes Luna made.
"Yeah." Lexi agreed, wiping her mouth with a napkin.
"This is pretty good, if you're into pancakes." Duck said, trying to hide his true feelings about the food.
"Man!-This-is-great!-Luna's-pancakes-are-world-class!-I-can-live-off-of-her-food!" Rev raved happily, causing Luna to blush in a bright red.
"Rev!" The Red Wolf complained loudly.
"What?" The roadrunner asked, shrugging his shoulders.
Slam spoke in gibberish, agreeing with the others.
"Thanks." Luna said, enjoying the look on Duck's face; she knew that the mallard was trying to hide the fact that he liked the food, but he was failing horribly.
Luna's friends snickered at the fact that Duck was doing a terrible job of hiding his pleasure from the food. The other Loonatics also giggled to themselves.
"Luna, you're a natural chef." Tech complimented.
"I learned how to cook, because my mom hates to cook." The wolf explained.
"Really?" The coyote asked as he placed more food into his mouth.
"Yep." Mimi confirmed.
"No joke there." Lizzie said, enjoying her breakfast.
Rebecca nodded her head in agreement.
"It's da best!" Willie announced to the whole table.
Duck huffed loudly as he ate his pancakes. Then, he gagged on the bite.
"Not again!" Luna yelled as she ran to the suffocating Duck.
The wolf got behind Duck, encircled her arms around his chest, and started to do an anti-choking maneuver.
"Plates, up! Heads, down!" The brown mouse yelled out.
"What about Duck?" Tech asked loudly.
The Red Wolf child managed to help Duck dislodge the piece of food that was stuck in his throat. The piece of pancake bounced from the table and landed on Tech's head.
A chorus of the group saying 'ew' and 'gross' roared across the table, while Luna fell into the floor in a fit of laughter.
"Sorry, Tech." The laughing lupine said, "It's not everyday that someone gets hit with pre-chewed pancakes."
"I don't find anything amusing about this." The coyote announced while grabbing a napkin.
"Neither do I." Duck declared, shoving his food to Slam.
Luna, having regained her composure, offered to help Tech clean up in the other room. As soon the two left the room, Mimi started to speak her mind.
"Those two should be together! I'm just wondering why they're beatin' around the bush."
"Mimi, I don't think that you should be so involved into Luna's love life." Rebecca said to the confident roadrunner.
"Are you saying that I'm butting into Luna's life?" The bird asked the mouse.
"Not her life," The brown mouse replied, "just her love life."
"Okay, let's make a bet." Mimi said, "Not with money, of course."
"What do you propose?"
"Okay, let's see who can bring Tech and Luna together." The female bird said with a grin.
"And if one should lose?"
Mimi giggled.
"well, I have to work this afternoon, so I think the loser should take my shift."
"Waiting on the winner." Rebecca added.
"Good one." The girl bird said.
"So, it's a bet?"
"You got it."
The mouse and the female roadrunner shook hands to seal the bargain.
"This is going to be interesting." Lizzie said as she finished the last of her pancakes.
"I-think-I-forgot-something-in-my-room." Rev said, excusing himself from the table.
No seemed to mind the male roadrunner's leave, making his escape much easier.
It took him a few moments to find Luna, who was leaning against a wall.
"Luna,-we-have-a-problem." Rev reported with a salute.
"Cut on the military stuff, and tell me what's wrong." The red wolf commanded.
The roadrunner took a deep breath, and then spoke.
"It-happened-like-this.-After-you-and-Tech-left,-Mimi-started-complaining-about-that-you-and Tech-were-such-a-possible-couple,-that-I-can-agree-her,-and-I-was-about-to-say-something-then-Rebecca-said-that-she-doesn't-agree-with-her-meddling-in-your-love-life.-So,"
"Wait a minute," Luna interrupted, "You agree with Mimi?"
"Yeah." Rev said meekly.
"Okay, everyone's entitled to their own opinion." The wolf said, "And, what's this about Rebecca?"
"Rebecca-made-a-bet-with-Mimi-that-whoever-gets-you-Tech-together-will-be waited-on-by-the-loser,-who-has-to-take-Mimi's-shift-at-the-coffee-shop."
"Whose idea is it for the loser waiting on the winner?" Luna asked her friend's cousin.
"Rebecca."
The Red Wolf was surprised that Rebecca suggested such a thing.
"I just hope Rebecca's not as forceful like Mimi."
"Oh, yeah." Rev answered in a slow tone.
So, after Tech was cleaned up and breakfast was over, the group of eleven rode by car or motorcycle to Fangs Auto shop. The group was surprised that Kelly was there, waiting for them.
"Hiya, Fangters." The dog joked.
Luna was the first to speak to the German shepherd.
"Kelly, I thought…"
"I know. I got finished early, so I thought that I'd see you at the shop." Kelly explained herself.
"Kelly!" The dog's five friends exclaimed at her.
"What?"
"Never mind." Luna said, "I've got work to do."
"Hey, don't forget: That's my vehicle." Tech told Luna.
"Good point." The wolf admitted, "Let's go."
"Hey! Don't forget us!" Mimi yelled, dragging Rebecca along.
"Why?" Luna asked.
"Why can't I watch my friend?" The roadrunner asked, "And, Rebecca wants to watch you too."
A few moments of thinking, the wolf said, "Okay. Come on."
The two canines entered the auto shop, leaving the others to talk to Kelly.
"Oh, man." Willie started, "You would not believe what's going on!"
"What?"
"Mimi and Rebecca made a bet."
Kelly was so shocked at the words that it took her a few moments to speak again.
"What?"
"It's true." Lizzie backed Willie.
"What's the bet?" Kelly asked excited.
"Who ever gets Luna and Tech together will be served coffee by the loser." Lexi explained.
"It was Mimi's idea about the shift," Ace explained, "but it was Rebecca who added that the loser served the winner."
Kelly, the one who would think of some smart comeback, was at a loss of words.
"Kel?" Willie asked the speechless dog.
"KEL!" Lizzie yelled, snapping Kelly out of her trance.
"What? What?"
"Ya zoned out!" Duck said with fake concern in his voice.
Slam 'lectured' the mallard about his 'worries' towards Luna's friends.
"So?" Duck asked in mock curiosity.
Then, Duck floated into the air. Most of the group laughed at the mallard's dismay.
"Put me down!" The black bird begged as he helplessly flew around.
As the others laughed Ace noticed that Lizzie's eyes were glowing white.
"I think this would be very useful from being bored."
In the auto shop, Tech and Luna were in uniform, fixing the vehicle's engine.
"You're lucky; it's just the engine, or you and your friends would be in here for a week or so." Luna said with a generous grin on her face.
"I don't see the humor in that." Tech informed.
"Sorry." The wolf said meekly.
The coyote grinned.
"It's okay."
Then, a banana peel was thrown in front of the two canines. Luna, upon seeing the skin, looked for the one creature who would do something this predictable: Mimi.
"Mimi."
The roadrunner's head appeared, and said, "Yes?"
The wolf picked up the peel, so Mimi could see it, and said in a dead calm voice, "Come here."
"Uh-uh." Mimi said before disappearing behind the wall the bird appeared from.
"I thought so."
"Hey, what was that about?" Tech asked.
"Does this answer your question?" Luna said, holding the banana skin in her hand.
"Why would anyone would leave that on the floor?" The coyote asked, "If you ask me, that joke's overdone."
"I agree." The wolf said as she turned to the trash bin, "It's also used for love situations."
Tech blushed as he changed the subject.
"Let's get back to engine problem."
Luna giggled as she said, "Okay."
Mimi, who has been hiding, was thinking to herself.
"It wouldn't hurt to fan the flames a bit. It wouldn't hurt to be quiet too."
"You can say that again."
The roadrunner screamed as she heard the voice. She turned to find Kelly with a mischievous grin on her face.
"Don't scare me like that!"
"Sorry, but you know what I can do." Kelly said, keeping the grin on her face.
"Yeah, yeah." Mimi responded.
"Besides, I'm here for the fireworks." The dog said.
As the day dragged on, Mimi did many things to get Luna and Tech together.
First, she tried to take the data from the computer, making Luna ask for help from Tech, but Luna had an extra disk just in cause. Mimi gave up due to the fact that Luna had one disk, she would likely have more.
Next, Mimi caused a crate of leftover machines parts to fall near Tech. Tech, however, used his powers to magnetize the metal parts and place them onto the ground. Kelly laughed so hard that she almost fall down.
Then, Mimi tried to look for a cable cord, but unknown to her, Luna's father hid the cords so none of the employees would get hurt due to the fact that Luna knew about the bet. Kelly knew this, but never said a word.
Finally, Mimi gave up.
"I can't understand why those two aren't close!"
Kelly and Rebecca listened to the roadrunner's rants.
"Maybe they're not meant to be." The dog suggested.
The comment boiled the bird's blood.
"That's-stupid!-How-in-the-world-would-two-very-smart-canines-cannot,-and-I-repeat,-not,-be-attracted-to-each-other!"
"I haven't heard Mimi talk that way in a while." Luna announced as she entered the ladies' locker room.
"Oh, yeah." Kelly and Rebecca agreed.
Mimi would normally talk slow, but when enraged she can talk as fast as any member of her family. Her friends called it the 'double talk.'
"I have to go and do something." Rebecca announced to the girls.
"Then, go. No one's stopping you." Kelly said.
"Thanks." The mouse said, and she left.
She looked for Tech for a few minutes until she heard him talking to Luna's father.
"Okay, Luna usually locks up for the night, so that might be your chance." The elder wolf said with a wink.
Tech blushed as he said, "I'll make sure she locks up."
The wolf was dumbfounded by the coyote's words.
"Hey, Mr. Red Wolf. Hi, Tech." Rebecca greeted, acting quickly.
"Hi, Becky." Luna's father responded.
"Hi." Tech said, relieved that the mouse interrupted.
"Need to asked Tech something." Rebecca said.
"Okay. See you guys later." The male wolf said, leaving.
As soon as Luna's father left, the brown mouse asked Tech to help her with a problem, which caused the coyote to be uneasy, but he asked her if it was a problem for females.
"No, it's not." Rebecca answered.
Tech drew in a sigh of relief before he asked again.
"What is it?"
"If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?"
Tech took some time to think about the riddle.
"May I ask why you asked me that?" The coyote asked, still thinking about the question.
"Luna said she knew the answer, but before she could tell me, Mimi dragged her off to play some video games." Rebecca answered honestly.
"Really?" Tech asked, interested.
"Hey, guys." Luna said, coming out of the locker room with Kelly and Mimi.
"Hi." The brown mouse greeted friendly.
"Hey, Luna, can I ask a question?" Tech asked.
"Sure."
"Rebecca told me you knew the answer to one of the oldest questions."
"Oh, really?" The wolf asked, eyeing her mouse friend.
"Yeah." The coyote confirmed.
"So, what's the question?" Luna asked.
"The tree question." Tech answered.
"That?" The she-wolf asked, then she reflected before saying, "Well, I never really had the chance to explain it to anyone."
"How about you guys talk it over coffee? My treat." Rebecca said with a helpful tone in her voice.
Mimi shook her head as Luna and Tech agreed with the mouse.
"That's a great idea; sugar's always a good thing for shock." The she-wolf admitted to the coyote.
"Yeah. Know any good coffee shops?" Tech asked.
"I actually know someone who works at one." Rebecca confessed to the coyote, grinning at the female roadrunner.
"Why do I have a bad feeling about this?" Mimi asked Kelly, who was trying to hold back from laughing out loud.
At the Café Roadside, Mimi was in a red uniform, which was a dress with a white apron, carrying a tray of coffee.
"Hi, Mimi." Kelly shouted at the bird from the table where the eleven other teens sat at.
"Yeah, Yeah, I'm coming."
The working roadrunner came up to the table with the tray and placed the cups of coffee to the intended customers.
"Sound waves?" Tech said to himself, "Boy, do I feel dumb."
"Yeah, it's hard to understand that some of the brightest minds can be so confused by a question that's so easy to answer." Luna commented.
"Yeah." The coyote agreed unknowingly.
The group giggled.
"What?"
"Nothing." Lizzie replied, but Tech demanded to know what's so funny.
"You like Luna." Willie said rather bluntly.
The others laughed, excluding Tech and Luna, whom were blushing at the statement.
"What did I said?" The raccoon asked
"Man, Wolf girl's gotta crush!" Duck announced loudly.
"Yeah, Duck la a ice crush." The wolf said with blue light coming out of her eyes.
"Calm down, Lu." Mimi said as she picked up her tray, "No need to became the ice queen."
Luna rolled her eyes as the female roadrunner walked away.
"She's-right.-I-mean-she's-not-always-right,-like-when-she-tries-to-play-Cupid,-but-when-she's-right," Rev said, before the red wolf responded, "I get it!"
"Whoa, Luna. You gotta chill." Ace said, concerned about the daughter of his hosts.
"Wrong words." Kelly said, ducking under the table.
"Excuse me; I don't feel so good." Luna said, getting up from her chair and leaving the shop.
Kelly, along with Rebecca and Willie, whom also hid under the table, appeared and was shocked at their friend's actions.
"Something's wrong, I know it." Willie said out loud.
Every one at the table agreed.
"What's up with her?" Duck asked; he expected Luna to carry out her threat of turning him into an ice cube.
"That's the problem." Lizzie said, still calm and drinking her coffee.
"You mean you guys don't know!?" Lexi exclaimed at Luna's friends.
"Yep." Rebecca answered almost quietly.
"Talk about lousy friends." Duck said.
Slam slapped the mallard on the backside of the head.
"Ow!" Duck exclaimed, "What's that for?"
Slam explained his gibberish that Duck was wrong about Luna and her friends.
"So?"
Meanwhile, Mimi was thinking about why Luna was acting so rudely.
"I sure hope it wasn't me."
