xvintagefatcow: ok so au prompt where darington and pickle dated speedrick in highschool, and he dated them at the same time without them knowing and they found out and got revenge and support from friends
"ARGH!" Pickle growled as he separated himself from the group.
"Hey, Pickle," Darington greeted him. "Why so mad?"
"Guess who's here?" Pickle gritted his teeth, glaring back at a certain person at the group.
Darington was confused until he passed the green truck to check. He narrowed his eyes at their friends before his eyes widened in horror.
"Oh no..."
"Yep." Pickle hissed. "It's... HIM."
"Speedrick." Darington glared at the monster machine-turned race car. "What the hell is he doing here?!"
"Blaze and AJ befriended him," Pickle sighed.
"Of COURSE B would do that," Darington groaned. "He befriends anyone and everyone, even when they don't deserve it,"
"What's up with you two?" Crusher asked, driving from behind them before looking up at the group. "And who the hell is that?"
"Speedrick." Pickle was gritting his teeth as he spat out the name. "Our... ex,"
"Oh, I see- wait, 'our'?" Crusher glanced at him then turned to Darington. "You too?"
"Unfortunately." Darington frowned. "He was a complete ass."
"Huh, isn't this an interesting tale for you two to tell," Crusher chuckled.
"Maybe later," Pickle waved him off and turned away. "I can't STAND at least SEEING that bitch,"
"Me neither," Darington shook his head and turned to follow the other. "We'll be at the garage if anyone needs us,"
Crusher frowned as he watched the two take their leave. He turned back to the group, watching as Speedrick began flirting with Watts. He snorted.
"Oh, I'm starting to see why..." he smirked before driving towards them.
Starla growled and was being held back by Stripes and Zeg. Gabby was staring at AJ and Blaze with a questioning look. The red truck looked guilty as he shrugged nonchalantly. Crusher rolled his eyes at his rival as he approached them.
"Hey, who's this?" he asked innocently.
"The name's Speedrick," said monster machine-turned race car turned to him with the usual smile of a playboy. "And what's your name, lightning boy?~"
"Crusher," Crusher turned to his rival. "Blaze, what is it with you and befriending assholes?"
"He befriended you," Stripes deadpanned.
"I'm an introverted cheater," Crusher corrected. "There's a difference,"
"He's actually right," Watts shrugged.
"Aw, that's so mean!" Speedrick brought out his crocodile tears. "How could you say that to me?!"
"I just did, so yeah," Crusher rolled his eyes once more at the drama. "At least I know what I am,"
"That's fair," Starla snickered.
"Come on, guys, play nice," AJ told them.
"We did, and Speedrick decided to flirt with Watts," Gabby crossed her arms.
"Okay..." Blaze took a deep breath and turned to Speedrick. "Speedrick, maybe you should apologize,"
"Well, I didn't know that she wasn't single," Speedrick defended with a huff.
Crusher face-palmed before taking out his phone to text the group using their chat. There was a PING! and everyone took out their phones to find a message from their group chat.
[Crusher: Pickle and Darry are at the garage. They're both Speedrick's exes, and they hate him like hell]
[Blaze: Are you sure?]
[Crusher: Do you see them anywhere around here at the moment?]
[Stripes: That's fair. Let's head to the garage]
"Hey, Speedrick," AJ spoke up, looking up from his phone first. "Can you stay here for a moment? We just need to talk about something,"
"Eh, sure, whatever," Speedrick shrugged and took out a mirror and comb to fix up his hair.
Starla rolled her eyes but managed to ignore him as they turned to drive off to the garage. They all entered to see Darington with a huge white board while Pickle was drawing some kind of plan on it with a marker. Blaze blinked at them in surprise.
"Uh, guys...?"
Both trucks turned to them with a humming question. Crusher tilted his head.
"What're you two up to?" he asked.
"Vengeance," they replied.
"Really?" Watts was surprised.
"What for?" Stripes questioned.
Darington sighed and set the white board down. "Vengeance... for what Speedrick did,"
"I'm sure Crusher told you that Speedrick is our exes?" Pickle guessed.
"Yeah, he did," Starla nodded. "What about it?"
"There's something messed up that he did when he was dating us," Darington growled. "And it's the sentence that makes it irritating,"
"Wait, 'us'?" Stripes's eyebrows raised up in shock. "Oh god, he's a playboy, isn't he?"
"Yep, pretty much." Pickle gritted his teeth.
"What... oh," Watts's eyes widened in realization. "He dated you both at the same time?!"
"That not right," Zeg shook his head.
"That's totally messed up," Gabby shook her head.
"When did you guys find out?" Blaze asked.
"Pickle and I met up for a school project, and well, we found out there," Darington sighed. "We talked to Speedrick about it, and he shoved us down, telling us to just be quiet and be grateful that he dated us when we liked him,"
"That bastard!" Crusher snarled.
"Who intiated the break-up?" AJ questioned.
"We told our parents, who told the school, who suspended Speedrick," Pickle shrugged. "It was our way of 'breaking up' with him, but it wasn't... vengeance enough,"
"Oh, is that what you're planning?" Stripes drove over to the white board.
"Yep!" Darington grinned. "Wanna help us out?"
"Vengenace against that dumbass who thinks he's so 'amazing'?" Starla smirked. "Count us in!"
"Hooray!" Pickle beamed.
"I don't know, guys..." Blaze frowned. "I don't like what he did either, but vengeance don't always go so well,"
"He tried to assault us a day after the break-up," Darington deadpanned.
Blaze's eyes widened before zooming over next to them. "Okay, so what do you guys have planned?"
Crusher chuckled and drove to his best friend's side as they all gathered around the white board to help with the plan...
*Later*
"Hey, Speedrick!"
Speedrick turned to see Blaze and AJ driving over at him. "Oh, hey, Blaze, AJ. What's up?"
"We're throwing you a party to welcome you to the city," Blaze replied. "Come on!"
"A party? For me?" Speedrick smirked and kept his comb and mirror. "Oh, lead the way,"
AJ had to keep himself from rolling his eyes at the other's tone as he took the steering wheel and turned for him and Blaze to lead the way. They drove through the streets and headed to the Monster Dome. As they did, there were those monster machines waving hello to them, at Blaze and AJ more specifically, but Speedrick liked to take the credit of all the greetings.
"Alright, we're here!" Blaze turned to the other with a grin before heading inside.
Speedrick stroked his hair back with a confident expression as he followed after his friend. The whole dome was full of balloons and streamers while banners of Speedrick's pictures hung from the ceiling. Stripes, Watts, Starla, Gabby, Crusher and Zeg were with Blaze and AJ. They waved over at him.
"Hey, he's here!" Gabby cried out.
"Hey, Speedrick!" Stripes greeted with a smile. "Welcome to your party!"
"I think we started off at the wrong tire," Starla said. "so we decided to throw ya a little surprise to celebrate you're arrival here!"
"Oh, this was definitely a necessity!" Speedrick cackled. "A party! All for me, all about me!"
"Take the stage, and we've got something to give you," Watts spoke, pointing to the announcer's stand. "As our way of saying welcome to the city!"
"Oh yeah! A present for moi!" Speedrick jumped over at the stand. "Go ahead, my new friends! Bring me the gift!"
"If you say so..." Crusher snickered and had to hold in a snort. "Darry, Pickle, come on out!"
Speedrick froze at the names, his whole body tensing as he watched the stunt truck and the green truck appear from behind the shadows, a pair of smirks on their faces as they drove out.
"Ah shit." Speedrick gulped and tried to find his way to escape. "Um, Blaze..."
"Leaving so soon, Speedrick?" Blaze faked a concerned expression, raising an eyebrow at the other. "But we haven't gotten to the best part yet!"
"B-Best part...?" Speedrick swallowed, watching as his friend drove towards the stunt truck.
"Hey, B~" Darington was enveloped into a hug before they shared a kiss. "I heard our old 'friend' is in Axle City,"
"And we wanted to see him ourselves!" Pickle laughed, his voice with an... eerie feeling in it as Crusher drove to his side. "Hey, hon! Did you meet our ex already?"
"Your ex?" Crusher feigned a surprised look. "I thought Speedrick was just your friend!"
"He's your ex?!" Darington gasped. "What a coincidence! He's my ex too! When did you start dating him, Pickle?"
"High school, second year," Pickle replied casually. "You?"
"Wow! So did we!" Darington smiled and snuck a glare to the monster machine-turned race car. "How strange!"
"Really strange," Watts agreed, going to them with a 'curious' look. "Hey, Darry, when did you start dating him?"
"By the start of the school year," Darington answered.
"Really?!" Pickle let out a gasp. "So did I!"
'Idiots.' Speedrick rolled his eyes. "You two know that already,"
"So, you're not rejecting it, then?" Stripes turned to him a scowl.
Speedrick gulped. It was then that he realized his mistake and that he had been fooled.
"G-Guys, I can explain-"
"No, I don't think you can." Blaze glared at him coldly.
"You just admitted the fact that you dated them both at the same time." Starla snarled. "That... Do you know how WRONG that sounds?!"
"How could he?" Darington hissed, his smile turning sharp. "He's such a bastard, thinking he could do anything he wants,"
"Speedrick have no right to hurt friends like that!" Zeg roared.
"You should be ashamed!" Gabby cried out. "Not only do you hit on Watts and Crusher on your first day here, but you also shamelessly admit that you did such an infidelity at such a young age!"
"Have you no shame?!" Watts demanded. "Darry and Pickle both liked you, and you played them like they were nothing!"
"Eh, it's not my fault that they were so desperate to date me," Speedrick scoffed.
"Oh, is that how you're gonna be?" Crusher gritted his teeth as his inventing pouch glowed to release two large robots. "Very well. We can play your game, right, everyone?"
Everyone else seemed to agree with the cheater before towering over the monster machine-turned race car. Speedrick gulped and turned to Blaze and AJ for help, but the two took out their own weapons and grinned darkly.
It was then Speedrick realized that he had sealed his faith.