"Hey, Gabby!"

"Hey, guys!" Gabby turned to see Blaze and AJ dragging an almost-scrapped Speedeick with a tow. "Woah, is that Speedrick?! What happened?!"

"He got beaten up by Pickle too many times to count," Blaze told her, shaking his head as he unhooked him from his tow and detransformed. He couldn't even count how many times he had to transform into a tow truck that day.

"He also got beaten up by Stripes and Prider," AJ added. "Once by each of them, but Pickle did the recent damage,"

"How did he manage to piss off Pickle SO MANY TIMES?!" Gabby demanded, grabbing her tools and dragging them towards the injured truck.

"Flirting with Crusher," Blaze said.

"Flirting only results to a truck getting thrown off buildings, not a full-on beat down," Gabby pointed out as she started the repairs.

"Also… kidnapping," AJ sighed.

"KIDNAPPING?!" Gabby slapped Speedrick, causing him to yelp. "What are you even thinking?!"

"DAMN, YOU'RE STRONG!" the truck-turned race car hissed in pain.

"ANSWER ME!"

"I WANT LIGHTNING BOY!" Speedrick whined. "I WANT HIM! I WANT HIM!"

"So do many trucks, but they don't go THAT far!" Gabby snarled. "I mean, Blaze never went THAT far,"

"Again, I liked him ONE TIME!" Blaze defended. "ONE TIME!"

"Eh, I like to be persistent," Speedrick shrugged.

"Well, looks like your 'persistence' isn't really paying off," Gabby groaned.

"Just fix me already," Speedrick huffed.

Gabby sighed but complied. "Guys, maybe you should send him back to Velocity Ville already,"

"HEY! WE HAVEN'T FINISHED THE TOUR!" Speedrick opposed.

"But if you don't go, you'll just end up getting beaten up again!" Gabby growled, frustrated. "It's not easy to fix trucks, you know!"

"Oh boy…" AJ grimaced as they watched their friends argue. "Should we do something…?"

"You tell me," Blaze shrugged. "Haven't you and Gabby argued before?"

"Hey! That was one time, and I backed down first before I could see her inner rage,"

"Yeah, you had a love quarrel before you two even got together," Blaze murmured.

"What are you talking about?" AJ raised an eyebrow. "We're just friends,"

"…dammit, AJ," Blaze face-palmed.

"Just fix me already, god dammit!" Speedrick yelled.

"First of all, SHUT THE FUCK UP before Pickle hears you because you are using that kind of words." Gabby snarled. "And second, EXCUSE ME, but did you just COMMAND me to fix you?!"

"Well, you're a mechanic!" Speedrick yelled out. "It's your fucking job to fix me, so get to it!"

"At least be a little nicer about it," Gabby rolled her eyes as she grabbed her wrench to continue the repairs.

"I ain't being nice to some white brat." Speedrick hissed.

Apparently, that was a word too far as Gabby stiffened, her hand gripping her wrench dangerously as she gritted her teeth.

"Is THAT how we're playing now, are we?" she smirked but calmed it down with a small smile. "You know what? I just remembered that I built a machine to help fix all the monster machines that Pickle had beaten up!"

"How do you have a machine for something so specific?" Blaze asked.

"Reasons," Gabby walked off and returned with a tall robot. "This is the Mega-Fixer. It can fix and repair monster machines that are badly damaged,"

"FINALLY! Some good repairs other than from some white brat," Speedrick grinned.

Gabby rolled her eyes and pressed a button, activating the robot. As soon as the Mega-Fixer got to work, she turned to AJ and Blaze with a smile.

"Come on, guys, let's leave the machine to do it's work. I need to talk to you two,"

"Uh… okay…?" Blaze and AJ shrugged as they followed the girl out of the garage.

As soon as they were far enough, Gabby huffed and crossed her arms.

"How long are you two going to bear him?"

"He's still our friend, Gabby," Blaze told her. "He's had a bad past, and—"

"No, NO, CRUSHER has had a bad past, and he's bearable," Gabby pointed out.

"I know, I don't want him around anymore either," AJ groaned. "But we promised to give him a tour of the whole city and one race before we send him back,"

"Well, the next race is tomorrow…" Gabby groaned. "Man, this is going to be a LONG day…"

"It's alright, Gabby," Blaze assured her. "We just need to bear with him a little longer. He should be more bearable with that machine of yours,"

"How come we've never seen you use it before tho?" AJ asked.

"…it's not tested," Gabby chuckled nervously. "It's a prototype,"

"What?" Blaze's eyes widened. "But… you said—"

"Well, I do, and no truck that Pickle has beaten up had survived," Gabby grinned with a wince.

"Oh no…"

"GAH!" Speedrick's screams echoed out as it came from the garage. "BLAZE! AJ! HEEEEEELP!"

"Eh, serves him right," Gabby shrugged.

"Yes… but if we do the same, aren't we acting the same as him?" Blaze frowned.

"We've bear with him for this long," AJ told him. "Let's have a little fun listening to his screams,"

CRASH!

"HEEEEEEELP!"

"We've watched him scream for like, 10 minutes already," Blaze raised an eyebrow. "I don't think I can last that long,"

CRASH! BOOM!

"BLAZE, SAVE MEEEE!"

"Just 5 minutes this time?" Gabby asked.

"HEEEEELP! PLEASE!"

"Fine, 5 minutes," Blaze sighed. "That's all,"

"SAVE MEEEE!"

"Starting now," AJ took out a timer. "So, what do you guys wanna do while we wait?"