"I'm real sorry. I've never seen Ein act that way before," Edward apologized for the 100th time. The young man smiled at her and slipped an arm around her shoulder.
"For the final time, its okay" he assured her. Ed pressed her lips together, confused why Ein had acted in such a way. She hoped he wasn't sick, or maybe the guy just smelled really bad? Maybe the super-dog was actually mad at Ed, for trying to leave him be hind...
"Ed! Sweetheart, are you okay?" he asked, shaking her shoulders slightly. The hacker nodded, snapping out of her daze. She could make out the smell of oil nearby, and the sound of metal clattering against metal. Ed took in her surroundings, the entire time she was thinking about Ein, he had lead her somewhere. They were standing outside what looked like a large garage. Pieces of cars and ships bordered around the entrance, men with huge muscles shining with grease and sweat worked hard nearby. One walked up to the couple, his oil and grease stained tanktop stuck to his overly muscular body like a second skin. His face was blotched with greasy dirt smudges, his hands where covered in gloves that came to the wrists, and his pants where tucked inside his large boots. The man smiled at the two and put his hands on his hips, "Come to see Tech?" he asked smiling. His large white teeth almost blinded Ed.
"Yes, George. Is he in?" the young man asked. The man, George, raised a thick eyebrow and let out small chuckle.
"Well, well Romeo, aren't you going o introduce me to your lovely friend?" George asked, putting off a glove but keeping his dark blue eyes locked on Ed's amber ones. He walked up to the young girl, towering over her like a skyscraper he kneeled down like a knight took her hand in his and kissed the back of it. You would expect his hands to be hard and rough, but instead they where soft and warm.
"George Edward, Edward George," the young boy spat out rather quickly, obviously annoyed with the man's company.
"Edward? A delicate flower such as yourself deserves a much more beautiful name. Hmm..I say Belle fits you rather well. It was my mother's name you know," he added with a wink. Ed's already rosy cheeks, blushed heavily and she giggled like a maniac. George laughed heartily and got back up.
"Can we see Tech now?!" the boy said crossly. George, feeling the tension in his voice stepped aside and bowed deeply.
"After you, your Royal Pain-In-The-Ass."
"What?!"
"I said 'After you, your Royal Highness," he corrected. The young boy grabbed Ed's hand and yanked her into the garage.
Ed followed right behind him, she had no choice, he had a death grip on her wrist. She was careful not to trip on any of the metal things lying around. It sort of reminded her of the place she used to stay at before she joined the Bebop. She caught the sight of a bright glowing blue light from underneath all the metal rubble. Out of no where, a head popped out from behind the light. The light was actually a gold laptop computer. "Heeyyy!" The head greeted them. It pulled its body out of the piles of junk. A lean muscular body in an open Hawaiian shirt with a wife beater underneath and matching Hawaiian shorts. The guy wasn't half bad looking, with his spiked up blonde hair and dark black eyes. He grinned at Ed and the young man. "What brings you to my humble home?"
"I think I can help you," the young man said.
"CCCOOOOOOooooOOOOoooOOOooooOOOOoollllllLLLLlll!!!!!!!!!" Ed's screeching voice interrupted him. She came running to them holding something that looked like a metal ball. "Ed can't believe it! You have a 2039 Astro Hydroxyl Temperature Transfixion!" she said truly amazed.
"A what?" the young man asked, starring at the metal sphere.
"So that's what that thing is? How does it work?" Tech asked, sitting on a box.
"Oh well it's very simple. It's like a thermostat and it requires water. Gimme some and I'll show ya!"
Tech pulled out a bottled water and handed it to her. Edward carefully pushed a circle on the ball and it spilt into triangular pieces (thing of when you cut an apple and try to put it back together again). A tube slowly rose from the center and Ed poured water into it, she pressed a few tiny buttons and suddenly cold air radiated from the ball. Soon afterwards, snowflakes and frost formed around it. Ed tossed it to the young man and he tossed it to Tech.
"Man..it's freezing," Tech said in awe. "This must be the wonder chick?"
"Yep." The young man said slipping his hands in his pockets. He glanced at the confused look at Ed's face and started to explain but Tech cut him off.
"Nice to meet cha, Tech is short for my nickname, Technology," he stopped and made a "duh" expression, "technology by name and nature. This handsome young man here, " he said smacking the boy on the back rather hard, "Has told me that he was friends with a rather ...computerly blessed young girl. Is 'computerly' a word? Oh well, he tells me you're good with computers. I was hoping you could help me out with mine, I got this real crazy virus. It's totally screwed up my hard drive, system files, the whole enchilada," the grabbed his computer and spun it around for her to see. A very familiar yellow face danced across the monitor.
"You-are infected!" it said in a computerized singsong voice. The smiley face grinned and continued to float around. Edward gasp and grabbed the computer and started to type at the speed of light. The face stopped floated and starred at Edward.
"MAMA!" It shouted. Ed hugged the computer.
"I made this virus!" Ed started proudly.
"Wow, your a hacker too?" Tech said scratching his head.
"Edward Won Hau Pepelu Tivrusky the 4th at your service!" She said holding out a hand for him to shake.
"Edward Won Hau Pepelu Tivrusky the 4th? THE Edward Won Hau Pepelu Tivrusky the 4th? Man, what an honor to meet you sir!" he said shaking her hand. "Your infamous for creating some of the most difficult to remove virus on the web! Not to mention cracking into government databases, creating some of the most greatest...awww man! This is sweet. Radical Edward helping me on MY computer!" Tech squealed. Edward giggled and turned back to the computer. She pressed a few buttons at the same time, and smiley face stood still.
"The virus has been DISABLED! You are free to continue with your daily computer routine!" the face said before blinking off the screen.
"There you go!" Edward said standing up and dusting her hands together.
"Wow! That's it? that was soo cool, maybe you can teach me some more tricks-"
"Sorry Tech, but we gotta go on our way," the young man said grabbing Ed by the wrists and rushing out of the junky garage.
"Wait!"
"Bye Tech!" Ed said waving back madly.
"Bye Radical Ed! Send me an E-mail sometime! My address is Tech_Is_da_man!"
"Good-bye Tech!" the young man screamed and walked out of the garage. Edward waved farewell to George as they left. The two walked a few blocks down before He decide to take a shortcut into a dark alley. Ed looked at him as he walked between the buildings. She had heavy feeling in her stomach all of the sudden. He turned around and looked at her.
"Come on, I want to show you something," he said warmly, going back and putting an arm around her shoulder. The young man pulled her into the alley. Edward looked around at her surroundings, feeling her body being digested by the damp wetness of the backstreets. A sour smell caught in her nose and she almost tripped over a brick. The golden hair on the back of Ed's neck stood up on end and she stiffened under His touch. "What's wrong?" he asked worriedly. He stopped and looked at the young hacker, sweat was starting to form on her head and he could feel her trembling against him. He felt her head, discovering that she was hot as fire. "Are you okay? Maybe I should take you to a doctor," he thought out loud. Edward tried to give him an assuring smile, but the heavy feeling deep in the pit of her stomach continued. Almost as if a bowling ball was in her tummy, no, make that a thousand bowling balls. Without warning it was becoming harder for her to breathe. Like she was trying to suck air from a coffee straw (A.N//you know the coffee straws that I'm talking about. They're real tiny and you use them to mix your coffee with the creme, sugar ect.) But He hardly had time to figure out what was wrong with her. A voice chuckled in the deep shadows of the alley. They both heard the clinking of a chain.
"Well Well Well, looked what the cat dragged in..."
"For the final time, its okay" he assured her. Ed pressed her lips together, confused why Ein had acted in such a way. She hoped he wasn't sick, or maybe the guy just smelled really bad? Maybe the super-dog was actually mad at Ed, for trying to leave him be hind...
"Ed! Sweetheart, are you okay?" he asked, shaking her shoulders slightly. The hacker nodded, snapping out of her daze. She could make out the smell of oil nearby, and the sound of metal clattering against metal. Ed took in her surroundings, the entire time she was thinking about Ein, he had lead her somewhere. They were standing outside what looked like a large garage. Pieces of cars and ships bordered around the entrance, men with huge muscles shining with grease and sweat worked hard nearby. One walked up to the couple, his oil and grease stained tanktop stuck to his overly muscular body like a second skin. His face was blotched with greasy dirt smudges, his hands where covered in gloves that came to the wrists, and his pants where tucked inside his large boots. The man smiled at the two and put his hands on his hips, "Come to see Tech?" he asked smiling. His large white teeth almost blinded Ed.
"Yes, George. Is he in?" the young man asked. The man, George, raised a thick eyebrow and let out small chuckle.
"Well, well Romeo, aren't you going o introduce me to your lovely friend?" George asked, putting off a glove but keeping his dark blue eyes locked on Ed's amber ones. He walked up to the young girl, towering over her like a skyscraper he kneeled down like a knight took her hand in his and kissed the back of it. You would expect his hands to be hard and rough, but instead they where soft and warm.
"George Edward, Edward George," the young boy spat out rather quickly, obviously annoyed with the man's company.
"Edward? A delicate flower such as yourself deserves a much more beautiful name. Hmm..I say Belle fits you rather well. It was my mother's name you know," he added with a wink. Ed's already rosy cheeks, blushed heavily and she giggled like a maniac. George laughed heartily and got back up.
"Can we see Tech now?!" the boy said crossly. George, feeling the tension in his voice stepped aside and bowed deeply.
"After you, your Royal Pain-In-The-Ass."
"What?!"
"I said 'After you, your Royal Highness," he corrected. The young boy grabbed Ed's hand and yanked her into the garage.
Ed followed right behind him, she had no choice, he had a death grip on her wrist. She was careful not to trip on any of the metal things lying around. It sort of reminded her of the place she used to stay at before she joined the Bebop. She caught the sight of a bright glowing blue light from underneath all the metal rubble. Out of no where, a head popped out from behind the light. The light was actually a gold laptop computer. "Heeyyy!" The head greeted them. It pulled its body out of the piles of junk. A lean muscular body in an open Hawaiian shirt with a wife beater underneath and matching Hawaiian shorts. The guy wasn't half bad looking, with his spiked up blonde hair and dark black eyes. He grinned at Ed and the young man. "What brings you to my humble home?"
"I think I can help you," the young man said.
"CCCOOOOOOooooOOOOoooOOOooooOOOOoollllllLLLLlll!!!!!!!!!" Ed's screeching voice interrupted him. She came running to them holding something that looked like a metal ball. "Ed can't believe it! You have a 2039 Astro Hydroxyl Temperature Transfixion!" she said truly amazed.
"A what?" the young man asked, starring at the metal sphere.
"So that's what that thing is? How does it work?" Tech asked, sitting on a box.
"Oh well it's very simple. It's like a thermostat and it requires water. Gimme some and I'll show ya!"
Tech pulled out a bottled water and handed it to her. Edward carefully pushed a circle on the ball and it spilt into triangular pieces (thing of when you cut an apple and try to put it back together again). A tube slowly rose from the center and Ed poured water into it, she pressed a few tiny buttons and suddenly cold air radiated from the ball. Soon afterwards, snowflakes and frost formed around it. Ed tossed it to the young man and he tossed it to Tech.
"Man..it's freezing," Tech said in awe. "This must be the wonder chick?"
"Yep." The young man said slipping his hands in his pockets. He glanced at the confused look at Ed's face and started to explain but Tech cut him off.
"Nice to meet cha, Tech is short for my nickname, Technology," he stopped and made a "duh" expression, "technology by name and nature. This handsome young man here, " he said smacking the boy on the back rather hard, "Has told me that he was friends with a rather ...computerly blessed young girl. Is 'computerly' a word? Oh well, he tells me you're good with computers. I was hoping you could help me out with mine, I got this real crazy virus. It's totally screwed up my hard drive, system files, the whole enchilada," the grabbed his computer and spun it around for her to see. A very familiar yellow face danced across the monitor.
"You-are infected!" it said in a computerized singsong voice. The smiley face grinned and continued to float around. Edward gasp and grabbed the computer and started to type at the speed of light. The face stopped floated and starred at Edward.
"MAMA!" It shouted. Ed hugged the computer.
"I made this virus!" Ed started proudly.
"Wow, your a hacker too?" Tech said scratching his head.
"Edward Won Hau Pepelu Tivrusky the 4th at your service!" She said holding out a hand for him to shake.
"Edward Won Hau Pepelu Tivrusky the 4th? THE Edward Won Hau Pepelu Tivrusky the 4th? Man, what an honor to meet you sir!" he said shaking her hand. "Your infamous for creating some of the most difficult to remove virus on the web! Not to mention cracking into government databases, creating some of the most greatest...awww man! This is sweet. Radical Edward helping me on MY computer!" Tech squealed. Edward giggled and turned back to the computer. She pressed a few buttons at the same time, and smiley face stood still.
"The virus has been DISABLED! You are free to continue with your daily computer routine!" the face said before blinking off the screen.
"There you go!" Edward said standing up and dusting her hands together.
"Wow! That's it? that was soo cool, maybe you can teach me some more tricks-"
"Sorry Tech, but we gotta go on our way," the young man said grabbing Ed by the wrists and rushing out of the junky garage.
"Wait!"
"Bye Tech!" Ed said waving back madly.
"Bye Radical Ed! Send me an E-mail sometime! My address is Tech_Is_da_man!"
"Good-bye Tech!" the young man screamed and walked out of the garage. Edward waved farewell to George as they left. The two walked a few blocks down before He decide to take a shortcut into a dark alley. Ed looked at him as he walked between the buildings. She had heavy feeling in her stomach all of the sudden. He turned around and looked at her.
"Come on, I want to show you something," he said warmly, going back and putting an arm around her shoulder. The young man pulled her into the alley. Edward looked around at her surroundings, feeling her body being digested by the damp wetness of the backstreets. A sour smell caught in her nose and she almost tripped over a brick. The golden hair on the back of Ed's neck stood up on end and she stiffened under His touch. "What's wrong?" he asked worriedly. He stopped and looked at the young hacker, sweat was starting to form on her head and he could feel her trembling against him. He felt her head, discovering that she was hot as fire. "Are you okay? Maybe I should take you to a doctor," he thought out loud. Edward tried to give him an assuring smile, but the heavy feeling deep in the pit of her stomach continued. Almost as if a bowling ball was in her tummy, no, make that a thousand bowling balls. Without warning it was becoming harder for her to breathe. Like she was trying to suck air from a coffee straw (A.N//you know the coffee straws that I'm talking about. They're real tiny and you use them to mix your coffee with the creme, sugar ect.) But He hardly had time to figure out what was wrong with her. A voice chuckled in the deep shadows of the alley. They both heard the clinking of a chain.
"Well Well Well, looked what the cat dragged in..."
