Kim Possible and Street Hawk: The Wedding Sitch p 4
Disclaimer: I do not own Kim Possible or Street Hawk. Wish I did though.
Hunting the Driver and News About Felix
Street Hawk exits the Hospital, returns to the cycle and re-arms himself. He then remounts the cycle, powers it back up and starts hunting for clues. He starts at the scene of the incident. He goes to Tara's house and sees the broken robotic wheelchair. It is totaled. The frame is twisted and bent out of shape, the wheels are nearly destroyed and the circuitry for the wheelchair's systems is lying around everywhere.
He then asks, "Norman, are you getting this?" He then whistles as he sees a scrap of paint on part of the wheelchair's frame. He reaches down into his left boot and brings out a knife that he had put in there before he left, thinking it would come in handy. To his liking, it does. He carefully scrapes off the paint and puts it onto a napkin, thinking that Norman will be able to analyze it.
He gives the wheelchair another look and asks, "Norman, if Felix makes it, any chance we can repair his wheelchair? It must have cost his Mother a good sized amount to build it for him."
Norman says, "Let me play the footage again." He rewinds the tape back to the wheelchair and starts making notes on it. He then replies, "Not without her help. I can take care of the simple mechanical portions, but robotics is not my specialty."
Street Hawk replies, "Okay. For now, let's find this dork and get him off of the streets."
That said, he returns to the super cycle and adds, "Let's go ahead and pick up the wheelchair and bring it to Command Center. We'll contact Mrs. Renton and pick her up tonight. We'll just have to be sure to keep our faces covered. She's a nice lady and she doesn't need to forget how Felix's wheelchair was repaired."
Norman says, "Agreed. I've always wanted to swap tech knowledge with a robotics expert." At that, Kim and Bonnie have a good chuckle.
Street Hawk chuckles as well and powers the cycle back up. At that, he takes another look at the robotic wheelchair and says, "Don't worry, you'll be as good as new, if not better." He then rides off, sees the car out of the corner of his eye and says, "Vehicle sighted. I'm going after him. Bonnie, take Rolling Base over to Tara's house and pick up the wheelchair. We'll contact Mrs. Renton at the Hospital. Norman, that's your end. Just wear something not noticeable." At that, he starts after the car, maneuvering his pursuit angles.
At Command Center, Bonnie suits up and goes to Rolling Base, leaving Norman and Kim all alone.
As Bonnie leaves in Rolling Base, she thinks about all the people that get hurt by people like the drunken and murderous drivers. Within fifteen minutes, she arrives at Tara's house, puts her helmet on, exits the van and starts loading the remains of the wheelchair. Every small piece, she handles with care. When it comes to the wheelchair's main body, she decides to try rolling it. Surprisingly enough, it goes in without much argument. She then hears Tara's Mother returning in her car and yelling.
"What are you doing? That belongs to a young boy!"
Her voice distorted, Bonnie replies, "Take it easy. I'm just taking it so it'll be repaired."
"Where are you taking it to? His Mother will want to know."
"She'll know by tonight. I have faith in the boy. I am sure he'll survive. He's just like a friend of mine. He was hurt bad and he came back from it as well. His name is Street Hawk." At that, the figure returns to the van, starts it and drives away, leaving a very confused woman standing in her driveway.
Meanwhile, Street Hawk is still chasing the evasive driver. He even thinks about using the phase-particle beam, but then decides against it. He then gets an idea and activates the tranquilizer guns. He hangs back and sends the darts into the car's tires. The car then starts slowing down and pulls to the side of the road. Street Hawk pulls behind the car, stops and dismounts, drawing his gun.
In a distorted voice full of anger, he yells out, "Driver, get out of the car, now!" When the driver does not obey, he starts toward it. When he gets to the car, he repeats, "Driver, get out of the car, now, or else!" The door then opens and he sees a surprising sight. A young teenage boy, apparently out for a joyride. Street Hawk is so steamed, he yanks the kid out of the car and asks, "Where did this car come from?"
The kid replies, "I found it in front of my house with that note on the windshield." he then points to the seat and Street Hawk reaches back, brings out a pair of handcuffs and cuffs him. He then moves the boy back after holstering the arm, reaches in and grabs the note. He then reads it.
"This car is for you. All you have to do is be near the address on this paper and evade anyone that comes after you." He then notes the address and nods.
The boy then asks, "Does this mean I don't get the car?"
Street Hawk replies, "That's right. You also get to go to jail. Joyriding is a no-no. Didn't you know that?"
"Jail? What for, other than joyriding?"
"Eluding, receiving evidence in a felony and making me angry." He then takes a chain and secures the boy to the door posts and adds, "Don't go anywhere. The Police will be here shortly. Oh, be sure to show them the note." At that, he returns to the bike and rides off, clearly frustrated.
At the Hospital, later that evening, Mrs. Renton is woken up by a man wearing a cloak. In a raspy voice, he says, "I've come to check on your son. How is he?"
Mrs. Renton replies, "He's holding his own, for the most part. Do I know you from somewhere?"
The man replies, "Not to my knowledge. One of my associates picked up your son's wheelchair and brought it to our place. We wish to help you rebuild it."
"You'd do that? But why?"
"It's what we do. We fix broken items when we can and, sometimes, we even improve them a little bit."
"How can you help? I built that chair for my little boy. It took all of the settlement money from the wrongful death lawsuit against the man responsible for my late husband's death and my son's being in the wheelchair." She then starts sobbing again and jumps a little when she feels his arms around her.
"I know how you feel, Mrs. Renton. Years ago, I had a friend. At first, we didn't really get along because of the style of doing things that he had. When he died, I was beside myself. I then realized that he would want me to go on with my work and never give up. You know what? It worked for the best. I found a new candidate and this one is a bona fide survivor. If he could survive, your son can as well."
Mrs. Renton asks, "Your friend's name. What was it?"
"His name was Jesse Mach."
She then smiles and asks, "So, when do we start working on the wheelchair?"
"After we go see your son. What's his name?"
"His name's Felix."
"Okay, let's see him and we'll go to our place and start repairing your son's wheelchair." At that, Mrs. Renton and the mysterious man go into Felix's room to see him.
"Felix, you have a visitor."
"Hello, Felix."
"Hello. Who are you?"
"Just a friend of a friend."
"Anyone I know?"
Chuckling, the man replies, "I don't really know off hand. You seem like a pretty popular boy, yet you're as nice as apple pie."
"That's cool, and tasty."
He chuckles again and say, "In any case, my friends and I are going to help your Mom rebuild your wheelchair. So you just keep fighting, okay Felix?"
"You got it. Thanks."
"As a friend would say, no big."
At that, the man walks out, leaving Mrs. Renton alone with Felix. She says, "Don't worry, baby. You'll be back in your wheelchair in no time at all."
Felix replies, "I can hardly wait. Kim and Ron are getting married next week. And I just found out. Tara's going to be a Mom. There's a possibility I'm the Dad."
Mrs. Renton smiles and says, "We'll talk about that later, Felix. For the time being, get some sleep. I'll be by to check on you in the morning."
"Okay, Mom. Good night."
"Good night, baby."
As Mrs. Renton walks out, Felix asks himself, "Why does that wording sound so familiar?" He then shrugs it off and goes to sleep.
