On the Road to Los EGGas

Chapter Three: Have You Ever Had to Push, Push, Push, Push?

Tingle, Sans, Link and Scourge looked at Chuck in confusion. Scourge got out and walked up to him asking, "What do you mean 'engine's busted'?" "It's broken," said Chuck, "we're going to have to get someone to fix it." "Don't worry," said Sans pulling out his phone, "I'll call up a mechanic to come get us." As Sans was dialing a number, the others were arguing with each other. "Okay," said Chuck, "so does anyone want to try and push this to the next stop?"

Link immediately got up and said, "I'll help you, Chuck!" Chuck waved his hand at him and said, "You can sit back, Link. Unless you've packed a Power Glove, you'd probably lack the arm-strength to help move this thing." He turned to Tingle who just placed his hand on his chest and said, "Though I'd rather one of my brothers here to do this, I, the fabulous Tingle, shall assist you in moving the vehicle!" Chuck then looked over at Sans who was just lying there. "Pass," he said being lazy as usual.

Chuck looked over at Scourge and asked, "What about you?" Scourge looked at him and said, "What about me?" "I was just asking if you could push the car," replied Chuck. Scourge chuckled a bit; he began stepping a bit closer to Chuck. "Sure," he said, "I can push the car, but that doesn't mean I should. If you, hypothetically, asked the king of a nation to go pulling a cart like an ox, well that would just be disrespectful.

"Now, in case you forgot, I'm a very important political figure where I'm from, so wouldn't it be equally disrespectful to tell me to help you push a dirty, faded yellow, outdated car?" "Perhaps," said Chuck, "however, it's also a bit disrespectful not to help the guy giving you a free ride push his broken-down car to the next mechanic." Scourge responded with a rather bratty, "Pfft, so?" Chuck was so frustrated with Scourge that he slammed the hood of the car. "Kid," he said, "I'm really not in the mood to argue right now, so perhaps it'd be best for both our health if you just help push the car." Scourge uttered, "Peasant," under his breath as he walked behind the Cadillac.

"Alright," said Chuck with his hands on the back of the car, "3, 2, 1, go!" The three of them began to push the car through the desert. Link was cheering them on; Sans, meanwhile, was half asleep and on the phone with what was the nearest mechanic. I will transcribe the conversation:

*Phone ringing*

*click*

Man: Hello?

Sans: hey, I'm calling because our car broke down somewhere in the desert on the way to Los EGGas.

Man: Okay, sir. Just give me the location and I'll tow you back and see what I can do.

Sans: hang on, I'll need to check the map…okay, it says we're on route 420, heading southeast.

Man: Okay.

Sans: and just to be clear, we're in a bright, dirty yellowish Cadillac.

Man: Okay. I'll go get you; 'see what I can do.

Sans: thanks. bye.

*click*

Sans turned to his comrades and said, "Hey, they said they'll send someone out here to tow our car." He then fell dead asleep. "Okay," said Scourge, "does that mean we don't have to push this damn thing?" "Hold on," Chuck replied, "we don't know when they'll find us, so we might want to get the car just a bit farther along." Scourge responded in a clearly annoyed tone, "Who the hell cares?!" Chuck looked at him and said, "You know, if you don't want to deal with this you could just walk to EGGas yourself."

"I would," said Scourge, "but if you haven't noticed I have this thing attached to me!" He then pointed down to a strange device around his ankle. Chuck looked at the device in genuine surprise. "Well, I'll be," he said, "I didn't even notice that thing until now!" "Yeah," said an increasingly annoyed Scourge, "and until I saw this thing off, I'm stuck moving at a snail's pace!" As Chuck began to examine the brace closely, he began to wonder why this strange hedgehog kid would have what looked suspiciously like a prison brace on him.

"AHEM!" coughed Tingle, "I would appreciate if you two could help assist me with the task at hand!" Chuck had then temporarily forgot what he was thinking of to assist Tingle in pushing the car. Link looked at Scourge walking along the road and said, "Hey! Aren't you going to help them?" "Oh, please," scoffed Scourge, "I've already had enough trouble already today. Don't you think I'm gonna push that car another inch forward."

Just then, a tow truck came into view from up ahead. It pulled up in front of the car and the driver stepped out. He looked like a dirty redneck in overalls, a backwards baseball cap, blue-tinted sunglasses, and a red toolbox in hand. He looked over at the crew with a slight grin on his face. "Howdy," he said, "'you the ones who called me?"

To Be Continued