"It's nevva the ones like him that go missing." A feminine, Icelandic, yet German voice spoke.

"It's the child that keeps him running. If it wasn't for him, then he'd die immediately." A male voice responded, "But with everything, our time will come."

The female scoffed, "Oh rilly? I tought it was his determination to fight. He's keen vith skill if he needs to, it's just herd to make 'em aggressive." Her accent was easily noticeable.

"Maybe that child is what we can use to make him aggressive."

"Aye."

Effie continued down the road; the sunlight was barely beginning to shine, the dark and gray clouds giving it trouble. He looked in the mirror to see BonBon asleep in his seat. His little body strapped into a seat, his head leaning over to the side, the mess from his food, it just made him even cuter. He looked back at the road and pursued driving.

"Hopefully it doesn't rain." He said to BonBon, even though he knew he was asleep, "I don't think this tarp is gonna settle for a roof if it does rain, it's just going to be a wet blanket to fall on us."

Of all the times for this to happen, now was the time. Thunder boomed and echoed through the sky, startling both Effie and BonBon. He managed to keep his grip on the wheel, but BonBon screamed and whined in fear.

"It's okay, BonBon! It's just thunder." BonBon still cried, but he slowed, "I'll pullover to reassure you, just hold on tight."

Effie slowed down the jeep and moved it to the side, the tires dragging themselves into the sandy, gritty dirt. He unbuckled himself and climbed into the back of the jeep, not feeling like getting out and back in. BonBon's cries were slowing and dropping in pitch, but he was still scared. Effie unbuckled BonBon and picked him up, comforting him in his arms. He grabbed a wet-wipe out from the bag and wiped BonBon's face, cleaning the food from which he ate earlier.

"There's nothing to be scared of, I promise." Effie comforted, "The clouds have water in them, and they want to let it out."

"Wat-ter" BonBon mimicked, pausing and continuing at the syllable.

"Yep! And when they're going to get rid of the water, they make the loud sound. So they're not trying to scare you, they just want to tell you that water is about to rain from the sky."

BonBon smiled and pointed to the sky, making random noises and blurs as he did so. Effie just smirked and played along with him. He then opened the side door to the jeep; he carried BonBon as he walked to the back of the jeep, opened the back door, and placed him in the bed.

"Let's listen to some music."

Effie popped open the floor of the jeep, instead of where a spare tire would be, were a multitude of things. The first noticeable object was a record player; it had a crank on the side, but then there was another machine beside it. Next to it was a machine that could plug in to the record player; if he plugged it in, pressed play, then the record player would play automatically. Then finally, was a few records, some in casing, others not. He pulled out all of the things and placed them on the, now closed, bedding.

"Sorry we can't listen to music from this generation, but we have no power." Effie apologized, but BonBon didn't know what was happening, "Which record should we listen to?"

He held up three records; one had a red label, the second had a green label, and the third had a blue label. BonBon looked at all of the records, but he picked the one with the color that interested him the most, red. He picked the color because it reminded him of Effie and his red fur.

"Good choice!" Effie said.

He placed the other two in the pile and placed the red record on the machine. Instead of cranking it, he plugged in the machine and pressed the start button. He lowered the tip and the record began to spin,

"You shake my nerves and you rattle my brain." The record sung, "Too much love drives a man insane."

Effie then began to sing along with the song, "You broke my will, but what a thrill." Then he stood up, "Goodness, gracious, great balls of fire!"

He lifted BonBon up from the bed and spun him in a circle, then he placed him back onto the bed of the jeep. BonBon was laughing and smiling, trying to follow Effie, but only managed to speak gibberish.

"I laughed at love 'cause I thought it was funny. You came along and moooved me honey! I've changed my mind, your love is fine." He smiled as BonBon laughed, "Goodness, gracious, great balls of fire!"

BonBon danced to the piano and guitar in the song, also dancing along with Effie's movements.

"Kiss me baby, wooooooo feels good! Hold me baby, well I want to love you like a lover should. You're fine, so kind. I want to tell this world that your mine, mine, mine, mine!"

BonBon continued to laugh and copy Effie.

"I chew my nails and I twiddle my thumbs, I'm real nervous, but it sure is fun. Come on baby, drive me crazy," Effie shouted the finally, "Goodness, gracious, GREAT BALLS OF FIRE!"

The song then ended, the piano keys smashing in symphony. Effie laughed, not helping him try to catch his breath. BonBon loved the show that Effie had put on, he even clapped for him. Effie took a bow jokingly, making BonBon smile and laugh even more. He stopped the machine and took the record off the player.

"Nanana…!" BonBon sang to the beat of the song.

"I knew you'd like that song."

"'Nother! Another!" BonBon clapped.

Effie smiled, "Okay, one more."

"Dat child seems different. Not becauze he's a baby, but 'e just seems unusual." The female said to the male.

"He could have autism, just like me."

"Let's keep un eye out for-um, I could see dat being tru."

"He'd be different, just like you, Urara."

Phew, it took me an hour and a half to write this. Sorry I haven't been updating frequently... On this website. I updated on FictionPress, but also I've been busy outside of the internet. But I got a burst of motivation (from the song in this chapter) and I made this chapter. I'd recommend listening to the song "Great Balls of Fire" by Jerry Lee Lewis while reading the song, just to give you that old-timey feel to a record. I hope you enjoyed, and I hope you continue to read this story.

Have a nice day, and drink a glass of water.