Disclaimer: Own nothing but Lex.
Chapter 1.
A click of a lighter and Lex was delving into the depths of the computer that lay before her. She smirked smugly as she tucked her feet underneath her butt. She hunched over the keyboard and clacked away as she took a long drag of her cigarette. Her music was playing so loud, it reverbrated off the walls of the garage. The haunting voice of Jim Morrison rang throughout Scud's shop. "Come on baby light my fire, come on baby light my fire. Try and set the night one fiiire." Lex hummed along and mouthed the words to the song as she took another drag of her cigarette. Singing even louder, she knew for a fact that Scud could not stand listening to this kind of music. His taste in music was the complete opposite of hers. Eventually, he would finally crack and come to her to bitch about it. For some odd, twisted reason, she really enjoyed pushing his buttons. The look on his face when he was annoyed was so deliciously satisfiying.
"LEX!!!"
And so the rivalry began. The thoughts of her pestering him had occupied her mind so much, she forgot all about the task at hand. She had been trying to hack his computer for weeks now. She knew he was hiding some kind of dirty secret within the depths of it's main frame. Having him occupied with something long enough to sneak onto his computer was easy. Occupying him long enough for her to break his password was a different story. Quickly, she ashed her cigarette and panic rose up into her throat as she heard the clangs of metal tools being thrown down onto a surface. He was on his way and she was still sitting on his computer. Quickly she attempted to shut it down manually, closing out everything she had up. The computer must have had so many virus' on it for it decided to be stubborn. It was not reacting to anything she was doing to it and she desperatly needed it to work with her. She grunted and smacked the monitor. Suddenly, the main power button caught her eye. That was it, the solution. She quickly poked it with her finger and pushed it down with enough force to push someone's eyeball back into their socket. With a loud groan, the screen went black.
"LEX!!!!"
"Try to set the night on fiiiire!"
She quickly hopped up from his creaky computer chair and she dashed over to a random table with junk and parts laying all over it. She snatched up a screwdriver, threw on some goggles and began to examine one of the various pieces of junk he collected. She casually began to whistle to fool him into believing that she had been standing like that for a whole hour and not trying to find black mail material on his computer. As fast as a bullet, he rounded the corner. His greasy bandana tied around his head, pushing his hair in every which way, she quickly supressed the giggle that threatened to spill from her mouth. He narrowed his eyes as he stopped short and stared at her. She didn't even dare to shoot him a glance. She knew that if he got one look of her eyes, he would stamp her guilty in a heartbeat.
"What do you want, Scud? Can't you see, I'm kind of busy."
He set his hands on his hip and snarled at her. "What is this bullshit!? You know I can't focus when I'm in a sour mood. And music like this puts me in a sour mood!"
She rolled her eyes, "and you know how much I can't stand your music."
"Well this is my shop! And we'll listen to whatever the hell I want to listen to!"
"You sound like a spoiled brat."
His mouth clamped shut at this and he shot daggers at her. Scud and her got into these bickering arguments a lot. She really couldn't believe how amazing and self centered he could be at the same time. It was like he was two different people. He'd go from sweetheart to asshole in a matter of seconds and ascend through these two personalities a million times a day. It got on her nerves just a bit.
"I can't believe you just said that.. watch yourself, wait til B hears about this."
"Oh, now you're a tattle tail? What next, you're going to be a pumpkin eater?"
She let a laugh burst forth from her lips and his eyebrows twitched in annoyance. Next thing she knew, she was down on the ground and he had her in a head lock. He ripped the goggles off her face in a matter of seconds and she grunted.
"HEY! Thats not cool!"
"You're not the only one with a surprise attack."
Shaking her head, she grabbed his wrist and twisted him over her shoulder. Getting her in a hold like that was a fatal mistake. She was trained to counter things like this. He gave out yelp of surprise as he landed on his back on the concrete floor. He stared up at her and glared at her as he pouted. Suddenly, his hands shot up and they grappled around her neck. He yanked her down and using the momentum of her body, he hoisted himself up as she ate concrete. She growled and leaped up, elbowing him in the face. Eventually, the shop was slowly filled with their laughter as their fighting turned more into a playful confrontation.