Reed was in the lab, franticlly looking for his tools and some metal. But when his found them.
"Why are all my tools clobbered and/or melted?" asked Reed, holding a beaten, melted piece of something.
"Oh, right," said H.E.R.B.I.E. "See, Jonathan came here to play his video games, and Benjamin came in to yell at Jonathan for pulling some prank and the two started fighting and broke the tools."
"Oh well that's just great! Now what are you going to do? I don't think I can stall Johnny for much longer!"
When he got home, Johnny wanted to go for a drive, but Reed told him that he had to clean the Dangerous Artifacts Room first.
"Okay. Oh! Just take it to the mechanic. I'm sure he can fix it."
"I'll be back," said Reed, exiting the lab.
He walked passed the kitchen and saw Johnny take out a soda and sip it.
"Johnny!"
Johnny jumped at the shout.
"Dude!"
"Sorry," apologied Reed. "I thought you were cleaning the Dangerous Artifacts Room."
"Yeah, Reed, what's rush with the Dangerous Artifacts Room all of a sudden?"
"Uhh. . . Well, Johnny. If the dangerous artifacts kept in that room got dirty. . . . . then why on earth would I bother keeping it!"
Reed turned around and looked up at the the round dome thing that was H.E.R.B.I.E. with a freaked out look, then turned around to face Johnny with a smile.
Johnny stared, not understanding the logic to what Reed told him.
"Jonathan, would you like to play video games?" asked H.E.R.B.I.E.
"No thanks, H.E.R.B.I.E. I'm done playing video games for today."
Ben walked into the kitchen with a weird look on his face.
"Hey," he said.
"What's up with you?" asked Johnny.
"Nothin'. I'm great."
"Okay. I'm gonna go out for a spin."
"Whoa! Wait!" shouted Reed. "Johnny, did you, uh. . . . vacuum the Dangerous Artifacts Room?"
"Reed, did I vacuum the Dangerous Artifacts Room?" Johnny asked with a smile and a laugh. "Did I vacuum the Dangerous Artifacts Room?" He frowned and walked away, muttered "God dammit!" under his breath.
"Strech, ya gotta help me," said Ben once Johnny was gone.
"Why? What happened?"
"I scratched flame-brian's car!"
"Where? Back left?"
Ben raised an eyebrow. "How'd you know?"
"Lucky guess?" Reed said, quickly.
"What happened?" asked H.E.R.B.I.E.
"I just got back from soccer practise and was walking out of the garage when a trip, and when I trip I was near Johnny's car. When I picked myself up, I saw the scratch!"
"It's okay, Ben," said Reed. "We'll take it to the mechanic and Johnny will never know."
"Then let's go!"
Sue walked in.
"Hey Ben, can I talk to Reed quickly?"
"Sure, Susan," said Reed. "Ben, you go ahead. I'll catch up."
Ben went to the garage.
"Reed, I scratched Johnny's car!"
"What?"
"Yeah. I wacked it with my purse. What am I going to do?"
"Alright, relax. I'll go take it to the mechanic before Johnny finds out. H.E.R.B.I.E., keep Johnny busy."
"Yes, Dr. Richards."
"Don't worry, Sue," said Reed. "I'll fix everything."
He quickly headed for the garage.