Lionblaze Lost the Lightning
Chapter 4: Christmas Lights
"EVERY-BODY'S WORK-ING FOR THE WEEK-END!" Lionblaze sang loudly, singing along to a song on the radio. He paused to grab some chicken nuggets out of the bag on the seat next to him, stuffing them in his mouth with one hand while steering with the other. "EVERY-BODY WANTS A NEW ROMANCE!"
Lionblaze was happy, feeling cheerful that he had left the party to go see his girlfriend. She'll be so surprised to see me, Lionblaze thought to himself. And happy that I saved her- Lionblaze looked down at the chicken nuggets bag that once held twenty. Four chicken nuggets. Lionblaze contemplated this for a few seconds before grabbing another one and eating it. Make that three.
He drove down the street, feeling excited as he saw all the Christmas lights on the houses. Christmas is my favorite day of the year! All the lights are so pretty!
"EVERY-BODYS GO-ING OFF THE DEEP END! EVERY-BODY NEEDS A SEC-OND CHANCE!" Lionblaze cried, getting the tune of the song wrong but not caring. He lit up another smoke, pulling into another street. Almost there! By now there was so many Christmas lights, they were starting to reflect in Hollyleafs car mirrors. Lionblaze found them quite distracting, so he turned the music up louder. It was cranked full blast, and Lionblaze hollered along off key.
Hey, there's a lot of red and blue lights on this street, Lionblaze thought to himself, looking over at his mirrors which were flashing red and blue. Seems like people don't know how to pick out a color variety, I'll say. But something seemed off about the lights, and he squinted at them. Hang on a second, he thought, suddenly aware of a siren blaring. There's no siren in this song, and SHIT THOSE AREN'T CHRISTMAS LIGHTS. FUCK.
He shut the music off at once and chucked the cigarette out the window. He slowed to a halt, pulling over at the side of the road. I just HAD to get pulled over. Of course. I don't have my N… shit what am I going to do?
Lionblaze took a few deep breaths, trying to prevent himself from having a panic attack. His palms were so sweaty that they left marks on the leather steering wheel. Lionblaze watched out of the corner of his eye as a mean looking police man stepped out of his car, and made his way over.
"Open the window please," the cop said sternly, knocking on it with his fists.
"What?" Lionblaze called, stalling for time. Shit. I need to think of a way to get out of this, and I need to think of it NOW. Ugh, but my mind is so blank!
"OPEN THE WINDOW," the cop barked, knocking louder. Lionblaze waited a good five seconds before opening it a crack.
"Hello there," He said through the tiny slit in the window. "How are you this evening-"
"ALL THE WAY DOWN!" The cop yelled, looking very angry. Lionblaze rolled it down all the way, feeling terribly stressed out. He wished he didn't throw his smoke out the window. Man, Hollyleafs going to kill me if I get her car taken away! And I'm going to lose my learners license… and possibly go to jail. Think, Lionblaze… Firestars been pulled over countless times and usually seems to get away with it. What would he do in this situation?
"Have you been drinking tonight?" the cop asked, leaning his head in the car. "Any open liquor in the car?"
"No," Lionblaze mumbled. The cop seemed satisfied by this, and Lionblaze thanked his lucky stars he didn't drink anything.
"What are you up to this evening?" the cop asked.
"I've been eating these chicken nuggets," Lionblaze replied quickly, pointing to the bag on the passenger's seat. "I was just driving to my girlfriend's house."
"I noticed you threw something out the window before you stopped," the cop said suspiciously, narrowing his eyes and crossing his arms. "What was it?"
Crap… Ugh, if I say it was my smoke, he's automatically going to think it was a joint!
"It was a chicken nugget," Lionblaze mumbled.
"You mean to tell me," the cop said slowly, in an exaggerated tone. "That you tossed a chicken nugget out the window when you noticed me pulling you over?"
"That is correct," Lionblaze said, nodding his head yes.
"So if I go over there," the cop pointed to a little ways from where they were parked. "I will find a chicken nugget on the ground?"
"Yeah," Lionblaze said, feeling nervous all over again. Dammit, there's no chicken nugget over there.
What would Firestar do?
"Let me show you," Lionblaze said, opening the door quickly on purpose. It knocked into the cop, and he crouched over, holding his knee and yelling.
"YOU STAY IN THE CAR!" the cop screamed. "GET OUT AND I'LL SHOW YOU HOW MY TASER WORKS!"
"Sorry about that," Lionblaze said. As the cop examined his knee, Lionblaze quickly reached in the bag and grabbed a nugget. He whipped it out the window.
"I'm going to go look," the cop said, getting up as soon as Lionblazes arm was back in the car. "Don't move an inch."
"Kay," Lionblaze said, feeling slightly less stressed. I think I managed to pull it off… Firestar will be so proud when I tell him about this!
A few moments later, the cop came back, shaking his head in disbelief. "There was a chicken nugget over there," he sighed angrily. "Sorry for bothering you."
"So can I go now?" Lionblaze asked hopefully.
"One more thing," the cop said, raising an eyebrow at Lionblaze. "License and registration."
Oh shit. What do I do now?
"TODAY," the cop yelled when Lionblaze didn't move or say anything. Lionblaze reached in and took out his wallet, moving painfully slow. His mind was kicked into overdrive, every last nerve thinking about how to get out of the situation.
His eyes suddenly looked down; the car door was still open. Right under the open door was a water grate.
What would Firestar do?
"Here it is, officer," Lionblaze said, pulling out his library card but holding it so you couldn't see the front. The cop opened his hand expectantly, glaring at him.
"It's a pretty bad photo," Lionblaze lied, holding it up so he could see it but not the cop. "And on the back it says I have brown hair, when I quite obviously have blonde hair-"
As Lionblaze turned it around to pretend to read it, he fumbled with it and dropped it.
"OH NO!" Lionblaze cried, pretending to try and grab it. He was too slow, and the card fell into the grate and into the water below.
"Seriously-" the cop sighed and looked down as the card was washed away. "That's unfortunate."
"You're telling me," Lionblaze said in an annoyed tone. "Now I should probably go home and park my car, considering my license is gone now."
"Usually I'd have to impound your car," the cop said slowly. "But given the circumstances, I'll let you drive it home. But make sure you leave your car there until you can go and get a new license card."
"Okay," Lionblaze said.
"Sorry for wasting your time," the cop said, looking uncomfortable. He quickly walked away back to his car. Lionblaze had to force himself not to start grinning like an idiot until the cop drove away.
I can't believe I just did that