Chapter 22: Kevin's Big Score
Hey everyone I'm back with a new chapter. Sorry about the wait, but I wanted to figure out a fun chapter for the Baby Chills and I needed to figure out good names for them all. I think you'll like what I have planned. Please Review and Enjoy.
It was late at night in alley as a rat was running around looking for some food to eat when suddenly a blast was fired and a human/porcupine/ possum creature stepped out wearing an orange jacket, this was Argit.
Grinning Argit picked up the dead rat and swallowed it whole. Licking his lips, a light shined on him and an engine roared.
Turning around he saw Kevin pulling up towards him.
"Kevin, buddy. I've been waiting here for like an hour." Argit said.
"I said I'd be here and I'm here. What's your proposition?" Kevin asks.
"Why do you have to be such a downer? After all we've been through aren't you glad to see your old buddy?" Argit asks as Kevin raised his windows and was about to leave. "No wait. I got that tech you're looking for."
"What makes you think I'm looking for anything?" Kevin asks lowering his windows.
"Come on Kev. I know you've been messaging all the underground swappers. You're in the market for some primo machine and I got it." Argit said.
"Seriously?" Kevin asks.
"Oh now you're listening. Now that I can be useful. You are so off my contacts list." Argit said walking away but Kevin followed.
"Argit come on, you've burned me on so many deals so many times. I sometimes forget how tight you really are." Kevin said as Argit stopped.
"Oh I can't stay mad at you. Not when there's money involved." Argit said.
"So let's see it." Kevin said.
"Uh I don't actually got it got it." Argit admits.
"Oh come on Argit!" Kevin glares.
"But I can make the connection with the guy who does. Just to warn you it's gonna cost ya." Argit said as Kevin narrows his eyes.
At Monster High, the Baby Chills as everyone called them had become the school's new pets and everyone seemed to enjoy having them around, especially the moms.
At her locker, Draculaura looked to see Webby riding on the back of her Baby Chill. "Damien slow down. If you keep flying that Webby will be the one flying." Draculaura giggles as Cleo walks by with her Baby Chill on her shoulder.
"I tell you Isis refuses to lift a finger she wants everyone else to do stuff for him." Cleo said.
"Sounds like quite the royal." Draculaura smirks.
"I know. I'm so proud of her." Cleo smiles rubbing Isis's head. "Still I better go find daddy. You probably want to spend some time with him."
Hearing that Draculaura lifts her head up realizing that the perfect way to spend time with Drake was literally flying right next to her.
Outside the school, Drake was watching as Kevin was making adjustments to the RV when his Baby Chill flew in.
"Come on Frost, take it easy." Drake said as Frost climbed on Drake's head and took a nap.
"Wow Drake who knew you'd take a shine to this parenting thing." Kevin mocks lifting his head up.
"Hey just finish what you're here to do." Drake said.
"Alright, alright, geez I know you're here to watch me but did you have to bring your kid?" Kevin asks.
"Kinda. At least I have help with the others." Drake said when Toralei ran past them.
"Here you go." Toralei said handing him a bag of sweets.
"Sweets?" Kevin asks.
"Here comes the show." Toralei smirks.
"Uh why did—" Before Drake could finish all the Baby Chills tackled Drake into the grass causing Kevin and Toralei to burst into laughter.
"Whether they're humans, monsters or even aliens kids go crazy for candy!" Toralei laughs holding her sides.
"Oh I needed that." Kevin laughs climbing into the RV.
"Daimen, Sparky stop pulling on Arcane's wings! Isis, Flutter give that back to Mozart and Rose, no stealing! Come on Sneaky isn't getting any! Azure, Splash, Fang cut it out that tickles!" Drake laughs as Frankie ran over.
Putting her fingers together Frankie whistles causing all the Baby Chills to fly off.
"Thanks Frankie." Drake pants.
"Oh great, one of the moms is here." Toralei rolls her eyes.
"You okay?" Frankie asks helping him up.
"Yeah, Kevin you almost done?" Drake asks.
"Just let me check the engine." Kevin said taking out the Plumber's badge to reveal the turbo button. Grinning he turns on the engine and races out of the way.
"Dammit! I should've seen this coming!" Drake taking out his hoverboard and climbing on it.
"Frankie get the Baby Chills inside and grab one of the Plumbers ASAP." He said before racing after Kevin.
Frankie looks to Drake and then to Toralei. "Oh please we both know you're going after him, so if you want me to keep my mouth shut you better take me along." Toralei smirks causing Frankie to sigh.
The RV races down the hill when Kevin looks to see Drake slam down on the watch turning into Diamondhead.
"Pull over Kevin!" Diamondhead said.
"Sorry Drake but you still owe me for that Morning Star favor!" Kevin said.
"No way this even comes close!" Diamondhead said firing needles at the wheels Kevin swerves to avoid losing tires.
Flying in close, Diamondhead hops off the hoverboard and onto the roof before climbing to the front.
"Nice try Drake, but tonight you're minding your own business." Kevin said clicking a button that fired multiple missiles at Diamondhead knocking him off the RV and onto the ground.
"Dammit." Diamondhead said as he picked himself up. He was about to fly after when the watch started to beep before turning back to Drake. "Ugh I hate this watch." Drake groans when his Matthew, Frankie and Toralei pulled up next to him in his car.
"Drake are you okay?" Frankie asks.
"Kevin got away." Drake said picking up the hoverboard.
"Whoa." Toralei said impressed before everyone looked at her.
"How could I let my guard down? This is like when he sold me to the Forever Knights." Drake said.
"Well if he thinks he's the first to try and steal Max's old RV, that guy is in for a shock." Matthew said taking out his Plumber's badge revealing a map. "Climb in."
Drake sighs as he was about to ride shotgun when Toralei climbed in front.
"Sorry I like it up here." She smirks.
Rolling his eyes, Drake climbs into the back with Frankie.
"Why do I keep believing that guy can be decent? Am I just an idiot?" Drake asks.
"Probably." Toralei said as Frankie glares at her.
"Drake you're not an idiot for trying to see the good in people. If anything it makes you…kinda amazing." Frankie said nervously.
"Really?" Drake asks as Frankie nods. "Thanks Frankie."
In the middle of nowhere, Argit was inspecting the RV.
"Hmm okay. It's a bucket of bolts man." Argit said before Kevin led him inside and held out the Plumber's badge revealing all the hidden tech. "Like I said bucket of bolts, but the after-market extras are worth a fortune." Argit smiles.
"Think your guy will take it?" Kevin asks.
"Oh yeah, if he ever got the chance." Argit said as he fired spikes from his back causing Kevin to fall over.
"I can't move." Kevin groans.
"Sorry Kev, but this haul is enough to pay off everyone I owe and finally live a little." Argit said throwing Kevin out onto the ground.
"The rustbucket is all I have to bargain with." Kevin said.
"You shoulda held out. When you get up you should go see him, a tech dealer called Vulkanus. Says he knows you. Says he wants you dead." Argit smirks driving off with the RV.
When Kevin regained movement Drake, Matthew, Frankie and Toralei had found him.
"Kevin, why do you do this? Just when I was beginning to think you were changing you do this." Drake said.
"Look Drake, I needed that RV this is important." Kevin said.
"Important to you?" Drake asks.
"Look you owe me one favor and now I'm cashing it in, you help me with this and we are square, deal?" Kevin asks holding out his hand.
"I must be out of my mind." Drake sighs before shaking his hand.
Following Matthew's signal, they arrived at an abandoned warehouse.
"Wow old man you really know your stuff." Toralei said.
"You don't get to be a plumber as long as me without being prepared." Matthew said opening the trunk and pulling out a proto tool.
As Kevin kicks the door opened they saw the entire RV had been salvaged.
"Geez there's almost nothing left." Frankie said.
"You really will do anything for a quick buck, won't you?" Drake glares.
"This wasn't me." Kevin said.
Drake was about to punch him when Frankie grabs his arm. "Drake stop it!"
"Let me go Frankie!" Drake said struggling to break free.
"You're a hero, you don't beat people up because you're angry. You're better than that." Frankie said.
Drake struggled before sighing realizing she was right.
Suddenly they heard movement coming towards the warehouse.
"Everyone hide." Toralei said as Argit walked in.
Walking into the RV, he pulled out one last piece of tech from the dashboard. "Score! I knew I missed something." He walks out when suddenly a foot stuck out and tripped him.
Argit looks up to see Drake, Frankie, Toralei, Kevin and Matthew glaring at him.
"Hey Argit." Kevin smriks.
"Uh oh." Arigit said quickly running through the boared window trying to make a break for it.
"Oh no you don't!" Drake said slamming down on the watch turning into XLR8.
Racing ahead XLR8 appears in front of Argit. "Where do you think you're going?" XLR8 asks before punching Argit knocking him to the ground.
Argit scrambles to get away by quickly running up a ladder, but halfway up he saw a Frankie's hand waiting for him. Moving on its own the hand zapped Argit making him scream in pain before falling to the ground.
"What the heck was that?" Argit groans looking up to see Frankie's hand reattach itself to her. "What the heck are you?"
Frankie smirks as she steps out of the way allowing XLR8 to race in and slam into Argit sending him tumbling back.
Growling Argit fires his spikes at them but XLR8 quickly grabbed Frankie bridal style and raced up onto the roof.
"You okay?" XLR8 asks.
Frankie looks at the position they were in and then to XLR8 with a soft blush on her face remembering how he carried her after Zombozo. "Uh yeah."
"Aw how cute, weird love." Argit mocks about to fire again when suddenly someone blasted him in the back causing him to fall to the ground unconscious.
XLR8 and Frankie look down to see Toralei had swiped Matthew's Proto tool and blasted Argit.
"Whoa, nice shot." Kevin said impressed.
"That guy was getting on my nerves." Toralei said handing it back to Matthew.
Tying up Argit he awoke to find himself surrounded again. He tried to fire his spikes but couldn't.
"Nice try but I superglued your back you won't be firing anything for a while." Matthew said as the watch timed out turning XLR8 back into Drake.
"So let's get this straight." Drake said.
"I'll give it to you straight, you cannot trust that man." Argit said looking to Kevin.
"Me?" Kevin asks.
"Do you know what he was gonna do? Steal your motorhome and sell it to a criminal. Thank goodness I stopped him." Argit said.
"By stealing it yourself." Kevin said.
"Yeah I may be a crook but I'm no better than you. He'll stab you in the back just for laughs." Argit said.
"You have done that before." Frankie said.
"One time and that was just payback for making go to your stupid school." Kevin said.
"Hey! Monster High may be stupid to you but to so many other monsters out there this is their only hope to come out of the dark and live among us! Maybe we'd have less doubts about you if you started thinking about others before yourself." Drake said poking him in the chest.
"You know what Rogers, take this" Kevin said nailing Drake in the gut causing him to drop to his knees.
"Drake!" Frankie gasps as Kevin walks away.
When he was gone, Drake opened his hands to reveal Kevin had handed him a tracker.
At an abandoned plane yard, Kevin walked through the gate when multiple henchmen in red suits surrounded him with pickaxes. "Take me to the boss." Kevin said as they led him to the hanger where a large orange alien in green armor was waiting inside. "I hear you're looking for me, Vulkanus. Well here I am."
"Kevin Levin, I can't decide whether to do trade with you or tear you to pieces. Remember that counterfeit Isotope scam a few years back?" Vulkanus asks.
"Yeah, sorry about that." Kevin said.
"You left me holding the bag and at the mercy of the Plumbers. I escaped but now I'm stuck on Earth swapping level 3 tech just to get by thanks to you." Vulkanus glares.
"Ancient history, I'm here to make a deal." Kevin said.
"I have the gadget you want." Vulkanus said taking out a green cube device. "This can detect heat signatures of every being all over this planet. What will you give me for it?"
"To be straight I had this stash of Plumber gear but I lost it." Kevin admits.
"You want to owe me?" Vulkanus roars.
"Tell me what I have to do to get it." Kevin said as Vulkanus holds out his hand. Kevin reaches out to shake but Vulkanus grabs his arm.
"Kneel." He orders as Kevin drops down holding his hand in pain when a panel opens revealing a glowing gem. "First you're gonna pay me back for the double cross." Suddenly two straps grabbed Kevin's arm forcing him to grab the gem and absorb it turning his body into gem.
"I can't stop absorbing." Kevin cringed.
"Because I don't want you too. You're absorbing a piece of tatenite, the rarest and most precious living gem in the galaxy." Vulkanus said as his men chained Kevin to the ground allowing the gem to grow out of him. "This is the only piece in this part of the Milky Way, at least until you showed up."
"You're garbage." Kevin glares as giant gems shot out of his back and the henchman started mining him.
"You owe me. I'm gonna take it out of your hide and sell you piece by piece and I'm gonna do it forever." Vulknaus grins.
"Sorry Vulkanus…but weren't the only one who cashed in a favor." Kevin smirks.
"Huh?" Vulkanus said when two blasts hit him in the chest knocking the cube out of his hand.
Looking over they saw Matthew holding a Proto tool while Toralei, Frankie and Big Chill were nearby.
"Sorry about the wait." Big Chill said.
"You sure took your sweet time getting here." Kevin said.
"Had to pick up something on the way over." Big Chill said.
"You have friends?" Vulkanus asks.
"More like classmates." Frankie said.
Taking out a flamethrower, Vulkanus blasts Big Chill knocking him into some rubble.
As the henchaman attack Matthew turns the proto tool into a net caster, Matthew fires capturing most of them.
Toralei dodges a pickaxe before nailing one in the gut and yanking it out of his hand. "Who else wants a piece of this angry kitty?!"
"Whoa." Frankie said as Toralei charged in whacking them all away.
Vulkanus rips the rubble away to see Big Chill was gone.
Phasing out of the walls, Big Chill breathes ice at him destroying his flamethrower.
"You wouldn't even be fighting if you knew what he did to me!" Vulkanus snaps.
"He stole, lied and ran? That's what Kevin does." Big Chill said as Vulkanus knocks him away.
Moving in Vulkanus was about to stomp him when Big Chill opened a bag of candy and threw it at him.
"Sweets? You think you can bribe me with candy?" Vulkanus asks.
"No, but it does make you a target." Big Chill smirks when suddenly the Baby Chills flew in and tackled Vulkanus to the ground.
Picking himself up Big Chill and all 12 Baby Chills were staring Vulkanus down. "Alright kids, pay close attention to daddy." Big Chill breathes his ice breath and all 12 Baby Chills followed him freezing Vulkanus's metal suit revealing him to be a little orange creature. "Ah parenting does have its perks." Big Chill said handing each Baby Chill a candy.
"Kevin." Toralei said swinging the pickaxe and breaking his cuffs off allowing him to move again.
Groaning Kevin was able to stop absorbing and turn to normal.
"You okay?" Toralei asks.
"Whoa Toralei you act mean but they way your fought showed something else." Frankie said.
"Does the bad kitty actually care about someone other than herself?" Kevin teases causing her to look away in a huff as Big Chill turned back into Drake.
"Hey what about him?" Drake asks looking at Vulkanus who was loving all the gems he was able to harvest from Kevin.
"What about him? We're even." Kevin said as they walked away. "Frankie pick that up would ya?"
Frankie walks up to the small tech cube and picks it up. "What is this?"
"It's what I've been looking for. I've noticed that you monsters all have a different heat signature than humans and aliens so by using that I could build us a software that would allow us to look all over the world quicker than Draculaura's vlog and find monsters that might not even know about us." Kevin explains.
"Wait? You were looking for tech to help Monster High? Why didn't you tell me?" Drake asks.
"I'm an ex con. I've done a lot stuff I'm not proud of and frankly as annoying and tiresome as you guys are…I kinda like being a student at Monster High." Kevin admits.
Smiling Drake holds out his hand. "Even?"
"Even." Kevin smiles as they shook hands again.
"But if you try any funny business it's double art class with Clawdeen's mom." Drake said.
"Got it, talk to you guys from now on." Kevin chuckles as Toralei and Matthew helped him to the car.
"Hey Frankie, thanks for all the support you gave me today." Drake said.
"It's alright, no big deal." Frankie smiles.
"Not to me. Frankie you are one amazing ghoul. I'm really glad I have you by my side." Drake said as they walked back to see because of Kevin and the Baby Chills the car was full. "Looks like we're taking the fun way back."
Taking out his hoverboard, Drake hops on it and holds out his hand for Frankie who gasps before smiling and taking his hand as they flew back to Monster High.
"Whoo! This is awesome!" Frankie smiles.
"Keep it down, we don't wanna get spotted." Drake laughs.
Frankie looks up and Drake and as she saw the moonlight reflecting off him she did something she never thought she would do.
"Hey Drake." Frankie said getting his attention. Turning to face her Frankie kisses him on the lips causing Drake's eyes to widen as the hoverboard ride home became one to remember.
Baby Chill Names based on parent:
Draculaura: Daimen
Frankie: Sparky
Clawdeen: Fang
Cleo: Isis
Lagoona: Splash
Jinafire: Azure
Ari: Mozart
Julie: Flutter
Hope: Arcane
Venus: Rose
Twyla: Sneaky
Extra: Frost