The Car Wash
"Hey Chas, what's up?" Stu asked as he applied a layer of wax on his car, checking to make sure he had gotten every spot covered.
Chas stepped out of his own car, moving to help Chuckie out. "Hey Stu. Just got back from the car wash."
Stu frowned at that. "Ugh, I hate those places. A waste of money."
"I don't know… sometimes its worth the time…"
"Maybe… but there is something taking the time and effort to get your car clean. Gives me a sense of accomplishment…"
As the adults talked Chuckie walked over to his friends, biting his lip. "Guys, I just saw the scarest scay thing ever!"
"What's that, Chuckie?" Tommy asked, looking up from the bucket of soapy water he was playing with.
"It was the Car Wash Monster! It eats cars up! It has a big mouth and all this foam-"
"That's not a monster!" Lil said. "Our mommy too us through the Car Wash last week! It was fun!"
"But… but you could have been eaten!" Chuckie pleaded.
"Did you actually see a car get eaten?" Tommy asked.
Chuckie shifted at that. "Well… no. But it had a mouth…"
"It was just a tunnel, Chukie," Phil complained. "Not a mouth."
"I guess…"
"Come on babies!" Angelica called out. She was seated in her pedal car, a bored look on her face. "Let's go!"
"Coming Angelica!" Tommy called out and he, Phil, and Lil began to drag buckets over to the car.
"What are you doing?" Chuckie asked. Following.
"We're playing car washing!" Tommy declared happily. "Just like my daddy! We're washin' Angelica's car and putting turtle wraps on it-" Lil held up a sponge shaped like a turtle, "and then we are gonna do our wagon next!"
"Well… I guess that sounds fun," Chuckie said. "Its like giving a toy a bath!"
"Angelica," Stu called out, "remember what I said!"
"Only use the hose if you are helping," Angelica repeated.
Stu nodded and the babies got back to helping clean Angelica's car. And while Angelica didn't do much to help them the babies didn't mind because they got to play with bubbly water and after Angelica went off they got to clean their wagon. And at the end Stu even held the hose in the air to make it rain down on them, causing them all to laugh.
"I see what you mean, Stu," Chas said. "Maybe next time I need a car wash we can do it together and play with the kids!"
~MC~MC~MC~
"I'm sorry, my lord," a distorted voice declared at the car wash, "but our plot to kill babies in our Car Wash of Doom and use their tiny bodies to power our weapons of destruction isn't working. The parents in this town are competent."
"Curse you all!" Megatron roared, waving his fists skyward.