Happy Birthday KakaAnko! Remember the car from Chapter 27? It's back.

I do not own.

Rex walked into the hanger. After looking around he headed to the back where the personnel parked their personal vehicles. At the end of a row of cars parked in little units was Beverly with her backside sticking out of the hood of the car. As he got closer, he could hear faint grumblings that remotely sounded like cursing.

"Beverly?" His voice echoed unexpectedly.

Beverly got up so quickly that she bumped her head on the hood. "Oww! Rex! What the heck?" She rubbed her head vigorously.

"Ooo, sorry. You all right?" Rex grimaced.

"Yeah, fine." She didn't sound fine.

"Need ice?" He asked.

"No." She snapped.

"Okay, no need to bite my head off. " He held his hands up in surrender.

"Sorry, I guess I'm just all nerves right now." She apologized.

"Oh, the meeting with White tomorrow?" He asked.

"Yeah, I think he's trying to get rid of me." She sighed.

"White? Why would he do that? Well, other than he's a jerk sometimes." Rex frowned.

"I don't know. Maybe it's because I called-him-an-albino-rhino." The last part she jumbled together.

Rex laughed. "Rhino? He's more like a polar bear, a really grumpy polar bear."

"Whatever. He's always criticizing me, questioning what I'm doing, I don't even think he knows my name." She ranted.

"Welcome to my world." Rex smirked. "White's not bad, once you ignore everything he's saying."

"Easy, for you to say. You're still Providence's secret weapon, irreplaceable." She told him.

"Caesar, won't let him get rid of you." Rex reasoned.

"I don't know about that. Caesar, as much as I like him, isn't really confrontational." She said dejectedly.

"I know Caesar would go to bat for you." Rex assured her. He added when he noticed that she was still holding her head. "Are you sure you don't want some ice?"

"Yeah, I just came out here to get my mind off things but now I realized I left a major part in Caesar's lab. Hey, if want to make it up to me, can you get the hemi from Caesar's lab?" She asked.

"Hemi? What's a hemi?" Rex wrinkled his nose.

"It's a hemispherical firing chamber."

"Huh?"

Beverly sighed. "It looks like a chrome egg holder. Just ask Caesar, he'll give it to you."

"Sure. Oh, uh your sister sent me to get you. She wanted to see you." He told her.

"What? Why didn't she just call me?" She asked.

"She said you weren't answering." He answered.

Beverly pulled out her phone and winced. "20 missed messages. Boy, she must be mad."

"Well, don't let her push you around." Rex advised. His comlink buzzed. Placing a finger in his ear he cringed. "She's right here. I just told her. Yes, she's coming. Yes, I know."

Beverly hid a smile as she walked past Rex still talking to her sister.

When Rex was done, he flipped the comlink off with a scowl. He hated when Doc lectured him. Suddenly, he realized he was alone in the hanger. "I guess I'll go get the hemi." He said to no one in particular.

Creating his Rex Ride, he rode out of the hanger to Caesar's lab. Caesar with darken goggles was bent over some computer boards with an electric tool in his hands, causing sparks to fly out.

"Hey bro, your girlfriend wants the hemi." He told his brother.

Caesar didn't even look up. He waved vaguely over to the side of the room with his thick black gloved hand.

Rex glanced over in the direction that Caesar was pointing at. He walked over to the table and grabbed the first thing that looked like an egg holder.

"Later, bro." Rex called to his brother who never looked up.

On his way back to the hanger, he felt something jab him in the back.

"Hey chief, watcha doing?"

"Bobo? I thought you were at that thing you go to." Rex said.

Bobo shook his head. "Wow, they really teach you how to articulate in college, don't they?"

"Shut up." Rex snappd.

"Maybe you should take a class on one-liners." Bobo continued.

"Don't make me…" Rex started to threaten.

"So, whatcha doin' with a hemi?" Bobo interrupted him.

"You know what this is?" Rex forgot his annoyance.

"Of course, what self-respecting mechanic doesn't." Bobo snorted.

"Well, it's for Beverly's car." Rex said.

"The 77 she's restoring?" Bobo's eye lit up. "Man, I'd love to take that baby for a spin."

"Well, I'm sure she'll kill you first." He smirked.

"What she doesn't know." Bobo replied.

"You wouldn't dare." Rex said.

"Is that a challenge?" Bobo asked.

"You don't have the guts." Rex goaded him.

Bobo snatched the hemi from Rex and tucked it under his arm. Then he ran on all fours to the hanger.

"Hey, wait for me." Rex jogged after him.

0o0

Beverly left her sister's lab slightly annoyed. Rebecca still treated her like a little kid. Yes, she knew about the performance meeting. Yes, she knew she was on thin ice after the robot incident. Yes, she knew what to say to White.

Beverly rubbed the back of her neck tiredly. A small headache was forming behind her eyes. She had been working on her car to relax her nerves. It was very calming to just forget everything and restore that beauty of a car.

"Beverly!"

She turned around and saw Caesar. "Hey, what's up?"

"Did you put that hemi in your car yet?" He asked. "Rex picked it up for you this afternoon."

"No. I haven't had a chance. I was talking to Becca about the meeting tomorrow." She said tiredly.

"Oh good." Caesar said with relief.

"Why?" She asked.

"It was going to be a surprise, but I modified it so that the combustion is 10 times more powerful." Caesar told her.

"Aww, that's so sweet but isn't that dangerous?" She paused.

"Well, the theory was sound but in practice…" He began.

The loud sound of a car backfiring stopped them in their tracks.

"Rex, doesn't know how to install a hemi, does he?" She asked Caesar.

"He can barely change gears on an automatic. " Caesar answered.

"Then who would…" She started asking before stopping and looking at Caesar in horror.

"Bobo!" They both said in unison.

Running to the hanger, they saw tire marks marring the floor leading outside. Following the trail, they saw a cloud of dust speeding away. Beverly's jaw hung open.

"Get in!" Caesar pulled up in a stealth cycle and handed her a helmet.

Beverly barely got into her helmet and onto the bike when Caesar sped off.

"They took my car!" Beverly fumed.

"Tell them to turn back." He told her.

"He's not answering his comlink!" She yelled so he could hear her.

"How about Bobo?" He shouted back.

"No!"

"That's unfortunate."

"Why?"

"There's a possibility that it could explode!"

"What?" Beverly's headache got worst.

"The combustion power is a little too potent for the car to contain. The stress may be too much." Caesar explained.

"They have too much of a head start. We're not going to catch up with them." Beverly said.

"If we knew where they were going, we can find them." Caesar reasoned.

Beverly closed her eyes. If she was Rex and she with her monkey wanted to show off a car, where would she go. Her eyes flew open. "Quick! Go to Noah's!"

0o0

Beverly and Caesar rolled into the city limits where Noah lived. They came to a stop at the light. A sports car with two burly men came rolling next to them.

"Hey baby, why don't you get in the car with some real men. The guys leered at Beverly.

Beverly glared back at them. "Why don't you?" She retorted.

"Ooo, she's got some sass." One said to the other.

"Hey, what's a sissy like you doing with a hot chick like that?" The driver yelled to Caesar.

"I don't have any poultry, but you gentlemen make up for that." Caesar answered.

The men looked confused. The light turned green and Caesar rode off.

"Did you just call them chicken?" Beverly asked.

"I was going for turkey, but I guess that would work too." Caesar acknowledged.

A car roared from behind them.

"Uh-oh, I think they figured out you insulted them." Beverly turned around.

Caesar sped up. The car also increased in speed.

"Are they crazy?" Beverly asked. "We're on local streets. They can hit someone."

"I believe we're the ones they want to hit." Caesar said calmly. "Beverly, would you reach into my front left pocket?... No, the smaller one. Yes, that's it. Can you pull out the capsule? Good. Now put it in the firearm I have in my upper right pocket."

Beverly was trying to hear the instructions over the wind. Holding the capsule, which was no bigger than a vitamin pill, she did as Caesar said. Placing it in the gun, she turned and fired at the car. As the capsule flew through the air, it expanded into a putty like substance until it hit the front of the car The men scrambled to get out of the car as the putty expanded to engulf the whole car.

"Wow, that's amazing!" Beverly exclaimed.

"Hmmm? Oh that, it's something I was working on for a nonlethal way of stopping moving vehicles. There's just one problem…" Caesar stopped as there was a loud pop.

Beverly turned around to see that the putty had burst into flames. "It's too flammable." Caesar finished.

Beverly could see the two men were fine, but they were furious.

She sighed. That's another complaint for Providence.

"There's Noah's." Beverly said to change the subject. "And there's my car!"

Coming from the opposite direction, Beverly saw her almost restored car. It looked like they spotted them as well because the car sped up and passed them.

Caesar spun the bike around and raced after them.

Noah stepped out of his house.

"Was that my grandfather's car?" He squinted in the sun.

0o0

"Bobo! The jigs up. They saw us. Why are you driving away?" Rex asked.

"No, if we get back before they catch us, it will be like nothing happened. Deny, deny, deny." Bobo stated.

"That's nuts." Rex told him looking back. "The car's pretty fast. At this rate, we can outrun them."

"And deny everything." Bobo added.

"What's that smell?" Rex sniffed the air.

"I had three chili cheese dogs for lunch." Bobo said.

"I smell something burning." Rex said.

"That's the road." Bobo smirked.

"Bobo, there's smoke coming out of the hood."

"Just letting off some steam."

"I think I see fire."

"It's just the sun reflecting off the hood."

"No! There're now actual flames coming out of the hood. Bobo! Stop the car!"

Bobo was going to argue when the hood popped open and dark smoke obscured their vision. The car finally rolled to a stop. Rex and Bobo got out of the car.

"My poor baby!" Beverly wailed as Caesar stopped the bike. He pulled a small fire extinguisher off the stealth cycle. He sprayed down the fire.

"Bobo!" She growled at the chimp.

"Rex made me do it." Bobo pointed a finger at Rex.

"What? You're the one who installed the hemi and took the car out. Rex protested.

"You didn't stop me." Bobo countered.
"Well, you're lucky the car didn't explode." Caesar interrupted them.

"Explode?" Bobo yelped.

"Yes, I modified it…" Caesar began.

"Say, no more." Rex stopped him. "Bro, why does everything you make explode?"

"That's not true…" Caesar shook his head. Then the engine sparked and popped.

Everyone took a step back. "Most of the time." Caesar finished.

"Now what?" Beverly asked crestfallen.

"Since Rex and Bobo brought it out here. They will bring it back home." Caesar said.

"How? It's not going to run any… Oh." Rex stopped. He formed his Rex Ride. "I guess I'm towing this home."

"Yes, and Bobo is going to find a new engine for the car aren't you Bobo?" Caesar looked at him sternly.

"Sure." Bobo agreed eyeing Beverly fearfully. She looked like she was ready to skin him.

"Get going!" Caesar ordered.

Bobo hooked the car up to the Rex Ride and they drove off back to Providence.

Caesar turned to look at Beverly.

"What's wrong?" He asked.

"Oh, I was hoping that working on the car would help me relax for tomorrow. Now the car is ruined and I'm more tense now." She said tiredly.

"What's tomorrow? Oh, the meeting. Why are you nervous?" Caesar asked.

"I don't think White wants me around." Beverly told him.

"That's silly. You're my assistant. He won't get rid of you."

"How do you know that?"

"For one thing." Caesar wrapped his arm around her shoulder and pulled her close. "He won't get rid of me, hence he won't get rid of you."

"You're more important than me." Beverly said.

"And you're important to me." Caesar's smile warmed her. "Querida, don't worry yourself. Providence needs you. You know since we're in town already, how about we get some dinner?"

"That sounds good." She felt her headache melting away.

"What do you feel like?" Caesar asked.

"I haven't had a good enchilada in a while." She replied.

"I know a great place around the corner." He offered her his arm.

"We're going to leave the stealth cycle in the middle of the street?" She questioned.

"I got it." Caesar pulled out some keys and pressed a button. The cycle started. It drove itself to the curb before turning invisible.

"Neat trick." Beverly said impressed before frowning. "It's not going to explode is it?"

0o0

"How did the meeting go?" Caesar asked when Beverly walked into the lab the next morning.

"It was… ok." Beverly said slowly.

"What did he say?" He turned back to his work.

"Oh, something like, he thought I was a nuisance, but I keep the cost down." She walked over to him.

"Really?" Caesar said without looking up.

"Apparently, after I became your assistant, collateral damage went down by 23%." She said.

"Fascinating." Caesar answered. "I told you Providence needs you."

"Only Providence?" She leaned over the table looking at Caesar slyly.

Caesar looked up. "Maybe a certain scientist needs you too."

Beverly smiled as he leaned in and kissed her.

"I thought so." She said when they parted. She then leaned in and kissed him again.

Not a typical date. Sorry about that. I really had to force myself to finish, but I wanted this up for KakaAnko's birthday. Hope you enjoy it.