Headaches & Hazbins: Book 1: New Kind of Life, New Kind of Hell

Chapter 10: Fight Club: Part 1

Truck Radio: *Laugh Track*

Asher: Son of a- Fuck you truck!

*Slam*

[Asher hits the dashboard again, and the radio turns off. Asher leans back in the driver's seat and looks at the roof of the truck in disappointment. He lets out a depressed sigh.]

Asher: *Depressed Sigh* Fucking hell...

Jerry: Ya did your best bud... Guess there's no fixing her.

Asher: *Groans* Gahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh... Fuck.

[Asher grabs the driver's door handle and opens it. Jerry takes a step back allowing him to get out and jump down, he closes the door and looks at Jerry. He looks annoyed. Asher shrugs. Jerry shrugs back.]

Jerry: We did all we could bud.

Asher: I fucking... *Sigh* Yea I know...

[Asher walks back over to the front of the truck and pops the hood open. He stands the hood up and looks at the engine.]

Asher: I don't fucking get it!

[Jerry walks over to the front of the truck and looks at the engine along with Asher.]

Asher: I've replaced essentially every part in this damn truck! Especially the ones that were clearly fucked!

Jerry: Hmm...

[Jerry walks away from Asher and towards the side of the truck. He gets down on a knee and looks at the truck.]

Asher: What the hell am I doing wrong?

Jerry: Maybe you're not doing anything wrong. Maybe she's just unfixable...

Asher: No way! I'm not giving up just like that!

[Asher grabs a wrench off of the table. He looks at the engine of the truck and taps it with the wrench.]

*Tap* *Tap*

Asher: C'mon! What the damn problem?

[Jerry places his right hand on the truck. He looks at the truck closely.]

Jerry: Hmmm...

[He gets on his knees and bends his head down so he can see under the truck. He surveys the bottom and underneath of the truck while Asher tinkers with the engine.]

Asher: Son of a... Damn machine...

[Jerry notices something odd under the truck. There seems to be a small puddle of unknown liquid underneath it. He raises an eyebrow as he looks at the puddle. A drop of the unknown liquid falls onto the puddle from the bottom of the truck. Jerry looks at the bottom of the truck where the liquid came from and can see another drop beginning to form. He glares at it closely.]

Jerry: Hey Ash.

Asher: Yeah?

Jerry: Did you ever look at the transmission on this thing?

Asher: Uhhh...

[Asher stops tinkering with the engine and looks forward at the back of the hood of the truck.]

Asher: No, I don't believe so.

[He goes back to messing with the truck's engine.]

Jerry: Uh-huh... Do you know what the transmission does on a vehicle?

Asher: Yea. I do.

[Jerry looks over at Asher with his normal bland expression.]

Jerry: Alright, now exactly how important is the transmission to a vehicle?