Cleaning Darkness
Chapter 4: The Single Most Beautiful Hunk of Metal.

By: Major Frostwing

After Night and myself repaired the wall she had sent me through we decided to go and buy the parts for the new car. I was going to build the whole thing frome scratch so I needed to buy a new engine block, transmission, suspension, you know the works. Once we got the parts we went and bought all of the tools I would need. I spent a pretty penny to get everything I would need but this was going to be a great build.

The trip back to the castle was slow since I had to ask the elements to help me. The room we set up as my new garage was on the first floor of the castle in an empty room that no one was using. I had blown out the back wall so we could move the car inside when it got here. That was four hours ago...

"What the fuck is taking so long? It's just a hunk of metal on a flat bed it shouldn't take this long." I muttered before letting out an annoyed sigh. "Fuck it I'm bored. I would have had an easier time carrying the damn thing back." I growled out as I heard the honk of a horn. "FUCKING FINALLY!" I yelled getting to my feet.

When I walked out of the hole I motioned for the truck to come over to me. They did dropping the car outside and passing me a clipboard. I quickly signed my name tossing him back the clipboard. "What about a tip?" The guy said as I was about to walk away.

"The car was supposed to be here around Four. It's Seven. You are three hours late." I pointed out going over to my car. "Here is a tip don't be late next time now fuck off I got to get to work." I said as I pushed the car into the room activating my magic as the wall repaired it's self.

Nova returned from her errands with a pep in her step. She knew exactly where Jon was working on his car since this was her castle... and she had bugged the room with cameras and microphones... She needed to keep tabs on him. She was able to organize a meeting with the entirety of the town in three days time so Jon can begin to reintegrate himself.

She went to the room Jon was working in opening the door only for a blast of music to nearly blow her ears out. She quickly covered her ears walking into the room to see Jon yanking parts out of his new project. That's not the only thing that caught her attention. There was a woman standing next to him passing him tools when he held his hand up.

"JON!" Nova yelled as he only continued to work . "JON!" She yelled again but still he didn't hear. She let out a groan of frustration walking over to the stubborn man tapping his shoulder. "HEY!" She yelled right in his ear as he jumped looking over to her. He raised his hand turning it as the music went quiet.

"Yes?" He asked as he went back to work. "Got some questions?" He asked as he ripped a bad spring out of the suspension.

"Several." Nova said with a flat look. "Who is this woman? and why the hell were you listening to your music so loudly?" Jon tapped his chin with a wrench thinking about it.

"That is Night. Also known as Nightmare Moon she is the source of my magic. About the music though. I did sound proof the room so I could do just that." Jon answered going back to work ripping out sections of the suspension tossing them into a pile. "So why are you in my workshop?" Jon asked as he held up his hand to Night. She took the wrench from his hand and put a new one in it's place.

"I had to make sure you weren't creating something dangerous." Nova rolled her eyes annoyed at the simple answers she got. "So what are you going to do with this hunk of junk?" Nova asked as Jon only shrugged.

"Turn it into the most beautiful hunk of junk. Or at least try to do that. I am annoyed about the new engine configuration. I will have to take it apart slowly so I can study it and improve upon it." Jon said as he got to his feet dusting off his pants. "Your delivery guys were late by the way. I could have been working on the engine by now if they would have moved faster." Jon said as he grabbed a rag cleaning off his hands. "So what bad news do you got for me?" He asked setting the rag on the body of the car.

"I have scheduled a town meeting to introduce you back into society. It will happen in three days." Jon only raised an eyebrow looking back at his car.

"Is that all?" He asked moving over to a crate ripping the top off of it. He reached in pulling out new suspension coils with ease. "It only means I got a time limit to get this hunk of junk looking beautiful." Jon pointed out as he went back to his seat to get back to work.

"Do you think you can get this thing in working order in three days?" Nova asked as Jon shrugged again.

"If I don't sleep I should have it done. I won't have time to give it a test drive or finish the decals I want on it but it should be in working order." Jon said as he held up his hand as a wrench was handed to him.

"W-well I guess I will let you get to work then." Jon didn't answer her as he only continued to work. "Have a good night Jon. I will have one of the girls bring you your dinner." Jon nodded his head as another tool was placed into his hand. "Have a good night Jon." Nova said as Jon raised his hand waving her good bye before his music turned up as loud as it could go.

Author's Note

Sadly they are both short chapters.