Mina got up and stretched, finally feeling relief at the loss of pain in her leg. Wilhelmina had applied large globs of salve to it and it was now beginning to numb out. She also had an elastic bandage around it to protect it from further strain.
"So Willy, how've you been?" she asked Wilhelmina jokingly.
"I've been fine, but I see you're just as reckless as always." Wilhelmina replied flatly, gesturing to Mina's injury.
"Hey," Mina groaned, "not my fault."
"You got hired again?" Wilhelmina inquired half-heartedly as she already knew the answer.
"'Course, otherwise why would this guy be tailing me?" Reasoned Mina humerously and they both started giggling. They hadn't met for two years per their normal schedule, yet every time they got back together it was as if Mina'd never left. The two were and always would be diehard close friends.
"Willy!" Mina yelled, tackling Wilhelmina who had her back turned.
"What is it?" Wilhelmina replied, the wind just knocked out of her.
"You got the bikes in there?" Mina's tone had a hint of seriousness to it. Wilhelmina, and all of Mina's close friends knew that, her bike was her baby and if you messed up her bike, you got her wrath.
"I think it's on it's way down, Grayson and Jason should have them coming down the garage elevator.
Mina sighed in relief, Grayson and Jason were Wilhelmina's two sons and Mina's younger friends. They had a thing for what their mom did, loving the workshop and tinkering with the machines. So it was no surprise that they knew what Mina did for a living and they wanted to help.
"MINMIN!" came a booming voice from above as the garage elevator came down the hidden shaft. Two figures towing motorbikes appeared and once the door closed they ran up to see her, leaving the bikes against the wall of the cargo plane. The taller boy, Grayson had red, red hair and the shorter Jason had dirty blonde. They were both quite fond of Mina since she'd stayed around a lot during their younger days when the cargo plane was undergoing renovations.
"Nice to see you two again," Mina said happily, patting their heads like kids. "have any trouble with my baby?"
The two brothers looked at each other and whistled in sync. "That bike of yours is still in tip-top shape Minmin." answered the boy who yelled earlier, Jason.
"I wish I could have a ride like that. But all mom gave me is an old honda civic." conplained Grayson, who fortwith recieved a strike on the head from his mother.
"I'mma go load my baby onto the Goliath." Mina said, turning away and starting to roll her bike towards the cargo plane. She winced and tried to hide it, but both Grayson and Jason saw and instintaniously grabbed the bike away from her.
"You're in no condition to be moving the bike, even if it is your baby." said Grayson concernedly.
"Exactly," agreed Jason, "rest and we'll pack your stuff into Goliath. Don't sweat the small stuff."
"But... I do have a question." began Grayson. "Who does the other bike belong to? It's obviously not yours, not your style at all. Are you with someone?"
And that was when they heard a loud series of bangs, and everything sped into overdrive.