Outside the garage, afternoon

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

Cameron knew that he'd been avoiding this. He also knew it was a bit stupid. So after lunch, he headed down to the garage, wearing his appropriate leather jacket. He pushed the swoopbike out and took a moment to just admire the paintjob he and John had done on it. The added silver lightning bolts did add something to it and he was grateful for Izzy's alien-fu. After taking a quick picture with his mobile, he took off on the swoopbike for the very first time.

An hour later, he was back in front of the garage, cleaning off the sand and dirt from his ride.


((Open like an open thing. He promised some people a ride so go ahead. Just keep in mind that he's a tiny bit protective so he won't just let anyone ride it.))

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[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

Having finally noticed that the first floor construction was done, Anders decided to explore the new additions a bit and garage-ward.

"Hey, Mitchell," he said. "Whatcha got here?"

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

"Yo, Anders," Cameron grinned as he straightened up, just having made his bike all shiny again. "Anders, meet Joan. Joan, meet Anders."

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"Joan, huh?" Anders walked around the bike a couple of times and whistled softly. "She's gorgeous, man. Really frakking gorgeous. She as fast as she looks like?"

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

Cameron smiled, looking proud of his bike. "You bet. Faster than any bike we've got on Earth."

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

Anders reached one fingertip out to barely touch the end of a handlebar. "You that eager to fly, Mitchell?"

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

"You bet your ass," Cameron laughed and patted the saddle. "This baby is just one step closer to it."

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"It looks like fun," Anders said wistfully. "Way faster than I like to go usually, but fun."

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

Cameron raised an eyebrow. "You don't sound too convinced."

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"That's 'cause I haven't seen it in action yet," Anders pointed out. "If it's as fast as it looks like it is? Sign me up, I'll be a convert."

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

Cameron looked Anders up and down. "I'm not sure I trust you to drive this baby, but I can give you a ride."

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"I wouldn't trust me to drive it either," Anders assured him quickly. "Wouldn't say no to a ride, though."

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

Cameron grinned. "Grab a helmet."

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"Seriously?" Anders didn't wait for Cameron to answer the question, though, since he was already grabbing a helmet. Yeah, today was definitely looking up.

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

"Seriously," Cameron chuckled at the enthusiasm as he grabbed a helmet too. He got back on the bike and pulled it on. "Just don't try to grope me."

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"Would I do that to you? You're still not my type, Mitchell," Anders retorted, amused, as he climbed on the bike behind Cameron. "Besides, I like you too much to try and make you flail that way."

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

"Thanks. I think. It's also not smart to make the guy driving flail," he pointed out. "Ready?"

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, I kind of like to live." Anders got a firm but very platonic grip and nodded. "As I'll ever be."

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

"I'll take it slowly," Cameron smirked as he fired up the engine. He did take it slow as he started up, but it all was relative. At least he couldn't handle the top speed of the bike due to his lack of Jedi reflexes.

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"Holy frakkin' -- whoa!" yelled Anders, but he wasn't sure how much of that was actually audible, given the helmet's muffling effect and the speed they were going -- he had no idea they weren't going to hit top speed anyhow. He sort of wanted to let go and pump his fists in the air, but on the other hand, letting go? Really bad idea, so he settled for whooping loudly instead.

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

Cameron chuckled as he could make some of the whooping out. As they made it onto the beach, he sped up some more as there weren't any trees to hit here.

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"At the beach already?" Anders yelled, and then proceeded to hang on a little tighter when Cameron kicked up the speed. "Holy frak, this thing is sweet!"

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

"Joan!" Cameron shouted back. "She's not a thing, man."

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"Right, right!" Anders let go just long enough to pat the bike apologetically on its -- her? -- um, flank. "Sorry, Joan! You kinda rock!"

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

"Damn right she does," Cameron said, but probably not loud enough for Anders to catch. The next however, he did speak up on. "Anywhere in particular you want to go?"

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"No idea -- out to the causeway and back the long way?"

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

"Sounds like a plan," Cameron grinned and hoped there wasn't too much traffic there as he hadn't exactly tried riding with other people heading his way.

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

Well, Anders hadn't thought of that. He was just having enough fun to want to prolong it a bit. "Go, Joan!"

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

"Wooohooooo!" Cameron whooped as he turned the bike to head towards the Causeway. Navigating onto the parking lot was a bit trickier so he slowed down some, but the road was completely empty and Cameron put his foot down.

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"Yeah! Open up that throttle, Mitchell!" Anders hollered.

He could probably get used to this speed-demon thing.

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

Cameron did, but as they reached the end of the causeway, he had to slow down again. His turn? Was still pretty sharp, though.

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

Anders really hoped his "meep!" at the sharp turn went unheard. Because really, after the initial moment of fright, it had been pretty damn fun.

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

Heard or not, the causeway was still free and Cameron sped right back up again, loving the purr of the engine. Taking advantage of the strip, he didn't slow down until they reached the parking lot again.

"Any other requests?" he called back.

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"Gotta save something for next time, right?" Anders replied. "Too much excitement could kill me."

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

Cameron chuckled. "Home we go," he said as he kept the speed down when he took Apocolypse Avenue to head back towards the dorms. It wouldn't do to get busted by a trooper patrol after all.

He was kind of proud when Joan didn't seem to have any problems going up the steep hill. So when they reached the garage again, Cameron gently patted the bike. "Good girl."

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

Anders took the helmet off and caught his breath, grinning. "Thanks, man. I needed that. Really needed that."

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

"No problem," Cameron assured him. "Anytime you need a thrill..."

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"Of the not-dirty kind." Anders patted him on the shoulder. "I'll come look you up."

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

"Obviously," Cameron agreed and pulled off his helmet as he climbed off the swoop bike. He'd need to clean off some sand again now, but he didn't mind much. "Everything okay?"

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"No," Anders said honestly, patting Joan again. "But hopefully they'll be getting there again soon."

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

Cameron nodded. "Well, if you need a ride or a chat or to get drunk..."

[apocalypsesoon.livejournal.com]

John cut through the garage, loving how the place already smelled like motor oil, sweat, and grease. He frowned as he saw Sam Carter's bike from the shed sitting a few spots down from his dirt bike. And whatever these guys were working on.