The Fix It Boys Page #6

Huh?

Spying.

Oh.

(STARTLING TONE)

BEN:
Yeah, you see I

got this brilliant idea.

CRICKET:
Your idea?

BEN:
Fine, you helped.

He's been in

there a long time.

It's probably the first time

he's ever been in

a jewelry store.

We realized that to catch

the thief we needed bait.

(JAZZY SPY MUSIC)

CRICKET:
No not

that one, the pearls.

Cook?

The pearls.

Whirls, curls?

Pearls.

Pearl, pearls.

Pearls, pearls is what I meant.

I need some pearls.

That's what I need, pearls.

What are you doing?

Chillax, I'm just

fixing my hair.

Get ya down here!

These are our most

exquisite pearls

from our Tsunami

Wave collection.

Those would look

exquisite on me,

I mean your lady

friend of course.

(LAUGHING) Old Darlene

wouldn't be caught dead

with these marbles

around her neck.

Oh I mean these are for my

daughter that I wish I had.

I'll take 'em.

Great job Uncle Jim.

I've never been so

uncomfortable in all my life

with all those fancy

things in there.

You boys realize how much

money I spent in that place?

Don't worry Uncle Jim,

we'll return the pearls

and your money as soon

as we catch the thief.

You gave 'em the

junkyard's address, right?

What makes you boys

so sure that jewel thief

is gonna be come

lookin' for them pearls?

Oh he'll try to

steal them for certain.

And when he does,

we'll be waiting

like two horsies and

night centennals.

(BEEPING)

(SNORING)

(EXCLAIMS) Use the

torque wrench!

Oh, my turn to watch already?

Yeah, but I better stay

up with you just in case

you can't stay awake.

Thanks, but between

the dozen motion sensors,

the half a dozen car alarms

and the 25 flood lights

I've got wired up,

nobody's going to walk through

this place unannounced.

(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)

Don't you think that maybe

your jewelry this way signs

are a little too, I

don't know, obvious.

We want the thief to try

to steal the pearls don't we?

Cocoa?

No thanks.

Mary Beth talks

about God a lot.

Everybody needs

something to believe in.

What do we believe in?

Mechanical

engineering of course.

What do you think G-Dog meant

by how we need to be

ready for the son of God

to return like a thief.

The ravings of

a desperate man.

You see Ben, the average

non-mechanical person

needs a God to help

them fix things.

Their car breaks down,

they pray to God to fix it.

They lose their job, they

pray to God for another job.

They get locked up in jail,

they cling to God and so on.

And then there's people like us.

If something of ours breaks,

we simply fix it ourselves.

Thereby cutting

out the middle man.

So because we

know how to rebuild

a four speed transmission,

we don't need God?

Precisely.

What about when we die?

Then how is our mechanical

skills gonna help?

Die?

We're just kids, with our

whole lives ahead of us.

And by the time we're old

I wouldn't be surprised

if medical science can't

keep us alive forever.

BEN:
I'm just not

so sure that medicine

will be able to keep

people alive forever.

That's all.

Well maybe if you

read the science journal

once in a while, instead

of your hot rod magazines,

you'd know what I'm

saying is feasible.

Yeah maybe.

Are you sure you wired

everything up right?

It's awful quiet.

Maybe the robber

isn't coming tonight.

He has to come tonight.

Mary's parents are signing

the divorce papers

in the morning.

Just check your wires again.

I don't need to recheck

my work, thank you.

Yeah well just

check 'em anyways.

Stop questioning my abilities.

I'm not questioning

your darn abilities.

I just wanna make sure the

wires are hooked up right.

Stop pulling Ben.

BEN:
You stop pulling.

CRICKET:
Stop pulling.

You stop pulling.

(ELECTRICAL BUZZING)

Oh no, not my computer!

Look what you've done.

I'm so sorry he hurt you Spock.

Spock?

Don't speak to me right now.

We don't need your

fancy computer anyways.

It's not like

someone's gonna walk up

and steal the pearls right

from under our noses.

(UPBEAT COUNTRY MUSIC)

Come on Cricket, hurry up.

How can you even see

where you're going?

Are you kidding?

I know this place like

the back of my hand!

(LAUGHING)

(EXCLAIMS)

It's you!

You have really big feet.

We want the pearls back, now!

(YELLING IN SLOW TIME)

Darlene

Darlene, Dar

Darlene

Cricket, get off me.

What happened?

Where are we?

In the back garage I think.

(DOORS RATTLE LOUDLY)

Morning boys.

Uncle Jim, what's going on?

That's actually

kind of a funny story.

Be glad to tell

you boys about it,

as soon as the police

comes to pick up the thief.

The thief, you

mean you caught him?

Eh, I kinda figured you boys

might need a little

help last night.

But if by him you're

referring to the jewel thief,

(LAUGHS)

you'd be badly mistaken.

How'd ya like that last song?

That's the lady from

the jewelry store.

Kat.

Is that her name?

I was calling her big foot.

She might be a

woman here fellas,

but she ain't no lady.

And she's a real

firecracker at that.

You gonna play real

nice now ain't ya?

Get away from me

you filthy mechanic.

You can't treat me like this.

You've got nothing on me.

Nothing.

Nothing?

We saw you steal the pearls

right from in front of us.

Well technically we

didn't see anything.

You mean you boys

didn't see her steal it?

So what, she stole it,

just check her pockets.

Uh, already done that.

Empty.

(LAUGHING)

You silly, silly

little people.

But you were in our junkyard.

That's trespassing.

But I was just looking for

a new bumper for my car officer,

when it got dark and these

hooligans attacked me

and bound me and that big one

even tortured me with hours

of this awful singing.

(LAUGHING)

I'm gonna sue you for

everything you've got.

Uh boys.

I'm no attorney at law here,

but maybe she's onto something.

Except for the

singing of course.

And besides the suing,

who's gonna pay me back

for the money I spent

out on them pearls?

She must've hidden them

somewhere in the yard.

Now you listen to me

you, you cat burglar.

We want the pearl necklace

back you stole from us

and we especially want

the pearl necklace

you stole from

Mary Beth's house.

And we want them now.

You know what I want?

Breakfast.

Why you despicable...

Whoa pal, whoa little buddy.

KAT:
I know my rights.

How 'bout exercising

your rights by being quiet.

No, no.

Ben, come here.

What are we

gonna do Uncle Jim?

If she sues us, she could

take the whole junkyard away.

I think what we

need to do right now

at this time is to

go out in the yard

and see if we can find where

she mighta hid the pearls.

That way we'll have

enough evidence on her

to have her locked up.

Yeah okay, what do

you think Cricket?

I think Cricket has a

quicker way in mind.

Whoa little buddy.

Sauteing the girl ain't gonna

do us no good right now.

She knows where they

are Uncle Jim, she knows.

Mary Beth's parents are gonna

give a divorce because of her.

It's gonna be okay Cricket.

You really care, don't you?

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