Lucas woke up on a pretty regular morning, wearing nothing but a bathrobe. The Slowking had earned some time off his job, so he was glad he could sleep in for once. In fact, he considered having a bit of a lie-in, but he decided not to as he'd lose several hours of the day. Hours that could be spend doing fun stuff. So he decided to get up and freshen himself up. Take a shower, brush his teeth, comb his hair despite the fact he usually wears his Shellder on top of it... And then he got dressed in his usual clothes and put his Shellder on the top of his head. He was about to go have breakfast when the phone rang, and on the other side of the call, he heard a voice he knew very well by now...

"Hey, Lucas! You awake? I'm on my way to your place right now!"

It was his Cinderace friend José. It's been a week since Rontandeau Beaumec hosted his tournament, and he met José there as one of the other participants. The two remained in touch afterwards.

"Uh, hello, José. Why're you coming my way?"

"Surprise road trip!", the hyperactive Cinderace proclaimed cheerfully. "Come on! It'll be fun! You'll get to go visit fun and interesting places!"

"Well, I--"

"Great, because I'm already there!"

The Cinderace hung up before the poor Slowking could even reply. Then the doorbell rang. Lucas decided to just open the door, after which the Cinderace quickly bounced inside.

"Hi, Lucas! How's it... Uh..." José looked around the apartment. Lucas got a bit nervous as the place was quite messy.

"Well, I haven't had time to clean because I worked some all-nighters last week and--"

José chuckled. "Oh, don't worry. I can deal with this mess in no time at all!"

"Well, maybe you could--" The Slowking couldn't finish his sentence as José led him out of his apartment. "Great! Let's go!", he said. Lucas had to remind him he still had to lock the front door.

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"José, this is embarrassing! Not only do I not like it when others see my receding hairline, but I just combed my hair!"

"Oh, you won't need to worry about that with--" The Cinderace had to look over at Lucas and could feel his ears slide against the car roof. "Wait, you comb your hair despite it being hidden under your Shellder? ...Eh! Nevermind! You won't need to worry about that with my driving!", the Cinderace cheerfully exclaimed as he utterly slammed down on the gas pedal, causing the poor Slowking to scream in a panic.

"José, what the hell! I didn't even get to fasten my seatbelt!"

"Oh, don't worry! It's not like I'll let anything happen to you, buddy!", the Cinderace said as he drove at a ridiculously high speed.

"Yeah, but can you at least slow down a little?! You know I'm not used to moving fast!"

"Oh, but I am driving slower already, Lucas!" José gestured at the speedometer. "See? I was driving 200 km/h but now it's 199!" Lucas wanted to facepalm but was too focused on holding on.

"B-but... My Shellder's going to fly off the backseat at this rate, and then all over the car!"

"Oh, silly Lucas. It won't be going anywhere because it's nice and snug in its booster seat!"

"You got it a-- Nevermind..." Lucas figured this was going to be a wild trip...

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So I finished this little gift for my pal  Huntingdon because he's such a great guy. Thanks for being a pal! :D

Probably the last time I'm drawing a car, but otherwise, special thanks to  yaljes,  Cryptic796 and  DanDragon3 for input and advice. ^w^

Also yes, drawing a Slowking without a Shellder but with hair is hard.

José belongs to  Huntingdon.

Rontandeau Beaumec (mentioned only) belongs to  Cryptic796.

Lucas belongs to/is me.