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AN: Second part to 'Driving Lessons'. Once again, written for my friend Warrior Dae, whom I hope will laugh like a madman after reading this ;D also a bit of random fluff near the end, and all pairings except AbelEsther are just crack, like the story. Please review and I might write a sequel to this one…with a slight twist. So review…or Esther will drive by where you live! lol

Driving Lessons (continued)

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Esther Blanchet was many things. She was a nun. She was a redhead. She was kind. She was pretty and pretty damn good with a gun when push came to shove. But one of the things that she was not was a good driver. In fact, she had destroyed all of Rome and the Vatican after a simple driving test.

And now, she had to retake that test. With Abel and Seth since Noelle was still in the hospital, wrapped up in a full body cast. And this time, she would be taking the test in the Empire…mainly because they were still rebuilding Rome and the Vatican.

Abel Nightroad was over 900 years old, and feared very little. He was a mighty Crusnik, and what could the meat-eating predator at the top of the food chain possibly have to fear? Crusniks were nigh immortal, and could usually only be killed by another Crusnik, and even in their death-like state, their nanomachines were merely dormant, waiting to be reawakened…

But Abel Nightroad, one of the three remaining Crusnik siblings, had one phobia, one fear that topped off all others.

And that was Esther's driving.

It was a somewhat chilly morning, on the morning that she took her driving test. Abel and Seth were sitting in a black, somewhat old-fashioned car, but it was completely remodeled inside, so it would be safe to drive.

The two Crusnik siblings were currently waiting for Esther, who was a bit late. And a bit meant…

"I can't believe she's an hour late! Honestly." Abel huffed and crossed his arms. He just wanted to get this over with, still having both mental and physical scars from his last experience with Esther's driving. He still had tire tracks on his back that had somehow turned into actual scars.

"Don't be such a grouch Abel. She's probably just nervous." Seth soothed, and then brightened up "Hey, here she comes!"

Abel peered over his little sister and out the window to see Esther walking over to the car. Abel clasped a rosary at his wrist and started whispering a quick prayer to God. He prayed that the Empire wouldn't be destroyed, that he and Seth would live through this ordeal, and that Esther didn't pass. He knew it was a little mean and maybe selfish to pray for her failure, though if she got her driver's license for real…it would mean the complete and utter apocalypse. He could just see it now…Esther getting her first car, a monster truck, complete with a missile launcher and a flamethrower mounted on top.

Abel gave an involuntary shudder just as Esther slid into the driver's seat, and slammed the door shut. She then locked all their doors, sealing their fate.

"Hey Esther." Seth said, smiling warmly at the redheaded nun, "Ready to take your driving test and get your license?"

"Yep." she nodded, then put the car key into the ignition and started the car.

Abel quivered. The car had been started.

Esther backed up, looking in her rear view mirror. Abel eased up a bit. So far she hadn't destroyed anything.

She pulled forward and pressed on the gas lightly, just going one mile per hour under the speed limit.

"Hey Esther, mind speeding up?" Seth asked lightly, not knowing the damage that would inflict. Abel wasn't sure which was louder; his screaming or the screeching of the tires.

Esther drove straight into an orphanage, which burst into flames.

"Oops." she said, and back up into a hospital. The hospital collapsed.

"Oh no, sorry about that!" Esther yelled and drove forward, driving through a mall Methuselah and humans, running over women, children, elderly citizens, the disabled, and every other living being within the structure. As she drove out, the mall exploded.

"Sorry!" she yelled, and pulled onto the highway. Cars honked and went flying off the freeway, passengers screaming their last screams.

"Oh no! I should turn off at the next exit." Esther said, and took her eyes off the road, searching for the next exit.

"I know! I'll get a map!" she said as and let go of the wheel. The result was the car fishtailing out of control as she unbuckled her seatbelt and dug in the dash compartment, searching for a map. The car took a violent swerve to the right, and broke through the metal girdles on the side of the freeway.

Abel screamed as the car practically flew onto the main road, crushing other cars beneath it, and then running straight through an intersection.

Abel watched in horror as a huge oil truck swerved to the left to avoid hitting them, and crashed into a retirement home, which then exploded in a burst of flames.

Esther who had found the map, gripped the wheel again, and blinked in surprise.

"Hey we're back on the main road. How'd we do that?" she asked, and then tossed the map to the side, hitting Abel in the face.

They were out of the city now, speeding down a country lane with nothing in sight for Esther to hit. Not yet, at least.

Esther looked over at the radio, wishing to turn it on, but her eyes found a big, shiny, red-

"Hey, what's this button do Seth? Seth?" she looked in the back for a moment, to see Seth still there and amazingly in one piece. She was white as a sheet, and clutching the seat for dear life.

"Esther, take us back to the city." she choked out

"But-"

"No buts! Take us back now!" Abel yelled uncharacteristically, and Esther cringed. Abel immediately felt bad for what he said, and touched her shoulder gently saying, "Please Esther."

Though it was too late for apologies because Esther just shrugged off his hand and shouted "Fine then!" before taking a sharp, stomach churning turn and slamming on the gas.

In her frustration, she nearly forgot about the big red shiny button, but a few moments later, she punched, hoping that something amazing would happen, like she'd instantly get her driver's license, or one(or both) of the Crusnik siblings would be thrown out of the car.

Neither happened though, but something else did. The trunk of the car opened up, revealing a rocket booster. Two wings extended on either side of the car just as they came up on the city.

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"Hey mommy! That car's about to hit us!" a little kid screamed.

"For that last damn time, I'm not your mother!" a blond woman in the driver's seat snapped. She had long blond hair and a red streaked bang hanging between her eyes.

The child, who was also blond, whimpered to another blond in the passenger's seat next to the woman.

"Daddy, do something." the child yelled, and glanced frightfully behind them. The blond male in the passenger seat was a boy, younger than the blond woman, but older than the child.

"But I'm not-" he stopped when the child looked like she was about to cry.

The blond boy stuck his head out the window, and yelled "Halt! Please do not crash into us!"

He gasped and closed his eyes as the car did not stop, and he was sure it was going to crash into them, going at top speed-

But it didn't, by some miracle.

The boy opened his eyes, frowning when he didn't see the car. He looked up and saw the car flying.

"Hey, they didn't hit us! We're alright, Asthe!" Ion yelled, glad to be alive. He looked up at the flying car again, only to see it launch missiles at the nearest building, which began topple right in front of them…

"Asthe?" Ion whimpered, but he was pulled out of the car and dragged away quickly by Asthe, just as the car was crushed by the falling structure.

"Crazy human driver!" she cursed at the sky before turning to a completely destroyed and ravaged countryside.

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"GOD HELP US!!!" Abel screamed as Esther 'accidentally' fired off several more missiles. A few hit a large crowd of people gathered for a market, and the others sailed away, hitting random but well populated areas of the city.

"Oh, I'm sorry." Esther said mockingly, and then grinned as she saw another button to press. This one was green. Esther punched that one, and the back seat in which Seth was sitting began to shake.

Suddenly it was launched out of the car, and fell somewhere over a daycare, where it exploded.

Esther then spotted a red button. This one was bigger, redder, shinier, and even more tempting to press than the first one. Abel, sensing the danger, gave her a stern look.

"Now Esther, DO NOT press that button." he warned, giving her a disapproving look

"And WHY NOT???" she asked, pouting.

"Because I'll probably get seriously injured or killed like the last time!" he shouted, waving his arms. Esther looked at him, and gave him a very innocent, sweet look that made him feel guilty about thinking that she was doing this on purpose.

"But Father Nightroad, I would never want to hurt you intentionally." she said, looking at him from under her eyelashes and looking absolutely adorable.

She let go of the wheel, and the radio beeped "Autopilot on."

Abel looked at the car in shock.

"This stupid thing has an autopilot?!" he asked, but then his attention quickly turned to Esther as she leaned against his chest. The car steadied out, and for the first time ever since he had gotten into a car with Esther, things seemed…peaceful.

The sun shield had been destroyed, giving them an unobstructed view of the late sunrise. It was beautiful.

"Father Nightroad?" an angel's voice seemed to call him back from his thoughts. He looked down at his chest to see Esther snuggled into his lap.

He, for some unknown reason, felt a strong desire to stroke her hair and tell her he loved her. It was as if some invisible force was compelling him, like an author typing the rest of his life. The author of his life for the past hour or two had to be pretty messed up in the head to type something like this, he thought, but once again he felt the force urging him to pay attention to Esther.

Abel looked back down at Esther, and suddenly leaned towards her. She leaned towards him too, and just when their faces where an inch apart, and they could both breathe in each other's sweet scents, Esther whispered

"Father Nightroad?"

"Yes, Esther?" he whispered back, feeling the strong desire to kiss her rosy red lips, and taste her mouth.

"I…" she trailed off, looking away from him, and then looking back again, "I'm sorry about everything that's happened."

He couldn't resist those eyes, and that look.

"All is forgiven. God sees that you made a simple mistake and that you're truly sorry." he breathed

"No, but I'm really sorry." she said, and then looked him straight in the eyes. She gently slipped her fingers under his chin and leaned forward until her lips met his.

Abel was surprised for a moment, but only for a moment, because he responded right after that moment of surprise and kissed her back, titling his head to the side and closing his eyes while putting an arm around her waist.

But as soon as he wrapped his arm around her, she pulled back coyly into her seat, and whispered something.

"You once mentioned something to me before…about your love of milk tea and 13 sugar cubes in it." she titled her head to the side as she spoke, looking at him curiously.

"And I suppose it's the same way with me…only like pressing buttons." her voice had a teasing tone to it, and Abel took that in a slightly perverted way. He was too stupid to realize what was going to happen next.

"So, I hope you understand, and once again," she smiled devilishly "I'm sorry."

Abel frowned, and then his eyes widened as heard a beep sound, and saw Esther's hand pressing hard against the button.

In the next second, his seat was launched from the car like Seth's had been, only his soared much higher, and much faster. He screamed femininely as the seat rocketed up.

Esther watched his seat go up and up and up…then start to fall. It was just level with the car when it exploded in midair.

Esther looked at the place where the seat had exploded for a few minutes, before shrugging.

"I told him I was sorry." she said, before the car landed. Well, actually it fell apart, and her seat went skidding in the dirt and stopped a few feet away from the completely destroyed palace.

She got out of her seat, unharmed, and just as she got up and stretched her stiff legs, the seat fell apart too.

She sighed.

"Guess I won't be getting my driver's license. Again." she said, but then brightened up when she looked at the ground "Hey, it's a dinar!"

She eagerly picked up the coin and slipped it into her pocket, more interested with the fact that she found a coin than the fact that she had failed her driver's test.

And so, that is how the Empire, the world's largest center of Methuselah existence, and the world's most technologically advanced country, fell. Not because of a huge, massive, global war. Not because the Empress died. Not because of terrorists. No, it was because Esther was allowed to get behind the wheel of a car and drive.

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