Another challenge response. The challenge: a 250 word or less story, beginning or ending with the words, "Do you have a license to use that thing?"

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Two hundred fifty words!! Can I do it? Archiving permission granted.

THE REAL ADVENTURES OF JONNY QUEST

Synopsis: Jonny's got a new toy, so Jessie has to do the Florence Nightingale thing.

"FIRST AID"

by Eric R. Umali

"Do you have a license to use that thing?" were her last words before he took off.

"AARRRGHHH!"

Jonny Quest came tumbling down the side of the hill, as the hoverboard sailed over his head and smacked right into a nearby tree. He rubbed his aching head, then went to retrieve the hoverboard.

"You all right, Quest?" a voice from the top of the hill yelled. Jonny turned to the red-headed figure there.

"Yeah, Jess, I'm fine. This new hoverboard is gonna be the death of me."

"Well, you're the genius who wanted it. Your Dad invented that to carry equipment over rough terrain, not so you could break your neck."

Jonny activated the board and dropped it. Gingerly, he stood on top of the platform as it floated six inches above the ground. He shifted his weight, sending it rocketing forward.

He made a big sweep, made it to the driveway and narrowly missed hitting Race's car. The sudden change of direction sent him tumbling. He hit the asphalt hard.

Jessie ran up to him, pulling a box from her backpack.

"What's that?" he asked, gritting his teeth.

"First-aid kit. Dr. Quest made me take it." She looked at the tear in his jeans. "You skinned this knee pretty bad. I'm gonna have to clean and bandage it." She removed a bottle and dabbed it onto a cotton ball.

"No, not peroxide..."

"Oh, be quiet, you big baby."

"AAAHHHHH!!"

"Wuss."

"Do you have a license to use that thing?"

THE END.

Two hundred fifty even-- YES!!