Lock, Shock, and Barrel all grinned and started poking items.

"Touch, touch, touch!" they cried.

Barrel hit a button and inadvertantly turned on the Tesla coils.

"Oh, cool!" he cried.

He picked up a small device and tossed it into the electrical charges. The device fried and exploded, much to the trio's delight.

"What else should we throw into it?" Lock asked.

"Maybe a chemical," Shock said with a grin. She reached up to pet Loki, who happily chittered. "After all, I'm too [i]emotional[/i] to understand volatile and corrosive substances and how [i]damaging[/i] they can be when mixed with electricity. So perhaps I should [i]learn[/i]."

That got another round of laughter from the trio.

Jack strode up to Jewel.

"Indeed," he said, regarding the task that needed to be done. "I suggest you get started."

The trio let out another round of wicked laughter at Carver.

"Scoop him out like pumpkin guts!" Barrel cried.

"Perform an autopsy!" Lock added.

All three of them started laughing again. Jack gave Finklestein a wry smile.

"I'm afraid I only have so much influence on them, doctor," he said. "Shock got her fill of trouble yesterday--"

"And failed at it," Barrel said.

He and Lock both snickered as Shock glared at them both. Jack ignored them.

"--but Lock and Barrel haven't," Jack said, "and I believe it's been some time since either of them got their troublesome urges out. And they [i]need[/i] trouble like a vampire needs blood."

"Yep," Lock said.

"What he said," Barrel said with a gesture to Jack.

Lock smirked and tapped the wrench in his hand.

"I've been thinking," he said, "since I'm more [i]logical[/i] than my dear sister, that this wrench is heavy. Heavy enough to dent...whatever this is."

He vaguely gestured to the machine in question.

"So [i]logically[/i], I should test this theory."

Lock grinned and tossed the wrench up in the air, only to catch it with his tail.

"While I [i]logically[/i] do this," Barrel said as he tossed another small device at the Tesla coil. He grinned. "Science is [i]fun[/i]!"

Jack shrugged.

"I'm not [i]allowing[/i] them, but as they [i]are[/i] working on behalf of a fellow monster in need, there simply isn't much I can do."

He narrowed his eyes.

"The quicker you get Carver out, the quicker I can assist."