AcceleRacers: Accelerate

1. The New Plan

It had been hours since they left to find Vert. They were all siting in the Sweeper and were sighing in disbelief.

"It's hopeless." Kurt said, "We've been searching for hours."

"Don't say that." Lani told him, "We still have a chance."

"We searched everywhere!" Nolo said.

"That's so true. Since he went through the portal, he could be anywhere." Taro said.

"Maybe we can find a way to go back through the portal." Monkey suggested

"I wish we could, Monkey," Lani said, "I wish we could."

"You guys can do whatever you want but I can't live with the pain that we abandoned him. He could be in the grasp of Gelorum and her drones or the Silencerz." Shirako said, "Oh...Did I just say that out loud..." Everyone just stared mindlessly at him.

"What?" He asked. Inner Shirako: Didn't think I was listening huh. Well, I know something that you don't. Muahahahaha!

"Did you really say that?" Pork Chop asked.

"Duh." Shirako answered.

"I thought you didn't know how to speak a lot of English 'cause you don't speak much is all..." Pork Chop muttered under his breath.

"You think I can't but I didn't say I couldn't but I can. Baka." Shirako said.

"What's Baka?" Pork Chop asked.

"Idiot." Taro said.

"Now that's just harsh." He said.

"Meh. I could've said worse...Except you have the translator." Shirako stated.

"So true..." Taro muttered

"Why are we talking about this again?" Wylde asked.

"Don't know." Kurt answered.

"Hey, if we can't find Vert, you could recruit Cross." Wylde said.

"You shouldn't think like that Markie." Kurt told him.

"So. You need a new member any way." Wylde said.

"Nick is still in that mental institution, Markie. He's not going to come out that soon." Kurt said.

"You could wait 5 years can't you?" He asked.

"He's probably in a straight jacket right now with a counselor." Kurt joked.

"Just remember, you're the one who sent him there in the first place. If Nolo recruits him, I bet you won't get along." Wylde said.

"Maybe we should stop talking about Nick. It brings back bad memories." Kurt said.

"Who's this Cross guy?" Tork asked.

"He's our brother." Wylde answered

"You have another brother?!" Monkey asked.

"So?" Kurt asked.

"Why is he in a mental institution again?" Karma asked

"Oh. That's a hard one...Um...He went crazy watching some fictional movie and tried to recreate that scene. He used some type of spell thing and set the house on fire." Kurt answered.

"That's harsh." Nolo said.

"It was partly his fault for letting Cross watch TV." Wylde said.

"He isn't allowed to watch television..." Pork Chop muttered

"Why?" Taro asked

"Well, he'll start doing crazy stuff if he watches TV. Like when he made a gun to copy Star Wars and seriously shot a hole through the wall..." Kurt explained. Some of them burst out laughing when he said that. Their mindless chit-chat was cut off by a phone ringing. Shirako picked up his cell and answered the call.

"Yo. Shirako here." He said. Everyone stared at him

"Nani..."

Not much of a cliffie but the best I could do. R&Ring would be nice. I hope someone reads this story...