I blame my sister for this crazy idea. Once she received her Drive Belt + nearly all of the Shift Cars, I wondered how it would be (due to writing a few of them already having tantrums in Photograph) if each individual had a chapter dedicated to themselves and their personal temper tantrum. Feel free to suggest possibilities! I'm not responsible for the laughter that will ensue.
The sound of sirens and a deep voice were the only things that alerted Kiriko and Shinnosuke that something was wrong. The two looked towards each other, suspicion in their eyes. Who was Mr. Belt talking to, and why was Hunter making such a racket? There was a reason why they wanted the Drive Pit to be underneath this building, yet if there was enough noise, it would only be some time before someone came down to investigate. It was something they wished to avoid. Carefully traveling down the rest of the stairs, they pressed their ears to the cold door.
"Hunter, this is out of character for you!" The belt voice tone was agitated and the sound of metal clanking on metal echoed through the room. Shinnosuke furrowed his eyebrows as the sirens blared again, followed by various other sounds that had to be the other Shift Cars and possibly the Bikes.
Kiriko stood up and nodded to him, readying her gun in case Medic had somehow gained control of the Shift Cars again. Shinnosuke opened the door, stepping to the side to allow Kiriko room to fire when the two of them froze. The sight that met their eyes was nothing what they had expected. In the middle of the room were several small jail cells that held each and every one of the Bikes and Cars. Justice Hunter patrolled in front of them, blaring its siren and beeping loudly at the encaged Drive Belt. The belt's face flickered from angry to annoyed repeatedly as he attempted to reason with the Shift Car.
Their entrance still not detected, their eyes caught sight of movement on the right. Rinna, also stuck in a cell, was trying to reach past the bars to reach one of the items on the desk, one of her experiments in her hand. It was quite obvious she wasn't too concerned over what was going on, focused on her work.
"Back up slowly." Kiriko whispered in his ear, yet it had the opposite effect. He jumped at the closeness of her voice, the sound of his shoes giving their position away. The inhabitants of the room all turned towards them, Mr. Belt looking surprised, Rinna merely smiling and waving, and Hunter, well… it's hard to tell what it was feeling. Except when a cell cage surrounded them. Hunter raced around their newly built cage before zipping back to the belt to angrily wail at him.
"How did this happen?" Shinnosuke stopped trying to shake the bars and turned towards Mr. Belt, demanding a reason why they were now stuck in a cage, in the Drive Pit, with a grumpy Justice Hunter. Mr. Belt sighed, face flickering.
"Hunter is upset because I sent Shadow on a mission instead. Unlike our friend here, Shadow is good at undercover work instead of blaring a siren and taking off on a chase." The two partners stared at the belt before turning to each other. So they were stuck here because Hunter was throwing a fit at not being picked? And Shinnosuke didn't even have any milk candy to pass the time.
Hours later…
"Hey sis, guess wha-" The door opened and Gou nearly walked straight into the metal cell. He stared with wide eyes at the two, Shinnosuke shrugging in exasperation from where he sat on the floor and Kiriko pointing behind her. Peeking past the cell, he heard a siren blare and Hunter turned towards him.
"Nope!" Gou was gone in a flash, the door closing behind him.