Author's Note: Follow up to Data Draft One.
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Battle Force 5 Data Drafts
Draft 2: Lava Skipping Stone
As the two groups raced to get the Battle Key, Zoom landed on the ground after scouting the area. He caught up to the rest of his team. "Zoom, did you see the Key?" Vert asked.
"Yeah, but the Vandals are almost on it," Zoom reported. "We'll never catch up."
"Calculating…" Sherman said. After he got the results on his computer, he looked out the windshield to where the Battle Key was. "It's too far to jump."
"Unless someone has a lava-proof wetsuit," Spinner suggested, though he knew it was impossible for anyone to swim in molten lava and come out alive.
Up ahead, the Vandals were nearing their prize. "Captain Kalus," Krocomodo, Kalus' second-in-command, reported. "We will have the key!"
"And then…Earth," Kalus said. "Onward!"
With that rallying cry, he, Krocomodo, Sever, and Hatch raced ahead, roaring in merriment. They were getting closer and closer by the second, their first victory for possibly days to come.
Vert looked at the pathway where the key was. 'I wouldn't celebrate early on,' he thought, getting an idea. "Stanford, target the arch!" he told him.
'Is that man mad?' Stanford asked himself in shock as he hit the brake. 'Well, here goes something.' The British prince readied his Sonic Cannons.
Firing two purple pulses of sound energy, they hit the arch, breaking it into three pieces that fell and drifted across the lava. Kalus hit the brake in time, but Sever, Hatch, and Krocomodo were on said arch. They were unharmed, but stranded on the pieces.
"There is no way to get the key!" Kalus exclaimed.
"Kalus, there's always a way," Vert said. He hit the gas and drove over the edge. 'It's just like skipping stones,' he reminded himself.
"What's he doing?" Agura asked in surprise.
"Don't know," Spinner answered in fear.
Vert flew down onto the first rock with Hatch on it. He used Hatch's car, the Scarib as a platform to jump on, totaling Hatch's car. He then bounced off Sever's Water Slaughter and Krocomodo's Riptile after that, totaling both cars. Using the extra air time, Vert hopped onto the cliff and snagged the Battle Key using a magnetic charge on the hood of the Saber.
The Saber started to spin out as soon as he got onto the surface. Using one of the fins on the Saber, Vert hit the brake and used the fin to aid in traction. He stopped well near the edge, but wasn't in danger of falling.
"You see, Kalus, you just gotta go with the flow," Vert told him.
Kalus roared in anger as the rest of the Battle Force Five celebrated their victory. 'This is not over, Battle Force Five!' Kalus vowed, seething in anger.