Lifting up her back leg so that it was touching her behind, Deity grabbed onto her ankle and pulled, stretching her leg. She then did the same to her other leg before bending over and a reaching down to touch her toes. She'd never given much thought to stretching. It was just something she saw all the other aliens doing so she figured why not give it a shot and at least look professional. And despite her costume she was blending in more than Sim who was rushing from racer to racer with a blur of random comments to each.
Ruby had warned Deity that hanging out with Sim got real old real fast. Deity had of course had her own experiences with Sim and he had managed to irritate her extremely quickly when they first met. But she had been going through some stuff then and Sim had been looking for a fight. Now she was able to enjoy his company and she found she actually liked his hyperactive personality. She even laughed at some of the off topic comments he made to some of the aliens.
None of the aliens said anything back to him, though not for lack of trying. Most of the aliens Sim interrupted tried to tell him to leave but before they could he was already onto the next alien, yapping off about something or other whether they understood it or not. He would just run up to the them in a flash of green lightning and then blurt out a bunch of words at super speed before getting distracted by something else and moving on.
Deity half wondered if this was what Barry, or as he was more commingle known, the Flash was like when he first got his powers. Or when he just got really excited like Sim was just now. Though it was hard to tell the difference between excited Sim and normal Sim. Both version spoke incredibly fast so that most people couldn't understand him or get a word in edge ways.
"How much longer till the race?" was the first thing to leave Sim's mouth as he stopped next to Deity, hopping from one foot to the other before blurting out the rest of his thoughts. "You think any of these guys have super speed - You think we can win - Of course we can win, how could we not - You know who's name sounds like win, Winn - You spoken to him recently - Duh - Of course not, since your in a totally different solar system and they don't even have wifi here - Hey, tell me more about this Flash guy - You said his lightning's yellow - Or was it red - You think my lightning will change colour - You think people will get mad if I electrocute them during the race?"
Deciding to answer the first question she heard Deity said, "Just a couple of minutes," before Sim could blurt anything else out.
"Oh, good - I'm so excited - I can barely contain myself," Sim said before he began using his super speed to hop from one foot to the other causing small sparks to shoot out form between his feet. It didn't faze Deity but some of the other racers stepped away giving the Hybrid worried and suspicious looks.
"Save it for the race, Sim," Deity said as she grabbed onto Sim's shoulders, forcing him down so that he couldn't hop anymore.
"You got it!" Sim said with a bright smile causing Deity to laugh.
"Racers, please make your way to the starting position," a voice boomed across the area where the racers and spectres had gathered. The aliens made their way over to the white line across the purple rocky floor and got into various starting positions that would give them a starting advantage. Deity and Sim however were a lot more relaxed because of their super speed. Whether they had super speed or not, Deity was confident that if she wasn't fast enough to win the race then Sim would.
The reason behind the two Hybrids racing was a simple one. Not as simple as they were looking for a good time, it was much more obvious than that. Money. The winner got a cash prize and as the six Hybrids had learnt early on into the expedition they needed it. They had gotten by so far with nothing but the cloths of their back but that had brought a lot of unwanted attention and money would definitely help in their search for others like them.
"Okay, Sim. Now remember, nothing fancy. We just want to win. So don't go using your super speed right out the-" a horn sounded marking the race to start and before anyone else had even thought of crossing the white line Sim was already off leaving behind a fading trail of green lightning the zig zagged after him. "-door."
Deity looked to the rest of the racers and found them all stood in shock as they watched Sim run off into the horizon. From their defeated and horrified reactions it was safe to say none of them had super speed meaning this was now just a friendly race between Deity and Sim…well friendly might be a little too weak a word.
"See you guys at the finish line," Deity said cheerfully as she waver to her fellow racers before chasing off after Sim leaving behind her trail of yellow sun light as she went.
As it turns out Sim wasn't using all his speed because Deity caught up to him within a few seconds. This part of the race was easy enough, flat surface with distant mountains on either side and a clear stretch of running ground. Once Deity got in line with Sim their eyes met. Now the real race started. Sim pushed forward, Deity matching his speed as the dust clouds behind them doubled in size. The two raced across the ground, feet flying as their trails of yellow and green vanished into the dust they kicked up.
"Let's see how fast you really are!" Sim called over. Deity couldn't help but smile at his competitiveness.
"Faster than you!" She called back.
"We'll see," Sim said before veering right fast. A cloud of dust flew into Deity, momentarily blinding her and putting her of course. She swiped the cloud away with her hands and skidded to a stop, bring dirt and rock up along with her as she dug her feet into the ground. When her vision cleared she saw Sim was heading towards the mountains, clearly trying to make the race more interesting by doing some off track running. Deity was more than happy with that and pushed off the ground taking off after the Hybrid.
This time it took her a little longer to catch up and when she reached the base of the first mountain Sim was already nearing the top, running up as if it was a spiral staircase. Deity took a short cut, running straight up the side with her yellow trail slicing through Sim's green static one. However, even with her short cut she still didn't beat Sim to the top but did arrive just in time to see him leaping across the valley below and landing on the adjacent mountain peak.
Deity stood for a minute, staring out across the gap, zooming in with her enhanced sight. She could see Sim smiling away as he waved over to her, clearly enjoying himself. See how much he enjoys it when I start winning, Deity thought as Sim took off down the side of the mountain, zig zagging this way and that. Quickly back tracking, Deity gave herself enough space to build up some speed and then took off towards the edge before kicking off the ground and sailing over the valley. She ducked and rolled onto the mountain's surface and as she came back up she used the momentum to propel her forward and leapt down the side of the mountain.
Not her best idea but as she hit the slop she took a couple of steps, gathering her balance before pushing off again. After doing this a few times she began to look like a frog, bouncing down the side of the cliff, her yellow trail leaving miniature golden rainbows down the side as she went. As she reached the bottom she passed over Sim who was still zig zagging and shot him a overtaking smile and wave as she passed by. Another bounce and she reached the bottom taking off and now in the lead.
Now running along a ridge that looked down into a valley were a river lay at the bottom, Deity looked back to see Sim doing his hardest to catch up. Unfortunately for Deity, he was catching up so she had to think fast. Looking up ahead she spotted a few bowlders atop a nearby cliff, cautiously tilted on the edge. It wasn't going to take a lot to knock them down. She waited until they were closer and then fired her energy vision below the bowlders. As predicted the bowlders broke free and started plummeting down the hill.
The timing had been perfect as Deity raced past before the first bowlder bounced along. She looks back and saw that while some of the bowlders were still continuing on down towards the river below, some had remained to block the path. Sim of course vaulted over these with ease but then got knocked down by another bowlder before he had a chance to clear the area.
"Cheater!" Sim shouted, his voice quickly becoming distant as he hit the valley's side and started rolling down towards the river.
"Got keep up!" Deity shouted back before pushing on with a broad smile on her face. Now that she had a good lead on Sim she could relax a little, though she knew to be cautious of his comeback, because he would be coming back.
And sadly for Deity he came back a lot sooner than she thought he would. She'd been running along the same ridge when sudden a blast hit the ground beneath her feet. She jumped narrowly avoiding the blast and the ground the crumpled apart and started to roll away from her. With a frown she peered back over the edge and saw Sim in the valley below, running along the river as he threw bolts of lightning up at her feet trying to knock her down.
"Hey! Watch the boots!" Deity shouted down as another bolt of lightning threatened to knock her off the ridge. Again she leapt up over it and narrowly avoided the hole in the ground before she resumed her running.
"Your the one that wanted to use powers!" Sim shouted back throwing his lightning bolts and an increased speed. Deity was now summersaulting, cartwheeling, ducking and rolling in order to avoid the lightning bolts. Each time she managed to avoid the attack but almost lost her footing as she landed. Once or twice she had fallen but managed to pull her self back up swiftly with her hands.
Then the green bolts stopped coming suddenly. Again Deity peered down to see if Sim was trying something else. But he was still just throwing lightning bolts at her. Or at least that's what Deity thought until her eyes followed the lightning bolt and saw it hit the walkway in front of her. She then saw what he'd been doing, breaking a large part of the ridge up ahead while she'd been distracted by the lack of attacks. There wasn't enough to room to leap over the gap and she couldn't stop herself either. So she placed one foot on the side of the mountain and then the other as she began to run on the wall.
She grinned away as she cleared the hole in the ridge but had gotten too cocky and was thrown from the mountain when a bolt of lighting hit her feet. It did little more than tickle her leg but it was enough to trip her up and before she knew it she landed in the river with a splash.
Swimming to the surface, Deity took in a breath of air and groaned angrily before a sudden wave pushed her back under. Once back above the surface she saw Sim now ahead of her again, laughing away as he vanished down the stream. He was going to pay for getting her suit wet.
She started swimming, using her super speed so that water was flying all over the place as she swam. Once she picked up enough speed she stood up and started to run along the river but she still couldn't see Sim ahead. She kept going though, seeing no sign of him having left the river and eventually she spotted him up ahead at the mouth of the valley. He'd reached open water and was running along it quit happily, unaware of the approaching Deity. And she wanted to keep it that way. So when she passed the mouth of the valley she dived down into the water, taking a gulp of air before she did. She kept moving her legs at the same speed she'd been running at and soon she was far enough down for Sim not to see her. Then using all her speed and limb flailing power, she shot through the water like a torpedo until she looked up to see green lightning passing over the waters surface. She'd caught up to Sim.
Another push and she was far enough ahead to climb back up to the surface. She flew towards the surface right as Sim passed over head. She came up behind like a shark emerging to chomp of a human's leg. Sim looked back in awe as Deity grabbed his shoulders, forcing him down into the water as she landed on the water, feet flying past in a blur to make sure she didn't go down like Sim.
"Deit-" Sim got out before water flooded his mouth turning his words into muffled bubble pops. With a grin Deity pulled her hand back out the water and got a single step away before an hand shot out and grabbed her leg, pulling her back down with him.
"Sim, you-" Deity screamed before water filled her lungs. She spun around to find Sim staring at her and instantly upon locking eyes the two began to shout at each other. Grant neither could hear what the other was saying or even understand because of the surrounding water. It took them both a surprisingly long time to figure this out. When they did they both floated back up and broke through the water's surface.
The two looked to each other, both about to start shouting again but froze…and then decided to laugh instead. It wasn't long until they began splashing each other and playfully hitting the other with their super powers. Deity shrieked when Sim shocked her and Sim screeched as Deity hit his behind with her energy vision. He even jumped out of the water like a overdramatic cartoon character. Deity burst out laughing before Sim pushed her back under and she pulled him down with her. Both still laughing beneath the surface.