Sorry I took so long to write the first chapter-I had finals and am just really slow at writing. Anyway…

Chapter I (I suck at chapter names so I won't have any. They tell too much about the story anyway)

My mom didn't believe me when we saw the news. She said it was just a coincidence. There was no way the kid mar could be related to the revolution. I knew it must be true though. The newspaper The Haven City Times showed a picture of it the day after we got Mar. Obviously it was on the cover, being the most important story since the last time it happened.

"Baron Damas overthrown," was the headline. "Last night Praxis stormed the palace and, with the help of his army commander Errol and most of the KG guards, managed to overthrown Damas. Damas wife, Liama, was thrown in jail and the whereabouts of Damas, his son Mar, and his daughter Fiona are unknown."

"Hey look Mar has a sister," I said as I read the paper," at least theres some good news."

"He is not the son of Baron Damas Alex," Said my mom coolly," it's just a coincidence."

"It's not Baron Damas anymore mom. He's just Damas now, if he is still alive. He's probably in the wasteland or dead by now."

My mom just gave me a look that meant I am right so just drop it and went on cleaning. She always did that look. I looked over to Mar and wondered if he knew his family was probably all gone. I guess he is our family now. I don't really want a brother.

I shrugged it off and read the rest of the article. Typically, they were praising this new change and encouraging people to support our new baron. The paper was bribed by almost everyone, except for Damas. The paper almost never went his way, which is why I liked him. He had done a lot for this city.

But, being 16, he decided to just go and try out his new board. He got up but before he could go, his mother yelled from the kitchen," take Mar with you Alex." I tried to complain but I knew it would be no use. I put him on the back of the zoomer and we went over to dirt course on the right side of Haven City. The race was only a month away, but I still wasn't good enough to practice at the stadium.

As we went threw the city I looked at all the people walking around. Most were gloomy at the prospect of Praxis as the baron. As the one of the lead commanders of Damas, he had used his powers to kill as he fit a bit too much. This definitely wasn't a great improvement to the city but the new KG (play Jak 2 to find out) were making sure no one complained.

I touched down the vehicle by the side of the track and put Mar down by a fence. He didn't really care because he had his crocadog with him. He seemed content so I drove over to my friend, Jareb. He was the one who had introduced me to the sport of zoomer racing. I saw a couple of races with him at the stadium and they were all amazing, especially the ones with Errol in it. You can tell Jareb was into this kind of extreme stuff by all his scars and bruises.

"Yo Jareb," I yelled as I walked over to him. He turned from his conversation with the flag girl, Lillie, and waved. He was probably trying to impress her by talking about the bruises from his so-called adventures against metal heads, or something like that. "Ready to race?" he asked as we did our special handshake.

I nodded, but was actually a little scared about this idea. It was very dangerous.

I got onto the bike (slang for zoomer) and revved it up. Jareb and a few other guys all older than me got on their too and we lined up. As Lillie got up to the line Jareb waved and winked at her. She looked away disgusted which made me laugh. Jareb turned red and leaned over to say," I'm gonna beat you even harder now."

He smiled and concentrated to the race. I did the same. Lillie shot the gun up into the air and the racers zoomed through the track. At the first corner I rammed Jareb into the side and as I came out of it laughing I saw that I was in the lead. I couldn't believe I was actually good at this. Unfortunately it didn't last long. A huge guy with spiked hair got a turbo boost and as he caught up he rammed me into a wall.

As I regained my speed another guy who was about 20 caught up and rammed me in the back of my zoomer. I got a turbo and slammed it down. The blast from the turbo let out smoke and a jet of blue fire. H e was burned and blinded and flew off the track. I careful turned a corner to see the only two other people on the track, Jareb and the spiked hair guy, dueling it out on the track with sloped sides.

Jared slammed the side of his zoomer into his bike and the spiked hair guy began to spin out of control. He was coming down the track at a alarming speed so I spun up the side of track. I was barely hanging on, being at a 90 degree angle as he spun by. I can down and saw Jareb laughing at me going down the last stretch. But when he had slammed into the spiked hair, his engine had been damaged. He slowed down to a crawl and I zoomed past with no one to stop me.

With only a few hundred feet to go, I thought I had it. Then two things happened. First, the spike haired guy, who was very pissed for losing, got out a machine got and fired some rounds at me. I heard it coming and dodged to the right. In actual fact, he probably saved my life.

I huge explosion filled the air over the city. A huge precursor object was seen flying through the sky. It broke into pieces and what looked like an engine slammed down right where Alex had been a couple of seconds ago. Still, the impact thrusted Alex off his bike and into the dirt several feet away.

Everyone was on the ground either from the explosion, or protecting themselves from the gunshots so Alex was the only one that heard the message that came from the wreckage. He was the only one close enough to hear and voice emit from the engine. "Static Hello? static Hello? static If you are hearing this message know then it is the year static A terrible enemy is coming and all life depends on its destruction. static you must static you must static find him static or all hope is lost" The message was filled with static as Alex slipped into unconsciousness.

Finally done. R/R plz!

Chapter 2 Preview

What did the message mean? Alex needs to figure it out soon because the city is falling apart. People see the explosion as the apocalypse. They may even cancel the race! Alex has troubles of his own as well. The races are getting more deadly and what about the mysterious man who says he knows where mars family is? Can he be trusted? Mar is turning out to more than Alex bargained for.