From The Twisted Mind Of A Brotha Pro. Presents:
Digimon Tamers Parody: Life in Digi-City: Joy-Ride
- Snake-Back Road -
Snake-Back road got its name from the fact that curved along a mountainside with a steep drop down into a canyon on the other side. At the end was an unfinished bridge that connected to nothing, leading out into mud pits that scattered this reign of the digital plain. Guilmon and Veemon pulled up next to the white Camero parked at the start of the road, the two Geremons inside talking to one another when they turned eyes on the pair, grinning.
"Ha-ha! You showed up! You got some balls on you dinoboy. Was your girlfriend there licking them on the way here?" The Geremon in the driver seat said, giving his fellow digimon a snicker and fist bump.
While somewhat calmed down after their first encounter, Guilmon's anger flared up again as started to growl.
"Calm down Guilmon, he's just getting you riled up. I trust your skills to beat these losers." Veemon said placing a hand on Guilmon's shoulder.
"Let's just get this race going." Guilmon growled out.
"Ok..." Veemon replied looking over at the Geremon, "We going to race are you just going to keep flapping your gums?"
"Oh we are going to race, just hope you enjoy looking at my rear-end. Let's do this!" Geremon said, pressing a button on his car's dashboard.
A green circle of light extended from the bottom of the car till it enveloped both vheicles. A green holographic screen appeared inside Guilmon's car with a simple question upon it, below the text were two buttons, Yes or No:
ACCEPT RACE REQUEST?
Guilmon pressed the 'yes' button. Before the cars a stoplight appeared set on the red light.
"Get ready! Hopefully you know what Green means!" Geremon taunted.
Guilmon didn't reply, his eyes just fixed upon the light watching for it to change. As Geremon revved up his engine of his car, so did Guilmon. The light changed to yellow, then green.
White smoke erupted from both vehicles rear tires as they lurched forth along the old road up the hill heading towards the winding and sharp curves. The cars raced neck and neck for the first few turns until they reached one too sharp for Guilmon. The orange Piranha fishtailed to close to the edge, knocking out several parts of the old wooden guardrail of the road.
Veemon held on tight, bracing himself in the passenger seat while Guilmon handled the vehicle into recovery, speeding right behind the Camero. The white muscle car held onto the lead with the older one close behind, until Guilmon managed to catch up, riding along the right side of the road hugging the mountain. The cars races at high speeds on the treacherous curves, until the Camero rammed the Piranha into the mountainside, causing it to swerve in the road.
"Those cheating bastards!" Guilmon growled out as he tried to maintain control.
Once he did Guilmon pressed his foot hard on the accelerator, the Piranha answered by roaring out as it chased after its opponent. Up ahead there were only a few more curves before the road straightened out, leading directly to the unfinished bridge.
"Veemon, check under the glove compartment." Guilmon said as he concentrated on the road.
"Why, what for?" Veemon answered as he did.
Feeling under the dashboard, he felt a handle. Giving it a tug Veemon was surprised to see a metal box pop up on the dashboard before him. On the front was a label that read 'Hack 76v1.2' and slots below that identified values for what appeared to be the car; ranging from the engine, right down to the color. Buttons were next to the slots that allowed one to change values or options on the vehicle.
"What's this?" Veemon said looking at it.
"An edge." Guilmon answered, reaching over and pressing the slot marked 'Special 1'.
The slot lit up displaying a Special allowed to be added to the car, Guilmon selected Nitrous Oxide from the available specials.
Suddenly, three displays appeared. Two above the visors; one a radar and the other displaying the status of the engine, suspension, brakes, wheels, armor and chassis. The final was on the dash above the radio, which showed which Specials were activated and available. Three were the maximum, but Guilmon knew he only needed one.
The Camero reached the last stretch of the road, blaring down the straight path to the finish with the Piranha catching up. Guilmon had his talon hovering above the button of the special, timing when to use it.
"You sure about this Guilmon? I mean isn't this cheating?" Veemon asked.
"Only rule I heard was 'first one to the finish wins' we never agreed on 'how'..." Guilmon answered with a smirk.
Oh man! I know how he gets when it comes to racing, yet I tagged along anyway! Veemon thought, as he pressed himself against his seat.
Only a quarter mile remained before the cars reached the finish, the Camero still in the lead. From out the passenger side window, a middle finger shot out as the car, Guilmon only chuckled.
"Heh-heh, yeah think again." He answered as he pressed the button.
A loud 'whoosh' came from under the chassis of the car as the Nitrous was activated. With the suddenly increase in power to the engine, the car shot down the road like a rocket past the Camero, scrapping up against it. Reaching top speed the Piranha headed for the bridge leaving the white car behind with the two Geremon dumbfounded inside.
"Hey don't you think you should be hitting the breaks now?" Veemon asked loudly.
Guilmon who had been snickering since they past the Geremons looked over to Veemon when he heard his friend yell.
"Huh?" He said looking forward, only to see the bridge before him, "Crap, too late!"
The orange muscle car zoomed onto the bridge; which acted as a ramp sending the vehicle launching into the air.
"AAWWWW NUTS!" Both digimon said in union as they sailed across the sky, only to start nose-diving to the ground below.
"What the hell do you mean, you guys won't be back till in the morning?" Impon yelled out from the display of Guilmon's D-Arc Phone, "First you go burning off out of town without telling us to go for a 'drive', and now you say you won't be back till tomorrow? Damnit Guilmon what's the matter with you?"
Guilmon didn't reply, he just let out a sigh as he sat on a rock listening to the image of Impmon ramble on. Behind him Veemon and the two Geremons watched as an old rusty tow-truck driven by a Togemon tired pulling Guilmon's Piranha from out the ground. Fortunately the car had landed in a mud pit with to no damage to the car. It sat there currently halfway sunk in the pit with the rear end sticking out. Both Guilmon and Veemon's lower body were caked with the mud, now long dried off sticking to their clothes.
"Holy shit that was awesome! I take it all back bro, you guys are alright! Especially your buddy there! He's one crazy-ass driver!" The Geremon nearest to Veemon said.
"Yeah, that's my buddy alright. When it comes to racing, he's a psycho." Veemon answered with a nervous laugh watching the orange car slowly being freed.
Behind them, Guilmon continued to listen to Impmon continue his rant on his phone, never once answering. Guilmon had long zoned out, completely lost in thought thinking about how he always got into situations like this when he used to race back in high school and college.
"You're selfish you know that Guilmon? I had things I need to take care of today, and you go and pull something like this! Did you ever bother to think about others?" Impmon said looking directly into the screen, "Hello! Pineapple head are you listening to me?"
With a final tug, the Piranha finally became free from it's muddy prison, snapping Guilmon out of his thoughts.
"Huh? Oh! Ah I'll talk to you later Impmon, they got my car free and sending it to a shop to be checked over. We'll be back in the morning as I said." Guilmon said.
"Hey wait don't you..." Impmon yelled, before being cut off by Guilmon as he hung up racing over to his car.
"Well there yah go, it's finally out. I'll take it over to my shop in town and give it a cleaning and once over. Should be done in several hours. You can pick it up in the morning." Togemon yelled from the cab of his tow truck to as he drove off with the muddy Piranha behind it.
As Guilmon watched his car being taking to the shop again, his ears started to droop as he mentally kicked himself for being so foolish; until he felt a hard slap on his back. It was one of the Geremons.
"Hey bro, what's with the long face? The car isn't in too bad a shape. You'll be driving tomorrow morning. But for the rest of the night, you're coming with us!" He answered grinning at the dino.
"Yeah and where to?" Guilmon asked.
"Why to party! You are one truly wild digimon, and deserve the right to hang with us! Besides, you two need a ride and have nothing else to do am I right? And I'm sure a shower and change of clothes would be nice too." The other Geremon said.
Guilmon and Veemon looked at one another until Veemon shrugged.
"Well, they do have a point..." Veemon said.
"Ha-ha that's the spirit! And also, there are going to be some cute looking honeys there too! We are going to have a night to remember!" Geremon howled out, along with the other.
Guilmon looked to Veemon, then to the Geremon next to him who had his arm around his shoulder. With a deep sigh Guilmon shrugged his shoulders as well nodding.
"Alright! Let's go get tore up and lit!" The Geremon shouted out, leading Guilmon to the Camero parked nearby.
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The End.
(A/N: Well I do hope yah enjoyed this one, I came up with the idea a while back after finally getting Interstate '76 to run on my computer. I've been tearing it up on the highways in my own Piranha in the game. When it came to this parody series, I needed to give Guilmon something to drive; only naturally he'd been in one of my favorite cars. I also figured since it's the Digital World, digimon would be able to access game games and use the data from them to drive the vehicles featured. Interstate '76 came to mind and I just had to use the Piranha. Plus since it's a combat game, I came up with a nice story that will make use of that fact.
Terriermon has a car, but it's an old beater and an embarrassment to be seen in during the day. Veemon had a car once, but sold it. He owns a bike and he prefers it or the bus when needed. Impmon doesn't own a car at the moment and can't drive. He got a DWI a few months back and his license is suspended. He's forced to take the bus or ride with Terriermon, but he prefers riding in Guilmon's car, constantly asking him for rides.
Most vehicles driving in the Digital World come from video games, and 3D simulation software as well. Giving them a great variety of cars to drive.
Expect more tales of our group of friends in the Life in Digi-City series. I really do like coming up with ideas for this series and having fun with it. Oh, do expect to see Ghidomon to show up in this series in the near future as well.
Big thanks to the author whose comic inspired me to come up with this. He prefers to remain anonymous. R&R and thanks for reading.)