And now, time for the third chapter of the story! Anyway, enjoy!
A couple of days later, out on a makeshift racetrack, Garudo Flam was standing nearby as he checked his watch. All of a sudden, he heard the sound of a van approaching as he turned to see a blue van heading straight for the road. Seeing the parents of the Loud family driving inside, he smiled as he waved over to them. The car stopped next to him as Lynn Sr. lowered the window.
"Good afternoon, Mr and Mrs. Loud!" Garudo smiled as the car doors opened with Leni, Lynn and Lana stepping out, Lynn wearing a red and white striped cap with a pink shirt and red overalls, much to her dischargrin. Leni, on the other hand, was wearing a blue racing outfit with a green skirt and a blue racing helmet with her glasses acting like goggles. "And here's my star racer right now. Anyway, before we do anything else, do you have the birth certificate with you."
"Right here." Lynn Sr. nodded as he pulled out Leni's birth certificate and handed it to Garudo. "As you can see, it's official."
Garudo looked over the birth certificate in interest as he nodded. "Yes, yes, I can see that. Well, don't you worry, Mr. Loud, this certificate will be in safe hands, next to Leni's contract." He then turned towards Leni with a smile. "Well, well, well, Leni, you seem more than eager to start your new job!"
"Oh, totes! I've never, like, been an official driver before, but I'm more than willing to try it... to help out with my family!" Leni smiled as she looked over at a smiling Lana and a disappointed Lynn. "And as you can see, I already selected my pit crew. Lana's very good at fixing stuff up in a jiffy, and Lynn here is my professional coach."
"Why am I wearing this ridiculous outfit?" Lynn frowned as she pointed to her suit. "I look like an anime character that owns a pet monkey!"
"Like, that's the idea, Lynn! Since you're younger than me and good at sports, you're going to support me in my time of need!" Leni gave a smile.
"How does wearing this support you in your-" Lynn started to argue as Garudo coughed.
"Well, girls, fancy seeing you all here." Garudo smiled as he turned to the parents. "Well, thank you all for dropping off my star racer and her crew. We'll be finished by five o'clock. Come around here by then and we'll give a good schedule to work out."
"All right." Rita called from Vanzilla. "Be careful, Leni! Try not to drive TOO fast!"
"Like, I'll be careful!" Leni said as Lynn Sr. smiled.
"See you later, girls!" Lynn Sr. called as the van started to drive away, Lana and Leni waving good-bye as Lynn crossed her arms begrudgingly. Garudo gave a nod as he turned to the three girls.
"All right, now that you three are here, if you could just follow me inside, I'll show you the cars you can choose for racing." Garudo smiled as he took Leni's hand.
Leni noticed, but smiled a bit as she clutched onto it. "Lead the way, good sir."
Garudo gave a slick nod as he and Leni walked inside, Lynn and Lana following, barely paying attention to what's going on as Lincoln's voice was heard in the background.
"This should have been the first sign that something was wrong here, but nobody really noticed at the time. Sure, Garudo was helping Leni on her way to becoming a racecar driver, but the way he touched Leni's hand, it felt like it had a lot more meaning... but we're getting a little ahead of ourselves. Anyway, they were looking over the cars in awe."
Leni, Lynn and Lana looked at the line of racecars in interest as Lynn said, "We can choose any car Leni drives?"
"But of course." Garudo smiled. "Any car you feel comfortable in driving in."
Leni nodded as the three walked towards each car and examining its features before moving onto the next car. It wasn't until about ten minutes later when Leni spotted the perfect car.
"Oh my gosh!" Leni said in awe as she ran over to pink and white striped car as she looked inside, the seats looking comfortable and the wheel perfectly stable.
"That's a pretty cool car!" Lana said in amazement as she knocked on the back as the trunk flipped open. "Oh! And a trunk that anybody can fit through!"
"Joy." Lynn said in a bitter voice.
Garudo smiled as he pulled out the keys. "I see your eyes have wandered over to our latest model. I call her the 'Compact Racer'."
"The Compact Racer..." Leni's eyes brightened up as her eyes shined.
Garudo gave a smile as he offered Leni the keys. "You want to race this around the track?"
"Boy, would I?" Leni smiled in excitement as she swiped the keys from Garudo's hands and hopped in the car. As Leni started the car up and adjusted her mirrors, she started to drive up to the starting line as she looked excited.
"Okay, we'll take this slow and steady at first... just to test the car." Garudo called out. "Just for a practice lap. Then, go as fast as you possibly can!"
Leni could only give a thumbs-up to Garudo as she started to drive around the track, making some sharp swerves as much as possible.
Lana smiled a bit as she turned to a fuming Lynn. "Wow, Leni is sure getting a feel of that track, huh?"
"HMPH!" Lynn growled and muttered, "She's lucky I'm not old enough to drive!"
Lana noticed Lynn's moody look as she sighed, "Look, Lynn, I get it. You hate that it's not you doing the sport. But come on, you're not even old enough to drive!"
"I can be if people would let me behind the wheel!" Lynn argued. "I mean, I'm old enough to ride a motorcycle, but not Vanzilla? Sheesh, it's not like I'm going to wreck it!"
"Come on, Lynn. I know you're jealous, but you got to swallow your pride!" Lana said. "The least you can do is support Leni and give her advice on what to do."
"Lana..." Lynn started as she turned to see Leni pull up after finishing the lap as Leni peeked out.
"How was that?" Leni asked.
"Good, good!" Garudo clapped. "Now, let's do another lap, but this time, go fast as possible!"
"All right!" Leni saluted as she went back in the car and started to race around the track again, only this time, going faster than the regular speed.
Lynn watched Leni go fast around the track as she thought to herself, "Maybe I should just give her my support. After all, she is one of my older sisters."
"And thus, Lynn's jealousy wavered a little bit, not by much, but just enough to give Leni her support." Lincoln's narration explained as a montage of Leni training each day, driving faster around the track and having fun with Garudo, Lynn and Lana watching, the former looking at the girl in interest when she got out of the car and gave a smile, and the latter two just cheering in excitement. "And so, training started to commence. It was a bit of a rough couple of weeks, but Leni seemed to be getting the hang of the racecar driving, even able to perfect the sharp turns. In no time at all, we would probably get started on her first race. And eventually, the day of her first race had come."
Indeed, the day of Leni's first race had come as Garudo was leading the Loud family into the stadium, giving a smile as he lead them around the garage. "Now, Leni's garage should be close... ah, here it is!"
Indeed, after a turn to the right, there in the center was Leni's own personal garage, with the Compact Racer in tact, the number 26 and the racer stickers indicating sponsors decorated on it already as Garudo explained, "I took a few days to modify your racing car and modify it with your car number and advertisements, just to promote whatever stuff people want to buy."
"Wow, Mr. Flam, I can't thank you enough for helping our little girl along the road to success." Lynn Sr. gave a smile.
"Okay, but try not to be disappointed if your daughter doesn't win. After all, it isn't about who wins, it's how you drive the car." Garudo smiled. "Now, most of you better get to your seats, we don't want our star driver to get nervous."
"Good luck, honey!" Rita smiled.
"Drive for your life, Leni! Who knows? You'll be on the 'Road' to success!" Luan said as she gave a laugh. "Get it!"
After wishing good luck to Leni respectively, all but Leni, Lynn and Lana had left to go take their seats up in the stadium as Garudo went off. "Don't go away just yet. I'm going to get some water in case you get thirsty."
"Good idea! It's a hot day today!" Lana said as Garudo left as Leni took her seat and smiled as she positioned the wheel and mirrors.
Leni took a few deep breaths as Lynn looked over. "Nervous?"
"Maybe a little... oh, I do hope I take the gold this round!" Leni said nervously.
"Hey, don't worry. Just remember what we told you. Practice makes perfect. With us by your side, there's no way things can go wrong!" Lynn smiled. "Our family and I have your backs!"
"Yeah!" Lana said as she poked in. "Just focus on the road and passing those cars and win it for us, sis!"
"Awww... well... all right." Leni said as Garudo came back with three bottles of water, each of them marked with the respective girls' name.
"Here you are girls, better get a big gulp before the race starts!" Garudo said, handing each water bottle to the girls.
Lana smiled as she opened her water bottle, as did Lynn and Leni with theirs. "Here's to a win today!"
"Cheers!" Lynn and Leni smiled as all three girls drank from the water respectively.
"All racers get to the starting line!" the speaker called out.
Leni squealed in delight as she got in the car. "Wish me luck!"
With that, Leni started to drive out of the garage and started following another car slowly as Lynn, Lana and Garudo waved to her, wishing her good luck.
As Leni went outside to the main racing track, she looked out in amazement at the large number of people that gathered around and saw how many racecars were filing up as Leni got into her position. She gave a smile as she looked towards the light as right now, at the moment, the light was red. Any moment now, when that light turned green, she would have to punch the gas and try to pass as many cars as she could.
"It should have been simple for Leni, racing around the cars, but with the big crowd and the track, something inside of her... started to change."
As Leni pulled on the choker, getting the car started up, her face started scrunching up, as if acting funny as her eyes started glowing red and her mouth started foaming a bit.
"Leni is charged with an overwhelming sense of power and her whole personality began... to change from behind the wheel."
Leni then stood up as she let out a roar, knocking her helmet off as her hair went wild and her hands were stretched out, ala looking monstrous as she shook her head. She grabbed the wheel and growled as she waited for the light to turn green.
"And in that moment, gone was sweet, innocent Leni Loud..."
"READY!"
The growling Leni gripped the wheel in determination.
"...and in her place, though we didn't know it at the time..."
"SET!"
The light turned yellow as Leni pushed the gas and moved the stick to drive.
"...sat a demon driver, known as Miss Leni Wheeler, which is what most of us called Leni in that current state."
"GO!"
The cars started driving, and going along in the middle of the pack was Leni Loud, who had already zoomed ahead of at least three cars on the first lap.
And with that, the third chapter has ended! How did you guys like it? If you guys have any suggestions for where the story is going or have ideas where you think it is, feel free to make some guesses! But for now, keep your eyes peeled for how Leni's first race turns out! Anyway, read, review, criticize and suggest, folks!
