part three

Damien Brown stepped from his orange and purple challanger to lean against the door and smirk darkly at the lone woman. 'Oh Talia,Talia,Talia...What are you doing all the way out here...and...so alone?' he purred smoothly, tone promising things that only one's imagination could dream up. 'What's it look like Damien? What are you doing here?' She'd watch as more men stepped out of the cars as others arrived. They all had tattoo's up their necks and all held some item or another that could be classified as a weapon. 'What happened to our little Viper?' Damien ignored her question as if it was obvious. And she knew that it likely was,though she had hoped that maybe she was just being paranoid. 'Didn't you hear? The coppers got it.' 'And that's what happens when you let women drive,boys...they lose the goods to the damn pigs!' Damien roared and got a chorus of laughs in return. She hated this man,she really did,and he had already cost her one friend...was he really not happy until he had cost her her life as well? 'Here,we were. Intending on riding ourselves of one nuesance when we came across another one. It will be a good night if we can get you both...' The man walked towards Talia,he'd draw a gun and hold it level with her chest. She'd glance towards the car door,trying to calculate if she could get in fast enough-even if she could,would the car be able to drive. She still hadn't figured out why it stopped dead. She really wished the owner of that voice was there,then she'd have at least someone else there and maybe Damien and his gang would re-think this. Shaking her head, Talia frowned,she was alone. She would have to try to get out of this on her own, or die trying. Again,she felt a strange emotion take over,not like her normal shy self. Without a word,she'd throw herself at Damien's legs and catch him off guard. He'd fall back,the gun firing harmlessly into the air but it was enough to give her the advantage and get one good hit in on his face before the other men came along and pulled her off of their leader. 'you bitch!' Damien snapped as he pulled himself to his feet and spat blood on the ground. Talia struggled against the men holding her and didn't notice the proxmitiy of Damien until he punched her in the face with such force that the men holding her lost their grip and she'd fall onto the hood of the red car. 'Think that your clever? Enjoy it,for you won't get to for much longer' He'd hold the gun at her head again. Talia closed her eyes as tears met blood from a split lip on the hood of the car and she waited death.

'What the hell?' One of the men yelped. Talia was confused when it felt like the world was falling away with a strange noise,it wasn't like a car or even a plane. There was no way to discribe what she heard but then she hit the ground and her eyes widened. 'Shoot it! Shoot it!' Screamed Damien. His v'oice sounded high pitched and terrified. Talia covered her head as the air was split by the sounds of multiple guns going off. What were they shooting at? Where they destroying the red car? Maybe trying to cause it's fuel tank to explode and make this look like a tragic accident? But then why did Damien sound so scared? She'd seen him do worse,and it only seeemed to be a turn on for the man. And then the world seemed to shake,or at least the ground. Earthquake? Talia's head popped up from the cover of her arms to look around, only to find herself starring at a foot. Not a human foot. But a metal foot,and it was massive. And it was red! Infact,the same shade of the car she'd previously been tossed on. Slowly, Talia's eyes moved up from the foot,to find a leg,and that leg was connected to...to...
''Since you're all so eager for make overs!' The giant robot laughed as he lept foreward. Talia knew that voice! It was the same as the one that had spoken to her during the race. But,what she saw now was impossible! The car,robot,car...whatever, was attacking Damien and his men,who all scrambled to try and flee the sparks that came from a weapon it welded. They lost one car but managed to get into another and speed away. 'Oh, I'm not done yet...' The robot transformed back into the car and sped off after the fleeing challanger. Talia would watch as the lights of that red car disappeared into the sea of darkness. What about her? She'd make a small sound almost pathetic trying to push herself up, instead she simply laid her head down on her arms and closed her eyes. That felt so good...sleep tried to pull her away. 'Talia! Oh my god! Talia!' No, she didn't want to open her eyes,but she'd manage to crack them open a little. There was light,blinding her but she saw a pair of vaguely familiar legs rushing towards her. It was okay, she was safe, no more giant robots...

'I just wanted to let you know that Damien and his crew are behind bars, yea,I don't know what happened. They just pulled up to the precent and gave themselves up. I'm heading south,I've got family down there. I just wanted to see if she was awake before I left.' Talia reconized John's voice. Slowly,she'd open her eyes and find them not wanting to work properly. She shifted her head,she wasn't in her own bed. Or even Dawna's. As she began to wake more,she realized from the smell and sounds that she was in a hospital bed. She'd push herself foreward and whimper in pain,everything hurt. 'Moons!' Dawna came rushing into the room and over to her friend, looking worried. ' 've been threw a lot.' 'What...What...where...' She'd croak,blindly reaching out and finding Dawna sensing that she'd be looking for a glass of water. 'Damien ambushed you. We think he would have killed you.' 'Yeh. He was plannin' it' She chocked on the water a little and gasped for air. 'Careful. The doctor said you had a nasty hit to your head,and that you should take it easy for a while.' '...What about my car...' There would be a tense moment before Dawna answered. 'Sevenshift was sold,I'm sorry Moons. I tried to save him.' 'Thats not what I mean. The red one.' She'd shake her head and tremble as images of,she still wasn't sure what she had seen,crossed her mind again. 'No one's seen it since that race...Do you know what happened to it?' Dawna moved to close the door so that they'd have a little more privacy. Talia stared at the crease in the bed between her knees,she was shaking. Did she know what happened to it? yea,it turned into a giant friggin robot with a scary electrical looking weapon. Then transformed back into a car and chased after Damien. Shaking her head she didn't want to lie to her friend, but doubted that Dawna would believe her if she told her what she'd seen. There was no way she'd believe her,especially when she wasn't certain of what she'd seen. 'I think there was alot going on...it was hard to keep track of what was happening.' 'At least your alive. Next time, don't jump into some strangers car...' Dawna tried to make the mood shift a little,she didn't want to sounding like she was telling her friend off,but at the same time she still wanted to kick Talia's ass for scaring her half to death.

'How'd you find me?' She'd ask,finally realizing that her friend had been there, but it had never occured to her to ask how or why-of course she sort of fell unconcious before she had a chance to. 'I borrowed John's car. Apparently he was there to race for his freedom and that's what Damien was originally doing there.' 'He was going to off John...' Right,she knew that,sort of. her mind wasn't focusing on the humans,it was stuck on the face of the robot. It...He...had a face,white,like a ghost...or an angel...and he had a strange ensignia. The more she thought of it,the more she realized she'd seen that symbol while sitting inside the car. She wasn't even listening to Dawna as she ranted about John. 'And he hot wired my car...His gross ass was in my scout...' Dawna growled darkly, turning to look at her friend. 'Talia...' She saw the glazed over look on her face. 'Hey, are you alright?' Talia shook her head, slowly her lavender eyes moved to meet with Dawna's sky blue ones. 'I need to draw something for you,but you're going to think I'm crazy...'