A/N: Well this was the longest chapter I've ever written in any of my stories, I just couldn't stop! I want to thank everyone who kept me company through PMs as I wrote this. You guys know who you are! Um, this chapter has quite a few scenes in it that'll show up later on so you should try to spot all the little references you can in it! I really look forward to any and all reviews, they keep me going! Thanks to everyone who favs, follows and reviews too! Anyways enjoy this thrilling chapter! Enjoy; Chapter 4 Just a street race kind of night!
~Also I dedicate this chapter to ClockPop! Have a safe drive man!~
Yang awoke with a deep yawn. It was still dark in her room and as the blonde went to stretch, she felt something restrict her right arm's movement. Quickly jolting up, Yang shot her vision down and was met with the sight of a mess of bright white hair that seemed to glow in the dark.
"Oh yeah…" Yang muttered out quietly.
After the girls had worked and finished Ruby's car they opted to all relax and watch some movies and stay in that night. She also remembered that Weiss decided to stay the night, since they didn't hang out that much the previous night alone.
Still staring down at the messy head of hair, Yang felt a smile making its way to her face. Weiss at the moment was hugging onto her right arm. Actually she was snuggled up on it as if clinging for dear life. It was extremely cute to Yang. She couldn't see the girls face as it was hidden by her face and buried in her arm, but she imagined her looking at peace and calm, something she rarely was while she was awake.
Leaning down, she kissed Weiss' head of hair. As she brought her face towards her she let the slight aroma of strawberries fill her nose as she breathed in Weiss' hair's scent.
Yang had no idea what time it was, but it was still dark, it was Saturday morning, and she had her girlfriend cuddled up next to her.
"Life's good." She sighed out.
Closing her eyes yet again, Yang welcomed the blissful feeling of sleep that soon took over her body and mind yet again for the second time that night.
Meanwhile outside in her RX-7, Ruby was still wide awake and carefully looking through various things in her car. Pulling her phone out of her pocket she flipped it open to check the time which read;
3:52 am.
She knew she should head to bed, but she couldn't sleep. After the girls had finished on the car, they went inside to eat and all sat around and watched a bunch of movies. Shortly after Blake had left to go home but would come by the next night to drive over with the rest of them to the races. Ruby thought about asking her to spend the night, but decided against it, especially after they had almost kissed. She wasn't ready to ask her to spend the night!
Although with Yang and Weiss it was different. Once Blake left, Yang basically threw herself at Weiss and wouldn't let her leave. Not that it looked like the rich girl was going to, she stayed and after the last movie the two girls made their way quickly upstairs to Yang's room where Ruby heard the door shut and a bunch of laughing and giggling ensue. Her mom had gone to bed shortly after dinner so Ruby was alone in the living room which then prompted her to where she is now.
Outside in her driveway sitting in her car at; glancing back at her phone's time, 3:56 am.
"But I'm not tired!" Ruby whined out loudly. She leaned her head against her black and red race inspired Momo steering wheel before falling in thought again.
Blake and she about to kiss earlier that day had really scared her.
'Since Blake leaned in to wouldn't that mean she was attracted to me as well?' Ruby thought to herself.
She's never dated anyone or even been confessed to, not that she thought her sister, Yang would let anyone get with her, but still it was a foreign concept. She thought Blake also thought of her as a sister.
Ruby sighed deeply before her thoughts fell back on that girl from the shop with the orange GTR. Ruby felt her cheeks burn red at thinking back. That girl was absolutely gorgeous to her, and her voice was to die for.
Ruby shut her eyes and began to picture the girl's face. Her beautiful features, her blazing amber eyes, her long silky looking black hair that covered her eye, and her melodic voice. That and her car choice was spot on, her orange GTR seemed to match her perfectly from the short amount of time Ruby had spoken to her. Thinking back to how she acted, Ruby blushed deeper. She was like a love struck school girl, which wasn't a lie.
Feeling herself now getting sleepy, Ruby stepped out of her car and closed her door softly. Locking her car, she glanced up towards the night sky. There were no clouds and it was a full moon tonight. Smiling and looking back at Crescent Rose, Ruby was thrilled at how the car looked now. The new rear drag radials on the back stood out like a sore thumb, she'd have to make sure she didn't get pulled over on the drive to the street races. It was a straight shot from her home as she had already filled up on gas.
"I'll definitely kick Cardin's ass tomorrow!" Ruby announced softly to herself.
Satisfied with how everything seemed at the moment, she opened the front door to her home and stepped inside. Locking the door, she made her way upstairs and towards her room, stopping momentarily at Yang's door to eavesdrop on her and Weiss. Blushing at what she was doing she finally went to her own room and fell into a deep and comfortable sleep for the night quickly.
Once morning hit, well better yet once afternoon hit, Ruby woke up refreshed. Jumping out of bed, the little bundle of red had a smile on her face from the moment she opened her eyes. Moving towards her desk she checked her phone that read;
4:48 pm.
She'd slept longer than twelve hours.
Somewhat annoyed and pleased, the scarlet girl walked to the bathroom to get showered and changed.
About twenty minutes later, Ruby dressed herself in black jeans with a simple red tee shirt. After she had gotten dressed, Ruby made her way downstairs and spotted Yang sprawled out on the couch in the living room wearing a black tank top with a pair of black jeans on as well. She glanced over at her little sister and beamed;
"Yo! 'Bout time you woke up, baby sis!"
Ruby kept walking towards the kitchen in dire need of getting some food in her system before she'd collapse from starvation.
"What'd you eat, Yang?" Ruby called out from the pantry in the kitchen.
"Cereal!"
Ruby huffed before grabbing the things needed to make herself a bowl of cereal. Once she made it, she walked back into the living room and plopped down on the couch next to her sister, taking care not to spill her meal.
"Where's Weiss?" Ruby asked curiously after she took a bite.
Yang's face twisted into a smirk before she answered;
"I gave her the ol' razzle dazzle!"
Ruby glanced over at her sister with a confused look before smiling herself and continuing her meal.
"I don't even want to know what that means."
Yang answered her with a wink. The girls continued to watch T.V. in silence until about 6 pm when Yang decided that she was going to shower and change. Ruby washed her dishes and walked outside to inspect her RX-7 once more before night set in. The sun was making its way down soon and daylight was fading fast. Ruby smiled as this meant she was getting closer and closer to the race.
Walking down to the driveway, her mom's car was gone and Yang's Skyline sat behind her RX-7. Glancing over it as to make sure there were no dings or anything of the sort that happened during last night.
Once satisfied, Ruby walked back inside and sat down on the couch. She was feeling antsy and just wanted to get the night on the way.
Falling back into thought, her mind once again flashed back to the girl in the GTR, she's never seen her before at the races but a part of Ruby really hoped she'd be there tonight and hopefully witness the race. Maybe that would impress her a little bit and make her interested. The more she thought about the mystery girl, the more Ruby felt her stomach do somersaults. She was grinning like an idiot while thinking about her that she didn't even hear Yang come back down the stairs.
"What's got you so happy?" Yang asked while she made her way towards the couch once again. She was now dressed in a golden strapless top with a pair of gray jeans that were tucked into calf length black boots.
Bursting out of her affectionate thoughts for the girl, Ruby sat up looked over her sister.
"Do you always dress like that to show off your body? Or what?" The red haired girl asked.
Yang flipped her hair as she sat down with a wide smile on her face.
"Don't hate me cause I'm fa~abolous!"
Ruby laughed before shaking her head, glad that she deflected the earlier question.
"So what time is everyone coming by to head over?"
Yang fiddled with her cell phone before replying;
"Um, I think Weiss and Blake will be by in about an hour or so. Sun and his buddies are swinging by here as well to ride down there with us. So it'll be a fun little drive down there."
Ruby nodded, happy that pretty soon everyone would be here and they'd head out. She flipped through the channels in the meantime making small talk with her sister about random things to pass the time by.
About an hour and a half later, Ruby and Yang stood outside in their driveway. The sun had completely set and Blake and Weiss have shown up. They still were waiting on Sun and whoever he was bringing to show, but he said that he'd be here within ten minutes or so last that Yang had spoken to him.
Ruby walked towards her car and started it up. It cranked up instantly and once again she felt her face form into a wide smile at the sound. Hopping out of her car, she made her way towards the rest of the group. Glancing towards Blake though, their eyes met for a brief second before they both looked away quickly. Blake's expression was unreadable at the moment and Ruby couldn't help but wonder what she was thinking now.
Blake was dressed in a Black tee shirt with some car brand lettering on it, olive camouflaged shorts, with black sneakers. She wore her hair loosely behind her and it seemed still wet as if she had taken a shower just recently.
Next Ruby glanced over at Weiss who was arguing with Yang at the moment about letting Yang drive to the street races. Weiss was wearing a white tank top underneath an expensive looking silver jacket she left unzipped. She also had on white jean pants that were folded up towards the bottom with short gray furry looking boots.
Ruby continued to watch Weiss and Yang argue;
"I'm telling you, Xiao Long; you're not driving tonight."
"And I'm telling you that I am driving, Princess."
"One more ticket and you lose your license! Just ride with me."
"No way! I'll drive carefully, I promise."
"Oh please. We all know you can't control yourself on the road. Just… Please Yang. Ride with me."
Ruby watched her sister melt under Weiss' voice. Weiss knew how to bend Yang to get what she wanted but Ruby also knew that Yang loved when Weiss pleaded to her so it wasn't much of a fight.
"The almighty Yang, easily losing an argument? Oh how times have changed." Blake chided jokingly then.
Yang shot a death glare towards the girl as she wrapped Weiss in a hug.
"Shut up, Blakey!"
Blake laughed then, the sound sent shivers down Ruby's spine. She loved the way Blake laughed. It sounded pure and angelic to the younger girl.
"Just admit it, you're whipped!" Blake giggled out then.
But before Yang could reply, the high pitched sound of several motorcycles filled the early night air. Quickly, four sport bikes pulled into the driveway. Ruby easily recognized the first bike as Sun's yellow Suzuki GSX-R 1000. He had on his yellow and white full faced helmet.
The next bike she's seen as well although she didn't really talk to the guy, he was Sun's best friend. His name was Neptune, Ruby remembered. He was riding a cyan Yamaha R1 and had on a matching full faced helmet as well. The other two bikes that were with them however, Ruby didn't know who they were. There was a red Honda CBR1000 RR and a green Kawasaki Ninja 1000.
Cutting off their engines at the same time Sun took off his helmet and flashed the group a wide smile.
"Hey everyone!"
The girls all said their greetings and Sun introduced the other riders;
On the red Honda was a chick named Scarlet who had shaved the left side of her head and letting her red hair fall over the right. She looked really boyish to Ruby. The other person on the Ninja was a dark skinned guy with a muscular build named Sage. He had dark green pointed hair.
After the introductions were all finished, every seemed ready to go and got into their respective cars, and bikes. Everyone except for Yang who sat in Weiss' passenger seat after Blake made some whipping sounds and motions jokingly towards the blonde girl.
"Let's roll!" Sun shouted out before starting his bike and revving it down the block. The rest of his friends followed, with Sage doing a wheelie down the block after them. Blake gunned her Supra behind the bikes, probably causing some of the neighbors to get mad. Weiss pulled a U-turn to follow after her and finally Ruby was able to back her car out, narrowly avoiding Yang's Skyline that sat behind her parked still.
"Thanks for moving your car, Yang." Ruby muttered solemnly.
Backing out of the driveway, Ruby's smile returned as she threw the clutch into first and chased after the fading taillights of her friends.
Turning onto the main road carefully, Ruby made sure to be gentle with the drag radials on her car for now. She didn't want to needlessly tear them up for no reason. At least until the group hit the highway. It was about a 25 minute drive to get to the street races from the house, so her and Crescent Rose stayed at the rear of the pack and watched on happily from the back of the group to see what her friends would get into for now.
Blake seemed to fall into her usual self at night. She screamed all through third gear chasing after Sun as he gunned his motorcycle down the main road towards the main highway. It was a close little race until they both had to stop at a red light. Not shortly after, the rest of the group pulled up next to them.
Sun flipped his visor up and grinned at Blake before yelling over all the cars and bikes;
"I knew you'd chase me sooner or later! How about a bet?"
Blake smirked as she already knew what it would be, but she decided that she'd humor the blonde boy.
"Sure, what?" Blake responded, she kept her eyes on the red street light in front of her. She knew it'd have to do with something about racing.
"We race from here onto the highway. If I win, you let me take you out on a date! If you win… Well that won't happen so it doesn't matter." Sun laughed out.
Blake shook her head laughing before finally nodding her head as Sun closed his visor.
Blake started to anti-lag her car, which in turn caused her turbo to spool up while she sat stationary. Her Supra backfired crazily loud and even fired a few bursts of flames from her exhaust. Her Supra was dying to let loose. She tightened her grip on the steering wheel and prepared to gun it the moment the light turned green. She could hear Sun rev his bike in response to her obnoxious sounding anti lag.
Luckily there weren't a lot of cars on the road so it'd be a calm ride onto the on ramp of the highway. Looking up at her gauges, Blake was satisfied and roaring to go.
And there it was.
The light shone a bright green and Blake dropped the gear into first not a moment later. The raven haired girl's neck snapped back into her seat harshly as she ripped loose her Supra forward. Tires squealed ruthlessly as she held her foot solid against the floorboard holding the gas pedal down with force. She focused all of her attention in front of her. The screaming of her turbo filled her ears with a joyous whirring sound. Hearing her motor bounce off the redline savagely and still battling with the lack of grip her tires were fighting for, Blake shifted into second gear violently. Her car bucked backwards again as all 900 horsepower surged back into her rear wheels.
Once again her head smacked into her seat with force. She struggled to maintain her grip on the steering wheel as she still didn't have any grip on her tires as she was spinning loose from the amount of power she was putting down. Turning left and right constantly as her Supra dared to change its course wildly like some kind of hyper active beast; Blake still maintained some semblance of control of the monster. Bouncing off the rev limiter yet again, Blake grabbed her shift knob, kicked in her clutch pedal and shifted into her favorite gear. Third gear. She finally managed to see Sun pulling out ahead of her doing a wheelie at the same time. He easily had a better start due to her barely gripping the road.
Focusing back in front of her, she noticed the highway's on ramp coming up on their right in about a quarter mile. Grinning, she let off on the gas slightly and noticed she was doing about 90 miles per hour now. She had the far right lane occupied with Sun in the center lane to her left. He'd probably cut her off to turn on the ramp, but Blake decided that she'd make it hard for him. She didn't want to bump into him and knock him down though so she'd have to be really careful.
"Yang isn't the only one that knows how to drift." Blake said softly to herself.
Sun easily kept the lead on Blake as she wasn't gunning her car at the moment. She watched Sun hit his brakes and lean into his right as he attempted to take the turn; still in the outside. Blake downshifted into second gear and lurched forward. The moment she did though, she hit the gas hard to cause the tires to rip loose and lose grip again. She grabbed the steering wheel with both hands and flipped it towards the right hastily going hand over hand, once the car threatened to careen out of control towards the right and under shoot the on ramp, Blake let off on her accelerator and slammed on her brakes causing the front wheels to lock up. She then flipped her steering wheel towards the left a bit which caused her tail end to swing out but cause the car to now slowly but surely screech it's way sideways onto the on ramp in a successful quick and loud power slide.
Not wasting any time as Sun was still in front of her; Blake gunned her car to chase down the cocky little monkey in front of her. She shifted back into third and kept her foot floored as she seemed to be gaining on him. They both hit the highway doing about 110 miles per hour now. She watched Sun Lean around a car that was trying to get off the highway in the far right lane, causing the car to slam on its brakes. Blake quickly dodged the slowing car by veering into the left lane, her wicked grin never leaving her face. She was like a different person once she was driving her car at night. She could finally let loose and be crazy.
She watched her tachometer near the red zone and she prepared to shift, but this time she was going to power shift. Once the car screamed out relentlessly, Blake kept her foot planted on the gas pedal and quickly stepped down on the clutch while shifting into fourth gear. She heard the constant whine of her massive turbo and the car kept its smooth pace more or less. She knew power shifting or speed shifting was dangerous to the drivetrain and transmission but she didn't care, it's okay to go crazy every once in a while.
She was now maybe a car's length away from Sun as he still leaned forward on his motorcycle and continued to gun it to her right now. Blake refocused in front of her and flew by a slow driver on her left. Quickly looking down at her gauges, she noticed that they both were doing 140 miles per hour. Blake veered into the far left lane to pass a slow truck and simultaneously shifted into fifth gear. Her car sounded angry as it jerked her forward and back into her seat ruthlessly. She was now gaining quickly on Sun. She forced the gas pedal down as far as it could go as if willing her own soul into the car. She gripped the steering wheel with both hands and felt the cool sensation of sweat making its way down her back. She risked another quick glance down at the speedometer and realized she was now going 165 and still climbing.
She was now inching forward in front of Sun and she looked over at him as he jerked his head to look back at her. He seemed to admit defeat as he nodded at her and raised himself up from leaning on the bike and slowing down, hitting his brakes. Blake breathed a sigh of relief as she threw her car into neutral and let off the gas letting her coast forward quietly down the highway at excess of 170 miles an hour. She finally looked in her rear view mirror and noticed everyone else behind them but not far off, but she then heard a loud massive sound as she was looking back and it was only getting closer.
Quickly turning to her left, Blake spotted the blazing red RX-7 that was rocketing down the HoV lane to her left. Blake watched the red rocket that was Ruby surge forward towards her in her side mirror and felt the car as it passed her with Neptune and Sage both close behind her hot on her tail. Grinning still, Blake glanced down at her speedometer and noticed she was still coasting at 130 miles per hour. She could only imagine how fast Ruby and those other two were going now as she watched their tail lights racing into the distance.
Meanwhile in the cabin of a certain red RX-7; Ruby held her smile as her silver eyes happily spotted and swerved right to avoid a slow driver in the HoV lane in front of her. She cut across two lanes to her right and quickly glanced in her side mirror and watched the two bikes behind her mimic her moves. She loved this new set up in her car, and the drag radials and suspension set up on her car now let her grip the street with ease. She could gun it from a dead stop and not struggle as much with fighting the car as Blake does all the time, of course it still slides a bit, it wasn't perfect. But that's what makes dig racing fun for Ruby!
She continued to slam her car straight ahead as she watched her speedometer needle hit the 170 mark before she let off the gas. She didn't want to go too crazy and risk getting yelled at by Yang for being so reckless. She watched the two bikes that were tailing her cut around her on both sides. On her left was Sage on his green Ninja and on her right was Neptune on his Cyan R1. They both kept racing each other and Ruby pondered how fast they were going now. Looking up in her rear view mirror she saw a stunning white car quickly make its way behind her.
Sudden fear taking hold of her mind thinking it was a cop, Ruby down shifted into fourth ready to take off again, before she heard the beautiful engine note of a v12 motor cranking away. It quickly cut to her left and pulled up next to her. Ruby glanced over at the beautiful car and watched the tinted window roll down to reveal a smirking Yang who was shaking her head slightly at Ruby. Ruby grinned back at her sister and gave her a thumbs up. She watched her sister roll the window back up and Weiss downshift and gun her own car forward. The motor sounded like sweet music to Ruby's ears. The sound of a v12 engine is a mystical thing.
The rest of the drive went more or less uneventful. The group made their way into a massive parking lot on the side streets of downtown Vale. There was a bunch of other people here already. Pulling in though, all the attention was directed at the group as Blake's black Supra pulled in, followed by Weiss' pearl White Vanquish then Ruby's crimson RX-7 and finally Sun and his bikes. They were all beautiful cars and stuck out amidst the other cars present here. There were a lot of Civics and 240s, things that weren't very exciting, so when a rare and exotic car pulls in; all the spectators swoon over the incoming cars.
Finally finding a spot where they could all park next to each other, the girls all backed into a spot in their own little group. Getting out of her car, Ruby walked over towards Blake who was talking to Sun about their race;
"Alright, alright Miss Belladonna, you won. But that doesn't mean I'm not gonna ask you out on that date anyway." Sun exclaimed while taking his helmet off.
Blake just laughed before waving her hand in a dismissive manner. This caused Sage, Neptune and Scarlet all to laugh at Sun's failed attempt to get the raven haired girl to go out with him yet again.
Next she spotted Weiss and Yang who were currently indulging themselves on the hood of Weiss' car in a game of who could hold their breath the longest as the two made out.
"God, Yang can't you wait until you guys are alone?" Ruby then whined to her sister.
Yang flipped Ruby off without breaking her kiss and being underneath Weiss on the hood of probably the most expensive car in the lot.
Chuckling, Ruby made her way to Blake and the others.
"Damn, your car is pretty quick, Ruby." Sage spoke up once Ruby joined the others.
But before she could thank him, a familiar voice spoke up behind her;
"Oh wow, you actually showed up Ruby!"
Reeling around to face the dreaded voice of the night, she was met with Cardin standing behind her flanked by his friends; Russell, Sky, and Dove. Cardin was wearing a gray sweater with the sleeves rolled up and black jeans with a black backwards baseball cap.
"Yeah, I'm here to embarrass you in front of everyone tonight, how could I pass that up?" Ruby replied back with a hint of malice in her voice.
She wasn't going to lose to him. She had every ounce of confidence that she'd beat him easily now.
"If you say so, hurry up and get in your car then. Let's do this shit right now!" Cardin then yelled out.
This in turn caused a few people to gather over at the sound of someone being challenged. A bunch of 'Ooohs' and cheers were heard.
Ruby felt the familiar sensation of nervousness wash over her again, she didn't like to be the center of attention, and with a crowd forming around the two now she felt herself start to shake slightly.
That was until she spotted a certain someone near the back of the crowd looking back at her.
A girl with blazing amber eyes and raven hair.
Ruby felt her silver eyes widen at the sight of her, but as more people joined the growing circle, she quickly lost sight of her, but just knowing she was here was enough to restore Ruby's spirit. She then turned back to face Cardin who was nodding his head towards various people in the crowd and in her loudest voice announced;
"Let's go then!"
And with that she bumped into Cardin's shoulder to make her way into her car. She gave out a few high fives to random people and kids she noticed from her school. She spotted Yang who gave her a thumbs up and hugged her.
"Be safe little sis, I'm rooting for ya as always." Yang whispered into Ruby's ear.
Breaking the embrace Ruby smiled at her before hopping in her car.
At this point, everyone in the parking lot was making their way towards the street that was near the parking lot at the announcement of the first race of the night. Ruby turned her engine over and slowly drove out of the parking lot, earning various words of encouragement from people as she drove by. She quickly looked through the crowd of people that were watching her and tried to find that girl again, but failed as she exited the parking lot.
She drove up to the usual starting spot where people raced right outside the end of the parking lot. It was a straight shot of empty road that was flanked by a dead grassy area on both sides. It went for about half a mile until it turned right where it connected into a side street, but most people stopped their race right before the road curved right.
Halting her car at the designated starting line that was marked with countless tire marks from previous races, Ruby opened her windows and took a deep breath. She watched the crowd form around her on the sidewalk at her sides and from behind her on the street. Someone was playing loud music to her left in their car, and she started nodding her head to the beat. She noticed the song as one of Deadb3ar's more popular songs named 'I Recall'.
But then she spotted a pair of HID headlights making their way up to her on her left. She immediately recognized the dark gray s2000 belonging to Cardin, but what Ruby didn't recognize was the massive silver intercooler that sat snuggly behind his front bumper. She felt her eyes widen at the sight of it, but regained her composure once he pulled up next to her.
"You're not the only one who did something to your car!" Cardin called out to her from his car with a cocky grin on his face.
He then revved his car and the sudden whine sound of a supercharger made its way into Ruby's ears. That confirmed her suspicions as she knew he had done something to it. It'd definitely be a good race now that he forced inducted his car.
"It still won't help you win." Was all Ruby said. She then rolled her driver's side window up as to not listen to him anymore.
She watched as Blake made her way to the middle of the road and right between her and Cardin. Blake checked the distance between both cars before pointing at Ruby and Cardin. Ruby kept her silver eyes trained on Blake as she nodded; signaling to Blake that she was ready. At the same time she nodded, Ruby dropped her car in neutral and revved her tiny motor to 5500 rpms and held it there. She watched Blake raise both her arms and Ruby could have sworn she noticed Blake wink at her the moment she dropped her arms a second later.
She dropped her car into first gear, and slammed into her seat at the sudden inertia change. She watched Cardin pull away slightly at having a quicker and better launch. Both cars glided by Blake the moment her hands left the air. That wink caused Ruby to lose a slight moment in her start as she focused on it a bit too long and now Cardin was about half a car length in front, but Ruby could hear him spinning his tires all through first gear. Her car on the other hand barely even chirped due to her slicks and also rough start, but now her car was gaining on him slowly but surely.
Shifting to second the moment the needle dipped into the red zone, Ruby brought her right hand back to the steering wheel to hold it with both hands. She kept her foot firmly planted on the gas pedal as she stared straight ahead. She was now neck and neck with Cardin and for the first time during the race, Ruby felt a grin make its way to her lips. She'd win this easily. All that worrying for nothing.
Shifting into third gear now, Ruby now was passing Cardin as it looked like he grinded his way into his next gear and fell back slightly. They were about 400 feet away from the turn portion of the road and end of the race. Ruby decided that she didn't even need to ride out third gear all the way as she was now only pulling away from Cardin now. She quickly shifted into fourth and prepared to hit her brakes as she successfully beat him and won the race.
But little did Ruby know, there was a black Crown Victoria sitting at the side of the road just around the bend of the road that she was racing on. The Crown Vic had its lights off but its engine was running. Inside sat a round man, but he was more than capable in taking care of himself. He had grey short hair with a full mustache covering his mouth. He was dressed in a black uniform that on the shoulders read 'VPD'. And one thing this officer of the law hated more than anything; was street racing. He lost his wife to some punks who were street racing years ago and he made sure to make anyone he witnessed practicing the reckless sport live's a living hell.
Putting his car in drive as he watched a red coupe, which he recognized as a Mazda although he was unsure of the model. He then put his lights on and blared his sirens; making his presence known now to everyone. The older man slammed down on the gas pedal and set his sights on the red car, but not after noticing a dark gray Honda that was behind it slam on its brakes and pull an illegal U-turn to head away from himself at the sight of a cop car.
Officer Port grinned evilly to himself before gripping the steering wheel with both hands;
"Not today criminal scum!"
Quickly barreling towards the two racers, Officer Port decided to chase after the red car, as it continued to drive towards him. He watched the driver gracefully slide around his own bulky car and narrowly miss hitting him while continuing on its way, drifting into the corner and past him. Huffing, Officer Port threw his car into reverse and chased after the little red car that was speeding away from him now and towards one of the main roads.
"This is unit 3; I have street racers down by the old factory. I'm currently in pursuit of a late model red Mazda. Heading west on Oxford Avenue!"
Putting his radio down, Officer Port knew the other units on the late night shift would be heading down to the rest of the hooligans that were probably scurrying away at the starting line.
Refocusing his attention back at the red Mazda that had just now made an illegal left hand turn through a red light, Officer Port tightened his grip on the steering wheel of his black undercover Crown Victoria. It's been a long while since he's been involved in a high speed pursuit and he wasn't about to let his little bastard get away from him…
Back in the cabin of a certain red Mazda RX-7 sat a very horrified looking Ruby as she was barreling down the main roads at excess of 90 miles per hour now.
"Oh my God, oh my God, why the hell did I run?!" She yelled to no one in particular.
She was sweating bullets and watched everything in front and around her light up with flashing red and blue lights as the sirens of the cop car behind her lit up everything and blared out its annoying sound. Rolling her passenger window up to hide what she looked like, Ruby continued driving down the road heading straight until she gained some distance from the cop car behind her.
She was blazing past red lights and intersections not slowing down for anything. She looked down at her gauge cluster and noticed she was now doing 120 miles an hour. Looking back up though, she jerked her steering wheel to the left and narrowly avoided getting T-boned by a multi colored white, orange, and black pick-up truck. She watched the orange haired male driver stare back at her with a slight amused expression on his face, but she turned her head back forward to focus in front of her.
"Oh shit! Mom's going to kill me! Yang's going to kill me! I'm gonna go to jail and- Oh my God!"
Ruby's stomach dropped as she spotted another patrol car with its sirens and lights on heading towards her.
A million thoughts ran through her mind now. She could keep running but she knew soon that they'd call in a helicopter or something; she watched Cops the show! She could always give up now and hope they wouldn't impound and crush her car, she'd have to call her mom and go to jail, something she wasn't particular fond of experiencing.
As she continued surging forward towards the cop car that now turned to cut her off in front of her, Ruby then spotted a side street on the left. Deciding to just put everything on the line, Ruby slammed on her brakes and downshifted into second gear and jerked her car to the left; narrowly missing the patrol car in front of her but not before spotting the person driving it. She had short blonde hair and glasses and looked back at Ruby with a somewhat annoyed and sad expression on her face.
Ruby continued sending her car into a sliding fit and pulled her e-brake once her car was sideways. The entire right side of her body dug into her bolstered race seat as she was forced into it as her car spun and did a complete 180 degree turn in the middle of the road. She then slammed down on her accelerator and turned onto the side street. Cutting her lights off she drove in darkness on a residential road with houses surrounding her on both sides. She watched her rear view mirror as both the cop cars turned on the same street with their red and blue lights illuminating the surrounding area with an eerie light.
Turning onto the first side road to her right, Ruby gripped her wheel tightly as she took the hard right turn without hitting her brakes as to not illuminate and let the cops behind her know where she was. With tires screeching in protest, she completed the turn and noticed it was a long straight road with various other side streets on both sides. Knowing that the cops would think that she'd just keep taking the first turns she could, Ruby accelerated quickly and roared through the gears of her car in a daze as she continued down the road doing about 80 miles an hour in a 25. Finally deciding to turn she pulled her e-brake to slow herself down and careened into another side road to her left. Just as she entered the turn she watched the sirens and fog lights turn onto the road she was turning off on.
"I can do this! I can get away." Ruby exclaimed loudly.
She continued roaring forward onto the next street and heard her phone start to go off. Deciding to look at it, she fished it out of her pocket quickly before turning yet again on another side street, this time a little slower as to not make as much noise with her car. Looking down at her phone now she grimaced slightly at the name;
Yang.
Flipping it open and answering the call Ruby spoke;
"Uh, now's not the best time Yang!"
She heard what sounded like a bunch of people revving their motors and a lot of shouting from Yang's end before her sister finally spoke;
"Ruby! What the hell! Did you really just drift around that cop car?!"
Ruby felt a smile making its way on her face again as she prepared to answer her sister, but then she spotted a pair of headlights turning onto the street she was on.
"Shit, hold on Yang!"
Dropping her phone on her lap, Ruby quickly turned off the road into a driveway to her left. Her lights were still off so she hoped the car in front of her didn't spot her if it was a cop. She then cut off her motor as she sat in someone's driveway right next to a blue jeep. Lowering her seat back as far as it could go; Ruby silently prayed that she'd just lost the cops.
"Hello?!"
Jumping out of her seat, Ruby quickly answered the phone she left on her lap.
"Yeah, Yang hold on I think I lost them." She whispered into the phone before adding;
"I'll call you back!"
She hung up the phone then. And watched her side and rear view mirrors and felt her breath hitch in her throat as she watched another patrol car drive by that was the one that had turned onto the street. It didn't have its lights and sirens on and thankfully didn't spot Ruby turn into the driveway as it drove by quickly looking to join the other cop cars that were searching for her.
Breathing a sigh of relief, Ruby flipped her phone open and saw she actually had three text messages from Blake and Yang, and one missed call from Nora too. Ruby didn't even remember seeing the girl at the races, but she was probably there. Smiling to herself as she prepared to call Yang back, a dreaded sound made its way into Ruby's ears. She rolled her window down to make sure it was the sound she thought it was and looked out of her window and behind her in the sky.
There was a helicopter with its massive bright light shining down on something in the distance. Back where the others were. Ruby then dialed Yang and began to call her. If the cops were out in full force tonight, it was gonna be a bad time for anyone who was at the street races, although Ruby was a little glad the helicopter wasn't looking for her, she did worry about her friends.
As the call rang and rang only to be met with Yang's pun filled answering machine; Ruby felt her mood sour instantly.
"What the hell are you doing, Yang?!" She hissed out.
She then tried to call Blake but it resulted in the same thing, no answer. Finally she decided to call Weiss and finally was met with luck as she heard Weiss answer her phone after two rings.
"Yeah?!" Weiss sounded out of breath like she was running or something.
"Weiss where's Yang? Are you guys alright?" Ruby asked hurriedly
She listened intently to the line, as she heard a bunch of people yelling and a bunch of tires squealing and also the sound of sirens and the helicopter in this distance. Ruby's stomach fell as she realized it was like a slaughter house down there with the police hunting people down and everyone just rushing away from the scene, everyone for themselves. Of course they'd ran from the cops before, but it never seemed that organized and massive before.
"Yeah, Yang's fine! We'll call you bac- Yang watch out!"
And with that the call ended.
Ruby held the phone to her ear as she didn't process what had just happened in the end.
"What the hell?!" Ruby whispered out looking at her phone.
She tried to call Weiss back but no one answered. Ruby continued to sit in her car, hiding in the darkness of night as she worried about how everyone else was doing. She wasn't sure how long she should sit here, but she wanted to get moving now, but knew it'd be a terrible idea as the cops were probably still patrolling the neighborhood searching for her.
"Yang, what the hell is going on over there?!…"
