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"God, that was tight."

Red Action had driven Enid all around town, and went back not to the Danger Zone, but a rather desolate and dry area, where not a single soul crept upon it.

Taking the AUX cord out of her phone, Red turned to Enid.

"You really liked them? Huh?"

"Yeah, those tracks kicked in some real vibes." Enid proceeded to put her legs up on the front of the tank's interior. "Who was that?"

"This guy's name is Anderson .Paak. As for the tracks, it came from his second album, Malibu. It's a real treat to the sou-"

"Heh, you can talk about soul albums all day and I'd still kick it here to listen to it all."

"Y-yeah..." Unusually, Red Action nervously scratched her head, blushing in the process.

"So...you gonna tell me why the Communicator went off?"

"Y-you heard?"

"Well yeah, that things real loud." Enid yawned and looked out the window. "If you don't want to tell me, that's fine, but I feel it'd help you more than it'd-"

"It was Yellow Technique."

Something in Enid had sparked loudly. It wasn't an emotion of envy, anger, curiosity, or anything else that would indicate she would find the callhe d of any higher importance. No, Enid simply had a mix of it all, and pulled the strings on the conversation as a way to see what she would expect from Red.

"Real shit? So now you have to go on another mission to the future?"

"I...I have to go back, bu-"

"Wait! Are you serious?"

"No no no, girl, you don't understand. Yellow doesn't want me to stay there for ages, but it's gonna take a good portion. Probably a day or two."

"Okay? You gonna tell me why exactly are you headed to the future?"

"Enid, I owe her a favor."

"Hm?"

"Staying here with you on this timeline is the blessing that she and the council had granted me, even though I am ESSENTIALLY the most elite of the bunch..."

Red looked very boastful behind the wheel, and provided a charming smirk for Enid to scoff at, but it also opened the door for her to take advantage of her girlfriend's insecurities for jokes.

"I don't know...Blue Power has looked like she put in a lot of work lately."

In response, Red's face flushed to, well, red.

"Haha, very funny."

"Thank you, I'm here all week."

The tank pulled to the side of the road at first shortly after, but to Enid's surprise, Red drove the vehicle out to what appeared to be hundreds of acres in space next to the path. Only recognizable thing within the region was the many cactuses naturally placed..It appeared like this is where they were going to work on their ability to race together, and Red's pause sure seemed like confirmation.

"You can get out if you want, E. I just want to work on my turns and drifting for now."

"And miss out on you falling victim to another mine?" Enid chuckled slowly, as if she were to choke down on her words. Red turned back to the passenger seat in sincerity, and carried a cheek to cheek frown. Her eyes were halfway closed, as if to come off unimpressed.

"Not cool."

"O-oh, um...sorry."

Awkward silence proceeded, as Red started revving up for practice. Before she can bullet through, Enid tapped lightly on her shoulder.

"Uh, Red...the arm cannon?"

"Oh, right."

She proceeded to detach her own cannon, and had applied it on Enid's arm, who looked down at her, anxious to fire out of the weapon.

"Alright. Your hand is safe behind this barrier. If you see smoke coming out of the hole on the back, don't worry. That's just the way it is meant to be exhausted. Obviously, don't aim it upon yourself, or you'll be painfully shot through by plasma. So, the move is I will make turns around each of these cactuses until we have shot them all down. Every turn I make will be your signal to aim and fire at them. Got it?"

"Yes." Enid kept looking down at her cannon, sparking skepticism and concern within Red.

"Alright then. Showtime!"

With the tank on drive, Red floored on it, and already exceeded stupidly high speeds. Shook by the sudden hit of the pedal, Enid was thrown back behind her seat and fell flat on her face, landing on the maritime gear in the back.

"Careful! You almost got poked by that harpoon!"

"Shit..."

The dirty-mouthed teen with an arm cannon on her hand tried climbing into the cockpit, but was unable to get a grip, so she relied all her power on her left hand in order to get up.

Before she can make it, Red startled her with some insanely random remark.

"Wow Enid, you've been squatting? Mmph, I don't see what you see behind me, but I sure see what that backs all about." Red had to giggle a little, leaving the rosy cheeked passenger in an odd predicament. Before the driver decided to make things weirder, Enid was able to make it on top.

She was greeted by the intensity of the sun rays blinding her face. When her eyes had time to adjust, she suddenly noticed that the tank was on the verge of undergoing the first turn.

Which it did. Enid was startled and began rolling down to the edge, but kept a grip on the bar belonging to the side. She then tried aiming her new arm cannon southward.

Then she realized she didn't know how to shoot. A trigger? A panicking Enid tried moving her fingers around in an attempt to find one, then decided to slug the cannon to get the plasma out.

"Come on, goddammit! Wor-"

A beeping noise came within the interior. It turned out to be the sensor that was the launch button she needed. However, she was pushed back by the recoil, slammed her back on where the ray gun used to be, and recognized the fact that her arm aimed for the ground just behind the vehicle.

The blast sent the tank upwards, leaning on one side in air. She could've sworn she heard the shrieks of Red Action, before the tank landed pefectly on its bottom.

Loud banging can be heard below her downed body.

"Enid! What the hell is going on up there!?"

"CACTUS!"

"What!?"

"RED! TURN THE TANK AROUND! YOU'RE GONNA RUN OVER THAT FU-"

The tank was instead greeted by an unexpected bump amomg the flat elevation of the desert floor. What followed was Enid being thrown off the roof and plunging into the cactus ahead, face first.

The abrupt bump caused Red, who didn't bother to strap on her seatbelt, to be launched out of the front window, as she was catapulted into Enid's suffering body, flooring the cactus and leaving the couple painfully groaning from dozens of pricks around them.

First try, and it ended in disaster.


As the two began taking out prick by prick while leaning on the tank, Red looked down in guilt.

"We need to do something about communication. My deaf ears couldn't hear you at all, heh."

Picking out the last prick off her arm, Enid nodded and headed around.

"You wanna try this again?"

"I mean...we have no choice, don't we? I gotta go very soon."

Though Enid was there behind Red Action, she couldn't help but look down on the ground where the bump was. Something circular had been uncovered just slightly from the top. She reached over and took it out.

"D-did we just run over a glorb?"

Suddenly, Red jerked her head and speedwalked up to it.

"Woah. You thinking what I'm thinking?"

"No, Red, not right now."

"What?"

Enid started pacing around in her clarification.

"Dude, if we can't ride around without getting launched out in a tank going regular speeds, how can we expect to keep our asses still?"

"I-I wasn't wearing a seatbelt."

Enid crossed her arms in utter disappointment.

"And the top?" She violently whispered.

That's when Red decided to improvise again, much to Enid's dismay.


The sun disappeared behind the greyish-blue skies. Enid and Red Action spent a good portion of their time practicing the same routine with better results. Never again did they get thrown towards a cactus. Enid felt it was easier with her knowledge of the sensor, and the support of the passenger seat that Red Action ripped out of the tank with her bare hands and forcefully bolted onto the roof, attaching the seatbelt above the seat and the buckle over to her side.

They were well on their way back to Enid's house, hanging around by the front yard, with the tank parked aside the pavement.

Red was satisfied with the improvements she had, being able to drift in any given radius, whereas Enid, though it was an improvement, still had trouble aiming, and only had taken down a few cactuses. Whenever she achieved a blast, Enid reached over to the entrance to the roof and proclaimed:

"WOOHOO! DID YOU SEE THAT?"

These were the moments Red recaptured to Enid in conversation afterwards, adding that she couldn't respond with her eagerness to maneuver around the obstacles.

"But I was still glad to see how thrilled you are with...me."

The Hue Trooper took her eyes aside somewhere around in the suburbs, avoiding any more contact with Enid. In response, the shooter became skeptical.

"Hey, hey, what's wrong?"

Red was idle, then she momentarily accepted defeat.

""I have to go."

Behind her, Enid was startled by the red mist blowing up around the tank, leaving no trace. It was an indication that Red just saved it like a wallet in her pocket.

"Uhm, can I com-"

Quick to interrupt, Red halted Enid's words.

"No."

"O-okay, but what will you be doing?"

"It's better if I just save the trouble and explain later..."

"But I thought you said we don't need to hi-"

Red was starting to get annoyed, and as the clock ticked, she held an iron fist and shook the Earth with her glass-breaking tone, one that remained firm and clear.

"I'LL EXPLAIN LATER."

Quick to take back her words as Enid reflexed back in shock, Red tried again.

"I'm sorry. I have to be there in time. Love you." The last two words were the only ones that weren't muttered or choked in Red's throat. Her eyes set towards Enid's glistening puppy eyes.

Without any hesitation, Red opened up a portal to the future and walked her way out backwards.

Once again, Enid was left alone, with even more questions.


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