Just so we're clear, I'm having Sage travel back and forth between her home world and Earth. She spends a lot of her time on her world, and a little bit of time with Battle Force 5.
"Stanford!" everyone shouted as they jumped into their vehicles and sped off towards their friend.
"Black!" Rose shouted in worry as she got on her bike and took off towards her boyfriend.
"Stanford are you okay?" Vert demanded as he pulled up next to the totaled Reverb.
"Uhh, what happened?" Stanford asked as he slowly climbed out of his car.
"You wrecked big time," Zoom said as he got off the Chopper and approached Stanford.
"I did? How'd that happen?" Stanford asked confused.
"Guys, I think that we should get him back to the Hub," A.J. said worriedly.
"Right," Vert said, "Stanford, you ride with Tezz. Sherman, is their any way you can tow the Reverb.
"Yeah, we can do that," Sherman said as he started hooking the Reverb to the Buster.
"Let's get Stanford back to the Hub and have Sage take a look at him," Vert said as he walked back towards the Saber.
"Hey what about my race!" Black shouted in rage.
"Are we there yet?" Monkey asked.
"No," Tork said exasperated.
"Well, when will we get there?" Monkey half asked half whined.
"We're here!" Ashley shouted as she pulled into a small town.
"Well where is here?" Nolo asked shocked at how small of place Handler Corners was.
"It says we're in Handler Corners," Ashley said as she looked down at her GPS.
"What are you all doing in my town?" demanded a sheriff as he drove up to the group.
"We're here for the racing competition," Ashley said. "Do you mind telling us where we could find the Handler Corners hotel?" Ashley asked. She didn't really want to go driving all over the small town to look for where they would be staying.
Not looking impressed, Sheriff Johnson answered, "Take a left at the stop sign and it will be on your right."
"Thanks," Ashley said as she got ready to take off on her bike.
"I want no trouble in my town," Sheriff Johnson ordered.
"Sure thing," Wylde said sarcastically.
"This place is tiny," was the first thing that came out of Porkchop's mouth when they spotted the hotel.
"So is the town," Ashley said as she parked in front of the building and got off her bike. "I'll go check us in."
"I'll come with," Kurt said as he got out of his car and followed Ashley inside of the small building.
"Hello?" Ashley asked as she walked up to the small counter.
"Hello back!" said a perky young red head. "Oh, you must be here for the big racing competition! I'm so excited. You know, Handler Corners is never this exciting. At least not in the time that I have been here. I'm mean, the most exciting thing that has ever happened was that we got a few new faces in town, but that's it. Oops I'm rambling again. My name is Sarah. I help run the hotel. You'll love it here. It is a really nice place even though it is small," Sarah said with taking only one breath.
"Right, Sarah," Ashley said hesitantly. "My name is Ashley Stone, I have reservations for four rooms."
"Okay, let me just check right here," Sarah said as she started typing away on her computer. "So are you two racing tomorrow? I bet racing is so much fun!"
"Yeah we are," Kurt said. He was starting to get a little annoyed with the girl.
"I bet you will do great! I was amazed to find out how many people were coming to our own little race. Oh! Here we go. Yes, four rooms, for a miss Ashley Stone. Here are your keys, and you are room numbers 203-206. They are all right next to each other if you go up the stairs and turn left on the end. Enjoy your stay!" Sarah shouted as Kurt and Ashley took the keys and headed outside.
"Well I guess us girls will be in room 203 and the guys can fight over who is in which room," Ashley said as she handed the other keys to Kurt.
"Hey met me down here at 8:00," Kurt said as he walked towards the group of guys.
"Okay," Ashley smirked as she walked over to the other two girls. "Well we are in room 203."
"Okay," said Lani as she picked up her bag and walked towards the hotel.
"So when are you going to tell Wylde that you and Kurt are dating?" Karma teased as she handed Ashley her bag.
"What?!" Ashley asked shocked as she took her bag from Karma.
"What, you didn't think some of us would notice you and Kurt sneaking off by yourselves?" Karma asked.
"Well, we were hoping to keep it a secret for a little while longer," Ashley said as she walked into the hotel room.
"Keep what a secret?" Lani asked as she walked out of the bathroom.
"Her and Kurt's relationship," Karma said as she sat down on a bed.
"I knew it!" Lani shouted excitedly. "So for how long have you and Kurt been going out?"
Blushing, Ashley replied, "For about a year now. With everything going on, we both thought that it would be better if no one knew that we were dating."
"Sure," Lani teased.
"Hey, but what about Karma and Taro!" Ashley said in retaliation.
"What! Don't change the subject!" Karma said trying hard to hide her own blush.
"Really?" Lani asked.
"Yeah, and what about you and Nolo?" Karma asked, trying to get herself out of the spotlight.
"Um," was all Lani could say before there was a knock at the door. "I'll get it," Lani said rushing towards the door.
"Hey is Ashley in here," Kurt asked.
"Ashley, it's for you!" Lani shouted as she walked away from the door.
"Kurt! I thought that I was meeting you down stairs at 8:00?" Ashley asked as she walked up to the door.
"You are, I was just wondering if you would like to go now instead?" Kurt smirked.
"Give me ten minutes to get ready and I'll meet you downstairs," Ashley said as she shut the door.
"Ooh, looks like someone has a date," Lani said from the bed she was laying on.
"Shut up," Ashley said as she lightly tossed a pillow at her friend.
"Sage!" Vert shouted as he entered the Hub.
"What is wrong?" Sage asked as she turned away from the screen that she was looking at.
"Stanford wrecked majorly, and he has a concussion," Zoom said as he dismounted from the Chopper.
"How did he wreck?" Sage asked as she followed Vert, who was helping Stanford get to the medical bay.
"We aren't sure," Agura answered. "Stanford was challenged to a street race. He and some guy named Black were racing and then out of nowhere, Stanford wrecked."
"I will run a diagnostic on his car as soon as we are done," Sage said as she walked over to Stanford. After a few minutes Sage stepped back and said, "He is very lucky that he only got a concussion."
"But how come he wrecked?" Spinner asked.
"I do not know, but I intend to find out," Sage said as she walked over to a screen and started to run a diagnostic on the Reverb.
"Hey, where's A.J.?" Sherman asked.
"I thought that he was following us," Agura said.
"No it can't be them. It's not possible, not after all this time," A.J. said as he passed in front of the GearSlammer on the salt flats.
"Dalton it's been a long time," said a voice from behind A.J.
"What are you doing here?" A.J. demanded as he came face to face with Sergeant Johns, one of the Silencerz.
"We're here to collect our prize,"Sergeant Johns said simply.
"No, I won't let you hurt Vert or any of my friends," A.J. said defensively.
"See that's where you're wrong. You knew that one day we would come for him, and that day is today. There is nothing that you can do to stop us," Johns said as he walked away. "The way I see it right now, you can either tell your friends who you really are or hope that they don't find out during the races."
"This whole thing is one big ploy to do what?" A.J. demanded.
"To rule the Multiverse," Johns said as he walked away.
"You won't get away with this, you will be stopped," A.J. shouted.
"Don't plan on it," said Johns as he got into his car and drove away.
"What am I going to do?" A.J. asked himself in desperation.
