I don't really have an excuse as to why I haven't updated any of my stories lately besides the fact that I'm a lazy-ass high-school Junior who just signed up for the army, is studying for her Certified-Nursing-Assistant's licence, and has to deal with her shitty life at home. Yeah, it's totally ok to scream at me for not updating. Go ahead, you know you want to.

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In the fallowing races, there were still surprises. There were maze races, puzzle races, target practice races, and, my least favorite, expect the unexpected races. We were on a winning streak until a race against an alien named Cross of the Soul.

"Eva, be careful" Clovis told me sternly. "This guy can get into someone's head."

He didn't get to go into detail. That race was starting. Clovis raced against him a while ago, he would know. Halfway into the race, BOOM, Rick had gone berserk; he was shooting the ship he was in!

We won but we had to do it with only one engine. I locked up the guns as soon as Rick's first shot was fired at the engine. That probably was the only thing keeping us in the race. Just as I jumped out of the ship, Rick went berserk on me. His eyes were hard and fixing me with a cold, emotionless stair.

"You" he said. "You are the one who did it!" Rick said angrily.

"Are you feeling ok, Rick?" I asked.

Just as I asked that, he took a swing. I just barely dodged a punch to the face.

"Rick, stop it!" I ordered.

"Oh, now giving me orders huh?" he laughed.

"Rick, what is wrong with you. If I did something tell me. Don't try to kill me."

"Isn't that what my mother said when you killed her, Mr. Brooklyn?"

He was off the deep end!

"Ha, you didn't think I saw it, did you?" he laughed.

He charged and I had no choice but to flip him. He looked like he was out and I let my guard down. All of a sudden, he pushed up with his hands and kicked me with both feet in the chest. That sent my flying about 10 feet, coughing and moaning. I landed on my feet, skidding to a stop.

Aiika jumped in front of me, knife out and pointing at Rick.

"Aiika put that knife away!" I ordered.

"It doesn't look like he is joking Eva. That was a kill-kick!" Aiika told me.

"I said put that knife away! I'll take care of him."

I got up and shook that last kick off. As he charged, I grabbed one arm, got behind him, got the other arm, got him to his knees, and held him there.

"Come on, Rick, wake up!" I sighed, begging.

That was when Cross walked up laughing.

"Hay, Melissa, let me go!" Rick shouted.

I quickly let him go and got between him and Aiika in a defensive position.

"He's back to normal. Just be lucky I didn't put my spell on you, little Eva. I was actually there when your father died so I didn't want to make you crash" Cross laughed.

"What's he talking about?" Rick asked me.

"But… now that we are out… as payback for beating me. I think I'll let you re-live those last few months" Cross said slyly.

"I think I'll take a rain check on that one, Cross" I sighed.

"Ok, later then. Who cares if your mother abandoned you and forgot about you, right?"

"Exactly" I told him crossly. "It's her decision, why should I care?"

"But you still ran to her. And what did you find?"

"That you talk a lot" I answered.

"You've hardened your hart, haven't you? Oh, poor little Eva has finally accepted and forgotten."

"She may have forgotten about me but I will never forget that she did love me… a very long time ago" I added.

"I will make you remember. I'll tear your hart into 2 and make you remember the pain!"

"I never forgot it. I just got used to it."

We started to walk away.

"So being abandoned and betrayed by the ones you love is ok to you?" Cross laughed.

"It is a part of my life" I laughed.

I flew us all back to the Earth shed.

"Melissa, what was that about?" Rick asked me.

"The Soul thrive off of negative emotions. Fear, hatred, sadness… Eva is the only one who is resistant to that" Aiika told him.

"Why is that?" Rick asked.

"My entire life is one depressing story. My mother abandoned me after my father died. I am happy for them both. My dad is in a better place and my mother has a wonderful life" I told him. "What about you? What's your sob story?"

"My father left my mother before I was born. When I was 10, some guy murdered her as she begged for her life. That sight was engraved into my mind and I guess that is how he got to me. I thaught I was fighting that man."

"Consider yourself lucky it wasn't me" Aiika laughed. "I had a knife with me!"

"Excuse me?" Rick asked.

"That was a nice double kick, by the way" I told him.

"No way!" Rick said.

"Why do you think I had you tied up when you came back?" I laughed.

"But… that double-kick. That was a deadly move! That can kill!"

"Yeah. I noticed that when I went flying about 10 feet" I laughed. "Your moves are too slow, I saw it coming."

A few days later, we found out who all made it into the 2nd round. Clovis, Grour, Cross, Jordan, and my team. There was going to be 10 more races. Everyone was going to race each other. 3 of us were going to make it to another, final round on another planet.

Jordan was from Mars. Mars is actually a hallow planet; and most of his race is located inside. He was a fierce racer but I have never raced him before.

The day after Larry woke up, we found out about a little condition he had now. The explosion damaged his nerves. If he is stressed, he shakes. He will never race again. The only thing keeping him here now was his wife.

"I will see this through to the end, even if I am not racing" Larry sighed.

"So you're staying?" I asked.

"Yeah."

"Sweet!"

"I am not going to be a lot of help, though."

"You are someone to hang with, that helps more than you think. Oh, and you said you'd be careful!"

"Uh… sorry" he laughed.

Clovis and his 2 sons were now calling me Melissa so I didn't have to worry about that anymore.

"This is the Earth team, right?" Cross asked as he walked into the shed.

"Yes" Stan answered, walking up to him.

"What do you want?" Kyle ordered.

Larry and I both walked up to the group.

"Ah, there you are, little Eva!" Cross said when he saw me.

"Will you stop calling me little? I am not 4 years old anymore" I sighed.

"I will make you remember it, little one. I do not care if you hardened your hart and forgot; I will make you remember" he laughed.

"Do you know him?" Larry asked me.

"Oh, yes. We both had a front-row seat when her father died. Remember that Eva, how big that explosion was? How your father didn't even get out of his ship before it went unstable? Do you remember that sight?" Cross laughed.

"I never forgot that sight. Or what happened 3 months later" I sighed.

"It hurts, doesn't it?"

"That is life" I told him.

"You are impossible" he laughed, enjoying this. "I will make you remember the pain. Mark my words, I will get you!"

"Good luck. You know my past; go back to every birthday when I was at that school."

He paused and his eyes went cloudy.

"Oh. Now that is sad. Poor little Eva" he said, pretending to cry.

"My entire life has been like that. You are never going to get my in your little spell" I laughed.

"We'll see!"

He walked away laughing.

"That was that about?" Larry asked.

"He is a Soul. They thrive on negative emotions and have one hell of an attack – they make you relive the worst parts of your life to weaken you. He doesn't have to look into my past, though. He knows he cannot affect me that way. He just doesn't want to admit it."

"In other words, he reminds you of your sob-story" Rick sighed.


Soul knows everything about her past, and so does Aiika and his family. How will her mother and the others finally find out? Review and tell me. I take anonymous reviews, too, guys!

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