Chapter 21
The Helical Realm
On the day of the realm opening everyone was down in the garages long before breakfast was ready. It seemed no body was taking any chances that day. By the time breakfast came around the drivers began to make their way to the cafeteria.
At the Velvet Galaxy's table Tash was yawning over her breakfast. She looked around the room at the other drivers; everyone looked a little tired this morning. She turned back and said "Looks like Jarvis is slowly getting around to painting all the earphones'. She indicated towards the Inferno's table where Zero sat with his painted earphone on.
"Do you have to been part of a group to get that done or is he planning on doing everyone's", said Hannah.
Leah and Simone stared at her. It was Simone that answered, "He hopes to do everyone's eventually".
"I don't see the need', replied Hannah.
"You wouldn't ", replied Leah.
Tash sighed, the tension between the Velvet Galaxy was still highly strung and she did not think it was only to get any better soon.
After breakfast the drivers went back to the garages to wait. There was little for them to do before the next realm opened so as Tash had done the before the first realm several of the drivers sat in the sun light on the floor filtering in through the windows in the roof meditating.
The controllers sat idly in the control room watching the drivers from above.
It was mid morning when the announcement came,
"The Helical Realm is about to open.
"The what realm", several drivers heard Zero saying. Leah laughed at the word used to describe the next realm, she had help name it. All the driver got into their cars and began to line up at the starters line. They watched the huge doors retract and the lights turn yellow. They revved their engines ready to go.
Then the light went green.
(Song to accompany this realm will be: Rogue Traders – Voo Doo Child)
Akira and Brett were the first out the tunnel. In front of them the track began to rise at a thirty degree angle. The vehicles continued to rise for another four hundred meters until it leveled out and began to spiral back down again in big arches. The sides of the track were surround with large barriers so the drivers could not see how high they had come up not how far down they would be going. They could not even see the cars in front of them as they rounded the corners.
"All right" Akira shouted.
They spiraled down and around the track until they got to the bottom, then as they turned right the track began to rapidly rise again. Brett had taken the lead with Akira right behind. The other drivers trailed close behind. As the track continued to rise it was becoming evident some of the vehicles were having difficulties with the rapid rise of the track. Simone whom was trailing last was having trouble picking up speed because of the size of her car.
At the top the track it began to spiral down again, the track then declined steeply and in front of him Akira could see the track looping over itself.
"Awesome" he said.
The drivers coming down the track began picking up speed. As Leah saw the loop ahead she warned Simone.
"Pick up as much speed as you can coming down the track Simone. The faster you're traveling the easier it will be to get around.
"Easy for you to say', Simone responded. "I've just about killed the engine with these climbs".
"Have faith with White Knight, she wont let you down". Leah told her.
"Draft with me Simone I'll get you through" came Tash's voice as the drivers took the loop behind each other.
Out of the loop they turned right where the track twisted around itself several times. The drivers again slipped in behind one another. As they came out of the second twist the track disappeared into the tunnel and the race was over.
Brett came in first followed by Akira, Tarka, Todd and Michael. Then came Zero, Jarvis, Leah and Hannah, then Phoenix, Tash and Simone. As the drivers pulled into their garages and turned off their engines they could here Akira from the Rampage's garage yelling "That was awesome, lets do it again'.
Akira wasn't going to give up on trying to get back into the Realm. All the way back up to the conference room to have there after race meeting with Rowan Akira pestering Wayne to let him back in.
"You can not go back into the realm once it has closed', he told Akira. "But', he went on, 'give me an hour and I'll down load your footage from the camera of you car and you can watch the race again in the conference room'.
"You can do that", Akira asked.
"If it will get you off my back, I can. I'll have it ready for you when you have changed'. With that the drivers entered the conference room.