Chapter 36 – The Final Race
The last race was about to begin.
'Molly, forget about last night for the race. It isn't over yet. You do want your mum back, don't you?' Jordan looked at his partner.
Eva sighed.
'But you said the wish was a…'
'Yeah, but someone did bring back Sul and Kross right? I could find out for you and you could ask them and…'
Eva grinned and gave Jordan a huge hug. Jordan blushed.
'You don't know how much that means to me,' she smiled.
Jordan shifted from foot to foot.
'You did tell me once…and well, I thought…' he blushed even harder.
'Come on. We have a race to win partner,' Eva called from the top of the Arrow.
Jordan quickly got into his turret. He got ready.
In the Crog Avatar ship, Kross had just gotten into the Crog warship.
'By Krumm!' he yelled.
Someone hit him with something hard on his head. Kross, taken by surprise, slumped to the floor. He had blacked out.
He was then dragged out where he wouldn't fall when the warship was dropped into the sky. Chaos sat down in the pilot seat. He wasn't missing this race. Not when everything had been so carefully planned.
The star racers fell down into the sky.
Eva quickly got off to a good start.
Don's face appeared on the communications link.
'Ok champ. This is the final race. You need to win it so that you can get the final wish,' Don smiled.
Eva nodded.
The communications link turned off. The Crog ship went ahead of Eva. She sighed. Be strong, it's not the time for revenge, she thought.
'Hey Jordan?' she asked.
'Yeah?' Jordan asked.
Eva checked the Earth team wouldn't be able to hear her. She then opened a communications link with Jordan.
'Did you find out what Canaletto was doing last night?' she asked.
Jordan sighed.
'I'll take that as a no,' she smiled weakly.
The Crog ship slowed down all of a sudden. Eva quickly dodged the thing. Everyone was quite surprised.
Eva then gasped. It all fitted together now! She slowed down immediately. Everyone stared at the Arrow. Jordan started yelling at Eva. She wasn't listening at first though to Jordan's cries.
'Molly! Have you lost your mind? We are going to lose the race and the wish! Don't you want your mother back?' Jordan shouted at her.
Eva stared at him.
'Jordan, don't you get it? It all is connected! The Crogs, my friend and Canaletto! She isn't dead!' Eva yelled at him.
Jordan stared at her like she had gone mad.
'Your friend is dead! I thought she was…' Jordan told her.
Eva shook her head.
'No! Chaos only said everything was done. He still has to give her to Canaletto! I don't why he needed all the preparation, but she is alive!' Eva had sneaked behind Chaos without him noticing.
'If you are wrong…' Jordan muttered.
'Hey, it's only a made up race right? I still have memories. Besides, I doubt the person would have brought her back to live anyway,' Eva shrugged.
She didn't let the Earth team contact her. They would panic. She didn't need that right now. There was something more dangerous and important out there to deal with first. The others could wait.
Eva was near the end now. It was a straight path to the Arena of the Heart.
Chaos slowed down near the end. The ring had long gone. Eva hoped this would be worth it.
The Crog ship flew down and chucked out a tied up Rose.