Chapter 45
Shortly after completing the first race, our group then completed a Death Race in the Loading Docks of Kras City as well as a Deathmatch in the Dirt Stadium. The former of these events was a contest to see how many drones you could destroy in a set time with the counter going up for each lap around the track as well as there being a combo meter so long as you killed a car within 3 seconds of another. And the Deathmatch was an arena fight where the last one standing was the winner. Tess won the Death Race for us while Torn was the winner of the Deathmatch, earning us a total of 3 gold medals in the process, worth 9 points for the season.
We then had a bit of downtime as I started to talk with Rayne. "Hey, Rayne? You think that Krew may have been bluffing about the poison?" I asked, her sighing at that as Ashelin then spoke.
"I had the bottle analyzed during downtime and we found traces of black nightshade at the bottom, a rare and poisonous plant from the Wasteland. Krew was planning to poison us alright," Ashelin frowned.
"Father never did cut corners... unfortunately," Rayne frowned, me smiling at that.
"Well, no worries, because once Kiki finishes the Freeze Rally in Spargus, we'll have enough for the first Grand Prix Qualifier for the Red Eco Cup," I smiled, everyone smirking at that.
"Yeah, I'm sure she'll do good, so long as she doesn't have to lay any eggs during the race," Tess said.
"Speaking of, Tess... question of the year... since you're a Precursor now, if you were to have kids with Daxter, would you lay an egg like the Precursor Stone?... Or what?" I asked, Tess looking a bit perplexed at that, as did Daxter.
"Um... you know what? I have no fluffin' clue," Tess said, her using her own censors around my kid, which I smiled at.
"Me neither, but we won't know until we try," Daxter smiled.
"So you're chickens? Cool!" Maria smirked, Daxter's eyebrow twitching at that and me smiling at my little innocent cinnamon roll.
"Remember, Daxter, she's only 5 years old," I smiled, Daxter nodding at that, though I could tell he was still a bit perturbed. And then, we got a visitor in the form of Kiki when she smiled as she held the gold medal around her neck with pride... as well as a single Metal Head egg, which Rayne gasped at.
"Um... can you possibly leave that egg somewhere else? Preferably in a place where my face won't get eaten?" Rayne asked.
"Don't worry, Rayne, my offspring are definitely safe, all guaranteed. Some of my kids are still in Haven City and being looked after by the older ones in my family," Kiki said, me smiling at that.
"Um... okay, then..." Rayne frowned as I then looked at the race for the GP Qualifier and I noticed that the name of the track sounded epic.
"Dethdrome, huh? Sounds intense!" Jak smiled.
"Yes, the Dethdrome is the speediest track in Kras City, where you can do a lot of boosting for a lot of speed," Rayne said.
"Then we'll need to bring some good racers for this one. I'll compete in this one," I said.
"Same with me," Keira smiled, Samos immediately getting defensive.
"Keira! You're not going to race, got it?!" Samos exclaimed, her frowning at him and getting sassy.
"Daddy, I'm racing so I can save my friend. Besides, I'm grown up now," Keira said, me smirking at that as Keira then got by my side with a smile on her face.
"Rgh... fine," Samos groaned as Tess then came next to fill out the roster.
"Alright, time to race," Tess smiled as we then got to our cars and proceeded out to the race via the warp gate, where we were right by the starting line and we saw that the others were still needing to arrive... and then GT Blitz arrived shortly after.
"Oh great, here comes Toothy McGrin himself," Tess said, me smirking at her.
"You have more in common with Daxter than I thought, Tess," I admitted to her as Blitz then got to us with the cameras aimed at us.
"Now you girls and your male teammates are finally going to see what I've been talking about! Speed, destruction, explosions, and death! You better not have eaten your breakfast this morning, or you'll find it all over your dresses later," Blitz smirked at us.
"Oh, please, pompadour. We've tangoed with Metal Kor, gigantic beasts from outer space, and we defeated an evil cyborg who also happened to be a Dark Eco Sage. We're not afraid of anything these bogeys can throw at us," I smirked.
"Ahaha! That's the kind of spunk the viewers are hoping to see! Behold! The Dethdrome, one of the fastest race tracks in the world! Many people have died on these dangerous lanes chasing a lifelong dream... make the crowd scream for me!" Blitz smirked at us as the camera then shut off and he smirked at us. "Good luck, ladies. You'll need it... more than I need ratings," Blitz said with a groan.
"Oh, don't worry your poofy hair over us ladies, GT. If anything, when they see us win the whole shebang, your ratings will be off the charts," I smirked while he walked away and the other racers finally showed up, which meant it was time for us to get into our vehicles. When the lights flashed green, I zoomed off the starting line with the extra boost and proceeded to immediately grab some Red Eco powers, as I was in the lead and didn't want missiles to destroy my vehicle early on. And sure enough, one of Mizo's lackeys tried to send some at me, which I laid down a turret gun to test his meddle and saw that it actually managed to destroy one of the Mizo drivers shortly after, me smirking at that.
"Hah! Take that!" I smirked as I then zoomed forward and came across a long turning area that had wide turns and a wide track, which wouldn't be much of help when I had an Arc Wielder trail as my next Red Eco power, so I waited until I was in a good enough position and I laid down the trail when I got to a much tighter and more steep circular turn, where I then laid it down in a way so that it covered the whole of the track, me smirking as I then saw the coupe de grace of my efforts. Every single one of the cars that were behind me except for Tess had gotten exploded after they collided with the electrical cloud, me smiling at that.
"BOOYAH! That was awesome, Sasha!" Tess smirked widely as it was then just me and her until the end of the race, with me getting first place, obviously, and netting us 3 more points with the gold medal, me then looking at our competition and me smirking at how Fridgion and Speetunc were there on the sidelines and smiling at me.
"That was good racing, ladies. But sorry to say, we're still in this event to win it, since there are other GP qualifiers and we already won one of 'em," Speetunc said with a cocky smile.
"I expected half as much," I smiled at them as we then returned back to the garage in Kras City and spoke to my allies, them smirking at me as I returned with the gold.
"That was a pretty awesome race, Sasha! You and Tess eliminated all the rest of the competition with ease!" Errol smirked at me.
"Yeah, but did I wish I could've been able to get to the end of the race myself. Those dang Mizo drivers peppered me with Vulcan Fury rounds until my car exploded," Keira pouted.
"Well, the good news is that we got in the next round... though something still doesn't add up about this whole ordeal with Krew. Why go through the effort of poisoning us so that we'll race for something? There's got to be something more to this story, but I don't know what," Sammie frowned.
"Yeah, and why poison his own daughter, on top of that?" Minnie sighed.
"We'll need to find that out at some point during these events. But for right now, we'll just keep doing races and keep winning them. What's next on the list?" Jak asked.
"Well, there's a Circuit Race at the Seaport Strip, an Artifact Race at the Clifftop Battlefield, and a Death Race in the Icebound Citadel. Since Keira's car will need some green eco repairs, that means we're going to need at least 7 drivers for these events," Rayne said.
"I think I can handle the Artifact Race. It sounds fun," I smiled.
"Same with me," Errol said.
"And me," Jak said with a smirk.
"As for the regular race, I think that Torn and I can handle it with Kiki," Ashelin said.
"And we can handle the Death Race in the citadel. Just watch us destroy those drones with ease!" Sammie smirked with Minnie giggling afterwards.
"Indeed," I smiled at them as we then went to the garages... only to come across someone that looked even more pompous than GT Blitz. Someone that Jak growled angrily at.
"Next time you and your thugs want a fight, how about pick on someone your own size?" Jak asked him, me being confused at that before Daxter nodded from his shoulder.
"Ah, I finally get to meet the great racers in Jak, Errol, and Sasha Nell," the pompous guy said, me noting that he was dressed in a very stylish red suit that made him look like he was quite wealthy, but he did smoke a cigar, which I wasn't a fan of.
"AND?" Daxter asked.
"And what?" he asked.
"What about me?"
"Ah yes, you're that loudmouth storyteller from the bar," the pompous guy said, me frowning at that.
"So you were the one that tried to kill Daxter?" I frowned angrily at him.
"Peh, he's not even worth bloodying my knife over. But you three? Jak, Errol, and Sasha? Your reputations precede you... oh, but I'm forgetting my manners. My name is Razer. Maybe you've heard of me? I work for Mizo... eventually everyone does," the pompous guy said, that name making me gasp.
"Razer? As in, one of the most ruthless assassins in the entire world? With more kills under his belt than any other assassin in Kras City? THAT Razer?" I gawked.
"Haha, yes, that's me. And it appears that your team is showing my boys up on the tracks out there, hm? Hahaha..." Razer smiled before he then growled at us. "Don't make me put on my gloves and show you how it's done! You wouldn't live long enough to see me cross the finish line," Razer said, me growling at him.
"You may have common people under your murder sheet, Razer, but our group has tangoed and killed a Metal Head Leader, destroyed an entire fleet of Dark Makers, and destroyed someone who was a Dark Eco Sage as well as a cyborg, who was able to control Metal Heads and robots alike. If anyone should be scared in this event... it's you," I said as I then poked him on the nose and he frowned at me.
"Oh, I'm sure we'll match up soon enough. Race of the century eh? Hm. And in the meantime, I suggest you watch your backs. I heard someone arranged a few surprises this time around," Razer said with a smile before then leaving the garage to the Mizo side of it, me frowning at that as I called up Rayne.
"Hey, Rayne?" I asked.
"Yes, what is it?" she asked.
"Make sure that, whenever we have to hit the sack, that every single entryway into our side of these living areas are sealed up tighter than my mouth when I eat a sour candy. I got a warning message from one of Mizo's lackeys to watch my back and I don't want anything bad to happen to us, ESPECIALLY Maria. Got it?" I said, Rayne smirking at that.
"Of course, that was the plan regardless. I don't trust Mizo's lackeys either," Rayne said honestly.
"Okay, ladies. Time to grab some artifacts and some more gold trinkets," I smirked.
"After you," Errol said to me, him smiling for a change.