The stage went dark as a stage light flooded the ring as the floor split in two
"This year we have a special surprise for you, this is the tenth anniversary of Twisted Metal as I think It's time for a change," Calypso said earning a surprised gasped from the racers as they saw the floor pulling out as the small RCs fell into a pit underground with two real cars on it, one resembling Scott's Corvette and the other Needles' Ice Cream truck.
"No more plastic cars dancing around a small arena. this is Twisted Metal Extreme with real cars, outfitted with real guns and cameras placed in the dashboard put you, the audience in the driver seat watching the action up close as these cars battle in the first arena, the pit. an underground arena " Calypso added as the floors stopped.
"You will each find a controller underneath your seats, it controls your vehicle and screen on the top gives you an out of dashboard view. this is truly a bright day for Twisted Metal" Calypso instructed as the two looked under the chairs finding the controllers.
"Okay, I will admit these are cool," Scott said pushing a button as the Corvette came to life roaring as Needles did the same. pushing a trigger on the controller the Truck turned on, giving a jingle. The two pressed the button figuring out the controls. the two vehicles drove on their own inside the arena.
"Scott will drive the Corvette 'Spectre' which is built for speed and handling, outfitted with smokescreen in case he needs to disappear quickly. Needles with be driving The Ice Cream Truck, Sweet Tooth, with a super sweet surprise. Let the Twisted Metal contest begin" Calypso said.
The contest had begun as Spectre drove inside the arena. Scott was figuring out the controls. Spectre swerved shooting the machine guns on the sides. Needles drove forward as Sweet Tooth slammed into Spectre pushing into him as the sound of metal crushing filled the pit.
"Well, this is Different" Nick commented on the change to the contest, watching the feed on the laptop from Spectre's car. the Corvette was unloading into the blocky Ice Cream truck as Judy scoffed.
"Real Cars with real Guns...Words can't express how much I hate Calypso right now" Judy replied crossing her arms as Nick looked at her.
"I Get it, Judy, we've been trying to get a lead from three weeks and nothing except for Roberts' son, who sneaks off and we have no idea where he is" Nick explained as Judy looked down. Judy took a deep breath.
"I should not have yelled at him, it's just all this searching, I overreacted... I was so desperate for a lead, I never took his feelings into account" Judy replied letting silence fill the room as a crash was heard on the laptop.
"Come on Spectre don't let Sweet Tooth play you the fool" Nick replied cheering for the white Corvette. Nick shrugged rubbing the back of his head.
"I will admit Calypso knows how to run an interesting contest" Nick added as Judy chuckled at his quote as they were watching the feed. Spectre rammed into Sweet tooth as he did the same, being bigger the truck did more damage but was nowhere near as fast as Spectre.
"I wonder what this button does," Needles said pushing a button on his controller as a chaingun popped out of the passenger window unloading a hail of bullets.
"Now that is more like it, eat lead you weasel" Needles laughed unloading ammo as Scott tried his hardest to control Spectre avoiding the bullet fire. Scott pushed a button as Spectre dropped a smoke bomb, filling the arena as Needles lost sight of Spectre. Needles drove his truck around the arena looking for the Corvette.
"Where is your stupid car" Needles asked eyeing Scott from the other end of the arena. there was no trace of Spectre as Needles drove Sweet Tooth around the pit on the hunt for the Corvette as Needles to a breath.
"Where are you, little boy?" Needles asked as the Ice cream truck drove around the pit as Spectre dashed out hitting the Side of Sweet Tooth as the truck dodged at the last second.
"There you are" Needle chuckled firing the gun as the bullets hit the stone wall of the pit as Spectre did the same unloading his ammo into Sweet Tooth. both vehicles equally tore each other up.
"Your car handles like a bathtub on wheels, you can't win" Scott called out ramming into the front of Sweet tooth. Bullets rearing Into the Van. I'm actually gonna win this" Scott called out as Spectre was still firing as Needles was mashing the buttons on his controller trying to do something.
"Needles, it's not my place to tell you what to do, if you don't figure out what to do Scott will win the match" Calypso commented talking to the Hyena as he was hitting the controller.
"Come on you piece of scrap do something" Needled ordered pressing every button as the car moved randomly hitting Spectre as Needles pushed a big pink button on the side.
Suddenly the Ice cream cone on the top of Sweet Tooth shot off flying like a missile heading for Spectre.
"Wait... WHAT" Scott yelled as the Ice cream cone missile hit Spectre turning the Corvette into a pile of scrap as the feed from Spectre died. The white car sat in flames as Needles smiled.
"Best Button ever" Needles replied laughing as Calypso appeared on the monitors. as he looked at the two.
"And with that Sweet Tooth advances to the second round. Scott, you are eliminated, you may stay and watch the contest with the other Drivers, feel free to enjoy the view, I'm sorry about your loss" Calypso said as Scoot landing on his knees.
He failed, in the end, Scott was unable to save his parents from the grip of Scar. he would return to hit trash apartment and live alone as Calypso looked down.
"Scott, there is always next year, Black... Cut the controllers" Calypso ordered at the controller's died as Needles was doing doughnuts with Sweet tooth as the truck stopped. Two tigers dressed in black entered the pit escorting the Sweet Tooth truck and Spectre into a doorway.
"The cars are being repaired and Sweet Tooth should be ready for the next round, but now let's introduce the next two racers" Calypso ordered as the board shuffled two names.
"The Next match will be Pit Viper Vs Darkside" Calypso added showing a bio of the two racers. the driver of Pit viper was a mongoose named Angela Fortin, she was new on the RC drivers circuit and the Driver of Darkside was a black ram named James Ash a mysterious figure with little known about him. The Tigers got the two vehicles out.
The first vehicle taken out was a tan dune buggy with a snake painted on the hood. as Angela reached for her controller taking her position.
Angela will be controlling the Dune Buggy "Pit Viper" built for evading and outfitted with a special acid spray, certain to melt the armor of her opponent. But will she be able to defeat her opponent? a figure surrounded in mystery known as Mr. James Ash and his vehicle" Calypso said as a black semi Truck was taken out.
"Darkside, the black Semi was built tough and built to destroy his opponents, arguably the biggest of the competitors against the smallest. Semi Truck VS Dune Buggy, who's gonna win. Will bigger prove better and or is Size not everything. Big and Slow Vs Small and Agile. The second match is about to begin so don't go anywhere. because we're just getting started" Calypso said.
"Nick took a deep breath looking at Judy.
"So they must be somewhere where there is an underground arena" Nick called out as Judy sighed tapping her steering wheel anxious.
"An underground arena, where could that be," Judy asked as Nick stood up.
"I Have to go take a leak, let me know if I miss anything" Nick called out leaving the car as he heading into a restaurant next to the parking lot they were sitting in. Judy shuffled through the different cameras.
"So Angela Fortin and James Ash," Judy said to the show on the screen hoping there would be some clue to their location But as much as Judy hated to admit it she enjoyed watching the fight between Sweet Tooth and Spectre. Judy quickly shook the thought from her head. She was an officer it was her job to stop this contest not enjoy it. Judy took a deep breath turning back to the laptop which was streaming the event live. according to what the tech guys at the station said. the signal was being bounced around a bunch of dummy servers and if it was taken down, it would pop back up in less than a second. they could not just cut the feed.