Author's Note: Sorry this hasn't been updated in a while.
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Cube skated as silent and discreet as the shadow of a ghost after Yoyo. It was slightly comforting for her knowing she was on the road to gathering information, but there was that one worry she couldn't shake. What's going to happen to Combo and the rest of the GG's?
Shaking her head, she concluded, "Okay, no matter how much it's hard to resist worrying about them, I can't. Now where are you off to you little backstabbing runt?"
She followed him a long way. It was beginning to get to a point where she had suspected they had left the city limits of Tokyo-to.
"Geez, where is this kid going?"
Very soon after she thought that, she was led upon the path that would take one to the Fortified Residential Zone. Yoyo went down that path.
"What is he doing going here?"
The Fortified Residential Zone was the largest neighborhood in the city. With several floors going up the place was organized like an apartment complex. Now a place like this would be typically crowded, but everyone was evacuated after some wild rumors had circulated. Cube didn't know what these rumors were but she followed Yoyo anyway, with a heavy mind.
Speaking of Yoyo, he had slowed down and had a body language like he was searching around for someone; indicating they had finally reached their destination.
"All right you little brat what are you up to?"
He then started climbing up the stairs; since the elevator was out of service Cube had no other choice but to follow the same way.
"Ah man… I hope he doesn't go too far up…"
The first few flights of stairs were all right, then they ascended further and further. Just her luck, it looked like they were headed to the top. She had to be quiet and like a shadow while keeping him in her sight, so she was not wanting to simply grind on the rails.
"GG's… if I find something good you better be grateful…"
And boy did she.
After a long stretch she managed to follow Yoyo to the top. She was exhausted; however, she kept her eye on the GG's traitor. When he met up with a Noise Tank and began to chat, she took cover behind nearby buildings and crept closer.
"Hey, I want you and two others to follow me to the Sky Dinosaurian Square." Yoyo said to the robot.
"Yes, Lord Yoyo.
What she saw after a few minutes of chatter made her skin crawl and her jaw drop low.
"Oh my God. I can't believe this!"
Immediately she jerked around and skated away fast. Anger was boiling to the surface with one phrase repeating in her mind.
"They're not getting away with this."
"Let the first round of Death Ball commence! Two competitors from each gang, step forward!" The command from the leading Noise Tank echoed through the now packed stadium. Spectators and fellow rudies filled the place like it was normal Friday night football. This was just one game that got everyone's blood pumping.
DJ Professor K's voice broadcasted through the loudspeakers, "All right, all right, all right! Hold on to your seats kiddies! It's the top star on everyone's extreme sport list! Here, everyone will risk their own lives just for a shot at street stardom, Death Ball! Yours truly, DJ Professor K, will bring you the action with live coverage from the future site of the Tokyo Rokkaku Expo Stadium. Let the games begin baby!"
Beat did not hesitate to enter the ring, "Heh, here goes… bring it on." He hastily stretched.
Jazz stood by his side, "We better win this. I'm not about to be a slave to some robot freaks for the rest of my life."
"I'm not either, so let's kick some butt." Beat enthused.
"The ones who lose will forever pledge loyalty to Lord Yoyo!" The Noise Tank reminded everyone.
"Hmmph." Beat muttered, "I swear, once we get out of this. I'll give that little backstabber a pounding he'll never forget… But for now…" He lifted his sunglasses to where they were resting above his forehead and turned to face where the Doom Riders would be entering the ring. It didn't take long for two roughriding bikers to enter the arena.
"Hey." Beat addressed them using an angry voice.
They didn't take that tone to kindly, "I hope you guys enjoyed your little fun run, because after this is all over, you'll be the ones kissing the ground these robo-freaks walk on! Do you have any idea who we are?"
Beat continued to glare at them; slowly, the rival gang realized something familiar about their opponent.
The other Doom Rider spoke to his teammate, "Hey buddy, I don't like how familiar this guy looks. Haven't we seen him somewhere before?"
"I know exactly who you guys are." He slowly lowered his sunglasses back over his eyes, causing the Doom Riders to jump back in shock.
"What's the matter? Do I look too familiar?" Beat taunted.
"You!" The lead of the two bikers spoke, "Beat, aren't you a sight for sore eyes? I never expected to meet you here." He growled.
"I didn't think so."
"I'm surprised. To think that a gang would be sympathetic enough to agree to take your sorry low-life ass as a member."
"Hey!" The sudden shout from Corn prompted everyone to face him, "Don't talk about my friends like that!"
The Doom Riders were taken aback by this defense, but they scoffed, "Friends? Ha! What a joke. I bet the second you land in trouble they'll be running in the opposite direction!"
"You're wrong." Beat retorted, "We've been through thick and thin, and we'll continue to be like that."
His eyebrow raised, "We'll see about that. When we defeat you in this match!"
"Bring it on!"
Professor K announced, "First up, the GG's versus…" He paused a moment then said, "Those hard-headed bikers, the Doom Riders!"
Everyone lined up at the starting point, Beat focused his eye on the bright yellow ball that was resting several yards away.
DJ Professor K began to count down, "Three…"
Everyone tensed up.
"Two…"
Down to a takeoff positon.
"One…"
Everyone's mind was on maximum overdrive.
"GO!"
Beat had his eyes focused on that glowing ball with the Doom Riders on one side and his companion Jazz on the other side.
As they skated between obstacles and on rails Jazz quietly spoke to Beat, "Okay here's what we'll do. I'll grab the ball, you skate ahead and I'll pass the ball to you."
"Got it! Good luck!"
Beat and Jazz both raced for the ball, Beat passed it and Jazz picked it up. Beat flipped around and started skating backwards. As the Doom Riders began to close in on Jazz, she tossed the ball to Beat. Frustrated, the leading Doom Rider shoved her aside and pursued their former newbie.
"I refuse to lose to you!" He shouted to Beat, who was keeping his focus ahead.
There was about five hundred yards from where they had grabbed the ball now. If Beat could make it to that point, then the GG's win. He quickly turned his head to look behind him and saw that the three Doom Riders had managed to get in between him and Jazz.
"We'll pulverize you!" They threatened, "Don't think you're any better than you were the last time we saw you!"
Beat kept his eyes forward, shrugging off whatever else they had to say. Sweat was glimmering off his forehead in the stadium lights. Two of them managed to get beside him, "We're gonna stop you, freak!"
The racers then came in sight of the other GG's, still locked up in cages.
"Let's go Beat!" Shouted Combo.
"You've got this Beat, just a few more inches!" Corn added.
Beat glanced over at his teammates just long enough to notice Gum sitting on the ground beside Corn. She watched him with a hopeful, yet worried look on her face. She opened her mouth slightly, preparing to cheer him on only to realize that she couldn't get any words out. This had never happened to her before, the state of mind for her was completely unfamiliar to her. Her heart was pounding like crazy and her face was nearly overcome with heat.
Her heart jumped, "Beat, watch out!"
Beat redirected his attention back to the race just in time to dodge a double team attack by the Doom Riders by ducking. The result was the two of them colliding into each other and tumbling to the ground. Five seconds later, Beat crossed the finish line and the Noise Tanks declared, "Goal!"
The stadium cheered and Beat did not hesitate to show off the most energetic victory dance he had ever done. Knee kick, high kick, swing kick, cartwheel, and then a few spins. It was then that Jazz caught up, she paused to catch her breath before joining in the dancing celebration.
"You did it!" Jazz applauded, "That was amazing you won by a longshot!"
"Hell yeah! Was there any doubt?" Beat bragged. He wiped his sweat with his arm.
"The GG's win!" Professor K announced, "Looks like the Doom Riders had finally put use to the doom in their name! Ha ha! Can't collect insurance in hell boys!"
A Noise Tank approached Beat and Jazz and escorted them back to their cage.
"Now get ready for Round 2." He stated and immediately walked away. The rest of the GG's surrounded their teammates with congratulations.
"Good work Beat, you sure showed them whose boss huh?" Corn patted his shoulder.
"You bet Corn, I've been waiting to do something like that for so long."
"Soooo cool! That was one crazy race!" Rhyth observed.
"I'll say, way to go!" Combo praised.
Gum silently crept to the back of the group, looking at Beat from a distance and smiling shyly.
"We can't let one victory get to our heads." Jazz reminded, "We still got one more team to face."
"I'm just glad that for now we aren't dead!" Boogie declared, and everyone laughed.
Garam skated to her, "Never fear little lady, we're gonna make it out of this alive! Just watch the games unfold!"
She giggled, "Yeah, but it's hard to enjoy the show when you know in the back of your mind you might die."
The Noise Tanks clapped to get everyone's attention, "All right. Round two will now begin, are both teams ready?"
The GG's knew who their opponents were gonna be. Nonetheless, Gum stepped forward, "I'll race next."
"All right then. I'll race again too." Jazz volunteered, "That last one was satisfying."
The Love Shockers entered the arena and gave the GG's a glare. Corn approached Gum and quietly said, "Are you sure Gum? I can do this if you…"
Gum interrupted him, "No Corn, I want to do this. Trust me, I'll be fine."
Corn nodded understandably, he glanced over Gum's shoulder to look at their opponents. Lolli and her gang were smirking and giggling among each other. Corn grew suspicious.
Gum and Jazz confidently entered the ring.
"Look who it is." Lolli sneered, "Dirty whore."
"Shut up, bitch." Gum fired back. Prompting the Love Shockers to 'ooh'.
Professor K spoke, "Next up, Round Deuce! The GG's versus the Love Shockers! Looks like this is heating up ladies and gentlemen!"
"I hope you're ready to get knocked on your back." Lolli goaded, "Oh wait, I guess you're used to that by now."
That one unnerved Gum, but didn't feel like feeding them another retort, Jazz sure did, "Like you girls have room to talk. You're dressed pretty sluttish yourselves."
She scoffed, "Whatever, since when did this have anything to do with you?"
"She's my teammate FYI."
"Yeah, and I'm so sorry for that." Lolli derided sarcastically.
"Let the second round begin!" The Noise Tanks announced.
Just like the first round, the GG's, there was a countdown before the racers took off for the ball. Lolli dashed ahead of everyone and grabbed the ball. Gum was so fired up with determination that she raced ahead before Jazz could say anything to her.
Lolli remained ahead of Gum, "That's right, eat my dust! Why don't you just roll over now and save yourself humiliation Gum?"
"I don't think so!" Surging with willpower, Gum rammed into Lolli and made her toss the ball forward. Gum scrambled for it and swept it up.
"Ugh!" Lolli growled.
Gum smugly looked over her shoulder, "Yeah, who's eating who's dust now?" She mocked.
"Grr!" Her angry face flourished into a catty grin, "I think it's time we put our contingency plan in motion." She put her arm up, facing the direction of the Love Shocker who remained in the cage. That girl put her thumb up and revealed a small microphone. Gum didn't notice this and continued to skate forward with confidence.
A loud boom resounded throughout the stadium, shocking everyone, especially Professor K, "Wh-what's goin' on here!?"
"Testing, testing." A female voice aired through the speakers, "Sorry Professor K baby, we'll be overtaking you for a few minutes! Just long enough for everyone to hear something interesting."
Gum slowed down slightly, "What the hell?"
Beat approached Corn, "Hey Corn, what are they doing?"
"I don't know. But check it out they've completely shut off Professor K! I can see him trying to speak in there and I'm not hearing a thing!"
"Does anyone else have a bad feeling about this? I mean REALLY bad? Cause I sure do." Garam dreaded.
Lolli and her teammate skated up an elevated path near the race track.
With free range over the broadcast, the Love Shocker continued to speak, "I'm pretty sure that most of you know Gum there. She's a member of the GG's, and GG's, I know you guys are aware by now that she used to be the leader of us."
Gum stopped, "What are you trying to do Lolli?"
Lolli only replied with that same malicious smile.
Jazz halted next to Gum, "What in the world are they doing?"
"I don't know."
Rhyth shook Corn's arm, "I'm kinda scared…" He tried to comfort her, while continuing to watch and listen.
It was then that Lolli revealed that she had a small mic of her own, and she took over, "There's a lot more to her that I'm pretty sure she's kept secret. You see, back in the day during her time with us she was SO loose! Easy like Sunday morning if you know what I mean!"
Gum instantaneously felt the embarrassment, "Oh, I know what this is all about now! It's not gonna work you hear me!" She was just about to keep going with the race when Lolli announced, "She did more than just break guy's hearts, she went ALL THE WAY with so many I can't keep track! This one time we had to lift her out of an alleyway because she got so worn out!"
The stadium went from silent to chatter and gossip of the spectators. Gum was so horrified that she froze and dropped the ball, putting her hands over her mouth.
"Oh my God!" Rhyth freaked, "She's baking her alive! That's so cruel! And unfair!"
"Gum! Don't listen to her!" Corn frantically called to Gum.
His words went in one ear and out the other. Her face was burning red hot and there were tears in her eyes.
"This can't be happening!"
She dropped to her knees and covered her eyes, sobbing. It was out in the open, and there was nothing she could do about it. To make things worse, her friends had witnessed her humiliation. Especially him, Beat, what was going through his mind right now? All she guessed was that there was no way he could ever love her now. This was no doubt the lowest point in her life.
"No… I just want to fall through the ground…" She sobbed.
Jazz tried to crouch by her side to comfort her, but noticed the Love Shockers crush their mics and run after the ball, forcing her to grab it and take off.
"Shit!" Jazz swore, "This is beyond unreasonable! Shouldn't that have been a rule violation?" She shouted angrily.
The Noise Tanks didn't respond, just a look at them and she could tell they were visibly enjoying this turn of events too much to care. To make matters worse, Jazz couldn't skate faster than the Love Shockers, and they were catching up to her fast.
Professor K, who had now gotten his broadcast back, announced, "Whohohoaaaa! The Love Shockers sure had a wild plan under their sleeves! How is this going to affect the outcome of the game!? Will the GG's lose this round thanks to the spiteful vengeance of the Love Shockers? It just goes to show that these ladies are not to be messed with."
"We gotta do something!" Garam panicked, "If Gum doesn't snap out of it we're all gonna die! Man, that was a dirty trick! Those crazy cats!"
"Guuuuuum!" Rhyth cried.
Beat had been standing with a face of shock; suddenly he shook out of it and shoved his way past his friends, "Gum! You've got to help Jazz, they're about to catch up to her!"
Gum slowly lifted her head.
"Hurry Gum! You can do it! Show 'em who's boss!"
"You can win this race Gum! It's not too late!" Corn encouraged.
With the rest of the GG's encouragement, Gum's mortification slowly burned into anger. She hopped to her feet and used her spray can to grab a boost dash. Like a rocket she sped past every obstacle that came her way; tears dried on her face.
The Love Shockers closed in on Jazz ready to snatch the ball at any given moment, they were abruptly bowled over by Gum.
She skated ahead, "All right Jazz, pass it to me!"
Jazz tossed the ball to her high, Gum skated upon and railed and jumped to catch it mid-air.
"That's the spirit Gum!" Corn cheered, "You've got this!"
Gum used the last of her energy to keep skating all the way to the goal. She could see the Noise Tank waiting at the mark getting closer.
Several bangs followed by loud screams startled everyone. Machines with spotlights smashed into the stadium.
"Oh no! The game's being interrupted!" Professor K notified, "It's the Rokkaku Police!"
The GG's eyes widened. Sure enough, the stadium exploded into chaos when several Rokkaku Police officers flooded into the stadium and the audience starting running all over the place in a panic.
"Man, who called these fools!?" Professor K furiously inquired, "It would be nice if the police were just here to watch but nooooo. They forced themselves right in the game!"
The surprise of the sudden assault caused The Noise Tanks to go completely haywire and they started to short circuit. Gum and Jazz rushed to the GG's cage and let the rest of the gang out.
Garam was hyped, "This just keeps getting crazier by the minute!"
"What'll we do?" Boogie questioned.
"I don't know but we better do something." Combo stated.
Lolli stood and disdainfully witnessed the mayhem unfold in front of her. Her teammates got to their feet.
"What should we do Lolli?"
Lolli shook her head, "You know what, let's get out of here. We're clearly done here." Her voice raised, "Ugh, screw this! Hey GG's! You wanna keep her! Fine! She's your issue now! Hmmph!" Her ponytail whipped as she harshly turned around and fled. The rest of the Love Shockers followed after, looking back at the disorder in doing so. Corn watched them go indifferently.
"Ah, forget them." He muttered.
Without warning, a large machine soared into the center of the stage. That machine was way too distinguishable to the GG's.
"Oh no, don't tell me…"
"Hahahahahahahahahaha!" That recognizable, manic laugh answered everyone's question. The GG's rushed to the center of the stadium, facing the machine.
"Was there any doubt?" Beat remarked.
"He's gone mad!" Combo noted.
Commander Hayashi smugly explained, "Someone was kind enough to let me know you guys were here. Now's my chance to take care of you brats once and for all! This time I'm prepared so don't think it'll go down like last time!"
The machine didn't look too different, the only thing that seemed different is that the legs were designed so they didn't need to be attached to anything to be upright.
Hayashi cackled insanely whilst saying, "Resistance is futile you little guinea pigs! Just accept your fate! Haha! Don't try any funny business either!" His tired, bloodshot eyes twitched, "It's already getting late…"
Corn stared at the machine before speaking, "That's it! I've had enough!"
The rest of the GG's were thinking the same thing.
"Doesn't this guy ever give up?" Rhyth voiced.
"He should. Considering he's failed to stop you guys so many times before." Boogie mentioned.
"Wahoo!" Garam yelled, "Things are really heating up now!"
Gum took a deep breath, "If he's looking for a fight. Let's give him a good one…"
"We will!" Corn declared, "GG's! Attack!"
Everyone readied a spray can and charged at the machine. Hayashi revved it up and charged at them, likewise.
Author's Note: Yeah, I know. It's a cliffhanger, but I need a break! :p
You guys take one too :P
Later!
