The Skyscraper District and Pharaoh Park was completely empty, the lights were still bright but there was no one around except for the GG's.

"Check it out! The Golden Rhinos have been here already." Beat pointed out a large mass of graffiti in the same style as the smaller one, depicting the same rhino.

"We have to be very careful." Corn replied, "They could be around any corner."

"At least we know who we're lookin' for." Garam stated.

Beat replied, "I wanna know who the hell would steal a dog. Especially at a time like this with the Golden Rhinos in the city."

"Clearly some bored idiots…" Gum sarcastically answered.

"They better not hurt Potts!" Rhyth spoke.

The gang stopped in the area where the street overlooked the pyramid park.

"Here's the thing." Corn announced in a lower voice than usual, "We gotta find these guys, once we do, we'll interrogate them."

"And after that?" Boogie asked.

"Depending on the circumstances we might…"

Corn didn't get to finish his sentence. Everyone paused to hear the sound of running feet headed their direction. They looked the way they just came and saw a group of men in black suits with large guns, flashy gold afros, and sunglasses.

Corn whispered, "Shit! Guys run for it, into the park!"

Everyone took off and made that massive leap from the road and into the park as fast as they could and hurried to disappear among the palm trees and Egyptian decorations. Corn quickly glanced at them to see they had their guns aimed.

"Watch your heads guys!" He hastily shouted.

Immediately after saying that, gunfire opened. The bullets struck the ground close to them.

"Agh! These guys are complete crazies!" Jazz proclaimed.

"I said this before but, these guys have no mercy!" Combo affirmed.

"We're almost out of sight, keep going!" Corn encouraged, "Quick, here!"

The leader guided his gang behind a massive pyramid. Once he took a few frantic breaths he spoke, "Did anyone get shot?"

Everyone looked at one another before there was a communal answer of "no's" among the GG's.

"Okay, good. Thank God."

"What do we do now?" Ryth inquired.

Corn removed his tall hat and as carefully as he could, leaned over just enough to where he could see around the pyramid. The Golden Rhinos remained there for about thirty seconds before one of them stomped in frustration and shouted something to the team. They then took off down the road.

Corn breathed out, "Okay, they just left."

"So, I guess this means we're safe again? At least for now?" Gum guessed.

"For now, yes. I knew they probably wouldn't try to follow us the way we ran. There's no way they could make a jump like that without breaking a leg. Good thing they don't have skates."

There was a moment of silence before Corn continued, "We can't stay here. It's only a matter of time before they get down here the normal way that the rest of the public uses. We gotta find these rudies and Potts and get the hell outta here."

"We're chasing these rudies, and the Golden Rhinos are chasing us." Beat mentioned, "What is that they called? Irony?"

"I guess. I didn't really pay too much attention during those discussions in English class when I was still in high school. Anyway, let's move GG's!"

As the GG's continued, the buildings around the gang remained bright and active as always, nothing like the current situation.

"There's probably a lot of people hiding in the buildings around us." Jazz noted.

"It's like the whole city is on lockdown." Cube stated.

"Something like that." Corn suddenly paused at what he saw ahead, "Hey guys check it out!"

A box lay in the middle of the road upside down, with the tops spread out. The GG's immediately surrounded the box while Corn carefully tilted it over.

"It's completely empty." He answered.

Beat shook his head, "Damn, well at least we know someone's been around here."

Rhyth was closely inspecting the box, "Wait a minute!"

She reached into the box and took out a few strands of hair, "This is… this looks like Potts hair! He's been in here! Look there's more!"

Sure enough, it didn't take the GG's long enough to notice the few dog hairs that were left. Not only that but once they shined the city lights inside they noticed scratches.

"That's it, Potts has got to be around here somewhere!" Gum declared, "He must have escaped from whoever the two that took him."

"We don't know that for sure." Corn pondered, "Whatever the case is, we don't know until we find them."

A loud gunshot rang several feet from them, startling the GG's. Just as Corn was about to shout for them to flee, they heard shouting.

"Look man, you got the wrong guys! We're not associated with the GG's at all! No need to get all violent!"

The Golden Rhino agent stabbed his machete into the wall dangerously close to Clutch's head, slicing off a bit of hair. His deep voice threatened, "If you aren't associated with the GG's then how come we heard you talking about leaving their 'hideout' a few minutes ago?"

Soda was right next to Clutch, being held by a second agent who had a gun.

"Dude, seriously. We're not with them." Soda remained calm, but was starting to freak out, "So… could you put those things down? They're really dangerous!"

The first agent yanked his machete out of the wall, but remained a tight grip on Clutch, "We know that children, and just so you know the use of deadly force has been authorized. However, we will be willing to take it easy on you guys if you tell us something."

"What do you want from us!?" Clutch panicked.

"We want to know where the GG's hideout is. So, would you care to tell us? Surely you wouldn't want the next bullet to go through your heads right?"

Clutch stuttered somewhat, "I-I ain't telling you shit! Screw you!" Then he spit in his aggressor's face.

The Golden Rhino jerked his head away and wiped his face, now furious he yelled, "AGH! Stupid kid! This is the problem with you brats thinking you know everything and that you run the streets! Well, you're outta luck now! Goji Rokkaku is going to take this city back from you punks!"

He pressed the machete against his throat and lowered his voice, "You kids should've stayed in school. You would've had a chance at becoming productive members of society then."

The other put his gun to Soda's head, the chilled rudie firing back, "Man… I would never want to become a member of society to a so-called leader like him…"

Clutch replied, "That's right."

The first agent shrugged, "Foolish children… come on, we best put them away."

Both rudie's braced for their imminent end, until a can of spray paint smacked the first one in the face. Knocking him away from Clutch, the other was so surprised he let go of Soda and barely had time to react when Combo rushed for the suited man and knocked him out cold with one swift punch. His gun soared off a nearby ledge and tumbled down, far out of sight.

The remaining agent tried to gain his composure, ready for a fight but the GG's charged in and sprayed graffiti upon him until he lost his footing and fell. The machete slid across the ground a few feet away. Combo knocked him out before he could stand.

Combo rubbed his knuckles then turned to Cube, "That was a great throw."

Cube smiled, "That can I threw is empty, I had to put it to use somehow."

"Well that was a good use. I've been wanting to deck these guys for a long time. Now then…"

The GG's turned to the two rudies who were still in a state of shock. Corn approached them, "Rudies just like us. One wearing red the other dark green…" He repeated Roboy's description, "There's no doubt that Roboy was talking about you guys."

Soda glanced at Clutch with a look that said, 'I told you that was a bad idea'.

The latter became frantic again, "Okay, okay. Just chill out all right? No need for violence! We were just having a bit of fun. Okay? Cool?"

"Not cool." Corn replied harshly, "Where did you put our dog? Plus, you could've broken our robot!"

"Oh, the dog! Right, of course! Look we got jumped by those crazy Golden Rhino guys! We dropped the box and the dog ran off somewhere! I don't know where! Honest! And I'm sorry about your robot friend, I just freaked!"

"We?" Soda responded, "You were the one holding the damn box and you… Also I knew this was a bad idea!"

"I know, I know! It was all my fault! Okay? But hey, I bet you aren't bored anymore right Soda? Buddy?"

Soda face palmed, "Ugh…"

"Ruff!"

Everyone turned in the direction of the bark.

"Potts!" Rhyth cheered.

The dog rushed to his gang happily, "Ruff, ruff, ruff!"

Rhyth reached down and picked the dog up, and he licked her face, "Potts we missed you!"

The rest of the GG's surrounded them to pet Potts.

"He's not hurt is he?" Corn questioned.

"I don't think he is." Rhyth replied, "He's not acting like it."

"That's good to hear." Beat affirmed while patting Potts, "Glad to see you safe buddy!"

Combo remained outside of the circle, but even he smiled at Potts a little, "I don't usually like dogs. But… he's part of us so… I'm happy he's all right."

"Good to have him back. Now we just need to find Yoyo and we'll be a complete gang again." Gum stated.

"I sure hope he's all right." Garam spoke, "We have to go find him now!"

"Um, before we get into that. What are we going to do about those two?" Boogie asked, pointing behind her with her thumb at Clutch and Soda. The two were just about to skate away.

"She has a point. They did steal Potts and could have hurt Roboy." Jazz cited.

"Hmm…" Corn pondered.

"Hey, guys. I know what we did was not cool…" Clutch defended, "We won't ever show up at your hideout again, I swear! Peace?"

Soda appeared frustrated, but he explained, "I know my friend Clutch here can be a bit… reckless, and acts without thinking a lot of the time. But he's a good guy. I don't think he'll be doing this anymore."

"Well, you didn't hurt our dog." Corn considered, "And Roboy is perfectly fine…"

"So what's the verdict judge Corn?" Gum asked.

Corn, with a serious face, decided, "We'll let you guys go this time, but if you try any shit like this again, you will regret it. Are we clear?"

"Perfectly clear!" Clutch readily agreed.

"Got it." Soda calmly answered.

"Good, now get outta here." Corn commanded, "I need to discuss something with my gang now."

Clutch nodded and skated off rapidly. Soda gave the peace sign to the GG's, "Later dudes." Then hurried to catch up with Clutch.

Beat watched them until they were gone then said, "I hope that was the right thing to do."

"Don't worry about it. If they cause us trouble again, we'll deal with them." Corn assured, "Now that we've got Potts back, let's drop him off at the hideout and head to the Fortified Residential Zone. I can only pray that nothing else happens because we've already wasted too much time thanks to those guys."

"So we need to hurry." Combo voiced.

"That's right, GG's, let's move!"

While the GG's hurried back to the hideout. Rapid 99 just happened to be watching from the distance, Leading Lady 99 had her eyes locked on Cube and Combo.

"So she's with the GG's now…" She muttered.

"Looks like it boss. It also looks like she's patched things up with that Combo guy."

"Hmm… woop-de-doo for her." Lady 99 dissed sarcastically.

"Are you still mad at her boss?"

"No way, I could care less about that now. I wouldn't mind being mad at that chick who calls herself Gum. No one has ever spoken to me the way she did…"

There was a moment of silence before she continued, "But I won't. I'll just wait until our paths cross again… and not just her, the rest of the GG's."

"We should probably leave boss… Before those freaky guys with guns come back…"

She nodded, "Right, let's bail." Then like the GG's, they left, except in the opposite direction.

While Gum skated with the rest of the gang, she contemplated about what was going to happen with worry, "I wonder what's going on… why do they have Yoyo at the Fortified Residential Zone? I have a bad feeling about this… I mean if they're trying to destroy us then, wouldn't they just… I don't know."

Beat skated just within her peripheral vision. Next thing she knew, she couldn't stop herself from stealing glances at him.

"Wait a minute, what am I doing!? Stop doing this Gum there's bigger things to worry about!" She sighed quietly, "Yoyo better be there…. His absence has been freaking us out long enough."

Meanwhile, Beat too, was considering what was about to happen.

"Considering what's been happening I don't think this is going to be simple. The Fortified Residential Zone… why would they put Yoyo there? Eh, whatever. Hang in there Yoyo, we're on the way! No doubt if they hurt him there's going to be hell to pay."

He skated to be beside Gum, "You look like you have a lot on your mind."

She lit up somewhat as she looked at him, "Y-Yeah." She answered.

He was mildly perplexed at her reaction but he asked anyway, "Same here, understandable considering all the crap happening. Would it be weird to mention that I have a bad feeling this is not going to go well?"

"No, I feel the same way."

Cube entered the conversation, "How so?"

"Like we might be headed into another trap." Beat suggested.

"That wouldn't be a bad guess." Combo spoke, "It's happened before."

"We'll just have to be sure to be extra careful." Corn noted, "Who knows what's going on now… or what was going on before we learned about this."


The sky was dark with many clouds present that moved steadily along the sky; like traffic in the street during the day. The moon gave a silver lining glow to the ones that passed over. The GG's were now back at the hideout and Rhyth put Potts on his bed.

She spoke, "It's great to have Potts back. Now we just need to get Yoyo."

Roboy appeared, "I see you got Potts back, very good."

Corn chuckled, "Very good? That's unlike you."

"Did you find the rudies I was telling you about?"

"We did."

"Oh, I hope you wiped them out. They deserve it for humiliating me like that. Don't get me wrong, I could've handled them myself when I caught them here. They just caught me off guard that's all."

"We let them know that if we ever caught them around here again they'd regret it."

Disappointment sunk into Roboy's voice, "That's it? You're just going to take their word for it? Rebellious hooligans like them?"

"Hey, we're all kind of rebellious here." Corn pointed out.

Garam confidently stated, "Besides, they got jumped and almost killed by the Golden Rhinos and we saved them. They probably wet themselves they were so scared! I don't think they'll be messing with us after that."

"Yeah, that happened." Corn affirmed.

"Is that so?" Said Roboy, "Oh, I wish I could've been there to see that. It must have been fun."

Gum, Rhyth, and Cube sat together in a line outside.

"This is all coming upon us so fast." Rhyth stated, "This might be obvious but I'm worried."

"We're all worried Rhyth, but remember what we talked about. We're a team and we'll stick together no matter what happens."

Cube nodded in approval, "I know it's in the past now but, I can't help but wonder if things would've turned out different if we had followed that advice back in Grind City. After… after we lost Coin."

Rhyth paused before answering in a soft voice, "I don't know but, I am a firm believer that everything happens for a reason. Like all of us, we were put here and brought together for a reason."

"We each have a destiny basically." Gum replied.

"Exactly, and it's up to us to find out what it is. We all came from different paths but we were destined to meet."

"It's a good thing our warehouse has so many rooms available." Gum humorously mentioned, making the other girls giggle.

"I'm happy Combo and I are pals again." Cube spoke, "If anything, this whole situation made us better friends. I do regret the fact that I led two crazy gangs with no real sense of alliance."

"I feel you there." Gum related, "When I led the Love Shockers."

"I find it funny that Rapid 99 got owned by those crazies." Cube laughed a little, "I guess it does make me feel a bit better knowing the gangs I led weren't nearly as nutty as them."

The girls put their arms on each other's shoulders and looked up at the sky.

Gum took a deep breath, "I'll be thrilled once this is all over."

"Same here." Cube and Rhyth said simultaneously.

Beat and Combo snuck up behind the trio and crouched, "Hey girls." Said Beat.

All three of them jumped in surprise.

Cube breathed out, "Geez, you two. You shouldn't sneak up on chicks like that."

"We're about to head out. Are you ready?" Combo asked.

"All right then." Gum nodded, "I guess we're ready to go."

Rhyth agreed with a small smile, "Let's get out there."

Once everyone gathered, Corn announced, "GG's, let's move out!"


Author's Note: Finally! Finals are over. Whew. :P

Don't worry, Clutch and Soda will return.

Later!