New Taggers In Town
Chapter 5: The Great Escape! Keep Away From The Cops!
A/N: I still do not own JGR, which royally stinks. Thanks for all your support, reviewers! Pointless fact: the word "as" is probably the most used word in this chapter.
It was a dark day in Shibuya-cho for Beat, Gum, Tab, Speed, Omega, and Crazy. But is was noticeably darker for Beat and Speed, who had been cornered by the police. Correction, the police and one very happy captain.
"I finally got you. It took me a while but I got you!" Onishima chuckled happily, thinking of the promotion or raise that was waiting for him back at police headquarters.
"You haven't got us 'till we're handcuffed, fool!" Speed screamed just before she rammed herself into a police officer in an escape attempt.
"That's it! I'm convinced! She's insane!" Beat shouted, throwing his arms up in fruastration.
"Insane, that's a given! But I've got an idea! Follow my lead!" Speed whispered to Beat as she passed him, getting ready to ram another officer.
"What have I got to lose? If it doesn't work I'll go to the slammer anyway." Beat sighed as he shrugged.
Beat rammed into officers, as Speed was doing. One by one, officers fell, but two or three more always replaced tham.
"Ok, scratch that idea." Speed muttered.
The police advanced on them.
"What's that word I'm thinking of?" Speed wondered. Beat sweatdropped.
"Run, you idiot! Run!" Beat screamed.
"Yeah! That's it!"
The two rudies rammed into two police officers and skated as fast as their legs could go, which wasn't fast enough. The police ran after them, firing tear gas.
"Ha ha! You can skate, but you can't escape!" Onishima laughed.
Suddenly, a boom box came hurtling out of nowhere and connected with the side of Onishima's head, knocking him unconscious.
"Yo, kid!"
Combo leapt out of an alley, and fell right into an open man-hole.
"Well, the calvary was short-lived." Beat grumbled while sweatdropping.
"At least he took out Onishima!" Speed screamed happily.
"Ok, that's one down and fifty or so to go!" Beat sighed.
"That's the spirit! I have another idea!"
"I hope it's better than your last one!"
"Aw, shut your trap, Beat!"
Speed skated over to Combo's boom box and sat it properly on the ground, facing the bamboozled police. She turned the volume all the way up.
"Take this!" Speed screamed as she turned on the boom box.
"Jet Set Radio!" Professor K's voice bellowed. The earth shook. The police fell to the ground covering their ears while Professor K did his usual reporting.
Speed skated over to Beat, grabbed his wrist, and skated like the madwoman she was.
"How'd you know that that would work?" Beat screamed.
"What?" Speed screamed back. The boom box was so loud they couldn't hear eachother.
"How'd you know that that would work?" Beat screamed louder.
"Oh! I cut my own hair, thanks!"
Beat sweatdropped. The two rudies skated, or to be more precise, Speed was dragging Beat behind her. Anyway, they reached Benten-cho, grinded and jumped up to a roof, and took a breather, which Speed really needed. Combo's boom box was faintly heard in the distance.
"You're fast, Speed! Smart too! How'd you know that that would work?" Beat asked.
"Thanks. You see, the soundwaves emitted from that boom box caused sort of a miniature earthquake. The waves were facing the cops, so we weren't really effected by them." Speed wheezed, clutching her aching sides.
"Do you feel up to the rest of the race?" Beat asked looking concerned.
"Not really. Feels like my sides are about to cave in."
"Are you gonna be ok?"
"Yeah, I just need to sit down." Speed mumbled as she sank to the rooftop.
"Uh-oh!" Beat mumbled.
"What is it?"
"Noise Tanks. Be quiet. Maybe they won't notice us!"
Sure enough, three Noise Tanks were skating on the streets below, preventing any escape by our hero and heroine. Beat sat down next to Speed.
"Well, now what?" Speed gasped.
"I'm thinking."
"I'm surprised."
"Aw, shaddup."
Some time passed and neither said anything. They just sighed over and over again as their minds rejected plan after plan.
"Hey, I just realized something!" Beat choked.
"What?"
"If we sit up like this and a Noise Tank grinds on a rail halfway up a building, he'll spot us!"
"Uh-oh."
Meanwhile , in Kogane-cho, Tab sneezed.
"Bless you." Gum, Crazy, and Omega mumbled in unison.
"Thanks."
"Think somethin' happened to them?" Gum wondered. "It has been almost two hours."
"No." the others mumbled confidently.
Back in Benten-cho, Speed and Beat were planning their second escape of the day. Correction, night. The sun had set and stars had made their appearance. They had found a solution to the new problem of being sighted; laying down. They were laying on the roof, staring at the stars, and talking in circles.
"Ok, lemme get this straight." Speed mumbled. "We're gonna jump off this building..."
"Yeah." Beat replied.
"Skate to the tracks..."
"Basically."
"Catch a train to Kogane-cho..."
"Uh-huh."
"And meet up with the others."
"Yep."
"And live to tell about it?!"
"You might say that."
Speed and Beat were pretty desperate for ideas.
"Hey..." Beat began.
"What?" Speed grumbled.
"Since we can't finish the race, are you three gonna join us or what?"
"If it were up to me, we'd join you, but I have to talk it over with Crazy and Omega, who probably won't want to stay."
"Why were you traveling so much anyway?" Beat wondered.
"Painful memories."
"Ah. I guess that makes sense. I have it! I know how you can join the GGs without having to talk it over with them!"
"All ears." Speed grumbled.
"When we get to Kogane-cho, you let me beat you to the tagpoint! They don't have to know what happened!"
Speed whipped her head to the left to face Beat, who was grinning crazily at the stars.
"I couldn't do that. I can't trick them! They're my only friends! They mean too much to me!"
"Alright, cool. Then how about we race from the station in Kogane-cho to the tag point?"
"Ok, cool. But first we have to escape from all those tall, dark, and gruesomes down there. But before we do that, we have to escape from the tall, dark, and gruesome up here."
"Say what?" Beat snapped jerking his head to right, but Speed was looking past him.
"We've been spotted! Look behind you!" Speed whimpered.
Beat looked behind him and saw a Noise Tank that was holding a spraypaint can at ready and laughing evilly.
"Well, well. Look what the cat drug in!" Beat snarled while getting up. Speed stood up as well, ready to jump off the roof at a moment's notice.
"A GG, eh? Heh. And whose the girl?" the Noise Tank asked with an evil edge in his voice.
"Get ready, Speedster. Time for our second great escape!" Beat whispered to her, so the Noise Tank wouldn't hear.
"Never readier!" Speed replied.
"Get ready all the same." Beat ordered. "We have to fight before we jump!"
"Wassup? Beat here! Speed and I have been cornered! Again! That Noise Tank is the only thing that stands between us and our escape! That techno-idiot is really gonna get it next time in "Another Great Escape! Hide And Seek With The Noise Tanks!"
"I don't know 'bout you, Beat, but I'm ready!" Speed cackles.
Chapter 5: The Great Escape! Keep Away From The Cops!
A/N: I still do not own JGR, which royally stinks. Thanks for all your support, reviewers! Pointless fact: the word "as" is probably the most used word in this chapter.
It was a dark day in Shibuya-cho for Beat, Gum, Tab, Speed, Omega, and Crazy. But is was noticeably darker for Beat and Speed, who had been cornered by the police. Correction, the police and one very happy captain.
"I finally got you. It took me a while but I got you!" Onishima chuckled happily, thinking of the promotion or raise that was waiting for him back at police headquarters.
"You haven't got us 'till we're handcuffed, fool!" Speed screamed just before she rammed herself into a police officer in an escape attempt.
"That's it! I'm convinced! She's insane!" Beat shouted, throwing his arms up in fruastration.
"Insane, that's a given! But I've got an idea! Follow my lead!" Speed whispered to Beat as she passed him, getting ready to ram another officer.
"What have I got to lose? If it doesn't work I'll go to the slammer anyway." Beat sighed as he shrugged.
Beat rammed into officers, as Speed was doing. One by one, officers fell, but two or three more always replaced tham.
"Ok, scratch that idea." Speed muttered.
The police advanced on them.
"What's that word I'm thinking of?" Speed wondered. Beat sweatdropped.
"Run, you idiot! Run!" Beat screamed.
"Yeah! That's it!"
The two rudies rammed into two police officers and skated as fast as their legs could go, which wasn't fast enough. The police ran after them, firing tear gas.
"Ha ha! You can skate, but you can't escape!" Onishima laughed.
Suddenly, a boom box came hurtling out of nowhere and connected with the side of Onishima's head, knocking him unconscious.
"Yo, kid!"
Combo leapt out of an alley, and fell right into an open man-hole.
"Well, the calvary was short-lived." Beat grumbled while sweatdropping.
"At least he took out Onishima!" Speed screamed happily.
"Ok, that's one down and fifty or so to go!" Beat sighed.
"That's the spirit! I have another idea!"
"I hope it's better than your last one!"
"Aw, shut your trap, Beat!"
Speed skated over to Combo's boom box and sat it properly on the ground, facing the bamboozled police. She turned the volume all the way up.
"Take this!" Speed screamed as she turned on the boom box.
"Jet Set Radio!" Professor K's voice bellowed. The earth shook. The police fell to the ground covering their ears while Professor K did his usual reporting.
Speed skated over to Beat, grabbed his wrist, and skated like the madwoman she was.
"How'd you know that that would work?" Beat screamed.
"What?" Speed screamed back. The boom box was so loud they couldn't hear eachother.
"How'd you know that that would work?" Beat screamed louder.
"Oh! I cut my own hair, thanks!"
Beat sweatdropped. The two rudies skated, or to be more precise, Speed was dragging Beat behind her. Anyway, they reached Benten-cho, grinded and jumped up to a roof, and took a breather, which Speed really needed. Combo's boom box was faintly heard in the distance.
"You're fast, Speed! Smart too! How'd you know that that would work?" Beat asked.
"Thanks. You see, the soundwaves emitted from that boom box caused sort of a miniature earthquake. The waves were facing the cops, so we weren't really effected by them." Speed wheezed, clutching her aching sides.
"Do you feel up to the rest of the race?" Beat asked looking concerned.
"Not really. Feels like my sides are about to cave in."
"Are you gonna be ok?"
"Yeah, I just need to sit down." Speed mumbled as she sank to the rooftop.
"Uh-oh!" Beat mumbled.
"What is it?"
"Noise Tanks. Be quiet. Maybe they won't notice us!"
Sure enough, three Noise Tanks were skating on the streets below, preventing any escape by our hero and heroine. Beat sat down next to Speed.
"Well, now what?" Speed gasped.
"I'm thinking."
"I'm surprised."
"Aw, shaddup."
Some time passed and neither said anything. They just sighed over and over again as their minds rejected plan after plan.
"Hey, I just realized something!" Beat choked.
"What?"
"If we sit up like this and a Noise Tank grinds on a rail halfway up a building, he'll spot us!"
"Uh-oh."
Meanwhile , in Kogane-cho, Tab sneezed.
"Bless you." Gum, Crazy, and Omega mumbled in unison.
"Thanks."
"Think somethin' happened to them?" Gum wondered. "It has been almost two hours."
"No." the others mumbled confidently.
Back in Benten-cho, Speed and Beat were planning their second escape of the day. Correction, night. The sun had set and stars had made their appearance. They had found a solution to the new problem of being sighted; laying down. They were laying on the roof, staring at the stars, and talking in circles.
"Ok, lemme get this straight." Speed mumbled. "We're gonna jump off this building..."
"Yeah." Beat replied.
"Skate to the tracks..."
"Basically."
"Catch a train to Kogane-cho..."
"Uh-huh."
"And meet up with the others."
"Yep."
"And live to tell about it?!"
"You might say that."
Speed and Beat were pretty desperate for ideas.
"Hey..." Beat began.
"What?" Speed grumbled.
"Since we can't finish the race, are you three gonna join us or what?"
"If it were up to me, we'd join you, but I have to talk it over with Crazy and Omega, who probably won't want to stay."
"Why were you traveling so much anyway?" Beat wondered.
"Painful memories."
"Ah. I guess that makes sense. I have it! I know how you can join the GGs without having to talk it over with them!"
"All ears." Speed grumbled.
"When we get to Kogane-cho, you let me beat you to the tagpoint! They don't have to know what happened!"
Speed whipped her head to the left to face Beat, who was grinning crazily at the stars.
"I couldn't do that. I can't trick them! They're my only friends! They mean too much to me!"
"Alright, cool. Then how about we race from the station in Kogane-cho to the tag point?"
"Ok, cool. But first we have to escape from all those tall, dark, and gruesomes down there. But before we do that, we have to escape from the tall, dark, and gruesome up here."
"Say what?" Beat snapped jerking his head to right, but Speed was looking past him.
"We've been spotted! Look behind you!" Speed whimpered.
Beat looked behind him and saw a Noise Tank that was holding a spraypaint can at ready and laughing evilly.
"Well, well. Look what the cat drug in!" Beat snarled while getting up. Speed stood up as well, ready to jump off the roof at a moment's notice.
"A GG, eh? Heh. And whose the girl?" the Noise Tank asked with an evil edge in his voice.
"Get ready, Speedster. Time for our second great escape!" Beat whispered to her, so the Noise Tank wouldn't hear.
"Never readier!" Speed replied.
"Get ready all the same." Beat ordered. "We have to fight before we jump!"
"Wassup? Beat here! Speed and I have been cornered! Again! That Noise Tank is the only thing that stands between us and our escape! That techno-idiot is really gonna get it next time in "Another Great Escape! Hide And Seek With The Noise Tanks!"
"I don't know 'bout you, Beat, but I'm ready!" Speed cackles.