New Taggers In Town
Chapter 6: Another Great Escape! Hide And Seek With The Noise Tanks!
A/N: I still don't own JGR. Please excuse this fic if it's not up to my usual standard; I've been kind of depressed lately. Thanks again to the reviewers! BEWARE! A little violent. A bit sad at the end too.
Surely the majority of the people of Tokyo-to were content and in no danger. Unfortunately, Beat and Speed were members of the minority. As you may recall, they had been cornered on a rooftop in Benten-cho by a Noise Tank. The streets right below the said rooftop were swarming with other Noise Tanks. Whoever first said "trapped like a rat" had no idea how true this statement would become.
"Now, Speed! Attack!" Beat screamed as he launched himself at the Noise Tank.
"Whatever you say!" Speed yelled back as she followed him into the fray.
If the Noise Tanks on the streets hadn't noticed Beat and Speed before, they certainly did now. About five Noise Tanks gathered on the street below, cheering for their commerade on the roof.
"Bring it on, weaklings!" the cocky Noise Tank purred, ready to pound our hero and heroine into bloody pulps.
Beat tried to land a punch to the Noise Tank's stomache, but the Noise Tank jumped aside. To the rival gang member's utmost surprise, Speed's foot came seemingly out of nowhere and connected with his jaw. A sickening crack was heard and the cheering Noise Tanks on the street cringed.
"Hmph. Idiot, don't you know to never challenge someone unless you know you can beat them?" Speed chuckled.
The Noise Tank was holding his jaw. Beat decided to take advantage of this moment of weakness and smashed to back of his rival's neck with his elbow. Another sickening crack was heard and the Noise Tank's mask fell off his head. His face was bright crimson with blood. He fell to the ground, out cold.
"Ugh, that's a pretty sight..." Speed grumbled as her face turned green.
"Well, only the strong survive in Tokyo-to. Deal with it." Beat told her. "But for now, we'd better make some tracks!"
"Agreed. But we should chose another spot to...!" Speed was slightly distracted by Beat jumping off the rooftop. "Boys!" she sighed before jumping to the pavement right behind Beat.
The Noise Tanks on the street were pretty angry at Beat and Speed for beating their lackey up.
"Maybe we were better off with the cops..." Beat commented as the Noise Tanks cut-off their planned escape route.
"Think that big guy woth the boom box'll show up again?" Speed stuttered.
"His name's Combo and I think the chances are pretty remote."
"Wonderful."
Meanwhile, in Kogane-cho, Gum, Tab, Crazy, and Omega were thoroughly surprised by Combo climbing out of a nearby man-hole.
"Combo!" Gum said in shock. "I thought you were still in Grind City!"
"Yeah, but I had this feeling somethin' bad would happen so I came back early." he explained. "But listen. When I first arrived, I saw Beat and some girl on wheels surrounded by the cops!"
"Speed!" Crazy and Omega screamed. "What happened to them?!"
"I don't know. I took out Onishima with my boom box but I..." As he spoke he stroked his boom box affectionately.
"Lemme guess!" Tab interrupted. "You fell into an open man-hole!"
"Yeah, how'd you know?"
"Expierence."
"Well," Crazy said to gain some attention. "How are we gonna find them?!"
"The usual way." Combo replied as he turned on his boom box.
"Jet Set Radio!" Professor K yelled. "Check this! Beat of the GGs and an unidentified rudie-chick have been spotted in Benten-cho! They beat a Noise Tank senseless, but now they're surrounded by techno-rudies out for revenge!" Combo clicked the boom box off at the sight of Omega's and Crazy's terrified faces.
"We have to help them!" Crazy screamed.
"Hot dogs!" Tab shouted. Everyone else sweatdropped.
"Say what?" Gum muttered.
"I was just thinking about dinner. Don't mind me..." Tab stuttered while sweatdropping himself.
"I don't really think there's much we can do." Combo said sadly. "Just wait and hope."
"Well, we're not!" Crazy and Omega screamed as they raced off to find Beat and Speed. Combo, Gum, and Tab just stared after them.
"Well, let's go." Tab suggested and he, Combo, and Gum took off after Crazy and Omega.
Things really couldn't be much worse for Beat and Speed. Their butts were being kicked.
"We were better off with the cops!" Beat grumbled as a Noise Tank tossed him ruthlessly against a wall.
"No crud, Sherlock!" Speed gasped back as she was kicked in the mid-section and flew back against the same wall.
"Any more bright ideas, Speedster?"
"Oh, yeah! Follow my lead!"
"Again?"
Speed didn't answer. She jumped toward a Noise Tank and kicked what would have been his nose, if the mask had been off. When the Noise Tank fell to the ground in pain, there was a hole in the wall of rival skaters. Speed once again grabbed Beat and skated as fast as she could.
"Well, at least it worked this time!" Beat screamed happily.
"We're not outta the woods yet, Beat-boy! Take a gander behind us!" Speed yelled beack.
Beat looked back and his face turned a funny shade of blue. Four Noise Tanks were behind them, and closing in fast.
"Anymore ideas?!" he begged nervously.
"Yeah, when don't I have an one?"
Speed turned left at a corner, making Beat run into a streetpost.
"Ow! Watch it!"
"Sorry."
Beat cradled his bruised face as Speed whipped her head left and right as if she were looking for something. She found what she was looking for and skated into an alley.
"What the heck?!" Beat asked her.
"Up the fire escape! Quick!"
Speed jumped to the ladder and climbed up as fast as her tired legs would allow. Beat hesitated but followed when he heard the Noise Tanks coming. After they climbed up a few floors, Speed stopped and stepped into the shadows of a dark doorway.
"Beat, hurry! They're almost here!" Speed whispered.
Beat lumbered up the ladder and tripped, falling to the tron bars of the fire escape.
"You clumsy rudie!"
Speed grabbed Beat's wrist again and dragged him into the shadows.
"Now shut your trap!" she warned him.
"Hey! Where'd they go?!" a surprised Noise Tank screamed.
The gang had finally caught up with them, but couldn't see them. After a few minutes of looking around, the Noise Tanks moved on, hoping to find Beat and Speed elsewhere.
"Well, we lost'em!" Beat chuckled.
"For now. Let's keep going." Speed replied.
Beat and Speed climbed up to the rooftop.
"Now what? Have another idea?" Beat asked Speed as he turned toward her.
But Speed was gone.
"Speed?! Speed! Where are you?!" Beat whipped his head around looking for her.
"Beat!" It was Speed. She was on top of a nearby building that suspicously resembled a miniature version of the Empire State Building. This building was a bit taller than the one Beat stood on.
"I can't stay here." she stated sadly.
"What do you mean?" Beat asked her, with a nervous edge in his voice.
Omega and Crazy jumped onto the building seemingly from nowhere, joining Speed.
"This is good-bye, Beat." Speed answered sadly.
"Hey! Beat here! What does Speed mean by "This is good-bye"? I thought we were going to race! After all this, after what a great team we've become, she's saying good-bye?! It makes no sense! Catch the heartfelt farewell next time in "This Is Good-bye! Will They Ever Return?"!"
"The end of our adventure is growing near." Speed whispers.
Chapter 6: Another Great Escape! Hide And Seek With The Noise Tanks!
A/N: I still don't own JGR. Please excuse this fic if it's not up to my usual standard; I've been kind of depressed lately. Thanks again to the reviewers! BEWARE! A little violent. A bit sad at the end too.
Surely the majority of the people of Tokyo-to were content and in no danger. Unfortunately, Beat and Speed were members of the minority. As you may recall, they had been cornered on a rooftop in Benten-cho by a Noise Tank. The streets right below the said rooftop were swarming with other Noise Tanks. Whoever first said "trapped like a rat" had no idea how true this statement would become.
"Now, Speed! Attack!" Beat screamed as he launched himself at the Noise Tank.
"Whatever you say!" Speed yelled back as she followed him into the fray.
If the Noise Tanks on the streets hadn't noticed Beat and Speed before, they certainly did now. About five Noise Tanks gathered on the street below, cheering for their commerade on the roof.
"Bring it on, weaklings!" the cocky Noise Tank purred, ready to pound our hero and heroine into bloody pulps.
Beat tried to land a punch to the Noise Tank's stomache, but the Noise Tank jumped aside. To the rival gang member's utmost surprise, Speed's foot came seemingly out of nowhere and connected with his jaw. A sickening crack was heard and the cheering Noise Tanks on the street cringed.
"Hmph. Idiot, don't you know to never challenge someone unless you know you can beat them?" Speed chuckled.
The Noise Tank was holding his jaw. Beat decided to take advantage of this moment of weakness and smashed to back of his rival's neck with his elbow. Another sickening crack was heard and the Noise Tank's mask fell off his head. His face was bright crimson with blood. He fell to the ground, out cold.
"Ugh, that's a pretty sight..." Speed grumbled as her face turned green.
"Well, only the strong survive in Tokyo-to. Deal with it." Beat told her. "But for now, we'd better make some tracks!"
"Agreed. But we should chose another spot to...!" Speed was slightly distracted by Beat jumping off the rooftop. "Boys!" she sighed before jumping to the pavement right behind Beat.
The Noise Tanks on the street were pretty angry at Beat and Speed for beating their lackey up.
"Maybe we were better off with the cops..." Beat commented as the Noise Tanks cut-off their planned escape route.
"Think that big guy woth the boom box'll show up again?" Speed stuttered.
"His name's Combo and I think the chances are pretty remote."
"Wonderful."
Meanwhile, in Kogane-cho, Gum, Tab, Crazy, and Omega were thoroughly surprised by Combo climbing out of a nearby man-hole.
"Combo!" Gum said in shock. "I thought you were still in Grind City!"
"Yeah, but I had this feeling somethin' bad would happen so I came back early." he explained. "But listen. When I first arrived, I saw Beat and some girl on wheels surrounded by the cops!"
"Speed!" Crazy and Omega screamed. "What happened to them?!"
"I don't know. I took out Onishima with my boom box but I..." As he spoke he stroked his boom box affectionately.
"Lemme guess!" Tab interrupted. "You fell into an open man-hole!"
"Yeah, how'd you know?"
"Expierence."
"Well," Crazy said to gain some attention. "How are we gonna find them?!"
"The usual way." Combo replied as he turned on his boom box.
"Jet Set Radio!" Professor K yelled. "Check this! Beat of the GGs and an unidentified rudie-chick have been spotted in Benten-cho! They beat a Noise Tank senseless, but now they're surrounded by techno-rudies out for revenge!" Combo clicked the boom box off at the sight of Omega's and Crazy's terrified faces.
"We have to help them!" Crazy screamed.
"Hot dogs!" Tab shouted. Everyone else sweatdropped.
"Say what?" Gum muttered.
"I was just thinking about dinner. Don't mind me..." Tab stuttered while sweatdropping himself.
"I don't really think there's much we can do." Combo said sadly. "Just wait and hope."
"Well, we're not!" Crazy and Omega screamed as they raced off to find Beat and Speed. Combo, Gum, and Tab just stared after them.
"Well, let's go." Tab suggested and he, Combo, and Gum took off after Crazy and Omega.
Things really couldn't be much worse for Beat and Speed. Their butts were being kicked.
"We were better off with the cops!" Beat grumbled as a Noise Tank tossed him ruthlessly against a wall.
"No crud, Sherlock!" Speed gasped back as she was kicked in the mid-section and flew back against the same wall.
"Any more bright ideas, Speedster?"
"Oh, yeah! Follow my lead!"
"Again?"
Speed didn't answer. She jumped toward a Noise Tank and kicked what would have been his nose, if the mask had been off. When the Noise Tank fell to the ground in pain, there was a hole in the wall of rival skaters. Speed once again grabbed Beat and skated as fast as she could.
"Well, at least it worked this time!" Beat screamed happily.
"We're not outta the woods yet, Beat-boy! Take a gander behind us!" Speed yelled beack.
Beat looked back and his face turned a funny shade of blue. Four Noise Tanks were behind them, and closing in fast.
"Anymore ideas?!" he begged nervously.
"Yeah, when don't I have an one?"
Speed turned left at a corner, making Beat run into a streetpost.
"Ow! Watch it!"
"Sorry."
Beat cradled his bruised face as Speed whipped her head left and right as if she were looking for something. She found what she was looking for and skated into an alley.
"What the heck?!" Beat asked her.
"Up the fire escape! Quick!"
Speed jumped to the ladder and climbed up as fast as her tired legs would allow. Beat hesitated but followed when he heard the Noise Tanks coming. After they climbed up a few floors, Speed stopped and stepped into the shadows of a dark doorway.
"Beat, hurry! They're almost here!" Speed whispered.
Beat lumbered up the ladder and tripped, falling to the tron bars of the fire escape.
"You clumsy rudie!"
Speed grabbed Beat's wrist again and dragged him into the shadows.
"Now shut your trap!" she warned him.
"Hey! Where'd they go?!" a surprised Noise Tank screamed.
The gang had finally caught up with them, but couldn't see them. After a few minutes of looking around, the Noise Tanks moved on, hoping to find Beat and Speed elsewhere.
"Well, we lost'em!" Beat chuckled.
"For now. Let's keep going." Speed replied.
Beat and Speed climbed up to the rooftop.
"Now what? Have another idea?" Beat asked Speed as he turned toward her.
But Speed was gone.
"Speed?! Speed! Where are you?!" Beat whipped his head around looking for her.
"Beat!" It was Speed. She was on top of a nearby building that suspicously resembled a miniature version of the Empire State Building. This building was a bit taller than the one Beat stood on.
"I can't stay here." she stated sadly.
"What do you mean?" Beat asked her, with a nervous edge in his voice.
Omega and Crazy jumped onto the building seemingly from nowhere, joining Speed.
"This is good-bye, Beat." Speed answered sadly.
"Hey! Beat here! What does Speed mean by "This is good-bye"? I thought we were going to race! After all this, after what a great team we've become, she's saying good-bye?! It makes no sense! Catch the heartfelt farewell next time in "This Is Good-bye! Will They Ever Return?"!"
"The end of our adventure is growing near." Speed whispers.