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Kai: Who are they?

*Razor turned around to see that Stryke and Jade had followed him. Razor shrugged, and looked back at Kai.*

Razor: A couple of friends of mine.

*Kai turned his head away, and Razor searched for a portal. It did not take him long, and the group soon found themselves back on the Cosmic Interstate.*

Location: Cosmic Interstate
Time: ???

*Razor tried to remember… There was something… he didn't have the date for. Something that needed found out. Something in his own dimension. Something… with his job. It slowly settled on Razor, and he started off down the Cosmic Interstate, headed towards the Quantum Universe. After about a fifteen minute walk, Razor was presented with the Quantum Universe's Gateway of Portals, and he searched for the Dallas portal. He soon came across it, and he, Kai, Stryke, Jade, Sparks, and Aita hopped through it.*

Location: Dallas, TX
Time: 5:00 PM

*As Razor got out near the old base, he immediately phoned his manager, looking back at the others in the group.*

Razor *to Kai*: Sorry, not so much action for now, just something I have to do.
FTM: Hello?
Razor: Hey, I have a question for you.
FTM: Shoot.
Razor: Did the people from 411VM give you a day or anything, or a time?
FTM: Actually, I'm glad you asked me that, Spike called me about 5 minutes ago asking me to get you over there, since 411 forgot to give you a date and such. Lucky that you live around there.
Razor: Yeah, I'm on my way then. Later.

*Razor hung up, starting onto his board, skating down the road, on his way to the fountain that the skater had knocked himself unconscious on. As he arrived, he saw practically nobody there, except for a hedgehog, slightly taller than Razor. He looked like he'd been around quite a bit, and the scar on his left arm showed he had gotten into a fight more than once. His fur was of a dark pewter color, his quills an even darker shade of gray. Razor shrugged. The quills looked dyed, though it still had a cool look to it. The hedgehog held a video camera bag on the bench he was sitting on, a skateboard across his lap. Razor walked up to him, board in hand, and read his nervous expression. Razor raised an eyebrow, then looked behind him, remembering that Kai had followed him through. Kai settled down somewhere in the grass, well away from where Razor had any intent of skating. The hedgehog looked at him, obviously edgy about the whole thing. Razor decided to try and calm the fellow he assumed to be Spike down.*

Razor: Don't worry about him, he won't hurt you.

*The hedgehog nodded, then looked at Razor*

Hedgehog: So you're Roi Valley?
Razor: Yeah, but everybody just calls me Razor.
Hedgehog: I'm… well, screw the custom, just call me Spike.
Razor: So you're the one taping the shoot, I'm wagering?
Spike: Yep, every second of it.
Razor: In that case, what are you wanting me to do? I mean, around here, Dallas, this fountain. Good skate spot, just what are you looking for?
Spike: This is your first video shoot?
Razor: Yes.
Spike: Well this is how it works. I don't tell you what to do. You just do it, and I just shoot it. Simple.
Razor: *beat* Okay then… get your camera ready…

*Razor went up the grassy gap, and headed over to the area that he rode down to clear the gap. He got some speed, and soon left the ground, doing a 360 flip over the grassy gap and sticking it clean. He rode over to the fountain and stopped.*

Spike: Nice… what else you got?

*Razor got up, and started riding around the area of the fountain, riding up to the edge of the fountain. He did a short crooked grind on the fountain's edge, doing a hardflip out. He was riding switch now, and he went up to the front of the board, doing a fakie noseslide, turning himself back around. He landed in a manual, and ollied up onto the fountain, landing in a nosemanual. He rode the fountain to one of its edges, and did a kickflip back onto the ground. He rode over to a staircase that led down to the fountain, and stopped, getting off his board.*

Spike: Sick tricks, man.
Razor: Thanks, but I'm just getting started.

*Razor climbed up the staircase, which was a 15-set, and got some distance between it and him. He built up some speed, and nollied the staircase, landing firm and riding away. He stopped, and walked back up the staircase. He saw Spike move this time, to the side of the staircase, getting a better angle. Razor took a deep breath, and rode over to the staircase, ollieing it and doing a BS 360 Melon grab over it, landing it firmly and riding away again. He hopped off his board, and looked over at Spike.*

Spike: Haha, mad skills man.
Razor: Thanks.

*Razor scaled the staircase one last time, doing a kickflip into a 5-0 on the staircase's handrail, riding off, turning around, and heading back to Spike.*

Razor: What else is there, really?
Spike: Yeah, I suppose you'd want to skate on your own element. I guess that this is it for Dallas, though. I'll see you in two weeks, that Saturday, in New York
Razor: Where in New York?
Spike: The intersection of 43rd and 78th.
Razor: Ah, okay, later.

*Spike skated off, and Razor shrugged, heading back to the old hero base.*

Razor: That didn't take nearly as long as I thought it would…