Ray held onto the steering wheel of his Mitsubishi Eclipse and culched his aching guts in his other hand. "Those damn idiots! I could have beaten them. All of them. They just got lucky that time." He looked briefly into his mirror and realised his nose was bleeding. He looked back to the road and saw that he had swerved to the wrong side of the road. He was now all over the road. He tried to return to the right side of the road but just as he did, he was sandwiched by two cars. Ray's safety harness held him tight in his seat. However, his head hit the metal steering wheel and he was knocked unconscious. His car flipped into the air and landed upside down. The roof crushed him inside his car…
Tak stoped at the GF gas station to re-fuel his Trueno. He was serviced by his friend Iggy. "Yo Tak, what's up?" he asked. "Fill her up to the limit Iggy, I've got a long trip ahead," replied Tak. "Where to?" asked Iggy. "Tokyo," Iggy looked puzzled for a while. "Why would you go there?" He asked. "I'm trying to find that guy I raced in the black Celica," Tak said. "Why would you want to go after that creep?" asked Iggy. "He nearly ran us down last time we saw him! I'm still angry at him!" Tak got out of the car and went inside the gas station to buy snacks for the long trip. Tak purchased the snacks and Iggy was finished filling up Tak's car. Tak payed Iggy the correct price and returned to his car and drove off to Tokyo.
Red sat in his empty apartment with nothing to do. All of a sudden the phone rang. He picked it up and it was Alex. "Hey Red, I've been wondering, how about we pay the kid a visit…"
The next day Tak arrived in Tokyo and rented a room at a cheap Motel. He got a map of the city from the receptionist. He ate breakfast and went downstairs to his car. He began his first day of trying to find the Mysterious black Celica. Tak searched almost all of Tokyo until he found a couple of guys in a modified RX-7. He pulled over asked them if they had heard of the Celica. They instantly recognised the description. "You're looking for Red, of the Speed Pirates! You're not thinking of challenging him in that piece of junk are you? Do you have a map?" Tak produced the map he had received from the reception desk. One of the guys in the RX-7 took out a red marker and made a serried of circles on the map. "Here's the Pirate's hideout." The man pointed at a rather large building on the map. "If you don't find them there then you should check out these street racing hotspots on the map." Tak thanked them and drove off to the hideout…
Red, Alex and Debbie raced towards Akina at full speed carefully dodging all the traffic in their way. They kept in contact through a short message system or SMS each of them had fitted in their cars. Red lead the convoy. Suddenly a message appeared on the screen. "This kid better be worth going all the way to Akina – Debbie," It said. "Don't worry," he typed back. "He's worth it." Moments later the message appeared on Debbie's screen…
When Tak arrived at the hideout, the car park was completely empty. He decided to check out the racing hotspots. He checked them one by one and he found no sign of the Celica. He finally decided to check the hideout one more time before he returned to his motel room. It looked empty like the first time he checked there. Then suddenly he heard screeching of tyres and saw headlights. However, it was not who he expected. It wasn't the black Celica but instead a Neon green battered Mitsubishi Eclipse! It Sped towards Tak at tremendous speed. Tak had just enough time to jump out of the way as it span into an 1800 turn. When the car stopped a burley American man came out. He was hurt and bleeding. He stumbled over to the front of his car and supported himself on the hood. "You must be the brat Red was talking about," he said. "My name's Ray and you are the reason that I was kicked out of the speed pirates. I'm going to get my revenge you twerp!" He returned to his car and sped towards Tak again. Tak jumped out of the way and dashed towards his car. The Eclipse sped past him and Tak gave pursuit. Ray led Tak to a Drag racing strip. It was deserted. Ray stoped at the starting line. Tak followed Ray and stopped on the line too. "OK punk!" Ray shouted. This is it! If I win you give my your car, forget about your race with Red, forget about finding him, and stop racing forever! Got It?" "And if I win?" Tak asked. "I'll help you find Red," Ray replied. All at once Tak recalled watching a drag race on television. He had never drag raced before but he knew how. He was going into his supernatural racing state. He concentrated hard on the finish line. The siren sounded and both cars went flying off the mark. Ray was ahead in his crippled Eclipse and was laughing. Tak tried to get ahead but Ray's car was too fast. However, Ray made a vital mistake. His car was too damaged to handle a shot of nitrous but he pushed the button anyway. Ray's car flew ahead and when he reached the finish line he stepped on the brakes… Nothing happened. He tried again but still the car would not stop. He finally found himself heading at high speed into a wall. What was left of the car hit and the nitrous tank made the car explode in a ball of green fire. Tak screeched to a halt. He stared at the fire for a while. He didn't feel sorry for Ray. He hadn't had the connection with him like he had with Red. Ray raced for money. Not honour like he did in the mountains. Suddenly Tak's cell phone rang…