We arrived at the f-zero after 10 minutes. It was quite full. We told the waiter to give us a table for five and explained that James was on his way. We sat down. Ordered our drinks and started talking.
"So what are your plans should you win the street championship? Because at the rate we're going we will all get into the top 100 even though you are in the amateur league." Alex asked me.
"Well I will either join the f-zero grand prix or join the underground f-zero grand prix. The f-zero grand prix will probably what I choose first because I don't like the idea of joining the underground f-zero grand prix where it is rumoured that many contestants are killed so that others have a better chance of winning."
"I think I will try and join the Galaxy Dog flight squadron. I have always wanted to be a pilot and the reason why I am in the f-zero street grand prix is so I can practise."
"Well that sounds pretty cool." Just then our food came. I was given my cheeseburger and started eating. As usual I was chopping down my food like there was no tomorrow but when Sarah looked at me with disbelief I slowed down just a bit. Just then James entered.
"What have you done with my ship?" was Sarah's immediate question.
"Well I changed your power timings so that your maximum power is reached after just 6 seconds compared to the ten before." He answered without taking the time to think. He or" He answered without taking the time to think. He ordered himself a pizza and I just carried on eating. After about 10 minutes my phone went off I picked it up.
"Is this the pilot of the black barracuda?" asked a shady voice.
"Yes, why?" I asked
"Good, come down to the Casino Palace oval track tomorrow at 19:00. You have been nominated for this race. There will be three sponsors scouting out for three racers. If you want to get a sponsor I suggest you come down there." Then the phone cut. I looked around everyone on the table was staring. I broke the silence.
"Guys guess what? I just got nominated for a sponsored race." I said
"Nice, when and where is it?" asked Sam
"It's in casino palace. For once I will be racing on an official track. By the way James what do you know about the oval track?"
"Well, it's a fast track involves lots of boosting and boost pads. I suggest tat you jam as much power into you car as possible. It might make your car slower but it won't make a difference will all the boost pads and the fact that after the first lap you should be hit the boost button constantly. I'll fix it up for you first thing but now I think I am going to bed." And with that James left.
"Alex, do you still know anywhere that can get me a good booster for 10000 credits?" I asked. This had been on my mind because I knew that my next race was not going to be easy.
"Wait a second I'll just make some phone calls." he left the table to go outside.
"I think I need to go take a slash be back in a second." Sam said. Now I was on my own with Sarah. I looked at her and realised how beautiful she looked with her red dress but when her eyes locked with mine I looked away afraid that she has the ability to read eyes. Out of all of us she is probably the one who understands peoples emotions the best.
"So what you going to do once you get a sponsor Jason?" she asked.
"Well hopefully I will have enough money after a while to get a new engine or I might go on a quest to find the FX3300 extreme engine. They say that the engine was built 30 years ago but lost somewhere. Apparently the ships that had it had a top speed of 1300 km/h. The engine is now lost to the GX world but I have a feeling that somebody might know where it is."
"Sounds like the engine you are looking for will be much wanted and should you get it people will do almost anything to get off you so think before you tell anyone what engine you have got, if you do find it." I brooded on this piece of information for a minute but Sarah burst out laughing.
"Wow… I … never seen you brood on something for that long." Just then Alex came back.
"You wouldn't believe what I found. Some guy found a titan G4 booster and is selling it for 20,000 credits. It is rated a B on the GX scale and an A in our league. Actually, come to think of it there is only three boosters in the league that our better than it." He said with shining eyes.
"So where can I find this guy." I asked
"Well that's the catch. He says you need to be in Aeropolis in an hour. I suggest you leave now and step on it." He said. Upon hearing this I said a quick goodbye ran to the car park and jumped in my ship. I pressed down on the accelerator.
