Chapter Fifteen

Riley Bros And a Pissed Pink-head!

Nick shrugged. Carmen was still reading, ignoring every comment from her friends. Time was just about up, considering it was now six hours and fourty-five minutes since the plane took off. Carmen set her book down, took off her watch, then started to fiddle around with it.

"Carmen, why are you playing around with your watch?" Aaron asked.

"Well Javlonski, England's time isn't like what we're used to. So, I'm setting my watch to England's time." she answered matter-of-factly. Good, I'm fricken tired..Oh well, home at last, Carmen thought as she leaned back in her seat. She yawned slightly.

-X-

All five teams and the other passengers walked off the plane and into the airport. Whoa...Carmen was right. It is beautiful here, Rei thought as he looked around. The Union Jack, England's flag, went with the wind. Carmen looked up at the flag, and proudly smiled. The flag fluttered in the wind, alone at the top of the flag pole at England's Airport.

"Riley! Get over 'ere!" a boy's voice called. Carmen turned around.

"Nick!" she cried. A boy that seemed taller than Carmen, with hazel eyes like hers, and dark brown hair that was slightly spiked and wore a pair of slightly ripped jeans and a white t-shirt stood near by with a younger boy.

"Mum sent us to get ya! Mind, I said that the guv would find ya alright, considering you're on England's Most Wanted List!" he said.

"Hey! I am not!" she cried.

"Are so! Anyway, mum insisted that we come to get you." the boy said. The younger boy looked very much like Carmen and the other boy. Hazel eyes, spiked brown hair, slightly torn jeans, white t-shirt. You could tell they were related to Carmen. Carmen looked at the younger boy.

"And what've you got to say, Jake?" she asked.

"Only that Nick's right. You are pretty destructive.." said the smaller boy.

"Brothers! They're useless!" Carmen said, then grabbed her stuff. The two boys laughed, then gave each other high fives.

"Got 'err that time!" said the older boy.

"Definitely!" said the other.

"Alright, Thing One and Thing Two, you guys coming!" Carmen called. Both boys nodded, then they and Carmen's team headed for the parking lot. Before they exited, Carmen looked back and blew Rei a kiss. Rei blew one back, and Carmen caught it, then headed out the door.

-X-

"Carmen's got a boyfriend! Carmen's got a boyfriend! Carmen's got a boyfr-"

"SHUT IT JAKE!" Carmen yelled. The younger boy jumped.

"Alright then!" he muttered, then walked away.

"Carmen, when are you going to cut your younger brother some slack!" Max asked.

"When he starts learning to build motor bikes like Nick and I, and actually helps out a bit!" Carmen answered. Her team stared at her in bewilderment.

"You know how to build motor bikes!" Aaron choked.

"Yes. Nick taught me, because he probably thought I was good material for motor bike building! I dunno what he thought! But now he's got me hooked on building them! Infact, I'm working on one know. I haven't reached any painting yet, still on the fabrications...If you'd like to s--"

"YES!"

"Erm...Alright..." Carmen said, then got up.

"Follow me." she added. The others followed her as she walked further and further down the street.

"In here." she said, stopping outside a rather large building that stood alone at the end of a dusty dirt road nearby a wide open field. The others looked around; amazed.

"How come you never--"

"Told you? Well, I just sorta...Well, I actually don't know why. I just didn't." Carmen answered. "GOD I HATE THIS DOOR!" she yelled, kicking the door.

"OI! WHAT THE 'ELL ARE YOU TRYIN' TO DO! WE'RE CLOSED!" a voice yelled from inside.

"OPEN UP!" Carmen yelled through the door. Something banged on the floor, then Nick stumbled toward the door.

"Oh, it's just you. Did you happen to stumble across the guv?" Nick asked. Carmen raised a fist, but Alex hastily grabbed her wrist. Carmen's elder brother let them in, and Aaron was just beaming with what looked... Like pleasure?

"Well, it's not quite finished, but here's a rough sketch that I drew, for what it's supposed to look like." said Carmen, showing them a rough sketch. The bike in the sketch was black with small designs on it, and some flames. The small designs looked like the cats on products of 'Emily The Strange'.

"That's a good sketch!" Sandra exclaimed.

"What's with Emily The Strange?" Alex asked. Carmen looked up at the redhead.

"I like Emily The Strange stuff, why?" she said. Alex shrugged.

"Curious." the redhead replied simply. The boys looked at each other. Could this possibly be the end of the strong bond of friendship between them? Maybe...Maybe not.

-X-

Carmen and her team were sitting in the park with Rei and his team. Tyson looked around from time to time, as if expecting something... Or someone.

"You guys are in the finals! This is great! We might even be facing each other in the final match!" Hilary said excitedly.

"That'll be true, considering BioVolt's going to get their ass kicked. Expecially Bryan." Carmen said.

"Why, isn't it the boyfriend stealling bitch!" a girl's voice called. Carmen stiffly turned her head, then her eyes settled on Mariah. It's about time you got here, Tyson thought.

"Me? A boyfriend stealling bitch? No!" Carmen said stiffly. Mariah nodded.

"Yeah, you are one." she said stiffly.

"And if you were male, you'd be a drunk bastard." Carmen hissed. Rei knew this wasn't going to be good.

"Mind, 'bastard' refers to female or male, so even if you were male you'd still be a bastard." Carmen added. Mariah scowled.

"At least I don't go around stealing other girls' boyfriends!" she hissed back.

"You bloody bitch. I didn't steal Rei from you. You're such a dumb blonde." Carmen hissed.

"No offence to any of you. You're not dumb blondes." she added, looking at Max and Sandra.

"None taken." the two said.

"Dumb blonde? As if you hadn't noticed, my hair isn't blonde." Mariah snapped.

"That's because you died your hair to cover the fact that you're a dumb blonde. Well Mariah, dying your hair a different colour may cover that fact, but it doesn't cover your stupidity." Carmen said. Mariah was fuming.

"CAT FIGHT!" Aaron declared. Carmen stood up, staring coldly at Mariah.

"Scram. You don't deserve to see the beauty of England." Carmen said coldly.

"What're you gonna do about it?" Mariah asked.

"Oh shit, Mariah's going to get it now." Alex muttered. Carmen shrugged.

"I'll give ya some advice. Go see if you can get a job at Bitches R Us. I hear they need a pink haired bitch." she hissed. Nick clapped.

"That was a good one." he said quietly.

"Why don't you?" Mariah shot back. "First of all, I don't have pink hair. Second, I'm not a bitch." Carmen shot back to Mariah. Mariah couldn't think of anything to say, then started to walk in the opposit direction.

"That's right! Go get fucked up by some bastard off the street! Stand on that corner over there and say, 'Who ever wants to fuck me up, stand in a line!' Then you'll see the bastards!" Carmen yelled after Mariah, pointing to a random nearby corner. Mariah turned sharply on her heel, facing Carmen once again.

"GET YOURSELF FUCKED UP!" she yelled. Carmen started to laugh.