The workshop is silent and attentive to the words of Yuma. The members of Fireworks and Titans, with some mechanic Scarabs, form a semicircle and listen to the old leader.
"…and today is the day. Today we will prove that the last Final is history and we are here for more. Today… we put an end to the reign of the Sand Sharks!"
Yuma finishes his encouraging speech and all the cars release some battle cries.
"See you out there, guys!" Gao announces the departure of his team to the grandstands. TK jokes before he leaves: "We will celebrate after the crushing win. Baku! I want four goals from you! Reverse goals…" Baku laughs nervously and promises to do his best.
"Are you ready, Zip? We can make history today."
"I think I am, V. I'll give my best."
"We have the whole stadium backing us up. Relax…"
After hearing the voice of the stadium announcing the line ups and names of both teams, Fireworks enter the tunnels. While they travel the route, they hear the muffled sound of the crowd through the concrete. The sheer noise causes the walls to tremble and the nervousness of Fireworks heavily increases. They have never witnessed such energy in the Coliseum. Almost the entire planet is supporting them.
When they enter the field, they see the stadium overflowing with cars. This place is, without any doubt, one of the fanciest stadiums in Psyonix. Even though they accomplish no purpose at all, old houses from the human era rise in one side of the stadium. Elegant buildings with red and round ceilings, with plenty of trees and bushes that embellish the landscape. On the other side, the grandstands. Exactly one half for each team. But in this case, more than ninety percent of the cars are here to support the local team, Fireworks.
When both teams enter the field, mixed feelings come up. Some booing is heard, aimed to the Sharks, among all the support for Fireworks. Amaterasu is completely astonished by what is going on in the place. The teams gather in the middle of the field. This time, the Sharks don't say a word. They just stand still and look at their rivals in an intimidating and authoritarian way. The lineup was always very intimidating. To start, Kyouya and Paruko are two of the three biggest cars that exist. Zanya, with his spikes in the front part, is always a threat to the integrity of his rivals. And Tasuku, with an arrogant and snobbish appearance, is the brain that orchestrates the ballet of death.
One second before they split up and go to their initial positions, Tasuku says just one thing: "You are gonna lose." And leaves. Kyouya retreats backwards without lifting his stare for even a second off his preys.
Already in their positions, Rouga talks to the team: "Don't let them intimidate you, guys! We can do this!"
The countdown comes up like a sentence bell and the match begins. The Sharks start with a demolishing attitude and focused on their sole objective: to disconcert their rivals. Kyouya uses his great sturdiness to win the kickoff against the Sophia. The ball rolls to Fireworks' goal and Baku clears it, calmly. Almost arriving to sharks' goal, nobody goes for it and Amaterasu accelerates. He is about to hit it when Paruko charges him wildly from the side sending him flying far away.
"Hey!" Rouga complains about the dirty move by the Sharks and goes near Amaterasu to see how damaged he is. Baku and Dev chase for the ball. "Are you ok, Zip?"
"I'll live… I didn't think they were going to come up with this."
"Me neither, dude. But we have to keep playing, come on."
Both of them rejoin the game. Tasuku, in his goal, shouts threatening stuff continuously: "Don't you dare to come near." "Do you remember Davide's brother?" "I would rather lose if I were you…" But Fireworks continue with their attack mode in the first two minutes and manage to corner their rivals. Amaterasu sends the ball to one of the corners and it bounces just right to make the perfect center pass. Baku manages to do an aerial shot and almost scores. But Tasuku saves it with great skill and Zanya takes the ball to initiate the counterattack. While he has the ball on the ground and travelling at high speed, Kyouya and Paruko locate themselves at Zanya's front, both at his sides, setting up an impenetrable defense. And it succeeds. Paruko cuts Rouga off and Kyouya brutally pushes Dev from the goal line, which is empty now. Zanya just has to move forward and easily score. The Sharks take the lead with two minutes to go.
"They are pissing off the guys to get them out of the game…" Fireback doesn't hide his frustration before the evil, yet clever tactic of the Sharks.
A couple of minutes to the match's end, Yuma's team is very irritated and not focused at all. Rouga nates the ball in the right side of the field and he feints Zanya as he was trying to block him. Zanya passes by next to him, but when he does, he scratches Rouga's side with his spikes. Rouga gets furious but continues. He makes a front flip to center the ball and Amaterasu tries to shoot. The ball goes far away from the goal and it's about to bounce in the right corner. But Baku climbs rapidly and intercepts it before it touches the wall. He shoots so quickly and strongly that the Sharks can't contain it. The ball enters in a blink of an eye in the top right corner of the goal.
"Gooooal!" The grandstands explode with joy when Tasuku can't save it and Kyouya misses his despereate try.
"Yes! Yes!" Yuma celebrates too.
The Tasuku curses and blames himself for the miss. Also, he promises to make the winning goal. The match continues and it's the last minute. With twenty seconds to go, the match is decided with a very controversial play. Kyouya sends a slow centered ball to Fireworks' area, but Baku clears it and the ball hits the roof. When it comes down, Rouga Tasukuinates it superbly. He fools Zanya again in the middle of the field and only Tasuku and Paruko, with more threats, await him. Suddenly, Amaterasu appears in Rouga's periphery and receives his pass. Tasuku passes by. Only the Paruko is defending. Amaterasu shoots precisely to his most near top corner. The ball hits the crossbar, then the side of the Paruko, and remains bouncing in the goal line. Paruko can't reach it and Rouga just has to push it in. Without any boost, he front flips some times to reach it. When he is about to hit it, Tasuku barely touches him causing him to drift. Rouga shoots but can't send it in. The ball hits the upper part of the goal and Paruko clears it to the other side of the field. With his roof pointing to the ground and his look on the back of the goal, Rouga can only hear the surprise of the public and the goal claxon. The Sharks have scored. To make things worse, the time is over. They have lost the game.
Furious, Rouga thinks in starting a fight with the Tasuku. He exits the Sharks' goal and goes directly to his rival. But he comes up with something else.
"Hey, Tasuku!" "Tasuku!" Tasuku turns around in the middle of laughs and celebration. The other three members stand behind him.
"What is wrong with this one?" asks Kyouya.
"You and me. Duel."
Yuri, close to the field, hears the conversation and communicates the news it to his teammates. Buzz suddenly speaks through the loudspeakers: "Oh, boy. It seems Rouga is challenging Tasuku to a duel. Will he accept? Will we see the first duel in the history of Psyonix!?"
"You have just sentenced yourself to death, newbie." Tasuku laughs and jokes with his teammates.
"V! Are you sure? It's too dangerous!" Amaterasu expresses his concern.
"I'm sure, Zip. I can beat him."
In the grandstands, Yuma laments to have been left out of the decision. He sighs and says to the Titans: "This is the last thing that was supposed to happen. Damn… "
"Duuuuuueeeeeeeel!" exaggerates Buzz. "Am I dreaming, Poncho? When things couldn't get more exciting, a duel shows up! You know the rules, teams. The duel is going to take place immediately in Wasteland, where the third match was going to take place. The third game between Titans and True Brothers is postponed for the end of the day. So, Scarab people… good luck on finding a seat!"
The stadium empties like if it is on fire. No one wants to miss the duel. The first duel in Psyonix's entire history. The Titans hurry up even though they know they are going to let them in. The Sharks disappear in the tunnels and Fireworks is left alone in the middle of the field.
"You can do it, pal. We know you can." His teammates support him and Yuma shows up to take the lead.
"You go on, guys. I want to chat with Rouga just a moment."
The rest of the cars exit and the Coliseum remains silent.
