The Art of Stealing Cars by Kara Tezla
Disclaimer: I do NOT own any of the Acceleracers Characters. although I wish I did And I do not own Trinity Wheeler and Co., those belong to Wings of Speed.
Summary: The Teku and the Metal Maniacs go to LA to race, but what happens when their cars start disappearing?
Author's Note: Too tired. Gotta go to V-ball soon, so I'm typing fast.
Chapter Fourteen: The Millitary?
Kara knew that the fence ran up the side of the hill, eventually stopping before the thick forest. The road followed it and turned along with the fence, but, unfortunatly, it came dangerously close to where the two teens were sitting. The ninety-degree turn was no more than one-hundred yards from the small cliff.
Vert turned to look at Kara as her eyes widened. "What?" He asked for what seemed like the billionth time.
Kara pushed herself to her feet. "That car looks strangely like... a Silencerz, but what would they be doing out here?" She looked at Vert. "But, all the same, I would hide before they see us; whoever they are."
She walked behind the gnarled trunk of the old willow, beconning Vert after her. He got up and followed, his eyes following the car as it made its ascent towards them. Kara pushed off of the trunk and leaped into the woods; hiding behind a stand of young trees. Vert did the same just as the car slowed to a stop at the bend.
Kara ducked down and peered through a gap between two of the trees. As the car's engine died and the door opened to reveal a man dressed in a white Silencerz outfit; minus the helmet.
"Silencerz! I knew it!" She said taking a deep breath. "Vert, I think we'd better get farther into the woods." There was no answer. "Vert?" Said Kara spinning around on her heel. There, stood a Silencerz agent with a pistol in his hand. She glanced around; Vert was laying on the ground, a pink-feathered dart coming out of his back.
A small flash of light appeared as the Silencerz agent shot again and the sun glinted off the small dart right before it hit Kara square in the chest. The force knocking her backwards into the trees behind her. Soon, she was unconsious.
VVVVVVVVVV
"Mr. Tezla! Mr. Tezla!" Shouted Mark, who was jogging through the hallways of the mansion. "Mr. T--"
"What do you want, boy?" Said Tezla; a door on Mark's left flying open and the elder man's head poking out. "You don't need to run about the house screaming when I'm right here."
"Actually," Objected Mark. "I do. I had no idea you were there, and the only solution I could come up with was to shout."
"But it wasn't the only solution,"
"Oh, yeah, I know, but I can't ask Alex where you are--"
"Why not?"
"Because he's sleeping, and the last time I woke him up, he was so tired that he ran into the door. Wait--no--the door ran into him."
"What? Why can't you ask Kara?"
"Well, that's why I was trying to find you. She's been missing since around 4 o'clock yesterday."
"Hmm... well, I don't know where she is." Tezla stopped, studying Mark's face carefully. "Hey... you're that kid who blew the power!" He exclaimed.
Mark flashed a nervous grin. "Well, yeah, haha... thanks, but I'll be going now." He said as his shoes gripped the carpet and he sprinted down the hallway.
"Just don't touch any of my outlets!" Tezla shouted after him before slamming the door.
VVVVVVVVVV
"Trinity," Said Nolo, approaching the blonde. "Have you seen Vert?"
"Um, no," She replied quietly; pushing herself out from under her modified Lancer Evo, Bass Reflex. "Not since he followed Kara out of here yesterday."
Nolo gave Trinity a weird look. "Yesterday?"
"Yeah," Said Trinity; suddenly realizing what Nolo was getting at.
Nolo gave her another look. "All night?"
Trinity stopped in mid nod when she realized what Nolo was getting at. "Nolo! Vert wouldn't do something like that, you perv."
"How do you know?"
"Well, he's my cousin!"
"But he's in my gang!"
Trinity squinted her eyes as she thought for a second. "Well..." Her face suddenly lit up as an idea popped into her head. She brought her hand across his face in a slap. It wasn't hard, but hard enough to make a sharp clap as her hand connected with his face.
"Ow! What the heck was that for?"
"You insulted Vert!"
Nolo looked at her. "Ow," He said simply. "Well, do you think they got lost?" He asked after an uncomfortable pause.
"I don't know," Said Trinity with a thoughtful look on her face. "Maybe we should look for them."
"Um... where do we start? I mean, they've only been gone a day."
"Exactly. If they are lost, then we shouldn't wait any longer because there might not be any evidence of where they went from where ever they were."
"Where were they?"
"Mark knows; I saw her talking to him right before she left."
"O-kay..." Said Nolo, turning in a circle and scanning the area. "Where's Mark?"
"That I do not know," Trinity replied.
"Then let's find him,"
VVVVVVVVVV
Kara woke to a blinding white room. It was even whiter than a hospital; and she hated hospitals. There was a burning in her chest where the dart had hit, and was now removed. Her arms were held above her chest by metal cuffs went inside the wall, making it painful to stand all the way up. She grunted as she shifted to make herself more comfortable; which wasn't all that comfortable.
After a couple minutes of staring at the blank, boring walls, something moved and a door appeared, revealing a beady-eyed, gray-haired man who was followed by a girl who was the same height as Kara, but could obviously be older. She had red-blonde hair and sharp blue eyes, almost like Trinity's.
"Welcome, Kara Tezla," Said the man; his voice had an edge to it, as if he wanted nothing more than to chop off her head and be done with it. "I hope your accomidations are to your liking."
"Well... you could do a little something about these metal things on my wrists."
"Ah, that comes with the room,"
"That's too bad, because if they didn't, then I would give you five stars for the most boring room ever."
The man flashed a yellow-ish grin at Kara. "Ah, sarcasm; too bad it won't do any good here."
"What do you mean? I wasn't being sarcastic! I really would give you five stars for the most boring room ever."
"I guess that answers it for me." He said, turning to the girl. "You have her for eight hours to get what you need. I'm going to go see that our other guest is... satisfied... with his room."
The girl grinned evilly, her blue eyes showing a steely glint. "Eight hours will be more than enough," She said, turning towards Kara. She revealed a row of perfectly straight teeth that formed a brilliant smile, but her eyes told a different story. They told her that she was in for a long eight hours.
That's done. Haha, now to the reviewers:
Brenda: I feel like an announcer. Thanks for reviewing... I seriously appriciate it. and yeah, most guys try to be sneaky... but they end up looking dumb
Kawaii: Haha! You now know the answer to your question. Stalking freaks me out... cause my friend does it. seriously, she does But I haven't had any homework in forever... which makes me happy. I get it done in class most of the time. while listening to the girl next to me put an 'o' at the end of every word; the whole class talking like they were on the phone; and a couple people asking other people how to say certain words in spanish...