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: Man, it is so cold... my feet are numb. Now onto the story. ()
Chapter Sixteen: Reunited at Last?
"She said, and I quote, 'Hey Mark, I'm talking a walk out to the Cliffside.'" Stated Mark after Trinity and Nolo had hunted him down.
"Nothing else?"
"Nothing--well... she told me not to do anything stupid while she was gone."
"Oh," Said Trinity, rolling her eyes. "Figures,"
"Hey!" Objected Mark.
"Well, Mark, from what I heard, you do do some pretty stupid things."
"...I guess you're right."
"I know,"
"So are we gonna look for them?"
"If we're going to, we'd better before it gets dark... and that's in a couple hours."
"Right, let's get up a couple more people and walk out there."
"Who?" Asked Nolo, finally butting into the conversation.
"Well, Tyce could, 'cause he's noticed it already. And each of you can pick one person from each of your gangs... but make sure that you can trust them."
"Kurt," Nolo quipped.
"Um... Courtney, I guess," Said Trinity.
"Okay, then it's settled. We are moving out right away!" Mark declared with his index finger pointing to the heavens.
Trinity threw a glance at Nolo that had man-he's-nuts written all over it.
VVVVVVVVVV
Vert was finally led by his father to another white room that had chairs scattered about it. Inside, there were 3 other people; two teenage boys and a girl. The girl had bleached the ends of her black hair and had almost navy-blue eyes. One of the boys had bright red hair and emerald eyes, and the other had sandy-brown hair and gray eyes.
"Vert," Said Major Wheeler, gently pushing Vert into the room. "Meet your new friends throughout your stay here. That's Remee," He said motioning to the girl, who gave them both hard looks. "And that's Andrew and Damian," He motioned first to the sandy-haired kid, then to the red-head. Both boys jumped up and walked over to the two Wheelers.
"Hi," They said in perfect unison.
"Boys," Started the Major, then noticing that Remee had walked over too. "And Remee, this is my son, Vert,"
"Hi Vert," They said again in unison.
Vert turned to his father. "Where's Kara?" He asked.
"Oh, Kara? Tezla? She should be here shortly, unless..."
"Unless what?"
"Nothing,"
Just then there was a loud shout from the hallway and Vert's dad turned and ran down the hallway, leaving Vert alone in the doorway. He could hear his father shouting something, then silence. The door hissed as it closed, barely missing the back of his jacket.
"Come on, Vert!" Shouted Damian gleefully. "Tell us about yourself,"
"Yeah, Vert!" Echoed Andrew.
"Um..." Said Vert as he was dragged into the room. He saw Remee give him a momentary sympathetic look before her face went blank as it had been. "I don't really..."
Suddenly Damian and Andrew were arguing about something and Vert's arms were released. Vert rubbed the spots on his wrists where Damian and Andrew had made them turn red.
"So," Said a low female voice behind him.
Vert spun to see Remee sitting in one of the chairs. "Whoa, you scared me." He said quickly, sitting down across from the girl.
"How'd you get here?" She asked.
"I don't exactly know; one minute I was behind Kara, and the next, I was face down in the dirt."
Remee nodded slowly. "Who's this Kara girl? She your sister or something?"
"No..."
"Girlfriend?"
"...No,"
"Friend?"
"I guess, but she's the girl who stole our cars."
Remee chuckled. "Our?"
"Um... yeah, I'm in this gang... I guess,"
"You're not very out-going are you?"
"Well, I guess you could say that."
There was silence as the two stared at each other. The two boys continued to argue softly about something that they couldn't hear. The door hissed open; interrupting the boys' conversation. Kara was thrust into the room, followed by Vert's father and a girl who was strangely farmiliar to Vert.
"Trinity?" He said softly, standing up.
"No," objected Kara, her head twitching to get her long hair out of her face. "It's your long-dead cousin, Serena!" She shouted while pulling her hands out of the metal cuffs. There were dark-red circles burnt into her wrists where the electricity had entered and exited here body. She pulled her hair back into a sloppy pony-tail with a rubber band that she produced from her pocket.
Vert was silent as he gazed at his cousin. Something was seriously wrong with this picture, and he didn't really intend to stay long enough to find out what it was.
Well... sorry it took so long, when I typed it the first time, something didn't sound right, so I typed an alternative chapter. That one fit quite a bit better than the one before it. Volleyball ends this month, so I will probably be able to write more.
Kawaii: Obsessed might be too... tame a word for what she is. She's down-right SCARY sometimes. Kara and Vert... Vert and Kara... Wings and I have been trading stories about that for the longest time... unfortunately, none of them have to do with this story!
Wings: THE CALVARY IS COMING! yay! And, I did FINALLY get onto the acceleracers forum and read the stuff you sent me... and I only have three words to say: SEND. ME. MORE. I'm working on something that you might enjoy... expect it in your PM box soon...