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: None today!
Chapter Seventeen: Irony
"Okay, maggots!" Shouted Mark, who was now acting like a drill sergeant with his camouflage jacket and matching pants. "We are on a mission to find Captain Kara Tezla and Private Vert Wheeler."
Tyce laughed out loud. "Yes Sir!" He shouted back with a salute.
"Move out, soldiers!"
Trinity and Courtney snickered as they turned to walk out the door. Kurt and Nolo exchanged worried glances. Tyce just kept on laughing, well, until Mark came over and whacked him a good one.
The six of them all left the mansion not expecting what would happen next. Mark led the trek through the thick woods to the place that they called the Cliffside.
"Wow," said an amazed Trinity. "It's beautiful out here,"
"You got that right," agreed Kurt.
"Is that the military base that Kara was talking about?" Asked Courtney.
"Yeah," answered Tyce. "There's something weird going on there... kinda like that one Area 51 or whatever. There have been rumors going around about people going into there and never coming out."
"Really?"
"Actually, I don't know. I just made that up, but it sure seems like something like that could happen, doesn't it?"
Courtney stared at Tyce. "I guess so,"
"Hey, guys, I think something happened here!" Said Mark who was crouching behind a small stand of trees.
"That's extremely ironic," mentioned Tyce. Courtney laughed and walked over to where Mark was.
"Look," said Mark, pointing at large scuffle marks in the dirt. "It looks like there was a struggle."
"Ya think?" Said Trinity sarcastically.
"Maybe... even murder," said Mark, his eyes growing wide as he looked at Trinity.
Tyce laughed again, but this time, he got whacked by Courtney who was standing beside him.
"Yeah, and it looks like someone got dragged that way," pointed out Nolo, his eyes following the drag marks down a small trail towards the base.
"More irony?" Tried Tyce, glancing at Courtney, who shrugged.
"Well, they're obviously not here are they?" Said Trinity, walking over the marks on the ground. "So let's go follow these... marks."
"But what if we get lost?" Asked Nolo.
"We won't," Mark said. "It's pretty easy to find this place again once you know where it is."
"Okay then, let's go!" Said Tyce, charging ahead down the path.
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"Serena?" Asked Vert quietly; this was way too weird. "...Serena?"
Serena's eyes went ice cold as her cousin's brain tried to make the connection.
"Vert," Major Wheeler started, but was silenced by a killer look from Kara, who now stood behind Vert.
"We gotta get out of here Vert," she whispered in his ear. "Soon,"
Vert glanced at the girl who was at his shoulder. She was right, and for some reason, he felt that she knew more than he did.
Damian and Andrew exchanged glances behind them. After a few moments, Andrew mustered up the courage to tap the girl in front of him on the shoulder.
Kara jumped slightly; she hadn't really noticed the two boys standing behind her. The dark-blonde haired one had come up and tapped her on the shoulder.
"What?" She hissed.
"Are you Kara?" He hissed back.
"Yes, why?"
"Just... wondering," Andrew whispered, backing off a little. She looked mad at the moment, and he didn't feel like getting a broken nose, which is what looked like she felt like doing.
Remee stared at Kara, wanting their eyes to meet. Remee had always been one to guess a person's personality by looking at their eyes. Andrew had just been talking to her, and he looked scared. Kara glanced around the room, first at Damian then at herself. Remee found the other girl's eyes unreadable; there was no emotion radiating from any part of Kara's body. She felt herself tense up involuntarily, as if one look from Kara had put her brain on full alert.
"Don't even think about escaping, Vert," said Serena coldly. "You'll never make it out of here alive."
"But when our friends find out we're missing, they'll come looking for us."
"Right, but they'll never make it to you."
"What do you mean?"
"We have this place bugged; cameras, mikes, mines, motion detectors, guards... you name it, most likely, we got it."
Vert cursed mentally, they were stuck here for who knows how long, and from the sound of it, Kara knew it too.
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"Man, how long does it take to get down here?" Asked Kurt, who was sweating.
"I don't know that, I've never been down this far before." Replied Mark.
"I think we should all get something to protect ourselves." Came the random thought from Tyce, who was fingering a large stick about the width of a baseball bat.
"Why? It's the United States Military, they're supposed to be protecting us, not us protecting us!" Exclaimed Trinity.
"I just think there's something weird about having a base with all this land around it... it seems a little strange to me. Anyway, it's just a precaution."
Trinity gave Tyce a look. "Whatever,"
They hiked for what seemed like forever until they reached a gate that seemed like it was, for the most part, unguarded.
"Come on!" Said Mark, sprinting out into the open.
"No!" Said Trinity pulling him back. "Look!" She pointed to two mounted machine guns above the gate. They were pretty big, but they were also small enough to not be seen in a glance.
"I guess this isn't going to be as easy as I thought," said Mark.
Okay... chapter finally complete. There's not much to say!
Kawaii: ...Teku fetish...hmmm...
Wings: The ages... approx. are Remee; 19 years, Andrew; 17 years, and Damian; 16 years. Mark is modeled after a good friend of mine, so I use some of his actions and words. But now, I'm in a 'writing' phase because of my Sci-Fi LA story... so I had to type this chapter up.
Firedragon: Thanks for the review. No, we are not writing together… but we do share characters. I hope that answered your question