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: I finally had an ingenious idea hit me! FINALLY! coughs Sorry if it's a little weird, but it's something.
Chapter Twenty: The Equilateral Disk
Total darkness surrounded the teens as they all woke up, one by one. Once every one of them was awake and gasping for breath, the intercom crackled to life.
"Might I mention that gasping will do you no good at this moment in time." Said the female voice. "Actually, I would try and calm yourselves before you die." There was a long pause and all that could be heard was the heavy breathing of the people contained in the room.
"That's it," the voice seethed, "save your breath; because if you're not careful, you could run out."
"Wha...?" Gasped Andrew, "our air supply!"
"That's right, my smart boy; your air supply is dwindling... and if you're cautious, it may last you quite a while. But the way you're going now, it will only be a matter of time. A matter of time that, in actuality, will only last a little more than an hour. If you happen to survive that long, then maybe we'll consider giving you hardy children some air." The speaker clicked out and there was silence.
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"Hey," smirked Trinity; elbowing Tyce in the ribs.
"Ow, what?"
"Somebody call Yoda, I think he wants his wookie back." She said; motioning ahead of her at Mark.
"What did you say!" Shouted Mark, turning around to look at his friend, who was attempting to stifle a laugh, and the Wheeler girl, who was smiling innocently.
"Nothing,"
"I do NOT look like Chubaka!"
"I never said you did,"
"You said I was a wookie!"
"I never said that you were a wookie, Mark."
"Yes, you did,"
"Prove it,"
"Well... well, you did say it!"
"Prove it,"
"No!"
"Why?"
"Because!"
"Why?"
"Because,"
"Will you two just shut up?" Said Kurt loudly. "You guys sound like children or something! We have an objective here, and it would be nice if you guys would focus on it!"
Both Mark and Trinity looked at Kurt in amazement. "Did you just make sense?" Gawked Mark.
A blank look returned to Kurt's face and he smiled slightly. "It worked,"
Suddenly, a wail reached their ears and was getting louder by the second. All six of the rescuers clutched their ears as the siren passed over their head in the form of a small speaker. By the time the siren had passed, the sound of stopping feet had filled the hallway and the group's ringing ears.
"They know we're here!" Said Courtney as Mark turned on his heel and ran away from the footsteps. Trinity was right behind him, directing him all the way.
"There should be a passage way up here," she said as they turned a corner. Mark, who was first, unfortunately, ran right into a wall.
Trinity stopped the group just in time to keep them from doing the same. "Whoops, I meant up Mark," she pointed upward to reveal an almost invisible white panel in the ceiling.
"Now you tell me," he muttered; rubbing his nose, which had leaked a small amount of blood by now. Trinity jumped up and expertly knocked the panel loose. Next she kneeled down and motioned for Nolo to step on her knee and get up into the ceiling.
Nolo just gave her a funny look. Kurt stepped in front of him and launched himself up. Nolo finally got the idea and did the same. Kurt poked his head out just as Courtney was pushing herself up, hitting him square in the face. Courtney came crashing back down, and Kurt drew back with a cry of pain.
Trinity smothered a laugh then disguised it with a more urgent, serious look. "Come on! They're almost here!"
Tyce jumped up, followed by Mark, then Courtney. Trinity sprang up, catching the side of the hole and started to pull herself up, but she was too late. The Silencerz workers that had been chasing them had caught up and had seen her.
"Halt!" He called, but Trinity wasn't going to stop. She continued to climb up into the ceiling. He grabbed her leg, almost succeeding in pulling her down, but he hadn't been expecting the blonde girl to kick him in the helmet. The Silencerz guy stumbled backward into his friends, allowing Trinity to pull herself up into the small air duct. She slid past all of her friends to the front of the group and started leading them through the maze of metal tunnels.
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Kara made her way on her hands and knees across the room to the chairs and pulled herself up onto one. She shot a dirty look at the camera. Curse Serena, curse Graymond, and curse all the Silencerz! They were the reason she was here! Her brain fired off thought after angry thought, creating reasons for her stupidity.
It was Vert's fault, her mind whispered; he was the one that he Silencerz were after. He must be in cohorts with his cousin! They just want you to get to your uncle!
Kara shook her head, "Vert would never do that, he's not like that," she whispered to herself.
But you broke your promise to your uncle, Kara, you promised you would never tell a single soul about the Equilateral Disk, and now the Silencerz Agency knows! They know where your uncle lives, they will kill him!
"What I told them is of no consequence. Uncle Peter will never tell where he hid it,"
Exactly, but your brother might. Both your brothers are weak,
"No,"
Both of them would tell before they died,
"No,"
Both of them would give up the secret of the Disk, Kara, and you know it.
Kara's eyes snapped shut. She was realizing the truth. She was realizing the consequences of her actions. True, she didn't tell where the Equilateral Disk was, but if one of her brothers told, they would know.
The Equilateral Disk was an invention of her uncle's. Something he invented after Luke died. It was supposed to be something like a tracking device, undetectable under any circumstance, which gave many abilities to the bearer. It was around the size of a pin tip and was hidden in the nerves in the back of her neck. Both her other brothers had one too, and the only way to extract it was to kill the bearer.
It was inserted by injection--a very painful process--and activated by a special computer inside her uncle's mansion. When activated, it attached microscopic wires to each of the different nerves, allowing the bearer to obtain almost supernatural powers. Inhuman speed, stamina, and reflexes were the result, but if used for too long at once, the user's body would become adapted to it and when the Disk was deactivated, it could cause a heart attack. The prolonged use and the sudden deactivation would leave extra adrenaline in the bloodstream and the heart would go into shock. Because of this, if you activated it for an extended period of time, you couldn't deactivate it and live.
Her uncle's original intention for this tiny machine was to sell it for a couple hundred million to countries who wished to have it. The normal human body would become obsolete with this invention, and her uncle would be able to multiply his fortune by hundreds. There were only three operational at the moment, the three that were inside her and her brothers. They had never been activated, though.
If Kara had some way to activate it now, she would, without question. The oxygen was slowing coming back into the room, and soon everyone be awake again.
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"No," Kara's voice hissed. Remee's eyes opened just enough to see the brunette's form slumped in a chair.
"Agent 13," a male mechanical voice said inside Remee's head. "You are ordered to attack at sixteen-hundred hours today. You are ordered to acquire the Equilateral Disk."
Remee mentally acknowledged the voice. Her blue eyes suddenly obtained small dark green flecks. She didn't even feel sorry for the four humans in the room. In fact, she did not feel at all.
Man! I'm sorry I haven't updated in for-ever, but I hope you'll forgive me! To my ever-loyal reviewers!
firedragon: Thank you!
Kawaii: I hope you had a great time in India! I don't drink coffee, so I don't exactly know what you were feeling when you wrote that review so early in the morning! lol. I like weird reviews! I love random stuff! Go ahead and keep being weird! I don't mind!