Chapter 2:Rookies Cup, Onuris
Onuris Starting Line
"Good evening everyone and welcome to the WRL network and today we have a new season of racing starting with the Rookie Cup. To start off we are here at Onuris as we are ready for the race we got some new and old racers coming to play. To start off we got a returning racer from Helios Indux Corporation. He is the son of Francis Helios, give a applause for Jacob'Starlight' Helios."
"After Helios stay off the grid for some time they return with their new T-180 the Reaver 9, predecessors of the Reaver 8 and 7."
"But we all don't forget the rivalry between Gray Ghost and Starlight Helios."
"And look like the announcement of the race is about to start."
"Ladies and Gentlemen start your engines!"
Sounds of engines roared on to the air as 12 T-180s rev their engines.
"This is it… remember your training Jacob." Jacob told himself. Looking around, he saw some familiar racers, mainly Speed Racer, Snake Oiler, Nitro Venderhoss, Racer X, and Esther 'Rev' Reddy.
[Onuris Plays]
"3…" Rosey smirked…
"2…" Speed and Trixie nodded to each other as a team…
"1…" Gray Ghost glare behind Helios…
"GO!"
Pedals pressed hard and the T-180s sped forth. One or two cars shunted one and another. Helios and Racer pass about three cars but Snake Oiler slams next to Jacob but with quick thinking he activates his jump jacks to the left of Snake and performs a shunt by the low right turn causing Snake to fall off and into the beach.
"That's my boy!" Francis cheered as Class 78th stared in shock.
"Is this legal?" The ultimate detective Kyoko Kirigiri questions.
"Well young lady this is stunt racing at its finest along with a bit of demolition derby in it as well." He answered "and also with the invention of the Kwik-Save, racers can destroy the car but the drivers will be safe."
By now the 11 remaining racers now passed through the Sphinx and soon were turning onto the cobra loops. But by the long curve by the ocean, Helios was surrounded by Sweet-Tooth Jangala and Taejo Togokhan. But he performs a spin move and pushes both opponents away.
"The reason they are called T-180's, is that each wheel can turn 180 degrees independently, which is why the cars look like they're drifting well and can spin around." Francis explains.
"Interesting…" Mukuro Ikusaba whispered.
The first loop Esther Rev and Nitro tried to gun for Speed but Helios took the offense and performed a torpedo launch slamming the Reaver 9 onto Nitro.
"Torpedo move. Classic." Francis smiles. "Thanks to the jump jacks, every T-180 has an ability to jump for dodging or slamming into an opponent. And Jacob uses the engines to boost himself and uses the jacks to perform a torpedo launch and slam onto Nitro."
"Man this is intense." The ultimate Clairvoyant Yasuhiro or Hiro in short said in awe.
[Move It plays]
Now the racers are in the second lap and Helios is in second place and the only way to reach first is Gray Ghost.
"Try your best copycat!" Ghost sneering at Helios.
"We'll see about that." Jacob whispered and changed a few gears and pressed a few pedals and the Reaver 9 took off slamming next to Ghost.
"And thus the rivalry between Gray Ghost and 'Starlight' Helios begins." Francis monologue a bit.
"Damn…" the ultimate biker gang leader Mondo Owada spoke out.
"Is that you got!" Ghost shouted as he performed a spin knocking around Helios a bit, almost falling off the track.
"Gah!" Jacob grunts and activates the jacks to get off and perform a slam on Ghost.
"Come on son, you can do it!" The father cheers for his son.
By now only a quarter lap to go and Helios and Ghost are at each other as Helios returns the favor by shunting him, and using the front jacks causing Ghost into the air.
"No!" Ghost shouted trying to save the Fumée but he can't do anything because his car is turning over too much as the Kwik-save device activated and he has been ejected from his car and it forms a large foaming bubble surrounding him from harm. And the T-180 kept tumbling and crashed onto Pitter Pat causing an explosion.
"Yes!" Francis screamed as Jacob passed the finish line. He then hit the brakes and drifted a bit at full stop. "You see Kyoko, that was the Kwik-save device." The father said to the detective. "And one more race and he'll win the rookie cup."
"One more?" Makoto asked.
"This was the first track to race. The next one is at Thunderhead Raceway." Francis answered as he got up head to the door.
"Would you all like to come over for dinner?"
Elsewhere
Jacob was finished refreshing himself after the race. He got a text from his dad that he and the ultimates are going back to the penthouse for dinner and they will be waiting for him.
"Hey Jacob." Turning his head, he sees Speed coming to him.
"Oh hey Speed, it's been awhile since we last met." Jacob said to his friend. Before the whole Royalton and fixed races, Jacob and Speed have been friends since middle school but Jacob had to split because of Francis' race in the Casa Cristo.
"Yeah… congrats on your first win."
"Well first race, we still have Thunderhead to tackle on."
"You're right, so better watch out." Speed reply back.
"You may be best since you practice there, I'll be the one to win the cup. Oh and I won't break your brother's record." Jacob waved and then left.
Time skip
Helios Penthouse
At the large dining room, the Helios's and the ultimates are enjoying a nice dinner made by their personal staff.
"It'll be a few days till the next race so you students can have time to get accommodations for housing across the world during the racing season." Francis said.
"Y-you don't h-have to do t-that…" The ultimate writing prodigy Toko Fukawa nervously said.
"It's the least I can do ms. Fukawa. Our motto for Indux is "We help others who can't help themselves"
"It's true my father is also a member of the medical committee. He focused on robotic limb replacements." Jacob said.
"Also I want to ask Jacob about the moves he did at the race." Sakura Ogami questioned to the Jacob.
"Oh that, it's called car-fu, I believe my father told you all of the machines that T-180s used. It makes racing more thrilling and more challenging." Jacob answered. "Well, it's nice meeting you all, under certain circumstances, but I should call it a night." Jacob waves and heads to his room.
Francis nodded but then he got a phone call. "Looks like I needed it, the staff will show your rooms for the night." He then gets up and leaves. At a distance he answered his phone.
"Francis Helios here… Inspector Detector, hello… what… energy readings… small but noticeable… one of the readings was where me and son are staying…" he then looked at the students following the staff. "Will the season shift a bit? No… but keep an eye on it… because I think I know… alright then, have a good night." Francis then hangs up and sighed. "If the students are part of the readings." Then he remembers his son's story about how they got here. He sighed and headed to his office for the night.
