Chapter 120: The Juggernaut
A/N: I know it has been a while since I posted a chapter, but here it is. Enjoy!
What happened next could only be described as metallic mayhem; cars colliding, bullets flying, blood spilling metallic mayhem.
As Katrina and her gunner drove around the city, the former Goddess drove right up close to any vehicle she could, with her gunner distracting the enemy gunner as she used the spikes on her wheels to pop the tires and make them veer off the side of the road, out of the competition. Meanwhile Damon and Clyde were speeding down streets, with Clyde taking shots at other vehicles while Damon made sure to ram anything in front of him at full speed. Soon the two of them found themselves at one end of the city, all four of them breathing heavily as everything seemed to be at a standstill; flaming burnt out cars everywhere they looked, and angry survivor drivers and gunners looking angrily at Damon and Katrina.
"Well they sure don't look too happy with us," said Damon, stating the obvious.
"You think?" Asked Clyde, "We just took them out of the game without killing them. Everyone is probably pissed at us right now."
Meanwhile...
Inside of a massive silver skyscraper with blue neon lights spelling 'Calypso Industries,' the man himself was watching the game transpire, a small frown tugging at the side of his mouth as he saw several drivers still alive, and barely any chaos caused due to Katrinas' and Damons' interference.
"Not quite how I wanted this game to go," he said to himself, standing up from behind his desk, facing the window behind himself and bringing a walkie talkie to his mouth, "Lady Sweet, it's time...send out the Juggernaut."
Back to Katrina and Damon...
The two former devils and their gunners slowly drove through the city, making sure to keep themselves safe while watching for any remaining drivers.
"So how will we know if we are part of the last bit of drivers? Will another horn sound off overhead or something?" Asked Katrina.
"Yep, that'll be it," said Clyde, "but usually the last few vehicles standing are the most vicious-!"
CRASH!!
Damons' truck was sent skidding back as it was plowed by Sweet Tooths speeding ice cream truck, with the killer clowns gunner popping out of the roof and hitting Katrinas' car with a hailstorm of bullets, some of the rounds even piercing the steel plating and passing through the vehicle. As Damon was forced out of sight by Sweet Tooth, Katrina quickly checked herself for wounds, feeling none, but when she looked to her gunner, only one thought ran through her mind,
Bloody swiss cheese, she thought to herself. She rushed for her radio and pressed the speaker button,
"Damon!! Are you alright?!"
PSSTCK!
"Oh I'm just peachy!! I got a serial killer clown plowing my truck!! How are you?! Over!!"
PSSTCK!
"I'm fine but my gunner is dead!" Katrina shouted into the radio. She then saw someone park across the street; it was an African American man, possibly middle aged, with long dredlocks, dark clothes, and a white skull painted on his face, a chainsaw firmly gripped in his right hand, "...And I'm not alone...over..."
PSSTCK!
Katrina waited, but the man kept creeping closer, revving his chainsaw and recieving no response from Damon.
PSSTCK!
"...Damon...?" Right as the man was about to reach for her door with his free hand, he looked down the street where Sweet Tooth and Damon dissappeared, seeing his eyes widen and dash back for his bike, revving the engine, turned the bike around and sped back down the street where he came from. Not even one second later, Sweet Tooth was speeding down the street, followed by Damon, leaving a confused Katrina in their wake.
PSSTCK!
"Katrina?! KATRINA!! Can you hear me?!"
PSSTCK!
Katrina grabbed the reciever for the radio, concerned for Damons' frightened tone of voice,
PSSTCK!
"I can hear you loud and clear, what's going on?"
PSSTCK!
There was a small pause, and instead of hearing Damons' panicked voice, she heard Clyde speaking,
"Katrina? If you can here me, drive like hell right now!"
PSSTCK!
"Why? What's going on?"
PSSTCK!
"Calypso unleashed the Juggernaut!"
PSSTCK!
Katrina slowly turned around, poking her head out of the drivers side window to see a square metal mass in the distance, but was quickly growing in size until Katrina could see it was a full blown semi truck with a trailer, completely modified for Twisted Metal; machine gun turrets, missle launchers, and a steel reinforced frame with large spikes covering the metal beast. Katrina quickly ducked back into her car, turning the key in the ignition, desperately trying to start the vehicle back up again and just barely did so in time, speeding off right as the large truck was about to plow her off the road.
Katrina kept her foot on the gas pedal, making sure to stay out of reach of the massive semi, and right when the truck was about to close the distance, Katrina slammed on the handbrake and drifted around the corner while the Juggernaut sped past her.
Soon she was down a quiet street, breathing heavily as her radio crackled again, with Damon speaking through,
PSSTCK!
"Katrina? You there?"
PSSTCK!
"Yes Damon, I'm here."
PSSTCK!
"Good! Because I already got an idea on how to take down that truck, but we will need a little help."
PSSTCK!
"Help from who?"
There was a pause, and Damon then spoke again,
PSSTCK!
Alright, we got him patched in," said Damon, "you there Ronald McDonald?" Katrinas' blood ran cold when she heard a third voice speak, one she was hoping on not hearing on her radio,
PSSTCK!
"Yeah I'm here you foul mouthed little fucker," said Sweet Tooth through the radio, "now what do you want?"
PSSTCK!
"I was thinking we could take the fight to the Juggernaut,"said Damon, to which Katrina rolled her eyes,
PSSTCK!
"Damon you were panicking when you first saw the damn truck," said the former Goddess of War.
PSSTCK!
"Well no shit! You see a giant damn semi truck decked out for doomsday speeding for you, what's the first thing you think I'm going to do?!"
PSSTCK!
"Make some sort of smartass remark about it?"
PSSTCK!
"Fuck you," said Damon. "Now, here's my idea..."
Some time later...
The Juggernaut was now speeding down main street, smashing any wreckage that was in its way as it chased after the man on the motorcycle, who kept looking back as if he were tryinh to find a good spot to throw his saw at the truck, but he didn't need to as he saw Damon and Sweet Tooth roll up on either side of the truck, their respective gunners aiming for the windows on the cab while avoiding the flying bullets from the gun turrets and the soaring missles from the mounted missle launchers.
"Alright guys!" Shouted Damon, "just wait for it!" Soon the man on the motorcycle broke away from the group, leaving Damon and Sweet Tooth to somewhat box in the semi truck, leaving the spaces in front and behind the metal monstrosity open. Right then, Katrina and her porsche sped into the street, facing the semi as its' speed increased, and as the head on collision became imminent, the man on his motorcycle sped off to the side, barely missing Sweet Tooth and his ice cream truck, while Katrina set her car into cruise, crawling out the drivers side window and keeping a firm grip on the steering wheel, keeping it on track.
"Now?!" Called Sweet Tooth, unsure if Damons' plan was going to work, but the white haired boy shouted,
"Now!!" Sweet Tooth turned his ice cream truck into an adjacent alleyway, letting the semi and Damon continue onward, while Katrina leapt from her car towards Damons' truck, and her car crashed into the front of the semi, starting a chain explosion that consumed the death machine.
As Katrina was soaring through the air, Damon jumped out of his truck as it was speeding forward, with Clyde grabbing the wheel, and he caught Katrina in his arms, landing on the windshield of a parked car that jad barely managed to avoid being destroyed by the other players. As the Juggernaut continued to burn, Clyde brought the truck to a stop next to the former devils, with Katrina helping Damon out of the broken glass and Clyde pulling the reciever to the radio to him, which he took with haste,
PSSTCK!
"Sweet...Tooth..." coughed Damon, "...thanks for the C4 ya crazy clown."
PSSTCK!
"Just remember, you owe me kid," said Sweet Tooth through the radio. A loud horn sounded off over head, just like at the beginning of the round,
"And with that simply epic climax, round one is officially over!" Said Calypso overhead, "Those going to round two will be...Sweet Tooth!" Several cheers and shouts were made as the killer clown rolled up next to the burning semi truck, "Damon Sparda!" Mostly shouts were made at Damon as he nodded, "Mr. Grimm!" The man on the motorcycle from before rolled up to the opposite side of the burning semi, casting glares at Damon and Katrina as Calypso continued, "Katrina Lagos!" Most everyone at that moment began booing, some shouting that 'she doesn't have a car anymore,' only for thunder to rumble overhead, silencing the spectators and eliminated drivers, "and finally...Lady Sweet!" The door to the burning Juggernaut was kicked open, and out of the burning wreckage, with a thin layer of black soot on her body, was Sweet Tooths sister, glaring daggers at Katrina and Damon as well. "The next round of the game will take place tomorrow in Death Valley! See you then my freakish friends!" Calypsos' voice ceased, and all but Damon, Katrina and Clyde returned to where they came, either in their respective vehicle or on foot, with an army of tow trucks replacing the contestants. Clyde then climbed into Damons' truck, and the boy was about to do the same, until Katrina grabbed his arm,
"Wait! How did you know that car was going to be there to break our fall?" Damon turned to her, a sad smile on his face,
"I didn't. I just asked myself 'what would Vin Diesel do?' And I took the chance." He then slid out of her grasp and got into the drivers seat of his truck, with Katrina left standing in the street for just a moment before she ran to the truck, hopping into the bed as the engine revved up, and the three drove back to the scrapyard...
