Heartaches

Chapter 81

KellyQ

Jack glanced to his side to see Dragan making his way to the starting line. It's now or never, he thought. "Dragan, listen I–"

"Save it, I don't want to hear it!"

Jack scoffed and averted his attention back to getting ready. The buzzer sounded and MC told the two competitors to start. The crowd watched anxiously as the two started their engines and they were off. In the sea of people, there was Team Unicorn, Team Taiyo, Primo, and Laster. They got a special passes to sit at a spot where they had a good view of the action. Carly, Nina, Trudge, Rally, Leo, Luna, and the rest of the kids had a good spot too.

From the pit stop, Brave and Harald watched their teammate closely. Now is a good time to show the world what you are made of, and showed Jack that you are just as strong as he is, if not stronger, Harald thought. Yusei watched with determination. All right Jack, show Dragan your inner strength that you have, he thought.

The racetrack had some obstacles, like ditches, a stack of pipes and a wooden ramp to drive up and go back down. Jack and Dragan were shoulder to shoulder first, before they started on be obstacles. The first one they did was weaving in and out of ditches.

Carly pulled out her new camera and started to take good snapshots of them. Jack professionally zigzagged his motorcycle, while Dragan smoothly did the same thing. Carly blinked a few times when she noticed that Dragan wasn't even trying. Jack growled out of frustration. He was starting to get fed up with the way Dragan was mocking, and teasing him. I have strength to and I'm going to use it, Jack thought.

Dust and wind trailed behind both motorcycles as they glided over the pipes. Jack's front wheel touched down a few seconds after Dragan's. The blonde haired teen cursed bitterly under his breath as he watched Dragan go ahead of him.

Leo jumped up from his seat and started to encourage Jack to beat Dragan. It wasn't long before some random people started to encourage both of them to win. Of course I'm going to win, Jack thought, Martha and the others are counting on me! An image of the old woman, and all his friends gave him hope that he could win.

By this point, they were both driving up the ramp and they glided again. Jack managed to point the front of his motorcycle down. The front tire landed on the ground perfectly as the back tire to Dragan's motorcycle landed on the ground in the same manner.

Both competitors did the same obstacles twice. By the third rounded Jack didn't make it across the pipes. His motorcycle smacked one of them loose as his bike landed. One by one, the pipes started to roll. The ground started to rumble and shake as dust trailed behind them.

"Jack, look out!" Yusei warned.

Jack and Dragan diverted away from the pipes. The crowd started to become very nervous. No one wasn't quite sure what to do. Especially with the crowd of people in the first row. They got ready to move when the pipes rolled in their direction. Half of the stadium and vibrated and shook when they slammed on impact.

"Wow! Is everybody okay?" MC asked. By now, some security guards were checking the crowd to make sure that they were okay. After a moment, MC let out a sigh of relief. "That's good, but we still have two more seconds to go or both sides lose the first half!"

Gasps filled the arena. Crow slammed the side of his fist on the table out of frustration. He, Yusei, and Bruno stood there in their assigned pit stop. "I better get ready," Crow said, getting up.

The ground rumbled and vibrated, indicating that Jack and Dragan had whizzed by. Before either could pass the finish line, the buzzer just sounded ending of the race. The crowd fell silent, too shocked for words. The two drivers didn't make it over the finish line. It took a moment for MC to recover. He cleared his throat, getting most of the crowd's attention.

"We have no winner this round!" MC announced, shaking his head.

"I'll have to admit that you're good," Dragan complimented, finally looking at Jack, "A lot better then I anticipated."

"Well, of course! I'm here for the same reason you are. I'm here for someone who took care of me sends I was little named Martha. Just like you are fighting for your father!"

Dragan tuned his head and lowered it. "Yeah …"

"Well, you heard it here folks," MC chimed in. "The next part of the race will be in 20 minutes! See you then!"

To Be Continued …