Vehicle list
OwnerCar's name Car
Zero---------------Hellhound Roar---------1973 Dodge Challenger r/t
--------------------Street Fury--------------1970 Ford Torino
Crystal------------Blizzard Storm----------2002 Dodge Viper
Rachel------------Steel Fury---------------2004 Nissan 350Z roadster
Chris--------------Death Rage--------------2002 Vauxhall Vectra
-------------------Crimson Streak----------2000 Honda Civic
Rick---------------Light streak--------------2005 Dodge Neon
Speed Radicals
Chapter 2
I awoke the next morning groggily, I jumped up and quickly got ready for another day of work. I put on my Jeans, a black t-shirt, and my racing jacket. I went into my bathroom and looked over myself in the mirror, I made sure my medium length blue hair was straight and then I left for the garage. It was 6.30 and a mist covered the ground, I arrived at the garage which strangely was open. I walked in to see Chris, "Here early as usual I see" I said. Chris looked up "morning Zero, some parts arrived for you I put them in your bay" he replied. I looked over to see the many cardboard boxes holding the parts for my car. "Hey Chris, When will my Challenger arrive" Chris looked up from his car, he then thought for a second "They both arrive at eleven today" he said, I nodded in response and then went over to my car bay. There where now two cars in there, I hopped into my Torino and reversed it so half of it was in my bay and the other half was hanging out. Chris walked over to me
"Zero, this letter just arrived here for you" he said handing me a brown sealed envelope, his eyes wandered over the envelope. It was hand written, I quickly opened the envelope, the letter inside was also hand written.
Zero
Please come to the southern end of route 66 at 2.30 on Thursday 23rd October, I need to talk to you.
Vert
I read it wondering who this Vert thought he was, acting like the famous racer but still how did he know who I was and why did he give me such short notice.
"Yo Chris you said my cars coming in at eleven, you think you can help me finish it by two" Chris looked at me strangely and then decided
"it can't be done" He replied casually.
"We can do it, I don't need a new engine or any fancy parts" I stated. Chris looked at me
"Ok we can do it but it will still be close" He said. I nodded and returned to my bay. I stripped down Street Fury and Night Shade. I finished tearing up my cars and then looked up at the clock it read 10.10. I drove both of my wrecked cars into the back of the garage. I climbed out and walked over to Chris,
"Both of my cars are stripped down now I just need to head up for my challenger and crystals viper" Chris took a set of keys out of his pocket, and handed them to me. I looked at them, Chris turned to me once again and said
"that's for the Truck around the back" I nodded slowly,
"See you later" I said casually.
I walked around the back of the garage to see the new truck Chris had bought. I jumped in and headed for the coast Import service. I turned up the system and drove down the road listening to Eve 6. I arrived at the import lot, turning off the truck. I walked in to see a familiar face, a young girl known as Rachel walked towards me
"Hi Zero, what was your order" I handed over the paper smiling
"How have you been Rachel" I replied casually. She looked over the paper.
"I've been fine and I heard that you've been winning your races, how's my brother" She said, I nodded slowly in reply.
"he's fine" I replied, she finished reading he form and then said
"A Dodge viper and a Dodge challenger, you and my brother I presume" I shook my head
"Me and Crystal, Rick's racing a Dodge Neon" I replied casually.
"When are you gonna come and join the team, I've asked you twice and I know you're a good driver" She shrugged and then walked out the back, I followed her as usual.
"Are these the two" she said indicating two dodge's. Challenger in night black and the Viper in powder blue.
"Yep those are the two, anyway where's your car. I haven't seen street thunder anywhere" I asked looking around.
"I traded it for a stock Nissan 350Z" she replied.
"Help me get the dodges in the truck and then we'll take your car and get it upgraded" I replied. She seemed hesitant but the nodded.
We drove the three cars into the truck. We then both got into the truck and headed back to the garage. We arrived at the garage and firstly I drove the Nissan into the garage. Chris looked up strangely at this, I climbed out
"we've got a new member" Chris stood up and walked outside. Rachel drove the powder blue dodge into the garage. Chris looked at me "Rachel agreed to join the team" I nodded and then walked outside and drove my black dodge into my bay.
"Yo Rick" I yelled, Rick appeared from his bay and ran up and hugged his sister.
"Hey big brother" Rachel said. I gave a small laugh
"Rick while your in such a good mood you can help your sister" I said. Rick looked at me strangely
"You can help her upgrade her car, you can use any of the parts out of my bay if you need to" I continued. Rick nodded slowly
"What about you and Chris" he asked, Chris walked over
"well we need to get his dodge up and running" We walked into my bay and began to upgrade my car.
"Chris you work on tuning the engine, I'm gonna work on the electronics" We continued working on the car until 1 o'clock. We stopped for a while admiring the work. Crystal came into the garage "hi guys" she said ecstatically as she had seen her new car. I walked out of my bay, Crystal ran up and threw her arms around me.
"It's ok" I said casually "can you do flame graphics on my car" I asked her. She looked at me
"Can't I work on my car first" I looked at her pleadingly
"I've got something I need to do in an hour, my car needs to be ready by then" She nodded and then went into the back. We then continued to work on my car, me and Chris where removing the back seats and installing two 5 litre bottles of NOS, and Crystal was airbrushing the graphics on the hood. I looked up at the clock we had half an hour left.
"Chris you think we can get the body kit on" I questioned. He looked at the clock,
"If we hurry" I quickly went over to the parts and grabbed my Back and front spoilers. I handed the front to Chris who quickly started to screw it on, I went to the back of my car and began to attach my back spoiler. We then both attached one side skirt each and my car was nearly finished.
"Guys I better get going" I stated. I jumped in my car and started it up. The engine sounded great a smooth roar erupted from the internal systems.
I left the garage and headed straight for route 66. I turned on the stereo system I had built in, two 12'' subs, two 14'' subs and one 18''. I turned the volume up to full and carried on driving. On my way there I decided that this Vert wanted to race me, seeing as I was a racer and we where heading to route 66. 'Soon enough I'll find out I suppose' I thought. I suddenly noticed that I was being followed. I don't like being followed. I stopped at a garage, the other car stopped as well. I got out cracking my knuckles and then my neck. It was a Silver Nissan 350Z, two people got out of the car. It was Rachel and Crystal, "why did you come after me" I asked, Crystal smiled and then replied
"if you can worry about me I can worry about you" I nodded slowly.
"Anyway where are we going" Rachel asked
"I'm going to the end of route 66, you should go back" I stated. Crystal shook her head. I let out a low sigh. We all got back in our cars and continued to drive. We arrived at the southern end of route 66 a few minutes early.
We parked at a diner and sat at a table outside so we could watch anyone going past. 2.30 came and went, I was ready to give up when a car I recognized pulled up. It was a blue car with orange vinyls. It was a completely custom made car and it happened to be the one used by Vert wheeler to win the World Series. My mind suddenly Changed, Vert who sent my letter was the famous racer Vert Wheeler. He got out of his car looking slightly older than the last time I had seen him race. He walked towards my table and sat down
"hi Mark" he said calmly. Rachel and Crystal stared at him strangely "there's no one here called Mark" Crystal said. Vert looked at her then back at me.
"So you haven't told them who you really are" he said calmly.
"No I haven't but I would like to know how you know who I really am and I'm not too happy about being dragged out here even if you are rich and famous" I replied sternly. Vert shrugged, "Come on answer my question, how do you know my real name and what do you want to talk to me about" I repeated the anger in my voice rising.
"Well I know who you really are because" he stopped for a moment he seemed.
"I am your Uncle" everyone looked up strangely at this.
"You can't be I would have known" I spluttered, suddenly a great weight dropped in my chest.
"No Mark, I tried to send you a letter when your parents died but you had already left, but enough about the past I want you to come along including your teammates, to my house. We have important things to discuss but its better to tell everyone who's involved" Vert stated. I nodded slowly,
"Anyway I've got to go, here's the directions to my house" he stated handing me a piece of paper
"tomorrow at about noon" he finished before driving off.
"Come on Rachel can you take Crystal back, I've got somewhere I need to go" I didn't wait for an answer I just got in my car and drove away. I had noticed that when he had been leaving he had tears in his eyes.
"Now people are gonna say that my racing abilities come from him" I muttered to myself. I turned up the speakers, the silence was getting to me. I drove out onto the desert road. I saw another car driving down the road. It skidded around next to me, normally I would have stopped but today was different, today I was angry. I drove on shifting up a gear and putting my foot down. The driver of the other car apparently wasn't happy, he began to chase me. I waited until he was only a short distance behind me. I turned hard and put the handbrake on for a brief moment. My car skidded to a halt on the other side of their car facing the other way. I opened my door and got out of my car. The car stopped a short distance behind my car, they reversed to line themselves up with me. The driver leant out of his car
"Want to race" he said cockily. I looked at him
"Racing you would be a complete joke" I shouted while seeing how low budget his car was. He attempted to get out of his car, I let the door open slightly, until his feet where on the floor. I then kicked the door hard into him, his body was forced backwards, his head hitting the roof. I got back in my car, swung it round their car and then carried on driving. I arrived at the garage in a much better mood than before.
Rachel came out "You seem a lot happier" she said quickly.
"Yeh I kinda got into a fight" I replied, she looked at me sceptically but then shrugged and walked back to her car.
I parked my car and then walked over to Chris.
"have they told you" I asked, Chris nodded
"so where all going up to Vert's house tomorrow" he answered,
"I wonder why Vert chose to tell you" he continued. 'So they didn't mention that I'm related to Vert' I thought. I raised my car on a platform and began to remove the tires.
"Yo Chris have we got any mashimotto zx tires around" I asked,
"I think we have some in the back on Crimson Streak" he replied. I walked into the back looking for Crimson Streak, it was well hidden, the brilliant crimson colour right at the back of the room. I looked at the tires, I raised it on a platform in the back and removed the tires, I walked back out carrying the tires.
"Chris can you get me a new set of these, I don't think they'll last long with me" I stated. Chris didn't answer, I continued to work on my car. I finished putting on the tires and went into the back looking for rims. I ended up choosing a set of Mana Brooklyn rims, I finished putting them on my car. I began attaching red neon lights to the interior and exterior.
I looked up at the clock when I had finished it was 7.40. I had to finish my car before tomorrow afternoon. 'I will impress Vert' I thought.
"Chris did you get the new helmets" I asked.
"Yeah all custom built except for Rachel's I had to order hers afterwards, why did u want to know" He replied,
"I want to make sure they go with the racing outfits" I replied. Rick came out of his bay
"but we never wear our racing outfits" Rick said quickly,
"We are going to Vert Wheeler's house. The way he was talking yesterday it seems that other racers are going to be there" They all seemed to understand. I grabbed my racing outfit. Black Jacket with Zero written graffiti style on the back. Black pants with flames coming up from the bottom. Black trainers and finally my helmet Black with flames coming from the front with a red tinted Visor. My helmet was the most important part, the bottom piece could slide up with the visor to leave my face visible. It had a micro computer in it, the visor's right-most side acted as a screen, it held information about my car for when I was racing. I had never used it so far. I checked they all fit and then put them back into my locker. I returned to my car and continued upgrading it.
By 10 o'clock, I had installed racing seats, fitted a new exhaust, put in a third tank of NOS, fitted new black tinted windows, fitted my laptop and fitted a new hood that had a piece missing in the middle and finally removed the engine. All I had to do now was install my new engine tomorrow.
"Chris is my engine still due to arrive tomorrow morning" I asked, Chris tapped a few keys on his laptop and then answered
"yep its actually going to arrive early, it will be here by about 4.30 tomorrow morning"
"I'm going to stay here tonight if that's Ok with you" I replied.
"Sure, I'm staying anyway. I have to finish my car and I said I'd check over Crystal and Rachel's cars" he answered. Rick appeared from his bay again
"I'm gonna stay as well but I'm gonna have to take the truck to the other garage and bring some parts" Rick stated casually. Chris handed him the keys and he went outside heading for the truck. "well do you want to work on your car and I'll look over Crystal and Rachel's cars, I mean I've got nothing else to do" I replied Chris nodded handing me two sets of keys. I walked over to Crystals bay and looked at her car she had put the vinyl's on it herself. It was now an ice blue at the front going through to a dark blue at the back. It had silver-blue tear graphics and on the bonnet was her name "Crystal". I popped the hood and looked at the engine, she hadn't touched it. "Chris did you do Crystals engine" I yelled, he came around and looked at the engine,
"she said she was going to do it herself" he replied. I flicked out my phone and phoned crystals number, she answered groggily "hello"
"Crystal, its Zero what are you doing about your engine" I asked,
"I asked Rick to do it for me because I had to leave" She answered
"Ok he's probably gonna bring it back, Sorry for waking you. I'll see you tomorrow bye"
"It's ok, see you later" she replied.
"Apparently Rick was going to do it" I said, Chris shrugged and walked back to his car and was trying to finish his car.
Rick returned in the truck and took out all the parts. "Yo Rick, Have you got an engine for Crystal's car" I asked. He nodded slowly
"Yeah I'm gonna fix it up now"
"Ok I'll just check over the inside can you check over the rest of the external parts" I asked tiredly. Rick nodded already taking out the old engine.
"Chris I'm gonna lock the front door" I said. I walked over to the set of double shutters. I pulled them both down and locked them both. I returned to Crystal's car, She had already installed three 2 litre bottles of NOS, She had also installed a full sound system but the seats where still the same. I removed them and then replaced them with ice blue racing seats. I then began to installing internal blue neon lights, I finished of her car by installing blue neon lights under her car.
"Hey Rick, where'd Rachel go" I asked. He looked up
"She's asleep in my car, she knew we had to do hers" he replied. I Walked over to Rachel's car, I turned and walked back over to Rick, "what does she want on this car" I said, Rick turned "I'm not sure, we can either wait till tomorrow to put the graphics on it or surprise her" I nodded and then returned to Rachel's car. I decided to wait for her to decide the outside. I decided to fix everything she couldn't attack me for doing.
I replaced the engine, the flywheel, the gearbox, the exhaust, the tires and the windows. To finish off her car I installed two 11'' subs, two 13'' subs, one 16'' and two 3 litre tanks of NOS. I looked up at the clock 12.30, I walked to my own car and sat in drivers seat, I fell almost instantly to sleep. I awoke to a beeping noise coming from my car's clock, I slowly got out and looked around, it appeared that everyone was asleep. I walked out of the front door of the garage, there was a white truck heading towards the garage. It stopped outside and a man in blue overall's got out, he walked over to me "Is this your engine I've got" he said in a gruff and a little ticked off voice.
"Yep, and I think you've got a body kit for a Nissan 350Z for us as well" I said handing over the delivery form. He looked over it and then nodded.
"Yep can you just sign these forms then" he said handing me a form. I quickly signed it and handed it back to him. He went to the back of his truck and grabbed a huge box. I walked up and took the box from him, I took it inside struggling because of the weight. I went back outside to see him carrying two long boxes, I took them from him and carried them inside. I turned and he had entered the garage carrying three more boxes, he put them down. "Thank you" I said casually, he yawned and then waved. He returned to his truck and drove away.
I picked up the box containing my new engine. I lifted it and walked into my bay. I opened the box to see a gleaming brand new chrome finished engine. I grabbed hold of either side of the engine, slowly I carried it over to the workbench in my bay. I pulled A set of chains down and attached them to the engine. I popped the hood of my car and slowly lowered the engine into it, I attached everything up and then finally stood back to admire my work. The external super charger gleamed. I closed the hood and sat back down in my car, falling asleep once again. When I awoke it was 10.15. I got out of my car and looked around: Rick and Rachel where fitting a body kit onto Rachel's car; Chris was in the paint bay re-spraying his car and crystal was using Chris's laptop to programme the sound system in her car. I walked over to Crystal,
"hey, what's the latest" I asked groggily.
"well I'm just getting the perfect sync between my neon lights and the music beat" she replied.
"Once I've finished can you setup my NOS, you know I can never get it right" she continued, I nodded laughing slightly
"I'll do it don't worry" I grabbed hold of my laptop and went back over to my car realising I hadn't setup my NOS. I wired the laptop onto my on board computer, I rebooted my system and began to rewrite all the internal functions of my car. Once I had finished I got out of my car and lowered my suspension by 1.34 inches. I walked back over to crystal and began to programme her NOS system. When I had finished it was 11.00.
My phone suddenly began to ring. I didn't know the number, I flicked it open "hello"
"Hello Mark" Vert's voice said
"Hi Vert, what's up"
"Mark can you come early I need to speak to you alone about something"
"Sure I'll leave now and I'll tell the team to arrive at twelve Ok"
Vert seemed to think for a moment
"Can you bring Crystal with you, there's someone here who wants to see her"
"Sure, see you in a bit"
"Bye" he said, the line then went dead.
I walked over to Crystal "Is your car ready" I asked quickly. She turned back to her laptop screen
"Yep, why do you ask" she replied.
"Vert wants us to go to his house early" I stated,
"All of us, I wonder why" She replied.
"No not all of us just me and you, he wants to talk to me and there's someone there who wants to talk to you. She nodded slowly, seemingly wondering who wanted to see her.
"Guys, we have to head somewhere, we'll see you guys at Vert's at twelve" I shouted over the noise in the garage. Chris didn't turn but waved his hand above his head.