Vehicle list

Owner------Car's name---------------Car

Zero---------Hellhound Roar----------1973 Dodge Challenger r/t

--------------Zero Thunder------------1974 Ford Mustang

Crystal------Blizzard Storm-----------2002 Dodge Viper

Rachel-------Steel Fury----------------2004 Nissan 350Z roadster

Chris---------Death Rage--------------2002 Vauxhall Vectra

Rick-----------Light streak-------------2005 Dodge Neon

Speed Radicals

Chapter 5

I had sat in hellhound roar for about half an hour messing with the cars internal functions. My laptop was flashing up different screens, I continued typing in command lines. I heard the door of my car open, I looked up for a brief moment and then finished typing, I finally looked up properly. Crystal had sat down in the car,

"Hi" I said while putting my arm around her. She looked at me carefully

"So why did you actually faint yesterday" She asked,

"I fainted because I found out the truth about my past" I replied, the hint of sadness returning to my voice. She looked over at me

"Come inside Vert wants to speak to you" She said calmly.

"I want to speak to him as well" I replied sternness running through my voice. We both got out of the car, I locked it and then we both walked around the building

"please don't get angry again" she said quietly, I looked at her "When you got angry you ended up hitting Nolo and Tork" I remembered hitting the two people.

"It's not only my fault, I wanted to be alone" I stated. Crystal shook her head, we entered the house and returned to the kitchen, there where a lot more people now. Vert saw me enter and walked quickly towards me,

"Listen son, I need to talk to you" he whispered. I nodded quickly and left the room, Vert followed me, "I'm sorry about yesterday and I'm sorry I made you come back but I know how you race and I was extremely worried about you" He said,

"Your brother and sister, how did they die" I asked. Vert looked towards me

"They where in a car crash, they where each driving there own car, two other cars skidded into them pinning them together, they hit a wall and" he stopped not able to tell anymore.

"Well we finally have each other again" I stated smiling slightly,

"And me" A voice came from the kitchen, I turned quickly to see Lani. She wrapped one arm around each of us. I feel so different, 'I now have a family' I thought.

"Can I take the Stang for a proper test drive" I asked, Vert seemed to be thinking but then he reluctantly nodded. I walked back into the kitchen. I walked around to the garage to see Shirako stood there looking over his car.

"Hi" I said casually, He turned quickly taking off his headphones. "Yo" he said quickly, he was about to put his headphones back on, when I asked

"Shirako people are awake now, can I see what you where talking about this morning"

He shook his head

"everyone's gonna get to see it later, Vert's asked me to show everyone before dinner" He replied. I nodded and walked into the garage unlocking my Ford Mustang on the way. I jumped in and quickly started it up and revved the engine. It wasn't a huge noise but you could still feel the power, I drove out of the garage and headed towards the gates. They opened in front of me, I drove straight down the road in front of the house. I took a few turnings and arrived on the abandoned highway. I raced down it quickly shifting up a gear. I hit fourth gear and was already doing 130. I could now tell that this car had been custom built by good racers. The final three gears held for a lot longer than normal, giving me more time to concentrate on driving. I quickly flicked a switch and activated the CD player. A quick beat came from behind me, The beat forcing me to drive with its rhythm. The unmistakable sound of Disturbed, meaning of life. I arrived at the other end of the highway in fifth gear, I quickly pulled to one side and pulled the opposite way putting on my handbrake for a brief moment. I had stopped parallel to the edge of the highway an almost perfect 180 spin. I shut off the engine and sat back realising how lucky I was, in a brief moment I had gained everything. I turned and looked into the back of the car, there was no NOS to be seen. So Vert had been so worried about me that he had removed the NOS tanks, the car had a NOS enabled steering wheel but no NOS to run through it.

I then noticed another switch under the radio, I flicked it but nothing happened. I flicked it again with the same result, I shrugged and leant back into my seat. I began to drive again, after a short while I arrived at the other end of the highway looking out onto the ocean. I looked out at the sight. I then heard a car approaching. The unmistakable noise of hellhound roar.

"Someone's coming in my car" I stated. I stepped out of the car and looked towards the source of the noise. There was a black spec in the distance, it was quickly getting closer. The car was extremely close now, it skidded but went to far and stopped two metres away from my other car. 'knew I needed another set of tires' I thought.

I walked up to it and wrenched the door open, Wylde was sat there smiling strangely at me.

"What are you doing in my car" I shouted,. He looked over me and laughed.

"That still doesn't answer. What your doing in my car" he looked at me and then shrugged

"I wanted to test drive the thing you said was so good. He looked over the car, and then turned back to me "I hate the music though" he gave a small laugh. I shook my head and leant inside turning on the CD player, techno music blared out.

"Shirako was editing my system last night" I said calmly. I hit the panel under the CD player to reveal a number of switches. I pushed the second one, the CD changed and Disturbed blared through the speakers. Wylde nodded

"that's more like it" he stated.

"How about a race" I asked staring him dead in the eye, He nodded lining up with an old racing line on the road. I jumped back in my car. Wylde leant out of my car

"Back to Vert's place", he said "three…two…one…go" he shouted to me. We both raced off the line, we where neck and neck for a short time. I flicked on the speakers, Eve 6 music blared out of the speakers. I put my foot down. Wylde put his foot down, the new engine I had put in really was good. He over took me laughing, I shifted up into fourth and slammed my foot to the floor. I quickly turned off the highway onto a small road I had driven on before, I followed the normal roads, using the strangely good manoeuvrability of my mustang. It drifted extremely well. I continued to take the normal streets knowing that the highway went two far right and you had to double back on yourself. So I took the direct route back to my father's house. I arrived and parked the stang in the garage. I walked around to the front to see Wylde leaning on my car looking towards the gate. I snuck up behind him

"Who're you waiting for" I shouted, he turned quickly and stared at me.

"I won" I stated with a small laugh, he gave me an evil look

"you are good kid" He said. I walked inside and looked around. The house appeared to be deserted.

"hello" I yelled, There was no reply, "hello" I yelled even louder. I heard a door open somewhere ahead of me,

"don't be so loud" came Lani's voice.

"Sorry mum, where is everyone" I asked, she pointed to the door she had came through. I walked towards the door, there was a set of stairs leading down to the basement. I walked down wondering what was going on, We arrived in a huge open area, there was a huge orange track in front of us. I saw Vert stood near his Reverb, I walked over, stopping when I saw the other racers, I leant against the wall listening to Vert. He noticed me when I was a few metres away from him,

"welcome back" he said. "As I was saying, this track leads to the wheel of power. The wheel of power leads to the racing realms, this is where our races will take place. There are dangers here though as there are racing drones. They are robots that where built to drive in these realms. They are extremely dangerous and will try to win at all costs, if you want to leave you are free to do so but these are the ultimate races. If you quit you won't get another chance" he stopped talking and looked around.

"What's in it for us" a racer shouted out. Vert looked at him

"a chance to meet the Accelerons as I have done" he replied. No one else said anything, "we can now return upstairs, this room will be locked until the day that the first realm will open. Which happens to be two days from now"

We all went upstairs and Vert locked the door, he turned to me "Good to see you arrived" He said sarcastically. I took Vert's necklace from around my neck and handed it to him, no one had been watching but I still wondered how long it would take for the other racers to find out. He put it back around his neck and was looking over me.

"Now you know why I asked you to come here, I didn't know it was you at first but I got a picture and knew it was you instantly. That was the same day I came to see you" I looked at him carefully, "

at least I know that I'm a good racer to be chosen by you before you knew who I was" I stated calmly. He nodded at me slowly,

"you are a good racer, I got the best teams from all over the state. Once I had found out who they where I got pictures of everyone, I had sent off letters to the fastest person in each team but then I got the pictures. I saw yours and recognized you immediately, I had found you but not in the way I wanted to. I had tried to find you ever since you left home but couldn't" He said is voice shaking slightly. "

I'm here now and I'm going to beat those drones" I said confidently. Vert looked over me,

"your going to need to get along with the other teams then, team work will help you win" he stated before waking away.