A/N: Hi! I would like to thank southernlady and KawaiiYamato who reviewed :). Without further to do… here's chapter 3 of Midnights and Vipers.
Disclaimer: Like I'll say for the rest of my life: I don't own squat. Just the Midnights and the Vipers. Though, the plot is based on southernlady's Vixen story. ,
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Chapter 3- Realm and Confrontations
The alarms went off. "A new realm is opening Dr. Tezla", said Lani. ,"who's going in?"
Everyone stared at Dr. Tezla. He finally spoke up. "None of the Teku or the Metal Maniacs will go race in this realm. Instead, let's have a little test." He said as he looked at Ashley and Chris. The Teku and the Metal Maniacs were shocked.
"WHAT?", yelled Monkey, "Are you kidding?"
"I'm not. So, Chris, Ashley, I want you to pick two other drivers to go in with you and you better pick fast. Times almost up." He said as the first wheel stopped.
Chris and Ashley looked at each other. A sly grin then appeared on their faces. Chris without missing a beat called out two nicknames. "Sliver, Shadow, you're coming with me. Hi-Tech, keep watch. This is going to be fun."
It was Ashley's turn. She had the same sly smile on her face as Chris did. "Okay. Kitty, Sky, you're coming. Aries, you're on duty. Astraya, you help her."
"Got it Angel. Astraya come on," said Stephanie.
"We better get moving; the second wheel stopped ," Silver said directing his attention to the Wheel of Power.
They all raced to their cars in no time. They all put on their second helmets , started their cars. They rode their cars onto the track. Aries had gotten a laptop from her car and had a wireless headset on like Lani's.
"We better get to the conference room, Stephanie. It will be better up there," said Lani.
"Okay." Without hesitation, Stephanie followed Lani. Once up there, she setup again with her laptop. Everyone came in after that. Hi-Tech was behind her looking over her shoulder, as she was typing. She then spoke into her headset. "Okay, can everyone hear me?"
"Load and clear", voices said from her laptop.
Stephanie then turned her attention to Lani. "Lani, is there anything we need to know before they enter that thing?" she asked refereeing to the Wheel of Power.
"They have to be going 300 MPH when they reach the Wheel and to be careful. Anything could happen and I mean anything."
"We got that Aries," said a voice that came from the computer.
"Are you sure Angel?"
"Yup. Just leave things to us."
Angel and the others all reached 300 MPH when they entered. At first they were freaked ,since all they saw was ice.
"Whoa." Was the only thing Shadow said at the moment.
"You got that right, bro," said Cobra , "and I think I see track and we are falling like a rock!"
All six cars hit the track, and at first lost control but got it back in a second. Everyone was watching the race from the conference room. Stephanie kept her eyes on the screen and on her laptop. Everything was going smoothly, until the drones came along.
"Looks like you have company , chicas," said Roxi.
"Okay guys listen up," started Hi-Tech , " this is just like any normal race except, you have to beat what looks like robots who are programmed to race perfectly and you are racing in what looks like the Artic. Nothing you guys can't do."
"Nice speech, Hi-Tech," said Sky.
"Thanks."
Just then, Kitty felt a car bump into her. She looked to see a drone. "Joy." The car was about to pass her when she saw another car on the other side of the drone.
"Hey Kitty, let's have some fun," said Silver who had boxed the drone between them.
"Sure. On three," she said she waited. "THREE," and they both rammed into the car and let go. As they drove forward, they saw an explosion in back of them. "Score."
"Nice job , you two," said Sideswipe.
"Thanks." Then , they caught up with the others. Once again, there were the usual drone attacks. A drone had reached Cobra and Angel. It was ready to launch an electricity ball at the two.
"Cobra, " Angel yelled.
"On it!" he said . They both made a sharp turns to the opposite sides and avoided the attack. There was more coming as an attack hit Sky's car.
"Sky are you okay?" asked Shadow who had dodged the attack.
"Yeah, just peachy." Conversations went on like that on the track when everyone was attacked by the drones ,except for Angel who had dodged the attacks. Just then, she saw a drone on her tail.
"Hi-Tech, a little help here," she said as the drone kept trying to push her to the edge.
"Don't worry. Press, the SC button. That should do it and if that doesn't work, use your Nitrox with one of your combos."
"Okay, I'll try." She pushed the button and a smokescreen appeared. The drone stopped and then before she used her Nitrox, she pressed on the breaks to make her fall back and speed up to and pass the drone. The others soon followed her, but she was ahead . Then suddenly, Aries lost contact with all of them after Angel used her smoke screen.
"What the?", she said as she looked at both screens. They both went blank.
"Hey what happened," asked Kurt.
"Why did the screens turn off?", asked Markie.
"I don't know. There must have been a power blow," said Lani as she checked the main computer. Just then, they saw six cars come out of the Wheel of Power. Everyone raced down to see if the drivers were alright. Ashley, Jasmine, Chris, Silver, Sky , and Ryan stepped out of their cars.
"Is everyone okay?", asked Alec.
"Yeah, pretty much," said Sky.
"Did you win it?", asked Dr. Tezla.
"If you mean this , then yes," said Ashley who was holding up an AcceleCharger.
Everyone was in utter shock. "Wow, you guys are good.," said Karma.
"Thanks."
"Okay, let's get your cars fixed up. Lani will show you to your garage and to your rooms later,", Dr. Tezla.
Everyone agreed and followed Lani. Everyone went back to their garages to work on their cars. Kurt still couldn't keep his eyes on Ashley. She had grown up a lot since the last time he saw her.
As the Teku and the Metal Maniac's walked to their garages, Tork asked Taro a question that everyone wanted to ask him. "Hey Taro, do you know that girl , Jasmine?"
"That girl, is really my little sister." Everyone just stopped and stared at him. He looked back to see everyone stare at him. "Come on, let's go back to work." Everyone obeyed him and went their separate ways. Taro was glad Jasmine was here. He hadn't seen her in about a year, though he called her almost every week, to check on her.
Hours later, everyone was lying around doing nothing. The Midnights and Vipers cars' got upgraded with the EDR and some other stuff. Jasmine was hanging out with Ashley who was acting wired ever since they arrived. "Okay spill it. What's up with you?"
"Nothing's up Jasmine."
"Don't you lie to me girl. I've known you for over five years, I know when something is wrong , so tell." Jasmine said soothingly.
Ashley sighed; she hated being defeated by her best friend when these things happen. "It's just some family issues."
"Emily?"
"No, not Emily. Something else."
"That's all I wanted to know. Just let me know if there is anything you need, I'll be here for you."
"Thanks Jaz."
"Anytime, I'm going to talk to my older brother."
"Older brother?"
"Yeah, he's a Metal Maniac. Taro Kitano."
"Okay see ya."
"Bye." Ashley stood there. She was scared. She hadn't seen her brothers in over five years. Well, she saw Markie, three years ago. She hasn't seen Kurt since she was 10. Ever since her mom passed away. She was alone in the garage and decided to maybe work on her car. The others were visiting the other teams. She then heard footsteps. She looked up to see Markie. He had changed, big time, but she knew that to her, he was still the same.
Markie walked closer to her. She walked up to him and wrapped her arms around is neck to hug him. "I missed you."
"I missed you, too, Ashley," he said as he hugged her back. They broke their hug and started talking.
Kurt stood in the distance as he watched his younger siblings hug each other. He was going to talk to her , but decided it was best to leave them alone. Just then ,Karma came over to him. "Aren't you going to say hi to her?" she asked him.
"No."
"Why?"
"I don't think she'll forgive me."
"For what?"
"Leaving her when she was ten. I haven't seen her since then."
"Then ,try to apologize to her. Maybe she'll understand."
"I hope". Kurt said as he watched Markie leave her. It was his turn and he was scared.
Ashley and Markie talked for a while. They both enjoyed it. Markie was going to go back to his car. "Ash, you should really get to know everyone around here," he suggested before her got back to his car.
"I'll after I finish putting the tools away."
She was about done when she heard more footsteps from behind her. She pulled the roof down on her car as she turned around. She turned to see Kurt.
"Ashley."
"Kurt."
"Ashley, I'm….I'm….sorry."
"Why? Why did you leave?"
"…"
"We really needed you back at home."
"Ashley. Please try to understand…"
"What that you left me when Mom was dying?"
"I didn't mean to."
She turned around and faced her car. "Yeah right."
"Ashley listen to me…" he said as he grabbed her arm.
She turned around and slapped Kurt right across his face. He looked at her. She had tears in her eyes.
"I deserved that."
"You think."
"Please Ashley, hear me out. I didn't mean to leave you and Mom. I swear. Please try to believe me."
"I really want to, Kurt, but I just… can't." She then started crying silently. She covered her face with her hands. She then felt a pair of arms wrap around her. She knew who it was and she hugged him back, crying on his shoulder. "I'm sorry Kurt. I …didn't mean to. I just… just.. missed you."
"Shh, it's okay. I've missed you ,too, baby sister." A minute later she was better. She and Kurt had talked. He defiantly missed her after all those years.
"Ashley. You should go met everyone."
"Yeah, I know. I'll go in a little while." Kurt started walking away. "Kurt," she said to get his attention, "sorry about the slap."
"Don't worry I deserved it." He left to his team. She was alone once again. She was glad now. She was finally reunited with he brothers once again. She headed over to wear Jasmine was , she was talking to Taro.
"It's about time , you came over here Ashley."
"I know Jasmine. Spare me, please." Ashley fit right in. She got to know everyone a lot better. She had become instant friends with everyone. She liked Karma the best. She also grew close to Nolo. They had talked about random things.
"So, your really Kurt's and Wylde's sister."
"Yeah."
"Wow, who knew."
"Not many, not even my team, just Jasmine and that's it."
"Hey Ashley, if the Wheel of Power isn't going to active, maybe you would like to go out to eat. Just me and you."
She smiled, "I'd like that."
"So, around six."
"Sure. Meet me at the Midnights' garage."
"Okay. See you then?"
"Sure."
"See ya."
"Bye" She walked over to her garage. The girls were there watching her.
"So, what was that about?" asked Stephanie.
"What?"
"You know what, chica," said Roxi.
"No, I don't know."
"About you and Nolo", said Jasmine.
"What about me and Nolo?"
"He likes you and you like him," said Sky.
"Yeah, I can say the same for you and Vert, Sky."
"I don't have trouble admitting it. He already asked me out for next Saturday. He's going to take me to the beach," she said.
"Wow, congrads."
"Thanks and now back to you."
"Girls there is nothing going on between us."
"Okay. The boys are going to take us out for pizza. You coming?" asked Stephanie.
"Uh… I have to pass on that."
"Why?" asked Jasmine who was kind of shocked.
"Nolo and I are going out for dinner."
"You mean on a date," said Roxi.
"It's not a date. We're just going to have dinner together."
"Yeah, sure." The all said at the same time.
"Okay. Conversation over. I'm going to my room." With that, she left. She went to her room and laid on her bed. She was thinking about what the girls had said. 'Maybe he does like me. I mean, I like him. But do I like him or like him ,like him. What I'm I thinking? We're just going out for dinner. That's all. Plus we are just friends…..aren't we? Oh boy. Now what am I going to do?'
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A/N: Oh boy, poor Ashley. Well anyway, sorry if it's long , I had a lot of ideas for this one. Well, please review for me.
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