Cyberchase Jealousy

Cyberchase Jealousy.

Chapter 5: The Final Straw.

The Cybersquad spent the rest of their first week of summer in Radopolis, helping out Slider prepare for the Radopolis Grand Prix coming up. Each of them were busy, whether it was sending out more advertisements or making repairs on the orange Cybercoupe they were to use to race.

It wasn't long until the long week passed by. The Radopolis Grand Prix was the next day. Jackie managed to design and make the racing jerseys for Digit, Matt, Slider, and Slider's Radopolis friend, as well as the cheerleading outfits for Inez and herself. She was glad all that was over, she never wanted to see another sewing machine again.

Before they left Radopolis last night, Slider informed each member of the Cybersquad that the next day, they were to head back to Radopolis at around noon to practise for the Radopolis Grand Prix the very next day after that. While Digit, Matt, and Slider practised driving their Cybercoupe at top speed safely, Inez and Jackie would practise their cheers and moves to go along with them.

It was five minutes until noon, when Jackie was in her room; hanging the last jersey she made for the Radopolis Grand Prix. Since she was to practise her cheerleading moves, she needed to wear an outfit easier to move in. She was now wearing a yellow sleeveless shirt, skin-tight short black shorts, and her usual baby blue shoes. Her black hair was in the usual bun at the back of her head, kept in place with a yellow scrunchy.

Jackie closed her closet door and reached down by her feet to grab her yellow bag, which had her regular clothes to change into after practise, as well as a pair of red and yellow pom-poms. She then headed over to her desk, where her skwak pad was. She grabbed it and texted a message.

ready do ur stuff

Within seconds of sending the text message, a giant purple portal opened in the middle of her bedroom. She hopped into the portal, dragging her yellow bag with her, as the portal closed behind her.

Meanwhile, in Radopolis, Slider was talking on his skwak pad, after receiving Jackie's text message. He wore a red tank top, dark blue gym shorts, and his brown skater shoes Jackie bought him. He, along with his skater dude friend, Matt, and Digit were at the Radopolis race track, warming up for their practise. At the starting line of the track was their orange Cybercoupe, which they were going to use in the race.

For practise, Matt was wearing a white T-Shirt, black gym shorts, and his usual red shoes. He was standing next to the orange Cybercoupe, while his red duffel bag containing his regular clothes were on a bench on the side of the track.

Digit was wearing a red T-Shirt, and his usual red cap and yellow shoes. He was sitting on the hood of the orange Cybercoupe, deep in a conversation with Matt.

Slider's skater dude friend was Jake. He wore a green T-Shirt, dark blue gym shorts, and white shoes. His blonde hair was in the shaggy style. He was standing next to Slider by the benches, waiting for him to get off his skwak pad.

"Are you sure we've got one?" Slider asked the person on the other line. There was a reply. "Okay, great, see you at six."

Just as he slipped his skwak pad into his right gym shorts pocket, an oval purple portal opened by the bench a few metres away from Slider's and Jake's bench. Inez and Jackie jumped out, as the portal closed behind them. They set their bags on the bench in front of them.

Slider noticed the purple glow from the portal and turned to face Jackie. He waved to her and she wiggled her fingers on her right hand back at him.

Jake turned to Slider. "So, that's your girlfriend, huh?"

Slider nodded. "Yeah, she's so cool."

"I have to admit, she's cute," Jake said, before laying eyes on Inez in her purple skin-tight T-Shirt, black gym shorts, and blue boots. Her newest girly accessory: a purple wristband on each of her wrists, with her initials in silver rhinestones. "But that cutie next to her is smokin' hot, dude. Who is she?"

"Oh, that's Inez," Slider answered.

Jake placed his right hand underneath his chin, in thought. "Inez, huh? That's a cute name."

Inez and Jackie finished their quick chat and walked over to Jake and Slider. Jackie held onto Slider's cheek with her right hand and planted a kiss on his lips. Inez felt sick as a dog inside, and turned to Jake, who greeted her with a charming smile.

"Hey, the name's Jake," he said, smiling. "What's yours?"

Inez looked up at him, with a small, but not major keen interest in him. "It's Inez. You're Slider's friend, right?"

"That's right, the one and only Jake Daniels," he answered. "You're pretty cute, I have to say."

Inez grinned. "Really?" She thought, "Then, Slider could possibly agree too."

After the kiss, Slider turned to Jake and Inez. "Okay, Jake, let's go get Matt and Digit and start racing around the very long track around Radopolis. It goes through the entire Cybersite and back to the starting line, so it's a long race."

Jake nodded, and after giving Inez that charming smile again, he hurried over to Matt and Digit by the orange Cybercoupe. Slider then reached into his left pocket and pulled out a stopwatch.

"Here," Slider said, handing it over to Inez. "Before you begin your cheerleading practise with Jackie, start the timer when we begin our practise race, so we can compare our times and practise beating them. I'll call you on the skwak pad when we're almost at the finish line, so you can be ready to stop the timer."

Inez smiled about the fact that Slider gave her such an important job during the practise. "I won't let you down, Slider!"

Slider turned a bit red. "Okay, then – "He turned to Jackie, planting a quick kiss on her cheek. "I'll see you soon, okay?"

Jackie nodded. "Alright, be careful racing fast."

"I will," Slider replied, hurrying off to Digit, Jake, and Matt.

While Digit, Jake, Matt, and Slider climbed into the Cybercoupe, Jackie reached into her yellow bag and pulled out two yellow pom-poms, and two red ones. She tossed one of each kind to Inez, who caught them in her hands.

As captain of the Radopolis Racing Radsters, Slider was sitting in the driver's seat, with Matt as his second, seated shotgun. Digit and Jake were in the back seat. Their jobs were to look out for any racers that could pass them during the race, but that wasn't necessary for the practise.

Inez saw Slider give her the thumbs up, indicating that they were ready to go. With her thumb on the start button of the stopwatch in her right hand, she held up her fingers on her left hand, counting down to the start.

One. She put up her index finger. Two. She put up her middle finger next. Three, she put up her ring finger, so all three of those fingers were up. She then gave Slider the thumbs up with her left hand. Slider nodded, and drove off at fast speed, as Inez started the timer on the stopwatch.

"Okay, I came up with our first cheer," Jackie said, as Inez placed the stopwatch on the bench. "Tell me what you think of it."

Inez watched, as Jackie walked forwards, away from the bench. She turned to Inez, with her pom-poms held in front of her.

"Three, five, seven, nine!" Jackie cheered, moving her pom-poms in an energetic way. "Radopolis Racing Radsters to the finish line!"

Inez applauded, politely, as Jackie did a double backwards flip, and landed on her feet, her pom-poms in the air. Inez had to admit, that cheer and those moves Jackie came up with were amazing.

"Great moves, Jackie," Inez commented, truthfully. "Love the cheer, too."

"Hey, Inez!" a voice called.

Inez and Jackie turned to the bleachers, to find Shari Spotter standing at the front, waving at them. She wasn't dressed in her wizard robes. Instead, she wore jeans and shoes, making her look like a regular girl. She also had on a red T-Shirt, with an orange Cybercoupe in the middle, and "Go Radopolis Racing Radsters!" in bright yellow letters.

"Hey, Shari!" Jackie chirped. "Where'd you get the T-Shirt?"

"Oh, I saw the Radopolis Grand Prix posters Matthew put up at Frogsnorts last week. I decided to design T-Shirts similar to the posters and sell them at my fabric store at the Cybermall to help advertise the Radopolis Grand Prix, and encourage Cyborgs to go for your team. I hope you don't mind."

Jackie smiled. "That's great, Shari! How's the business?"

"It's a success," Shari answered. "The shirts I designed are flying off the shelves." She then turned to Inez. "Inez, may I have a word with you?"

"Sure," Inez replied, turning to Jackie. "Excuse us for a moment."

While Jackie brainstormed new ideas for a cheer and brand new moves, Inez headed to the nearest flight of stairs and hurried up them to meet Shari at the bleachers, farther away from Jackie.

Shari watched Inez take a seat next to her. "So, how's flirting?"

"It's working, I guess," Inez answered. "Creech said to ask him to do something one day."

"That's also a good idea," Shari stated. "You should ask him today after practise. Ask him to hang out at the Cyber Cinemas or something. He'll know that you want to be around him."

Inez thought about Shari's suggestion. "Good idea." Pause. "Say, what brings you to Radopolis today. The Radopolis Grand Prix isn't until tomorrow."

"I came here early," Shari explained. "I'm staying overnight in a hotel. Besides, I want to ask Matthew out to the Cyber Cinemas tonight, but I think he'll say no."

Inez smirked. "I know how to get him to say yes."

Shari's face brightened. "Really!? What is it!?"

Inez was still smirking. "Oh, you'll see. You'll be thanking me after."

Just as she and Inez were in a deep conversation about the Radopolis Grand Prix the next day and what might happen, something beeped from inside of Inez's black gym shorts in her right pocket. She reached into the right pocket and pulled out her skwak pad.

She answered it. "Hello?"

Slider was on the screen. "Inez, we're approaching the finish line in about ten seconds. Are you ready with the stopwatch?"

Inez nodded. "Yeah, I'll be ready in a second!"

Inez hung up, slipping her skwak pad back into her right gym shorts pocket. She then turned to Shari. "Let's go, Shari!"

Shari followed Inez across the front bleacher to the stairs. They ran down them and hurried over to the bench Jackie was sitting on.

"Slider is coming," Inez said, quickly, swiping the stopwatch from the bench, and kept her eyes focused on the finish line.

Just then, the orange Cybercoupe zipped from around a street corner outside the Radopolis Racing Arena. It drove around the track and back to the starting line, as Inez stopped the timer on the stopwatch.

The Cybercoupe opened and Slider hopped out, running towards Inez and Jackie. Digit, Jake, and Matt climbed out as well, but leaned against the Cybercoupe to chat for a bit. Digit looked a bit green, and looked as though he was keeping himself from puking. He kept his right wing over his mouth during the conversation.

Slider approached the girls, panting. "So, what was the time?"

Inez read the stopwatch. "Three minutes, nine seconds."

"Not bad," Slider answered, as Jackie handed him a water bottle. "Thanks, Jacks." He took a large gulp of water. "Okay, that race was without obstacles. Now, let's try something with obstacles." He was still panting, heavily. "But first, let's rest."

Their practise lasted for many hours during that day, racing and cheering as much as they could. By the time five thirty in the afternoon approached, they were tired and worn out. The orange Cybercoupe needed a few cryoxide changes that day because they used it to practise a lot.

While Jackie was offering a water bottle and towel to Slider, Inez turned to Shari, smirking.

"Okay, let's get you a date with Matt," she said.

Shari nodded, smiling, and followed Inez towards Digit, Jake, and Matt by the Cybercoupe. Shari was happy, but still curious about how Inez was going to persuade Matt to go on one simple date with her. That was Shari's goal. One date with Matt, and she was set for life.

"Hey, Matt!" Inez greeted, innocently. "How's it going?"

Matt raised a red eyebrow. "Uh, hi, Inez. Hey Shari, what's up?"

Shari wanted to say something, but couldn't get anything out of her mouth. Inez sighed, rolling her eyes, and nudged Shari on her left arm with her right elbow. "Uh, Matthew, want to go to the Cyber Cinemas with me tonight?"

Matt turned a bit red, rubbing the back of his neck. "Uh, well, I don't know – "

Inez butted in, putting her hands together, sweetly. "Why don't you go with Shari, Matthew! It's not like you have anything important to do tonight."

Matt sighed. "Fine, how about at six?"

Shari giggled. "Sure!"

Inez smirked. "Well, it looks like my work here is done." She looked over in Slider and Jackie's direction. "Looks like I still have work to do."

She walked towards Slider and Jackie sitting on the bench, talking. Inez saw Slider say something to Jackie, who nodded, happily, before grabbing her yellow bag, and darted for the arena's washroom. That left Slider and an empty seat for one girl.

Inez ran her right hand through her brown hair to keep it neat, and took the empty seat next to Slider. "Hey there, Slider."

Slider turned to face her, with a grin. "Oh, what's up, Inez?"

"So, where's Jackie going?" she asked, trying to keep things normal.

"Oh, she's just changing into her regular clothes," Slider answered. "Speaking of her, she showed me the coloured designs of the racing jerseys and cheerleading outfits." He reached into the right pocket of his dark blue gym shorts, and pulled out his skwak pad. "They're totally radical. See?"

Inez leaned over to see some pictures of the jerseys and cheerleading outfits on the skwak pad's screen. She had to admit, she was envious about Jackie, and not just for her amazing artistic skills, everything about her. She was pretty, talented, and had a hot boyfriend who loved her deeply.

"They're great," Inez commented. "It looks like she worked hard." Pause. "Say, can I ask you something?"

Slider nodded. "Jackie sure played a major role for the entire Radopolis Racing Radsters team. That's why I'm taking her on date tonight." Inez started to deflate a bit. "So, what were you going to ask me?"

"Uh, I forgot," Inez lied. "I'll probably remember it later and ask you then."

Jackie must have changed fast, because she came running out of the arena's washroom, dressed in her skin-tight yellow jacket, sky blue miniskirt, her baby blue shoes, and red beaded jewellery. She hurried over to Slider and I, smiling brightly.

"Slider, it's almost six o' clock," she chirped. "Shouldn't we get going before they give our table to someone else?"

Slider nodded. "You're right. We'll take the orange Cybercoupe. Why don't you go wait inside it. I got to do something for a minute."

Jackie smiled, before running off to the Cybercoupe. Slider turned to Inez. "Inez, why don't you call Motherboard for a portal back to Earth. I got to talk to Matt for a second."

Inez nodded, running her right hand down Slider's left arm. "Sure thing, Slider. We'll hang out together sometime, right?"

"Uh, right," Slider answered, sounding confused.

While he hurried over to Matt, who was now sitting on the bleachers, Inez whipped out her skwak pad from the right pocket of her gym shorts, and called control central.

"Hello, Motherboard?" Inez said, when someone answered. "Can you send us a portal back to Earth?"

While Motherboard was switching on the portal to open the vortex, Inez slipped her skwak pad back into her right shorts pocket. She had just grabbed her bag from atop the bench, when she heard Matt and Slider talking above her on the bleachers. She couldn't help, but listen in on their conversation.

"I just can't stand her anymore!" Slider yelled.

"What do you mean?" Matt asked. "She means so much to you."

"I know, but this relationship isn't working out," Slider explained. "She's just too clingy."

Inez heard Matt sigh. "Well, what are you going to do?"

Slider sighed as well. "Well, tomorrow after the Radopolis Grand Prix, I'm calling it off with her."

Inez gasped, quietly. Slider was going to end the relationship with Jackie already. It hadn't even been two weeks yet! Maybe that's why he was taking her on a date tonight. It was probably to make what was left of their relationship still cheery.

Inez felt sorry for Jackie, but not so sorry at the same time. Tomorrow after the Radopolis Grand Prix, Slider would be single again, that is, until Inez asks him out.

"Oh, wait until Jackie hears the news," she thought, as an oval purple portal opened and she yawned. "I'll tell her tomorrow, before the Radopolis Grand Prix."

Chapter 5 up! Oh, poor Jackie. But you'll see what happens next.

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