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"Storm shock approaching!" Sage's voice filled the air of the base. Sherman clambered out of his bed, walking over to Spinner's. The older boy was tangled up in the sheets, underneath a variety of pillows, all of which were scattered across the bed. The issue was how to go about waking the boy up. Vert would chew them both out if they weren't out there on time… Sherman picked up the glass that still contained Bigfoot from the previous day. He wondered where Kit was, but oh well.
As the younger Cortez started to leave the room, Spinner shot out of bed and kicked him in the shin. "I'll take that, thank you," he said, pulling the glass from his brother's hands. "Was Sherman trying to kidnap you and take you to the pet store?" Spinner asked, his voice taking on a childish tone, like he was talking to a baby. Bigfoot looked like he was going to have another fish heart attack. The boy set the glass down on the bedside table and jumped up on the bed so that he would be on his brother's level.
"Spinner, you didn't have to kick me," Sherman pointed out, walking back over to the bed.
"You stole my baby fish!" Spinner shouted, but the younger found it hard to take his brother seriously when his hair was a spiky mess. Sage's voice filled the air again and Spinner looked around. "Let's go!" He jumped down and the two suited up, heading out to meet the rest of the group. It was still dark out – it was only five in the morning. But apparently storm shocks can come at any time. Spinner jumped in the Buster Tank and waited for Sherman. When everyone was ready to go, they took off for the storm shock.
Today's battle zone was basically a huge rain forest. There were stone pyramids scattered here and there, but they didn't quite have a lock on the battle key yet. "Alright everybody," Vert started in, "keep your eyes open for Vandals. Agura and Zoom – go look for the key in the forest area. Sherman and Spinner will check out the pyramids, while Stanford and I check the cliffs around here." Everyone nodded and split up. The Buster Tank was so hulking big that it ran most of the bushes over, and knocked the trees over, causing a lot of racket.
"Keep it quiet, would you?" Stanford snorted over the comlink. "You'll alert the Vandals that-" Before Stanford could finish his next sentence, Spinner screamed shrilly. Sherman looked at the scanners and realized that the Vandals were coming their way. "See, now look what you've done, you boneheads." Sherman was getting annoyed with Stanford, and in fact things had almost come to blows a few weeks back. But this, this was over the top. However, nothing could be done about the red head, because Sever and Krocomodo burst from the foliage.
Spinner fired one of the chain-maces, but Sever dodged out of the way. The group of three charged through the forest, each avoiding each other's weaponry. They blew through the trees and bushes and came upon a clearing encircled by trees, with numerous, huge pyramids scattered throughout the clearing. Each pyramid was gray and stony. Krocomodo snorted and sped up, driving across the side of the nearest pyramid. "This is where the key is supposed to be!" Sever snarled, snapping his jaws as a chain-mace shot out at him. He avoided it, but just barely.
Sherman glanced at his scanners but did a double take when he spotted another red dot coming their way. "We've got another Vandal coming our way," Sherman told Spinner, who nodded and prepared the chain-mace again. However, a sleek, burnt orange car flew out of the foliage, skidding to a stop. The engine revved as Krocomodo came to a stop. He fired an arrow at the orange vehicle, but the car burned rubber and got out of the way. He growled and fired the grappling cables, but again, those were avoided.
The car melted out of view, obvious having a cloaking device built in. "Sever! It must have an organic in it, so sniff the little filthy vermin out!" Krocomodo shouted, jaws snapping. The shark Vandal sniffed the air as everything was still. As this was happening, Sherman and Spinner were trying to get a visual of the key. Finally Sherman got it, but it was on the side where the two Vandals and the mysterious orange car were. Sever caught wind of the car and the organic inside, as it reappeared.
Right as he rushed forward, the headlights came on, a bright red light flooding the dark clearing. Sever's car immediately stopped working, and he tumbled into the surrounding trees. Krocomodo had a visual on the key, but his car suffered the same fate as Sever's – and he, too, went tumbling into the surrounding trees. The orange car burst forward and snagged the key, immediately going invisible. The key disappeared as well. "After that car!" Spinner declared, as the sleek orange vehicle burst into the surrounding forest.
The two Cortez boys chased the car, all the way up into the mountainous region of the battle zone. Finally, they reached a cliff and the orange car came to a stop. The Buster Tank stopped as well. The top of the car opened up and a brunette popped out. She smirked as she took off her sunglasses. Even in the darkness, Spinner and Sherman could see who it was. "Kit!" they both exclaimed at the same time.
"Yup! My pretty little car was equipped with a cloaking device, courtesy of the magnificent Sage," Kit explained, patting the windshield. "So I followed you into the storm shock, got a lock on the key, found it, and apparently I found you two trying to fight off those nasty little Vandals. I'm going to give you the key."
"How'd you fight the Vandals off? They're cars crashed into the forest, you didn't attack them!" Spinner exclaimed, opening the top of the Buster Tank. He clambered out and looked at Kit, through the darkness. Sherman pushed him aside and joined his brother.
"The red headlights did the trick. Since my car is called the Clockwork, it has the ability to freeze technology. And since cars count as technology, those Vandal vehicles were shut down," Kit explained. "Sage is a genius!" The brunette smirked and jumped out of the car, falling on her butt – again. "Can one of you teach me how to jump?" she asked, shaking her head as she got up. She held out her hand and the key came to her, so she walked over to the Buster Tank. Within a few feet, the key left her hand and attached itself to the Tank's front.
"What do we tell the others?" Spinner questioned. They had turned their comlink off before opening up the top.
"Tell 'em you wrestled down those Vandals with chain-maces," Kit responded, a light shrug given. "As much as I'd like the credit, it would get me caught. And before you ask, Spinner, I will be following you all back, hidden by the cloaking device." Spinner rolled his eyes, but he had almost asked the previously answered question.
Kit got back into her car, shutting the top behind her. She pressed a gray button and the car melted into the darkness, invisible. Sherman and Spinner slid back into the Buster Tank, shut the top, and turned on the comlink. "We've got the key!" they declared in unison.
"Good work, guys," Vert praised. Sherman felt bad about taking all the credit, but Kit needed to stay hidden for now. Spinner, however, was living things up.
"Thanks, Vert! We totally crunched those Vandals! Sever and Krocomodo didn't know what him 'em!" Spinner exclaimed. Sherman rolled his eyes at his older brother and pulled away from the cliff. For a split second, the Clockwork reappeared, and he swore he saw Kit wink at him. And then the Clockwork disappeared again, and the two vehicles took off for the portal. "We slammed into Sever and he crashed into one of the pyramids, and his car was so totally wrecked! And then Krocomodo – we threw him around like a rag doll with the mace-chains!" Kit and Sherman rolled their eyes. "Both of them ran away, scared, like little itty-bitty babies!" Spinner started laughing.
Kit knocked the Clockwork into the Buster Tank, lightly so that it didn't do any damage. However, it was hard enough so that Spinner screamed like a little girl again. Kit stifled her laughter and ended up turning her comlink off so that no one would hear her laughing. Sherman chuckled as they pulled up to the rest of the group.
"I heard you mention Kit," Stanford piped up. "What was that all about?"
"Nothing," Sherman said, smacking Spinner as the boy continued to gloat. The older Cortez folded his arms across his chest. "Let's get out of this battle zone."
"Before those Vandals show up again!" Spinner added. "Although I doubt they will, because they're all too afraid of me!" Sherman rolled his eyes and face palmed as the key shot off of the front of the Buster Tank. The group drove forward and through the portal, heading back to Earth.
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