Author's Note: *sigh* I've got some good news and bad news but they will be announced at the epilogue which isn't too far. Now, time for… SHOUT OUTS! Thank you to Dog-lvR-11 for reviewing and for pointing out grammar mistakes! I will change them as soon as this chapter is finished! OH! That reminds me, when I went back to school to pick up my textbooks, I got my marks! I did GREAT! Though, English kind of sucked but I still passed! WOOO!

Chapter 18: A Test for Sam

"So… how's the MBV coming along?" Sam asked. It's the weekend so she and the gang were all hanging at their usual place. They were watching Chris as he was currently underneath the car (using Danny's skateboard) while Cathy was translating the instructions in English since they were in Rhapsodian language.

Chris rolled out, having specks of dirt on him. "It's going good but it's probably going to take at least a week. There wasn't too much damage as I had thought there would be. Exactly, how many feet did you guys even fall?"

"I don't know… couple…" Danny responded.

"That's really helpful." Chris muttered, making his way to the MBV. "I'm kind of worried how the inside will look like."

When he entered it, there wasn't any damage (other than the windows) but there should've been damage… Chris ignited the car but it took couple of tries before the engine roared to life, spitting out the black smoke.

"Great!" Chris exclaimed after he had checked the brakes and everything else to see if it works. "All it needs now to repair the windows and for the flying gear…" Chris replied but sighed. The Flying Part will be a hard one.

"But anyways, Sam still needs more training." Chris stated.

"O! How about we have a competition? That way we all will be trained!" Cathy suggested.

"Okay!" They agreed.

"Hmm… Chris and I will go while Danny and Sam will compete against each other." Cathy said and this got Danny and Sam to glare at one another.

"You're going down!" The two both exclaimed.

Chris and Cathy sighed; these two hadn't changed after all.

-The Obstacle Course-

"You guys ready?" Cathy asked as usual; she and Chris had already gone.

"Oh yeah!" The two both answered in unison.

"Your course will start in 3, 2…!" Chris announced.

"Ready to lose?" Danny asked.

"You're going to lose!" Sam retorted.

"Oh yeah! We will see about that!" The two shot back and forth but they didn't hear Chris as he shouted "1!". Disk targets rose from the ground as the two were unaware because they were too busy arguing. Then, the targets shot the explosive disks towards them and they were coming close to them. It wasn't until Sam had noticed it. She yelled. Right on time, they both jumped just as the disks crashed to the ground so that smoke came which made it to look like fireworks.

"At least that got them to shut up!" Chris replied.

The two both landed on the ground with a grunt. Sam took an aim to her right and blasted the three disks while Danny jumped into the air, doing flips and at the same time, his blaster quickly destroyed the disks. Few seconds later, he found himself on the ground but growled as he saw Sam ahead of him which made him to take off.

Cathy sighed.

"What's wrong, Cath?" Chris asked, concerned.

"I thought those two will get over being so competitive." Cathy replied as Chris looked at her then at the two who were neck to neck and while shouting threats at one another.

"I got an idea." He responded, after pressing some buttons. Up next were the swing-grabbers and they were swinging wildly, trying to knock down the two moving targets. This is too easy. Sam thought as she constantly dodged every single one of them but at the last one was unexpectedly; the swing-grabber grabbed Sam and started to swing her around. Then, it flunged her and soon she fell down to the ground with a hard THUD.

Perfect opportunity! Danny thought after seeing the whole thing. However, not looking where he was going, he tripped over the swing-grabber, falling to the ground. This made the swing-grabber to grab him and he had also got flunged. He then landed on the ground with also a hard THUD. Suddenly, the ground began to shake almost violently as if it was an earthquake. It then stopped, making Danny to be confused.

"What the?" Danny said, confused. Just then, a startle sound smashed up from the ground and just in time, Danny moved out of the way by rolling. He saw Sam running ahead of him and quickly took off, dodging all the targets that shot up from the ground; the targets looked like fists.

"There's no way I'm going to lose!" Danny shouted.

"Oh yeah? Tough luck, kid!" Sam yelled back. They were neck to neck, while dodging this way and that. Unfortunately for Sam, she got hit from the target, flying over Danny. As she got nearer to the ground, the ground suddenly spilt apart in two.

"Sam! Wait! I'm coming!" Danny exclaimed but he too got hit from the fist-target and was flying towards the ground that got split. He was about to continue to fall in deeper but something caught him.

"Huh?" Danny looked up to see Sam holding his wrist while her other hand was holding at the edge of the ground.

"I don't know how long I can hold us but we need to think of a way to get up." Sam told him, seeing her fingers slowly slipping. Danny looked around but frowned when he saw the result which was nothing. There was nothing that could help them to get up.

"Danny!"

"What?" He asked, snapping out of his train of thoughts.

"I'm slowly slipping! If we don't come up with-"

"Wait, I got one! Throw me up!" Danny said.

"Danny! This isn't time for games!" Sam almost yelled, irritated.

"NO! I meant that if you throw me up, I can lift you up once I am on the surface!" Danny clarified.

"Fine!" With all her strength, she threw Danny as best as she could. With luck, Danny came close to the ground but somersaulted and that was when a scream alerted him.

"Sam!" Danny quickly ran towards her and in just in time, he caught her by her wrists. Sam quickly climbed the wall of the ground.

She was safe.

In result, they both went backwards. Well, actually, Danny went backwards while Sam went forward and they both fell to the ground, only to land on top of each other.

"Thanks." She breathed.

"No problem."

"If you guys are done making out, there is only one thing to do for the obstacle course." Chris called out as the two widened his eyes and Sam quickly rolled out of the way, blushing while Cathy and Chris laughed.

Sam and Danny both looked ahead.

"I'm going to win!" Danny called, quickly getting up.

"Not on my watch, you won't!" Sam said, racing right after him. Sam aimed at the targets that were shooting red lasers at them. The streaks from the blaster destroyed the three targets, receiving smoke after that. Danny was constantly doing flips while aiming at the targets and the targets were soon destroyed as Danny landed on the ground with a grunt. He then saw Sam who flew straight towards the target. She put her hand on top of the target, later joined the ground while smoke rose from the target.

"And that's how you do it!" Sam called out; turning to look at Danny to give him a smirk then took off. After seeing this, Danny growled, also taking off. Pretty soon, the competitors were once again neck to neck as they saw the finish line. They both leapt into the air when the time was right and they were making their way to the ground but one of them got to the finish line first…

Author's Note: *evil grin*Cliff hangers! So, tell me, who do you think won? Yeah, yeah, I know this chapter was supposed to be about Sam training but I just couldn't help it! I just love it when Danny and Sam compete! It makes things even more intense! Please review!