Hey Guys! How's everyone doing? I totally had to re-watch the first movie again to remember EVERYTHING that happens in the lightning realm! Let's hope I got everything…Plus I had some spare time this weekend and wrote an entire chapter!
Shout Outs:
Notforgotten: Don't worry about calling missing persons- I think they're tired of getting calls to look for me XD. Glad you're feeling somewhat better, allergies suck. Especially ones you have no idea where they come from, trust me, I'm expert on those. Nice to know I'm getting the hang of putting suspense in my stories. LIVE! You want to know how it ends right?! Although a bit of caution- it does get worse. Enjoy!
Ashleycook234: You ARE Ashley Takamoto right? Just checking. I must say I was quite impressed with myself for remembering Taro's eye color from memory, I did the happy dance! Ah, I understood what you were trying to say in the first part, what about the second? You WANT Kurt to fall for her or not? Let me know!
Sabrielle-X: I'm glad you're enjoying the story so far!! I always pictured Wylde being the flirtatious type compared to his brother, especially if his brother doesn't like the girl! YES, down with homework, it's a disease on time; I can just hear her coughing. Glad you like Anna! She just kept knocking on my head until this story was written.
Jimmy Candlestick: I'd lead Markie into a false sense of security, maybe flirt a little back then BAM! He'd be sorry he didn't call Kurt… It wasn't technically from her POV but more of an introduction of them all for everyone…does that makes sense? Any way, I'll try to remember that for the future. And the only reason you're making me paranoid is because I don't want anyone to figure out who I'm pairing her with. YOU MUST KEEP GUESSING! There won't be a lot of fluff in the beginning, but it will start to pick up near the middle or end!
THANKS FOR READING EVERYONE!
P.S I'm getting used to writing the Realms, so let me if they need more work or not for the future ones!
Disclaimer: I don't own Acceleracers, it pains me to say
Chapter 4
Lighting Realm Part 1
"Opps…busted!" Anna cried out as the cars began to steadily land on the slick orange track, suspended in the air. The clouds were a dark and smoky grey, only illuminated by the concealed lighting within. Mountainous pillars cast shadows among the cars as they sped along the never ending road in a different dimension. The fog outside was thick, as if something was about to spring out at you at any moment.
Anna shifted the gear on her car as she quickly caught up in between Vert and Monkey. Anna could not describe it, but being on the track came as simple as breathing, as telling which way was up and which way was down. The dull illumination on the track cast flashes of light on her car. The bright streaks of silver pulsated with the going lights, the cobra in a poise to attack. She could see in the corners of her dark irises, Vert and Kurt blinked in utter surprise and remained in a stunned silence. Monkey was whooping with joy, regretting not placing a bet on the talented amnesiac sooner.
"Anna, you could get hurt!" Lani scolded as Anna shook her head sadly, strands of loose hair flying into her eyes.
"Oh Lani, I'll be fine really, how much trouble can this be?" Anna laughed as she watched her car pass over Kurt's like the lights below, following along side Wylde.
"But you're still recovering from your accident! What if you pass out in the middle of the race?!" Lani tried to reason but Anna glowered at the radio.
"I won't." She barked as Lani growled at her sudden burst of stubbornness. Perhaps the Wyldes had rubbed off on her, but the others didn't know about the time…
"But what if you do?" Anna sighed heavily- what was Lani so worried about? She was doing just fine before she got in the car. Besides, wasn't Anna going to test to see if she could remember her skills? Why not test them in a real environment against other racers?
"If I do Lani then it's my problem. Besides, you're the one who gave me the car." Anna replied back as Lani blinked.
"I never…" She could feel the anger pulsating through her veins now as she swiveled the chair around slowly, but in a deadly fashion. Tezla only looked at his assistant with calm eyes, although they were hidden behind his tinted shades.
"Is something wrong Lani?" He asked innocently, almost excessively innocent.
"You…" She pointed an accusing finger in his direction as she stalked towards him, a predator ready to pounce its prey.
"Me?"
"You left out the car she was going to use to test drive, you taunted her, you gave her that car!" Lani accused as Tezla stared at her over the rim of his purple shades.
"I don't know what you mean Lani, I just left the car out, and it was her decision to climb into the car." Tezla turned back to the monitors. Although what he hadn't counted on was her hot wiring the car, he figured she would plead for the keys. Perhaps her memories were beginning to resurface faster than he thought they would…
"Lani? Lani you there? Oh well…" Anna shrugged as she concentrated on her driving amongst the thick fog and…more experienced…drivers. Although Anna would hate to admit, she was still recovering from a splitting headache and she was facing some serious competition. Taro and Kurt drove like professionals, the way they handled their cars so well, so…perfectly. They're driving seemed flawless, although the same couldn't be said about their personalities. Vert and Wylde were the exact opposite- their driving seemed to present some major flaws, but they seemed genuine enough.
Well…and least Vert did.
Karma seemed like she could take care of herself, which Anna admired about the only female driver (at least the one who could remember their skills). And as far as Monkey was concerned…why is he even driving in the first place? She could practically see his car shake along with his nerves. His eyes were almost shut closed, barely peering at his surroundings, which was dangerous in this fog. Anna kept a steady hand, as Kurt passed by her again without even so much as a blink, of course only to welcome a 'gentle' shove by Wylde.
"Anyone know what's keeping us up?" Vert pondered, glancing around as he could only imagine what waited below the other drivers.
"Ask the Accelerons…" Taro replied as he passed by Vert with an air of grace, Vert frowned before speeding after him.
"I wonder why the Accelerons made these tracks." Anna thought silently as the drivers watched as the track began to curve. The fog began to dissipate as the drivers could see clearly ahead, and jaws began to drop. A large globe of lighting crackled with life, centered around the spiraling track. The globe was protected by towering columns of light as the racers began to circle it like moths around a flame.
"Man this is even cooler than Highway 35!" Vert cheered as the others glanced around in awe. Anna eased into the curves of the track smoothly, feeling herself sink lower as the cars completed a circle around the spiral. She could hear Wylde behind her cackle with excitement; she rolled her eyes but felt the corners of her mouth twitch slightly. He had every right to be excited and so did she- when was the last time she felt so safe, so secure, in one of the most dangerous situations ironically?
"What was it like Vert? Highway 35?" Anna asked as Vert grinned- maybe somebody could really be impressed by his victory now. He cleared his throat mockingly, causing a few members to roll their eyes.
"It wasn't as cool as these realms, but it was awesome! There were only four dimensions in Highway 35- desert, jungle, ice, and volcano. I wish you could have seen it Anna, it was amazing. Not to mention the cars were pretty sweet as well." Unknowingly to Vert, Anna had no idea what her car could do, nor any idea about the Nitrox hidden under her cars in a secure place.
"Doctor Tezla told me you guys were racing for the Wheel of Power- so some of you here were also there."
"Yeah, I, Taro, Kadeem, and Kurt were some of the original drivers…"
"HEY!"
"And Markie too…"
…
"Who's Markie?" Anna asked with a confused expression of surprise, as she heard someone growl over the radio low and dangerous.
"That would be Wylde." Vert stated as the growl got louder, more violent. The radio went dead silent and for a moment people thought she was so stunned she just couldn't speak. Then…
Anna couldn't help but let out a laugh- it was high pitched but soft. She tried to muffle the sound when Wylde, or should I say, Markie's voice grew in volume. But her body still racked with giggles as tried to steady herself.
"I won the Wheel of Power originally." Vert gushed with pride as Kurt and Taro rolled their eyes.
"Wow, I'm impressed Vert." She complimented. Perhaps there was more to Vert then meets the eye or perhaps he was just a lucky guy.
"Did Vert also mention he never won a race before the Wheel?" Kurt stated, but left out so much detail. The less she knew about him before this race, the better. There was something about her that seemed dangerous to him, she was…complex. And it wasn't just the amnesia either; there was just this buzz in his head that wouldn't go away.
"So it was just beginner's luck," Vert huffed, "but that's something we have in common Vert." Anna shifted gears and barreled past Kurt, landing her a position behind Kadeem. Kurt growled but found that she was so snug between him and Kadeem; he couldn't push around her without causing damage to one of them.
"Beginner's luck as you said." He growled as Anna shrugged, feeling this buzz race through her veins. The drivers finally escaped the spiral like dome and onto a straight away track, giving them a wide berth. Kurt tried swerve past her again, only to be cut off from behind by his obnoxious brother. Kadeem glanced back at the two brothers now arguing with each other, only to have his gaze peer at something ahead. The track changed again, only this time it wasn't side ways- it was vertical. The track dipped into a curve positioned high above their heads, only to swoop down into a ninety degree angle that stretched beneath their feet.
"Check out this vertical!" Vert cheered as the track began to bend into the loop.
"Are you kidding me? What were these Accelerons thinking?" Anna breathed, her adrenalin rush kicking into a sense of overdrive. The Mustang began to swoop into the curve of the track, as the car was barreling straight down like a roller coaster. She felt her body press tightly into the soft leather seat, feet glued to the gas pedal. All she could see was Kadeem's car ahead of her own, but she could only imagine what he saw. The curve coming out of their vertical ride, the bottomless cavern below the tracks…Anna felt herself loose her grip on the wheel slightly, but once she realized she quickly tightened her grip until her knuckles were white.
"Keep accelerating the hydraulics of the car will keep you on the track." Karma's smooth cool voice reached her ears, as Anna breathed calmly.
"I wish someone would tell us how much we're getting paid, because what ever it is it better be doubled!!" Monkey screamed as Anna watched from her rear view mirror his car flip down the track- perhaps he let go of the gas?
"We're getting paid?" Anna asked astonished.
"No." Gig stated as Monkey screamed in pain, causing Anna to turn her volume down to the minimum level.
"Guy has some lungs…" She murmured as her Mustang came out of its steep drop from the sky onto something more…horizontal at least.
"Well, it can't any more crazy…right?" She pondered as she heard a flash crack surround her. Out of sheer reflex she veered her car in the opposite direction of the sound, just barely missing a strike of lightning. Every car had to dodge the on coming attacks of lightning, produced from the gleaming metallic rods that enclosed the track. Lightning jumped from one rod to the next, until it was suddenly in the mood to strike the ground in random places. It became a game of dodge ball, only with cracks of light.
"At least you're keeping your head…" Taro muttered over the radio, Anna glanced around and found him barreling past her. Shifting gears, she slammed the gas and swiftly moved beside him, equal. Kurt became the first victim of a lighting attack, his car was enclosed in a cocoon of lightning, and glass shards broke all over. His car gave a spurt of life before dying; Kurt pounded the dash board in frustration. Anna evaded the lightning well enough, predicting where it would strike next and moving rapidly away. Suddenly she felt very cold, not in temperature, but more like state of mind. She felt something watching her…
The green hovering robot followed every movement of the drivers, as they slid past the tracks curves and narrow ways. Black and neon green cars flew down the fog ridden track, the line headed by a taller, bigger leader.
"There are human drivers, destroy them," The voice over the radio commanded and growl replied, "Except the silver one, the girl, keep her alive."
"Understood." The leader slammed on the breaks as the followers flew past him; the leader sharply turned around and flew back. The midnight black leader placed a tiny microchip into an empty slot within his dashboard, the car illuminated by grey-white light. He reached over his side and clutched a lever, pulling it back to his side. Atop his car, a wide black barrack moved down in front of his bumper acting as a ramp. His eyes, hollow neon green, were suddenly blended within a neon green visor.
Kadeem was smoothly holding his place in the lead, followed by Wylde who was trying to pass him. Among the thick clouds of smoke, Kadeem made out this dark grey figure…and it was moving towards them. It had the outline of a rather large car, bigger than what they were driving, but something was wrong with the front.
"Go Wylde!" Wylde shouted as he moved comfortably into first place. Kadeem rolled his eyes and tried to spot the figure again. That's when he saw it…a large shield placed in front of the now noticeable green and black paint job of the car.
"LOOK OUT!" He shouted and quickly dodged to the side. Wylde had not been quick enough, and was thrown into the air, flipping over itself as it bounced along the track end over end. Wylde finally came to a stop, snug in between one of the lightning rods unable to restart his car. He watched as Karma rode past unscathed and he fumed in silent. Taro, able to sense the on coming danger, prepared for its arrival and waited to pounce in the fog. He wasn't expecting the large shield in front of the Drone and moved at the very last second. The Drone grazed his back end as Taro went circling into a near by rod, landing with a forceful stop. He growled as he shook his head clear of the brute action.
"Finally! About time I got face to face with one of these Drones!" Anna snarled as she pressed as hard as she could on the gas pedal, leaving Monkey in her exhaust. She had waited to confront what the others accused her to be, and wanted to look the Drones straight in the eye and be able to say she was not one of them. Anna reached to her side, grasping for something and tried to pull behind her. Stunned, she looked down and found that nothing was there. What had she been grasping for in the first place, there was nothing originally there? The Drone, sensing the driver he was not to harm, placed his shield down and removed his microchip. He saw her fly toward him as he drove on the opposite end of the track, ready to confront her.
It all seemed to slow down.
Anna got a look at the driver, and went face to face with the cold robotic stare of the driver. He was a pure midnight black from head down, only the traces of green were the symbols and 'veins' etched on his armor. His green eyes were slanted into a menacing look, the visor whipped within the blink of the eye. Anna felt it all again, just like before…in the car…it all stopped…except the rhythm of her pulse…
Drivers raced on a narrow orange track, various holes within the ground. The track was also suspended in mid air, hanging above a jungle green void and tracks layered upon other tracks. There wasn't a single track, but multiple tracks going in different directions, all the circled around a center point. In the center was a bright white circle, with a teal colored 'S' with sharp corners. The tracks curved around to make a large sphere around the center, from a person looking on the outside; it would look something like an electron cloud. The cars raced around, desperate to find the one that would lead them to the white center. Some tracks ended in nothing, others curved sharply to join with other tracks, causing a few close collisions. Black and neon raced against various multi colored cars, all trying to knock each other off.
"Ai, are we ever going to find the exit, my neck is killing me from looking all over the place." A thick voice filled the air, accented by a heavy Spanish drawl.
"Come on there has to be only one track that leads to the end, you only have twenty minutes left." What sounded like Lani said as the driver sighed dramatically, peering once more at the center point. Looking forward again he slammed on the breaks as narrowly missed colliding into a large grey brick wall, a slit was centered in the wall barely three inches wide.
"Que se estrecha…"
"Sorry what was that?"
"I said 'that was close', I almost turned into a pancake. Better head back and try to find a different route…again…" The bright yellow and jungle green car spun into reverse as he traveled down the wide road he came. "I was lucky, if I ran into that wall and scratched this new paint job, she surely would have killed me!" He laughed heartily, only his mood turned somber fast. He watched as a Drone car headed his way on the opposite lane. "Let's see old pile of rust turn into a junkyard." He slyly thought as he parked his car and watched the Drone meet its on coming doom.
He peered inside and gasped loudly, jaw almost hitting the dashboard. Inside was a pale porcelain girl, skin that could rival a ghost. Her hair was a sleek shiny blonde and her eyes were a cold, ice blue that would have made Karma envious. She peered at the driver and gave him a cold stare, turning so stiffly she appeared as a statue. Her neck and torso were hidden by a black and neon green race suit. She reached over and touched her dash board. Her neon green and black race car, the style of a standard Drone Leader car, began to glow a bright style of green, before transforming into a sheet of paper.
"What's wrong…can you hear me?" Lani called over the radio, but the driver only watched as the Drone car fit perfectly in between the crack of the brink wall and pass onto the track behind it.
Anna breathed sharply as she looked around; the Drone car was long gone. She breathed heavily as the same sentence was repeated.
"Anna, Anna what's wrong…can you hear me?"
Anna looked back the same way the Drone car past and felt the air leave her chest again.
"Who was…wait…was that…me?"
That's the end of the first part; there is still another part to come. Wow, this was actually long to write! So, more developments and a twisted end in Thanks for the Memories…yeah right, with ones like this, I'd rather not have them! I can't wait to write about THIS! But there is still more to come, this isn't the ONLY twist I have in store. So keep a score card ready, and remember EVERY. LITTLE. DETAIL!
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