Note to self: To not write a chapter when you are depressed
That's what my entire week was like when I wrote chapter 5 so I deeply apologize to you guys, you deserve so much better! I'm feeling better now and feel like my creative energy is back!
Shout Outs:
Ashleyc234: I'm glad my writing makes you happy! Hopefully this chapter will continue to make you happy.
Jimmy Candlestick: I'm glad you like my Monkey, I just write him how I see him. Of course, translations are the best! Like how you spelled awesome, it's cool. You'll have to read the chapter to find out why she is sick, I'm not saying (laugh). I'm trying not to be too mean to Kurt, I like Kurt. It's just a little fun to poke at him that's all, plus he REALLY does not like Anna- whether it is what she might be or the fact he can't figure her out. But I like Kurt, I think he's trying to make up for his mistakes, and I believe in people having second chances.
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Chapter 6
The After Math
Anna shakily opened the driver's side door and leaned between the opening junctions. She couldn't find her legs right now; they were completely numb to this point in time. And not wanting Lani to fret over her even more, she pretended that she was standing and observing. She watched the portal with keen interest, waiting for the drivers to appear from the pile up that Vert had caused. She liked the guy and all, but his head wasn't focused on his driving when he sent five cars reeling over each other. Thankfully, most of them were Drones and didn't matter anyway.
"Hope the Maniacs are alright, Taro didn't look so good." Anna recalled, watching as Wylde went to his help reluctantly. Suddenly, the portal pulsated a bright white, as two cars came flying out of the portal. On instinct, Anna ducked inside her car as Wylde flew over her head, landing with a screech on the cemented garage. Flexing her legs, Anna rushed over to the two Maniacs as Monkey scrambled to get out of Wylde's car.
"Taro, Taro wake up!" Monkey frantically called, Taro unresponsive in his unconscious state. "Taro, man, come one wake up, what happened, what-"
"Monkey, shut up." Anna bluntly stated as she peered inside at Taro after opening the car door. Leaning over, she gently placed her hand in front of his mouth. She was welcomed by a light stream of air, as she sighed with relief.
"He's alright," Monkey sighed heavily for his friend, "But I can't say the same thing about his arm. That looks like it's going to hurt." Anna pulled back Taro's sleeve, indicating the areas where the lightning had left its mark. Monkey flinched as Anna pulled down his sleeve.
"Will he be alright?" Wylde gruffly remarked leaning against his car and watching Anna closely.
"I'm no expert, but he'll be fine after Lani treats him." Anna stated happily, feeling a sense of happiness wash over her. Another bright white light indicated that another car came through, this time it was Karma carrying an injured Kurt in the passenger seat.
"How's your leg?" She asked coolly as he grunted.
"Fine, I'll be able to drive easily." He acted tough, but the pained expression in his eyes showed that he was more seriously hurt than he would let on. Anna counted heads, and realized that they were short on two members.
"Who's missing?" She stated counting the heads again as the driver's looked around anxiously.
"Vert went back for Kadeem, he's still inside." Karma explained
"The portal is about to close!" Gig alarmingly stated, as Lani watched the timer count down from the minute that was left.
"Vert you need to get out of there, the portal only stays open for an hour." Lani explained panicking, as Vert himself stared at his radio in shock.
"What why didn't anyone tell us?" The drivers inside looked up at the control room in wonder at the hidden information…except Anna.
"You only have twenty minutes left…"
"'You only have twenty minutes left.'" She mimicked, remembering the scene from her dream-like memory. She was right-that was Lani, so who was the driver…it seemed like…
"What was that Anna, I couldn't hear you?" Monkey curiously looked at her dazed expression to the control room. She looked down at him curiously and shook her head.
"It's nothing Monkey just…thinking…" She explained, Monkey continuing to stare. The alarm sounded, ending the portal's opening time as the timer flashed a warning. Half of Vert's Deora 2 came out unscathed, but the same could not be said of his back end.
"I believe that's called, cutting it close?" Gig's ill attempt at human humor made Lani groan in disgust and shake her head at the robot. All of the driver's sighed at the safe return of Vert unharmed. Monkey, however, continued to point at the roof of the Deora 2 and mumbled in panic tones.
"VERT WATCH IT!" Anna screamed as a Drone that came through with Vert broke through the glass and tried to strangle Vert. Choking and coughing, Vert kicked open the car's hatch and sent the Drone flying back giving Vert enough time to escape. The Drone scanned every one of the drivers, until it came to a stop on Anna and his eyes flashed green.
"You know…I don't like the way that thing is staring at me," Anna sarcastically commented as the Drone began to claw on the ground in her direction, "Right, I'm gone!" She sprinted off in the opposite direction as the Drone scratched at the ground. Kicking Kurt out of her car, Karma revved the engine and dashed after Anna.
"Anna move!" Karma commanded as she placed her car in the path of the Drone on a mission. Anna, with a determined look, jumped off the side of the Acceledome and back flipped over Karma's speeding Chicane. She landed a hair away from the bumper as the tires squealed when pushing the Drone against the wall.
"HD-02…" Was the last thing the Drone said before it went offline and collapsed on Karma's car.
"Thanks Karma…I owe you one…" Anna breathed as Karma turned off her car. Lani was speeding down with the ambulance car; the same one Anna had ridden in not two hours ago. Lani skid to a halt and opened up the hatch.
"Come on; let's get everyone to the infirmary." She made her way over to Taro when Vert protested.
"Wait, but what about Kadeem? He's still in there!" He pointed toward the silent rings as Gig made his was down.
"The portal's cannot be forced open, only it decides when and where to open. There is no possibility that the Lightning Realm will open again." Vert growled in defeated.
"You can't even find half your car blonde!" Wylde snorted as Vert growled in anger.
"Back off Markie!" He threatened as the groups came to a stand still.
"Markie has a point Vert, besides Kadeem is resourceful, I'm sure he found a way out." Anna tried to comfort the blonde and it was working just a little. Wylde growled menacingly at her for calling him by his name and Anna gulped. "You know…that wasn't so scary over the radio…" She said in an insecure voice, backing up just slightly.
"Are you kidding me, you want to go back in there after what the Drones did to all of us?!" Monkey yelled as a metallic clang resounded through out the dome.
"After what they did to me…," Tezla hollowly showed his mechanical bio-suit, "Everyone to the infirmary and then the conference room, there's something we need to discuss." Everyone silently did as they were told and went with Lani. Wylde and Monkey loaded into the back of the car, while Kurt sat in the passenger's seat. Other's followed in their own cars to the wide spaced infirmary. Decked out in clean white washed walls, and four hospital beds, the monitors and medicines were aligned along the opposite walls in orderly fashion. Wylde and Monkey took Taro out of the car and placed him steadily onto one of the beds, where Lani treated to him immediately.
"Anna can you help me?" She asked as Anna scurried over and did what Lani told her without being told twice. She placed his right arm and left leg into protective metal braces, while Lani hooked the heart monitor along his chest. Anna secured the arm brace on Taro gently, leaning over his chest to make sure nothing was out of line. When she leaned back, Anna noticed how hard Taro's muscles were, lean and sculpted accurately as his light breathing expanded those muscles ever slightly. Anna found her fingers tracing along his bicep, firm and rock solid…he must have been an athlete. Anna flushed darkly and quickly moved on while Lani made sure Taro was comfortable.
"Kurt, how's your leg?" Lani asked as Kurt sat on one of the beds, rotating his leg around and watching were it stung the most.
"I'm fine, don't worry about a brace." He mumbled, wincing as he hit a sore nerve and quickly let go.
"Yeah, well I'm putting you in one for a while anyway." Lani scolded the stubborn man as Kurt rolled his eyes. Anna rolled her own caramelized hazel eyes at the man's stubbornness before placing a brace on his leg.
"You know I have to congratulate your performance, not many amnesiacs can say they won a race after waking up. But then again, racing as a Drone…you had to be pretty good in the first place, and they win at any cost…" Anna glared up at him from her eye lids, boring flames into the driver. Her lips turned into a snarl that would have made Wylde proud. Was he saying that loosing Kadeem was her fault? Or was he implying something else? Kurt blinked in surprised when he heard a growl emit from her throat.
Before he hissed in pain greatly.
"Oh my God! I am so sorry! My hand slipped, I hope that isn't too tight, oh I'm sorry! Are you hurt?" Anna faked an innocent play as Kurt grumbled in pain, Anna releasing the locks on the brace. Her voice may have sounded innocent, but her eyes screamed wrath.
"Look- I don't know why the hell you hate me so much, or what I did to make it that way, but get over yourself." She threatened as she tightened the brace calmly. She looked him in the eyes, both glaring at the other, before she turned and walked away. Once everyone was checked for any injuries ('No Wylde, injury to your pride does not count.'), the others made the long journey to the conference room.
"Hey Anna," Anna turned around to face Vert, "thanks…for trying to save Kadeem." Anna smiled lightly and sadly at the boy.
"He was my friend too Vert, and I tried, but if I know Kadeem half as well as you do, he's alright." Vert gave the reply of a ghost like smile before they stepped inside. The conference room was colder than last time, causing Anna to shiver- everyone on the Teku had jackets, and the Maniacs just didn't care. Anna was welcomed by a warm substance, noticing the white and black racing jacket placed over her shoulders.
"Oh my God, thank you so much Vert." Anna muttered slipping inside the jacket after the blonde moved to sit beside her.
"I apologize about the conditions; the malfunction of the air condition is being fixed by Gig as we speak." Doctor Tezla explained as he stepped up to the panels of monitors behind him. "I wanted to ask about the strange powers that Lani picked up on the monitors."
"They got through the fog fairly well despite the fact that none of us could see clearly." Karma recalled as Tezla nodded his head listening.
"Otherwise, nothing else strange happened in the realm? Just the race itself?" Tezla asked as Monkey grew nervous when glancing at Anna.
"Actually," Wylde spoke up, "something happened to Anna about half way through the race. Monkey was telling me about it after his car turned into scrap." Anna's eyes grew wide and terror rushed through her veins.
"Congratulations by the way Anna and I believe these are yours." Tezla tossed her a small metallic object that Anna caught with ease. She huffed and held up the keys to the Mustang below, the handle in the shape of a cobra.
"You raced without the keys?! How did you do that?" Vert asked bewildered as Anna shrugged.
"Don't know, remembered how to hot wire a car." She said nonchalantly, as Kurt muttered something along the lines of 'criminal'. Anna pretended not to hear him as Tezla gazed on with curiosity.
"What exactly happened in the Lightning Realm?" Bring up the topic that Anna dreaded to repeat. She had hoped no one noticed her, and apparently her wishful thinking was not so wishful.
"Nothing really…I was a little shaken up by the Drone that's all," Tezla looked unsatisfied, "and I may have remembered something, I'm not sure."
"What did you remember?!" Tezla asked alarmed as Anna gazed with suspicion. Since when was Tezla so interested in what she remembered?
"Just…that I may have raced the Drones before…in a previous realm…"She calmly stated, watching her words carefully. It wasn't that she really lied to them, in fact everything she said was true. She just wasn't about to tell them of the blonde Drone just yet, not until she herself knew who the girl was. Besides, Tezla was acting awfully suspicious in wondering what Anna remembered. And Kurt and…there was too much pushing against her right now, like water on rocks. She had to stay strong and keep secret for now.
"That doesn't seem surprising, we saw you come out of a Drone car, you must have raced before." Karma stated as Anna nodded.
"Anything else about the memory that was distinct?" Tezla persisted, Anna shook her head slowly, slightly fearful of Tezla and decided to hold back the man or the track for now, "I also understand that you almost won- but you stopped- care to explain why?"
"Huh? What do you mean? I barely have a grasp on my car yet, so if that's what you mean?" Tezla activated one of the screens and an overview came of Anna and the Drone leader. They were both about an arms length away, equal in speed and distance from the portal. Then Anna's car slowed down a fraction of second and the Drone touched the portal first. Anna pounded her fist on the table, agitated that she was so close, but then THAT…
"Clearly something made you slow down…"Tezla pointed out by running the tape again.
"I just lost my footing that's all." Anna, feeling herself grows more sick and worried by the second, quickly stated.
"The radios also picked up a low frequency from your car during that time. Did the Drone say anything to you?" Anna shook her head solemnly.
"If you will excuse me, the car is still running and before something blows, I better correct those wires. Please continue without me." Anna stood, shedding the jacket, and giving Vert a mutter of thanks.
"You will notify me if you have anymore memories resurface?" Tezla asked as Anna stopped cold.
"Of course…" She hollowly replied as the door hissed shut behind her.
Anna leaned against the railing a good distance away from the conference room, away from any cameras Tezla had on.
"They can't know, not yet, not until I know why…" She panted as her hands shook against the railing. She wasn't about to tell them, not yet. Lani was going over what Kadeem was trying to say, the others continued to talk of modifying the cars, and Gig was taking to Drone away to examine.
Anna was scared, and the nauseous feeling she had experienced after the realm had come back. She had hoped her memories would save her from persecution, but so far, they were just more mysteries to solve.
Plus…what the Drone Leader had called Anna…did not reassure her anymore…
"General"
By the way, that means General as in leader…now you know why JC
Wow that felt good, I laughed during some of that.
I felt sorry for Kurt doing that, Anna is evil- why can't those two get along? And the little thing with Taro… (Whistles innocently) Plus isn't Vert a sweetheart?
The next will be introducing the last few members…oh great, more people for Anna to deal with, hopefully they'll be nice…
Also there were a few VERY important piece of evidence in the story that will come up later, so if you forget don't worry. BUT…
I'll write a story of anyone's choosing if they can tell me the significance of what the Drone said, it has a specific meaning. AND I MEAN THE SMASHED DRONE, NOT THIS LAST STATEMENT!
Yeah it's that good, and if Anna's remembers maybe she'll figure out something else important
But even if no one does get it, I'll still take any requests for a story no problem!
Hopefully Chrome Angels chapter 2 will be done soon and I'm writing two one shots as well, but THAT will take a while.
I hope you guys liked it!
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