"Do you two have any idea where we are?" Sam asked as he and the other Speed Demons were rolling down the dusty highway. "Nope." Effie and Shane said in unison as they bounced happily to the songs on the radio. "Great." Sam muttered as he buried his head in his arms again. He was exceedingly bored, so he did the first thing that came to mind; stare unblinkingly at the metal work of their huge monster tric. He looked down at the dark purple metal, and noticed something, an irregularity in the surface. He looked closer, and saw that it was a trademark stamp in the metal. "Hmm, the Cryptos Corporation?" He thought to himself as he examined the label. "Who's that?" Sam shrugged and looked back to the road in front of them which curved in front of an old abandoned gas station. They pulled up, and Shane teleported over to the rusty metal sign that told them of this mini-challenge.

Campers, the gas station in front of you was abandoned over twenty years ago. So, the gross restroom hasn't been cleaned in over two decades. Your challenge is to go inside and find the red and blue striped flag. And, this was included in the contract, so you can't sue us. Ha! So, better get a move on, the roaches haven't been fed in a while.

-Chris

The three looked at one another, then back at the bathroom door, which was covered in rust and mold, and a few wisps of green fog trailed from the bottom of the door, sporadically making little screaming faces in the air. Shane looked at his two team mates. "Sooo…..who's goin in?" He asked with a grin on his face.

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Cameron grumbled as he rode down the forest road with Victoria clinging to his back. They were streaking past plants, when they passed a side road moving off to the left. Cameron brought the bike to a crawl and looked down the passage. He could see the markings of several cars, and there were a few pizza boxes near the edge of the dirt road almost hidden by foliage. There was a small sign hammered into the ground, which read; "Service Road". Cameron looked back at Victoria and smiled. "Well, we found a shortcut. C'mon." He said as he ginned the engine and they took off down the dirt service road, throwing a cloud of dust up in their wake.

They raced down the forgotten road, and gradually the road went lower and lower into the ground, until they were riding through a concrete canyon, with the edges rising up ten feet on either side. They sped along, and Victoria asked, "Where are we now?" Cameron shrugged. "I guess it's some kind of service road, made for the film crew."

"But, then where does it go?" She asked him, and Cameron answered without looking back. "Hopefully? Back to camp and the finish line."

Then, he turned around a curve and they entered a tunnel, which bore down under the island. The tunnel was walled with concrete bricks, with harsh fluorescent lighting every few feet. They raced under the strips of light, then skidded to a halt when they saw a fork in the road. Two paths led away into different tunnels. The one on the left led up at a slant, while the other led off into darkness, with the smell of damp and the sound of water dripping came from the depths of the tunnel on the left. Cameron couldn't put his finger on exactly what it was, but he sensed something ominous in the dark tunnel, something ancient….and evil. Victoria shivered as a gust of cold, damp wind blew into her hair, chilling her through her torn clothes. She tugged on Cameron's arm and urged him to move. "C'mon Cam…this place is creepy." She said to him, and he shook himself out of a daze and revved the motor, driving the motorcycle up the ramped tunnel and out into the sunlight, where he could see the camp off in the distance. He smiled and grinned, then frowned as he noticed Jamie and Kayla off on the road, barely visible, but fast approaching camp. Cam grunted and gunned the throttle and pulled a wheelie, racing down the road towards the finish.

He pulled out onto the road in front of Jamie who, when he saw Cam break out of the tree line, yelled up at Kayla. "Hurry, hit him with the cannon!" He yelled, and his girlfriend complied, taking aim with the controls and firing the turret at Cam's bike. However, the fireballs were simply met them with a volley of his own, and were ineffective. Cameron laughed and called out, " Better luck next time, bro!" as he crossed the finish line a mere half-minute before Jamie. Kayla and Jamie groaned as they rolled over the finish line a moment too late, while Chris was walking over to Cameron and Kayla.

"Well, this certainly changed things, now don't it?" The handsome host said to the camera. "Well, the new Road Ragers just one the battle, while the Gear Grinders came in second. Well, Cameron, Victoria, you two get invincibility. Jamie and Kayla, you two are fair game." Chris looked very happy for a moment, then looked around. "Umm, where are the other three?" The four campers looked at each other, then shrugged. "Don't know." Jamie said. "Don't care." Victoria added. Chris looked thoughtful for a minute, then shrugged. "Well, hopefully they'll arrive soon."

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"RUN!! RRRUUUNNN!!!!" Sam screamed at Effie and Shane as he braced a metal bar against the door of the gas station restroom. The rusted steel door bent outward as something ran into the other side. They made a break for the monster tric as whatever was in the restroom screeched and pounded the door harder. They jumped in and ran to their seats. "DRIVE!" Effie yelled and Shane floored the gas peddle, shooting theur vehicle forward as they left the abandoned gas station behind. They raced down the trail towards camp, with the creature in the restroom following behind them…

To Be Continued…