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Patten Park, 8:36 pm.

With Deangelo…..

"Hey bro, why didn't you tell me 205 Customs closed down?" Sai Saici asked me as he got out of the RX-7.

"I was a little upset to really tell you during that time." I answered.

"So you got laid off yet again, what are you going to do now?"

"My dad and I had a brief little conversation; I told him I wanted to join the Midnight Club."

Sai Saici smirked, "So you finally decided you want to join, you already know that the only way to join is you got to race against some of the car clubs here in Birmingham and that isn't going to be easy, there are car clubs all around the city."

"I know, but my dad told me a better and quicker solution to join the Midnight Club," I replied, "that crew that is on the second floor, the Visoreds, my dad said that if I defeat them I'll automatically be in the Midnight Club."

"Ha good luck with that, they have never lost a race," Sai Saici stated, "Plus they're not just going to race anyone, you got to prove to them that you're a worthy opponent."

"I know, all I need to do is race against a few car clubs to get their attention."

"Which car club is first on your list?"

I looked at Sai Saici with a smirk forming on my face, my brother just chuckled, "I see, so you're going to race against us first?" Sai Saici asked.

"Well yeah, might as well kill two birds with one stone, I guess the driver in the red RSX is the leader right?" I said.

Sai Saici nodded and said that the driver has been real eager to race me, "Tell your leader that she's just gonna have to wait," I said, "So how about it bro, race on Interstate 50?"

"Alright I'll see you at the starting line."

20 minutes later…..

Interstate 50 entrance ramp…..

"Yo anything showed up yet?" I asked one of the racers through the walkie-talkie.

"Nothing is showing up on the police scanner so far," one of the street racers replied through the walkie-talkie, the crowd started to cheer as Sai Saici and I approached the starting line.

Amongst the crowd were Shinji and few high ranking members of the Visoreds, "You better watch Shinji, for this race is also a challenge from me to you and the rest of the crew." I said inside my mind.

With Shinji……

"I see, so Deangelo is racing against his brother again." I said as I saw Deangelo staring at me from his 350Z Roadster, I saw one of my friends coming through the crowd he is a tall, muscular man with sharp features, short light-gray/silver hair and brown eyes. He had on a blue and white trimmed shirt with green cargo pants as well as black combat boots and was wearing some orange fingerless gloves; he also had a few golden piercings, one in his eyebrow and three on his left ear.

It was Kensei Mugurmura, former leader of the ATL chapter of the American Royalty car club and a high ranking member of the Visoreds, "Why am I'm not surprised to see those two racing again?" Kensei said as he stood by me watching as the race was about to begin, "Are you still thinking about having him join us?"

"Of course, the kid's got the potential to become a great street racer just like his father." I replied.

With Deangelo and Sai Saici…

"I'm not going to hold back bro." I said revving the engine.

"Good I don't expect you to." Sai Saici replied as he spun the back tires of his RX-7, one of the street racers came up to the front.

My hands gripped the steering wheel tightly as the pedestrian counted down for us to began, the crowd continued to cheer on as the sound of the engines roared and echoed through the night.

Finally the pedestrian signaled for us to go and I immediately slammed my foot on the accelerator, the back tires spun rapidly as Sai Saici and I left the starting line leaving a huge cloud of smoke.

Side by side we went speeding down the freeway there were hardly any vehicles on the road this time around, while I was driving I was also paying close attention to the police scanner.

The police were on patrol tonight though the traffic on the freeway was very light, I put the car I fourth gear as I pulled up ahead and gained the lead with my brother right on my tail.

We were flying down the road at an astonishing 190mph and above, we approached the first sharp turn as we drove through the downtown area of Birmingham, the same turn where the RSX overtook me about a week ago.

Sai Saici decided he would try to make his move by speeding right beside me, he had the inside and I had the outside.

I pressed my foot on the brake as both Sai Saici and I drift around the difficult turn, my brother tried to pass me from the inside but I managed to block him.

Both of us cleared the first sharp turn and continued speeding down the freeway, my brother was right behind me yet again.

We kept going straight until we approached another turn, it was a sharp turn just like the first one but it was also a wide turn as well.

Sai Saici made his move again but this time he decided to try to overtake me from the outside while I had the inside, we went drifting sideways to the left both of us were side by side, I tried to block my brother from passing but he miraculously managed to overtake me and gain the lead.

"Shit…." I muttered, "I better make a comeback soon, the finish line is dead close after the last two turns."

I saw the flames coming out of the tailpipes of the RX-7, Sai Saici had hit the nitrous oxide button and was gaining speed leaving me behind a little bit.

Suddenly I saw something that caught me by surprise; I saw white streams projecting out at me it was like a stream of turbulence, "Could this be it?" I said to myself, "Could this be what my dad was telling me about?"

"Listen Deangelo, when trailing real close behind an opponent you'll notice their wake projecting out at you. This signifies that you're in a slipstream just wait for a few minutes for your meter to fill up, once it's filled all the way up you can unleash it by hitting the NOS button giving you a boost of speed, this will save you from having to waste your nitrous oxide it can also be your last resort if you do happen to run out of nitrous oxide as well."

"No mistake about it, its slipstream turbo." I said, "I can't use it right now, I got to use it once I come out the last and final right turn, if I can just stay close behind Sai Saici and time it just right I'll be able to pass and win this race."

My 350Z started to speed up once I hit the nitrous oxide button, I only had three shots of NOS left so I had to use them wisely, I managed to catch up with Sai Saici my front bumper was so close to the RX-7's back bumper they almost touched.

The white streams were projecting out at me heavily as the small meter on the dashboard started to fill up, I couldn't press the button just yet.

We approached yet another wide and sharp turn both Sai saici and I drifted side by side, my brother thought that I was gonna overtake him from the inside but I didn't.

I stayed right close behind him as we went flying down the straightaway we were only a few feet from the last and final turn, the meter was beeping up a storm as I stayed in the slipstream.

"This is it," I said as we approached the last and final turn, "this is my last chance!!"

Sai Saici had the inside and I had the outside, both of us hit the brake and went drifting around the final turn Sai Saici had slid the car outward even though the turn was so tight, he went in too fast both of our lines were about to cross.

This time I had the inside and Sai Saici had the outside after our lines crossed as we came out of the last turn I hit the nitrous oxide button unleashing the slipstream turbo, I gained a quick boost of speed as I left Sai Saici in the dust speeding down the long straightaway.

My brother tried to catch up but it was futile once I hit the nitrous oxide button again unleashing the NOS, I went speeding at an astonishing 200mph, there were street racers above the walkway that was cheering as I went across the finish line.

"Number one baby!!!" I said in absolute victory.

After the race…..

With Nuchu…..

"That driver is good, real good," I said as I saw the crowd surround both Sai Saici and his opponent's rides.

As the driver in the 350Z Roadster got out I couldn't believe what I saw, I thought my eyes were deceiving me, "No way…….. it was Ping that was behind the wheel!?" I said in utter disbelief.

"Dude that's not Ping," a random street racer said, "That's Deangelo Manson, Ping's first and oldest son."

"Unbelievable, Sai Saici told me that he's related to him, I think that his brother or something?"

The street racer nodded, "Sai Saici was adopted into Deangelo's family."

"Deangelo looks so much like Ping it's almost fuckin' scary; he drives just like his father as well."

The next day…….

Tuesday, January 6th 2009.

Carver High, 3:38 pm.

With Deangelo….

As I drove down the hill I saw the red Acura RSX sitting outside the front entrance, there was a girl standing near the car, she had on a brown school uniform just like the one my sister wears. She also had purple hair with a red bow tied to it and orange eyes.

"So this is the leader Sai Saici was telling me about." I said.

I pulled up alongside the curb and stopped right by the young girl, looks like she was probably 17 or 18 years old.

"So I finally get to meet the person who I've been racing against on Interstate 50 for about a week." I said as I lowered the passenger side window.

"And I finally get to meet Sai Saici's brother," She replied with a smile, "My name is Senna, it's good to meet you."

"Well you probably already know me, but still, my name is Deangelo Manson but you can call me Dee."

"That was some very nice racing last night Dee, you better be ready tonight cause I'm not holding back."

"Trust me I'm ready, so where do you want to race?"

"How about we race along Norwood Boulevard?" Senna suggested.

"Okay that sounds good enough with me."

Next chapter coming up…..