Slugterra Fanfic

Chapter 10: Demon

Time slows down as the anticipated word is uttered.

For a split second there is silence as all racers register the word

Then all of Hell breaks loose.

Racers surge forward in a wild tidal wave of colours, creatures and noise.

I don't start off as quickly as the other racers because I've seen from other races; the first 500m is a massacre as racers fight for first place.

I keep my pace even while dodging fallen mechas, no need to waste my energy yet.

After 700m we hit the real track. A windy path through orange canyons, towering walls on one side and a bottomless drop on the other side.

I stick close to the wall, trying to stay unnoticed. It worked, but not for long. A thick man on a bull Mecha spots me and tries to run me against the wall.

Not gonna happen.

I drop back and his momentum keeps him going. He hits the wall and sparks fly from his mecha as it scrapes along the rock.

I draw even with him again; he turns and scowls at me then charges towards me again.

Heh, Idiot.

Just as his mecha is about to hit Skies, I jump.

Skies hydraulics makes him able to leap a max of 400m into the air, more if you apply thrusters.

Skies sails over top of the startled racer and lands on his other side then rams against him, hard.

His momentum combined with the forceful push, pushes him over the edge to a bottomless drop below.

He falls screaming as I smile and wave down to him.

My brain's telling me I shouldn't have done that but I push it aside.

Who Cares? It's over now, not like I can undo it.

I push Skies up a gear and he powers forward swerving past a hulking elephant and ramming into a yellow hyena, causing it to wipe out.

"Woah!" yells the blonde boy as he hits the ground.

"Sucka!" I yell back at him.

The canyon ends up ahead and we have to cross a thin rock bridge to get to the next part. All the racers are speeding up, they want to get over before the elephant. His weight will cause the bridge to collapse no doubt.

Well, that's what they think.

I power Skies ahead and we reach the bridge. Then I twitch the joystick and his tail lashes out at the rider behind me, causing him to crash into one of the rock pillars. The pillar sways then comes tumbling down.

Small mecha riders try and dodge the debris but fail and get wiped out. However the elephant mecha powers right through and is the last mecha to get to the bridge.

Good. I have a use for the giant hunk of metal.

The bridge collapses after the elephant crossed, no turning back now.

I look ahead and size up my competition.

Eli, Twist, Vance and the pink and silver cheetah are still in the race and are ahead.

But not for long. I smile wickedly.

I catch up behind the cheetah.

Time to test these jaws of mine.

I press a button to switch the joystick to mouth instead of tail then aim Skies head at the cheetahs' hind legs. I'm just about to bite them when the cheetah swerves to avoid a rock pillar, dotted with Lumino Ore shards.

I swerve just in time, barely missing the razor sharp crystals.

The chick on the cheetah spots me running up next to her.

She frowns, her blue eyes suspicious.

"Name?" I yell over the pounding of robot feet and paws.

She regards me carefully, "Jordan. Jordan Sheeders" She replies

"Well, Jordan Sheeders", I say "Eat my dust!" I yell as I ram Black skies into her mecha.

"Woah! Easy Blur, easy!" She struggles to gain control of her mecha and loses speed, falling behind the rest of the racers.

I don't look back as I speed on to victory.

That felt good.

One down, three to go.

We exit the caves and hit the home stretch.

1000m to the Finish line.

And time for my big finale.

Twist and Eli have their mechas stuck together as they try and push each other over.

Heh, easy pickings.

I side up next to Eli. He doesn't see me but his slug does.

It's an Infurnace slug. I think his name is Burpy or something. Meh, it's not important.

He squeaks to Eli and Eli faces me, surprise on his face as I swing Skies head over, jaws agape, and bite down hard on his mechas' neck slowing it down and damaging circuits.

"Hey! What the-?!" Eli yells and his slug growls at me before his mecha goes down.

My hybrid strains but eventually manages to drag Eli's mecha over and drop it in a tangled heap of metal.

Twist is watching me, determination registering over shock.

"Your turn next, Twist!" I growl.

"Who-!? Wait how do you know my name!?" He asks, just before I grab my blaster/blade and swing it at him.

He swerves away "Woah! What's the big deal? Wait-" His eyes fill with realization as he recognizes my blaster.

His hesitation is all I need. I swerve Skies towards him and as he swerves to avoid me his mecha stumbles and he flies off and face-plants on the ground.

I allow myself a sly grin.

600m until the finish.

Volt's in front. He thinks he's got this race in the bag.

Well he doesn't. Not with me in it.

I flick the input switch and all the stored energy from before the race, floods into the engine and it hums even louder.

Black Skies speeds up and catches up with Volts' ride in no time.

I take in a deep breath, calm myself then pull up next to Volt.

His face registers surprise but I spend no time at all watching him.

"Your lucks over, Volt" Is all I say

Before he knows it his horse mechas' front leg is clamped between my metal dragon jaws and, with a keening shriek, is ripped right off.

He goes down with his mecha, just before the elephant mechas' foot plants right in the spot where he dropped.

The crowd screams in horror, others just sit speechless.

I release the leg from Skies jaws and it clatters down onto the track.

I look at my speedometer, it's at 300k/ph and rising.

The Finish Line is 50m away.

I power forward, I can already taste this sweet victory in my mouth.

Time slows down once more as me and Black Skies leap over the finish line and slide to a stop in a cloud of dust, first place.

First Place.

I came First Place!

"YES!" I yell as I punch the air, triumph streaming through me.

The crowd is hysterical. I doubt they have ever seen such a brutal race but they loved it.

In second place is Jordan. She doesn't look at me, just watches the track.

I follow her gaze and smile.

It's carnage.

Elephant mecha flipped after it tried to dodge Volt and is now lying on its side, smoking.

Twists' mecha limps over the line in third place, a dirty tangled broken wreck.

He looks at me but doesn't meet my eyes then hangs his head in shame.

Medics suddenly rush over to the Finish line and I watch as Eli and his mecha, Lucky, cross the line with the still body of Vance volt behind him.

Doctors help get the limp form off then escort him to a medical tent.

Lucky has a giant rip in his neck, no doubt caused by Black Skies jaws, and is dented and covered in dirt.

His team rush over to help him. His mechanic, the cave troll looks at the bite marks, shaking his head.

If only I could hear what the were saying.

"Well Folks! That was one of the most chaotic race I have ever seen! Didn't you love it because I sure did!" The announcer has now gotten every ones' attention.

"In first place, with the most talented and mysterious mecha beast ever known is….. Kaiya Skye!"

I know I had come first but hearing it being said just made it ten times better.

"Second place by chance, Jordan Sheeders! And third, Twist!"

The crowd clapped for the winners and then the announcer came down holding the phone and a bag of gold.

I hopped off my mecha beast.

"Ladies, gentlemen and racers! I give you this years' Top Racer of Slugterra… Kaiya Skye!" He held up my hand then handed me the phone and bag of gold, whispering as he did, "That was some feat girly, but watch your back. I think you pissed of some bad people with what you did"

"So what?" I spat, "Let them come"