The Spy Plane
See, the kids had secured the key car and a getaway plane, you'd think that means it's smooth sailing for their, right?
"Frosteeeeee!" Tony shouted as the spy plane rocked back and forth violently causing everyone to yell out and fly all over the pit.
"What the hell are you doing Frostee?" Geleel shouted into his watch as he tried to keep his balance.
"I don't know! You try piloting a cruise ship with wings from a tablet screen!" Frostee shouted back as the plane jostled again.
"Well you better figure something out quick before we come crashing out of the sky!" Echo shouted.
"Hey! My car's in there! Be careful!" The group heard Shashi shout at Frostee.
"My friends are in there!" Frostee shouted back as a random beeping started.
"What's that beeping?" Shashi questioned as Frostee groaned.
"I just said, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M DOING! This is way harder than Jet blaster 5000 there's way less turbulence in that game!" Frostee shouted as Cisco arched a brow.
"Game? Bro this is real life!" The oaf reminded him.
"Hey! I'm 13 and remote flying a giant spy plane! Everyone just back off for a second!" Frostee shouted derangedly.
"Yea okay sure, got it Frost, we'll just give you some space to think, while we're 38,000 feet in the air and shaking around like marble-woah!" Geleel exclaimed as the plane shook again causing him to fall into Cisco's back.
The crew and Layla had fortunately all fell into the same spot.
However, the unfortunate news was that the hauler was also falling in their direction due to how Frostee was flying the plane.
"No!" Layla shouted as they all closed their eyes and tried to shield their faces.
"Sorry!" Frostee yelled as he pushed the plane forward just in time as the hauler went the other direction.
"Frostee! I don't wanna pile on but you're shaking Cisco up like a yoka can and you know how gassy he gets!" Echo shouted into her watch.
"Hey...I can hear you!" Cisco shouted.
"And we can smell you! You tell me which is worse!" Geleel shouted in response.
After a small while of more shouting and yelping, Frostee finally figured out a way to make the plane fly in a stable manner.
"Okay we're clear! I got it!" He announced to them.
"Woo! Finally." Echo said as she highfived Cisco.
"Thank God." Layla said as she failed to realize her and Tony were holding onto eachother.
"You guys do realize the plane settled like 15 seconds ago right? Unless ya know, yall want some privacy." Geleel said as both of them realized the predicament and heated up.
"Ack!" The dreadhead exclaimed as Echo flicked his ear and shook her head at him.
Tony and Layla were still holding onto eachother.
"Hehe..." Tony chuckled sheepishly.
"Ugh! Gross." Layla said as she pushed him off and got to walk away and hide her blush.
After everyone took a second to catch their breaths they all regrouped at the main control center...all except a certain dreadhead ofcourse.
"Okay, let's get back on track here guys." Tony said as they stood in front of the big computer.
"Already on it." Geleel said as he bit into a Cadbury chocolate bar he got from one of the compartments.
They all arched a brow at him as they noticed the ridiculous amount of food he had in his hands.
"G...why are you eating enough to fill up two Ciscos in one sitting?" Echo questioned him.
"Hey, I haven't eaten anything since yesterday morning, don't judge me." He said as continued devouring the chocolate.
"You know if you keep eating like that you're gonna start putting on a few pounds." Layla said as she crossed her arms.
"My metabolism says otherwise." Geleel said with a shrug.
"Yo that plane looks awesome! I wish I was there!" Frostee shouted as he came on the comms again.
"It is awesome! Frostee you're gonna love it here when we rescue you." Tony said with a smirk.
"Hey Geleel, can I have one of the chips." Cisco said as he reached out to grab one.
"Ouch!" He youched when Geleel swiftly slapped his hand away.
"Man you better go find ya own, I'm hungry!" Geleel exclaimed before walking away.
"Crazy ass...talkin bout can I have one." Geleel muttered to himself as Cisco glared at his back.
"Fine! I will find my own snacks." Cisco said as he set out to do just that.
After checking some cabinets he lit up as he found a jar of cookies and began devouring them.
Frostee was watching this all take place as he frowned in jealousy, they got to be ON the plane and eat junk food while he was the kidnapped one.
"Oh...look at me and all my snacks...vomit comet yall!" Frostee shouted as he sent the plane into a small dive causing them all to yell in shock.
"Frostee what the hell?" Geleel shouted.
"Oh I'm sorry...I'm just learning how to use this awesome spy plane..." Frostee said in a feigned innocent tone as he once again steadied the plane.
The crew took this time to try and regain their footing.
"Hey! Quit messin around and bring ne my key car if you wanna get out of here!" Shashi shouted at Frostee.
Before the conversation could continue red lights began flashing in the plane as an alarm blared.
"Frostee, what is that?" Echo questioned him.
"Uh guys...we got company." Frostee said as they all looked out the window to notice none other than Ms. Nowhere's jet coming straight for them.
"Ofcourse, because why would it ever be this easy." Geleel said with a deadpan.
"Delinquents!" Nowhere shouted as she appeared on a split screen from Shashi and Frostee.
"You need to land that plane immediately!" She shouted irately.
"Woah, how did she find us so fast?" Cisco questioned her.
"What? You thought you could ditch me so easily?" Nowhere questioned them.
"Psssh, what? Never, you made that extremely challenging Mrs. Nowhere, you were great out there." Geleel said with a salute.
"Aww, thanks...wait no! Stop flattering me! You punks robbed me! Now all of you listen here, skeleton key is too powerful, giving it to Shashi would be catastrophic!" Nowhere shouted urgently.
"Oh, so now it's not just some lame bedtime story? That doesn't matter anymore Nowhere, we have to save Frostee no matter the cost." Tony declared as he crossed his arms.
"Aww, thanks T." Frostee spoke up as Nowhere gasped when she realized he was on the call.
"Frostee? Are you okay?" She questioned frantically.
"Hm, I'm fine for the most part." He said flatly.
"Frostee I will get you back, trust me." Nowhere declared.
"Frostee's gone because I was the one who said he should come out of the hauler, you all tried to stop me and I didn't listen...this is on me, and I'm going to fix it." Geleel spoke up as he looked Nowhere in her eyes.
"You're only making things worse! Let me handle this! You think I wanna go tell his moms that I lost him and admit that science camp isn't real?" Nowhere questioned.
"I think deep down they knew...that brochure? Tuh! Wasn't good." Gary said as Nowhere fumed.
"The brochure was great!" Nowhere defended.
"Honestly, I wanted to go to that camp." Frostee said with a shrug as Geleel facepalmed.
"Thank you Frostee...now as for you urchins! Don't make me bring that plane down by force." Nowhere warned them.
"If you take out that plane, I take out Frostee, and I don't think anyone wants that to happen, ain't that right, Barlett?" Shashi questioned as Geleel frowned at him and Ms. Nowhere gasped in shock.
"Is Shashi on this call? Typically we don't let the bad guys listen in on our communication!" Nowhere shouted.
"Well then, why don't we consider this communication done, we're saving Frostee, and that's the end of the story, we're not turning our back on family whether the government likes it or not." Geleel said as he moved to end the link.
"Barlett! I'm warning yo-" Nowhere is cutoff with a boop.
"Uh, you know you just hung up on Ms. Nowhere, right?" Cisco questioned.
"Yes Cisco, I am aware." Geleel said in a flat tone, the oaf did not understand why the dreadhead was so relaxed.
"She's launching something!" Shashi shouted over the comms.
"She's launching something?" Cisco repeatedly fearfully.
"Dang, Nowhere's shooting us down?" Echo questioned in confusion.
"Frostee, can you dodge a missile?" Tony questioned him.
"I don't think that's a missile..." Frostee trailed off as he gasped in realization.
"Ms. Nowhere's a jet! Ms. Nowhere's a jet!" He shouted as they all arched their brows at him before running to the window to see what he meant.
"Oh my..." Layla said as they all could only stare in awe as the woman flew up to the spy plane with smaller wings attached to her back like a jetpack.
"Okay, maybe I shouldn't have hung up on her, we're dead." Geleel said as Echo shook her head.
"Ya think?" She questioned as Nowhere landed on the wing.
She then began crawling towards where they were using her magnetized heels.
"Okay on a side note though, that lady's kinda my hero now." Layla said with a shrug.
"For real, yo." Echo agreed as they watched the madwoman crawl closer to the hud.
"Thought you could get rid of me? I'm nowhere! I know a lot more about being an international spy than you'll ever know!" Nowhere shouted as she was above the the hud where they were now.
"Put this plane down, now!" She shouted as she banged on the glass with her heels.
"I'm freakin out guys!" Cisco shouted as the woman continued banging on the glass.
"Stay cool guys, we're safe in here." Tony said as he smirked.
"Uh...I wouldn't be so sure of that, she seems pretty determined." Layla said with a shrug.
"Hey guys, she has to have a parachute on her right?" Geleel questioned them all as Nowhere glared at him.
"I mean...she's a jet so..." Echo trailed off.
"Geleel, if you even think about it..." Nowhere said through gritted teeth.
"Sorry Nowhere, but we gotta do this...Frostee, shake her off!" Geleel shouted as Nowhere's eyes widened.
Frostee then began shaking the plane as Nowhere's grip began slipping.
"Nooo!" She shouted as she fully lost her grip and went flying off the plane.
They all watched as her jet wings came off and she began falling through the air.
Fortunately she released a yellow parachute which ceased her descent to the ground.
"Phew." Tony audibly said as Geleel looked at him with a deadpan.
"Wait, so what was the plan if she didn't have a parachute?" Cisco questioned.
"Welllll..." Geleel trailed off as he scratched the back of his head.
"You didn't have one, did you?" Echo asked rhetorically as Geleel shook his head sheepishly.
"Hey! Can yall focus on getting my car here already?" Shashi questioned over the comms.
Before the conversation could continue two military jets zipped over the spy plane.
"Uh oh." Echo said as they all took note of them.
"This is not good." Frostee said over the comms.
"Doesn't this thing have spy gadgets or something?" Tony questioned as they watched the jets circle back.
"Probably! But I'm kinda learning on the fly here!" Frostee shouted frantically.
"Well learn and fly faster!" Echo shouted.
"It looks like this thing has a cloaking device but...I need time to get it running." Frostee informed them.
"How much time?" Geleel questioned.
"It says 15 seconds!" Frostee shouted.
A beeping then draws Geleel's attention as he turned to a system that said they were being targeted.
"We don't have 15 seconds! We're gonna die!" Cisco shouted.
The group all look out the window as one of the jets had sent two missiles at them.
"Oh no..." Geleel trailed off as they all panickedly watched the missile approaching them.
Then suddenly came Gary, as he flew Ms. Nowhere's jet towards the missiles and fired at it allowing the missile to be destroyed.
"Woah, plot twist." Layla said as they all watched in confusion as to why Gary saved them.
"Activating cloaking!" Frostee yelled as the spy plane turned invisible to anyone who was outside of it.
"Woo! We're in the clear!" Tony shouted as they flew away from the scene undetected, it was time to go get Frostee.
"So, what are we doing Shashi?" Tony questioned the madman.
"We'll take it from here, your plane should land in about 15 minutes, see you then." Shashi said curtly before severing the link.
"Guys...are we really about to let Shashi get access to skeleton key?" Layla questioned after a short silence had passed.
"We don't have a choice..." Echo said as they all sat in silence for the rest of the flight...they were caught between a rock and a hard place.
'So this what it feel like to make a deal with the devil, huh? You was right uncle Rome.' Geleel mentally stated as he shook his head.
Outskirts of L.A.
The spyracers now stood in the sandy outskirts of Los Angeles as they stared the man who was causing all this chaos down.
Tony, Geleel, Echo, and Cisco stood across from Shashi, Jun, Nacho, Rollie, and Muscles as they glared at eachother.
Both groups had each member covering their faces with black masks from the sand blowing in the wind.
Shashi ofcourse had all the other key cars with him as well.
"So, where the hell is my car?" Shashi questioned them.
"We wanna see Frostee first!" Echo shouted as Shashi glared at her.
"Typical." He said before snapping his fingers and allowing Nacho to bring the struggling Frostee out into their view.
The entire crew gasped simultaneously as they smiled at the sigh of Frostee, he was seemingly okay.
"Frostee!" Cisco shouted as he lit up.
Frostee couldn't exactly reply since Nacho was smothering him in his arm.
"Hey boss look! I gotta hairy armpit!" Nacho shouted gleefully as he made fun of how Frostee's afro looked in his arms.
"It smells like you've never heard of deodorant!" Frostee tried to shout even though it was muffled.
"Who?" Nacho questioned.
"He's safe, bring the car out hillbarb." Geleel said into his phone as they all turned to see Layla driving the key car out of the spy plane.
She stops next to the team as Shashi orders Nacho to send Frostee over.
"Guys! Frostee shouted as he ran over to them with a smile plastered on his face.
Layla then began driving over to Shashi as she and Frostee stopped halfway.
The country girl mouthed a sorry to Frostee before driving over to Shashi fully.
"Frostee!" The entire crew shouted simultaneously as they engulfed him in a group hug.
"That's the B.O. I like to smell!" Frostee shouted at Cisco.
"Good to have you back Frostee." Tony said with a smile.
"You have no idea how happy we are you're okay! And why the hell do you smell like nachos and ass?" Geleel questioned him.
"Don't ask." Frostee responded in a flat tone.
Layla was now stopped in front of Shashi as she looked up at him with a scowl.
"Now get out of my car." Shashi ordered her.
"I don't take commands anymore, you guys don't seem to get it, I'm better as a lone wolf, kiss your last key goodbye, Shashi." Layla said with a smirk as she shifted gears and began speeding off.
"Layla Gray...you are fun." Shashi said with a smirk as he tapped a button on his watch.
Suddenly the car malfunctioned and stopped Layla right in her tracks much to her confusion.
"What the hell?" She questioned as the car began moving by itself.
"Oh no." Echo said as all the key cars began moving into an odd formation.
Layla began panicking as she was locked in the golden car.
As the cars came into formation the ground beneath their feet began to shift causibg everyone to look around frantically.
Things really got hectic when a blue circle of light rose around them.
"This is insane!" Cisco shouted as it felt as though the ground beneath them all was beginning to descend and the sand in their specific vicinity cleared.
They were apparently on some sort of elevator as it began taking them down to God knows where.
"What the hell is this Dhar?" Geleel questioned the madman.
"The cars are keys, and this...this is the power they unlock!" Shashi exclaimed as the elevator came to a stop and they could see a black helmet of sorts in the middle of it.
"What is this place...?" Tony questioned as Geleel walked up beside him.
"A tomb." Shashi said as he sent the two boys a glare.
"My mother and father believed that if they came to America and worked hard, they could use their talent to create a better world...they were geniuses." He began as he looked down.
"But, they were naive, they trusted 5 rich men who used their minds to create skeleton key." Shashi continued as he faced them again.
"It was technology created ahead of it's time, able to control anything computerized, the men KNEW they had discovered something invaluable...but they also knew they couldn't trust eachother...so they buried skeleton key in this vault, made 5 keys to keep safe and then killed the only other people who knew about it." Shashi revealed as it was easy to put two and two together.
"Your parents..." Geleel trailed off as Shashi gave him a confirmational signal.
"They buried my parents here...and now I've dug that dream up, and it's gonna become those billionaires' nightmares." Shashi said as he approached the black mask.
"They used this to build the greatest fortune in the world..." Shashi began as he picked the mask up.
"But all it has built, it can also destroy." He continued as he walked over to Geleel and Tony.
"You only robbed four of the billionaires...that means there's one left." Tony said in realization as Shashi stopped.
"Cleve Kelso." Shashi stated darkly as Geleel felt his heart skip a beat.
'That name sounds so familiar...' He mentally trailed off as he saw some hazy images of his father in his memories.
There was screaming, loud gunshots, and the sounds of a toddler crying.
"Cleve was the one who pulled the trigger on my parents." Shashi said as Geleel was dragged out of his thoughts.
"Now he's about to see a ghost." Shashi said as he stared at the mask.
"I know you two of all understand family right? You two understand justice, help me." Shashi said to Geleel and Tony as they arched their brows at him.
"What do you mean? Help you with what? You want us to bring your parents back?" Geleel questioned the man that had threatened his life up to earlier, that for some reason now wanted his help.
"No, but you both can help me level the playing field, help me use skeleton key to unlock all the vaults in the world and give everything away, I'm about to create a world with no rules, in a world like that I'm going to need some real outlaws, I need you guys." Shashi said as he smirked at them.
"No." Tony said cryptically as Shashi was taken back.
"What?" The madman questioned sharply.
"You heard him, we're not helping you on your crazy ass quest for world domination and revenge Shashi." Geleel said as he crossed his arms and Shashi glared at him.
"Exactly, family isn't about revenge Shashi, family is about helping eachother and healing eachother...destroy skeleton key and walk away from all this...we won't stop you." Tony said firmly as Shashi glared at the ground.
Shashi sighed as he signaled Muscles over as the blond glared at Geleel who glared right back.
"It looks like we're gonna have to do this the hard way." Shashi said as he prepared to put the skeleton key on his head.
"You're not getting out of here with that key!" Tony shouted as he tackled Shashi and made him drop the key.
"Boss!" Muscles yelled as he tried to run towards them only for Geleel to lunge at him and wrap him in a sleeper hold.
Then all Hell broke loose, everyone had began fighting.
Echo fought against Rollie as the larger woman tried to crush her, but she was too swift with her strikes.
Cisco and Nacho being that they were both behemoths tussled like sumo wrestlers.
Frostee and Jun were...ofcourse battling in the virtual world instead of real life.
"Muscles! Get this elevator going now!" Shashi shouted as he fought with Tony.
The blond man growled as he struggled to get out of Geleel's chokehold so he opted to try and flip the dreadhead off.
"Get off me!" He shouted.
Muscles had finally got Geleel off of him as he ran over and pulled the lever to send the elevator back up.
Layla was still trying to get out of the gold key car.
She gasped as she heard Muscles screaming.
She then turned straight ahead to see him running towards the golden key car with Geleel wrapped in a bear hug.
Layla covered her face as Muscles slammed Geleel onto the hood of the car.
This caused the glass covering on the car to malfunction as Layla used this as an opportunity to escape.
"Hell yea!" She shouted as she ran over to Echo to help her fight Rollie.
Geleel looked up at Muscles as he tried to slam his fist down on the former's chest.
The dreadhead swiftly dodged to the side and rose up and punched Muscles hard in the face.
Muscles reeled back as he spit some blood out.
"You're hitting harder than before." Muscles said with a chuckle as Geleel bounced on his feet and raised his fists again.
"That's cause I'm not pulling punches this time." Geleel said with a glare.
Muscles then lets out a roar as he swung at Geleel and they began fighting again.
Shashi had gotten the upper hand on Tony as he had the young Toretto on the ground.
"Is this what you wanted Toretto?" Shashi questioned as he stomped his foot onto Tony's chest.
Geleel noticed this as he knew he had to do something to help Tony.
He was brought out of his thoughts when he heard Muscles roar again and turned to see him charging at him.
The dreadhead narrowed his eyes as he timed the blond man...as soon as Muscles came close enough Geleel side stepped the attack and pushed him towards Shashi.
Shashi's eyes widened when he realize Muscles running towards him with too much momentum to stop.
"Boss!" Muscles yelled as he inadvertently tackles Shashi off of the platform.
Luckily Shashi grabbed onto the elevator floor's edge as it continued going up, Muscles had grabbed onto his leg.
Geleel and Tony ran over to the edge as they watched Shashi struggling to hold up his and Muscles weight together.
"Grab my hand!" Tony shouted as he reached out to Shashi, the man only glared at him and slapped his hand away.
"Boss...please don't let me die?" Muscles pleaded as Shashi strained.
The madman then turned to Muscles with a sinister glare.
Then without any remorse...Shashi kicked Muscles right in the face sending him flying down to his inevitable demise.
"No!" Geleel shouted as he reached downwards with a horrified expression.
Even if Muscles was his enemy...no man deserved to die like that.
Tony and Geleel backed away from the edge of the elevator as they both watched the others fighting which had slowed down now...everyone had noticed what Shashi did...he killed Muscles with no remorse.
"You see what you made me do? You made me...kill Muscles." Shashi said as he climbed back to the top of the elevator with tears welling in his eyes...but these weren't tears of sympathy...they were the tears of a madman.
"We all coulda been one happy family, ya know? All of us!" Shashi shouted to everyone who now just stood and watched him as he had a small mental breakdown.
"But no! You two...you always have to be heroes..." Shashi said in a dark tone as he gestured to Geleel and Tony who stood side by side.
Geleel couldn't figure this guy out to save his life...at first he thought he was just a smug asshole that needed to get his teeth smashed in...but now he realized that Shashi was just...hurting on the inside.
"You...you need help Shashi, just stand down, it's not too late for you." Geleel said as he offered the madman his hand.
"I'm afraid it's been too late for 16 years Barlett..." Shashi said as the elevator finally reached the top.
They all looked around as gunfire and explosions were occuring everywhere.
The military had deployed drones, tanks and ofcourse choppers to surround them.
It was the army...and naturally they were trying to kill them and Shashi all the same.
"We have you surrounded! Now drop skeleton key and surrender!" The general shouted at Shashi.
"Look man, the military's already here, just give up." Tony urged Shashi who had wiped his tears now.
"They won't be the goverment for long, when they're precious technology is ripped away from them." Shashi said as he eyed the skeleton key that was on the floor.
Then without warning he swiftly kicked Tony in the chest as the young Toretto collided with Geleel sending them both to the ground.
"Now...watch as I display the true power of...skeleton key." Shashi said as he put the mask on and a red tribal signal appeared on it.
Shashi then raised his hands as he instantly took control of all the helicopters.
"No way..." Echo said quietly as she didn't believe the key would actually work.
Shashi then dropped his hands swiftly as the helicopters went crashing to the ground and engulfed any soldier on board in flames.
"I can feel my parents with me! Their code...racing through my mind!" Shashi shouted as he yelled angrily and began destroying every military vehicle with skeleton key.
They then tried to send missiles at him only for Shashi to simply redirect the missiles behind him.
Everyone that was there ducked out of the way as Echo pulled Geleel out of the blast radius and hugged him close to her.
They all watched as Shashi continued forcing the military to retreat.
They then stood up as Shashi faced them again, his own crew minus Muscles ofcourse stood beside him again.
"It's time I paid a visit to the man who killed my parents, and he lives in the perfect place for the whole world to go bust...Las Vegas." Shashi revealed as Tony's crew gasped simultaneously.
Shashi's crew each got into their respective key cars as they prepared to drive off.
"This was going to be your car..." Shashi said to Tony as he gestured to the golden key car.
"But you've ruined it." He said as he snapped his finger and the car exploded.
And wirh that, Shashi took off with his army of technology and his crew.
"What are we gonna do now?" Cisco questioned in fear.
"Wow." Geleel said as he used Echo for support.
"I can't believe he blew up my car..." Tony trailed off.
"What are you talking about? That was my car." Layla combated as the two began arguing about who the key car was meant for.
"Yes guys, let's argue about who the supervillain madman with a mask that can control all technology wanted more on his mission to destroy the world, I got next." Geleel said with a deadpan.
"Okay enough! What do we do now?" Echo questioned.
"We still have to spy plane and our cars, let's just go stop him." Tony said as Geleel sighed.
"Did you not just see what just happened? The man took down 15 choppers with a swipe of his hand, technology isn't going to work against him." Geleel reminded Tony.
"G's right...we can't use any of our stuff against him...and when he gets to Vegas he's gonna be able to tap in to the main electrical grid, amplify his power and take over the entire...world." Frostee said gravely as everyone's eyes widened and watched as Shashi's crew was still visible from here...they then looked up to see Vegas' lights...time was of the essence.
Chapter Fin