This marks the beginning of the second book in the Spyracers Series...this is...
Spyracers: Rio's Finest
L.A.
You'd think that after stopping a maniac that almost took over all of Earth's technology, life for the spyracers would be much more quiet and easy.
Wrong, if that was the case they wouldn't be chasing Pizzarave all over the city trying to stop her from getting away with a very important hard drive that their entire lives depended on.
Tony led the way with his charger as Echo rode next to him in the hyperfin and ofcourse Cisco and Frostee were in the baja behind them.
"You mind telling me how you guys managed to let her get this far with the hard drive?" Nowhere shouted over their comms.
"Oh I'm sorry, it's not like we were busy with Scadan, Togue-Dori and Grinder or anything!" Frostee shouted angrily.
"Ugh! How did we lose track of her?" Echo shouted as she slammed on her steering wheel.
"She musta got away when we were busy with the other goonies, we have to find her before she gets away with that hard drive." Tony said as they sped up again.
"Uh...I have a idea where she might be." Frostee said shakily as they all looked up to a chopper that Pizzarave had just got on.
"Adios!" She shouted as she smirked at the chopper began flying away.
"Shit! After her!" Tony exclaimed urgently.
Ms. Nowhere
Ms. Nowhere fumed as she watched Pizzarave's chopper fly through the city, she knew she couldn't let her get away.
"I think you know who we need to call Ms. Nowhere." Gary said gravely as Nowhere groaned.
"I actually HATE doing this Gary, ya know that?" She questioned as she turned to the bald man who nodded meekly.
"Get me Barlett." She said gravely as Gary began trying to radio Geleel.
Geleel
The dreadhead had just woke up from his snooze as he wiped his eyes and stretched.
It was time for him to get out of bed as he did just that and prepared to walk to the bathroom, as he did that he turned on his mom's record player as, "It was a Good day by Ice Cube," began playing.
Geleel was in his boxers and a tank top as he stood in front of his bathroom mirror brushing his teeth.
He had been on suspension ever since his little stunt with the Z28 a few months back.
The dreadhead chuckled to himself as he finished brushing his teeth and walked over to the kitchen, his mom wasn't home since she had work.
He knew he missed going on missions with the gang but, Nowhere said he had a 6 month suspension after his stunt and he had an entire month of it left, it's a miracle she even let him keep his spy gear...or maybe on the offest chance she somehow forgot.
Gary and Julius had told him he was lucky she didn't kill him, keeping the spy stuff was a bonus to that luck.
"Damn, I'm hungry as shit." He said as he popped a Jamaican beef patty into the microwave and began heating it up.
"I wonder what the guys are up to right now." Geleel thought outloud as the whirring of a chopper's blades drew his attention.
"What the..." He trailed off as he looked out the window to notice Pizzarave in the chopper.
"Rave? What the hell is that crazy Colombiana up to?" Geleel questioned to himself before a vibration caught his attention.
He looked at his phone to realize that Gary was dialing him.
His eyes widened as realization hit quick.
"Oh hell yea." Geleel said as he immediately scrambled to put all his clothes on.
The dreadhead swiftly pulled his white T-shirt on over his head and then began pulling his black cargos up quickly as well.
He then puts on his retro 90s Timberland super 40 boots and prepares to leave the house.
The dreadhead grabbed the beef patty out of the microwave as he hissed in pain.
"Hot! Hot!" He yelled as he ran to the garage and opened the entry door up.
There in all her glory was his beautiful shiny blue camaro, just waiting to be driven into battle.
"I've neglected you for so long my love...never again..." He trailed off as he opened the car and got in swiftly.
"Maybe Echo's right...I do have an unhealthy obsession with this car..." Geleel began as the garage door to the road now began opening.
"Nahhh." He said as he shook his head and drove out of the gargage.
"Now it's time to take you down, Rave." Geleel said with a smirk as he sped forwards towards where the helicopter was headed.
"Barlett! Where have you been?" Ms. Nowhere's voice shouted over the comms.
"Um, you suspended me." Geleel reminded her as her eyes widened in realization.
"Oh that's right...don't get smart with me! You're back on duty!" Nowhere shouted as Geleel shook his head and took a bite of his patty.
"Just don't let Pizzarave get away, alright? Or else the next suspension'll be for a year!" She exclaimed once more as Geleel arched a brow, how was that even remotely close to fair?
"Come on Nowhere...I know I've been gone for a bit but you already forgot how I get?" The dreadhead questioned.
"Rave ain't...going...no...where." Geleel said in between bites as Ms. Nowhere arched a brow.
"Are you eating right now?" She questioned in disbelief.
"Uh, gotta go!" He shouted as he severed the link with Nowhere.
"So you finally decided to show up, huh?" Tony questioned as Geleel smiled.
"Had enough rest time, sleeping beauty?" Echo questioned him as Geleel did a sarcastic laugh in response.
"Very funny MarMar, but yea, I missed this...now it's time to put in some real work." Geleel said he turned into a lot with a winding road to lead up to the roof.
"How are you gonna get to Pizzarave?" Frostee questioned him.
"Simple, I'm gonna reel her in." Geleel answered as he got to the top of the roof and noticed a ramp.
He looked to his left and saw Pizzarave's helicopter coming up.
"Let's do this." The dreadhead said as he shifted gears and sped towards the ramp.
As he drove his car off of the ramp Pizzarave could not believe her eyes...this guy was crazy.
As the camaro got close enough Geleel pressed a button on his steering wheel that sent out two hooks that latched onto the helicopter.
The helicopter struggled with the weight of the car but luckily did not fall out of the sky.
"And, reel." Geleel said as he pressed the reel-in button and got out of his car through the window.
The dreadhead then used the grappling hook on his wrist to hook onto the helicopter's landing gear.
He then reeled himself up onto the helicopter as he now smirked at a starstuck Pizzarave.
"Oye Pizzarave, qué xopa mama?" Geleel questioned the Colombian woman in spanish as she glared at him.
"Listen Rave, I don't put my hands on women, so why don't we just make this easy and you just hand me that hard drive and we both go out for some pizza right now, on me, what do ya say?" The dreadhead questioned with a shrug as she scowled at him.
"Arder en el infierno!" Pizzrave exclaimed as she shot three lasers at Geleel which he fortunately averted.
The dreadhead turned to notice the shots had hit the line that connected his car to the helicopter.
"No..." Geleel trailed off as the burned lines snapped and the camaro began falling from the sky.
"No!" He shouted as he ran over to the edge and watched the car fall straight to the floor below...the impact caused the camaro to get enveloped in a fiery explosion.
Geleel tightened his fists as he grit his teeth and stood up from the edge...his car was really gone.
"Aw, pobrecito, don't worry that was just a car...this one's going through your skull." Pizzarave said menacingly as she powered up the weapon and aimed it at the back of Geleel's head.
The dreadhead swiftly turned and ducked under the shot as he ran at her and tackled her out of the helicopter.
"Woah! Are you crazy?" Pizzarave shouted as they fell through the sky and she was forced to hold onto him for dear life.
Geleel then frowned and held the Colombiana to his chest as he noticed a ledge in front of them.
He shot his grappling hook as it hooked on to the ledge and they swung towards the building below.
The dreadhead noticed there was a pool below and party going on around it.
He disconnected the line as him and Pizzarave crashed into the pool causing everyone that was there to gasp in shock and outrage.
The guests at the party were waiting for one of them to resurface.
Geleel pops out of the water first as he held up the hard drive.
"Yes! Barlett has the hard drive!" Nowhere shouted as the team began whooping over the comms.
"You did it G!" Echo complimented him as they had all now parked in front of the building he had crash landed with Pizzarave.
"But at what cost Echo? At what cost?" He questioned dramatically into the comms.
"Okayyy...anyways, I'm gonna send a team to extract Pizzarave and the hard drive, hang tight Barlett." Nowhere said as she severed the link.
Geleel didn't even care...he was too busy thinking about his car...it was really gone, the first day back on the job and something like this happening was definitely not a good sign.
The Base
The entire crew stood off to the side as Ms. Nowhere and her agents handled the hard drive.
Geleel on the contrary was sitting against a wall, still solemnly thinking about his destroyed car.
"Great work out there today team, thanks to the gps coordinates on that hard drive we located the stolen good and broke up one of the biggest smuggling rings in the world!" Tony shouted as Echo, Frostee and Cisco cheered.
"And a special shoutout goes to our recently returning member...the G mannnnn!" Frostee shouted as they turned to see Geleel still moping about the car.
"What's up with him? He got the hard drive, why isn't he the most hype one out of all of us?" Frostee questioned with an arched brow.
"His camaro went up in flames Frostee, and if we know Geleel, we know he's taking that harder than he should be." Echo said as she shrugged.
"Well let's go cheer him up, froyo always works." Cisco suggested as Tony nodded.
"Yea, plus-" Tony is cutoff as they heard movement and banging in one of the confiscated trailers.
"Uh, did you guys hear that?" Echo questioned as they nodded and ran over to the trailer immediately.
Tony opened the trailer only to gasp in shock when a Caucasian man lunged at him, tackling him to the floor.
This even made Geleel alert a bit due to how sudden the attack was as he instantly stopped moping and tuned in to what was happening.
The man swiftly got up and made a break for it as the crew prepared to give chase.
Unfortunately, the man did not get very far as he was met with an unexpected lariot from Gary which left him unconcious immediately.
"You guys okay?" Gary questioned as he walked up to them.
"Yea...but what the heck was that? I thought there was just contraband in these trailers." Tony reminded him.
"And what's with that tattoo?" Frostee questioned as he scanned the strange pink floral tattoo the man had.
"Well, sometimes tattoos reveal gang affiliations, and sometimes...they're just cool." Gary said with a shrug.
"Zip it Gary!" Nowhere shouted as she walked up to the group.
"Load him up in the car now!" She ordered the large man as she gestured to the man he had just knocked clean out.
"Hey what's going on?" Tony questioned Nowhere.
"Nothing that has to concern you, forget about it." She dismissed his question as Frostee frowned.
"Okay just as some advice, if you want us to forget about something, maybe don't tell us to forget about it!" He shouted.
"Whatever, what's up with mopey over there by the way? He's awfully quiet, thought he'd be boasting about how awesome he was after today's success." Nowhere said as she gestured to Geleel who was still looking at the ground.
"Oh, he's just upset about his camaro, but don't worry he'll be over it in a week tops." Echo said with a smile...boy was she wrong
A Week Later, The Base
They were all inside the base as they each were doing different things.
Frostee and Cisco were enjoying froyos and Tony was playing a video game.
Echo was using her ramp to try and perfect a skating trick but she just couldn't get it down.
Unfortunately, against Echo's prior wishes, Geleel was still moping...and it was starting to affect the others.
He had only been playing sad piano based songs as the entire crew was forced to listen to it.
"Ugh!" Echo exclaimed as she wiped out again and failed the trick.
"G! This trick is super hard and your depression noise isn't exactly helping!" She shouted in anguish as he didn't pay her any mind whatsoever.
"Oh my Goddddd." Echo droned out in frustration.
"Hello urchins!" Nowhere shouted as everyone turned to her voice as she entered the base and walked to the lounge.
"Everyone gather around I have an announcement." She began as everyone minus Geleel ofcourse gathered around her.
"Is this about that tattooed man you found in the container?" Echo questioned her.
"No, I'm not." Nowhere calmly stated.
"Well what did you find out about him, who he is? What's his link to the smugglers?" Tony questioned her.
"And why was he in a container?" Frostee questioned as well.
"Maybe cheap travel, those airlines take advantage of you every chance they get...paying for a bag? Who travels without a bag?" Cisco questioned rhetorically.
"Will everyone please just shut up? Look! This guy might be linked to international criminals trying to set up shop in Brazil, so-" Nowhere is cutoff by Tony.
"So you're sending us to Brazil for our first international investigation?" He questioned excitedly as the crew all cheered and whooped.
"What? Hell no! I was going to say, INTERPOL has it from here." Nowhere revealed as they instantly deflated and groaned in annoyance.
"Boo!" They shouted simultaneously.
"Ugh!" Nowhere groaned.
"Why is it that everytime an investigation leads out of L.A., we lose the assignment?" Tony questioned Nowhere.
"Because you don't know anything about international investigations." Nowhere reminded him.
"Then let us go down to Brazil so we can learn about them!" Tony challenged her.
"No, I'm not gonna lose another agent down there..." Nowhere said begrudgingly.
"Wait what? You lost an agent in Brazil?" Frostee questioned as Nowhere grit her teeth.
"What the hell is this? An interrogation? Stop asking so many questions! And what is with that God awful music?" Nowhere shouted as she turned to see Geleel by the booth playing the music as she glared at him.
"Oh yea, remember how I said he would be over the camaro in a week? I was wrong." Echo said as Nowhere growled.
"Barlett! I reinstated you so you could do your job! Which is listening to me! I didn't reinstate you so you can sit around and play sad music all day! Turn the music off." Nowhere warned Geleel who didn't even budge or move a muscle.
"Ooo, he ignored you." Tony said as he covered his mouth.
"Ignored me...? Ignored me?" Nowhere questioned on repeat as she chuckled maniacally.
"Oh, I'll show him ignore." Nowhere said as she began approaching Geleel with rage lacing her steps.
"Woah! Woah, okay let's cool it, I'll talk to him." Echo said as she placed her hands in front of Nowhere.
"Fine! But please! Just get that music shut off." The madwoman said as she rubbed her temples.
Echo walked up to Geleel as she switched his music off much to his dismay and much to everyone elses happiness, mainly Ms. Nowhere's.
"Okay Geleel, it's been a week, I think it's time for you to stop being all emo on us." Echo said as the dreadhead sighed deeply.
"What's the meaning of life, Echo?" Geleel questioned as she arched a brow.
"What?" Was all the green-haired vixen could muster.
"We're all gonna die some day...as we go around this shitty racetrack we call life...we're just delaying the inevitable, but usually we always have one thing that keeps our delusions a float...and...and Cammy was that distraction for me." Geleel said as his voice hitched at the end and he slammed his head onto the table.
"Cammy- you know what, nevermind." Echo said as she sighed deeply.
She shook her head before turning on her heel.
"This is a lost cause Nowhere, he NAMED the car." Echo emphasized as Nowhere sighed.
"This is so unnecessary! It's just a car!" Nowhere shouted as the entire crew minus Echo gasped dramatically.
"That was monsterous." Tony said as he put his hand to his chest.
"You see what I deal with everyday?" Echo questioned her.
"Ugh! Fine! Geleel, honey, sweetieeee." Nowhere droned out through gritted teeth as she walked up to the dreadhead.
The others were all taken back by this, Ms. Nowhere never spoke this nicely to them, even if it was a forced tone.
"What if I agree to give you one of the agency's vehicles? Hm?" Nowhere questioned him as he raised his head up.
"You can't replace Cammy." Geleel said flatly as he slammed his head down again which caused Nowhere to fume.
"How about I just choke the living shit out of you-" Nowhere cuts herself off as she drew in a deep breath.
"It's a Chevroletttt." The madwoman sang into Geleel's ear as his eyes widened and his head sprung up from the table.
"That got his attention." Echo said as she chuckled.
"Let me see the car..." Geleel trailed off as Nowhere smirked.
Outside
Now Geleel wasn't trying to replace his camaro, he would never, but if there was a chance he'd get to drive a new one until it was repaired, he'd consider it.
Unfortunately, when he stepped outside alongside his crewmates to see the car in question, Geleel was ready to drop dead right there.
His friends stifled their laughter as they watched as his eyes twitched.
"You like it? It's the spy agencie's 1990 White Chevy Blazer van! I know, you don't have to thank me." Ms. Nowhere said as she stood proudly in front of the van.
Cisco tapped the van's hood as one of the headlights became slanted.
"I don't know Nowhere, I think this made G more depressed than he was before." Tony said as Nowhere handed the keys to Geleel.
"Shut up Tony! Come on Geleel, why don't you just take it for a spin, you're gonna love it!" Nowhere shouted as the dreadhead got into the blazer and put the key in the ignition.
"It's like Dom says, it's not the car it's the person or whatever." Nowhere said with a feigned smile.
"Um actually, that's not the line." Frostee said as Nowhere raised her hand and ordered him to shut up.
"Anyways, Geleel, come on, let's hear that engine roar." Nowhere said enthusiastically as Geleel turned the key and the car sputtered for a bit.
After about three more turns of the key the engine finally started...albeit with a very weak noise following.
Geleel turned to Nowhere with the flattest stare he could muster.
"Come on tiger! Take it for a spin!" She shouted as Geleel sighed and pulled off into the street with the very...very slow van.
"Attaboy! Phew, I did good, I think that's enough kindness shown outta me for the year." Nowhere said as the others gave her incredulous stares.
Geleel
Geleel drove the van down 35th street as his eyes hung low, this had to be the worst day of his life.
Then suddenly a series of loud honks drew his attention.
"Move that big piece of shit, you dickhead!" He heard an elderly woman shout as she sped past him in a red ford mustang.
"Seriously?" Geleel questioned to himself as he sighed and continued cruising down the street slowly.
Geleel then parked in front of a taco truck as he slammed his head against the steering wheel causing the blazer's horn to go off.
"I can't believe this." He said to himself as he raised his head and began going through his phone's gallery.
This proved to be a big mistake...as he went through the gallery he kept seeing old pictures and videos of him and his camaro.
As Geleel's gaze softened he couldn't help but to start feeling completely sad again.
Whilst he was scrolling through all the pictures, "Lonely by Akon began playing at 0:42."
As Geleel continued scrolling through his phone he failed to notice Vinnie, the taco truck driver walk up to his car.
"Yo, Geleel! Wass good homes." The man began as Geleel turned his phone off and faced him.
"You makin a delivery or is that your new whip?" Vinnie questioned him.
"It's uh..." Geleel trailed off with a sigh.
"It's my new whip." The dreadhead admitted solemnly as Vinnie oddly lit up at the news.
"Sweet! I have the same van!" He shouted as he directed Geleel's attention to another blazer, identical to his, that was across the street, only this one was a lot cleaner and more detailed.
"How coincidental." Geleel said flatly.
"Barlett!" The dreadhead heard a familiar voice shout his name as he sighed and instantly knew it was Danny Hughes from school.
'Damn is everyone gonna be here today?' He mentally questioned.
"It's been a while, what you been up to G?" Danny questioned as Geleel sighed, he thought over his life in the past few months...and he couldn't tell him a thing because that would go against the whole spy gimmick.
"I guess I haven't really been up to much..." Geleel said to Danny with a shrug.
"Except driving around in the same sweet van as me!" Vinnie shouted as Geleel warily glanced at him.
"Hey! We should totally get a van selfie, say blazer!" Vinnie shouted as he took his phone out and snapped the pic.
He was smiling from ear to ear in the picture...Geleel on the contrary had the straightest face one could conjure.
The dreadhead then sighed as he got out of the van and walked over to Vinnie's taco truck.
"You should've been here yesterday." Danny began as he walked up besides Geleel.
"There was this crazy chase through the city, and then out of nowhere, some dude jumped out of a helicopter and used a grappling hook to crash a graduation party on some Batman shit! It was awesome!" Danny shouted with a chuckle as Geleel rubbed the back of his head nervously.
"Yea...sounds like a real crazy story, wonder what was going through that guy's head." The dreadhead stated with a feigned laugh.
Before the conversation could continue a loud engine sounded, causing them all to turn to it.
"You gotta be shittin me..." Geleel trailed off as he noticed it was Mitch speeding towards them in the red key car from Shashi's fiasco.
The dreadhead had forgotten they'd agree to let Mitch keep a keycar for helping them.
Did they tell Ms. Nowhere? Hell no! Did they lie when she asked why one of the key cars was missing? Hell yes!
Mitch stopped in front of them as he picked some dust up with his tires causing them to cough.
"Sup losers, the Mitch is back." Mitch said with a smirk as he got out of the car.
"Well, I'll let you guys talk vans, Ima go check out Mitch's sweet ride, talk about a winner." Danny said with a smile plastered on his face as he walked towards the key car.
Geleel rolled his eyes and bit into the chicken and bean taco he just got from Vinnie.
He watched as Danny and a bunch of other civilians circled Mitch's car and began taking pictures.
"Hey! It's 5 bucks a piece for those pics!" Mitch shouted as Geleel groaned.
"Get a load of this guy..." The dreadhead said to himself.
"Hey! You goin to the van ralley today? All the vans are going to be out in the desert! The Granny vans, Vangough, Tall dark and vansome-" Geleel cuts Vinnie off.
"Vin! Vin! I get it! I'll be there...maybe." Geleel said as he paid for his tacos and prepared to leave.
"Aye Barlett! Nice grandma van!" Mitch shouted as his cronies laughed at Geleel who stopped and sighed.
The dreadhead then kept walking as he chose to brush it off, he didn't have the energy to deal with Mitch today.
Then suddenly a cold cup of sprite was thrown at Geleel's back as the soda spilled all over him.
He fumed silently as he turned and noticed everyone laughing at him.
"Whoops, I was aiming for the van, since it looks like trash!" Mitch shouted as everyone's laughter intensified.
Then without a word, Geleel walked up to Mitch and stared him straight in the eyes.
"Wha-ack!" Mitch cried out as Geleel hit him with a right hook so hard he felt his jaw shake.
"Ohhhh shit!" Someone in the crowd yelled as everyone began recording.
Geleel punched Mitch in the face a few more times before he kicked the oaf in the chest swiftly.
Mitch then got a bit of breathing room as Geleel went over to Vinnie's truck and grabbed the ketchup and mustard.
"Wait Geleel no!" Vinnie cried out but the dreadhead was simply not listening.
He then walked back over to Mitch as he began squeezing the two condiments all over the latter, eliciting even more noise from the already roaring crowd.
"Mommy look! He's turnin that guy into a hotdog!" A kid yelled as his mother shielded his eyes.
"Honey don't look." She urged him, even though he still peeked through her fingers as Geleel kept squirting the sauces onto Mitch.
"St...stop!" Mitch tried to shout as Geleel pelted both bottles at him.
"How you like that? Huh homeboy?" Geleel questioned angrily as he kicked Mitch in the leg again.
He then walked over to the truck again as he grabbed the giant bucket of oil Vinnie had on standby.
"Wait! Geleel no, I need that!" Vinnie shouted as the dreadhead ignored him and poured the oil all over Mitch as the latter screamed out and tried to get up but continued to slip and fall due to the oil.
"Get yo ass up!" Geleel shouted as he picked Mitch up by the back of his neck and lifted him to his feet.
The crazed dreadhead then began slamming Mitch's face onto the hood of the car as the latter yelled out with every slam.
"Don't you ever in ya life throw no soda at me again!" Geleel shouted as he finally stopped slamming Mitch's head onto the hood of the car.
Mitch, now with a broken and bloodied nose, ketchup, mustard, and oil all over him fell to the ground as he groaned in pain.
Geleel then spat on Mitch's face before backing away from the latter's downed form.
"Punk ass bitch..." Geleel said with a frown.
The dreadhead breathed heavily as he still felt the adrenaline coursing through his veins.
"Damn...I needed that." He said to himself before looking at the crowd that was still there recording and murmuring.
"The fuck yall staring at?" Geleel questioned them as they all immediately put their phones down and pretended not to know anything.
"Yea...that's right, yall ain't see nothing happen...ima pay for all this later Vin." Geleel said as the man nodded.
The dreadhead then sighed to himself before hopping in the blazer.
Everyone in the crowd watched as Geleel sped off in the van as they looked at Mitch's key car and the unconcious Mitch next to it.
There was a little blurb keyed into the side of the car.
"Hi, my name is Mitch and I am a bitch." A girl from the crowd read...no one honestly knew what they had just witnessed happened to be honest.
But any driver knows, that it was simply the rage of a grieving man who had just lost the love of his life.
Geleel
It was now later in the day as Geleel sat with the van parked in a secluded parking lot.
After the morning's events, his adrenaline rush had died down and he was back to being mopey about his car.
"Geleel! Come in! We need you to help us stop an escapee!" He heard Frostee shout over the comms.
"What the hell is happening Frostee? And is that a key car I hear?" Geleel questioned in confusion.
Geleel only knew one person with a key car...and he had beaten that same man up and vandalized the car in question earlier.
What are the odds Mitch gets his ass whooped, his car vandalized, then stolen all in the same day? Karma's real.
"Yes! The guy that Ms. Nowhere and Gary took into custody escaped and stole Mitch's key car...and wrote some really interesting words on the side..." Frostee trailed off as Geleel smiled to himself a little, he'd let them think it was the convict this time.
"He's speeding through the desert right now! I can see you're near us on the map, so hurry up and come help! I'll fill you in on the rest later!" Frostee shouted as he cut the comms link and Geleel yelled out in anguish.
"Damnit! How the hell am I supposed to help in this soccer mom van?" Geleel questioned as he slammed his hands on the steering wheel.
'It's not about the car it's about the person driving the car.' Dominic Toretto's voice rung in his head...that was Geleel's favorite motto to live by...yet here he was going against it.
The dreadhead then gained a determined look as he stared straight ahead.
Tony
"Frostee, did you guys get on to Geleel?" Tony questioned his team as they were chasing after Mitch's key car through the desert.
"Yea! But I don't know if he's coming or not!" Frostee shouted as they continued the chase.
"We're never gonna catch that car! He's too far ahead!" Echo shouted as the key car sped up even more.
"But...I will." They all gasped as Geleel's voice came over the comms and could hear the blazer's engine faintly.
"No way." Cisco said as they saw a glimpse of the blazer up ahead.
The man driving the key car did not expect to turn to his left and see Geleel speeding towards him in the van.
"Oh shit!" The man shouted as Geleel crashed right in to the key car sending it flying.
The car rolled as it ultimately landed on the roof and was completely decimated.
"Woo! Sack time!" Geleel shouted as he whooped.
"Well, I'm glad to see someone has their spark back." Echo said as Geleel noticed the others were driving up to him.
"Guys! The missions not over yet!" Tony shouted as they were close enough now.
The criminal then pushed himself out of the car and began running away through the desert.
Geleel revved his engine before giving chase.
"I got him..." He trailed off and opened the back door to his van.
As Geleel got close enough to the man he drifted with the van, the vehicle's skirts made the man trip right into the van as the dreadhead locked the doors and stopped on a dime.
Geleel drew in some deep breaths as he tried to process what he even just did.
"Woo! Yea!" He heard cheering as he looked up to see Vinnie and a huge crowd of people with vans just like his.
"Yea Geleel! You made it to the van ralley!" Vinnie shouted as the crowd cheered louder.
"Van life bro! You're living it!" The taco man shouted as Geleel couldn't help but smile.
"Van life! Van life! Van life!" The crowd chanted as Geleel's crew drove pulled up.
"You know what...yea! Van life!" The dreadhead shouted as they all were taken back by this.
"Wow look at you G, guess you like the van more than you let on." Tony said with a smirk.
The Base, Later
The entire crew stood before Ms. Nowhere in the lounge now as Frostee explained why it was so important that they catch that guy.
"Woah, so the flowers that dude has a tattoo of are used for bombs? Man, you miss so much when you become a van guy for a day...did you know about this Ms. Nowhere?" Geleel questioned the madwoman as she panicked a bit.
"What? Ofcourse I did..." She trailed off as Geleel deadpanned.
"You had no clue did you?" Geleel questioned with a chuckle as he did a handshake with Frostee who had also secretly knew she had no clue.
"You know what van boy? I missed you better when you were depressed!" She shouted irately.
"Wow, low blow." Echo said flatly.
"Okay Ms. Nowhere, we got your guy, now tell us everything you know about this case." Tony said as he crossed his arms and she sighed.
"Fine! A deal's a deal...a new weapon recently got smuggled into Rio, we're still trying to figure out what it is but rumor has it...it's so powerful that it has the ability to throw the entire world into chaos!" Nowhere shouted as they all tuned in.
"Okay, vague but frightening." Echo said as she crossed her arms.
"We've been working with INTERPOL for months gathering intel, we're hoping the guy van boy here helped catch would have some valuable information." Ms. Nowhere said as Geleel fumed.
"Why am I just labeled as van boy now?" He questioned her.
"Because you saved the day in a soccer mom van, duh." Echo said as she slapped the back of his head which elicited a sharp hiss of pain from Geleel.
"Ms. Nowhere, we figured out the tattoo was a formula and we caught this guy...twice! We should be the ones to go down to Rio and solve this!" Tony exclaimed as the entire crew stood in front of Ms. Nowhere now.
"Look guys I'm gonna be completely honest...the reason I didn't wanna send you to Rio was because the undercover agent I sent down there was...Layla Gray..." Nowhere said as she trailed off and the entire crew gasped at the news.
Geleel turned to Tony as he noticed how his best friend's mood shifted.
"Layla..." Tony said to himself.
"Wait, so this means..." Echo trailed off as Nowhere sighed.
"Yes! You're going to Rio." She said curtly as the kids didn't know how to feel.
They were happy that they were getting to go on the mission...but learning that Layla could possibly be in deep trouble put them on edge a bit.
Especially Tony...who grit his teeth and tightened his fists, out of everyone, Layla was special to him, and when they got to Rio, finding her would definitely be a top priority...
Chapter Fin