It had been a while since Ben joined the blacklist racers. Right now, he was Blacklist 3. He was leveling up the ranks. Not too long ago, Ben had beaten the previous Blacklist 3 Dirty Dobs. He used another pink slip to get his car. He took the performance parts but sold Dirty Dobs' car to Kenneth. "Hey, thanks for more wheels!" Kenneth said, "No problem." Ben replied again. Then, Ben went on with his day.
The next blacklist racer that Ben had to beat was nicknamed "Michael Morningstar", Michael drove a yellow Lamborghini Gallardo. It was mostly stock, save for the spoilers and performance parts. Even though Michael had a Lamborghini, Ben was confident that as long as he drove in his top game he would be able to have a chance at him.
And he was right. Ben started completing "milestones" in order to be able to challenge Michael. "Milestones" are challenges put out by the Blacklist racers in order to see if someone who wants to compete against them is worthy of doing so. Today, Ben proved that he was worthy of competing against Michael despite only having a Corvette right now.
Soon, Michael was ready to race against Ben. He parked near a construction site. Suddenly, Ben came in his Corvette drifting right next to him.
VROOOM! VROOOM! VROOM-VROOM-VROOM-VROOM-VROOM-VROOM-VROOM!
SCREEECCCHHH!
SCREEECCCHHH!
VROOOMMM!
VROOOMMM!
The race was on! Michael shot out forward, but Ben wasn't far behind. The kind of race that Ben and Michael are doing right now is called a "speedtrap" race. Speedtraps are races that use recorded speed as the basis for winning. A racer must go through cameras set up by people. The speeds that a racer is able to record on the cameras is combined and used as the overall score. The racer with the highest combined speed wins. However, if the racer with the lower combined speed crosses the finish line first points are shaven off of the racer with the highest combined speed until he or she crosses the finish line. This could be detrimental to the racer with the highest combined speed, especially if he or she was too slow to get to the finish line.
Soon, Ben was catching up to Michael. But Michael wasn't going to let that happen. He used his Lamborghini's nitrous to stay ahead. However, Ben used his car's nitrous as well. With the help of the Corvette's nitrous, Ben was able to overtake Michael and get more combined speed than him. "Goddammit! How?!" said Michael in frustration, he was frustrated that a Corvette was beating his Lamborghini. -Especially in this kind of race. What kind of engine did Ben have? What kind of performance parts did he own? He could only wonder.
Soon, Ben passed the finish line with a massive combined speed. Michael was frustrated, Ben then used his pink slip to get Michael's car. He definitely was keeping this ride whole.
Some Time Later…
Michael's Lamborghini was delivered to Ben's safehouse. Ben then looked at it, it had sweet performance parts. But they weren't as good as his. Still, he was planning on keeping the car.
The next person that Ben had to beat in the blacklist was nicknamed "Charmcaster", but her real name was Heather Hope. Charmcaster had a Toyota FT-HS, a concept vehicle made by Toyota. It was pink and customized with all sorts of accessories. If Ben could get the car, he would just change the appearance and the colors. Looks like Ben wasn't the only person who had an unusual car in the illegal street racing scene. Ben had an actual BMW racecar, while Charmcaster has a concept car made by Toyota.
Many Hours Later…
Charmcaster's milestones were a bit easier to pull off, but now came the time to race Charmcaster herself. Ben drifted towards the starting line as he prepared to race against her. Just then…
VROOM! VROOM-VROOM-VROOM-VROOM-VROOM!
Charmcaster appeared in her car, she was on a sloped part of the oil refinery. She made her car come down, before stopping beside Ben. Then, she rolled down her window and said "Go back where you came from.". "Not a chance." Ben replied back, before revving his car in readiness. Charmcaster then readied her vehicle as well.
VROOM! VROOM! VROOM-VROOM-VROOM-VROOM-VROOM!
VROOOMMM!
VROOOMMM!
VROOOMMM!
Soon, Ben and Charmcaster were shooting off from the starting line.
VROOOM! VROOOM! VROOOM!
Ben hit the gas and put the pedal to the metal as he started using nitrous a little bit later. However, Charmcaster had a trick up her sleeve. Er… exhaust pipe. She made pink glittered smoke come out of it, making it hard for Ben to see where he was going. "Fuck! What the fuck is this?!" said Ben as he swerved and tried to take control of his car and avoid crashing into anything. However…
CRASH!
"Agh! Shit!"
"Hahahahaha!"
Charmcaster made Ben accidentally crash into a tollbooth, slowing him down. Soon, Charmcaster was flying past him. "Hahahaha! Later loser!" Charmcaster shouted, before hitting the nitrous and leaving Ben behind. But Ben wasn't going to let what Charmcaster did cost his victory, so he continued on with the race. But now he had to make up for lost time, Charmcaster was already far ahead.
Some Time Later…
Ben was slowly catching up to Charmcaster. However, Charmcaster wasn't scared. After all, she could use her exhaust pipe again. Ben had to be extra careful not to get temporarily blinded by her smoke again. Suddenly, Ben and Charmcaster both had to go around a curve. Ben tried drifting, but Charmcaster activated her exhaust pipe's glitter smoke again. This temporarily blinded Ben once again and caused him to hit the wall and get slowed down. "Goddammit! Fuck! I gotta watch myself!" said Ben, before starting up again.
BRRR-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT! VROOOMMM!
A Few Minutes Later…
Ben and Charmcaster were reaching the finish line. There was heavy traffic on the route they were currently racing on. Ben tried overtaking Charmcaster quickly, but Charmcaster did her usual glitter smoke trick again causing him to hit the back of a trailer truck.
BAM!
"Fuck! I gotta do somethin' or I'm gonna lose!" said Ben as he looked around and thought of what to do. Then, an idea formed in his head. He and Charmcaster were heading towards a route that sloped downwards. If he could hit a traffic car hard enough, he could send it flying towards or onto Charmcaster. This would do something to Charmcaster and let him have a chance to win. So that's what he did. Once he was nearing the downwards slope, he hit the NOS and hit the traffic car in front of him hard.
VROOOMMM!
BAM!
FWOOOSSSHHH!
This caused the traffic car to get sent flying. It landed right in front of Charmcaster, who ended up being surprised. She ended up accidentally swerving into a tollbooth and into a wall. "Hahaha!" laughed Ben, before racing down the slope and hitting her damaging her car a bit. "Agh! Fuck!" said Charmcaster as her car was hit.
Ben continued laughing for a while, before he reached the finish line. "Oh yeah! I'm fuckin' leet!" he said, before drifting to a halt. Just then, Charmcaster pulled up behind him before getting out of her car. "Damn you!" Charmcaster shouted, "Fuck you." Ben replied back.
Soon, Charmcaster's car was taken away by the tow truck. Ben had claimed it using another pink slip, he had been claiming cars lately. "Get the fuck outta here." said Ben, before he drove off in his Corvette. While he did so, he used the back wheels of his car to kick up dust at Charmcaster. Then, he laughed before leaving. "This fuckin' sucks." thought Charmcaster, before she started walking off.
Some Time Later…
Ben had Charmcaster's car delivered to his safehouse. He then looked under its hood. It had nice performance parts, he was definitely keeping the car whole. While the car may not be as powerful or fast as his, it was still a concept and good car. So he was keeping it. Just then, Kenneth started texting Ben.
"Well well well, number 5 on the blacklist. How does it feel? Don't give up, you're halfway there! Just keep runnin' like ya do and Razor's gonna be all yours soon. Then, you'll have a chance to get that BMW back."
Ben smiled a bit after receiving that text from Kenneth. But then, he received a text from an unknown person that wiped the smile off his face.
"Hellooo. I hear you wanna get personal, now you and I have our own rules. If you're wondering how I got your number, let's just say not everyone out there is your friend. -Especially when you've lost a ride. I look forward to busting you again and again, so get a good night's rest. I'll be seein' ya. -Rockport Police District"
This made Ben anxious and worried, how did the Rockport Police District get his number? He would have to watch his back even more from now on.
A Few Minutes Later…
Ben was outside in his Corvette when someone knocked on the right door. It was Gwen. Ben unlocked the door, which allowed Gwen to go inside. "Lock the doors." Gwen said, which Ben did. Then, Gwen showed Ben something from her phone.
BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!
"Wh-What's that?"
"This is your "rap sheet", it's used by the police force to keep track of your ranking in the blacklist. It's also used to record how many crimes you've committed. Those crimes were mostly related to racing. The cops know about your car now, so here's a piece of advice for you. Use more than one car, I don't recommend using the same car every now and then. If the heat gets too high on one car, try using another one. Or if you can't afford another car at the moment, then change the look of one of your rides so that your heat drops. I'll keep in touch, seeya."
"Seeya."
After that, Ben unlocked the doors for Gwen which allowed her to go out. However, what Ben and Gwen didn't realize was that someone was watching them. That someone was a well-endowed blonde-haired and blue-eyed girl. Her name is Elizabeth, but she was known as "Liz" in the illegal street racing scene. She actually works as an undercover cop, and now she had found out that Gwen had been helping the illegal street racing scene in secret. With that, she drove off in her blue Rolls-Royce.
Elizabeth is Ben's current girlfriend. However, Ben didn't know that Elizabeth was just using him as an easy way to bust the rest of the blacklist. Elizabeth had a plan, she was going to use Ben to be able to know and bust the blacklist racers more easily.
Many Hours Later…
WOO-WOO-WOO-WOO-WOO-WOO-WOO!
"Attention police division, we have a wanted suspect trying to evade police. Suspect is driving a blue Corvette, description matches a wanted racer. Use caution with this driver, he's infamous for destroying police vehicles."
VROOOMMM!
SCREEECCCHHH!
BAM!
WOOO-WOOO!
CRASH!
Ben had just destroyed an undercover federal cruiser, which appears at heat 6. Heat 6 gets black police Corvettes and heavy police SUVs after you. And Ben had enough power and skill to keep them away from him and take some of them down.
WOOO-WOOO!
CRASH!
"Take that!"
WOOO!
CRASH!
After Ben took down the last police unit that was currently after him, he crashed through a gas station. This caused the gas pumps to explode, destroying the undercover federal units that just tried to surprise attack Ben. The drivers of those units were killed as well.
Meanwhile, Ben's next blacklist rival who was nicknamed "Kaze" made her Mercedes-Benz CLK 500 jump through the bus station. She managed to lose the cops that were after her, before she came face to face with Ben in her car.
SCREEECCCHHH!
SCREEECCCHHH!
After Ben and Kaze saw each other, they revved their cars' engines before they drifted to the starting line. Once they were both in the starting line, Kaze rolled down her window and said "You ain't that guy man, you ain't that guy.". "Only the results and what happens in this race will tell." Ben replied back, before revving his car's engine again. Kaze did the same thing. Soon, both Ben and Kaze got ready. Then…
VROOOMMM!
VROOOMMM!
SCREEECCCHHH!
SCREEECCCHHH!
The race was on, Kaze tried to make Ben's car spin by repeatedly crashing into it. But Ben had heard all about her and came prepared for what she could throw at him. Ben was able to resist against Kaze's attacks and pushed her back.
Kaze heard Ben's engine, it didn't sound like anything she'd heard before. In fact, it didn't sound like a normal engine. This just motivated her even more. She tried ramming Ben's car again. But this time, Ben hit her back.
VROOOMMM!
SLAM!
SCREEECCCHHH!
VROOOMMM!
"Take this!"
BAM!
"Agh!"
Kaze's windows developed lots of cracks, then she said "Damn, seems like ya can't judge a driver by his appearance nowadays. This'll be fun!".
BAM! BAM! BAM!
Ben and Kaze continued to fight each other. Suddenly…
BEEP! BEEP!
"Caught up with those racers, we're code 3!"
One of the undercover federal units spotted them! The chase was on! The police unit tried stopping both Ben and Kaze. But Ben and Kaze were able to make it spin and destroy it. They were both good at destroying police vehicles, it's just that Kaze was a bit more hotheaded about it. While Ben was a bit smarter and calmer.
A Few Minutes Later…
Ben and Kaze came around some tight bends, Ben smashed into an unfinished construction project causing some of the police cars to get smashed up.
BAM!
BAM!
"WOOOHOOO! OH YEAH!" yelled Kaze as she made some other police units flip over. While Kaze was busy destroying everything that came in her way, Ben took the chance to fly past her. He hit the NOS and he went flying through the park. He smashed the water tower along the way to lose both Kaze and the police.
CRASH!
BAM!
"Oh, now it's on!" said Kaze, before she hit Ben hard.
BAM!
"Agh!" yelled Ben, then he said "Oh yeah?!" before hitting Kaze harder.
SCREEECCCHHH!
FWOOOSSSHHH!
BAM!
CRASH!
SMASH!
Ben managed to hit Kaze's car hard with the help of his nitrous. Kaze's car spun a bit, before crashing into a fire truck. "Damn!" yelled Kaze, before she tried starting up again. However, her car was having trouble doing so. The engine was sputtering, and a bit of smoke was coming out of it.
RRR-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT!
"C'mon! C'mon! Start! Dammit!"
Soon, Ben was able to reach the finish line. Then, he drifted to a halt. "Whew." he sighed in relief, he wasn't sure how much more of Kaze's attacks he could take back there. He was glad he found a way to end it as fast as he could. Just then…
WOO-WOO-WOO-WOO-WOO-WOO-WOO!
Police sirens could be heard in the distance! Ben quickly tried to make a run for it in his car, but he was suddenly blocked by three police units. He tried going backwards, but that way was soon blocked as well. Soon, Ben was surrounded by lots and lots of police units. What's even worse was that there was a police chopper above him!
BRRR-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-
"This is the police! Step out of the vehicle with your hands up! Do it now!"
SCREEECCCHHH!
VROOOMMM!
"Watch out! He's preparing to ram us!"
VROOOMMM!
FWOOOSSSHHH!
SCREEECCCHHH!
SCREEECCCHHH!
BAM!
"W-WE JUST GOT HIT! WE'VE BEEN HIT!"
VROOOMMM!
Ben started making a run for it in his car, an undercover federal unit and a heavy SUV tried blocking him. But his nitrous helped him ram them out of the way and get past them.
"He's through! The vehicle got away!"
Soon, the police units started chasing Ben.
BEEP! BEEP!
"Attention pursuit units, we have a wanted racer trying to evade custody. Suspect is driving a blue Corvette, description matches a dangerous driver. Use caution around him."
"I'll head up to that direction."
Even the chopper started following Ben, it swooped down and tried blowing lots of dust in his direction. This made Ben have a difficult time seeing the road, so he swerved and went another direction.
BEEP! BEEP!
"Suspect's back into the park! He's onto the trails!"
Many More Hours Later…
BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP! BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP!
BEEP!
"Hey Ben, where are you?! You were supposed to be here 3 hours ago!"
"Uhhh… I'm kinda busy right now! I'm on a heat 6 pursuit with undercover federal units and heavy SUVs on my tail! I'd really appreciate some help right now!"
"Alright, hang on. I'll send someone over."
"Hurry!"
BEEP!
Ben didn't know what to do, there were so many cops on his tail. Where he would lose one, many more would appear. Just then…
BRRR-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT!
BAM!
"Agh! Shit!"
The police chopper had just tried to flip Ben's vehicle. Fortunately, it flipped right on its wheels. Ben shook a bit, before using the NOS to try and get away from the cops.
A Few Minutes Later…
SCREEECCCHHH!
CRASH!
"Oh yeah!"
Someone had finally come to help Ben, his name was Roger. But his alias was just "Rog". He's a friend of Ben, and he drove a black and white Pontiac GTO. With it, he was able to distract the cops and give Ben some time to find a place to hide.
Soon, Ben did find a place to hide. -In a parking lot. It was secluded and a bit dark, so he had good chances of not being spotted there. Meanwhile, Rog was busy distracting and losing the cops trying to keep them away from Ben.
A Few Hours Later…
Ben wondered if it was ever going to be safe to get out tonight, but he didn't have to wonder for much longer.
BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP! BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP!
BEEP!
"Alright, the coast is clear. Get outta here and get back to the safehouse while ya can. Meet ya there."
VROOOMMM!
BAM!
VROOOMMM!
Some Time Later…
VROOOMMM…
SCREEECCCHHH!
"Dude, what took you so long. It's midnight, man."
"Hey, it's not my fault the cops decided to turn up the heat!"
"Well, whatever. Let's get some rest. By the way, congrats on getting on the sixth level on the Blacklist. You're getting' there, just a few more racers and you'll have your chance at beatin' Razor and gettin' your ride back."
"Yeah, but first let's get some rest. I'm tired."
"Hehe, alright."
And so, Ben and his friends got some rest. They were all safe. -For now.