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Ask Me / Re: Ask Mouse
« Last post by Mouse-a-saur on February 07, 2024, 06:21:05 PM »
Who, would you say, are your top 5 LBT characters? :duckyhappy :bronGoodJob

Have you ever been to Charlotte, NC?

How familiar are you with the Sonic games?

1. Littlefoot, Cera,  Ducky, Bron, and Grandpa Longneck.

2. I have not  :ChomperBurned

3. Semi-familiar! Have only played a few  :bestsharptooth
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The Party Room / Re: What are you thinking about?
« Last post by Mouse-a-saur on February 07, 2024, 06:15:48 PM »
Supernatural!  :ChomperPOG
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The Party Room / Re: How's the Weather?
« Last post by Mouse-a-saur on February 07, 2024, 06:15:03 PM »
Pleasant today.  54F/12C  :Tickles
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Ask Me / Re: Ask Me
« Last post by Enchanted-Valley96 on February 07, 2024, 05:35:07 PM »
Have you ever headbanged to a Rock or Metal song before?
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LBT Fanart / Re: Drawings by RainbowFaceProtege :)
« Last post by Sneak on February 07, 2024, 04:07:46 PM »
Wonderful work! ^^
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Random Role Play / Re: Insane Cafe 4: The Insane Frontier
« Last post by LoyfeCycleProtector on February 06, 2024, 09:25:05 PM »
Junior wagged his tail at Wendy’s command to sit down and threw a bob-omb at a bunch of cop cars that had clustered off to the right of the road to avoid hitting a pedestrian.
“Hey, someone’s gotta keep the cops off our backs!” he said with the same kind of cheeky intractable grin that had won him his first date with Diddy.
Even in the midst of their chase, and him rapidly regretting ever letting Junior talk him into this, Diddy couldn't help but feel a small flutter at seeing it. Just a small one, though: the greater part of him was too busy worrying about what would happen if the car suddenly crashed. The kong looked over his shoulder and received a very stern ‘I’m disappointed in you’ look from the bound and gagged princess that made him wince.
Junior caught the look and laughed.
“Don’t sweat it, Dids, you get used to that look after awhile.” He sat down, buckling up tight once he saw that Wendy was hovering her finger over ‘The Button.’
“The Button, the Button, the Button, the Button!!” Junior cheered.

———

Far from the commotion elsewhere in the city, Usso Evin carefully leafed through the stationary in the little store on Yoshi avenue. Everything there was significantly more expensive than the normal bulk white and brown stationary he’d used at home and in the military, and for that reason he found the task quite relaxing. This city was a place where conflict was far enough away that they didn’t have to worry about food shortages, air raids, town squares being gunned down by mobile suits, mass executions, orbital bombardment, or the long privations of a costly peace. They had time here for such frivolous things as envelopes with cats or bunny rabbits on it. They had the money here to spend on such niceties instead of squirreling every bit away that they could for food.

His newtype senses told him something was off in the store. He had his old emergency service pistol at  his hip, but he was frankly a lousy shot outside of his Gundam and knew that if the person he now sensed was watching him from the corner of the store wanted to attack him, he would be better off running.

He waited, tense, sweat on his brow as he hurriedly took the stationary he’d selected over to the counter to pay. He tried very hard not to look behind him, his hands fumbling as they brought out the money. He just needed to pay and get out.

The man behind him put a hand on his shoulder.

———

As the man in the corner kept crying, Defago carefully used one of his long claws to wipe away a trickle of blood hanging on his polar coat. It immediately froze solid, and he tapped it against his metal mask where it flaked away to the ground.

“I don’t know why Chong hasn’t taken an interest in us before, but he certainly has now. This is a list of names,” Joshua said, his eyes world-weary now that there was no longer a prey item before them. He and Defago continued to ignore the man crying on the ground.
“Targets. You and I are both on here.”
“Targets to what?” Defago asked. “Assassination? Spying? Recruitment? Kidnapping?”
“For us, it says ‘monitor’. That makes sense. If they had wanted to capture, kill, or sway people of our capability away from the cause, they would have sent someone less disposable than this poor soul.” Joshua tapped his boot gently against the crumpled up trailer, who cringed and wept harder.
“It has other orders on here for other people as well, ten names in total,” Joshua said, carefully folding the orders and putting them in a pouch on his SLCPD flak jacket. He turned his blue eyes to meet the yellow light emanating from the eye sockets Defago’s mask. “Stripetail needs to be alerted to this.”
“Oh, for sure, for sure,” Defago agreed, nodding. “Boss Stripetail’d definitely want to know about targets ‘n such. But how do we find ‘im? You and me have been out of contact range for awhile now pour être honnête.”

“We can get you in contact, si tu veux,” came a voice from down the alley, as a pair of footsteps approached. From out of the glare of the night lit lamps, the figures of two special agents came into view. “Nous avons un moyen d’entrer en contact avec lui.”
“Boss G!” Defago crowed in greeting as he and Thomas Rogan came into the alleyway. “I keep forgetting yer a New Orleans man, showin’ off some ‘o that Cajun French.”
The man on the ground looked up, eyes red and streaked with panicked tears. The agents, like the Wendigo and the burned man, paid him no mind.
Joshua’s blue eyes flickered plaintively between the two agents.
“You gentlemen were rather timely in finding us,” Joshua said with calm accusation. “I hope you haven’t been tracking us without our knowledge.”
Rogan stuck his hands into the pockets of his long brown coat.
“Not you, but Defago here, yes,” Rogan said. Defago frowned.
“Really? When did you boys manage to do that? I caught the tracker in that ice cube.” He didn’t ask why the agents bugged him, since it was his fault their super secret serum fell into Chong’s hands in the first place.
“Trade secret,” Rogan said with an insincere smile.
The man on the ground coughed. “Y… your too… late…”
The eyes of four men who could have killed him in an instant suddenly regarded the weeping spy on the ground. “Too late for me, too…”
“If there’s more you can tell us, you should do so,” Joshua said, his combat boots crunching glass on the street as he walked forward. “It’s never too late to start to atone for the things you’ve done. Believe me.”
The broken spy hacked out a disbelieving laugh.
“We can keep you safe,” Joshua said as he produced his pistol. “The four of us have survived worse than what Chong could send after you.”
“You don’t know anything if you believe that,” the man gasped through his injured throat. “You don’t know what he’s like. He won’t just kill me if he finds out I failed…” He suddenly reached for something in his clothes and brought it to his mouth.
“Wait, don’t!” G cried, but it was too late. The man swallowed the object he had pulled out of his pocket, shuddered briefly, then lay completely still.
Rogan swore, while Joshua muttered something that sounded like a prayer. The man in the iron mask sighed.
“Looks like we need to get in contact with the boss sooner rather’n later,” Defago said.
“Right,” Rogan sighed, pulling out an AMS PDA device. “He’s a busy man… uh, squirrel. I’ll send him a request for a meeting, and he should be able to get back to us once he’s available.”
G looked over to the body of the dead spy. “What are we going to do about him? We should check him for any other materials he might have on Chong.”
“I’ll check him,” Joshua said. His voice sounded regretful. “After that, I’ll see that his remains are put to rest. Everyone deserves a proper burial.”
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It's Party Time! / Re: Hangman
« Last post by The Chronicler on February 06, 2024, 06:32:24 PM »
M?
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It's Party Time! / Re: Hangman
« Last post by bushwacked on February 06, 2024, 02:46:58 PM »
Right again  :)

T H E / _ A L _ I N _ / _ E A _

Correct: E, T, A, I, H, L, N
Incorrect: O, S, R, U
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Chapter 2: New Signal and a Strange Encounter;
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Location: Silencerz HQ; Top Secret US Military base somewhere in the Arizona Desert;

On Earth there was a hub of activity going on in the main garage where all cars for the team were worked on in anticipation for a new Racing Realm opening. But the 3 past months have been low as no realms have opened yet with the exception of the Water Realm reopening which proved to be much needed practice for the team on tracks based on water conditions. That doesn't mean the team was just sitting around doing nothing while waiting for a new realm to open up.

Many of the drivers were sharpening their driving skills via practice tracks that were in the base or VR simulation races using their cars for said virtual races. Not to mention working on said cars to make sure they were in tip top shape when the call comes out for drivers to race in Racing Realms. Presently, Reverb and one of the Silencerz cars called Anthracite were on two gyro lifts that were preforming a virtual reality race simulation between Vert and an unknown Silencerz driver who had a wide visor for his helmet.

The two racers were racing on a simulation of the Lava Realm and Vert was in the lead. As he went around the last curve Vert shifted Reverb to a higher gear and accelerated for the portal as he went through the virtual portal first with Anthracite right behind him going through the portal last. Soon both drivers heard a female electronic voice say to them, "Simulation complete. Lowering drivers' cars now."

Soon the gyro lifts lowered the two cars onto the ground as the tires touched the ground before the latches holding the two released them. After that the two cars rolled forward stopping a few meters from the high tech devices before Vert opened up his car's driver side door and got out before deactivating his helmet and said to the driver of Anthracite jokingly with a smile on his face, "Beat you again Alec. Looks like the Lava Realm really doesn't agree with you."

The cockpit windshield of Anthracite opened up allowing the driver out of the car as he unbuckled from his driver seat and landing his feet on the ground. Soon after the driver deactivated his helmet showing his face and it was none other than Vert's childhood best friend and teammate in his Wave Rippers racing team during the World Race on the Highway 35 track Alec Wood. The dark skinned racer looked like he hadn't changed a lot since two years ago, but his hair did get shortened a bit and was the same exact age as Vert was. Alec grinned and said to Vert as walked over to his best friend and rival who he hadn't seen in two years, "Hey cut me some slack Vert! I'm still getting used to driving Anthracite after I switched from Accelium besides I'm just glad you didn't pick the Storm Realm."

Vert had to agree with his friend cause that was the Racing Realm that Alec crashed in when he was racing for Tezla who Vert learned was once part of the Silencerz before he went rogue after learning about the Accelerons and stealing Silencerz tech and Nitrium which was once one of his dad's team's cars. Luckily Jack and his team were in the Storm Realm during that time and rescued Alec before the realm closed. After that Alec joined the Silencerz as one of their drivers. Also Alec used to drive another Silencerz car called Accelium which Vert remembered well when he was in the Junk Realm, but just recently Alec made the switch to a more powerful and faster car in this case Anthracite.

"Hey you two surf rats finished playing on the simulator?", came a certain male Puerto Rican accent as the two racers saw the owner of the voice as none other than Banjie Castillo the former leader of the Roadbeasts from the World Race grinning at the two racers that were part of the large team and acted as Vert's dad's 2nd in Command.

Vert and Alec looked at Banjie as the human Acceleracer smirked at Banjie and said to him, "Very funny Banjie. Alec here lost 2 out of 3 of the realms on the simulator."

"Hey! I beat you in the Swamp Realm simulation Vert! You got to give me credit for that.", Alec retorted playfully as he did beat Vert in that simulation by sheer luck as both were neck and neck when they reached the portal at the end of the track. However, Alec was able to slightly pull ahead of Vert even though Reverb had more horsepower than Anthracite.

Vert looked back at Alec and scratched his head with a sheepish grin on his face before saying to the former Wave Whipper, "Yeah you got there Alec. I thought I was going to win that one, but you win some and you loose some. I just got to keep my skills sharp if we ever go into a new racing realm."

Alec and Banjie walked over to the dark skinned 18 year old racer had to nod in agreement. Ever since the Wheel of Power was brought to Earth for safe keeping after one of the team's members managed to infiltrate the Drones HQ and retrieve the wheel while Kurt and the others at the time busying keeping the drones busy and rescuing Markie. During the past 3 months the Wheel of Power been inactive not opening one new Racing Realm while the team's scientists were busy examining and analyzing it and the Wisdom Ring that Vert got from the Acceleron at the Sphere. Even though the Drones lost Galorium after she was flung into space by the Acceleron that Vert met after the Ultimate Race they were still considered plenty dangerous, but not as much they used to be even though RD-L1 took command of the Drones as their new leader.

Also several new recruits to the team had arrived a few days ago many had expert driving experience or came from the US' armed forces with excellent skills. There were even new cars for the team ranging from concept ones to modern day exotic supercars or hypercars from the world's best manufacturers of cars from Dodge, McLaren, Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz, Lamborghini, Pagani, Ford, Chevrolet, Aston Martin, Bugatti, SSC, Lotus, Acura, Maserati, Audi, BMW, Porsche, and others. Most of them were confiscated from outlaw street racers, gang leaders, mob groups, and a few other things, but also straight from the manufacturers delivered by truck or by train. There were even models of prototype cars. All the cars were stored in a storage area that connected to the base.

Soon Alec said to Vert as concerned look formed on his face as the subject of their new teammates going into their first Racing Realm, "I just hope our new teammates are ready to face the Drones or go into their first Racing Realm. The first time we went up against the drones in the realms we got butts kicked hard."

Vert had to agree with Alec's statement as almost all of the World Race drivers that went into the Racing Realms either one way or another got stuck in said realm via the track itself or by the Drones who totally pounded them in the race thanks to their cars and tech. Thankfully Vert's dad was able to get them all out before the realms closed except for one. Vert already knew what happened to Kadeem after his dad told him about his friend's unfortunate fate. It served as a reminder that the Drones were dangerous and no matter what happened no teammate ever gets left behind in the Realms. The safety and wellbeing of the team's teammates comes first.

"Yeah. But I think they be ready when that time comes Alec. Anyways I'm gonna get a bite to eat from the mess hall. I'll talk to you guys later.", said Vert as he began to walk over to the mess hall to get a bite to eat.

Vert, however, didn't get far when he heard a voice call to him, "Hey Vert! Wait up!"

The 18 year old teku racer looked to his right to see one of the new recruits to the Silencerz a 20 year old white male with a military buzzcut brown colored hair with blue eyes and was a bit taller than Vert was in height and had an athletic body build. This guy's name is Matt Hynder a former United States Marine Core officer that worked with canines and had skills in human medicine, veterinary medicine, med tech, a expert driver form the streets and the Rocky Mountains of Denver, Colorado, and also a expert on dinosaurs as Matt has a bachelor degree in paleontology and was trying to get his masters degree until he was recruited by the US military joining their ranks in the Marines as a Vet and Vet Tech for the Canine Units. Matt has seen plenty of action in the Middle East and his driving skills were top notch in desert and mountain terrain which attracted Vert's Dad's attention and recruited him to the Silencerz as part of a transfer to his team.

Vert looked at Matt and said to him with a smile on his face, "Oh hey Matt. How are you and the new recruits adjusting to the new surroundings of the base?"

Matt chuckled and said to the 18 year old racer, "Heh doing great Vert! This place is pretty awesome with all the tech and personal here I'm literally blown away!"

Vert couldn't disagree on that notion as all the Silencerz tech was pretty amazing after all besides if you want to go toe to toe with the Drones your going to need your own tech as he said to Matt, "Yeah. Anyways you want to go to the mess hall and grab a bite to eat?"

"Sure thing! I wouldn't mind getting something in my stomach after working on my car for several hours!", answered Matt as he was up for grabbing some grub to eat.

So the two drivers headed for the mess hall to get some much needed food. However, what they didn't know was something was about to happen.

In the main lab where the Wheel of Power is kept;

In the science wing of the base was a lab that held the Wheel of Power as two Silencerz scientists were taking readings on the acceleron artifact that once powered Hot Wheels City and the map to the Racing Realms. So far nothing out of the ordinary for the wheel as everything looked stable. The two scientists looked at each other and one said something to the other one that was unrecognizable thanks to advanced voice scrambling technology to avoid their true identities from being discovered.

The second scientist said something back to the first one and like before was unrecognizable thanks to Silencerz voice scrambling tech. It was hard to tell what they were talking about, but it could be about the Wheel of Power. Suddenly, one of the consoles began to pick up a strange anomaly from the wheel as it began to glow a yellow glow catching the two scientists' attention. Before they could do anything else the artifact erupted in a bright yellow flash of light causing the two to shield their faces from the light.

Everything was so bright thanks to the flash, but just like it appeared the flash of light disappeared allowing the two scientists to see again.

The two scientists looked down at the consoles and everything seemed normal with the strange anomaly that the wheel picked up moments ago. But when the two looked at the wheel they saw a unfamiliar symbols on the wheels. The new symbol looked like the Junk Realm's symbol, but it had a third identical shape right above the bottom two. Then one of the consoles picked something up as the Wheel of Power released a tons of data into the console and from the look of it a brand new Racing Realm must be getting ready to open up. Maybe by tomorrow.

The first scientist looked at the second and said something to him or her causing it to nod in reply. It quickly ran out of the room while the first one began to make a few calls thanks to its mask that required assistance in help to analyze and decipher the data that the wheel just released. Did the wheel pick up a Acceleron in origin signal of some kind? And why did this new symbol appear on the rings thanks to the flash of light?

Whatever the case may be things were about to get interesting.

Back with Vert and Matt…

"Wow! That must of been some race you and your friends took part in!", replied Matt as he and Vert were at one of the tables with trays of food being normal foods that the team ate too keep their strength up.

Vert nodded back in reply as he was telling Matt about the World Race which happened 2 years ago and how the Wave Rippers won the race. Soon the 18 year old racer said to Matt, "Yeah. You won't believe what Hot Wheels City looked like before the Drones tore it down to make their headquarters."

"I can imagine. It must of been a massive place!", replied Matt as he was taking a bite out of his apple.

Vert had to agree with Matt on that notion as Hot Wheels City was a massive place indeed. Just then the intercom came on as Vert and Matt looked up at the sealing as they heard a voice calling all the drivers in the base, "Attention all Silencerz drivers. Please report to your squads in debriefing rooms for an emergency meeting. Repeat all drivers report to debriefing rooms for an emergency meeting."

Vert and Matt looked at each other before they got up from their seats and then their trays before running over to a nearby trash dispenser dumping the scraps from their food into the container before they ran off towards the debriefing room that Jack's squad met at. A meeting like this could mean one thing. Trouble.

It took some time by navigating the hallways, but the two racers made it to debriefing room 1 in no time and saw inside Alec and Banjie inside sitting in seats with faces that Vert knew from the World Race like Dan Drezdon, two of Banjie's Roadbeast teammates from the world race Esmeralda and Skeet, Felix Sharky a former Wave Ripper who was part of Vert's team during the World Race, and few others that competed in the World Race including other drivers from the US military from different backgrounds. However, among the group of drivers for Jack's squad were three new recruits who had just arrived at the base a few days ago.

First up was Connor Reynolds a peach colored skin 19 year old young man with black colored hair that was given a military buzzcut just like Matt, he had brown colored eyes which had a smart look in, and was in the US Air Force as a communications officer, technical support officer/fighter pilot before being transferred to the Silencerz a few days ago after his first tour in the Middle East was finished and was the squad's new communications and technical officer on the field during a race. Connor came from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and had experience driving on the city streets with incredible precision skills and knew how to work on cars thanks to working at a local garage with one of his classmates from school. Next up was a 18 year old male who originally hailed from Japan before moving to the US around Portland, Oregon named Zoom who had black colored hair, a red and white band around his forehead, and had dark grey colored eyes. Zoom had plenty experience from driving cars back where he came from and was a skilled marshal artist like a ninja that valued honor and integrity in battle. He literally beat the pants off Alec on his first day at the base which Alec still has bruises from in the first place. Zoom was a noble warrior and looks up to Vert like a big brother figure to him. Zoom's role in the squad was their Scout, but still has a lot to learn before he can go into a Racing Realm and face the Drones. The last new member of the squad was an African American 19 year old girl named Agora Ibaden who has dark brown colored skin, dark brown colored hair with the back tied in a bulb in the back of her head, and grey colored eyes. Agroa was the Squad's new tactical and special operations officer and she came from Montana as she has quite a lot of experience with animals not to mention a excellent off-road driver either it was on dirt or on pavement she had pretty sharp skills including of a hunter who respects nature. Both drivers were wearing the standard issue Silencerz holographic camouflage suit that been revamped by the team's scientists that came equipped with improved tech and added safety technology built into it.

Vert and Matt soon sat next to Agora, Connor, Zoom, and the rest of their teammates just as Jack arrived in front of the group of assembled drivers that were under his command as he called out of everyone of his team, "Okey. We're all here now and I know this is out of blue for all of the sudden for being called here, but we have an urgent situation that just happened several minutes ago."

Everyone looked each other with concern as they wondered what happened and what was the urgent situation about. Vert hoped it wasn't the Racing Drones again after they got their sorry chaises handed to them and got beaten pretty good. If the Drones were back they would be looking for Vert cause he was the one who defeated Galorium in the Ultimate Race and took back the Accelechargers which were now in the Silencerz' safe hands.

However, Vert knew that wasn't the case as Jack said to the group of drivers as the Silencerz' leader, "It's not what you all think it is. It's not the Drones."

Sighs of relief came to the group of racers including Vert before Matt asked Jack on why were they called here, "So why were called in for sir?"

"Well Matt that's a simple and yet complicated answer. The reason why you all were called here alongside your fellow teammates is because moments ago the Wheel of Power had picked up an unknown signal that is Acceleron in origin from a different world beyond ours. We don't know exactly who sent that signal, but the wheel also pumped out a large amount of data that our scientists are trying to decipher as we speak. It will take time, but we'll be filled in on what exactly the data is about, but also there's a strong possibility a new racing realm is opening by tomorrow thanks to a new unfamiliar symbol appeared on the wheel when that new signal came.", replied Jack as he told his team what he learned from the scientists that told him about what happened moments ago before all the drivers were called in for a emergency meeting.

Vert and others looked at each other with surprise and shock. The Wheel of Power had been inactive for 3 months now, but then this happens and causes it to become active again. That was quite a shock, however, if they got the signal then that meant the Drones could've gotten the same signal too meaning they were going to be seeing them again real soon in this new upcoming racing realm that was opening tomorrow.

Soon Zoom spoke up next as he said to Jack, "So who's going into this new realm then sir?"

"Well I've already chosen who is going in Zoom. Vert, Matt, Agora, Banjie, Alec, Drezdon, and Esmeralda you all are going into the new realm alongside myself. The rest of you will stay here at the base and make sure no Drones managed to get through the portal.", answered Jack as he told the group who was going into the new realm.

Matt and Agroa were surprised much to Zoom's dismay and disappointment as he wasn't going into the realm while Alec said to the two rookie drivers with a grin on his face, "Well you two guess are going to see and race in your first Racing Realm tomorrow!"

Agroa just looked back at the former Wave Ripper and said to him with a smirk on her face, "I'm ready to face these Racing Drones anytime. Hope you didn't get rusty after 3 months of no activity."

Before Alec could retort back to Agroa about her comment Vert was the next one to speak as he asked his dad about certain acceleron devices, "What about the Accelechargers dad? Are we going to use them in the realm?"

"Well son that's a big yes. Since all our cars have recently been equipped with Accelecharger Readers that were adapted from your car we can at last even the plain-field with the Drones' Warped, Fog, and Monument Realm accelechargers. We may have most of them while the Drones only have 3, but we'll have to use them sparingly cause we know our cars can't handle Accelecharger energy for a long period of time.", answered Jack as all the team's cars have been equipped with Accelecharger Readers to allow them to use the devices in a race. Considering Earth's cars couldn't handle the accelechargers' power for long portions of time except the Racing Drones' cars that were designed to make sure that weakness wasn't taken advantage of during a race.

The seven drivers nodded in agreement with the leader of the Silencerz as they were going to use Accelechargers for the upcoming realm. A discussion began with the drivers on which accelecharger they were going to use as Jack was going to use the Cavern Realm Accelecharger for the race, Alec was going with the Swamp Realm Accelecharger, for Banjie it was the Cliffside Realm accelecharger, Drezdon the Lava Realm Accelecharger, for Matt it was the Water Realm Accelecharger, Agora was going to use the Junk Realm Accelecharger for the race, for Esmeralda the Ice Realm Accelecharger, and lastly for Vert he decided to use the Cosmic Realm Accelecharger as he already knew what its power was during the Ultimate Race with Galorium. The rest of the Accelechargers would stay on Earth at the base where they would be safe from the Drones.

After that the meeting was done and the 8 racers got the Accelechargers that they were going to use in the realm tomorrow from the Accelecharger holder that Vert got with the rest of the mystical devices that the Accelerons created when he won the Ultimate Race. Once the drivers walked out of the room they went their separate ways Vert decided he was going to go outside and get some fresh air to clear his mind, so he can be ready for tomorrow. As he got to the main garage where Reverb was Vert was about to get in his car when he heard a voice behind him saying to him, "You going out to the remains of the Acceledrome son?"

Vert looked behind him and saw it was his dad who could tell there was a lot on Vert's mind after the meeting that they had moment ago before the 18 year old human acceleracer said to Jack, "Yeah. I thought I just do a small patrol around where the Acceledrome was located before I go to bed dad."

Jack nodded in reply as he knew Vert needed to be on his A-game as they were going to be in a new unknown racing realm. Besides he knows the Drones have a bone to pick with him after he humiliated them after Vert beat Galorium in the Ultimate Race. Also getting some fresh air to clear his head will do Vert some good.

"Okey, but I want you in bed by 10 tonight. We got a busy day tomorrow and I need you at your best. Can't save the world if your all tired out from being out all night.", replied Jack put a little joke at the end making Vert smile at that.

Soon Vert replied back to his dad as he opened Reverb's driver side door and tot into its driver seat, "Can't argue with that. I'll be back at the base before 10. Oh… before you tell me I'll be careful."

Jack nodded in reply before Vert closed Reverb's driver side door before buckling himself up into his seat, turned on the V12 powered Teku car, and activated his helmet which covered his head before shifting to drive and drove away for the exit which led to the outside world. As the door opened up Reverb went up a smooth curved slope that led to the surface as Vert accelerated his car up the ramp and reached the top in no time as the door which was positioned horizontally instead of being vertical like most doors opened up showing the star filled night sky as Reverb crested the top and hit the desert sand of the dirt road that led to Highway 35.

As Vert drove Reverb down the dirt path at high speed around 190 mph range and climbing before he reached the road of Highway 35 as he made a sharp right onto the paved road. Now that he was on a smooth surface Vert pushed down on his car's accelerator as Reverb zoomed past rocks and other objects that were close to the road. It was a good thing Vert had Reverb's headlights on to help him see where he was going.

As he raced down the old highway towards the Acceledrome Vert had no idea he was being watched from the distance by two individuals who knew exactly who Vert was and his title of Acceleracer. They were going to introduce themselves to the 18 year old racer when he stops at the Acceledrome. Who they were exactly was quite the mystery, but one thing was for sure they weren't human.

At last after driving for a while Vert arrived outside the Acceledrome's remains as he brought Reverb to a stop just outside the former secret HQ that was destroyed in the explosion created by Gig. Once he turned off his car Vert got out and closed the door before he gazed back the hidden base from the distance.

"Man, that explosion sure did a number on the Acceledrome. Good thing I got out of there in time with Sparky or I would of been toast in more ways than one.", Vert said to himself thinking about his escape from the Acceledrome when the whole place was destroyed in a fireball thanks to Gig in order to destroy the Racing Drones that made it to Earth.

As Vert gazed at the old base as silence fell over the desert he began to think about his friends in the Teku and Metal Maniacs. It had been 3 whole months after the Ultimate Race and understood they were looking for him. After all the only one who was with him at the time was Sparky who used Reverb's old EDR that was equipped on the car at the time to escape Jack's team just after Vert got grabbed. The former racing drone couldn't talk complete sentences as Monkey was still working on him and sparks a lot hence the name Sparky with the usual 'Hello' when he talks. However, Vert wondered how his friends were doing right now and were they looking for him for the past 3 months.

Minutes passed as the moon rose higher into the night sky soon Vert looked at his virtual timer showing the time which was about 9:40 PM mountain time. It was probably a good idea to go back to base and get some well deserved sleep. After all they got a new Racing Realm to win tomorrow which no doubt had the Racing Drones entering that new realm to cause trouble.

Vert was about to get back into his car and head back to Silencerz HQ in Reverb knowing that Alpha Squad was going to a new world tomorrow to find out where that new signal was coming from when he heard a unfamiliar male voice say to him, "So your the human that just earned the title of Acceleracer three months ago. I must say I'm quite impressed with your accomplishment."

"Yes especially for someone just 18 years old I must say for one older than a teenager he still has much to learn.", came a female voice agreeing with the male voice. Vert turned around to see who was talking to him and saw two living Gallimimus dinosaurs walk up to him which surprised the human racer as he thought all dinosaurs went extinct 65 million years ago when that meteorite crashed into Earth. But these two had bills that were colored yellow, red orange, and blue with a green body, a pale underbellies, and blue stripes on their backs. Also one looked like a male and the other looked like female.

The two dinos walked up to Vert as he looked at them as they inspected him and said to the duo, "Uh… did you two talk just now?"

Then it happened as Vert got a massive shock of his life as the male Gallimimus actually spoke just like a human being saying to him, "Indeed. I can insure this isn't an illusion young man. We're real."

"Yes flesh and blood just like you. After all you and your friends who faced the Racing Drones should have taught you better to expect the unexpected in the universe.", said the female Gallimimus who sounded smart just like the male one.

Vert was left speechless as he just stared in shock at the two dinos as he heard and seen them talk with his own two eyes. Also the female Gallimimus was right after facing the Racing Drones and racing in Racing Realms you always had to expect the unexpected, but talking dinosaurs thats a first. Also how did these two know about the Racing Drones and even Vert himself being an Acceleracer?

Soon Vert managed to get a grip on his composure and said to the two Rainbow Faced dinosaurs, "Okey. First off you two know who I am and you even know about the Drones. And secondly, where did you two even come from?"

The female Gallimimus soon walked up to Vert and said to him with a knowing smile on her bill, "Let's just say we're not from around here young man. And we also know about the Accelerons too and where that signal that the Wheel of Power picked up earlier today."

Vert looked the female Gallimimus with surprise at what he just heard from this talking dino and asked her, "Wait?! You two know where that signal is coming from?!"

The female Gallimimus just said to Vert with a all knowing look on her face, "Well that would be telling young man, but we can tell you this. There is more to what you and your fellow man kind know about the universe that you live in. However, keep asking questions it helps sharpen the mind."

"Indeed like say from a different universe completely different from the one you live in which the Accelerons have been to. In fact you might encounter one certain little longneck with a sharp mind while your there.", added the male one who was trying his best to not blurt out important information that could make Vert suspicious knowing humans were very intelligent beings.

Vert was about to ask what the male Gallimimus meant by that until he got a communication transmission from his dad at Silencerz HQ as the 18 year old looked at his suit's right sleeve as the communication link has been established as Jack's voice came, "Vert where are you?"

"I'm just outside the Acceledrome Dad and the weirdest thing just happened to me. I think I was just talking to…", Vert began as he looked at the two Rainbow Faces only to see that they were gone. It was like they weren't even there to begin with leaving Vert in disbelief as the two rainbow faced dinosaurs were gone.

"With who Vert? Please respond.", responded Jack as he waited for Vert's answer back to him.

Vert managed to snap out of his state and responded back to his dad's call saying back through his com link thinking it was all in his head, "It… it's nothing dad. I'm just about to head back to base."

"Okey. Make sure you get back here before we lockdown the base for the night.", said Jack as he decided to leave the question on who Vert was talking to for later.

"I will. I'll be back in no time! Over and out.", responded Vert as he ended the call and got back into Reverb and closed the door behind him and drove off back to Silencerz HQ. Whatever he saw moment ago was probably a trick created by his mind and maybe a goodnights' sleep will help him get over the strange encounter with those two talking dinos. Little did he know the two Rainbow Faces were watching him race off into the distance as Vert turned onto highway 35 and headed back to Silencerz HQ from behind a large rock.

As Reverb was out of sight as it raced down a long curve the male Rainbow Face said to the female one, "I told you that young man had potential. He's quite the hero now that you think about it. Think we should have told him more about Littlefoot and his friends in the Great Valley?"

"You know that's not allowed. Besides those humans will learn more about them when they meet them in person.", said the female Rainbow Face as she told her companion that was not the best idea.

"Oh right. Sorry.", said the male Rainbow Face as he knew spilling the beans was the last thing they needed.

Soon the two dinos brought their heads down behind the rock they were behind and were gone. There was one thing for sure about tomorrow… things were about to get really crazy.
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