Cruiser Chronicles
An Acceleracers Tampered 'Verse Fic by Wolf Kazumaru
Happy easter, dudes, dudettes, and slightly-annoyed llamas.
Chapter 13: Leadership.
Wolf lay upon his bed, his music pumping, the ground-trash shaking from the bass, the posters from various movies shaking on the wall. He thought "Oh, man... That last race was sweet... got to meet some gals... Got a new accelecharger..."
Wolf looked at the AcceleCharger he grabbed from Raioh after the race. "You know... we haven't actually tried these out yet..." he said, to himself.
He heard a pounding on his door, over the music. Wolf kicked the "Off" button on the SubWoofer, and opened the door. At the door was a red-faced, panting Senretsu.
"Wolf... Meeting... Tezla's office... now..." he panted, having just run across the Acceledrome.
"Aww, man..." Wolf sighed, slipping on his Soap Shoes.
"See ya there, bro." Sen said, walking to the next door.
Wolf slipped his necklace- with a ruby Maple Leaf pendant- onto his neck, and put on his hat (With the Japanese word for Technology on it) backwards, and started running across the Acceledrome, until he found Angel Two, idly standing by a pillar. He skidded to a stop.
"State your name and designation." Wolf said.
"Angel-Two. CS-01. How may I serve you, Wolf Kazumaru?" She said in a sultry voice.
"Prepare a technical report on those vehicles we brought back from the Flotilla Realm, and leave it in front of my door." Wolf said, noting now that Angel Two's eyes were glowing red (Ehehe. Reverse of The Second Rennisance. From the Animatrix. Red is human-sided, Green is Drone/Robot. In The Second Rennisance, it's the other way around.)
"As you wish, Wolf Kazumaru." she said, and Wolf took off again.
He soon reached Tezla's office, which did indeed have a wonderful view of the AcceleDrome. Or as nice as you can get from a place that looks more like an indoor junkyard than anything else.
Senretsu, Pheonix and Raioh soon followed, and then Tezla entered.
"Hello, Cruisers!" He said "Glad you could make it. While you were off in that last realm, the Burners seem to have disappeared. But for some reason, they left their cars. I have heard rumors that they have left to join a faction of racers in America who have stumbled upon the technology of the Wheel of Power."
"Whoa whoa whoa" Raioh said "I thought you said that the Drones have the wheel of power."
"I don't know how they did it either..." Tezla said "But the main thing is, they did. And they need to be taken out. I've seen your..." Tezla paused, as if not wanting to say the next word "Admirable car-stealing skills before. I want one or two of you to steal one of the other faction's cars mid-realm. Hopefully this will transport you back to their base, where you are to sabotage their vehicles."
"Uh, Sabotage? No. Sabotage is not cool, Tez. The only reason we haven't left you alone here is because we're having fun here." Senretsu said defiantly.
"Ugh, fine. Plant a tracking device-" Tezla started
"We don't have one, Doc." Pheonix cut in.
"... Then enlist some outside help." Tezla said, sighing.
"Alright..." Wolf said. "But who...?"
"I know who!" Pheonix said, sounding heroic. He then walked out of the room.
Wolf walked over to Raioh and said "You know, man... You saw the weapons that those 'Arch-Angels' had in the last realm... I think it's time we start arming ourselves."
"How...? We're not weapon-builders..." Raioh said.
"Then we learn, dude. Get Angel Two to help us." Wolf said.
Pheonix then walked back in. "My friends, Mark is on his way. He's taking a plane up here tomorrow."
"Great..." Wolf said. "Who's Mark?"
"You remember back when I used to still repair computers?" Pheonix said "He was my partner. He lives somewhere in California right now... I think he said somewhere along Highway 35..."
"Oh, great." Wolf said. "An American... Tell me he's not republican?"
"No no, he's a Democrat." Pheonix said.
"Ah, good, good..." Wolf said, tenting his fingers, Burns style.
Wolf then turned to Tezla. "When we were racing, we met up with some girls... They mentioned something about some kinda coin and some lost realm... Do you know anything about that?"
"Uh... I uh... I don't know... Anything?" Tezla stammered.
"Now now, Tezla..." Raioh said. "Are you sure about that?"
"Yeah... Sounded pretty serious, man..." Senretsu said.
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"Uh... Hey look, it's Hugh Laurie, Fatal1ty, Beck, and Mario!" Tezla yelled, pointing out the window.
The Cruisers all turned around, and Tezla stealthily sneaked out of the office.
"Hugh Laurie!?" Raioh yelled.
"Fatal1ty!?" said Senretsu.
"BECK?!" Wolf said, happily.
"MAAAAAARIO!? MY HERO!" Pheonix, of course...
"... Erk." Wolf said, sighing. "We just got tricked, didn't we... Well, in any case, I'm going to go take a nap."
"Alright, see ya later, Wolf." Sen said, and Wolf walked back to his room... He fell asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow.
In his dream, Wolf saw groups of warriors and other scary things that looked like they were about to fight. some were lying on thier sides, in the same positions as some standing, and others had parts missing, or were just gray.
"Where... am I...?" Wolf said, looking around. "Oh my fairytale... I'm in... The War Room, back home! Just how I left the table... Mid battle with Senretsu."
A soldier started moving towards Wolf. Wolf recognized the model, his Gue'Vesa squad's leader.
"Wolf..." It said. "Do not be afraid, child. I am not here to hurt you."
"Ugh... did someone spike the iced tea again? Wolf said, shaking his head.
"Uh... No. I can not show you my true form, so you will see me as you choose..." The soldier said. "In any case, you and the Angels, whom you met last Realm, are both running different races... And yet, your destinies are very much intertwined. You will need to help them, and they will need to help you. When it is over, you shall see what I mean, and see who I am. When this time comes, you just need to have the charm I have given you... Good bye, Wolf..."
Wolf woke up, sweating and cold. Apparently, his "nap" had carried on into the evening... So he just fell back asleep, and failed to notice the golden pendant, which was a gun identical the mysterious soldier's gun, on his necklace where the ruby maple leaf should be...
(Hugh Laurie > You. -Wolf Kazumaru)
