Rogue Rigel

Chapter 9 A deal of two racers

It was during the same night when Lydia and Axe ran away separately from the public, little did they know they were being pursued by the police and run even further from the scene, fleeing however will take more than just to hide in the dark, they'll have to hide someplace else where they can be safe from the sirens of wailing cars racing on the roads to hunt the vigilantes down. Axe will have to take cover in the alley way and disappear in the dumpster where the police won't find him, the two officers checked the back alley, and they found no traces of Axe's footprints. Therefore, leaving him alone with his danger levels slowly dropping, meanwhile with Lydia she'll have to skate her way out of the city as fast as she can, but the energy from her indigo aura is slowly burning out like the dying fire that was kept lightened for too long. Now Lydia will have to hide amongst the crowd yet again where she'll de transform her mask into her headphone, next she de transform her rollerblade into her regular shoes and walk casually, the police kept searching and searching but they could not find Lydia anywhere, until they decide to give up and prepare for another night for, they could return once again. One night where the moon shines bright and full moon rises, Jordan was somewhere out there searching for his ally of whom had disappeared in the crowd, he would try to search the area of crowds anywhere he go and find no one, with the same indigo hair as hers. He would do anything he can to find his acquaintance even if it meant asking the police where to find his friend, however half of the officers are focusing on their pursuit of 2 vigilantes, Jordan knew where to find them and then left the city, not in a flash, but he walked away normally until the police did not suspect any sudden movements.

"Weird kid." One officer said.

And that is when he had to hide behind the back alley where no one can find him, but a string grabbed Jordan's hood and pulled him up, either to safety or to the point where he gets caught. Jordan safely lands on his feet on the top floor of the apartment building, he turns around and he sees Casper, Sid and Terran who were possibly involved with the vigilante rampage. Out of surprise at the sight of his friends being here in Los Angeles Jordan whispered loudly.

"What the hell are you guys doing here? How did you guys get here in Los Angeles?"

"You're one of a few people who leaves without notice, so... in case you ever leave, we would find you with the tracker we put on your jacket." Casper replied.

Jordan takes off his jacket to look for the tracker Casper put, he first checked his sleeve his neckline, the hood, the base and mostly inside out, but he saw it was clear of it, until Casper showed the tracker to him which he was holding now. Jordan chuckled because he was impressed with Casper's trick.

"Okay, I get it. I snuck out all the time, but was that your idea?"

"No." Lynn's voice alarmed Jordan out of sight, hidden in the dark, she walks forward, taking her step after another, until the light shone on her as she leaves the dark. "It was me." She admitted calmly "I know something was wrong from the moment I saw you in this city. I mean, being a vigilante and all to prevent harm upon lives was enough, but trusting another vigilante? I understand why, it's just not the way of a guardian, I mean I was also one like you, but I would never put my trust on the wrong people" Jordan sighs, not because he was caught but because he was not proud of his actions in putting his trust on someone else over his own friends. He saw disappointment in their eyes which showed him how hurt they are. Terran shook his head and smacked his lips. So, he apologizes, but when admitting his mistake, he's being genuinely guilty of it "Okay, I'm sorry that I didn't tell you truth earlier, I only wanted to give her a chance so you wouldn't be betrayed, and... for doing this I ruined our trust for each other."

"Oh, heck yeah you did." Terran sighed and spoke angrily at Jordan's face "We have a right to be mad at you Jordan, you're honest which was a good thing, but you aren't being trustworthy either." "I can't believe we're talking about this right now."

"What do you mean Terran." Casper asked Terran as he turns his head facing at him.

"I mean we're all mad a Jordan, and somehow... I'm mad at myself." Then he muttered so no one can hear "I can't believe I liked her." Jordan was so guilty he could not say anything else; he had no excuse or other reasons to defend his reasoning for doing his actions and he knows he messed up, but when they were going to forgive Jordan however, they all saw a trail of ice blitzing on the roads.

Meanwhile in the streets of L.A. the coast is clear, and Lydia starts blending in as a normal citizen, walking away from the problem, and this is where things get interesting for her. Lydia is in deep surprise to see that Frostbite also known as the rollerblade victim, Miles Dasher meet face to face, but this time she's too late to wear her mask. With the cold breath released by exhaling Miles chuckled "We meet at last eh, Lydia?"

"With my true face." She knew she could no longer hide, so she decides to confront Miles to make him either stop this chaos or meet his fate like the rest of the villains. "Miles please, you don't have to hurt them."

"I know, but I really had no other options to get your attention." Miles replied with no remorse of his crimes.

"It doesn't have to be this way, and you're doing this just so I could recognize you?"

"It's what everyone wants." Huffed Miles. "Now I hope you would do us a favor, for something. I wanted us to finish what couldn't be started back at the Junior's Cup. Lydia's eyes widen, she gasped at the reminder of his words, and she stuttered in great fear.

"You don't mean."

"Yes Lydia, a race, not just any race, but a race of a lifetime. Where everyone will watch live to see one of us win."

"YOU'RE INSANE MILES!!" Lydia shouted in fright "You have crossed a lot of lines before, don't you dare cross this one, or I will break you and burn you so much you that turn into ash" Lydia warned Miles of what she could do to him, but it doesn't concern him.

"Please Lydia, all I wanted to know is who the fastest racer is overall. And if you're not ready, let me make this simpler. Just accept or deny my offer, it's not that hard, you just have to have a will to take the risk if you want to save those people. Be ready at midnight." With all Miles could ask Lydia, he rushed away leaving her with the options to either race or not. She couldn't choose because the offer Miles have given her makes her overthink her choices. Suddenly her thoughts are interrupted by an ungracious movement of an axe that was thrown to chop her head, she ducked down and presses the button on her left earcup to activate her transformation of her headphone into her mask, and then Lydia activates her shoes to her rollerblades to skate away from getting hunted. Axe grabbed his weapon with him and runs after her. Lydia skates her way to one street after another, doing what she must to get Axe to lose focus on his journey on chasing down his prey. Lydia did all she could to get him away, but of all people she should have known how relentless Axe could be, considering that he wasn't the same timid Axe she knew before. Lydia had no other choice now other than to fight back if she did not want to get caught or worse, killed. Lydia carries out Axe's cross-guard and parries each swift attack Axe made using his sharp-edged axe from bottom to top, and from left to right. As fast as Lydia defends, Axe's agility is on her level of speed.

Clash after clash, Lydia, and Axe attack head on whilst simultaneously defending themselves from the sharp blades. They would clash and clash and clash with their weapons, until one of them lost the fight, Lydia and Axe would continue to fight, Axe would fight for a friend whom he lost and tried to avenge, but he has not a single clue, nor did he think of who was behind the mask, during Axe's rage uprising, Lydia starts holding back. Then clash after clash the hits his cross-guard took get heavier and heavier until Axe's last slash disarms Lydia, thus forcing her hand to let go of the sword falling to the side of the road. Lydia then release her fire abilities and threw each flame at him, but he dodged them all at ease.

Afterwards Axe clenched his fists for he wields no other weapon, there are still more inside his bag but he drops it down and goes for the first punch, Lydia blocked every punch being made but as she blocks it more, she feels his fists getting heavy, therefore in his last punch he did not hesitate to hit her right in the mask which knocked her out completely, which he realize he made a big mistake doing so, screwed, and knowing he would be in trouble the last thing Axe ever did was carry her and leave without a notice, this was when Jordan starts feeling a little headache. Sensing distress from nearby. He realizes now that Lydia was in danger and told his friends about it.