3:30 am
I sighed heavily, looking over Japan. I parked on top of the roof as soon as I got here. I tried to go to sleep but I couldn't. My day has been so eventful, I don't know where to start from. First I have to keep Jackson from blaring out my secret to everyone and keep him from winning the race hours from now. Now I have Holley to worry about along with people who probably want Jackson and I dead and keep this secret from him. This is a lot to take in.
As I looked into the dark sky, I saw a pink flying object coming towards me. But I didn't freak out as badly as I did. Instead, I stood my ground since it was probably Holley. As she got closer, she was yelling something to me but I couldn't hear her. She wasn't even slowing down, she was coming in hot on the landing. I leaned a bit closer to the ledge and tried to hear what she was saying. "Get out of the way!" She shouted again. I looked up to see Holley flying towards me. I got off the way quickly driving to safety as Holley landed roughly on the surface nearly hitting her side on the wall.
"Again with the abrupt somersaulting," I stated. "I don't live here y'know. Whatever you break, you're paying for it. Spy or not."
Holley rolled her eyes as she put her wings away, driving over to me. "A Volkswagen Karmann Ghia-"
"Woah, woah, woah okay I'm the same person you saw 25 minutes ago. I already know about your secret so your code talk and isn't going to work on me." Amazed at my response, Holley shook her head and pulled out her computer and mouse. She pulled up a picture of a familiar gray car that dad told me about when I was younger and that golden BMW car that I haven't seen or heard about before. they were smiling in front the Rusteze training center Mr. Tex now owns.
"Do you know who these cars are?" Holley asked.
Looking closer, I manage to make out the familiar face. "That's Mr. Sterling, the car who brought Rusteze from Rusty and Dusty and made the training center."
"What about the golden BMW?" she asked. I shook my head once again.
"What does this have to do with Jackson and I?" I asked, tilting my head in confusion. I might understand why Sterling might have a vendetta against my family but to go this far involving death is far fetching. Why is Jackson involved though?
"The golden car you see here is Mr. Biggz, A former business man who organizes and hosts racing tournaments. He's friends with millionaires Randy and Sterling. Mr. Biggz is the mastermind behind the race and we came here to stop it before anything chaotic happens," She put her mouse and holographic computer away as she stared into my eyes, filled with concern. "Seeing as you had already uncovered my secret, It's not safe for you to be here alone. It'll be best for you to come with us."
"Us? who's us?" as soon as I said that, a jet plane appears from the top of the sky and lowers ,rotating itself down to us but not too low where it hits the nearby building. The back door starts to open and reveals the same car that I saw at the party last night. "Hello Zaylyn." He greeted me.
Looking at them in silence with wide eyes, I inhaled and exhaled deeply. "I'm in." I blurted out.
"Really?" Asked Holley.
"Heck no, You nearly got me killed." I scoffed, making my way back to the doors., hearing Holley mumble something under her breath as I drove away. Like I would ever go with the-
"We have a special mission for you Ms. McQueen." The gray car said.
Reversing around, I couldn't help but to smile. I mean come on, anyone would dream to become a spy. Uncle Mater had a chance to become one for a while, so this is my chance. "Alright I'm officially in." I grinned.
"Fantastic, hop on in then." Holley said, making her way to the jet. I can't leave just yet though, There's something that I have to do before I go.
Dear Dad,
I'm going to be gone for a while but don't worry, I'm safe as I could be. I will show up to the party, cheering you on as always. I'll make sure to keep in contact as much as possible. As for Cruz and Cherish, make sure dad stays calm and collected as much as possible. I don't need him bringing a whole army just to come and find me. Cherish, do me a favor and be dad's eyes for me. I don't think I'm in my right mind to be his crew chief and would hate to see him lose a race because of me. Rusteze team, I'm counting on you all to take care of him, I'm counting on all of you. If I'm not back by tonight...I give you full permission to panic. I love you guys!
Love, Lyn.
6:00 AM
After I finished the letter, I went back upstairs and got inside the plane with Holley and the gray car who soon introduced himself as Finn Mcmissile. Turns out, there was another car in the jet that they call the "Youngest American Spy". He's the replacement for the last one that was killed on a mission. He's also a very good looking car for a Vanquish with brown eyes and a pearly white smile. The jet we were on had a very fancy interior. Definitely something high class or something that celebs would win. I've been in private jet planes but the famous life isn't me, I would just want to be able to be free, Society accepting me as everyone else and won't bash me for anything that anyone will do. That all seems so hard to ask for though. We all sat in a circle facing each other, I was next to Tyse, facing Finn while Tyse was facing Holley.
"As you may know, Sterling and Mr. Biggz has teamed up to try and sabotage the World Grand Prix and sent some people after you to kidnap you and Jackson but, luckily or you guys, we stopped them before it happened."
Astonished, I blinked a couple of times. They tried to kidnap us?! This is definitely not your everyday situation. I'm glad that I'm not allowed to tell dad what's happening. How would that even go? 'Hey dad, remember how you said you didn't want me to communicate with any of the guys at the party? Well yeah, long story short, I went to Jackson's party and got kidnapped. Just hope that I get saved and I don't return to you dead.'
It seems about right.
"Well actually, I did not know that at all. I think someone dismissed that detail." I relayed looking straight at Holley. She ignored what I said and pulled up her holographic computer.
"Yes, well, reports just got in that three racers have just gone missing over the last five hours at the party hosted by Randy." she said, pulling up a picture of Nigel Gearsley, Raoul Carroule, and Jeff Gorvette with a slow flashing sign "MISSING". I just saw these cars and now they're missing? This is intense.
"Did you guys check the video feed?" I asked.
"We tried to, I even tried to search for any other evidence from the exact spot that they went missing from but I had no luck." Finn explained with a bit of defeat in his voice.
"So wait, How did you guys find out that Jackson and I were the next target." I asked.
"I went undercover as a businessman that we were supposed to have a meeting with but I took his place way before the party had started. Holley, show the picture that I took." Holley nodded and with a few clicks she brought up a picture of see through covered with pictures of the racers. Above it, was UV light exposing all of the notes that weren't supposed to be seen. Each of the racers had a note underneath their picture. an objective. As I skimmed through the list of racers, I came across Jackson's. His stare was so cold, felt as if we're starring into each other each time that we saw each other...staring at his picture made me quiver. But not once have I seen my face.
"So where do I fit into all this?" I asked, looking at everyone. They all shared a look with each other before Holley clicked again. There it was. My face. On a portfolio folder labeled as "The KEY".
"I didn't get enough time to look into it but when I go back for the next meeting, I promise I'll tell you all the information that there is." Tyse reassures me by giving me a small smile. All I could do is sit there in silence. I'm completely astonished but I know exactly what I have to do.
"Zaylyn, we understand if this is too much for you to handle. Just say the word and we'll disband you from the mission and put you in a very safe and secure spot." Said Holley putting away the Holographic computer. As I looked around, they all stared at me, waiting for my response.
"No, I don't care how dangerous or risky this mission is, I'm following through with it, as long as my family is safe, we get to the bottom of this, and we put a stop to it. So where do we start?" the determination in my voice almost made me feel like a spy. This was meant to be.
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10:17 AM
"Alright, Zaylyn, when Professor zundapp tells you to move the switch you do it, okay? Chick said. We were in a dark semi-lit garage. There were small old cars that I think Chick called 'lemons' are all surrounded next to each other. In front of us was a blue car that was hooked up to a gas canister labeled Alinol. A small mint green and white car with a glass eye.
They interrogated the blue car but I wasn't paying attention to their conversation. But I didn't really pay that much attention to it. Chick told me that move the switch to the colors, I would get my prize. So, That's exactly what I did...and quickly regretted it.
"Kill him." Said the mint green car. I didn't think he was serious until I moved it until the last slot. The red. His face, he knew that he wasn't going to make it. There was fear of that final moment. Then, He exploded. Fire rose from where the rest of his parts were.
"No!" I gasped, shooting my eyes straight open. I couldn't control my breathing. I looked around the big room that I was a part of. The room was just like a regular room and office at the same time. The floors were shiny brown, There were computers around on the walls. I don't really remember what happened after the jet. I remember Holley and Finn loading me up with weapons and the us talking about the plan a little bit. We came to Tokyo station headquarters...
Moving from the spot, I drove around the office getting familiar with what's around me. I feel...different. I can't exactly put my wheel on it. As I drove around, I came across a mirror hanging on the wall. I silently yelped as I looked into my reflection. My body is completely different. I'm no longer the same red little Porsche that I was. I was now a light and dark blue with the name Skalistic tattooed on my side and the number 55.
"Wh-wha-what did they do to me? don't remember anything that happened?" I said as I analyzed myself in the mirror.
"Look who decided to wake up," Tyse chuckled, looking spotting himself in the mirror. I relaxed my face and shook my head. "How do you feel?" He drove closer to me.
"I don't know. I feel really...fast" I admit. he laughed.
"That isn't what I mean but sure that can work."
"What happened to me? the last thing I can remember was getting loaded up and then everything just went black." I explained.
"Finn decided that you get a new look to fit your first mission," He drove back over to the door as I followed right behind him. "He just sent me to come and get you." We drove out of the office into the mainframe of the building. All types of different cars were roaming around the front of the desk that was right in the middle of the hall. This all looks so cool. I can get used to this. Tyse takes me down to an empty hall and entered room A113. It looked like a simulation training room with different types of things to try out. Holley and Finn were on the other side of the room waiting for us.
"Zaylyn, we're glad you could make it." Finn asked as we approached them.
"How are you feeling? You don't feel any pain at all do you?" Holley asked.
I shook my head. "Alright, I assume that you guys are going to test my abilities to see my strengths and weaknesses right." excited I raced over to the VR room with the goggles.
"Not so fast, cub. We need to discuss more about your new upgrades before we can jump into action." Tyse said making his way on the side of me. "Bet you didn't know you had camouflage did you?" he asked raising his lids
"Wait really?"
"Nope, I lied."
As he laughed, I pouted and hit his side with my tire. "So, I'm an ordinary race car?" I asked with disbelief.
"No, you still have the same gadgets that we gave you, however, we put a lock on them so you can look and act as a normal race car." Holley explained.
"Yeah, two concerns though , 1. I kind of told my Dad I was going to see him in the pits today but how can I when I'm a race car? 2. How am I supposed to act like a normal race car when I don't know anything about racing?"
"Holley was able to modify your original look and voice into a disguise she can change into at any time so she'll be with your dad at any time. We also have agents here who have no problem being your crew chief and pit crew. They will escort you through everything that you come across on the track and through missions." Finn said.
"Best part about is, you'll have a partner with you on these missions since you're just a rookie." Tyse winked. I playfully rolled my eyes at him. This doesn't sound too bad at all. As long as This all goes according as planned, I think I might consider this as my new hobby. This is a job that I should take seriously but then again, There isn't a reason to look at the bad while can look at the good.
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