Back in the present, within the dying NO MAN'S LAND.
Sage smiles...
"What an interesting place. SEND". He says pressing the send button.
Immediately, •BLUE SENDER• zooms out of the flames of NO MAN'S LAND, crossing the end mark and entering into the 6th lap in the same instant.
THE COLOSSAL who were currently in 2nd place, riding in their RED AND BLACK dust form, began noticing the tiny planes appearing in front of their ride.
"Common. Not us too". The tiny red and black creature said.
The paper planes began forming the shape of •BLUE SENDER•, which then began appearing within them.
"DOOM".
And in that same instant a wall fell from the sky landing directly on top of the paper planes, separating them in half.
Luckily for THE COLOSSALS •BLUE SENDER• appearing in their front had saved them from instant disaster.
A wall as thick as the width of their •LEVIATHAN• and 3 times it's height.
It was a sure hit and kill if it had landed on them.
Drifting, they stopped at the wall, with the side of their ride scrapping the walls.
"DOOM... DOOM... DOOM..."
More walls began landing everywhere around the once empty track.
With some coming out of the ground.
Walls. rising and dropping left and right and in front of other racers.
Everyone having an abrupt stop, managing to drift out of the way of the walls, escaping near elimination by the walls just like THE COLLOSALS.
With every racer now parked where they were, including STAR who was in first place.
"AND WE ARE BACK". Said the head commentator, who had been at the starting mark of the 6th lap, within the BLACK BOX.
They had been waiting for the walls to drop down and rise up from the ground.
"Haha, He said we're back. Well, let's see what they're going to do now". JUDGE says, still floating underneath the BLACK BOX, which was now above DAP01, AMÉ and ASTRID who were in 5th, 6th and 7th.
With none of the racers being able to move, not because their rides were damaged, but because they couldn't tell which way lead to the end mark of this lap.
Walls in every direction around them, with tracks inbetween the walls.
The only place they were and could move through.
Every turn had a wall either in their front or behind them.
At this point they could all tell what they were into.
And as if they were sharing a single brain cell, they all decided to stop moving as if they were waiting for something or someone.
Deciding it was best not to move but to wait for the commentators to send the new map for them, as their dashboard displays weren't showing any of the walls.
They had all lost their sense of direction.
~{YEA YEA.
I JUST REMEMBER THAT I FORGOT TO CLARIFY SOMETHING FOR YOU ALL LAST TIME.
YES, THAT.
THE MENTAL FORTE THING THAT HAPPENED BACK IN NO MAN'S LAND.
JUST IN CASE YOU FORGOT.
...
YOU SEE, THE THING IS...
NOTHING ONLY WAS STAR SUFFERING FROM PERSONAL MENTAL PROBLEMS.
NO MAN'S LAND HAD TAMPERED WITH HER MENTAL FORTE.
MAKING HER BELIEVE IT HAD COLLECTED HER SPEED.
WE ALL ALREADY KNOW, STAR NEVER REALLY WAS USING A WEAPON OR TOOL BUT HER ACTUAL HAIR TO POWER HER RIDE.
SO WHY DID SHE CONTINUE DRIVING AT HER ENTRY SPEED, WHEN SHE COULD HAVE GONE FASTER AND FINISHED THE FIFTH LAP BEFORE ANYONE AND PROBABLY BE DONE WITH THE SIXTH RIGHT NOW?
WELL, IT'S SIMPLE.
WHENEVER NO MAN'S LAND REALIZE IT IS UNABLE TO TAKE ANYTHING FROM A CREATURE OR MACHINE THAT HAS STEPPED INTO IT.
IT BEGINS ATTACKING THE MENTAL FORTE OF THE CREATURE, OR THE ENGINE OF THE MACHINE.
CAUSING THEM TO SLOW DOWN AND ACT AS IF THEY WERE NATURALLY BEING AFFECTED BY NO MAN'S LAND.
THIS HELPED NO MAN'S LAND TO BE ABLE TO SWITCH STAR'S POSITION AND DROP HER AT THE BACK.
HER ALREADY WEAK MENTAL STATE FROM HER PAST LIFE MADE IT EASIER.
IF YOU NOTICED.
IT SPILLED OUT THE ABILITIES OF OTHER RACERS AT HER, BUT NONE OF THEM GOT ATTACKED BY HER ABILITY.
THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY BAD, EVEN FOR SAGE AND I.
AMÉ TOO.
WE WOULD HAVE BEEN SENT OUT OF THE DEATH RACE LAYER AND SHOT OUT OF THE CARD, APPEARING BACK IN THE LAYER FILLED WITH ALL OF AMÉ'S GAMES, •COLLECTIONS•
WELL, THAT'S THAT.
GUESS I SHOULD HEAD BACK NOW...}~
"Who are you talking to again? You really are trying to tamper with my REALM aren't you?" AMÉ says appearing on the dashboard display of •BURNING RAINBOW•
~{NO ONE.
ACTUALLY, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.
ISN'T THIS ARE FROM WIS' REALM}~
"Are you calling me a thief?"
~{DID YOU EVER HEAR ME SAYING THIEF?}~
"Then what are you trying to say?"
~{STOP ACTING LIKE YOU DON'T KNOW.
THIS SCATTERED AREA.
WALLS IN EVERY DIRECTION ALL AROUND US.
THIS ISN'T JUST A SIXTH TRACK.
THIS IS LITERALLY...}~
"NOW THAT THE WALLS ARE ALL OUT AND THE ARENA HAS BEEN SET.
PLEASE LISTEN CAREFULLY DEAR DEATH RACERS". The head commentator says, then clears hid throat.
"WE ARE CURRENTLY ON THE PLANET MAZE.
I'M PRETTY SURE YOU ALL ARE CONFUSED AND DO NOT KNOW WHICH DIRECTION THE END MARK FOR THE SIXTH LAP IS LOCATED.
WE WILL NOW BE SENDING THE NEE MAP OF THE LAND TO EVERYONE.
OH, AND ONE LAST THING". He looked at his assistant, who looked back at him with a sad expression shaking his head.
They both faced monitor No.1, which displayed the race from bird's eye view.
"IF YOU ARE STUCK BETWEEN FOUR WALLS. I AM SORRY TO SAY THIS, BUT...
GOODBYE AND SEE YOU IN THE NEXT DEATH RACE".