The bar was dark, cold… normally the ovens would be on and lights glowing, providing the warmth that this place desperately needed. The regular hum of voices and life was gone, creating a dead, almost eerie atmosphere. Luka took a seat at the front bar, eyes locked with the hard wood counter. "Hey Agni.."
His voice was solemn, almost sad. "Been a bit, huh? Stuff's been… alright, I suppose.." He took a heavy breath. "I met a dude, Isaac… he's been nice… we fought these guys from the OMEGA Faction… I think they're gonna be after us.." He laughed slightly, the laughter slowly breaking down into quiet sobs. "I miss you…"
With much reluctance, he got up from his seat and wiped his tears. He couldn't stay and wallow here, as much as he might've wanted to. With a push of the door, he stepped out.
"Yo." Isaac looked over at Luka as he stepped out, tilting his head, "you ready to go?"
"Mhm, yeah. Where to now?" His tail swished behind him as he stepped out, taking one final look at the bar and grill behind him.
"Oh, I got a guy picking us up, should be here soon." Isaac responded, his lips curving into a grin.
As the words left his lips, the air rippled and tore open, a black Nissan GT-R Nismo drifted out, stopping just in front of the pair. The door kicked open as a dark skinned man stepped out. His eyes were a deep red and his hair matched the car, cascading down his back. He donned a black leather jacket and a grey shirt, black slacks on his lower half. The silver necklace swayed as he got out of the car and pulled his sunglasses off. "Yo, this your friend, Isaac?"
"Yup. Luka, meet Darren." Isaac turned to Luka and gestured to Darren who just reeked of rich.
"Uh, hi… nice to meet you." He held out his hand to shake.
Darren naturally took it and gave Luka a firm handshake. "Likewise, I'm Darren Whitlock and I'm your ride to a place where OMEGA can't pry." He grinned. "The question is, can you handle fast?"
Luka didn't answer initially before Isaac shoved him in the passenger seat and moved to the back himself. "Alright, let's get this baby on the road, can't be out for too long."
Darren just rolled his eyes before getting in the driver's seat and kicked the engine into start. The car purred to life, the engine humming with power before Darren spun the wheel and drove through the rip in the air.
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The car flew through the rift, ending up on a highway. Luka's eyes lit up at the new scenery, other cars and buildings as far as the eye can see whizzing past like blurs of light and colour. "What… is this place?"
"Nirvana's Capital." Isaac responded. "Mainly serves as a way to travel between places quickly, it's also super crowded and heavily monito-"
His words were cut short and quick as loud sirens filled the air. Darren's brow furrowed as he checked his mirror. "Damn feds. It's OMEGA agents, on our ass."
Almost instantly after he said that, the choppy sound of a helicopter's blades joined in the sirens' choir, a loud voice booming on a speaker.
"STOP YOUR VEHICLE AND SURRENDER!"
"Don't see like we getting out of this one peacefully." Darren laughed as he looked over to Luka. "Hold on, newbie. Shit's aboutta get FAST!"
The car immediately topped out at 330km/h. Luka gripped the grab handle for support while Isaac and Darren laughed maniacally. "DUDE! SLOW DOWN!"
"HAH! IF I SLOW DOWN THEY CATCH OUR ASSES! FAST IS THE ONLY WAY WE DO IT!" Darren cackled as he weaved between cars. Rapid fire of bullets whizzed by their tires and windows, Luka flinching at each close call. The car drifted through the crowded highway dangerously, much to the dismay of the other drivers.
"YO! DARREN! OPEN THE DOOR, IMMA CLIMB ON TOP!" Isaac yelled through the sirens, a manic grin on his face. Darren eagerly complied, the door opening and letting in gusts of wind as Isaac swung himself onto the roof. The cannibal butcher pushed off of the car's roof and onto the hood of the closest OMEGA car, pulling a pipe bomb from one of his pockets and setting off the fuse by nipping it with his teeth before shattering the windshield and tossing it in the car.
The explosion was immediate, launching Isaac back before flawlessly landing back onto the Nissan's roof. "HAHA! YEAH BABY!" He swung himself back into the car's backseat, shutting the door. "WHAT A RUSH!"
Darren laughed. "Don't leave me out of it. Newbie, take the wheel."
Before Luka could even argue, Darren swung out the window and onto the spoiler of the car. Luka quickly hopped into the driver's seat, driving even more dangerously than Darren as he skidded past cars without caution. Meanwhile, Darren stood on the spoiler with his leather jacket fluttering behind him with the wind. He grinned as all the shots instantly fired at him, all forcing themselves out of Darren's way as if a force of gravity shoved them away.
Darren flashed a smug grin before whipping his hands out of his pockets, glimmering threads swishing in the air as they all spun themselves around the chasing vehicles and flung them off the road with relative ease. "HAH! That's what I call off road driving."
His gloating was cut short by Luka's panicked words."DARREN! THERE'S A BLOCKADE AHEAD! WHAT DO I DO?!"
"Shit, really? Hit the next road then!" Darren responded. Without another word, the car hit a hard right, launching it onto the road below it. Darren stumbled slightly before swinging himself back into the car and looking back at the pursuit copters. "Keep driving! Can't let em catch us!"
Isaac looked out of the window, a manic grin on his face. "JUST A BIT FURTHER THEN A HARD LEFT LUKA! AFTER THE NEXT SIGN!" He exclaimed as he tossed another pipebomb onto the road behind them, causing a near immediate explosion behind them before the Nissan hit a hard left and went off road, weaving into an abandoned cargo site. "INTO THAT WALL!"
"DUDE IM ABOUT TO CRASH!" Luka exclaimed, but still listening to Isaac's command. As they collided with the wall, it rippled and shimmered, transporting them into a garage. The car drifted into a parked position, screeching to a halt. Luka was trembling, knuckles white from gripping the steering wheel.
Darren pat him on the shoulder, smiling as he got out very casually, Isaac following. Luka got out after a few long, deep breaths, looking around at the surrounding garage. There was a large TV and sofa, a corner dedicated to engineering, a massive white board decorating one of the walls and an entire shelf for tools. On the couch, a woman, with silver hair and flecks of red cascading down to her shoulders, turned to look at the returning drifters. "Yo! Darren! Isaac! Who's this?"
"Hey Mari, this is Luka.. He's a monster." Isaac grinned as he responded, shoving Luka towards Mari.
"A MONSTER you say?" Mari's mouth curved up in a smile as she hopped over the couch, catching Luka as he stumbled. "Nice to meet you, Luka! I'm Mari!"
"Uh, likewise…" Luka replied, looking over Mari a few times, taking in her appearance. He noted her attire, a gray crop hoodie, sweatpants, converse sneakers and a black, skintight bodysuit underneath it all. "So… what is this place?"
"It's our little hideout, just for us to hide from the police and other people with issues. Our nirvana in Nirvana." She grinned, straightening Luka as she took in his draconic features. Suddenly, horns and a tail like Luka's sprouted on her body, along with dragon-like forearms and talons. "Hmm, strange, your DNA doesn't seem finished, almost half baked…"
"Woah! How'd you do that…" Luka questioned accusingly, circling to observe her new features.
"She's Biokinetic, able to manipulate biology and junk." Darren explained before pulling Isaac over to the workbench. "You two get settled, and Mari? No biting."
Mari laughed and rolled her eyes before demanifesting her new features. "Yeah yeah… well, see you, newbie.." she waved him off before sitting back down on the couch lazily, leaving Luka to his own devices.
[End of Chapter]