The Speed Of The Stars

The night is far from over, Collei parks the Eight six Beside Silverwolf's Integra. Silverwolf then hands yelan A roll of duct tape

Yelan looks at the duct tape "Silverwolf. You are out of your goddamned mind."

Silverwolf pats Yelan's shoulder "Relax. This one is in the bag for me."

Collei opens the door "Do what you have to do."

Beidou then approaches Collei "You don't have to do this! You wont be able to steer!"

Collei slams her hand on the top of the steering wheel "I don't care! Nobody does this to anybody! I am not backing out of this. Even if it'll be the last thing i'll do. I wont loose to an ass like her..."

Yelan with the roll of duct tape approaches Collei and crouches "Sorry kid, I gotta do this. No hard feelings."

Collei silently nods. Yelan takes the roll of duct tape and duct tapes Collei's hand to the steering wheel, Firmly ensuring it wont break mid way through the race

Collei then speaks to Yelan "I don't hate you for doing this. You're essentially forced to by her."

Yelan smiles, and pats Collei's shoulder "Show her what you're made of"

Yelan then closes the Eight six's door. Silverwolf then looks at Collei in the Eight six

Silverwolf gives her a thumbs up, and smirks "See you later sport, Try not to-"

Before Silverwolf can finish. Collei then mashes the gas and leaves Silverwolf behind. Silverwolf was caught off guard and proceeds to chase after her. As they race down into turn one.

Beidou, then hops in her R32 Calling for their attention "What are you waiting for? Lets give chase!"

Seele then rushes to her Devil Z with Pela "But we'll never catch up to them!"

Beidou starts her R32 "I know that! At least we can be as close as we can when something goes bad!"

Beidou leaves first, Followed by Seele and Pela in the Devil Z, Then March in her Supra. Then Yelan in the Blackbird. They drive as a convoy down Yougou. Preparing for the worse case scenario.

Back at the race, The Eight Six leads from the Integra they race down into turn one. Yougou is deserted as this race was a sudden impromptu.

Silverwolf looks at the eight six "Alright then Eight six girl. Lets see how many corners can you last!"

The two reach the first left hand corner. As Collei starts to slide She tries to countersteer her drift. Her right hand suddenly reaches its limit. She cant steer any further. Collei's eyes widen up. She realizes she'll hit the guard rail at this rate. She slumps over her seat. and puts her left hand in her right wrist and bends it as much as her strength can. The wheel turns slightly more.

Silverwolf smirks "Its all over."

The Eight six narrowly avoid the guardrail and exits at a decent amount of speed.

Collei straightens herself in her seat "Holy shit. That was close.."

Silverwolf continues to smirk "That's all luck. Lets see if you can handle any more. Eight six of Yougou"

They continue to race down. Collei taking it easy on the first few corners. But as Collei reaches the third hairpin corner. She then realizes something

Collei's eyes widen "I finally understand this. The less i steer into the drift. The faster i can go in these corners. Alright Silverwolf! I'm putting you down!"

Collei steps on the gas more, the eight six jolts forwards, faster and faster.

Silverwolf gasps "How is that possible!? All this pressure i'm putting on her, and she's not even reacting to it! Its like she's going even faster!"

As they reach the fourth hairpin Silverwolf snaps. She mashes the gas

Silverwolf narrows her eyes "At this rate. This doesn't matter. In a contest like this. All you gotta do is Win!"

As they enter the hairpin. Silverwolf bumps Collei's eight six. Sending her into a 360 spin. Collei counter-reacts and manages to control the spin and straighten out on exit. Silverwolf's Integra passes her but doesn't leave a huge gap the Eight six merely loosing a car length.

Silverwolf glances at her rear view mirrors "Shit! She's lucky! In that case i'll put down the hammer"

Silverwolf accelerates harder, trying to gap the eight six. In the eight six. Collei's grip on the wheel tightens. Her legs twitching out of anger.

She first whispers "You fucking asshole... You did that on purpouse. If its the last thing i do in this race."

She then yells "I WONT LOOSE TO AN ASSHOLE LIKE YOU!"

Collei downshifts and stomps on the gas. The eight six, jolts forward aggressively. The tachometer raises from 5000 RPM's, all the way to redline at 8000 RPM's. At this point. Collei looses all of her composure. The two reach the next corner. Silverwolf glides with ease. But Collei's aggressive entry causes the eight six to jump over the curb, the rear slides and slams into the guard rail, causing the rear to suddenly slide to the left into the next hairpin. They then race down a short straightaway before reaching an S Turn. Collei jumps the curb again, And the rear slides. The right quarter panel slams into the guardrail, causing the eight six to suddenly shift to the left into the next corner. The gap of the eight six and the Integra, closing up quickly.

Silverwolf panics "This isn't happening!"

She then glances at her rear mirror "How's she catching up!? I can't go any faster than this!!!"

The eight six continues to close in the gap, Silverwolf trying to loose the eight six

She then notices how the eight six is drifting "She's drifting on weight shifting alone!"

As they reach the first of five consecutive hairpins. Silverwolf panics as she notices the Eight six on the inside line. She slams on the brakes. Causing her front wheels to lock up. Collei pulls her signature move. "The Gutter Run" And slingshots past Silverwolf passing her with ease. The gap continues to grow with each hairpin. As they race down the final straightaway. Silverwolf's had enough

She tightens her grip on the wheel "At this rate. I'll loose. But another little nudge wont hurt. Especially at this speed"

Her eyes tighten "Its time to send that junker to the Scrapyard!

Silverwolf tries one last attempt to slam the rear of the eight six. But Collei sees this and Drifts into the turn. Silverwolf notices that she's gonna miss and slams on the brakes, the front wheels lock up, she tries to steer into the turn but with the wheels skidding to a stop, it's too late. Silverwolf's Integra slams into the guardrail and slides right across it. The entire left side scrapes across it, before coming to a complete stop. Silverwolf removes the duct tape from her injured wrist and steps out of her car. She then looks at her wrecked Integra

She crouches and touches the hood of the car. "I'm so sorry."

As she rubs her hand along the hood of the car. She hears engine sounds. She straightens herself and wipes a small tear from her eyes. The Convoy of cars approach Silverwolf and her wrecked integra.

Beidou turns on her hazards and signals everyone to stop, Eveyone steps out and looks at the scene

Beidou's eyes narrow "No way.. Silverwolf wrecked out!?"

Everyone approaches Silverwolf. Seele checks on her "Are you okay!?"

Yelan checks on Silverwolf's right wrist. "This doesn't look good. Looks like her wrist's kaput"

Beidou then points at the back towards her R32 "Come on. Lets take you to the hospital."

Silverwolf holds back tears "No... After what i've done to you? i cant accept it."

Seele approaches Silverwolf "Don't be unreasonable! It hurts like hell doesnt it? Come on, let us help you out"

March Nods "Yeah, We're the locals here, and we know the nearest hospital here."

Silverwolf wipes a tear away and nods. "Alright, Thanks... And... I'm sorry for almost wrecking you all..."

As Beidou and Seele Assist Silverwolf into the R32.

March looks at The wrecked Integra "Collei's done it. She's won the Gum Tape Deathmatch."

She then walks towards her supra and the Group drives as a convoy to the nearest hospital. Back at the House of Arlecchino.

She confronts Collei about the damages to the Eight six "What in the hell happened to the car Collei?"

Collei crouches, gliding her hand across the damaged right quarter panel. "I was battling a real asshole. She bumped me from behind, causing me to spin, i was able to recover. Then suddenly... I... Snapped, and gave chase to her.

Collei wipes a tear away, while Arlecchino puts a hand on her shoulder.

She comforts Collei "Don't blame yourself Collei. We all tend to snap here and there. Myself included. But i wouldn't have hit the guardrails though.

Arlecchino then crouches to Collei's height "So... Did you win?"

Collei nods "Yeah... I won the race."

Arlecchino stands up. An obvious smile at her face "That's my girl"

She then walks back inside. Leaving Collei to look at the damages she caused.

Collei rubs her hand on the damages again. "Beidou And the others treat their cars with dignity and care... I'm so sorry.. Eight Six..."