A/N. Sorry for the delay, had things come up and been sitting on this for a while now but here it is finally. I got a few more short ones done as well so expect some consistent uploads from me the next few days.

Vert Wheeler

"Any word?" Kurt asks him as he looks from his cellphone.

"Nothing," Vert says. "No one, not even Alec and Banjee."

Vert and Kurt have been trying to contact the other world race drivers, so far they've been unsuccessful.

"That's surprising, weren't you and Alec best friends or something?" Kurt asks.

"Yeah we were, but he dropped out of contact for some reason several months ago. His phone number got disconnected as well," Vert reveals. "His parents haven't heard from him either, it's like he dropped off the face of the Earth."

"Strange," Kurt ponders. "We need to try harder, I'll try to contact Nolo. Can't say he'll be pleased with us abandoning him," he said.

"Yeah, agree with you on that."

"Are you okay, Vert?" Kurt asks. "Losing Kadeem must have been hard to deal with."

Kadeem was probably one of Vert's few friends during the world race outside of his own team. After Vert won the world race, he gave his prize money to Kadeem to help his people.

"Yeah, it is," Vert shrugs. "Not the first time I lost someone, but hopefully it's the last."

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Jack Thomas

"Can't believe we lost Kadeem," Jack thought. "I knew we were getting into some tough stuff, but didn't think anyone would die. Everyone I always try to get close to dies, and I'm not dealing with that again. Attempting to join the Teku was a mistake. I think when I get a chance, I'm just gonna leave."

Call him a coward, but he doesn't want to get close to anyone anymore. He prefers the lone wolf kind of lifestyle. He hoped competing in street races would help him forget his troubles, but then he got wrapped up with the racing drones and the realms business.

He should have stayed home in New York. He sighed. "There's nothing for me there now." All he does is stare at his car. The car was a gift from his father after he died. "I don't even deserve it."

"Hey, Jack," he heard someone call out his name. He turned around and saw Vert walking towards him. "Oh, hey Vert."

"So, I have to ask, how did you get your car?" Vert asked. "I know Veyron's are t exactly hard to come by."

"It was an inheritance gift from my father," Jack revealed. "He died last year."

"Sorry about that," Vert said with a sad look. "Lost my mom a few years ago as well."

"No parents or siblings for me, well none anymore. Been a loner for the last year or so, always moving from place to place," Jack said.

"Ever thought of settling down and staying with a group or a team like the Teku?" Vert asked,

"Thought about but I'm not sure if joining the Teku will be a good idea for me. I'm still not sure about working for Tezla. But we'll see I guess," Jack shrugs. "I'm probably skipping the next realm. I need to think on some things at the moment, sorry Vert," he said as he walks towards his car, Osiris.

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Days past since then Storm Realm, both Vert and Kurt have started to build their new cars, Power Rage and Battle Spec respectively. Vert was working on welding the hood of his car when he heard a loud bang. He turned and saw Kurt had hit his head on his car while still struggling to get up and walk.

"You need any help?" Vert asks his fellow Teku as the two Metal Maniacs laugh at him.

"No,no, I got," Kurt says as he struggles to walk.

"You're in no condition to work, Kurt. None of us are," Lani said.

"The next racing realm could open at any time," Tezla said.

"So we skip the next realm, so what?" Kurt asked.

"The strange powers you reported, the things the drones cars could do. I believe you gain some kind of power for completing the realms. Soon, the drones will become impossible to stop," said the doctor.

"It's already impossible," Lani counters. "The cars aren't ready and we're all exhausted."

"They are only human, Dr. Tezla," Gig said.

"They can't go up the drones again, not now," Lani pleads

Just then, loud music started to echo throughout the Acceledrome. "Does anyone else hear music?" Monkey asks as he sits on a stack of tires and gets down. "That must be my ride, I got in touch with Tork."

"That's no Metal Maniac," Wylde said as the music gets louder.

Karma turns around and smiles, "Shirako," she says.

A few minutes later, two vehicles arrived in the Acceledrome. One was an orange car with a dragon designed on its side and the other was a white truck with stereos built in the back of it. The Japanese-American member of the Teku got out of his car. "Yo, let's pump up the Baseline,"he said.

Tezla, angered, approaches Monkey, "You have no right to reveal the location of the Acceledrome," he yells.

"Hey, I don't talk to Teku," Monkey defends. "You can drop that right there, man."

"I told them," Kurt says as he walks up with crutches. "Because we needed help."

"What we're doing here must be kept secret," Tezla pleads.

"Why? Who are you afraid of?" Kurt asks.

"The drones."

"The drones are finished," yells the leader of the Teku, "Nobody beats the Teku."

"Nobody but the Metal Maniacs," Wylde said.

"I mean 'nobody'."

"Yeah, yeah, whatever," Wylde said as another car arrives in the Acceledrome, a red car, Hollowback.

"That is my ride," Monkey says as he walks towards the car as Tork, the leader of the Metal Maniacs gets out of it. "Hey, let's get out of here, Tork."

"After what you told me the drones did to you and Taro, no way," Tork says.

"That's the idea of leaving Tork, so they don't do it again," Monkey pleads.

"Nobody does this to my guys! We're welded."

"Come on, let's just get out of here man," Monkey pleads.

"Somebody send this Maniac scum back to the junkyard," Nolo yells as Monkey tries to stop Tork from going towards Nolo who simple picks up Monkey and pushes him aside.

The sound of a horn of a loud semi truck soon stops the impending fight. "Wait, is that? Monkey asks as the horn gets louder and louder. "No way, it couldn't be. He said he would be gone for months."

The semi truck then drove into the opening of the Acceledrome and calm to a halt. The semi truck itself had a trailer with three cars on it. Out came a big man with red hair, white shirt with black sleeves and wearing a bone around his neck. On his left and right hand respectively were silver brass knuckles with the word Pork on the left and Chop on the right. The man then approached Monkey.

"You really didn't have to come Porkchop," Monkey says as Porkchop grabs him by the collar of his shirt and lifted him up.

"Alright, who did this to you?" Porkchop yells as Monkey pleads for help.

"Stop monkeying around Porkchop," Tork orders as Porkchop begrudgingly let's Monkey down.

"Hey," They heard a voice and turned and saw Taro leaving the infirmary, wearing braces on his left arm and leg. "Let's get even."

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The drivers soon got to working on their cars. Karma was helping Nolo change the tires on his as he angrily stares at Tork who was fixing the engine on his. Shirako was with Kurt at his car with a computer linked up to it.

"Are you customizing it?" Gig asks.

"Nope," Shirako says as he gives a thumbs up to Kurt who presses a button in his car, turning on the music.

The music started to echo throughout the Acceledrome while Porkchop was working on his car, Jackhammer, he got distracted by the noise and hit his head on the opened up hood of his car. He runs his head and angrily approaches Shirako and Kurt. "Scrap that noise Stinku," he yells as Shirako just smiles and activates the stereos on the Baseline and starts dancing to the music.

"Do you hear that?" Karma asks Vert as he hears another sound within the music.

"What?" He yells as Karma just sighs and turns of the music in Shirako's car as the alarms for the Acceledrome went off.

"That," she says as the drivers all turned to see the Wheel of Power moving snd the first ring comes to a stop.

"The next realm is opening," Tezla says. "The Swamp Realm."

The drivers all got in their cars and started heading to the track leading to the Wheel. "Kurt, you're in no condition to drive, you can barely walk," a concerned Lani said.

"Who's walking?" He says and drives off as Lani sees Taro, despite injuring his foot and leg, in his car as well.

Porkchop pulled Monkey into his car and drove into Karma's car, knocking her into some tires. "Ugh, Maniacs," she complains.

Vert gasped in shock as they entered the portal and found themselves falling through some trees but sighed in relief as he landed on the track. "Accelerons love toying us with no track at the start."

Not long after that, they came across a large tree with tracks circling around it and leading into multiple directions. "Hey, what's track we're supposed to take?" Tork asks.

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Acceledrome

"They may all lead to the end," Tezla said.

"Last time they led to nowhere," Gig said as Lani angrily looks at the robot.

"I didn't copy that, say again?" Tork says over the radio.

"They'll have to split up," Tezla said.

"If they do, then they won't be able to help each other," Lani says, annoyed.

"It's the only way, tell them Lani," Tezla orders.

Lani just angrily stares at Tezla and turns her back towards him. "No, you tell them."

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Swamp Realm

"This is Dr. Tezla, we think you should split up," Tezla says over the radio

"Copy that," Nolo responds. "Teku, we're splitting up. Stay online," he says as they all start taking the different tracks.

"Let's move some metal, Maniacs," Tork said.

Tork's way found himself by two drones, one of them being the Lieutenant. He gasps in shock as a giant worm-like creatures rises from beside the track and grabs ahold of the Lieutenant's car. Another worm rises up and attack's the other drone car and grabs a hold of it and destroys it. The Lieutenant angrily growls as he pulls out the Accelecharger from the Warp Realm and teleports from the worm and back on the track and drives off.

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Monkey and Porkchop were driving along side the water filled part of the swamp as Monkey sees the track splitting up. "It looks pretty good across the water, Porkchop. It looks clear."

Porkchop just ignores him as he stares at the other side of the swamp and just drives forward. "What are you doing, Porkchop?" Monkey complains. "The other way was easier."

"Who needs easy," Porkchop yells.

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Unknown to the other drivers, in the swamp lies a green car submerged in it, with the number 35 on it.

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Shirako was listening to his music when he sees a large mosquito-like creature flying towards. He then feels his car being pulled upwards in the air and sees the giant bug carrying Baseline. "If you're gonna buzz, buzz in tune," he says as he activates the stereos on the back of his car at full power which causes the bug to drop Baseline back onto the track.

Taro was ahead with a drone car behind him as he spots the large bug fly close to him. The bug then tries to break into the top of his car with its stinger, but Taro was able to grab ahold of its stinger and holds it down as he drives under a large branch as the drives under it in which the bug hits the tree, killing it.

Nolo was being chased by a drone car and a drone jet as a bug lands on his car and Nolo notices it's starting to suck the fuel out of his car. Nolo smirked as he turned on his car's speakers at full volume, causing the bug to stop what it's doing as it was distracted by the noise, fly off the car and unexpectedly fly into the drone jet, destroying them both.

Kurt caught up with two drones as he slams behind one of them and sends it flying into one of the trees off the branch. He then drives into the other one and knocks it off the track as well. "Nice try," he says but soon his eyes widened as he sees a large number of vines blocking the way ahead as he comes to a stop.

"Ugh, dead end," he says but he then sees a large orange vehicle off the track with four large wheels on each side of the vehicle. "Could the Accelerons left some kind of machine in the realm? Something to help a driver?" He asks over the radio.

"You found a Hyperpod. An Acceleron Vehicle Transformer." Tezla said over the radio.

"Yes Kurt, we think you can use it." Lani says.

Kurt then drives off the track and moves car into the larger machine and smiles as he drives over the large vines.

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Porkchop and Monkey were driving across the swamp when a drone jet starts accosting them. "Hey Monkeyman, hand me that anchor chain in the back," Porkchop says as Monkey starts looking behind the seats in Jackhammer.

"What do you have an anchor chain for?" Monkey asked.

"My anchor," Porkchop said, annoyed as Monkey hands him the end of the chain and Porkchop pulls the anchor to the front of the car and tosses it out the window at the drone jet. The drone jet struggles to regain control but eventually crashes into a tree.

The anchor got pulled out of the car which sent it flying off track and landed into a strange vehicle with drills in the front of it. "What is this thing?" Monkey asks.

"I don't know, but I like it," Porkchop said as he drills into the large vines blocking their path.

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Vert and Taro had caught with the drones as the drone Lieutenant used the Warped Realm Accelecharger to teleport in front of the two human drivers. "They can't stop the Accelechargers," the drone says, but then he hears another car ram up against his.

"Not this time," Taro says as he activates the built in grappling hook in his car and fires it at the drone and then swerves his car, sending them both rolling.

"Whoa," Vert says as he uses his car's jump jets to hover past the two rolling cars. The two cars came to a halt as the drone angrily speeds away

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"I can see the end of the track," Vert says as he notices the portal away from some curves along side a large green mass.

Vert eyes widened as he sees the large mass awaken. "It's a monster," Vert says as the Swamp Beast awakens and starts unleashing it's vines. One group of vines grabbed Vert's car by its spoiler and lifts it up off the track.

As Vert struggles with the vines, he sees the drone Lieutenant try to escape the vines. Vert uses his car's grappling hook and attaches it to the drone car, slowing it down and allowing the vines to grab ahold of it and life it high in the air as the drone yells in anger.

"If we drive faster, maybe they won't catch us," Monkey says as he sees the large vines getting close to Jackhammer. "Drive, drive, drive, use the Nitrox."

Porkchop then uses the Nitrox to boost his speed to get past the vines but to no avail as the vines caught up with them. "Stay in the groove, Porkchop," Monkey says as Jackhammer tries to dodge the vines but they ended up wrapping themselves around the car and lifting it up in the air.

"You didn't stay in the groove, Porkchop," Monkey said.

"You didn't stay in the groove, Porkchop," says the other Metal Maniac in a mocking tone.

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Acceledrome

"The Nitrox boost isn't enough, they have to go even faster," Lani said, "There's only one way. Nolo, Tork, you have to draft together.

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Swamp Realm

"It's the only way to get more speed," Lani says over the radio.

"Yeah, you can stay behind me, Nolo," Tork mocks. "You Teku drive alone."

Nolo rips off his necklace in anger and shifts the gears in his car and caught up with Tork. "Nolo, what are you doing?" Lani asks.

"Watch me," Nolo said as he drives besides Tork and felt something hit his car. He looks through his rear view mirror and sees Wylde up behind him.

"Draft with me, Tork," Wylde suggests as Tork smiles.

Tork then slams into Nolo's car and sends it spinning backwards as Wylde's car gets behind Tork. "Yeah, just you and me now," Tork said as they use their cars combined speed to try and escape the vines.

Jackhammer was being held the vines when one ripped off the passenger side door. Monkey sees Wylde and Tork drive by as well. "Wylde, stay in the middle of the track."

"Scrap it, Monkey," Wylde says.

"It's the groove, it's stickier and has better traction."

"Nobody tells Wylde what to do."

As he said that, the vines caught up with the two Metal Maniacs and grabbed both their cars. Kurt was driving behind them when the vines grabbed him as well.

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"What's going on? What's happening?" Lani asks over the radio.

"They didn't make it, Lani," Vert says as he struggles with the vines in his car but then felt something grab him. He turns his head and sees the drone Lieutenant staring down at him.

"Your head is next, human," the drone said as he grabs hold of Vert's next. Then, a large ogre beast grabbed hold of the drone and ripped it in two and three the pieces to the ground.

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Nolo sighed as he sees the swamp beast capture some of the others in its vines. He turned around and pressed on. "You're trying to take my place?" he remembers his brother saying to him.

"You want to be the leader now, little bro?" Tone playfully asks.

"I don't know man, being leader, sounds like a heavy load."

"It's like taking the curve bro. Hard part isn't finding the right line, it's staying in it. Just remember, Nolo. Stay in the groove."

The groove, the center part of the track. Nolo sees mud on the left and right side, but not in the middle. He then realizes this is the key to outrunning the vines. "You cut the groove, Tone."

"Wait, listen to me. You have to find another car to draft with," Lani says. "You can't make it on your own, Nolo," says Lani.

"I'll make it, if I stay in the groove." He stays on the center of the track and sees his car gaining speed. "I can see the end," he says as he's gaining speed as the drones behind him get hit by vines.

He then presses the Nitrox to get a boost as he races past the vines and reaches the portal at the end. Nolo sighed in relief as he finds himself back at the Acceledrome. A strange, metallic chip device appears in front of him, he grabs it and smiles.

A/N while it wasn't exactly how the movie ignition ended, I decided to just end it here for the sake of it. I am trying to mix things up with the story but the first bits are basically word for word rewrites of it. Its not until we get to the lava realm where things really mix things up. And if there's anyone familiar with Acceleracers that could be a beta for me, I would appreciate the help.

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