Chapter 32: Chapter 32

Jane: Hey Badd I hope you were taking care of mom.

Brad: Would you stop that.

Alan: Jane we were worried.

Jade: Yes I know that’s why we were looking for you.

Brad: It’s only 11:30. You left some 2 hours ago from here. What’s the rush?

Alan” Ok Brad would you stop it.

Hank walks from the corner and sees Jane.

Jane: Hank I didn’t know you were here.

Hank: No we were worried about you actually.

Jane: Worried about me? That’s something new.

Brad(interrupting): He is not your pet now bossy girl.

Jane: Bossy? Who me what about your Violet?

Brad: She is nothing compared to you plus she loves me but you took off with this bike guy.

Jade: Hey that’s a chopper

(sad).

Hank: I was thinking of ignoring both of you that is why I usually come at the Geese at 11, but seeing Jane being careless I need to ask you something Jade. Wally said you were from Omaha, but still doesn’t your parents. So where are your parents Jade?

Jane(tensed): Ok you have nothing to do with that Hank?

Brad: Well he has according to me.

Jane(angry): Shut up Badd.

Alan: Ok everyone would you all calm down. I think Hank is right Jane.

Jane: Ya you think Brad is always right Alan.

Alan: Well he is Jane. He is almost always right isn’t he. Even Helena asks me to learn from Brad. So we should listen to Hank as Brad is asking.

Hank: Thank you Alan. Ok,Jade would you answer the question now.

Jade: Look all of you. Jane and I are in love with each other. But regarding my parents that’s none of your concern. I heard she dumped you.(laughs)

Hank: Ok that is enough now. Jane deserves someone who is good ok.

Alan: Let’s have a competition then, We will find out who is the better one and then Jane will choose after. Right Jane?(looks at Jane)

Jade: Jane loves me. She doesn’t care about anything. But I would love to beat you Hank.

Hank: Well let’s start then. I m all ready.

Brad: Alan what kind of competition.

Alan: How about a race?

Brad: A race?

Jade: Well does your budy has a bike then(laughing)?

Mark( from the corner): My budy Wally has a scooter.

Jade(laughing):Ok Hank. Do you think you can beat me with a scooter then?

Hank: How about we make it diffult. You take Jane on your back while I take Brad and Alan. We will race from Columbia center to Cowen Park. It’s a straight path along the I-5 express. It’s nearly 3 km. But it is dangerous near the express.

Jade: Now that’s a race. You sure about the scooter?(laughs)

Wally: Don’t worry.My Ruckus is brilliant.

Brad and Alan: A Ruckus? And we are sitting at the back? Cmon are you fucking kidding me?

Hank: Ya A ruckus?

Wally: Don’t worry Hank. It has an extended seat at the back. It was made for 4 actually.

Jane: Hey guys.I am loving it. Maybe someone will get killed.

Hank: Ok Jane. But may be you will be less bossy after this.

Jade: Enough with the talking. Let’s start the race.

All of them reach the Columbia center which was some 20 minutes away from the Geese.

Wally brings the Ruckus with extended seat.

Alan: Wow that’s a nice ride. Hank you sure you can pull this race off though.

Ank starts the bike as Allen and bread sit at the back. Jade and Jane ride the chopper.

Jane: Can't I be at the front?

Jade: Come on the Columbia centre to the park is a dangerous path. It goes Straight Through the highway.

Jane: Thought the park was across the mill at first Hill.

Jade: It is. Maybe I will give you the front if you are head of this losers.

Jane: Come on I know Hank. He is a turtle. When he reaches the park I will be at home with moment until them.

Jade: They might take the five Express.

Jane: That's a dangerous route to take. I don't think they will use that path.

Jade: Ya fuckin losers. But what about the two. They might forcing to take that.

Jane: Are you telling me that Jade Wilson is afraid of a race.

Jade: Hey I have raced like 100 times.

Alan and the others catch them at the start.

Alan: Hay Jade you ready to lose?

Jade: Look says who in the back of a tortoise bike.

Hank(angry): Hay it's a bike after all I am gonna beat you after all loser.

Jade: We will see that immature guy.

Hank: Immature?

Jade: Well Jane did dump you for something. Didn't she?

Brad(interrupting):Hey she likes stupid people and when she found out that Hank was wise she left him.

Jade(furious): Ok Jane your brother is just too much. But I will let you go Badd this time.

Brad: Yeah I will see that after you lose.

Alan: Yeah let’s start.

The race starts as Jade and Jane are at front. Hank, slow follows them with Brad and Alan behind him at his Ruckus.

Alan(shouting): Can't you ride faster?

Hank: Come on it's still a ruckus? We can catch them at the highway.

Jane and Jade reach the highway in nearly a minute with the speedy chopper. Jade was travelling nearly at a speed of 70 miles per hour. While Hank was at 40.It was a 8 mile trip and would take almost 45 minutes for them to reach Cowen park even with 100 mph with no traffic. And yet it was in the middle of a working day. It would take them almost some hours to reach the park.

Jane: Hay I think we we can beat them easily. Just look at them(seeing Hank riding the chopper with fear)

Jade: Yeah they are nearly some 10 minutes away from us. You want a coffee?

Jane: No let's finish the race and then drink. Haven’t you heard about the hare and the tortoise story? If Brad was not with them I would drink. But that Badd is very good at manipulating and when that Alan is with him they are unstoppable. Didn’t you see that Violet is impressed by my puny brother.

Jade( Increasing the throttle): Ya I saw them kissing together. How he manage to do that?

Jane: Well he is my brother after all. May be not my equal but however he is my brother for my ill luck.

Jade: Well, anyone who can impress Violet can win this race.( as he increases the throttle)

They reach Free way park in 5 minutes. While Hank and the two were just at the Highway.

Alan: We have lost sight of them. Cmon Hank we will not win this one.

Brad: Well good for Hank. But not for us.

Alan: Ya we need some thing with the bike.

Hank: It can merely reach 50 mph. How will we beat a chopper that reaches nearly 100.

Brad: Well there’s a garage at 7th Avenue. I saw them plant nitro boosters which could increase your speed to 100mph for 2 minutes.

Alan: Well how many can we do that?

Brad: I don’t know 7 max maybe until it burns out.

Hank: Well how long will take to put in the bike.

Brad: Just a minute. Look there is the garage. There’s Addy. He can put that in just a minyte.

They reach the garage.

Addy: Hey Brad. What you doing here?

Brad: Hey Addy can you put some boost on the bike for to 100.

Alan: Ya for to 200 if it can be.

Addy: No Alan I can only put a 100 for a 7 button push. How long is the race though?

Lan: 8 miles.

Addy: Ok. Wait I saw Jane in a bike just a minute ago. Are you racing with them?

Alan: Short of.

Addy(curious):Who now that’s a sibling race.

Addy plants the nitro in no time as Hank hesistantly tries to accelerate it. Alan seeing Hank scared reaches infront of Hank and catches the Bikes’s handle.

Alan: Ok I’’ll take from here.

Brad: Oh yeah. We are on a highway to hell.

Alan gives the first nitro as Addy waves bye bye.

Hank(frightened): Woohh ok……….I am scared.

Brad(closing Hank’s eyes from behind): Don’t worry Alan will drive safely.

The nitro boost make them reach the free way park in 2 minutes. They see Jade and Jane infront.

Alan( happy): Hey Brad Look. Let’s beat them.

Alan starts the second boost as they speed past Jade and Jane.

Jade: What the hell. Is that a Bat mobile. How is that possible with a Ruckus?

Jane: Addy. That must be doing of Addy.

Jade: You mean that bald kid at the Madison Centre Garage.

Jane: Yeah he is good with that nitro. I heard it was nearly 100 for 7.

Jade: 7, don’t worry I got a nitro too babe. And it goes to 150 haha.

Jane(frightened): Wow I never rode at 150.

They overtake the three.

Brad: What the hell. He is got a nitro too.

Alan: It’s a chopper. Only 3 can be added in that. We have 5 more. He is looking to reach the ship canal before us.

Hank: That’s nearly 3 miles from here.

Alan: I know but that would go 150 for a chopper I guess. But we can use atleast 2 more until we reach the canal.

Hank: I wish we cpuld add 7 more.

Brad: Ya but the Ruckus can handle only 7 for an hour Hank.

Hank: How you guys know about bikes?

Brad: Cmon, I got a girlfriend who likes riding a bike at her Barnyard.

Hank (amazed): She is got a bike………………..

Alan: Well Helena’s got a private plane.

Brad: Ya and only her father uses that.

Alan: Ya maybe I ll make her go in a flight someday…….

Hank(interrupting): Alan look for the street ok……..

Alan: Ok man, don’t worry Hank. Jee for a 16 year old you are too afraid Hank.

Hank: Well Brad’s sister always call me shaky for that.

Brad: Shaky? What kinda name is that?

Hank: Well she called me as her lover though.

Alan: Well Helena calls me Bulldog.

Brad: Ya Eva called me Snake once. Although Violet called me Cobra yes Cobra….

Hank: Would you look straight Alan.

Alan: Oh yeah here goes the nitro.

Alan presses the nitro twice as they see the glimpse of Jane and Jade ahead.

Hank: Hey you should have saved that at the end. We got only 3 left.

Brad: Don’t worry I know Jane. She eats coffee nearly 4 times a day. They will stop at the Malabar Coffee house. They take nearly ten minutes to make a coffee there.

Alan: You sure they will stop.

Brad: Don’t wory Jane will tire and want a coffee. I know her.

Alan: Ya look there they are stopping. Better stop from their view.

Jane and Jade enter the Malabar Coffee house.

Jane: Well your nitro sure took them away.

Jade: Ya don’t worry they will need all 7 of the boost to catch us here.

Jane: Well I don’t care now. I need a coffee That 150 miles ride sure made me dizzy.

Jade: well Hey waiter bring us two latte’s will you?

Alan seeing them inside goes though the Malabar and into the path .

Alan: Good we got nearly 15 minutes now to think.

Hank: Well it’s a chopper. We can merely reach the canal with the remaining 3 .

Brad: We got 15 minutes. And if we can make sure someone at Malabar gives Jade the info that our bike has lost its tyre then they will salck up.

Alan: Ya great idea. May be we will call Joe at The Malabar. We can phone him from the Phone station at E Thomas St.

Hank: Ya that’s a good plan. If they slack up for 30 minutes may be we can beat them.

Brad: Well if he doesn’t use all that nitro.

Alan: What do you mean?

Brad: Well a chopper has 3. And it goes nearly 150 miles. We need a slack of atleast an hour.

They reach Thomas St and phone Joe of the Malabar.

Alan: Hey Joe can you tell Jane that our tyre got punctured but with some fake news…….you now what I mean.

Joe: Well you know Joe only does things for a reason Al.

Alan: Ok ill let you a 20 if you do that thing and make sure they dealy for an hour. If you do that Brad will also give you a 20.

Brad: Ok maybe.

Alan: What’s say Joe.

Joe: A 40. Not a bad idea.

Alan and the others start the chopper as they continue riding the Ruckus.

Brad: Is there a garage somewhere here?

Alan: Well I wish though.

Hank: There ain’t Brad. We hope Joe will do as you say. Alan save the booster for the end. If they see us we will need the booster.

Alan: Ya Joe is a smart ass, He will definitely fool Jade.

Brad: What about Jane. She will sniff something out. She is a bitch after all.

Hank: Ok brad will you stop that.

Brad: Ya if you were here brother you would know.

Hank: Ok stop…

Alan: Well Joe will buy us some 30 to an hour atleast.But what then? They will still reach Cowen Park anyway.

Hank: Even in an hour we might still only cross the canal. But what after that it still a 5 mile road after that.

Alan: Well we will look for a garage then after that.

Brad: Well there is no garage but there is a shortcut at the Wall of Death. Jade must not know that. It takes only 30 minutes from there to Cowen. From the main road it’s nearly an hour.

Hank: Nice thinking if everything goes according to plan we will beat them.

They do as the plan. No glimpse of Jade and Jane is seen as they cross the canal and onto the Wall of death in an hour.

Hank: Wow Alan you didn’t even needed your boosters.

Brad: Ya but we still got 30 minutes.Although, we don’t see them though.

Alan(happy): I can’t believe Hank is gonna beat Jade of all people.

15 minutes later they reach the place where they see Cowen Park. To Hank’s horror they see Jade and Jade at the back with a nitro boost.

Jade: Wow the tortoise nearly beat us.Nearly?

Jane: Ok let’s beat them.

Jade nearly reaches the finish line as sound of a cop vehicle from behind stops them.

They stop. Seeing them stop Hank reaches near the officer. Alan and Brad though take the boke towards the Cowen Park.

Hank: Ok what’s the deal officer?

Officer: You see this guy Jade Wilson. He is a drug smuggler. And we found him atlast.

Jane: What no?

Officer: I am sorry Jane, Your uncle Benn called me to track you. And when we found you were with this guy we suspected he was concerned. Nonetheless you helped us to catch this crook. We will keep this race in secret.

The Officers take Jade away as Jane sees the smiles of Brad and Alan as she wipes the sweat from her forehead.

Jane: A loss to Brad. Oh noooooo…….. I am sorry Hank.

Hank: Don’t worry Jane. You are innocent. Let’s go back now.

Brad and Alan see Hank and Jane at the bike and go back.

Brad: Jee all this victory for no use.

Alan: Well let’s invite Jane to the Backyard. May be will get the last laugh then.

Brad smiles as they go back.