Comet Fury
Oct 14, 2014 19:48:01 GMT -8
Post by Zero on Oct 14, 2014 19:48:01 GMT -8
So I said if I was to put up some of my unfinished fics they would be open to some ideas on how to progress and eventuarly end it.
So here is the first one. Comet Fury.
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A warm summers evening rolling in, the street was filled with activity, young ponies playing, others meeting and greeting, some mowing lawns or holding yard sells. The young white pony, Zero, was busy fixing up his motorbike, which he called Fury, on the drive way. His sister Clover was sun bathing on the front law along with Starlight, while his father was busy working on his latest sculptor. Unknown to them their friends where riding up the street stopping outside Clover’s house “Hey Guys” said Ace as he stopped.
“Hey Ace” said Starlight sitting up upon hearing his voice
Clover just waved her hoof
“What you all doin’?” asked Teddy parked next to Ace
“Oh we’re just sun bathing, and Zero is working on his bike, what you two up to?” said Starlight now looking over her sunglasses at them
“We’re on our way to the park to cool off, they just opened up the pool” said Ace
“Yeah, we’re meetin’ Lancer and the others there, thought you guys wanna join in” added Teddy
“Oh sure we love to, Zee you wanna come to?” said Starlight looking over at the oil stained pony
“Huh? What was that Star?” asked Zero who, despite being only a few feet away, wasn’t paying attention
“Would you like to join us at the pool?” she asked again
“Oh sure cool, I will join you guys, just let me finish this” he said
“How long are you gonna be?” asked Clover
“Oh not long just gotta replace the chain and rear bolt, I will catch up” he replied with a smile
“I will wait with you”
“No Clover, you go off I don’t wanna keep you here”
“Ok…if you say so” she said as she and Starlight went back inside to get their items for the pool
Ace and Teddy watched the girls in their swimsuits heading back inside, while Zero got back to work.
“Hey Zee, where did you get this thing?” asked Ace admiring the machine
“Found her in the junk yard, spent a few months fixing her up and went in for my licence, passed on her too” Zero responded not looking at Ace
“It is impressive, what do you call it?”
“She’s a Basefield Fury MK2, one of the fasted Fury’s built”
“Impressive, you gone fast on her yet?”
“Not yet, never had much of a chance really”
Before Ace could say anything Clover and Starlight came back out “We’re ready guys” Starlight called. They took their own bikes
“Don’t be too long ok?” said Clover as she got on to her bike
“I won’t Clove, promise I will be there soon”
Zero finished up cleaning his bike, attaching his back pack on the rear before heading back inside to get his helmet and jacket. Sliding the tan leather coat over his white torso, it had a lot of patches on it some of old fighter squadrons and some of more modern fighter wings a few of which were squadrons from other lands on the front it had his name done like an air force badge. He zipped it up just short of his neck, Mrs Bloom came out watching him she sniffed a little, Zero’s ears twitched
“Mom you ok?” he asked turning to face her
“Oh I am” she sniffled “I’m just watching you grow, it’s only been a few years but-“
“Hey mom don’t need to cry I’m not going away for some time” he said with a warm smile
“Just be safe ok Zero” she said managing to hold back the tears
“I will mom” he said smiling to her again and hugging her.
Zero put on his helmet then boards his bike, turning the ignition key and doing the “jump” that all bikers do to start up. The engine kicked into life, securing his helmet strap looking to his mom giving her a little salute before flicking down his visor revving the engine flicking the kick stand up then pulling away from the drive way turning into the street. Mr and Mrs Bloom stood there watching him drive away into the distance
“He’s no longer youngster hes grown into a fine stallion” Mr Bloom said with a smile.
Driving down the road he weaved in and out of the cars, his mane and tail blowing behind him, to Zero this was a feeling of freedom, he couldn’t enjoy it for long the turning for the leisure centre was coming up. He manoeuvred into position for the turn off tiling the bike to the side for the turn off. He had to slow down as he entered the parking lot for the pool, a large outside Water Park with many shoots and water rides. Many ponies enjoying the sunny day, as he parked his bike two girls in swimsuits walked passed just as he removed his helmet, he gave them a smile and they both giggled as they walked away.
Getting off his bike he looks around to see where the others are, he makes his way to the counter to pay his way in as he dose he notices four other motorbikes their riders hanging around the café. They all looked big, but one of them noticed him and gave a nod to a fellow biker.
Zero made his way into the changing area.
The other bikers trotted over to Zero’s bike, admiring it, the smaller one who gave him a nod earlier ran her hoof over the seat and fuel tank.
Zero stepped out of the changing area wearing large camouflaged shorts and a pair of shades, he looked around for his friends, in a sea of ponies he saw a hoof waving. He trotted over to the area finally meeting up with the others it was Sweetheart who was waving to him.
“Hey guys” he said
“Hi Zero” replied Sweetheart with a warm smile
He could see Clover with Starlight sunbathing again, Ace and Teddy where rough housing in the pool being their normal selves Lancer was talking to Brighteyes at the other end of the pool
“Where’s Melody and Bonbon?” he asked looking around
“Oh they said would be here soon”
“Hey Zee, you comin’ in or what?” called Ace, just as Teddy jumped up to pull him down
Zero shook his head laughing at the two “Yeah I will be in shortly
He put his back pack down beside Sweetheart, he could hear a lot of wolf whistles nearby, he looked to see what was happening and he saw a group of male ponies part and stepping out was Melody and Bonbon, they walked over to them as if they were on some fashion cat walk, they where both wearing some very stylish outfits
“So boys, what do you think?” asked Melody as she and Bonbon stood in poses
“Whoa! Melody, Bonbon you both look fabulous” he said
“Thank you Zero” replied Melody, Bonbon just blushed and giggled
“You girls coming in to the pool, the waters grate” called Ace
Melody just looked at him “And mess up my mane, I don’t think so” she said as the two girls walked over to their loungers to sun bath with Clover and Starlight.
Zero made his way over to the diving board, passing Lancer and Brighteyes saying hello to them, they seemed to be happy resting on the side just talking. Climbing up on the board looking around to make sure it’s clear, he made a run up to the end before jumping up spinning in the air then diving head first into the water as he came up flicking his mane back taking a gasp of air. Bonbon saw this, and all she could see was a slow motion image of Zero emerging from the water, with the water droplets sparkling in the sun like little diamonds around him.
As the day went on the group where having a lot of fun, Ace and Teddy where horsing around trying to dunk each other and challenged Lancer and Zero to a duel, to which they won five times in a row. In a means to get their own back they dived down to find and yank Lancer and Zero’s shorts, they found lancer and yanked his red shorts down, as he happened to be in front of Brighteyes while they were chatting. Teddy springs up out of the water holding up Lancers red shorts.
“Hey Lancer” he calls to him as Lancer looks over seeing to his horror his red shorts out of the pool
“Forget something?” they laughed at him
Now realising his situation he blushed going as brighter red as his shorts and in front of Brighteyes too.
“Er Brighteyes….I gotta……er” he started to stutter
“What is it Lancer, whats wrong?” asked Brighteyes just as she looked to where he was looking, seeing his red shorts “oh…..OH!” she gasped trying to hide a blush and a giggle too
“Zero…little help….PLEASE!” he called out
Zero looked over to Lancer and then to Ace and Teddy and swam over to the edge where the girls were laying
“Melody, Sweetheart could do with your help”
They leaned in as Zero whispered, then nodded and trotted over to the front of the pool
“Oh boys” Melody called as she and Sweetheart strutted in front of them
As they were now both distracted Zero dived down grabbing Lancers shorts and continuing to swim under water to him, he tapped his hoof and Lancer ducked under the water to struggle putting his shorts back on. Once done Zero appeared at the surface nodding to the girls for their part, as they strutted back to the benches.
As the day went on Ace and Teddy where plotting revenge on Zero, who was resting in one of the Jacuzzi pools with Clover and Bonbon
“Hey Zee” they called over to him “you wanna race?”
“Excuse he girls gotta go show these two how to play nice” he said as he climbed out of the Jacuzzi and into the main pool and swam up to Ace
“So where’s Teddy?” he asks
“Oh he will be here SHORTLY” Laughed Ace
Zero tilted his head then felt a tug as Teddy burst out of the water “HA GOT THEM” he shouted as he raised the camouflaged shorts in the air for all to see. Bonbon looked on lowering her shades “Ooooo” she said
“Bet ya embarrassed now” snorted Ace still laughing
Zero just stayed there trading water looking at them “Really guys? This old gag?” he said calmly and swam back over to the Jacuzzi pool “Clover, could you get me our towels please, gotta little issue here”
“Ok” Clover said getting out of the pool, leaving Bonbon who was still looking at him
Zero just looked over to her and gave a cheeky wink that made her blush with a giggle.
After the gang was done in the water park and after they had gotten changed they made their way to the snack bar.
“So you guys going to this summer dance?” asked Melody
“What Summer dance?” asked Clover sipping on her soda
“The one at the school”
“When is this?” asked Starlight
“In two weeks I think Ms Hackney said”
“How do you know that, Mel?”
“Ms Hackney asked the Beats to play and we jumped at the chance”
“We, meaning you” said Ace leaning back in his chair
Melody just glared at him
“Well we could all go, as a group and I’m sure the boys would ask us, right Ace, Teddy?”
“Oh sure, Starlight and I know just who to ask” he said looking to Melody
“Teddy, you gonna go?” she asked feeling a little jealous of what Ace just said
“Oh sure what ever” he said leaning back in his chair seeming to just look into space behind his sunglasses
“So you’re not taking Sweetheart then?” asked Melody teasing him
“Er..say where’s the others with our food? We’re starving over here”
“Typical boy, evading the question” Starlight said laughing
Over by the counter Bonbon, Zero, Lancer with Sweetheart and Brighteyes where standing in the line for the self service counter
“This is taking forever!” Protested Bonbon, whose tray was already half full while the others had small items or nothing
“Next!” called a teller
“FINALLY” she said as she moved the front of the line
After some effort they managed to get the orders for everyone and soon headed over to the table where the rest of the group was waiting
“About time you got here, what took ya so long? Bonbon couldn’t find any more muffins?” chuckled Teddy
“Say Clove you never said if you were going to the summer dance” asked Melody as she took a bite into her sandwich
“Oh I would go...but I don’t know if anyone would go with me” she responded nervously
“Oh don’t worry Clover” said Ace putting his arm around her “I’m sure Zero here would take you, not that it wouldn’t be wired you know”
“Ace!” snapped Brighteyes “That’s a mean thing to say”
“What? Just sayin”
Clover just looked down trying to hide
“Leave Clover alone, I know she can get a date” snapped Melody
“Oh yeah if somepony wants a clumsy ditz for a date” chuckled Ace
Zero slammed his hoof down on the table “No one is truly perfect you know Ace, not even you so quit making fun of Clover or you will have me to deal with, got that” he snapped before leaving the table
“Whoa what was with the attitude? Cant he take a joke?”
“There’s a joke then there’s just insulting Ace, you crossed that line” said Starlight as she too got up to leave the table soon she was followed by Clover, Brighteyes, Lancer and Sweetheart all of them glaring at him, Melody was the last to leave.
“What? What I say?”
“Dude, even I thought that was too far” said Teddy as he too got up to leave
After some time Ace apologised to Clover and to the others, they forgave him as it was getting close to the summer dance and soon they would have to go back to school.
During the course of the week many had gotten dates, Lancer had eventually asked Brighteyes out she would have said yes anyway. Ace had asked Melody out to the dance, but as she was going to be playing so she couldn’t but she did suggest Starlight, who jumped at the chance. Teddy asked Sweetheart out in secret but she already knew she would say yes anyway.
The only ones without dates where Zero, Bonbon and Clover
“No one seems to be interested” sighed Clover a she leaned against the wall
“Who have you been asking?” asked Bonbon
“Oh everyone…I just can’t seem to find someone who is willing to go with me” she sighed again “Maybe Ace was right….that Zero would have to be the one who takes me”
“Oh don’t listen to Ace, he just likes listen to his own voice”
“Have you been asked out yet?”
“Oh no no, just waiting for the right time”
“Waiting for Zero to ask you hum?” Clover asked with a coy look
“Oh no just…waiting” Bonbon said trying to hide a blush looking away “Speaking of who, where is he?”
“I think he said he was going out for a ride don’t know when he will be back”
On the main highway Zero was weaving in and out of traffic, causing some cars to beep their horns. He turned off the highway and onto the main road into town before pulling up to some lights which had turned red. He balanced the bike with one leg, the same that all bikers do. As he waited he could hear some engines behind him but they got closer and where soon they where around him, other bikers riding various machines. The leader stopped next to him they gave a nod then pointed to ahead, Zero nodded in agreement and as soon as the lights changed to green the group of motorcycles rode in formation Zero included.
They drove to a dinner famous with many bikers as there was nothing but motorbikes of all shapes and sizes parked around outside. The formation turned into the parking lot with each bike parking next to the other in a line with Zero’s bike and the leader’s bike parked next to each other. As they took off their helmets Zero saw the bike leader was female, he couldn’t help but look at her in the biker jacket she wore.
“Nice ride you got there” she said as the engine noised died down
Zero looked around at his machine “Thanks” he said “yours is pretty good too”
“Oh I can tell you’re not from down town, suburbs huh?” She chuckled
“Yeah how could you tell?”
“Your jacket and helmet those are worth some Jangles” she said climbing off her machine
Zero looked at his helmet it did look too new
“So then rider, what they call you?”
“Huh? Oh it’s Zero” he said looking back up at her
“Zero? Cool street name, what they call you back home?”
“Zero, that’s my name” he said a little confused
“Well then Zero, they call me Comet” she said walking around Zero’s bike “Nice ride, a Fury?”
“Yeah”
“Rare rides don’t see many of them”
“Thanks, it’s a Fury MK2 I believe”
Comet stopped then looked at him, along with other riders “A Fury MK2?” a biker asked
“Yeah…why?” he asked a little concerned
“The MK2 is one of the rarest bikes out there, they only made fifty of them, and you’re riding one!” Comet said getting excited over the find
“Where did you get her?” a biker asked
“Man those things aint cheap” another said
“I found her as a junker, spent a lot of time rebuilding her with most of the original parts some I could get but she’s mostly original”
“Why would someone junk a classic like this?”
“Don’t know but it was a lucky find”
“So then” Comet started “She can go fast, but can YOU handle her” she said poking Zero’s chest with her hoof
“Never really tried to go fast-“
“Oh yeah Mr Preppy here only follows the rules huh, thought I could smell the subs on you”
Zero just looked at the other biker ponies, then to his bike. According to an article about them the Fury’s where designed for speed and had better handling above 50MPH
“You’re on” he said climbing on to his machine
Comet smiled and jumped onto her machine, a dark blue bike with flame design on the sides.
The bikers sat with their engines revving waiting on the next green light. The lights started to change. The light changed to green and the first two bikes off the line where Comets and another, while the rest of them charged past leaving Zero in their wake. He allowed his bike to get up to speed, pulling down on the throttle and kicking it up into gear, his speedometer slowly increased, 30, 40, 50 MPH here the machine could really let lose. As soon as it hit 55MPH the bike shot off soon he was gaining on the pack.
They couldn’t believe it when they not only saw him in their mirrors but also passing them, some were going at full speed.
Zero’s machine was passing them all catching up to the two in front. One rider was riding an imported machine from Japan and despite pushing his engine to the maximum he couldn’t keep up with Zero’s Fury. He was now beside Comet, she looked at saw his bike and she gave a smile under her helmet “Now that’s what I like to see”
They made a corner and came into the last sight. Both Zero and Comets machines where evenly matched and both where pushing them hard, but Zero gave a kick to change a gear and was just inches ahead as he passed over the line.
Comet pointed to a nearby dinner as she turned to enter the parking lot, Zero and the other bikers followed. They shut down their bikes before taking off their helmets.
Zero pulled in parking up next to Comet.
“Good race” she said “You defiantly know how to handle it” she said running her hoof over the fuel tank “I wonder what else you can handle” she said with a soft tone while leaning towards Zero.
“Grubs on me tonight guys” she said leaning back. The biker gang all cheered as they entered the dinner, Zero was still on his bike
“It’s an open invite” she said looking back to him.
The group filled out two large booths in the dinner they where joking and being loud. But the owner of the dinner didn’t mind as much as he happened to know them and was Comets uncle.
She was sitting in the first booth, with the only two other females of the group as well as two other males.
“Zero, let me introduce you to the heart of the group” she started “Here’s Trixie” Zero nodded to the pale blue white manned pony “She can pull all kinds of tricks on her ride”
Trixie nodded “Ever see a 1080 Whirlwind?” she asked
“I’ve heard its one of the hardest tricks to do there are only two ponies in the world who mastered it”
“Yeah, and you’re looking at one of them” she said with a grin
“Next to her is Gasket”
“Why do they call that?”
“Oh it’s just my street name, my real name is Amber Star, my mom wanted me to be a dancer but I prefer the complexity of the internal combustion engine, so that’s why they call me Gasket, I’m the groups only mechanic, if it runs on wheels and has an engine, I’m your gal”
“And she’s a damn good one too, next to her is Jolt”
“Jolt?”
“Yeah cus I’m lightning fast yo”
“He’s the one on the JIP” Comet whispered to Zero
“What’s a JIP?” he asks back
“Japanese Import” stated Jolt with a smirk
“And the rather quite one here is my second, Chrome”
The large dark coloured male just sits there drinking his coffee not saying a word.
Zero gave him a nod, Chrome just looked at him
Comet gave him an elbow nearly spilling his coffee “Be nice to the newbie Chrome”
Still not saying a word Chrome just raised his cup to Zero
“Newbie?” Zero asked looking at little confused
“Yeah, you’re our newest member” Trixie stated
“Wait member? As in…”
“Yeah we are a biker gang in case you didn’t notice” she added
“And you want me to…”
“Yeah man to join our ranks yo, be like the creed of the streets” added Jolt
“We’ve never had a member from the Burs who could handle a ride like that” Comet added looking over to him “So you in?”
“I…don’t know, I’ve heard a lot about biker gangs…and-“
“That we are a group of thugs who go around town tearing the place up, causing damage and misery to everypony we see? Is THAT what you think we are all about?” snapped Chrome with anger in his voice
“That’s not what we are about Zero, we are just a group of guys and gals who just love bikes and ride as group. We are a gang but the non-violent sort, sure we have colours but that’s just for us” Comet stepped in
“Yeah man, we aint got nothing like in for life” added Jolt
“You can join and leave whenever you want” added Gasket
“No initiations” added Trixie
“So you’re not the sort that the police are after?” asked Zero rather nervously
“Heck no! You see my uncle over there?” Comet points over to the counter
“Yeah” Zero response looking
“See those two guys he’s talking to?”
“Yeah?”
“They are cops, two bikers they are part of the Blue Devils club”
“The Blue Devils?” Zero asked blinking
“Yeah they are a group of bikers who are cops, they do the same as us”
“We aint a gang yo, just a biker group, just sometimes called a gang” added Jolt
“So” Comet continued “Are you in?”
Zero sat and thought for a moment he looked up at the four biker ponies leaning in “well…” he started the others leaned in closer, Zero looked around them “Ok”
“AWSOME” shouted Trixie
“We got us a Fury rider!” called out Jolt, the other biker ponies in the dinner clapped at the news.
“There is one thing you gotta do before we can give you our badge” stated Comet
“But you said there are no initiations….”
“Oh there aren’t but this is just what we get the newbie’s to do” grinned Comet.
They all took Zero outside the dinner to a long stretch of road. Zero just looked down it wondering what they are wanting him to do.
Some of them had rolled his bike out from the parking lot to the road, Comet stepped up to him
“There is a challenge that was set by our founder” she stated “It was rumoured he was the only pony to go so fast that the speed camera wont flash in time”
“The camera flashes any vehicle going over 35mph, you got to hit top speed before the red sign to pass it” said one of the Blue Devil riders
Zero looked up at him “But you’re a cop? Why would you tell me this?” he asked stunned
The biker looked back at him and grinned “I’m off duty”
Zero shook his head and just climbed on to his bike “so how do you know if I pass this or not?”
“Trixie will go with you”
“Well ok then hope you can keep up” he says putting on his helmet
“Oh I will, I will be riding with you” Trixie said climbing on to the back on Zero’s bike
He just looked at her “Ok hold on” he said starting up the bike.
Zero pulled on the handle revving the bikes engine high but keeping the brakes on tight.
The machines back wheel spun on the spot kicking up white smoke as the rubber heated on the tarmac. Trixie held on tight. The bikes rev counter increased going into the red. The machine was lurching forward as if it wanted to charge. Zero’s eyes narrowed as he saw the light ahead and once the revs where at a high pitch he released the brake and the bike along with him and Trixie shot off like a rocket dragging the white smoke behind it.
The bikes speedometer increased fast, with Zero kicking each gear and faster he pushed it.
The needle reaching the high numbers 40, 45, and 50. They were not even half way and they were going more than twice the speed limit for the road and still it was increasing, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80 MPH the bike was about to hit its top speed. The light was getting closer Trixie couldn’t believe how fast they were going she wanted to say something but held on Zero’s waist tightly, the needle still rose 90, 95, 100, 105, 110, 115 faster and faster, the whole world was just a blur. Zero then kicked it up to another gear, and the bike shot forward, the light started to change then suddenly a flash.
Trixie tapped Zero’s shoulder “I THINK YOU CAN SLOW DOWN NOW!!” she shouted over the noise of the engine and the rush of air. Zero grinned and started to ease down on the throttle watching the speed drop.
After some time Zero and Trixie had returned to the dinner, unknown to them they covered over 5 miles. The gang where checking a laptop as they pulled up “So” Zero asked as he took off his helmet “How we do?”
“How’d you do?” asked Chrome
“DUDE not only did you reach top speed and broke the record….you BLEW IT AWAY!” stated Gasket
“You hit 127.9 MPH man THAT’S the new record” said one of the Blue Devils
“Wow 127 MPH?” asked Zero
“Hey Trix how was it?” asked Comet
Trixie still sat on the bike blinking “It was….” She started “It was….AWSOME! I have NEVER gone that fast before!”
“Then I think it’s safe to say Zero, you’re in” Comet stated
Zero just smiled.
It was getting late, the gang had invited Zero to join them at an all bikers’ party at a former quarry but he had to decline, they went one way while he went the other. Riding on his Fury MKII back home he decided to take a detour to Bonbon’s house he wanted to take her for a ride on his bike. He pulled into the street where Bonbon lived. As he pulled up to her house he saw a big red and white SUV in the drive way, this was her dads Fire and Rescue vehicle next to that was a fairly modest station wagon and a convertible. This meant her sister older, Misty, was home from college. He stopped by the drive way but as he removed his helmet he looked to see somepony else was with Bonbon in the front room, it was that brown pony who took her out to the roller competition, Zero couldn’t recall his name but this did make him see red, but he took a deep breath maybe it was nothing.
Pushing the kick stand down, making the bike safe, he climbed off the motorbike to walk up the path to the door, he gave the door a knock.
After a short time the door opened, it was Misty “Oh hi…Zero” she said with a slight blush, she had a little bit of a crush on him.
“Hey Misty, you back from college?”
“Oh yeah…you know summer brake and all…”
“That’s great, enjoying it? Will be heading there myself soon….I hope”
“Yeah…the guys are ok, if you do come to mine dorm…I mean college! We can hang out sometime…heh”
Zero just smiled to her and shook his head “Is Bonbon in?”
“Oh yeah…she is, but she’s with Cinnamon at the moment”
“Oh? What are they doing in there?” he asked trying not to act jealous
“I think they are discussing about the Summer Prom” Misty said looking back “You want me to let her know you’re here?”
“Oh no no, it’s ok I will come back another time” he said stepping back to the motorbike
Zero had driven straight home, his parents where watching TV for the night “
hello dear” his mom said “where have you been?”
“Oh out with some friends” Zero replied rather sheepishly
“Did you have a good time?” asked his dad
“Yeah had fun”
“You didn’t get into any trouble did you?” she asked
“We won’t be getting a visit from the police anytime soon will we?” he asked
“I didn’t get into mischief just hung out with some other bikers some of who are cops”
“Well that good” Mr Bloom responded
“You got some messages” Mrs Bloom stated
“Oh? Who from?” Zero asked
“One is from Melody, one is from Brighteyes and you got two from Bonbon”
“Oh, are any of them urgent?”
“I don’t think so, though Bonbon sounded desperate to get hold of you, she said she tried your phone”
Oh…must have had it turned off, I will get round to them I’m kinda tired”
“Ok, good night dear” she said
“Good night son” Mr Bloom said
“Good night guys” he finally said
Zero made his way up to his room, taking off his jacket, then throwing it over his chair before collapsing onto his bed. He just lay there for a moment staring up at the ceiling at his pinup picture, he started to feel a vibration, reaching around he found his cell phone, it was going off. He checked who was calling him, it was Bonbon, sighing he tapped the Ignore button on the screen. He picked up his mp3 player putting on the large headphones and hit the play button a song started to play.
He had just closed his eyes when Clover came to his door, he had to take off his head phones to hear her.
“Yes?” he asked
“I just got a call from Bonbon” she stated
“Ok”
“She sounded very worried, she said Misty told her you came over to see her and just left not long after”
“Well she was busy I didn’t want to bother her”
“She would never be too busy to see one of her best friends she’s worried your upset at her, are you?” Clover asked
Zero paused for a moment
“No I’m not upset at her” even though I am he thought
“Then why did you ignore her call?”
“I just wanted some time to myself. Can’t anypony not see that?” he snapped
Clover was surprised to see him acting this way
“Ok ok…I’m sorry, she just wanted to know if you’re going to the prom?”
Zero had slumped back into the bed
“No, I’m not” he said without looking to Clover
“But it’s your first prom…why wouldn’t you want to go?” she asked stunned
“Don’t see what the point”
“Zee, are you worried you won’t find someone to ask to the prom?”
Zero just shrugged “nope”
“But how will it look to the others if you don’t go?”
“I don’t really care what the others think about it Clover, I just don’t want to go ok”
“What should I tell Bonbon? She’s worried about you”
“Tell her what you want” he said raising his hooves up
Clover just sighed before she turned to walk back to her room
Zero just spent the night lazing in his room flicking through some channels on TV until his phone buzzed again. He had received a text message. It was from Bonbon.
He started to read it: Hey Zee, I hope you’re not mad at me, I’m not mad at you. I hope we can meet up sometime. I miss you. X Bon
Zero just sighed again after reading it. He looked up at some of the photos of his friends and how goofy they were being, he picked one of him and Bonbon on his motorbike not long after he passed his test, he found another of that date they went on, they both seemed quite happy. All he now wanted to do is sleep, but a feeling of sadness was building up inside him. He started to cry, he was crying into his pillow.
Next door Clover could hear this, she wondered what she could do.
The next morning came, Mr Bloom was sitting at the table reading the local paper while Mrs Bloom was making breakfast when Clover came trotting down “Morning” she said
“Morning sweetie, would you like some breakfast?”
“Yeah please, what you making?” she asked
“I’m making cinnamon French toast, just the way you and Zero like it. Could you see if he is up please?” Mrs Bloom asked as she was making the next slice
“Ok” Clover said before trotting back up stairs to Zero’s room. She could see the door was ajar so she decided to poke her head around the door.
“Zee, its morning and mom is making breakfast” she spoke softly. She couldn’t hear anything so she opened the door slowly making it creek
“Zee it’s time for breakfast” she said again stepping into his room, she still couldn’t hear anything
“Ok you asked for it” she said again as she turned on the light. She gasped at the sight
Zero’s bed was a mess but Zero wasn’t in it, she looked around the room and could see his rucksack and jacket where missing. She ran down stairs past the kitchen and out to the garage, she saw an empty space where Zero’s motorbike was normally parked “MOM DAD” she called
“What is it Clover?” asked Mr Bloom as he came running over
“Zero’s bike is gone” she shouted in a form of panic
“Perhaps he just got up early and went for a ride” said Mrs Bloom
Clover shook her head “He wouldn’t take his backpack with him”
“I will call him” Mr Bloom said as he pulled out his cell phone and pressed on the screen to make the call “Its ringing” he said
Clover’s ears twitched as she could hear something, she darted off to investigate the sound. As she got closer she could make out a familiar tune, it was one of Zero’s favourite songs and she found it was coming from his room. As she entered the tune got louder until she found it, Zero had left his cell phone in his room. Clover took it down to show her parents as she cancelled the call her dad was making, when the screen went back onto the home page he had set she noticed there were four unread messages. She pressed on them to open the list she saw they were all from Bonbon, with the most recent one only twenty minutes ago. She arrived back down stairs with her mom calling Lancer, Ace and Teddy to see if they had seen or met up with him. When she ended the last call she sat down with a heavy sigh “They haven’t seen him since yesterday”
“Where could he be, this isn’t like him” Mr Bloom noticed Clover entering the dining room “What do you have there Clover?”
“It’s Zee’s phone, he left just it here” she said as she sat down.
For some time the three of them didn’t say a word until Mrs Bloom spoke up “We should call the police”
“Now now that’s not necessary, besides he has only been gone for an hour he could of just gone out for a day away” Mr Bloom said trying to comfort his wife
“I don’t think he is dad” Clover said softly
“What was that Clover?”
“He didn’t sound happy last night” she said looking down
“What do you mean?”
“Well…he was ignoring Bonbon’s messages and he said he wasn’t going to the Summer Prom”
Mr and Mrs Bloom just looked at each other for a second
“Well the Prom I can understand” he said
“Huh?” Clover said looking at her father puzzled
“He is nearly eighteen Clover, he may think he’s getting too old for things like the Prom” he explained
“But what about the message from Bonbon? Why would he ignore those?” she asked
“That I don’t know Clover, only he can answer that. I hope he will be home soon before we start to worry”
Zero was riding on the mountain highway leading up to an old National Guard base he then turned onto a road taking him to Lookout Mountain. Here he could see the whole valley and the city with a view for miles. There were times he would come up here just to be on his own to relax. He sat by a tree for some time before being disturbed by a noise.
As he looked over to the noise a figure popped out of the brush, he looked over to see the figure when he recognised who it was
“Patch!” he called out
Patch looked over to him then back to brush “Oh…Hi Zee…”
“What are you doing up here?” he asked approaching
“Oh er…you know just hiking….and camping”
“On your own?”
“Yeah you know….it is sometimes better to go on your own…heh” she replied looking more sheepish
“Patch, where is your camping gear?” he asked her looking at her
Patch’s mane was a mess, her cloths, looking like something one would wear clubbing, where torn and dirty, Zero wondered what she had been up to, he was about to say something when someone else appeared from the brush
“Hey Patch I think I found your underwear by the……what’s up?” he asked as he saw her making a cutting motion with her hoof by her neck, he saw this leather clad pony standing next to her
“Oh…..hey….Bullet?”
“It’s Zero, Buddy you know that” He looked at the two “So Patch missing something?”
“Zee, you can’t tell them, not anyone ok? PLEASE?”
“Whoa Patch why don’t you want anyone know about you and Buddy here?”
“Not like this”
Zero shakes his head “Ok Patch I won’t, and Buddy give her the damn panties back!”
Buddy blushed and handed Patch her underwear “Sorry” he said
“Patch you need a ride back….what?” Zero asked looking at Patch who was giggling like a school girl
“You said ride” she said as she laughed
Zero just rolled his eyes “Ok ok, do you need a run back into town?”
“Oh no its ok Zee, Buds got his brothers car here so he will give me a ri-run in” she giggled again
Zero watched Patch and Buddy drive off from their late night camping trip he checked the time on his watch, it read 14:14, almost half the day had gone and he was getting hungry. He jumping back onto his bike he drove back home. During the ride back he decided to make a detour to Bonbons place.
In his mind he would explain how he was feeling and that he wasn’t mad at her, maybe she will understand, maybe she will forgive him, maybe she will be so worried she would bake those cookies he likes.
As he pulled up to Bonbons place he saw her dads Search and Rescue SUV still parked, maybe he was just on call. He parked up his biked and walked over to the door but before he could knock on it opened and Bonbons dad was standing there, looking rather angry
“Oh hey-“ he started
“Don’t you Oh hey me son, do you know Bonbon was up all night crying her eyes out because she thought she had hurt you and trying to get a hold of you all day and nothing, she now thinks something bad has happened to you, we ALL did. So just WHAT do you have say for yourself?”
“I’m…..” Zero sighed “I’m sorry for what happened, my mind was elsewhere…since I saw Cinnamon here with her and thought….”
“Thought what?”
“I thought she was his date….and I just got mad that I blew my chance”
Marshall stood there for a moment and shook his head “Is that all?”
“Yeah”
“Son come in” Zero enters the doorway “Look Cinnamon was here because he and Bonbon are part of the Prom committee so he was here to discuss some designs. I know he has asked her a couple of times, but she has always said no as she has been waiting for somepony to ask her, that would be you”
Zero sat down on the sofa throwing his head back “Oh man…I am such a moron”
“You got that right”
“Where is Bonbon now?”
“Misty took her out shopping to cheer her up, they should be back around 6, I would say you can wait but I’m on call and may need to go in a moment’s notice, and unless you want your bike crushed I would suggest you move it prior”
“I will, thank you…and…”
“And yes I will allow you to take Bonbon to the Prom, IF she agrees, now you best get home before you mother calls me to go out and look for you”
“I will thank you Marshall”
Zero made his way back from Bonbons place to his house, Mr Blooms pickup truck was not in the drive, either he had gone out to look for him or he was out looking for scrap again. He pulled into the open garage, switching off his bike and removing his helmet to see both his mom and Clover standing there by the door
“Hi” he said rather sheepish
Mrs Bloom just came over to him and hugged him tight trying to hold back some tears while Clover had a rather bemused expression on her face, while their mom was hugging him she decided to go back into the kitchen.
“What’s up with Clover?” he asked
“She’s just upset at you. You better go and talk to her. I’ll let your dad know your ok and make you some lunch”
“Ok mom, thank you”
Zero found Clover upstairs in her room, pretending to be watching TV
“Clover…can I come in?” he asked her peeking around the door
“Busy”
He peeks around at the TV screen, its wasn’t even turned on
“Clover, I’m sorry I was an butt”
“And”
“And a fool”
“And?”
“And…I don’t know what else”
“And you can say I am the best sister you got, because I made sure Bonbon knew you were not mad at her. Oh and she is coming around for dinner and she may just bring you some of those mint choc chip cookies you like” She looked over to him “So what do you have to say about that?”
“You are the best sister any guy could ask for” he said with a smile “I’m gonna go wash up before lunch”
“HEY! You are NOT getting off that easy”
“What now?”
“Doesn’t your best sister ever get a hug?”
“Oh right!” He entered her room and gave her a big hug
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And thats where I stopped, cant think of anything else to add or make it progress.
Ideas?
So here is the first one. Comet Fury.
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Comet Fury
A warm summers evening rolling in, the street was filled with activity, young ponies playing, others meeting and greeting, some mowing lawns or holding yard sells. The young white pony, Zero, was busy fixing up his motorbike, which he called Fury, on the drive way. His sister Clover was sun bathing on the front law along with Starlight, while his father was busy working on his latest sculptor. Unknown to them their friends where riding up the street stopping outside Clover’s house “Hey Guys” said Ace as he stopped.
“Hey Ace” said Starlight sitting up upon hearing his voice
Clover just waved her hoof
“What you all doin’?” asked Teddy parked next to Ace
“Oh we’re just sun bathing, and Zero is working on his bike, what you two up to?” said Starlight now looking over her sunglasses at them
“We’re on our way to the park to cool off, they just opened up the pool” said Ace
“Yeah, we’re meetin’ Lancer and the others there, thought you guys wanna join in” added Teddy
“Oh sure we love to, Zee you wanna come to?” said Starlight looking over at the oil stained pony
“Huh? What was that Star?” asked Zero who, despite being only a few feet away, wasn’t paying attention
“Would you like to join us at the pool?” she asked again
“Oh sure cool, I will join you guys, just let me finish this” he said
“How long are you gonna be?” asked Clover
“Oh not long just gotta replace the chain and rear bolt, I will catch up” he replied with a smile
“I will wait with you”
“No Clover, you go off I don’t wanna keep you here”
“Ok…if you say so” she said as she and Starlight went back inside to get their items for the pool
Ace and Teddy watched the girls in their swimsuits heading back inside, while Zero got back to work.
“Hey Zee, where did you get this thing?” asked Ace admiring the machine
“Found her in the junk yard, spent a few months fixing her up and went in for my licence, passed on her too” Zero responded not looking at Ace
“It is impressive, what do you call it?”
“She’s a Basefield Fury MK2, one of the fasted Fury’s built”
“Impressive, you gone fast on her yet?”
“Not yet, never had much of a chance really”
Before Ace could say anything Clover and Starlight came back out “We’re ready guys” Starlight called. They took their own bikes
“Don’t be too long ok?” said Clover as she got on to her bike
“I won’t Clove, promise I will be there soon”
Zero finished up cleaning his bike, attaching his back pack on the rear before heading back inside to get his helmet and jacket. Sliding the tan leather coat over his white torso, it had a lot of patches on it some of old fighter squadrons and some of more modern fighter wings a few of which were squadrons from other lands on the front it had his name done like an air force badge. He zipped it up just short of his neck, Mrs Bloom came out watching him she sniffed a little, Zero’s ears twitched
“Mom you ok?” he asked turning to face her
“Oh I am” she sniffled “I’m just watching you grow, it’s only been a few years but-“
“Hey mom don’t need to cry I’m not going away for some time” he said with a warm smile
“Just be safe ok Zero” she said managing to hold back the tears
“I will mom” he said smiling to her again and hugging her.
Zero put on his helmet then boards his bike, turning the ignition key and doing the “jump” that all bikers do to start up. The engine kicked into life, securing his helmet strap looking to his mom giving her a little salute before flicking down his visor revving the engine flicking the kick stand up then pulling away from the drive way turning into the street. Mr and Mrs Bloom stood there watching him drive away into the distance
“He’s no longer youngster hes grown into a fine stallion” Mr Bloom said with a smile.
Driving down the road he weaved in and out of the cars, his mane and tail blowing behind him, to Zero this was a feeling of freedom, he couldn’t enjoy it for long the turning for the leisure centre was coming up. He manoeuvred into position for the turn off tiling the bike to the side for the turn off. He had to slow down as he entered the parking lot for the pool, a large outside Water Park with many shoots and water rides. Many ponies enjoying the sunny day, as he parked his bike two girls in swimsuits walked passed just as he removed his helmet, he gave them a smile and they both giggled as they walked away.
Getting off his bike he looks around to see where the others are, he makes his way to the counter to pay his way in as he dose he notices four other motorbikes their riders hanging around the café. They all looked big, but one of them noticed him and gave a nod to a fellow biker.
Zero made his way into the changing area.
The other bikers trotted over to Zero’s bike, admiring it, the smaller one who gave him a nod earlier ran her hoof over the seat and fuel tank.
Zero stepped out of the changing area wearing large camouflaged shorts and a pair of shades, he looked around for his friends, in a sea of ponies he saw a hoof waving. He trotted over to the area finally meeting up with the others it was Sweetheart who was waving to him.
“Hey guys” he said
“Hi Zero” replied Sweetheart with a warm smile
He could see Clover with Starlight sunbathing again, Ace and Teddy where rough housing in the pool being their normal selves Lancer was talking to Brighteyes at the other end of the pool
“Where’s Melody and Bonbon?” he asked looking around
“Oh they said would be here soon”
“Hey Zee, you comin’ in or what?” called Ace, just as Teddy jumped up to pull him down
Zero shook his head laughing at the two “Yeah I will be in shortly
He put his back pack down beside Sweetheart, he could hear a lot of wolf whistles nearby, he looked to see what was happening and he saw a group of male ponies part and stepping out was Melody and Bonbon, they walked over to them as if they were on some fashion cat walk, they where both wearing some very stylish outfits
“So boys, what do you think?” asked Melody as she and Bonbon stood in poses
“Whoa! Melody, Bonbon you both look fabulous” he said
“Thank you Zero” replied Melody, Bonbon just blushed and giggled
“You girls coming in to the pool, the waters grate” called Ace
Melody just looked at him “And mess up my mane, I don’t think so” she said as the two girls walked over to their loungers to sun bath with Clover and Starlight.
Zero made his way over to the diving board, passing Lancer and Brighteyes saying hello to them, they seemed to be happy resting on the side just talking. Climbing up on the board looking around to make sure it’s clear, he made a run up to the end before jumping up spinning in the air then diving head first into the water as he came up flicking his mane back taking a gasp of air. Bonbon saw this, and all she could see was a slow motion image of Zero emerging from the water, with the water droplets sparkling in the sun like little diamonds around him.
As the day went on the group where having a lot of fun, Ace and Teddy where horsing around trying to dunk each other and challenged Lancer and Zero to a duel, to which they won five times in a row. In a means to get their own back they dived down to find and yank Lancer and Zero’s shorts, they found lancer and yanked his red shorts down, as he happened to be in front of Brighteyes while they were chatting. Teddy springs up out of the water holding up Lancers red shorts.
“Hey Lancer” he calls to him as Lancer looks over seeing to his horror his red shorts out of the pool
“Forget something?” they laughed at him
Now realising his situation he blushed going as brighter red as his shorts and in front of Brighteyes too.
“Er Brighteyes….I gotta……er” he started to stutter
“What is it Lancer, whats wrong?” asked Brighteyes just as she looked to where he was looking, seeing his red shorts “oh…..OH!” she gasped trying to hide a blush and a giggle too
“Zero…little help….PLEASE!” he called out
Zero looked over to Lancer and then to Ace and Teddy and swam over to the edge where the girls were laying
“Melody, Sweetheart could do with your help”
They leaned in as Zero whispered, then nodded and trotted over to the front of the pool
“Oh boys” Melody called as she and Sweetheart strutted in front of them
As they were now both distracted Zero dived down grabbing Lancers shorts and continuing to swim under water to him, he tapped his hoof and Lancer ducked under the water to struggle putting his shorts back on. Once done Zero appeared at the surface nodding to the girls for their part, as they strutted back to the benches.
As the day went on Ace and Teddy where plotting revenge on Zero, who was resting in one of the Jacuzzi pools with Clover and Bonbon
“Hey Zee” they called over to him “you wanna race?”
“Excuse he girls gotta go show these two how to play nice” he said as he climbed out of the Jacuzzi and into the main pool and swam up to Ace
“So where’s Teddy?” he asks
“Oh he will be here SHORTLY” Laughed Ace
Zero tilted his head then felt a tug as Teddy burst out of the water “HA GOT THEM” he shouted as he raised the camouflaged shorts in the air for all to see. Bonbon looked on lowering her shades “Ooooo” she said
“Bet ya embarrassed now” snorted Ace still laughing
Zero just stayed there trading water looking at them “Really guys? This old gag?” he said calmly and swam back over to the Jacuzzi pool “Clover, could you get me our towels please, gotta little issue here”
“Ok” Clover said getting out of the pool, leaving Bonbon who was still looking at him
Zero just looked over to her and gave a cheeky wink that made her blush with a giggle.
After the gang was done in the water park and after they had gotten changed they made their way to the snack bar.
“So you guys going to this summer dance?” asked Melody
“What Summer dance?” asked Clover sipping on her soda
“The one at the school”
“When is this?” asked Starlight
“In two weeks I think Ms Hackney said”
“How do you know that, Mel?”
“Ms Hackney asked the Beats to play and we jumped at the chance”
“We, meaning you” said Ace leaning back in his chair
Melody just glared at him
“Well we could all go, as a group and I’m sure the boys would ask us, right Ace, Teddy?”
“Oh sure, Starlight and I know just who to ask” he said looking to Melody
“Teddy, you gonna go?” she asked feeling a little jealous of what Ace just said
“Oh sure what ever” he said leaning back in his chair seeming to just look into space behind his sunglasses
“So you’re not taking Sweetheart then?” asked Melody teasing him
“Er..say where’s the others with our food? We’re starving over here”
“Typical boy, evading the question” Starlight said laughing
Over by the counter Bonbon, Zero, Lancer with Sweetheart and Brighteyes where standing in the line for the self service counter
“This is taking forever!” Protested Bonbon, whose tray was already half full while the others had small items or nothing
“Next!” called a teller
“FINALLY” she said as she moved the front of the line
After some effort they managed to get the orders for everyone and soon headed over to the table where the rest of the group was waiting
“About time you got here, what took ya so long? Bonbon couldn’t find any more muffins?” chuckled Teddy
“Say Clove you never said if you were going to the summer dance” asked Melody as she took a bite into her sandwich
“Oh I would go...but I don’t know if anyone would go with me” she responded nervously
“Oh don’t worry Clover” said Ace putting his arm around her “I’m sure Zero here would take you, not that it wouldn’t be wired you know”
“Ace!” snapped Brighteyes “That’s a mean thing to say”
“What? Just sayin”
Clover just looked down trying to hide
“Leave Clover alone, I know she can get a date” snapped Melody
“Oh yeah if somepony wants a clumsy ditz for a date” chuckled Ace
Zero slammed his hoof down on the table “No one is truly perfect you know Ace, not even you so quit making fun of Clover or you will have me to deal with, got that” he snapped before leaving the table
“Whoa what was with the attitude? Cant he take a joke?”
“There’s a joke then there’s just insulting Ace, you crossed that line” said Starlight as she too got up to leave the table soon she was followed by Clover, Brighteyes, Lancer and Sweetheart all of them glaring at him, Melody was the last to leave.
“What? What I say?”
“Dude, even I thought that was too far” said Teddy as he too got up to leave
After some time Ace apologised to Clover and to the others, they forgave him as it was getting close to the summer dance and soon they would have to go back to school.
During the course of the week many had gotten dates, Lancer had eventually asked Brighteyes out she would have said yes anyway. Ace had asked Melody out to the dance, but as she was going to be playing so she couldn’t but she did suggest Starlight, who jumped at the chance. Teddy asked Sweetheart out in secret but she already knew she would say yes anyway.
The only ones without dates where Zero, Bonbon and Clover
“No one seems to be interested” sighed Clover a she leaned against the wall
“Who have you been asking?” asked Bonbon
“Oh everyone…I just can’t seem to find someone who is willing to go with me” she sighed again “Maybe Ace was right….that Zero would have to be the one who takes me”
“Oh don’t listen to Ace, he just likes listen to his own voice”
“Have you been asked out yet?”
“Oh no no, just waiting for the right time”
“Waiting for Zero to ask you hum?” Clover asked with a coy look
“Oh no just…waiting” Bonbon said trying to hide a blush looking away “Speaking of who, where is he?”
“I think he said he was going out for a ride don’t know when he will be back”
On the main highway Zero was weaving in and out of traffic, causing some cars to beep their horns. He turned off the highway and onto the main road into town before pulling up to some lights which had turned red. He balanced the bike with one leg, the same that all bikers do. As he waited he could hear some engines behind him but they got closer and where soon they where around him, other bikers riding various machines. The leader stopped next to him they gave a nod then pointed to ahead, Zero nodded in agreement and as soon as the lights changed to green the group of motorcycles rode in formation Zero included.
They drove to a dinner famous with many bikers as there was nothing but motorbikes of all shapes and sizes parked around outside. The formation turned into the parking lot with each bike parking next to the other in a line with Zero’s bike and the leader’s bike parked next to each other. As they took off their helmets Zero saw the bike leader was female, he couldn’t help but look at her in the biker jacket she wore.
“Nice ride you got there” she said as the engine noised died down
Zero looked around at his machine “Thanks” he said “yours is pretty good too”
“Oh I can tell you’re not from down town, suburbs huh?” She chuckled
“Yeah how could you tell?”
“Your jacket and helmet those are worth some Jangles” she said climbing off her machine
Zero looked at his helmet it did look too new
“So then rider, what they call you?”
“Huh? Oh it’s Zero” he said looking back up at her
“Zero? Cool street name, what they call you back home?”
“Zero, that’s my name” he said a little confused
“Well then Zero, they call me Comet” she said walking around Zero’s bike “Nice ride, a Fury?”
“Yeah”
“Rare rides don’t see many of them”
“Thanks, it’s a Fury MK2 I believe”
Comet stopped then looked at him, along with other riders “A Fury MK2?” a biker asked
“Yeah…why?” he asked a little concerned
“The MK2 is one of the rarest bikes out there, they only made fifty of them, and you’re riding one!” Comet said getting excited over the find
“Where did you get her?” a biker asked
“Man those things aint cheap” another said
“I found her as a junker, spent a lot of time rebuilding her with most of the original parts some I could get but she’s mostly original”
“Why would someone junk a classic like this?”
“Don’t know but it was a lucky find”
“So then” Comet started “She can go fast, but can YOU handle her” she said poking Zero’s chest with her hoof
“Never really tried to go fast-“
“Oh yeah Mr Preppy here only follows the rules huh, thought I could smell the subs on you”
Zero just looked at the other biker ponies, then to his bike. According to an article about them the Fury’s where designed for speed and had better handling above 50MPH
“You’re on” he said climbing on to his machine
Comet smiled and jumped onto her machine, a dark blue bike with flame design on the sides.
The bikers sat with their engines revving waiting on the next green light. The lights started to change. The light changed to green and the first two bikes off the line where Comets and another, while the rest of them charged past leaving Zero in their wake. He allowed his bike to get up to speed, pulling down on the throttle and kicking it up into gear, his speedometer slowly increased, 30, 40, 50 MPH here the machine could really let lose. As soon as it hit 55MPH the bike shot off soon he was gaining on the pack.
They couldn’t believe it when they not only saw him in their mirrors but also passing them, some were going at full speed.
Zero’s machine was passing them all catching up to the two in front. One rider was riding an imported machine from Japan and despite pushing his engine to the maximum he couldn’t keep up with Zero’s Fury. He was now beside Comet, she looked at saw his bike and she gave a smile under her helmet “Now that’s what I like to see”
They made a corner and came into the last sight. Both Zero and Comets machines where evenly matched and both where pushing them hard, but Zero gave a kick to change a gear and was just inches ahead as he passed over the line.
Comet pointed to a nearby dinner as she turned to enter the parking lot, Zero and the other bikers followed. They shut down their bikes before taking off their helmets.
Zero pulled in parking up next to Comet.
“Good race” she said “You defiantly know how to handle it” she said running her hoof over the fuel tank “I wonder what else you can handle” she said with a soft tone while leaning towards Zero.
“Grubs on me tonight guys” she said leaning back. The biker gang all cheered as they entered the dinner, Zero was still on his bike
“It’s an open invite” she said looking back to him.
The group filled out two large booths in the dinner they where joking and being loud. But the owner of the dinner didn’t mind as much as he happened to know them and was Comets uncle.
She was sitting in the first booth, with the only two other females of the group as well as two other males.
“Zero, let me introduce you to the heart of the group” she started “Here’s Trixie” Zero nodded to the pale blue white manned pony “She can pull all kinds of tricks on her ride”
Trixie nodded “Ever see a 1080 Whirlwind?” she asked
“I’ve heard its one of the hardest tricks to do there are only two ponies in the world who mastered it”
“Yeah, and you’re looking at one of them” she said with a grin
“Next to her is Gasket”
“Why do they call that?”
“Oh it’s just my street name, my real name is Amber Star, my mom wanted me to be a dancer but I prefer the complexity of the internal combustion engine, so that’s why they call me Gasket, I’m the groups only mechanic, if it runs on wheels and has an engine, I’m your gal”
“And she’s a damn good one too, next to her is Jolt”
“Jolt?”
“Yeah cus I’m lightning fast yo”
“He’s the one on the JIP” Comet whispered to Zero
“What’s a JIP?” he asks back
“Japanese Import” stated Jolt with a smirk
“And the rather quite one here is my second, Chrome”
The large dark coloured male just sits there drinking his coffee not saying a word.
Zero gave him a nod, Chrome just looked at him
Comet gave him an elbow nearly spilling his coffee “Be nice to the newbie Chrome”
Still not saying a word Chrome just raised his cup to Zero
“Newbie?” Zero asked looking at little confused
“Yeah, you’re our newest member” Trixie stated
“Wait member? As in…”
“Yeah we are a biker gang in case you didn’t notice” she added
“And you want me to…”
“Yeah man to join our ranks yo, be like the creed of the streets” added Jolt
“We’ve never had a member from the Burs who could handle a ride like that” Comet added looking over to him “So you in?”
“I…don’t know, I’ve heard a lot about biker gangs…and-“
“That we are a group of thugs who go around town tearing the place up, causing damage and misery to everypony we see? Is THAT what you think we are all about?” snapped Chrome with anger in his voice
“That’s not what we are about Zero, we are just a group of guys and gals who just love bikes and ride as group. We are a gang but the non-violent sort, sure we have colours but that’s just for us” Comet stepped in
“Yeah man, we aint got nothing like in for life” added Jolt
“You can join and leave whenever you want” added Gasket
“No initiations” added Trixie
“So you’re not the sort that the police are after?” asked Zero rather nervously
“Heck no! You see my uncle over there?” Comet points over to the counter
“Yeah” Zero response looking
“See those two guys he’s talking to?”
“Yeah?”
“They are cops, two bikers they are part of the Blue Devils club”
“The Blue Devils?” Zero asked blinking
“Yeah they are a group of bikers who are cops, they do the same as us”
“We aint a gang yo, just a biker group, just sometimes called a gang” added Jolt
“So” Comet continued “Are you in?”
Zero sat and thought for a moment he looked up at the four biker ponies leaning in “well…” he started the others leaned in closer, Zero looked around them “Ok”
“AWSOME” shouted Trixie
“We got us a Fury rider!” called out Jolt, the other biker ponies in the dinner clapped at the news.
“There is one thing you gotta do before we can give you our badge” stated Comet
“But you said there are no initiations….”
“Oh there aren’t but this is just what we get the newbie’s to do” grinned Comet.
They all took Zero outside the dinner to a long stretch of road. Zero just looked down it wondering what they are wanting him to do.
Some of them had rolled his bike out from the parking lot to the road, Comet stepped up to him
“There is a challenge that was set by our founder” she stated “It was rumoured he was the only pony to go so fast that the speed camera wont flash in time”
“The camera flashes any vehicle going over 35mph, you got to hit top speed before the red sign to pass it” said one of the Blue Devil riders
Zero looked up at him “But you’re a cop? Why would you tell me this?” he asked stunned
The biker looked back at him and grinned “I’m off duty”
Zero shook his head and just climbed on to his bike “so how do you know if I pass this or not?”
“Trixie will go with you”
“Well ok then hope you can keep up” he says putting on his helmet
“Oh I will, I will be riding with you” Trixie said climbing on to the back on Zero’s bike
He just looked at her “Ok hold on” he said starting up the bike.
Zero pulled on the handle revving the bikes engine high but keeping the brakes on tight.
The machines back wheel spun on the spot kicking up white smoke as the rubber heated on the tarmac. Trixie held on tight. The bikes rev counter increased going into the red. The machine was lurching forward as if it wanted to charge. Zero’s eyes narrowed as he saw the light ahead and once the revs where at a high pitch he released the brake and the bike along with him and Trixie shot off like a rocket dragging the white smoke behind it.
The bikes speedometer increased fast, with Zero kicking each gear and faster he pushed it.
The needle reaching the high numbers 40, 45, and 50. They were not even half way and they were going more than twice the speed limit for the road and still it was increasing, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80 MPH the bike was about to hit its top speed. The light was getting closer Trixie couldn’t believe how fast they were going she wanted to say something but held on Zero’s waist tightly, the needle still rose 90, 95, 100, 105, 110, 115 faster and faster, the whole world was just a blur. Zero then kicked it up to another gear, and the bike shot forward, the light started to change then suddenly a flash.
Trixie tapped Zero’s shoulder “I THINK YOU CAN SLOW DOWN NOW!!” she shouted over the noise of the engine and the rush of air. Zero grinned and started to ease down on the throttle watching the speed drop.
After some time Zero and Trixie had returned to the dinner, unknown to them they covered over 5 miles. The gang where checking a laptop as they pulled up “So” Zero asked as he took off his helmet “How we do?”
“How’d you do?” asked Chrome
“DUDE not only did you reach top speed and broke the record….you BLEW IT AWAY!” stated Gasket
“You hit 127.9 MPH man THAT’S the new record” said one of the Blue Devils
“Wow 127 MPH?” asked Zero
“Hey Trix how was it?” asked Comet
Trixie still sat on the bike blinking “It was….” She started “It was….AWSOME! I have NEVER gone that fast before!”
“Then I think it’s safe to say Zero, you’re in” Comet stated
Zero just smiled.
It was getting late, the gang had invited Zero to join them at an all bikers’ party at a former quarry but he had to decline, they went one way while he went the other. Riding on his Fury MKII back home he decided to take a detour to Bonbon’s house he wanted to take her for a ride on his bike. He pulled into the street where Bonbon lived. As he pulled up to her house he saw a big red and white SUV in the drive way, this was her dads Fire and Rescue vehicle next to that was a fairly modest station wagon and a convertible. This meant her sister older, Misty, was home from college. He stopped by the drive way but as he removed his helmet he looked to see somepony else was with Bonbon in the front room, it was that brown pony who took her out to the roller competition, Zero couldn’t recall his name but this did make him see red, but he took a deep breath maybe it was nothing.
Pushing the kick stand down, making the bike safe, he climbed off the motorbike to walk up the path to the door, he gave the door a knock.
After a short time the door opened, it was Misty “Oh hi…Zero” she said with a slight blush, she had a little bit of a crush on him.
“Hey Misty, you back from college?”
“Oh yeah…you know summer brake and all…”
“That’s great, enjoying it? Will be heading there myself soon….I hope”
“Yeah…the guys are ok, if you do come to mine dorm…I mean college! We can hang out sometime…heh”
Zero just smiled to her and shook his head “Is Bonbon in?”
“Oh yeah…she is, but she’s with Cinnamon at the moment”
“Oh? What are they doing in there?” he asked trying not to act jealous
“I think they are discussing about the Summer Prom” Misty said looking back “You want me to let her know you’re here?”
“Oh no no, it’s ok I will come back another time” he said stepping back to the motorbike
Zero had driven straight home, his parents where watching TV for the night “
hello dear” his mom said “where have you been?”
“Oh out with some friends” Zero replied rather sheepishly
“Did you have a good time?” asked his dad
“Yeah had fun”
“You didn’t get into any trouble did you?” she asked
“We won’t be getting a visit from the police anytime soon will we?” he asked
“I didn’t get into mischief just hung out with some other bikers some of who are cops”
“Well that good” Mr Bloom responded
“You got some messages” Mrs Bloom stated
“Oh? Who from?” Zero asked
“One is from Melody, one is from Brighteyes and you got two from Bonbon”
“Oh, are any of them urgent?”
“I don’t think so, though Bonbon sounded desperate to get hold of you, she said she tried your phone”
Oh…must have had it turned off, I will get round to them I’m kinda tired”
“Ok, good night dear” she said
“Good night son” Mr Bloom said
“Good night guys” he finally said
Zero made his way up to his room, taking off his jacket, then throwing it over his chair before collapsing onto his bed. He just lay there for a moment staring up at the ceiling at his pinup picture, he started to feel a vibration, reaching around he found his cell phone, it was going off. He checked who was calling him, it was Bonbon, sighing he tapped the Ignore button on the screen. He picked up his mp3 player putting on the large headphones and hit the play button a song started to play.
He had just closed his eyes when Clover came to his door, he had to take off his head phones to hear her.
“Yes?” he asked
“I just got a call from Bonbon” she stated
“Ok”
“She sounded very worried, she said Misty told her you came over to see her and just left not long after”
“Well she was busy I didn’t want to bother her”
“She would never be too busy to see one of her best friends she’s worried your upset at her, are you?” Clover asked
Zero paused for a moment
“No I’m not upset at her” even though I am he thought
“Then why did you ignore her call?”
“I just wanted some time to myself. Can’t anypony not see that?” he snapped
Clover was surprised to see him acting this way
“Ok ok…I’m sorry, she just wanted to know if you’re going to the prom?”
Zero had slumped back into the bed
“No, I’m not” he said without looking to Clover
“But it’s your first prom…why wouldn’t you want to go?” she asked stunned
“Don’t see what the point”
“Zee, are you worried you won’t find someone to ask to the prom?”
Zero just shrugged “nope”
“But how will it look to the others if you don’t go?”
“I don’t really care what the others think about it Clover, I just don’t want to go ok”
“What should I tell Bonbon? She’s worried about you”
“Tell her what you want” he said raising his hooves up
Clover just sighed before she turned to walk back to her room
Zero just spent the night lazing in his room flicking through some channels on TV until his phone buzzed again. He had received a text message. It was from Bonbon.
He started to read it: Hey Zee, I hope you’re not mad at me, I’m not mad at you. I hope we can meet up sometime. I miss you. X Bon
Zero just sighed again after reading it. He looked up at some of the photos of his friends and how goofy they were being, he picked one of him and Bonbon on his motorbike not long after he passed his test, he found another of that date they went on, they both seemed quite happy. All he now wanted to do is sleep, but a feeling of sadness was building up inside him. He started to cry, he was crying into his pillow.
Next door Clover could hear this, she wondered what she could do.
The next morning came, Mr Bloom was sitting at the table reading the local paper while Mrs Bloom was making breakfast when Clover came trotting down “Morning” she said
“Morning sweetie, would you like some breakfast?”
“Yeah please, what you making?” she asked
“I’m making cinnamon French toast, just the way you and Zero like it. Could you see if he is up please?” Mrs Bloom asked as she was making the next slice
“Ok” Clover said before trotting back up stairs to Zero’s room. She could see the door was ajar so she decided to poke her head around the door.
“Zee, its morning and mom is making breakfast” she spoke softly. She couldn’t hear anything so she opened the door slowly making it creek
“Zee it’s time for breakfast” she said again stepping into his room, she still couldn’t hear anything
“Ok you asked for it” she said again as she turned on the light. She gasped at the sight
Zero’s bed was a mess but Zero wasn’t in it, she looked around the room and could see his rucksack and jacket where missing. She ran down stairs past the kitchen and out to the garage, she saw an empty space where Zero’s motorbike was normally parked “MOM DAD” she called
“What is it Clover?” asked Mr Bloom as he came running over
“Zero’s bike is gone” she shouted in a form of panic
“Perhaps he just got up early and went for a ride” said Mrs Bloom
Clover shook her head “He wouldn’t take his backpack with him”
“I will call him” Mr Bloom said as he pulled out his cell phone and pressed on the screen to make the call “Its ringing” he said
Clover’s ears twitched as she could hear something, she darted off to investigate the sound. As she got closer she could make out a familiar tune, it was one of Zero’s favourite songs and she found it was coming from his room. As she entered the tune got louder until she found it, Zero had left his cell phone in his room. Clover took it down to show her parents as she cancelled the call her dad was making, when the screen went back onto the home page he had set she noticed there were four unread messages. She pressed on them to open the list she saw they were all from Bonbon, with the most recent one only twenty minutes ago. She arrived back down stairs with her mom calling Lancer, Ace and Teddy to see if they had seen or met up with him. When she ended the last call she sat down with a heavy sigh “They haven’t seen him since yesterday”
“Where could he be, this isn’t like him” Mr Bloom noticed Clover entering the dining room “What do you have there Clover?”
“It’s Zee’s phone, he left just it here” she said as she sat down.
For some time the three of them didn’t say a word until Mrs Bloom spoke up “We should call the police”
“Now now that’s not necessary, besides he has only been gone for an hour he could of just gone out for a day away” Mr Bloom said trying to comfort his wife
“I don’t think he is dad” Clover said softly
“What was that Clover?”
“He didn’t sound happy last night” she said looking down
“What do you mean?”
“Well…he was ignoring Bonbon’s messages and he said he wasn’t going to the Summer Prom”
Mr and Mrs Bloom just looked at each other for a second
“Well the Prom I can understand” he said
“Huh?” Clover said looking at her father puzzled
“He is nearly eighteen Clover, he may think he’s getting too old for things like the Prom” he explained
“But what about the message from Bonbon? Why would he ignore those?” she asked
“That I don’t know Clover, only he can answer that. I hope he will be home soon before we start to worry”
Zero was riding on the mountain highway leading up to an old National Guard base he then turned onto a road taking him to Lookout Mountain. Here he could see the whole valley and the city with a view for miles. There were times he would come up here just to be on his own to relax. He sat by a tree for some time before being disturbed by a noise.
As he looked over to the noise a figure popped out of the brush, he looked over to see the figure when he recognised who it was
“Patch!” he called out
Patch looked over to him then back to brush “Oh…Hi Zee…”
“What are you doing up here?” he asked approaching
“Oh er…you know just hiking….and camping”
“On your own?”
“Yeah you know….it is sometimes better to go on your own…heh” she replied looking more sheepish
“Patch, where is your camping gear?” he asked her looking at her
Patch’s mane was a mess, her cloths, looking like something one would wear clubbing, where torn and dirty, Zero wondered what she had been up to, he was about to say something when someone else appeared from the brush
“Hey Patch I think I found your underwear by the……what’s up?” he asked as he saw her making a cutting motion with her hoof by her neck, he saw this leather clad pony standing next to her
“Oh…..hey….Bullet?”
“It’s Zero, Buddy you know that” He looked at the two “So Patch missing something?”
“Zee, you can’t tell them, not anyone ok? PLEASE?”
“Whoa Patch why don’t you want anyone know about you and Buddy here?”
“Not like this”
Zero shakes his head “Ok Patch I won’t, and Buddy give her the damn panties back!”
Buddy blushed and handed Patch her underwear “Sorry” he said
“Patch you need a ride back….what?” Zero asked looking at Patch who was giggling like a school girl
“You said ride” she said as she laughed
Zero just rolled his eyes “Ok ok, do you need a run back into town?”
“Oh no its ok Zee, Buds got his brothers car here so he will give me a ri-run in” she giggled again
Zero watched Patch and Buddy drive off from their late night camping trip he checked the time on his watch, it read 14:14, almost half the day had gone and he was getting hungry. He jumping back onto his bike he drove back home. During the ride back he decided to make a detour to Bonbons place.
In his mind he would explain how he was feeling and that he wasn’t mad at her, maybe she will understand, maybe she will forgive him, maybe she will be so worried she would bake those cookies he likes.
As he pulled up to Bonbons place he saw her dads Search and Rescue SUV still parked, maybe he was just on call. He parked up his biked and walked over to the door but before he could knock on it opened and Bonbons dad was standing there, looking rather angry
“Oh hey-“ he started
“Don’t you Oh hey me son, do you know Bonbon was up all night crying her eyes out because she thought she had hurt you and trying to get a hold of you all day and nothing, she now thinks something bad has happened to you, we ALL did. So just WHAT do you have say for yourself?”
“I’m…..” Zero sighed “I’m sorry for what happened, my mind was elsewhere…since I saw Cinnamon here with her and thought….”
“Thought what?”
“I thought she was his date….and I just got mad that I blew my chance”
Marshall stood there for a moment and shook his head “Is that all?”
“Yeah”
“Son come in” Zero enters the doorway “Look Cinnamon was here because he and Bonbon are part of the Prom committee so he was here to discuss some designs. I know he has asked her a couple of times, but she has always said no as she has been waiting for somepony to ask her, that would be you”
Zero sat down on the sofa throwing his head back “Oh man…I am such a moron”
“You got that right”
“Where is Bonbon now?”
“Misty took her out shopping to cheer her up, they should be back around 6, I would say you can wait but I’m on call and may need to go in a moment’s notice, and unless you want your bike crushed I would suggest you move it prior”
“I will, thank you…and…”
“And yes I will allow you to take Bonbon to the Prom, IF she agrees, now you best get home before you mother calls me to go out and look for you”
“I will thank you Marshall”
Zero made his way back from Bonbons place to his house, Mr Blooms pickup truck was not in the drive, either he had gone out to look for him or he was out looking for scrap again. He pulled into the open garage, switching off his bike and removing his helmet to see both his mom and Clover standing there by the door
“Hi” he said rather sheepish
Mrs Bloom just came over to him and hugged him tight trying to hold back some tears while Clover had a rather bemused expression on her face, while their mom was hugging him she decided to go back into the kitchen.
“What’s up with Clover?” he asked
“She’s just upset at you. You better go and talk to her. I’ll let your dad know your ok and make you some lunch”
“Ok mom, thank you”
Zero found Clover upstairs in her room, pretending to be watching TV
“Clover…can I come in?” he asked her peeking around the door
“Busy”
He peeks around at the TV screen, its wasn’t even turned on
“Clover, I’m sorry I was an butt”
“And”
“And a fool”
“And?”
“And…I don’t know what else”
“And you can say I am the best sister you got, because I made sure Bonbon knew you were not mad at her. Oh and she is coming around for dinner and she may just bring you some of those mint choc chip cookies you like” She looked over to him “So what do you have to say about that?”
“You are the best sister any guy could ask for” he said with a smile “I’m gonna go wash up before lunch”
“HEY! You are NOT getting off that easy”
“What now?”
“Doesn’t your best sister ever get a hug?”
“Oh right!” He entered her room and gave her a big hug
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And thats where I stopped, cant think of anything else to add or make it progress.
Ideas?
