Chapter Fourteen: The Racing Heist...

Thud! Bang! Lloyd paused in his spar with Scales, tilting his head to the side. "Cole! What was that?!"

"Nothing much! Jay just dropped a box of weights!" Lloyd briefly debated on asking why Jay was apparently carrying a box of weights into the old warehouse that they were fixing up for their base. That was a job for Cole due to how heavy they are.

Zane stuck his head into the room that was being turned into a private gym for the gang to use. "Lloyd, I have located a new scheme from Darkley's. Shall we convene in the Debriefing Room?"

Yeah, sure." Lloyd nodded to where a box of boxing gloves lay. Scales silently pulled his gloves off, dropping them back into the box.

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"Super car! Awesome!" Jay and Nya high fived each other as they squealed loudly as they looked at the computer screen.

Zane rolled his eyes, before turning to face the group, clicking out of the file that he had pulled up. "For this mission we're gonna need our best driver, and I really hate to say this but... for this to work we need someone to break into the gala that is being held to celebrate the creation of the automobile and, well...only one of us is any good at doing distractions and infiltrations at the same time."

Scales glanced over at Lloyd out of confusion, while all of the rest of them groaned loudly. Cole shook his head, exasperation flooding his voice. "Great... Kai doesn't know the first thing about attending a Gala!"

"That might be a problem." Scales raised an eyebrow, startled to learn that the boy with his hair on fire was the one that Zane was suggesting to attend the gala.

Nya muttered something under her breath, before lifting her hand up and spraying water onto Kai's head, putting the fire out. "Hey! Whatcha do that for!?"

"We really don't need the fire alarms to go off, again."

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Nya fought the urge to facepalm when she spotted a familiar figure sneering at Kai. Ignoring the way her brand new black high heels clicked loudly against the tiled floor, she crossed the veranda to where Kai and a slender young man that was a foot taller than him were glaring daggers at each other. "Brothers..." She muttered tiredly under her breath as she stopped right next to Kai, quickly placing her hand on his arm to calm him down. "Fancy meeting you here Jack."

Jack Merciless scowled upon seeing that she was preventing Kai from outright attacking him. Smoothing his face so as to look more approachable, he smiled warmly at Nya. "Fancy meeting you here doll. Unfortunately I already have a date." He not so subtly stretched his arm out to wrap around a pretty young blonde. His gaze made it pretty clear to the siblings that he was trying to make Nya jealous.

Kai smirked to himself, before tucking Nya's hand into the crock of his elbow. "Pity for that poor soul you are torturing currently. I am filling in for Nya's date since her boyfriend is on his way to Paris for a charity concert." Nya blushed at the mention of Jay, who was on the way to Paris for a charity concert that the Royal Blacksmiths was holding the next day.

"Impressive. If you ever decide to dump him, call me up." Jack handed Nya a slip of paper.

"Thanks...but I'm afraid that super talented biological son of a movie star beats snobby untalented race care driver." Nya crumbled the paper, before dropping it onto a nearby tray. Jack spluttered at that, bewildered on what just happened. Kai bit back a snort, catching onto what Nya did. She told enough truth to make Jack release he was toast, without revealing too much.

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"I can't believe you guys!" Lloyd fumed as he paced in front of Scales, occasionally glaring at the siblings. "You had one job to do! What part of remove the car before Darkley's steals it translates into Destroy the garage that it is located in thus bringing everyone's attention on you two! Unbelievable!"

"Sorry..." Kai scoffed his foot against the concrete, his eyes contrite.

Nya huffed loudly, crossing her arms as she glared at the ground. "Jack Merciless is the worst. I mean seriously? Who in their right minds flirts with another girl while on a date?"

Scales suddenly straightened up, alarm flashing across his features. "Did you just say date?"

"Um...yeah?"

"And you mentioned earlier that young Merciless is to the the test driver for this super car, correct?"

"What are you getting at Scales?" Lloyd raised an eyebrow, confused on what was going through his old mentor's mind at the moment.

Scales glanced over at him, one eyebrow raised. "What are the chances that Darkely's has an agent that looks like his dream girl."

"His dream girl is Nya in a pretty dress and has all the makings of the perfect trophy wife." Kai cut in, confused on where this is going.

Nya rolled her eyes, before adding onto that. "He will go out with other, pretty, girls in an attempt to make me jealous. Like how yesterday he had a pretty blonde with him."

"By chance did this pretty blonde as you put it have a small tattoo on the side of her face in the shape of a racecar?" Scales appeared to be getting tenser by the minute.

"Yes... she's a Darkley's agent isn't she?" Kai groaned, running his hands through his hair.

Lloyd jumped up, his expression stern. "Go check on him. Make sure that the car doesn't go anywhere. If it does... summon the dragons."

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Lloyd allowed himself to freefall from the getaway blimp, closing his eyes as he allowed the sensation of the freefall wash over him. Snapping his eyes open, he quickly summoned a large green dragon, slowing his descent instantly. Landing on one of the many rooftops, the one with the recently recovered super car, he dropped the apparition of the dragon, landing on both feet.

"Well, that just happened. Nya? Kai? You guys okay over there?" Lloyd turned to face the car, just as both doors swung open.

Kai and Nya stepped out of the car, grins in place. "Now this is what I can a good day at work!"

"Glad to know that your fine." Lloyd sighed with relief.

"Excuse me? Lloyd? Now that the car has been secured... I have a lead in Moscow." Zane's voice crackled over their earpieces, reminding them that there was no real rest with their work.

"Come on... Scales with me. Kai, Nya? Go back to the new HQ and help Zane fix it up some more." Lloyd issued out a few orders, even as he walked over to the edge of the roof. He had work to do still...