Lightning may have been a bit surprised at the quality of the video V had made and shared with her before posting it. The camera shots were perfect, and the music choice fit the scenario very well. Her only question was, who the heck was TobyMac?

Lack of knowledge in music artist's aside, she had caught glimpses of a lot of cars she recognized when racing on the streets and even saw some glimpses of her own Supra or M3 every now and again. After she finished watching for about the fifth time she finally put the tablet away in her M3. She was about to jump in when Aqua interrupted her.

"I don't know about going out tonight Lightning. Downtown is crawling with patrol cars tonight. Try to stick in the mountains if you can help it but I wouldn't dare play the game myself." She warned Lightning. While Lightning didn't seen bothered by the warning she at least took it to heart. She gave Aqua a light embrace before entering the M3.

The word had came out that morning. Class B finals were happening tomorrow. It was a sudden revelation and one that Lightning had not been prepared for. She hadn't driven the BMW for a few days in between drifting with the Silvia, racing in the Porsche, and the film shoot with the Corvette. If any time was going to be used it had to he now. She said a final goodbye to Aqua as she exited the garage.

She listened to the mares warnings. However, she didn't head towards the hills. Instead she headed further southwest towards Port Murphy. A place she had been so far largely unfamiliar with. She had seen the place momentarily when meeting up with Trinity, but she had yet to familiarize herself with the area. She had marked a race that started right at the cargo container storage station. As she arrived at the spot she could see that the cars had already lined up. She passed the pack on the left side and swung the M3 around to join in the start. She would once again start the race last.

She eyed up her competition, a few cars stood out. In the front of the pack was a white Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione. A rare car to find on the streets, but a precious luxury nonetheless. Also in the pack was a blue Audi RS4, a car she recognized as Shockwave's from the Heat's. Another pony who recognized and respected Neon Shock. The car that caught her eye the most was a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX. The car was largely unfamiliar to her, what wasn't was the decals that it displayed. The same decals that were on two particular cars, a Mitsubishi Eclipse and a Dodge Viper.

Rogue was here, Lightning would need to be weary.

Also completing the lineup were a silver and red Porsche Targa 4S, a forest green Jaguar XKR, a silver Maserati Gran Turismo S, and a black Aston Martin DB7. Lightning was lined up beside the Maserati, Shockwave was in front next to the Porsche, the Aston and Jaguar filled row 2 and Rogue was lined up to the left of the Alfa Romeo.

3...2...1...

Lightning got on the gas hard following the launch and pulled alongside Shockwave in the RS4. He seemed to recognize her, and backed off as they exited the container storage onto the road heading east. Rogue's Lancer was simply not powerful enough to take on the 8C and fell to second followed by the DB7 while the Porsche and Jaguar fought behind them.

It wasn't long before the pack left Port Murphy and found themselves heading for Cape Castille. They turned right at the second intersection and followed it with a quick left. Rogue used the 8C as a set of brakes on the second turn and forced the much smaller car off the road. The car would recover but would be mitigated to the rear of the pack. Meanwhile the Porsche completed the pass on the Jaguar and Lightning's M3 soon followed. The Porsche and Aston Martin rocketed ahead on the straight road ahead of them as they passed under a shuttle launch zone that was thankfully inactive. The pack circled back around, taking the north exit. The DB9 forced its way past Rogue's much slower Lancer as they headed northeast. Of course, racing through a restricted area would lead to immediate police presence. As they sped onto the bridge several Dodge Charger highway units converged ahead. The pack exited the bridge at full speed with the Aston leading them off. It got by unscathed as did Rogue. The Porsche in front of Lightning wasn't so lucky. It was T-boned at the intersection following the bridge. The impact clipping the car and sending it on its side for a couple rolls. Lightning was forced to dodge to the right or be given a face full of sparks and sheet metal. Aqua had not been kidding, this race was going to be a mess.

A couple units began to catch up to both the Aston Martin and Mitsubishi ahead of Lightning. a set of cars attempted to box Rogue in but he was having none of it and forced his way out by knocking the car to his right aside. While this did allow him to escape, it also gave Lightning some time to catch up. Coming onto the bridge they were side by side, with Lightning on Rogue's right. Up ahead of them was trouble.

The police had called in a fully armored Rhino van. The Aston Martin dodged the block by faking to the right and pulling left. It left the van against the wall barreling on towards the next set of cars. Lightning could see the van barreling right for her. She attempted to move to the left, but Rogue's Lancer body slammed her M3 against the barrier. Now she was pinned between a rock, a hard place, and an unstoppable force. The inevitable was fast approaching, and Lightning could do nothing but brace as the multi ton behemoth slammed into her sports car at 150 mph head on. She blacked out on impact.

Lightning awoke in a heap of twisted metal and shattered glass dazed, disoriented, and partially blinded from the lights in the distance. The airbag had deployed and saved her life by a certain miracle. Her head felt like a hammer had repeatedly been bashed into it and her body was about to turn over. She found herself still in the driver seat of the M3, but she had no idea where she had been prior to her awakening.

A single siren was indeed audible, and very close by. Soon enough, a pony began to approach. Said pony opened the door and retrieved Lightning from what should have been her death bed and subdued her. It was a unicorn mare, not much younger than Lightning herself. She was a copper orange and had a black mane with streaks of red in it. Lightning was immediately brought to her senses as the mare brought her to the pavement to secure her.

"Don't even think about trying to resist punk. It won't be healthy for you."

"Heh, you don't look much older than I do kid."

"Shut it. You're under arrest."

"Yeah, let's see how long that lasts for Rookie. Hope you know how to use that horn of yours."

Lightning's words caught the young officer by surprise just enough for her to power herself up to her hooves before she fully subdued the pegasus. Eventually she mustered up enough power to move, and backed the unicorn into her own cruiser. This broke the hold she had and allowed Lightning to get some separation. She turned around and, despite not being able to properly use her wings, delivered a flying kick to the unicorn, knocking her against the car one more time and down on her flank. She wasn't knocked out, she wasn't broken, Lightning had made sure she didn't injure the poor pony, but she needed to put her out of commission in order to escape. The unicorn laid down groaning in pain.

"You poor little rookie, you have my condolences."

Lightning immediately made a break for it on her hooves. She was still on the bridge and began to head north along said bridge. It wasn't long before she was faced with a problem. That problem being a familiar Chevy Camaro SS heading towards her at a reasonable pace. She didn't have anywhere to go. Nowhere to run, except for one crazy option.

She glanced over the side of the bridge. The drop had to be a couple hundred feet at least, but survivable for a durable pegasus like herself. Without a second thought, she climbed the railing mean't to keep vehicles on the road and took the plummet.

She hit the water with a dull thud, but wasn't knocked out again. the piling on of both a severe car crash and a high fall into water was wearing her out quickly and now she needed to swim. She swam the entire length from the bridge to the shore near the residential area of Mendoza Keys. A feat only an extremely athletic pony such as herself could pull off. She pulled herself ashore and began to run through the field, eventually crossing the highway that lead towards the Raceway. She was largely in the clear. Purely on adrenaline she made her way for the garage. While the walk was short, it took everything left out of her.

She barely made it through the front door before she collapsed again, right in front of several of her friends.

Author's Note

Yes, I used TobyMac's Ignition. I'm sure it was implied enough.

Sorry about this taking so long to finish. I got a new job a few weeks ago and I'm just starting out. I want to make sure I do a good job there to keep my role on the team. Thank you for waiting everyone.

What will Lightning do without an applicable car? The Porsche is too powerful, the Silvia is far too slow and not built for racing, and the Supra is also slow and out if commission. There is a solution, and it will found next chapter.