Two partners attempt a daring escape from their boss and his goons, but they also attract police attention. Will the pair successfully evade capture or will their attempt turn out to be a wreck? This is my end of a trade between me and  Yxximoon!

Calm Before The Storm

The sound of a turbocharged 2.8L Flat-Six engine shatters the still nighttime air with its incoming guttural roaring. This is soon followed by a silver Porsche 959 blasting by in the background, leaving behind a series of skid marks while it slides along a bend in the road.

Yxxi and Harley are in said car, blasting along Eagle Crest Road after passing the junction separating Rockingham Point and East Gorge Canyon. While the two now blast past the junction, proceeding along Eagle Crest Road, Harley whirls in his seat to take a quick glance behind him and immediately notices a pair of headlights bearing down on them in the distance. He barks out, "Yxxi, they're coming! Step on it!!"

Bearing down on the duo is not one, but two pairs of headlights with the streetlamps illuminating both vehicles. The first vehicle is a 7th-generation Chevrolet Camaro SS in Ice White body paint but the second one bearing down on them at a faster rate has a distinct supercharger whine to it. This one has a more aggressive face and upon being illuminated by the lamps, this second car is revealed to be a Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat in Bright White body paint!

Yxxi barks, "Look, that Camaro is nothing where we shouldn't have too much trouble but that Charger scares me! It's gonna take a lot more work to put that one out of commission!" And with that, Yxxi punches the accelerator with Harley hanging onto his seat for dear life.

(BGM: Groove of Group - Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 6 OST)

Already, the distinct whine coming from the supercharger makes its way into their ears with the escaping pair blasting down Eagle Crest Road, until Yxxi swerves into oncoming lanes to avoid a Ram attack from behind. However, upon approaching a hairpin curve, the female driver slams on the brakes to slow down, also keeping an eye on the two assailants gunning for them. But the moment of initiation comes a bit too late.

The moment the female driver moves in to dash to the inside of the hairpin is the moment that a colliding force sends them towards the guardrail!

[b][center]*BAM!*

"Eek!" Yxxi suddenly finds herself fighting for control of the 959 upon being knocked aside by the Charger! Harley begins screaming out in fear, seeing the guardrail looming closer. But the male wolf soon finds himself hanging onto his seat, feeling the car suddenly lurch forward, followed by a sharp jolt pulling at him from the right once the driver yanks on the E-brake, putting the Porsche into a sharp-angled drift.

"Aaaaggghhhhh!!! Yxxi, slow down!!! You're gonna kill us both!!!" Harley screams out in fear. The wolf hangs on tightly to his seat while the intense g-forces rock both occupants from side to side, depending on how aggressive the driver is; in this case, Yxxi manages to dodge two traffic vehicles that are in opposing lanes with the Charger nearly slamming into one. The white Camaro also brushes past, attempting to catch up.

Yxxi glares briefly at Harley, declaring in return, "What's gonna kill us are these two chasers if we stop completely! I'm not about to be turned into some kind of road kill over us turning around!" This deters Harley from crying out any longer, though the wolf is still fearful of being thrown into a crash - that or dying by his pursuers.

While the female hybrid races along the snowy road, the police scanner inside of their vehicle goes off, with both Harley and Yxxi tuning in.

:Attention all units, multiple 9-1-1 reports have come on the line regarding numerous dangerous drivers. Minimal time delay; they were last seen headed eastbound, through Eagle Crest Mountain Park. Can I get some units to start up that way for me please?:

:Dispatch, you got any more info on that call?:

:Your vehicle is a silver Porsche:

:I'll check it out; I should be headed that way shortly.:

"Come on, step on it! They're gaining on us!" Harley alerts loudly from the passenger side. He's watching for the two from the side mirror and rearview mirror to see them catching up, though the Charger is barreling down on them at a faster rate.

"Yxxi, they're coming!!!" Harvey warns again, catching sight of the approaching white Charger again. When the Charger nears, Yxxi fights back.

The female driver slams the white Hellcat from the side in a slam attack, knocking quite a bit of strength from it. Following this, she activates an ESF and punches the Charger from the side again, this time having a more powerful effect on the muscle car.

*BAM!*

The lights to the Charger flicker along with the occupants struggling for control of the car. A plume of smoke is thrown up as a result of the attack from the 959, evaporating shortly afterwards. Then after rounding the second hairpin curve, Yxxi exclaims, "There's more of them! Why is it taking so many goons just to kill the two of us?! If he hates us that bad, he'd be doing the job himself of putting us to sleep!"

Halfway along the straightaway after the second hairpin curve, a pair of Mercedes SL65 AMG Black Series cars emerge from a shortcut on Yxxi's left, both vehicles matching the fleeing Porsche in speed. These two new vehicles charge close for a double ram attack; Yxxi isn't having it; she activates a Shockwave to throw them off the road.

*KA-BLAM!*

Before reaching the third hairpin curve, Yxxi drops a pair of spike strips from the rear of the 959 in hopes of erasing her pursuers. Unfortunately, it doesn't work since the enemies already spotted the trap early on. But while maneuvering along the hairpin, she accidentally drops a Stun Mine in the middle of the road - literally.

*CLICK!*

The electrifying rays coursing throughout the mine elicit its deadly, dangerous growling in a reminder that anyone unfortunate enough to hit it will be absolutely destroyed. Unfortunately, the very nemesis to hit this trap first is the Charger, with one of the red Mercedes cars close behind.

Upon hitting the trap, the white muscle sedan suffers an absolute, immediate death with blue and green lines coursing throughout the car. Sparks also fly from the car, but upon initial impact, said car was going too fast to make it around the curve. From the high speed and the momentum, the muscle car eats the guardrail, flipping off the road and landing on the other side on its roof.

Things escalate when Yxxi and Harley blow past a police car traveling along the oncoming lanes of Eagle Crest Road; it is a Rapid Deployment-type Porsche 911 GT3 RS (997).

:Dispatch - Unit 375, I got–:

*STATIC!*

:Hit and Run! Hit and Run! Party just hit my vehicle and took off! Update to follow!:

It wasn't the 959 that hit the spinning 997, but it was one of the red SL65 cars that hit it. The massive collision sends the 997 pinballing off of the oncoming guardrail with massive damage inflicted to it. The second SL65 then punches the police car in the rear, the impact dislodging the rear bumper as a result.

:MVA! MVA! He just hit me!:

"Great, just what we need; cops on our tail." Yxxi complained with a growl. "Can this get any worse?"

"Uh, Yxxi?" Harley is beyond fearful, shivering in his seat. There is a dot approaching from the horizon that is making the wolf quiver in his seat. Yxxi is unaware until her passenger points it out to her.

"We got a helicopter coming at us from behind!" If Harley were to look at Yxxi now, chances are the female driver is beyond irritated. Not only is the duo on the run from their former boss, but they are also on the run from the police. What are the chances of the goons and the police taking each other out?

Upon making their way around the third hairpin, Yxxi darts underneath the snow to access a shortcut, having noticed a police roadblock up ahead. Harley hangs on for the bumpy ride while keeping his own eyes peeled for the enemies after them. Coincidentally, Yxxi darts out of the shortcut, completely bypassing the roadblock and eating the rear of a Rapid Deployment-type Aston Martin DBS, giving the police car heavy damage.

:He's around us! He's around us!:

:He just smashed into us! This guy's crazy!!!:

"What is a stationary police vehicle doing on the side of the road like that?!" Harley screeches out loud in fear. "This is beyond crazy!!!"

"We don't control what happens and where the police park their fancy police vehicles. The only thing we need to do is make sure we don't get skinned alive, period!" Yxxi reminds Harley before going on the attack again. With the heavily damaged DBS catching up from the right, Yxxi swings the 959 from the left, delivering one final knockout punch to send the DBS into a rollover wreck.

*STATIC!*

:Send us another vehicle when you can; we just lost a car.:

"Well, that's one police down, who knows how many more we have to get through!" Harley observes the wrecked DBS land upright after rolling four times. Trailing his eyes down to the built-in police scanner, the wolf darts his eyes over to Yxxi, observing her aggressive face.

:Eagle-19 - we're right above the target vehicle. Yeah, they're not going anywhere.:

Well, with the police chopper overhead monitoring their every move, it seems impossible to escape now. Until suddenly…

*BOOM!*

:We have multiple warning lights! The Bird has taken damage! Returning to base!:

"Wh– somebody zapped the helicopter?! I didn't know that was possible!" Harley exclaims in disbelief. The helicopter soon disappears, but a second EMP blast follows shortly afterwards.

*BOOM!*

*STATIC!*

:We have a patrol car down!:

"Well, looks like our assailants did us a favor; taking out the cops. Now it's just between us and them." Yxxi notices before spotting a Porsche Panamera Turbo on the shoulder with its lights and sirens on. The new police car peels off to pursue the 959, unaware of the red duo approaching.

:I got em! I'm Code 3!:

:This is 476-9, we've blocked off the road ahead. Watch your speed.:

"Oh great, another roadblock. What else is new?" Yxxi groans in complaint. Harley, on the other hand, is searching for an access point to a shortcut they can take to hopefully bypass the roadblock until he points to a trail leading underneath the road. Seeing the trail, Yxxi dives straight for the shortcut, leaving behind another pair of spike strips in their wake. Though this particular trail cuts underneath the main road, it is enough to get them safely across, completely avoiding the roadblock in the process and emerging back onto the main road.

:Vehicle through! Vehicle through! He got around us!:

"Yxxi, how much longer do we have to go? How much longer is this going to take?" Harley groans in agony. Yxxi just gives the wolf an annoying glance while reminding him, "Either we keep destroying them until no more appears or we evade them completely; simple as that."

"If that's the case, then we'll really have to keep a low profile; a really low profile at that. We may need to flee the city for this." Harley suggested in his rant.

For the absolute first time during this whole chase, the female driver cracks a smile. She reminds him, "Actually, we just need to find a cool down spot and a safehouse once we escape. Then after we retire, then we can head out of the city, just blending in with normal traffic."

"Uh Yxxi, I hate to derail your plan but what are the chances of us blending in with traffic with a car like this? A Porsche 959, really? We're probably better off with a Mazda RX-8 or a Maserati Ghibli." Harley argues in return.

The female hybrid scoffs in return, assuring her wolf friend, "Harley, we will escape out of here alive. We can just use a different car for our journey out of the city, like a Dodge Charger SRT8, or a Chevrolet Camaro Z28. We'll have a better chance of being anonymous."

"Yeah, let's just hope nobody will recognize us when we do so. That's a real pain in itself." Harley mentions in a passing comment.

Yxxi assures him, "Nobody will ever know it's us. That is, if they don't look inside."

"Yeah, hopefully. And with us being on the run from Ace now that we've escaped, we should be in the clear after this." Harley added in return.

"That's if no more of his goons show up." Little does the pair realize that trouble is coming for them sooner than they think.

:This is 389-9; see if you can herd him to the center lane. Spikes are in place.:

When Harley notices the red R230 cars coming up on their six behind them, along with the Panamera Turbo police car, Yxxi suddenly slams on the brakes, swerving hard when she goes back around to smash into one of the red vehicles, bouncing off of this and tagging the police car in the process.

:This guy's all over the road, he just sideswiped me!!! Here he comes again!!!:

"Yxxi, what are you doing?! You're gonna get us killed out here!!!" Though the wolf passenger is unaware of Yxxi's plan, the female hybrid has already set her plan into motion. The two observe the roadblock looming ahead; from left to right: spike strip, Porsche 959, Aston Martin V12 Vantage.

Yxxi begins speeding up, stomping on the accelerator. Before Harley can get a word out, she follows through on her plan; she cuts the car speed and unleashes Shockwave to propel the assailants forward, making each surrounding vehicle careen out of control.

*KA-BLAM!*

:Suspect's trying to run me off the road!! He's– ARGH!!!:

The two red cars slam directly into the police roadblock, causing massive damage to both sides. The Panamera, however, ends up hitting the spikes as a result of being catapulted away by the Shockwave and regaining control afterwards.

*STATIC!*

:Roll EMS now! Roll EMS now! We have units down!:

:Vehicle missed the spikes! He's still mobile!:

So much for getting by unscathed. The two canines bash an overturned R230 out of the way and proceed along the other half of Eagle Crest Road when Yxxi sees the moderately damaged Panamera. Immediately, she targets this with an EMP, acquiring a red lock-on. Harley observes from the passenger side, feeling the driver maintaining the speed when the police car drops a pair of spike strips to hinder the attempt and slow them down. It doesn't work; Yxxi steers away from the trap and the EMP duration ends, blasting the police car.

*BOOM!*

*STATIC!*

Being lit up in a bright flash of blue and with massive damage inflicted, the Panamera is sent into a tornado spin with the rear of the car lifting off the ground. The car then goes into a rollover wreck, flipping twice before landing upright.

:We lost a unit; we may have some guys banged up here.:

"Is that the only police car remaining? This ride should be over soon!" Harley directs his gaze out of the window and back, wondering if they will ever reach a cooldown spot.

"As far as I know, yeah. For now, I believe." Yxxi comments. "And we shouldn't have to worry about Ace's goons anymore because no more of them are around."

Thinking they are in the clear now, Yxxi begins to relax, but Harley directs the driver's attention to the shoulder, having noticed more vehicles ahead. "Uh, I wouldn't speak so soon about that." The vehicles ahead are a Highway Patrol Chevrolet Camaro SS, a Rapid Deployment Dodge Viper SRT-10, and a Rapid Deployment Chevrolet Corvette Z06.

Even worse, a Speed Enforcement Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 is traveling in the opposite direction, which is a step above the Rapid Deployment police cars and the 959 itself. Once Yxxi and Harley fly past the three stationary vehicles, the pursuit escalates.

]:All units, we are at Condition 7! Repeat, Condition 7!:

Before they could even reach the remaining hairpin curves, the ZR1 attempts to cut the pair off, only to get swatted away by the 959. Add in an ESF and major damage is inflicted with the lights to the police car flickering.

*BAM!*

:My cruiser has taken heavy damage; suspect nailed me head-on in the side, here!:

Afterwards, Yxxi drops a Stun Mine from the rear of the car, right on the path of the cops once she reaches the hairpin.

*CLICK!*

Harley is left hanging on with the female driver maneuvering through the hairpins, but after making it through the first remaining hairpin, Harley catches sight of fleeting sparks erupting from the police vehicles. One of them had hit the Mine, affecting another one in turn.

*STATIC!*

:No good. Oh, my vehicle is shutting down on me here! Yeah, dropping back! Dropping back!:

"Well that's two more down, two left to go." Yxxi announces in celebratory vigor. Their getaway journey isn't over yet.

:This is 575-9, we can see you! 10-73 in position ahead and standing by!:

Another police roadblock catches their attention in the cops' efforts to stop the fleeing pair. But at the rate this pursuit is going, it already seems like they will be getting away already. Yet with the chances of one of those police cars already being disabled being the ZR1, then they will have a better shot at escaping completely. Only problem is, it was not and it is catching up rather fast.

:Dispatch, start up VHS; I'm gonna disable their car:

And the ZR1 moves in rather quickly, leaving the Viper behind…

(BGM pause)

*BLAM!*

Time slows down upon Yxxi struggling for control after being decked forward by a Shock Ram attack from the ZR1 police car. While Harley closes his eyes to brace for impact, Yxxi closes her eyes while trying to keep from hitting the wall. However, the Porsche 959 only ends up spinning out into the snow, with the back end tagging a rock crevice in a light collision.

:He's spun out! Moving in to detain!:

The pair open their eyes to see the ZR1 pull up close to cut them off, followed by the Viper almost ramming into Harley. But Yxxi pulls a Shockwave to blow them away before peeling out of the snow and onto the road again to pull off.

:Hold on! Hold on! He's trying to take us out!:

(BGM changes to Rival Race #3 - Need For Speed The Run OST)[/i]

"Whoa!!! Yxxi, slow down! You're gonna get us burned out here!!" Harley screeches out in sudden fear. The sudden takeoff makes Harley cling to his seat once again with Yxxi beginning to leave the cops behind again. And upon making their way along the second hairpin curve, the two occupants spot the roadblock ahead. From left to right: Aston Martin One-77, Porsche Carrera GT, McLaren MP4-12C. There is no spike strip this time.

By the time the ZR1 catches up and overtakes the 959 to drop spike strips, Yxxi already targets the blue police car with an EMP, staying clear of the spikes. However, by the time the police car reaches the roadblock, it gets lit up, slamming into the roadblock at high speed, or rather, plowing into the back of the Speed Enforcement One-77.

[B]*BOOM!*

*STATIC!*

:Dispatch, we lost a PC! Lost a vehicle! Lost a vehicle!:

After smacking into the rear of the Aston Martin and being blasted by the EMP, the ZR1 twirls midair before landing across from the guardrail on a rock crevice, the lights flickering along with the siren dying out. This provides a clear gap for the pair to escape through, narrowly avoiding the Aston Martin themselves.

:He's through! He's through! Vehicle still mobile!:

After making it through, the driver drops a pair of spike strips behind her, hoping to hinder the Viper. Though it works, the hybrid driver still has one more Ace up her sleeve, yet she holds off, slamming on the brakes to get through the final hairpin.

:We're VCB, VCB here! Working to get a visual!:

When the fleeing 959 makes it around the final hairpin, she drops another Stun Mine from the rear of her vehicle, directly in the literal middle of the hairpin. Though the trap is less effective, the duo eventually break police contact, but one of the remaining police vehicles ends up hitting the trap.

*STATIC!*

:My PC's filling with smoke! I can't see anything!:

:Get containment over here. I lost him.:

:For your information, suspect was last seen headed northeast along Eagle Crest Road. Containment is to be set up 500 ft ahead of suspect's last known 20. This call is still Handle On, TAC 3.:

"Finally! We escaped! We shouldn't have anything to worry about now!" Harley celebrates the evasion, fistpumping the air in triumph. Even Yxxi smiles now once the heat is lost.

"We're in the clear! Time to get out of here!" Once the duo make their way onto Easy Gorge Freeway, Yxxi activates a Turbo Boost, propelling them forward at top speed where they race off into the distance, the buzzing Flat-Six engine still screaming while the car disappears down the horizon.

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Yxxi, Harley, and Ace (mentioned) belong to  Yxximoon!