Wired for Victory (Octane x Wattson)

A Night to Remember

"Yo, Natalie!" Tae Joon approaches her and reaches his hand out. "Congratulations!"

"Thank you, Tae Joon!" Natalie smiles and shakes his hand.

Octavio looked at the both of them surprised that they were casual around each other. "Are you two close or something?"

"Yeah, we're good friends." The blonde answered. "We met a while back and here we are!"

"She applied to become a racer when you were recovering." Tae Joon added. "And she got accepted and her first race was scheduled today! Little did we know it would be the day you'd come back!"

"Excuse me." Loba politely interrupted the racers. "Miss Paquette, may I have an interview with you?" She requested.

"Oui! Of course!" She accepts. "See you later, guys!" She then follows Loba.

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"Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. This is Andrade reporting in. Today, I have with me Miss Natalie Paquette, the winner who beat the returning racer, Octavio Silva, and current champion, Tae Joon Park, to the finish line." Loba turns to Natalie as the camera focuses on her. "Tell us, Miss Paquette, how does victory feel on your very first race?"

"I'm overwhelmed, really. I didn't expect to win today actually, I was already grateful to take part in this race." She gave a soft laugh. "But I saw an opportunity and I took it!

"Seeing you new to the racing community, what pushed you to become a professional racer?"

"Oh! It's-"

"HEY, LADY" A loud voice called out from the crowd which made everyone turn. "YOU SHOULD'VE GAVE WAY TO OCTANE SINCE HE'S RETURNING!"

"YEAH, YOU'RE SUCH A SHOWOFF."

"Ah." Natalie felt attacked and hanged her head low still trying to smile.

Octavio stared at the scene as his fans kept insulting her he then pictured himself in her place. He experienced this before.

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"YOU SHOULD GET OUT OF HERE OR SOMETHING! GO BACK TO STREET RACING WILL YOU?"

"YOU'LL JUST GIVE THE APEX RACING A BAD NAME!"

"HORIZON SHOULD'VE WON, NOT YOU!"

Octavio scoffed ignoring the fans' aggressiveness towards him. He didn't give a damn to a word they said.

"Hey! Ye lea the boy alane!" Mary approached the barriers where the fans were. "I'm so ashamed of having fans like ye, now skedaddle aff!" The fans left in embarrassment as Octavio looks at Mary. "Sorry 'bout, that."

"No, it's alright." He said as he was stunned.

Mary smiled. "'Aight, bye for noo. Congrats on your win!"

"Gracias."

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Tae Joon overhears the fans and takes a step forward to stop them but pauses when Octavio takes the initiative and walks over to the barriers to confront them, the camera angles towards him. "Oye, niños! You better leave her alone! She definitely deserved that win!" The fans ran off and Octavio turns to Natalie. "You alright? Those kids were nasty, lo siento."

"Oui, merci, I'm alright." She nods.

Octavio then raises his hand briefly to excuse himself, Natalie does the same.

"...Do you and Mister Silva have a history together?" Loba suddenly asked as the camera returns to her.

"Hm? Oh, no! I just met him in person today!" Natalie gave a nervous laugh while flailing her hands slightly.