A street racer and a cafe

Ch.58 Fate-al interations

"I'm gonna go for a drive." Coconut said.

"Alright, be safe." I said.

"I will Royal." She smiled.

"See you soon." I said.

It was nice to see her out driving and racing again, everything was normal for once. I lit a cigarette for the first time in several months and leaned against my car. I blew the smoke out of my mouth.

"Ah, so peaceful." I said.

That's what I said then.....I had no idea what would come later. I hope no one ever has to go through this.

*later*

"Hey Ox, has Coconut come back from her drive yet?" I asked.

"I haven't seen her, you sure she's not upstairs?"

"No, I would have heard her car pull in." I said.

Kashou came in. "Hey, you guys seen Coconut?"

"No, we were just talking about her, she hasn't come back yet and we're starting to worry." I said.

My cell phone went off. I checked the caller I.D, Ventura Bay Hospital. "Why's Ventura Bay Hospital calling me?" I asked.

"Well answer it." Kashou said.

I answered. "Hello?" I said.

"Am I speaking to Royal?"

"Yes, who's this?" I asked.

"I refret to inform you that your neko Coconut has been hospitalized, I advise you to come see her asap."

I began to panic. "Alright, we're on our way." I said hanging up.

"Coconuts been hospitalized." I said.

"Come on, we'll take my car." Kashou said.

"I'll inform the others." Ox said.

We piled into Kashou's car and sped off at speeds that would make RockPort PD call for a code 6 pursuit. Within minutes we arrived at the Hospital, I jumped out of the car and slammed the door shut.

"Hey, easy on the doors." Kashou said annoyed.

"Fuck your door." I said.

We made it to the lobby and I asked what room Coconut was in. "Floor 2, room 302." I said. We all ran to the elevator.

The sound of the elevator ding never brought me so much pain in my life. I was scared, was this that last time I was gonna see her, I could feel tears building in my eyes that I held back. We found the room and walked in, there she lay, eyes closed, motionless.

The nurse noticed our presence and looked to us. "She's unconscious, she has been since they found her." She said.

"H-how did she end up like this?" I asked.

"I can answer that." I heard a familiar voice say.

I looked over and saw my favorite cop, Cross. "Cross, long time no see." I said.

"Like wise, when we arrived at the scene we took these pictures after they loaded her into the ambulance." Cross said handing me the photo's. I flipped through them, unfortunately nothing looked out of the ordinary.

"Nothing looks odd." I said handing them back.

"There was something else too." Cross said.

"What?" I asked.

There was a large letter F and number 8 carved into the rear fender of her car, that mean anything to you?" Cross asked.

My mind instantly remembered the news broadcast mention F8. My worry now replaced itself with an unyielding rage. "F-8....or Fate is a street racer that's been wreaking havoc on local racers lately, he's been committing his acts of violence in Ventura Bay." I said.

"How longs it been going on?" Cross asked.

"Apparently some time if it made the news, he's a threat to the whole county, he needs to be stopped Cross." I said.

"I know, but the police are on suspension at the moment though for their use of excessive force."

"What can I do?" I asked.

"Nothing at the moment." Cross replied.

The other neko's and Shigure soon joined us and were mortified at the sight of Coconut.

"N-nuts." Azuki said as she started crying and hugged Ox.

Chocola broke down and started crying followed by cinnamon who buried her face in Maples shoulder.

Cross observed the scene before him and looked at me. "I'm gonna be helping the VRT when they arrive." Cross said.

"VRT, never heard of them." I said

"VRT or Vehicle Response Team is a special division of police that are ruthless, they go beyond the limits of the police, they risk injuring, maiming, and even killing those who are viewed as a moving violation." Cross said.

"Do whatever it takes." I say.

"Believe me, he won't be spared." Cross said.

"I'm sorry, but we can't have you all piked into one room." A doctor said.

"Fuck you, we're her family." I said.

(And no fucks given has commenced.)

"Easy Royal." Cross said.

"I understand how you feel, I told the doctor off when I was your age when my mother was hospitalized." The doctor said.

"I'm sorry......I haven't delt with something like this in eleven years." I said walking past the doctor and into the hall followed by Ox.

"So, what now?" Ox asked.

"For now we wait.....hopefully the VRT stops F8 and Coconut wakes up." We went home later that night and my program was interrupted by the news.

This just in, Rogue Speed driver Coconut Minaduki has been hospitalized after a brutal brush in with the driver known as F8, the VRT are being called in to hopefully bring F8 to justice.

"I'v never felt so powerless."