Need For Speed, Most Wanted - What's It Like

The Second race

In a garage I installed the nitro modification and went to another race. The quicker I got to the number one, the quicker I could leave this game. And James still thought Lynn wasn't lying. Blinded, by love probably. Don't know if they are together yet. Then I got a call. "Speak of the devil." I said to myself. I accepted the call and James voice yelled in my ears: "You have to help me!" I coughed a bit, overwhelmed by his sudden yell of help. Or I thought it was a call of help. Didn't really know, because I became half deaf that split moment. "James," I said. "Don't yell so loudly." James started to rapidly apologise. I couldn't make out words, I even couldn't make out if he was even talking English or not. "Dude, calm down." I said. "Now, what is it that you need help with?" James calmed down. "I have to tell Lynn." James said. I raised one eyebrow. I had a dark suspicion that this was what I thought it was. "Tell Lynn what exactly?" I asked, but already knowing the answer. "Tell her that I like her. But I don't know how." James said. I almost wanted to say that Lynn was a spy of some sort, but I stopped. He had to figure that out on his own. He would call me crazy, or that I want to steal Lynn from him, if I told him that. "Hello? Ar you still there?" James asked. I suddenly realised that James kept waiting for my reply. "Well, you better ask Kate that. Shes a girl, and she can probably help you better."

After that James hung up, I drove to another race. I pulled up beside the 7th contestant. This was a lap race, with 3 laps. Eight contestants. I would probably win with my nitro. The start gun was held up, and I revved. I wasn't going to get a disadvantage this time. The gun was shot and I got second in a matter of seconds with a bit of nitro. The 1,000 CR is mine now. I just passed the first contestant, that seemed to have nitro too, when the same contestant got rammed. Cy's car just appeared out of nowhere. The contestant's car got exploded and Cy went in a pursuit after me. "Uggh, Cy, can't you just get lost for once and not-" I said, stopping half sentence. I suddenly understood why he was doing this. But first I had to finish the race. I swerved trough traffic and finished the first two laps with Cy still tailgating me. Suddenly he used a bit of nitro and drove next to me, blocking the next turn. I made a drift and slowly came to a stop, right infront the turn I had to get. Cy couldn't stop in time and raced a few miles further, and came to a stop against a tree. I didn't check if he was still alive, but used my whole tank of nitro to get to my regular speed. I saw the finish just a few miles ahead. But behind me was Cy, recovered from the crash. It didn't kill him. I cursed and used the just regenerated bit of nitro to stay ahead of him. I got over the finish and then drifted a sharp right.

Gained: 1.000 CR
Total: 2.000 CR

Cy, still following me, slowly gained distance on me, closing in to get the killing blow. I tapped blindly to get to the conversations tab, and then tapped Cy's name. He didn't answer. I kept trying. Then finally he answerd. "Are you calling to plead for your life?" Cy asked, chuckling about his victory. "No." I said calm. "I am calling because I know you get paid or something to kill me." Cy's car suddenly revved and sped up to get infront of me. Then he blocked the road. "How do you know?!" Cy shouted. I snickered. "Well, you can always say who your briber is." I said. "Did he pay you to stay silent?" Cy kept quiet for a while, probably trying to remember. "No." He finally said. "So, will you tell me?" Cy lowered his window to look at me. "Why do you want to know?" Cy asked. Now I stayed quiet for a while. Why exactly did I want to know who the briber is? It was probably an agent of The Boss. I even knew the Boss exists. Kind of. So what profit would knowing the bribers location and name give me? Cy suddenly started talking again. "You know, he paid me very little. Like 1 million Credits." I gasped dramatically. "That's not very much." I said sarcasticaly. Cy growled. "I meant, I have 145 Billon Credits." He said. "What difference whould 1 million make?" I nodded thoughtfully. "You just accepted to make him go away." I said. "He didn't want to pay you more?" Cy shook his head slowly. "I tried. But he didn't want to listen to my requirements. So I said it was enough to kill you and keep me quiet about the whole transaction." Cy slowly inhaled. "You can find him in the mountains. He mostly drives there." I thanked him and he let me through. "If you kill the guy, I won't kill you anymore." Cy said, then he hung up. I thought about heading to the mountains but this car wouldn't probably survive any battle there. I needed to get a better car. So I went to a garage and bought a car for 2.000 CR. There goes my Credits, I thought. Though, it is for a good cause.

Lost: 2.000 CR
Total: 0 CR
Gained: Car; Ford, F-150 SVT Raptor

This is the end of the fourth part of "NFS, Most Wanted - What's It Like?" Until next time.