All Eyes On Me

Chapter 58: Racer Seven

Aria pulls up to Scott's garage riding her motorbike. The secret entrance opens and she drives in. She parks her bike and hands her keys to Scott.

"So what's the problem?" Scott asks

"The engine keeps lagging" Aria tells him

"No problem I can fix that" Scott says

"Thanks" Aria looks around

Scott gets to work "So the-"

The garage opens and in walks the ninja.

"Welcome back." Aria greets "How did finding the first key-tana go?"

"Good, and we know where to get the next one." Lloyd replies "We're entering the speedway five billion."

"That's the most dangerous race in the game!" Aria walks up to him "You're not doing it!"

"What?!" Lloyd looks surprised "I've been in more dangerous situations then this in Ninjago."

"I don't care." Aria crosses her arms

"Lovers quarrel" Jay whispers to the others

"Jay shut up." Lloyd and Aria say at the same time

"Should've stayed out of it" Nya looks at Jay who looked like a puppy dog who got told off

"Yeah but what if you die in the speedway?" Aria asks

"Then the other ninja will continue, it'll be fine." Lloyd reassures her and Aria sighs

"Hey guys" Nya gets their attention "We're getting to work on the cars"

"Alright I'm gonna check out the Speedway, see what I can learn. The more we know about it, the better our chances" Lloyd says

"And I'm going with you" Aria grabs her helmet "to make sure you're safe."

"Be careful you two, the racetrack will be crawling with Red Visors" Nya warns them

The two leave and the Ninja work on their vehicles. At the racetrack, Aria and Lloyd almost immediately run into Red Visors. Lloyd switches to his Avatar for a disguise. They then head to the stadium and watch the race.

They witness the dangerous race and another competitor named Racer Seven. Unfortunately for her, she crashes after being hit by Whack Rats. She gets out of her vehicle and throws her helmet in frustration, which hits a man and causes him to respawn. Lloyd then catches the helmet.

"Lloyd" Aria says pointing behind him

He turns around

"Hey, you! Freeze!" a Red Visor shouts

"let's go" Lloyd grabs Aria's hand and runs away

"Hey, stop right there!" another Red Visor shouts

Lloyd fights off the Red Visors with the helmet, then escapes. The two arrive at Scott's Garage.

"Well, we gotta do something. We need five vehicles to enter the Speedway, and we've only got four now" Cole tells him

"The race starts tomorrow at dawn. Where are we gonna get another car in twelve hours?" Jay questions

Aria crosses her arms "do I-"

"I might have an idea" Lloyd cuts her off "At the Speedway racetrack, I saw a driver there. She was good, really good"

"Oh, Racer Seven? Don't bother. She's an NPC, she's part of the game" Scott informs them

"Yeah she's programmed to lose. Every race she wipes out at the fourth mile marker. She's just there to provide a challenge to the other racers." Aria adds "She can't win."

"You mean Unagami programmed her to lose?" Jay asks

"As long as I've been here, she's been racing. Every single race, every one, she wipes out. It's part of her programming" Scott replies

Nya looks upset "That's terrible"

"Yeah. Nobody should be programmed to lose" Jay agrees

"But she is and we can't change that" Aria says "games function a certain way, without the function the game wouldn't work or story's won't progress"

"But Okino broke his programming" Lloyd argues

"And you think Racer Seven can too?" Nya asks

"It's worth a shot" Lloyd replies and turns to Scott "Do you know where I can find her?"

"She eats at a noodle stand in the marketplace after every race" Scott replies "I'm telling you, you're wasting your time"

"We've got nothing to lose" Lloyd exits the garage

"I'm staying here this time" Aria says walking over to her motorbike "How's it looking?"

"Good" Scott walks over "it's all done"

"great" Aria replies grabbing her helmet

"You're leaving?" Cole asks

"Yeah, got something to do." Aria smiles "I'll be back"