Into The Storm

**Into The Storm**is the fifth episode of the second season of Rimba Racer.

## Summary

Becks and Beaks report on the RGP IV, including recent victories by Sonny at Rockslide Mountain and Meika at Six String Speedway. Tag has also been performing excellently, much to the annoyance of Pike. Elsewhere, in Tag's garage, a card game between the members of the Tag Team breaks up, while Miles is working on a difficult problem on the Ripper. Meelo then gets an alert on his phone about someone trying to breach his computer systems, though Meika tries to pass it off as RGP security. She then leaves in response to her own private message, while Tamira arrives to collect Meelo, much to Miles' amusement.

Tamira suspects that King is attempting to break into Meelo's systems in order to obtain the black box, but Meelo surmises that King is no computer expert. Proving his point, the scene shifts to Torres helping King deal with a computer malfunction. She then leaves him to a private exchange with Axle and Krom, who note that Pike hasn't been keeping them informed lately. Krom suggests they give Pike the benefit of the doubt, unaware that he's meeting with Meika. The pair apparently have some history that Pike remembers fondly, and Meika...less so.

When Meika insists on staying professional, Pike gives her a device to plant in Meelo's room, and teases her when it seems she's reluctant to undertake the task. Vyxx and Xeno, after watching Tag's latest ad for Jump Jump Power Drink, are joined by Pike as they discuss their ongoing mission. Meika then arrives at Meelo's room and, after a brief exchange with Tamira, convinces Meelo that she's looking for one of Sonny's video games. She briefly plants a bug on one of his tablets, before managing to watch as he enters the password to the room where he's keeping the black box.

The Ark soon descends to Lightning Plains, fan-selected site of the next RGP race. Ms. Dira reports on the setup for this event, in which building electrical charges threaten the competitors' vehicles with lightning strikes. Special stations have been set up to dissipate these charges, but the racers-particularly Meika-are anxious. After Krom makes a fool of himself by trying to use a word he doesn't understand, the racers proceed to their vehicles. The race soon begins, and Tamira activates her car's special feature early on in an attempt to evade lightning only to be knocked out of the race first.

Axle's attempt to speed his way through the lightning leads to him being knocked out next, while Tag narrowly manages to get through a discharge gate before he can be struck. Sonny does likewise, but takes out the gate he passes through with the Boomboxer's special feature to prevent Vyxx from doing the same, leading to her being knocked out of the race. Meelo's car is then knocked out while attempting to take down Xeno, who then uses the Andromeda's special feature to create a protective coating that briefly shields his car from the lightning. After he is taken out, Pike employs the Cerberus' special feature in an attempt to avoid being struck, but both his car and his drones are soon taken out.

Tag's car is struck, but the bolt accidentally activates the Thunder Strike and launches Tag into a gate. Meika and Krom are left the only two racers still on the track, but the Heavy Metal proves so well armored that Krom is completely protected from the lightning and is the only racer to finish. However, he ends up being electrocuted by touching his car after the race. Tag and his friends head off to the lounge to relax, but Meika slips off to sneak into Meelo's room, having gained access to his tablet and his security systems by her earlier infiltration.

Meika then plants the device Pike gave her, which activates, but then emerges from the secret room to find Tag, Sonny, Meelo, and Miels waiting for her, demanding an explanation.