Race in Time S1 Vol. 2

Race In Time: Volume 2 – The Desert Storm

Original by @CoppeRiot, rewrite by @WarpigTC

Meanwhile in the desert, Copper's team is giving up hope after the watch broke during the fight.

## **9:47 AM, Middle of nowhere.**

John, Joey, and Carl are walking through the heated desert in hopes of finding a way out of it.

John: "It's too damn hot in here!"

Joey: "Don't give up guys we need to move forward."

While they talked, they heard a steam train's whistle.

Carl: "Wait a second! I think I'm hallucinating because I heard a-"

John: "Steam train! Get on!"

They hurried to the train and then made it into one of the carts.

Carl: "That's weird, when did the medieval age get steam trains?"

John: "Well, might be because America is more advanced than Europe, It's still a debate today who made the first train."

The cart had tons of food, so they ate some due to effectively starving at this point, no one would notice a few bites missing anyway.

In the meanwhile, they talked about how they would get back to their timeline, but without proper materials they can only hope that the others get them extra time watches.

They've arrived at the world's most successful kingdom, The Kingdom Of Baszucki.

John: "Joey, Carl, do we have anything valuable?"

Carl: "Yeah, I've got like 3 bucks and 39 cents on me."

Joey: "I'm broke, man"

John: "Well, we won't be able to get anything, so we just gotta get to the biggest place around and wait for the others."

At the opposite side of the desert, 9:44 AM:

Nitro, Gre and Kaz are approaching a small town called Agua Fria.

As the trio walked through the street, they were getting weird looks from some of the locals, probably due to their attire, amongst other things.

Kaz: "Sooooo...what now?"

Nitro: "I reckon we get something to drink and then get a ride to the biggest city around, pretty sure that's where John would have gone off to if he got lost."

Kaz: "Yeah, makes sense, you holdin' fine in there Gre?"

Gre: "Yeah, slightly tired and all, but i'm fine."

Nitro: "Alright fellas here's the bar, let's go order something eh?"

A while later inside the bar...

Nitro: "They make some fine whiskey in here, it ain't as expensive as shitty dollar store whiskey either."

Kaz: "Eh, as long as it's liquid."

After some time, while the trio was talking, they heard a gunshot outside of the bar.

Nitro: "What in tarnation?"

The trio rushed outside to find a man dressed like a stereotypical outlaw in front of a freshly-shot corpse.

Nitro started talking to the man.

"Hey feller, what the hell do you think you're doin'?"

The outlaw responded.

"The damn bastard didn't pay his debt, so i did the most logical thing and killed him, you got a problem with it?"

Nitro:"You could have just turned him in and resolved it at the station, hm?"

The outlaw laughed at the suggestion

"Oh please! I'm a criminal, ain't no way i'm headin' to the sheriff because some other guy decided he's gonna be a piece of filth!"

Nitro gritted his teeth, and gestured at the outlaw to move into the middle of the street.

The outlaw burst out with laughter:"You wanna have a shootout with ME? Ha, you won't even clear leather and a round's gonna rip through your head!"

Nitro: "Let's see that happen then, you ready or not?"

The outlaw replied: "Someone's getting buried today,and it ain't me."

Nitro: "Let's see then."

It was 11:58, two minutes until high noon.

While the two men were staring each other down, they could both feel dozens of eyes watching them from every direction.

And then it striked 12:00, high noon.

The outlaw didn't even touch the grip of his revolver until a bullet ran straight through his hat and head, killing him instantly.

By the time the outlaw's corpse was falling down, Nitro was reholstering his revolver.

"That's a lot of words for someone who couldn't even draw their weapon."

Kaz and Gre came running to Nitro.

Kaz: "Damn bro, that was something straight out of a western!"

Nitro: "We should bury this guy."

Gre: "Shouldn't we leave it to the civilians instead?"

Nitro shrugged: "Eh, you've got a point. Either way, let's go ask around for some info, we should be able to get something easier now that we killed that pushover of a bandit."

Later on, the trio found a ride to the Kingdom of Baszucki, and were heading to find and get out of this place with John.

## **Somewhere in the desert, 9:14 AM**

Sam and Dan were in the middle of nowhere, and after a few minutes of wandering and Sam boasting about his stylish kills back in the present, they found the town of Agua Fria.

Sam: "Hey Dan, we should go get drinks, wonder if they sold at least half decent tea back in this era."

Dan: "Sure, we have enough time to kill, tracker shows Copper isn't moving very fast right now, probably still walking aimlessly in the middle of nowhere."

Sam: "Shame he might die of starvation or dehydratation, I want to kill him myself."

Dan: "Chill out, anyways you got any cash on you?"

Sam: "Nope."

Dan: "We'll put it on a tab then, we won't be here for long anyways."

Sam: "Nice, let's go order then."

Somewhere else in the desert, 9.14 AM

The sergeant and 3 of her comrades were slowly approaching the town of Agua Fria.

Officer 1: "Sarge, there's a town right in front of us, I think we should stop there and refresh ourselves, then find a way out of here."

Sergeant: "You're right, let's go rest up in there, then we're going to find the men."

As the four people walked into a bar, the sergeant looked around to spot two familiar faces. And as she spotted and recognized them, the officers all readied their weapons.

Sergeant: "FREEZE!"

Dan: "The hell?"

Sam: "Since when were the feds following people through different times?"

The sergeant prompted the two mercenaries to put their hands up and drop any weapons, but one of them simply went back to drinking the rest of his tea while the other approached the officers.

Dan: "Oh please, come and sit down with us, we'll figure something out together, after all, where are you going to put us when we're in the past?"

The sergeant gestured to her squad to lower their weapons.

Dan: "The name's Dan, Dan Von Schaft, pleased to meet you."

The sergeant was frozen in place.

Dan: "Hey, are you okay? You seem a bit pale."

The sergeant snapped out of it and apologized

"Apologies, I just...think the name seemed familiar."

Dan: "Interesting...either way, come sit down with us, we'll discuss the situation."

As Dan and the officers approached the table, Sam was finishing the last bits of his tea.

Sam: "Took you long enough, we good?"

Dan: "Yeah, either way, please sit down."

As the officers sat down at the table, Dan cleared his throat before speaking again.

Dan: "Either way sergeant, you've never introduced yourself, so if I may ask your name again?"

The sergeant sighed before answering.

"Elise."

Dan: "Elise who?"

...

"Elise Von Schaft."

Dan was shocked to hear the name.

Sam scoffed, and responded.

"Oh, so you two were trying to blow each other's brains out earlier? Sounds like a common sibling relationship."

Dan: "Shut it Tachiarai, I do not want to hear it."

Sam: "Oh I get it, you just discovered you have a sister?"

Dan, In a sarcastic tone: "Oh BRAVO Sherlock Holmes! You figured it out, I'm obviously gonna be shocked when I discoved I still have living blood relatives when the only one I've ever had was my grandfather, jeez Sam, connect the dots."

Elise: "Wait..."Samuel "Warpig" Tachiarai?""

Sam: "Yeah, that's me, It seems you've heard of me?"

Elise: "Yes, you fought for the Japanese Army back during Crossroads right?"

Sam: "Someone did their homework."

Elise: "Well, I participated too under my homeland's army."

Sam: "And then enlisted in the American Military Police?"

Elise: "Precisely, but it seems you became a mercernary after your contract."

Sam: "Yep, kinda struggling to pay my bills so I decided to do what I do best."

Elise: "I see you still use a sword for combat?"

Sam: "Restrictions were a bitch in the army, but now that I work freelance I can use whatever I want, so I modified the katana that got me famous on the battlefield in the first place."

Elise: "I see, either way, how do you propose we find the other suspects from earlier?"

Dan: "Well, If I were them I would head for the biggest place around and meet up there, then get out together."

Sam: "So jut get a ride to the biggest place around and find him?"

Dan: "Precisely."

Sam: "Let's do it then."

The group searched for someone who offered rides to the nearby kingdom, until they found a coachman offering them.

## **9:14 AM, Outskirts of Agua Fria**

Dan: ”So, 12 for a ride to the capital?”

Coachman: ”Yep, 2 per each person.

Dan: ”Deal, are we leaving right now?”

Coachman: ”Yeah, get your crew in the wagon if you would be so kind.”

9:16 AM, the group is preparing to leave the town.

Coachman: “Everyone seated back there?”

Dan: “Yes we are, you can move now.”

After around half a hour of the drive, the Coachman sped up to insanely high speeds, causing the wagon to bounce on the terrain.

Coachman: “We’ve got bandits right behind us! Hold on tight!”

Dan: “You could stop the wagon, we can handle this, we’re armed!”

Dan turned to Sam and did a nodding gesture, and Sam nodded back.

Sam: “Stop the wagon coach!”

The coachman stopped the wagon, and after a while, the bandits caught up.

Sam and Dan stepped out, and the rest of the group stepped out shortly after them.

One of the bandits dismounted from his horse while the others gathered up around him.

Bandit 1: ”I reckon you know the deal around these parts, hand over everything you have or we’ll kill ya.”

The bandit scoffed and reached for his revolver, but Sam put his left hand behind his back and drew his silver colored modified 92FS first and immediately shot him in the head with a 9mm round.

While the other bandits were drawing their weapons, Dan and the rest of the crew started shooting back at them while Sam advanced forward with another pistol in his right hand, the right handed pistol being a modified 92FS too, but colored black.

While the two groups were shooting at each other, Sam killed most of the bandits using his two handguns.

After the shootout was over, a single injured bandit was left alive.

As the bandit tried to run away while clutching his arm, Sam simply shot him with both of his handguns at once, killing him on the spot.

Sam: “Jackpot.”

Dan: “Was the last guy necessary?”

Sam: “Yes he was, and any “war crimes” you might bring up don’t apply because we aren’t at war.”

Dan: “Eh, we should probably get back to the wagon, hopefully none of those idiots put a hole in it, I don’t want to pay for it later.”

Sam chuckled, then ejected the magazines and pushed the decoking lever on both of his pistols before holstering them.

After a while, the entire crew is back in the wagon.

Dan:  "Hey Sam, what's up with the Berettas?

Sam: "Modified handguns because I don't wanna bother chasing someone across town when i can just shoot them, plus dual wielding looks cool, less effective but more stylish."

Dan: "Aren't you broke?"

Sam: "What do you think i spend my money on to make me broke?"

Dan: "Fair enough. Coach, you can start moving, we're all seated."

Coachman: "Hold your hats fellas, road ahead looks bumpy!"

## **12:43, Kingdom of Basczucki.**

John and co. were wandering through the capital, hoping that the rest of their friends went to find them.

Carl: "By the way, when we got out of our front door...was that body Matt?"

John: "Yeah, I think he got sliced by the guy in black, kinda a shame honestly."

Carl: "Let's hope his family takes it well."

Joey: "Hey fellas, what do you say about getting some food?"

John: "Sure, I think we've got time to kill."

Joey: "There seems to be a crepe shop, let's order something there, what do you say?"

John: "Check the prices first, then we'll order."

Joey: "Got it."

Carl: "Alright, you two go first, I have to think about it."

While John and co. ate their food, they heard a familiar voice calling out to them from a distance

Carl: "Wait a minute..."

Joey: "I think i hear Kaz!"

John: "They've arrived, finally."

Kaz: "JOOHN!"

John: "I hear you! Stop yelling!"

As Nitro, Kaz and Gre approached John, Carl and Joey, Nitro spotted two figures watching them from the roof.

## **12:36, Kingdom of Basczucki.**

As Sam, Dan and Elise's group were searching the city for John and his group, Dan cleared his throat before he spoke.

Dan: "I think they should be near here."

Elise: "And what will you do if you find them?"

Dan: "Don't know, what will you do?."

Elise: "You're both criminals, you're coming with us too."

Dan: "Alright then, we can work with that."

As Sam, Dan and the officers walked towards the presumed spot Copper was at, Dan's monitor beeped.

Dan gestured at Sam, and Sam nodded back.

Sam unsheathed his sword and cut the first officer in half, then used the handle to bash the second officer before stabbing him and kicked the third before shooting him with one of his pistols, and then whipped the sergeant who was frozen in shock with the pistol, knocking her out.

Dan: "So, what will we do with her?"

Sam smirks.

Dan: "You're a horrible person, you know?"

Sam: "I'm aware."

Dan: "Either way, we can head straight for him, we could get up this building, and we should be able to spy on them from the street they're in."

Sam: "And then kill him?"

Dan: "Probably, yeah, the feds won't be a problem."

Sam: "Don't you feel a bit bad for tricking her like that?"

...

Dan didn't respond.

Sam: "Alright, let's get going."

## **12:44, Kingdom of Basczucki**

Kaz: "That's..."

John: "the guys from earlier."

THE END OF VOLUME 2

Trivia:

Samuel "Warpig" Tachiarai ( @WarpigTC ) is based on Jetstream Sam from the Metal Gear game series, and many other characters.

big iron references!!!!