Miles McCutcheon

> *"Guys, I've got a bit of a problem here..."* ~ Miles McCutcheon
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## Backstory

One of the Metal Maniacs' best mechanics, Miles is able to build something from almost nothing. Miles is friends with almost everyone, the most notable exception, Vincent "Vin" Aewar. While not one for leadership, affixing him to a task almost guarantees it will be done safely and quickly.

## History

### Clash On The Coast

At the clash on the coast, Miles was the one to bring up the light box to start the race and he tagged along with the other drivers when GIG asked them to come help Dr. Tezla.

### Storm Realm to Lava Realm

Miles went into the storm realm, and Straight Pipes was destroyed by a Drone Energy ball. He did not go into Swamp or Cavern, but returned in the Lava realm. Miles brought back the tire from the Drones car.

### Water Realm to Ice Realm

Miles started developing the Nitrox 3 1/2 after the Lava realm, and was called in to the Water realm. In the Water Realm, Miles was hit by the ram from the RD-05. In the Metro Realm, Miles was the first person to ever get sweeped by a Sweeper.

He spent Cliffside on the sidelines, building Screamin' Hauler. He was almost forced into the realm when the RD-S1 brought back from the Storm realm stole the bottom half of Tezla's biosuit, and took Screamin' Hauler onto the track heading towards the portal. Miles hopped into the bed of the truck and pulled the brakes before the portal, sending he drone flying out of the truck, onto the concrete below. He went into the Ice Realm, where he did nothing of note.

### Pipeline Realm to Ruins Realm

In the Pipeline realm, Miles used his new Motorcycle, Hammer Sled, even though he had a perfectly functioning car. In the Junk Realm, he and Vin, despite their differences, went into the realm with Old Smokey, and blew up a sweeper. Miles did not go in the Ruins Realm, and lent Screamin' Hauler to Thomas, and Hammer Sled to Adam.

### Reactor Realm to Cybergrid Realm

Miles went into the Reactor Realm, and took a path by himself. Screamin' Hauler was knocked off by a magnetic bounce, and exploded upon hitting the floor of the reactor. Miles sat out the Micro realm, building Low Carbs. Miles entered the next realm, the Canyon realm, where he and CJ Lloyd, spent most of the race at the front of the pack. In the Cybergrid realm, he struggled with the 90 degree turns, but managed to find a secret path with the Dragster Hyperpod, catching up with the rest of the pack.

### Solar Realm to Blizzard Realm

Miles took the Cavern realm Accelecharger into the Solar Realm, but did not have the chance to use it, as Low Carbs was struck by a solar flare towards the middle of the race. Miles had been building Tire Fryer in his spare time and as such, was able to go into the Wind Realm, where he was the first person to ever use the Carpoon Hyperpod, spearing a Drone with it. Miles was beaten by a Drone in the final stretch of the Realm, losing the realm for the humans. In the Chrome realm, with Chris Masakura riding as passenger, Miles used the Cavern accelecharger to be able to undistort the spheres. At the end of the Chrome realm, in the acceledrome Hammered Coupe started on fire due to Chris modifying the car without Miles's permission, pushing the V6 engine to it's breaking point. Miles did not drive in Blizzard.

### Desert Realm to Cosmic Realm

Miles went into the Desert Realm, where he went down into the Caverns under the Pyramid. Exiting the Pyramid with CJ Lloyd, Miles didn't take the jump at the right angle, clipped the edge, and went into a roll. In the roll, he smashed his face against the steering wheel, with blood getting into his eyes. Dazed, blinded, and upside-down, Miles was forced to feel his way to the EDR, but before he found it, Adam stopped and brought Miles back out of the realm, abandoning Tire Fryer. He sat out the Labyrinth realm. In the Cosmic Realm, he was intentionally sweeped for The Plan to save Vin.

### Drone HQ Raid and The Ultimate Race

Miles piloted the Sweeper into the Drone Headquarters, and took out many of the smaller drone vehicles. He was taken out of the H.Q. by Aries Iwase. The sweeper crashing into many oncoming Drones, a wall and exploding.

## Aftermath

Miles was contacted by Thomas to come back and race in the realms after the Haze Realm.

### Plasma Realm to Sound Realm

Miles was not in the Plasma or Haze realms. He first went into the Forest Realm, where he crashed his car, Brick Cutter, by sending it off a cliff. After the Forest Realm, he and Patrick Smith went to the Metal Maniacs H.Q., which is really just a warehouse where Miles stores his junk, to get an engine for Patrick's Turbine Time, and get Miles's backup Brick Cutter. Miles then went into the Sound realm where he spent most of his time in the middle of the pack, but advanced to third when Adam, Thomas, and Patrick saved Darrel Storm from the Silencerz. Miles and Mario Onwuatuegwu worked together by drafting through the tricky bit at the end of the realm.

### Summit Realm to Midnight Realm

Miles's experience in the Summit Realm was unique, to say the least. Being set back into last place by a Silencer, on the offroad portion of the track, Miles blew his horn, causing an avalanche, sweeping Brick Cutter and Metaloid off the side of a cliff. Brick Cutter fell down into a crevice, and Miles was knocked unconscious upon landing. The landing knocked out Brick Cutter's communications, and Miles was forced to find his own way out of the realm. His solution was to drive down into a system of small ice tunnels. Eventually driving through the small tunnels opened up into a large cavern. He eventually was lead out into another crevice, where a climber hyperpod was, and climbed out. He finished the Summit realm in last place.

The experience in Summit caused Miles to take some time off, resulting in him missing the Hive and River realms. Upon returning, Miles finished his work on a new car, Two 2 Go.

Miles struggled in the Midnight Realm due to Brick Cutter's broken headlights. The only thing Miles did right in the Midnight Realm was take in the Cavern Accelecharger. He also wrecked a Silencer disguised as Justin.

### Electronic Realm to Decrepit Realm

Miles did not appear in the Electronic Realm. After Tri's Blade Raider burned down, Miles offered to convert Tri's Silverado into a better car for the realms. The result is Solid Muscle. In the Gear Realm, Miles stayed on the upward spiral and eventually the track split up. Miles took a path sloping downwards, and had to jump past a clock. Brick Cutter clipped one of the hands, and was sent into the gears below. Miles EDR'd before the car was crushed, and eventually exploded.

In the Dike Realm, Miles spent 3/4s of the realm at the back. When he went to try and get ahead, Miles was EMP'd. Shortly after, Silavet laid some explosive spike strips down for a Silencerz Sweeper, but Two 2 Go hit the strips instead and was sent flying forward by the blast. Miles was knocked out on impact, and Taro brought him out of the realm. Miles left the realm with a concussion, a fractured wrist, 2 broken fingers, and a dislocated knee. Miles sat out the Glass Realm and Decrepit Realm due to his injuries.

### Paper Realm to Airdrome Realm

Prior to the Paper Realm, Miles traveled out again, to the MM headquarters, and spent much of the day digging out his salt flat car, Rocket Oil Special. Once he got it back to the 2.0drome, he worked on rebuilding it's engine from a P36 Hawk warplane. What Miles did not do before the realm started, was install a working radio system, so during the Paper Realm, he was blind to a lot of what was going on. Other than that, nothing of note happened to Miles during the realm.

In the Mountain Realm, Miles had several opportunities to take the win. Getting a lead after using his Dragon Torch on the mud pit, he went into first on the main path. Until a Silencer, Split Decision, EMP'd him. Stuck for a while, Miles was overtaken by Thomas, who had went his own way. Miles got Rocket Oil Special started, and raced off after the Silencer who EMP'd him. A Silencer Sweeper got Thomas, and Zyra Sebastians landed next to Miles. Using his Dragon Torch again, Miles burned away the rear wheels of the sweeper, and it EVR'd. Up ahead, Kadeem somehow managed to get ahead, and was knocked out of the race by Split Decision. Miles tried to catch the Silencer, but it was too late, and Miles once again, failed to claim a victory.

The Sky Realm found Miles EMP'd once again by Split Decision. He spent a lot of time near the back of the pack, until he was able to get around the sweeper, and draft with Brice Donovan. The rest of the race was smooth sailing. After the Sky Realm, Miles started work on turning his 1995 Toyota Tacoma into Steel Flame.

Miles did not enter the Airdrome Realm.

### Ash Realm to End

Miles did not go into the Ash Realm. In the Medieval Realm, Miles and Thomas took the path on the right at the first split. The track lead to a pool of lava, which they used their armored plows and tires to plow through. The track eventually sloped downwards before joining up with the left path. The track split again and Miles again, went right, where he and Danny found a Carpoon Hyperpod. He used the hyperpod to spear Split Decision and the paths once again joined together, this time in a downward spiral. When the drivers talked about how to get Justin out of the realm, Miles suggested winching Power Bomb onto the track and towing it out, but there wasn't enough time. When the realm had been won by the Silencerz, and while Silavet was distracting the dragon, Miles made a mad dash to the portal, exiting the realm.

Miles had left the 2.0drome after the Medieval Realm, leaving his MM jacket and shirt behind. He believed he had killed the driver of Split Decision. Miles did not like the man he was turning out to be. Cutting all of his ties with the Metal Maniacs, Miles moved back to Washington and opened a Mechanics shop. He made decent cash and carved a life out for himself. Until his life was tragically taken when a car slipped off the hydraulic lift. The news of Miles's death was never sent to the Metal Maniacs.

## Trivia

* A running gag with Miles in the first series is that whenever he offered help to one of his teammates, he was always turned down.
* Adam Carter gave Miles the nickname "Prower" as a reference to the Sonic The Hedgehog franchise, pointing out the similarity of Miles' name to the titular hedgehog's sidekick, Miles "Tails" Prower. Adam has still not explained this reference to Miles, despite being asked multiple times.
* It is unknown how Miles was not crushed by the pressure in the Medieval Realm.
* Miles's death is foreshadowed by the Medieval Realm, as the realm had a crushing amount of pressure and Miles was crushed to death later on in life.
* Miles was the only person to use the Cavern Accelecharger in the aftermath (As far as I know).