Vrrrmm!
The sound of engines tearing through the air erupted like thunder as car after car emerged through the shimmering portal, twenty racers bursting into existence all at once.
"Second scenario initiated: mountain-top. Calculating optimal route to next portal," Anthony's car AI intoned in its calm, metallic voice.
The moment his tires made contact with the rocky ground, Anthony's eyes darted forward. He immediately saw it, the jagged spine of a mountain rising into the sky, its narrow roadways spiraling upward toward the clouds. Without a moment's hesitation, he pressed the accelerator, his car leaping ahead like a beast unleashed, dirt and gravel spraying violently behind him as his tires skidded against the treacherous terrain.
Ahead of him, Alicia was already cutting a path upward. Anthony locked onto her as his first target.
