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It was the last key, and it was so high up. Really, there had to be a dozen other competitors zipping towards it, and to top it all off, Toby had left them again. Dagnabbit! She and Ran would need all the help they could get. "Ran, we're going up, this is our last chance!" Riley doubted they'd be able to steal the key if a more experienced competitor got to it first. 

"I think we'll have to... oh... you got it." Ran watched as his partner zipped off. The man kicked the back of his heels and headed for the nearest platform. The cloud poofed right underneath him, and Niran plunged through several clouds. Just as he thought he was about to hit the ground, he landed on a particularly bouncy cloud and was catapulted out of the dome.

Her eyebrows furrowed in concentration and soon she was propelled up, the girl wobbled for a moment or two then steadied herself. The key wasn't so far away, but a few others were getting quite close. "It's just skating," she said to no one in particular. "Just skating, but a 100 feet above ground...yeah." Her jet shoes propelled her towards the key at what felt like mach speed, and she yelled the whole way, distracting the riders who were battling for the silver key. Bam! She crashed into a young man in a suit, throwing him off his board and onto the safety net. And then she kept flying and crashed into the key, arms flailing and hair obscuring her vision. 

"What the cellery? The Key!" The nobody scowled then turned to his fellow competitors. "Right from under our noses too!"

"What key?" Riley looked down to see the key clinging to her coat and she grabbed it between both hands and stared. Well, wasn't this a lovely surprise. The girl grinned and rather impulsively, she raised the coveted key above her head. "Ran—whoa, Ran! I got the key!"

Every competitor within shouting distance turned to look at her and their eyes landed on the key. Soon, they were zipping towards her. Riley looked confused for a few moments, but then she realized what was happening—she crashed into one of the platforms.

"Riley! Watch out!"

Ran felt the air leave his lungs for a second time this race. He immediately wrapped his arms round Riley as both of them plunged downwards.[i] Uh-oh! This felt awfully familiar![/i] He braced himself as the both of them hit the last cloud. They sank into and stayed there. He held his breath as he watched the other competitors hover overhead in a vulture like fashion. He felt the cloud compress and little more before it sprung back. The force of the launch sent them flying straight at several off those vultures. several of them were knocked off their boards and into the springy clouds.

"Sorry!" Ran yelled as they flew pass.

The two of them were hurled out of the dome, and passed a camera crew riding on a blimp. Ran smmiled nervously as he waved to the startled crew. That was when he felt himself begining to descend. 

"Note to self, not all clouds are soft and, ugh...don't eat anything before a hoverboard race." Riley let out a groan, still partially dazed from tumbling through the air and falling into clouds. She had a hand a clamped around Ran's own, and if not for him, she would have crashed into another rider. "I feel sick." the girl was a little green in the face but as soon as the gang of riders began to surround them, she snapped out and if and frowned. "Hey Ran, we should probably..."

Several Nobodies in hoverboards began speeding towards them.

"RUN! I mean, FLY AND FLY FAST!" Once again the boots did as told and with Ran in tow she was sent tumbling through the air and towards the maze. Was that Toby? "Toby! We have a keyAGHG!" One of the nobodies nearly hit her in the face with a dodge ball and it barely missed her head. "To the maze!" Some of the nobodies had even turned on Namine and Toby. It was the last key and they were getting desperate.

A fog horn sounded! It blared repeatedly several times. All the item roulettes changed into balloons that flew off into the sky. All over the city center competitors groaned as their weapons changed to confetti. The only thing that remained were the shackles round Nympha and Ellie's hands. "I swear the game makers have it in for us!" Nympha yelled angrily as she stuck out her tongue at a nearby camera.

Ellie chuckled wryly. "They do things to please the sponsors. Heck I heard those rich [censored] get to choose the items we get from each roulette."

[quote=Goomba]"There goes the signal! The gates to this year's Thunder Dome are now open. Competitors have to team out or get out."[/quote]

Across the screen several competitors were shown blown away from the gates when they tried to enter without a key. Many were now crowding round tue enterance begging those with keys to let them in.

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"Hmm, it looks like the gates have opened." He gave Ace a polite nod, "once again, thank you for the save. It's quite odd, I thought more people would be after us..." Several Nobodies on hoverboards zipped past them, ignoring them completely.

The gentleman arched an eyebrow then noticed a handful of familiar faces. "My, my, it looks like your friends kept them occupied. You humans can be quite troublesome, can't you? I think I'd like to see earth for myself, you're all a rather interesting bunch." Lavi grinned as they slowly made their way towards the gates. Ace's friends were making quite a ruckus and the girl with orange-ish hair was dragging a poor blond boy by the sleeve of his shirt.

"Ran, Toby, we're almost there—hell yeah!" A red light scanned the key in their hands and instead of crashing into the barrier they slipped past it, as if it were air. The trio crashed into the thunder dome, but their pursuers could not get inside.

Lavi laughed at the heap of Nobodies and one even had his face smooshed against the barrier. "Let's fly in while they're distracted. I think Ri's already inside, we best catch up to them." And with that he leaned forward and sailed past the barrier with ease.

As soon as all seven keys had passed, the gates to the thunder dome snapped shut.

[quote=Announcer Goomba] Folks, it looks like we're reaching the end! We're are now inside the thunder dome! Mazes, obstacles, and traps, which of our competitors will make it to the end without wiping out! Let me hear a cheer!"[/quote] 

The crowd went absolutely wild.

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Somewhere in the crowd Japhet groaned. If this kept up, he was going to go deaf. Still, he was pretty amazed with the humans. To be honest, he was expecting them to fall flat on their faces as soon as the race began, this was an absolute miracle.

He felt communication device by his hip vibrate and he pulled it out to look at the screen.

[quote=One message from Sgt. Keyes]Suspicious figures have once again been spotted outside the city walls. All personnel keep your eyes peeled.[/quote] 

Japhet frowned and wondered if was them. They'd need to get back to base soon, he didn't want the humans to fall into any danger...