User blog:TransportFan2014/Multi-Universe Stories: The Final Maze

Working on the AM Vantage 2018, along with finalizing our plan to escape from AsphaltLand, as well as informing the Halo Squad of our intentions to hijack some plasma charges from Vivendi for use in any Covenant weaponary within our possession for future use; also requesting some UNSC bullets for certain UNSC weapons that were requested prior, along with a prequel to what Black Knight is doing before he ceases all communications, along with snagging the AM Vantage 2018 during a certain part of Azelf's and R8 Tyke's next episodes

The Asphalt Lab; June 25, 2018; 1400 hours; Cloudy

Me: Alright. If the Ford is indeed coming then it would be my getaway ticket. The moment I am waiting for. By the way, any idea if the goons know what happened to Anais?

Black Knight: So far no red flags have been raised at the Vivendi headquarters. After the R&D of the Ford, what is your plan?

Me: Same plan as I intended- isolate my garage and leave. Though, there would be an extra twist if some cars' events are released after the Ford R&D. I have full intention to drain my resources to zero before leaving, so that I have absolutely no reasons to come back. After all, I cannot swap my credits and tokens into currencies for non-Asphalt usage.

Black Knight: That is why I detect you back in the labs.

Me: I have just went through the third lab. Not much of a fuss.

Black Knight: By the way, what is that twist you are talking about?

Me: I will request the Halo Squad to retrieve any cars of this update that I have not obtained yet, if the Ford R&D comes before them. That way, I can make sure Vivendi will not make any profit though the cars that were to be sent to my garage. This will allow me to get the cars WITHOUT delaying my departure.

Black Knight: I just hope I make it before mid-August, since the riots have now affected the eastern-most portion of AsphaltLand, and they have affected two of the race tracks.

Me: I bet the new Showdown mode caused this-

Black Knight: You are wrong about that part. The Showdown mode did generate some controversy, but it can easily be ruled out.

Me: I gotta get back to my squad and send them the news. I will just see if the getaway plane had packed up the music files.

Black Knight: Seriously, I would not recommend listening to music in the cockpit, unless you have that particular headset that allows ATC transmissions to override the music.

Me: I have been using that kind of gadget all this while, so not a problem for me.

Black Knight: Well, I cannot stop you. Just be prepared to have your pilot's license revoked by the FAA if you end up causing a major incident.

Me: I will bear that in mind. Now let me speak to my jet, and my squad- never mind. The conversations can wait.

Black Knight: Actually I am done. I will continue monitoring the situation in AsphaltLand.

Me: I gotcha. Sending transmissions to N801NW Just wanna confirm if all 125 songs I have selected are able to be played within the 6 hour journey, excluding the takeoff and landing phase.

N801NW: I have bad news regarding this one. Only a maximum of 102 songs can be played during the entire journey, and even then, your music would be bound to be interrupted by incoming transmissions.

Me: I expect 100 to be just enough. resending the list

N801NW: calculating total duration I expect this list to be able to be played fully. And yes, I heard that the Ford GT is coming, which means I will have to come in soon. Though, there is a potential obstacle.

Me: What?

N801NW: N389AA and 9M-MRQ have picked up some indications that Vincent knew Anais was killed by Azelfland, but since her corpse was found in Lexington Park, Vincent thinks YOU are the one that killed her.

Me: Crap. I knew Azelfland made a fatal error when he killed Anais. Anyway thanks for the input. I better let my 4-man squad know about this. And pretend like we don't know each other, until I see the window of opportunity to leave.

N801NW: I got what you mean. And do you plan to start another career when you get home?

Me: Nope, not at all. I just have too many other priorities to handle, to the point racing no longer has a place in my timetable. I don't plan to start another career, unless motorsport no longer focuses on those pink slips and size comparisions. But even then, I have a lot of things that will bar my career, so I better not attempt one.

N801NW: I copied that. Stay safe. I'm out.

Me: I'm out as well. keeping my phone I knew Azelfland's dark form would invite trouble the minute he deactivated Anais. facepalms I better get working on the Vantage and hope no surprises turn up.

Transylvania Castle, 1900 hours, drizzling

Me: Guys, I think we have some good news, and some bad news.

Douglas: The good news being the Ford GT coming here?

Me: As far as I know, yes. Time to kick some Vivendi goons as soon as the car is done.

Margaret: Bad news? We have to wait for another two months?

Me: I have no idea when will the Ford be coming, but I hope it comes soon. For whatever reason, Vincent knows that Anais is killed. But since Azelf killed Anais at my garage in Lexington Park, Vincent is now putting us under his crosshairs.

Kimberley: Ouch.... I have expected this to happen. But where did you get that info from?

Me: The A330 that we would be using got this information from a Boeing 767 and a Boeing 777, which happened to pick up some transmissions from another VVS operations centers.

Margaret: That means we would get all the heat closing in.

Me: Which means we better make sure we have a large supply of ammunation for whatever guns we are using. This means we need about 400 9mm bullets for the Uzi and MP5K SMGs- in case we need to use a bike to escape. Along with tons of UNSC bullets and Covenant plasma charges. Of course, some 12 Gaauge pellets for Margaret's double barrel, .300 Magnum rounds for Kim's Arctic Warfare Magnum, and a whole heap of 5.56mm and 7.62mm rounds.

Douglas: I get what you mean. Except for my girl, the rest of us will be hogging 7.62mm rounds for literally ALL weapons we have, aka the Groza, AKM, DP, M762 and so on.

Me: She will be using 5.56 for her H&K M416 though. And I think I have just the plan to get the Plasma charges.

Kimberley: You know what I am thinking? Team up with the Halo Squad and steal some plasma charges from Vivendi for our use?

Me: I am uncertain if the UNSC Infinity has tons of those charges, but yup, I intend to take those charges from Vivendi instead. I will figure out regarding the 7.62mm and UNSC bullets as soon as we get to steal charges from Vivendi.

Margaret: I thought we have just enough of these when the Halo Squad delivered those weapons to us...

Me: Not when Vincent knows Anais is dead and put us on his marksman list. Besides, I have been using too much 7.62mm bullets in my Beryl M762, further exacerbated by Kim's Groza, along with Douglas' AK and DP, especially the DP. I doubt that our current amount will last long, so we need to resupply.

Douglas: Smashing idea!! But this time, let us follow you. I mean, we are a 4-man squad now until all this is over.

Me: I intended to let you stay in the castle for your safety, but I agree, we have to watch our backs until we reach the aircraft. Also since Vincent knew Anais was killed, expect a lot of enforcers cutting our escape.

Kimberley: Looks like we are all in agreement that we will fight together. Looks outside You gotta be kidding me.... I have no idea why the skies suddenly turned blood red. Even with the riots, the weather was unaffected, but suddenly, the skies are red. As if we are in the either the movie 2012, or Godzilla.

Me: You gotta be kidding me.... looking out as well I wonder what is going on. I doubt that Knight himself knows why the skies suddenly turned red. Heck, even with nearly ALL of AsphaltLand's buildings and streets up in flames, I don't see why the skies have turned red.

Douglas: We better get going and see if the Halo Squad can help us get those ammunation.

Kimberley: Well, they have acted earlier before us. I expect that they will assist us to reach that plane, though. Here is the message one of the Halo Squad Infantries sent...

Fred (message): "Fred here to TransportFan2014. We are sending the five new cars and a Ford Capri FE your way. I warn you: they are equipped with failsafes that automatically trigger if the cars fall into the hands of the VVS. These failsafes cause the cars to detonate in a series of jarring hardlight explosions that incinerate everything within a 10 meter radius, just like what you see with the Incineration Cannon's charged projectiles when a target is killed by an attacker with that weapon. About the Ford Capri FE, we rescued one from the Horizon UK Auction House's gang of snipers that steal rare cars immediately on sight. We are also sending more ammunition your way in the form of various weapons. The UNSC weapons are as follows: MLRS-1 HGL Hydra Launchers, M41 SSR MAV/AW SPNKr Rocket Launchers, M363 RPD Sticky Detonators, and W/AV M6/E G/GNR Spartan Lasers. We have also sent more T-58 LAAW Fuel Rod Cannons, T-50 DEW/H Concussion Rifles, and the Talon of the Lost, a special T-56D GML Needler that can directly damage vehicles. Oh, and last but not least, Forerunner weapons. We sent Z-400 PDGG Splinter Grenades, Z-110 DEP/E Boltshots, Z-130 DEAW Suppressors, Z-250 DEEW LightRifles, Z-180 CCR/AEM Scattershots, Z-750 SASR Binary Rifles, and more W/AM Z-390 HEMR Incineration Cannons. Spartan-IVs with Pelicans are coming your way with the vehicles and munitions we sent. Fred out."

Me: That was quick! Looks like we got more 7.62mm ammo, but it seems we would be using the UNSC weaponary first.

Douglas: So that means we got to replan what weaponary are we gonna use. But one sure thing is we will be able to make our way out.

Kimberley: Knowing TF2014, he would use the M762 as his primary weapon despite the abundance of all this stuff. As for me, I would use the Forerunner weaponary at close range, while sticking to my AWM at the longer ranges. But yeah, these new weapons would surely make us proud.

Me: I suppose so. Either way it would be more likely that we would use the weapons sent by those UNSC dropships FIRST, especially because we are going to have tons of goons closing on us following Anais' death, and when we do get to leave, we would have to survive a five-hour firefight until my airplane has done with the refuelling and all that stuff. I will let Knight know about the news.

June 29, 2018; 1600 hours; cloudy with hell-like weather

D20 Heron #025 pilot: Damn, the weather was just nice.... then when we entered AsphaltLand's airspace, the whole weather looks like a typical weather in hell. I mean, look at the sky. It is blood red in color, and nearly all buildings I see are up in flames.

D20 Heron #775 pilot: AsphaltLand is in utter chaos and riots. But really? All it took was just a couple of rioters to cause every single skyscraper in AsphaltLand to burn?

D82 EST Darter #048 pilot: I bet that the entire city is in chaos, be it indoors or outdoors.

D79-TC Pelican #820 pilot: But the sure thing is that they are hiding in that castle on the south coast. Safe, in the dungeons. And even better yet, no VVS detection at the moment.

D82 EST Darter #173 pilot: I never want to doubt Master Chief's decisions, but is rigging Black Knight's car a correct decision?

D79-TC Pelican #443 pilot: I bet it is. After all, Knight himself removed all the core accessories. He also mentioned that as long as Part #55 is not attached to the car, he does not mind having it detonated. He just happens to have a backup.

D82 EST Darter #173 pilot: Ah yes. When we get back to base, we will see if we can figure out what is that stuff written in reverse of Part #55.

D20 Heron #939 pilot: Castle in sight. Get ready to offload your cargo.

D79-TC Pelican #924 pilot: Yeah, a huge supply of weaponary to counter the VVS.... along with whatever stuff Knight has sent.

Kimberley: seeing the dropships Looks like our weaponary has arrived. We better decide fast as to who uses what, since we never know when will Vincent discover our hideout.

Douglas: Let's see.... apart from the ARC-920 Railgun, Heavy Plasma Repeater, AKM, DP-28, Z-390 Heartseekers, Z-250 Lightrifles, Beretta 686 SP Double Barrel, Heckler & Koch M416, OTs-14 Groza, AWM, Mk14 EBR, Beryl M762, FN SCAR-L, MP5K, Uzi, M16A4 and QBU-88, we will have to divide this chunk of weapons among ourselves-

Me: No need. We now have 8 Heartseekers, 8 Lightrifles and Railguns. The Halo Squad delivered 4 of each of those weapons, knowing we are a 4-man squad. Apart from our default weapons, I say we use one of each as our primary weapon, with our default weapons being used as backup, if the Halo Squad-supplied weapons run out of ammunation- which I expect it to be an impossibility.

Douglas: Time to watch these w***ers blow up in every corner and edge of the earth!!

Margaret: I know you are too trigger happy, but chill out. Also, based on the last few words in your sentence, I hope you do not fall for that long-debunked argument about the Earth being flat... facepalms

Douglas: C'mon, babe. That was just figurative saying. Of course I am not a flat-Earther.

Kimberley: while I am checking Knight's message wall for transmissions All jokes aside, we better prepare to face the incoming Vivendi barrage.

Margaret: That will be our ultimate priority, but I doubt that Vincent will know which sewer we are hiding in.

Me: By the way, I am unable to contact Black Knight. He is not responding.

Kimberley: Also, one of the UNSC dropships sending the weaponary for us had sent a package, apparently for Knight's car. That Ford.

Douglas: Problem is they installed a fail-safe measure to that car, so what if you fail the R&D?

Me: Well.... I doubt I will fail. As long as Part #55 still exists. It seems that Part #55 would allow the Ford to perform all it can to protect us. Maybe that Part #55 is the brain of Knight's car, similar to the memory unit installed on all cars I have in my AsphaltLand garages. Part #55 would also disable the self-destruct system, it seems.

Kimberley: Let me take a look at Part #55. Sees the part after I hand it to her Looks like a mini CPU to me... spots a code reading "#55: SEIRTSUDNI THGINK FO YTREPORP" For whatever reason this stuff is written backwards. I wonder what is so confidential about this thing....

Me: I bet that this chip is Black Knight himself. It seems like the Knight is no human being, but would be one of the cars I would use during the second last phase of my escape.

Kimberley: Maybe, but I am having a strange feeling when I see this backwards sentence. I don't know why, but the backwards code seemed to generate a few red flags inside myself.

Me: I wonder why, but relax. Whatever it is, it seems like we are having our getaway ticket very soon.

Margaret: I can bet that is just another set of gibberish that is used to hide a confidential code.

Me: It does not matter. What matters is that we are finally getting out of this hellhole. I cannot wait to return to Pelham Bay.

At some unknown time prior to the AM Vantage R&D before the UNSC sent the Ford GT to AsphaltLand

Black Knight: Okay, it is confirmed. Ford is included in the roster. I think I know just the plan. Sending two transmissions

Transmission to the Halo Squad: This is the Black Knight, aka TF2014's secret messager. It seems the Ford GT is included in the AsphaltLand roster. I have just the right plan to help TF2014 and Kim leave. I will send my car there, along with its core accessories. Send the car to the R&D labs, and send the core accessories to TF2014. These accessories would help him complete the R&D with not much of a hassle, I expect.

Transmission to me: It seems like you have some good news, Ford GT is included, so I expect that you would be impatient to do what you wanna do. As of now, I have sent in my car to the Halo Squad to be delivered to the Asphalt labs. I will send in the core accessories and a manual. When in the R&D, just reattach the accessories according to the manual I sent you. And of course, beware of traps. Good luck, you are almost reaching the end of the tunnel.

July 1, 2018; 1105 hours; R&D Labs; Hazy

Me: So far so good. Let me know if you see any hostiles.

Douglas: We are on full alert.

Me: I am currently close to the last AI. Car one out of six before I shut down.

Douglas: Say, if the Ford comes before the other cars, what do you plan to do?

Me: I intend to steal these other cars as well, maybe with help from the Halo Squad to make things easier.

Kimberley: I wonder what is with all these EMP and Plasma weaponary within the Halo Squad's possession?

Me: Let's say the Plasma ones are taken from a Covenant faction, while the EMP ones are taken from the Forerunner faction. I do not have much time before the R&D ends, so lemme finish this stuff first. I will need to do a lil' bit more research about these two factions, so that we know what to do when any of these factions are hostile.

Just after finishing Test 50 in the fourth attempt

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