Puck let out a low growl and slammed the palm of his hand against the steering wheel of his Toyota Supra before pressing on the gas land leaving before he would have to face Reighn. If she really wanted her cash, she'd have to come after him. He couldn't believe that she wouldn't forgive them. Hell, she'd forgiven the team for worse things than stealing her car and kicking her off the team - Okay, maybe not. Now that he thought about it, that really was the worst any if them had done to anyone in their lives, and they couldn't have expected her to just sit on her hands and let it happen. No, she'd come after them, gotten her car back, and butchered the ignition wires to all of their cars so that they couldn't follow her. The girls wanted Reighn back, and Relec had chickened out when he'd seen the look on her face. Puck really couldn't blame them, but it was his team now. If she came back, she'd obey his orders.

He turned a corner and pulled up in front of the motel the team was staying at until after Race Wars. They'd decided that if Puck's plan for tonight didn't work, they'd get her back then. But Puck wasn't so sure. All four of those men were extremely protective of her - as if she was a little sister, and they'd scared him so bad by the looks on their faces - especially the two big ones - that he'd aalmost wet himself. Of course, he wouldn't admit to that. Ever.

He heard his name being shouted and looked up at the stairs to their three rooms. Kittie dashed down the steps in full garb - balloon pants, a black ripped baby tee with a bright pink devil-kitty on the front, her short, spiky black hair adorning her head and her pink kitty ears providing a splash of colour. The rocker was decked out in chains, peircings and spikes of all sorts, even a dog tag with her name on it - and she wore pink contacts designed like a cat's eyes. Puck pushed his door open and caught her as she threw herself at him, screaming something about Devra and Allana.

Two more shouts echoed along the dimly lit street as two more women pounded down the steps after Kittie. The first was Devra, a petite girl with waist length auburn hair and bright green eyes. She was wearing a pair of ripped shorts and a button-up, tied at the waist, her feet were bare. Puck had never understood why she insisted on not wearing shoes. Allana followed right behind Devra, in black jeans with red stitching, a black net long-sleeved shirt over a bright red bra. Her long blonde hair held bright red streaks and was done in tiny little braids. They were both shouting something - nothing he could understand.

The next to appear was Relec, in his deep emerald green Mazda RX-7. He stepped out of the car, wearing black jeans with green stitching, and a metallic green muscle shirt, his short black hair was spiked every which way, and the tips were green. Her wore a metallic green labret in his lip, and all of his finger nails were painted black. Relec stepped out of the car and cocked his head to one side, raising an eyebrow and prying his little sister off of Puck so that the other man could breath. Devra and Allana stopped talking to breath, so Relec asked the dreaded question, "How'd it go?"

"I lost." Puck replied, "I now owe Ray five grand, and we've been banned from the LA racing scene."

"That sucks." Allana said, her usually soft spoken voice harsh from yelling, "And I so wanted to win me some Christmas money."

Kittie grinned, "Do ya know where Ray's staying, where she's working?!"

"Whoa, slow down there Kittie-Kat." Puck said, "Yeah, I got an addy. But I'm not promising nothing to you."

Devra stuck her nose in the air, "Who cares where she is any ways?"

Relec glared at Devra, who immediately stepped behind Puck, who, in turn, glared right back at the taller man. Relec's green eyes narrowed and her turned to Kittie and Allana, "You guys mind if I crash with you tonight?"

"Nope!" Kittie jumped on her brother's back and the trio trouped up the stairs, Puck and Devra following not far behind.

~ * ~

"So, you gonna tell us why you're crashing with us when you have your own room?" Kittie questioned as she flopped down on her bed, pink eyes questioning.

"Yeah." Relec sat down next to her and patted the seat next to him for Allana, "After Christmas I want you to go find Reighn, and if she'll take you, I want you to stay with her."

"Why?"

"Because this is all too much. I don't know what's going through Puck and Devra's heads right now, but I'm sick of this." Relec replied.

"Sick of what? What are you talking about Relly?"

He rolled his eyes, only she could get away with calling him that. "The only reason why I did what I did was because Puck threatened me
- "

"Threatened you?" Allana asked, speaking up for the first time.

"With your guys' lives. You're my baby sisters, I can't let nothing happen to you." Relec replied, hugging her, "So I want you to go, make it look like you did it on your own."

"Come with us Relly."

"I can't baby," Relec said, "Puck watches me. If I were to leave, he'd know something was going on. Leave a note saying that you're going back to Tucson or something like that to keep the garage going and watch over things."

"Be careful for us okay Rel?"

"I will. I promise."

~ * ~

"You got everything Kittie-Kat?"

"Yup. Let's go?"

Allana led the way down the creaky motel steps to their cars - red and pink respectively. She threw her things in the passenger seat of her red and gold Nissan Silvia and started it, watching the door to Puck and Devra's room carefully as Kittie jumped into her bright pink Volkswagen Beetle - A new model - with a kitty nose painted oon the front and a tail on the back . Kittie started her car, and Allana led the way out of the parking lot, heading down the street cautiously.

The house was dark, the only light coming from the soft flickering of a TV. Allana and Kittie made their way up the steps and Allana knocked on the door, biting her bottom lip nervously. It swung open to reveal a tall, well built man with a scruffy appearance. He cocked an eyebrow, "Can I help you?"

"Uhm... We're uh, looking for Reighn Landcaster?"

Allana swallowed nervously as the guys eyes flickered, "She's not here, went out of town, who're you?"

"Oh! I'm Allana, this is my baby sister Kittie. I - We were hoping she'd be able to help us... Do you know where she went?"

"Not a clue - Yo Dom! Where'd Ray and Leon go!?!"

"San Fran!" came the booming reply. The guy shrugged, "Can I take a message?"

Kittie's eyes widened and she looked about ready to cry, "Ray-ray ain't here? B-but Relly said... He said she'd take care of us!"

Allana stared at her sister before speaking quickly, "We needed a place to stay, Reighn's the only one in town that we know other than the team, but we can't - No. We won't go back there."

Then, the wailing started. The guy winced as a tall, muscular Latin man approached, plugging his ears. He spoke with the other for a moment and walked off. The first guy turned to them, "I'm Vince. You're welcome here till Ray gets back, then we'll figure out what to do."

Kittie stopped wailing.

Allana smiled, "Thank you."

"Oooh!!!! Popcorn!!" Kittie rushed into the house and dove across a Mexican woman and straight into the lap of a messy haired young man, who looked startled as she stared eating all of his popcorn while using him as a chair. Allana's eyes widened and she followed quickly, "Kittie! Stop it!"

Kittie looked up at her with wide eyes. Allana sighed, "Where's you're Ritalin?"

Kittie grinned wickedly, "I dunno."

"Kitran Susanna O'Reily! You tell me what you did right now!"

Kittie whimpered, "Toilet. Flush."

Allana threw her hands into the air, "Great... Perfect... Kittie, that guy is not a chair."

Kittie moved slightly, and promptly fell to the floor, the bowl of popcorn landing on her head. She let out a freaky little wail, "Allanaisa Morgan O'Reily! You get this thing offa me or Imma tell Relly on you!"

Her tone was now that of a three-year-old throwing a temper tantrum, Allana's hands found her hips. "No. I think you're ADHD riddled brain can function, do it yourself, I'm going to try and convince these nice people that we're at least somewhat sane!"

The sight was rather comical, and that was when Letty and Mia began laughing. The others joined in and Mia stood, helping Kittie to her feet and  dragging her off to the bathroom to clean her up a bit. Allana took her seat with a sigh and buried her head in her hands, "I am soooo sorry!"

"Don't worry about it chica," Letty said, "I'm Letty. Your sisters new chair is Jesse, and that's Dom, you've already met Vince."

"Allana, my baby sister Kittie."

"How do you know Ray?"

Allana looked up at Jesse, "Well, the three of us grew up with Reighn, and she and Relec - our brother - taught us all about cars. We are two of the four original members of Team Avalon - Or, whatever's left of it. Puck and Devra really made a mess of things by jacking Ray's car like that."

"What happened?"

"Devra's a hot-head. She sucks like that. Anyways, she an Puck wanted to lead Team Avalon, but we wouldn't hear of it. It was Ray's garage, it was Ray's team, big sister to both me and Kittie. So they blackmailed my brother into helping and jacked her car, heading for the border. Was a royal pain in the arse if you'll excuse the expression. Relec finally told up what was really going on two days before Christmas, and begged us to come here to Reighn, since he knows that if he can't take care of us, she will." Allana sighed, rubbing her temples, "Of course, Kittie's been picking fights with Devra every chance she gets, and since she's got ADHD,  we're supposed to keep her on Ritalin. But of course, that isn't happening. She always flushes them or crushes them, putting them in someone's soda. Good for Ray that she doesn't drink soda. A royal pain in arse."