I lost track of how many attacks I had blocked—or how long it had been since this madness began.
"Navigation System's back online!"
By the time Eva's voice reached my ears, I was already turning my gaze to the race standings.
Our timer had soared to 296 minutes due to the stack of penalties we'd suffered. That left us with only 4 minutes to finish the race—if we still wanted to secure our bet. But—
"Due to the damage the fuselage took, some of the axial thrusters are dead. Our top speed's down to half!" Eva reported with urgency.
We were halfway through the zigzag sector of the course. Normally, it'd take us 1 to 2 minutes to wrap it up from here. But now, with our top speed reduced, we were looking at a 2 to 3-minute finish instead.
"We're cutting it way too close!" I gasped.
