Chapter 25: Savvy Explains

                                    

                                          
"Yeah! We wanna know what's gotten into you girls!" said Storm.
                          
"Sure, competition is great way to play a game, but I wanna know what's going on in your minds, too," stated Jet.
                          
As Savvy heard the Babylon Rogues' words especially Jet's, guilt immediately struck through her. Tears started to fill her eyes. Every time tears started to fill her eyes, she managed to hold them in. Even though she's struggling. This time, she was more struggled with tears filling her eyes especially the fact that Jet's words had shot an arrow of guilt through her heart. With that being felt, she turned her head away from the others as she closed her eyes and tried to hide her tears. But as she did, tears were already streaming down her cheeks. Her left hand was now clenching her right upper arm tightly as she continued bursting into tears silently.
                          
All eyes were full of concern. Especially Reuben's, Bianca's and unexpectedly the most concerning of all... Jet's.
                          
After a few moments of calm and silent crying, she heard Wave asking her a question with her voice full of concern.
                          
"What's wrong?"
                          
"Are you alright?" Storm asked with concern.
                          
Jet also had a concern look on his face. But his concern felt more than he could ever imagined. He'd never felt that much concern before as he saw Savvy silently bursting into tears without any contact with anybody. Something told him there was something about her that made him felt so... familiar somehow.
                          
Savvy couldn't take it anymore and she knew she couldn't escape this one, so she reached her hand behind her and asked, "Someone please get me tissue?"
                          
Reuben immediately pulled out two pieces of tissue from his front left pocket. Then, he handed them to Bianca.
                          
Bianca walked in Savvy's direction and stood beside her on her right.
                          
"Here," she said handing her the tissue.
                          
"Thanks," Savvy replied barely audible.
                          
She snatched the tissue from Bianca surprising her. Then, she began wiping her tears. While she's doing that, she kneeled down into her kneeling position. Her knees, legs and feet made contact to the ground. Now, the tissue in her hands moved to her eyes as she sniffed in tears.
                          
After a while of sniffing, her head finally turned to the others and began to her explain the whole story. But first...
                          
"I'm sorry, Wave. I... I should've listened to you from the start," she apologized.
                          
"What do you mean 'you're sorry?'" asked Wave. "You have nothing to do with us. You don't even have anything to do with me."
                          
"Actually, I do," said Savvy.
                          
Wave blinked her eyes in surprise. A hare like Savvy would never do anything to ruin her life. Even when she's in the middle of her experiments and the process of testing.
                          
"The truth is... before I joined G.U.N., my name was not Savvy. It's Sweetie," Savvy admitted.
                          
"What?!" they all reacted in shock.
                          
"Wait, you mean you're that same Sweetie who desires to learn how to do Extreme Gear skills, but is too afraid to do so?" Jet asked her.
                          
Savvy's head slightly turned to him and nodded. "Exactly, but I'm not quite too scared to learn. Back when I was Sweetie, I was afraid of heights."
                          
"Why would you be afraid of heights?" asked Storm.
                          
"I don't know. I just felt... too cute to die. Even though I wanna learn it, I have to overcome it."
                          
Everyone's eyes and hearts were even more concerned than they realized. At the same time, they continued listening to Savvy's every word.
                          
"Ever since I watched you guys race against Team Heroes, I couldn't help but feel... impressed with all the racers'... Extreme Gear skills. I didn't know why, but... I especially felt impressed with Jet's Extreme Gear skills. It made me feel like I'm so confident I can do anything. Since then, I sought to learn how to ride an Extreme Gear, but because of my sweet, shy and cute attitude, I was too nervous to do so. And so, I had to find my ways to conquer my fear of heights such as going ontop of high places, watching bungee-jumping videos, watching daring and adventure movies, etc. But none of them worked. One day, my parents wanted me to come with them to the blimp-like airship to have a serious meeting with the Babylon Rogues. And while my parents were talking to Jet, I asked Wave if there's any experiment that would make me so confident I could do anything, but..."
                          
"I didn't have any machine that could make you confident," said Wave.
                          
"Yes. In the end, you ended up making that machine yourself. It made me what I thought I could be. It also made me feel great. But then, I ended up going too far causing all of you to be annoyed."
                          
All members of the Babylon Rogues nodded in definite agreement. "Mhm."
                          
"You guys pushed me away telling me to leave you alone. Since then, I continued being one of the bad girl types in this world. I even had the confidence to learn how to be a true skateboarder. I joined G.U.N., attempted to pursue Shadow and I quit G.U.N. once I realized why Runa's important to Shadow. And since I left and hangout with Reuben and Bianca... I couldn't help but feel guilty of what I've done."
                          
She sighed. "I wish none of this would've happened." She then, turned to the Babylon Rogues, her face still stained from her tears. "I'm sorry for everything I've caused."
                          
"That's okay, Sweetie. I forgive ya," said Jet.
                          
"We all forgive you," added Wave.
                          
"Just don't be overconfident again," Storm told her.
                          
Savvy let out a light chuckle. "Deal. And just call me Savvy. Sweetie can be a nickname for me if you want."
                          
"Okay, Savvy," said Jet with a smirk.
                          
And so, Savvy reconciled with the Babylon Rogues and continued to hangout with them and their friends, though the Babylon Rogues said they could visit Savvy and the trio anytime they want. This moment in the aftermath made her so happy she could live a new and peaceful life. Now, she knew. Jet had always told her he could teach her his ways of Extreme Gear anytime with no force and pressure. And she agreed.