Augustus drove the DBR9 to its very limit, they had been doing about 120mph in fifth gear when Augustus shifted it into sixth and Gray literally felt as though he was going to throw up.

"uh, sixth gear? Is that legal?"

Augustus' full concentration was on the road.

"I shouldn't worry about that..."

as the speedo rose to somewhere in the region of 200 mph

"...I haven't even passed my test yet, they failed me last time just because I took the time to run over a couple of annoying French mimes."

Kali chuckled and turned round to talk to Gray.

"Charon taught him that." Her face went serious now though. "Its started."

Her phone bleeped at her and she answered without looking to see who was calling.

"Kizmat, what? Slow down. No sorry I can't reach her, its already too late. Stay there we're on our way."

She slid the phone shut and Gray grabbed her arm.

"What's started?"

He knew full well what the answer was going to be.

"The chip, its already been activated."

Gray swore loudly, partly at the news and partly because Augustus had just narrowly missed sideswiping a large juggernaut. He flipped open his own cell and dialled through to Damien.

"Damien, I don't care what shit has happened between you and Charon in the past but this is fucking important now. Eva Corp are trying to do something to Charon and you are probably the only person I know with enough resources to help."

He slammed the phone shut, Kali could see him working hard to keep his temper under control.

"He'll come. He always does."

Elsewhere, Damien was already in the black hearse his foot to the floor, headed to a place he never thought he'd go again, the CW arena and who the hell was trying to call him now? He chanced a quick look at the caller ID - Gray. Damn it, now what?