Scarlet waited with her hands folded in front of her, counting.<br/><br/>"I won't be racing, gentlemen and lady, but rather acting as a harrier. What's a race without a little trouble. And you; Bartholemew, was it? If you're going to stay in my shadow you'd better hold on tight. Otherwise you'll be ripped to shreds when we warp. I'll catch up with one of the racers, be it one of our distraction teams or a Blade Rider. I'll leave some of the destruction for you, so be ready."<br/><br/>She counted a few more beats, then sank into her own shadow and streaking off, darting from shadow to shadow. Up ahead she could see Stratus and the Dayman, and coming onto the right flank was a group of three Blade Riders. She smirked, "Yo, Hellhound. You're up." She sprang up from a small shadow on the ground and essentially drop kicked Bartholemew out of her shadow to deal with the Blade Riders. Scarlet slipped back into her own shadow and grabbed onto the shadow of Stratus' bike. She would've loved to mess with the Dayman, but that could wait. This kid's ego needed to be knocked down a hundred or so notches.<br/><br/>She gathered the shadow the bike made and pulled it upward, enveloping the bike and its rider in inky darkness. She herself was perched easily on the handlebars, a feat that would have been impossible if she hadn't still been melded with the shadows. All the boy would be able to see were a pair of crimson, snakelike eyes.<br/><br/>"What's the matter, boy," She taunted him from the shadows, voice echoing strangely due to her lack of physical body, "can't see in the dark?" With a nasty sounding chuckle she jumped off his bike. She'd done just enough to freak him out a bit and put him off course.  Movement from the left now caught her attention. More Blade Riders.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">I'll take these two,</span>She thought, remembering the destruction bar over her head. Odd-- these things didn't even bother her anymore...<br/><br/>Scarlet latched onto one of the Blade Rider's shadows and sank them both. The bike and rider reemerged not a second later... Aimed at the other rider. Both riders were taken out in a decidedly satisfying explosion.<br/><br/>"Well. That was fun. What's next?" Scarlet murmured to herself, looking around for more trouble to cause.