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Unlikely Alliance

Chapter 1 Alaska

Alex had been restless for the past few days; thoughts had been racing a hundred miles a minute through his head. Not that his mind worked normal any way. But something inside him just new something was going to happen. Dr.X hadn't done any thing for far too long and it wasn't like him to go this long without trying to take over the world one again. Alex looked out the window of their plane and saw the clouds passing by. Down below was a thick forest spanning miles and miles like a green ocean. Team extreme was one their way to an endurance race in wilderness of Alaska.

"Are you all right mate?" Grinder asked keeping his eyes fixed on flying the plane. Alex looked up at him, "ya," he mumbled. They landed on one of the lakes that had not yet frozen over and floated over to the dock. The ground was covered with a thick fluffy layer of snow that must have fallen the night before. Rikki walked outside of the plane onto the dock.

"Ah! It freezing!" he said blowing on his hands.

" It's Alaska retard what did you think it was going to be like?" Fidget smirked.

"Well not this cold out. How cold is it?"

"Right now its -40," a man said walking towards them. He was dressed in a very large parka. He had a thick beard that was covered with snow, his face was red from the cold but he had a kind smile. "Hello I'm Wallis, and I presume you are Alex Man?"

"Yes, it nice to meet you Wallis I am looking forward to the endurance race," Alex said holding out his hand.

"It is very kind of you to take the time out of your busy schedule and be able to take part in this event. Now you and your team must come inside and ward yourselves it is getting very cold," Wallis took some of their luggage and led them to a very large truck with chains on the tires. They all managed to fit inside with some difficulty. They drove down a narrow road that had been plowed out. On the sides were huge mounds of snow towering over the vehicle. They drove up to a motel called the "Rising Moon" it looked like one of those old log cabins you would see in the movies but about ten times bigger. They got out and walked over to the door. They had to stop and help Rikki up from a very dramatic fall on some ice. Wallis opened up the big oak doors to reveal the inside of the motel. A large fire was burning on the right and a receptionist was behind a large desk with a plastered smile on her face.

They walked up to her. "Hello!" she suddenly blurted out, "How may I help you?"

"I believe I had reserved four rooms under the name of Ruer?" Wallis said.

She fiddled around on the computer for some time then looked up, "Yes, your rooms are on the second floor," she walked over to a shelf and pulled out four key cards and gave them to Wallis. "Just to let you know there is a band playing tonight in the hall if you are interested." Fidgets face lit up like she had just won a million dollars, "What kind of band?"

"I believe it is some sort of rock band. I really don't know what sort exactly sorry," she said.

Alex just shook his head and grabbed his bags and walked up to the fire to warm up. The heat embraced him like a warm blanket and he gladly welcomed it. He starred into the fire and watched the flames flicker. They seemed to form shapes and faces. Suddenly the face of Dr. X appeared and smiled a wicked smile. Alex jumped back a little and blinked and looked back in the fire and the face was gone. Alex shook his head and decided to walk up the stares to his room.

The hallway of the motel was like most motels with that funny smell and ugly carpet on the floor and a pop machine next to an ice machine.

Alex walked down the hallway looking for his room. "233, 233 were are you?" he whispered to himself. The door of the elevator opened up as he walked by. Inside were Rikki, Fidget and Grinder.

"What room are you?" Grinder asked stepping out of the elevator.

"233, you?" Alex replied.

"235, guess you're my neighbor," Grinder chuckled.

Alex finally found his room; it was close to Fidgets and Rikkis. He places the card in the slot and slid it out and smiled when it turned green and unlocked. He always had troubles with those stupid things. Alex slowly opened the door and looked inside. The first thing he saw were two big windows that looked onto the near by mountains covered in snow and evergreens. He placed his bag on the bed and walked over to the windows and gazed outside. The sun was low in the sky and was reflecting off of the glittering snow. He decided to go over to Rikkis room for one of his meeting that he always had when they came to a competition. Alex knocked on the door, Rikki opened up it up, he had a frazzled look on his face.

"Thank goodness you're here, I've been trying to get things organized but look," Rikki said pointing down to Fidget and Grinder playing with the game system that was on top of the TV.

Rikki walked over there and unplugged it. Fidget and Grinder gave him a dirty look but he ignored them and sat down at the table in his room. He cleared his throat and took out some papers. "Here I have our schedules for the next month. Grinder took his paper and looked at it with a confused frown.

"Um it looks like we don't have any thing to do while Alex is on his race. Why?" he asked.

"This sort of race isn't just in one day like all of the others that we have been in. This one is for two weeks and Alex is on his own all that time, the only contact we have with him is threw this little thing," Rikki said holding up a small two-way radio.

"How will I be able to videotape it then?" Fidget asked.

"Don't worry Fidget I'll have a small camera with me and I'll try my best to tape as good as you," Alex answered.

Fidget just crossed her arms and sat back on the bed with a sour look on her face.

"And just to let you know Rikki I'm going to be going tomorrow morning at around three to practice in this environment. I'll be gone for about a week," he quickly added scared at what Rikki would say.

Rikki looked at him with his mouth wide open. "Alright does any one else have any thing else to say?"

Every one shook their heads. Scared to say anything.

Rikki looked at Alex and sighed, "I guess it's ok for you to go. Just as long as you take this radio with you and stay in constant radio contact," he handed Alex the radio with caution in his eyes.

"Don't worry I'm sure nothing will happen," Alex said assuring the rest of the team. But they looked at him with disbelieving faces. Rikki talked to them for a little while longer then said they could go back to their rooms.

On the way out Alex hear Fidget tell Rikki he was going to have to pay for that game they ordered and he freaked out. But Alex got out of the room before the fur stated to really fly.

He opened his room and the moon was up in the sky casting an eerie glow on the carpet. He walked over and closed the blinds and went to sleep.

"It 3:00 and it's colder outside then a deep freeze. This morning it is -42 but is going to warm up a little by the afternoon to a still chilly -39 and in the evening it is going to drop to -46. I recommend that if you are going outside to dress very warmly and don't leave and skin exposed or you will get a nasty frostbite. Up next is the song "forgotten" by 78-deep," the radio blared out as the alarm went off. Alex got up and listened he could hear something, it was the muffled sound of the band still playing. He just shook his head and walked into the bathroom. He took a very hot shower knowing that soon he would be cold most of the time.