Chapter 2: Grodd's Grand Scheme

While Sonic and the Flash were arguing right on live television on the banquet for Speed Racer's victory, Gorilla Grodd, and three of his compatriots-Scratch, Grounder and Coconuts were busy sneaking about heading to Royalton's old security posts that were littered throughout the race track.

"So just what are we looking for anyway?" asked Scratch as he was following Grodd.

"Just looking for the announcer's station" replied Grodd as he held some sort of a security card in his hand.

"W-W-What if we get caught?" asked Coconuts to Grodd.

"Everybody's at Speed's victory banquet, there's virtually anyone here" replied Grodd as he slid the security card through some sort of a panel on the door which remotely opened up.

"Now why the heck are we in here again?" asked Grounder which angered Grodd for which the genius ape now had to deal with dimwit robots.

"Sigh, we're looking for plans of this race course which we can improve on" sighed Grodd as he shook his head while he began to look at the many files that were on a shelf, "we're going to build one of the world's most impossible race courses so that our idiots that we're targeting can be finished off, all in one blow. Here, take a look at these old blue print designs Royalton was prepared to create with his money."

"Wow, this sounds pretty dangerous right here" said Grounder as he was scanning the blue prints.

"Yes, with your inventor's and mine genius, we can create the most impossible race ever constructed" said Grodd, "in fact, why not send these blue prints to your Eggman ASAP? Do you come with a fax machine built in?"

"Who, you're talking to me?" asked Grounder.

"Of course he's talking to you, you dumb bot" replied Scratch.

"Oh yeah, I think I may have one of those fax machines built into me by Eggman" said Grounder as he revealed from his metal chest, a fax machine immediately propped right up.

"Excellent" said Grodd, "now all I need is to send this, and do a few more things before we head off."

"Oh, you'll find out, by the way, do you also come with a device that would disguise one's voice?" asked Grodd to Grounder.

While Grodd was continuing his scheme, back at the banquet, Flash and Sonic were still arguing with each other on who is the Fastest One Alive.

"And I say, I'm the Fastest One Alive here, I can easily beat you, and Speed's hunk of junk anytime of the week" laughed Sonic.

"I'm not going to be second place to some blue hedgehog thing, or a hunk of junk, if it's a race you want, it's a race you'll get!" shouted Flash at Sonic.

"Easy fellows, this is my son's victory banquet" said Pops as he came into the scene to break up the fight, "you're making a scene on national television anyway."

"Ha, I knew your son was pretty slow" laughed Sonic.

"Oh, you did not just said that, you blue one" said Pops as he began to approach Sonic, just in the nick of time which Tails and Knuckles arrived on the scene.

"How embarrassing!" cried Knuckles as he noticed that chaos was unfolding on the banquet floor.

"Oh no, we're too late" added Tails.

"You're telling me this?" asked Shadow as he leaned over, "I'm at least not an arrogant blue hedgehog who believes he's the Fastest One Alive here."

"Oh buddy, you think you can beat the likes of me, just like how your arrogant blue friend thinks so?" asked Flash as he sped right up to Shadow, pointing his finger right in the black hedgehog's face.

"Back off!" barked Shadow, "You do not want to mess with me."

"Is that so" said Flash as he quickly grabbed Shadow's personal Chaos Emerald, "what's this, looks like I can make a few bucks or so by selling this to the local jewelry store."

"Give that back" said Shadow as he approached Flash.

"Oh no, now you've done it" sighed Knuckles with such disbelief.

"Got to catch me if you want this back" laughed Flash as he sped off from the banquet.

"I don't believe that I'm getting involved in this!" grumbled Shadow as he sped off to follow Flash.

"Hey, wait a second, the race hasn't started!" cried Sonic.

"Not so fast banquet party crasher hedgehog" said Pops as he grabbed Sonic, "you're not going anywhere."

While Sonic was getting quite in trouble, Grodd was back at the announcer room preparing to give a message.

"Are you sure this is going to work?" asked Coconuts to Grodd who was guarding the door.

"Of course it is" replied Grodd, "our enemies can't resist trying to see who is the Fastest One Alive, so why not bring them all in one place, in a race course we can control?"

"Sounds about right to me, bawahaha, let's go for it" replied Scratch.

"Now you're catching on" said Grodd, to which the genius gorilla then readied the device to disguise his voice, "attention, attention, well, it certainly seems like we have some interesting party crashers here in Speed's victory banquet, am I right folks?"

Back at the victory banquet, Pops then stopped holding Sonic, which he immediately dropped the blue hedgehog right onto the floor.

"Wait a second, I thought there was going to be no more announcements, what the heck is going on here?" asked Pops.

"Relax, relax, Royalton Industries has agreed that anyone who challenges Speed Racer to a match to see who is the Fastest One Alive, should get that challenge" replied Grodd on the inner com.

"But I won the race" protested Speed.

"Of course you did my boy" said Grodd, as the scene switched back to the announcer room with the genius gorilla sitting back on the chair, "but since there have been at least three challengers if I might add who crashed your victory banquet party, well then, that doesn't seem fair to them that your Marc 6 gets to have the "Fastest One Alive" attached to it, now is it? All four of you shall race each other on a newly built Royalton Industries approved course, there will be no other racers, other than you and the three challengers in question. Do I make my self clear then?"

"Fine, you'll have your race" replied Speed as he leaned toward Sonic who was still recovering from Pops' strong grasp on him, "say, speaking of the two other challengers, where the heck are they?"

Both Shadow, and Flash in the meantime, were racing each other in a semi-warm up with the Flash being at the head with Shadow's personal Chaos Emerald.

"Man, I don't know what that black hedgehog uses this thing for" said Flash as he kept on running, "oh well, maybe I can make a good buck with it by selling it."

"Give me back my Chaos Emerald, you thief!" cried Shadow in quite an angry mood as he was even catching right up to Flash.

"I'm afraid you're just a few inches away from me" laughed Flash as he showed off the Chaos Emerald he had stolen from Shadow.

"Alright, that's it!" cried Shadow who had enough of Flash's shenanigans.

The black hedgehog then immediately leaped right at Flash as he was only just a few inches close to him. He immediately grabbed the Flash, which the speedy superhero then immediately dropped the Chaos Emerald he had.

"Hey, get off of me!" cried Flash.

"And I believe this is mine" laughed Shadow as he took the Chaos Emerald.

"Well, I can still be able to beat you" said Flash.

"Really, you really think you can beat me?" asked Shadow as he approached Flash, "Do you know what sort of powers this Chaos Emerald brings me, I can go even faster than you, Sonic or Speed Racer by using the Chaos Control powers of this emerald."

"Ha, the only good thing the emerald you're carrying is probably worth a good hundred thousand or so" laughed Flash which made Shadow quite steamed.