Craig was ready for this race. He knew he would be able to beat out at least Ohm. But Marcel and Bryan would be tricky. He knew he either had to pick courses he could succeed on or hope that the frantic items played to his favor.

Ohm and Marcel had picked a random course. Bryan picked Bowser's Castle. Craig went with Baby Park. "Please, RNG gods..." Craig said to himself as the game selected its course.

It ended up landing on Marcel's random, and that landed on Toad Harbor.

"That's manageable," Craig said.

As the race got under way, Craig was out to a quick lead going into the second lap. By the third, Bryan had taken first back, and Marcel had two red shells and was sitting pretty close behind Craig.

"FOR FUCKS SAKE!" Craig screamed as another one of Marcel's red shells hit him.

Craig ended the race in third, barely beating out Ohm.

Bryan - 5

Marcel - 3

Craig - 2

Ohm - 1

Another two races pass by, and Craig lowers the gap.

Bryan - 13

Craig - 10

Marcel - 6

Ohm - 4

Going into the last race on Wario Stadium, Craig was worried. He needed some serious luck to beat Bryan and have him finish third or last.

As the race was set up, Craig mumbled to himself "Let's hope I don't end up like Ohm and eat ass..."

At that moment, Ohm had a quick seizure, and looked at Craig and said, "Mini?"

Craig lit up. "Ohm!"

"Uh... where are we?" Ohm asked.

"Well... we're stuck in Mario Kart..." Craig said.

"Oh..." said Ohm, still very confused and lost.

"Wait... did quoting you wake you up?" Craig wondered.

"I mean... Maybe... I just saw my entire YouTube career flash in front of me, and I woke up." Ohm said.

"It can't hurt to try, right?" Craig said.

As the race started, Ohm and Craig were working together to try and win the race. Craig and Ohm were in third and fourth, respectively, and Craig was able to get up next to Marcel on the start of the third lap, and Craig tested his theory.

"Shake and bake, Marcel!" Craig shouted at him.

Marcel then woke up the same way Ohm had, looked around at his surroundings, looked back at Craig, nodded, and said, "Shake and bake, baby! Ricky Bobby!"

Marcel and Craig took turns throwing items at Bryan, and Ohm eventually got a blue shell after him. Both Bryan and Craig were neck and neck once they got to the underwater section. On the jump, Bryan turned into Craig and hit him with his green shell. Craig spun out, but as Bryan was about to finish, he slipped on one of the bananas on the line. Craig took his chance and sped over the line.

But Bryan started to go again, and before he crossed the line, another one of Ohm's blue shells hit him, and both Marcel and Ohm crossed the line. Craig had won.

Craig - 15

Bryan - 14

Marcel - 9

Ohm - 6

They all got back to the spawn point, and Bryan woke up. Craig caught all of them up to speed. A portal opened up in front of them, and they all nodded and walked through.

End Chapter

Well, I hope you enjoyed! I had fun with the whole quotes thing. And luckily, Mini's Social Blade changed! He isn't expected to peak for a while. Ciao!

~ WatamelonACE