The race for Acme Acres v2
chapter 3
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A month passed and Buster, Babs, Plucky, Hamton, Shirley, Furrball, Fifi, Calamity and Little Beeper were making their way to the area where they signed up, when all of a sudden they were shocked to see some sort of futuristic highway was built all around the buildings and environment of Acme Acres.
They looked up to see a large blimp with a large screen on both sides of it. The screen lit up to show the face of everyone's favorite dodo, Gogo.
"Welcome all participates to the first annual extreme gear races. I am pleased to announce that the tournament is now opened." said Gogo in a news reporter outfit
"Today's the day guys." said Buster.
"We'll win. As always." Hamton assured them.
"If not, I already have my will written up." replied Plucky holding up said will.
"Get crucial, Plucky." Shirley said, before lightly elbowing the duck in the ribs.
It was at that moment a black limo parked next to the group and they saw not only the perfecto girls from before step out, but three guys who they were all familiar with.
The first one was Roderick Rat, a regular brown colored rat who has been Buster's football rival ever since Perfecto's first loss at the last Acme Bowl.
Right next to him was a yellow colored orange billed duck, also known as Danforth Drake, a supposed friend of Roderick who had his girlfriend seduce Plucky into giving them Acme's guide book. Which by the way failed for them.
The third one was someone Fifi had an encounter with during the summer, he was a dark blue skunk that was wearing a black leather jacket, with his hair in the shape of Elvis's. He was Johnny Pew. An arrogant skunk that Fifi had the unfortunate faith to meet. He had been both disrespectful to Fifi and arrogant.
"I should have known it would be you guys." said Buster looking at Roderick.
"Well, if it isn't the Acme wannabes. Ready to be roadkill?" asked Roderick getting into Buster's face.
Just you wait and see. We're going to show you a thing or two" Buster said.
"Sure, keep talking like that when we're waving to you from the finish line." laughed Roderick as he and Danforth left them.
Johnny winked at the girls, before approaching Fifi and trying to look cool in front of her.
"Hey, babe, how are you? Johnny asked.
Fifi glared at him and turned around, before saying" Why don't you try your cool look on some ozer poor girl who would, how you say, fall for you, Johnny?"
Johnny looked surprised, but then glared and spun Fifi around so that she could face him.
"Red with anger, huh? Well I think I know what could cheer you up." Johnny said. He then attempted to kiss Fifi, but all of a sudden, he was roughly being held by a blue hand. He looked down surprised and saw Furrball giving him a death glare and also holding a sign that said "Do that again and you'll experience real pain"
Furrball let go of Johnny, who fell on his butt. Johnny got up and wanted to beat Furrball, but left for now. Furrball turned to Fifi and held up another sign. "Are you OK?"
Fifi couldn't help, but blush and smile. She hugged him and said "Oui. Merci, Furrball."
Furrball blushed at the hug and noticed Calamity and Little Beeper giving him smiles and thumbs up.
Furrball smiled back at Calamity and Little Beeper and also did a thumbs up.
The three groups headed over to a small area built for all competing teams to sit back and wait their turn. Sure there were the stands, but this seemed better to get the next team on the track as quick as possible.
"Oh I can hardly wait." Buster said.
"Well I doubt we're the only teams competing. I heard Mary Melody is gonna try and join in." said Babs.
"Wow. The more, the merrier." Calamity's sign read.
Soon the chart for the matchup of teams was listed on the blimp's screen.
Round 1 Buster, Hamton, Plucky vs Furrball, Calamity, Little Beeper
Round 2 Babs, Shirley, Fifi vs Roderick, Danforth, Johnny,
Round 3 Margot, Binky, Bimbette, vs Mary, Little Sneezer, Vinnie the Deer.
"Well, looks we're taking on Furrball and his team first." said Buster turning to them.
"Why am I not surprised?" Plucky said.
'You're going down.' read Little Beeper's sign.
"Don't bet on it." Hamton said.
"Will the first two teams please make their way to the starting line." called Gogo.
"Good luck, Buster. I'll be cheering for you." Babs said, before giving him a kiss on the cheek.
Buster's ears twisted around each other while Buster got a goofy grin on his face as steam poured out of his ears.
"Ain't he cute?" Babs asked, looking at the audience.
Before Furrball could step onto the board, he noticed Fifi tap him on the shoulder.
"Furrball?" Fifi asked.
'Yes?' read his sign.
"Good luck." Fifi said, before kissing Furrball's cheek.
Furrball's face lit up as his eyes became hearts. Calamity managed to pick him up and place him on his extreme gear, which was colored blue like his fur with a pink heart in the middle of it.
"Love ees enn ze air. You can smell eet, non?" Fifi said, looking at the audience.
After getting Furrball on his board, Calamity hopped on his board, which was gray like his fur with an anvil in the middle of it.
Little Beeper jumped on his board too and revealed a sign which said "Calamity, it is a pleasure for me that we are on the same team."
'I agree.' read Calamity's sign. Calamity noticed Little Beeper's extreme gear was red with a pic of himself running from Calamity.
"I love your board, by the way." another sign of Calamity's said.
'Thanks.' said the next sign as Buster and his friends started to get into position.
Buster, Plucky and Hamton were on their boards too and they were in position. Buster's board was light blue just like his fur with a carrot in the middle. Plucky's board was green like his feathers with his smiling face in the middle, and Hamton's board was pink like his skin and with a pie in the middle of it.
The lights began the countdown for the race. When it finally hit green, the six of them immediately sped down the highway.
Babs, Shirley and Fifi were currently sitting in the stands and were cheering while watching on the huge screen to see Buster and the guys pulling in front of Furrball's group.
They were interrupted by an annoyingly familiar voice. "Hello, losers."
They looked and frowned at seeing Margot, Binky, and Bimbette stand there with arrogant looks on their faces.
"What do you want?" Babs asked furiously.
"Just wanted to watch your friends crash and burn. Seeing them go against each other will make it easier for Perfecto to win." replied Margot.
Margot just fumed while Binky and Bimbette were looking towards the screen as the race continued.
Binky decided to get under Babs' skin. "You know? It'd be a real shame if you lost those boys" said Binky, hoping to get a reaction out of her.
Babs just seethed with rage as Binky smiled. Bimbette saw what Binky was doing and decided to try it on Fifi.
"You know, Fifi? What's it gonna feel like to lose your crush to a real woman?" asked Bimbette while emphasizing her body with her hands.
Fifi just remained silent knowing that giving them a reaction would give them satisfaction.
The three Perfecto girls left, just as Buster and the guys were entering the highway part of the race.
Buster had tried to pull in front of Furrball to try and take the lead, but the blue cat had managed to swerve past him and was in the lead with Little Beeper and Calamity trying to keep Furrball protected on all sides.
"Look at them go." Babs said to Shirley and Fifi.
Plucky snapped his fingers at getting an idea and managed to slip past the coyote and roadrunner and was slowly gaining on Furrball.
Shirley gasped. "Like, look! Plucky is almost in the lead." Shirley said.
However, Hamton tried to join Plucky in the lead, but Little Beeper managed to block his attempts as Buster tried to get close to Furrball and Calamity was trying to cut Plucky off.
"Sacrebleu! Ze band ees begeenneeg to play." Fifi said.
Soon the two teams were getting closer to the finish line.
"Oh my. Get ready to find out what team will win." Babs said.
It was close as Furrball and Buster were neck and neck in the race and were almost to the finish line.
But just then, a fly flew in Furrball's left eye, causing the blue cat to meow in pain and cover his eye with his hands. As a result, his board tilts a little and he falls off the board, landing on the ground.
"Furrball!" cried Fifi in shock.
Buster crossed the finish line.
"And we have a winner folks! Buster and his team will move on to the next round!" called Gogo.
"Alright, Buster!" Babs cheered.
The girls ran down as Furrball walked over to his team after getting the fly out of his eye.
'Furrball, are you OK? What happened?' Calamity's sign said.
'A fly got in my eye.' read his sign.
'Ouch. Sorry to hear this' Little Beeper's sign read.
'Point is, we're out of the race.' read his sign as he looked glum.
'That's how life is. You win some. You lose some.' Calamity's sign read.
"Furrball, are vous okay?" asked Fifi with worry in her voice.
"Yeah. I'm alright. Just had a fly in my left eye." Furrball's sign read.
"Oh, I was worried." sighed Fifi in relief.
"It's OK. Accidents happen." Furrball's sign read.
While this was going on, Margot's team was watching and smiled as their team with Roderick's was closer to winning and crushing those losers.
"They have no idea what's gonna happen." Roderick said, grinning.
"As soon as the last team of theirs loses, Max gets Acme Acres." chuckled Drake.
"Indeed." Johnny said, agreeing.
"We best get ready." advised Roderick.
Roderick's friends agreed.