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"Friends are nothing but a fleeting Illusion. You can count on nobody but yourself." — Infinite (Sonic Forces)

40 minutes Earlier...

Time: ?

Location:?

On the other side of the world is a bustling city at the afternoon, where there are many mushrooms roaming around in their cars. But there is a race happening there, with 11 racers prepping for the start. The flying cloud carrying the creature with his goggles, watches and relays with his camera on the scene. He sees another kart that Humdinger is driving and goes to him.

"Hello, and who are you humble sir?"

"Mayor Humdinger of Foggy Bottoms."

"Oh, your name is not on the roster, you new?"

Humdinger had to think of an answer but said so immediately with some stumbles.

"Umm, yeah, I am a new racer here. Can you get me into the race?"

"Well, alright. One of the racers is injured in the last race so you can take his spot."

"Excellent! Get on the grid, it's about to start!"

Humdinger goes to the grid to prepare to race.

"What did we get ourselves into?"

"We come to you live a footage showing 12 racers setting up for a start in the Toad Harbour district. It is a clear, sunny day, busting with heat, meaning that this race will go smoothly, along with many items, waiting to be picked up. Let us not forget to keep an eye on Mario and Luigi, the brothers who have a friendly rivalry between each other. Sadly, Toad was injured in the race, so it is my pleasure to introduce the rookie racer, Mayor Humdinger!" said the Lakitu.

The red and green overall plumbers looked in each other's eyes, signifying that they are ready to beat each other.
"You ready for this bro?" said Mario.
"You bet! I am going to be number one!" Luigi responded.
The countdown started, 3, 2, 1 and Go! All the racers took off!

They all pass floating boxes and banana peels appeared in their hands, except Humdinger. They dropped them.
"What is this place anyways? And why are there bananas on the road?" Humdinger questioned.
The mayor's "kart" slips onto the peel, causing him to spin out and slam into a wall.
"Ouch! Are you kittens ok?"
The crew is unharmed but Lakitu picked his Kart up and pulled him back onto the track.
"Thanks I guess."
"Don't thank me yet, you got a race to deal with. Go!" Lakitu shouted.
Humdinger followed Lakitu's instructions and drove away.

He goes through a box and something in front spins like a wheel. An Item is being selected. A Green shell.
"A green shell? What does this do?" Humdinger queried.
"I wonder what I can use that to."

Meanwhile, Mario and Luigi are in the top 2, in the first lap, confronting each other again.
"Young bro, I got a red shell!" Mario exclaimed.
"And I got a coin! Wait what?" Luigi said.
"Ha! Your coin is useless!"

Just as Mario said that, a mysterious figure comes at them.
"Uh, Luigi. Is that Waluigi?" Mario asked.
"I never seen a top hat. Why?"
"You know what to do, Catastrophe Crew!"
The Kitten crew throws the shell at Luigi and hits him.
"Hey! No fair!" Luigi yelled.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! This new thing works, how do we do this again, get more of these boxes?"

Mario became confused. "Who are you?"
"I am Mayor Humdinger, the Mayor of Foggy Bottoms."
"Foggy Bottoms, what is that place?"

"Didn't you come there once?"
"Nope, but take this!"
Mario used his red shell he had and fired on Humdinger. It worked. The purple man flipped and stopped on the spot.
"Stupid big nosed red man, why is everyone against me lately? I only wanted a kart, thats all."
He took a moment to think, he thought, "If this is racing, then this will be fun! If only the PAW Patrol arrives, I can deal with these dogs!"
Humdinger drives again, only to place last in the halfway laps left of the race.
"Oh No! This is crazy!"
"As usual, Mario placed first in the race, however, Luigi placed third due to being hit by his bigger brother! His death stare is getting serious. And, Humdinger appears to have a confrontation with Mario!" Lakitu announced
"I will get you, red man." Humdinger said.

Present Moment

The PAW Patrol and Special Forces themselves couldn't believe the new sight of this strange world. They are currently near the tram station. The Patroller stops in front of the entrance, just besides the starting line barrier The mushroom guard steps in and ask.
"Are you here for the race? I am not."
"If you put it that way, mushroom guy." Ryder said in confusion, considering the size that the mushroom is.
"Call me Toad, I am the servant of Princess Peach."
"Ok, Toad, but no, we were looking for our lost kart. We have reasons to believe the culprit is hiding in your world."
"Hmm, a kart you say? Why I did see one come up to Lakitu, it appears to be the color of Waluigi, is that correct? Oh and he is driving a green kart too, quite the beauty. Has lots of cool features."

"Thats what we were looking for. Do you know where he is now?"
"There is a race in progress in Toad Harbour, however some of the corrupt police force thought it was an illegal race, which is REALLY official. I believe he is there now, racing against Mario and Luigi and so on. Hope they don't get busted."
"Ok, thanks Toad, thats enough information we need. How far?"
"Not far from here, Just about a few minutes, wait! There he is now!"
All the racers whizzed by, but Humdinger is there!

"Theres that rotten Mayor, having a time with MY kart!" Rocky growled.
"Whoa! Calm down Rocky. Our Kart that is. All Pups on Deck, we are going to stop Humdinger!"
All the pups got into their vehicles, with Robodog standing by in the Patroller.
"Wait! You can't go into the track! Oh great…" Toad said.

On the track

The Paw Patrol and Special Forces broke through the barriers and got onto the track, Ryder leading with his own ATV. The pups all followed in a formation, same for Cross's team.
"Ryder, wouldn't be better for all of us to split up and trap Humdinger and the other racers? We need the officials to stop the race." Cross asked.
"I think we should split, the higher ups won't stop the race for a reason." Ryder responded.
"We can keep contact with our tags!" Chase stated.
Penny objected to that idea. "Umm Chase, we don't have tags. We have walkie talkies.
"Thats going to be a bit of a problem." Rocky said.
"Wait, we can use frequency channels on our transceivers to help us contact you guys from afar. Whats your frequency numbers?"
All the pups and Ryder gave their frequency number to the team. Now Penny decided to test them out.
"Testing testing. Can you all hear me?"
"Read you loud and clear."
"Ok good. Ryder, what shall we do after we split up?"
Ryder then commands all of his resources to help stop Humdinger.
"Special forces, I expect the racers to be ahead, you guys go on ahead while Chase and Rocky forms a roadblock. Skye, I need you to find the pack of racers, leading to Humdinger. Zuma, Marshall and Rubble, on me."
"10-4 Ryder, Code three. Keep me posted." Cross responded. All the pups said their catchphrases and gone off to their spots. Special forces speed off just faster than Ryder's escort.

Chase and Rocky POV

Both of them stopped to attempt to make a roadblock near the hills after marketplace. The others are off ahead.
Rocky formed his plan and asked Chase if it is ok.
"How about we place our vehicles to the side and we will create something with nails and old parts as spike strips?"
"Hmmm, creative idea Rocky! Lets do this!" Chase exclaimed.
Both pups moved their vehicles to the right spots, then Chase kept an eye out for the racers while Rocky creates Spike Strips.
After about half a minute, Rocky's spikes are ready. Chase informs Ryder with an update. In response, they are ordered to wait for them as they are expected to come within about 2 minutes when they done the lap.

Special Forces POV

The four drivers put more throttles into their cars and catches up with the racers ahead. But there is no sign of Humdinger, yet.
"Team, I got visual on the racers but I have spotted Humdinger in the third position, keep a look out, I am tracking him." Skye informed.
The first to pass is a green dinosaur, seem to have a red shell as the team believed.
"I don't think this thing speaks english." Trucy said.
"Me neither. But our focus is Humdinger. Keep going." Cross states.
This kept going until they see the other 11 racers in a pack, with Humdinger in third place, behind Luigi and Mario!
Penny decided to go after the Mayor first leaving the team behind.
"There's that sneaky Mayor! He won't escape again!"
"Careful Penny!" Cross says in a worry.

But the racers drove past the item boxes and now, Mario has a green shell, Luigi has a fire flower, while Humdinger has a Portable Horn.
Humdinger spotted the police cruiser that Trucy drove recently and recognises it. Quite frankly, he did not recognise Penny and assumes she is Trucy.
"Blast this girl! I wonder what this horn does." Humdinger queries.
To answer that, he puts his kart towards Penny's driver side and blasts it full power!
Because of the sounding blast, Penny covered her ears and screamed in pain because of the extremely loud noise and lost control of the wheel! She corralled into the barrier that leads to the pier.
The impact is so loud that the crowd sitting on benches witnessed the scene.
Skye saw what happened and informed Ryder and Cross with a concern.
"Ryder, Penny has crashed near the boats! Humdinger somehow got her to lose control."
"What!? How?" Ryder said with a crack.
"I don't know."
"Try to contact her, see if she's alright. We are just coming to the scene now." Cross said.
"Ok. Penny? Penny respond!"
Nothing but static. She must be unconscious from the crash.
"Nothing. Oh no." Cross concerned.
"Go on ahead Cross and Newbie, I will tend to Penny." Trucy said as she drove to the crash site.
Trucy finds out when she opened Penny's car door, her head lies on her wheel, eyes closed, glasses off and bruised. But thankfully, no open wounds, just a bleeding nose but needed to be treated for shock.
"Oh my god…" Tears started to come out of the magician's eyes…

Chase and Rocky's POV
The racers reached the marketplace and Chase ordered Rocky to move out of the way while he does the same. They both went back to their trucks to brace for impact.
Rocky used his pincher to stretch his spike strips so he can puncture the tires.
Mario and Luigi spots them first.
"What the? A roadblock?"
"Turn bro, there is a ramp to the right! We can take the shortcut!" Luigi alerted.
Both brothers turned to the ramp, dodging the trap without a scratch.
The rest of the racers, including Humdinger, has arrived, only the Mayor was able to make the same move as the Mario Brothers did.
"Whoa, those nasty pups sure step up their game kitties. Lets finish the race and get out of here!"
"Meow."
"Oh no! Mayor Humdinger dodged the spikes!" Chase exclaimed!
"We should've closed off the ramp as we—"
"Lookout!" Chase alarmed Rocky that the other 9 racers are not aware of their presence and are headed straight for their block.
"YOSHIIIIIIII!"
"WAHHHHHHH!"
*CRASH!*
All the remaining racers gone through the spikes Rocky made, spun out of control and is now a massive crash site on the turn!
"Oh my! The pups somehow setup a roadblock and caused all the other racers to crash! Only Humdinger and the Mario Brothers made it through. Thank goodness for the final lap. Mario and Luigi got first and second respectively, while Humdinger came third! This is unbelievable!"
Ryder contacts Chase to try find out what happened.
"Chase, Hows the roadblock?"
"Not good… We are so getting in trouble for this…" Chase said with guilt.
The MCPD (Mushroom City Police Department) arrived to find the crash significant, sirens and lights on.

As it unfolds, the PAW Patrol and the Special Forces were branded as a menace to the public and racers. After about an hour, Ryder and Cross tried to make them believe that their mission is serious but the Mushroom Kingdom public doesn't believe them, and banned them from doing anymore missions and races. The associations of the Mario Kart team still suggest adding Humdinger to the rosters, leaving the team with a bit of grief. The teams are at their lowest with Penny being out of action and Humdinger still at large, just like how a certain someone tried to ruin Zuma's life with fear about 3 years ago, who ran away from his home for revenge. Now this time, it's Humdinger that ruined not just PAW Patrol's but the kingdom as well.

To be Continued…

This last line is a reference to a story about Zuma's life, fanfiction of course. Can you guys guess what story I am thinking of? My only hint is looking at Havochound's story. His stories is what made me go into writing stories like this one. I expect that this will be dark in the next few chapters. It's not like the usual easy missions such as rescuing something in the TV show but this is what I believe is needed to see the true realities of the work of emergency services around the real world. I give credit for the protectors of the public.

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