Back in the Old West, the racers were fixing up their cars before Bunnelby came on.

"Okay, racers. We have our next Universe. Our race track will be...the 12th Universe!" Bunnelby said.

"Beast Universe! Yes!" Rainbow said.

"Now. You'll be racing on the pokemon world in the Orre region where you will race across the desert where you will reach the finish line in the sparkling oasis city known as Phenac City!" Bunnelby said.

"Ah, that reminds me." Jude said. "I caught Yveltal back in Kalos."

"So, you're saying they might run into a Shadow Xerneas?" Ramona asked.

"Most likely." Teba said. "Jude was given a challenging ultimatum."

"I went with Yveltal because he's the easier of the two to turn into a Shadow Pokemon in Cipher's hands." Jude said. "I'm hoping that Xerneas wouldn't get caught by them."

"And Aria is the only one with a Snag Machine right now. But what you say is unlikely. Since its nothing but desert right now, things should be fine." Erza said.

"I hope you're right." Jude said. "Xerneas… Please be alright. I would hate to find out you became a Shadow Pokemon because of me."

"Okay racers! On your marks, get set...Go!" Bunnelby said as they raced through the portal and entered a large desert with nothing around for miles.

"Cmon USApyon, we gotta kick it into High Gear! This time, were taking 1st place for sure!" Rainbow said.

"Hello! We're in the middle of the desert. We have no clue where we're going." USApyon said.

"He seems to." Gemina said pointing to a tented car. "Wait, isn't that the Ginova Family Racer?"

"We gotta take him down. If we do, we can take the route he's going and reach Phenac city first all the while getting the last of the Ginova's out of the running. Two birds, one stone!" Rainbow said.

"I agree. The racer part, not the 1st place part. Hold on. I'm gonna call up some friends to help." Bowser said dialing a number as they saw flying turtles above them. "Right on cue."

"Koopa Troopas. Classic." Rainbow said.

"Never bet against classics. Koopa Pack, Air Dive! Go go go!" Bowser ordered as they began dive bombing the desert randomly. "Course I forget they don't have the brain power to add 2 plus 2." Bowser said.

"It's alright, look! They're keeping that robo-racer off balance!" Rainbow said.

"Ram that sucker!" Pete said ramming into the racer before driving off. "See ya at the finish line! Hahaha!"

"Now we just need to get rid of it. Crystal Hammer!" Gemina said creating a large hammer of crystal as it smashed the car and racer apart.

'Nice work. Now there's no one getting in our way!" Bowser said laughing in victory as they sped across the desert. After several hours of travelling a heat inducing desert, they soon came to the peaceful oasis city known as Phenac City where they quickly arrived.

"And another race is history! 1st place is Pete with Bowser in 2nd and with Gemina in 3rd. And we seem to have lost the Ginova Family Racer out in the desert which means they unfortunately lose." Dedenne said.

"Looks like the race is Ginova Family free for the remainder." Jexi said. "But it makes you wonder...why would they want to participate in a race if it means no monetary gain or notable fame."

"Not sure…" Sectonia said. "It does seem rather odd, though."

"If their behaviors and Hope's description of Cindrey are of any indication, they were only planning to spread chaos." Jude said.

"Maybe, but I can't help but feel there was more to it than that." Jexi said.

Back in old Paris, the motorcyclists were watching the finish of the race.

"That's it. No more Ginova Family problems." Ferric said.

"Now we can race without no worries." Eric said. "Except of each other."

"That's right." David said. "Now, it's every racer for themselves."

"True. But we can't lose the spirit of good sportsmanship." Tulip said. "No resorting to evil tricks."

"Shows what you know. In these races, there's always gonna be someone ready to pull a rotten move." Ferric said.

"Might as well watch our backs, then." David said. "Still, what was with those drones…? What was Astro planning?"

"Astro doesn't seem like the type to bother with something like a race unless he had some ulterior motive." Eric said. "Been with the bastard enough times to know that."

"Hold on… Hope, didn't Cretaceous Flux say something about Astro having his notes?" David asked.

"Thats right, Astro had Cretaceous' notes on Artifical Enhanced. Maybe he was trying to put the drones through their paces in combat before packing powers in them. And even if we'd destroy them, they'd just make more." Hope said.

"He wouldn't need drones for that." Eric growled as he marched off to his bike.

"What's with him?" Hope asked. "Are all people from that Love House place like that?"

"Did you say Love House? I guess you haven't heard yet, have you?" Tulip said.

"Heard? About what? Did something happen?" David asked.

"3 months ago, before Hope's team rejoined, 999 children were abducted from Love House. The nun running it says it was some scientist." Tulip said.

"So that's why Eric is so desperate to win." David said. "He's trying to get them all back."

"Yeah. That's right. My plan was to enter the race cause I heard the Ginova Family was entering. I was planning to interrogate them to learn where my family was. But since they were all drones, it's worthless asking them now." Eric said.

"Not completely." David said. "Astro himself still hasn't show his face yet."

"He's not gonna show. The man hardly ever leaves his lab. That's what I was trying to find." Eric said.

"Eric…" Aria said.

"I will not stop. Not until I get all of them out." Eric said.

"Let's just get to the next race." Aria said.