Blazing Wheels
After the attack of The Empress the heroes managed to get a van big enough for them and hit the road once more. They were riding towards the northwestern part of India. They hoped to get to Pakistan quickly but the treacherous sharp corner road was making things difficult for our heroes. Also Rad was still gloomy about the events that occurred before their departure. Thankfully he wasn't driving. Everyone else looked at Rad and could clearly see that he was pretty down.
"So, anyone got any ideas on how to cheer him up?" asked Enid
"Well, he did saw someone releaving themselves of all their innards, so..." began Elodie
"You forgot to mention that the lady in question was also incredibly hideous." said Dendy
"Enough of that subject, we still need to get to Pakistan." said Mr. Gar as he drove
"Its going to be alright Rad." said K.O. patting Rad on the shoulder
"Shut up, you don't know what its like." mumbled Rad
As the group drove down the rocky road, an old vintage red car drove closely behind them. The car was covered in dirt and smudge covered the windows of the vehicle. The only thing that one could see of the driver was his muscular arm. The car slowly began to get closer and closer to the van.
"Cheer up Rad, after this is over I bet you'll find a girl that isn't trying to kill us." said K.O.
Just then the van was slightly bumped from behind. This shook the passengers of the van slightly. The action continued a couple more times forcing Mr. Gar to accelerate.
"What the heck was that?" asked Carol
"Someone is on one hell of a rush if they are hitting us in this treacherous road." said Enid as she looked at one of the side view mirrors
In the mirror she spotted an old red car that had a metal grill on it and a dirtied up red body.
"It's some crazy man driving a pretty old classic car." said Enid narrowing her eyes trying to spot the driver.
Rad then moved over to see the car and his eyes widen at the sight.
"That isn't some old classic car. THAT'S A HUDSON HORNET! An old school racing car." said Rad with stars in his eyes.
"That thing used to be a racing car? Looks more like something that should be in a museum." said Enid
"Racing car or not, if he or she wants to race in these suicidal roads then let him. Enid signal him that he can pass us." said Mr. Gar as he was getting tired by the car's bumping.
"You got it boss." said Enid as she lowered her window and signaled the car to pass them.
Shortly after signaling the driver behind them, Mr. Gar slowed down and moved the left side of the road. As soon as he did that the old car moved in front of them. The classical car began speeding up.
"Alright now that that's over with it should be a smooth ride to the border." said Mr. Gar
Sadly, just as Mr. Gar said that, the Hudson began decelerating and making a large cloud of dust in front of the heroes. Everyone began to cough from the dust as they were also forced to decelerate.
"What is this man's deal?" asked Elodie
"Come on I let you pass, you jerk." said Mr. Gar
"You wanted to go fast so go ahead." said K.O.
The Hudson Hornet's driver pulled down his window and pulled out his large muscular arm and signaled the heroes to pass him.
"Is he serious?" asked Dendy
"Make up your mind already." said Carol
"Fine, he wants us to pass him then we'll pass him." said Mr. Gar as he went around the old car.
"He must've realize that his old car wouldn't be able to keep up." said Elodie
Just as the hero van went past the car and the dust cloud it had created they were faced with a startling and shocking sight in front of them. A large armored truck was barring straight towards them.
"OH MY GOD!" screamed Rad
"The car won't stop in time were gonna crash!" screamed Carol as she tried to cover both Dendy and K.O.
"Brace yourselves!" screamed Mr. Gar
Both vehicles collided violently, but the van took the worst of it due to its size. Before the truck could completely crush the van K.O. called forth Foo Fighter. The stand delivered a powerful punch to the armored truck that not only crushed the motor but also sent the truck back. The heres' van rolled and turned until it landed back on its wheels. The van had taken the worst part of the crash, it now had cracks on the windshield, broken headlights, and dents all over. Thankfully everyone else was alright.
"Everyone ok?" asked Carol
"Yeah we're good." said Mr. Gar
"That freaking truck came out nowhere." said K.O.
"If it hadn't been for Foo Fighter we would be pushing daisies." said Rad
"What happened to that douchebag driver, he let us face first into that massive truck?" asked Enid looking for the old car that nearly got them killed.
"The other car is gone." said K.O. as they all didn't find any signs of the old car
"You don't think that car's driver was one of Shadowy Figure and Dio's agents do you?" asked Enid
"I wouldn't put it above them, besides that car moved out of the way just in time for that monster truck to nearly turn us into road kill." said Mr. Gar
"I say we go on our way and get the driver of that truck to the next stop." said Rad
"We'll also have to be sure to destroy that car next time we see it." said Elodie as they restarted the van.
After some time driving the beaten up van to a rest stop a few miles down the road where a couple of men were just relaxing. Rad and K.O. helped the man to one of the chairs as everyone else was looking for something to drink. Carol spotted a man putting some sugar canes into an old school juicer as he turned the handle.
"Excuse me sir, what are you serving?" asked Carol
"Sugar cane juice, its a local favorite." said the bar tender
"We'll have a couple of those." said Mr. Gar as the bar tender gave him a glass of juice.
"Would you like some lemon?" asked the bar tender
"Yeah, I'd like some please." said Carol as she held up her glass
As soon as the lemon juice dropped into the glass, Carol noticed something. On the reflection of the glass was none other than the Hudson Hornet that had nearly gotten them kill back down the road. Carlo's eyes widen as she turned to face the car and everyone else followed her example.
"Isn't that the car?" asked Enid as she stared at the car
K.O., Rad, Enid and Elodie went to check the car to see if the driver was inside taking a nap or something.
"Darn, he isn't in here." said K.O.
"Did anyone managed to get a good look at the man?" asked Elodie
"Nah, the windows are covered with dirt and the only thing we spotted was that he had huge arms." said Rad
Everyone turned around to look at all the people that were in the rest stop. One had plenty of hair covering his face, another one had an eye patch and a grey pony tail, and one was wearing sunglasses and a handle bar mustache. The only thing that made them possible suspects were the large muscular arms they had.
"Hey buddy, tell us, who came out of that car?" asked Mr. Gar
"I beg your pardon sir, but I hadn't noticed that car right there." said the bar tender
"He's messing with us, the bastard." said Enid
"What happened to people actually having guts and fighting us face to face?" asked Elodie
"I guess that only leaves us with one option, doesn't it K.O.?" mentioned Dendy
"Yeah, one of these guys is a wolf with sheep's clothing." said K.O. pointing at the men at the rest stop.
Suddenly a beating began. K.O., Rad, Enid, Mr. Gar, and Elodie interrogated the men that were in the rest stop hoping that one of them was the man from the car. Sadly they were not getting anywhere with their fists so they then began to lose their patience.
"Are you the one that tried to run us over yes or no?" asked Elodie as she aimed her stand at one of the men
"You got a pretty suspicious look to you, are you the driver of that car?" demanded Mr. Gar
Just as they were about to get answers, they all heard a car door slam shut. They all turned just in time as the old car was started and the muscular arm was leaning on the open window. The old classic car drove away leaving the heroes with angered faces.
"He's toying with us." said Mr. Gar
"Well, let's take him on. I'm getting pretty tiered with this cat and mouse game." said K.O. as the heroes got back in the van.
"Besides we got to pay him back for almost running us off the road earlier." added Enid as the van drove off to catch up with the mad driver.
The team of heroes were driving down the road with an unusual slow pace. Mr. Gar slowly looked around the corner of the road before slowly backing up and then made his way around the corner.
"It has been hours and that scoundrel has yet to show his face." mentioned Elodie
"What are the odds of that guy just being some maniac with a car?" asked Enid
"There is a 94% chance that the car from before was a stand user, but there is still a probability of it just being a mentally unhinged individual." said Dendy
"Let's keep our eyes open just in case." said K.O.
Suddenly a loud roaring motor sound came up from behind them. The heroes turned around to see the enemy car charging straight at them with reckless speed. Having spotted the threat before hand, Mr. Gar quickly turned the van so that the hit would not cause much damage. Sadly the Hudson Hornet managed to hit the van's back and it slowly began pushing them towards the cliff. Just as it all seemed bleak, Mr. Gar looked to Dendy and signaled her. Dendy pulled out her backpack and summoned Shell Shocked and began manipulating and upgrading the van. Just as the classic car was about to give one final push the van jumped up into the air with the aid of the rockets coming from the wheels. This caused the old car to almost fall. Then just as the enemy car was about to move out of the way the van's door opened up to reveal K.O., Enid and Elodie with their respective stands ready for a fight. All three of them fired at the old car sending it over the cliff and down to the rock valley below.
"Yes, we got that bastard." said Enid
Just then the van came down abruptly back to the ground. Everyone groaned because of the drop. Mr. Gar looked at the dashboard and noticed that they were out of gas.
"Sadly, I was not able to modify the fueling system. Now we're out of gas." said Dendy sadly.
"It's cool little buddy, let's go make sure that Mad Max wanna-be won't be coming back up." said Rad
The heroes went down to the bottom of the valley where the burning wreckage of the classic car was creating a large stack of smoke. Everything seemed to be going smoothly, perhaps too smoothly. Just as everyone took one step forward they all heard the sound of metal rearranging itself, twisting and snapping. Suddenly all the flames disappeared and where the car had supposedly crash stood a demonic version of the car. The now had a line of spikes on the roof, a sharp fanged grill in the front, and the windshield now looked like a pair of evil eyes. The heroes jumped back as the car revved up in front of them.
"So that was a stand all along." said K.O.
"My name is Z.Z., and this is my stand Wheel of Fortune! Get ready to be ran over!" claimed Z.Z. as he revved up his demonic ride.
"Then I guess we'll have to fight you head on." said K.O. as he and his teammates prepared to fight.
The demonic car revved up, and its front part jumped high up. As soon as the car did that something was sent flying straight at the heroes. No one saw it coming, but they were all hit by it. All the heroes now had a few holes in them. They all grunted and hissed in pain.
"What was that?" asked Rad
"I wasn't able to see what it was, but I don't think that damn car is going to wait for us to figure it out." said K.O.
The car then repeated the action and it fired its invisible projectiles one more time, but this time the heroes jumped out of the way back to the top of the valley. Everyone looked down to the demonic car believing that they had escaped its onslaught. Just then the Wheel of Fortune's wheels popped out spikes and began to climb to the top of the valley.
"This isn't good." said Elodie
"Does anyone have any ideas?" asked Enid
"Yeah, the second that thing shows us its underside we crush it." said K.O. as they all prepared for the attack.
Just then Wheel of Fortune jumped out from the valley it was in. Just as the heroes were about to attack the car they all caught a strange smell coming from the car. They then noticed with the sun light what appeared to be droplets of liquid.
"Wait, don't tell me that's-" began Mr. Gar
"That's right! That's freaking gas!" yelled Z.Z
"That man shot us with gasoline!?" asked Elodie looking at her shoulder's injury
"TIME TO LIGHT THEM UP!" screamed Z.Z. as electricity shot out from the car
The lightning struck K.O. and ignited the gasoline that covered him. K.O. was covered in fire and he screamed in pain.
"K.O.!" screamed both Carol and Enid in horror
The fire began to spread and rise throughout K.O.'s body. Both Carol and Enid tried to help him but were stopped by Rad and Elodie.
"Wait, don't!" said Rad
"You're both covered with gas, you'll be lit on fire as well." said Elodie
K.O. then appeared to fall down to the ground, seemingly dead. This caused Z.Z. to laugh in apparent victory.
"K.O.! I'll make you pay you bastard." said Enid with tears on her eyes.
"Ha ha ha ha ha! How are you gonna do that with your hero dead, huh?" asked Z.Z. as he pointed to the sky with his finger.
"Besides, I'd need to be dead to be dead for her to take revenge." said K.O. as he punched through the ground back to the surface right next to the car.
Everyone was surprised at the sudden appearance of K.O. Enid and Carol were happier than the rest, while Z.Z. was scared out of his mind from his escape from the fiery dead.
"But how?" asked Z.Z.
"I just had Foo Fighter make a tunnel right next to you, the only thing left burning are some of my clothes." explained K.O. as he was surrounded by a blue crystal aura with Foo Fighter appearing next to him.
Before the demonic car could do anything, K.O. unleashed a storm of punches aided by Foo Fighter. The fierce attack went right through the car crushing and punching the driver out of the vehicle. Once the driver was out of the car everyone saw just who they were all up against. Z.Z. did have watermelon sized arms, but he was a complete toothpick everywhere else.
"That's the guy who nearly killed us?" asked Rad looking at the knocked out driver
"Not what I expected." said Elodie
"Well, at least everything's good now." said K.O. before being tackled by his mom
"K.O., you scared the living heck out of me." said Carol hugging K.O.
"Don't worry mom, I'm good." said K.O.
Then it donned on him. He had left his father's jacket burning.
"My jacket!" screamed K.O. as he rushed to put out the fire only to find Enid holding out the jacket for him.
"I figured that since this was so important to you, you wouldn't want it turned to ash. Sorry for not hugging the life out of you, but your mom had dibs." said Enid giving K.O. his jacket
"Thanks Enid, you're the best!" said K.O. hugging Enid and then gave her a kiss on the cheek.
Enid now had a red streak across her face from the action.
"Don't mention it." mumbled Enid
Carol just smiled at the sight although she almost laughed given Enid's face.
"Well, how are we going to make it to Pakistan?" asked K.O.
"We could take that guy's car, it only seems fair." suggested Rad
They all turned to face the demonic car only to find an old busted little car with no doors.
"What happened to the car?" asked Elodie
"It seems that the stand could transformed the car." said Carol
"It kinda reminds me of a little sheep that had all its wool shaved off." said Enid
The heroes got in the car and began driving towards the border with Pakistan. All the while hoping that the car would actually last till then.
Far from where the heroic crusaders drove a cloaked figure looked down upon them as the dust was kicked up by the wind. The wind managed to move the hood from the cloaked figure revealing the back of the man's head, and his short dark brown hair.