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On a distant ice planet, Raph and a man were racing a motorbike together in a cave.
Raph: Get this, I am racing pro-bike.
They both raced their bike after another past a puddle of water.
The thing is, this ain't no Shell-Cycle.
They race past the other bike, which had two men on.
Its a Planet Racer, and these babies are so high octane they require two riders.
They race their bike down the tunnel, dodging some points and pillars in the ground.
Raph races the bike along a desert planet, with the man and a cat-like woman in the back, while being chased by alien animals, with fangs and spikes on their backs.
The other thing is, these ain't your average racetracks. Its a hostile alien world with some unusual obstacles.
Raph and the man race the bike down a road towards a forest, followed by the other bike.
When you race as a planet racer, winning is one thing, surviving is another.
A bunch of flying manta ray aliens fly down towards Raph's bike, ridden by a humanoid alien.
In the lair, Raph and Casey were working on their bikes in the garage area. Raph drilled four nails out of a frame, then pulled it off, then put the drill to a few nails in the bike, drilling them in.
"There. That oughta lighten the load." he said hopefully.
He got onto his bike, as Casey moved his towards him, Elisa's bike leaning against a wall.
"That's a die cast aluminium frame." Casey explained. "It's already light."
"Well, now it's 18 ounces lighter." Raph joked. "Given this Shell Cycle a defiant edge. Elisa's gonna be so jealous when she finds out."
"You're dreaming." Casey said, taking the drill, before approaching his bike. "After I tweak the throttle response on this baby, you'll be spitting its dust for a week."
He began to work on drilling out nails on a panel, when Raph snatched the drill.
"Not after I tighten the shift linkage." he said, approaching his bike.
He powered up the drill, when Casey snatched it from him.
"Not after I modify the compression ratio by 3%." he joked.
They both glared at each other, before they began to work on their bikes. Raph then turned to Casey as he worked with the drill on the frame.
"Hmm? Compression panel?" he muttered. "Good idea."
Before he could get to work however, the lair began to shake, making Casey stop.
"What the shell?" Raph exclaimed.
They both turned to the door as a bright light entered the lair, knocking their bikes over.
"Casey, stay here!" Raph said, running towards the door.
In the lair, the river water began to rise up as his family stared at it, then a wormhole opened up as it went back to where it was.
"Master Splinter, what's going on?" Leo panicked.
Donnie ran towards the couch. "We've seen that kind of energy before." he recalled, pointing at it.
A large figure came out of the wormhole, which then spread its wings out, showing it was Ultimate Drako.
"Drako?" Splinter gasped.
"And the Daimyo's son." Leo said. "This is what we told you about, Master Splinter. They merged somehow, combined together!"
Raph came out of the garage room, blocking the light from the wormhole with his forearm.
"All into one ugly package." he said.
"We told you we would return!" Ultimate Drako snarled. "We told you we would have our revenge!"
The wormhole vanished behind him.
Raph began charging at him with his Sais out, spinning them around.
"Revenge this, whack bag!" he roared.
"Raph, wait?!" Elisa warned.
Raph jumped up and dived towards Ultimate Drako, who shot a blast from the Time Scepter at him, which hit Raph as he jumped up to kick him, freezing him stiff.
"AGH!" he yelped.
Ultimate Drako then grabbed him with his tail, then threw Raph across the lair with it.
"AGHH!" Raph yelled.
He hit the pillar with the 'Sewer sweet sewer' sign on, before he hit the floor on his shell, then the sign landed beside him as he sat up..
"As if you could simply fight us?!" Ultimate Drako snarled.
Raph got up as they all stared at Ultimate Drako.
"We control time and space!" Ultimate Darko snarled, as Raph got up. "With Lord Simultaneous' Time Scepter, we are unbeatable!"
"Someone quick, grab the-" Donnie began.
The Turtles and Splinter all jumped towards Ultimate Drako, who waved the scepter around, stopping them all in mid-air.
"Now we will have our vengeance!" he snarled.
"Leonardo, destroy him first!" Ue-Sama sneered, glaring at Leo.
"No! We agreed, the rat first!" Drako argued. "Then the Daimyo, your Father."
"Then Leonardo!" Ue-Sama said.
"They will all pay, all of them!" Drako declared.
Ultimate Drako held up the scepter, as the end lit up.
"Yes! All of them will learn the meaning of suffering, beyond time and space!" he declared.
He waved the scepter around, then sent a beam forward, which hit Splinter and the Turtles.
"AGHH!" Raph yelled.
Raph dived down towards a hard ground.
"AGHH!" he yelled, before hitting it on his chest. "OHH!"
He skidded along the ground slightly, then opened his eyes and looked around.
"Ah!" he gasped, seeing nothing familiar.
He got up and saw he was in a desert planet with different shaped spikes in the ground, then he put his Sais away.
"Where the shell am I?!" he exclaimed. "Master Splinter?! Leo?! Elisa?!"
His voice echoed all around.
"Wait a minute..? Where's that Drako ninja freak?" he questioned. "He had the Time Scepter and...? Man, where's that bozo sent me?!"
He looked around again frantically, when a engine noise made him turn around. He looked down what looked like a road, and saw a cloud of dust on top of a mountain.
"What the?!" he exclaimed.
Five motorcycles with two people on all jumped over the hill and began racing down towards him. One was brown with bits of orange on, with the number 58 on the side, while another was green with bits of purple on, with the number 50 on. A third was yellow with the number 17 on, the fourth was scarlet red with the number 23 on, while the fifth - which was the biggest - had the number 6 on, and was black and purple.
The red bike swerved as it raced along, as a human man named Godman Falcon rode it, while a cat-like woman named Methaina Fitts sat in the back, looking at a navigation device, which showed a blip.
"Falcon, someone's on the track!" she exclaimed.
Raph stared at the bikes as they got closer to him, before he turned around and ran off.
"Holy shell!" he yelled.
As he ran off, the bikes all jumped over him, then the red one skidded to a halt before it toppled over. He then rolled forward and brought out his Sais while crouching down, staring at the bike. As he saw no movement, he put his Sais away and walked towards it, then jumped onto it.
"What's the big idea?!" he demanded. "Can't you see I'm walking here?! Huh?"
He looked down and saw both Falcon and Methaina were lying unconscious on their sides. He jumped down towards them, then crouched down near Falcon.
"Hey, you guys okay?" he asked.
"Ah! Not for long." Falcon said, lifting his head up.
Raph looked confused, before he turned and saw three alien animals with long fangs and spikes in their backs jump down over the hill, and began racing towards them.
"Uh-oh!" he gasped. "I take it these aren't friends of yours?!"
He turned to Falcon, who got to his knees.
"We gotta get outta here." he said, turning to the bike.
He pressed a button on the bike, causing a small stabilizer ramp to pull itself up. He then approached Methaina and helped her sit up, then turned to Raph as he got up and stared at the bike.
"Can you ride?" Falcon asked.
"Can I ride?" Raph smirked.
The animals got closer and closer to them, as they got onto the bike. They placed Methaine in the back, then Raph helped Falcon up so he sat behind him.
"Hang on, 'cause we are gonna..." Raph said.
He turned to the controls as he grabbed the pedals, looking confused by all the buttons.
"Ah, let's see." he said, before he pressed buttons at random. "Okay, I give up. How the shell do you start this thing?!"
The animals growled as the got closer to the bike, making him turn around and gasp.
"AGHH!" he yelped.
He fiddled with more buttons as the animals got closer and closer.
"Come on!" Raph said stressfully. "Come on, start!"
The bike then began to power up its lights.
"Lights? Lights is good." Raph said. "Now which one is go?"
He turned around as the animals got closer as he kept pressing the buttons.
"Ah, shell!" he gasped.
The animals jumped up and pounced towards him, just as he pressed the 'start' button, revving up the bike. It raced away just before the animals landed on it, then more showed up as Raph began racing away from them.
He soon raced it up over a hill, jumping it over onto the ground on the other side, then raced it away. He then jumped it over a large valley, smashing a few weird shape rocks as it dived down, before landing on the ground. Raph laughed as he kept racing it along, then he raced it down a slope, before jumping it off it, landing on the ground.
Falcon looked around impressively as Raph kept racing.
"Not bad." Falcon admitted.
Raph turned the bike around 180 degrees near a curb, then raced it off towards a large rock which separated out to make a tunnel.
"Race fans! This is the ultimate challenge." a man named Nobby Bloe announced.
The remaining bikes all raced towards a dome shaped ship, where a bunch of people were sitting in the windows.
"One planet, three days, five racing machines. As Race Commissioner Morrey has promised, anything can happen on the hostile world of Laotora 4."
The bikes all raced up a ramp and into the ship, as Raph raced the red bike towards it.
"Just ask Godman Falcon of Team Fitts, marking in a full 3.2-2 minutes behind the others, on this, Day 1 of the U.S.P.R.A Charity Race Event."
Raph crossed the bike over a the finish line - which was signalled by two pyramids lighting up - as Falcon stared at him.
"Rub it in, why don't ya?" he scoffed.
Raph skidded the bike to a halt.
Later, Raph, Falcon and Methaina were all inside a room in the dome, which resembled a medical infirmary. Raph sat in a chair beside a bed where Methaina lay, as she'd broken her leg when she fell out of the bike. Also there was a robot called Muk, who held a servo part of the bike, and a pink slug alien, who held a clipboard.
"And these servos, they burnt out." Muk explained. "That not good for impellers. They crack. All need to be replaced. Lower sub-frame too, really bent."
"Can you get the bike back on its wheels by the next race?" Falcon asked.
"Yeah, right, but it's gonna be tight." Muk explained.
A screen nearby came on, showing Commissioner Morrey, who was a pink bald headed alien, as everyone turned to it.
"I'm sorry to break this to you, Falcon, but I'm bringing in another team to replace you." he explained. "Team Fitts is out."
"Commissioner Morrey, you cannot disqualify us!" Falcon snapped, outraged.
"You can't ride without a navigator." Morrey argued.
"But it wasn't our fault!" Falcon argued.
"Let it go, Falcon." Methaina said. "It's just a charity race. It doesn't count towards the championship."
"No! I'm finishing this race, even if I have to navigate the bike myself!" Falcon insisted, pointing at himself.
"Ha!" Morrey scoffed. "Then who would be your pilot?"
"Hmm? Him." Falcon said, turning to Raph.
"Me?" Raph questioned, pointing at himself.
"Him?" Methaina and Morrey inquired.
"Trust me, he can ride." Falcon assured. "He's got the balance of a Massey-Basheene. Your people, Methaina. It's amazing."
"It's against the rules, but since this isn't an official U.S.P.R.A race, I'll make an exception." Morrey said.
The screen went blank, as Raph turned to Methaina.
"Look, I'm sorry ya beefed it on account of me, but I can't stick around." Raph apologised, getting up. "My siblings and Master Splinter are probably in trouble. I gotta find a way back home."
"I know. I know." Falcon scoffed, as Raph turned to him. "You told me."
That was true, as Raph had explained to them how he wound up on the track after arriving in the infirmary.
"You don't even know how you got here!" Falcon snarled. "But now that you jammed me up, you think you're just gonna bail?"
"I'm really sorry, but I gotta get home." Raph said honestly, touching his shoulder.
He turned and began to walk off.
"Wait, Raphael?" Methaina said.
Raph stopped and turned to her.
"Maybe we can help you." she said. "My Uncle is the premier subspace temporal mechanic's theorist in this sector."
Raph walked towards her, for her Uncle sounded like Donnie.
"If there's a way to get you back, he'll figure it out." she explained. "We'll take you to him, after the race."
"Okay, deal." Raph said, seeing no other option right now. "Count me in."
The next day, the dome hovered on the Laotora 4 again, this time in an ice zone, as the crowd cheered.
"Good morning, all beings and forms." Bloe announced. "This is Nobby Bole, bringing you Day 2, live from true frozen wastes of Laotora 4!"
The hangers opened up, then the five bikes all shot out and jumped towards the ground. Once they landed on it, they began to race off.
Bloe - who was a lime green skinned alien - sat behind a panel, with Morrey standing beside him.
"The drop-off is complete. Racers moving to the starting grid." he explained.
(Outside)
The five bikes raced towards the starting line.
"As for us, we'll be relocating to the finish line." Bloe explained.
Raph raced Fitts' bike along, when the purple and black one - driven by a man named Tripper Nitro, with a man called Jag Marjorie as navigator - raced right past him and Falcon.
"Gonna beef it again, Falcon?" Nitro asked, as he turned and raced his bike ahead.
"Hey! Friends of yours?" Raph asked.
"That's Tripper Nitro and Jag Majorie of Team Koyoshada." Falcon explained.
Raph, Nitro and the other drivers all pulled their bikes over at the starting line, which was signalled by a pyramid.
"Watch out for them." Falcon advised. "They don't play nice."
"The flag is up." Bole announced.
Raph revved the bike up, as lights went up the pyramid like on an actual race track.
"They wait for the signal. And..." Bole said, before the green light came on. "..they're off!"
The bikes all raced off away from the starting line, Raph trailing behind slightly before he raced ahead of 17, as Falcon spotted something on their bike's navigator.
"What? I got a caution icon already?" he questioned. "A 40 foot drop into the ice tunnel."
"Good. I gotta make up for that lousy start." Raph said.
The five bikes came towards a crevice, then Teams Koyoshada, 50 and 58 all dived down and began racing down it. Raph then followed after them, when the navigator beeped again.
"We've got another caution." Falcon said. "There's subterranean life down here."
"What kind?" Raph asked.
"Worms." Falcon answered.
"What?" Raph questioned.
The four bikes all raced into the tunnel, followed by a hi-tech camera to record them.
In the dome's control room, Bloe and Morrey stared at each other.
"Worms, Commissioner?" Bloe inquired. "Just how big are these worms?"
"Well, they dug those tunnels." Morrey explained. "That's all I know."
"We've gotta stop the race!" Bloe panicked.
He reached to press a button on a panel, when Morrey grabbed his hand.
"Absolutely not." he said. "Ratings are up because this is the most hostile planet we've ever raced. A little danger never hurt anybody."
"Sounds like you're hoping someone gets hurt." Bloe said, noticing his tone.
"Never." Morrey assured. "But make sure your Race Cams keep up with the action...just in case."
In the tunnel, Team Koyoshada was in the lead as Tripper turned the bike left down it, followed by Team 58. Team 50 then followed after it, followed by Raph and Falcon, as one of the Race Cams followed behind to record.
Raph raced his bike past Team 50's, then past 58's, before it began to gain on Koyoshada's bike. They both kept on racing, before Raph spotted three different tunnels ahead of them.
"Which way?" he asked. "We got three tunnels ahead?!"
"Ah... Uh..." Falcon stuttered, looking at the navigator. "Middle!"
Raph raced the bike on, when a giant alien worm with sharp teeth came towards them from the middle tunnel.
"AGH!" they both yelped.
"I mean left!" Falcon exclaimed.
Raph turned the bike and raced it down the left tunnel just before the worm could bite them. The worm then began to chase after them, as Teams 58, 17 and 50 all raced down the middle tunnel.
Raph's bike skidded along thick ice as he raced it down the tunnel.
"Okay... Those worms ain't your average nightcrawler." he said.
His and Koyoshada's bike raced into a craven area.
"Somebody should've warned us!" Falcon snarled, annoyed.
Raph raced his bike on, as Koyoshada's came up behind him.
"Hey, look out!" Majoria exclaimed.
Koyoshada's bike hit Raph's slightly, before they both wobbled.
"AGHH!" Majoria and Nitro grunted.
They bike fell onto their side as it skidded along the ice.
"I can't hold her!" Raph exclaimed.
He moved his bike to his right, missing Koyoshada's bike as it raced past him and Falcon.
"There's no traction!" he exclaimed. "We're going down, Falcon!"
He skidded the bike to his left, causing it to fall onto its side, as Koyoshada's stopped skidding ahead of it. Nitro pressed a button on his panel, making a stabilizer lifted his bike up, as Raph and Falcon stared at him.
"Ah! That jerk Nitro tore the hydraulic hose when he slammed us!" Raph frowned, pressing buttons. "We got no stabilizers!"
He got off the bike with Falcon.
"Then we gotta lift it ourselves!" Falcon said.
They both turned as they heard a roaring noise, then saw a Race Cam moving towards them, followed by the worm, which screeched loudly.
In the dome, Bloe watched in the control room, as the Race Cam saw the worm heading towards it, before the screen went fuzzy.
"Whoa! Massive worm alert!" he exclaimed, pressing buttons on the panel. "That thing just ate one of our Race Cams!"
Another Race Cam then showed the worm moving towards Raph and Falcon on the screen.
(Infirmary)
Methaina sat up on the bed, watching the race on a screen.
"And it's not looking good for Teams Fitts and Koyoshada!" Bloe panicked.
"Ah!" Methaina gasped.
"They better get their bikes in gear fast!" Bole hoped.
In the tunnel, Nitro and Majoria both watched as Raph and Falcon lifted their bike up.
"AH!" they grunted.
They turned around as the worm moved towards them down the tunnel. It then banged its head against the ground, causing it to crack open as it moved towards both bikes, going under them.
"Nitro, give us a hand?!" Raph called.
Nitro and Majoria ignored him, the Nitro raced their bike off down the tunnel.
Raph and Falcon then turned to the worm, as it moved closer to them, opening its mouth.
"Okay... Think fast? Think fast?!" Raph panicked, as water began to go through the crack. "Where's a trapdoor where you need it?!"
He then realized what he had to do, as he took out his Sais.
"That's it!" he said.
He began digging his Sais into the ice as he circled the bike. Falcon stared at the worm as it got closer to them, as Raph put his left Sai away.
"Get on!" he said.
Falcon got onto the bike, then Raph got onto it, as the worm pounced towards them. Raph then dug his Sai into the ice, causing the bike to fall down through the hole as the worm stared at it. It landed on its wheels, then Raph raced it away, as the worm smashed through the hole and chased after it.
"Way to race, Raph." Falcon commented, as Raph raced the bike down a tunnel.
Raph then began to phase away.
"Ah!" he gasped.
"Raph?" Falcon said.
Raph stopped phasing away.
"Whoa!" he gasped, shaking his head. "What was that?"
In the dome, Methaina was walking slowly a hallway with a crutch, when she heard Morrey talking on the phone to somebody.
"No, no, double the marketing." he said, as an elevator opened, then he walked down the hallway, not spotted her. "I want tomorrow's race heavily promoted. If you think today is intense, we're gonna send the ratings through the roof. The ad money is gonna flood in."
"Ahem!" Methaina said, clearing her throat, getting Morrey's attention. "What exactly is going on here, Commissioner?"
Morrey lowered his phone and turned it off.
"Something bothering you, Methaina?" he asked.
"Giant ice worms?!" Methaina exclaimed.
"That was a surprise to me as well." Morrey assured, bluffing. "But everyone was aware this is a harsh planet, and I have your signed wavers to prove it."
They both began to walk down the hallway together, before Methaina got in front of Morrey.
"Now move aside?" he asked.
Methaina moved slightly as he walked past her, then she stared at him.
"I'm sure the Race Council would like to know you're turning this event into a Death Match!" she scowled.
"Be careful what you say, Methaina." Morrey advised, as he stopped. "You might hurt my feelings. And don't forget, you need my approval if you ever want to race again."
He walked off as Methaina stared at him.
In the tunnel, Raph turned the Fitts bike left down the tunnel, as the worm gained on him and Falcon. He then stared a curved road with large spikes going both up and down ahead of him.
"Give me the Gyros on high prep!" Raph said. "We got some manoeuvring to do."
"You got it." Falcon said, pressing buttons on the navigator.
The bike sped up as Raph raced it down the road.
"We'll be out of the glacier in five seconds. Better pick up speed." Falcon advised.
"Why?" Raph asked.
"There's a bit of a jump." Falcon explained.
Raph looked at the end of the tunnel, and saw a large gap between it and the outside.
"Full throttle, Raph!" Falcon said.
"Already on it!" Raph grinned.
He revved up the bike, jumping it over the gap, as the worm fell down to the crevice below as it tried to follow it.
"Wahoo!" Falcon whooped.
"Aha!" Raph whooped, as he landed the bike on the ice.
He raced it away past some mountains.
In the dome's control room, Bloe looked up and saw Raph and Falcon on the screen.
"You'll be relieved to know that we've picked up signals from both Teams Koyoshada and Fitts." he explained. "They're on the move, though Falcon is way off course."
The door behind him opened up, making him turn around, seeing Methaina in the doorway.
"At least they're okay, eh, Methaina?" he asked.
"Yes." Methaina said, approaching him. "Say, uh, Nobby, we've known each other a long time. Please, tell me the truth? What is the Commissioner up too?"
"What I know and what I can prove are two different things, Methaina." Bloe answered.
"I think there's a way to get proof, but I'll need your help." Methaina said.
Bloe put his hand on his chin, thinking about it.
Back on the planet, Raph raced the bike along a road along the side of a mountain.
"Come on? Push it, Raph!" Falcon said. "We got a lot of time to make up!"
Raph began to phase away again. "Ah!" he said.
"Raph?" Falcon said.
Raph gasped as his hands went through the pedals.
"Uh! This isn't good!" he gasped, looking at his hands, before he tried to grab the pedals. "It's like I'm fading away!"
"We're drifting! Get control!" Falcon exclaimed.
"I...I can't!" Raph panicked. "I can't grab hold of the bars!"
The bike then headed towards the edge of the road.
"Look out!" Falcon yelled, before the bike went over.
"AGHH!" Raph yelled.
The bike shot down towards a large crevice.
"AGHH!" Raph and Falcon yelled.
Raph kept trying to grab hold of the bars as they dived through a cloud.
"AGHH!" Falcon yelled.
Raph then stopped phasing away, confusing him as he looked at his hands.
"That's better." he sighed, grabbing the pedals. "Hang on?!"
He landed on the bike on the side of the mountain, then began to race the bike down it.
"Get ready for a little off-road action, Raph style." Raph advised.
He turned slightly and saw a large piece of ice resembling a ramp, then raced towards it. He then raced up it, then jumped it away from it as he laughed.
"All right!" he whooped.
He landed the bike back on the track, landing right in front of Team Koyoshada, shocking both Nitro and Majoria.
"What the?!" Nitro gasped.
The dome then showed up, lowering itself down near the finish line.
"Unbelievable!" Bloe announced, as the dome landed. "Somehow, not only Team Fitts has gotten itself back on course, but they've gained the lead."
Raph raced his bike past the finish line - which was marked with the same pyramids as at the starting line - with Team Koyoshada finishing just seconds behind him and Falcon.
"And it's Team Fitts in first!" Bloe announced.
The crowd cheered, which now included Methaina and Muk.
Raph raced the bike into the dome, then pulled it over in a garage area. He and Falcon then got off it, then took off their helmets.
"What happened to you out there?" Falcon asked.
"I don't know." Raph said honestly, turning around. "It was kinda the same feeling I had when I got here. Like...like I was being pulled at or something."
"Oh, you can't abandon me now." Falcon said. "We're in the middle of a race!"
"Hey, it's not like I have any control over it." Raph argued.
Muk came down a set of stairs towards them both.
"Racing good, track not so good." he said, approaching the bike. "Nice that you lived through."
"Thanks, Muk." Falcon said. "Better check her over top to bottom. She went through a lot."
He and Raph turned and walked off, as Muk looked at the bike.
"You think?" he asked sarcastically. "Yeah, alright."
The next day, the dome was once again over Laotora 4, this time in a jungle swamp area.
"Good evening all beings and forms, and welcome to the third and final race of this Planet Racers Charity Event, coming to you live from the moonlit rainforests of Laotora 4!" Bloe announced.
The dome lowered itself down towards the ground outside the forest. The crowd cheered as the garage doors opened, then the five bikes raced out of them.
"And there's the drop-off!" Bloe announced.
A bunch of Race Cams followed the racers towards the starting line.
"With sinking sludge pits waiting for them, the last thing these racers need to worry about is the mysterious Mud Riders." Bloe explained.
(Control room)
"Who I hear are cannibals. Good thing Commissioner Morrey has somehow convinced them to allow us passage through their land." Bloe explained.
He looked at the screen, seeing the bikes approaching the starting line, before the screen showed the starting lights.
"The flag is up..." Bloe explained, before the green light flashed. "..and they're off!"
(Forest)
The bikes all raced away from the starting line towards the rainforest, as the Race Cams followed.
Raph raced his bike just behind Team Koyoshada, before Falcon spotted something on the navigator.
"A caution area ahead." Falcon explained. "Zero visibility through the sludge pits."
"Zero visibility?" Raph questioned.
Team Koyoshada's bike jumped over a hedge, then Raph jumped after them, then they drove through a foggy area.
"Instruments only." Falcon said. "I'm raising the chassis. Just crank the speed up."
The chassis on the bike rose up, as Raph turned to Falcon slightly.
"We'll make it." Falcon assured.
Raph sped the bike up, racing it over a swamp, then he grinned as he turned to the track. Bike number 58 then followed them over the swamp, before bubbles rose up from it, followed by a humanoid alien on a alien manta ray. Another two then rose up behind it, then all three flew after the racers.
"A new caution." Falcon reported, staring at the navigator.
"What?!" Raph exclaimed.
"The Mud Riders! They're attacking!" Falcon said.
Bike 58 swerved around through the fog, then both men on it looked up, and saw the Mud Riders flying towards them. One then swooped down towards them, then the manta ray's tentacles wrapped around the bike.
"AGHH!" the men screamed.
In the dome, Methaina stood in a doorway, seeing Morrey walking down a hallway, as Bloe stared at her.
"Alright, Nobby, there he is." she said. "Keep your Race Cam on the action, but out of sight."
She began to walk down the hallway as a Race Cam showed up in the doorway.
"Race Cam 2 online." Bloe explained, as a small screen showed Morrey. "And ready to go live, Methaina."
Morrey turned right down the hallway, when Methaina got close to him.
"Commissioner! Commissioner Morrey?" she called.
The Race Cam came up behind her.
(Control room)
"And now, let's go live to Race Commissioner Tangent Morrey for a few comments." Bloe said, pressing a button.
He looked up at the main screen, which went fuzzy, before it showed Morrey and Methaina in the hallway.
"Why are the Mud Riders attacking the Racers?" Methaina asked.
"How should I know?" Morrey scoffed. "They gave us permission to race through there."
"No, they didn't!" Methaina snapped.
(Hallway)
Morrey walked off slightly, checking his phone, as Methaina took out a scroll from her back pocket.
"I checked!" she said.
"Huh?" Morrey muttered, stopping.
He turned around to her, as the Race Cam flew over him undetected.
"Their response was 'no'." Methaina said, opening up the scroll. "And they threatened retaliation for anyone who dares to invade their forest!"
"Where did you get that?" Morrey exclaimed, snatching the scroll.
"You sent our riders out there, knowing they probably wouldn't survive?!" Methaina snarled angrily.
"Well, look at it this way." Morrey said, as Race Cam filmed them both. "They're giving their lives for a good cause."
"What cause?" Methaina snapped. "Your ratings?!"
"Those ratings are gonna keep Planet Racing going for a long time, sweetheart!" Morrey snapped. "So we lose a few racers. Big deal. They're a dime a dozen. I'll get more, and-"
The Race Cam flew closer to him, the propeller making him turn to it, seeing he was caught out.
"Huh? Wha? The Race Cam?" he gasped. "Um..."
He put his hand behind his back as he blushed, trying to think of an excuse.
(Control room)
Bloe stared at Morrey on the screen.
"Clearly the Mud Riders...are acting like savages, having changed their minds, and attacking our racers." Morrey said quickly. "I promise to personally look into it."
He turned and walked off as Methaina glared at him.
"And I imagine the Race Council will be looking into Commissioner Morrey's Planet Racing ethics." Bloe announced. "But right now, let's check in on our embattled racers."
He pressed a button on the panel, while turning to another screen.
In the rainforest, Raph raced his bike along a road which served all over, with Team Koyoshada right behind him and Falcon.
"So how we doing, Falcon?" Raph asked.
"Hustle it! Nitro's gaining!" Falcon explained.
Raph sped the bike up, then both bikes jumped over a cliff after each other. They then landed on the ground and raced towards a forest, before Team Koyoshada raced past Raph and Falcon.
"See you at the finish line, losers!" Nitro mocked.
He laughed as he raced his bike past several weird shaped trees.
Unknown to any of them, several Mud Riders were hanging upside down from a tree like bats, as their eyes opened. Two then jumped down from the branches with staffs, then one slashed Nitro as his bike drove past it, causing him to fall out.
"AGH!" Nitro yelled.
He rolled along the ground as his bike crashed into a tree, knocking Majorie out.
"Oh!" he moaned.
Nitro sat up and clutched his arm, as three Mud Riders all charged at him.
"You were warned! But still you trespass on our land, outworlder!" one hissed, as Nitro turned to them. "Now you will pay!"
Raph raced towards the scene, seeing the Mud Riders moving towards Nitro.
"We have to help them!" Raph said.
"Forget it! You got a short memory." Falcon argued, pointing at his head. "They left us for worm food, remember?"
Raph pulled the bike over, skidding it to his left, before he lowered the brakes. He took his helmet off, then jumped off the bike as Falcon stared at him, then he brought out his Sais and ran over to Nitro.
"Raph, get back here!" Falcon called. "What about the race?!"
Nitro rolled forward as a Mud Rider tried to slash him with his staff.
"AGH!" Nitro yelped.
He gasped and rolled away as another tried to hit him with his staff.
"Ah!" he whimpered.
He moved back slightly as the three Mud Riders moved towards him.
Raph came up behind the Mud Riders, then he jumped over them and landed in front of Nitro. He then sliced the end of one of the Mud Rider's staffs, then he kicked him in the chest, knocking him down. Raph then blocked the other's staffs as they tried to hit him, then he spun around and ducked slightly, then he jumped and split kicked them both, knocking them down, as he back flipped towards Nitro.
"Get to your bike, now!" Raph yelled, turning around.
Nitro turned around and crawled away, as Raph turned back as another Mud Rider came at him, then ducked as the Mud Rider tried to whack him.
"Don't have to tell me twice." Nitro said, as Raph kicked the Mud Rider in the chest, knocking him down.
Nitro got up and ran towards him bike while clutching his arm, just as Majorie was working on it.
Raph grunted as he held back two Mud Riders staffs with his Sais, before he pulled one's down, then kicked him in the chest, knocking him away. He then turned to the other and held it back with both his Sais.
Nitro helped Majorie fixing up their bike, before Majorie go up and turned to Raph.
"Why is he helping us?" Majorie wondered.
"Who cares?!" Nitro snarled. "We got a race to win!"
They both got onto their bike, as Raph knocked the Mud Rider's staff over him, before he jumped and kicked the Mud Rider in the chest, knocking him down. Raph then turned and ran towards Falcon as he put his Sais away, then he got onto the bike.
"Nitro's taken the lead!" Falcon scowled, as Raph put his helmet on. "You're a fool, Raphael!"
"It was the honourable thing to do!" Raph argued, as he grabbed the pedals.
He started up the bike and turned it left, racing right after Team Koyoshada.
"There's no room for honour in racing." Falcon said.
"Winning without honour isn't winning." Raph said, before facepalming himself. "Jeez, I sound like Leo. Still, even Elisa would've helped in that case."
He raced the bike forward, coming up behind Team Koyoshada, then they were neck-n-neck as they headed for a tunnel.
"Finish line is just beyond the forest." Falcon explained. "First one through that gap cinches the lead."
Raph raced his bike ahead, getting to the tunnel first, then he raced through it, as Team Koyoshada came up behind him. Once out of the tunnel, both teams jumped their bikes up slightly as they approached the finish line, which was rock-shaped tunnel.
"And here comes the frontrunners down the final stretch!" Bloe announced.
Both bikes came neck-n-neck as they got closer to the finish line.
"It's Team Fitts! No, it's Team Koyoshada!" Bloe announced, before Raph sped his bike up and raced ahead. "It's...It's..."
Raph raced his bike past the finish line, then pulled it to a stop.
"Yes! Team Fitts takes the cup, in the U.S.P.R.A Charity Race Event!" Bloe announced.
Raph and Falcon held their arms up triumphantly, as Methaina, Muk and the rest of the crowd cheered.
"Great!" Methaina whooped.
"Not bad." Falcon remarked.
Team Koyoshada crossed the finish line, then Nitro pulled the bike over, then he and Majorie took off their helmets and glared at Raph and Falcon.
"AGHH!" Nitro growled, throwing his helmet away.
Raph and Falcon jumped off their bike and stared at each other, then they took their helmets off.
"Way to win a race, partner." Falcon said, as they shook hands.
Raph then began to phase away again, shocking them both.
"Hey, it's...it's happening again? It's pulling me away from here." Raph gasped.
Falcon gasped. "Raph, listen. Just remember that, if you do nothing else in your life, you were once a Planet Racer." he said. "Not everyone can say that."
"And you remember, race with honour?" Raph asked, touching his shoulder.
He then vanished.
"I'll remember, Raph." Falcon promised. "Winning without honour, that's just not winning."
He then ran off forward slightly, then waved his helmet at the dome ship, as the crowd kept cheering.