"Is this the alley way?" Zoom asked with a huff as they passed through the streets.

"According to this, yes," Cobra nodded as he watched his tablet. "Glacier is just right about here,"

"Ah, here he is!" Chili pointed to the unconscious icy blue truck.

"Oh no…" Cobra hissed and set his tablet down. "Was he left here all weak?!"

"Be could be in a coma," Chili observed. "Either way, we need to get him to the hospital. Quick."

"Do we have to…?" Zoom whined.

"Yes, now come on," Cobra urged. "You can transform into a tow truck and tow him!"

"No way! I'm not wasting my breath—"

"Please!" Cobra begged, puppy eyes flashing up at the purple truck. "Pretty please, Zoom!"

Zoom glared down at the yellow truck, trying his hardest to resist the puppy eyes, but in the end, he gave in with a sigh.

"Fine, fine, but you owe me plenty,"

"Thank you, thank you!" Cobra cheered. "You're the best!"

"Yeah, yeah," Zoom grinned smugly, causing Chili to roll his eyes and growl. "I am, aren't I?"

'Don't be so cocky.' the red-gold truck huffed, watching the purple truck transform into a tow truck to tow Glacier.

X

X

"Are you okay, Crusher?" Blaze asked as they drove through the park.

"I… I guess I'm still worried with Dynama and all…" Crusher gave a shudder.

"With all the tips you have our friends, I'm sure they'll be fine!" AJ assured him.

"And with Pickle staying to keep an eye on the race, I'm sure that if things go wrong, he'll come get us in a second," Blaze added with a smile.

"I… I guess that's true…" Crusher sighed and nodded.

"Blaze! Crusher! AJ!"

The trio turned to see Flame, Phoenix and Sparkle waving over at them. They all smiled as they drove towards their family.

"Hey, brothers!" Sparkle greeted. "What took you all so long?"

"We had to meet up with the gang at the Monster Dome," Blaze answered before his face went grave. "There's… some bad news,"

"What is it, Blaze?" Phoenix asked.

"It's Mr. Calvin, Crusher's step-father," AJ replied with a hiss. "He's sponsoring a race…"

"And Dynama's IN that race!" Crusher blurted out with a shudder.

"Thats two bad news then," Calvin frowned.

"Are your friends gonna be okay?" Sparkle worriedly asked.

"Dont worry, Crusher's given them tips on how to not get hurt by Dynama's cheats, so everything will be fine," Blaze assured them. "Also Pickle stayed behind to keep an eye on the race,"

"Thats reassuring," Phoenix sighed in relief. "But what about Pickle? Will he be okay on his own?"

"Well, hopefully…" Crusher spoke but even he shuddered at the thought. "Oh no…"

"Hmm… maybe we should go make sure nothing bad happens to him?" AJ suggested.

"No, I… I trust Pickle on knowing how to protect himself if Mr. Calvin tries anything," Crusher told them with a gulp. "I… I'll call him later, though… just in case…"

"Yeah, I think that's a good call," Flame smiled and patted his back with a nod. "For now, why don't we focus on our family hang out?"

"Ooh, yes!" Phoenix agreed. "I've brought a picnic!"

"Wow!" Blaze gasped as Phoenix brought out a picnic basket.

"Thanks, Mom!" Sparkle cheered.

"Yeah, Mom, thanks!" AJ beamed.

"Erm, yeah… thanks…" Crusher looked hesitant but gave a small smile to the white truck anyway.

"Your welcome, all of you," Phoenix smiled with a beam.

It wasn't full acceptance, but she was taking all she could get.

X

X

"Racers, start you ENGINES!"

The racers revved their engines at the cue, with Dynama at the very end and very eager to win. Calvin was at the sidelines, casting and exchanging a sneaky look with his daughter. Pickle and the other racers noticed this and exchanged worried glances.

"Oh boy, they're up to something…" Darington gulped.

"Don't worry, Darington, we're prepared in whatever they throw at us," Stripes assured him.

"That's right, y'all," Starla agreed with a grin. "All we need to do is stick together and back each other up, no matter if they try to separate us or not,"

"Now that's a plan!" Watts nodded, grinning as Gabby cheered.

"GET READY!"

The racers exchanged more confident looks before looking ahead, each of them revving up their engines more as the light flashed red.

"GET SET!"

The light soon flashed yellow, and Dynama smirked as her skull marks and chassis bag glowed purple, ready to cheat.

"AAAND… GOOO!"

As soon as the light flashed green, the racers zoomed through the race track as fast as they could. Watts and Gabby took the early lead, followed by Stripes and Starla then by Darington and Zeg. Dynama was somewhere between Starla and Darington, but noticing that the stunt truck and the dino truck were close, she smirked.

"Guess it's time for my first move…"

She took out some explosives from her chassis bag and dropped it on the race track before zipping off. Darington and Zeg spotted the cheats immediately and gulped.

"Ready to jump?" Darington asked.

"Zeg ready!" Zeg nodded.

Just as the explosives were about to explode, they jumped over them. The explosion gave them a boost to fly up and drive forward, passing Dynama, who growled.

"WHAT?! HOW DID THEY GET PAST MY CHEAT?!"

She snarled and zoomed forward. She was soon behind Stripes, and she nudged him to the side to push him off the track.

"Move aside, slow poke!"

"Woah!" Stripes tried to regain balance, but he was too off-balance to regain it. "Help!"

"I got ya, Stripes!" Starla skidded to a stop and twirled her lasso to stop her friend from falling off. "Phew! You alright?"

"Y-yeah… thanks," Stripes gave a smile. "but what about Dynama?"

"Yeah, I know," Starla sighed. "We need to catch up to her before she hurts Watts and Gabby!"

They both zoomed forward to catch up to the others. Meanwhile, Dynama was right behind Watts and Gabby. She hissed as her chassis bag began to glow.

"Now to knock these two weak racing team off the race!"

In an instant, a giant machine with a boxing glove on it appeared from her bag and into her tires. She smirked and aimed it at the duo.

"Say SAYONARA, GIRLS!"

"OH NO YOU DON'T!"

A lasso grabbed onto her machine before it was flung out of her tires. She gasped before turning with a snarl to see Stripes, Darington and Zeg, with Starla in front of them as she held out her lasso.

"Not so fast, Dynama!" she yelled. "Hurt my friend and my girlfriend, and you can kiss your jerky little ass goodbye!"

"You all think you can beat me?!" Dynama laughed mockingly. "You're all NOTHING without Blaze helping you out!"

"Thats what you think!" Darington grinned.

They all exchanged grins and nods before they zoomed forward. Dynama attempted to stop them, but before she could, they jumped over to pass her before grabbing onto Watts and speeding up with her.

"Hey, guys!" Gabby greeted. "Did she try anything?"

"Dynama try lot of things!" Zeg cried out.

"That's why we gotta speed up together!" Stripes declared.

Watts nodded and helped them zoom forward, all tires connected as they drove off. Dynama snarled and sped up to catch up but missed her chance as the group crossed the finish line together.

"NO!" she shrieked. "THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE! YOU CAN'T WIN WITHIUT BLAZE HELPING YOU OUT! THAT'S ILLEGAL!"

"Says who? You?" Stripes challenged.

Dynama huffed and turned to drive off in rage. Calvin met up with her as he comforted his daughter.

"Don't worry, Dynama, we'll get back at them for that." he reassured her.

"I swear that I WILL." Dynama snarled.

"Alright," Calvin sighed. "By the way, have you seen Glacier? I don't see him anywhere,"

"Hopefully, that coward is dead," Dynama chuckled. "Now come on, let's go get Mom,"