Speed and Trixie Chapter 16: The Accident, a speed racer fanfic

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Chapter 16: The Accident

Early the next morning, the young, married couple were getting ready to practice for the race, which would be that afternoon. Speed was pretty excited and he had to smile at his pretty wife, who was now in her Go Team short outfit and jacket with a matching hat. It was totally different from the red dress she had on the night before.

"Speed," she said walking over to him with the map of the course. "Here's your copy. I'll let you know what Sparky and I see from the helicopter."

"I'll be listening for you," he said looking out the window and up at the sky to see that it was going to be a beautiful day.

Suddenly there was a knock on the door. "That must be Sparky," Trixie said going to let him in.

"Trixie. We have to go get that helicopter. We only have twenty minutes before they give it to someone else," Sparky said obviously more than just a little worried.

"Shoot," Trixie said, then added jokingly, "Speed, I'm sorry. But we need the car."

"Okay," Speed joked back. "You drive on the track, and I'll try to figure out how to fly."

"Deal," Trixie said as they all dashed out of the room to get to the Mach 5 as fast as they could.

"I swear if I didn't know any better," Sparky said. "I would think that y'all meant that."

Of course with Speed's driving, they were to the little airport within ten minutes.

Trixie leaned to Speed and kissed him quickly. "Okay," she said getting out of the car. "I'll see you later. Be careful"

"I will. You be careful too," Speed said calling after her.

"I will," she said running off with Sparky but turning around to throw Speed another kiss. She then turned back around running to get to the helicopter Sparky and she were promised.

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A half-hour later, Speed was practice driving on the track when he heard a plane up above. He assumed it was Trixie and said out loud to himself, "That's my girl."

Next he heard Trixie coming in over his radio. "Come in, Speed."

"I hear you loud and clear," Speed answered keeping his eyes on the track.

"Sorry we're late but the paper work to rent this helicopter took us forever to fill out."

"No problem," Speed said, then added, "Better late than never."

The three of them joked a good bit on the radio as Speed practiced, but for the difficult turns and twist, they got serious.

"Speed," Trixie said watching out for him. "Don't forget about that sharp turn coming up."

"I'm on it," Speed said taking the turn and flying ahead of other racers as they skidded even at their slower speeds. "How was that?" Speed asked, but he didn't get an answer. "Trixie. Come in, Trixie."

"Speed!" he barely heard because their connection was breaking up. He looked up and saw that the helicopter was smoking. He then barely heard Trixie exclaim, "Something's wrong with the engine!"

"Oh, God," Speed said nervously as he looked up with such fear in his eyes.

Just barely breaking in over the radio, Trixie could be heard saying, "I can't crash it over all of these people! I have to bring it down away from here!"

Speed yelled over the radio, "Jump out, Trixie! Just jump!" He knew she and Sparky had to be wearing their parachutes.

She flew the helicopter a good bit away over the woods and then Speed soon saw what had to be Trixie and Sparky jumping out of the helicopter before it could crash, but only one parachute was easily seen. Next there was a big explosion from where the helicopter crashed. In a panic Speed began to head to the beginning of the track so he could go to the accident.

He was like a mad man as Gem, Gem's Father's officials and the paramedics of the track followed the Mach 5 out of the track to go help. It took them a good twenty minutes to get to the area where the helicopter had gone down. When Speed jumped out of his car, he could just barely hear Sparky calling Trixie's name.

Speed ran to the sound of Sparky's voice. Sparky was soon found walking around unhurt physically but very upset. "Sparky. You're okay." Speed said running up to him and then with more panic in his voice, he demanded to know, "Where's Trixie!"

"I don't know if she jumped?" Sparky said hating to tell Speed.

"Yes. She did!" Speed said upset.

"I didn't see her parachute," Sparky said shaken up.

A couple of officials who had caught up to Speed and Sparky said they had only seen one parachute as well.

"I saw her jump," Speed said praying he was right.

Gem walked up to them now after hearing their conversation and said, "Even if she did jump, it's obvious her parachute didn't open. There's no way your friend could have made it."

Speed looked at her furiously. "I'm not giving up on her! She's alive!"

Sparky pulled himself together knowing his friend wasn't going to give up. He followed behind Speed as he started to look for Trixie.

A half-hour later, there was still no sign of her. Speed stopped searching for a minute as he stood staring at the plane that had crashed. Officials were still trying to put the flames out.

"Come on, Speed. Let's keep looking," Sparky said putting a hand on his shoulder.

"I can't lose her," Speed said trying so hard to stay strong.

"We'll find her, buddy," Sparky said hoping he was right.

Another fifteen minutes later after still finding no sign of her, Speed stopped and looked up into the sky. "Please, God. Let me find her. Don't let her be in that plane."

That's when his attention came upon something in a tree. It was the color of the Go Team clothes. It was Trixie. There was no sign of a parachute so Speed realized that the tree had broken her fall.

"Trixie!" Speed yelled but she didn't move. "Trixie!" he yelled again and then he started climbing the tree.

The tree was huge and by the time Speed got to Trixie, he realized that she was tangled up in a bunch of small branches. Luckily she had her helmet on but the small branches had put plenty of cuts on her legs.

"Oh, God. Trixie," Speed said under his breath. "Trixie," he said again climbing closer to her. A minute ago he was so relieved to see her in that tree but now suddenly horror struck him. Was she alive? He started to sweat and his hands trembled uncontrollably. He waited a few seconds before he reached one of his trembling hands to feel her neck for her pulse. He started to breathe again when he knew she was alive. He wiped the tears from his eyes and said, "I've got to get you out of here."

Some of the officials climbed up and it took Speed and them a good while to get her untangled from the tree. They eventually put her into some type of air born cot and then lowered her down slowly, while Speed climbed down some and then jumped the rest of the way down.

"You're going to be alright," Speed said to her holding her hand as they loaded her into the ambulance.

He was about to get into the ambulance next, when Gem said, "You can't fit. You'll see her in the hospital anyway."

"I'm not leaving her. I'm going with her," Speed said not about to give in.

"Speed," Gem said again trying to reason with him. "The paramedics will take care of your friend."

"Damn it, Gem! She's my wife!"

Gem was needless to say, shocked as Speed jumped in with Trixie.

"His wife?" Gem barely whispered as the ambulance doors were closed.

"I was surprised too," Sparky said forgetting about the kiss between Gem and he. He would have been a nervous wreck to talk to her after that kiss but because of what happened, he was more worried about Trixie.

"You knew they were married?" Gem asked Sparky.

"I just found out yesterday," Sparky said remembering how happy they were.

"His wife?" Gem repeated again.

"He really loves her," Sparky said wanting her to know.

"I know...I think I knew when I first met them," Gem admitted.

Miles and miles away, Pops was watching that famous sport's station when there was a news flash about what had happened.

"Honey! It's Speed!" Pops called to his wife.

"What? What happened?" Mom Racer asked running in.

"I don't know yet," Pops said turning the TV louder.

The reporter was by the burnt up plane talking. "Earlier today a member of Speed Racer's Go Team, Trixie, was flying this plane."

"Oh, no!" Speed's Mom said covering her mouth when she saw the burnt up plane.

"We understand that she and another member from the Go Team, Sparky, were flying over Speed as he drove. The plane started smoking and she bravely flew it out of anyone's danger before the two jumped with parachutes. Sparky, their mechanic is in good condition. Unfortunately, Trixie's parachute didn't open. However, she is alive. She's at the hospital after a tree broke her fall. We don't know her condition yet but that she was unconscious when her husband found her."

"Thank Heavens she's alive," Mom Racer said.

Pops, however said, "Trixie's husband found her?"

"That's right folks," the reporter went on to say. "Speed is her husband and for some reason or another, they kept it a secret."

"That boy," Pops said standing up. "I know just when they got married. It was the three days that they had disappeared. I knew they were extra...lovey dovie when they came back."

"Calm down," Mom Racer said. "You love Trixie."

"Yes, but why does Speed have to do things like that!" Pops said with anger. "Getting married behind our backs is bad enough. When were they planning to tell us!"

"People do crazy things when they're in love," Mom Racer said still watching the television. "Look. There's Sparky."

There was a different reporter talking to Sparky outside of the hospital. He was very serious when the reporter asked him if Trixie was going to be okay.

Sparky didn't say anything for a few seconds at first. "The doctors just informed us that she's in a…coma. They're not sure if she'll be okay or not."

"Oh, no," Pops said. "Trixie's in trouble. Speed must be going out of his mind."

The reporter began asking Sparky more questions. "How's Speed doing?"

Sparky looked choked up a minute for his friend. "Speed is devastated. She's everything to him."

"We're all praying that she gains consciousness very soon so on a happier note, there's a rumor that they didn't say anything about their wedding because of the press."

"That was only part of it," Sparky said not in the mood to joke that Speed couldn't wait.

Next on the TV was a picture of them the night before. Speed was standing behind Trixie with his arms around her and they both looked very happy.

A tear ran down Mom Racer's face when she saw that Trixie had the red dress on.

Next, Sparky's Aunt & Uncle were on the television with pictures of their wedding. Mom Racer couldn't help but smile. The couple went on to say how nice Speed and Trixie were and that they were so obviously in love.

The reporter came back on saying she hoped that Trixie would regain consciousness and be alright.

Away from the cameras and the press, Speed was in Trixie's hospital room. "Well...I guess the whole world knows that we're married now," Speed said watching closely for any sign of movement from his wife. Gently he took her ring off of her necklace and put it on her wedding finger. "This is where this ring belongs," he whispered holding her hand and kissing it. He already had his wedding ring on his wedding finger. "You're going to be fine, baby. I can't wait to get back home with you after all of this." Suddenly some nurses walked in and suggested that Speed wait in the hall until they finished hooking yet some more machines to her.

Out in the waiting room, both Racer X and Sparky tried to talk to Speed but he wouldn't respond. He just sat leaning over and staring down at the floor. He thought of how wonderful his short marriage had been so far and his life for that matter since Trixie had been in it. He could hear her laughter in the memories in his head. More and more thoughts of her ran through his mind as he feared that she might not wake up. He told himself he couldn't handle it. How could he ever go on living without her? He could see images of the doctor's face telling him that she might never wake up. Abruptly, he stood up and then punched the wall behind him.

"Speed!" Sparky said running over to him.

Speed waved his hand for Sparky to leave him alone as he hid his eyes in his arm while leaning against the wall. He just barely said, "I can't… talk...right now." He shook as he began to cry, still hiding his face.

Racer X knew that Speed was scared to death of losing Trixie and his family wasn't there yet to console him so he put his hand on Speed's shoulder. Speed finally lifted his head a little while sobbing and said, "She's got to wake up."

"She will," Racer X said and being the brother that Speed didn't know Racer X was, the Masked Racer hugged him.

Speed hugged him back saying, "I love her so much."

"I know," Racer X said wishing he could ease his little brother's pain.

After a few minutes, Speed let go of Racer X. and said, "I'm sorry."

"Don't be sorry. I'm your...friend."

"I know. Thank you," Speed said wiping the tears from his face.

"Are you okay?" Sparky asked glad that Racer X was there to calm Speed down.

Speed just shook his head yes and looked back towards Trixie's room seeing the nurses coming out.

The next day in Trixie's room, Speed reminisced again while holding her hand. He sat there a good while thinking about the time when they met at the small airport. He thought of their first kiss, the first race they won together, their honeymoon and the night before the accident.

He brought himself back to reality when he again looked at Trixie's lifeless body in the hospital bed. She really looked like she was just sleeping. "Trixie," he said with a hoarse voice. "You have to wake up. I don't want to live without you. There is still so much more we have to do together." He stood up and stared over her beautiful face. He thought of that silly fairy tale Snow White and how the Prince's kiss woke her up. Leaning down close to Trixie till his lips were only an inch or so away from hers, Speed then kissed her softly. He stared at her a few seconds after but there was nothing. Sadly, he turned his gaze to look out of the window. He walked over to it and realized it was getting dark and it depressed him that she didn't show any sign of waking up. Would she ever? Suddenly, Speed thought he heard his name. He spun around quickly to look at Trixie.

"Speed," she whispered again.

"Trixie," Speed said dashing over to her and then leaning over her - searching her face for a response.

Trixie slowly opened her eyes and squinted because of the light in the room.

"Trixie," Speed said as he fell down on his knees on the side of the bed. "Oh baby," he said putting his head down on her as he put his arms around her.

She slowly lifted her hand and put it on the back of her husband's head. He lifted his head again because of her touch and looked at her with tears running down his face. "Thank God you're back," he said moving to kiss her cheek softly.

Trixie wiped the tears from his face. "What happened?" she asked sounding very weak. "Did we get into a wreck? Are you okay?"

"I'm fine," he said trying to calm his happiness down so he could talk to her. "You were in an accident."

Trixie looked confused for a minute but started to remember as she said still in a weak voice, "I was trying not to let the plane crash over people; over you."

Speed smiled, "You saved mine and a lot of other people's lives."

"My parachute wouldn't open," she said slowly. "I was so scared. I really thought that I was going to die."

"You're okay, baby," Speed said kissing her hand and then holding her hand against his face as he smiled.

It touched Trixie's heart to see how relieved Speed was. "How did I survive without a parachute?"

"A tree broke your fall."

"I was in a tree?" she asked so tired.

"Yes. I was a nervous wreck not being able to find you and then I looked up, and there you were."

Trixie could see that Speed had been through a lot so she slowly lifted her hand and placed it against his face to comfort him. That's when she noticed her wedding ring was on her finger. Looking at Speed's hand, she saw that he had his on too. "Everyone knows we're married?"

"Yes. After you were put in the ambulance, I said you were my wife. There was no way they were going to keep me from going with you."

Trixie smiled and said, "We were worried about the press. They are going to have a field day with the hidden wedding."

"I don't care now. We can go hide somewhere," Speed said just glad that she was awake. "Are you feeling okay?"

"Yes. I just feel a little achy and tired."

"You got pretty scratched up by the branches of that tree, but nothing serious."

"I don't even remember seeing a tree," she said. "I wonder if I passed out before I even hit it."

"It's possible since you were probably so scared when you realized that your parachute wouldn't open. Thank God for that tree."

"Scared isn't a strong enough word. I think I'm wearing two parachutes for now on," she said with a smile.

"I think I'm going to lock you in the apartment for now on," Speed said smiling with relief.

Trixie laughed lightly and smiled back at him.

Of course that night Speed didn't leave his wife.