SPEED RACER X!!!
BEHIND THE MASK - Episode 21 - X
Nighttime at Team Exelion headquarters, INTERPOL covert operative Detective Cathy Sanders has just finished downloading the corporate database on DVD. The vital information of Team Exelion's link to organized crime is now on disk, it is the last link needed to topple the corporate giant ready to be handed over to the courts. She hears footsteps as she quickly slips the disk into her vest pocket. The door opens and a large figure blocks the doorway and flips on the light switch.
"Hey! What are you doing in here?" said Mr. Balboa. Before he can say another word, she quickly subdues the much larger Balboa, knocking him unconscious, flat on his face.
"Heh, heh, the bigger they are the harder they fall!" she says. She slips out silently and works her way upward and outward from the depths of the underground lair of Corporate Team Exelion.
She reaches the upper-most levels undetected and soon finds the exit to the lower parking garage, she is home free! She opens and closes the door quietly, but the electronic lock emits a small beep as the door locks from the inside. She looks around carefully and sees only cars; no one else is in sight.
She heads toward her vehicle, and hears a voice come from behind, "Well, aren't we the company woman! Working late to catch up on some work? How resourceful. I've had my eye on you for quite sometime, it was you who has been tipping off Racer X, hasn't it? Well he's no longer around to protect you! Get her boys!" said Sonya
Four thugs approach her; an object is heard thrown in the air, short-circuiting the lights in that section of the garage, sparks fly as it becomes dark. Cathy does something quite unexpected; she removes the DVD from its protective box and throws it against the wall.
Sonya seeing this begins to laugh, but the disk stops mid-air just short of striking the wall! The disk twirls and reflects light toward the henchmen who are confused at the sight!
"Oh, I forgot to mention, I've brought along my new partner as backup! Meet Night Wraith!" said Cathy
Before they can move a muscle, a glowing object has been hurled at them, an electrified bolo net quickly wraps around them. Their bodies wriggle with the shock of electricity and their bodies fall limp to the ground.
Seeing this, Sonya runs away and escapes in her car.
Cathy and Night Wraith tie up the thugs for the police to pickup. She says, "I wish we'd have gotten her!" "She's kept her association with Team Exelion only at the driver level, we don't have enough on her for a conviction." replies Night Wraith. "Let's go, we'll take my car, yours has been disabled by Team Exelion's hoods."
They climb aboard the Dark Shadow and drive away. On the road, Cathy begins, "Rex, she still has feelings for you doesn't she?"
"I can only change alter-egos, I can't change the past." he replies. "I had feelings for her, yes, you could even say I loved her, but time changes things and it changes people too."
"But some things can remain the same." she says
Flashback to memories long past.
"That was many years ago for me, I was only Rex Racer back then. We trained together, at that time I was a driver and she was my navigator. I won many races with her at my side. I admit I had strong feelings for Sonya when we were together, but her ambition was to become a driver, a good one, so she began to train on her own. But she felt I was only holding her back, so she joined Team Exelion and they corrupted her. She chose professional racing over what we had together, so she turned her back on me and broke my heart."
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to bring back painful memories." she replied
"Not to worry, my heart belongs to only you now. As Joe tells me, time heals the broken heart."
She smiles and puts her head on his shoulder, "Now that we have Team Exelion in the palm of our hand, will Racer X return?"
"Yes, Night Wraith and Dark Shadow will vanish as suddenly as they appeared, to return only if they're needed again. In fact, the day may soon come when even Rex Racer can return." he said.
That is the day that Cathy dreams of, because it is the day that she and Rex might begin to live a normal life together. The Dark Shadow glides down the lonely road and disappears into the night.
Morning at the Hibiki Motors test track, Trixie arrives in time to see Speed take off from the starting line. She is greeted by Sparky, Spritle and Chim Chim are there as well. She keeps the odd happenings of the previous night at Racer X's mansion to herself.
Sparky says, "Have you seen the newspaper yet?"
"No." she replies
He hands her the newspaper, the headlines read:
TEAM EXELION
UNDER INVESTIGATION!
As she reads, he continues, "Team Exelion is in big trouble! It seems their team is being backed by a bunch of criminals! And their team faces removal from the World Earth Grand Prix by the WEGA unless a new owner will sponsor them! Several individuals have put in their bids for ownership of Team Exelion, but only one is negotiating a take over! It's Jettison!"
"Wow, it says here that Jettison could go from driver to team owner by the wave of a checkbook!" she says. She comments to herself, "Jettison is so young, but yet he is liable to become the youngest team owner ever!"
Speed finishes his practice laps and stops to chat with Trixie. Sparky, Spritle and Chim Chim head over to the Mach V. Trixie still grasping the newspaper throws her arms around Speed, he smiles and gives her a hug. She remains in his arms, emotions rushing over them, then Speed speaks, "So did you read the news?"
"Yes. What do you think?" she asks.
"I think that under Jettison's leadership Team Exelion's true skills may be put to the test. Perhaps even their 'win at any cost' attitude may become a thing of the past. I look forward to racing in the World Earth Grand Prix now more than ever! It's just a shame that Racer X won't be racing against me anymore." he replies.
She realizes that Speed is disappointed so she tries to get his mind off of negative things saying, "There's only one more week until the qualifiers will the Mach V be ready?" Speed now perks up, "You bet Trixie!" giving a thumbs up, "With Sparky's help, its been very finely tuned, and raring to go!" he smiles. He is happy to see Trixie and says, "Hey, you want to go for a ride, just the two of us?" She replies, "Sure!"
They walk over to the Mach V, and see Spritle behind the wheel; Sparky and Chim Chim are nowhere to be seen.
Speed walks around to the opposite side of the car and sees Sparky's legs sticking out; Chim Chim is passing him tools.
"How soon Sparky? Can I give you a hand?" he asks.
"Another five minutes. That's alright, I've got a real grease monkey to help." replies Sparky. The words come out of Sparky's mouth before he realizes what he's said, he turns his head in Chim Chim's direction hoping he's not offended his little 'ape' helper. Speed covers his mouth with his hand trying to hide his smile at Sparky's remark, Chim Chim takes it as a complement and smiles back at Speed handing Sparky another wrench.
Trixie goes over to Spritle who says, "Boy, I can hardly wait 'til I'm old enough to drive!" making car noises.
"Well, remember Crasher Kid? He not too much older than you are, maybe when you're his age we get you a learner's permit." she smiles.
"Yeah, but I'll only get to drive your dumb car around! I'd much rather drive this!" he says with a grin on his face.
"Dream on! You'll have to drive a regular car for a long time before you'd even be let behind this wheel as a driver!" she replies
Spritle pouts and crosses his arms saying, "No-no-no-no-no-no-no!"
Sparky finishes and Speed tells them they're going for a ride, Spritle asks to go too. "Not this time buddy, maybe next time!" says Speed. Trixie hands her keys over to Sparky and Speed tells them they'll meet back later at Hibiki Motors.
Trixie and Speed leave in the Mach V, while Sparky and Spritle remain to chat.
"Do you think maybe they'll get married someday Sparky?" asks Spritle
"It's possible. But not very soon I'd guess, they're both still a bit young for that, besides they gotta have some fun first, you know, kind of get to know each other." replies Sparky.
"I guess. I just wonder who's gonna take care of me!" points out Spritle.
"Don't worry about it, I think Mom Racer would take good care of you if Speed and Trixie were ever to get hitched. She's a real nice lady you know." said Sparky.
"I hope so, I hope she likes monkeys too!" glancing back at Chim Chim. Sparky raises his brows and shrugs his shoulders.
On the road, Speed asks, "How about some lunch?"
Trixie replies, "Yes, maybe we could find a cafe nearby."
"Sure, I know of a nice place that's not too far away." he said.
They cruise on down the road, but little do they know, a gang of Team Exelion's hoods has spotted them. First one car pulls out to follow, and then another joins the chase.
BEHIND THE MASK - Episode 21 - X
Nighttime at Team Exelion headquarters, INTERPOL covert operative Detective Cathy Sanders has just finished downloading the corporate database on DVD. The vital information of Team Exelion's link to organized crime is now on disk, it is the last link needed to topple the corporate giant ready to be handed over to the courts. She hears footsteps as she quickly slips the disk into her vest pocket. The door opens and a large figure blocks the doorway and flips on the light switch.
"Hey! What are you doing in here?" said Mr. Balboa. Before he can say another word, she quickly subdues the much larger Balboa, knocking him unconscious, flat on his face.
"Heh, heh, the bigger they are the harder they fall!" she says. She slips out silently and works her way upward and outward from the depths of the underground lair of Corporate Team Exelion.
She reaches the upper-most levels undetected and soon finds the exit to the lower parking garage, she is home free! She opens and closes the door quietly, but the electronic lock emits a small beep as the door locks from the inside. She looks around carefully and sees only cars; no one else is in sight.
She heads toward her vehicle, and hears a voice come from behind, "Well, aren't we the company woman! Working late to catch up on some work? How resourceful. I've had my eye on you for quite sometime, it was you who has been tipping off Racer X, hasn't it? Well he's no longer around to protect you! Get her boys!" said Sonya
Four thugs approach her; an object is heard thrown in the air, short-circuiting the lights in that section of the garage, sparks fly as it becomes dark. Cathy does something quite unexpected; she removes the DVD from its protective box and throws it against the wall.
Sonya seeing this begins to laugh, but the disk stops mid-air just short of striking the wall! The disk twirls and reflects light toward the henchmen who are confused at the sight!
"Oh, I forgot to mention, I've brought along my new partner as backup! Meet Night Wraith!" said Cathy
Before they can move a muscle, a glowing object has been hurled at them, an electrified bolo net quickly wraps around them. Their bodies wriggle with the shock of electricity and their bodies fall limp to the ground.
Seeing this, Sonya runs away and escapes in her car.
Cathy and Night Wraith tie up the thugs for the police to pickup. She says, "I wish we'd have gotten her!" "She's kept her association with Team Exelion only at the driver level, we don't have enough on her for a conviction." replies Night Wraith. "Let's go, we'll take my car, yours has been disabled by Team Exelion's hoods."
They climb aboard the Dark Shadow and drive away. On the road, Cathy begins, "Rex, she still has feelings for you doesn't she?"
"I can only change alter-egos, I can't change the past." he replies. "I had feelings for her, yes, you could even say I loved her, but time changes things and it changes people too."
"But some things can remain the same." she says
Flashback to memories long past.
"That was many years ago for me, I was only Rex Racer back then. We trained together, at that time I was a driver and she was my navigator. I won many races with her at my side. I admit I had strong feelings for Sonya when we were together, but her ambition was to become a driver, a good one, so she began to train on her own. But she felt I was only holding her back, so she joined Team Exelion and they corrupted her. She chose professional racing over what we had together, so she turned her back on me and broke my heart."
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to bring back painful memories." she replied
"Not to worry, my heart belongs to only you now. As Joe tells me, time heals the broken heart."
She smiles and puts her head on his shoulder, "Now that we have Team Exelion in the palm of our hand, will Racer X return?"
"Yes, Night Wraith and Dark Shadow will vanish as suddenly as they appeared, to return only if they're needed again. In fact, the day may soon come when even Rex Racer can return." he said.
That is the day that Cathy dreams of, because it is the day that she and Rex might begin to live a normal life together. The Dark Shadow glides down the lonely road and disappears into the night.
Morning at the Hibiki Motors test track, Trixie arrives in time to see Speed take off from the starting line. She is greeted by Sparky, Spritle and Chim Chim are there as well. She keeps the odd happenings of the previous night at Racer X's mansion to herself.
Sparky says, "Have you seen the newspaper yet?"
"No." she replies
He hands her the newspaper, the headlines read:
TEAM EXELION
UNDER INVESTIGATION!
As she reads, he continues, "Team Exelion is in big trouble! It seems their team is being backed by a bunch of criminals! And their team faces removal from the World Earth Grand Prix by the WEGA unless a new owner will sponsor them! Several individuals have put in their bids for ownership of Team Exelion, but only one is negotiating a take over! It's Jettison!"
"Wow, it says here that Jettison could go from driver to team owner by the wave of a checkbook!" she says. She comments to herself, "Jettison is so young, but yet he is liable to become the youngest team owner ever!"
Speed finishes his practice laps and stops to chat with Trixie. Sparky, Spritle and Chim Chim head over to the Mach V. Trixie still grasping the newspaper throws her arms around Speed, he smiles and gives her a hug. She remains in his arms, emotions rushing over them, then Speed speaks, "So did you read the news?"
"Yes. What do you think?" she asks.
"I think that under Jettison's leadership Team Exelion's true skills may be put to the test. Perhaps even their 'win at any cost' attitude may become a thing of the past. I look forward to racing in the World Earth Grand Prix now more than ever! It's just a shame that Racer X won't be racing against me anymore." he replies.
She realizes that Speed is disappointed so she tries to get his mind off of negative things saying, "There's only one more week until the qualifiers will the Mach V be ready?" Speed now perks up, "You bet Trixie!" giving a thumbs up, "With Sparky's help, its been very finely tuned, and raring to go!" he smiles. He is happy to see Trixie and says, "Hey, you want to go for a ride, just the two of us?" She replies, "Sure!"
They walk over to the Mach V, and see Spritle behind the wheel; Sparky and Chim Chim are nowhere to be seen.
Speed walks around to the opposite side of the car and sees Sparky's legs sticking out; Chim Chim is passing him tools.
"How soon Sparky? Can I give you a hand?" he asks.
"Another five minutes. That's alright, I've got a real grease monkey to help." replies Sparky. The words come out of Sparky's mouth before he realizes what he's said, he turns his head in Chim Chim's direction hoping he's not offended his little 'ape' helper. Speed covers his mouth with his hand trying to hide his smile at Sparky's remark, Chim Chim takes it as a complement and smiles back at Speed handing Sparky another wrench.
Trixie goes over to Spritle who says, "Boy, I can hardly wait 'til I'm old enough to drive!" making car noises.
"Well, remember Crasher Kid? He not too much older than you are, maybe when you're his age we get you a learner's permit." she smiles.
"Yeah, but I'll only get to drive your dumb car around! I'd much rather drive this!" he says with a grin on his face.
"Dream on! You'll have to drive a regular car for a long time before you'd even be let behind this wheel as a driver!" she replies
Spritle pouts and crosses his arms saying, "No-no-no-no-no-no-no!"
Sparky finishes and Speed tells them they're going for a ride, Spritle asks to go too. "Not this time buddy, maybe next time!" says Speed. Trixie hands her keys over to Sparky and Speed tells them they'll meet back later at Hibiki Motors.
Trixie and Speed leave in the Mach V, while Sparky and Spritle remain to chat.
"Do you think maybe they'll get married someday Sparky?" asks Spritle
"It's possible. But not very soon I'd guess, they're both still a bit young for that, besides they gotta have some fun first, you know, kind of get to know each other." replies Sparky.
"I guess. I just wonder who's gonna take care of me!" points out Spritle.
"Don't worry about it, I think Mom Racer would take good care of you if Speed and Trixie were ever to get hitched. She's a real nice lady you know." said Sparky.
"I hope so, I hope she likes monkeys too!" glancing back at Chim Chim. Sparky raises his brows and shrugs his shoulders.
On the road, Speed asks, "How about some lunch?"
Trixie replies, "Yes, maybe we could find a cafe nearby."
"Sure, I know of a nice place that's not too far away." he said.
They cruise on down the road, but little do they know, a gang of Team Exelion's hoods has spotted them. First one car pulls out to follow, and then another joins the chase.