Rat Race. . . . Anime Style!
Chapter 8
Rocket cars, rocket cars, rocket cars!
Authors moment: Sorry for the major delay people. I have been extremely busy with with college work. But know that I am on my break I can finally continue working on my fanfics. I hope you all enjoy this.
The desert is a long and vacant patch of earth. That is until we notice a gas station, with a pickup truck parked in front of it. Nearby was the owner of the station and the people who own/stole the truck, Ranma Saotome and Naru Narusegawa.
"Look here miss", said the owner, "you are not going anywhere due to this crack in your radiator." Then pointing to the radiator he said, "That is this tank in front of the engine that. . ." "I KNOW WHAT A (BLEEP)ING RADIATOR IS", yelled Naru. Ranma glared at her and then asked, "Can we rent a car somewhere?" "Sure", said the owner, "in Albuquerque! HA HA!"
An annoyed Naru finally said, "Then all we can do is patch it." "With what", said the owner. "Sand and tire sealent. When mixed they form a adhesive, that should last for a few hours." "That should work", said Ranma, "We only have a few miles left to go."
The owner, who was looking exasperated said, "Look, we don't have any sand." "YES WE DO YOU BAKA!" yelled Naru. "IN CASE YOU HAVE NOT NOTICED WE ARE IN THE DESSERT!" The owner just sighed in defeat.
In the long dessert area where two certain women, or should I say goddesses. For immortals though, they were certainly not looking so hot. They looked as if though they may collapse at any minute. "We should have bought a comic", said Belldandy. "We really should have", replied Skuld.
They trudged on, but then, they noticed a bunch of tents in the distance. They started to head towards them.
The guy in charge of the refreshments there, noticed the two goddesses heading his way. As they entered the tent, he looked shocked. "Oh my gosh! What happened? Car trouble!" "You might say that", said Skuld as she and Belldandy took some drinks and sat down. "You two look exhausted, here have something to drink", said the guy.
As they were enjoying their beverages, Skuld noticed some activity going behind the curtains. "What's going on over there", asked Skuld. "Oh some scientist from Springfield is trying to break the landspeed record, he even hired this motor club from Nekomi Tech in Japan to assist."Skuld got an idea.
"So as you can see from my (glehOEvn) work, this new vehicle will break the landspeed record", said Scientist Prof. John Frink, who was standing on a podium in front of the rocket car. "And the one to be driving this car, with the zooming, and the speeding and the ROARING of the engines, will be Nekomi Tech's very own, Keichi Morisato." With that Keichi went up to the podium. "Uh, thank you Professor Frink", said Keichi, "Now, as he mentioned, today we hope to break the normal landspeed record. . ." "KEICHI!" yelled a familiar voice and later he was found hugged by one very familiar goddess, later to be seen by a another familiar face. "I can't believe I am saying this but I am so glad to see you", said the goddess glomping him. "Skuld", said a shocked Keichi, and then looking up to see the smiling face of Belldandy. "Bell! I knew you came to America to find Skuld but what are you two doing here." "Oh, you see, we are in a race for 2 mil. . ." Suddenly the truth-prone Belldandy was hushed by the clamping hand of her younger sister. "Let me explain", said Skuld. She quickly whispered the details in Keichi's ear, and since Keichi knew that Goddesses can't lie, he went, "WOW! That much!" Skuld nodded. "Well, what can I do to help." "If it isn't too much trouble we want to borrow the rocket car." Keichi thought this for a moment. "Okay, besides, I don't want to risk going that fast anyway." "Oh goody", said Belldandy. The two quickly ran to the rocket car. "Um Morisato-san, what in the (blem haven) is going on here." "Uh, don't worry, Prof. Frink, just a few changes", said Morisato, as he let Belldandy and Skuld help themselves to the car. As the two where settling inside the car, Keichi and Frink where in the middle of a discussion of the matter, when Skuld yelled, "Hey how do you start it?" "Just pull the green lever for (phluovens) sake", yelled Frink. Before Frink realized what he just said, Skuld pulled the lever and the car took off like a shot. (AN: I am aware of what really happened in Rat Race, but I doubt that Belldandy is the type of person that would take something without asking, I mean she is a goddess).
Inside the car, Belldandy and Skuld were having a rough time coping with the intense speed. It felt like their brains would be pushed to the backs of their heads. Skuld looked at the speedometer and noticed it kept moving up and up at a fast rate. Her eyes bugged out at this.
"740! 745!" said Prof. Frink measuring the speed on the car. "That's a record!" said Keichi. "There going to break the sound barrier, with roaring and the blasting and, over big sound wave.
The owner of the gas station put the hood down on the truck and turned to Naru and Ranma. "I still don't think it will hold." "It will do", said Naru. Ranma took out his wallet. "How much do we owe you?" "About five-hundred bucks", replied the owner.
Naru looked shocked. "For two quarts of tire sealent! That's twenty, tops!" She grabbed Ranma's wallet and took out some money and shoved it in the owners vest. "Here, this is forty, double what it is worth." Turning to Ranma she added, "Let's go Ranma."
However as they turned to go the owner took out a gun and said, "Hold it." The two turned and saw the gun he was holding. Even though they both could take him out, they knew better than to mess with someone who was armed. "Now hold on there", said Ranma. Pointing to his gun, the owner laughed and said, "Another tool no mechanic should be without." Groaning Ranma reached into his wallet and fetched the appropriate amount. "Fine, but remember what goes around comes around", said Ranma as he handed the owner the money. "Yeah, this is so Un-Christian", yelled Naru.
The owner just laughed at Naru's remark and said, "Well if the good Lord don't like how I do business, let him say something! Let him give me a sign." Then looking up to the sky he yelled, "Oh Lord! I'm here, and I'm listening! Hello?" As he laughed at this, Ranma and Naru got in the truck and left, at the same time, a rocket car, who just broke the sound barrier zoomed by and due to the sonic boom, it caused the old gas station to crumble apart. The owner got so caught of his guard that he accidently fired his gun in the direction of the car.
"Well (gluhuevon)", yelled Prof. Frink, "MACH 1!" "WELL DONE FRINK", said Keichi. With that the two celebrated.
Inside the rocket car, Belldandy and Skuld noticed a bullet zooming right with them. Belldandy gasped and Skuld looked impressed that they were going as fast as a speeding bullet.
Inside a mini-mall, the Simpsons have finally gotten away from the anti-ACROSS squad. Marge was reassuring that everyone was okay. Homer was still a little shooken up after what happened. Bart decided to ease his nerves by pointing out to a nearby miles sign. "Look Dad! Silver City is only 10 more miles away." "Oooh", went Homer, and he looked out the window at it. "Great mother of mercy, soon that money will be mine." "Homer, exnay on the oneymay", said Bart.
Marge's eyes narrowed on Homer, "What money?" Homer, realizing his mistake said, "Oh, nothing, just thinking about the money I will get from my new job." Marge looked at Homer and said, "Homer is there something you and Bart are not telling us?" "No, no nothing", said Homer. Marge still glowered at him. Homer finally broke down and said, "Okay I admit. There is no job. The real reason we are going to Silver City was that I was chosen for this race made by Maximillion Pegasus. He hid 2 million bucks in a locker in a train station at the city, and I want to get my hands on it." With that he started crying. "Aye Carumba", said Bart. "Ah ha, I knew something was up", said Lisa.
The rocket car had finally run out of gas, but the stopping procedure was slow, and unfortunately, for the goddesses inside, it was shaky.
Eventually the car stopped, and of course the goddesses got out of the car, but due to the shaky stop, they had a hard time maintaining their stability, plus they were dizzy and disoriented.
Nearby was a school bus, being used to transport crazy people. The attendant was telling them it was time to return and to get on the bus. She then noticed Belldandy and Skuld wobbling about and began to usher them back on the bus. "Back on the bus. We don't want to miss dinner it's macaroni night!" Belldandy in her dazed state, said, "Nice to meet you. We came on a rocket car." "Oh, a rocket car", said the attendant, "Let's hear all about it on the bus."
All right this is where I will leave off for now. But wait until next time. I will try to get the next chapter up within the next week.