CANNONBALL RUN 4: HIGH OCTANE

by The Turbo Man

CHAPTER SIX:

ARCTIC ADVENTURE AND DETOUR DILEMMAS.

DISCLAIMER: I still own nothing except my original characters, and you know who they are.

At the Cannonball Dome, Jennifer was conducting an interview with J.J. and Victor.

"Gentlemen, do you have any idea who could be behind the attempts to sabotage the race?" Jennifer asked.

"It's tricky to guess.  I mean, $200 million are up for grabs, so it stands to reason that many people would come out of the woodwork, looking to get their hands on it." J.J. said.

"But petty sabotage has never stopped the Cannonball before." Victor said. "And that won't happen now.".

"Fighting words indeed." Jennifer replied.  "Can you tell me anything about the precautions that Mr. Yates has taken to protect the money?".

"Unfortunately, we are sworn to secrecy.  Brock is a good friend of ours, and we would never dream of letting him down.".

Jennifer managed to suppress the urge to sneer at J.J. and Victor.

"Very well." she said. "Thank you for your time.".

Meanwhile, Elizabeth was crawling around in the air-conditioning ducts, and was approaching Brock Yates' office. 

She could hear his voice as she got closer.  He was speaking on his telephone.

"Maybe we'll find the key to where the money is." Elizabeth whispered to herself.

She arrived at a vent cover just above Brock's office and looked down into the office through it.

"Are the Arctic unit in place, Mr. X?" he said into his phone.

In his New York apartment, Mr. X checked a radar screen that Blue Falcon had set up for him.

"Yes, Brock, they're ready.  I've also posted guards on the remaining Cannonball bridges to ensure that the routes are not sabotaged again.".

"Good." Brock replied. "It's important that the Cannonballers' morale remains as high as possible.  Is the money still safe?".

"The money is safe under my supervision." Mr. X said.  "I've put it in my safe.  When the racers are going through Australia, I'll bring it to the North Pole.".

"Okay.  I'd better go now. I'm counting on you.". 

With that, Brock hung up the phone.

Elizabeth had not managed to hear Mr. X's voice, but she had picked up some information.  She smiled to herself and crawled back the way she had come.

In the betting room, the Cannonball band members were extremely anxious.

"Hey, Jack, is there any news about the racers who took the Detour bridge?" Avril Lavigne asked. "I bet money on the Maelstrom, so I hope they're okay.".

"There's no news yet." Jack replied. "But don't worry. I'm sure those guys can handle themselves.".

"Any word on the Cheetah, Shrek?" Bono of U2 asked the ogre.  "The lads and I bet half the studio budget of our next album on those guys.".

Shrek turned and looked at the screen.

"You're in luck. They're currently running in third place.  Up ahead of them are the Deluxo and the Maniac.".

"And where's the High Roller?" Clarence Clemons asked.

"In sixth right now." Donkey said.  "He's gaining fast on the Direwolf, but I think he's going after the Maniac, because he was right on their tail before they got ahead of him.".

"Hey, guys, turn on the TV!" Steven Tyler of Aerosmith yelled. "Dr. Dre and Ice-T are going on stage now.".

Backstage, the two rappers were getting ready to go out.  Ali G had approached them and was speaking to them.

"Hey, you guys are DOPE!" he was saying. "I love your stuff!".

"Well, thanks very much." Ice-T said. "I can see you really love rap.".

"You bet I do. I was thinking of becoming a rapper myself." Ali said. "I even wrote a rap myself.  I wanted to see what you guys thought of it.".

"Okay, let's hear it." Dr. Dre said.

"Right. Here goes." Ali said.  He started rapping.

"I'm a real bad brother, crazy like no other, I'll **** your ****ing brother, stick my lovegun in your...."

"Okay! Okay!" Ice-T said, holding his hand up.  Both he and Dre were a little unsure. 

"It's a work in progress." Ali G said.

"Yeah, I can tell." Dre said. "Look, would you like to do back-up on this number we're gonna do?".

"Yeah! I'd love that." Ali said.

"Well then, let's go!". Ice-T said.

"Well, folks the racers are now in Antarctica." Misty said. "The weather may be cold, but the race is still hot!".

"Amen to that, Misty." Lazlow said.  "Security measures have been tightened up.  If there is any more interference in the race, it will be dealt with.".

"We'll give you an update as soon as we can, but now-now-now welcome two very bad mothers: Ice-T and Dr. Dre!" Max said.

The crowd erupted as Dre and Ice-T took the stage, followed by Ali G.

"AIIIGHT!" Dr. Dre yelled into the mike.  "We know that's it cold in the Antarctic, but let's make it a bit easier on our homies by reminding them of a warmer place!  We're also doing this song as a tribute to my late buddy, Tupac, who originally did this song with me.  HERE WE GO!".

California...knows how to party.
California...knows how to party.
In the citaaay of L.A.
In the citaaay of good ol' Watts
In the citaaay, the city of Compton.
We keep it rockin! We keep it rockin!

Now let me welcome everybody to the wild, wild west
A state that's untouchable like Elliot Ness
The track hits ya eardrum, like a slug to ya chest
Pack a vest for your Jimmy in the city of sex
We in that sunshine state with a bomb ass hemp beat
the state where ya never find a dance floor empty.
And pimps be on a mission for them greens
lean mean money-makin'-machines servin' fiends.
I been in the game for ten years makin' rap tunes
ever since honeys was wearin' sassoon.
Now it's '95
and they clock me and watch me
diamonds shinin'
lookin' like I robbed Liberace.
It's all good, from Diego to tha Bay
Your city is tha bomb if your city makin' pay
Throw up a finger if ya' feel the same way
Dre puttin' it down for
Californ-i-a.

California....knows how to party
California....knows how to party
In tha citaaay of LA
In tha citaaay of good ol' Watts
In tha citaaay of Compton
We Keep it Rockin'
We Keep it Rockin'

Yeah, now make it shake! come on!

Shake Shake it baby
Shake Shake it, Shake it baby
Shake Shake it, Shake it Cali
(Shake it Cali)
Shake Shake it baby
Shake Shake it
Shake Shake it mama
Shake it Cali

Out on bail
fresh outta jail
California dreamin'
Soon as I stepped on the scene
I'm hearin' hoochies screamin'.
Fiendin' for money and alcohol
the life of a west side playa'
where cowards die, it's our ball
Only in Cali where we riot now rallies are live and die.
In L.A. we wearin' chucks not Ballies. (yea, that's right)
Dressed in Locs and khaki suits
and ride is what we do.
Flossin' but havin' caution
we collide with other crews.
Famous because we program
worldwide
let'em recognize from Longbeach to Roscran
Bumpin' and Grindin' like a slow jam
it's west side
so you know the Row won't bow down to no man.
Say what you say
but give me that bomb beat from Dre
let me serenade the streets of L.A.
From Oakland to Sacktown
The Bay area and back down
Cali is where they put they mack down
Give me love!

California.....knows how to party
California.....knows how to party
In tha Citaaay of LA
In tha Citaaay of good ol' Watts
In tha City of Compton
We keep it Rockin'
We Keep it Rockin'

yeah, yeah now make it shake...uuhhh

Shake Shake it baby
Shake Shake it
Shake Shake it mama, Shake it Cali
(Shake it Cali)
Shake Shake it baby
(Shake it Cali)
Shake Shake it
Shake Shake it mama
(West Coast)
Shake it Cali

Shake Shake it
Shake Shake it mama, Shake it Cali
(Shake it Cali)
Shake Shake it baby
(Shake it Cali)
Shake Shake it
Shake Shake it mama
(West Coast)
Shake it Cali

Uh, yeah, uh, uh, Longbeach in tha house, uh, yeah
Oaktown
Oakland definitely in tha house (hahaha)
Frisco, Frisco

Hey, you know LA up in this
Pasadena, where you at ?
yeah, Inglewood, Inglewood always up to no good
(Tupac) even Hollywood tryin' to get a piece baby
Sacramento, Sacramento where you at ?
yeah

Throw it up y'all, throw it up, throw it up!
I can't see ya! (California Love!)
Let's show these fools how we do it on this west side
Cause you and I know it's tha best side

Yeah, That's riight
west coast, west coast
uh, California Love
California Love
yeah

California...knows how to party. (Yeah)
California...knows how to party. (Where they at ?)
In the citaaay of L.A. (South Central, uh)
In the citaaay of good ol' Watts (Yeah, yeah!)
In the citaaay, the city of Compton.
We keep it rockin!
We keep'em rockin!
Just come on
Shake Shake it baby baby baby
Shake it Mama, Shake it Mama, Shake it Mama

The Richter scale
talkin' about an earthquake on the Richter scale
mmmmmoooooooooooiiiiii
in the city of Compton, city of Compton
Where tha girls shake their booties
Shake it Mama, Shake it baby, Shake, Shake it baby
Shake Shake it.....

California Love by Tupac Shakur and Dr. Dre

In the Antarctic, Cid was driving the Phantom.

"How are we doing, Riku?" he asked.

"Fine, we're a little ahead of schedule thanks to those nuts in the semi back in South America." Riku said.  "We were going so fast to try and escape 'em that we covered a lot of ground.".

"That's good to know."  Cid said, smiling.

Riku turned the heating up a bit.

"I just hope our engine doesn't freeze with this lousy weather." he complained.

In the back seat, Kairi was shivering a bit.  Sora took off his jacket and handed it to her.

"Here you go, Kairi." he said.

"Oh, thanks, Sora." Kairi said. "But won't you need it?".

"Nah, I'm okay." he said, patting her on the shoulder.

Kairi raised one of her arms and touched the hand on her shoulder.

"Your hands are so warm." she said.

Sora blushed a little. "Gee, thanks.".

Riku looked in the mirror and rolled his eyes.

"Get a room, you two, will you?". he said mischievously.

"It's okay, Riku, let them be." Cid said.

None of them noticed the Direwolf fast approaching them.

"Twerps at twelve o'clock!" Jessie said.

"Is the masked moron driving?" James asked.

"No.". Jessie reported.  "It's the old man.".

James smiled to himself evilly.

"I'm gonna send him to the retirement home once and for all!" he laughed.

"You gonna give him the laser?" Meowth asked.

"Why advertise?" Jessie said. "We'll give them a little nudge.".

James poured on the speed as they approached the Phantom.

James came up alongside the Phantom, and suddenly swerved so they banged into the side of it. 

The black car was nearly knocked right into an ice face.  As Cid brought the car to a stop, the Direwolf sped on, the Rockets inside laughing their heads off.

"Son of a bitch!" Cid yelled.  "Those no goods are gonna pay for that!".

Cid revved up the engine and started off again.  He prepared to hit the nitrous.

"Okay, guys, hold onto your drawers and don't piss in 'em!" he yelled.

He hit the nitrous and they were pushed forward fast.

"That's always such a rush!" Sora yelled.

"Sora, you wanna take a crack at the cannon this time?" Cid yelled over his shoulder.

"Sure!" Sora yelled.

"Battle mode engaged!" Riku yelled as he turned the key.

Sora got up into the gun bay and manned the laser.

They were fast approaching the Direwolf.

"Let's cool things down a bit." Sora said as he turned the dial to 'freeze'.

In the Direwolf, Domino was saying what she'd do with her share of the money.

"I'd use it to buy Team Rocket from the boss." she said. "The organisation would be better off with me in charge!".

"You're lucky the boss can't hear you talking like that." Meowth said. "He'd fire you so fast your head would spin.".

James looked up and got a look in the mirror.

"Oh, no they don't!" he said as he saw the Phantom in their rear view.  He accelerated the car and they pulled away from their pursuer.

"Keep up with 'em, Cid!" Sora yelled.

Cid kept his foot to the floor.  The Phantom quickly caught up with the fleeing Rockets.

"What are these guys?!" Jessie yelled as she saw the black car gaining. "Our personal devils?!".

"They won't get us!" James replied.

Before he could do anything, Sora fired a volley from the Phantom's cannon which hit the Direwolf dead on.

The white car was instantly frozen in a huge block of ice.

"Adios, amigos!" Kairi yelled as the Phantom passed the frozen car.

Inside the ice block, the Rockets shivered.

"C-c-couldn't catch us, huh James?!" Meowth said.

"Oh, shut up, Meowth!" James said, sneezing.

"Don't just sit there you idiot!" Domino said. "Use the lasers to cut your way out!".

"Okay." James said as he activated the laser headlights.  The beams managed to melt the ice and the car was released.

"Alright, let's go get 'em!" Jessie yelled.

The Direwolf took off after the Phantom.

The Behemoth was speeding along.  Chris Pontius was at the wheel.

"Listen, guys." Johnny Knoxville was saying. "I think it's time we split up. You know, to double our chances of winning.".

"Yeah, that sounds good." Beetlejuice said.  "How do we do it?".

"Some of us go down to the lower control room and steer the bottom half of the vehicle.  The rest stay up here and take to the skies.". Steve-O replied.

"I think I'll go up and away." Beetlejuice said smiling.

"I'll go with him." Wee Man said.

"I'll be the third guy, since I'm driving here." Chris said.

"Right guys.  We're heading down to the lower control room.  Be prepared to detach in three minutes." Ryan said.

Ryan, Johnny and Steve-O headed down a flight of stairs to a metal door.

Johnny swiped a card in it and it slid open.  The three men entered and took their places at the controls.

"Okay, ready for separation." Ryan said.

"Roger." Chris said through an intercom. 

"Separation initiated." Wee Man said as he pulled a lever.  The side of the cockpit slid shut, blocking off the staircase.

A hum of a motor started up and from the roof of the cockpit, a pair of helicopter blades extended.  They began to spin and the now separated cab section of the Behemoth took off into the air.

In the lower section, still driving on wheels, Johnny, Ryan and Steve-O watched their friends take off.

"Vaya con Dios, buddies." Steve-O said.

Meanwhile, The Silver Streak, the Banshee and the Maelstrom had reached the end of the Detour bridge and now were driving onto the island of Isla Sorna. 

It was starting to get dark as they drove through the jungle.

"Nice place." Perfect Tommy commented as he looked around.  "Not a bad place for a vacation spot.".

"Well maybe some other time." Buckaroo replied. "Right now we have to concentrate on finding the way to Antarctica.".

"Well, we could make things a bit easier for ourselves." New Jersey said as he took off his cowboy hat and took an electronic device out of it.

"The oscillation overthruster!" Buckaroo said surprised.  "What are you doing with it?".

"Well I brought it in case we needed it." Jersey replied. "I know you couldn't properly hook it up to the car's controls, but I can jerry rig it for you.".

Buckaroo took the overthruster away from New Jersey and put it in the glove compartment.

"Thanks, Sid, but no thanks. It would be too easy for us to use the 'thruster.  We're out to win this race fair and square, remember?".

"Yeah, the boss is right, doc." Perfect Tommy said.  "It wouldn't be fair on the other racers if we just zapped straight to the finish line.".

"Hey, I'm only saying we could use it to head right for the Arctic.  We could save some time.".  New Jersey said.

"We'll only use it if it's really necessary." Buckaroo said.

In the Silver Streak, Clover was now driving.

"I hope there are no mosquitoes here." she was saying.

"Don't worry.  We won't be here that long." Carmen said.  "All we have to do is drive straight on until we reach the next part of the bridge.".

"It's a big island, though." Juni said.

In the Banshee, Lee had taken over driving and was looking at the computer map. 

"The next half of the bridge is about fifty miles away." he said. "When we cross it, we will be in Antarctica a little ahead of the others.".

"Yeah, okay." Carter said.

"Is something wrong?" Lee asked.

"I'm still trying to remember where I remember that name Isla Sorna from." Carter said. "I'm sure I heard it in the news once.".

A loud animal sound came from somewhere in front of them. 

"What was that?" Alex asked.

"Sounded kind of strange." Sam said.  Suddenly, Clover brought the Silver Streak to a halt.  She was staring directly ahead of them, looking completely stunned.

"What's up?" Carmen asked.

Without speaking, Clover pointed in front of them.  The others looked ahead, and their jaws dropped.

In front of them, chewing on leaves from a tree was a brontosaurus.

"It's...it's a dinosaur!" Sam said.

The other cars had stopped and the occupants were looking at the dinosaur in amazement.

"Incredible." Lee said.

Suddenly, Carter turned to Lee.

"Oh, shit, Lee! I remember this place now! It's the place those genetically-created dinos live!".

Carter quickly honked the Banshee's horn.

"YOU GUYS! WE GOTTA GET THE HELL OUTTA HERE NOW!" he yelled.

"I think the gentleman's right." Buckaroo said as he started the Maelstrom up.  The engine stalled on him.

"Damn!" he said as he tried the engine again. "Come on!".

The ground suddenly trembled.  A slow, steady series of tremors happened.

"I don't like the sound of that." Juni said. "I think we'd better go.".

"Motion seconded." Everyone else in the car said.

Clover nodded and started the Silver Streak up, and then drove off, quickly.

"Let's go, Lee. COME ON!" Carter yelled.

"Alright." Lee said.  "I'll take us up!".

Lee typed a command into the keyboard and a pair of wings extended out of the sides of the Banshee. 

Lee started the engine and drove off. 

A few metres down the road, the Banshee lifted off the ground and flew off into the sky.

"Come on, Buckaroo, let's go!" Tommy said.

"I'm trying!" Buckaroo replied, but the engine was still stalling.

The pounding was getting closer.  Suddenly, about 100 feet behind them, a huge Tyrannosaurus Rex appeared. 

It roared and started to lumber towards them.

"BUCKAROO!" New Jersey yelled.

Finally, the engine started and the Maelstrom drove off.

The huge T. Rex started to run after them as Buckaroo put his foot to the floor.

New Jersey looked behind them at the gaining Rex.

"Must go faster. Must go faster." he mumbled to himself.

"So long, Rex!" Buckaroo said as he hit their nitrous booster.  The Maelstrom was catapulted ahead of the Rex.

I recall the time they found those fossilized mosquitoes
And before long, they were cloning DNA
Now I'm being chased by some irate veloceraptors
Well, believe me... this has been one lousy day


The Silver Streak was speeding along a dirt road,

"I hope we can make it to the bridge without getting killed." Sam was saying.

Clover looked up ahead and nearly jumped out of her skin.  Blocking the road was the dead body of a Triceratops, and feeding on it were a group of Raptors.

Hearing the sound of the vehicle, the Raptors turned and started to advance on the racers.

"Uh oh!" she said.   "Juni, time to test your uncle's shield!".

"Roger!" Juni said as he activated the energy shield around the Silver Streak.

The Raptors leaped at the Silver Streak, but were repelled by the shield.

"Okay, steer around the Triceratops and let's get the hell out of here!" Alex said.

Clover floored the accelerator and steered off the road, moving around the dead dinosaur.  After passing it, she moved back on to the road.

"Okay, let's go!" Carmen said. 

Jurassic Park is frightening in the dark
All the dinosaurs are running wild
Someone shut the fence off in the rain
I admit it's kinda eerie
But this proves my chaos theory
And I don't think I'll be coming back again
On no

A couple of Raptors were giving chase.

"Roll down the rear windows!" Juni yelled.

He popped a gumball into his mouth.

"This is no time to chew gum!" Sam yelled.

"It's not what you think!" Carmen said as she handed Sam and Alex some gumballs.

"It's our uncle's Electro-Shock gumballs." Juni said. "Start chewing!".

Sam and Alex gave each other confused looks.

"Okay." they both said.  They started to chew the gum.  Clover had opened the rear windows of the car.

The Raptors were moving very fast and were catching up.

"Okay!" Juni yelled. "Spit the gum at them!".

The four young spies leaned out of their windows and spat their gum right at the Raptors. 

They scored direct hits and the Raptors fell down as they received electric shocks.

"YEAH!" the spies yelled.

In the sky above the island, Lee was piloting the Banshee away from the island.

"The others should be alright." he said. "Let's head for the Antarctic.".

A loud screech came from behind them.

"Shit!" Carter yelled as he looked behind them.  "It's a group of Pterodactyls!".

Sure enough, they were being chased by Pterodactyls.

"No problem." Lee said as he activated the afterburner.  The Pterodactyls were left behind.

I cannot approve of this attraction
'Cause getting disembowelled always makes me kinda mad
A huge tyrannosaurus ate our lawyer
Well, I suppose that proves... they're really not all bad

Jurassic Park is frightening in the dark
All the dinosaurs are running wild
Someone let T. Rex out of his pen
I'm afraid those things'll harm me
'Cause they sure don't act like Barney
And they think that I'm their dinner, not their friend
Oh no

On the island, Buckaroo, using expert movements, manoeuvred the Maelstrom between the legs of a group of Brachiosaurs as they moved on.

"I hope we can reach the bridge soon." Perfect Tommy said.

"Don't worry. It's a bit of a long way but we'll make it.".

"I hope so." New Jersey said, as he kept an eye out for more dinosaurs.

"Heads up, guys!" he yelled as some more Raptors appeared and started chasing them.

"I hope this isn't too extreme." Buckaroo said. "But I'll drop a laser trip mine.".

He pressed a switch on the dashboard and a small mine was dropped.

Out of the top of the mine, a twenty-foot wide laser beam appeared.  The oncoming Raptors did not slow down.

As some of them crossed the laser beam, the mine detonated.

"Well, that's that." Buckaroo said as the mine went off.

Jurassic Park is frightening in the dark
All the dinosaurs are running wild
What a crummy weekend this has been
Well, this sure ain't no E-ticket
Think I'll tell them where to stick it
'Cause I'm never coming back this way again
Oh no... oh no

Jurassic Park by Weird Al Yankovic.

By this time, the Banshee had flown to the far end of the island and had found the bridge leading off the island.

"There it is." Lee said.  "I'll fire a flare to let the others know where to go.".

Lee pressed a button and a flare rocket shot out of the car's front.

The Silver Streak and the Maelstrom noticed the flare and headed towards it.

"Still quite a way to go to the bridge." Carmen said.

"We'll make it." Clover said.

"Hopefully, the racers who are already in the Antarctic aren't having this much trouble.". said Juni.

Trouble was brewing, however.  Deep in the Antarctic was a hidden laboratory, belonging to the sinister Umbrella Corporation.

Some of Luthor's team had taken the place over.  Inside the building, the Twins were speaking to Foyt and Benedict on walkie-talkies.

"Have the preparations been made?" Foyt asked the Twins.

"Yes." Twin One replied.  "The mind control devices have been applied.  The experimental creatures are under our control.".

"Excellent." Benedict said smugly.  "A good job Mr. Luthor remembered about that place.".

"They will follow our orders unconditionally." Twin Two said.

"Then get ready to move out." Foyt ordered.

"Yes, ma'am." The Twins chorused.

After shutting their walkie-talkie off, the Twins headed towards a pair of sliding doors.  The doors opened and the Twins entered a huge laboratory.

Assembled in the room was a huge group of creatures dressed in ragged clothes, and the skin on their bodies was starting to rot.

These were the victims of the Umbrella Corporation's T-Virus, mutated into zombies.

Each zombie was wearing a metal collar around its neck.  These were mind-control devices that Lex Luthor's company had developed. 

"The Cannonballers will be passing through this area very soon." Twin One said.  "And we are going to prevent them from going any further.".

"You are to show no mercy to the racers when they cross our path." Twin Two added.  "Indicate your understanding.".

The zombies all nodded.

The Maniac was speeding along.  This time, BD Joe was speaking on the cellphone.

"I swear, baby, I'm gonna buy you the biggest diamond ring I can find when we win this thing." he said.

"Ok, Joe, knock it off." Kid Rock was saying.  "I think we've nearly run out of credit for how often we've used the phone.".

"Maybe we should have brought more than one." Darkwing said.

"We shouldn't be spending all this time talking on the phone anyway!" Kid Rock said, trying to concentrate on his driving.

"Well you made a call to the school." Darkwing protested.

"Well that was before we headed off!" Kid Rock replied.

Joe covered the mouthpiece of the phone with his hand.

"Hey, can you guys keep it down! I'm trying to talk to my woman!" he said.

There was a bump from behind them.  Joe and DW turned to see the High Roller on their back bumper.

"Did you miss me, guys?" The Mask yelled.

He steered the High Roller until it was right next to the Maniac.

"Uh, look, baby, I gotta go." Joe said into the phone. "Love you.".

He put the phone away.

The Mask pressed a button on his dashboard and two drill-like metal spikes protruded from the wheels of the High Roller.

"Looks like he wants to play Ben Hur!" DW said.

"No problem!" Kid Rock said as he flicked a switch near the gear lever.

With a hum, a shield of strong armour closed over the Maniac, and similar armour covered the wheels.  The windscreen was not blocked, but the rest of the car was covered.

"You'll have to do better than that!" The Mask yelled.  Milo barked positively.

The Mask moved closer to the Maniac and tried to drive the drill spikes into its side, but the spikes snapped off when they came into contact with the tough armour.

"It took me ages to get those installed!" The Mask yelled in disappointment.

"So long, sucker!" Kid Rock yelled as he drove off.

"I'll get you guys yet!" The Mask yelled as he shook his fist at the disappearing vehicle.

In the freezing water of the Antarctic, a submarine was under the surface, navigating its way through the continent.

Looking through the periscope was Isabelle.  With her were Brooke and Big Ray.

"No sign of anyone yet.  But it shouldn't be long now." she said.  She turned to one of the sub's crew men.

"Keep the speed down.  We don't want to give ourselves away." she said.

"Who's gonna see us, a damn Eskimo?!" Ray said impatiently.

"You better watch your mouth, Ray." Brooke warned. "Unless you want to swim.".

"Look, lady, the only reason I came here, instead of going with the rest of my boys to Africa, was 'cause I wanted a shot at those Cannonballers.  And so far, we've seen diddely-squat!" Ray snapped.

"Well we know they're coming this way." Isabelle said. "They'll come by.".

"They better." Ray said. "It's freezing, even in a sub.".

"Miss Isabelle!" one of the technicians said.

"What is it?" she asked, turning to face him.

"It's odd." the technician said. "For a minute there, I thought there was a blip on our radar, like we were being followed."

"So what happened?" she asked.

"It just..disappeared." The man said.

"Maybe it was a malfunction.". Brooke said.

Far from being a malfunction,  the sub was being followed by another sub, but this one was much bigger, nearly the size of a battleship. 

It was the famous Nautilus.  On the bridge, Captain Nemo was keeping an eye on his quarry.

"It's a good job I had that stealth mode built in to the ship.  They nearly spotted us back there.". Nemo said

"They're bound to try something soon."  said Dr. Jekyll, who was standing next to him.

"We can't move until they actually threaten the racers." Nemo said.

"Shall we check in with the others?".

"I want to keep my eye on these villains." Nemo said. "You check in with them.".

"Right." Jekyll said as he lifted up a communicator.

"Jekyll to Sawyer. Come in please." he said.

On the top of a snowbank, two cars sat. One was a large white vintage car, the other a sleek, grey car.

In the white car were Tom Sawyer, Rodney Skinner and Mina Harker.  In the grey one were D.J. Drake and Kate Houghton.

"Sawyer here. What's up doc?". said Tom Sawyer.

D.J. and Kate, friends of Bugs Bunny, tried hard not to laugh when he said that.

"We've found the saboteurs' submarine.  Preparing for action.  How about you?" Jekyll asked.

"We're ready." Mina replied. "We're going into action now.".

"Alright." Jekyll said. "Good luck.".

"Roger. Over and out." Sawyer said.

"So, shall we split up?" D.J. called over.

"That would be the wisest thing to do." Mina said.

Sawyer turned to face Skinner.  As usual, the invisible man had smeared some grease paint onto his face to make himself visible.

"Skinner, I think you should wipe the paint off for now.  Your stealth may come in handy.".

"No problem, sunshine." Skinner said in his Cockney accent.  "If it'll help the cause.".

Mina turned to Skinner with a serious look on her face. "Don't even think about any funny business, Skinner.".

"Mina, you know me." Skinner replied.

"Yes, and that's why I'm warning you." she replied as Sawyer started the car up.

"So, D.J., what's our plan?" Kate asked him.

"Before Bugs and the guys left, I put a homing device on their car." D.J. said. "I'd do anything for those guys, so I think it's my duty to watch their backs.".

"Very good. Where are they now?". Kate asked.

D.J. looked at a radar screen on his spy car's dashboard. 

"About twenty miles from here, going at a speed of 12o miles an hour." he reported.  "Here we go.".

He drove the spy car off.

In the skies above the snow, a white jet plane was flying.  It was Roger Ramjet's plane.

Below him, he spotted the Cobalt.

"Aha!" he said.  "Captain Harris will be very pleased when I bag these guys!"

He stayed on the Cobalt's tail, and opened fire with a laser beam.

"We're under attack!" John McClane yelled.

Buffy looked behind them.

"A plane! We've got to lose him!".

"It's no problem." The Shadow said.  "I believe this calls for the use of my talents. I'll just make us invisible".

While still keeping his eye on the road, the Shadow concentrated hard and as Roger Ramjet watched, the Cobalt seemed to disappear.

"What the..? Where'd they go?!" he said to himself.

He looked in front of him and panicked.  He was heading straight for a mountain.

"Time to hit the silk!" he said as he pulled the eject lever. 

Ramjet shot out of his cockpit and parachuted to the ground.  As he watched, his plane seemed to pass right through the mountain.

"What the hell is going on?" he said to himself.  "Maybe I shouldn't have had pizza for supper last night.".

In the Cobalt, the three racers laughed.

"Great work, Shadow!" Buffy said. "My friend Willow would probably love to meet you.".

"I've told you before, Buffy, it's not magic, just the power of the mind." The Shadow said.

"Well whatever it is, it's great!" McClane said.

Fifty miles away, Captain Harris had set up a roadblock.

"I'm not getting a signal from Ramjet, sir." Proctor reported. "Do you think he could have chickened out?".

"Don't be stupid, Proctor!" Harris replied.  "If there was trouble, he would have let us know.". 

"But, sir.."

"It doesn't matter, because the Cannonballers will have to come this way.  We'll nab the lot of them.".

Meanwhile, Marcus and Regis were sitting in their Sno-Cat, waiting for a Cannonballer to come by.

"Are you sure this is gonna work?" Regis asked.

"Of course it will." Marcus said.  "The robots obey our commands, so they'll take out the Cannonballers, no problem.".

As the two villains watched, the Blue Devil roared past them.

"Ah, perfect." Marcus said. He took out a remote control and pressed a button on it.  From behind them, a battalion of golden robots appeared.  They were the Centurion robots of Mars.

Marcus pressed a few buttons on his control, and the robots floated off in pursuit of the Blue Devil.

"They'll attack and destroy that car." Marcus said.

"Will there be time for me to try my idea?". Regis asked.

"Maybe when we get to Africa." Marcus said. "If it actually has a chance of working.".

"You never like my ideas." Regis grumbled.

"That's because they, like you, are stupid!". Marcus retorted.

Bugs was driving the Blue Devil this time.

"Shouldn't be too far 'til we're outta this icebox!" he said.

"Yeah." Daffy grumbled. "But we go to Africa next! You'll be wishing for cold weather once we get there.".

Bugs looked up and noticed the approaching Centurions in the rear view mirror.

"Hey, Marvin." he said. "Did you bring your robots along?".

"No, I can't say I did." Marvin replied.

"Then I think we've got trouble." Bugs said.

"HALT OR BE DESTROYED!" the lead Centurion said.

"Hang on." Marvin said. "I'll solve this little problem.".

Marvin leaned out the window with a control device and pressed a button on it.  But the Centurions kept coming.

"What? Why aren't they deactivating?" he said.  Then it hit him. "They've been reprogrammed!"

The Centurions started to open fire on the car with their lasers.  The car started taking hits.

"I don't believe it!". Marvin yelled.

"Well, it's not that hard to reprogramme a robot." Bugs said.

"No, what I don't believe is that someone is using my own weapons against me, and doing a good job of it!" Marvin replied.

The robots were still battering the car with their lasers.  Wile E. had suddenly bounded into the front of the car and was frantically looking for some control.

A laser blast hit one of the Centurions and it exploded. 

"Hey guys!" a familiar voice said over the radio. "We've got your back door here!".

"D.J.?" Bugs and Daffy chorused.  They looked back and saw the silver spy car behind them.

D.J. was driving and Kate had manned the laser, and was taking out the Centurions one by one.

Some of the Centurions had turned around and started attacking the spy car, but Kate fired at them.

"Oh no, you don't!" she said. "It's the scrapyard for you guys.".

"You're good at that, Kate." D.J. commented.

"I used to play After Burner when I was a kid." she replied. "Once you learn something you never forget it.".

There were still quite a lot of Centurions, and both the Blue Devil and the spy car had sustained damage.

In the Blue Devil, Wile E. finally found the switch he was looking for.  He pressed it and a loud humming started.

"What's up, Wile E.?" Bugs asked.

The coyote pointed to the button and Bugs saw what was written on it.

"Oh, right.".  Bugs started to bring the Blue Devil to a stop.

"What are doing, you crazy rabbit?!" Daffy yelled.

"You'll soon see." Bugs said.  Bugs spoke into his CB.  "Hey, D.J., bring your car to a stop and turn off all electronic stuff.".

"Why?" D.J. asked.

"Three letters: E.M.P." Bugs replied.

"Right." D.J. said as he stopped the spy car.  Kate shut the laser off.

The remaining Centurions formed a circle around the vehicles and prepared to fire.

Wile E. gave Bugs a thumbs-up.

"HIT IT!" Bugs yelled.

Wile E. hit another button and an electromagnetic pulse was sent out.

The Centurions immediately clattered to the ground, deactivated.

After a pause, D.J. started up his spy car and they drove over to the Blue Devil.

"You guys okay?" he asked.

"Yeah, we're fine." Marvin said.

"Thanks for helping us out, you guys." Bugs said.

"Well what are friends for?" Kate replied.

D.J. looked over the damage the Blue Devil had taken. He whistled.

"Those robots really worked you over." he said.  He reached under his seat and pulled out a toolbox.

"Hold on and I'll get you guys fixed up before you go any further.".

"You can do that?" Daffy said.

"Sure. It may take a while, but I'll have you good as new before you go any further.".

Marcus and Regis had saw what happened.

"Well, so much for your big idea!" Regis sneered. "And you say that you were the brains of the family!".

"Oh shut up, Regis!" Marcus said. "I swear, if I hadn't promised our parents I would look after you...".

"Never mind that now." Regis said. "Are we going to try my plan when we get to Africa?".

Marcus growled. "Alright!".

Regis smiled to himself.

The Titan had managed to lose the Black Knight and were now ahead of the pack.

"We've lost those do-gooders for now." Captain Hook reported.

"Yeah, but I bet they won't be long catching up." Yosemite Sam said.

"Dastardly, stop a minute." Jafar said. "I've got an idea.".

"What is it?" Dastardly asked.

"Just stop, and I'll show you." Jafar said.

Dastardly brought the Titan to a halt.

Jafar opened the hatch and exited the vehicle.

"Is he trying to catch pneumonia?" Shredder asked.

"Don't worry." Baron Harkonnen said. "If I know Jafar, he's cooking up something special.".

Jafar raised his snake staff above his head and started to chant an incantation. 

Green energy shot from the top of the staff and blasted into the ice mountains around them.

With a mighty rumble, ice started to crack away from the mountains.

As the other villains watched in awe, huge ice giants formed from the mountains, all forty feet high and with glowing red eyes.

The behemoth ice men advanced towards them.

Jafar held up his staff and the giants stopped moving.

"Destroy the other Cannonballers! I command it!" he yelled.

The ice giants nodded and moved past the Titan, the ground trembling as they went.

Jafar climbed back into the Titan.

"Bravo, Jafar!" Dastardly said.  "That should cause some problems for our friends.".

"Of course it will." Jafar beamed. "That's why I did it.".

The Villains Society laughed and continued on their way.

The Phantom had by now advanced very far up the field.  They were approaching the Esperanto.

"These guys are taking it easy." Sora said. "They're hardly even moving.".

"Maybe something's up." Kairi said.

"We'll soon see." Cid said.

He spoke into his CB.

"Hey, Mr. Fogg. You got the Phantom at your back door here.  Give me the 411, good buddy." he said.

In the Esperanto, Willy Fogg picked up his CB.

"If you're speaking to me, Cid, could you please just speak English." he said jokingly.

"Why are you going so slowly?" Cid asked.

"To avoid getting arrested." Dogtanian said, taking the CB from Willy. 

"There's a police roadblock about a mile up the road.  We picked up their transmissions on our radio.". Pip added.

"We think you chaps should slow down as well." Willy said.

In the Phantom, Cid nodded.

"Good idea." he said as he slowed the car down. "Thanks for the warning.".

"Anything to help a fellow Cannonballer." Willy said, smiling.

At the roadblock, Captain Harris and Proctor stood by as one of their officers held up a radar scanner.

The Phantom and the Esperanto approached.

Harris noticed how slow they were going.

"55 miles an hour, Captain." the cop with the radar announced. "We can't get 'em for speeding.".

"Well we can get 'em for being Cannonballers." Harris said as the two cars came to a halt.

"Proctor, get the list." Harris said.

"List, sir?" Proctor asked.

"Yes, moron. The list of the license plate numbers.".

"Uh, sir.." Proctor began.

"NOW, PROCTOR! MOVE IT! MOVE IT! MOVE IT!" Harris yelled.

"Yes, sir." Proctor said nervously as he headed for their car.

Willy and Cid both got out of their cars.

"I hope they know what they're doing." Pip said to Dogtanian.

"Don't worry. Monsieur Fogg will be fine." Rigadon said.

"What seems to be the trouble, officers?" Willy asked.

"We're looking for some troublemakers." Harris said. "And it could be that we've found them.".

Proctor returned with the list.  Harris took it off him.  Harris saw that the writing was ruined.

"What the hell happened?!" he demanded of Proctor.

"Uh, I spilt some coffee on it, sir." Proctor said nervously.

Harris hit Proctor on the head with his cane.

"Nitwit!".

He turned to the other police officers.

"Do any of you guys have a copy of the list?".

The other officers shook their heads.

"Goddamn it!" Harris yelled.

"Hey, is this gonna take much longer?!" Cid said. "I'm taking my niece and nephews to Africa!".

Hearing this, Kairi and Sora got out of the Phantom.

"Hey, uncle Cid! What's the hold up?" Sora said.

"Yeah, it's too cold to hang around here!" Kairi said.

"Taking them to Africa?" Harris said to Cid.

"Yeah.  We had to come through the Arctic because they wanted a bit of an adventure."  Cid said.

"But wouldn't you know it? As soon as things get cold, they never stop moaning! I swear, my sister ruined those kids."

Proctor had noticed Willy Fogg.

"Say, didn't you once go around the world in 80 days?" he asked.

"That's right." Willy said.  "But as I was in such a hurry, I didn't really have time to properly see the sights.   I'm making up for that now.".

"Hold on, I think I can read this." Harris said, looking hard at the ruined list.

"Captain, they weren't breaking any laws." one of the other cops said. "We have to let them go.".

Harris swore to himself.

"Fine!" he snapped. "On your way, all of you! But keep your noses clean!".

Cid got an idea, and smiled.

"Say, Captain.  I've got new that could cheer you up." he said as he took Harris to one side.

"What?" Harris said.

"There are four members of that pokemon-stealing gang Team Rocket near here." Cid said.

"Rockets?" Harris said, hoping it was true.

"Yeah, Captain." Sora interjected. "They nearly ran us off the road.  It looked like they'd stolen a real big load of pokemon.".

"Where are they?" Harris said.

"Not too far behind us I'd say." Cid said.  "Do you take law and order seriously, Captain?".

"Are you kidding?!" Harris retorted. "If someone so much as drops litter in my precinct, I'm all over them like a cheap suit!".

"Then it would best if you were to take these lawbreakers in hand." Cid said.

"They're driving a red and white sports car." Kairi said.  "We're not so sure, but we think they're armed.".

"I hope so." Harris said. "It'd give me an excuse to use force.  Thank you for your assistance.  Have a safe journey.".

"Thank you, Captain." Willy said as he and Cid's team got back in their vehicles.

As they drove off, Harris headed over to his car and spoke into his radio.

"Attention all units!" he yelled. "Be on the lookout for a red and white sports car.  It is being driven by members of Team Rocket! Suspects may be armed and dangerous! I want those SOBs caught! Units respond!".

"Unit 45 here, sir. Message received, but we're in the middle of a chase right now." an officer responded.

"A Cannonballer?" Harris asked.

"Affirmative, sir." the officer replied.

"Then catch him too!" Harris yelled.

"Roger that." the officer responded.

Unit 45 was chasing the Terminator.

The car was a bit behind the Freeway but was catching up.

"This guy is toast when we catch him!" the cop said.

The Terminator was hardly bothered at all.  He pressed a switch on the Freeway's dashboard and the bike accelerated forward at a great speed.

"He won't get away that easy!" the cop said to himself as he gunned his engine.

The Terminator had started to drive up the side of a mountain, which the cop car could not go up.

The officer stopped his car and got out.

He looked up the mountain, watching the Freeway ascend to a long ledge.

"What's he doing? He's got nowhere to go." the cop said to himself.

The Terminator looked along the ledge.

About fifty feet away, the ledge came to an end.  There was another mountain beyond that, but there was a deep chasm separating it from him.

The Terminator smiled to himself.

"No problem." he said.

He revved the engine of the Freeway and roared forward, to the astonishment of the watching policeman.

"This guy's out of his mind!" he said.

As he neared the end of the ledge, the Terminator pressed his booster button again and the cycle was propelled forward at great speed.

The Freeway went over the edge, but the great boost of speed carried the bike onward until the Terminator landed on the other mountain.

"Holy shit!" the cop said. "Captain Harris isn't gonna like this.".

The Terminator started to steer his cycle down the side of the next mountain.

"I wonder how Ms. Asagiri is doing." he said to himself.

Priss was driving along, fast approaching Harris' roadblock.

"Uh oh. Trouble." she said to herself.

"Cannonballer." Harris said as he saw the approaching motorcycle. "Got to be.".

"Time for a bit of fun." Priss said.

She flicked a switch on her left handlebar, and from the sides of her bike, two missile launchers appeared.

"I don't like the look of that, sir." Proctor said.

"Me neither." Harris said.

"Bon voyage, boys." Priss said as she fired two missiles forward.

"TAKE COVER!" Harris yelled as he dived for cover.  The other cops did the same as the missiles streaked towards them.

The missiles hit the  barricade of cop cars, blowing it sky high.

Laughing to herself, Priss continued on her way.

Harris looked after her, angry.

"Back to the drawing board, huh sir?" Proctor said.

"I said it before, Proctor, and I'll say it again: Shut up!" Harris yelled.

The Comet was driving along.  Knuckles was now driving.

"We haven't seen Mario for a while now." Sonic was saying.  "Maybe he's avoiding us.".

"Are you kidding?" Tails said. "He'd do anything to stop us from winning."

Suddenly, a missile was fired, narrowly missing them.

"I think he's caught up with us, guys." Knuckles said.

The Firebolt was tailgating the Comet, and pulled up alongside them.

"That's the second time we've got the drop on you, Sonic!" said Samus.

"You missed, didn't you?" Sonic taunted. "Can you not hit what you aim at?".

"Never mind insults, Sonic!" Mario said. "We're gonna win this race.".

"Why don't we just ditch the weapons for the moment?" Fox suggested to Mario. "Let's see which one of us is the first to make it to the bridge.".

"Good idea." Mario said.  "What do you say, Sonic? First one to the bridge gets $100 from the loser.".

"You're on, old man!" Sonic said to Mario.

"Floor it, Knuckles!". Tails yelled.

"Right! Hold tight!".

Knuckles shifted into high gear, and the Comet sped on.

Samus also put her foot down and continued on the Firebolt's tail.

The Mantis was trying to escape the Tiberius and the Interceptor, both of which were catching up with them.

"These chaps just never let up." Donald Sinclair said. 

Suddenly, the ground trembled.

"What was that?" Ben Affleck said.

Leonardo looked ahead of them and saw Jafar's ice giants approaching them fast. The others noticed them and looked stunned.

"I think we have a problem here." Leo said.

"That's no problem." Keanu said.

"No problem?!" Ben said.

"Yeah, we just use the cannon." Keanu said.

"Uh, okay." Leo said as he pressed the button which raised the car's hydraulics, revealing the cannon.

"Alright, Leo!" Donald said. "Let 'em have it!".

Leo fired a couple of missiles which took out the two nearest giants, making them explode into fragments of ice.

The Interceptor and the Tiberius both stopped.

"Looks like those guys are in trouble, Secret." Morocco Mole said.  "Should we help out?".

"I guess just this once wouldn't do any harm." Secret said. "Get close and activate the flame thrower.".

"Right." said Morocco as he drove forward.

The Mantis continued to fire missiles at the approaching giants.

"There's too many of them!" Leo said as one giant reached them.

The giant raised its huge ice fist to try and smash the car, but a jet of flame was fired at it by the Tiberius.

The ice giant started to melt.

"Hey, thanks." Keanu yelled over to Secret.

"No problem!" Secret replied, as Morocco steered the Tiberius through the legs of the giants, melting more of them as he went.

The Interceptor rushed forward next, with a cannon coming out of the radiator. 

"Eat this, you oversized popsickles!" Max yelled.

He fired blasts from his cannon, taking the heads off some of the giants.

"You guys get out of here!" he yelled to the other racers.

Secret yelled "Thanks again, Max!".

The Mantis and the Tiberius sped off.

Max continued to fire at the ice giants as they turned around to try and attack the fleeing vehicles.

He took out their legs, and they all toppled to the ground, smashing as they made contact with the earth.

"All in a day's work." Max said to himself as he drove off.

In their submarine, Isabelle, Brooke and Ray had finally spotted a Cannonballer nearby.

"Who is it?" Isabelle asked Ray, who was looking through the periscope.

"I'll be damned!" Ray said. "It's that Viking! I owe that guy big time!".

"Well, then, here's your chance for your revenge." Brooke said.

"You said it lady!" Ray said as went over to a technician.

"Can you shoot that vehicle that's up there?" He asked.

"Yes sir." said the technician as he got their homing missile launcher ready.  "Locking in co-ordinates now.".

"Bring us up a bit so we're closer." Isabelle commanded the helmsman.

The sub started to surface a bit.

In Thor, Eddie was driving as Hagar stuffed himself with a turkey leg.

"It's amazing how much you eat, Hagar." Eddie said. "How you still have your health is beyond me.".

"Just shut up and drive, Eddie." Hagar said. "And no more bitching about the weather here!".

"Locked on, sir!" the technician reported to Ray.

"Okay, here goes." said Ray as he went over to the console to prepare to fire.

Before he could fire, there was a huge impact as the sub was rammed from behind.

"What the hell?" Isabelle said.

The Nautilus rammed into the black sub again.

"That's what you get for trying to waste one of our racers." Nemo yelled.

"I think that's enough, Nemo." Jekyll said. "I think you've breached their hull.".

Indeed, the black sub's hull had been breached and water was starting to flood in.

"Surface! Quickly!" Brooke screamed.

The helmsman quickly surfaced the sub. 

As soon as they were on the surface, the sub's crew opened the hatch and climbed out of the half-flooded vehicle.

"What hit us?" Ray asked. "A killer whale or something?".

"I don't know." Isabelle said. "But we aren't beaten that easily. Brooke, call Mr. Luthor and tell him we need transport out of here.".

Under the water, the Nautilus sailed on.

"Well, that takes care of them for the time being." Nemo said.  "Shall we pick up the others?".

"No, give them a while." Jekyll said.  "There's still a lot of Antarctica to go. These villains aren't through yet.".

Meanwhile, the Silver Streak, the Maelstrom and the Banshee had all finally reached the Arctic.

The Banshee was still flying and was approaching the Deluxo, which had gone airborne once again.

"We should make short work of these guys!" Lee said as he fired a laser blast at the Deluxo.

"Want to play rough, do you?" Marty said.  "Try this on for size!".

He hit the keypad and a minigun came out of the bottom of the car, and started firing rounds at the Banshee.

Lee evaded the shots and Carter continued to fire laser blasts at the Deluxo.

"Ain't nobody gonna get the drop on us!" Carter said.

"I wouldn't say that!" a voice said over their radio.

The Behemoth chopper suddenly swooped in and fires an oil slick which covered the Banshee's windscreen.

"That'll keep them busy a second!" Wee Man said.

"Which is long enough for us to get ahead!" Beetlejuice said as he piloted the chopper onwards!

"You know, guys!" said Pontius. "This makes me feel like partying.".

Wee Man turned around to see Pontius wearing his Party Boy costume.

Before he could say anything, Pontius put on a piece of dance music.

"In fact, I'll party right now!".

With that, Pontius stripped down to his posing pouch and started dancing.

"Very funny, Chris." Wee Man said. "Now just sit down before you hurt yourself.".

The Deluxo pursued the Behemoth Chopper.

"Rotate the cannon, Marty." Doc said. "We'll show these wiseguys a thing or two.".

"Check." Marty said as he turned the cannon around and fired on the chopper.

"I hope you're not intending to hurt them, Emmett." Clara said to her husband.

"Of course not, darling." Doc said. "I just intend to keep them from winning.".

The Behemoth Chopper rose up quickly, allowing the Deluxo to overtake them, and then dropped down again.

"Special delivery!" Beetlejuice said as he fired a couple of missiles.

The air battle continued as the Deluxo evaded the missiles and fired on the chopper with their cannon once again.

Weeks later....

In their office, Lex Luthor, Ansem and the Red Skull looked at their computer, which showed the progress of their agents.

"So far, at least five of our vehicles have been wrecked." the Skull said.

"At this rate, we'll be needing the $200 million just to cover the expenses of this operation!".

"Well need I remind you that YOU were the one who suggested we employ Foyt!" Ansem said.

"She made just one mistake, unlike those other incompetents!".

"ONE mistake?! She and Benedict were the ones who hired those moron bikers to work for us!" Ansem retorted.

"Gentlemen, please!" Luthor said, separating the two.  "Bickering will get us nowhere.  All is not lost.  The Twins are still standing by in the Arctic.".

"Yes, as are Foyt, Benedict, Marcus and Regis.  Hopefully those four won't screw up this time." Ansem said.

"And I have sent one of my operatives ahead as well." Luthor said.

"Who?" the Skull asked.

Luthor checked the screen, and pointed to an airborne blip on the radar.

"There he is now." Luthor said. "This gentleman does not know the meaning of 'quit'. He will not fail me.".

In the skies of Antarctica, a huge dragon was flying.  It was a frightening beast.  Even more frightening was the figure riding on its back.

A seven-foot tall creature, wearing a black robe which covered him from head to toe, and a silver head-dress in his forehead.

Anyone who got close enough to look would see that no face was visible under the hood of the robe.

"I must stop the Cannonballers." the Witch King of Angmar said to himself.

"I will not fail.".

The Witch King looked below him and saw the Shockwave driving along.

"My first victim." he said.  He made his dragon descend a bit and prepared to attack.

The dragon let out a huge breath of flame at the Shockwave. 

Ghost Rider saw this and accelerated the vehicle.

"The forces of evil once again attack." Ghost Rider said.

He kept steering his vehicle to avoid the huge gusts of flame that were being shot at him.

"You will not escape, Cannonballer!" the Witch King yelled as he spurred his dragon on.

Up ahead of them, Tom Sawyer's car was lying in wait.

Tom was standing in front, taking careful aim with his rifle, preparing to shoot the dragon.

"Okay, Skinner." he said to the now completely invisible man.  "You know what to do when the rider takes on our Cannonballer friend.".

"Will do, Tom." Skinner replied as he went off towards the approaching figures.

Keeping his eye on his target, Sawyer fired his rifle.

He scored a direct hit, shooting the dragon through the head.

The beast roared and started to plummet to its death, with the Witch King desperately trying to regain control.

Ghost Rider saw this and brought the Shockwave to a halt as the dragon crashed to the ground in front of him.

The creature was dead, but the Witch King picked himself up from the ground.

Ghost Rider exited his vehicle and stood facing the undead warrior.

"So this is the kind of evil who would endanger the Cannonballers." Ghost Rider said.  "You will not succeed.".

The Witch King stood defiantly before Ghost Rider.

"No mere man can defeat me!" he said. "It is you who shall fall!".

The Witch King took out his massive morning star, a spiked iron ball on a chain, and swung it at Ghost Rider.

Ghost Rider quickly avoided the huge weapon and from his hand shot a fireball at the Witch King. 

The robed figure managed to avoid it, and swung his weapon at Ghost Rider again.

"Excuse me, mate." a voice said from behind the Witch King.

Something punched the Witch King in the back of the head, making him drop his weapon. 

The angered warrior turned around but could see nothing.  Skinner had managed to sneak up on him.

The invisible man kicked the distracted wraith in the stomach, making him double up.

The Witch King let out his ear-piercing screech and lunged forward. 

Suddenly, Ghost Rider jumped him from behind and wrapped the morning-star's chain around the Witch King's neck.

"Now, you shall be punished." Ghost Rider said.

He stepped back an let loose another fireball.  The Witch King instantly burst into flame.

Screeching, the wraith ran and threw himself into nearby water to douse the flames.

"Great job, Ghost Rider!" Skinner said.

Ghost Rider looked confused at hearing the voice.

"I'm invisible." Skinner said. "Mr. Yates sent me and my friends to help."

"Then I am in your debt, sir." Ghost Rider said.  "You must take caution to make sure that no innocent people are injured as well.  They must not be caught up in this situation.".

"Hey, protecting the innocent is what we do." Skinner said.

"Good. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go.".

Ghost Rider got back into his vehicle and drove off.

As he went, Sawyer drew up in the League's car and picked up Skinner.

"That went well." Mina said.

"Yeah, apart from the fact that I'm bloody freezing!" Skinner complained.

As they went off, the Witch King rose his head out of the water.

"We shall meet again!" he hissed at the disappearing vehicles.

"Well done, Skinner." Sawyer said in their car. "Now we'll rendezvous with the Nautilus and head for Europe.".

"Good." Mina said. "I have some unfinished business there.".

Malice was speeding through the snow.  Death was now driving, as Austin drank some coffee to warm himself up.

Nemesis seemed agitated for some reason.

"RRRARRRARRR!" he said.

"What's up with you, Nemesis?" Austin said.

Nemesis turned to Steve and made some gestures, punctuated by loud roars.

WHAT IS HE SAYING? asked Death.

"He says this place seems familiar to him from somewhere." Austin said. "And he keeps remembering the word Umbrella.".

I TOO FEEL SOMETHING STRANGE HERE, STEVE. said Death. I FEEL THAT PEOPLE MAY HAVE DIED HERE, BUT I DID NOT COLLECT THEIR SOULS.

"What the hell are you talkin' about?" Steve asked.

Death suddenly brought Malice to a halt.

Standing before them in the snow were the Twins, and behind them were their zombie army.

ZOMBIES. said Death. I THOUGHT SO.

"RRRRARRRRR!" Nemesis said.

"The same ones from the lab you came from, buddy?" Austin asked.

Nemesis nodded.

"Who are the white Rasta guys with them?" Austin asked.

Nemesis just shrugged.

"Well whoever they are, they ain't gonna get in our way!".

"Attack!" the Twins yelled in unison.

The zombies started to lurch forward towards Malice. 

Death tried to just drive through them, but before long, some of the zombies had thrown themselves at the car and started to pound on the windows.

"Alright!" Austin said. "If these sumbitches want a fight, we'll give 'em one! Come on, Nemesis!"

With great strength, Nemesis forced the car door open and he and Austin got out. 

One zombie lunged right for Austin, but Austin kicked it in the stomach and gave it his Stone Cold Stunner.

Nemesis picked up two nearby zombies and banged them together.

As this had been happening, the Phantom had approached.

Sora, as Captain Chaos, was now driving.

"My friends, it would appear that our fellow Cannonballers need reinforcements.". he said.

"Can we afford it?" Riku asked. "We may fall behind.".

"It's the decent thing to do to help them, Riku." Kairi said. "Besides, I want to try out this materia stuff Yuffie gave me.".

"Right on." Cid said, getting his lance ready.

"Captain, if you could just fire a warning shot, it would be appreciated." Kairi said.

"Certainly." Sora said.

He pressed the button which opened up the front grille of the Phantom, revealing the missile launcher.

"Fire in the hole!" he said as he opened fire at the zombies.

Austin and Nemesis quickly dived out of the way as the missiles took out one wave of the zombies.

"Reinforcements won't help them now." Twin One said.

The Phantom stopped and the four occupants got out.

"DUN! DUN! DUN!" Sora yelled as he threw himself forward, swinging his Keyblade at some of the zombies, cutting some of them in half.

Kairi ran over to one side. "You guys fight them off until the materia's charged!" she yelled.

"You can count on us." Riku said as he slashed at some of the zombies with his own sword.

Cid impaled the nearest zombie with his lance, and then swung the lance around to hit one zombie who was coming at him from behind.

Death remained in Malice, watching the fight.

I DO HOPE NOBODY DIES he said. THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A BREAK FROM WORK.

The Twins had moved forward to engage the Cannonballers.  Twin One got in front of Austin and adopted a martial arts stance.

Austin just shrugged and punched the Twin in the face, knocking him to the ground.

Twin Two approached Austin, but was grabbed by Nemesis and thrown out of the way.

Kairi had run off to the side a bit and checked to see if her materia was ready.  She did not notice a zombie come up behind her.

"Kairi! Look out!" Sora yelled.

Kairi quickly turned around and kicked the zombie's legs out from under it.

"Thanks, Captain!" she said, giving him a thumbs-up.

"My pleasure!" Sora said as he attacked the advancing zombies again.

The Twins picked themselves up and charged Riku.  Riku kicked out with his left foot and kicked the nearest Twin in the solar plexus.

Twin Two went for Riku after his brother fell, but Austin grabbed him from behind.

"Thanks man." Riku said.

"If you want me to knock this guy into the ground, gimmie a 'Hell Yeah'!" Austin said.

"Hell Yeah!" Riku yelled.

Austin began to pummel Twin Two.

Sora had successfully fended off two zombies.  Cid was also faring very well, but the zombies were still coming.

"Okay, guys!" Kairi yelled. "It's ready! Take cover!".

"Right!" Sora yelled. "Austin, Nemesis! Take cover!".

"What's going on?" Austin asked.

"You'll see." Riku warned as they all dived for cover.

Kairi raised her red materia above her head and yelled "Tera Flare!".

A red energy beam shot from the materia into the stratosphere.

"What's that?" Twin Two asked.

"I don't know." his brother replied. "But I think we should make ourselves scarce.".

The Twins quickly ran away as fast as they could.

Up in space, a huge, many-winged dragon appeared.  It was Bahamut ZERO, one of the most powerful creatures which could be summoned by materia.

Spreading its' wings, the dragon drew power from the stars and let loose a huge blast of energy down towards the planet.

The zombies continued to approach the racers, but with a sonic boom, the energy beam hit them with awesome power.

The Cannonballers were nearly blinded by the huge flash of light, but as it cleared, the zombies had been totally destroyed.

Austin and Nemesis slowly got to their feet.

"God damn, what a rush!" Austin said.

"RRARRRRR!" Nemesis yelled triumphantly.

Cid and his team got to their feet as well.  Sora went over to Kairi, who put her materia away.

"You did excellently, Miss Kairi." Sora said.

"It was my pleasure, Captain." Kairi said smiling. "Thanks for warning me about that thing coming up behind me.".

"Well, I was doing my duty as a superhero." Sora replied.

"Well, I'm glad you did." she said as she hugged Sora.

"Oh, jeez." Riku said, rolling his eyes.

"Hey, she's just being grateful, that's all." Cid said.

"Well, you guys, thanks for the help." Austin said. "But we've gotta split now.".

"Us too." Cid said. "Captain, Kairi, let's go.".

The teams went back to their cars.

YOU DID VERY WELL. Death said to Austin and Nemesis.

"Yeah, well you could have helped!" Austin said.

HEY I JUST COLLECT SOULS said Death. I DON'T KILL THINGS.

As the Phantom roared off, Sora turned to the others.

"Fear not, comrades! We will reach the bridge to Africa within the hour!".

"Go for it, Captain!" Cid yelled.

A few miles away, the Direwolf was being chased by two police cars.

Meowth was looking nervously out of the back window.

"They're right on us!" he said. "And I don't think they're gonna give up either.".

Domino turned on their radio, and they picked up the police transmission.

"Unit 77 to Captain Harris. We've got those Rockets in our sights. We'll have them soon!".

"Rockets!" Jessie squeaked. "How did they know we were with Team Rocket?!".

"God knows!" said James.

"If you see that old man again, sir, you'll have to thank him for giving us that tip-off!" the cop's voice said.

The Rockets looked at each other.

"Old man!" Domino said. "CID!".

"That son of a bitch!" Jessie yelled.

"We've got to do something!" Meowth yelled.

"Hold on!" Jessie said.  She activated the nitrous and they rocketed ahead of their pursuers.

"Good move." Domino said.  "But they could find us on radar.".

"Don't you remember the other little surprise the Boss mentioned this car had?" Jessie said, smiling. 

"Radar jammer, activate!".

She pressed a green button on the dashboard.

In the cop car pursuing them, their radar gun suddenly let out a hum and the display on it flatlined.

"What the..?" the first cop said. "We're not tracking them any more!".

"What do you mean?!" his partner said.  "They can't have just disappeared into thin air!".

"So long, suckers!" Jessie said as they accelerated forward.

"How long does the jam last for?" James asked.

"A couple of hours." she said.  "By the time they,  or any cops ahead of us, can pick us up, we'll be long gone!".

"Great!" Domino said. "But that old geezer is gonna pay when we see him again!".

"You got that right." Meowth said.

The Muscle Car and the Purple Haze were going head to head. Plucky was driving the Muscle Car.

"Okay, Fifi, are you ready?" he asked.

"I can't believe you talked me into this." Fifi said. "It's so degrading.".

"If it works, it works." Babs said. "These geeks need to be shown who the top new stars of Warner Brothers are.".

"Alright!" Fifi said.

The Muscle Car drew right up alongside the Purple Haze.  Buster lowered the window.

"Present for you guys!" he yelled.

Fifi stuck her tail out of the window and it let out her skunk's stink.

"Oh, think you can get us like that, huh?" Dot said.

"God!" yelled Dr. Scratchensniff, who had started to gag. "Do something about that smell!".

"No problem, doc!" Yakko said.

The Warners took out large fans and blew the smell right back at the Muscle Car.

"YUK!" Dizzy Devil yelled.

"Open all the windows!" Babs yelled.

As Buster did so, the Purple Haze activated its' huge pogo-stick and hopped off into the distance.

"We've gotta get those guys!". yelled Plucky. "Hold tight!". 

He put his foot down and they accelerated on.

In a large garage in Miami, Brian O'Connor and Roman Pearce entered the main room as their two friends, Tej Parker and Suki were watching the Cannonball Run on TV.

"Hey, guys." Suki said as they entered. "Finally back from Vice City I see. You were there at least a month and a half!".

"Well, what can we say?" Brian said. "There were a lot of racers willing to challenge us.".

"Well, the Cannonball Run's still hot!" Tej said. "I called those guys up and put some money on that Priss lady.".

"What's the story with it right now?" Roman asked.

"Well, their reporters are standing by near the bridge to Africa." Suki said.

"Here, I'll turn the TV up a bit." Tej said.

"Good luck, Dom." Brian said under his breath.  He and Roman had phoned in and bet some money on Dom and Memphis.

Hearing him, Roman said "Hey, I'm sure they'll make it, man.".

"Okay, folks. It's now time to go over to our reporters at Bridge Number Two." Kat said.

"Here now live are Johnny Five, Marvin and Fentible." Misty said.

The three robots were standing near the bridge.

"Hello, bozos!" Johnny Five said. "We're here at the Africa bridge, and our racers are fast approaching.  The nearest one is about three miles away.".

"I honestly don't know what I'm doing here." Marvin grumbled. "Here I am, with a brain the size of a planet, and they ask me to commentate on a stupid race.  As usual, I'm very depressed, and I think my joints are freezing.".

"Oh, don't complain so much, Marvin." Fentible said. "Because I think…oh, dear, I've forgotten what I was going to say.".

"Looks like your memory still needs fixed Fentible." Johnny said.

"No, wait, it'll come to me. Ah, yes. This race is getting more exciting by the minute.  Things are really looking up.".

"That's easy for you to say." Marvin said.

"So, guys, who is leading right now.".

"As far as I can see, it's the Serpent." Johnny said. "These guys are bound to enjoy the change of climate when they reach Africa.  Well, that's all from us. Back to you guys.".

"Thanks, Johnny.". Max said. "Okay, guys, you heard-heard-heard it. The Serpent is leading, but that may soon change.".

"Well, the best we can do is hope our racers are successful." Lazlow said.

The Cheetah was speeding along.

"We've got to catch up to the others, Snake." Ethan said. "We've been really lagging behind on this leg of the race. Most of those guys will have reached the bridge by now!".

"I've got the pedal to the floor." Snake said. "I hope the engine doesn't overheat.".

"Hey, look!" Ethan said, pointing.

There was a tunnel going through an ice face.

"If we go that way, we can make up some lost ground." Ethan said.

"Okay, let's go for it!" Snake said as he steered the red Ferrari into the tunnel.

Neither of them noticed Foyt and Benedict standing on a nearby precipice.

"Perfect!" Foyt said. "They took the bait!".

Benedict went over to a detonator.

"The charges are all set in the roof of the tunnel." he said.

"Good!" Foyt said. "There's no way they can escape. Detonate!".

"Right!" Benedict said. He pressed down hard on the plunger.

In the tunnel, the Cheetah was speeding along, when there was an explosion.

There was a huge rumbling as the roof of the tunnel started to cave in.

"Uh oh!" Snake said. "Hold on!".

Snake put his foot down and the Cheetah rocketed forward. 

The tunnel was collapsing around them, but Snake just about managed to keep ahead of it.

"Keep going!" Ethan said.

"I am going!" Snake said.

The end of the tunnel was now about fifty feet away.

"Okay, this is it!" Snake said as he activated their super turbo. 

The Cheetah shot out of the tunnel as it finally collapsed completely.

"Whoa!" Snake said. "That was TOO close!".

"Well, at least we're catching up on the others." Ethan said.

Foyt saw the two racers escape through her binoculars.

"SHIT!" she yelled. "The hand of fate must have touched all these bastards when they were born!".

"Nil desperandum, Ms. Foyt." Benedict said. "This race is far from over.".

"Yeah, but already I'm beginning to wish I'd just stayed home." Foyt said.

The Firebolt and the Comet were both crossing the bridge to Africa.

"Okay, Sonic." Mario said. "We made it first. That's $100 you owe me.".

"I'll mail you the cheque." Sonic grumbled.

"Yeah, right.". Samus said.

Behind them, the Silver Streak coasted across the bridge.

"Thank God we made it." Clover said.

"Yeah, and thank God we're heading for warmer weather.". Alex said.

One by one, the racers headed across the bridge on their way to Africa.

"Okay, the racers are now leaving Antarctica." Lazlow said.

"Going from one weather extreme to the other." Misty said. "We wish them the best of luck.".

"And now, for your listening pleasure, here is Linkin Park, performing Metallica's song Fuel.".

"This is Lazlow..."

"Max..."

"Kat.."

"And Misty signing off.".

Gimme fuel
Gimme fire
Gimme that which I desire

Turn on, I see red
Adrenaline crash and crash my head
Nitro junkie, paint me dead
And I see red

One hundred plus through black and white
War horse
War head
**** 'em, man
White knuckle tight
Through black and white

Oh, on I burn
Fuel is pumping engines
Burning hard
Loose and clean

Oh, and on I burn
Churning my direction
Quench my thirst with gasoline

So gimme fuel
Gimme fire
Gimme that which I desire

Turn on beyond the bone
Swallow future, spit out home
Burn your face upon the chrome

Take the corner, join the crash
Headlights
Alarms
Another junkie lives too fast

Yeah
Lives way too fast, fast, fast, fast, fast

Oh, on I burn
Fuel is pumping engines
Burning hard, loose and clean

Oh, and on I burn
Turning my direction
Quench my thirst with gasoline

So gimme fuel
Gimme fire
Gimme that which I desire

Oh
Gimme fuel
Gimme fire
My desire

Oh, on I burn
Fuel is pumping engines
Burning hard, loose and clean

On I burn
Churning my direction
Quench my thirst with gasoline

Gimme fuel
Gimme fire
Gimme that which I desire

On I burn

Fuel by Metallica

Foyt and Benedict lifted off in their helicopter.

"We'll rendezvous with the rest in Egypt." Benedict said.  "One of our agents is already waiting there.".

"Good. Hopefully he'll have some positive results for us." Foyt grumbled.

The villains headed on their way.