CANNONBALL RUN 4: HIGH OCTANE

By The Turbo Man

CHAPTER TEN: THE LAND DOWN UNDER.

DISCLAIMER: The usual. Thanks again to my brother Luke for his help.

On the deck of the Sea Phantom, the Red Hot Chili Peppers were both talking to Shrek.

"So you say the Shockwave was the fourth to enter Australia." Flea said.

"Aye. And not far behind is the Van Go." Shrek replied.

"What about the Stinger 2?" Chad Smith asked. "John and I bet $100,000 on them.".

"That's right." nodded guitarist John Frusciante.

"ONLY $100,000?" Anthony Kiedis asked incredulously.

"Well we don't want to bankrupt ourselves." John said. "It may be okay for U2 to bet half their studio budget on a car, but we need money for the next album.".

"Well, to answer your question, the Stinger 2 is lagging behind a little." Donkey said. "It's trying to catch up with the Infernus.".

"Where's the Esperanto?" asked Anthony.

"They're fourth in line right now." Jack said.

"Listen, Jack". Chad said. "Can I change our bet to another racer?".

"Sorry, Chad. All bets were locked in when you made 'em." said Jack. "But at a time like this, Ol' Jack always says, things could be worse. You never know what may happen between now and the time the racers reach the States again.".

"Alright, people." Misty said. "Our racers are now in Australia. Just one continent away from victory!".

"It won't be long until the prize money is delivered here to us.". Lazlow said. "Mr. Yates has taken great measures to ensure the safety of the prize.".

"And n-n-n-n-ow, we take you live to Australia with o-o-o-our correspondents, Michael Moore, WWE's Josh Mathews and Entertainment Tonight's John Tesh!" Max said as the three reporters appeared on their monitor.

"What's popping everyone?" Josh began, "So far the action has been off the hook carnage, and it looks like it's gonna be neck and neck with the competitors, and as the temperature rises and the heat truly is on." Said Josh.

"The Behemoth Base was in the lead when we checked in, however it has yet to be seen if they will remain in the front." John added. "These Cannonballers will have to muster every remaining ounce of brain power to work out how to stay ahead.".

"Are you kidding?" Michael suddenly piped up, "Those morons can barely even read, let alone win a race, all thanks to America's 'great' educational system, which our presid-"

"Uh Mike, this is neither the time nor the place." John quickly cut off, sensing the Oscar winning Liberal was going to go on a rant.

"It is exactly the time and the place, John! This race is just an example of the dumbing down of our society, in which we waste our time and our resources in a throwaway race! I only agreed to appear here to unveil the truth.".

Michael started to shout and wave his fist. "DON'T BUY CORPORATE AMERICA'S LIES! Y-"

The camera quickly cut back to Misty et al.

"Well, thanks for that report guys." Kat said nervously. "And now it's over to Sir Elton John on stage, who's going to give us a little number called Two-Lane Highway!".

Soon it will be time to go

I don't want to leave I guess you know

maybe something new will come up

and I can come home

for just a few more days

Get off this

Two-lane highway

Goin' my way

Movin' fast

Two-lane highway

is takin' me home

home at last

You don't want me sleeping in

you turn around I'm back again

I guess this time I'm really gone

but it don't seem right

I've been up all night

On this

Two-lane highway

Goin' my way

Movin' fast

Two-lane highway

is takin' me home

home at last

Two-lane highway

Goin' my way

Movin' fast

Two-lane highway

is takin' me home

home at last

Two-lane highway

Goin' my way

Movin' fast

Two-lane highway

is takin' me home

home at last

Two-Lane Highway by Pure Prairie League

Mr. X had finished looking in the back of the Securicar, which was parked at the LAX airport car park.

Satisfied, he closed and locked the doors of the van.

"Right." he said to himself. "In a couple of weeks, I'll come back and pick the money up.".

He went back over to the Sabre Turbo and got in it.

As the brown and white Cutlass drove off, Jennifer and Elizabeth watched from their PT Cruiser, which was nearby.

"So, the money's in there." Jennifer said.

"Why don't we move now?" Elizabeth asked.

"We don't want the racers to get suspicious." Jennifer replied. "Before Needham comes back for the money, we crack the safe. Then when Needham gets here, we grab him. Then, we strike at the Sea Phantom to get Mr. Yates. And finally, we head to Rancho Splendido with them and the money.".

"Good." Elizabeth said. "Let's hope the rest of our sisters can give the Cannonballers a spot of bother.".

Australia....

The Infernus and the Serpent were running neck and neck.

Blackadder managed to get a slight lead on Lara's team and sped along the dirt road.

"So much for the ladies." Blackadder sneered. "They don't have the stamina or the abilities for a race like this.".

Their radar started to beep. "Sir, I'm picking something up ahead of us.". Baldrick said.

"What now?" Blackadder said wearily.

He looked up ahead and his mouth dropped open. In front of them were several gigantic robots. In each of their heads was a cockpit in which the Dolls sat.

"Stop Cannonballers!" Isabelle said. "You can go no further!".

"Bugger!" Blackadder said.

The Infernus had caught up a bit.

"Machinegal Dolls!" Mirai said as she recognised her old enemies. "Figures they would have had something to do with the sabotage attempts!".

"You want to teach them a lesson?" Chun-Li said as she opened the door for Mirai. "Be my guest.".

"Right!" Mirai said as she flew out of the car and into the air.

In her robot, Brooke saw Mirai take to the sky.

"I don't believe it!" she yelled. "It's Moldiver!".

"Just give it all you've got, girls!" Nastassja said. "We can't let them pass!".

The Dolls raised the arms of their robots and activated the guns in them, blasting bullets at high velocities at the cars.

"Oh no you don't!" Mirai said as she flew forwards. The bullets bounced off her impenetrable armour, and she flew right into the mid-section of Vivian's robot, knocking it to the ground.

"I think we can handle these things as well, Baldrick." Blackadder said as he activated the missile launcher on the Serpent. Two missiles were shot from its' headlights and took out the legs of one of the robots.

"That the best you can do?" Sayuri sneered. Before her robot fell, she activated a jet thruster on the back, launching it into the air. The other robots also lifted off the ground.

"That won't help." Blackadder said, as he pressed a button on his dashboard. It said MANUAL GUIDANCE.

"Now all I have to do is direct the missiles myself." he said.

Mirai delivered blow after blow to the robots, making them dent, but they were still tough.

"I think she needs a bit of help, girls." Mai said. "I'm using the laser.".

A laser cannon extended out from between the headlights of the Infernus.

Taking careful aim, Mai fired a few bolts into the chest of Isabelle's robot, causing the circuitry inside to spark.

Blackadder launched a few more missiles and guided them into the robots' chests.

Within a few minutes, the robots were on fire and starting to collapse.

"Shit!" Isabelle yelled. "Let's get out of here!".

"Roger!" the other Dolls replied.

They all ejected from the cockpits of their robots and flew off with their jetpacks.

"Yeah!" Mirai yelled as her enemies retreated. "Never fool with a Cannonballer!".

"Okay, Mirai!" Lara called to her. "We have a race to run. Let's go!".

Mirai flew back down to the Infernus.

As she got back in, the Serpent drove off.

"Hopefully, it should be plain sailing from now on.". Blackadder said.

USA....

In their office, Luthor, the Skull and Ansem received the report of the Dolls' failure.

"Those idiots!" The Skull yelled. "In my day, failure was punishable by death!".

"That may be going a bit too far in this case.". Ansem said. "Think of it this way. Each time they attack the racers, it delays them even more.".

"Well, I assure you gentlemen, this time it's certainly no more Mr. Nice Guy. I've sent several battalions of BATs into the field." Luthor said. "If this doesn't give the Cannonballers a run for their money, nothing will!".

"Yes, I thought you might." The Skull said. "I've sent Sektor, Cyrax and Smoke as well, with some of my troops. And on the off chance that they should fail, we've got a big surprise planned for the racers when they reach Sydney.".

"A big surprise?" Ansem asked.

"You'd better believe it." The Skull smirked.

Australia....

In the skies above the continent, a fighter plane was flying. To the rear of the plane was a gun turret, in which Alice J. Foyt was seated.

The plane was being piloted by a BAT.

"This time, I'll really stick it to those annoying racers!" she said to herself.

Not far away, in a small town, Harris and Proctor stood and admired their new vehicle. It was a huge, black police tank.

"This Proctor is our urban assault vehicle: the Gauntlet. We'll kick some serious ass with this baby!". Harris said.

"She looks great, sir. But can you handle her?" Proctor asked, remembering what had happened with the Hunter back in Latin America.

"Of course I can, you idiot! Now let's go." Harris and Proctor got into the Gauntlet and drove off.

The Phantom was being chased by a police car down the road. Cid hit their nitrous and shot ahead, heading for a fork in the road.

"Here's something they won't expect." he said as he drove up a road leading uphill. The police had not yet caught up with them.

They drove along the road until it began to slope down, leading to the bank of a lake.

Cid brought the Phantom to a halt at the edge of the lake.

"So what happens now?" Riku asked.

"Something tells me that cop won't have the patience to slow down." Cid said, laughing.

Sure enough, the racers heard the sound of the police car's engine as the car drove uphill at a high speed.

As the cop car got over the crest of the hill, the driver saw the lake but couldn't stop in time.

"SHIT!" he yelled as the speeding car left the ground and sailed into the air.

"Hope you've got swimming trunks!" Sora yelled as the car flew over their heads and landed in the water.

As the cop car sank in the water, the two cops had managed to get out and swim for shore.

"Adios amigos!" Kairi said as Cid started the car up again and reversed away from the lake.

The Titan was driving along the road. Dick Dastardly was complaining about having to make fuel stops.

"Oh give it a rest already, Dick!" Fearless Leader said. "It's not like we can't still win.".

"Maybe." Dick replied.

"Hey, what's this?" Shredder asked. He pointed out of his window.

Baron Harkonnen and Wild Dog went over and looked out the window to see the Direwolf running parallel with the Titan.

James, who was driving, waved his hand for the huge vehicle to stop. "We want to talk to you a minute!" he yelled.

"Those pathetic Rockets want to talk to us.". Wild Dog said.

"Ah!" Dastardly said. "Maybe they decided they want to join us after all.".

He brought the Titan to a halt.

"Are you crazy?!" Professor Nimnul yelled. "It could be a trick!".

"Those fools haven't got the foresight to try and pull a trick on us!" Dastardly replied.

The Titan stopped and so did the Direwolf. As Dastardly and Fearless Leader got out of their vehicle, Jessie and James got out of the Direwolf and approached them.

"Mr. Dastardly, sir." Jessie said. "We hope this isn't an inappropriate time, but we would just like to apologise for those remarks we made to you back in the Cannonball Dome.".

"Yes, we were totally out of line, because your organisation looks like a top-notch group of villains." James said.

Dastardly and Fearless Leader smiled.

"We are so glad you think so." Fearless Leader said. "It's not very often that a group of villains of our calibre joins together.".

"And we can tell why." James said. "Obviously you have to be one of the most underhanded and devious villains to join your group, correct?".

"That's right." Dastardly said. "And that's why I offered you guys the chance to join. You are certainly ultra-devious.".

"Oh no. We have a long way to go before we match up to your record of wrongdoing, Mr. Dastardly." Jessie said.

Dastardly blushed a little. "Why thank you." he said.

While Jessie and James kept Dastardly and Fearless Leader talking, Meowth and Domino sneaked round to the side of the Titan.

Meowth unsheaved his claws and started to slash at the tyres of the huge vehicle.

Domino pulled a sharp knife out of her boot and began to do the same.

When their job was finished, they got back into the Direwolf.

"Your inventiveness during the Wacky Races was absolutely stunning." Jessie was saying to Dastardly. "That time you came in first, I was raging when they disqualified you.".

"Well, c'est la vie, you know." Dastardly said.

James gave a glance behind him to see Domino give a thumbs-up.

"Well, we have to go now." James said. "But if you still want us in your organisation, we'll consider it.".

"Our door is always open." Fearless Leader said.

The two Rockets got back in the Direwolf and they drove off.

As they went, Jessie stuck her hand out the window and flipped the bird.

"So long, suckers!" she yelled.

Dastardly and Fearless Leader looked confused. Then Dastardly looked to the side and gasped as he saw the flat tyres.

"I don't believe it! Of all the devious, underhanded....!".

Fearless Leader saw their flats as well.

"You idiot!" he yelled as he slapped the back of Dastardly's head.

The rest of the villains had noticed this.

"I think we should elect a new leader for this society." the Brain said.

"Maybe later." Fulgore said. "But right now, I guess we should get the spare tyres out.".

The Firebolt was driving down the road.

"Still no sign of Sonic." Mario said. "He's hiding to avoid paying me that $100 for beating him in the Arctic.".

"Never mind, Sonic. We've got to hold on to the lead right now." Samus said. "Is it that big a deal?".

"It's Nintendo Vs. Sega, you bet it's a big deal!" Fox replied.

The car was bumped from behind. Mario turned around to see the Buckshot behind them. It moved up alongside him.

"Who cares about Nintendo Vs. Sega?" Crash yelled. "Playstation rules now! Losers!".

He drove the Buckshot on at high speed.

"Hey, Crash! I worked for Nintendo you know!" Conker said.

"Sorry, buddy, no offence intended!" Crash replied as he pressed their nitrous booster and drove on.

"That insolent little snot!" Mario yelled. "I'll show him who's on top in the game world!".

He activated the Firebolt's nitrous and they shot off after the Buckshot.

Seeing the red vehicle in their mirror, Crash pressed a button, which closed metal shields over their windows.

"I doubt their lasers can penetrate the shields." he said.

Mario fired their laser at the Buckshot again and again. The bolts rebounded off the reinforced shields.

"Alright! I'll really let them have it now!" Mario yelled.

He pressed a button and a missile was launched from the Firebolt.

The Buckshot was approaching a road between two mountains. As the missile streaked towards them, Crash quickly turned the car up on its' two left wheels and the missile shot under the right side of the car.

It hit one of the mountainsides and a landslide began.

"Uh oh!" Crash said as he set the car back down on its' four wheels.

He pressed the red button on their gearstick and pushed it forward, activating their nitrous again, and they shot through, narrowly avoiding the rubble that was coming down around them.

They got through with no problem. But the Firebolt came to a halt as their way was blocked.

"Can you cut through that with the laser, Fox?" Mario asked.

"It could take hours." Fox said. "We'll just have to find a long way round.".

"Great!" Mario said as he hit the steering wheel in frustration.

The Cheetah was being chased by a police motorcycle. Ethan and Snake didn't know that the 'cop' riding it was really Max Damage in disguise.

Despite the Cheetah's speed, the motorcycle was able to keep up.

The cycle pulled in front of them and slowed down.

"Damn!" Snake said. "It looks like we'll have to stop, Ethan.".

"Well, if we must." Ethan said as he brought the Ferrari to a halt.

Max got off the bike and went over to the Cheetah.

"Step out of the car, please. Both of you.". He said.

Ethan and Snake got out of the car.

"Round this side, please, sir." Max said to Snake.

Snake came around to Ethan's side of the car and stood next to Ethan.

"Look, officer..." Ethan began.

"If you've got any excuses, you can save 'em for the judge." Max said humourlessly. "Now turn around and put your hands on the car.".

Ethan and Snake did as they were told. As they turned around, Max put a hand on Ethan's shoulder.

"Okay, fella. Easy now." Max said. With his free hand, he reached into his jacket and took out his gun.

Ethan saw this reflected in the car's window and as Max went to put his gun against Ethan's temple, Ethan quickly took his hand off the car and elbowed Max in the stomach.

"Ethan, what...?" Snake said as Ethan quickly turned around and kicked the gun out of Max's hand.

"This guy's no cop!" Ethan yelled.

Max adopted a fighting stance and punched out at Ethan.

Ethan grabbed his arm and flipped Max over his shoulder.

As he landed on the ground with a grunt, Max went for his fallen gun.

"Uh Uh!" Snake said as he kicked the gun away. Snake then hauled Max to his feet and drove several punches into his stomach.

Max groaned and fell to the ground.

"Okay, that'll do, Snake." Ethan said. "Let's vamoose!".

"Right!" Snake said as he got back into the Cheetah.

Ethan joined him and the Ferrari roared off.

Max glared after them. "I hope the rest of Luthor's guys get your asses and bite down hard!" he growled.

The BF Injection sped through the countryside. Dundee was at the wheel.

"Our countrymen will be wanting us to do our best, Steve. So I won't disappoint them." he said.

"Good to hear it, Mick." Steve said.

Steve looked up ahead of them and saw a black Humvee blocking the road.

"Crikey!" he said. "That's pretty careless parking. He's right in our way!".

Mick brought the dune buggy to a halt and got out. He walked over to the Humvee and knocked on the window.

"Hey! Could you move this thing, please?" he said.

The door opened to reveal Jason. Mick stepped back a little.

As Jason got out of the Humvee, Benedict and Van Pelt got out on the other side.

"This is as far as you go, my friends." Benedict said. "Jason here has been dying to meet you.".

"And soon, you'll be dying." Van Pelt laughed.

Mick quickly pulled out his large hunting knife.

"You call that a knife?" sneered Benedict.

Jason drew his long machete. Mick gulped when he saw the size of it.

"THAT'S a knife!" Van Pelt said.

Jason lunged forward and swung the machete at Mick.

Suddenly, Steve stood up in his seat and jumped forward, grabbing onto Jason's shoulders.

Jason was taken by surprise and struggled to shake Steve off, but Steve climbed onto his back and wrapped his arms around Jason's neck in a sleeper hold.

"If I can handle crocs, I can handle you, big boy!" he said.

Benedict and Van Pelt came round to the other side of their Humvee and got ready to draw their guns.

Mick quickly took another knife from his boot and threw both knives at the two villains. The knives hit their jacket sleeves, pinning their gun arms to the side of the Hummer.

Jason still struggled to shake Steve off. He stumbled to the side of the road. There was a small river running next to the road.

Steve threw his weight up against Jason, making him fall into the water.

Jason started to thrash wildly in the water, as water was the one thing that could terrify him.

Steve got up out of the water. "I think that takes care of him.".

He nodded to Benedict and Van Pelt. "What about them?".

"Leave 'em. We can't hang around here much longer." Mick said.

The two got back into the BF Injection and drove off.

Benedict managed to come loose from the Hummer.

"They'll regret that!". He freed Van Pelt and they got back in the Hummer and drove off.

As they drove Van Pelt picked up his CB and spoke into it.

"All posts, this is Van Pelt. Our ambush failed. Get ready to close the net. Cannonballers must be stopped at all costs.".

Fifty miles away, Freddy, Jim and a troop of thugs who worked for Luthor received the message. At an intersection of roads, they had put up ROAD CLOSED signs over some of the roads. Some of the soldiers were disguised as road workers/

"This can't fail!" Freddy said. "If they all stay on one road, they'll be easy pickings!".

"Yeah, who needs those bloody BATs when we can come up with an idea like this!" Jim said.

He turned to some of the thugs. "You know what to do?".

"Yes, sir." the goons said.

"And don't call me 'sir'! I work for a living!" Jim snapped. He and Freddy headed over to a helicopter.

In Luthor's office, a communications panel began to flash. The Red Skull went over to it and took up a microphone.

"Go ahead, strike force." he said.

The face of one of the lead goon appeared on the com screen.

"Operation Fish In A Barrel has begun, sir." the soldier reported.

In the background, two helicopters lifted off. In one chopper were Freddy and Jim. Both were armed with sniper rifles. The second chopper had a minigun attached to the front.

"Eagles One and Two have been launched, and our special attack vehicles have been sent ahead, ready to strike." The soldier said.

"Good.". Luthor said as he joined the Skull. "And Sektor, Smoke and Cyrax are standing by?".

"Affirmative, sir." The soldier said. "KARR is ready too. The four of them are on other roads, because some of the racers may not come this way."

"Hopefully those who don't fall into our trap will not make it to Sydney before we put the final stage of our plan into operation." Ansem said as he came over. "Get ready to point some of the racers in the wrong direction.".

"Roger. Over and out!" the soldier said as he saluted. The screen turned black as communications were severed.

The Hotring Racer was driving down a hillside road. The Nomad was now driving, and Corvax, Beavis and Butthead were all crowded around a radio microphone, which Beavis had set up.

Misty and Kat were interviewing them.

"So, has the race been difficult for your team so far?" Misty asked.

"Well, a global race would be difficult and stuff." Butthead was saying. "But we've been able to handle ourselves pretty well.".

"Indeed." Corvax said. "Our vehicle is a very superior automobile. It has proven its' worth in the race so far in my opinion.".

The Nomad noticed the Muscle Car up ahead of them and speeded the engine up.

In the Muscle Car, Plucky was looking at the road, but not paying attention to what was behind them.

His other team members were also preoccupied.

"So, if we divide the money in five, that gives us $40 million each. Correct?" Fifi was asking.

"Yeah. That'll buy a lot of carrot cake!" Babs said.

"Doesn't that stuff make you get fat?" Buster asked. "With my share of that loot, I'll buy myself a hot new stereo and any PS2 games I can get my paws on!".

"COOL!" Dizzy Devil said.

"Can't you be a bit more original when it comes to money, Buster?" Babs asked.

"Hey, take it easy, guys! We haven't won yet!" Plucky said. "But with me at the wheel, we should have no problems.".

The Hotring Racer had come up behind them.

The Nomad concentrated on his driving. Beavis was now speaking through the microphone.

"So, either of you ladies wanna score with me after the race?" Beavis said to Misty and Kat.

"Uh, do you have anything race related to talk about?" Kat asked nervously.

"Uh, sure." Butthead said. "You see..."

The Nomad suddenly floored the accelerator and slammed into the back of the Muscle Car.

The Tiny Toons looked around and saw the Hotring Racer as it swerved and came up alongside them.

There was a feedback whine from the microphone as the cars connected.

"What are you doing?!" Beavis yelled.

"Shut up!" The Nomad yelled. "I'm going to take care of these losers!".

Plucky swerved the Muscle Car to the side and hit the Hotring Racer back.

"What's going on?" Misty said through the radio.

"Look, I think we'll have to talk later." Corvax said as the Nomad hit the Muscle Car back.

Seeing a turn in the road up ahead, the Nomad dropped back behind the Muscle Car again.

"What's he doing?" Plucky asked.

The Nomad put his foot down again and the Hotring Racer rear-ended the Muscle Car.

The yellow car went over the edge of the bend and flew into mid-air.

It landed in the top of a large tree.

"Damn!" Buster said.

The Hotring Racer had stopped at the edge of the bend. Corvax's team laughed.

"Enjoy the scenery!" The Nomad yelled as he started the car up again and drove down the hill.

On a long highway, Harris was driving the Gauntlet. He looked out through the eye slit in front of him, keeping his eyes open for a Cannonballer.

"Come out to play, Cannonballers." he said to himself.

Suddenly, with a whoosh, the Maniac rushed past him.

"Holy Shit!" Harris said. "Proctor, aren't we doing 75?".

"Yes we are, sir." said Proctor, who was sitting next to Harris.

"And those assholes just passed us like we were standing still! Their asses are mine!" Harris said, as he accelerated the huge police tank.

In the Maniac, BD Joe was now driving. Darkwing Duck and Kid Rock were playing air guitar as a ZZ Top track played on the radio.

"This stuff is great!" DW said. "You've got great taste in music, Kid!".

"Glad you think so." Kid Rock replied. "At least listening to this relieves some of the boredom. We've been looking at nothing but highway for three hours now.".

"There's a town up ahead about two miles." Joe said. "We can....what in the hell?".

Joe had spotted the Gauntlet coming up behind them in his mirror.

Kid Rock and DW saw the huge vehicle as well.

"Activate the armour!" DW yelled.

"Will do." Joe said as he activated their armour.

Harris took one hand off the steering wheel and grabbed a joystick. It controlled the Gauntlet's guns.

He opened fire on the now shielded Maniac but the bullets could not penetrate the armour.

"Okay." he said. "They may be bulletproof, but I'll still get 'em!". Harris said.

He poured on the speed and nearly came up on the Maniac's back bumper.

By this point, both vehicles had reached the small town and were driving through the streets.

Joe honked the horn at the oncoming cars, which moved out of the way.

The Maniac took a hard corner and narrowly avoided hitting a car that was pulling into a parking space.

As the Gauntlet took the same turn, Harris quickly swerved to avoid hitting the same car.

As he swerved, the Gauntlet went onto the pavement and straight through the wall of a house.

"DAMMIT!" Harris yelled.

A man sitting in an armchair quickly jumped out of the way as the Gauntlet went right through his living room.

The police tank crashed through another wall and went back outside.

Harris brought the vehicle to a halt. He looked to his right and saw Proctor writing something in a notepad.

"What's that?" he asked.

"The accident report." Proctor replied.

The Behemoth Chopper had managed to lose the helicopters that had been chasing them since they left Europe, but now it was being chased by Roger Ramjet in the Sea Sparrow, and had been for several hours.

"It's just this guy left now!" Beetlejuice said "If we lose him, we will been pursued for three weeks now. Some record, huh?".

"Alright. Now I've got you!" Ramjet said to himself.

As Ramjet flew closer to the Behemoth Chopper, a volley of machine gun fire hit his tail.

"What?" he said. Ms. Foyt's plane flew out from behind him.

"Out of the way, loser!" Foyt yelled as she fired another volley of machine gun fire at the Sea Sparrow.

Ramjet's chopper started to fall to the ground.

"This again?" Ramjet said as he got ready to bail out. "This has not been much fun for me!".

He jumped out of the falling chopper and opened his parachute.

"Hey!" Beetlejuice said happily. "Whoever's in that plane just gave us a hand!".

Wee Man looked in the mirror and saw the plane was right on their tail and getting ready to fire missiles.

"I don't think they're on our side." Wee Man said. "Lose 'em, Chris!".

"Okay, but I warn you. I'm no pilot!" Chris replied as he took control of their joystick and moved the chopper off to the side to avoid getting hit by two missiles.

The missiles hit the side of a mountain.

"You metal moron!" Foyt yelled at the BAT pilot who had fired the missiles.

"Try to hit what you aim at!".

Foyt opened fire with the machine gun and began to pepper the Behemoth Chopper with bullets.

Chris tried his best to evade the shots by ducking down and rising up in the air, but the plane kept on them.

"Hold tight, guys!" he yelled. "I saw this in a movie once!".

Chris hit the thruster and the Behemoth Chopper was shot forward at high speed.

Chris rose the chopper higher and higher, gradually making it perform a loop-de-loop in the sky.

"Those idiots!" Foyt said. "There's no way they'll survive that!".

"WHOA!" Wee Man yelled. "I wish we had one of the camcorders with us! This is probably the craziest stunt we've tried yet!".

"B.J., stand by with the cannon!" Beetlejuice yelled.

"Roger!" Beetlejuice replied.

The helicopter completed its' loop-de-loop and dropped down behind Foyt's plane.

"Surprise!" Beetlejuice yelled.

He fired a missile from their cannon and clipped the right wing clean off Foyt's plane.

"Blast you Cannonballers!" Foyt yelled as she held on for dear life.

The BAT struggled to maintain control of the plane.

In the Behemoth Chopper, Wee Man and Chris started laughing.

"Hang on a minute, guys!" Beetlejuice said, looking down. "I see the others!".

Sure enough, the Behemoth Base was driving along the road beneath them.

"Think we should rejoin the others?" Wee Man asked.

"Yeah!" Beetlejuice replied. "That pilot wouldn't be crazy enough to follow us!".

"Okay." Chris said as he began to lower the Behemoth Chopper to the ground.

In the Behemoth Base, Johnny looked in their mirror and saw the Chopper coming in.

"It's the others, Ryan." he said. "Get ready to let them aboard.".

"Just a minute." said Ryan, who was filming Steve-O with a camcorder. Steve-O had fallen asleep.

"So, Steve-O, any comments on the race? Any similarities to Gumball 3000, apart from the fact that you've fallen asleep again?" Ryan said mockingly.

"Ryan, sometime this century would be good!" Johnny said.

"Okay." Ryan said, putting the camcorder away and opening the hole in the roof to allow the chopper to reattach itself.

The Chopper descended gently onto the base and with a loud hiss, reattached itself.

Johnny went up into the cockpit of the now complete Behemoth to see his team-mates.

"So, guys. Did you have fun?" Johnny asked.

There was a loud whine and an explosion behind the huge vehicle as a bomb was dropped behind them.

Chris saw the plane coming behind them, dropping bombs as it went.

"I think we're all gonna have some fun now!" Chris said as he steered carefully to avoid being hit by the bombs.

In her compartment in the plane, Foyt was panicking. The plane was still almost out of control as it had only one wing, but the BAT pilot was still trying to finish the Cannonballers off.

"You demented transformer reject! What are you doing?!" she screamed.

The BAT ignored her cries and stayed in pursuit of the Behemoth.

Foyt looked ahead and saw that the plane was approaching a mountain, but the BAT wasn't slowing down, concentrating instead on the Behemoth.

"Oh, hell no! I'm out of here!" Foyt said. She fastened her safety belt around herself and hit the eject button in front of her.

She was shot out of the plane as it continued towards the mountain.

The BAT finally noticed the mountain, but it was too late to pull up. The plane crashed into the mountain and exploded.

As Foyt floated to the ground, she spoke into a communicator.

"Hello, Mr. Luthor?" she said. "Tell me, do your BATs have a tendency to go kamikaze at times?".

"Sometimes. Why do you ask?" Luthor replied.

"Just curious." Foyt said, trying to contain her anger.

On the ground, the Behemoth sped on.

Ryan and the now awake Steve-O joined their team-mates in the cockpit.

"Hey, guys." Steve-O yawned. "What's up.".

"What's up?" Ryan asked. "You mean you really didn't hear anything?".

"I was asleep. What do you expect?" Steve-O replied.

The rest of the group laughed as Chris poured on the speed.

The High Roller, the Freeway, the Shockwave and the Tiberius had all come up the intersection. Seeing the other roads were blocked off, they drove right onto the booby trap road.

As they went onto the road, the Tiberius stopped by the head thug, still disguised as a road worker.

"How come the other roads are closed?" Secret Squirrel asked the thug.

Putting on an Australian accent, the thug replied. "Well the roads out here get more messed up as time goes by. Just taking a few precautions. Besides this road here splits up in different directions if you want to lose your competition.".

"Hmmm. Okay." Secret replied as he drove off down the road.

As the four vehicles disappeared from view, the goon smiled. He spoke into his communicator.

"Come in Eagle One. Cannonballers heading your way. Be on the look out.".

"Roger." Jim replied through his walkie-talkie.

"Attack vehicles, be on the look out as well.".

"Roger." several voices replied, including a menacing whisper. The goon trembled a little as he recognised the voice of the Witch King.

About twenty miles down the road, the Witch King sat behind the steering wheel of an enormous black diesel truck, armed with missile launchers above the cab.

"Ghost Rider will pay the price for thwarting me!" the undead warrior hissed to himself.

Not far away, on another road, the Deluxo was being chased by several police cars. Marty was firing a few shots of a freeze ray from Doc's ray gun.

Some of the cars were being turned into blocks of ice as Clara kept her foot on the accelerator.

"Any sign of them letting up?" she asked.

"I doubt it." Marty replied.

"Hang on, and I'll get flight mode ready." Doc said.

As the cop cars sped on, a black Acura swerved onto the road. It was KARR.

"Foolish humans!" he sneered. "You will not come between me and a Cannonballer!".

KARR fired laser shots at the cop cars, damaging their engines.

The cops quickly threw themselves clear of their cars before they exploded.

Clara was horrified as she saw the damage KARR had caused.

"Whoever that is in the black car must be mad." she said.

KARR fired a couple of laser shots at the Deluxo as it got ready to lift off.

"Just a minute." Marty said as he turned the laser gun setting to electric burst.

As the Deluxo lifted off the ground, KARR fired several more blasts as them, nearly hitting their fuel line at one point.

"You will not escape me, Cannonballers!" he yelled over his PA system.

"EAT THIS, ASSHOLE!" Marty yelled. He fired a blast of electric energy from the gun right into KARR.

As the electricity crackled around KARR, his laser was shorted out.

"They will pay for that!" KARR yelled. Suddenly, KARR sensed something nearby.

"I'm getting a familiar signal." he said. Then it hit him. "KITT! I hoped I would run into him again!".

Several more cop cars appeared behind KARR.

"You in the black Acura! Stop! You're under arrest!" one cop yelled over his loudspeaker.

"You'll have to catch me first!" KARR sneered as he shot forward.

The police cars stayed hot on his trail. As they drove on, the Phoenix appeared on the road behind them.

"Michael. I'm getting a disturbingly familiar reading on my radar." KITT said.

"What is it, buddy?" Michael asked.

"I don't believe it!" KITT exclaimed. "It's KARR! It has to be!".

Michael narrowed his eyes.

"Those cops must be chasing him! Knowing KARR, he'll not leave one cop standing!" he said. "KITT, I think we should lend some help here.".

"I concur, Michael!" KITT replied. "Just hit the nitrous and we'll be on our way.

"Right!" Michael said as he activated their nitrous. They shot off in pursuit of KARR and the police.

Marcus and Regis were barrelling down the road in the car they had borrowed from Joe Dirt. They were going incredibly fast.

"I'd like to see the Cannonballers try and beat us with this thing." Marcus said as he kept his foot on the accelerator.

"There's a car up ahead." Regis said, pointing to the Blue Devil, which was in front of them. "I'll get ready.".

Regis pulled out his .45 and got ready to shoot at the Blue Devil.

In the blue car, Wile E. had just finished checking over some of the car's equipment.

"So you say the EMP can't be fixed right now?" Daffy asked the coyote.

Wile E. nodded.

"Aw, well I'm sure we won't need to use it again soon. Hopefully we won't run into any more BATs." Marvin said.

"Here's hoping." Bugs said.

Suddenly, a gunshot rang out and the rear window of the Blue Devil was cracked.

"We've got company, again." Marvin said as he looked behind them. "There's a Roadrunner on our tail.".

Wile E. glared a little.

"Not THAT Road Runner!" Daffy said as he looked in the mirror. "It's a Plymouth Roadrunner.".

"Give 'em a taste of your ray gun, Marv!" Bugs said.

"Will do." Marvin said as he leaned out the window and opened fire.

The red ray hit the front of the Roadrunner, and it damaged the radiator.

"Hold tight, bro!" Marcus said. "We're not gonna lose these guys!".

Marcus activated the Roadrunner's nitrous and they shot forward until they were alongside the Blue Devil.

Regis aimed his gun at Bugs.

"Okay, rabbit! Pull over or you're history!". He yelled.

"I don't think so!" Bugs replied. "NOW!" he yelled suddenly.

Wile E. rose up from his seat where he had been crouching. He was holding a fire extinguisher.

The coyote fired a blast from the fire extinguisher, which blinded the brothers temporarily.

Marcus swerved the car off the road and they drove through a field.

As Marcus tried to regain his vision and control of the car, the Blue Devil shot ahead.

As Marcus brought the Roadrunner to a halt in the field, Benedict's Humvee shot past them on the road, in pursuit of the Blue Devil.

"Those morons couldn't wipe their own noses!" Benedict sneered. "We'll be the ones to capture a racer.".

Van Pelt was driving this time and he kept his foot to the floor as the Humvee sped along, trying to catch up with the Blue Devil.

As they gathered ground on the blue car, Benedict opened fire with his Uzi.

The Blue Devil was hit again.

"Are these guys trying to kill us?!" Daffy yelled.

"My guess would be...yes!" Bugs replied as he turned and headed down a dirt road.

"You won't lose us that easily!" Van Pelt said as he turned the Humvee down the same road.

"Gun it! They're still on our tail!" Daffy yelled.

"Don't worry.". Bugs said, "See that bridge up ahead?".

The others looked ahead to see a broken bridge. It was made of wood and one end of it was curved upwards at an angle.

"You can't be serious!" Daffy said.

"They'd be crazy to follow us, wouldn't they?" Bugs said as he drove forward at high speed.

As the blue car crossed the bridge, it hit the upward curve on the bridge, which sent the car into the air.

In mid-air, the Blue Devil executed a perfect barrel roll and landed on the other side of the bridge on all four wheels.

"WHOA! That was fun!" Bugs said.

Behind them, Benedict and Van Pelt had stopped their Hummer and watched Bugs' stunt in disbelief.

"No way!" Benedict said.

"Well, if they can do it, so can we!" Van Pelt said.

He backed the Hummer up and then drove forward at great speed.

The Hummer hit the curve and was sent into the air as well. But the Hummer didn't fly as gracefully as the Blue Devil had and landed on its' roof on the other side.

"Damn!" Van Pelt said. "I hate those Cannonballers!".

"Never mind that now! Let's get out of here!" Benedict said as he undid his seatbelt.

KARR was still being chased by a few cop cars, and the Phoenix was still following.

"Try this on for size!" KARR said as he dropped a couple of mines in the road.

Seeing them, the cop cars swerved to avoid them, going off the road.

As they did, KARR braked and turned around to face the cop cars.

He fired a couple of laser blasts at the cop cars, setting fire to the engines.

"Bloody hell!" one cop yelled.

The officers ran for cover as their cars exploded.

"Pathetic!" KARR snorted.

Suddenly, a laser blast hit him head on, doing a bit of damage to his radiator.

"That's quite enough, KARR!" Michael yelled as the Phoenix drove up.

"You aren't going to endanger any more Cannonballers or cops!".

"Michael Knight." KARR said. "And I sense that that car you have contains the personality of my twin.".

"That's right, KARR." KITT said. "Out of curiosity, who put you back together?".

"That does not concern you, my twin." KARR said. "I'm glad that you are Cannonballers. It means that I can have a bit of fun while on duty.".

KARR fired a laser blast back at the Phoenix, which impacted on the front bumper of the car.

"Alright, KARR." Michael said. "You want a showdown, you got one.".

Michael accelerated the Phoenix and rammed KARR head on, before he could fire another shot.

As KARR tried to recover from the damage, Michael drove on past him and headed towards a large town that was just ahead of them.

KARR turned himself around and headed after the Phoenix.

"Do you have a plan, Michael?" KITT asked.

"You bet I do." Michael said, pointing to a large construction site on the edge of town.

"Is he still following us?" Michael asked.

"He's sticking to us like glue." KITT replied.

"Here we go!" Michael said as the Firebird crashed right through the gate to the construction site.

"You can run, but you can't hide!" KARR said as he followed them in.

KARR stopped for a minute to activate his scanner so he could try and find his quarry.

Before he knew it, a laser blast hit him, shorting out his own laser weapon.

"Surprise!" KITT yelled as the Phoenix came out from under the half-built building's shadow.

KARR started up again and roared right towards KITT.

The two cars collided head on again.

Michael gritted his teeth as they hit.

He turned the Phoenix around and drove off in another direction.

KARR followed, making sure not to lose sight of the Phoenix.

At this point, a security guard for the site was driving towards thee two vehicles in his squad car.

"I'll have these comedians!" he said to himself.

The Phoenix flew off the top of an embankment and landed hard. KARR followed suit, and landed on the ground a little bit behind them.

He turned around as he heard the siren of the approaching squad car.

As the car slowed down to come down the embankment, KARR turned a little and rushed forward, ramming the car in the side, and starting to turn it up on its' side.

"You should mind your own business!" KARR said smugly.

The security guard crawled out of the car as KARR backed off and took off in pursuit of the Phoenix, which had stopped up ahead.

"Okay, buddy. Make sure you time it right." Michael said as he looked at a large collection of steel girders, which were leaning against a large wall.

"No problem, Michael." KITT said as he drove forward.

"This is where you get yours, Michael Knight!" KARR said as he followed the Phoenix.

KITT fired a laser blast at the girders and quickly moved to the side as they began to fall.

KARR could not stop in time and the girders fell down on top of him, trapping him.

"That's that for now!" Michael said triumphantly. "Now, let's get back to the race.".

Michael steered the Phoenix out of the site as KARR activated his distress beacon.

"I will get revenge for that!" KARR said to himself.

The Phantom was now driving through a tunnel, and their way was being blocked by a very large, slow moving farm truck.

"Oh, man." Riku said. "This could delay us quite a bit.".

"Don't worry my friends!" said Sora, wearing the Chaos mask. "There is a solution to our problem!".

Sora steered the Phantom off to the side of the tunnel. To everyone's surprise, the car started to go up onto the round wall of the tunnel.

"Are you going to do what I think you are?" Cid asked.

"Yes, I believe I am!" Sora replied as he steered the Phantom up onto the roof of the tunnel.

"Whoa! This is some crazy stuff!" Kairi said. "Go for it!".

Sora drove the Phantom forward along the roof of the tunnel, passing over the top of the truck.

After they passed the truck, Sora steered down the wall of the tunnel again and the car soon was on the ground again.

The driver of the farm truck looked on, astonished.

"Excellent, Captain!" Cid said. "Now let's head on!".

At a roadside gas station, the Serpent pulled in and came to a stop.

Already at the station was the Hermes.

A mechanic was checking under the hood of the vehicle. He pulled out a fish and looked surprised.

"How did this get in your engine?" he asked Homer.

"Well, it's a bit hard to explain." Homer replied, as Marge, Bart and Lisa tried to suppress their giggling.

Blackadder got out of the Serpent and headed for the store. As he went, he noticed the Mantis parked a bit further down.

He looked into the store and saw Sinclair and his partners getting some food.

"Hmmm." Blackadder said to himself.

He quickly headed back over to the Serpent and got a tube of superglue.

"What are you doing, sir?" Baldrick asked.

"You'll see, Balders." Blackadder said. "I have a plan so cunning that foxes and weasels everywhere will be put to shame by it.".

Blackadder quickly headed over to the Mantis and opened the door. Checking to make sure no one was looking, he smeared some glue onto the accelerator.

Laughing to himself, he closed the door and headed back to the Serpent.

Travelling down the road, the Shockwave came to a halt at a railway crossing as a train passed by.

Ghost Rider relaxed a little, but suddenly, there was a huge bump behind him. Stunned, Ghost Rider looked behind to see the huge truck driven by the Witch King trying to push him into the path of the train.

"There is no escape for you now!" The Witch King said as he moved the truck forward again.

"I will not allow to harm the innocent!" Ghost Rider said as he pressed a button.

Two steel wires with spikes on the ends of them shot out into the ground, making the Shockwave stay firmly on the ground.

The Witch King continued to push the Shockwave but it held.

When the train finally passed by, Ghost Rider retracted the lines and passed through the crossing at high speed.

The Witch King drove the truck after him, pressing a button overhead, which fired a missile at the Shockwave.

The missile hit the ground just behind the Shockwave, nearly hitting it.

"You may have size, evil one." Ghost Rider said. "But making fast moves is a chore for you!".

In frustration, the Witch King continued to fire missiles.

With loud explosions, the missiles impacted in the road again and again but Ghost Rider did his best to avoid them.

Very shortly, the two vehicles were running alongside a steep cliff.

"Now to end this little game.". Ghost Rider said.

He pressed a button and a large mirror on the end of a steel rod extended from the front of the vehicle.

Ghost Rider rotated the mirror so that the missile launcher on the roof of the truck was reflected in the mirror.

"What is he doing?" The Witch King said to himself as Ghost Rider raised the heat ray gun to face the mirror.

The Witch King raised his hand to prepare to launch another missile.

"Farewell, evil one!" Ghost Rider said as he fired the heat ray gun at the mirror. The beam of heat was reflected off the mirror and shot right back at the truck, hitting the missile launcher and melting it.

As the launcher system began to short circuit, the cab of the truck was filled up with smoke.

"I can't see!" The Witch King yelled as he tried to steer.

The truck went off to the side of the road and plummeted down the sheer drop.

The truck hit the bottom of the chasm and exploded.

"He shan't be bothering me again soon." Ghost Rider said.

At the bottom of the drop, the Witch King clawed his way out of the wreckage angrily.

"It isn't over yet!" he yelled.

Further up the road, the black minivan driven by Luthor's men had caught up with the High Roller and were getting ready to engage it.

"Ground Patrol to Eagle One. Target sighted. We're going to begin the attack." the driver said into his walkie-talkie.

"Roger, Ground Patrol." Freddy said in the helicopter. "Eagle Two, have you sighted your target?".

"Affirmative, sir." the pilot of the second chopper said as they trained their gun sights on the Tiberius, which was just below them.

"There's our little darling there!" Jim said as the Freeway came into their sights. Jim cocked his rifle.

"Okay, guys! Let's go!" Freddy said as he took up his rifle and trained it on the Freeway.

The Terminator heard the sound of the helicopter as it flew near him and he took a glance behind to see it swooping in on him.

Jim fired a couple of shots from his rifle at the bike and a few of them hit the Terminator, but he was not deterred.

"You want me? Come and get me!" the Terminator said as he turned his bike off the road and onto a dirt road, heading towards some mountains.

I'm Headed For The Border
It's On My Mind
And Nothin' Really Matters
I've Got To Be On Time
Look In The View Mirror
Is He Hot On My Tracks
Is He Getting Nearer
I Feel Some Heat Is On
My Back

Meanwhile...

Eagle Two started to swoop down towards the Tiberius and started to fire off rounds from its' minigun.

Secret raised the shield at the rear of the vehicle.

"I think this could be trouble, Secret!" Morocco said.

"Of course it is, Morocco!" Secret said. "We're just one continent away from victory now. It's us or them now!".

Secret put his foot down on the accelerator and shot forward, with the chopper still keeping up.


(Speed Demon)
Speedin' On The Freeway
Gotta Get A Leadway
(Speed Demon)
Doin' It On The Highway
Gotta Have It My Way
(Speed Demon)
Mind Is Like A Compass
I'm Stoppin' At Nothin'
(Speed Demon)
(He Say) Pull Over Boy And
Get Your Ticket Right . . .

At one point the chopper came up alongside them. One of the crewmen aboard it opened a window and fired some shots from a pistol at them.

"That's right." Secret said. "Just stay right there.".

He extended his hand to the dashboard.

"The slow ray is only good for one more shot, Secret." Morocco said.

"Then I won't miss." Secret said.

The pilot of Eagle Two tried to swivel the minigun around to aim at the Tiberius, but Secret had already trained his sights on the chopper.

The ray was fired and hit the chopper.

Everything instantly slowed down for the crewmen of Eagle Two.

The pilot fired a few more shots from the front cannon, but they moved so slowly that the Tiberius had shot far ahead of them before they could hit.



And Nothin' Gonna Stop Me
Ain't No Stop And Go
I'm Speedin' On The Midway
I Gotta Really Burn This Road

(Speed Demon)
Speedin' On The Freeway
Gotta Get The Leadway
(Speed Demon)
Doin' It On The Highway
Gotta Have It My Way
(Speed Demon)
Mind Is Like A Compass
I'm Stoppin' At Nothin'
(Speed Demon)
(He Say) Pull Over Boy And
Get Your Ticket Right . . .

Meanwhile...

The minivan had come up behind the High Roller.

One of the side doors opened and from it slid a seat on hydraulics, armed with a minigun.

The man in the seat took careful aim and began to fire on the High Roller.

The Mask ducked to avoid some of the shots.

"That old trick, eh?" he said. "Hang on, Milo, we'll lose these guys!".

Milo whimpered a little, but he knew his master wouldn't let him down.

The Mask allowed the minivan to come up alongside him, and then pressed a button.

From the hubcaps of the High Roller, two guns shot out and fired upon the minivan.

The side of the vehicle took a lot of damage.

Speed Demon, You're The
Very Same One
Who Said The Future's In
Your Hands
The Life You Save Could Be
Your Own
You're Preachin' 'Bout My
Life Like You're The Law
Gonna Live Each Day And
Hour Like
For Me There's No Tomorrow

Go! Go! Go! Aaow!

The Mask pressed another button and a sharp hook extended from another part of the hubcap, and slashed the front tyre of the minivan.

The vehicle swerved off the road as the driver tried to regain control.

The Mask activated his nitrous and the High Roller shot ahead.

"He won't go too far!" the minivan driver said. He pulled out a remote control and pressed a red button on it.

Some mines which had been planted by Luthor's men earlier started to detonate in the Mask's path.

"I don't think so!" The Mask said as he put the car up on its' two left wheels to drive between two explosions.

More explosions came, but the Mask could steer around them no problem.

Meanwhile...

The Terminator was still going fast along the dirt road, trying to evade the shots being fired at him.

The chopper stayed on his tail.

"I hit him! I know I did!" Jim said.

"Don't worry." Freddy said as he took a few shots from his gun. "This guy will have more holes in him than Swiss cheese when we're done.".

Freddy fired another volley of shots. One bullet hit the side of the bike, causing a little damage.

"I don't mind you hitting me." The Terminator said. "But easy on the bike!".



(Speed Demon)
Speedin' On The Freeway
Gotta Get A Leadway
(Speed Demon)
Got Fire In My Pocket
I Just Lit A Rocket
(Speed Demon)
Just Pull Over Boy
And Get Your Ticket Right
(Speed Demon)
Pull Over Boy And
Get Your Ticket Right
(Speed Demon)
Just, Pull Over Boy
And Eat Your Ticket
Pull Over Boy
Pull Over Boy
And Get Your Ticket Right

The Terminator was driving towards some electricity towers.

"Watch out there!" Jim said.

The pilot rose the chopper higher to avoid running into the electricity cables.

Freddy fired a few shots at the towers to try and bring them down.

One tower collapsed in front of the Terminator, but he jumped the cycle over the crackling wires.

He was approaching a tunnel built into one of the rockfaces. He drove the cycle into the tunnel and brought it to a halt.

The chopper hovered above the tunnel, waiting for the bike to emerge.

"Alright." Jim said as he grabbed his gun. "We've got him now!".

The Terminator got off the bike and drew his gun. In the shadow of the tunnel, the chopper's crew couldn't see him.

He took careful aim and shot at the tail of the chopper, cutting the blades off it.

"Shit!" the pilot yelled. "We're going down!".

The chopper started to fall. The pilot steered towards the top of one of the mountains to affect an emergency landing.

As the chopper touched down on the clifftop, Freddy pounded his fist into the arm of his seat.

"We've got to get it back in the air!" Freddy said.

"Not much chance of that!" Jim said as he looked over the top of the cliff.

He saw the Terminator now standing at the mouth of the tunnel.

He aimed his pistol at the chopper again.

"Let's get the hell out of here!" Freddy yelled.

The three men threw themselves clear of the chopper as the Terminator fired his gun several times into the chopper.

The chopper exploded as Jim, Freddy and the pilot looked on.

The Terminator smiled and re-entered the tunnel. A few seconds later, he drove out on the Freeway and continued on his way.

Ugh!
Aaow!
Uhh!
Hoo!
Get Your Ticket Right
Pull Over Boy
Get Your Ticket Right
Pull Over Boy And
Get Your Ticket Right
Pull Over Boy
Pull Over Boy And
Get Your Ticket
Eat Your Ticket
Get Your Ticket
Eat Yo', Get Yo', Hoo! Aaow!
Get Your Ticket Right

Speed Demon by Michael Jackson

"Bloody...hell." Jim said. "These people are the luckiest I've ever seen.".

"When they get to Sydney, they may find that their luck has run out!" Freddy replied.

Thor was speeding along the highway. Hagar was driving with one hand and easting a cheese sandwich with the other.

"Are you sure it's safe to do that, boss?" Eddie asked.

"Don't worry, Eddie. I know what I'm doing." Hagar replied.

Suddenly, a grey Honda S2000 swung out in front of Thor. In the car, were some of the Dregs.

"That's that Viking sumbitch alright!" one of them yelled. "We'll get this guy for Ray! Right, boys?".

The other two Dregs in the car responded positively.

"It's those bikers again, boss." Eddie said. "I'll try the turbine blast again.".

As Eddie moved his hand towards the switch, one of the bikers leaned out the window and fired three shots right into Thor's huge nose.

Sparks came out of it as the turbine was damaged.

"Damn!" Eddie said. "That guy we hit with it in Africa must have told them about it.".

Seeing the seriousness of the situation, Hagar threw down his sandwich and activated the two laser cannons on Thor.

Some blasts were fired at the Honda, but the Dreg behind the wheel was not bothered.

"Okay, boys!" he yelled. "Go for it!".

The other two bikers, leaned out the windows, both armed with harpoon guns.

They both fired at the same time and two harpoons were shot into Thor's cabin.

Hagar and Eddie ducked to avoid being hit as the harpoons went through the glass.

When they straightened up again,, they saw the two bikers attach the harpoon lines to the car and begin to climb up to Thor on the cables.

"Oh, looks like someone's seen The Fast and The Furious." Eddie said.

"Don't worry, Ed." Hagar said. "I know what to do.".

Hagar kicked the cracked glass of the windscreen in.

"What are you doing?" Eddie said.

"Trust me." Hagar said. "Grab some food out of the basket.".

"What?!" Eddie said.

"Just do it!" Hagar yelled.

As the bikers climbed up the cables and grabbed on to the end of Thor's nose, Hagar leaned out the broken window and threw an apple pie at the nearest one.

The biker was temporarily blinded.

Eddie smiled as he realised what Hagar's plan was. He leaned out the window and threw some fruit at the second biker.

The two vehicles drove on, and were spotted by a police car sitting in a lay-by.

"Looks like trouble." the first cop said to his partner.

The cop car drove off in pursuit.

As the two Vikings continued to throw food at the two bikers, they began to lose their grip on the front of Thor.

"Uh oh!" said the driver as he saw his fellow Dregs lose their grip on Thor and grab hold of the cables, holding on for dear life.

"Now to put an end to this!" Hagar said.

He slammed on the brakes hard and the cables stretched tight.

The Honda was still going fast, so the cables snapped. The two bikers hanging on to the cables fell to the ground as the cables dropped.

The Honda swerved off the road and came to a halt as the driver tried to regain control.

Hagar unhooked the two cables from Thor's cab and looked around.

"Well, that went rather well, didn't it?" he said.

The sound of the police car's siren could be heard not far away.

"I think we should let the law take care of our friends here, Hagar." Eddie said.

"I couldn't agree more, Eddie." Hagar said as he started Thor up and drove off.

The police car arrived on the scene and the cops noticed the unconscious bikers on the road and the other one in the car.

"These fellas were trying to hijack that vehicle back there by the looks of it.". The second cop said.

"Then, let's book 'em." The first cop said as he got out of the car.

The Mantis was speeding along, with Leonardo at the wheel.

"Things are going pretty well." Ben said. "No trouble so far.".

"I think you might have spoken too soon, Ben." Keanu said seriously. "Nobody panic, but there's a bomb in the Mantis.".

There was a brief pause before everybody laughed.

"Nice one, Keanu!" Leo said.

"Actually, chaps, there is a bit of trouble." Donald said as he looked behind.

The Gauntlet was following them and was rapidly gaining on them.

"This time, we won't fail!" Harris said. "And I advise you to put that report book away, Proctor. Or I'll stick it where the sun don't shine!".

Proctor gulped and put his notepad away.

"No problem!" Leo said as he put his foot down. The Mantis moved forward at great speed, but the Gauntlet kept up.

Leo went to take his foot off the accelerator but it stuck there.

Leo looked confused and tried to move his foot again, but it stuck.

The Mantis was now going incredibly fast.

"Hey, ease off a bit, Leo!" Keanu said.

"Uh, guys. We have a problem!" Leo said. "My foot is stuck to the accelerator!".

"What?" Donald said.

"I'm serious!" Leo said as he tried again to move his foot.

"Hang on a minute." Ben said as he undid his seatbelt and went down on the floor.

"Try to take your shoe off." he said as he tried to pry Leo's foot off the accelerator.

The Gauntlet was now alongside the Mantis.

"What are they doing?" asked Harris.

Leo leaned down to try and get his shoe off, taking his hand off the steering wheel as he went.

The Mantis moved off to the side as he let the steering wheel go.

"What the hell?" Harris said as the Mantis rammed into the side of the Gauntlet.

"Hey, careful!" Keanu yelled.

Ben quickly raised his hand and took hold of the steering wheel, but he couldn't see where they were going.

The Mantis rammed into the side of the Gauntlet again, knocking it off the road and making it go down an incline towards a lower road.

"SHIT!" Harris yelled.

Going very fast, the Gauntlet flew into the air as it went over a bump near the bottom of the incline and crashed right into the trailer of a truck.

Harris and Proctor found themselves in the middle of a trailer full of hay.

The truck driver brought his vehicle to a stop to see what had happened.

"At least it was sort of a soft landing, sir." Proctor said.

"Proctor, will you please shut up? I'll give you fifty bucks if you shut up!" Harris moaned.

In the Mantis, Leo had managed to get his foot out of his shoe and was now in control of the Mantis again.

"Can we stop soon so I can try and get the shoe off the pedal?" Leo asked. "That's an expensive shoe.".

"We'll see." Ben said. "Who do you think could have done that?".

"Probably that bastard Blackadder." Donald said. "I'll get him for that!".

"Let's just go on!" Keanu said. "That was a temporary setback, but we can still win!".

"YEAH!" Everybody else yelled.

El Diablo came to a halt at a sign, which read ROAD CLOSED: BRIDGE OUT.

"Hah!" Strong Bad snorted. "They think they can fool us with that old trick!".

He gunned the engine and drove right through the sign and roared down the road.

"Uh, Strong Bad, I'm not sure you should have done that.". Homestar said.

"Yeah, suppose the bridge really is out." Marzipan said.

"Oh, come on!" Strong Bad said. "It's obviously a trick the cops are pulling! You guys are safe with me!".

Suddenly, the Cheat made a noise of alarm and pointed up ahead. Strong Bad looked up ahead and saw that ahead of them was a bridge that really was out.

"Oh, crap!" Strong Bad yelled. He put his foot down on the brake and El Diablo came to a halt just before it went over the edge.

"If anyone says 'I told you so', they can walk!" Strong Bad growled as he backed the car up.

The Hyperion was driving along a dirt road. Wallace was checking their radar.

"According to this, there's a dirt bike race coming this way." he said to Gromit. "We could use it for cover.".

Gromit nodded. Wallace looked up ahead and saw a large assortment of dirt bikes drive across in front of them.

Wallace quickly turned the Hyperion around and joined in with the group.

"This is fun!" Wallace said as he drove among the other bikes.

Some of the bikes in front of them went up a very steep incline with no trouble, but the larger Hyperion had trouble getting traction on it.

"Don't worry, lad. I know what to do!" Wallace said.

He pressed a switch and activated the Hyperion's afterburner.

Wallace and Gromit held on tight as the vehicle was shot into the air, sailing over the incline.

"YAHOO!" Wallace yelled as the Hyperion touched down and sped off on its' way.

Weeks later....

In Tej's garage, Brian and friends were glued to the screen.

"Damn! I can barely contain myself!" Orange Julius said. "It won't be long 'til they reach the end.".

"Fifty bucks says the Infernus wins." Suki said to Julius.

"You're on, girl!" Julius said, smiling.

"My money's on the Interceptor." Slap Jack said.

"Hey, are you guys still betting on the Road Kill?" Tej asked Brian and Roman.

"Yeah, we are, Tej.". Roman said. "They're near the front right now.".

"Here's hoping there'll be no trouble in Sydney." Brian said, keeping his eyes on the screen. "Whoever these assholes are who are out to stop the race, they've probably got a big surprise.".

"You're not worried, are you Bri?" Roman asked.

"Not too much." Brian replied.

Los Angeles....

"It's official. Most of our racers are now heading towards Sydney." said Lazlow.

"The final bridge is on the other side of the city." Misty said. "Victory is within the grasp of one of the Cannonballers.".

"We've received word from Mr. Yates that the prize money will be de-de-de-livered to the ship in a few hours." Max said.

"So we now wish all our Cannonballers Godspeed." Kat said.

Australia....

Priss was driving the PCJ-600 down the highway towards Sydney.

"This is it!" she thought to herself. "Not far to go now.".

Suddenly, from somewhere in front of her, a green net was shot towards her.

The net covered her up. In her confusion, she steered the bike off to the side of the road and brought it to a halt.

"Shit!" she yelled as she struggled to get the net off.

"You have gone far enough, Priscilla Asagiri." an emotionless voice said.

Priss looked in front of herself and saw Cyrax, Sektor and Smoke standing in front of her. Cyrax had fired the net at her.

"Great!" she grumbled. "More damn cyborgs causing me trouble!".

"There is no point in resisting us, Ms. Asagiri." Sektor said. "We have been ordered not to let you reach Sydney.".

Cyrax reached Priss, and reached into her pocket, taking her timecard out of it.

"You will not be needing this." he said.

Priss struggled even harder to get the net off as Cyrax headed over to his motorcycle with her timecard.

"Make sure she doesn't leave." Cyrax said to Smoke and Sektor.

"It will be done." said Smoke.

Cyrax mounted his motorcycle and roared off down the highway.

"That's it!" Priss yelled. "Now I'm really pissed off!".

She managed to get the net off and got off her bike.

"You cannot escape!" Sektor said.

Sektor fired a missile from his chest.

Priss quickly jumped out of the way before it hit her.

"Neither of you goons got the guts to fight one on one!" Priss taunted as she got back to her feet.

Sektor got into a fighting stance. Priss did so too, and the two began to spar.

Priss dodged a punch from Sektor and drove a hard kick into his stomach. Sektor punched out again and hit Priss in the side, making her wince in pain.

She then punched him hard in the face repeatedly, and gave a roundhouse kick to his back as he turned around to try and kick her.

She chopped him on the back of the neck and he went down.

Smoke launched himself into the fight as well, and Priss delivered a mighty combination of punches and kicks to him, dazing him.

As Smoke went to kick her, Priss grabbed his foot in mid air and twisted his leg, knocking him to the ground.

As the two cyborgs tried to get back to their feet, Priss mounted the PCJ-600 and turned around to face their motorcycles.

She fired a pair of missiles at the bikes, blowing them sky high.

Sektor and Smoke were thrown to the ground again by the force of the explosion.

Priss quickly started the PCJ-600 up and drove back onto the highway.

"Okay, asshole! Here I come!" she said as she roared off down the road. She pressed a red switch on the left handlebar and activated her nitrous.

She shot off down the road at high speed.

Cyrax was going down the highway at well over 100 mph. When he saw Priss coming up on him in her rear-view mirror.

He reached grabbed a dagger off his belt and waited for Priss to come up alongside him.

"You've got something I want, pal!" she yelled.

"Take this instead!" Cyrax replied as he slashed out with the knife.

Priss managed to avoid the slash. With a quick move, she lifted the rear wheel of the PCJ-600 off the ground and swung the rear of the bike around to try and knock Cyrax off his bike.

Cyrax ducked to avoid the wheel. When Priss set it down on the ground again,

Cyrax slashed out with the dagger again, but Priss managed to grab his wrist and knock the dagger out of his hand.

Cyrax took his free hand off the handlebar and swung his fist at Priss.

Priss avoided it, but brought her left leg up and kicked Cyrax in the middle with such force that he nearly fell off the bike.

Cyrax aimed a couple of punches at Priss' ribs. Priss took the blows hard, but delivered another kick to Cyrax's middle.

She then moved the bike over to try and push Cyrax off the road.

Cyrax went off to the side, but regained control of the bike. Priss dropped a bit behind

She saw a truck fast approaching herself and Cyrax. She gunned the cycle for all it was worth and slammed into Cyrax's rear end.

The cyborg's bike was knocked forward. Cyrax could not stop before the truck hit him head on.

The cyborgs fell onto the road and off to the side as the truck drove on.

Priss had swerved her bike out of the path of the truck, and now drove over to the fallen Cyrax.

The cyborg had started to spark and was twitching wildly.

Priss got off the PCJ-600 and approached Cyrax.

She reached into a pouch on his belt and retrieved her timecard.

"Thank you very much." she said. "See you around.".

"You will not succeed." Cyrax said.

"Wanna bet?" Priss said as she got back on her cycle and drove off.

Sydney....

On the high rooftops of a long street, many of the BATs and Luthor's human troops were stationed, covering the street with laser rifles and machine guns.

On one rooftop, Mr. Benedict reported to the Red Skull through a walkie-talkie.

"The ambush is all set, sir. The Cannonballers cannot make it through here in one piece. The remainder of the troops are stationed throughout the city.".

"Understood. Our agents in Los Angeles are ready to ambush Mr. Needham. Even if the Cannonballers get through, their efforts will have been all for naught.". The Skull said.

Benedict smiled and shut off his walkie-talkie.

The Stinger 2 was heading into Sydney, being closely followed by the Gauntlet, which had been chasing them since they were on the highway.

"I don't like the look of this, Tommy." Chili said. "He's gaining on us fast.".

"Just a minute, Chil. I've got an idea.". Tommy said, with a glint in his eyes.

He started to slow down the Stinger 2.

In the Gauntlet, Harris smiled.

"Well, whaddaya know?" he said. "A Cannonballer seems to be surrendering.".

Harris stopped the Gauntlet as the Stinger 2 halted in front of him.

Harris and Proctor got out of the police vehicle and approached the Stinger 2.

"Okay, gentlemen. You are in a whole world of trouble." Harris said smugly.

"Now may I please see your licences?".

"Just a minute, sir." Tommy said. "You're an American officer, correct?".

A little surprised by Tommy's question, Harris replied "Yes, of course I am.".

"Well, unless I'm mistaken, this is Australia. Which means you're WAY out of your jurisdiction.". Tommy smirked.

Harris turned bright red as the truth of Tommy's statement sank in.

"Damn." Harris said quietly.

"So, if you'll excuse us, we must be going." Chili said.

He and Tommy drove off, laughing.

Harris put his head in his hands and made a loud growling noise.

"Uh, sir, they did have a point you know.". Proctor said.

Harris growled again.

"Do you want me to get you some coffee, sir?" Proctor asked.

Harris let out a loud roar and kicked the side of the Gauntlet.

"THIS SUCKS!" he screamed. "THAT IS IT! WHEN THOSE CANNONBALLERS GET BACK TO THE STATES, WE STICK IT TO THEM!".

"I'll make it decaf." Proctor said.

Further on up the highway, the Twins were lying under their car, which was parked a little off to the side.

Twin One was looking through a pair of binoculars, while Twin Two was holding a PSG-1 sniper rifle.

"Here comes the Purple Haze." Twin One said as he spotted the Animaniacs' truck in his binoculars.

"No problem." Twin Two said as he raised the rifle and drew a bead on Wakko, who was driving.

"Oh, wow! We're nearly there. I'm beginning to think we can win the Cannonball." Dot said.

"I think you're right." Dr. Scratchensniff said. "I could retire on this!".

"Keep pushing it, Wakko!" Yakko said.

"No problem!" Wakko replied. "Hey what's that?".

Wakko had glanced down and saw a bead of red light on the front of his shirt.

Dr. Scratchensniff noticed it.

"Oh mein Gott!" he yelled. "Turn off, quick!".

Wakko did as he was told and swerved the truck off to the side as Twin Two fired a shot from his rifle.

The shot missed the Purple Haze and hit the front tyre of a truck, which was behind it.

The out of control truck swerved over to where the Twins' car was parked.

The Twins quickly scrambled out from under the car before the truck hit it.

The truck completely crushed the Twins' car, and the trucks' large cab blocked the road.

"Hang on, here we go!" Wakko said as he activated the Purple Haze's pogo stick and they shot up into the air over the obstruction.

Some cars tried to swerve to avoid hitting the truck. A couple of them hit the trailer but no-one appeared to be seriously hurt.

The Twins looked on in disbelief.

"I told you that you shouldn't have used a laser sight gun!" Twin One berated his brother.

"Oh, shut up!" Twin Two retorted.

The Banshee was driving down the street being chased by a dozen police cars.

"Hang on, Carter!" Lee said. "As soon as I make this turn, activate the camouflage!".

"You got it!" Carter replied.

Lee got a little ahead of their pursuers and turned the corner. As soon as they turned and got out of the cops' sight, Carter hit the camouflage button and the car's shape changed to that of a Mustang.

Lee slowed down so they would look inconspicuous.

As the cop cars turned the corner, they were dumbfounded as the red Corvette seemed to have disappeared.

"Where the hell did he go?". The lead cop said.

"Hah! That got them!" Carter yelled as Lee drove on.

Lee hadn't noticed that a traffic light in front of him had turned red and he drove right through it.

The cop cars noticed this and sped after the disguised Banshee.

"Damn!" Lee said as he saw they were being pursued again. "I forgot to use the light changer!".

"That parking garage! Turn in there!" Carter said, pointing out a multi-storey car park. Lee quickly turned the Banshee into the car park and drove up to the second floor, with a few cop cars still in pursuit.

Carter quickly pressed the camouflage button again, and the car turned into a station wagon.

Lee slowed down and pulled into a vacant parking space.

The cop cars reached their level, but were once again stunned as their quarry seemed to have vanished.

"I've got to go off that spicy food." the head cop said. "It's making me hallucinate.".

The cop cars turned and drove down the ramp.

"HAH! They ain't so tough!". Carter snorted.

"Okay, let's switch sides." Lee said as he and Carter got out of the car.

Undercover Brother was driving through Sydney in Herbie, keeping an eye out for any trouble.

As they approached a long street, Herbie suddenly came to a halt.

"What's up, Herb?" UB asked.

Herbie honked his horn in response. UB took out a pair of binoculars and looked at the rooftops.

His jaw dropped as he saw the gunmen and BATs perched on the rooftops.

"Some of the Cannonballers have to come this way." UB said. "Herb, turn around, we've gotta warn 'em!".

Herbie backed up and drove back the way he came, sparing no horsepower.

Carter and Lee weren't the only ones having trouble with the police.

The Van Go was being chased by a squad car as well.

"Punch it, Roy!" Shoveler yelled.

"I've got it to the floor. I think this could be it!" Mr. Furious replied.

"No way! These guys aren't going to catch us!" Bowler yelled as the cop car came up behind them.

"I'm going up!" she announced. She got up in her seat and opened the sunroof.

She was holding a gun.

"What's that she's got?" Sphinx asked.

"I think it's the clothes shrinking ray." Shoveler replied.

Seeing Bowler go up through the sunroof, the cop leaned out his window to see what she was doing.

"Big mistake, honey!" she said, smiling.

She fired a ray from the gun and it hit the cop.

Suddenly, the cop felt his uniform start to shrink, material ripping as it contracted.

"AHHH!" he yelled as his trousers tightened around him. "I've got a wedgie!".

Bowler whooped to herself and climbed back through the sunroof.

The Van Go sped on.

At a traffic intersection, Ms. Foyt and Van Pelt sat in a Mazda RX-7, keeping their eyes out for any Cannonballers.

"Are you sure we shouldn't be waiting at the ambush, Ms. Foyt?" Van Pelt asked.

"All in good time. I want to nail myself a Cannonballer before they get that far.". Ms. Foyt said.

The Van Itty passed by the intersection. Ms. Foyt giggled to herself and started the car.

The RX-7 pulled out of its parking space and drove after the Van Itty.

Doc Heller was now driving the Van Itty.

"We've been making good time so far." he said. "The others are in the city too. We should all get a fair percentage of the prize money when we reach the finish line.".

"Great. There's no way I'll be ignored once I've won the Cannonball!" Invisible Boy said.

Suddenly, a gunshot rang out and the rear window of the Van Itty was broken.

"Holy shit!" Invisible Boy yelled.

There was another shot, which hit the rear of the vehicle, leaving a big hole.

Blue Raja looked behind to see the RX-7 catching up.

Van Pelt was leaning out the window with a shotgun. Foyt occasionally leaned out her window and took a few shots from a machine pistol.

"Get us the hell out of here!" Blue Raja yelled.

Doc Heller put his foot down and the Van Itty shot forward.

The RX-7 stayed with them and came up alongside them.

Foyt leaned out her window and fired a few shots at the front of the car, shattering both the headlights and damaging the radiator.

Doc Heller looked outraged.

"NO-ONE disrespects my work!" he yelled.

He swerved over and rammed the Van Itty into the side of the RX-7.

Foyt raised her gun to fire again, but Blue Raja threw a spoon at her hand.

The spoon hit her hand and she dropped the gun.

"Damn! Who throws a spoon?!" she said.

"I'll get them!" Van Pelt said as he turned his shotgun around to try and point it out Foyt's window.

"Don't point that thing in my direction!" Foyt yelled, pushing the shotgun away.

Foyt's attention was distracted and the car went up onto the pavement.

"Jeff, make sure they don't go too far!" Doc Heller said.

Blue Raja, seeing an opportunity, threw a sharp steak knife right into the front tyre, causing it to deflate.

With one tyre out of commission, the RX-7 became harder to control.

"Watch out!" Van Pelt yelled.

Foyt slammed on the brakes just before the car ran into a wall.

As the Van Itty drove past, Doc Heller said "Now for the final touch!".

He fired the Blame Thrower ray at the RX-7 and Van Pelt and Foyt instantly glared at each other.

"You had to go after them didn't you!" Van Pelt yelled. "The ambush wasn't good enough for you, was it?!".

"If you were better at shooting we could have got them! You couldn't hit the broad side of a barn door if you were inside the barn!" she yelled back.

In the Van Itty, Blue Raja, Invisible Boy and Doc Heller laughed their heads off as they sped on.

"Now look what you've done! They escaped!". Foyt yelled.

"But...".

"Shut up! Just get me to the ambush location!" Foyt yelled.

The Esperanto was driving down a quiet road through the suburbs of Sydney.

Willy Fogg looked up ahead and saw that the Dregs had parked their choppers across the road.

"Looks like some trouble." he said.

Big Ray and Ripper watched the green Cadillac approach.

"Okay, boys. Let's give it to 'em!" he said as he took out a steel chain.

"Will do, boss." Ripper said, taking out a lead pipe.

Pitbull, Spider and the other Dregs pulled out weapons of their own and advanced on the car as it stopped.

"Looks like we'll have to teach them a lesson." Dogtanian said as he took out a long wooden club. "I don't feel like using my sword just yet.".

"I normally don't like violence." Willy said. "But it looks like we have little choice now.".

Willy and Dogtanian got out of the Esperanto.

Ray and Ripper advanced on them. "End of the line, racer boy!" Ray said as he swung the chain at Willy.

Willy ducked to avoid it, but Ray hit the Esperanto's hood with the chain, denting it.

"Now I'm mad!" Willy said. He brought his cane up and hit Ray in the groin.

Ray went to swing the chain again, but Willy avoided it again and delivered several hits with his cane.

Ripper lunged forward, but Dogtanian quickly jumped up into the air and clobbered him on the head with the club, dazing him.

Ripper fell to the ground, dropping his weapon as he went.

"You should really wear a helmet!" Dogtanian said.

The other Dregs came forward to help Ray and Ripper out, but Willy had just knocked Ray to the ground after several blows from his cane.

He quickly drove the cane into Pitbull's stomach, then twirled it around and hit Spider in the face with it.

Rigadon and Pip both got out of the car and threw themselves into the fight.

Rigadon delivered a martial arts kick to two Dregs, knocking them to the ground.

Pip managed to avoid getting grabbed by some of the Dregs and bit a few of their ankles, making them grasp their legs in pain.

A few more hits from Willy's team later and all the Dregs were on the ground.

"Thank you gentlemen." Willy said as he straightened his tie. "You gave us an excellent work out.".

The group got back into the Esperanto and steered around the motorcycles, then drove on.

Gasping for breath, Ray got to his feet and headed over to his chopper.

"Where are you going, boss?" Spider asked, looking up.

"I'm going after those bastards! I'm gonna have their asses if it's the last thing I do!".

Ray started up his chopper and roared off in pursuit of the Esperanto.

The Titan, the Black Knight, the Silver Streak and the Hyperion had all stopped at a gas station to refuel.

At the moment, the Brain and Razor were having an argument.

"I still say you stole our idea for the vehicle to turn into a robot!" Brain said.

"I thought someone who's apparently as smart as you would be mature enough not to react in such a childish way." Razor replied.

"Those two still at it?". Lita asked.

"What do you expect?" Fearless Leader said as he overheard. "Brain likes to think that he's the most intelligent being on Earth.".

"So naturally it offends his dignity if he thinks someone stole his idea." Jafar added.

There was a honk of a horn and the racers turned to see Undercover Brother and Herbie heading their way fast.

"HEY! YOU GUYS!" UB yelled as Herbie pulled into the station.

"Who's this guy?" Raye asked.

"It's Undercover Brother." Captain Hook said. "They call him the Robin Hood of the 'Hood."

"Yeah, and I'm an agent of Mr. X." UB said as he got out of Herbie.

"Are all you guys taking this route in the city?". He asked.

"No, some of the others are going the Bondai Beach route, others are going by sea." Juni said.

"Well, look. You guys have got trouble! The bad guys have set up an ambush up ahead!" UB said.

"What kind of ambush?" Alex asked.

"They've got snipers on the rooftops! They're ready to turn you guys into

"You say 'snipers'?" a voice said.

They all looked and saw that the Freeway and the Infernus had just pulled up.

"It figures." Mai said. "They're pulling out all the stops now to make sure we don't win.".

"Well I'm damned if I'm gonna back down!" Chun-Li said. "If they want a fight, I say we give them one!".

"I agree. I'm programmed not to kill humans, but I can still give them trouble." The Terminator said.

"We'll show them, too!" Dick Dastardly said. "No-one outdoes the Villains' Society when it comes to evil!".

The other Villains' Society members agreed.

"Jeez! You guys have got guts! Just watch yourselves." UB said.

"It's no problem." Wallace said. "I just hope we won't cause too much damage. I don't want to end up getting sued.".

"What are we waiting for?" Lara asked. "Let's go!".

The Cannonballers at the station got back in their vehicles and roared off.

As they went, both the Titan and the Black Knight transformed into their robot forms.

UB watched them go in admiration.

"Think they'll be okay, Herb?" he asked Herbie.

Herbie honked an unsure response.

"Here's hoping." UB replied.,

The Cataclysm had a dragnet of police cars chasing it.

"Hang on, I'll try and lose them!" Mathayus said.

He turned a quick right and drove into the parking lot of a shopping mall.

"They'll corner us in here!" Armon said.

"Not quite!" Mathayus said. "Have either of you ever seen Blues Brothers?".

"Yeah, that was a very funny movie. 'We're on a mission from God' and all that." Rath said.

Suddenly, Rath turned a little pale.

"You're not thinking...?"

"I sure am!" Mathayus said. "Hold onto your hats! This could get a bit messy!".

Mathayus swerved the car around and headed straight for the entrance to the mall.

He honked the horn as he drove towards it. Several consumers quickly jumped out of the way as the Cataclysm smashed through the doors.

About three cop cars followed them in.

The chase continued at high speed through the mall. Customers were diving into fountains and running as fast as they could to get out of the way.

Mathayus swerved around a large popcorn stand.

"HEY! Can't we stop for some popcorn?" Armon whined. "I'm hungry!".

"You're always hungry!" Rath replied.

As some of the cop cars came up on either side of the Cataclysm, Mathayus slammed on the brakes.

The cop cars weren't expecting him to stop so they kept on going. One of them crashed through the front window of a record store and the other demolished a modern art sculpture in the centre of the mall.

Mathayus backed the Cataclysm up, backing it through a display of garden furniture.

"Oops! Sorry!" he said.

He turned the car around and drove back the way he had came.

As the two cop cars turned around to try and pursue, Mathayus put his foot down and shot back out through the mall entrance.

"There was quite a bit of damage there, Mathayus." Rath said nervously.

"Oh, I'm sure the US President can foot the bill." Mathayus replied as he hit the nitrous and they sped off on their way.

Big Ray was pushing his chopper as hard as it could go, trying to catch up with the Esperanto.

He moved in and out of traffic with great expertise.

"Nothing's gonna stop me now! That limey lion's ass is MINE!" he yelled to himself.

He saw the Esperanto up ahead, near Sydney Opera House and laughed to himself.

Taking one hand off the handlebars, he pulled out his Desert Eagle and fired a couple of shots.

The shots hit the rear of the car, and Pip turned to look behind them.

"It's that biker guy!" he said. "And he looks pissed!".

"Oh, dear." Fogg said. "We don't really have the time to deal with him.".

"Don't worry, Willy." Dogtanian said. "My friend Aramis showed me how to handle a dagger. I can help.".

Rigadon looked worried.

"You're not going to..?" he began.

"Of course not." Dogtanian said. "Just give him a bit of brake trouble. Since we're near the sea, it shouldn't be too serious.".

"Then do it." Willy said.

Dogtanian took out a sharp dagger and lowered his window.

Ray raised his gun to fire a shot at him, but Dogtanian, after taking careful aim, threw the dagger.

It hit Ray's brake line, severing it and spilling his brake fluid.

"Holy shit!" Ray yelled as he realised what had happened.

"Au revoir, mon ami!" Dogtanian said as the Esperanto sped on.

With his bike now completely out of control, Ray panicked and steered towards Sydney Opera House.

"Guess this is it!" he said as he steered the bike towards the sea. "The only way I'll get outta this alive!"

The bike went over the edge, Ray coming off the seat.

Both Ray and the bike hit the water with a huge splash.

After a few seconds, Ray came to the surface, gasping for air.

"ALRIGHT!" he yelled. "Thank God I learned how to swim!".

Suddenly, Ray was hit by a huge splash as the Hermes, now in aquatic mode, shot past him.

"WOO-HOO!" Homer yelled. "Just an hour until we reach the bridge now! I can practically feel that money in my hands now!".

Maggie had started to giggle again.

"Yes, I know you're excited, honey!" Marge said as she tried to calm Maggie down.

Bart was watching their radar. Several blips appeared on it.

"Dad, I've got bogeys coming in." he reported.

"Where?" Homer asked.

"Behind us!" Lisa said as she looked behind them.

Chasing them were several jet skis with manned by Luthor's goons and Freddy and Jim in a speedboat.

"Right, Fred! Let' em have it!" Jim yelled.

"Roger!" Freddy said as he opened fire on the Hermes with a laser cannon.

The beam hit the Hermes several times, causing nasty burns on it's hull.

"That is so rude!" Marge said. "Should I use the limpet mine?".

"That's a little too much, don't you think?" Lisa said.

Freddy fired again and again, and blew the trunk lid clean off the car and destroyed a basket that was in the back.

Homer gasped. "My donuts were in that basket! RIGHT! THIS MEANS WAR!".

Homer got ready to turn the steering wheel hard.

"Hang on!". Homer said as he swung the Hermes around. The huge car was now facing its' attackers.

Homer trained the scatter gun on Freddy and Jim's speedboat.

Freddy kept on firing shots from the laser right at the front of the car.

"Okay, boys! Eat this!" Homer yelled.

He fired the scatter gun at the boat and it penetrated the hull.

"Keep firing!" Jim yelled.

Freddy fired back at the Hermes, but Homer returned fire again and again with the scatter gun.

Eventually, Freddy and Jim's boat started to sink.

"I wasn't expecting that to happen!" Freddy yelled.

"Let's get out of here!" Jim said. "The others can take care of these guys!"

Jim and Freddy jumped overboard as the speedboat disappeared beneath the surface.

Homer turned the Hermes around and headed off. The jet skis were still in pursuit.

"They ain't going nowhere!" the head thug said.

Each of the jet skis fired a line with a grappling hook at the Hermes.

The hooks dug into the car, and the strong wires on them started to pull tight.

The Hermes started to slow down.

"Those are some strong jet skis!" Bart said in disbelief.

"Not as strong as this car, boy." Homer said. "Hold tight! All ahead full!".

Homer pushed the gear stick forward as far as it would go, and pressed a green button.

A jet of flame shot from the Hermes' exhaust pipes and it shot forward at great speed.

The lines on the jet skis started to smoke as they were pulled forward until the jet skis were pulled along after the Hermes.

The goons panicked and jumped into the water.

"Well, that's that." Homer said. "We just have to get rid of those hooks and lines.".

Lisa sighed and opened her window.

"I'll do it." she said. "I always have to do the risky stuff.".

"Just remember, you get 25 of the money." Marge reminded her.

On the rooftops, the gunmen and BATs tensed as they could hear loud engines approaching.

"It's the Cannonballers!" Benedict yelled. "Get into position!".

Foyt, who had joined them after her aborted attempt at stopping the Mystery Men grabbed an MP5 machine gun.

"I'm going to enjoy this." she said.

Benedict looked through his binoculars, and saw the huge robot forms of the Black Knight and the Titan approaching.

"Smart. But let's see how much damage you can handle." he said.

He raised his hand and yelled "FIRE!".

The first group of troops opened fire with machine guns.

The bullets started to hit the huge robots head on, causing some damage.

"This armour's tough." T-Bone said. "Just go slowly. Let 'em use their ammo up.".

"Good idea. Guess do-gooders like you do have their uses." Wild Dog replied through the radio.

Mr. Benedict raised his hand again, and the BATs opened fire with their laser rifles.

On the ground, the Terminator, staying in the shadow of the giant robots, scanned the BATs.

"The ones with the black armour are just androids." he called to the others. "You can use your weapons to take them out.".

Mai was driving the Infernus and announced. "We can handle the humans. We have some tear gas grenades built into the car.".

"Good luck." The Terminator said. He steered the Freeway into the lobby of one of the buildings.

"What's he doing?" Clover asked.

"No idea. But we have to concentrate on our shields.". Carmen said.

"They should last until we reach the end of this street." Sam said. "Fingers crossed that they do.".

Alex put her foot down on the accelerator and the Silver Streak sped down the street, still under heavy fire.

The bullets and lasers were bouncing off the shields, but they wouldn't last forever.

"Okay." Lita said, taking control of the Black Knight's missile launcher. "If those things are just androids, let's give 'em hell!".

The Black Knight and the Titan both launched missiles at the battalions of BATs.

Some of the BATs tried to shoot the missiles out of the air. Some were successful, but the rest were hit by the missiles and were destroyed.

Benedict and Foyt both fired shots from their MP5s at the vehicles on the ground.

Foyt was laughing maniacally. "Let's see you dodge this!'.

In the lobby below them, the Terminator drove his bike through the mass of confused people, wondering what was going on.

The Terminator reached an elevator and drove into it, pressing the button for the top floor.

The Silver Streak had reached the end of the gauntlet just as its' shields failed.

"Thank God for that!" Sam said. "I hope the others will be okay.".

Mai took careful aim at the group of human marksmen.

"Okay, here it goes!" she said.

From the rear of the Infernus, several canisters of tear gas were launched.

"Incoming!" Benedict warned as three of the canisters landed on their roof.

As the gas was released, the marksmen coughed and gasped for air.

Despite her vision being blurred, Foyt was still firing.

"YOU AREN'T GOING TO ESCAPE THIS TIME!" she screamed as she fired at the racers.

Suddenly, the roof access door was knocked down and the Freeway drove out.

Seeing him, Foyt turned her gun on him and fired. The bullets hit the cyborg in the chest but he kept coming.

He quickly swung his fist and knocked Foyt to the ground. As Foyt fell with a grunt, the Terminator picked up her gun, and swung it at Mr. Benedict who rushed him.

Benedict took the blow in the stomach and fell to the ground, winded.

The Terminator drove along the roof, swinging the butt of the gun at the marksmen who got in his way.

At one point, one of the goons jumped on his back and knocked him off the bike.

The Terminator got to his feet and began a fist fight with the goon.

Wallace fired some of the Hyperion's missiles at another group of BATs, taking them out.

In the Titan, Shredder took out another group of the androids with the Titan's machine gun.

Suddenly, the gun ran dry.

"Uh oh." he said. "No more bullets.".

"We're nearly out of missiles too." Yosemite Sam reported.

"Same here." Raye said.

"Time for some of my skills.". Chun-Li said. Quickly leaning out her window, she hurled some shuriken at a couple of BATs, decapitating them.

Having fought off the human gunmen, the Terminator picked up the MP5 and opened fire on some of the remaining BATs, destroying them.

Wallace went to fire another missile, but saw that he was now out.

Both he and Gromit looked a bit worried.

The Terminator got back onto the Freeway and jumped over to the next roof, firing at the remaining BATs.

Foyt, Benedict and the human gunners had recovered from their beating.

"Don't just stand there, you idiots!" Foyt yelled. "Finish them! DESTROY THEM!".

The human gunners quickly slid fresh chambers into their guns and got ready to open fire again.

All of the vehicles had taken damage by this stage.

"I think we're in trouble." said Mirai, who was now in her human form. "I could go out there if you want. I can transform again.".

Lara looked up into the sky and saw Malice circling above them.

"I think the cavalry just arrived." she said, smiling.

In Malice, Austin looked down at the scene below them.

"Some Cannonballers in trouble. Hey, Death, can you give these hombres a little scare?".

IF YOU INSIST said Death.

Death opened his door and drifted out, hovering in mid-air.

He floated into the line of sight of the humans.

COWER NOW, BRIEF MORTALS! He yelled. FOR I AM DEATH, THE ASSASSIN NO LOCK CAN HOLD AGAINST! I HAVE COME FOR YOUR SOULS!

The gunners freaked out and started screaming. Even Foyt and Benedict turned pale. They all ran for the roof access door in a panic.

"AH! DEATH!" Foyt yelled as she ran. "OH, LORD, PLEASE FORGIVE OUR TRESPASSES!".

When they had all left, Death floated back over to Malice and got in.

"Well done, buddy." Austin said.

"RAAAAR!" Nemesis said.

IT WAS NOTHING . replied Death.

The remaining Cannonballers cheered and waved to Malice as it flew off.

"Now, let's be on our way." Mai said as she drove off.

"Well, that was....different." Wallace said as he followed them. "Do you think our insurance will cover the damages, Gromit?".

Gromit just rolled his eyes.

The Terminator, having dealt with the remaining BATs, kicked open the fire exit door on the second roof and got ready to drive down the stairs to street level.

On the highway leading to the Cannonball bridge, the Road Kill was going flat out.

"Are you sure it was wise going this way?" Dominic asked Memphis. "I thought I heard in the city that this route to the bridge wasn't quite finished yet.".

"Don't worry, we'll make it!" Memphis replied.

In their rear view mirror, the Roadrunner driven by Marcus and Regis appeared.

"Punch it, Marcus!" Regis yelled. "We've got to make sure these guys don't reach the bridge!".

"Hey, I know Luthor will kill us if they get away!" Marcus said. "Don't worry.".

Marcus hit the Roadrunner's nitrous and they shot forward and rammed into the rear of the Road Kill.

"HEY! Watch the merchandise!" Dominic yelled.

The Roadrunner rammed into them again.

"You're dead, buddy!" Marcus yelled.

"We'll see!" Memphis yelled.

Dominic had turned to look in front of them. His eyes widened as he saw that a section of the highway was uncompleted, leaving a huge gap over a forty foot drop.

"Memphis!" he said.

"Don't worry! Hold on, we're going for it!" Memphis put his foot down and the Road Kill shot on.

Marcus looked ahead and saw the huge gap.

"Oh, hell no!" he yelled and quickly brought the Roadrunner to a halt.

"Marcus, they're getting away!" Regis yelled.

"As if I care!" Marcus replied.

"BANZAI!" Memphis yelled as the Road Kill flew off the top of the overpass.

The black car sailed elegantly through the air for a few seconds and then landed on the other side.

"Whoo! What a rush!" Memphis yelled.

Marcus and Regis watched them go in disbelief.

They looked at each other at the same time.

"You call Luthor!" they both said to each other.

Los Angeles....

Mr. X left the Sabre Turbo in the LAX car park and headed over to the Securicar.

"Okay, this is it." he said to himself.

"He took out a set of keys and got ready to open the door.

Suddenly, he sensed that something was wrong. Before he could do anything, he felt a sting on the back of his neck and a sudden drowsiness.

"Oh, shit." he said as he began to sink into unconsciousness.

As he fell to the ground, Elizabeth and Jennifer came out of the shadows, Elizabeth holding a tranquilliser gun.

"Perfect." Jennifer said. "If he'd got a good look at the van, he'd know we cracked the safe already!".

The two androids looked over to their PT Cruiser. Stuffed into the trunk were several bags full of money.

"Now, all we need is Yates.". Elizabeth said.

"The BATs will get him later.". Jennifer said. "Now let's get Mr. Needham out of here.".

Australia....

The Cannonballers had started to drive across the final bridge, all barely managing to contain their excitement.

"ZOINKS! This is it!" Shaggy yelled in the Burrito. "We can open our own chain of restaurants!".

"What'll you serve? Those eggplant burgers of yours?" Velma asked.

"Raybe." Scooby replied. "But not chocolate covered.".

"I should hope not." said Daphne, looking disgusted.

"This is it! Very shagadelic!" Austin yelled in the Typhoon.

"What percentage of the money do you think we'll get?" Dylan asked.

"Maybe 50." Alex said.

"Will there be enough left over to split four ways?" Natalie asked.

The XXS Tomcat flew overhead.

"It's been a great race, Gyro." Scrooge said. "You should patent this vehicle and mass produce them!".

"Well, if we win, I can certainly fund the development with my half of the money. IF I have a cut.".

"Of course you'll have a cut! I'm not THAT mean with money!" Scrooge replied.

The Comet was going by sea.

"I'd love to see the look on Mario's face when we win, guys!" Sonic said.

The Dragon roared up the bridge.

"We can finally buy that condo in Hawaii we were thinking about, Kermie!" Miss Piggy said.

"Yeah, I suppose so." said Kermit, looking a bit embarrassed.

"You mean you two HAVE got a thing for each other?" Gonzo said.

The Direwolf was pushing its' way up the field.

"Let's hope there's no hitch with the money this year." Jessie said as she kept her foot to the floor.

Buffy was pushing the Cobalt for all it was worth.

"Hey, Shadow, are you sure you're not still making us invisible, because some of the drivers are being REAL inconsiderate!".

"What do you expect? The goal line isn't too far now!" John McClane said.

Far up in the field was the Phantom.

"Take it and win, Captain!" Kairi yelled.

"I shall indeed!" Sora yelled. "DUN! DUN! DUN!".

Los Angeles....

Brock proudly watched the racers' progress on his monitor.

"This is it, guys. The final stretch. And I must say I'm very proud of these racers this year.". He said to J.J. and Victor.

"So you should be." J.J. said. "Even the devil himself couldn't stop them. I wonder who the winner will be."

"Well, you know who my money's on." Victor said.

Giving Victor a mischievous look, J.J. said "Let's hope he doesn't try any last second heroics.".

On stage, the Lone Rangers were speaking to the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

"You guys were really great to play with." Chazz said. "Really professional.".

"So were you guys." Anthony Kiedis said. "We heard you had a surprise for us.".

"Yeah." Rex said. "We decided that we were gonna play one of your songs out there, if it's okay with you.".

"Sure, it's okay with us." Flea said. "Go knock 'em dead!".

"Okay, guys! Let's go!" Pip yelled.

The crowd cheered as the Rangers took the stage.

"Last song of the night, people!" Chazz said. "And the best of luck to our Cannonballers, who we'll see again tomorrow!".

"You heard it, people!" Misty said. "This time tomorrow evening will be the after race party aboard the Sea Phantom, and the centre of attention will be our one and only winner!".

"We look forward to s-s-s-seeing you there, but for now, this is Max.."

"Lazlow..."

"Kat..."

"And Misty, signing off".

Road trippin' with my two favourite allies
Fully loaded we got snacks and supplies
It's time to leave this town
It's time to steal away
Let's go get lost
Anywhere in the U.S.A.
Let's go get lost
Let's go get lost
Blue you sit so pretty
West of the one
Sparkles light with yellow icing
Just a mirror for the sun
Just a mirror for the sun
Just a mirror for the sun

These Smiling eyes are just a mirror for

So much as come before those battles lost and won
This life is shining more forever in the sun
Now let us check our heads
And let us check the surf
Staying high and dry's
More trouble than it's worth
In the sun

Just a mirror for the sun
Just a mirror for the sun
Just a mirror for the sun

These Smiling eyes are just a mirror for

In Big Sur we take some time to linger on
We three hunky dory's got our snakefinger on
Now let us drink the stars
It's time to steal away
Let's go get lost
Right here in the U.S.A

Blue you sit so pretty
West of the one
Sparkles light with yellow icing
Just a mirror for the sun
Just a mirror for the sun
Just a mirror for the sun

These smiling eyes are just a mirror for
These smiling eyes are just a mirror for
Your smiling eyes are just a mirror for

Road Trippin' by The Red Hot Chili Peppers.

TO BE CONTINUED

AN: Watch this space for the final chapters! Hope you've enjoyed it so far!