"Okay! So as said in the previous chapter," says Talko. "The race will begin now!"
All the racers look at him silently.
"Why are you looking at me? I said the race starts now."
The racers continue to look at him silently, until Ness broke the silence. "Do you mean we can take off now?"
"Of course! Why are you still standing here?"
The racers look at each other, and then zoom off!
"There they go! I'll be going after them using my Super Mini-Jet!" Talko hops into his mini-plane and flies after the racers.
"There goes the race," says Marth. "I hope they will be all right."
"I tell you da truth: Bowsa eez gonna destroy everyone," says Mario.
"Yeah, we know him well enough on what he would do," says Luigi. "Even if it is our comrade, he will show no mercy, and I do mean NO mercy."
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Talko is flying ahead of all the racers because his jet is fast. "The ones in lead at the moment are Ganondorf, Wario Bros., and Sunaman!"
Ganondorf looks back from his motorcycle and sees Bowser way in the back. "Ha! So much for his neat-looking car! What good is a car if it doesn't travel fast?"
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Though Bowser's car isn't the fastest thing in the world, he can make up for it. He catches up with New Age Retro Hippie and says to him, "You lost in the first race, right?"
"Yes," replies Hippie. "I must not lose this time, or else I'm…" Before he can finish talking, Bowser slams the spike in his car wheel into his car. "HEY! WHAT ARE YOU DOING!" Hippie's car flips to the side of the track and explodes.
KABOOM!
"HAHAHAHAHA!" laughs Bowser wickedly as he zooms off after the other racers.
"Look at Bowser who destroyed New Age Retro Hippie just now!" says Talko. "Looks like we have a new powerhouse here!"
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"Ow… Bowser is so mean!" says Peach. "How can we do that! That poor guy lost his chance to win the race forever!"
"Relax; he can join again after another 30 years," Mewtwo tells her.
"That's not the point…"
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Ness, G&W, and Mr. Binko are driving at a constant pace. "I didn't know you're in this race, Mr. Binko!" Ness says to the green monster.
"I didn't expect you to be in this race too, Ness!" says Mr. Binko.
"I'm afraid we're all enemies in this race," says G&W. "But of course, we're still good friends deep in our hearts. This enemy thing is only temporarily for the race."
"Right. But since races are races, I'll do what I should do. PSI Paralyze!" Ness fires a white beam at the two, and when they got hit, they cannot move their body!"
"What have you done!" cry both Mr. Binko and G&W. Because they are paralyzed and cannot steer their cars, they drive off the track and onto the sandy ground.
"The effect lasts only for a minute," Ness calls to them. "Just catch up with us later! See ya!" And he zooms after the other racers.
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Link is driving alongside Human Scorpion. Human Scorpion is an evil-looking man wearing a scorpion-like armor. His car is shaped like a scorpion and it has a pair of pincers and a long tail sticking out from the back.
"Your car is the lamest thing I've seen in the world!" Human Scorpion taunts Link.
"And your car is the stupidest thing I've seen in the world!" talks back Link.
"Watch your mouth, brat! I'll make you regret what you said!" says Human Scorpion. The tail of the car stretch towards Link to hit him, but he quickly uses his Hylian shield to block it.
"Hey! Don't play with that thing! It's dangerous!"
"I don't care! Take this!" says Human Scorpion. The tail of the car continues to attack Link, who keeps on blocking with his shield. When Link is starting to get irritated, he pulls out his sword and slashes the air.
SLASH
And the tail disconnects from the car! "What! You cut off the scorpion tail!" gasps Human Scorpion.
"I told you not to play with it, but you're not listening," says Link. Suddenly, a fireball shoots pass between them. They turn around and see Bowser catching up.
"Die!" roars Bowser.
"Bowser! You're out of your mind!" says Link. He opens the sails of his boat car and this made the car move faster, because wind is blowing into the sail. "I'm not gonna get destroyed by you here!
The 'mouth' of the Green Beast approaches the Scorpion Car from behind and 'bites' it. "Hey! Let go of my car!" yells Human Scorpion!
"DIE!" roars Bowser loudly. The gun that is inside the mouth releases a burst of fire that sends the Human Scorpion into the air in flames.
"AAAAGGGGGHHHH!"
The car falls onto the sand and explodes into fiery pieces.
KABOOM!
Bowser laughs maniacally and drives off after the other racers.
"Bowser just destroyed the Human Scorpion!" says Talko. "He has destroyed a total of 3 racers! New Age Retro Hippie, Random Racer No. 21 (he was destroyed off the screen), and now the Human Scorpion! Surely he is the wrecking demon of this race!"
Bowser's friends are shocked and unhappy to see this. "He's going way too far!" says Roy. "Even I wouldn't do such a thing just to get first place."
"He's worse than I thought-a!" says Mario.
"It's as if he's demon-possessed or something…" says Luigi.
"You must do something!" Peach says to Truk. "That's not the Bowser we know!"
"What he is doing is pale in comparison to Black Shadow," replies Truk. "Bowser at least isn't as destructive as him. You should see that villain whenever he's racing. But then, we cannot do anything about it, as it is the will of Carma."
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The Wario Bros. is behind Sunaman, trying to get pass him. "Let's show that dude whose boss!" says Wario. "Waluigi, let him have it!"
"Yes!" Waluigi pulls out a green shell out of nowhere and hurls it at Sunaman's Desert Runner. When the shell is about to hit the car, a wall of sand appears and repels the shell! "Uh?"
"What just happened? Try again!"
Waluigi throws another shell, and the same thing happens—a wall of sand repels it away! "It happened again!"
"If we can't hit him, then we'll catch up with him! Use the mushroom!"
Waluigi takes out a mushroom and, miraculously and unexplainably, stuffs it into the exhaust pipe. This causes their car to zoom faster and catch up next to Sunaman.
"Hey, Arab guy! What kind of wacky technique do you have?" Wario asks him rudely.
Sunaman, as Wario described, is a man in traditional Arabian clothing. "Hehehehe… You normal humans will never understand the power of spirits," he replies.
"Stop talking in mystery! I don't care about it either! You're gonna crash this instant!" Wario steers his car towards the Desert Runner, and when he is near, he flexes his muscle and throws a quick and powerful punch at the car. "Wario Punch!
However, right when Wario's fist is about to contact with the side of the car, a wall of sand appears and blocks the hit!
"WHAT!"
Suddenly, a column of sand appears around the Desert Runner and blinds the Wario Bros.
"AHHH! I can't see!" cries Waluigi.
"What's with this guy!" cries Wario.
A large cloud of sand surrounds the Wario Car, and Sunaman uses this as a chance to escape. When the sand cloud disappears, the Wario Car is filled with sand and moving slowly. Wario and Waluigi pop their heads out of the sand. Wario spits out sand from his mouth and says, "What is that guy!"
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Sunaman catches up Ganondorf, who is in lead. "Uh? When did you get here?" Ganondorf asks him. "Whatever… You're not beating me to first place!"
Sunaman just smiles and says, "The desert is an ideal place for me. I am invincible when in the desert."
"What is that supposed to mean?"
"You will see."
Right after he said this, the sand around the side of the course begins moving on its own! Large hands made of are formed and stretches towards Ganondorf to grab him! "What!" gasps Ganondorf. He quickly steers his motorcycle away from a hand's grasp. "What is that!"
Sunaman just smiles as the sand hands continue to reach for Ganondorf.
"Hey! You know something about this, right!" Ganondorf shouts at him.
"I tell you the truth: I am a shaman."
"Shaman!"
"Yes, and this is my guardian spirit."
A humanoid creature made of sand appears on top of Sunaman's car.
"He is Sandman, my guardian spirit. I oversouled him with the sand around this area, so I can control the sand as if it's my own hand. That is why the desert is an ideal battlefield for me."
"Humph! You will never get me!"
The sand hands swing around everywhere to hit Ganondorf. He shows that he can drive by performing several bike tricks. His friends who are at the audience seats are surprised by his skills. "I never knew that Ganondorf can drive that well!" says Young Link, surprised.
"Motorcycles are boring," says CF. "If he can do that with a car, I'll acknowledge him."
Though Ganondorf is driving very well, the amount of sand hands coming after him proves too much of a challenge. He got hit by one of the hands and is knocked off his bike and onto the side of the road. "Ow!" And Sunaman drives away while he's down.
"Ganondorf is knocked down!" says Talko. "Will he get up or will he forfeit?"
Ganondorf shouts to him, saying, "WHY SHOULD I FORFEIT!"
"What a loud mouth he has! Let's see if his mouth is big or will he really do what he says."
"Of course I'll do what I said! And I'll show you!" Ganondorf puts his Black Stallion back up and starts it up. When he sees other racers going pass him, he quickly zooms after them as fast as he can. "Dang! I'm going to show that Arabian freak whose boss!"
"Meet your doom, Ganondorf!" yells the voice of Bowser from behind.
Ganondorf looks back and sees the Green Beast approaching. "Argh… Not you… Have you not destroyed enough yet?"
"I will destroy all other racers and claim first place myself! Die!" says Bowser. A large fireball shoots out from the gun of the Green Beast. Ganondorf quickly steers aside to avoid it.
"You're out of your mind!"
"DIE!" Bowser shoots more fireballs at Ganondorf, but the Gerudo keeps on avoiding it.
"Argh! I have enough of this! Take this!" Ganondorf jumps off from his bike and into the air. While in midair, he performs a flying kick towards Bowser. "Wizard's Foot!" He launches down through the air and kicks into Bowser' face, knocking him out cold, and then Ganondorf back flips perfectly onto his bike again. "There!"
Because Bowser is knocked out from the strong kick into the face, he passes out on the wheel and his car moves uncontrollably off the track and into the desert beyond.
"Ganondorf has knocked out Bowser!" says Talko after seeing it. "So the king of destruction is defeated and the race can go on safer! As of now, Sunaman is in lead with the Wario Bros. catching up from behind, and then closely followed by Ness!"
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The Wario Bros. drives their car at the highest speed in order to catch up with Sunaman. "That idiot will pay!" says Wario angrily. "I will make him eat sand!"
"Right!" says Waluigi, who is holding a shotgun in his hand. "I will blast his brain into bits!"
When they are near the Desert Runner 2006, Waluigi holds up the shotgun and aims it at the wheels of the vehicle. "Aim well… Now fire!" He pulls the trigger and the bullet zips towards the wheel. Just like what happened the green shell from before, a wall of sand appears and deflects it! "Again!"
"Can't anything get through this darn sand!" curses Wario angrily.
"PSI Rocking!" shouts a voice from behind. A colorful ball of light hits the back of the Wario Car and makes it spin around like a top for a while.
"WAAAAA! WHO DID IT!" screams Wario. While they are spinning, Ness zooms pass them.
"Ha! Beat you to it!" laughs Ness.
"You're not getting away that easily!" says another voice. G&W has recovered from the paralysis and is coming furiously after Ness. "Eat this! Burning Sausages!" He stretches out his hand and throws several black sausages at Ness.
"You cannot defeat me with that!" Ness points his finger at the incoming sausages and freezes them in midair, and then hurls them back using telekinesis. G&W ducks the homecoming sausages and they fly back into Wario's Car.
"Huh? They gave us food! How nice of them!" says Wario.
"It can be poisoned!" Waluigi warns him.
"Nonsense!" Wario pops a sausage into his mouth, and then he screams and breathes out fire. "HOT! HOT!"
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Sunaman looks back and sees Ness and G&W catching up. "They are only coming to their doom." And then he sees Ganondorf furiously catching up too. When Ganondorf got near G&W's car, he kicks the black paper man to the side of the road. "So the Gerudo is still here… I can see great confidence in him. Perhaps he will make a worthy opponent."
At this instant, a large column of sand appears around the Desert Runner 2006, and the radius grows larger and larger. "What's happening!" cries Ness.
Then the column of sand explodes and sands fly everywhere. In just a few seconds, one half of the entire course is blotted out by a thick sandstorm!
"What is happening!" gasps Talko. "A sandstorm burst out of nowhere! Now even I cannot see through this thick sandstorm!"
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"What's with this sandstorm coming all of a sudden!" cries Ness.
"It must be that sand man!" says Ganondorf. "Does he think he can stop me with this? He's wrong, and I can prove it!"
TO BE CONTINUED…
Preview
G&W: I hit a cactus!
Ness: I can't see through the sandstorm!
Waluigi: QUICKSAND! HELP!
Wario: We still have on last weapon! We can win for sure!
Ganondorf: You're not stopping me, sand guy!
Sunaman: I am superior in the desert. You cannot beat me here!
Coming up next chapter: Rise of the Sandstorm and the Power of the Sand!