Chapter 6: Rise of the Sandstorm and the Power of the Sand!
Mr. Binko looks at his car with a rather disappointed face. "Looks like I'm out of the race…" he says. His car has hit a large saguaro cactus when it (his car) was paralyzed by Ness's PSI Paralyze, and now it's crashed. "It's going to be a long walk from here to the finish line. I might as well forfeit." He turns to the course and sees a large sandstorm devouring the whole place. "Whoa! When did that sandstorm happen?"
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The audiences are worried about the sandstorm. The sandstorm made it so that there is nothing shown on the big screen, except for sand flying around, which is very boring to watch. You would find it boring too, wouldn't you?
"Oh great… Now we can't see anything!" grumbles Captain Falcon.
"That Arab guy sure is a tough one…" says Samus. "He must be really lucky to be racing in a place where his powers can be put to great use!"
"But I foresaw that he isn't the winner of the race," says Mewtwo. "In fact, he doesn't even get to the finish line."
"What do you mean?"
"You'll see."
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Ganondorf and Ness put on the goggles that Fox gave them 2 chapters back. These special goggles allow the users to see through fog, mist, blizzards, and sandstorms, so the two can still see clearly as if there is no sandstorm. "This is serious, Ganondorf," Ness tells the Gerudo. "We must cooperate and get out of this sandstorm. Hey, are you listening to me?"
Ganondord, however, has already zoomed off and did not listen to what Ness said. "Do you think you can stop me with this sandstorm, Sunaman?" says Ganondorf. "I will not fail here!"
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The Wario Bros. is having a hard time in the sandstorm, as they are constantly blinded by the sand. "My eye stings!" cries Waluigi. "How do we get out of this mess!"
"Why are you complaining?" Wario asks him. "This little sand isn't going to stop us! This is nothing to be afraid of at all!" And then he caught notice of a silhouette zooming pass him. "Uh? Someone beat us! Let's go after him!"
So Wario speeds the car forward and catches up with that racer, Random Racer No. 37. "Hey! Nameless random dude! You think you can beat the great Wario?" Wario asks him. "I am a well known Nintendo character, but you're just nameless generic guy made up by Game2002, the author of this story. Do you think you can beat a famous person like me?"
Racer No. 37 responds by pulling out a pistol and pointing it at Wario.
"Hey! You're not serious with that, are you?"
Racer No. 37 places his finger at the trigger and readies it.
"Looks like he's serious…" says Waluigi.
Suddenly, a boomerang hits Racer No. 37 in the hand and knocks the gun away. They all turn to the boomerang's owner, who is Link. "I'm not here to help," says Link, "but I wouldn't like it if you kill someone with that weapon."
"Hmph! Rescued by an enemy?" says Wario. "That's so shameful! I could've handled that myself!" While Wario is saying this, Random Racer No. 37 quickly drives off. "Hey! Get back here!"
Wario steps on the gas pedal to go after him, and just at this moment, Link fires his grapple hook at the back of the Wario Car, and the hook latches onto it firmly.
"Hey! What do you think you're doing!" Waluigi yells at him.
"Lead me out of here!" says Link.
"No way! Do it yourself!" Waluigi tries to pull off the hook, but it won't come off, so he pulls out a saw and tries to cut it, but still no use…
"It's useless," says Link. "There is no way you can cut through the hardness of this chain!"
"Grrrrr!" growls Waluigi angrily.
"Leave him alone," Wario tells his younger brother. "This isn't a big problem. He is still behind us, so we will reach the finish line first anyway."
"Now that you said it, you're right! Even if he's following us, he cannot get pass us in that fashion!"
"O RLY?" asks Link.
"YA RLY!" replies Waluigi.
"We'll see about that later."
"You should reply, 'NO WAI!' instead! You just broke the fad!"
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Ness is having a hard time traveling through the sandstorm. It is far too strong and he can't drive stably. "Ugh… This is too much… Still, I cannot lose! If I lose this race, then I'm disqualified!"
Suddenly, he hears a scream coming from nowhere. He looks up and sees G&W and his flat car flying across the sky.
"Guess he's too light to handle this…"
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Ganondorf keeps on driving, and eventually, he sees a car in front of him. "That must be Sunaman!" he thought. Ganondorf speeds up his motorcycle and comes up next to the Desert Runner 2006. "Heh! I finally caught up with you!"
"So you're impressive to catch me," says Sunaman. "But this is as far as you go!"
"Try and make me!" Ganondorf stretches out his leg to give the car a kick, but a sand arm appears out of nowhere and grabs his leg! "What!"
The sand arm throws Ganondorf into the air, but because he is holding tightly onto his bike handle, he takes the bike along into the air with him. Ganondorf performs a cool spinning trick in midair and lands on the other side of the Desert Runner perfectly! If it weren't for the sandstorm, then this cool trick would've been shown on the big screen to everybody. Too bad… But then, CF still wouldn't acknowledge it, since his interest is only in cars.
"You didn't get me this time!" says Ganondorf.
"I admit you got some cool tricks with your motorcycle," says Sunaman.
"Now take my strongest attack! It is strong enough to break through even steel!"
"Ha! Then try and hit me with it! I doubt you can because Sandman will protect me!"
Ganondorf pulls back his fist and it starts to glow in a purple aura. "Then don't blame me I didn't warn you!"
"Why should I blame you? Sand Wall!"
A wall of sand appears in between Ganondorf and the Desert Runner.
"Warlock…"
"I warn you: My oversouled sand is harder than steel. Do you think you can break through it using only your fist?"
"PUNCH!" Ganondorf throws his fist forward and, to Sunaman's surprise, it punches right through the sand wall easily!"
"What! He punched through the wall!" gasps Sunaman. Before he can do anything, the fist impacts into his face directly. "UWAAAAAGH!" He flies out the other side of the car window and falls onto the sand, and then the Desert Runner drives off the course and crashes.
It is at this moment the entire sandstorm slowly fades away. "The sandstorm has disappeared!" exclaims Talko. "Now we can see what's going on again!"
Ganondorf sits back properly onto his seat and says, "Heh! I said my punch even goes through steels. Now don't blame me!"
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"Uh? The sandstorm has stopped!" exclaims Wario.
"All right! Now I can open my eyes again!" says Waluigi.
"That would be enough!" says Link. "Good-bye, gotta go!" He presses a button on the handle of the grapple hook, and he gets pulled toward the Wario Car after pressing it. When he hits the back of the Wario Car, it knocked the car spinning a bit and his own boat car, King of Red Lions, flips into the air and lands perfectly in front of them. "So long!"
When the boat car hit with the Wario Car, the impact was rather strong, and it also sends the Wario Car flipping into the air. "AHHH! CURSE THAT GREEN BOY!" yells Wario.
Their car keeps on flipping in air until it lands… right in quicksand! "AHHHH! WE'RE TRAPPED IN A QUICKSAND!" screams Waluigi. "WE'RE DONE FOR!"
"Not so fast!" says Wario. "I still have one last weapon!"
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Somewhere in the desert…
"Somebody help me! I'm stuck here!" shouts G&W. Poor guy… He is pinned and stuck on top of a cactus! That's gotta be painful…
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So back to the Wario Bros…
"WHAT DO WE DO!" screams Waluigi desperately.
"Stop your screaming! You're gonna burst my ear drums!" yells Wario. "Just watch!" He presses a large button that has a message saying: Only press in case of emergency.
When pressed, the backside of the car grows wings and a large booster.
"Hold on tight! I'm going to use the Wario Booster!"
VROOOOM!
Their car shoots out of the quicksand like a rocket, and Wario steers it towards where the finish line is.
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Ganondorf is the first in place, and he is very near the finish line. "The winner is I!"
Ness is catching up behind him. "I will get at least second place!"
And Link is coming in third. "I'm going to get top three for sure!"
Random Racer No. 37 is fourth place at the moment, as Link somehow made it past him.
"The most intense moment has come!" announces Talko excitedly. "Who will make it to the finish line first? It looks really obvious that Ganondorf will!"
Ganondorf is getting nearer and nearer to the finish line, when suddenly, the Wario Car comes zooming past him and across the finish line! Ganondorf went across the line just in time for second place.
"What a surprising turn of events!" announces Talko. "First place goes to the Wario Bros.!"
"WHAT!" gasps Ganondorf.
"WE WON FIRST PLACE!" Wario shouts with joy.
"I NEVER DREAMED THAT THIS WOULD HAPPEN! YAHOOO!" shouts Waluigi happily.
"Whoa… Wario won first-a…" says Mario, surprised.
"They're even better than us…" says Luigi.
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"And so, these are the rankings of each racers," announces Carlos.
Top 3
Wario and Waluigi
Ganondorf
Ness
Runner-up
Link
Random Racer No. 37
Bowser (He eventually caught up)
Losers
Game & Watch
Mr. Binko
Destroyed
Sunaman
New Age Retro Hippie
Human Scorpion
Random Racer No. 27
"Let's give off the prizes to the top 3 winners!" announces Carlos once again. Everyone gives a round of applause upon hearing this.
Wario and Waluigi are dancing around happily as they receive their prizes while singing, "We won! We won! We won first place!"
And then Wario turns to Mario and taunts him, "Ha! I got first place and you didn't, Mario! This proves I'm better than you!"
"Whateva…" says Mario without interest. "I neva thought-a about-a racing with you anyway."
"You better, Mario! I'm gonna beat you real good if ever we are in the same race!"
Pichu walks to Carlos and asks him, "Mr. Carlos, I would like to ask you something. You said the last 3 racers to cross the line would be losers, but how come only Game and Mr. Binko are considered losers?"
"Good question," replies Carlos. "You see: there should also be at least 3 runner-ups. So if the rest of the racers are destroyed and there are only, for example, 7 racers left, then the first 3 will be winners while the three following it will be runner-ups. The last one though, will be considered loser, since he came after the first 3 runner-ups. If all 12 could make it to the finish line, then only the last 3 are considered losers. If there are like only 5 racers, the first 3 will be winners and the last two will be runner-ups. There will be no losers in that circumstance because those who are destroyed during the race are considered losers already. Do you get it?"
"Uh huh… A little bit…"
Zelda walks to Ganondorf and comforts him, "Are you sad that you didn't get first place?"
"Nah, second place isn't a big deal," says Ganondorf. "At least I beat Link."
"That's not a nice thing to say…" grumbles Link.
However, Bowser is sitting in a corner crying. "And I beat that guy too!" laughs Ganondorf.
"Don't hurt him," Peach tells him. "He's a bit sad about not winning."
"But at least he didn't lose," says Truk. "I see that he only has skills in destroying racers rather than driving. That's not a bad thing, as everyone has his or her own unique skills. I believe Bowser will make up for it in the future."
After hearing this, Bowser is a bit happier. "Thanks for the comfort, Teacher Truk," he says to Truk.
"Don't worry, Bowser. What you did isn't all that evil, but try not to be that rude. It's as if your main reason for joining the race is to destroy others. You should focus more on getting to the finish line."
"I have learned from my mistakes! I will change from now on!"
"O RLY?" asks Ganondorf.
"YA RLY!" replies Bowser.
"Yippee! I won third!" says Ness happily. "Not only did I got money, but I'm also not disqualified! Furthermore, I now have the money to buy a Nintendo Revolution when it gets released!"
"Good for you!" says Young Link. "I'm looking forward to that new Smash Bros. game."
And so, the Smashers once again went to a fabulous restaurant to celebrate over the their winner comrades. As usual, Kirby and Yoshi found paradise in that restaurant. You can expect them to eat lots of fillings!
TO BE CONTINUED…
How's the second race? I assure you that things will get more and more exciting! Perhaps, the race may get more and more dangerous and intense! I hope you review and hope for more!