Sorry for the long wait. It's my last year in high school and I have to get ready for graduation, so I have quite an amount of work to do. Fear not, I will not abandon this story; I will make sure that it is finished.
Chapter 7: Race of Fourside! The Ice Cream Clown Who Sells Explosions!
"And the first place goes to… SONIC AND TAILS!" shouts the announcer loudly.
"We won, Sonic!" says Tails happily as he drives the Tornado 2 through the road with cheering crowds on both sides.
"Yeah! We are the fastest!" says Sonic.
"Sonic and Tails are one of the fastest racers in this F-30 Grand Prix!" says the announcer. "It seems likely they will be one of the top 3 ultimate winners!"
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"Hey, Sonic and Tails won first place in both their races," says Popo, who is watching the TV.
"I won't be surprised if he they end up one of the top 3," says Fox.
"Surely one of the 3 will be me," says CF, pointing to himself.
"And one of them will be me too!" says Ganondorf.
"And me!" adds Bowser.
"Me!" Kirby says. And then they argue among themselves who will be among the top 3.
"I'm starting to think that this race is breaking apart our relationship…" says Nana.
"Yeah… Ever since this race, we haven't been in very good terms lately…" agrees Popo.
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Mario is cleaning his racing car, which he has decided to name it Red Fire. He is waxing and cleaning it while humming a happy tune when Luigi comes running to him. "Mario!" he says excitedly. "Our next race is confirmed!"
"Really?"
"Yes! Look!" Luigi shows him the racer certificate. At the strip on the bottom of the card, it writes: Fourside, tomorrow 2:30 P.M.
"So we are gonna race in Fourside-a."
"We're going to race through the entire city? This can take a while…"
"MARIO!" shouts a loud, thundering voice. Mario and Luigi look up to see Wario standing on the other side of the fence. "Ha! I finally get to race you, Mario!"
"You're also in da race tomorrow?" Mario asks him.
"Yeah! You better show up tomorrow, so I can beat you good!" replies Wario, and then he walks away laughing evilly and proudly.
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That evening, everyone is sitting at the table dining quietly. No one is talking to each other at all, maybe except Ness asking Young Link if he knows that the Nintendo Revolution is renamed Wii.
Parry looks up from eating his bird food and asks a question, breaking the silent atmosphere, "So who's in the race tomorrow?"
Mario, Captain Falcon, Roy, Samus, and G&W raise their hands silently. "I thought you're in the race too, DK?" Link asks DK.
"Do I have braces?" replies the ape.
"I said you're in the race tomorrow, right?'
"I don't wear braces."
"He's in the race too," Roy tells Link.
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That night, around 8 P.M…
CF is in the garage working on his Blue Falcon. "Nothing will go wrong this time," he says. "Surely I'll win first place!"
"I haven't rode this in quite a while!" says the voice of Roy. CF looks up at him and sees him cleaning a stylish orange motorcycle with fire patterns on it.
"That's the one your father gave to you, right?"
"Yeah, but I've only rode it once or twice, and that's 5 years ago. I never thought I would be touching this again! I wonder if it's still working." Then an idea comes to Roy's mind. "That's it! I can call Lilina and take her for a ride through the night! I hope it's not too late!" So he runs back into the building.
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When bedtime has come…
Peach is lying on her bed, but she cannot sleep. "Are you asleep, Peach?" Zelda asks her, as they both share the same room.
"Not quite… I'm worried about this race going on…" replies Peach.
"It's more about our relationships with each other, right?"
"Yeah… Ever since this race started, our friends have not been in good terms."
"I know… Everyone is fighting to become the winner. It is something called rivalry and it's very common in competitions."
"Dinner tonight was not like always…" Peach begins to think about their previous times together. Dinner would always be happy and noisy, but nowadays it is different.
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The next morning, Peach and Zelda are up early to make breakfast. Soon, everyone woke up and is at the table eating. "So how's everyone preparing for the race?" asks Parry.
"I have confidence that I can win first place!" says CF.
"I should take first place," says Samus. "Surely I'm better than you!"
"Oh yeah? I'll make sure you don't!"
The two glare at each other and growl fiercely, like that of a wild beast. "Please don't make unnecessary violence," says Luigi, trying to calm them. "It's just a race, not some big battle."
The two turn to him and shout, "You're in the race too and you have no right to say that to us!"
Luigi cowers under the table and says, "What have I done to deserve this…?"
CF finished eating and stands. "I tell you: Anyone who dares to compete against me shall regret! I will not let anyone spoil my dream!" And then he walks off in a rather bad mood.
"He's not happy today…" says Link.
"He'll cheer up if he wins first place, I tell you," says Bowser.
"I think he's taking this race a bit too seriously," says Pikachu.
"It's once in a 30 year race, so it's a big opportunity you wouldn't want to miss," Mewtwo tells him. "People would do anything to get his or her dreams accomplished."
"But breaking relationships with friends isn't really what I wish would happen…" says Young Link.
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When the appointed time has come, everyone went to Fourside and gathers at the center of the city, Four-Sided Square. Like the previous races, a large crowd is gathered there and many food and amusement stands are set up.
Yoshi and Kirby are happily buying all kinds of treats. "This race isn't such a bad thing after all!" says Yoshi while eating his hot dog.
"Wait till I win the race!" says Kirby. "And then things will turn out even better!"
"Hey look! There's an ice-cream car! Let's go buy some ice-cream!"
"Good idea!"
So the two goes to the ice-cream car and asks the seller, who is a clown, for some scoops. "I'm sorry, kids," says the clown. "But I'm not selling anything at the moment."
"Why?" asks Kirby.
"I have a race to participate in. Come back after the race, okay?"
"So you're competing in the race too?" asks Yoshi.
"Yes, for I want to make the best ice-cream in the world!"
"Wow! I wish you good luck in this race! It would really be cool to see your best ice-creams!"
"Haha! I like your attitude, kid! Root for me, then!"
"I will!"
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"Ladies and gentlemen! The race of Fourside is about to start!" says Talko. "May all the racers come to the starting line?" The racers come to the starting line. "Now let us have a look at the map of this course!"
The giant monitor turns on and reveals the overhead view of the city.
"Unlike previous courses, this course does not have any curved turns, but instead, it has sharp and pointed turns. There aren't any obstacles in this race either, so you should have lesser problems in this race! And just so you know, the streets have been cleared of any pedestrians, so you don't have to worry about waiting for some elderly person to cross the street. There may still be some on the sidewalk, so don't go crashing into them for fun, okay? Now let us take a look at the racers!"
Racers
Captain Falcon: Blue Falcon
Mario Bros.: Red Fire
Samus: Starship – a miniature version of her usual starship
Roy: an orange motorcycle
DK: a car shaped like a barrel.
G&W: a black, flat car
Wario Bros.: Wario Car
Frank: a shark-shaped car
Random Racer No. 1: a simple racing car
Green Biker Dude: a hovering motorcycle
Sweet Tooth: an ice-cream truck with a large mechanical head at the top
Bob: a normal car
Wario looks over to Mario from his car and taunts him, "Ha! I'll make sure you lose the worst you can!"
"Say all you want-a," replies Mario. "I have-a no interest-a in fighting you. I don't-a care which place I got-a as long as eets not-a last-a place."
"Oh? So I'll give you last place, then! Wahahahahaha!"
Bon Clay calls to CF from among the audiences, "I'm rooting for you, Falcon! You can win first place for sure!"
"Yeah, thanks," says CF. "But I don't need your help anyway."
"My men and I will help you get first place! You can be sure of it!"
"I don't care…"
"Roy! You can do it! I'm rooting for you!" Lilina calls to her boyfriend from among the audiences.
Roy waves his hand and says, "Thanks, Lilina! I won't fail you!"
"Okay, now let us begin the race!" says Talko. "As usual, when I pull the trigger, everyone must go!" He points the gun into the sky and begins the countdown as the racers position themselves. "Three… Two… One… Go!" He fires a shot into the sky and the racers are off! And then a bird drops to the street—dead. "Well, that bird was unlucky… Now I will follow them riding in my Super Mini-Jet!"
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CF and Samus are in lead at the moment. "You better not compete with me!" CF says to Samus.
"Why should I listen to you?" she snaps back.
"Take this!" CF slams his car against the side of Samus's starship.
"How dare you! Take this back!" Samus then slams her starship against CF's car also. As the two fights along the street, the Green Biker Dude sneaks pass them and show off by performing a wheelie. Samus sees this as an irritation to the eye and she fires her plasma beam (she's in her battle armor) at the Green Biker Dude and blows him up into pieces.
BANG
"That should teach you not to show off!"
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The Mario Bros. is driving at a same speed as the Wario Bros. "I'm going to enjoy picking on you, Mario!" Wario tells the Italian plumber.
"Just-a leave me alone!" says Mario.
"Why should I? Waluigi, let them have it!"
"Oh sure!" Waluigi reaches into a bag he brought along and pulls out a green shell, and he hurls it at them.
Luigi quickly slaps the shell away before it hits. "Don't do that! Can't we just race peacefully?"
"You're good at knocking that shell away! Then take more!" Waluigi throws more shells at him, and Luigi quickly slaps them away again.
"Stop that! OW!"
"Hahaha! That spiked shell got you, eh?"
"You're so mean!"
"This won't do…" Mario steps on the pedal and zooms ahead of the Wario Bros.
"Oh no you don't!" says Wario, and he catches up to the side of the Mario Bros. "I'm not done torturing you yet!"
"You're annoying!" Mario tells at him.
"Sure I'm annoying! I love being annoying!"
"Right! Annoying people is what we do best!" says Waluigi while munching a banana. When he is done eating, he throws the peel in front of the Red Fire, and when the car steps on it, the Mario Bros. goes spinning along the street.
"WAAAAA! I'M DIZZY!" screams Luigi.
"MAMAMIA!"
Their car keeps spinning and spinning until it tumbles down the subway stairs!
CRASH! BANG! CLANG!
"HAHAHAHAHA! LOOK AT THEM FALL!" laughs Wario out loud.
"THAT'S SO FUNNY! WAHAHAHAHA!" laughs Waluigi.
They cannot control their laughter and they crash into a stop sign. So much for picking on people…
BANG!
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G&W, Frank, Random Racer No. 1, Bob, and Sweet Tooth are all driving at constant speed, but G&W is a bit ahead of everyone else. "I must not lose this time!" he says to himself. "If I lose, then I'm disqualified!"
Frank is thinking the same thing to himself, "I mustn't lose this race! I lost the first race but was lucky enough to win the second one. If I can at least win this one, then I can enter the finals!" He turns to look at G&W. "I shall get rid of any opponents first!" He pulls out a knife and hurls it at G&W.
G&W quickly pulls back his head just as the knife whizzes pass a few inches in front of his nose. "Hey! That's dangerous!"
"You want some more?" Franky throws more knives at him.
G&W continues to avoid them by moving his body around. "Stop that! That's dangerous!" Then he throws a wrench at Frank and hits him square in the forehead.
CLANG!
"Ouch! How dare you!"
"You started it first!"
Then the two begin throwing stuffs at each other as they race. Sweet Tooth, who is close behind them, sees them fighting and says, "So you wanna fight, eh? I shall enjoy this! Let me show you how destructive I can be when it comes to vehicle battles!" What he said immediately grabbed the other racers' attentions.
Sweet Tooth presses a button and the sides of his ice cream truck opens, revealing several gun turrets! "Get ready to rock!" The gun shoots bullets in every direction, and the racers scream in fright and quickly zoom away from him. Unfortunately for Bob, he wasn't able to avoid the bullets and his car got shot and explodes. But nobody cared about him because he wasn't worth recognizing to begin with.
"That guy is insane!" cries G&W. "Using real guns in a race? That's killing!"
"He's catching up again!" screams Frank, looking back at Sweet Tooth.
"I'm not done yet!" says Sweet Tooth. "Taste my favorite ice cream flavor—Napalm Cones!" He presses another button and the large mechanical head on top of the truck opens its mouth and fires a quick moving pink missile.
The missile hits the back of Random Racer No. 1's car and blasts it high into the sky, where the racer hits a building wall and explodes, making car parts and debris fall everywhere.
"Yahahahahaha!" laughs Sweet Tooth. "This is what I call a wild race!"
"THAT GUY IS INSANE!" screams G&W and Frank.
The two of them zoom very fast and eventually caught up with DK and Roy, who are driving at constant speed together. "Whoa! Someone caught up with us!" says Roy.
"Fear not, Game!" DK tells the flat man. "I won't hurt you, because you're my friend! But that Frank guy…"
"Forget about friend or foe right now!" Franky shouts at him. "Worry about that maniac!" He points back to Sweet Tooth, who is catching up and firing missiles.
G&W quickly pulls out a bucket and swings it behind him, catching the missiles inside it. "Ha! Got it!" He hurls the contents back to Sweet Tooth, but the clown steers aside just in time to avoid it.
"Argh! How dare you counter my attack! I'll get you!" growls Sweet Tooth angrily. He fires more missiles at those racers, wanting to destroy them all.
"Not more!" G&W swings his bucket around and around, catching as many missiles as he can. But then the bucket is overload and he didn't notice it, and the bucket explodes. "AHHHHH!" G&W's car is hurled into the air from the explosion, along with himself.
"GAME!" gasp Roy and DK.
G&W slowly drifts onto the side of the street and passes out, and his car drops besides him and burns up. "No… no…" he mumbles painfully.
"It seems that Game & Watch is destroyed!" says Talko.
The Smashers are shocked at this! "Game is destroyed!" gasps Pichu.
"Since this is considered his second loss," says Mewtwo, "then it means… he's disqualified…"
"This can't be!" gasp the others.
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Roy grits his teeth angrily as he looks back at the fallen G&W. "How dare that clown…!"
"He should pay!" says DK.
Sweet Tooth just laughs wildly. "Hahahaha! That's what he gets for messing with me!" Then Roy and DK slow down their vehicles a bit and drive next to him. "Uh? What do you want?"
"Avenge for our friend!" says Roy.
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"Oh… Where are we?" asks Luigi, opening his eyes after going through a rough, bumpy crash.
"We're in da subway," Mario tells him, "and on the tracks…"
"On the tracks… That means…"
Then they hear a loud sound that goes WHOOOOOOOT! They turn around and scream at what they saw—a subway train zooming towards them!
"AHHHH! MARIO! RUN! WE'RE GONNA GET RAMMED!"
Mario steps on the pedal and quickly zooms forward, trying hard to escape the train. "Hang-a on, Luigi! We're getting outta here!"
TO BE CONTINUED…
I apologize for the long wait again. I promise I'll try to get the next chapter up as fast as possible.
I own Bob and all the Random Racers. If you played Twisted Metal games before, then you'll know whom Sweet Tooth is.
And yeah, Game & Watch gets disqualified. Don't ask why, I just want to do it.