Eamon had returned to his own time, this he was certain. However, what he did not know was his whereabouts. Eamon looked around... desert. It was a sight familiar to him considering he spent ten years wandering around in the desert. This time, however, he did not have any MEGA emeralds to keep him safe. He was lucky though to find a small town nearby, as there was smoke climbing high into the sky. Eamon walked over to the small settlement.
When he arrived the greeting wasn't warm. The inhabitants looked at him with suspicion as he walked into the nearest bar, because he was super cool. Upon entering, everyone stopped to look at him and said "Wow, he's super cool.". He walked up to the counter and asked the bartender, who was Pac-Man, "Where am I, and how close is Central City?" Pac-Man shook his head "Central City? That's far away my boy, the only way you're gonna get there is by car" Eamon thought for a second, he didn't have a car... he didn't even have his license! Eamon continued and asked Pac-Man "Where would you get a car around here?" Pac-Man responded "The only car you can get around here is the one they give out every year at the annual race. I wouldn't recommend doing it though, usually only one person come back out alive." Eamon was desperate to leave and made up his mind "I'll do it." Eamon said determined and Pac-Man shrugged "Heh heh... I don't blame you, just about everyone here wants to get out of this wasteland, including myself. So I guess I'll be seeing you out on the track. Oh! and make sure you have a license too, you can't join the race without one!" Eamon left the bar thinking about what he should do now... should he spend years getting his license the legitimate and legal way? Eamon didn't have time for that business. Instead he went to a shady dealer and forged a license illegally so he could join the race.
A week passed and Eamon entered the race, determined to win the fancy new car. Each of the contestants were given junky rental cars to race with. Being as crappy as they were, they couldn't make it across the desert even if they tried. Eamon sized himself up the rest of the contestants. He saw Pac-Man there, as he foreshadowed, as well as Steve from Minecraft, Ness from Earthbound, and... Shadow the Hedgehog!? Eamon walked over to Shadow and greeted his old ally "Shadow, what are you doing here!?" Shadow turned around, looking edgy "I should be asking the same thing... weren't you supposed to save the world some time ago?" Eamon explained himself by telling him the whole story of how he got here (go read the previous chapters if you don't know either) Shadow understood and complimented Eamon for his brave heroics, Eamon just blushed and said "I'm just humble old me." Shadow then explained his end of the story "When I was in Minecraft world, I met up with my friend Steve here. After the world ended pretty much, me and Steve went on the road and are trying to make our way to Central City to help fight with the resistance." Eamon had no more time to chat with Shadow as the race was about to begin. He wished Shadow good luck and got in his car.
3... 2... 1... GO!
The race was on! Everyone went roaring down the track, everyone except Shadow that is. His car refused to start and instead exploded into a ball of fire, killing Shadow immediately. Soon enough the road got dangerous, getting extremely bumpy and overlooked a huge canyon with no rails! Eamon was in behind because he had never driven a car before and was desperate to catch up. He slammed on the gas and was able to catch up to Steve pretty quickly. Steve was quite mad to see Eamon right beside his and started swinging his diamond sword at Eamon, who skillfully dodged every swing. Just then out of nowhere, a creeper fell from the sky and blew up Steve. Eamon laughed pretty hard because it reminded him of Minecraft funny moments videos that he like to watch all the time. The race continued into a cave, where Eamon skillfully drove through the cave and met up with Ness from Earthbound and began to pass him. They exited the small cave, and Eamon thought he outran the small child. Ness caught up however and made a shocking revelation, he took off his disguise to reveal that he was Sans from Undertale the whole time (OMG)! Eamon thought that made a lot of sense because Game Theory said so and Sans from Undertale said to Eamon "If you're gonna pass me like that... You're gonna have a bad time." Eamon made attempts to hit Sans, but like the skeleton he was, he avoided the attacks with ease. What Sans could not avoid, however, was falling off a cliff to his death. Eamon was elated, only one more contestant to go and it was Pac-Man. Eamon drove up besides Pac-Man and the finish line was just in reach. Pac-Man was determined to win and began to climb onto Eamon's car threatening him "I can't lose now, I'll have to chomp you so you don't win!" Eamon was worried but got out his gun and shot Pac-Man in the head, killing him. With this, Eamon crossed the finish line and won the race, with a cheering crowd around him.
After winning the race the Mayor of the town congratulated Eamon for his victory "Congratulations!" he said and introduced the fancy new car that Eamon had won. Eamon was impressed as it looked like the Hot Wheels he used to play with when he was a little baby. In no time Eamon headed off to Central City in his car and upon reaching the city he immediately went to the Resistance HQ to meet up with Spinner. When Eamon entered the HQ, everyone looked at Eamon with shocked. Eamon was confused, and went up to one of the members. The short scrawny man looked up at Eamon with disbelief and Eamon asked the member "Hi, what's going on, where's Spinner?" the short man responded "We all thought you were dead sir... so we're a little shocked, and relieved, to see you here." Eamon asked again "Where's Spinner? the short man answered "He went off to the castle alone with the MEGA emeralds, we tried to talk him out of it, but he would listen!" Eamon was frustrated "Darn it! I told him to wait here! Oh well, can't change the past I guess" With that Eamon headed for the castle to meet up with Spinner and save the day...
TO BE CONTINUED...